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The Express. — 1848-12-01 (London, England)

MTS. SALE OP SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS BY THE LATI R. B. HATDOW.—lrecterday the collection of chalk drawings, mentioned in this paper on Wednesday, numbering more than 1,500 specimens, was put up in 60 lots., at Robins's Rooms, Covent-garden, the preceeds to be devoted to the assistance of his family. The most remarkable imma were—Sketches of the Duke of Wellington, sold for 11. 15s. ; finished heads of Lords Melbourne, Stanley, Orgy, Althorp, and Sir P. Barton, 21. 74. ; Lord John Rumen, 21. 10s. ; Mr. blunts, M.P., 11.61. ; uuSnished sketches of the Duke of Sussex, D. O'Connell, and Wordsworth, 11. 124. ; the celebrated Sleeping Head exhibited in 1822, said to be a panting of Mrs. Hayden, 6 guiners k Napoleon and hat, for Sir R. Peel's picture, from the veritable chapeau worn by the Emperor, in the possession of Sir M. S. Stuart, 94. ; the Duke of Wellington and his Hone, I guinea ; the cartoon representing Queen Philippa pleading for the citizens of Calais, 1 guinea ; the unfinished gallery painting, Uriel and Satan, on which he was engaged at the moment when he committed suicide, 41. The entire produce of the oak was about 531.  THE MENDELSSOIINSCIIOLtERHIPL—Aa a monument to the memory of this i'lustrious and lamented musician, it is in contemplation to f, quad, in the Musical Conservatory of Leipsie, acholarships to bear his name, for students of all nations, as • recognition of musical genius and exemplary conduct. The plan originated at Leipsie, under the sanction of the King of Saxony, and has received the zealous co.opeiation of Mendelssohn's friends and admirers in England. In July last a committee was formed in London, consisting of several distinguished artiste and amateurs, and having Sir George Smart fir their chairman. This committee have arranged a performance of " Elijah," to take place at Exeter Hall on the 15th of December, in aid of the proposed object. The arrangement has been made with the full concurrence of Mdlle. Jenny Lied, who has with her usual generosity offered her gratuitous services ; and the committee have ?s-alved the meat cordial cooperation front the Sacred Harmonic Society, and from the members of Mr. Mullah's upper schools. The performance is to be conducted by M. Benedict, and will be on the most magnificent scale. We observe that the committee have annexed to such contributions as they may be enabled to forward from England a highly proper condition namely, that • proportion of the scholarships of the Mandelayam foundation shall always be held by natives of the United Kingdom; and that • part of the sum colleeted shall be deleted to the endowment of preparatory scholarships in the conservatory of Leipsic, reserved for the natives of the United Kingdom, to qualify them for competition for the Mendelssohn echolarshipa. Every lover of music will look forward with much interest to the accomplishment of a measure which, while it will do honour to the came of Mendelssohn, is calculated to promote the advancement of the art in this country. Tlin
The Express. — 1848-07-31 (London, England)

INQUESTS, SATURDAY.—SUICIDE IN THE MILLBANK PRlSON.—Before Mr. Bedford, at the Millhank prison, on the body of Lewis Cocky, aged 36, a prisoner therein, who destroyed himself by hanging.—Mr. Charles Foster, clerk to the Milihank prison, stated that the deceased was convicted in March last, at the Norwich assizes, of receiving stolen goods, and sentenced to 14 years' transportation. Mc was received into the prison on the 6th of April following, and since his admission he had been such an orderly well-conducted person, that in the following May he was pot into suicieLtion, as a model to the other prisoners. Bing a shoemaker by trade, and a clever workman, several prisoners were placed under him to learn the business. He had not been there long, when it was found that he was overworking himself, doing double the quantity of other prisoners, and the surgeon ordered additional diet, and the governor direzted him not to work so hard. The deceased remained there until the 22nd inst., when he was removed again into separate confinement, arising from an extraordinary influx of prisoners arriving from Newetate, and the ward tieing required for tub, nee. Thomas Fickle, warden, deposed that he received the deceased on the 22nd inst., when he compleiaed of again being placed in solitary confinement without race ; and he did not tell deceased why it occurred. On the following day he asked witness to speaa to the chief officer to allow him to have another prisoner to work with him. He had not an opportunity to ask that day, and OR en,vrioe the deceased's cell, at nine o'clock OR tho morning of the i.ich, he kern,' him hanging by a cord, whi.th. he had fastened to a hook which supported his hammock. Ho cat  him down, and on the arrival of the surgeon he pronounced him dead. Other evidence was given, showing that the deceased had just previouey received • letter from his wife of a heart-rent.ing nature, on which he remarked he should not live to receive another from her. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." Tag Fin't IN
