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The Express. — 1867-05-01 (London, England)

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. (THIS DAY.)  The annual meeting of this society was held today at Exeter Hall, the large room of which was filled. The chair was taken at II by the president of the society, the Earl of Swirresnuar. Among those on the platform were—Lord Charles Russell, the Hon. A. Kinnaird, the Dean of Carlisle, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Rev. D. Miller, Mr. George Moore, kc. The receipts from ordinary sources for the year ending March 30, 1867, have reached the sum of 171,9231. 12s. Bd., To in thislo94l. 17s. 54. in advance of the previous year. must be added 4:41. 14s. 10d. received for the China fund ; 61t. 9s. 6d. for the special fund for India; 14,0961. 15e. I Id. further contributions to the building fund ; and 972 f. 45. ML for the Paris Exhibition fund ; making a grand total of 187,508/. 17s. 7d. The sum applicable to the general purposes of the society is 67,760/. 16e., being 7,ZZ/. 4a. 10d. more than was received under thin lama in the preceding year ; the receipts for bibles and testaments have reached' the sum of 84,162 f. 16s. Bd., showing an increase of 2,R591. 14s. 3d. The ordinary payments have amounted to 196.2.18/. 13a. 3ii. • and adding the sum paid on amount of theJubiles, China, and India Funds, the total has reached 202,318 f. ss..being 19,91 Cd. Is. 73. in advance of the previous year. If to this sum be added 14,127/.12a. paid on account of the moiety's new premises, it will be seen that the total expenditure of the year has amounted to 216,1451. 17s. The society is under engagements to the extent of 109,1024 14a. 10,1. The issues of the society for the year are as folhum: —From the dep6t at home, 1,393,976; from demlts abroad, 9W.0,404-2,3K3,340 copies. The total issues of the society now amount to 52,660,089 copies.  Pratte EnreartoN.—A parliamentary return, boned this morning, on the subject of education. given the sums granted for the building, enlarging, or improving elementary day schools in Great Britain, in each year, from 18.19 to 186 ii. The amount in the former year was 134,1219. Ge. lid., sines which time the grant has gradually decreased until 11185, when it was 18,882/. 18e. ; in NO; it was 24,22 V. 2a. The number of schools in 1859 waati.ruiii, and in 1886 they had inereaaed to 8,753 ; the Dandier of scholars in average attendance in 1859, was inil.4ol, and in 1886, 1,(09,183. The New York letters state that the accounts filen Cuba give an unfavourable description of the condition of that island. The crops are alleged to have been MAUy injured by drought, so that the planters do not expect under the best circumstances more than a twothird. crop. " A great many wealthy planters and merchants have failed, and, as usual, political discontent follows social and commercial disaster. Crime is very rife. and suicides and murders are increasing with frightful
The Express. — 1867-09-27 (London, England)

