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The Express. — 1860-08-16 (London, England)

ZOLISOW.—OCIIOO4 CAMP OP SUKIDIL Mr. C. IL Lewis, d tl e firm of Harrison and Lewis, No. 6, Old Jewry, made the following application in this matter. He amid George .1101 brow W•• • =VW Claremarket, Linixin's-irm-fiebb, who this court under the arrangem. it clause( He wed to make this statement publicly, in puler that the meditate might not complain of an -thing lie did in tle ems, it being one of peaulier character. After the petition was prebe (Ir. Lewis), on behalf of the petitioner and at the lewd of some of tho cieditors, thought it right to seed the into puis•ision. Unfortunately, a day or two tlkerwnedl, the petitioner committed suicide, the effect of which lewdly wee to withdraw the cam from the jurisdiction of ibis court. bemuse there ham* bees no adjudication of bankrupky male, tb, estate had sot been vested in the hands of the court The memenger. however, Mr. Austin, had been good enough to remain in possession for the tut three or four days in the • interest of the creditors. A asettag of meditate would shortly be held,. and administration would then be takes out. In the meantime they wired to mad • ppeeetoonnwho node:Mood the business into peermaiou, and it was &skald, that Mr. Audio, the wesesoger, Amid withdraw. 71111 001113166011.1. (to Mr. A nstin) —ls it &nimble ? Mr. maa-ok re, air, I should Wok it was highly cheleabie. The Cossolmioser-11 en let it be in.  Yr. C. IL Lewis—The :dicci.fameteHese, Yr. Wawa, has nesived sow 9001. or 3001., and will keep peuessice of that amount until the creditor., have determaed open what coons they Will pursue. I wi.lied to make this sistensent pabhely, so that the creditors should not have any cause for ausapprebeosion.  they had some drink. At this period there was a itrike amongst the brickmakers, but beyond the fact that each an event had taken placedt did not interfere with the ease, exce t that the deceamed was dressed in the ems garb as the brickmakerr, and beam it might be that he was reataken fee one of that elms. A boy named Kershaw wee assisting them in the field, and went with the two prisoners to the public-howe. After being in the tap-room for • short time, the deceased, who Wei pasmg along the reed, was galled into the public-house by tits prisoner Minya, and asked to have a glass of ale. He laid be had no objection, and • glass of ale area handed to him while he wee in the at drinldag it, the glass weeaast out of his hands by Iflntyre, he was knocked down, kicked about the head and face, and received so& injuries, that he died on the NM off July of lock-jaw, from the effects of the wounds he had received. The lad (Kershaw) swore on the present occasion that it wee the prisoner who had knocked the deceased down, and that the other prisoner (Brett) had kicked him about the head end face while he was es the ground, but in orOSlMlZAMillildiOli the witness admitted that on a previous occasion, when before the magistrates, be bad sworn that he did not know who had struck the deemed. The jury retired, and after being in consultation for threegamier) of an hour returned • verdict of Nut Guilty against each prisoner.
The Express. — 1860-06-27 (London, England)

THE POUCH COURTS.  (THIS DAL)  SOUTHWARK. AITEEPEND SUICIDE AT LONDON-MUDGE. Jame now Sala, a singular.lookieg middle-aged simm, who elided hinted( to bee mariner, was brought up in emolody has eh Thomas's Hospital, charged with attemptingiseansommemit salads at London-budge. Benoit Hubbard, mate on board the Citizen stamm-bask "0, geld that ou Saturday evening, the 17th about Ave o'eleek, be had just disembarked his passingles as the city side of London.bridge, when he heard a ery et "Yam overboard" On looking towards the Smvey ■side he saw man etruggling in the ester war the onkel arch, when be immediately adored kis boat's heed round and proceeded to his rescue. On conga( up to the spot he threw the lite buoy overboard sad the prisoner gladly noised hold cif it, when witness, at the imminent risk of his lA, succeeded in getting him on board. He then took him on shore and delivered him over to a constable.  Police Aker 472 A said he was on duty on the Surrey side of London-bridge on the afternoon in question when the hat witness headed the prisoner over G. ha custody for sttamptiag to commit suicide in the river. Witness conveyed hint instantly to St. Thomas's Hospital,where be received immediate attention, and had than 4/V4V slam  la answer to the charge, the prisoner said he could not amount for jumping off the brid,r, unless it was a little drink taking away his senors He wan all right now, and ha hoped his worship would lot him go to hi. relations sit Bt. Nary Cray. The oornable said that he did not think the prisoner was in hie proper somas, as he told such contradictory stories shoat kinisolf and his relations.  TioeTriagidrate directed the Alcor to communicate with the totter, so the& some one might take care of him. Under these circumstances Ise should remand him until Soturday. As for Hubbard. he should recommend him to the Humaae Society for • reward, as he was particularly deserving of it.
The Express. — 1860-09-01 (London, England)

