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The Express. — 1849-08-02 (London, England)

SUICIDE FROM RETTRSE OP FORTUNE.—Before Mr. Biker, at the Write Hart public house, Old Ford, Bow, on view of the body of John Davis, aged 32 years, who drowned himself in the River Lea. The deceased was the eon of Mr. E Davi., of the firm of Davis and Co., who carried on the bu-ino.s of wine merchants so rueccssfiely for many years, in Bi-hopsgate-street, City. On the death of his father, which occurred about hve years altos, the deceased was left with a very handsome fortune, and he embarked in a speculation with anotht r gently marlin the wine trade, which turned out a complete failure, and the deceased soon became reduced to 'linnet starvation. The lois of his fortune so operated upon his mind thar he was considered at times to be deranged. The el- c ased had latterly become an omnibus co. doctor to one of the Chelsea omnibuses, and on Saturday last he left home, for the puepose of going for at errand for his employers, and was never heard or seen alive afterwards. On Monday m truing a hat and coat was found hanging upon some ninon., near the house of Mr. King, the loek-keeper of the haven Lea, at Bow. The drags were procured, and the body of tbe deceased waa ultimately found. The deceased's badge and address were found in Ws peeke's, which led to his name and identity.— Verdict, " Found drowned."  MATCH:  NEw Acr RELATING TO GENZIAL AND SESSIONS —Among the acts of parliament wt ich have jail; received the royal assent is o eto amend the procedure ha Courts of General and Quarter Sessions in II 'gland and Wabia, and for the better so vancernon tof justlee Incas-a within' the jurisdiction of those courts (12 &13 Via, nao 44) Tha 'object of the act is t 3 make the lase of appeal suer, uni'nrs. -si ll elau• sin the which  tires of eppeals frivolous appa.la, (-Miami and Quarter S,Sliooll are now empowered to eve owe in all eases, whs. thee suck appeals are or are not prosecuted. Notice of appeal must be gilte n, and the grounds of appal set ti:th. Ths act dreg not extend to S:otland or Ireland.
The Express. — 1849-03-19 (London, England)

HERTFORDSHIRE•  EXTRAORDINARY6I.IICIDE7=AII act of suicide, on the part of a young and newly-married female, took plan a short time since, at the retired village et Leayeadee, near Watford. The deceased was a young woman of excellent character, and had lived in service, for two or three years, at Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, where, it is said, she " kept company" with a young man, with whom her future marriage was partly arranged. Circumstances occasioned her removal to Watford, where she attracted the attention of a respectable young man, named Downer, the son of the keeper of the village elehouse, at Leavesden. The second lover plied his suit so successfully that, aided by the recommendation of the deceased's own relatives, the former attachment was soon forgotten, and a marriage agreed upon between the deceased and himself. This marriage was solemnised on the Sunday, and after the ceremony, the newly-wedded pair took possession of a neatly furnished cottage in Leaveeden, intending to make it their future residence. The busb nd remained at home on the Monday and Tuesday. Oa Wednesday morning he left hems for the purpose of resuming his occupation, that of a carpenter, at Watford. Before leaving, he laid the Are for his wife, who remained in bed at the time of has departure. It the treelog, on his return home, he found b 1 cottage door fastened. Imeginiag that his wife might be gone to her father-In-law's, he hastened there to meet her ; bu't, on inquiry, it appeared that they bad seen nothing of her' day. Returning to his cottage, and aiding the door still' locked, he buret it open, when he was surprised to find the fire just as he bad left it in the nursing. On proceeding up stain he wee horrorstruck at discovering his wife, in her night-dress, suspended by a cord to the bed-post, and quite cold and stiff. • Medical assistance was called in, but death having taken pftes massy hours previously, of course nothing could be done. A close examination discovered nothing leading to any explanation, on the part of the deceased, of the rash act she had committed, but it was quite evident that her purpose had been most determined, and that she had hung herself almost immediahly after her husband's departure in the morning. As inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict of "Teminsanity" returned. It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that the exciting cane which led to the melancholy event was the deceased's own regret at the faithlessness she had sho'wn to her former lover.
The Express. — 1849-10-09 (London, England)