DAY.) This afternoon Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, held an inquest at the London Hospital respecting the ehvumstances attending the suicide of a young woman *llse name was unknown.  ---The case created great interest in consequence of its being the -ccond act of suicide committed in one week by women at the Stepney Junction. The first case was that of a Mrs. N irtha Sayers, aged 22, who, on Monday night, threw bend( underneath a train after having been married only two months. Mr. William Pen, station-master at Stepney Junction, said that he did not know the deceased. She was dressed like a very respectable servant girl. On Wednesday evening he saw the deceased standing on the platform. As the 8.25 Pat. Nort`k Woolwich train from London entered the station, she leaped from the platform in front of it. She then faced the engine and threw both her arms up in the air and then Rung herself down on the metals. Both her were cut off at the thighs. Witness leaped from the IPrtform on to the line, and rushed to the deceased before she threw herself down. When she saw him coming she looked at the engine and threw herself forward. He intended to hove caught her before the engine came down Upon her. When the train passed she was not dead. A doctor offered her brandy, but she said, "Give me water." She also said, " I shall not tell my name." She had half a return ticket from Hickney in her pocket. Day. surgeon, said that she died at the London Hospital, to .which she had been carried, at half-past 6 o'clock on Thursday morning. When dying she said " Ratcliff." Mr. Pen said that she was about 18, and was a girl of dark complexion with blue eyes. She was 5 feet 6 inches in height. The coroner said he would adjourn the ease until her friends came forward. They would be sure to do so when the facts of the suicide became known. The inquiry was then adjourned.
The Express. — 1867-02-25 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINART CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. •  ... . . ... A middle-aged female of rather singular appearance, who gave the cam* of Ma►y Taylor, but whose real name was Grist, the wife of a very respectable man, was brought before Mr. Maude charged with attempting to drown herself in the river Thames.  William Green, 181 Id, said that about half-past 6 on Sunday evening he wee on duty in Park-street, Borough. market, when he received information that a woman had jumped in the river by St. Saviour's Dock. He accordingly proceeded there and saw the prisoner seated 111 the river, which nearly covered her. He pulled her out and asked her what she meant by such conduct, when she said that she intended to drown herself. She also said that she had tried all she could to do so, but the water would not cover her, neither could she sink. She was in a deplorable state, everything being soaked about her, and she appeared to have been in the water some time. He conveyed her to the workhouse where she was carefully attended to and her clothes dried: Mr. Maude (to the priaoner)—What have you to say? Prisoner—Nothing, sir. Only I wanted a home. Mr. Maude—But not • home in the river.  Prisoner—BuiTtgou ghitTenTl At this part of the inquiry a very le looking man came forward and said his name was Robert Grist, and the prisoner was his wife, having been so fifteen years. For some time past she had not been in her right mind, and it was not safe for ber to be alone.  Mr. Maude told him that if such was the case she ought to have been taken care of. She had made a most determined attempt to commit suicide, audit was a miracle that her life was saved.  The husband told his worship that be could not afford to pay for her in an asylum. He, however, never heard of her attempting to commit suicide before. Mr. Mande directed the prisoner to be taken to St. George's Workhouse and then to be examined by the medical officer of the parish as to her state of mind. She could not be allowed to go at hip for the present.
The Express. — 1867-02-05 (London, England)

BERNAL OSBORNE AND HIS CONSTITUENT:4. It Los most power over the badly nourished. i —we learn by telegraph that Mr. Bernal Osborne adThat it is not influenced by the atmospheric changes of dressed a disorderly meeting of his ceffstituenta last even. the barometer or the hydrometer, or the quantity of ing, at the Exchange Hall, Nottingham, upon the question ozone, but in this climate by the seasons. That the of reform. He said they would perhaps like to know how greatest niortality has always occurred during every epi- far he was prepared to go. He would not give his supdemic in those &striae in which the water is most tart to any measure which advocated manhood suffrage, pure. This fact being now established, it is improbable but he was prepared to entertain the question in a large that cholera will again appear in London as an epidemic. and liberal spirit. He had spoken in favour of household The author recommends that, as in Manchester, the water suffrage in the house in 1848, and he could find nothing supply should be taken from irresponsible companies and so revolutionary in carrying out the municipal bill of 1834. placal under the care of a corporation. That boards of in parliamentary representation. He would, however, worts should have a better class of members, and that take from the present minist7 what measure of reform he their medical officers should be more independent than could get. If be knew anything of the right bon. member they hare been, or are even now." A discussion ensued, for Bucks, he did not think he would commit political in which Mr. P. H. Holland, Mr. Galatly, Mr. Ely, of suicide, but assuredly if be came to the house to-morrow Chatham, Mr. Liddle, and the chairman took part ; after night without a Reform Bill he would depart his official winch a %cite of thanks was passed to Dr. Lain for his life. A vote of confidence was passed to the hon. member. Paper, and the meeting separated. The meeting was of a very turbulent character throughout. DESPATCH OF THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA Mans.
The Express. — 1867-06-19 (London, England)