The Express. — 1848-08-14 (London, England)

SINGULAR SUICIDE.—An extraordinary instanc, of a most determined act of suicide oecurre-d at Joy ford, about two miles from Coleford. It appears that the deceased, Elizabeth Jones, aged 53, went from her house at Lynbrook, on Sunday evening last, to pay a visit to her mother and brother, who reside in the same house at Joyford. About four o'clock Em the morning of Monday the deces,ed got up. Her mother heard her daughter rise ; but thinking she was going to a neighbour thought nothing of it, and fell to sleep again. The sister in law of the deceased on rising, not fin-ling bee at home, made search fur her, when she was shorty after found in a corner of the garden, about forty yards from the house, nearly naked, having on only her stockings, one shoe, rind a petticoat tied round her waist, weltering in her blond on a patch of corn that was growing in the garden. Upon examining her body a large gash, about three inches long, and cut into the depth of the bone, wee observed on the anterior part of the left arm in the bend of the elbow joint, eximsing the ends of the divided arteries and veins, which appeared to be cut by a sharp weapon. A sharp razor was found by her siie, covered with blood. It appears that the deceased has been in a des..onding state ever since her husband died, about five years ago, and this circumstance, combined with her being compelled to relinquish a lodge near Mitcheldean, or. account of his death, preyed upon her mind so much that she frequently ezpressi d toner relater-s and friends her apprehension of becoming an in. mate of the workhouse. She had a little property at Lynbrook, and 531. 15s. were found in her pocket, which she left on her bed. She attempted to destroy bersaf cn Saturday before this tragedy took place. She had remised every attendance from her sin, who is a respectable tradesman at Coleford, during her melancholy state. He was thrown into fits upon hearing the lamentable tale, and is still very ill. An inquisition was held upon the body, when the jury were some time coming to a verdict, it having arisen amongst them that the deceased might have committed this singular act in a state of somnambulism. They decided, however, " that the deceased committed self•destruetion in afit of temporary insanity."
The Express. — 1848-07-14 (London, England)

SAXONY.—Th( the project of elec! . the second chamber •, It has been officiall. Saxony, including • 40 millions of that the kingdom shows a The Queen wa Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of K at Buckingham Fait The Duchess of Bruce and Lord Jan•es at her Majesty's Tt es • Deuce. The Duke and lu Earl and Countess t yesterday evening, t COURT 0 • Yesterday a o business. Tier. CHIEF BAt The chairman of t brought up a long of Mr. Hockley `V'. Court. He stated tAls that the report In t. against Mr. Wood in stantially correct ; an give them a staterrent of the charges prete had received a letter the charges against h mously of opinion t. condemnation of his Insolvent Court had relief under the • that some doubt r xis WOO4l aa chief bai'iff diate removal from o tions to the City Sol' gence and mis-. 0. n.lu officer, and if it we court in removing hi ing for the period of order the City Solici for his immediat re mouldy of opinioi th rooter of the court, officers, if they p r executing the pr. ce person from arre‘t u appointment in one . Weed was preseit counsel against tae certificate of 111 h adopted, and the pe MEETING OF The customary of the county of ht aionehouse, Clerks • acted was to ele t a July next, and Mr elected.—The lien court the report of s. purpose THE CORONIR'S bound to call the a account sent in by attending inqu. tta case he was Ow it ledge, and to the county on• quiry, for th re quiry ought to he Plummer, a I, tle June, by Collin; in information of , tie thing was hear.. f Friday determi having advance I • following Mon ay tended, but a willingness to wish to see it in i was too <dimwit they would bri, g coffin lid, he w of take it the saw consented to, •,,d Wakley had inquest it conk to object to t t thought it hariil paltry sum of ... no inquest at i:11, for it.—Capt. C. principle: here: the item to be cx received, and for payment ot a• HOl:sErt 0/ I STRONG MOT( I: That as great from the prison of trade or burine. , obtaining it Itvr u. firameihote cam the penalty of t geese to the rat sanction the rot ON such discharge. .t employment. Which the? n Ignorance, oho munity and a t. rkilica to con- er the ago, , Mr. WILSON o and submitte of order in r • power to gr:-..a concurred In wh court could n he should gig petition both devote fund of his frit .d of opinion ceeded with. i the motion to ill the court was o. that at the tit at In the amend d introduction • .f • the same as t .e be filled with ro PRISON It were read. 'l.l. of Correctior. o. Woodhouse, t to death fo' had been ortt• r Chesterton, was commi, e. Court; also .h warder, had or cuniary ass:-t. make any st Secretary o. ; the expense o assistance. containedO 'ff e2Wndmended :.motion sic, n 1 iulpetteritt foorf cent.; a been several • Irish vagratra. the suicide of which hag.: I The commit a grand jury in Wet r
