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The Express. — 1846-10-06 (London, England)

SOUTHWARK.—DISTREBSINO ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.— Yellerday, Eliza Jarvis was charged with making a determined attempt upon her life the preceding morning, at a coffee-shop in the Waterloo-road. Having engaged a bed for the night, she requested that her breakfast might be sent up to her in the morning, with a slice of bacon and a knife and fork. Her wishes were complied with, and a considerable time having elapsed, the landlord knocked at the bed-room door. The defendant answered in a feeble tone of voice, requesting that he would send the servantgirl up to her and the latter, upon entering the room, discovered the defendant lying on the bed, holding her right arm, from which the blood was flowing into a basin on a chair by the bed-side. The knife which they sent up with the bacon was lying close by with blood upon it. A medical man was immediately called in, who stated that no danger was to be apprehended, and the defendant was given into custody.—Acting-Inspector Simmons, L division, stated that inquiries had been mode respecting the defendant, and that it was ascertained she was the wife of a merchant in Bushlane in the City, who had some time since failed for 44,0001.; that he bad absconded, and a reward of 3001. was offered for his apprehension. Since the flight of her husband, the defendant had been lodging at a house in White-street, Southwark. and was supporting herself on a small weekly pittance, which she was allowed by parties whom she did not know, but whom she had reason to believe were friends in the country. —Her landlady said that for some days she had been in a very desponding condition with regard to two of her children who had been taken from her and placed at a boardingschool. Their board and education were paid for by unknown parties, and the defendant possessed the idea that the children would be taken away from her entirely, and be deprived of a mother's love. This circumstance preyed heavily on her mind, and to it the landlady ascribed this attempt on her own life.—Mr. Seeker put some questions to the unfortunate woman, with a view that she should explain the cause of her having attempted suicide, but she merely said that her misfortunes were great, and that she could not bear up against them. She, however, now regretted what she had done in her excited state, and would not attempt the like again.—Mr. Seeker said, that in the defendant's condition of mind he could not take her own word, and that it was necessary she should find two sureties of 101. each to be bail for her.—The defendant, not being provided with the required sureties, was committed, the magistrate giving directions that the ease might be mentioned to the governor of the gaol, in order that due attention should be paid.
The Express. — 1846-11-02 (London, England)

FRANCE.—MURDER AND SUICIDE. Another horrible tragedy caused by disappointed love has lately been enacted in the department of the Haute Vienne. A young man named Lautreix, of the village of Lagrange, became deeply enamoured of a rich neighbouring farmer's daughter, who burned with a reciprocal flame, but the lov. r was poor, and her parents obdurate. On Sunday last Lautreic sought his Marguerite in the fields, and held a long conference with her, the nature of which is not known, but at its conclusion he drew a loaded pistol from his pocket, discharged it at her, and killed her. Retiring from her bleeding form to a distance of 300 yards, he again charged the pistol, and fired it into his own mouth; he fell for the moment, but soon found he had not done the deed effectually. He consequently raised himself. and, mutilated es he was, went on towards the Lake of Ouelles, distant at least a quarter of a league. Another pool of blood in the way showed that he had fallen a second time, but once more gained sufficient strength to reach the water, and thus put an end to his life.—The Gazette des Tribtasauz gives an account of a murder and suicide under nearly similar circumstances, but in a different part of France :—" A young man named P—, employed in the Greffier'a office at Clamecy, lately became enamoured of a young girl in the neighbourhood, and asked his parents' permission to marry her. A decided refusal was given, on the ground that the girl was not by any means an advantageous match for him. On Sunday last he determined to make another application to his parents, but was again refused. He went out immediately, and informed the girl of what had occurred. She was overwhelmed with despair, and at last exclaimed, "Yon swore to be mine; let us die together !" He agreed to the proposal, and they determined to carry their intention into effect. The girl procured a bottle of spirits of turpentine, and the young man a pistol, and thus provided they proceeded to the Canal du Nivernais. They drank the contents of the bottle, and then tying themselves together with the strings of the girl's apron, placed themselves on the very edge of the canal. He then placed the pistol to his head, and fired. The charge shattered his skull, but did not kill him. At the moment the shot was fired, the girl jumped into the water, dragging after her the young man. But, when once in the water, the instinct of preservation returned, and the girl contrived to scramble out, pulling with her her unfortunate companion. Both then uttered cries of distress, and some persons coming up found them in that position. The young man expired shortly atter, but hopes are entertained of saving the girl's life. The death of young P— has caused the deepest regret at Clamecy."