IDE BY LUNATILIL—In an able paper published in the Medical Tines and Darette, Dr. (brolly says : " Other 1110n0.11 fur the prevention of suicide, Nava incessant watching, there seem to be none ; and against even slut seems incessant care, the cumuli of the patient may at length prevail. A gentleman watched for mouths notices an open dour or window ; he appears to be conking down to dinner cheerfully, and in a moment he has thrown himself out of the window, er rushed out of the door, and plunged into the river. A lady, who seemed on the preaiding evening quite cheerful, and even to awake iu the morning reconciled to life, and teetered to hope, is left alone for what seemed to have only bean five minutes, and is found suspended by the bed curtains. An active MAXI, intelligent, and agreeable in conversation, walks and talks as if convalescent, and contrives to swallow pebbles, or minis, or a key, and endangers his life. A female patient, who has occupied the evening in embroidery, or in music, and seemed quite happy tales a long fine needle to bed with her, and silently sureresulutely introducer it into the heart, without the possibility of its being prevented es-en by an attendant, who has not left her at all. The records of insanity abound in various examples, and they appear to constitute some of the unavoidable evils of this greatest of afflictions. To rely on restraints for security it was clearly seen would lead to their perpetual impusitiou • and tne older records sufficiently proved that, even thus Led, restraints nut only added greatly to a patient's wretchedness, but were unavailing. It Is scarcely necessary to say that since the aledition of me'chanical restrains suicides have not been of more frequeut occurrence than before. In twenty years, dining which mechanical restraint's have been unknown at Haswell, the instances of suicide have not exceeded seven ; the average °under of patio its in the asylum being about me thousand. I believe it may safely be said that they have even become less frequent in proportion to the increased vigilance seemeerily substituted for restraints, bud to the greatly increased etteution given to the general comfort of the insane in all our rest institutions.' plitieNtneesim 04.,CURRENei AT
The Express. — 1860-04-09 (London, England)

THAMES. Captain JoAn Robert Bisalair .the master of the ship reiale Richard Thornton, a peered bapre Mr. Belie to roamer • charge of marching Brown Monde, steward of the Name vessel, It a from the evidence of the coinplainant, • looking man, that on the 280. of March last, wen the ship was in the chops of the Channel, on her return voyage from Batavia, he was dishing up some soup in the galley, and the ship was rolling very much at the time and gave a lurch, which caused the thin part of the soup to go over, leeving the thick at the bottom. A. seaman, named Holmes, went with the remainder of the soup to the captain, who wee displeased with the appearance of the soup, and sent for the steward. The complainant said an accident had occurred, on which the defendant filled • metal ladle with • pint of the hot soap and threw it into the steward's face. It blinded him fur the time. The defendant followed this up by striking the complainant a blow on the head with the ladle. The blow was represented to have been given with all the captain's might, and the complainant bent under the blow. The defendant also struck the complainant on the side, kicked him, and sent him on deck.  A witness, who saw the assault committed, con Armed the statement of Menet.  There was second summons against the defendant for wages. 141. 21. was claimed by complainant, and only 101. lls. 2d. had been tendered by the defendant. Yr. Gomm said he would accept the sum tendered by the captain, and would candidly admit that the complainant bad been more than once the worse for liquor and turned out of the cabin, and reduced from the situation of steward to that of (look.  In the defence it was stated that the complainant was often drunk, and that he bad attempted suicide by cutting the arteries of his hand, and bled profuse lT ; and the captain bound up his wounds, and was very kind to him. It was also stated that on the day the alleged assault was committed the steward spoiled the soup. It was black and dirty, and the captain and officers could not eat it. The defendant took some of the soup out of the tureen and " ladled" it over the complainants head, to colour his hair and grease it, because he was so food of taking the oil out of the chest in the cabin, four or five times a day, and •geeaung his hair with it. The soup was, in fact, used as a • d o hair-dye. The complainant had • profusion of black hair, a large moustache, whiskers, and beard. Mr. Selfe thought there was no occasion to dye the steward's hair in the soup. The assault was made out, but as it appeared that the captain's conduct to the complainant was kind and considerate generally, he should order the defendant to pay a fine of 50s. only, and without costa. The penalty was paid.
The Express. — 1860-05-26 (London, England)

