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The Express. — 1859-08-10 (London, England)

HORRIBLE SUICIDE AT HUDLET.—On Monday evening last great excitement prevailed in Dudley from the fact of a most determined act of suicide having been attempted. For some years a married man named Imes Roberts, aged about 48, he resided on Hides Hill. He le by trade a moulder, or ironworker, but for the lest few years he has not followed his mual employment. Having a little property, he commenced invest. tag in several money clubs, and has of late lived entirely on the roomed' of the various elate with which he was connected. It is stated that. with a very small capital, he has by the pernicious system of these clubs, been at one time taking shares to the extant of from 2,0001. to 3,0001, having to draw mor cy at • pmmit= from some is keep up his payments to others. It in simpered that the unfortunate men bad become deeply involved and unable to meet the demand* rf his =redo and ebbs. He has shown desponding symptoms for a considerstile time, bat hem his moral habits this was not noticed. On Mooday evening last, between nine and ten o'clock, than report of a pivot was heard from the brewhonee belonging to Roberts's house, and on going to the spot, several of the neighbours found the =towage* men lying ex. leaded en hie b,ck on the floor. He was immediately conveyed into hi. house, and Berg:cal aid was sent for. Upon examination it wee found that the discharge from the pistol had entered the chest and perforated the left lung. It was evident from the first that the unhappy man could not live. The medical men were continually with him daring the night, and he expired in great agony at about 12 o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) morning. The pistol was a large borer pistol, and the charge was a large marble and am= pebbles. Shortly before his death deceard was visited by the Rev. Mr. Shoebotham, whose chapel be attended. He then appeared in great remethe at what he bad done. He was a Sendey-school teacher, and regularly attended divbia worship. An inquest will be held on the body this day Wednesday)._ . . .  A
The Express. — 1850-05-02 (London, England)

MURDER OF THREE PERSONS, AND SUICIDE OF TEE MURDERER.  A triple murder occurred on Tuesday evening last, in the Wood, at Weeks, near the names of Lord Talbot, Staged.  Ina lamely part of the wood belonging to the legatee estate is situated a house, which was until Tuesday teasing inhabited by the parkskeeper of Lord Talbot, whose name was Spencer Yorker, and who it is understood had bees upon terms of friendship with the other keepers until some short then sinew. Daring the last few weeks Tinker hashed attacks of delirium tremens. Tuesday afternoon, in company with another keeper, namedW. Horny, he proceeded into the woods, sad 5011 same cause at resent unexpkined, no other pen= being present, Money was shot by Taker, and was subsequently discovered eta place called the Pavilion. quite dead. From subsequent circumstances it appeared that Tether, after having deprived his fellow keeper of life, proceeded towards his own house, the distance of half a mile, upon entering which be levelled his gun at a servant who was sitting belays the fin, and discharged the contents in her body, the poor creature falling forwards on the floor •eirpse. Parker then pointed his gun at his sister, who had but just returned from Stafford, but she fortunately escaped the contents of the gun by falling forwards at the moment he raised it to his shoulder. At this jtutettun the wife of Yarker rushed down rain, and whether to pones the murderer or punned by him is not at present known; but she ran out of the hoses into the wood, joined by Yorker who, having reloaded hie gun, fired its contents at her. One charge entered her forehead over the left eye, and the other penetrating her body, and instantly depnved her of life. The infuriated murderer then discharged iffse rut ob. liquid, in the direction of his own head, literally carrying away one half of his fees and shattering the head. During this tragical event, his little child was sleeping in a cradle near the spot where the servant was killed. His other two children, who are now left orphans, were fortunately at a neighbouring village. The reports of the gun having created an alarm, some of the servants connected with the farm buildings were soon upon the spot, and discovered the Stelae corps, of the servant upon the house floor lying in a peel of blood. Further search diseased the sad sight of the dead bodies of Yorker and his wife, who were discovered a short distance from the house, to which place they were cone, yed and laid side by side upon the floor. Subsequently the body of Money was discovered, also lifeless, and was in like manner coaveyed to the house of the murderer, and placed by the side of the other bodies.  The &Ansa occasioned by this lamentable *VIM, to coweiderably augmented by the fact of a family of seven young children being deprived of a parent and of all swans of aupport, by the death of Money, who was much respected by his node employer The inquest on the bodies was to have beta held yesterday (Wednesday).
