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The Express. — 1851-04-04 (London, England)

LAW. fence's attorney in that action. Cruas-examined—The appellant had called at his father's odic... and had proposed terms for the settlement of the action.  Sarah Bl' was chanted with baring wilfully murdered Joseph Edwin Illy, her infant son, by cutting his throat with a razor. From the evidence of the prisoner's mother • it appeared that on the morning of the 9th of January last she went to the priamer's house to dress the babe: on uncovering the bed-elothcs prisoner's child was tounil lying by ►er side dead from the etfe•cts of a wound in the throat. It was afterwards ascertained that the prisoner made two ineffectu..l attempts to commit suicide by cutting her own throat with a razor. She at times admitted. and at other times denied, having caused the death of the child. But the material question was, whether the prisoner was in a state of mind to be responsible t'or her acts. The mother and neizhbours proved that on the irentrance to the room Cie prironer looked add ant frequently weaned uucou.ciou.: and whencomparatively lucid intervals returned, she would sit up in Mal and arelaiut with great violence of manlier.- j did not do it," and then suddenly throw hers.lt• hack io lvd in a state_of utter unconscious • mess. Mr. M orthington, sumeou, of Lowestoft, and his assistant. proved that the prisoner had been very bud during her confinement• which took place two months before this melancholy occurrence, that all the family, consisting of a family and four children, had been suffering from typhus fever, and that they had no doubt whatever hut that the deceased destroyed the life of her child whilst delirious. The jury returnedaa verdict of SW Gritty, ou the ground of insanity. Ills lordship said the verdict was the only proper one, and he should order her to be retained in 'custody till her Majesty's pleasure was known.  The agreement Wad read. By that instrument the defendant, through his atturnty, agreed to pay 1401. oe datnages, and 30 guineas to the plaintitts attorney for costa. Mr. Ballantine Men address,. d the court fur the appellant. Ile deprecated the course his friend had taken on the outset, which was to 'prejudice the• appellant's CIVIC ; but ht• woe iustracted that the appellant denied the truth of this story altogether; and it appt wed to him that the appellant was entitled rather to bylapathy thou censure, fot this young woman's victim he must certainly had been. The learned gentleman proceeded to urge, with some force and warmth. that the fact of the appellant hosing kissed the respondent and her sister whilst they were in bed was no corNORTIIERN
The Express. — 1851-11-21 (London, England)

WOMAN.—Yesterday even- by the government to check the systematic robbery' Mg, Mr. Payne held an inquest at Gay's Hospital, touching to which French authors and editors had been exthe death of a young woman, aimed henna Hera, who posed for so many years. As they could not yet committed suicide by taking prods acid. It appeared that make a direct attack upon the great Belgian ISM on Tuesday evening last the dssassed was at the Mass at the best thing was to make treaties • h h Mr. Littleton. Leag-lase, mime wile she lad Dna sitar- • with t e ing for, and that a yang mass nand He Thosaas. who ant European nations, so that gradually they might was paying his admen to her, awls use Soo home, They blockade Belgian piracy and &ahoy its markets. Ho had beta joking tsisestr, Awls& des said es would go up- observed that the Assembly could only ratify or restain in the bedroom to wash Smolt maim to going to jest a treaty. It could not modify it. Otherwise it her mines in the lismt-rota, with vi m& she lived. She ' would have been desirable in the English treaty t went upstairs, Mrs' latdetss's "Iv' who was in tite stipulate for protection to French designs and trade bedroom with her, egos after gave as Awe, which called which were largely pillaged by Great np all the unites et dr bocce. The fteestieed then said, marks. BriShe bat dam it. she bad %km paissa." She then ex- I tan. He thought also that the treaty did not sufthine& "Oh, Henry, Heavy l" shading to the young • ficiently protect French dramatic works. It allowed won. mid iml•ffiatti, AnTworig."o6, sly Paw innthee imitations and extracts. It was well known that the A bogie tattaialsa Fria ail was baud ta the bedroom, staple of the English atage was made up of stolen and it w as that lanai ISM eatasksasil y to employ herself in sleepw Plsdsg Maks of whim. walsiag cock., scraps tied together with more or less skill. He, fte., la which pewee% mute amid is wail. The medical rhowever, thought the treaty, with all its faults and testimony of Mr. Pam, eke bad analysed the contents of shortcomings, a good thing and a real progress, and was to the ewer that diatitionithwas caused inebly. ! the stomach, recommended that it should be ratified. "Thisee'coinprank acid. The doom' was. pewaliy reheat spirits, but would favourable to the ratification. father and mother having left her to go to America. Ver- ; M. C. Dupin has been elected president, and M. ealoinia—about her : mittee dict—" Tempos ary insanity." ' de Lagrenec secretary of the committee.  tio!isruss in subscribing the testimonials 'for holy  FERN  orders." But his felicity deserts the Bishop as moon as is bights to reason. He would here done wisely had be Toonabered the rule, to decide and net, but to give SO
The Express. — 1851-04-21 (London, England)

