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The Express. — 1861-09-23 (London, England)

TUB CITY HE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE.—On liseerday attersoon about 300 rnenibers of thin splendid some proceeded by railway to Farnborough. melee the Omni amid of lieut. -Colored Vero Close, aml marched thence to Aliceshoti for the pongee of taking sort in a review and aim tight with the regular troops stationed there. They weirdos Akiendert at 2 o'clock,aud proceeded to the Long Talky, when the whole of the regiment. now in the camp were drawn up, under the commaed of Brigadier-I:eyeful Lend ce.n. P•••t. C. R., in readiness t, commence operatives. The Loudon Ririe Brigade were tbmwo out as &enlisting for the defeedisg, cad the GOth Rifle, for the aeleciiim, prim. The operrior mistimed until tee shirk, when the maim, which had Lem falling during the whole of the af terra,. came down a %emote, ionipletely brim both armies from the view of the spectator. The seder was coregisietly given to retire from the field, when fibs regisneat. ouniediately proiseded to their Quarter., and the volunteers to the epees s Hotel, where dinner was pro*dee. No the ustavourable state of the weather many hundred* of perems reenibLed to wither the proceoliags. THI Fro itSCO.Nroau)Y.—Thedischarged moldier, Joieph &era late a privete is the 2nd reshot' of the Ith ligeinest, who is is custody, charged, on his own costes. ire, with the murder of the room girl, Kirsh Watts, at the Woodlasde, Proms, is the needs of August, 1.7,1, rider circumstance of great atrocity, was discharged from ▪ indilary lunatic hospital, Fort Pitt, Chatham, as mat • os the 11th aspensher last, only a few days before that cm which be pve himselfrid centered berg the where, of firmer eared. Several circumstances, berme, sire the esetenuise ems mode, appear to We. esoidenibl• doubt es the eferreetare of hie statement. At the time of hie dineherga, lien' ep, according to his own dormer, wee 711. and as the rider m queetion wee reemillet mom than tee years ego, heart. at the time, have Lee only 15. Whew brine the magistrate., too, the primer sired that he enlisted alter the wonder, " to get eat el the way," whereas he did not enter the army until the 111th December, IM7, when he enlisted into the mooed Millibar the fik King's Own. le the meth of Jar, 1.159, h• embarked with has newer for Corfu, and dunes the When Line he las bees in the service his character was ex. seedingly bad. At Corfu he became imam. chiefly through intoommete habits., and, after twice attempting suicide, ens asst hems to the Chatham Lunatic }lorded. Os his dieherge be was lecovered to his home is charge of an ewe% sad handed over to the rare 41 his friends. No credit slashed to Seers' stetement at Chatham, when the Beira lier bin late regimeot is quartered.
The Express. — 1861-09-23 (London, England)

MVO 4. routs out of Lis moot and state that Ins wife Lad committed suicide. There sons an exception ie ime iustanca, and that was they sere not sees quer:Mug. There was the evidence of • into who happeued to be 'Linn,' some inquirica near the jiiimmer'a house, nod M nut paned his house he looked into the window, awl sew a man stab • woman. He was frightened at what be Lad seen, and ran sway: but on the following day ho yam Lis evidence of what he bad .4 en. The third charge of murder was option a person named Spitler, who, it appeared, wu • meman tat laved ship, iind was down below, when the mate gave orders for all hands to none up, red the primmer ofuosl t o go up, and upon • party *be is a witu.'s in the case attempting to force him op, the pri.ooer struck I awl it was meertaiiied he had nabbed him. The deceased seeing the knife in tho primoner's howl attempted to take it away from biro, when he 'Wiliest him awl mooed his death. If the grand jury were elitist:led this' thime facts were eittablishysl, it would be their dote to return a true bill against the prisoner. There was another case which involved lon of life, in which it spjs..irril that the prisoner and deceased were quarrelling on topof en and the prisoner struck deceased and knocked him oil the Lon, when the wheel of the vehicle lass,' over him nal caused his death. That, however, would mum., the milder charge of manslaughter. There was another charge of manslaughter, in which it appeared j that the primmer WIN quarrelling with his wife, and demand interfered for the wife's protection, from which a fight ensued. They were, however, induced to shake heads, anal it appeared that shortly after this the prisoner went up to decemod and sanl, " You struck me in the eye," and struck him a violent blow, which knocked him down and fractured hia skull. There wais soother charge of manslaughter to which his lordship called the attention of the gruel jury, against a female. Ilarriett Harris, for musing the death of her child by ne4lect. The goodies for them to decide was whether or not elle had the mesas uf =innocence. As regarded pecuniary means there wan so proof except that of her busload!, whole evidence could sot be taken ; there was evideum of the oeighhours, however, which went to show that she was away three or four days together ia • state of intoxication, and the neighbours gave the child food out of companion. There was no doubt the child had died from want of proper nourishment. His lordship said Le was sorry tory that there was mother of those cans arising out of fraudulent bankruptcy, and it woe for them to inquire into the facts, and see if there was sulkiest evidesee to establish • prima facie cue against the primmer. His lordship then concluded by dismissing the grand jury to their duties.
The Express. — 1861-09-30 (London, England)