THE EQUINOCTIAL (;ALES.—MORE FATAL Looms& —These riles continue along the eastern and northern coasts with much severity. In addition to the losses of coasting vessels, reported is this journal on Weilteed,ay, many others have dam taken place, ascompeaied by a we. lentholy lose of life. Near Cattham (Yorkshire), where the John Saltonts was totally lost with all ban a, another vessel met with a similar fate on Sunday morning- every Bout perished with her. From the dimensions of the wreck she is supposed to have been • collier, and to have had a crew of ten hands. At daybreak on Saturday a sloop wee discovered by some of the Coins fishermen wrecked on the Gunfleet Sande, and it is greatly to be feared that all hands end some passengers met with a watery grave. In the course of Sunday Intelligente was communicated at Newcastle of the total kill of the Hero stammer, which left Shields in the early part of the week for Stettin. Oe the 27th ult., when off the coast of Norway, she was struck by a tremendous ma, which completely disabled her engines, as well as sweeping every thing off her deck. Shortly afterwards she foundered. The crew were saved by the brig Symmetry. MELARCHOLT BUlClDR.—Yesterday morning information was forwarded to Mr. Bedford, of the death of Mr. Richard Bagehew, tempera/ agent, of No. 31, Brydges s= Cevent.garden, who committed suicide. The dehad conducted a molt extensive business for the last twenty yore, which had been carried on nearly half a century by his father, whom be succeeded. Latterly he had shown evident symptoms of a disordered intellect, and appeared to labour antler • delusive dread of poverty. He seemed, however. competent to transact business, and hie conduct pave no evidences cf • contemplation of suicide. At half-past ten on Sunday, he wee discovered in his bedroom, suspended to the bedpost. Lih was quite extinct.
The Express. — 1849-07-26 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—On Monday Ism an attempt at murder was made in the village of liking', is Cassbriolieshirs. Robert Norman, a labourer, resided with his wife at Indian ; sad Sarah Ann Pitch, who is the deiight, r of his wile, by a former marriage, lived with them. For some time past the wife had had suspicion of an improper connection existing between her kushand and her daughter, and, oa the day in question, her suspicions had been ein fumed. In consequence, it was erring. d that the daughter should leave the house. While etie was making preparations for doing so the man e behind her, and cut her throat with • large clasp knife. Apparently thinking that he had takes sway thr Itte ot his victim, Norman inflicted a severe wound on himself, by cutting hie own throat with the same • ; but it is nit thought that the wound is of inch a description as to endanger Its lite. He has been committed to take his trial for wounding w ink latent to murder; but should the death of the poor girl he toe result of the wound ialicted area her, the prisoner will no doubt be control ted to take his trial fur wilful murder; awl, as the business of the mummer anne for the county is concluded, he will have to remain in prime for about six months before trial. Yesteeday the girl was in • wily precarious state. Tug Coors.—The weather has been very benefielal to the standing crops in this district (13 irnsley). Since bet Wedseeday's thunder and rain, we hare catty had • MIK4IIIIIiOII of showers and sunshiae, which has dons immense pod to the wheat crops and the crepe in the gardens is and armed Barnsley. We ere sorry to have to state that cm=are becoming more prevalent respecting the potato in this district than we bad a fortnieht ago. The rabic, the last mak has completely revived the turnip crops whom they were sot completely tons. Exusates
The Express. — 1849-05-16 (London, England)