BOILER EXPLOSION.—About half-past two on Thursday afternoon an explosion took place at the Chillington Ironworks, resulting in serious injury to five of the workmen. One of the boilers collapsed, and dislodged another, and the top of a tall stack was thrown down, damaging several workshops on which the debris fall. A portion of the dislodged bncks were propelled three or four hundred yards, and five of the workmen, more or less seriously injured, were removed to the hospital. ExrbosioN or Ga.S. —1 esterday morning between six and seven o'clock an explosion of ps took place at the residence of Sir William Wortley, 62, Clunberlandetreet, Hyde-park. A female servant perceiving • smell of gas in the drawing-room, took a lighted taper for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, when an explosion took place, the force of which clattered the windows, furniture, and building, burning the unfortunate woman in a shocking manner. Engines quickly arrived, and the fire was soon extinguished, though not until considerable damage was done. FATAL AMlDE:RT.—Yesterday morning William Arias, aged 15, was passing along Bent-street, Borough, when he was kicked in the right temple by • horse, the cog of the shoe entente( the brain. He wee picked in • state of insensibility, and immediately warmed to (toy's Hospital, where Mr. John Cooper Foster surgeon, removed five pieces of bone, but he irsdiy lank said expir d. BIIICIDI OP A GENTLEMAN r. C. J. Canter, wooer for West Kent, held an inquest at the Bull 'ravens, Stone, between Dartford and Oravesend, on Thursday evening, on the body of • patleman unknown, who was found in a wood in the nelghbourhood with a pistol lying by his side, leaving no doubt lie bad committed suicide by shooting himself. In the absence of toy as to identity, the initial letters of the deceased's proof n having been picked out, the jury returned an open verdict of " Found dead." The demised was apparently about 55 yam of age, and remarkably tall, messuruig 6 feet Yin., of fair complexion and brown hair turning grey. held on the forehead, light randy whiskers, and front teeth out of coat, His dress consisted of a brown mixture shoot- ' WS with pockets inside and out, brown checked trousers with gripe at sides, bleak cloth waistcoat, black silk neekerchief, black hat, and buttoned-up boots. The arti of dress remain in the bands of the police, in order, iflo, to lead to the identity of the deceased. °RUT NORTHERN HOerITAL, KIN o'S-cROSS.— Number of patients for the week ending May 20, 772 ; of WM& Di were new ores.
The Express. — 1860-04-02 (London, England)

MOM  SHOCKING ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On Saturday afternoon, about two o'clock, great eonstentation was excited in Gnat giseen-street, Westminiter and its neighbourhood by the report that a gestletuan had precipitated himself from the scomiddloor window of the residence of Mr. Charles Foreter, Y.P. for Walsall, at No. 16 in that street. We understand the facts to be as follows : is It,. Fonter's house there resided with him hi. made, Mr. John Forster. a genaennin of 76y/afoot age, whose state of mind for amid trine pant has been such as to neceseitam hie fatal placed niftier charge of a malo attendant. Hr. John Forster occupied a suite .1 rooms on the second door, and while hie a...eadant had wine down stairs to dinner Hr. and O. For...'ar went up to me their addicted relative in his Otani...AN, which was at the back of the house. They were in the a.. of eonversing with Mr. Forster senior, whips the old :,sa.lemsa walked out 4 the hack mom into the (met room, Lill keeping tap a ainvenation, until in a omen& he :know up one of the sashes, awl scrambling over the wiedoe-.41H, precipitated himself into the street. He foil partly upon some teas railings sad thence on to the pavement, and when picked up was quite imieusible and very math lacerated. Medial aid waa speedily obtained from R. Ceorki• Hospital. ALlienD DDAWAT ON AT LITZITOOL —Liverpool has tam some aim. no:cd a late ieicumequesoe .4 the dna-boom d u ariLri.les and defakatioas by some of its Public 0skall• Y4•4'687 (Friday) tiff. was. repot in town to the else: tha,. in the accounts of a gentleman who holds a responsible official position there has been found an errs to the clam. cif 15,01 W It am farther added that hie furniture aid same beam pomerty which he posiasotal have been seined with the view of reducing the lose if any is likely to occur. It is to bs hoped that the mar may sot tars out so tail an it hot been reported, and that a careful eraminaLiim of the accounts will remove any doubt, which may exist as to the conduct of the official. —Linerpoof Nereid rp. LIBiIIATID AFRICAN SLAVitt. —The numbers of lihess.arl African Waves who were introducsd into Jamaica during the !mini (non 1643 to 1:-.50 were, according (41 a re. turn pubh.6..l yesterday, 5,557. Thom introduced inn Snoop :until& were 31991 ; into 81. Vlaamt, 10115 ; into Trinidad. 17.166; St. Ism* 1,674; uw Grenada, 2,1131; into Anshan, 1,21.1 ; into Tobago. 562 and into Flt. Kitt'., $ no toed number the introduced into the Wait ladies automata to WA CO. During the saute time 170.1179 w. le introduced IC* the Maaritius. Pitm:Liow or ram Nocrazas Etuns-uron Pram mem: of the works 4 the NorUler•
The Express. — 1860-09-05 (London, England)