The Express. — 1846-11-26 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF A BOY IN THE MILLBANK PRISON.—At this prison, by Mr. Bedford, on the body of James Niblett, aged 16, a prisoner. Deceased had been confined separately, and employed at tailoring. He hung himself by means of a skein of thread to the grating which admits hot air into his cell. No suspicion was entertained by the warders that he intended self-destruction, though James Baker, a prisoner, about 1-5 years of age, stated that deceased had recently given him by stealth, several scraps of paper upon which 'he had written with a pewter button that he would hang himself or cut his throat. That morning (yesterday) he told witness that he had tried to cut his three,t with a knife at the dinner table the day before. Witness did uot like totell that for fear he should be punished for talking to him. The jury, after some discussion, returned the following verdict Temporary Insanity, brought on by a disappointment at .not returning to the receiving ward." [The investigation disclosed the existence of some revolting practices in the prison to which the Secretary of State cannot too soon nor too seriously .direct his attention].—SUICIDE FROM Mener.es.— By Mr. Payne, at the Horslydown Tavern, Fairatreet, Horelvdown, on the body of Lieut. W . Douglas, aged 37, late of her Majeaty's 12th foot. Front the evidence of Mr. H. Owillen, of 116, Strand, it appeared that deceased had been is several lunatic asylums, and had made repeated attempts on his life. He had been much addicted to taking ardent spirits, and had been on that account allowed to resign his commission. How he came to be at large, with ample means of subsistence allowed him by his friends, did not appear. Caroline Daily, of No. 4, Church-row, Horselydown, said the deceased had lodged in her mother's house about six weeks. That (yesterday) morning, whilst passing through the passage she saw hint in the parlour, standing before the glass, cutting his throat with a razor. An alarm was given, and although assistance was promptly obtained, he shortly ceased to exist. Verdict, " Temporary Insanity."
The Express. — 1846-09-10 (London, England)

WORSHIP-STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A young woman, named Mary Fitzgerald, about nineteen , years of age, was charged with having made the following determined attempt at self-destruction:—Police-constable Newell, N 102, stated that while on duty near the canalbridge at Cambridge-heath, shortly before ten o'clock on the ?-evading right, he t.',hareee. th 3 we:k:ns; such an agitated manner as to excite his suspicions that she contemplated self-destruction, and after watching her for a few minutes. saw her rush towards a dwarf wall on the brink of the canal, where she clasped her hands, with the exclamation, " Lord, have mercy upon me!" and instantly precipitated herself into the water, with such energy that her body was thrown into the centre of the stream. Witness, though unable to swim, immediately waded in after her, till the water reached his mouth, when he lost his balance, and narrowly escaped drowning himself ; but ultimately succeeded in dragging tb•• prisoner to the bank, whence she was conveyed to a neighbouring tavern, and by the application of prompt restoratives, her life was preserved. From subsequent inquiries he ascertained that she had been in the service of a laundry-man in the neighbourhood, with whom she had had a serious quagrel that evening, which so wounded her feelings that she determined to put an end to her existence. In answer to the Magistrate, the prisoner said that she had been ill-treated in her situation, and having neither friends,clothes, nor home, she had no resource hut to act as she had done.—Mr. Broughton said that it was manifestly unsafe in the present state of her feelings to allow her to go at large, and he should therefore commit her for a week to prison, where she would be properly admonished upon the rashness and wickedness of the act which she had attempted to commit. M A RY LE
The Express. — 1846-10-08 (London, England)

