The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

SUICIDE OP SIB HENRY DULWEES VALET.

Lust eight Mr. G. S. 11ruut hen au inquiry of
very leugthy character at the Abbey Taxem, \'iulet•hill,
John'a.weed, ma the body of (.aurae Pullin;er, aged 23
(valet to Sri Henry Ilulwer, British sielaureador at l.'uu•tuu-
tino?le), who committed suicide,

The kollorriug is a summary of the evidence taken, which
did not terruivate till a late now- :

The deceased was this day (Tuesday) to hive proceeded
with the other servants to Dover to join Lady Bulwer, who
was about to leave England for Constantinople. The de-
ceased, however, on being called, as customary, by the
housekeeper, on Saturday owning last, was found upon
the floor of his room, partially dressed, and eel.
dently dead. Assistance was immediately sent for,
when Mr. Thomas Nissen, of Viulet.hill, tint arrived.
Mr. Dawes, surgeon, of the Abbey-read, was called in,
and that geotleman discovered deceased h..d died
from violence by strangulation effected in a peculiar man.
uer. The body was lying ou the left side, sod (after the
Turkish style of strangulation) a wallaug.stick waq ou-
served scrums the chest. A cord had fist 'een
put round the neck, and then attached to the
walking-stick, when the deco:mat, by means of the leverage,
twisted the stick round and ruuud till the neck lemons
tightly compressed, and suffocation ensued, there being no
chance of the stick returning to unfold the coils of the cord.
It appeared that the deceased hail been sent home from
Constantinople for the benefit of his health, lie having
there suffered from typhus fever, and his bruin
had evidently become affected thereby. lie had con-
tracted an early marriage, and from letters read he
appeared to entertains wish, with a suicidal intention, not
to return to his wife and son at Constantinople. In one
letter be entreated Sir Henry Bulwer to take care of his
family, and prayed God to forgive him for the wrong he
was about to commit, and as Sir Henry had, promised to
he like a father to him, ho trusted he would out
turn his back upon hit wife and son. The letters
showed a pressure in monetary natters. Several witnesses
were examined who had seen the deceased the day previous
to his death, but nothing was elicited as to the cause of the
suicide, which it obviously was.
The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide, but at the time
of the commission of the act the state of mind was to them
unknown."

The reconatniction of the lantern of Ely Cathe-
dral, na a memorial of the lamented Dean Peacock, will be
commenced in a few day., designs haying been prepared by
Mr. Gilbert Scott.

The attractions of Nice will be increased (luring
the winter by an exhibition of the fine arta, which is to take
place during the months of December and January. Pre-
parations for it have already commenced.

Tho Bishop of Aversa (Naples) has issued a cir-
cular to his clergy, warmly reoommending them to preach
obedience to the present government, because, he says,
" those who resist the constituted powers, resist God, and
are led to commit the most shominablo crimes."

The Emperor, as has been stated, a few days
back visited On, an estate( given by his Majesty to Count
Walowsei after the Congress of Paris, the object of the
visit being to inspect the draining of an extensive marsh.
The exertions of M. Rerolle, the engineer employed, appear
likely to be crowned with success, and thehopo is entertained
that in a short time the marsh of Orx will be as fertile
any land in France. "Although the Emperor," says
• letter from Biarritz, " makes frequat excursions in the
environs of the place and takes long walks by the seaside,
his Majesty devotes the greater part of each day to the des-
patch of business. An auditor of the Council of State
arrives every Sunday with the documents submitted by the
different ininistnes, which are examined by the Moister
of State, and presented by him to his Majesty for sig-
' nature."

An English family of five persons lately occn•
pie( for three days several rooms in a large hotel at Salz-
burg. When about to depart, they were presented with •
bill of 1,100 florins, or about 781. This trifling demand
was demurred to ; the chief of the party addressed himself
to the authorities, and, declaring that he objected to pay on
account of the impudence of the charge, nut of the largeness
of the sum, proposed that the bill should he taxed, and
that the sum deducted from it should go to the charities of
the town. Thereupon he handed over to the ma,;krate the
1,100 florins, and left the place. The consequence of this
very judicious mode of proceeding was that the hill was
forthwith reduced by 000 florins, which were handed over
to the fund for the poor. The Dame of the hotel is nut
given, but the paper which tells the story advises (Jarman
travellers to follow the Englishman's example.
The Buuloync Memeager says :—" Mr. Richard
Guinness Hill and Mrs. Hill are well known in Boulogne,
and the celebrated Rowley case furnished an interesting
topic for the lovers of news in this town. Part of the
exciting scenes took place here. The more celebrated
Yelverton case commenced here, and now the extraonlinary
disclosures which are presented to the public in the Hill
romance are connected with parties who have been long
resident among us."