ABDUCIION AND SUICIDE.—On Saturday Mr. 11. M. Wakley held an inquest in the Royal Free Hospital on Martin N% Alden, a married woman, aged l&—Henry Philpot, of 13, Boston-street, King's.cross, where deceased also lived, said that on Wednesday last he heard deceased's shrieks, and, going into the hall, saw her running down stain, while she exclaimed, " I have done it—l have done it." She foamed at the mouth, and tell inscusible in the passage. With the least possible delay he conveyed her in a cal, to the hospital, and on the way she muttered, " I have taken oxalic acid.”—David Thomas Walden (humpbacked and dwarfish) said that he hod been married to deceased eleven mouths. On Monday he beat her, gave her a black eye, and caused her nose to bleed, because he suspected that she had been drinking rather freely. During the live last weeks she was very dejected, and repeatedly exclaimed, " 1 cannot live--I must die." He asked her to explain what she meant, and, upon being preseed to tell the cause of her grief, she said, " I will tell all. About five weeks ago, while I was going down Brewerstreet, I was furred by a gentleman into a cab, which drove off with me. Soon after I was put in the cab I lost my senses• and when I recovered them 1 found myself lying in Oxford-street. The gentleman who drugged me into the cub is an artist, living in Portland-plate. He dishonoured me. I must die. I don't know where he lives." Witness promised to forgive her, and endeavoured to quirt her, but in vain. She had twice before attempted suicide, but prompt remedies saved her life. Dr. Itobertsou said the deceased had been an out-patient of the hospital for some weeks. Ile had treated her for sore throat. On making a post mortem examination of the body he found that deceased had died from the effects of oxalic arid, of which she hail taken a large quantity. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased had destroyed herself, but what was her state of mind when she committed the act there was no evidence to prove."
The Express. — 1851-07-07 (London, England)

INFANTRY IN IRELAND.—This week the following changes of stations will take place : The depot 73rd will leave Dublin for Londonderry ; the depot of the 31th is to proceed /roan Londonderry to 31u1Hagar ; the 39th is to move from Newry to Dublin ; and the depot of the fr/nd at Carlow is to move to Dublin ; the hi battalion of the 71st at Mullingar is to go to Newry. SECOND BATTALION 410 Tit lIIFLES.—The battalion is still at Cork. The Sidon has again been found not seaworthy, and goes to Plymouth; another vessel will therefore be required to convey one division to the Cape of Good Rope. A DESPERATE SUICIDE was committed a few days ago in Lancashire, at a place called The Ilillins, near Oldham, by a man throwing himself headlong down a coal pit, upwards of 200 fret deep. The name of the unfortunate man was William Loft, a collier; and at the inquest on his body, he!d ou Thursday evening, by Mr. Rutter, county coroner, the following particular* of the shocking case were elicited. Mary Needham, a woman who lied near Lolt, stated that on Tuesday night last, she saw him leaving his house in a hurried manner, without hat or coat, and asked him what be was going to du ? Ile made no reply. but walked in the direction of an old, disused coal-pit in the middle of a field. There was an old rail fence round the pit, and she saw him bend down nadir the rails and throw himself head-foremost into the shaft. It appeared from ether evidence that deceased had a wife and araily, and lived on bad terms with the former, owing to inequality of temper, and committed the rash and fatal act in a fit of temporary insanity. The jury returned a verdict to that effect.
The Express. — 1851-01-01 (London, England)

