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The Express. — 1855-09-15 (London, England)

PORTSMOUTH ROYAL SAILORS HOMH.  The fourth annual meeting of the subscribers and Meads of this isetitetiva was held cu Thareday ; A. II•You is the *hair. The smite', though not a large ow, was • highly infiesistial one. Several ot the borough megiettstes were also present. From the addresses delivered, and the report presented by the diteetors, we extract the followieg details of tits °parttime of this steeliest iostitutim. To show that the limns answers the mid for which it was deslimed, the sums deposited in the hands of the supsrintesdent for security are last/speed. The Ant year the amount was 6491. 10s. 3d., bat this had gradually increased to 2,0411. 9s. 91., and this year it had reached 3,4111. 19s. This money, the directfirs remarked, instead ot heieg aquadosed, was mat or takes bp the mew to their relatives, sad the Home diffused its blowup throughout the length sad breadth of the land, causing comfort, and eating the .poor's rates. The following is the amber of burden, He. : 1864. 1866. Boarders 4lB 919 Casual meals 3,170 8.268 Casual beds Shipwrecked emu 66 96 Casual inmates, sleeping on mists 1,808  SUICIDE AT IsLlNGTolc.—Yeetorday *Veiling, a sea named &Omni& Wilms, a hostler, who was living at Ifo. 3, Beff,ilk.strret, Islington, was admitted tato St. Bartholomew's Hospital, with a dreadful Incision awoss the throat, from the effect& of which he died is a few missteps after he wager's by the sargeons. He sent his wife oat cm a trifles emend, after which he directed his eon, a lad about 12 years of age, to fetch him his razor. He did so, when on leaving his room be balloted the wooed which led to the tetedaation of his life. He was found by his wife en her rebus, lying in a pool of blood. He had for some time yea beam aufferiag great depression of spirits, in easesqueues sentlased Ulmer, and sot Wog able to ma his livelihood.
The Express. — 1855-01-19 (London, England)

TEE PARISH OF CLERKENWELL.  A numerously attended public meeting was held last night, as the Crews' Tavern, Clerktnwell.green, take into consideration the conduct of Mr. Bennett, the relieving officer of this palish, in reference to the melancholy death lately reported in the proceedings of the Clorkenwell Police Court; and also in relation to the late suicide of Mr. Wray, au inhabitant of Cleikenwell for the lest GO years, supposed to be induced by refusal of parochial relief." Mr. RowLzr, the chairman, opened the proceedings by reading sancta from the newspapers of the 9th inst., in which Mr. Bennett was stated to have reused relief to a poor man, named Gaylord, and his wife; in consequence of which refusal the latter died in great misery. It was also alleged against Mr. Bennett that he bad denied relief to Mr. Wray, a man in the great distress, very irfi•m, and upwards of seventy years of age, on the ground that be was still able to work, and that his conduct in that respect had led to the melancholy suicide of the unhappy man ; ether accusations of a similar character were also brought against Mr. Bennet. On the motion of Mr. Becby, seconded by Mr. Menu, it w■s resolved " That, in consrqueuce of the statements published in the newspapers, the meeting was desirous of hearing an explthetion from Mr. Bennett, or from some person on his behalf. Mr. M.Dortatn, a guardian, informed the meeting that the board of guardians bad already instituted an inquiry into all the circumstances of the case, and suggested the propriety of postponing any discussion until the result of the inquiry was known. Mr. PowittL, the medical officer of the parish, read the statement made at the police•cfce by the man Orford, and denied every fact alleged by him. He had culpably neglected hie wife, and he was responsible for her death if any one was.  The man Garford vindicated himself from the charges made against him, and reiterated the statement he had made before the magistrate. It was ultimately resolved on the motion of Mr. Beeby, seconded b Mr. Carter, that the meeting should be adjourned to Thursday evening nest, to await the result of the inquiry instituted b) the board of guardians. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated.
The Express. — 1855-02-07 (London, England)

