The Express. — 1847-08-04 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF AN INSPECTOR OF PRISONS. An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Bedford, arnmar for Westminster.' in the Board-room of the lifillheak Prbees, to inquire into the circumstances attending the deade el the Rev. Whitworth Russell, aged 63, a nephew of the Premier, and one of the inspectors of prisons, who committed self-destruction, yesterday, by sbi oting himeelL The jury having been sworn, proceeded with the mows to view the body of the deceased, which lay in the same position as it was found. It was lying tom of a aanow passage leading out of t gellia and tweimasiosting with the armoury; the head was vary much thawed, and the Boor wee deluged with Mast M. C. Detweirt.aimMory to the 'prison, ststed that the dimmed wee so eel tbs visiting inspectors of the psi on. BA visited the mists ea the previous day. He came about ami seismic, and ea splalthig to him on prison matters, the dowsed mid he ilk wiry unwell and totally unfit to transact say prima beim which he deferred till another day. The whfietepeaking, frequen.tly place to his tssear4i eamplained of great pun. He thing very ill and emmaild in spirits. He left the deceased alone in the beard-moss, but visited him several times up to four o'clock, in the interval he was engaged in writing letters on his private affairs. The lest time he saw the deceased alive was a few minutes alter four o'clock, when he came into witness's private office, neer the board-room and after drinking Nome water from a glass which stood on the table, he said that he should not detain witness much longer ; he shortly afterwards left, and witness heard the door of the board-room shut. In about half an hour afterwards he heard the report of fire wile. but as there was a regatta on the river, and guns gobs off frequentlage tech es no notice of the circumstance hobos than sem it some of the officials, who odd they hot as the webs, but they attributed it to the gemis&g of a dear in the beading. About five o'clook whose directed the piton orderly to go sad inquire it lir. Rama had any bitten he the mist ? the messenger returned, *Meg that the desetwell mesa* is the board-room. Re mat Merial and seeks ilseseestPs hat lying on the table, he idled New by ma% fa=l as answer, an smell* powder to tine me he the door of a sash bras to the amain. whew be saw the deceased I estewiri ea the leer mend with blood, and quite Whams immethisly deptsited a messenger for the residua sesilisel teem who premptly attended. Owe of Or babas deemed had bees Initial( was addressed Is Titers; din allemilmg to the eseastrophe he aciatempleted, he Wool et witness to lump it a secret, if possible, until his Midges were Ia pemdisa of the facts, and ended with the taw* eentesee "Itis my dying request."—W. R. Mr. Davey, the reekhod sorgeon to the prison, stated that he bed known the deassoad several years ; about five o'ciosit on she previews sham be was sent for to attend the d► ceased in the brmliwown, ea his arrival he hand the derAelsslealowisd on his toe ea the floor, which was Wed. on tellits blip he found a whit hod hem dlesherged, antler sight am, saddens by • ewe with one pistol in k. On examisation be bowl Mb hail been extinct for some time, the piss! led boos diwitieged in the month and the ball had mewl wwweris, the heed was extensively shattered, but the has had wet pawed out. Death must have been  Mr. Jams Collins, itmataker and silversmith, No. 115, Regeabalmat, stated Oat about twelve o'clock oa hioaday