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The Express. — 1868-02-24 (London, England)

EVEMIG. • An Edinburgh playeician, with the curioisly; appropriate name of Allahorn, has jest been badly cast in an action against the Compagnie Immo. bilibre as proprietors of the Grand Hotel du Louvre. In July, 1866, Dr. althorn was staying at this hotel, when a letter came addressed to hire which he alleges summlned him to London on business of very great importance. The letter, owing to some mistake on the part of the servants of the hotel, was put in a wrong box and not duly delivered. A few days later, Dr. Althorn re. oeived • telegram referring to the letter, and expressing astonishment that he had not kept the appointment in London. Then only, in consequence of inquiries, the letter ICU found. Dr. Althorn's correspondent had by that time left London for Venice, and thither the doctor proceeded to find him. Unfortunately he got to Italy just about the time of the battles of Lissa and Cus. tozza, and he was arrested and detained in custody for some time on suspicion of being an Austrian spy. He brought his action to recover 7,500 fr, da. mages from the proprietors of the hotel for the fee. judice caused to him for tho non-delivery of the letter. In computing his claim he charged for his travelling expenses to Venice, 60fr. a dayfor his forced sojourn. in Paris, and 5,000 fr. for the loss of practice as a physician during his absence from Edinburgh, The court held it not proven that he had suffered damage on any one of these heads, and did not think it made out that .thera was any neee.dty for 1 his going to Venice. Accordingly the ductois action was dismissed with costs.  The police made a descent the night before lam on the abandoned quarries of La Villette, and arrested ten vagrants, just as they were feuting on a monster harlequin, or stew, composed of fragments of victuals of all kinds ; each had brought his quota of fah, poultry, meat, vegetables, etc., all of which had been cooked to,,,,ether in an immense earthen pot, around which they were all squatting down. They appeared to feel keenly the aggravation of their misfortune in being inter. rupted just at the commencement of their repast, and the more so that a request for the police to wait a little until they bad finished could not he acceded to. During the two preceding nights :U. other individuals, without homes or any avowable means of existence, were also removed to ',ham from the same haunt.  A man committed suicide the evening be!ore last by throwing himself into the Seine from the l'on: de la Concorde. Ho had left on the let pavement a small parcel containing a blouse. cap, and neckkerchief, with a note bearin,: thm words :—" My name is N—, I lire in the Rue de Grenelle St. Germain." The smee day a seamstress named Marie V—, aged IS. jumi,ed into the river from the Quai de l'Ecole : she n as, however, rescued by some watermen. X dliappi.intrnent in love was the motive fur this a:toupt. un her life.
The Express. — 1868-05-13 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF THE GOVERNOR OF AYR GAUL.Tbe Governor of the Ayr prison committed suicide on Sunday in a beerahop in Duke-street, under most extraordinary circumstances, be having come up from Scotland apparently for the expreu purpose. It appears that the deceased, Mr. Robert Sutherland, on Saturday, took leave of his wife and family, who lived with him in the Ayr gaol. He merely told them that he was going to Edinburgh, and that they had no suspicion that he meditated doing anything unusual. Instead of going to Edinburgh, however, he came straight up to London. He was amply provided with funds, for he had in his pocket come 401. On Sunday evening he entered the Hand-in-Hand beershop in Duke-street, near London-brldge, and ordered a bed. He retired to rest at once, although it was still early. The next morning the people in the house, finding that he did not make his appearance, knocked repeatedly at his bed-room door, but received no answer. At mid-day the police were called in, and an entrance forced. He was found lying dead on the floor with a fearful wound in his throat. The place wee deluged in blood. It was evident from the appearance of the room that he had placed a basin and a pillow on the floor, and then cut his throat with a razor while leaning over the basin. The loss of blood caused him to faint, and be fell backwards on the pillow, upsetting the basin of blood over the floor. On the table were found letters, in which Mr. Sutherland stated that ' be had been living a life of wickedness, and that be was miserable in consequence. This statement, however, was followed by one in which be said that he felt that his Itrain was affected. lie left a memorandum to tell his Mends that the amount of money in his pocket' at the time of his death was 371. 10s., and that it was to be given over to a gentleman in Edinburgh, whom he named. The police at once telegraphed to the superintendent of the Ayrshire police, and that functionary arrived in town last evening to make inquiries about the ease. in is not supposed that anything relative to the management of the n of which Mr. Sutherland was the governor led to his committing suicide. The unfortunate gentleman was much respected in Ayrshire, Hia age was only forty.