THEATRICAL SUICIDE. -....._  The Gazette of Mons gives the following partion- ' lars of an actor sad actress in that city having committed suicide:—" M. Carman, of the theatre of Douai, came on Monday last to see his sister-in•law, Madame Carman, the first cantatrice of our theatre. He was to have left the i next day, but delayed his departare—' I have only to play .] is three days,' said he to a friend, • end I shall not leave Mons until Thursday morning; I shall 'wive in time , for the performaaos.' On Wednesday, at about tea o'clock, Madame Carman told her femme de chambre to go down stairs and not to return until rang for ; she also said that she would order her dinner when she would require it. Up I. half-put six in the evening, Madame Carman had called no one, and the servant, who had been up several times to the room door, had not found the key in the lock. The mistress of the hotel having become alarmed at the long silence, at length went up to the room occupied by the actress. After having called several times without receiving a reply, she caused the door to be forced open. The chamber presented its customary appearance, and nothing would lead one to suppose that anything extraordinary had taken place, but the curtains of the bed were closed. On opening them a frightful spectacle presented itself—Madame Carman and her brother-in-law were found lying dead, bathed in their blood, each of them bolding a pistol in the hand. They were locked in each other's arms, and must have killed themselves at a given signal. From the position of the bodies, it was clear that death must have been instantaneous. Madame Carman was dressed is a white muslin peignoir, and her brother•in-law was in full dress. The two Wits were conveyed to the hospital at about nine o'clock. It appears that in the moraine M. Carman bad gone to the shop of M. Clouse, a gunsmith, and purchased two pistols of 121 r. each, some percussion caps, gunpowder, and slags. He wanted them, he said, for a friend in Frenoe. He 'elected the pistols himself with great care, and refused some that were recommended, because the triggers worked too stiffly. He talked very freely with M. C 1...., and when he had made hie choice, asked him if a man mould kill himself with such playthings. M. Close* said that a man could kill another at twenty paces with one of them, provided be hit him. M. Carman laughed aad went away. Madame Carman was 22 years of age, sad her brother-in-law 25."
The Express. — 1855-10-26 (London, England)

THE STORY TO-DAY.-11tie saoroitg at high water the tide is the river rose us sa soused height, a heavy gale blowlsg from the south west ; the water was level with the coping ea the Cestom•hosso wharf, sad nearly up to the sew lead'sg place at Billing/ate. At the half flood the current in the stress was so rapid, that notwithstanding it was what is termed a weather tide, the vessels in the Lower Pool sad I. Blackwell and the Lower Reaches, could seareely be held by their sashes; sad on the ebb, the wind sad tide setting t►e same way, seven' ,owls, in the crowded state of the river, brought their &ashore home, and came into eollishm, causing musk damage to bulwarks, spars, and *gig. Several of the wharves is the south side of the Thum were Mandated, sad the atesters of fishing and oyster smuts state that the law grenade and marshes is the Heat sad Baser shone  are °veld mod ; sad Users Is roam to fear that many sheep hare beim drowned, aid leash lojuty dose to haystacks. Idea& the ants of the storm were very &mimes; 1 boasts la the suburbs were unroofed, chimney-pots blown down, and a great amber of young true uprooted.  DETERIIINID SUICIDE 01' A FIINALII IN THE RIOANT'II CANAL —AU half•past twelve o'clock this Mon big,Cboapioo, 128 8, woo oilfod from Hi`k-rtraat, Portlandtown, to tbo Case-bridge, Park•raad, 84...10hn'0 wood, by  gentleman who bad Mood s Menet sad 'bawl es the bridle alluded to. He, accompanied by soother °Hem took the  drags. sad is the warm of abosi twisty minutes they ese• oeeded is dragging s (male out She sae glued es  the bank, and a doctor was seat for, who pronounced Mr dud, sad his *plain that vitality had not been bug extinct. TM deceased was vary respectably thawed. She had on a dark merino dress, and abs bad tied a veil mu her head sad round her meek. MIS abo had a gold ring ea one finger end isilver Wobble on mother. ♦ gold watch, with a silk peed, was feud in the bosom of her dress. She bad also two geld tweaks. sad a silver spoon in her possession. Upon the latter utak was eagramd, "To the mammy of a dear child." The body was eonveyed to the infirmary of MazyMono Workhouse, New• road.  -
The Express. — 1855-07-17 (London, England)

