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The Express. — 1861-12-11 (London, England)

SWILLING DAY. TOISDAT, Dap. 14—Adiadisiouss. es pcsol, 926; ilitAo by mom Ii auk, 991; le4sl Ambers, 1,  Dr. WHale has addressed another letter to Lord Palmerston, publicity to which is given iti the Preestrois Journal, on the subject of the threatened famine in Ire. Lied, urging upon governmeat the necessity of its immediately taking steps to provide relief fur the distressed. FUNERAL UP THE LATE Slit P. LAURI& —Yesterday, between ten and eleven o'clock, the mortal remains of the late Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, Kut., were removed from hie residence, No. 7, Perk-square, for iutertuent in the Highgate Cemetery. The procession continued of • hearse and three mourning coaches. Among the mourners were Mr. J. Laurie, Mr. I'. N. Laurie, Major Laurie, Mr. R. Laurie, end other relatives of the lamented alderman. There were several private carriages attending the rortr,oe, including the carriage of one of the sheriffs, as representieg the City. Several of the tradesmen of the wad of Aldengate showed their respect for the memory of their worthy alderanis by putting up their slattern. hiltia.Nollol.l 811101.DR.—Lunt week we reported a melancholy one of murder end attempted suicide at Slaugham, in Seiner--a mother having destroyed one of We children, about five years of age, and thee cut her own throat. We have to record asotber calamity in the same family, which has occurred in the immediate vicinity of the former catastrophe. Yesterday another member of the Agate family deprived himself of life, without any appeaser; motive, by shooting himself in the head with a gun. His name is Stephen Agate, and be wan about 60 yearn of age. He wee the exude of Jr:handapate, the husband of the unfortunate woman now ch with the murder of her child. Stephen Agate • at Cucktielii, the nearest tows to the village of Slaugham, and carried on the businem of dnger and grocer with so much names that he was reprded by every ow as • man well to do ia the world. He had been warded, and bad been • widower for about six years. He bad six children, three of whom (daughters) were married to respectable tradesmen in other parte et the meaty, sad the other three were residing at home with him.  WEITZHALL, Dar. 7. —The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Mathewson Hindmarch, barrisierut-law, to be her Majesty's attorney-general of the county palatine of Durham, vacant by ,the resignation of Robert Eq.—Gazetk.
The Express. — 1861-10-11 (London, England)

OCTOBER 10. BTO 3 LIL Mr. Prentice declared that the • 1' * • DIS 'cation of his learned mama yothary en rook for Lahore, where he will resume man contrived to slink away, without reporting or paying friendsquite irregular, and -I,would ho i would incline to strong drinks, and refreshment houses to was - Mr. Coroner Hitchins held an inquest at the the eoeu.aad of the thalami at that 'tattoo. It. strength for the mischief he had doomplaces where they could ho procure' ; nor did he think that rated in any other court.A I. M. D. F. C. L S. Isms hews much reduced by cholera, but it atilt re pee of Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, and other directors of the me Chief 033„,; said he hail, •as it were, only a labouring man would consider two pennyworth of County Lunatic Hospital, Lincoln, on Saturday last, on , about 1231U0 or MANY neee. General Windham expects to thip, are here ; also a French geutleman, who, they say, is • -.-- pudding • dinner, although Mr. Hutchinson had urged the body of Mr. Edward Haywood, agol 40, an inmate of recently come into the era, sad having begun the preseut intern hoar to Fmglarl ie abed • year. accredited by the French government for the purchase of motion, he would hear it to the end. There were f resin otherwise. lie did not think this part of the case material the above institution, who Lad committed suicide on the -- -- ,- -- ...... her. The weather here is remarkably line and mild, and the to the issue ; and with respect to the pudding itself, if rerm°43 day. The evidence adduced went to show that on affidavits to be read, and be could not pretend to say what SPURTING INTILLIGANCIL South Wales direeton would ,to wisely to ran trains fre- he would do • the whether quad, betweea this and Swansea and the populous towns cot in case, he should grunt a rule or Saunders positively denied the purchase of it, there was r. only Mrs. Crowe to prove that he did, and that left the riday morning, about twelve o'clock, the deceased was discovered by one of the inmates suspended by a piece of cord NAME D 1 lying between them. Bet penmen who come to see the ship mr had not thihmed h• h h matter simply oath net oath. He now CUM to •• more Ssrgood is argument wen t e court tied to •a couple of handkerchiefs, from a tank ID one of the arneiim`pi "• • La.; ra : 8.;.. f 0 1
The Express. — 1861-11-07 (London, England)