The Express. — 1850-06-05 (London, England)

AVOID. Z SZI G I Ile oar some nay ram." •• toffy torn (awe sad can) of rt. • Atb,e4 oonettaaha., that barer the ...• . biolorr. ar study. re mbitarra . • . that sad pi7aW regslaiira si  •s; Maas, > Oorehill ; Cervallio. autlaor. 10. iserv.l4.lmes.  SCHEItES PUBLIQUE, par le rotalre. I Chalan.enr.llarne. . It!" tuasistaut rn mewed de ma trip, • •IA at wnotrud., jar in d'arKnient, I Ate d'elis et Amts. avenues. rte.. .•• • .r VP* U tendons'. vellum ingem, nt Mem da Tine, pros et pleats. • Si hectares. L'adjudicatioe aura •.6,, a lbtures da tau, as chateau de ‘!.r.w. Lee owes i letia da atatesta et c • ',Mier. 3. II tied* es sane MAO quip rua eedavult osso h dirsolle do lempeiftd de regieddeed. • .A entirely k tea Wpm to +a kikenetras de " et yr So do : wraebourg. deadimmer pose :si, odsziotriges: do Is sal= ; H. . vv. tb.:;:earest..lgoese.  :1-c,terday evening a public  ti.• Cr.,' hail Anchor, Stn ad, with J the efforts at present being mad* to  of Ciaiway, ma horded the gene eitaBt4 fa tw prtemetioa of  tea their. Mr. AMAMI 'moved the as loillwe : "Teat the Court of a taut W platy, is preetaally • c laterals and heertkee °ppm • ...Ls of property are weeny withheld by 'implicated sal dilatory pro, t ps:ters, r•tdured to pauperism by an% tbaps of vow, linger out poorhouses sad gaols, or seek relief r n„s by suicide. That this meetisg • : ms of such • squirt is • libel epos ' society, and • disgrace ups ....quassia of the British empire. nsulutime, which wee supported k. sad tarried nem. din. Other  • Luaus Cwu to sappoet Charme fbe eaeciatioe ro. of the rt of rs, were teethes uparete.l, after the kiss  -" We (Ma,!stone Journal) are •Lat Mr. 'lodges has relinquished to, Ldi for substituting as sevens* • . in toriwquenee of an intisisqon • Fdt Ai quer that the 11111111iLli was • : Ls., thanes of sceomplishiss hb f•u•ves gnat uneasiness is hewn'', Payment of the mooed metalv•• L is due in November seat, sad .' • Le eat on foot for obtaiaiNi its •. at fof the same paper), who is a • ...tor, ssys—My opal di is, that the t an, is abetter situation than they ' ' • y•ars. 1M prtepeet for this year's • IL. .abotinrs are well employed sad as Li/Sly favoured is lest year's rest misty hops plated this spring Cvs'i• be th. r.ve after • plieg •• le.p-daty, whits 1 thick is • prof. ' t.,eke Sailkiatt sad packing tk• •',l information to the plaster end lead, and, alt. the hop market ' :..met..:, tb hop uuty acts as a riga
The Express. — 1850-08-20 (London, England)

DEATH BY DROWNING IN YORK.—On Friday evening an icquest was held before John Wood, Esq., coroner, at the Railway Tavern, Tanners' Moat, n the body of a respectable•looking moo, apparently about sixty veers of age, who had been found drowned. On Wednesday veiling, between seven and eight o'clock, the deceased, who bad arrived in York by one of the trains (we believe from the south), put up at Mr. Gray's Temperance Hotel, at the end of Thadson•street. The address upon his luggage was " Iliac Coulson, passenger to York." At about ten o'clock next right he was observed by the side of the river Ouse, Ever Northstreet Postern. He had been seen there Woo daring the' afternoon. Mr. Gray sat up waiting for him till two o'clock on Friday morning, but he never returned. His body was subsequently found in the river. Upon his shirt were the initials " J.C.," No. 2. and in his peekets were found 151. 