The Express. — 1868-12-12 (London, England)

BINGULAR 6UICIDI OP 4 BOY.  An inquest was held at Birmingham, on Thursday, on tho body of • boy named John Hayes, 11 years of age, who had committed suicide. Demand lived with his went, in Noakes's-building Homalli;i:nh-sireat. and banged himselfapparently in a it of and for no other moron bat that be woe not to do preclarity a• he liked. The family were at dinner about battiest 2on Sunday, and woe:titans* in standing at the bible and holding bis in his hand. His mother mid to "Why do you not fetch • chair and sit y The deceased, upon that, limed Ms liabiegeanCtiable end rushed away to get bin bat, issisibi bbi Wombat of going out. His motbse preverded and demand, who =rin • great rege, rea melake bedroom. e sinned hkeesif by breakinlke weeli-band basin, and his mother moat up attar las ad teld him to go into his own room. He weal sway TWAIN& nod his mother went downataire again. In about 10 Weeks she raid to another son, about 16 years of " Diehard, I'll call that child down to his dinner." Hiekasi ranked, " Mother, that is the way you spill him." Dessaseirs mother than cleared away the dinner tide., and was heard of deceased. About kilf-yeell S liel= Hrs. Hayes bad occasion to go upstairs, and ea looking into • small room on the second floor she was horrified to see her boy hanging by a cord round his nook from the bed-poet. She untied the cord and took him down, but life was quite extinct. For some time dammed had been in the habit of giving way to violent fits of passion, and whilst in them he appeared almost demented. The deceased tad bad often threatened to throw himself from the attic window and otherwise to put an end to his life, but his parents end the family simply looked upon inch statements as childish threats. The jury return :1 a verdict to the effect that the deceased committed suicide whikt in a state of insanity.
The Express. — 1868-09-29 (London, England)

WROLXPALB ROBSEST BY • •HOPILIN. Geer,le Raise," 26, a man of gentlemanly exterior, was indicted for embed:sling the sums of U. 10s. 10d., bl., and 105., received by him brand on account of Wm. Leighton, his master. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the whole of the charged.. The prosecutor, in reply to the A:instant-Fudge, said the prisoner had been in his employ between two and three years, and he believed that he had oommenood robbing him on the very tint day he came to him, and ho traced defalcate= to hum amounting to upwards of 2001. For this ho had forgiven him, and on one occasion he lent him 12/. to make his accounts square. He went on again until March in the Airesent year, when be again found him in defaloation amounting to 40t, and he then determined to prosecute the prisoner ; but his (juneecutor's) wife, and the prisoner's friends pleaded so hard for him that he was induced to forego his intention and again forgave him. Ho was paid 21. a week, and when the prisoner got married he told him that he might take a few things of drapery from the shop, but instead of doing so he took things to the amount of WI. His father it a most respectable man, but got tired of these things and would have nothing to dovrith the prisoner. He was sorry to say that his (prosecutor's) cashier had serious defalcations in his account', and be firmly believed he was led into doing so by the prisoner. Thin man ultimately committed suicide, and be believed that was from feeling. of shame at what he haddone at the instigation of the prisoner. The judge said this was one of the word cases ever brought before him, and sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years.