ACTRESS.— Mrs. /Inas Yates, an actress engaged at the Pavilion Theatre, was placed in the dock, charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Thames. The prisoner, who, though somewhat advanced in years, possessed considerable personal attractions, and in address, appearance, and demeanour was very lady-like, appeared much distressed at the position in which she found herself.— James Lyddart, a waterman, stated that between 7 and 8 o'clock last night, whilst waiting at the Iron-gate stairs, the prisoner ran past the wall of the Tower toward the river, and hurried on towards the water's edge, and was about to cast herself in, when witness, who had pursued her, seized her by the arm, and prevented her. She fainted suddenly away, and there was some difficulty in recovering her again. iglip 141 H, took the prisoner into custody. She was at the time in an excited state, and, from incoherent words which she uttered, he was led to infer that she had had a quarrel with some person whom she lived with.—The prisoner said that a person whom she knew had grossly insulted her, and rushing wildly away from him she cared not where, she made towards the water without being aware of it. She had not the slightest idea of self-destruction, and would have got a boat to escape in but that she was too agitated for utterance. —Mr. Ballantine asked the prisoner whether she could find any respectable persons who would become bail for her future good behaviour.—Mr. White said that the prisoner had dealt with him for several sears, and he considered her a very respectable woman.—Mr. Ballantine, addressing the prisoner, said he could reach the feelings by which she was actuated ; but she had been about to commit a most serious offence as regarded the laws both of God and man.—Mrs. Yates said she had been seventeen weeks out of employment. She had contracted a few debts amounting in all to about M., and one of her creditors so grossly insulted her that she was driven to desperation.—Mr. Ballantine, who seemed to feel deeply for the unhappy lady's position, accepted the rccossnizancer of Mr. White and herself to be of good behaviour for twelve months, on which she was discharged.
The Express. — 1846-09-08 (London, England)

SURREY TREAYRE.—The tragedy of Hamlet was played at this theatre last night, as the first in a series of performances that will include those great dramas of Shakspeaie, with which in the memory of the present generation the recollection of Mr. Macready will always be associated. It would be difficult to name any character in which the peculiar power of this great actor is so forcibly and so distinctively exhilked. Of some performers the passion is felt and admired ; others subdue the spectator by tenderness, and, save when terror or pity is to be excited, the audienoe is unmoved : but they who witness the acting of Mr.Maeready forget his mastery over emotion in wonder at the intelligence which is its n correlative. Such an actor only is Otto play the part of Hamlet, in which so many grand problems of psychology are involved—love, ambition, revenge, madness, suicide, superstition, fatalism. We have not space, nor, the lateness of the hour considered, time to discuss a themo so controversial as is the idea which the poet intended to develop in this play. Last night it seemed as if Mr. Macready thought it identical with that si sublimely treated in those peat dramas of which the descendants of Pelops and Labdaens are the heroes ; Destiny, relentless and inexorable, accumulating horrors on one family, till its own guilt works its own extermination. The passage in the second scene of the fifth act, beginning with "We defy augury : there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow," wax spoken as though, like the concluding part of the Greek Chorus, it contained the mystery of the action. This passage, undoubtedly, is the one which first relieves the mind of the render or spectator, from the trouble and conflict into which it has been thrown by the inefficacy of the supernatural visitation, and the misfortunes to which it has led. Of the performance is particular SCRIM it is unnecessary to speak, as its excellence is well known, and, even in its minutia, appreciated. The audience, which filled the house to the roof, though occasionally betrayed into vehement applause, ill-timed, because interrupting the action, seemed thoroughly to enjoy, and by no means to misapprehend, the subtleties that belong to the view which Mr. Macready takes of the character. They deserved tosee him better supported. We shall refrain from stating names; but the representation on the whole appeared to us to be the converse of the old joke—like the play of Hamlet with everything but the part of Hamlet left out. Better no Polontus, no Ophelia, no Horatio, th sn such a Polonius, Ophelia, and Horatio. We ought, perhaps, to except from this censure Mr. Cooper, who as" the majesty of buried Denmark," assumed a voice so cavernous, that had Dr. Johnson beard him, the Ghost would never have been sneered at as " chatty."