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENIIKI, SEPTEMBER 30, 1861.  themselves. First of all, they find out that the prisoner was guilty of kiting his wife, but that he had done so without tfiemeditation ; and on the learned Judge declining to receive this remarkable jumble as a verdict, they set to work to convert a case, which is mos% obviously either one of murder or of suicide, into what even the counsel for the defence never suggested—homicide. One after another, howf:ver, this extraordinary jury are obliged by the Judge to abandon their havens of refuge, and at last, when really compelled to say yes or no, they give a verdict of " Guilty," accompanied by a recommendation to mercy, on the ground that when the prisoner went Lome he had no intention of murdering his wife, and that "something must have occurred" to induce him to do so. It is said of the late Lord MELBOURNE that, when sitting with some brother magistrates to investigate a case of wife murder, he turned to his colleagues when the man was found guilty, and said, "We must really " let this fellow off ; women are so aggra" sating." The jury seem to have had their eye upon this opinion of Lord MELBOURNE'S when giving their verdict ; or perhaps they thought that the " five gallons " of beer consumed by the priwater and his wife on the day preceding the death of the latter might have had some share in exculpating him from the full responsibility of the act of which they found him guilty. If the prerogative of mercy is exercised in this instance, it should be on the pound that the jury has given a decision not warranted by the evidence before them ; and, indeed, on that ground, considering the testimony of the surgeon, arid the apparent improbability of the evidence of SA I N oncs, there does seem some reason why the extreme penalty of the law should be remitted.  Ties crisis in the cotton trade is gradually cadminating. During the put week the excitement in the Liverpool market his been almost unprecedented. Manufacturers, exporters, and speculators, particularly the latter, have bought freely, and the result has been the further great rise of fully Id. per lb. in American descriptions. The computed stock on Friday was 750,630 bales ; at the same period in 1860 it was 902,730 bales, with the period drawing near for our receivingas fresh supply, which does not seem to be the caL now. The imports of the past week have been only about four thousand bales. It is stated that arrangements are being made for the shipment of a considerable quantity to the United: States, for the use of the Northern manufacturers. The foreign demand upon our constantly diminishing stock bids fair, therefore, to reach to an annually large aggregate. Meanwhile, ea cotton rises, additional mills continue to be closed, or to be put on short time. It will not be long before the first indications of distress amongst the operatives in the cotton districts will hrce themselves upon public attention. In several other departments of manufacture, however, it is satisfactory to notice that some improvement is occurring, particularly in the home branch.  if be Court.  —•—
The Express. — 1861-09-30 (London, England)

RUMMAN CAPTAIN.— A most shocking suicide has just been reported at Hull by the mate of the Russian vessel the Orion, which arrived is Hall ea Friday. from Weer, with a cargo of Emma, he., eansigsedto Mess's. T. W. Eliot sod Co. From the roste's statement. made to the Russian Consul at Hell, Mr. T. Heirmise, it appears that on the 13th of August, while the venal was at ma, between Sardinia sad Bwaly, theme* who was thee on deck, heard the report of Imams proceed from the captain's cabin, into which he went, and fogad, on raising the master from the stooping position in which ho found him, that he had attempted his life by discharging a *tot into hi. mouth, and, the shot not having proved effectual, the charge baring, in consequence of the man's hand shaking sinteltairmsoualy with the pistol's discharge, merely earrial away a number of the upper teeth, and hourated the cheek, be had afterwartk, with a rum ha hod previously kid apse the toile, cut his threat, from which bleed was lowing profusely. The mate obtained assistance, sewed up the wooed in the seek, extracted 10 shots from him sheik, applied medicinal rewm dies, and washed the master, but though every attention was paid to him, he lingered only four days, when his body was interred in the seam the navel way. He sever spoke after the eccurreoce, but wrote epos a prep of paper that he had committed the rash act in corpuses of the badness of his freights. The Russian Googol at Hull has ascertained that, although the Wean of his freights hod undoubtedly weighed upon the captain's mind, the caluensioe of the rash act is nisinlyattributablo to another circumstance, the puticulars of which will be made known is a few days.  1 to ft. ea  „.. LI  this;
The Express. — 1861-04-03 (London, England)