AND SUICIDE OP TER HUBBAND.—Very early on M Juday morning, about 3 o'clock, the ichabitents of Upper North-street, Brighton, and i's neighbourhood, were alarmed by piercing cries of " Murder" and " Police," and in a short time the police diseovned at the spot whence the cries proceeded the deed but still bleeding body of a men, stretched an hie beck in the middle of the road. Olie of the neighbours, Wootton by same, was the first on the spot, and at his request, Mr. Richardson, surgeon, promptly made his appearance. His aid, however, was iliog. The man had suffered from a fatal wound which severed the windpipe: and principal arteries, and death must have been inetantaas ous, or nearly so. The accessed was named William Henry Marshall. He was a butler out of place. I His lest ergagement was in the family of Captain Preston, e Magistrate, where it appears he was not comfortable, and his wife states that he had several times stated Lis apprehension that he should in consequence take kin own iife. This service he had left about 16 months, and ever since be had been In a low way. Within the last few days he had obtained temporary employment in the family of Mr. Lawrence. Here be had cmducted himself remarkably well; he appeared elated at the circumstance of his having at length obtained employment, bat Mr. Lawrence believes that he neither slept nor drank daring the time he was in the house. He was se usual on Sunday night; and at 11 o'clock turned off the gas from toe main. At 3 o'clock in the morning of Monday the wife of the deceased was awoke by a knocking at the door, and having descended the stairs and ascertained that her husband was at the door, she admitted him into the house. Oa opening the door she observed that her husband was almost in estate of nudity. He was even without his nowise/. " What did he return home for in that state ?" she inquired. He replied, " To kill you ;" and suiting the WIWI to the word, he seized her by the shoulders, and then grasped her throat. Nearly naked as she was, the rushed into the street, followed by her husband, who caught her in the middle of the road. They there struggled together till she fell, and he upon her. She raised the cry of" Police," and a lodger that of " Murder and thieves," and the wife then effected bar escape. As she ran off she sow a new in his hand, and be having raised himself, again fell. She then returned Or 3iol, and found the blood gushing from a large gash in his throat, and a razor lying beside him. By this time assistance came to the spot, and the surgeon was sent for, and ses arrived, as rated above ; but death speedily followed the infliction of the wound. An inquest was held in the evesing at the Windmill Tavern, before S. H. Gel!, Esq., coroner for EastSuseez, Wllllll the above frets having been elicited in evidences the jury returned a verdict of " Tenporary derangement."
The Express. — 1851-10-15 (London, England)

