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The Express. — 1865-07-12 (London, England)

SAD CASS 07 SUICIDE THROUGH MISFORTUNE.  An inquiry was held by Mr. Richards, the deputy moose last night, at the Welliortmetavere Cannon-street-road, respecting the death of Mr. Charles Buttinout, aged 62 yens. Mims Ana* Buttinout, No. 4, Deso-street, St. Georgesin-the-Bast, said—The demand was my father. He was • shipping clerk. He had latterly been very &moodier is consequence of the reduced eircurnatasoss of his family. Os Monday last I found him lying upon the bed is his room, gummier. There was • smell of hitter alms& in the room, and I said " Father, you have takes the bitter almoods !" He sajd to his youngest child, who was seated on the bed beer him, "Don't cry, dear." I again spoke . to him and laid, "I cannot remain sad see you suffering Ithus, I will go aed call Ma." He gave • roan and exj claimed, " Oh, my God." He died is half on hour is the ' preemies of three doctors. He bad been eves the bottle el bitter almonds at the docks by a pawn who brought it with him to this country from • chemist at Port Adelaide. Mr. C. Emmersect George, • surveyor residing at No. 4, Turner-idnot,said-1 wee as intimate friend of the demised. H. had fallen into great difilcultass in °perique., of not being able to get argue for ship. He wee • man of good ability and education, and he wu always trying to get 001D11. thing to do, bat the worst of it was that whenever • ship west .in somebody else, younger men than himself, always jgol hold of it. His furniture was going to be roomed us, der a bill of sale which he had given apes it foe 104, and ! the landlord had threatened to &drain for the rent. He had been summoned to the County Court for one debt, sad for another he had been served with a writ He had been requieted by the guardians of the poor to appear before them to showmen why he did sot pay the sneers of the poor rate. jHe frequently said, " I shall put an end to my existence ; therein nothing but the workhouse before me. What become of my noprovided family of Ave children r He did not count his eldest daughter, for be said, " She an do something for herself, but the others are all too young." 1 used to say to him, " Cheer up, something will tern up." IHe failed through sheer rainfortuae. j Dr. M. Brown Garrett said that the deceased expired in I consequence of taking • very large dose of oil at bitter ' animals. He had drunk about one ounce. It was singular that he lived for mach • !earth of time after he had taken the poison, for such • large dome generally ceased instant death. I The Corooer remarked upon the melancholy nature of the OW, and the jury returned •• verdict, " That the deemed j drank the oal of titter alarm& with the view and intent of depriving himself of life whilst in • Mate of temporary and mental emu/Quest." The proosdfop thee terneastad.
The Express. — 1865-09-02 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OP TWO WOMEN.  An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, Mid diem cwoaer, lath might, at the William the Fourth Tavern, fikephsalew-walk, City-road, reapocting the suicide by *too of Elisabeth Treyhora, aged Teem John Trachea), 11, Osborne.pthee, St. Luke's, said that the &owed was his daughter, and she lived with a young mss named William Lade. They were very fond of each other, and each was jealone of the other. Some three weave Moo the came to witoses with two black eyes, which she said that he gave her. She tried to poison herself some maths ago, but Lade drink her on the back and made her spit it out. Wm. Lade, 79, Wertmorised-plaos, City-road, said that hewn en electro-gtlder. Oa Wednesday evening last be got tome new clothe', and was going out ; the deceased huntsi upon knowing where he was going to and wanted him sot to leave the house. When be persisted is his deternisatioo she left the room sod name back in a Millets, finite cool, and laughing. She said, " Well, Willem), have done it." Witness said, " Doors what r to which she replied, " Taken the pots= !" When withers said. "04 twosome, you always are talking about that,' she clasped her bands, ad, felling ow her 'um". " Yee it is does !" Witness thee saw that her teeth were et, sod that she was dying. DT. Hopkins WAS sent for, bat she died before he came. She bad &rook off the quide of potassium which he used in his business. The Corooer having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide by pekoe while is a state of unsound mind." The erne coroner held en inquest at the Green Man Tavern, Hottoo Old Towo, as the body of a married omen named Carr:dies Amelia Owes, aged 40 years, who committed suicide by drowning herself is the Regent's-caul. The dece wird was the wife of a shoemaker, and lived at 39. Pollards-row, Bethual-green. She suffered much from paw in the bead, mid often slid that she would beat her brains out. Liat Wedoesday night her daughter left her to go to bed. In half an boar afterwards her bonnet and shawl were found on the banks of the itegent's-easal, sear the Cett•o's.roarithridge. Next moroing her body was got est of the water quite dead. The jury returned • verdict " That deceased drowned herself to the Regent's-cared while in an unsouod state of tied."  FIRE sr