MINCING LANE.-(THIS DAY.) 84. 100 W.HartlepoolllarbAßl OLIINT STOCK BANN& Ile. 100 !WM Makad-Oxford 4$ 44 a ... a woggles easmenees.table. but the altar c airs Wiwi bees c„esteede_Very slight Weed, sir I •in fact,fact,the knife &max -The market neatened toels7 with • steady ale 16 all Ditto Newport 40 415 . maimed le &Innen ef the Mamie of 'Andrei. UN a. el , Wa4lllo Must that it would hardly cut. ' pomace ; the Barbados. pu lic sale went off freely. Refined 114 WDlia Ile - No. IL I Donna I Pd. Ita prices. I lass. 59 el ifeelee lee Agra and U. ler. Dull. a 78 10 the class am we, rani intact The suPeesllee, IM, Mr. Combe--What state wee the prisoner in when you -The crakes is also Meld/. ••--e- SAO 0 astalesia all OSI 14 xd -id ateatibia bad bees awl ia the Ararat assns by the sew him first! Coage.--There has sot been a public sale today, but 111.11•411t3D INABA& lkea 16 Bank of Lodi - Very tipsy, sir ; and I troche-stood that be the private contract market is firm. eh. I Pd. I RAILWAYS I Closing aloes. I Salsa 6,011 100 Bank of London IA St 68 row which had been ordered le he reeved off the bed been out with some hinds and querreeed en his re. Tea-This article has a firm apparance, but the amount se ece . me - 60,000 Ito Bank of Turkey akar. Wilma any Uncticas with usPot, lo when it err turn home, when he nixed the knife to frighten his wife. of ~_beleen dais continue, limited. le all 'loent\n twall, 6pa east. 10 11 11,100 10 Chart. Bank ot India. le be *pin ant ap. bed bees.pbsord epee thevezw.altar. The primmer here said that he never had any intention of nice remain • without alteration. Se all ares.Pertkit sew. Joe. 411 - 19,000 60 British N. America ~. AI -14 11-dis ...Australia. aad Chios. an 15 efle zd The CHAISMAII was NM SD. Restates mot ratio,. ' committing suicide. It was • foolish lark. PEPer.m--Seigapare 'old at 34d. per lb. ea 100 Rest Amitloa. A, 6p. el. IS 101 ee 10,010 N Chrird. Mere. of Dada, tiosally neonate the fee* Ilre were was sot apes roe Th„, wire stepped forward and aaaand hie worship that SALTPETRE out 01 demand. la 1410 Do. B, 0p a 108 113 .-lon., toil wins al SS 54 ee aver ..IL.r, bullies tire peat writ wallow over it. what her husband lad stated was true. They had .n Cwr"'N without alteraaaWa et. lee Da C, 7 pest. 106 108 el 100 IL Coen. Ra,ip.ot.No.l 107 100 •-• - 6 000 100 triiiii, 19,000, 100 St 70 73 -. 5 36 10 •••• Mr' We'rarr''N tea, me" le Mt= the mem met bees oat enjoying themselves, and unfortunately. her ha. Itaehet• generaly quiet today. Ilt. 100 Do. do. Nat 106 108 •••••• 46,000 tell Ow. of Canada over the super .altar. The Privy lad osilsrod bead get drunk, and on their arrival home they bad U. lee Do. New Ip. el. ie.. 11l 121 1.21 16. 150 Ocra. et Louden so - - that the Ten C.somearberet• eherdri be set up over bat 4 few words, when be took up an knife and maid be should
The Express. — 1861-01-19 (London, England)