The British subjects residing at Dusseldorf and
its neighbourhood have juat presented an address of con-
gratulation to the King of Prussia ou the occasion of his
Majesty visiting that town. His Majesty listened to the
address with the greatest attention, and was pleased to per
genially receive the document with an English translation.
He then heartily thanked the deputation for the sentiments
and wishes expressed, and said that he completely shared
the sentiments respecting the intimate relations between
the two nations, and equ►lly hoped that no other rivalry
than that expressed in the address would ever take place
between the two kingdoms.

M. Zwirner, the architect by whom the work of
completing the cathedral of Cologne has fur many years
been conducted, died in that city on the 22nd.
At a general ordination, holden in the Cathedral
Church of Norwich, on Sunday lad, the following persons
were admitted into holy °niers :—Deacous.—Frederick
Godfrey, 8.A., Lincoln College, Oxford; William Thomas
Harrison, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge; Henry
Hetheringtou, Theological Associate, King's College, Lon-
don ,• Richard Dome Pierpoint, 8.A., St. John's College,
Cambridge. Priesta.—Henry Pyensont Collett. 8.A., Trinity
Hall, Cambridge ; Thomas Forster Dodd, MLA., University
College, Durham; John Arthur Dirlbrooke, A.. Bishop
Hatfield's Hall, Drub= ; John Alfred Lawrence, 8.A.,
Emmanuel Cullege,Clambridge ; Albert John Porter, S.C. L.
St. John's College, Cambridge ; Leonard &humid Mulford,
Theologied Associate, King's College, London. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were licensed :—Mr. Godfrey, to the
mimics of Parham and Hacheetoa, Suffolk ; Mr. Harrison,
to the curacy of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk ; Mr. Hether-
ington, to the curer? of Heigh= Norwich; Mr. Pierpoint,
to the curacy of Ade, Norfolk ; Mr. Porter, to the curacy
of Geldeston.

SIR (ILORCS G EY. —The Home Secretary, Sir
George Grey, aildreseed a social meeting at Beillington,
Northumberland, on Friday evening. The principal topic*
of the right hon. gentleman's addreite were the rapid ad-
vanceineut of the coal tnule, the utilisation of steam power,
and the progress of popular education.
FIRS AT DALMTON. —Shortly after the inhabitants
of Dalatea had retired to rest on Sunday night last they
were disturbed by an alarm of fire. The scene of the occur-
renee was No. 2, John'a•terrace, Mayfield-road, Dalston.
Although every exertion was made to extinguish the flames
the delay unavoidably occasioned in procuring the fire
engines rendered it impossible to save the building (non
becoming a rasa of ruins. No life was hat, but Mr. Avers,
who occupied the house, made a narrow ewupe by getting
out of his bedroom window and dropping to the ground by
the aid of bedclothes. Fortunately there was a good supply
of water, and prompt measures were taken by the firemen,
under the direction of Mr. Green, to prevent the .ljoiniog
houses from catching fire, and thereby to allay the fears the
calamity had caused in the neighbourhood.
EXPORTATION or CORN TO FR A N P.. —English
people have but a faint idea of the demand, made upon
English corn-markets by French merchants, Thu following
fact, connected with the corn-market and port of Ipswich
will tend to illustrate the extent of trade done. The ship-
ments of one firm have already reached 30,000 qra. and
they are engaged to ship 20,000 qrs. mere to the same sle.ti•
nation. The quantity of flour they have 'hippest and are
engaged to ship is about 10,000 sacks, and the amount of
money drawn from France during the eight or nine weeks
they have been engaged in these openttions already exceed'
100,0001., and will fall, when all is shipped by the merchants
of the port, but little short of double that SUM.
METROPOLITAN Flom 11ORPITAL, DEVomsRIRF
SQUARE, Cart.—The aggregate number of patients relieved
during the week ending September 21 was :
1,330 ; surgical, 660—total, 1,990, of which 659 were new