THE SUSPECTED MURDER AND SUICIDE NEAR PRESTON.  On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Myres, coroner, held an inquiry at the Plough Inn, Ashton, touching the deaths of Ann Wright and Charles Wright, her illegitimate sou, the particulars of whose deaths have already appeared in our columns. The finding of the bodies in a pit near the footpath leading from Ashton to Preston Marsh having been proved, other witnesses stated that the woman had tried in vain to affiliate her illegitimate child, and had been much depressed in spirit.. Mn. Jones, of Blackpool, said the deceased formerly lived with her as her servant. She had a child about twelve months ago. The infant was the one taken out of the pit. She was much put out of the way in consequence of her having failed to father the child. In July last she became very melancholy, and laid on two or three occasions that she would drown herself and the child. She afterwards told witness not to mind what she had said, as she would be sorry to injure the child. She was afraid, however, that she would go out of her mind. She left witness's service in September last. Mary Woods, of Graveston, deposed to seeing • person like the deceased sitting at the side of the pit in question a fortnight ago. The woman had a child with her. She appeared to be in a very low suite, and was taking its hat off and pinning a string to it. Saw the woman shortly before walking towards the pit. No ODO was near her at the pit side. Charlotte, wife of Stephen Preston, of Preston, deposed theta fortnight that day the deceased and her child were at witness's house. She was without a situation, and had been so for a month, ever since she left Mrs. Smith's. A fortnight ago deceased also called on witness,and wanted her to take charge of her child. Witness told her she could not do so as her husband sou unwilling. On the following morning the deceased was singing in witness's house. She afterwards said next time witness heard of her it would be something strange. Witness recommended her to put the child in the workhouse. The deceased came direct to witness's house from Blackpool, and had not been to her parents' house at Wurtin since last May. Other evidence having been adduced, the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned an open verdict that both the deceased were found drowned.
The Express. — 1861-09-20 (London, England)

SHOT DZAD NY A YOUNG WOMAN.—An extraordinary event took place at Bolton, near Beadfonl, on Wednesday evening. A half-witted youth, named Henry John Fieldhouse, about seventeen years old, who lived is ' Noeth-wing, Bradford, was going about begging, sod between five and six o'clock called at the house of Mr. Jacob Wood, fanner, }token Fold, when Mr. Wood's daughter, Nancy Wood, aged twenty-two years, took down her father's gun and presented it at the boy, for the purpose of frightening him. The gun was loaded and the contents went off. killing the boy on the spot. His lifeless body was removed to the Bohai Hotel, EMT the Peel-perk gates, and the young woman was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter, but was admitted to bail. The gun was leaded and capped, bat it was an old worn-out piece, and the trigger was tied on with a piece of string. The trigger dropped on the slightest touch. The gun bad been used for shooting sparrows, and was left on the bread creel em Thursday or Friday last by the prisoner's brother.  SUICIDE THROUGH GRlM—Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, a suicide was committed by Mr. Thomas Blackburn, at his residence, No. AO, Judd-place, Easton. rued, under circumstanoes of a melancholy character. The deoemod, who was over GO years of age, had for many 7eara carried on an extensive business as a pawnbroker aud silversmith in Skinner.street, Somers-town. About two mouths shim he lost his eldest son by • pulmonary complaint,wbich so deeply affected him that he immediately retired from business. Since then nothing had appeared to moomile him to what he deemed an irreparable loss. He would frequently sit and cry for hours together, and become so low sad dejected that no endeavours on the part of hi. wife could rouse him. Yesterday morning Mrs. Blackburn rum and left her husband asleep in his bed, and on returning in about ten minutes she was horror-stricken at finding biro trig by his neck cloth from the bedpost. He was quite
The Express. — 1861-06-19 (London, England)