UPSET A TRAIN.—Two men, named German Wan and Thomas Horobin, were yesterday taken before the magistrates at Helper charged with attempting to upset a railway train. It will be remembered that on the 12th inst. a number of railway labourers were being conveyed to their work in • truck, when they were upset, and suffered considerably. A sleeper was found on the rails, and evidence was given to show that the two pisoners were concerned in placing the sleeper there, with intent to endanger the safety of the men and injure the property of the railway company. Both the prisoners were remanded.  PAINFUL Suivine —An inquest was held yesterday at the Vestry-hall, Fair-street, Southwark, on view of the body of a woman named Elisabeth Smithers, aged 38 years. It appeared that deceased was the wife of a salesman in Billingsgate-market, but that they had lived apart for about two years. Early on Thursday morning last the deceased met her husband, and asked him to " treat her." He gave her threepence, and the woman handed to him a few beads for " their Emily," a daughter whom the husband had taken from her, and of whom the deceased appeared to be fond. At about 10 o'clock on Thursday night last the deceased was seen standing on the pier by London-bridge, and gazing intently upon the water. In a short time she moved from there and went on the bridge. She entered one of the recesses in which two boys were standing, and mounting one of the parapets she noised hold of one of the lads se if to drag him over into the water. The lad's companion, however, prevented that, and then the woman leaped from the parapet into the river. She was brought to shore dead by the crew of the steamer Twilight. Her husband maimed her of drinking, and he was charged, by a sister of deceased, with ill-treating her. He was said to allow the deceased fis. a week, but her sister declared that she had much difficulty in obtaining it. A verdict was returned to the effect that deceased had committed suicide whilst in a state of temperer, insanity. Rol AL Naval. SCHOOL, New-cross.—The annual award of cadetships and distribution of medals and prizes took place at this establishment yesterday; the president, Admiral Sir William Bowles, K.C.8., in the chair.
The Express. — 1867-12-18 (London, England)

OUE, OWN COINESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. _ _ _  The return of the Court from St. Cloud to the Tuileries is postponed till after Christmas. The 28th is now mentioned as the day instead of the 23rd. The project of a ball for the 23rd is said to have been given up in consequence of the health of the Duchess de Baaaano.  In the course of the short debate in the Corps Legislatif yesterday, M. Brame, while expressing his regret to hear M. Rouher say, in answer to a question, that there was no prospect o f a bill to amend the law on railway management, said that a short time ago the newspapers had registered, as something very sensational, " one accident a day," but lately there had been two a day on an average, which was a most frightful consideration. The death at Rome of the Duke de Luynes, the wealthy owner of Dampierre, is announced. Be, together with his heir, the Duke de Cherrense, went to help the Pope with purse and person when Garibaldi's invasion was expected. The Duke de Luynes, too old to fight, was at the battle of Montana, and acted as a surgeon's assistant in the hospital. The story is told that he gave his cloak to a wounded soldier of the Papal Legion, and that his death resulted from a cold he caught in consequence.  ♦ letter from Rome in the Salta Public of Lyons says :—" Yesterday evening, at 8 o'clock, Monsignor Gianelli was stabbed while crossing the Piazza Monterone. The assassin was not a robber, for the purse and watch of the prelate were left in his pocket. The wound is somewhat dangerous." Mgr. Gianelli was at one time an auditor at the Paris Nunciature, and subsequently he was Pope's Nuncio at Naples, where his functions were put an end to by the fall of Francis 11. The village of Colombea, near Courbevoie, in the environs of Paris, was the theatre of a daring murder last Sunday. The victim was a man 72 years of age, possessed of some property, who lived by himself in a one-story house in the Rue Beaurepaire. A young relative with whom he had quarrelled some months before broke into the house in the night time, laid in wait till the old man came out of his bedroom at eight in the morning, and then knocked him down by a blow on the head with a log of wood, and afterwards strangled him with his hands. Some neighbours, hearing the cries of the dying man, got up to the first floor window by a ladder, and saw the assassin finishing his work. They secured him, and he is now in custody. A rope with a noose in it was found in his pocket, which it is supposed he meant to have fastened round the neck of the murdered man to lead to the idea of a suicide. There is no doubt that his intention was to rob the house.  There was little change at the Bourse. Rents finally closed with a rise of 7i for account. Other securities were weaker. Italian fell fic.
The Express. — 1867-01-23 (London, England)