The Express. — 1848-10-24 (London, England)

MEDY:O-LEGAL QUESTIOIL—A rather puzzling use of allegel re . suicide is ported in the Alumna d'flygirae. A woman is tosno asphyxiated by the fumes of charred, end her husband sties that he and deceased had agreed to commit suicide, but fiat he had survived the of ma of the carbonic acid gas. Now the question was to ascertain whether, in the eireanistatices qi which he woe placed, he could have resisted aephyzia, as he maintained ? Wm it not likely that he destroyed his wife by she coal fumes, and placed himself In such a way as to simulate a double attempt at 'snide ? The medical men consulted on this matter resolved to place everything in the nom in the manner pointed out by the I prisoner; to produce the same evolutioo she gas, cud t„ sae the effect it would produce on the identical lamp which swig continued to burn whilst the supposed attempt at asphyxia was going on. They expected, moreover, thus to discover to what extent the air breams deteriorated In a ghee time, and thereby to judge of the yoke of the prisoner's es. motions. Now it bapoeoed that the lamp went out is a much shorter time than the alleged attempt at suicide—es. cording to the prisoner's own matements—lasted, and Oat 'the air became so soon deadly that it would have been inpossible for the husband to do certain acts which he snood having performed, a much longer time after the charnel was lighted—namely, the descending into his shop Ow vas a grocer), the reaching down of a Jar of alcohol, and she getting up again into. the room with the jarin one hand sod the lamp in the ether. The prisoasr stated besides, that le had swallowed three large glares of alcohol, but nothing, when he was found, pointed to the ingestion of so enonneu an amount of spirits. The medical witnesses therefore esslimed the following question in the negative—Can the pel. saner have been placed in the same asphyxiating circus. stances as his wife, and not fall a victim to the fames d charcoal as wells herself Lama.  A
The Express. — 1848-05-15 (London, England)

INQUEST ON MR. REDHEAD YORKE, M.P. their efforts to effect a reduction of taxation, and to those An inquest was held on Saturday, by Mr. Wakley, me:nbers of parliament who had joined them had come to a resolution to direct their clerks not to take movement Mr. Nicolay dwelt upon the assiduity of the in the latter any briefs unless the fees which had become due in the pre- at the Elephant and Castle Tavern, King's-road, Camdenborough members, Sir B. Hall and Lord Dudley Stuart, in virus session had all been paid. The object of this resolution town, for the purpose of investigating the death of Mr. reference to the sanitary bill, the window tax, and especially was, that the barristers might protect themselves air fret the Henry Galgacas Redhead Yorke, aged 45, member of parimproper c ,one which had been taken by various parties in liament for the city of York, who committed suicide in the that of Sir B. Hall with regard to Ireland and the income omitting to pay their fees that had become justly due. He Reg tax He next referred to the new movement for the reducent's Park on Friday last. tion of taxation under Mr. Hume, and contended that the . considered this a most proper and wholesome rule, and cal- W. Nicholson, butler to the late Mr. Redhead Yorke, at advances made by the members for that borough deserved culated to raise the character of the profession, and he 81, Eaton-equare,said • I last saw him alive a few miuutee not only the thanks of their own constituency, but those of thought that any members of the bar who had signed this after nine o'clock yesterday morning. He then left home, resolution were justified in refusing to take any brief from saying he was going down to the house, but that he should the constituency at large. Mr. Glasin seconded the persons who had omitted to pay their fees. He should, be back again about eleven o'clock. The examination of resolution.—Sir J. Hamilton, Batt:, cordially concurred therefore, move first, that it was the opinion of this meeting this witness was here broken off, and that of the surgeon in the thanks, which he considered deserved.—The that it was competent for the barristers to enter inta the re- who had made the post mortem examination commenced. motion was put and carried unanimously, amid loud ap, solution which they had done; and, secondly, that it was as Mr. J. R. Williams, surgeon, 158, Grove-street, Camden- rence in the resolution and said it had never been his lot to louse —The rev. Chairman expressed his cordial concurcompetent for any member of the bar, who had signed that town, having made a post-mortem examination of the body witness more zeal and attention to the interests of a conedresolution, to exercise his judgment in refusing to take a brief of Mr. Yorke, had no doubt but prussic acid was the cause of tuency in his life, more especially by Sir B. Hall, whom he offered to him where the fees had not been so paid. death. had been longer acquainted with than the noble lord. The