The Express. — 1865-05-10 (London, England)

DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER AMP& (THIS DAY.)  Imst night, between the honor of 10 and 11, • mast demente attempt to mender • wife was made bp Rdwerd Banks, aged T 3, • brieklayer, rennin at 80, Wlite. arouretreet, Bt. Luke's. happened tbat at time • lodger le the house was celled by the mao, who said "Go does. stairs. You will Ind My wife on the floor, and I think I base killed her." The lodger went down stein, and as the floor found the man's wife insengWe and deluged la bleed. Re had several severe wound. ea her bead, end b wee evident that they led been indicted withnijokA its the one in the MOM was broken, and was co blood. Polirmeargesat 15 G, was celled, ea took the primer into ensiody. The primmer maid, Yen ere the man Iwant. I have done it ; lam sorry tor it moreo I could not help it." Thb the prisoner repeated than  In the meantime the injured woman was coeveyed to St. Biaibolomew's Ficep... ital, where she was Minded to by Mr. Wiliam Sultan that she had no lees than eight wounds on her head, three of them berg of &very she character. By one of them three the skull was smashed in to a small extent, sod at the bottom of the other two fractures of the skull could be felt. The other wounds were mares, but bore no 03.1. prison to the three sortioned. The Injured WOE= WY and inmnsible, and could not make any statement, and die is not expected to survive the day out This morning, at the Clerkenwell Police-court. the Pri• sow was brought np in custody, and the prisoner wan charged with feloeiously attempting to murder his wife. The prisoner, who has before been charged at this court with attempting to corona suicide, appeared to be ill, and out of his mind. Evidence having_beessiven confirmatory of the above, The prisoner said he did not wish to oak the witnesses may questions. with the exception of Mr. Books. Be wanted to know if his wife was deed or not Mr. Erre—Sir is not dead, but inesnsible. The Prisoner—My God !I am sorry I did it. I cannot amount for my doing it. XL Berkey remanded tbn prisoner for a week, and he was at ones removed to the House of Detention.
The Express. — 1865-03-04 (London, England)

BWILIY MORDIA.  This afternoon as acTpiinati.;;;; made to Mr. Boron Mansell by Mr. Coleridge, Q. 0., with whom wen Mr. H. H. Cole, in reference to the trial of the criminal George Broomfield, elmaged with the wilful murder of • young married woman named Caroline Sophia Colborne, at Shirley, near Southampton, oa the 3rd December last. Ms prisoner, it will be remembered, shot the deceased with • revolver, and then attempted suicide by shooting himself with two charges. Wore the girl's marriage he had made dreams to her, although he wee a married man, and after the marriage he called to pay her • farewell visit, as he mid, when he committed the murder. The prisoner had been suffering considerably from the shot wound since his confinement in prison on the chugs of wilful murder, sal it appears he is ' still in a mentions state. Mr. Coleridge applied for a postponement of the trial, I. Gameness°, of the prisoner's weak state. He produced an affidavit by Dr. Seymour, who deposed that he bad beam to the county prison to examine the prisoner, and found him exceedingly week and prostrate; he believed him to be in the last stage of eaugumption, and if brought into that court he would not know what was ping 00. The judge said the affidavit went to one point, as to the not modentandieg what was going on, but the Litecircounsel mast know that it wee not usual to put off cases of this kind galena there wee a likelihood of the prisoner's state of health becoming better, Under the circumstances pat before him, be did not see say probability of as improvement is the position of the prisoner. He should probably be obliged to elopement a jury in the case, and leave it to them whether the edema( was fit or Dot to go oil hie trial. He would hate the affidavit and speak wan of the case in the monies to the mussel.