4s. 9d., a patent lever silver watch, attacked to a bitch ribbon, with a gold *eel and key, two silk handkerchiefs, and other articles. Some keys were bond which opened his luggage, and among other articles were discovered two documents, one of them being a mortgage bond for 20W. from the Cock.rmouth and Work ngton Railway Company to Isaac Coulson, of Cumwbintom, near Carlisle, Cumberland, gentleman • and the other a certificate of share held by Isaac Coulson in the Ralston Joint• Stock Bristles Company, but in this instance he was described as a farmer. There can, therefore. be no doubt of the fact that the deoeued was the Isaac Coulson therein spoken or, nod there is little doubt also that be committed suicide, though there was no evidence clearly to establish that suck was the case. Under all the circumstances the jury could come to no ether conclusion titan that the deceased had been "Found Browned.' i lEhtuTlr on l "Thursday.lE SINKING if .t joie 19, cad Thome Jones, aged It, boatmen, were drowned in p Williams,vlt. t i en early thel o cabinrga of nahair large carnal, which was lying in the G Penytlarran Iron Works, Merthyr. Lewis Party, a young man who was sleeping in the same cabin, says that at about amarcloaaldbeadrge with railway iron from the midnight he was awoke by finding the water of the canal rushing in upon them. He sprung up, and felt one of his companions struggling in the water by his side. Not a weed wee said (both b-• log under water), but a desperate effort was mad. to save their lives. in a short time his companion sunk in a standing position, and his hied rested under Lewis Parry's shoulder; thereby saving hie life; for by it his (Parry's) face was supported close to the ceiling of the cable, between which and the water there was a slight monist of space. Perry's face was turned upwards, and his mouth and nostrils were above the water. However his consciousness quickly deserted him ; and he knows no more of the occurrence till he found himself in a n ,f log house, whither he was conveyed by some who I ease to his rescue. It is presumed the carge..*lle pays(pertly trimmed sees to keep it on an even kit,. Ott that was top heavy. tit tei  • .••  .
The Express. — 1850-07-13 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF WALTER WATTS.  This morning the greatest excitement prevailed in Newgate when it became known that Walter Watts, the late lases of the .01ympicetheatre, and who was yesterday sentenced to tea years' transportation, for stealing a cheque from the Globe Insurance Company, had at three o'clock this morning committed wields by lunges'. Bat a few hears before, the convict Donovan (as stated &Weber') terminided his existence in precisely • similar meaner, during the day both the diseased knee; received their mason from the same judge, and is the same wart. It appears that Walter Watts had, during his confinement in New. gate, been so ill that for the tart few weeks he bad been an inmate of the ward isfirmary. In the same room were sir other prisoners. It also appeared that the unfortunate man had been lately troubled with diorite:en, and that he was nightly in the habit of getting up and going to the closet. Is order not to catch cold he had always • deeming gown sad pair of slippers ready to put on. At about three o'clock is the morning, the person who slept next to bier, ws& surprised to Gad the deceased out of bed, and his gown and slippers in their usual place. Thinking something nreffit have happened, having heard Watts say how severe the sentence was that he bad received that day, he went down to the water-closet, where he discovered the unfortunate men quite dead, having hanged himself to the bar of the cell window, by • piece of rope. He was immediately cut down, and the house-31mm called, but it was too late, the sof ertanate deceased having breathed his last an hour before being discovered. The officials of the jail are not aware that any one bad communicated the death of D,uovan to him, so that it stems hardly probable that that suicide could have any effect upon the deceased in this case. Tney an, however, now of opinion that from the time be heard his sentence pronounced he contemplated selfdestruction. It seems that he procured the piece of rope ' from that which formed the lashisg of the iron bedstead on which be slept. Inquests will be bold at Neegate this day, at half past 3, on both Donovan sod Watts.