SUSPECTED SUICIDE OF AI.4;DY BY BC:ENING. Yesterday an inquest was held at York, on the body of a widow lady, named Frances Elira Macmillan, who met with her death under extraordinary circumstances. The deceased at the beginning of October last came from Tooting, near London, and went to reside in East-parade, Heslington-road, in the outskirts of York, for the purpose of being placed under the medical treatment of Dr. HitchMg, the superintendent of the Friends' Retreat for the reception of the insane. Her attendant was a widow named Turner, and afterdinner on Ft iday last the deceased proposed to her to pay a visit to Mrs. Hitching. They got ready in a room upstairs, and the deceased was the first down again. When Mrs. Turner tried to open the door of the room in which Mrs. Macmillan was, .be found it was locked, and on Mrs. Turner going to the window she saw the upper part of the person of the deceased lying on the fire. She immediately opened the window, went into the room, and took the deceased off the fire. She also sent for Dr. Hitching, who attended immediately, and he found burns between the shoulders and the back of the neck and head. He and Dr. Williams attended the deceased until her death, which took place on Monday morning. Dr. Hitching stated that during the time be had known her he had not considered her to have any disposition to commit suicide, and Mr. Wood, the coroner, observed to the jury that in the absence of evidence on the point it would be difficult to find that the deceased had thrown herself on the fire, althou/h it scen.ed extraordinary she should have locked the door if there bad not been some strong reason passing in her mind for doing so. The jury returned a verdict that she died from the effects of the burning, but whether caused by her own act or otherwise there was not sufficient evidence to show. Dr. Kit2hing spoke in the highest terms of Mrs. Turner's atten, ion.  AChTRALLAN
The Express. — 1867-07-09 (London, England)

MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE OP A MERCHANT AT  J4NCH6ITER.  Yesterday morning an inquest was held at tho Queen's Hotel, Manchester, to inquire into the cause of the death of Mr. Alfred Baumgarten, merchai t, who was found dead in his bedroom at the above-nnrued hotel, under the following extraordinary circumstances :—Finding the deceased did not leave his Ixdrismi the chambermaid procured a second key, and on etiteriug the room was almost suffocated by • powerful aniell of camphor. The clothes of the deceased were lying in all directions, the greater part of them having been cut to rags, apparently with a pair of scissors, which *ere discovered on tire door. In the firer:rate were tie. ....mains of a number of business letters and several bank-notes, partly destroyed by fire. On the toilet table was a large quantity of camphor and some belladonna. The deceased was lying in bed, said had apparently dud 111LIIOUS a struggle. A post 'Borten' CIMIlli/1 ',LAM was m:aie, hut, as the surgeon failed to satisfy himself as to the cause of death, the deceased's stomach opt its contents were submitted to chemical analysis. In the meantime the following facts transpired, showing that the de. ceased had been greatly harassed of late by excessive speculation in the foreign markets. Our of the witnesses deposed that the deceased hail been operating in French Funds for the purpose of " bearing" them, in the expectation of there being a war between France and Prussia, and that it was believed that he had lost 7,1101 W. lazielhat one speculation. The same witness also that a female with whom the .le,eased was connected told him that Baumgarten had said to ber several times during the last two or three s.e.ts that she must not be surprised if he was found dead. l'rofessor Crace Calvert, the well-known analytical chemist, said he had made a careful analysis or cm stomach and its contents, and he found camphor in very large quantities. The camphor, which it would appear from the evidence the deceased had taken, would aconunt for the frenzy which was shown by the deceased in eotting up his clothes, and of the tenor of the letters which he wrote shortly before he was found dead. He beli, ved death had resulted by the deceased taking camphor. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity."
The Express. — 1867-09-03 (London, England)

THAMES.  • TOOLI•11 WAGER. Thoriuss Nail, aged 21, a labourer, of No. 2, Copenhagenterrace Limehouse, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with attempting to commit suicide. Henry White, No. 367 K, stated that last night he was called to the bank of the Regent's-canal, near the Salmonlane-bridge, and found the prisoner there with his clothes wet and dripping. He was informed that the prisoner had jumped off the bridge into the canal. A man saved him, and pulled him nut of the water. Mr. Benson—How deep is the water there Witness—About nine feet, and from the crown of the bridge to the water 14 feet. The prisoner was intoxicated and struggled violently. James lUingworth, of No. 151, Sidney-street, Stepney, said be would tell his worship how this occurred. He and his friend the prisoner was seated on the parapet of the Midge. He told Natt to be careful and not lean back ce he would fall into the water. " I'll bet you a quartern of rum that I jump in," said the prisoner. He accepted the wager, and the prisoner jumped into the water from the bridge and struck out lo the bank. Mr. Benson—Then be did not intend to commit suicide at all!  IVitnem—Not he, air, he jumped into the water for a qn!iftern of rum.  Mr. lietllloll And you gave him the rum! Witness—Yes, sir. I paid him the bet—a quartern of the best Jamaica pine-apple rum. Mr. Benson Slid the pnsoner's conduct was very foolish I'deed, and if he bad been drowned suspicion might have attached to his memory that he had committed ►uicide, or that his friend had thrown him into the water. White, the policeman, said that the prisoner struggled to get away from him, and wanted to jump into the water a second time.  Mr. Benson—He wanted another quartern of ram. He discharged.
The Express. — 1867-09-03 (London, England)