The Express. — 1868-01-29 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A PAINFUL CASE. Ruth Brown,• young female in the service of Mr. Thomas Wedmore Bravington, pawnbroker, of No. 50, Prineee-street, Loioester-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to commit suicide, by taking  poison. Mr. Bravington said the prisoner bad been In his service as &domestic servant fur about six or seven months. Yesterday he had occasion to scold her and give her notice to leave. in consequence of her misconduct. She afterwards became very excited, and threatened to throw a pound weight at his assistant's! head. Subsequently, being shorthanded, Mrs. Bravington went downstairs to prepare tea, and saw the prisoner with a tumbler of water in her hand, take a bottle from her pocket. Mrs. Braviogton said, " Ruth, you are not going to take poison " and the prisoner replied, " I know what I am about," and took up the tea things. The bottle being missed, he took the ri,oner downstairs, when she showed where she had secreted the bottle, in the fireplace. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, The witness said that the bottle contained oxalic acid, and the prisoner bad got it from *chemist's next 'lcor, and it was labelled "poison." The prisoner said that she would not go home to her parents, that she was tired of her life, and that sooner than go home she would go on the streets ; and he then gave her into custody for her own protection. seeing the state of mind she was in. Mr. Tyrwhitt said Mr. Bravington had done quite right. Mr. Bravington said the misconduct he complained of was the prisoner's making too free with the assistants. The prisoner, crying, asked to be let off, promising that she would not do such a thing again. She had not treated her father and mother prop3rly lately, and she was ashamed, therefore, to go to them. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, The prisoner said her parents lived at Uxbridge. Mr. Tyrwhitt sail the hest course would be to remand the prisoner till Monday. In prison she would have au opportunity of being quiet and receiving good advice. In the meantime her parents should be written to. Mr. Bravington said that a sister of the prisoner's, who had lived with him, being at times almost in a state of hehecility, made him fearful that she would have carried out her threats. The prisoner was removed from the court in a very excited state. Its
The Express. — 1868-12-30 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A FATHER. AND A SON. At the Southwark police-court yesterday, Ueorge lack. 17, was placed at the bar before Mr. Burch:um charts% with swallowing • quantity of poison with intent to commit suicide. Sergeant Yallop, itt Id, into.sue 1 his worshi„, that the dun ge N.;ainst Vie Ir.:seem 11.1.4 merriment id with mysternus cucunt•tanees. nit a quarter to eight on the previous evening witness was called to a house at Backside, where the prisoner's father resided, and on approaching the slot be met the latter being carried by two men, who told him that he had swallowed poison and cut his throat, also that lie had poisoued his sou (the prisoner), who was still iu the house. Having given inructions to another constable to accompany the fatherto the hi spited, witness entered the house and found the prisoner lying near the fireplace wiennacious, and smelling strongly of rum and laudanum. Witness instantly conveyed him to Guy's Hospital, when the stomach pump was used, and as soon as he sufliciently recovered be removed the prisoner to the station-house. Witness added, that on further examination of the room where he found the prisoner, he perceived a half-pint bottle, which had contained rum and something else, hut the heat of the tire had dried up all the liquid. Mr. Burnham asked it the father was dewl. Witness replied that when he called at the hospital in the morning he was not dead. The poison had all been extracted from his stomach, hut there were three cute on the throaLneilberof which he understood to be dangerous. Mr. Burnham observed that he had some recollection of this family. Did not the prisoner's mother murder soma of Ler children some time ago Sergeant Yellop replied that about three years ago last August the unfortunate woman murdered two of her children by cutting their throats in bed, and attempted to murder a third child early in the morning. She was tried at the Central Criminal Court, and the jury acquitted her on the ground of insanity. Kr. Buchan' said be hid some recollection of the poor woman. When brought before him at the limn she was in a most deplorable state. Her husband also appeared almost distracted at ending his young children with their throats cut. His worship then asked the pri•ioner what explanation he had to make. He said that on the previous evening his father brought in some rum, sea a ter =zing some in a cup, Landed it to him. As soon as he drank a little he beam. iii-tui4l4, Laid had uo roxißeetiosi of liuything that occurred afterwards until he found hisawilt in the hoopital. Mr. Beecham thought that it would he hotter to remand the prisener fora fee days to enable the police to make further inquiries about this melancholy affair. The prir once was immediately 3111110•4341 tollol76loollger-klie Gant. _ _  WS A RAILWAY COll