The Express. — 1850-09-02 (London, England)

BOMBAY, JULY 25. The event of the past month has been the melaneholy suicide of ()Monet King, of the 14th Light Dragoon", at Wtmeerabad, near Lahore, on the 6th inst. The deceased commanded the 14th at Chillianwalla, where, from some cause or other up to this day a mystery to the world, the corps retreated from before the enemy and got into momentary confusion, and overeat a couple of our own gives, thereby ceasing them to be captured by the Sikhs. Matters were smoothed over by Lord Gough, whose own conduct as regarded generalship was on the same eventful day anything but brilliant, and in a short tune probably all would have been forgotten had not Sir C. Napier, in a speech to the corps some months back, alluded to the matter in a cutting way by saying that such a corps as the 14th would go anywhere, or do anything, if properly commanded. This taunt acted powerfutly on the over-sensitive mind of Colonel King, who, however, is said at first not to have taken it to himself, till subsequent harshness made it bat too apparent. From the time this conviction took possession of the unfortunate gentleman's mind he became the prey of a settled melancholy which he never seems to have been able to throw off. In June some of his men were taunted at the theatre by the artillerymen with being cowards, which was of course resented, and a row °cooed, Shortly before this a man of the corps, named M'Leau, was taken before Colonel King for some crime, and on being sentenced to punishment, called him a coward. For this be was tried by a court-martial, and sentenced to corporal punishment, which he underwent on the 20th March : and the man, on being taken down from the behests, walked towards Colonel King and again celled him a coward, using, at the same time, grossly abusive language. M‘Lean had managed before coming out for punishment to get enough liquor to make him shortly after tipsy, hoping thereby to deaden his feelings to the cat-o'-nine-tails, and it. wee while under the influence of the liquor and the pain canoed by the flogging, that he again committed himself as above narrated. He was now ordered to be tried by a general court-martial, which he accordingly was on the 3rd of June last. Hers is the result, with Sir C. Napier's comments on the decision of the court.  IT
The Express. — 1850-08-22 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS. Yesterday forenoon Mr. H. M. Wakley held an quiry at the King and Queen Tavern, Paddington-green, respecting the death of a gentleman, name unknown, apparently about 2G years oleo, leo committed self-destrurion by shooting himself with a listed through his heart, in Kensingtongardens, on Monday afternoon lot. The circumstances attending the suicide of the deceased were detailed in the Express of Tuesday. and were recapitulated by tho witnesses examined Thome, Claytcn, s garden cons•able„ No. 6, stated he was shout 300 yards off, when littering the report he ran to deceased's assistance, and found him dead. On searching his clothes he found a gold Genev.s watch, grid chain, and briquet key; there was no maker's name on the watch, but inside the cue was scratched "C. M. 4,006." An embroidered green and red silk bag was taken from his trousers pocket, containing 61. 7s. 41. No p ,pers or letters of any kind could be found on him; but on examination a small silk bag was found in one of his coat pockets, containing a narrow slip of leather, about tire yard, in 1. mirth, having at each end a piece of leather hello.v in the centre, about an inch square, which was minutely t unlined by the coroner and jury, and was the SU.I4ICS of much curiosity AS to its use. Eventually one of the jury broke the hollowed portions open, when three slips of parchment, shout an inch in width, and one about 18 inches long, all rolled up, fell out, and were found to be covered with Hebrew characters, but their import could not be ascertained. A small quantity of gunpowder, • bullet, and some p:rcu.sion caps, were found screwed up in some paper in his waistcoat pocket. Inspector Grant of tka 1) division, in answer to a question by the coroner, elated that nod,' of the oceurrenre had been forwarded by route throng', out the metropolis, but that up to the present time no inquiries had been made for the deceased gentleman. Verdict--.. That the deceased destroyed Maven by discharging a landed pistol through his heart ; tut the jury have no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time."