CONFLICT OF CHARCW.  William Brown, 36, a tool maker, living in the Faut•rnatl, Heaton, wee charged before Mr. Knox with violently *vaulting Rebecca Brown, his wife, and police-constable Lewis, 326 N, also with attempting to commit suicide. From the evidence of William Short and William Butler, apprentices to the prisoner, it appeared that between 1 and 2 o'clock a.m. this day, he returned home. and bad some words with his wife, whom he glumly abused, that be afterwards struck her for the purpose with his fists, and was finally given into custody. The wife, whose faro was shockingly disfigured with contusions, corroborated all this, arid Lewis, the police-constable, stated that about the time in question a gentleman came to him in the City-sad, and begged him to follow to No. 10, East-road. Whin., did so, and found the two apprentices lislding the prisoner's wife outside. She was bleeding freely from the face. He accompanied her indoors, on being informed that her husband who had committed the assaults was upstairs, and while in the shop prisoner mile down, drank the contents of a bottle he held in his hand, threw it from him, and rushed upstairs again. Witness picked up the bottle, which was labelled "Poison," and instantly pursued the prisoner, burst open the door of an upper bedroom, and found the prisoner there, partatty dressed ; he refused to clothe himself more. and was with difficulty removed. While going downstairs ho contrived to disengage himself, struck witness repeatedly ia the breast, and ran off into the atritet. Overtaken there he became most desperate; this time kicking as well as striking, and be could not be secured without assistance. Lanibeimrnbe, 36 G, spoke to the assaults upon the last witness, and the terrible state which the prisoner's wife was in.  Prisoner declared that he bad received great pmvoration, and yet only struck his wife inadvertently in a scuttle that ensued within doors, while taking measures to protect hinv 'elf against his wife's fury. As regarded the bottle, he war unaware that the contents were poison. Prisoner was remanded for the attendance of Dr. Griffiths. to give testimony of the liquid in question.  • Hama--(Tms
The Express. — 1861-10-30 (London, England)

THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN THE REGENTS  CANAL.  Yesterday evening the Coroner for East Middlesex opened an inquiry at the Black Horse Tavern, Kingsland-road, Shoreditch, on the body of ElllMit dolma, aged 'l3 years, who was found dead in the Regeut's,owd, under the circumstances detailed in our yesterday's impression. The first witness called was Philip Jones, the father, who said that the deceased was hie daughter. She was a steady, good girl, and he could not account for her death. Arabells Mefferd, of No. 24, George-street, Shoreditch, stated that on Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, the deceased called upon her, and said that she was going into the country to see a friend, of whom she could get any money she wanted. Witness asked her what pert she was going to, when she said Tunbridge-wells. Witness went out with her, and proceeded to Mr. Mace's, the King John's Head, Holy well.lane. Slioreditch. The deceased wished to see a young man named John Brooks. They had some gin, and subsequently went to the next public house, where she got into conversation with a young man named Simms. Witness had her husband with her, and they all proceeded to Bolan's, next door to the City of London Theatre. The deceased went to see if the young man Brooke was there. They bad a pint of ale. They then went to a beer-shop in Long-alley, where the deceased found Brooks. It wad then between 11 and 12 o'clock, and they stopped there about an hour, and Lad more drink. The man Brooks was playing at dominoes, and he came to the door and spilte to witness's husband. Brooks saw the deceased, but never spoke to her. The deceased went into the room to seal up • parcel, when she came out and bade the landlady good night. The deceased, witness, and her husband then left the house. I had asked her on the Tuesday why she could not come out, when she told me that she had had • blow from Brooks. it was on the Tuesday, and I could see some marks on her face. I did not ask her why he struck her. She gave me a brooch on the Tuoiday night, and said, " Keep it for my sake, as 1 am going into the country." 1 never heard her threaten to destroy herself, but she has once attempted to commit suicide by taking poison. She said to me on the Tuesday afternoon when she took tea with me, that it was the last cup she would have with me.  Ambrose Playful, alias Brooks, said be resided tit the house of the last witness. He was • shoemaker by trade, and he was a teacher of sparring. He had known the deceased about two months, and she came alter him. He had had some words, and on the night of Tuesday last the deceased called, but he was playing • game of cribbage. He had done shortly afterwards, and when he was going to bed with a candle in his hand, she asked hum fur a light to meal a parcel. He never struck her.  br. Clark. the medical officer of the parish, said that the deceased had a laceration of the scalp, fractures of both arms end fractures of seven rib', with eiteroul cuutuaions. The injuries were subsequent to death. After some further evidence the jury returned a verdict of "Found dead in the Regent's Canal.*
The Express. — 1861-02-12 (London, England)

