The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

2111 A7TEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN

TEI CALEDONIAN-10AD.

Yesterday Mr. William Payne held an inquest
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of George Goble,
who died in the hospital from injuries he had unstained from
• hisshot, indicted by himself after an attempt to murder
his wife on Saturday, the 7th of November.
Harriet Morris, of No 22, Bennington-street, Caledonian-
road, mid the decanted was tier father, who was 77 years of
age, and by trade a plasterer. She lived in the some house
with him, but on the night of the 7th of Novi mbar her mo-
ther slept with her because she was ill. She heard nothing
of her father during the night. Between seven and eight
o'clock in the morning her mother got up, sod shortly after
aim had gone down stairs she heard her mother cry out for
mulatto.. She ran down stairs, and on going Into the
room saw her father striking her mother on the head with •
hemmer, which inflicted a seem wound. Witness polled
her mother out of the room, and having returned, maw her
father sitting ea the bed with a pistol in his band. Witness
then ran easy, closing the door lifter her, and calling out
" murder?' Immediately afterwards she heard the report of
• pistol. A lodges came down, and, • tolieeman brag
sent for, they went Into the reom, and found the* the
deceased had attempted hie life. A doctor was sent kw, and
directed his removal to the hospital. She thought that he
had not been right In his mind for setae thus, as six eseaUss
ago he attempted to poison himself.
The wife of the deceased said her husband bad him eat of
work for some time, which preyed upon his mind. There
bed been no quarrel between them. He went behind her an
the morning 111 question, and without any provocation attack
hoe on the huh of the head with a hammer. She knew that
her husband had a pistol, but he always kept it locked up.
Mr. Fronds Wakefield Skey, hones surgeon of St. Bar-
tholomew's Amite, said he eaw the deceased, who was shot
be the month ; and he a:traded sumo shot from his pasta
and magus, and several shot had come away 111000. D1011•011a
gradual, sank and died on Monday, from the wound. He
had net been in a ppaapps sate of mind dam he had been in
tbehomplta. He often said that he would pa an end to himself
it be recovered, and that be should not have cared if he had
lefted his wits. _ _ _

TV lury ratursad • verdict of " Temporary Insanity."

THE DTINO FRENCH GOVERN= PACKED On TO
ran Boren—A paragraph from the litaish Oman alp.
parr inatte.atmss of Tuesday, noraMg the thocking "Ebb,
which he os Saturday week at Bonlops when e
young y, twenty years of age, who led bus sonnies in
a family in London, died on her journey home to her Mark
at Amiens. The Wore, a journal of Bonlegne, Mates the
facts in precirly the same way, adding that the poor girl
was attacked with typhoid fever in the hour at Mn. C—,,
with whom she timid in London and that, to • speschler
and helee state, she was taken by that Lay to the Loa-
don•bndgs railway station, labtlled to be sent to her brother-
in-law at Maine, sad with her money ern up in her
stays. Mrs. C— did indeed request two lake, who wore
in the tame railway moire, to take csre of her, end Niece
she was unable to help henalf, Mrs. C— gun the mead •
irovenign to purchase what air might require. The poor
authorities at Bookers have node a report span this di*
to the Ironer InntriaL It rose to have rata • weep
strong feeling in France. La Wenn rates that Mtn C --
pretends to have been merely guided by herc=cires ado
vice in sending this levee wriest grace the
THE CAWNPOEE MASSACRE. MONEWINT TO
LIVUTINANT MAKTIN.—A monument is meinory ot
Martin, of the Bengal Artillery, who was killed at Campers,
Lnow finiehed, and is about to be greeted in Bitten Church,
near Southampton. The ismodel, which het white Carrera
marble, is surmounted by • hesetifellynured piece of
ordnance, executed by Mr. T. Oldie, the roister of the
Qtadrent, Ragent•street, esd been upon it the jarring
: his tablet, in terstay el en en is eelhed ere,
' " T
by his 'fakir parents to has Midair's Martin,
Visdeasst, Bengal Artillery, who, while goilhollyibblaing
W drdes, wee tnacheroudy killed by the mitimeen is the
boater towuprq on the 27th Jens 11167, bier/bier*
these. erpeded od beloved by all who Mew ace."
TRS OUTWARD BRAZIL AND RITIR PLASH
Matte.-,The Royal Weil Comports strunnhip Avis,
Corr Rewire. left Soodonsper yesterlay with the
smothly Bread end River Plate mat, sizty.coe pemesgere,
• hese ergo, jewellery of thorns of 27,6004 bat no sprit.

WAWA° UP OF JOINT-STOCIE COMPANIES.

TILE MEXICAN AND SODTII AMERICAN QM.
es e v.—Yesterday a further meeting in thia matter was held
to appoint a preen to represent the creditors under the estate,
but, after some detonation, the meeting war adjourned. The
following are some of the &closures connected with the
tof the undertsking. The petition of three of
thaenal=es John D. Fowles, of 17, Gracechurch.
street, merchant ,• Henry Banking. of 18, Angel-court, and
William Schneider, of 17, Graceohurch.etreet, merchants—
railed on •Mdavit, states that the company was formed In
1836 for the carrying on of mineral operateone and matters
connected therewith in Mexico and South America, with a
capital of 100,0001., in 10,000 shams of 101., th. per share to
be paid up before April, 1836, and the remainder of the
capital in 11. per share when required by the directors. The
first operations of the company In iturniehinic rep.
plies to mines and the wor silver and quicksilver mute. en
Mexico, and in the course of operations a considerable
L"'":of the then existing capital ol the company was lost,
~.' .squeoce of the American invasion of Mello,. In 1844
the directors, with the sanction of the shareholders, enfrepd
in the operation of copper emitting in Chili, and established
works them, under the management of Mr. Hobert Edward
For the purposes • large additional capital was
raised, to the full extent of the than capital of 101. on 30,000
ahem. The directors were MONTS. Fowles, Ranking,
Sci odder, sad Ward; auditors, E. Homy and C. Freeman.
In 1866 the petitioners allege that the businem of the company
had very considerably incensed& paid.np capital and credits
amounting to 300,0001., and the eremite reamed by Alison
showed very considerable profits; but about the aged of 1866
it was &covered that Alison had grossly mismanaged the
company's hominess; that the accounta he had furnished from
time to time were Inaccurate and untrue; that ha had fa
fact been carrying on the business for his own par.
poem ; that be had involved the company en heavy
liabilities and losses, and was thereupon &mimed. On ie.
vestigation it was discovered that Alison bad borrowed from
Messrs. Huth, Greening, and Company, the company's
agents at Valparaiso, 140,0001. on account of the opershoss
of the company, and in oonidderation of which Mews.
Huth had mortgag.ed all the works, ores, and property of
the company, in -addition to which a further Ines wee forted
to be sustained through the said Alison of 20,0001., which he
set forth was represented by the stock of unworkel copper
ore belonging to the company. By means of a cats3o,oool, and a loan of 27,0001., the debt due to Mows Huth
was paid off to within • anall balance. But on further in.
vertigation by Mr. Haines, the new superintendent of the
compeny at Chili, it was discovered that further heavy losses
had been sustained by the company through Alison, in the
=of bad debts, mbapprop&dm of monies, and demi.
of stock. All the available capital and resources of
the compeny having been eshaueted to meet the ,time of
Mama. Huth, It now, on the discovery of further Imes, be-
came impracticable to,cerry on the erotic During 1866, end
up to very recently, every effort bed bee made by the three.
ton to extricate the company from its emberrawonests, but
under the circumstance' it was, found impossible to carryon
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the property aad pleat at Chili ere the mole amsb.