The Express. — 1846-11-13 (London, England)

HORRIBLE DESTITUTION.—Before Mr. Carter, at the Sea Lion, Wootton-street, Lambeth, as to the death of Margaret Riley, aged two years, the daughter of Wm. Riley, a coachsmith, living at 2, Victoria place, who died under the following circumstances :—The jury, upon going to view the body, had a shocking sight presented to them. The child was a perfect skeleton, and most dreadfully deformed. The room had not an article of furniture save a chair, and, although only seven feet square, was occupied by seven persons.—Elizabeth Batty, the landlady of the house, stated that when the father and six children came to reside at her house, the deceased was very much' emaciated—she and the other children were without food from morning till night. Upon one occasion a dustman saw the child lying on some rags in the kitchen, and he said her state frightened him, she was so emaciated. She was then taken to Mr. Dawson, of the Yorkroad, surgeon, who gave her medicine and en ord for wine, arrow-root, die. The ware of the child was brought on, she thought, from 'want of proper nourishment. The other children, except the eldest, who was eleven years old, went out to get what they could by sweeping crossings or beggaig. The deceased got pieces of bread from the people in the house, the feather only giving them a bit of bread fur breakfast, and then leaving them ; the bread might be scalded with a little water. The eldest worked for a penny or twopence to buy bread to give the other children.—The Coroner: How did they sleep ?—Witness : Father and six children on one bed on the floor. She added the people were afraid to touch the child for fear it should fall to pieces : it was lifted up in a blanket. The father could have found more food from what he earned. The child died on Sunday.—Mr. Dawson, the surgeon, said the child was brought to him in a very neglected state. He had reason to think the child had not the food he ordered, and he wrote in the parish book, "The child is starved by its erarents." The abscess was scrofulous, and would produce emaciation without proper nourishment, which it did not have.—The father said he got all he could, and divided amongst the children and declared much against the eldest daughter.—Thej ury returned a verdict of " Natural death, accelerated by want of proper food."— SUICIDE OF A STUDENT AT GUY'S HOSPITAL RY Pausste
The Express. — 1846-12-16 (London, England)

LAMBETH.-Loos AND ATTEMPTED StICIDII.-Eliza i ' it, Pima is B 'agog ?um a lease, Russen was charged with attempting to commit self- 5 I; pi e 4,, L. Olen lllloomme a Admen II Lauselonsw murder by strangulation.-Mr. J. S. Miles, a merchant, do Do. la. .s. M. a 8... 741 S Ilfeeser ili•d Lite residing in Lanadown-road, South Lambeth, deposed : ra 111 i t: :I 1, a.. ;t 7 1:. tiei , C.... .1.1 Tr.....; • that while dressing on that morning he was alarmed i re. 104. ab.. M. 4 A 5. 4 Ili 5 Pasted Lyons by hearing one of his daughters scream ; and on going. to 411 London ft S. western., sa i 20 IP,b4e wed &Irmo the kitchen he found the prisoner, who was in his service, 10 I it. 1.1,7.(1"6' 6'6' • 6 oT• a° 'ft"...4 la.. lTii 6 , Paris and Strasboarg apparently lifeless, with about three yards of ribbon tied 11': De. Noe 2 . tightly round her neck. He instantly got a knife and cut the $ 1 lb. Tennis-le .- ...... sad Vera.... 40 ribbon, and she gradually recovered. Upon being questioned 45 1 11:: Tis:2nete,hi- 4 at the time, she said that she was very sorry she bad been 4 I Do. sots. I : abllb=2Olddr:::: ; 4 6 Wool Ark. .N s.. from carrying her intention into effect.