EQVITY COURTIL—Fn. 11 . (Priory iow( ncir Sir W. P. Wood.)  VW% . .I.O.AURTILALIAN AND IRMA d lIPAPVIDENT LTVZ AIIMMA7I:11 CON PANI  • This -uit waslnritatai far the viper of determining certain •Ifferif as leSwiss lies above Maumee, :Arpin, and tbs runts of N,. Hors. • gefatkonon Wllll cosec time sire committed suicide at • tiro when he ass libotrirg seder tamparary dirral.zomer of naiad. The poly point of public stew.( camisched with the are ma this Toe derailed had brand his life fur Or run of :col. is the •.:..traulative Lie Furl and (lateral Airanuar l'oripaay, coder • policy 'lrk did sot rostra say provision to meet the ore of death otherwise thusis the coarse of nature. 'roe deceased haring in this case abet his data as above rated it was now argued that the amount Moral was sot o-eoverable, us the ground tliat by public policy it wits not :Awful fur • luau to gra &ay pecuniary benefit through tau:ideating his rodente by ii:N..ers act. The VirChancellor was of ..pinion that tie death of Mr. Horn by Lis uw., lirds while in a state of rectal derangeswat did not vitiate the polies. It was true that in Patustkoray's came, it was held by the Hoard Lords that • life inairsuce was ruc.tod by orsarry inspiration of law, lord on gnarls f public policy, whim as assured died by the hands of pistie, la the ear of No de we such a decd ion would Led coo .iderible weight. Lut the car before the • 11.1, w.ei. y different frost that—the deceased bad met his ile..tli by hi. owe head it was tree, but by his own hand dining y inadawa It was r little a mime L.Lse Ira his death by friar frogs a horse to by u•.l 114:1A40.15...wag. The policy mask therefore, be declar.l
The Express. — 1861-03-30 (London, England)

THE , EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH $O, 1861.  PURPOSED SUICIDE PEON DESTITUTION. Nary Jackson, a_ grey-haired miserable•looking woman, was charged before Mr. Barker with attempting to commit self-destruction by poison. Mrs. Martha Steddin residing in Thomas-street, Kingsbuid.road, said that she bad known the prisoner for eight years as au opposite neighbout; formerly the family were in comfortable circumstances, and apparently very happy, but the husband had died about three months since, and since that period the wife appeared very despoudent. On Thursday morning last she came to witness, expressed a conviction that her children must go to the workhouse, and suddenly left. About a quarter of an hour afterwards witness perceived her in the street with a white packet iu her hand. and impressed with the conviction that self-destruction was meditated, she dragged her into the house, called • constable, and on finding that the packet contained oxalic acid, gave her into custody. The poor woman, in reply to questions by the magistrate, expressed her contrition for the purposed wicked act ; but declared that the loss of her husband after three months' ill. ness, the poverty consequent upon it, and the assurance that her children, 10, it, arid 5 veers of age, must become paupers, impelled bee resolve to die. She could get washing, but could not purchase even the materials for that w Mr. Barker promised to waist her.  100 100 100 100 100 100  100 tao 100 100  kiIIWAYL  MI Mlet Bt. lo Dos. Doz. ItC.lLLg.6p.e. Do. do. 8..... Buffalo etWoHoronlll.  Do. pTeeTern—er—'"Baff.,Braot,..tOoderich I p.a. Bds., Aog. 1.1872 osioreodbyßull.4 LH. Do. July 1,1876, ditto Do. Juno 1, 1874, ditto Oolootta 8. lantern. 044 TADockflp.e.goa: 0•71011. o Bo Blterr oast liador Sid Ind Lin  De. /abbelpore Do. 4; p. et. Detest Do. 6 p. ct. do Do. do. do. 167640 Geelong & tielboturie Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per at. Pref. Do.See.Pref.6 p.ct.fle Do. 6 per ot. Debora Do. 7 per et. 1818 Do. do. 11071. Do. do. 1871 Great Wien Peninsula  Do. ise7r Ot. 8. °Undies. 0 p. Do. Do. Ot.Went Conde, BUMP Do. New Do.dp.cßds.nay73,w.op Do. 5 do., 77.wtt.op Do. do. 78 withoolow Do.64p.clitds.,pay.77 Nadine Guar. 4+ pee et. Do. do. It cz.t. Do. per al Do. 5 per cent. do Idelb.Oorp.dp. ct.Neads N. Beonewlct o.nads  - -ef...-.4-0.9.-1.a Ds. do. Lod do 01l Do. 00. D cep. do all Do. do. Idol do is. do (11mItod) ylO Sl ado _ . .
The Express. — 1861-01-02 (London, England)