FAWCETT.' yours, The dmessed, essending to promise, called on Mr. Stackham, and had speed to give for tho goodwill and fixtures 501., and also to take the stock in the shop at a valuation. lestesdat pews the 501., the deceased only banded to Mr. Bushkin sena a 401., and the stock, of which a regular inventory had been token, having amounted to 3il. 16s. 4d., the deceased gave the following undertaking in writing, vii.: " I hereby acknowledge that I hold in my hands the sum of forty-one pounds two shillings and three-pence beWNW/ to Mr. Btackham, to disburse the undermenMend payments, viz.; One quarter rent, 71.; taxes, Ida dd. ; gas, 17s. 6d. ; to pay to Mr. Hanley for groceries, 111, Us. Id. ; ditto, 21. 2s. 3d. ; Mr. Curtiss, 81. 4s. 6d.; *0 SI. ie. ; and ditto, 31. lls. 3d.—(Signed) A. F•wcyrr, ate. se, ess..• UM theimps Amy after he hadtha this undertaking, and , bases s sitilliss a which he undertook to pay helbsollisalmaga, the imeartmeanswe committed suicide, and Xr. Backhean's mallets were therefore left unsettled with; and Mr. Stackbam himself, though he had left the moans of payment with his seesimor, was still liable for the amount. In this state of tithes the goods were left until the burial et the desenseil and lisaildrin Omsk place, as it Was not the vie it M. Cluties, are Mr. Hanley, Oa NOW leibles• Or widow or rereigning fee* dboassnesn s yeollloihriling ea &torday La the et gm se hies alma oat of the mew ow &SD ealleii it le pommin of a person MBA Rome, general disbar, in Wks John-street, Onmerell-road. To this person they ands as application limits delivery of thedroperty, but he rallassd to deliver it 3fitairartha. that b. Bridgman, been Ls/1%6M% e M his r mixes b =eipuseer all the cucumstamink sigillsent hoped his Wald make an order to inninlMoue to deliver up ppopethes grant a surnannaa against him to show am* Wilma authority he &Wool lk Me: Is the property of which you have been eitib7e the value of 161. Oh yes, sir, considerably above that.
The Express. — 1851-10-15 (London, England)

SINGULAR ACCIDENT IN TILE LONDON-ROAD.  Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, an accident rather a remarkable character happened in the Londonroad, Southwark, of which the following are the particulars For some time past a drain has been in course of con• struction, in order to carry the' ewerage from the road into one of the back streets. The earth having been excavated to the depth of five or six feet, some two or three feet wide, and seven or eight feet in length, was shored round last night with scaffold poles, and two men left to-take care of the lanthoms, and to see that the candles were not allowed to go out. The men either fell asleep or neglected to trim the lights, which went out, and left the hoarding in such a condition that it could not be perceived by a traveller until he arrived within a few feet of the hole. A man driving a cab was placed in that dilemma, for in passing along the road the horse dashed through the scaffolding, and immediately fell into the aperture in the ground. The cab being too large to enter the sewer, remained above, but the weight of the horse broke the shafts away from the carriage, and the animal became entangled amongst the earthwork of the sewer. It was found impossible to get him out alive, and, after struggling for some time he was suffocated. The hone is described as being a very valuable one, the loss will therefore be somewhat considerable, as the vehicle is much damaged. The driver received a severe shock by being thrown from the cab, but was comparatively unhurt. SVICIDE or A Souciroa.—Considerable excitement prevailed on Sunday morning, in the retired village of Tickill (Yorkshire), in consequence of the determined suicide of Richard Ellison, Esq., solicitor, and chief resident of the place. It appears that during the previous week the unfortunate gentleman bad been, from some unexplained emme, labouring under much depression of mind, which at leagth assumed such an alarming appearance that it was deemed necessary to place a strict watch on his movements, as it was apprehended that he would make an attempt on his life. On Sunday morning he wee in apparently better spirits, and walked in the garden, accompanied as usual by his attendants. After taking exercise for some time he contrived to elude his watchers' vigilance, and returned to the house unnoticed and alone. His absence was detected aimed immediately, and an alarm was raised, which led to the discovery of his body, on the dining-room floor, quite dead. The unfortunate gentleman appears to have gone direct to this room and there cut his throat. The gash iaBitted was of a most frightful description, extending from ear to ear—indeed the head was almost separated from the body, being only slightly attached. A gloom has been cast over the neighbourhood by this untoward event, as the deceased (who was the eldest son of John Ellison, Frq., estate steward to the Earl of Scarborough) was highly esteemed for hie laminas and owseroity to the prig poor.
The Express. — 1851-02-18 (London, England)