The Express. — 1865-07-29 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT ST. JOHN'S WOOD.  An inquest was held last evening by Dr. Lankaster, at the Clifton Anne, Clifton-road, St. John's-wood, on the body of Mr. Robert Swotting, aged 54 yean, wbo committed suicide by cutting hie throat on Tuesday morning last. It appeared that deceased was a solicitor, end in very excellent circumstanore. Latterly he had become depressed and exhibited stringiness of manner. He was con. dusting a law ease for some friends, and it so affecte I him that his eights were disturbed and he got but little sleep. He was 000stsntly expressiog his intense sympathy for those clients, and frequently asked his partner, Mr. Lydell, for advice relative to them, and also asked him to joie with him in prayer. On Tuesday morning he went outside the house. After ringing the bell, he returned upstairs, sod imme. diately afterwards his wife found him in their son's room, bleeding from the throat. Mr. J. C. Whaley, surgeon, deposed to seeing deceased lying on the bedroom floor, with a wound across hie throat. He bad divided the tongue and trachea. He could not speak, but groaned. He had no doubt that the wound was inflicted with the razor produced, and by hie own hand. The cause of deith was the hemorrhage and suffocation from blood going into the chest. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in an tinamid state of mind."  The Scottish Peerage met yesterday in the Holyreed Pala*, to dad dateen representatives to the Holm of Lords. Thirty-seven peers voted. Fifteen of the former representatives were re-elected, and the Earl of Levee was cheese in place of the Earl of Strathmore, by 27 votes to 10.  • . Ma. J. D. Comte Leos, M.P.—On Tuesday, an express was received ststieg that J. I). Coleridge, Esq., M.P., would visit Otter, St Mary, the residuum of his venerable father, Sir Jr. T. Coleridge, sad though the time wag limited for the inhabitants to make preparations for an ovation, yet all went heartily to work, to give the hon. member • welcome reception. A triumphal arch was erected at Paternceter-row, and fir trees were planted from thence to the Half Moon len. A splendid arch wu erected at the entrant,* to Heath Court, the residence of Sir J. .T Coleridge ; this arch bore • banner with the word " Welcome." At 4 p.m. Hr. Coleridge arrived at Batt's-hill, and was met by a large number of the inhabitants, who gave him • hearty welcome. The hon. gentleman addressed a few coeds of thanks to them for their kind reception of hint Ihe horses were then taken from the carriage, which was drawn to Ileatheourt by the assembled multitude, the bells rang out merry peals, and the bands of the volunteer corps and drum and fife played during the evening. The whole wound up with a variety of rural sports in a field Dear the town, and everything weed off most eatisfutorily.— Western Times. IMPIIRSONATION OP • Varga AT
The Express. — 1865-11-09 (London, England)

NAVAL AND MILITARY.  --e---AbletßAM, Nov. 8. AnoMmwris. SubLisateneet 8.. it Eyre, to the BristeL Muter I'. W. Wetwtee (additiosal), to the Asia, for the ('Raiser. Aesistaat.Payaisater G. J. Sparks (superasseseary), to the I ideleide. Nowa Cadet (soadoet4 R. J. Lane.  PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 8. A. singular accident happened last evening at the Ganwharf Bertsch. at Portman* 000 spied by a &moltmeat of the Royal Artillery. It appears that about 7 o'clock number of mea were occupying two rooms an the cued floor of the west wiag of the heaths; whin they were startled by ea ominoue mead, se thong, the wars about to collapse. They st mei ruined 1146 Z 'sported the matter to the authorities, sad upon examination M wee foiled that there were extensive marks in the walls of W bathig, sad that it had sunk into the pound to the depth of about a foot. This wing of the burettes ie within a short dietetic,. of a sew dry diode, built of granite, by the seeporation of Pvrtanioalls, for the repair of creek of the aercastile natio& at a cost of upwards of 30,0001., sad fears are expresesd (whether groendless or sot we cannot lay) that the dimplaermast of earth under the barracks denotes as equivalent displacement near the dock, sad that thee is therefore a possibility of its esll= tabus; some isory _searcely lees serious. parte( the barrack Wilding has boos sureeyed by the alai, of the mightier department, mud we uoderstsod that it has been condemned es tuxedo for the habitation of the troops. WOOLWICH, Nov. & GREEN wica Hoserrat. —ln accordance with Admiralty instructions, all persona employed at the Deptford Dock and Victuelling-yards ?squiring hospital treatment will be received at Gresswich Florpital, instead of bring employed to the Royal Marine lefirmary at_ Woolwich as beretofore. The committee of the Dread sought Bee11111111'11 Hospital Ship, who had recently resolved to erect a bedding for the purposes of the charity on Lod at East Greenwich, are now ia oomeauskatios with the Admiralty with a views obtain a portion of Greenwich Hospital for the rectiof their patieat&  Tax Bra Tomes HAMLETS VoluNTEE3B.