WOOLWICH. JAN. 1 ROYAL MILITARY A''.c.riL,AT. —The foUtmiug antlemea baying bees foga( duly qualified by the °Ant of Yili!aty Edeoatleo at tin bat Cbretwas aatee I. the ',Taal tannin, ban bseg reueranended to he. Majesty by hie Royal Hidbagortlte Doke of r.imbridga to nein 0111111111, i4GII a. stadernyotttwal :—Roy4l Fagnang: Mann. Arthur Hill, Frat,cia W. Nixon, and Edward J. Ontle. Mewed Artillery : Ileum Eloc.ial Bainbridge Pnabortaa Manion, Charles Bent, Joshua M. Magadan, Jolla J. ?e.t.a, Tbotua. r. Gook*. Henry G. Allan, Robert Y. tgewart, George P. Alton, Jam.. Gore Booth, Clew= Moe._ ,r Arthur G. Feat-Dan. Frederick W. La Wrier Harry, W. Cooke. Georje C. Davie, Hinny B. K. Harvey .Uetaader, Y. Limon, and William McClintock.  NATAL ND:FITS or W: Norm. ADMIRALTY, lass I.—The Lords Cramissionsn of the Admiralty hereby nom their 1r.41i .4tioa torch hindmost.; is her Majesty • easy m are ikeiroas of berg recommended fur this appoint. meet of oral kn. kt of Witabor, nailer the will of the ire lismieel Ria, that they tout apply at this einlos ea err lief."' the 1611 *natant, when they will be in• fiaraed of the mitre of the certi.isites anal toetinaarls ehich are to, iirrl to show that they 'titian the restriag of the rid win, which expresses that they " are to be sagianuieuatel ce &alibied lieuternis of English nise• sail than be single we, without thrift's, inclined be red • ritturi.. studious, sod devout life, to be re...sod if they pee a' ..'..r fur scandal —oo.:eire Nauruan St I. :De BY • WARAMFID OTTIcIAL --A middle...ma ire named Dicker, a urearamr at the Wareillthe, rusiiiiiittal suicide yesterday lTusdsy) mnies, by alsewarg, in the flerpostisie. having previously written a Uttar to • relation infamies him 14 ha interstice'. Up to r= afternoon, the body bad sot been found. An heavy preare of embemmineuts is ariereterl to have hem lb. Miami d his rash determinable& He has left a wile sad family to mourn his lam me laths third lairds that Ira been committed by lower Midas of the above elks withat the lest twelve walls. Rariar.cr.or or CarritUt MeNtri. —Tatorra won tier MUD tYTILR MAWR AmtOCIATD,N. --As ad. =highly *ureter( of the tarts and amines of R.N., who in shoot Mir* frau the rimmed of her Majoryths.hitivirliaspottrgacizeissi msediutre=y st • ire=ntioa c 4 the hsdisg retcheale sad shipowners of the =time sad took part ia the precenhep. Mr. out droneNita.' Meads bed rendered great hail service Is breaking the great wall of partition which previoink. existed bellwre the merchant service sod the navy. A orimplioseetary reeolatioe, pared by the eurnittee of the Tralargehip Conway, sou ales read, atter which taptain Meads replied, uremia tiLLeciplauthe he which had denved ammo his stay is • bees his istetrourse w,th the inhabitants, both t • public and private c..pacly. ArDtutot• &M.
The Express. — 1861-01-02 (London, England)

CLF.KKENWELL. ATTOW7I.II !up_  Alfrvi Andre.., aged :SD. describedl on the charge sheet as waa placed at the bur, below* Mr. Harker. charged with Attempting to 041.11Ut suicide by cutting his tbruat • ith a raior at :."J, Ilennes-street, From the evidence of Police.coostatile t;araliner, 217 N. it appeared that teat night he was fetched to the ahove house, and was informed that A lemon bad attempted to tut his throat. Ile went up to th.- iinsoner's room, aid on Timing the dog found the prisoner with A re/or in his hand. prvioner appeared in • very dadreased state of mind, and stated that he should certainly destroy himself if he was lelt alone, and he then took from his pocket a knife tel gave at to the countable. The constable. Varing that the prisoner would dextrin himself, baik him to the station. The prisoner was a sober, hardworking man, and was sober when taken is custody. Mr. Harker inquired of the prisoner his roasons for attempting such a rash act as that of committing selfmurder !  iieMisoner, who appeared ins very distremed state of mud. said that on Tuesday bis wife, who had for some time acted in a strange manner, took away the bedclothes. Yesterday mornitig he went out to work, and on hin return home he found that the place had been stripped. 11111 wife had gone, and taken his child with her, soil this rained him a great deal of trouble. lie wan now very sorry for what he had done, and if he wan allowed to depart, he would not attempt the like again. Ile did not know where his wife had gone. Kr. Barker said it wu a sad ease ; and in the state of mind us which the prisoner appeared to be, it would not be safe to allow him to go at large, without some one being rr.mossible for him. He should remand the prisoner for the *Meacham et hie friends.  W