GUILDHALL. Avvairrruo Butcroa.--On Monday a rosy girl named Julia London,_ of No. 8, Ihhowlerrant, Hortoe, wee brought ap wa a thew awitsworas to commit suicide. Theo. a pelimmaa, said that be was on duty ea Illaskelmi• ow Bwiday Agit, about half-piA 11 whoa he the primmer sitting on the steps d to the Aver weeping _Wittily. Ho asked her what io."—A then, sad ohs replied that oho had had • quarrel wl*the person with whom oho Hied, and was determined to pot on ad to fur Witham. He tried to altitude her from one ea sot, bat his dark being iseleettael he was compelled to take her to the Maks-boas& Aid. Carden resimidid the pliessor, at the same time di. rooting the Allow to make the secemery 'squirter. Yesterday she was again brought up, when May Amu M'Donald, of No. 8, Fshom-tormos, Horten, stated that the prisoner maintained herself by needlework, and earned from 6s. to es. per week. flits bad shim tbriatiewl to commit suicide. Tba Obese sill, from inquiries he bad mad% he bad ascertained that ths prisoner had bean acqsaintad with • private of the 11th Haman. and bad afterwards kept eomlry with • sergeant of the 7th Hasears, but could lean Ourthat. The *glowing kW: was *ea beaded to the alderman:  thm%szak tar,—l Iwo taidalsed the aid his Lad.. tail=pt.. tag railkarattlea. tad Wit Ire ere a tuft ism I tas yaw vatidp Otte gatma* to reamilla 111 mat, to tat dada it tea be lose es emters_it_yes St aloe lme me dhpeed et.—l em, dr, fourths swam, Jaws amet, einsbia Ablenum Osaka reemeded bar wail Saturday seta. abaft Warm* aidernea Cordes bad • private inter. visw adman. sad Mn. MoDeaeld, and, oa qua. dadsthemeA twined oat that the former wan a thinlan of Captain MeDaseld, wits west with bb badly to Canada during die Me woe, sad settled titers Tits praoner's parents died, lowing her wlibest • friend, she bad awe then bees la Denies bed bad latterly maintained herself by seediework. Oa balsas if SU ita any objection to te, s replied _ 'be bad sone. Allateemigramea Ceramhe dialed Mr. Iles, the eibee of the wan, to sb Ow sewstory bdametioa et the Entigmdeawdiss mak Is water Mn. McDonald widertook the we st tits Own
The Express. — 1849-05-24 (London, England)

ROBBISRY BY • BERVANT.—A DSAPIIIATE LEAP.— Enema Harvey, 26. was indicted for having stolen a small gold pin, value 15e., the property of Blimbeth Tawney Millard. The promeutrix it appeared was an unmarried lady, residing at No. 8, Lower James-street, where she gave lessons in music. About a month ago the prisoner went to live in the house as servant cf all work, but on last Tuesday week she absconded, and immediately afterwards a number of articles belonging to different parties in the house were missed. One of the City police officers named Quarterman received some information regarding the prisoner, which induced him to go to No. 4, Searles-pima, Temple-bar; he proceeded to the second floor back room, the door of which he found locked, and whilst he was preparing to break the door open, he beard a scream from the lower part of the house. He hastened down to the bark yOrd from whence the cry had proceeded, and there he found the prisoner lying insensible on the ground, having, when she heard him at the door, leaped from the window, a height from the ground of more than 20 feet. She was removed to the hospital, and the pin in question was found in her shawl. When she recd' erect she was removed to the station house, and there she said that she had picked up the pin in Miss Millarl's room. The prisoner was found Guilty. The Court was informed that she had before been in prism fer having attempted to commit suicide. The police officer said that a gentleman connected with the French consulate lived in the same house, and he gave information to the polies of the loss of a valuable gold watch and chain from his dressing-room. The prisoner gave information about this watch when she was in custody, and it was found at Attenborough's, in Fleet-street. It was rest-red te the gentleman, but as some important business called him abroad, the magistrate did not bind him ever to prosecute. The learned judge sentenced the prisoner to six months' hard labour.
The Express. — 1849-07-27 (London, England)