The Express. — 1850-04-27 (London, England)

IRICLAND.  Dlrmaw, APRIL Their Excellencies the Lord-Lieutenant and2G. the Countess of Clarendon honoured the Royal Horticultural &warty with a visit to their exhibition yesterday. A conditional order was made yesterday in the Court of Quen's Bench for a writ of mandamus to the corporation of Dublin, commanding them to proceed to the election of a Lord Mayor. The application, which was made in the came of Mr. Samuel Wanchob, was for the issue of a peremptory mandamus, but the court, notwithstanding the arguments pressed by Mr. Brewster in support of the application, made the order only conditional with six days notice to show cause.  A search was made for seditious papers in a clubroom at Cork, on Monday night. A number of persona, chiefly tradesmen, were found assembled, and their names were taken by the police, and the document found among them, and paraded as " seditious" by the local conservative journal, was headed " Democracy all over the World," nod addressed to the "Nationalists of Cork."  William Murphy, conv:ca d at the lest C irk AAsizes for morder, was executed on Wednesday. Two privates of the 74th Highlanders, stationed at Clonmel, committed suicide this week without any obvious motive. One of them, named William Williams, a native of Sligo, liew out hie brains wits his musket on Monday evening; and the other, Duncan Love, a native of Glasgow, followed his comrade's example the following morninp, a circumstance that rendered the act the more strange being the fact that the two men were entirely unacquainted with each other.  The London correspondent of the Freeman describing an interview which the terant right deputation had on Wednesday with Sir It. Peel, says: Sir Robert sail little *inept by way of questions or tommentary on the statement, and reasoning of the deputation, to which he liatened with great attention, detaining I's deputation with
The Express. — 1850-04-05 (London, England)

SUICIDE ON THE WINDSOR RAILWAY.—This afternoon an inquest was held at the Green Man T near the Railway Station, at Wraysbury, on the body of Henry Pearce, aged 23, who, on the afternoon of Tuesday last walked deliberately on to the railway near the abovementioned station, and on the approach of • train having thrown himself down Delors it he was instantaneously killed. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity," adding that no blame was attributable to any of the company's servants. DISTRESSING SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Bedford, at the Blank Trines, Cbaados-street, Covent-garden, on view of the body of Mrs. Mary Holman Makin, aged 54 years, who committed suicide on Tuesday sight last by hanging herself, while labouring under great depression of spirits caused by the committal to prison of • favourite sen. Deceased bad attempted to destroy herself on two former occasions. Her husband said ii he did not receive some assistance, he should not be able to bury his unfortunate wile. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." THE HORRORS ON BOARD THE SLAVE SHIES (says a correspoadent) have beta almost equalled by a case which has occurred at Toughs'. The schooner S:sr of the Sea, of Kinsale, from Cloaakllty to Cardiff, has put into Yogi/hal for safety (being usaaworthj) with a crowd of both sexes, young undo:a (205 souls, in all) on board. She had been four days out, and during that time the condiciou af the unfor nosh, passengers was awful in the extreme. They were without food and almost naked, and had had nothing to lie down on bat the ballost is the hold, whereon they had managed to huddle together. 146 of the poor matures were at once admitted to du workhouse by the Tonkel avAhallios.  Youaux ItasLwars.  Anglo-Italian (lat. Italia. and Albanian) . Illoukanta end Allll4lel Central Ramo Vieraon)  - ••• •••  51)7 'Groat mai  o;. "cg: •. :  Madrid and Valeutia .. Maur AM Nartnira of M Liam aga ... Odom mil Bonham ... Pods ant Orleans Mood Imo Yarn endateg Roma mid drake and Mem Tam and Nodes  41 ,ii ,4 14&a  ell ay Ms I 1 Pm  Tit •LP.: Si S dia.  ee 7 14 14 29 21 192 PO} 6j 1 I 4 li die  LIVERPOOL, April 4.  8roc•-E1cit••••.—Thers •tu • pretty coed babies done to-day, but at lower price... Birkenkead, Laneashireoat Chester (late C. and 8., I per lent. till 'SO) lol—Laneaskire and YorlphireConsolidated, 11—Ditto (Olth sharee.ll,ll. 11.. SiL—Londret and North Western. 102 21.4—Ditto (new 1 1. 118 O&M. 4. Ditto (fifth shares), Is. Od. $ (1 shares, C. 7, 1 p.—Maneliess ter, skeffield, sad Lincoln (preference 'barge), 61 **Ditto ($ shares), 271 1 d.--tioutb Beaten and Dover, 131 (No. 4 registered), 41—York and North Midland (pref. perfiti. a 'SO), 31 d.  April 4. 84vot-Rioaamol.—Tbsre wail I wey