MARTLEHO.NE.  THI ILLACLTS or BAD COKPANT PANT currs.—  ATTEMPTED IMMCIDL P rykt, as istonsakerlooking girl, aged 17, was pinewl at the bar IMfere Yr. Mansfield, charged with at%empties to commit suicide, by taking arsenic. flordero, 118 D, deposed to seeing a crowd round As prisoner, in Groat Jameestreet, Lissom-grove, aloft twelve o'clock lest night. He ascertained that tie primer, who mend very ill, had taken poison, and she bed a paper in her hood labelled " poison." Sh, wan tam I. the dispennery, sod an emetic given her, when .he was knead to have taken • quantity of arsenic. A poor, bat doom* elect W 001•64 stepped into the witness tos, and mid skeins She mother of the prisoner. and that •lie left her bone before Mistimes. She bad formed ac• .IYAMIIIDOS with a set of bad associate% and was frequently pa( to • puny pl is their neighbourhood (Kemal-green I, what had been the ruin of her. She had bees coustently reproving the prisoner for bar oonduct. About a week be. I.,re chnstmea she left borne saying she waiving to attend apse her grandmother. and she (the mother) finding that die did Sot cane home at the enormities of the time. she wee! and found her daughter had never bees nes, the grandmother. There wan a good Lorne for her ao far as lay is the p.wer of a woman like her to get. The prissier was well bled round the neighbourhood and could always get work as kusikese, at which she was very clever. ?mouser (is a hardened rossiner) said her Yeleiter blether knocked her about, sod the mother allowed it, which the mother denied..  Yr. Maaalleld reautaded her for awes days. so that the &plant tai4ht hare ea opportunity d luriagius her to her ult., at duty.  Y A
The Express. — 1861-12-03 (London, England)

SIIICIDI BY STARVATION AT A WORKHOCAL-011 Friday as inquest was held at the Birmingham Arms inn, Birmingham Heath, on the body of Joseph Smith, late an inmate of the workhouse, who dial from starvation under the following rim-um/Woes :—lt appeared from the evidame of Fanny Giles, nurse at the workhouse, that deceased had bees under her care for the past month. Latterly he had refused all nourishment, and expressed a wish that he might die. He was being constantly asked to take food, but refused. He said that his father and brother had shot themselvea, and he intended to commit suicide, and that be had attempted his life when out of the workhouse. On the occasion referred to he said he applied to a chemist for poison, but got an emetic only, and his design was Dot then carried out. Ile died from exhaustion on the 25th Nov. When in the 'workhouse, some time tack, he was placed in the insane ward. and be wished to be sent there again. Witness thought deceased was not right in his mind. Mr. Robinson, house surgeoa, mid he attended droned a foresight ago, when he was suffering from pleurisy in the right aide. He had refused all food offered to him, and also the medicine which had been prescribed. He offered to take any quantity of what was termed the " house mixture," which was a puryitive, but it was not administered, as he did not require that treatment. Deceased lingered UR Monday last, when he died for want of nourishmeat. The thought of death was uppermoet in his mind, and he was determine to destroy himself. The ry, after a brief onesultation, returned a verdict of "Suicide while is a Mate of insanity.''—,geis's Birmingham Uazette.  MARIE!  LONDON WEEKLY DOCK  fn.  2,066 11,66'• 3,496 01 1,249 7dd 1,100 3t7  NS.-NI Pr. Roe  man 124,415 152,493  1- - awe 243,90) $1,442 20,601  44,000  16cha '''''' —iackages; 057 Other E. India packages! 1,003 Do. do. cases' Brazil & Costa Elea bap 4,406 COCOA bop Torsion bop PAM wk. 772 Do. bbd LCf tow 1,551 SALITZTIUI Emu's or Pomp toms 350  020 1,10111 100 1,224  16,118 16,306 3,249 19,38 i  I,Toe  ItS74 99.23 i 1?.1,949  ii,iii X 6,4/ 6b430 6,23;  1,330  I 679 5 8  I-072  48;70  2,36 J  sans  2,706  %SST lb,tal 4.405 U. 014  11733  30,125  713,000 3,707
The Express. — 1861-12-03 (London, England)