The Express. — 1868-08-28 (London, England)

ANIL—In the year 1116,1, for .i.ttinlb Live recently been issued, there were , .• in Svotland—one in every 23,479 of the esti; .dution. 49 of these deaths were by banging, l 7 by poison. 12 by drowning, two by by pre. Oration from a height, two in ways The bee of shieides in England in the v,as 1,392 or one in every 15,090 of the esti-I..ostion ; no that to two suicides in Scotland • three in England in a like number of popula IR 1. P. kstrume. , Sea, Z. ~T. 18 I W. 'ate W. IR. 3 to —— Nairn 48.46 r 53 50 W, 8 7 S. ere 0.15 2 Aberdeen r 66 63' W. $ 4 6. W. Ire ! 0.01 2 Leith 19.81 r 6660 W. , 7 7 N.W. rb 0.12 (Shields Bearboro' 2807 r 54 51. W .N.W 6 W.N.W. be 3 Yantiouth '30.08r 56 53 W.N.W 4 4 B.W. eb 2 Helder Arthurian_ 22.94 r 55 60 N.N.W. 8 9 11V.N.W1 to 0.19 G Grceneatle. 30.00 r 61 461 N.W. 6 8 W. !or 0.12 Holyhead Lirerposl Valentia Cape Clear J0.27 r 56 37 N.W. 6 7 W.N.W c 4 Ea Ws Pt 3O.Mr 66 61 W.N.W, 4 6 W. c — 3 Penzance Plymouth 30.29r 57 64 N.N.W. 2 3 N.W. I eb, 1 Weymouth 29.16 r 56 54 W.N.W 3 5 W.B W. c — Portsmouth 30.25 r 57 51 N.W. 14 6 W.S.W.I c -- 3 London 30.18x5650 W.N.W 4 5 W.8.W.• rob •-•C. aria Nea 30.18r 565011 N.W. 8 8 W. oe I 5 Brest Lariest 30.35r St N. I 4 4 i R.W. lb 2 Bacbefost Biarrits 30.31r 61 61 N.B. I - be 2 Brumels Pans 70cm TLoulon j30.11 f 75 75 R.W. 1 4 8. W. eb 1 Itesit'sors 1110.17 r 47 48, N.W. 1 1 I N.B. rb 0.22 3  Barometer corrected and seduced to la deg. as see lee& The letter r ;tidos), f (falling), • (weedy), indicate direction of motion of the mercury within last 14 bonne. Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme force with ire direction dunag last It hours. Z.—calm. Weather: b.—blue sky; e. (detached) t.—fog; h.—hail ; L—lightning ; (hazy) ; o.—overeast ; r.—rain ; s.. mow ; t.—thunder. meow or hail (melted), during last 24 lotus. Sea disturbance.
The Express. — 1868-02-18 (London, England)

WIPE.  INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.)  This. morning Mr. John Humphreys coroner, held an inquiry at the Vestry-hall, St. Oeoege's in-the East, relative to the suicide of Mn. Eaphenia Howie, aged 37 years. James Howie, 118, Pennington-onset, St. George's-in. the-East, said that the deceased was hie wife. He was • mariner, and the deceased, while he was away at see, had formed the acquaintance of certain parties, and he believed she was druid of bim on that account. On Friday net be told her that he would go to Green's Home on business. It appeared there was • ship'. carpenter there, who knew the man that she was in the habit of meeting, end no doubt she was afraid that he would learn all about the affair. She had herself told him that there was something wrong, for be would do her the justice to say she was a woman incapable of telling a lie. When he came back from Green's Sailors' Home, 'bout half-past 12 o'clock he found her in peat suffering and cramped up on the bed. There was • smell of some poisonous substance in the room, and upon going over to the deceased be noticed the same odour in her breath. He sent for Dr. Morrison, and everything passible was done to save her life. He had no doubt that she poisoned herself for fear of his bearing all about her infidelity at the Sailors' Home. The whole room was in great disorder ; everything was overturned. There was • glass and • bottle in the room, with the remains of the poison in them. Alice Meld, 124, Pennington-street, said that the deceased called upon her at 10 o'clock on Thursday night in a state of pest distress of mind, and gave her three duplicates to keep. She walked backwards and forwards and seemed to be almost desperate about something that troubled her. The next morning witness wee called in by the husband , and told that she had poisoned herself. Mr. John Morrisoo, surgeon, proved that deceased bad taken a very large quantity of sulphuric acid, and had so poisoned herself. She must have taken the poison some three hours before she was found dying by her husband. The jury returned • verdict of " Suicide while in a state of unsound mind."