CITT-ZOAD, &C.—The number of patients under treatment at this hospital during the past week amounted to 685, of which 56 were new ewe.  knives and other dangerous article■ from the room, hut hid  overlooked the box o[ matehem.  The coroner ;idled 1.!  know whether persons who had shown a desire to column suicide by throwing themselves frompllerieswere allowed  to roam ;hoot. Was there no reotrarnt need? Dv. Kent?  -• • • thorn said there was no restraint used. It was gond for tbi •  • t one purse in common. Mabel, gettin7 at . -••— • ----nearer umwas ts very InCRIISICIIIs to leave the mates* Edward Mr of leading a wandering life, returned to his there. The witness said that an attendant had reinowd knives and other d us article, from the room. but hsa were brought i the two accused, to get rid of his presence, overlooked the box of matches. The coroner wished * in stealing aal needed them, beat out his brains while he wan know whether persons who had shown a desire to commit Property of th, then carried the body to a field, to lead to the suicide by throwing themselves from galleries were allowed place, Wandsv he had been murdered by strangei s. Blood-Mr. Mayo, thee were, however, found concealsd in the to roam about.. Was there no restraint need! Dr. Kemp . thorn said there was no restraint used. It was good for the to withdraw tl the mime being clearly proved a verdict of patients to leave them quite free. The Coroner said that tbs been in Mr. l' returned, but with extenuating circumstances. onlye magistr engaged c I sentenced to hard labour for life, and the object of his inquiry was to prevent oases of this kind taking Th 0 years of the same punishment. Place. for another case of suicide at the MIMS asylum hadcoms before him in which the patient had while an attendant's vms to admit
The Express. — 1867-09-03 (London, England)

YLUM. —Laat evening ler, held an inquiry al e suicide of Miss Mary a member of a respect. e had latterly been sub. 'minuted in a desire to  family by attempting rom heights, and they who signed a celti, of June removed to ow Ken.lithorn, medical le deceased bad tried titution. She had said. weenie I'll do away with e, had special orders to lied to her after she had and charred all down the sparks were flying " Let me die ; the he pain of my mind." leney just as strong se shock from burns and d that accelerated her in. 4 ward. said the d-• one of the milieries at g to commit .itieide. On he care of other patients ward an alarm and saw The witness threw her• guish them. She asked By lucifers. I got them fire to my skirt. I have was the first one I have ieing scrubbed, and the eil off a box of matches  to leave the matches ttend.mt had removed ▪ from the room, hut had The coroner wished to own n &sire to commit m galleries were allowed mint need! Dr. Kemp' ed. It was good for the the Coroner mid that the awes of this kind taking hesameasylum hadcome tml while an attendant's into it and committed he house. It would be he prevented. It wee into to each ward, and if ,hould compel 24 to be anything to their ver ail the patients were or matches, and that eceased, who slept with ry hoer du Fin,: the night. o'clock in the mosso& ant's room was. an over. let, "That the declaimed melt on fire while in • ave been informed that .rn nomrestraint systole I diminished among the  rig the death, in his 11, rector of S. John' t• wee, It will be receives a riot in the street, terment by the late Dr. tleman't daughter, who instead Sisterhood. •  East sad West laths . 404 124 128 loisdoo Mt. Wharf o. MO 34 58 Do. Deb. St 4 p. act 011— Smiths= --pion ...MOO Burro Commercial _440