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE  DI:RING THE PAST WEEK.  (Prom the Mark Lane farm.) Since this day nnight a considerable number of vessels, laden with wheat and Indian corn, have arrived off Falmouth from the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, &c. ; besides which we have had fair supplies of the first-named article, barley, and oats, from the near continental ports, and some quantity of dour from France and America. The foreign supplies have, on the whole, been liberal for the time of year, and have eveneAed what has been required for ininiediate use; stocks in granary have consequently been further augmented, and at several of the leading provincial markets a small decline has taken place in quotations. It is somewhat singular that the demand for foreign wheat should not have been even greater than it has, scarcely any of the English having for months past come to hand in fit condition to be manufactured into flour without a considerable mixture of old foreign. That very large quantities have been consumed is proved by the extent of the imports and the present comparatively moderate stocks in warehouse; but there would certainly have been more activity in the wheat trade (though prime might not have been higher), if a less proportion of our supplies had consisted of flour. The pressure of the manufactured article MrRDER AND SUICIDE AT COLCIIEcTERO--I0 on the different markets has been severely. felt, and has nnclay'e Express were related the circumstances under which .questionably had a more depressing effect in all parts of the a man and woman, wholived at Colchester. were found—the kingdom than would have been produced by much larger woman with her throat cut, and the man hanging from the s dies of wheat. bed-post. At the inquest, on Friday, after bearing all the .0 e metropolitan bakers have for Risme time past acted evidence that could be obtained, the jury came to a verdict, with extreme caution, and have generally allowed their •• That the woman was murdered be Ponder, and that he, storks to run rather low ; there has consequently been a afterwards hung himself in • fit of togieporary derangement.' , slightly improved demand for fine flour this week, and the
The Express. — 1851-09-19 (London, England)

CUSTOM-MOUSE AT SOUTHAMPTON.—In consequence of an application from the Southampton agents of the Royal West India Mail Company to the Board of Customs respecting the inadequacy of the Custom-house stuff at Southampton, the board has sanctioned the appointment of a superintendent locker and two weighing officers to be added to the staff. The office of superintendent locker at Southampton is a new one, its duties having hitherto been performed by the landing surveyors. An application to the Board of Customs hss also been made by the various merchants of the above named port for an addition to the staff of landing waiters. The increase of the import and export trade at Southampton has rendered an increase of the Custom-house fotce there, it appears, absolutely necessary. SUICIDE BY A LUNATlC.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of ono of the patients of the Gloucester County Lunatic Asylum, whose death had just occurred under melancholy circumstances. The deceased was a clergyman of the established church, the Rev. Jam. Thomas Hatton, and be had been an inmate of tho asylum for the last 16 or 17 years. He was subject to fits, during which he was uncontrollable, but at other times was quite rational and quiet, and required no restraint, his chief occupation being reading works on theological subjt eta, and occasionally singing psalms. He bad been discharged at one time from confinement, but according to the testimony of the medical superintendent he bad since voluntarily returned to the asylum. His sleeping room was four stories in hcight,snd was 40 feet from the area. At an early hour on Saturday morning, one of the .‘ keepers" of the establishment, named Mathews, hearing a crash of glass. proceeded to the deceased's room, and found it tenantless, the unfortunate having wrenched off a piece of the cover of a night commode with which he had broken his window, and leaped through it into the area below. When picked up he was found to be dreadfully injured, and he died in about two hours afterwards. In the pauper wards of the establishment the frames of all the windows are made of iron, while those in the superior wards are of wood, as in ordinary dwellings, and there was no protection from escape to the shape of bars over the windows. It was stated by the officers of the institution that the patients objected to the exhibition of restraint, and the only precaution against accidents was the circumstance that the window could not be opened more than about six inches. The deceased, however, by breaking the window frame, had easily effected his escape. There were shutters to some three or four of the windows, hut these were seldom closed, the patients objecting to beiug shut up. The coroner said he could testify to the general good management of the asylum, but he strongly urged the propriety of having the window-frames of the patients' rooms constructed of iron instead of wood. In this the jury unanimously concurred, and, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict that the deceased had destroyed himself while in a state of insanity. The jury also requested the