SUNDAY BEER ACT.—(THIS DAY.) l that the deceased, accompanied by two friends, pro- yesterday site/atm. Several of the soldiers are seined —le.— seeded to the Grand Surrey Canal to bathe. He was not with bad eyes, sad two are insane. Oa the reed fres The select committee appointed to inquire into the perfectly sober, but hoisted on going into the water, and in Gravesend to Chatham a melancholy ease of sudden death swimming from one busk to the other, he became exhausted, occurred. It appears that some of the soldiers alighted teem operation of the Sunday Beer Act re-awerabled at the anal sad was thus nearly dreamed. Os* of his friends seeing a van to walk up the hill : they were all happy sad laughg, this morning, Mr. Henry Berkeley in the chair. his dila/malty to reach the opposite beak, told him that be ing,when suddenly one of the party, Quartsnessemilammat Mr. Elliot, the Lambeth police magistrate, stated that would bring bin clothes, but he jumped in again to return, Newman, 70th, reeled and fell dead. The medical teem is although ho mac en Mondays se legal questiow ',Wog out of and sank almost immediately, the body not being recovered charge Wig at the spot in an lastest, but eirristemos Mill 111 for about two hours. The Coroner said that when the eye- no avail. He wig so well liked in the esrps, that previously the act bad 4411. b.f." him, and therefore he had had •• tees was excited with drink, if • person plunged into the to his leaving his regiment for England the lam presented rasa is that way. The act had redness' the sum. water it sham is every ease produced apoplexy. He hoped him with a piece of plate. He had saved property to the her al drunken twee on Holidays, but not on that the knowledge of such a feet would set as a caution to amount of about 1,0001. Tuesdays. No esmpleints had been made to kfm mums toed of bathing. Verdict, " Accidental Death." An unpleasant occurrenoe took place at sea as as to the working of the act, but he believed drink was mid SUICIDE OF A FemeLS.—This morning a most board the ship Reel Balcones, just arrived in the Thome, Is salissased Meese within the prohibited periods. He hat respeetatily-dressed female committed selfAsetrection by resulting in Capt. Kennedy pilule; Capt. John Moon, Eked jumpier off the steps of Southwark bridge. Boats instantly Regiment, under arrest. It is stated that a quarrel emus. *OM hem WWI so to decide upon Me glimalai of the pet off from the Loaders Fite Eleatic, engine at Southwark- between two of the soldiers' wives, and by order of Caper& term hese fide travellers but at wee sometimes Moult to bridge, bar, when • abort distance from her, she rank. Kennedy one of the women-wee placed is condoentestriat determiss what the legislature intended by some of their
The Express. — 1855-09-25 (London, England)

GAOL.—An icquset wee bold on Friday 'voila& cm the body of a boy, aged 14 years, who bed preeloady given his same se Thomas 114.Donesse. bat mei minis was Themes Dooley. fir. llyard.geewaseef the berough gaol, stated teat deceased wee coninatted, ea the gad of Awn" on • charge of picking the pocket of • lady of 198. Bd., and was sect to the goal for the purpose of swatting his trial. After his snivel at the poi be bed been reported several tines as • mischievous lad, but the amps were frivolous sod be bad sever been punished for them. The deceased *watered the most unlikely lad in the gaol to mama suicide. though he bad Gerd from his mother when she visited him that be bed threatened to desuoy himself if he fretted. Be thew, fore ordered the subordinate of the gaol to look after demaid, and froze eubesquent reavenation with Ilia be wee! of opinion that it was a mere idle throat. The boy wee slogs of ea active tura of mind. On the aurae= of Wednesday whilst poolsg through the gaol his etteniss was called to dimmed, whom he found lying at full barb Ass the floor of the cell quite deed. His handkercbief was loosely tied round his throat end eacircliag the gaspipe was • piece of airs rope. made from the fibres of the cocoa aut. Hs totted deceased had hung himself, and on a slate and as the wail were pictures, three in number, illustrating Magus'. Though apparenfiy quits 'dead the usual rensflee to restore, anissatiou were aplied. but without snows s. Tkis lid had been but ed been told thr, if he did net betsive be p unishe than he bad does he woll'ots ka brought before the visiting justices, and in all proP,ability be punished for rabcondast. A verdict of 1. Unitise. wee returned. CiTe2aL BiULIMIO RA,I, Barr. 24. --.Adudssiono oa gamest, 8,966 ; dittelty new till" 822.-.409119 92N. Correpabill 44114 R low, um.  [
The Express. — 1855-07-19 (London, England)