MIA PENSIONPR. A respectable-looking man, who Rave the name of Richard 4 Laws sod who described himself as a naval officer, was brOutt,up from Guy's Hospital, by George Boxall, 26. i 31, e commit with attempting to comt suicide in the public street, y taking • quantity of laudanum. The constable stated that on Saturday night be was m duty in Tooley-street, end a little after 9 o'clock his attention was called to the prisoner, who was lying on s door-step, in a state of iusensibity. He did all be could to rouse him up, but was unable, and, ou finding an enacd phial in his pocket which had recently contaiued -laudanum. be cooveyed him instantly to Guy's Hospital, where the stomach-pump was used, and a quantity of laudanum ejected. After considerable trouble his life was saved, sod this morning he brought him frod the hospital on charge. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he had been drinking very hard, and while under its influence be foulishly took the laudanum, but with no intentiou of commitin g suicide. The magistrate asked him what he did for a living! He roplied that at present he hail nothing to do. Ire bad formerly been in the Ist India Company's navy, od had • pension of 265. a week. The magistrate asked him if he had any family! He replied that he had a wife, but no children. St however, should not like his wife to know that ho had heel in custody for attempting to corolla suicide. She was trouble enough now without that. The magistrate told him that he had no wonder that both his wife and himself were iu trouble when be gave tunasif up to drinking. He was in receipt of • very gaud iocoeci and they ought to live in comparative comfort op that Wapiti he promise never to make such au Multi,' The prisoner promised that, and was discharged.
The Express. — 1861-05-15 (London, England)

LIS. bush, was pfsg fa the .pit. direetioe. off shat.( the sun Nome the bip of ass of the plaintiff's Ihnseen, the shaft the Soh. and about four lushes of the shaft br..h off. hams was dareasad raw about sad the netsrimary surgeon's Lill, ilso 100.1 of w..• glue of the hawk sod some 11W. Wary b th• ensdboa, sok the Waal law hsamma MX sad W. The *image ems ens tart the timasibinn was .Is. I. lie herb an its war Ade, sad mne going shout fear smiles se boor whilst the vim we la she line fa As Night trate sad we Ong wens or sight mane as host. The Myer of the vas soundta helve pulled the smogwhisk astsmi hi Mato p waddealy arms th• road apish the *kr  Another lady here stepped forward and claimed the prisoner sa her brother, who no the Saturday previous to the attempt upon his We had returned from Birmingham, where for three roan he fulfilled a situation as clerk in one of the extensive firms ; there was not any motive she Gould assist for the nub act in .pmetion. Mr. Leigh—What is your name and address, madam? An you married? Lady —I soak at Brixton. My name is Meeting. lam married.  lir: Burlst= (eleric)—Whera at Brixton, nod what is ye? hitsttand's Christian name?  ify- I ; it would oilmen° an .nMr. Leigh—Under that refusal t shall feel more disinclined than without it to release your brother. Where there ran attempt at suicide without any excuse set up. it tends to show an iilpliarKi laird. You volunteer information, yet ashise that wheels important. Prisoner was remanded.  MO2 1 Da Vale at Mali MOM' Ma a Mae  ifiii—Oses—Vall WWI itilmai—Ozford Wino N= Me WTI=  : Do.iirtafte.!: A di Do._ . i _ _Podidmio M Diamoill..&•••••• llj. ma leartaiLbk. Illp le Do lity% lift Milk. IS D•Joso I. 1/T Mil k. II & IL Ilidon r TI T Til Dirks =erased li lholio Id IDA Who 11l Do Jelitielpse• .11 Do. 4 ik. ol Moat— dl DIN Ip. it. do 11l Do. do. do. IM-a ill Geelong & ltelboonie WO Grand Trunk el Caoods 11l Dux • pot at. Prot. di DadooProl.• cd.dc 11l Do. • per el kil De. Ipa A. less— • • in Do. do. M.— al Do. do. • Ina talks Id  Iltedhiseee wee Yet Ule only mem is fault yes the Meer el a Illesseee dela whleli wee at Arse behind the yea. As seen as a pelleselea we paned, the eakkhiver paid In Is a eased epee ea the We el heavy Is seat the kerb sod lenedlaiely afterwards palled it to en la host d the ma. The eah, however. struck the slat af tie van led Issued the ham across the mad, and thee awed the nesldeet As Is the deseeee, it eras soot thoila soy eveot the hew awn ask entitled to so large .swat es had ebeed Two., %mod • yarded for the defendant  SOUTRWAIUL  Do. Dm Ds. Sky Do. a; do.. MI.O Do. do. T 8 wltboolop D0.14p.0LD.1•4•7.77 Madras Ore. oe per ol Do. do. I pored. Do. 41 pet al Do. par amt. do. Molb.Oorp.dp. crt.B•odo Brimnrisk C•oods olimo • await. Do. do. load do Ds. O. amp. U. Do. 46. Led de.