-Inspector Lrrasimm, Dm. 15. - Saha: -London, It. Western, 19 Do Creed, of the V division of police, was at the station-house (Manchester, Birmingham), 75-Maneleaster, Leeds (late L._ 11• when the prisoner was brought in, and upon his questioning halves), 41 p.-DO. 1(11.ba Llift2inp.s)-, 1Np..17.10.174,25,1;01270i-4.0. (74rresh. i her as to the cause of her attempting suicide, she said that 41 P.-N.„Brith44for some weeks she bad been keeping company with a young 451 t A.), 21 (n(eww*Nr,;).'4l,pii. Bd. 0.-E. gitrau . man, the ostler of the Goat's Head public-house, in the u.,,p'sb., sip.--Do. (New wrizr).,:,l4,l4)._umk, Dewsbury ((sites. Wandsworth-coed, and, while out on the evening before, green), ji p.-Leeds, Mash aew p „), i D.-Birkenhead. D.they had bad some words, when he told her he was shire, Cheshire in., 4 p.- inghaM, Dudley, Si p.-Birminge keeping company with another young woman whom barn, Oxford ln., lip-Boetoo, Stamford, Birmingham, * D.-Glaahe loved better than her. This bad such an effect upon Ifqatilat'untria.,,rwhaall n•TaLijerim. ip._lPManchrtger, Newowle Jao &5.9.1. d. A New' r, Warrenpoint, 31 p.-N. d, her that she had made up her mind to destroy herself. s:,2,'lusere, 3) p -N. Western, i p.--Shrewsbury, Hereford, I d.Frederick Arnold, the Toting man in question, had known Shrew-bury, Birmingham, (A), US. 91. 0.-Do. ;BO p.-W. Hiding the prisoner for some time, and kept her company a little Un., is p  lid 1111 Ili i l lip. 23 25p. 10 Up. Si $ 510. lip. 1 lip.  hi I 4144. b  :14*  We destro) for a n place(l treate, its go .n for( g its; nt affair but 1, falseh,  friend.  day. into  11 tl tho, mei)] Ot deft. tt  Four Dian Ditto  Enu 8010 487 1 and'  on Wal  ii
The Express. — 1857-08-28 (London, England)

PARIS, TIIMIUSDAT EVZNINO.  As the Emperor was yesterday taking a drive in the Champs Elyhees, some of the secret police, who always watch his movements on such occasions, observed when near the corner of the Rue Montaigne* carriage apparently following him closely, and in which were three foreigners, of dark complexion, in the hand of one of whom they distinctly saw a pistol. The carriage was instantly surrounded, and on close inspection the pistol proved to be a highly finished revolver, with six barrels. The men were detained under arrest, but it turned out that they were Brazilian gentlemen who had just bought the revolver at M. Lepage's shop, and were proceeding to his shooting gallery to try it. This explanation being corroborated by circumstances, they were at once released with apologies.  The Emperor's journey to the ChMons camp has been postponed for two or three days. The Courtier de Paris states that Prince Gregory Ghika committed suicide on Tuesday evening, at a chateau, which he has lately purchased near Nlelan. He shot himself with a fowling piece. The reason  for the act has not transpired: The Bourse opened with a slight degree of buoyancy, but the better disposition was checked by a fallof in Consols, and the tenor of the Indian news telegraphed from London. The Itente closed at 67fr. for cash, with a rise of 10e., and at yesterday's price, 66fr. 93c., for account. Mobilier rose Mr. In the railway market, Northern was the favourite line, and rose Mr. The others were from lir. to 21r. 30e. higher. The Pays, alluding to doubts thrown by Some London journals upon the accuracy of its account of the strength of Delhi, affirms that it has never pubJished any Indian news except upon sure information, and that none of its statements have ever been contradicted. I have already mentioned that thePays' exclusive London news is supposed to be furnished by the French embassy, but how does it account for Lord Palmerston's contradiction of the story it told the other day about au application to the I'acha of Egypt for leave to send troops across the Isthmus of Suez ?