DOELEIT-ents me of suspected murder came before the ineestrates at the bead polies-aloe, Dublin, on Saturday and Monday. The deceased was an old woman named (1111, lodging in Ormondstreet, and the cireunetaiwci were mob se to throw strong suspicion upon her huabsud and ion. It appeared that she was discovered with her throat mit in • fearful manner, and with other injuries upon hee,which it was the opinion of the medical witeemes who were examined meld not have been inflicted by herself. A blunt knife, which the eaten behave could not have inflicted the wounds, was found loosely held in her head; and this in itself Is also an extra. ordinary fact, the weapon by which suicide is usually committed being either thrown away altogether, or grasped with rigid tenacity. A razor use found in the posseasioa of the elder prisoner, which would have certainly made ants corresponding with those observed upon the unfortnnate ' victim. The tragedy was first discovered by the blood of the poor old creature trickling down through the eeihoogg into an apartment below, where another lodged lived, and on her coming up stairs she observed the deceased kneeling at the pate, under the circumstances stated. The husband was committed for trial ou the charge of wilful murder, but the son was thschaegol. TEL ROAD MVEDFAL —Although nothing positive is vet known, eircumetances have transpired leading to a belief that the duty of investigating into the circumstances of the Read murder has been confided to Mr. Edward Francis Slack, of the firm of Mmes. Slack and Synunoce, soliciton, Bath. The ground for this supposition is the fact that, on Monday afternoon, Messrs. Foley and Wolfe, superintendents of police at Trowbridge sad Devises, waited on Mr. Kest, at Road-bill House, and informed him that it would be necessary that the whole of his domestics should be prepared, by half-past seven the following morning, to go to Bath, to give evidence at Mr. Slack's offices. Contrary to their usual manner, the officers observed a marked taciturnity, and refused to give further information as to the object or authority of the visit. At the appointed time yesterday morning, accordingly, • fly made it. appear. ante at the house, and Sarah Cox, the housemaid-, Mr. Kent's cook, Emily Doel, the girl who maimed the nurse ; Oliver. the gardener, the coachman, and another, were driven off, no explanation whatever being vouchsafed to Mr. Kent, who with his family were left is some astonish. merit at so singular • proci time. Arrived at Bath, the party alighted at Mr. Slack's office', and at 11 o'clock they were called in, and separately examined in private. A day or two since Superintendent. Foley and Wolfe visited sad examined Neater William Kent at his ached.
The Express. — 1860-10-10 (London, England)