—This ears, matured by the East sad West ladia Dook Cocopony from their extensive body of employis at the docks and town warehouses, met is fall fore* oa Tuesday even. Sag sad marched bo the oomputy's sew Leetureatall in the 'Watt ladie Docks, where a large sad influential party had amembled to wanes' the annual protestation of prim SUICIDE 07 AN Ormuz AT
The Express. — 1865-11-09 (London, England)

ADDITIONAL.]  INQUEST.—(THIB DAY.) This morning Dr. Lankaster held an inquiry at the Duke et Hamiltsahibs el on tams. lirow•end. Hampstsad, re. splinting the Mr. 11:Mvid Myst Davidoon,- aged 48  Mr. F. H. Lewis, barrideret.law, appeared os the part of the family of the demand reatkroas. Ir. Louis Daddies, Jamesetred. Hishinshisioat • elee}der, said that tee demised wee his Mother, was • member of the Meek Ilicelasage. He resided at 19, Jamessitriset, Bueldsgbamigale. He was ref ming horn a very pliant Illness for some dine peat, and bad a perfect dread of the suffer* to be endured from as operation to remove it. Then was sothiag is his busies to °isogon him y anxiety. DLiaßonen mid that be knew dionatif se •• frigid and a =Wool man. It wee neossery that he should painfal surgical opreatioa, and be bed • greet bersterita, end mid that be weal& prefer to die at mos ream then undergo the wellfertsg. Mr. Thomas Oka, 2, Irbesier.p*s, Haseretook.liM. said that shills walfg over .Hampeteed-birth at 2 dodo* • Mosdiy lad be deemed tise dead body of the dir Named lying sear the dr Mese et Mortised There wee a pistol shit wound is big bead, awl s piekl wee on the ground dem to his eight bired. Wilson emit ler the pollee,plf who took Th*barge of the body. isistea IgteirM.Stiand lt deemed be feud 3d. is wen geld Medal wee ales • neer Is bleatIPPP woe and a wroth, el sod Me wee loaded. •• ••••••• Dr. Bo= 7:1 Broom mid Mist be vim solidi Is the assemed sad fossil him quite warm. but dead. These wee • fix/alai wound in the bads el the heed with the edges 1 amid It wee widest that ihe deemed placed the seseele d the weber is Ids mesa sad tired it cd. The ben else* a ssn nding el the seek elms, it &mud Wowed' mid d oat at the beak of the skill, sanded lastastassous death. Mr. J elm Hilton, surgeon to Oyes MosPlid, OM be atteoded the demand for I Mei, SOMA sugar. 13 bed a great erred apse his mind, mid esteed musk darer eica. Ile had • gnat bears of nediestehig the secanary surgical arer It wan statedius.d that the deem& roe sot in the habit d ping to Hampsteed.heath. rissole Fawn: mid be was Wier to the late Ns. Daddies. Ha Idt home lad *Way at balf.ped 11 °Week. There was sothiag at all sessel la hie manna. Witness never sew the revolver pmdssed beton% It was sever is the hoses. The raw was a sew one, sad had sever bees is the beam. He left a letter sibbeeed to Mrs. Hasidim, bat witeees was id swam d the eostente of it. Ths Omar hawks mused The jury ristersed • vaMat,ol‘r* the ems. voided suicide by deeds( Idomnif with aver on Hemeeteed Hoek►while laboleriag audit as ussousil state el mad, boomed ea by severe pitylied esifferiag.•
The Express. — 1865-12-28 (London, England)

THE DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT HAMMERSMITH.  