ROBBERY AND SUICIDE.  An agents:lll an ex traordinuy character, involving *chary Wade, took riistaseili:lie:poaol an Tuesday last: Me ago, Jars. lam suprteadeat of the Masai= Pa senses, taking with him fear ass aleaM 21 per asst. Molski 1861, of No theussal. Isaws sae ; a areiliseleirslM per cent,: Adaisiseaseiss. lambs fas MO piano, sad tweaty-efght DP* Mk seta, rennin in mleetna 1.800 pliers le Uresig-Gre pliers. 01 Ripsaw • Dasbasaa applied a Mt. amen, teeth Csalbarest, to have a large TlMtity.of Dee* Pm *Maya ea American may. wail isms mil Moe skesastams was sash knows to ta.=ielesuL 'Lit allabls sot bailee anti say is mime Wks I. Masi at the oataluiaa that ON mass bed Ma diellessaly cam by, took so farther Mies of the matter. iabseqsantly, the meesgaoatly, pesos wbs bad esilwaged Me saes at Mr. 8 aansi's applied ts have i /mbar el DIM Mee imaged into Amebas may ail Pie belles WM a Ilmos. Care, Waterloo. road. Way she pa infamies to the Dash Consul, whose citAeas being sow mesa, reported . the fasts at lb. poliewellise. shortly 'Rereads a aslngslitas piles bill was naiad at tbe Limpid Delsollail feitmaise, stalk. Me fast of tbe pima Imalopored am Am. Mass, iseseibieg tiles sates, Se amboreof the sass, ad seatkalog hookas and_ abbot mt.. tie at mehaaging mos. The ease No thea plasaia the a Detective Polk+ hareem Harpy, who to a foreigillifillfgams, la Ns 3 Court, *here led essoula tits gokom la W paint be hand • deshis-bartellad Mai, bath bomb of whisk wore Masi He woo bind up is a mall rem ismellsedy Adios the frost ales. Hs was tided Meal time, 'sad water gives him to dank. All. bel6pase two as me dames Murphy west iota his me, sod inquired If he meld take ear thing to eat at disk. • The pima at this Use was i: WI • oast tailings whisk ha had hr • bal. Ha to alpha( to at, bat WS for, and Maised, • of Mar. -Murphy thea left la order Vie.. peyote ,ppasea _with Ma by do IMAM Ladles, we reads Ise Asstelfte. At Maly MON psi fespeasek, Dander akar NOM Mend Ili sipartallek whsa is beheld Um yam, we lb ham, bang palmy sapenaled by a strap ism aroma his ask, asil allabed to the gasp*. He was semblely bleak la the 1044, teal Ms loam was protrude, hem as math. SAM ate the strap, sad at ates Mat (es • negora, who was is aliesdires le lass this a aims and • half. He opesad • Ms is the primer's 11/1111, but no blood fhwed—th was Most It was Ma, is matination, that the Miertasses apt have made a met Manisa Map II bind to death befogs resorting to the swab as _the dews Waits ea the left wrist wars ea es kinked la a dr fay saner. This must have beta dam by moans a • taablas glass is whisk water bad Ws Pas to tka pl. am. He was a fiat-built, istalligoille pug man, of about ilf years of age.
The Express. — 1855-09-17 (London, England)

THE POLICE COURTS. THIS DAY.  GUILDHALL. TIWFTID SUICIDE.  Robert Campbell, a desestlydresetd man, who wee do. aari►ed as a eommereiel traveller, was placed at the bar, okayed wit► ►aving attempted to mama &inside. Polisie-mastable 163 said that as fluoday week he was allied I. to see the primmer, and he found ►im lying ea ties mead. He /eked hia what was the matter, sad he said he was very bad. He then said the het was he bad takes poison. Wit:sass brought a aurgaaa, who gave him some warm water, which ceased ►iss to bring up about an ounce of landmass, and then ordered him to be taken to the hospital, when he remained smell this morning. The reason the primer assigned Lc mounitting the act was that he had boo loft truths' to some mousy fors young ass, and he had spur it, and the young maa had been selling lila to aososat for It.  Tb. prisons said that be was is very bad health, sad was la tbo bablt of taking oplus when is very low spirits, sad on t►is oasastoa Ism 'apposed In had takes a little too nub. He always kept the opium by him, bat had a* ninths to destroy Mani!. It the Aldan's. would Medians hi. he would take ears it should mot wear agile. Bo had a wife sad thrn abildran.  Alderson Farneorabe mid it was a very serious asses be was akargad with, sad was a desperate attempt upoa his life. He mut take time to coneidsr what coarse be should adopt towards his for such conduct, and would tborefen rewind his :sell Saturday. TM wife then same forward (a very respeetablis panes bath in her appeases., sad manors), sad said. if the lgegierate would discharge her husband, as. would take harp of his. His health was bad, bat his Stollen wes Hunt.  Alderman Fareeombe said Mts. Campbell mast get NIRO Mead to sadertake the charge of Me.
The Express. — 1855-10-02 (London, England)

MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN-SUICIDE OF THE MURDERESSES.  BILSTON, Ociossa  About six o'clock this imorning, Mr. Win. Ramie% of Bilges, a confidential clerk in the employ of Hears Perry and Bons, iron founders, of High Fields, was aroused from sleep by the shrieks of his children, who were in bed in an adjoining apartment. Finding that his wife had left his side, he instantly rushed to the children's room. There he was horrified at perceiving his sou Joseph, aged font years, writhing with a frightful wound in his throat, from which the blood was flowing profusely. At the same time he saw his wife dropping upon the floor with a large knife in her hand, which alter having been used by her in taking the life of her child, had been drawn scrota her own throat with so much determination, that her head appeared to be  nearly severed from the body. Mr. W. H. Hums, surgeon, was speedily in attendance,l but the boy died half an hour after his arrival. The woman ravovesed eenceiewthare only, win" *a Inc .l Shoal In bed, mad *ea by a Movement of her bands. she indicated that she wished to be allowed to die without any attempts being made to restore her to life. In a stete of partial stupor she now (6 p.m.) lien, but she cannot possibly survive more than a law hours. There wrists but little doubt that the woman intended to take the Svcs of ell her children, but was p ed by the alum raised by the two other children, one of whom was 11 years of age. The only assignable amuse for the dreadful occurrence is a depression of spirits from which the poor woman has been recently suferiog—not, however. to ea eztent to occasion alarm, as the has gone shout her customary duties, and attended church last evening apparently in better spirits than usual. She was devotedly attached to her children; the lose of one of whom about 12 mouths ego has occasioned her considerable grief at inter• vale since.  A similarly sad affair has taken place at Wednesbary, near this town. An inquest upon the bodies has been held today. The evidence was to the following effect: Joseph Budd, a puddler, had for some time past entrusted to his wife, Mary, small stuns of money, which be desired the would keep for him till last Thursday night, when be should r. quire the whole. Previously to Thursday he inquired if the money would be ready for him when he should •equip it, and she replied in the affirmative. It is 'conjectured, however, she bad spent it, as on Thursday evening she at. tempted to borrow some from a neighbour, but she was unsuccessful ; and it is supposed, that rather than encounter the rebukes which her indiscretion would provthe from her henbane!, she determined upon suicide. After embracing one of her three children, and seeking the second in the house of a neighbour, she caught op her youngest child (two years old), wrapped it to her bosom, and was seen last near to the canal, where on the next day she was found dead, herldelme infant still fast in her embrace.
The Express. — 1855-01-11 (London, England)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.  The half-yearly general wart of this society was held yesterday, at the caws, Trafalgar-equate; B. 130•1:0 Cauzzili, Esq., M.P., in the chair. Mr. J. CH•nzinn, the secretary, read the minutes of the proceedings of the committee for the last six months. It appeared that the operations of the society had extended to the following cases :—No less than 177 persons had been under the care of the society, of whom 169 had been restored to life, and 18 were beyond recovery. 33 of the eases were attempted suicides. During the year there had been awarded to different persons 18 silver medals, 16 bronze medals, 11 votes of thanks on vellum, and 127 pecuniary rewards. The number of bathers in the Serpentine was about 200,000. The casualties in Hyde park bad been 31, of which four were attempted suicides, and only one of the cues had been fatal. The following eases of persons saving life were read, and silver medals awarded to them: Mr. William Dixon, accountant, saved Thos. C. Clinton and John Wills., 6th June, 1864, Douglas Harbour, Isle of Mau; Mr. A. C. Hallowes. architect's pupil, aged 19, waved William Merritt, tailor, 10th July, 1864, River Thames, Waterloo-bridge, being the third life he has saved Su ; Mr. Thos. Nickelh saved three pereons 2nd July, 1854,Surrey Canal ; Henry Atkins, her Majesty's ship Waterloo, A. 8., saved James Blyh, Private 'Royal Marines, and Edward Balkman, boy, her Majesty's ship Waterloo, on the 18th June and 7th July, 1864, River Thames, Sheerness; Lieut. Marcus Lowther, R.N., her Majesty's ship Illustrious, saved Robert Schofield, boy, her Majesty's ship Illustrious; Mr. John Duckworth, landlord of an inn at Radcliffe, saved a boy named Lomax and John Holding, police. constable, lth August, 1854, River few.% near Manchestt r : Ensign Robert Doran, 60th Regiment, saved Ensign Charles Fitzgerald, 49th Regiment, 16th September, 1864, Blackwater River, Fermoy ; Mr. Edward Thomas, master printmaker, saved Joseph Pearls', 83, superannuated sailor, 22nd September, 1864, Fowey, Cornwall; Rev. ft. P. Clesuenger, M.A., minister of Agar-town, saved Edward Barker, 7, 21st November, 1864, Regent's-canal, Agartown. The dill: rent officers of the society were re-appointed, end votes of thanks passed to B. Hawes, Esq., the treasurer, he committee, trustees, chaplains, auditors, medical men, and StClretall. The balance•shect showed that the income during the past ear was 2.0331. 16s. 6d., and the expenditure 1,8931.165. 2d., leaving a botany) of 1401. Is. 4d. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. —  WAlt