The Express. — 1868-12-22 (London, England)

TERRIFIC EITOR3I.—On Saturday morning the town of Toms, on the at • ea: :Ft was visited by a tremendous stone of hail, by vivid dashes of lightning mad heavy peat Morale—a very unusual thing at this time at year. It emommed Mont half-11 and lasted 10 minutes. Abed two miles from the ca • farm called Braichyrbivr, seven sheep were killed by the electric laid, endemism who was Groans the slum Sad was blind for • ormiderable time. The hailstorms were as large as marbles. Had it not been calm at the time a quantity of glass must have been brakes. Tan ROBBERY OF A Tien AND OITFRAON ON • Gersan.—This act—robbery and ou led as already reported, on Friday night, wt=l)l% the 7T6tretrain from Liverpool to Birmingham was awing the latter town, has canoed a great sensation micas the railway officals. The amount of money Genial off from the railway van is not exactly known, but it mast be considerable, as it consisted of the day's receipts of the different stations between renkridge and Birmingham. The liquid used to blind the guard was creosote, and it acted so effectually that he saw nothing of the robbers or the robbery. One of the company's servants, named Baguall, was arrested on Saturday, and at • howe occupied by him the sum of 271. in rah was found. He raid the money belonged to the Platelayers' Society, of which he was the treasurer. The magistrates remanded him till Thursday. The guard is likely to lose the sight of one eye. A DOUR= Suicmx—Horrouß elm Lovz.—A double suicide has just been committed by means of charcoal at Bouamc (Crouse). M. Femoral, tax collector, and kis wife were found deed in their bed. A letter which he had left on the table dated that he was led to put an end to kis life by the fear of being suspected to have stolen three bags of silver money recently seat to Houma by the Streams mint, and which are main ; he protested hie Mammies, which however was in so way doubted, as he was meet highly esteemed ; his wife, he said, refused to survive him.
The Express. — 1868-11-13 (London, England)

SINGULAR SUICIDE.—A strange little stria:: in told at an inquest which Dr. Lankester held well last night. The inquiry was respecting the death of a youth named John James Evans. He was 19 years of age, was a jeweller and gilder, and lived at his mother's house in Baynes-row. For about two years he has been "keeping company" with a young girl, and he. visited her continually at her father's house at Kentish-town. Now and then he had queer Ate of jealousy, and at such those he exhibited to the girl a bottle whisk he add contained paean, and with which he meant me day poison ut an end to hi. life. He meant, be said, to taus the m Wendy. On Sunday last he wed to me his lady-bra, as was hie wont, and stirred the are in a way she did not like. She told him so, and he was olisisded, and, turning hie back towards her, be rather smodbady took to reading.a.papsr. Shortly idinftesaisbehabsr to go home. On arriving at hoses he told his moiler he could go to bed. and at once went tapelike. Coning down again, he mid he wanted a drop of beendy, and went oat tomatoes it for himself. He obisimmed some hot water from his mother, and went win squishy. In the bedroom to which he went two brothers were already lying &Jeep. The next morning his mother west into the room and found him lying dead on the low. She sent at once for • doctor, but of course the doctor's attendance was of uo avail. A post-mortem examination showed that he had taken • strong dos of cyanide of potassium in the brandy which be had purchased over night. The verdiot returned was to the effect that he had committed suicide whilst in a date of temporary insanity.
The Express. — 1868-07-16 (London, England)

SOTTIXONAM.  Total llk  ------Pint lonia^ Sewed Innings. Sownerp, e Mortlock,bCirifilth 94 b Bristow A. Mem, o Humphrey, b Oritlith ... 6 e oubditute, b Street 7 Wild, o leephestoon, b Orlfilth DslU et Pocky, b Soothed= I e Poole', b Street 67 W. Oodoft, et Pooley, b Soutbdton 0 I-b w, b Soothed= 0 J. (*croft, o Pooley, b IMAM 8 c tothataa, b Onf...  _.______, .. ath — ll Mr. .7. R. Trowel], b OTlSith 8 b %net yfiddulph, b Soutberton 1 c Pooley, b Street 7 M. Mclntyre, et Pooley, b Southerton 3 c and b Soutberton ... 8 Wootton, c Hur.nokrey,b Soutberton a not out 7 0_ _ .  J. C. Shaw, not out bl, 1-b 1, W n-b 1  o noz out 4 b 6,4 b 4,  Total  as Total  PerNFig, SulCmE.—The Rev. Mr. Robinson, of Tynsgh, near Loughrea, in the county of Galway? has committed suicide by cutting his throat. Mr. Robinson seems to have set about the act with extraordinary coolness and determination, and had evidently been long considering the easiest mode of destroying his life, for on his table was a book treating of fatal wounds, and the page relating to injuries of the throat was marked. The washband basin contained a quantity of blood, and the handle of the razor with which the fatal act was committed was wound round with a pocket handkerchief, so as to make the blade fixed. Some time ago he became imam., and was sent for about two years to • lunatic asylum, and at the close of that period was discharged well. Sim that time he has continued to d ischarge ids ministerial duties. He was under the belief that he had become security for several persona, and that he was so involved that ruin alone could result, the fact being that he was in most comfortable circumstances. The deceased gentleman sever married. _ _  DR. DE JONOIe 8