The Express. — 1867-07-18 (London, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A WOALAN PROM LONDON-BRIDGE.  A sad case of suicide came under the notice of Mr. W.J. Payne, the depub,eoroner, at an inquest held at the St. Magnus Vestry -ha, London-bridge, last night, respecting the death of Mary Anne Heath, aged 45 years. Anne Tittinsor No. 9, Swan-lane City, said that on last Saturday night, at 9 o'clock, she saw the deceased " run king "towards the first recess on the right hand of the City side of London-bridge. She then leaped over the parapet into the river. A man and a bey were standing near, and witness maid to the nun, " What's that T' and he replied, You may look if you like ; it's a woman." and he walked on.  Captain Martin, muter of the Azalea steamer, said that on the night in question he heard a cry of "A woman overboard," and he ran to the stern of the steamer with a boat-hook, and got the deceased out of the water, and took her to the Swan pier. Polioe-constable Benlon, 616 City hue, said that when the deceased was lying on the pier, she exclaimed, " Oh, don't expose me, I am Mrs. Heath, of No. 1, Boundaryrow, Blackfriars." She then suddenly died. Mr. William Clayton, F.R.0.5., proved that the cause of death was inunanion in the water. Was. Kati„ an iron-worker, living at 1, Boundary-row, said that the deceased was his wife. She was in the habit of working at a Mr. Cork's, a collar manfacturer, in Ifiltoninceet, Crippleute, for Ufa. a week. On Saturday evening, at 6 o'clock, she returned home, and said, " I have been discharged. I have done enough to get myself transported. I hue mode a niadalse sad brought &way • bundle of Mr. Cork's work instead of my own children's clothing." Wiillllol mid, " A good job too. We want you to stay at home to mind the children." They had six of them. lio own her back to the City in an omnibus with the work.  Franca Heath, a daughter aged /9, said that her mother took the work to a public-house in the City, and left it there for Mr. Cork. She said, "Oh, my God, what shall Ido about it. My being discharged to-night makes it look so awkward." She had been discharged for not dressing some work properly. Mr. Cork intended to have sent for her on the following Monday morning. g She asked the public house people to remember the number of t►e omnibus by which she had returned to the City. She was a very sober woman and there was no other cause for her excitement besides the mistake about the bundle of work.  -. The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased destroyed her own life by leap. ng from London-bridge, whilst in a state of temporary  Tel BuvrAN's VISIT To THE ClTY.—This evening the reception of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan by the Corporation of Imndon is appointed to take place at Guildhall. The guests will be nearly 3,000, and among them will be his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family ; all the ministers and great officers of state, members of the Houses of Lords and Commons, and most of the foreign ambassadors. The entertainment will consist of • mend concert iii the Great Hall, to be followed by • ball and supper. The royal party will be composed of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, with their Royal Highnesses latedin Effendi, Mured Effendi, and Haenid Efiendi the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge the Princeu Mary Adelaide of Teck, his Serene Highness the Prince of Teek, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz end the Grand Duchess of Meeklenburg-Strelitz, the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar, Fuad Pacha, Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs ; the Count de Paris, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, and the Turkish ambassador in Paris. His Imperial Majesty will leave Buckiugham Palace at half-part t o'clock. The barriers in the neighbourhood of Guildball will be closed at 3.30 p.m., and after that hour no carriage nor person will be permitted to enter or remain in the Guildhall yard, or the immediate approaches thereto. Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's-churchyard, Cheap side, the Poultry, and the approaches thereto, will be closed at 4 p.m., and no carriage or other vehicle will be permitted to enter or remain in those streets after that hour, unless provided with a ticket for the Guildhall. The ball will be open for the reception of guests at 4 p.m. Mn.