THAMES.  Elko Young, a poor and squalid.lookieg wears with a child in her arms' wee brought before Mr. Belle charged with stealing 14 yards of carpeting, value 6e 61.1., the property of Yr. Mittlebrool, a diaper, of No. 18, Criirp-street, Poplar. The prosecutor mid there was a piece of cerpst exposed for sale on the pertinent outside he shop, and having heard that it was stolen, and that the prisuaer, who was pointed out to him, was the thief, he went after km and overtook her about 300 or 400 yards from the shop with the carpet in her possession. and took it from her. It was worth 6s. 6d. Mr. Mille—Aed it was 'voted for Weis the street, held. laitosit a tenipta-ion to theft. Thireecutcr said there wee always a boy watching his . The carpet woe on the top of other (male outside him p, and mot on the pertinent at all. Mr. hells—lt 14101)111d• CO the mine thing. Yoe bold oat • temptation to mita is every way. You hays no right, morally or legally, to pet your goods in the stmt. Ths practice has ceased an intimate deal of crime. I hope the court to which I sin going to sand tins cam will not allow soy expenses. I never will nailer such circumatemea. The county ought not to be pat to any expense whatever. The primmer is ournasittad fur trial  SROCIIIIO 80101D1 AT 13013TILAMPTOlf. —Yeeterdu mining Mr. Pordcge, • draper, in Hipbotreet, Bentham_ pion committed suicide in &very shocking manner. The dimmed, who was shout Ai yams d oge, wee married, and had a family of sit children, was reputhid u • very careful and temperate man, and very shrewd in bulimia matters. Abont thiss months ago he took • house in the stmt, with the view of dttm it np as a restaurant, 'with and smoking rooms etinebed. For this purpose La west` to toParis sod purchased* ush aerial end expensive All at once. bowel* hs dierminsd to aMsdon this MAI% sold the famines% midis& an assipsonsat of his raperty to his eridisom Br a is papally his. limed than his wasperfestly sulmaL It Isotherms's/sari) his trieda Mai his Mod waa alooki. On Illooday eostrary to hi embus, he win and losisd M all his nhDtkes before going to bed, sod be also locked his bedroom door, whisk he was sot in the habit at doing, Early yesterday minim the smnitihosne sms armed lsy fearful shrieks, and Mr. Mosby, a obemist, robs Um impolite to Mr. Pi= us shop, rousing to hi Worm Mellow, saw Mr. outside his bedroom widow tshied is shoat 10 fest from the ores/) and ins wife Waft his mad trying be prevent his /idling. Both were in their intirtchinsu Mr. Mashy pm an shim earl ma downiiim, hit by this time be remind floe opposite side of the semi /4. Pordsge had (alio be the pound end was_ Iris quits dead with his skull mashed in. As had Mimi Lis bedroom door the abopmer sad ahopwciman ware mode Le p to his wife's mistimes.  Stria BomarAnno Coma. —lto &numb :ta.grateful 1114010111L0W4 Ind la= Craire Ile gement enspene me e pastals. militanaapg, WIT align grows: "Jaya. Sas. isiteas. -,ad
The Express. — 1860-06-02 (London, England)

VANDENHOFF.-011 TUOINIay evening last, as the above lady was descending from the stage of the Northampton Theatre to her dressing-room, she trod upon some slippery substance, which precipitated her with fearful velocity down several step, strainiug the ligaments of the left knee. We regret to state, although the mischance is not so serious as it might have been, that it will deprive the stage, for sometime at least, of one of its brightest ornamenta—Era. THE SUICIDE AT PLYtforrn.—An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Guildhall. Plymouth, before Mr. John Ecimourle, the coroner for the borough, to inquire into the rireemstunces attending the death of Marl Anne Luke, who died on Wednesday evening from the injuries she sustained by jumping out of a window the pros ions afternoon. The case Miring been much talked of during the day, there was a very large crowd in and around the Guildhall. The hall itself was completely filled, as were also its approaches, and there were hundreds in the street who could not get in. When Thomas Luke, the father of the unfortunate girl, came into court, he was received with yells from the assembled crowd. The " line" with which the girl was beaten was handed to the coroner. It was &pp:meetly a piece of clothes-line, about the thicket .a of • small huger. As it was exhibited • rear of execiation burst forth from the densely-crowded court. which the coroner appeased by requesting the crowd to desist from any exhibition of feeling, whatever their thought' might be. The jury returned the following verdict "That on the 27th day of May. in the year of our Lord 1860, the mkt Mary Ann Luke, having been severely beaten by her father, Thomas Lnko, of Plymouth, at No. 30, Union stniet, within the borough, became excited, and while labouring under temporary derangement, jumped from tho bedroom window of her father's premises, and fell on the ;pound below, whereby her skull was fractured and bride hicendoil. That she languished therefrom, id 30, Union.i.treet aforesaid, until the 30th day of the said month of May, and then and there died of the said fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain ; and the jury further say that her said father's conduct towards the deceased was marked by undue severity.* During the time the foreman was reading the derision of the jury, Luke mule use of some incoherent expressions', and thou sank forward ou the desk weeping like • child.