Yesterday evening the deputy coroner for West I 'Kiddlnez held an inquest the on the body of Capta death in E. C. Symonds, aged 57 years, particalan of whose appeared in yesterday's Express. Henry Stock, an architect residing at No. 45, Bed. fonliardens, Kousingtoo, said that the deceased was his brother-in-law. He was a gentleman living on his property, and up to 1839 bad bees a captain in the Bengal Artillery. Al tar he left the army lie joined the South Middlesex Volunteers. He became insane, in consequence of a suaatroke by which be was attacked at the siege of Illeoltan, and in 1852 he returned to England deranged. He then married without the knowledge of his family. Dr. Sutherland was called in by the family, and be pro. I nounced him insane, but said that it wee unseceesary to put him under restraint. as the beat attendant he could have would be his wife. Whoa the Indian mutiny broke an the deceased said, " I will go to India and do my duty," and the doctor thought he might recover if he went out. A commission was got for him, sod he went out to India. During the mutiny he matched 200 men 900 miles to Cawnpore. In 1859 he sold out and returned to England in a very depressed state of mind, and was in the habit of saying—l "It is a burthen to me to live." He was very mad upon political and religions subjects. He showed witness an article written by a Jersey newspaper editor upon himself, in which it was said—" He is a jolly looking Tenon of about 60 years of ego ; a regular . specimen of a John Bull." Deceased said to winless, 'Shall I go over to Jersey and Asa the man who wrote it?" William G. Brim a boy living at Nc. 2, Lower Vale. Hammersmith, said that on Tuesday afternoon saw the demand walk up to a tree in the centre of Brook-green, Hammersmith. He leant his back up against Wand then placed a double barrelled pistol to his mouth. itness then heard a loud report. and saw the deceased fall on the gran, covered with blood. A doctor and the police came to the spot, and found the deceased dead. Dr. Barrett proved that the roof of doomed's skull had been blown off by the explosion. Inspector Sorrell said that he found a lead bullet in the bark of the tree near which the decease I shot hionelf. Just ;novices to the commission of the fatal act the Asesased had bees distributing tracts in the houses in the neighbourhood. The jury returned a verdict "That the deeeseed killed himself while in a state of chronic uneousdness of mind."  ---
The Express. — 1865-09-28 (London, England)

RAM. however, are simply "first appesrances," but they were beard almost consecutively, and it will be coon bow lightly this great crime of attempted suicide is in the majority of instances held. Janus William Manday, 42, a French polisher, living in Iteform.equare, Friar's-mount. Bethnal-green, war charged with unlawfully swallowing poison. Constable 65 H. said—Yesterday at 20 minutes to 11 o'clock I was called into the prisoner's house, he appeared very ill, and told me that he had swallowed poison became his wife had not been home ell the previous night. Prisoner—lt was oxalic acid ; I'm very sorry I brought It all up again. (It was difficult to understand how this remark should be received until the man added, " I'll never do it again.") A youth, who mid he wee the prisoner's moo, observed that his father did not appear very ill, that he oougbed and spat, but it was crime:ion with him Ro to do. Mr. Baxter Phillip', the division:3 surgeon, said that the prisoner had taken a large quantity of the acid upon a much larger quantity of some 02019 palatable fluid, thereby causing a• violent retching when he saw him at the stationhouse, and which undoubtedly saved him from dull,. Prisoner, who on hearing this, cooly remarked, " Well, I bad been drinking • bit," was remanded. Ellen Read, a married woman, and living in Dorsetstreet. Soitaleelds, was charged with attempting to destroy her life by rutting her thrust with a razor. Horne. 17.. z H, acrd—Yesterday ereeing I was celled in to the priaoner's lodging. She was bloodied frightfully from • wound in the throat. end I found this razor, which is very sharp, covered with blood. The hushand of the prisoner, a working man, here observed—She's net addicted to drinking, and bed not any occasion to do it fruit I know of. She has been very lowspirited lately. 1 took her into the country this day week. Sot any evidence as to the extent of the injury WAS taken, and the womin, who made no zemark, was remanded for a  week. C,ardinc r?,:!, 45, was charged with attempting to des stroy herself l.y taking oa dic acid. Barkley, 400 N —l's-isooer lives in Blue Anchor-alley, Old-street, and is a Freach polisher. Lest evening I was called into the infirmary of St. Litre e, and the porter gave me the label marked " Oxalic Acid." Prisoner was there, and !said she took the acid because she was in a little trouble at horn.. Prisoner—l bought it in Whitecrognstreet, only a peonywnrtb. I brought it all up again. Dr. Phillips—A peonyworth would not bnrt her. Magistrate (to the woman)—Why did you take it ? Prisoner—Well, I was in a passion. Remanded for a week.