INQUEST, YESTERDAY.—SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE. —Before Mr. Canter, at the Telegraph public-house. Madel:atone-hill, Greenwich, on view of the body of Rthereea Harvey, a widow, aged 32 years, whir, it was alleged, had met her death by means of poisen. Mary Coxbead, an aged widow, said the deceased was her daughter, and had bees left a widow about flee years. Without called her to breakfast about nine o'clock on Tuesday morning ; deceased came down shortly afterwards, crying; they talked about her trouble, and witness left the room about a quarter of an hour, and on her return, found the deceased retching; waisted her to bed. On getting up-stain, cleaved feU on her fate in a lit, as witness believed. She ran for assistance, end on her return they found deceased quite dead. The deceased was wren =oaths gone in the family way by a clergyman, and he had refused to do anything to assist her, althearah he bad brought her to ruin. Mr. 0. Hatch, surgeon, Sonth-street, Greenwich, said be attended the deceased ; hd sinee snide a post Reorient examination of the body ; discovered a large quantity of exile acid in the stomach. A cup wu found in the room containing a minute quantity of oxalic acid and gin, which was the mixture takes by &wand. Mn. Coxhead being petalled, said do. coned had lined in the service of a lady ouzel Scriverz, re' siding in Park-place, Greenwich, at whose house the Rey. Mr. Dallis had been in the habit of lodging; and at that house, after many attempts, the gentleman succeeded in ruining her reputatiNn in as unguarded moment. Mr. Dellis sow resides at 10, Pembroke-row, Kensington. Wit nits hai been to that gentleman at Kensington, and be refused any satisfaction, urging that deo•ased wee a married woman, and must look to her husband. saw, before leaving, Mr. Bailin's sister in the drawing-roam, who promised when the child was barn, that something should be done for her. Had been offered 61. to forego all further claim.— Several witnesses proved hexing deceated say en different occasions that if Dallin did sot h have as a traln it would iaduth her to musk eel tide.—The jury returned a verdict of " famporary insanity."
The Express. — 1849-09-28 (London, England)

SUICIDE BY A FEMALE.—Yeaterday art2roo tn Mr. Center rescinded en inquiry at the Town-hall, Gray, s md, smoothing the death of Elizabeth Briant. The deceused held a situation in a gentleman's family at Streatham up to the second week in this month, when she left. Oa Thursday, the 13:h inst., she visited a beer-shop, kept by a person of the name of Twits, near the Clifton Marine-parade and Rushes vale-pier. Sne retired to rest about halt-put eight o'clock, and the following morning, on the apartment Deena entered, a melancholy scene presented itself. The bed writ saturated with blood, hut the female had vanished. The window, which overlooked a side yard, was epee, end a blanket dangling out of it. The attention of the officers was directed to the water-aide, and at the edge of a limewharf, some 40 or 40 yards from the beer-shop, Was seen more blood. Here it became evident that the deceased had scone into the river. The body was picked up in the river below this relic:, and the articles of drug which were left in the room led to her identity. Mr. Grim/haw' surgeon, of Gravesend, deposed that be had examined the body. There wen a wound &arms the throat, four inches in length and one in depth. It ran from left to right. The cut was not deep enough to cruse death. The larger vessels were Lot divided. lie made a pest mortgage examination end he co- sidered deceased died Area drowning. By Coroner—Thought it probable that the dessosed after cutting her throat could have descended by the blanket and gone to the river side and thrown herself ir. Certainly vu of opinion that she was alive when she went into the water. Harriet Manfield, housemaid in the same family as the deceased had been, deposed that deceased frequently complained of being unhappy and had hinted at deetroyiag herself. The jury returned • verdict " That the deceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary insanity."
The Express. — 1849-11-02 (London, England)