The Express. — 1848-03-09 (London, England)

RDRH BY A SOLDIER AT CASTLETOWN.—The Isle of Man Times, of Saturday, states that on the previous Wednesday, about six o'clock in the evening, a soldier, named Bridgeman, shot a comrade, named l'atrick Connor. The murderer had:some diffaence with one of the sergeants and a corporal of the company, named O'Reilly, about the stoppage of his pay. The parties came to high words. The soldier soon went away with a comrade to a public-house, where they took refrrahments, and played at haggle lle togethei. The murderer there said to his comrade, " this i• the last time we shall drink together." He soon went away into the bamck-room, and lucking himself therein, loaded no less than three guns with ball cartridge. A soldier entered the room and wrenched a gun out of his hands, but it missed fire, the cap being bad. He seized another gun, and as it is said, without designing its contents for his comrade, discharged It, and the ball went through the regim of the bowels, and his comrade who had been with him for refreshments, expired in five mitutet afterwards. The hall had passed completely througo the body, and was extracted trona the lining of his coat on the opposite side. A general alarm was now spread. The lieutenant ordered out the guar.), and all ran towards the room where the culprit was ; but the door being fastened, they were obliged to break it open by force. In the =mei= the murderer fired severel shots through the partition, upan a but!y of soldiers in an adjoining room, and one of them was wounded in the leg by the splinters from the door. On the guard rushing in, the murderer seized a sword, threw it out of the window, made a desperate leap of thirteen feet, and seized a metallic spout which came down from the eaves to a wall. In passing down the spout, its foot, niugs gave way, and the culprit fell across the wall, and became senseless,. In this state he was taken into custody, and lodged in the guardhouse, with his ribs broken by the fall, and otherwise wounded. An inquest was called on the body of the deceased, and a verdict of wilful murder was returned. The deceased, John Connor, was a native of county Waterford, and had been one year in the service. The prisoner, John Bridgeman, is a native of Liverpool, only 18 years old. Another account mays, that one of the three muskets was double-loaded, and that Bridgeman tried to commit suicide with it by drawing the trigger with his feet, but it did not explode.
The Express. — 1848-12-25 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF A LADY.—On Friday evening lost an kquest was held upon the body of Mn. Twynam, the wife of Dr Twynam, of Know's-hill, rear Dishops,ko. The unfortunate lady, who flail been for ROl3lO time in e state of depreuion, destroyed benelf by aucharging the contents of a gun through her bead on Friday morning —Sarah Berber, sousentaid in the family of the deceased, said : Her age was about 62. She breakfasted with Dr. Twynam. Atter breakfast she went fir a walk, and witness went with her. Upon their return deceased told her to send the cook for orders for dinner. She then desired wiener." to go up sad dust the drawing-room. She was gone about two minutes. On coming down stairs she met the cook, and went into the room, which smelt of gunpowder, and there was a good deal of smoke in She then discovered that her mistress had shot hers. If. They bad been obliged to keep knives out of her way for some time. About a month ago she cut her left arm with stable I knife, but it was not known whether by atehleht er not. Deceased had once tried to take poison, but had been prevented.—This evidence was confirmed by other witnesses.— Mr. Goldstone, surgeon, deposed that be saw the body of the deceased lying back in the caay chair, the head reclining to the right side. The eft side was very much shattered. The face had dark marks, like that of gunpowder. A portion of the lower jaw was driven through. The charge appeared to have gone through the mouth ; the left side of the bead and a large portion of the eontents were envied away. The poker was close to the right hand. The nun was lying between her knees, with the stock on the ground, and the barrels piloted towards the head. It appeared to him that deceased discharged the Rue by touching the trigger with the poker. It must have caused instant death.—Mr. Wilson, surgeon, said Mrs. Twynam was afflicted with a disease of the brain, which suhjeeted her to aberration of the mind. She was incoherent in ter manner, sometimes more, sometimes le-e. It affected her whole nervous system. She had not entire contr.' over herself.— The jury returned a verdict of Temonrary insanity."
