The Express. — 1864-11-29 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE IN STATIONERS' HALL COURT. —This morning Mr. Serjeant Payne, the Coroner for the City and Sonthwark received information of the death of a man named Joseph Knight, who committed aikido yesterday morning under the subjoined painful cireumstaoced : The deceased man, it would appear, had been in the employ of Messrs. Hoolatou and Wright, the well known publishers in Paternoster-row, in the capacity of porter for some years. Ia addition to the publishing premises belonging to the firm in Paternoster• row, the firm have a series of underground premises beneath the Stationers'-hall, in the court named after that company, in which they warehouse a portion of their stock. It has been a part of the duty of the decessed to go to three warehouses as well as attend the hoes in the Row. On Saturday afternoon be left him work am usual at about 5 or 6, and reamed his duties on Monday (yesterday) morning, when nothing strange wee soiled in his manner or actions. He went down to the warehouses for some purpose or other at about 7 o'clock and nothing more war seen of him until another empkyt of the firm had =ego° to go into the cellar, when he ins horrified to nod the deceased was suspended b a rope from the ceiling. Asektance was at once pro and the unfortunate man was cut down. I Medical aid was called in, but it wee of no avail, as death had taken plane for some time. Upos the body of the deceased was found a letter, in which be gave the names of his children, and spoke of his unhappiness of mind, arising from illness. The deceased was about 50 years of age, mod has left a wife sad Az children. An inquiet will be held on the body. ALLBGED Fosaraiss me THE GzwzßAr. Powmica Eiwnerce Bum—Yesterday. upon further *airy, our me nt mosnained upon unquestionable authority tharrittormation given asolusivelp by the Morning Adrertiar yesterday, a 4 to certain irregularities in the Savings Bank Department General Poet-oak', was in every respect accurate. The forgeries and frauds which bay* been committed are now maertained to be very extensive, and spreading over the area of a large locality, whilst the system pursued has bees cue of a novel character, the scheme having been apparently very deeply laid. The officer of inatice and the identifying witeasise, we now lean, took their departure from the General Post-of See on Friday last for Australia, well armed with all the nemimary proofs of the commission of the several alleged crones, is the event of the suspected party being met with sad identified. Should thin be dope, of course, ea is the case in all arindaal matters relative to the government departments, be will be brought finally to Loam. end examined before the chief of the metropolitan magistrates at the Bow-street police office immediately after hie arrival—Morning Advertiser.  Thros Eltaane..—Yesterday evening Mr. Humphreys held an inquiry into the death of Joseph Archer, aged 21, who committed suicide on the Greet &AGM Railway. Deceased's father identified the body. His sou had up to twelve months ago been employed in the Post-offtee, when he became a little deranged sad lost his position. Eisappaialmeet in love had effected his mind. Edward Perry, signal-maker to the Great Eastern Railway, said that he was walking up the line cm Friday morning, at 5 o'clock, when be found a bead helmet, the metals near the iron bridge near Gravenwalk. The body lay at a little distance an the six-foot. Deemed appeared to have laid himself oe the down Uwe There was a footpath scrota the line near the spot. Er. Hell. surgeon, said that he was called to the deceased, and from the position of the arms, calmly folded on the breast, there was no doubt that the deceased had placed himself designedly oa the rails. The Jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while el unsound mind.  Tug ALIJOILD 4117117D1111riERT. —Yesterday at the Bromley Petty liossises, before C. L. Wilson, altairmao, sad a full bench el magistrates, Edward William Staples and James Tensor, szeavaton, won brought up in custody as a charge of wilfully murdering Caleb Fuher, at Orpington, ea the eight of Saturday, the 196 t inst. The evidence taken w a more recapindation of that adduced before the carouse's jury, sad the doponnous having boon completed. iamb Prom" •01•0••••4 • statement to the effect that at the time the polies earns op with them and the demand, they were misting him up, having found that he had fall's from the path into the roadway. They were then fully oarainitiad for 1214 at the ensuing Keit Anises, to be hold at Maniac/no ea the 15th December. Them wars some hundreds of insavators assembled in the tows sad around the mut and when the time arrived for the amused to he couvoyed to gaol they mounded to the Bromley railway station to await the departure of the train to convoy the prisoners to Ilakbitoon The police, acting under the direction of ILL Inspector Kant, coomeipletiag that moms attempt at resew might be made, very wisely adopted the promotion of taking the primmer, to another distant Matt" and everything passed off quietly. nits Sunday evening, about 8 o'clock, soother swims dm, invelviag a loss of nearly 10,0001., leek* out at the works of Messrs. J. and E. Wright, raps aid palest tobevraph sable maaalsoturors, situate in Gisaskread. Wort Ferry-road, Tho premises win of coesidershis sad covered a krgs area of grouted, some of the buildings being filled with mostly mactikeiry mod I. the manufacture of rope. At the time Wove slated the private watchman had his attratioe draws to • strong glare in nee of the storerooms, and, ou closer examisatioo, found the plain to be oo firs. Colts to the obasactsr of a large portico of the stock, hemp sod flax, the fire extended rapidly, the several storerooms Wag loon in llamas The firs then communicated to the Alms and the =Lenin:gory, and also to a largo stole of pitch and tee is all atoat6oo banal.. The Milieu!' Volunteer Floe Brigade, with Mr. Roberts, their chief. promptly attended and exerted themselves very creditably, bat the Maas, fumed by the high wind, took poesemioo of the rope grousd, which is of great loagth, and about 290 feet was destroyed. The Am also extended to the sagins-hottio sad timed the roof off, and also the roof of the tarring bows. By this time the Loudon brigade had arrived, and irosesedsd in subduing the roeflaratioo. Although a considimahls past of the property is 000stuned, a vary largo and important of the works has recaps& so that the business of Lit will sot suffer. The property is insured fa the Rom, Cesansorcial, and other offices. About the same time moodier Ike oven/rad is Blachroanotrant, Borough, at the bow No. 36, temaated by M. Garth, a drupe,. The Is= was harmed down, and the • houses