RESISTANCE TO POOR BATES.—The first marked indication of a determine) resestanee to the doles of the ratecollectors was manifested in our county on Wednesday last. It appears that a collector of the Callan Union some days since seised seven cows in the Knocktopher electoral division, where the rate is 2s. 6d. in the pound, and conveyed the animals to the Kilmeganny pound. The bracts were to have been sold by auction for the amount of the demand in Hllmaganny on Friday ; however, about 400 men assembled in the village, and when the cattle were driven out of the posed at half-pact one o'clock to be " canted," the mob eurroudied them end drove them off in triumph. The small party of police stationed at Kihneganny were onder arms all the while, and ready to interfere, but the collector using so large and determined a mob present, did not call upon the constabulary fur assistance, preferring to permit the rescue rather than that lives should be lost.— !filtering M CROP LIFT —al. We find that the system of crop plundering on th art of dishonest tenants still continues in active operation in oar county. and the adjoining districts We are informed that on the night of Thursday last, about 400 same, with no fewer then 157 hens and cars, assembled at Clistown, and carried off the entire crop of a person named Dunphy. The landlord is Henry Nixon, Esq., Clone. We have mho heard that on Monday night about twenty ear loads of corn nomad through the village of Johnstown. The names of the victim and actors in this case we have not yet ascertained. Oa Saturday night a large mob assembled with cars at Bohernore, toutty C .rluw, and carried off the crop of a widow, named Barry,. on the state of Colonel Bruen ; and on the same night, it u stated, two of Mr. William Sinnott's tenants succeeded in rewiring all their eorn off the leads of Greigneully, in the same county. —Kilkenny Moderator. MELANCHOLY Suiclps.—Newport, county Tip. txtrary, Oct. 28.—A very sad occurrence happened here on Friday the 26th inst. A young women, named Sheedy, coos muted suicide, by poison, at Sillonscully, within four miles ' of Newport, under the following circumstances:—lt appears that she had been seduced by • young gentlemen, Mr. B—, and was entrienat by his. On Friday evening she went into a grove adjacent to her father's henss, and after remaining thus for about the specs of an hour she called a little boy to her and desired him to tell her father that she wss dying. The boy immediately delivered the menage • the tether hastened to the spot, bat the daughter had expired before his arrival. No inquest was held on the body, but the doctor gave it as his opinion that she died floes the effects of poison.  THE VICtORIA RzoIA AT
The Express. — 1849-11-14 (London, England)

YESTEILDA2'. 1501JVHWARK. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE EXECUTlON.—Elizabeth Mice, a respectable-looking female, of rather masculine appearance, was charged with being insane and threatening to commit suicide near the place of executioninnoreemonger lane. Sergeant Watkins, of the bl division, stated that be wan On duty near the Vacs of execution in Honemonger-lane that morning, just after the convicts Frederick George Manning, and Maria, his wife, were launched into eternity. The prisoeer took a phial from her pocket, and placed it to her mouth, and would have swallowed the contents had not witness seen her and knocked it out of her band. He seized hold of her fur the pumas* of preventing her from commit- ' sing a serious injury on herself, when she became very violent, and asserted that she tem; one of Manning's sisters, and that her brother had been unjustly condemned and hung, and that she was determined to die with him. Witness had some difficulty in getting her out of the crowd and placing her in safe custody. laseeetor Front said he took charge of the prisoner afterwards, when she witted that she was Manning's sister, and that she was determined to commit suicide. Her brother hat been unjustly executed, and she was determined not to be diograced by the exhibition. Mr. Burrell—D, you think that she is in her right senses) ll:vector Frond—l think she is insene,And that she was not aware what she was about. Mr. Burrell—Do you know any of her (rinds Inspector Froud—Sergeant Watkins bad seen some of her friends that morning, and they were willing to take are of her. She had no connexion with the Manniegs, and 1 believe she merely went to the scene of execution through curiosity. Mr. Burrell asked the prisoner what she had to say in answer to the charge ? She replied that her feelings were excited, and she hardly knew what she was about. She had come from Birmingham with some of her friends, and had unfortunately left them on the previous night to witness the elocution of Manning. She was so horrified at the seen* that her feelings overpowered her, and she knew not what she was about. She was extremely sorry, and would promise to go home immediately. Mr. Burrell said he could not allow her to go at liberty unless some of her friends came forward to answer for her future conduct. She had acted very foolishly in assuming to be the sister of the unfortunate man who hod been hung, and then threatening to commit suicide. Sergeant Watkins informed the magistrate that the pd. 104 C ea relations wets very respectable, and he would take Care to convey her to a place of safety. Mr. Burrell, after admonishing her as to her future conduct, placed her under the custody of the sergeant, and di' rected him to deliver bee to her friends. 110813ZAT AT