The Express. — 1848-09-19 (London, England)

STATISTICS OP CRIMINAL JULITICIL—The Min* of Justice his just addreeesd to the chief et executive gov rnmeat a report of the adraMisteetist7, criminal justice for the year 1846, the accounts 6,4 mri up only to the end of that year. We extract from it *et lowing statistical information; The eunstrr brought to trial before the CAMS of Assize in France 4.6. the year was 6,903. of whom 1,878 were somawd of -7-5 against the person, and 6,030 for crimes again* Compared with 1845 the number of the former ,o, diminution of 173, and of :he latter an inere.se of 396 number of penow. brought to trial, in proportion to tuZ tire population, varied as Allows tor certain depaesift„ For the Seine it sr.,' 1 in 1,537; C islet, 1 in 799; the mkt; 1 2,817; Vienne, lin 3.179; *ion laterisere, Ile 3,245; Vaucleuse, lin 3,368; Seine et Out lin 3,417- the HIlUtPi Aloes, 1 in 14,789, the Daubs 1 in 14,617; the lice; 1 in 13,650; the Cher, I 1., 13 'iBB ; the Pas es Calk, lie 12,381; the Vendee. 1 in 11,4110; the Milne, 1 in 10741the teem, lin 10,144. Th. re Was a 'arising d,ffereti4 certain departments as to the motives of the crimes. le the Cher, out of every 100 persons brought to trial were crimes against the person, and 91 against pentweh.; Seine, the Gironde, and the Aube, 11 out of 100 .istiattb, vnon, and 89 against property ;iu the L t Cue,* Loiret, and Vienne, 13 oneinet the mime, and 87 agaket property ; in Corsica, 81 in every 10:3 ping the person,* 19 only agabsst property ; in the Mourn Pyr nnees,6ll cent. of the former, and 32 of the otter; in the Alb, q and 47; in the Centel, 62 and 48 ; in the Pea Rhin, 51* 49. Of the total of 6 908 pi nous brought to trill there me. ' 5,743 males and 1,166 t. mall, which, in pr portion to th population, was 1 male in 3.055, and 1 reota:e hi 15,339. lee ages are thus given : 1,199 and.. r 21 ; 2,204 between 21* 30 ; 1,686 bntwcen 30 and 40 ; 11l between 40 and 60; * between 50 and GO ; and 253 above 60. The pree,sion" clamed as follow.: '2,626 engartol in agriculture; 2* ' workmen of t ifferent occupatite; 496 persons snetuteek trade, emploOes, clerk., etc. ; 322 waggoners, oakum boatmen; 143 innkeepers, euffer-heuse keepers, or Mg*, house keepers ; 617 dome tie servants; 349 persons linnets it comes derived from pr..fperty or liberal profusion', ay 239 without known roe 'risible means of • mstence. Of fly, 100 parsons brought to trial hi 1846, .62 could neither*/ „in. write ; of the 48 others, the in.jorsty could only *ter r rite a little, or read only. Oi the 6,908 persons broil* is trial, 2,269 were acquitted, 1,835 wire sentenc.d to stows punishment (oeines affivrtives tt infausantes), and 2,7746 minor punishment (prines eorrectionnelles) ; the numbed condemnations to death was n 2, of whom 40 were exeesmi; 11 kad their sentence commuted to imprisonment with had labour for life; the 62nd committed suicide.