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The Express. — 1859-01-01 (London, England)

WESTMINSTER.  lets Leary, a dissipated-looking woman, about 30 years of awe, wee charged with attempting to commit suicide. William Sloman a careozrer, residing at 23, Haneieghstreet, Chelsea, raid that, an he ant a companion were returning from work at twelve o'clock on Thursday night, they heard 'creams of " Murder!" from the water side, near Cor morns. They hurried to the spot as fast as they could, but could not get to where the crier proceeded from until they lied climbed a fence and walked along the Cremot ne-pier. Wiener* then found the woman visa in about ten feet of mud. There wee very little water there, because the tide was out. She wee intoxicated, and after &seeing her out they gave bee up to the police. Jame* Williamson. 278 A, said that between twelve and one that morning he was nn duty nem Batterseabridge, when his attention was called to the prisoner, who was surrounded by a crowd of primes. She wee completely saturated with mud and water. He asked her what indu.ed her to go into the water, when she made reply ate bad swam woes the Thames. In reply to nue:aims from the magistrate, the constable said she bad made no other etaterneut since. She could not have fallen in, end he did not think she bad climbed over the DEATH OP AN INFANT FROM AN OVERDOSE OP face on to the Cremorne Pier. There wee a walk by the 13v icy r or Part ES.—On Thursday evening a lung inquiry „ side of the Thames which wee open, and she might have took Ph" at the Weetmiseler Hwpital, before Mr. &dated, ; walked down from the path, but could not have fallen in, as on the body of Raynor Forme, an intent 18 menthe old. I sloe was 60 or 60 yards from the pathway. Mrs. Jane Preeman, the mother ,:f the infant, sail—On Defendant in reply to the charge mid she met with some Chtiatmas Eve the deceased wee very restless on weasel of , frier:le, or rather foes to her, es they gam her something to teething. I seat a little girl to • altlilbe• for twopenny drink, and she got into the water somehow. worth of syrup of p-ppiee. This wee stout firs o'clock la Mr. A mold did not think there was evidence enough to the evening. I gave rte intent two tearpoonfula, but not he- convict bee of attempting to commit suicide, and elm was meting compeeed, at ten o'clm k the 'awe night, I gave her dircharged. another teaspo.'nful. We went to 1.41 about eleven o'clock. Mr. Arnold told Slocum It wan, no doubt, owing to him About one o'clock I locked at my belly, end was shocked at that the woman's life was raved. If he would acospt in. finding her apparently Wein'. Mr. Riley, a sermon, from the poor-box he should have it. promptly attended, and pronounced lib to have been Etymon thanked the magistrate. extinct some time. Mr. Riley, surgeon, of St. Oeorge'e-
The Express. — 1859-06-15 (London, England)

TIIO CRILDRES AND SUICIDE 07 INS NUEDEP.EBB.-(TEIS DAY./  This morning, shortly heft; 11 o'clock, the soloddiserbood of the Clsekenwsll Police Court was thrown tote a *As of great sielihment, by the discovery that a most •raaahl mods, had best committed at No. 62, SwintonAm*, IL Pauses.  It appears hem Muskies that were made ow the spot, that a jeweller of tee some of Craft has resided with his wins ts some time in the feat sad beak parker.. About two months elate hie wife, Elizabeth Croft, was excised, tad since then she hoe been In a very elorposatise stain in orweeqemos, ea she presumed, of sot being ebbe to take proper ore of bar two chtldrea. Mr. Selwood, the magma, of Perepetreet, has been attending her, bat since Saturday be has net seen her, as it was understood that she was abort ming a vitt to some Mende In the country. This morning the husband went to his employment et tbe usual hour and after he had gene the partim in the hens*, not hearts; the obildren cry or Mrs. Croft moving about, became somewhat alarmed. After the lapse of some time they knocked at the door, sad not obtaining say reply, inched a painter who wee at work in the street, end get hint to look in at the back parlour window. He did so, and perceiving that the woman wee lying is • very penalise position, be at once connatmicated with the police his suspicions that all was not correct.  lospector Allen, of the O division, at once proceeded to the house, and policaroonatable Thomas Bailey, CR A. cffctcd an entrance by the back parlour window. A meet frightful sight presented itself On a French bedstead lay the lifeless bodies of Mrs. Croft and her two children, the blood at the time being quite warm, end oozing from the wounds.  The children ere both females, one being of the age of three years and named after her mother, and the other, u before stated, shoat two mouths old. Both their throats were cut from ear to ear, and the Incision wee very deep. The eldest child appears to have two wounds le the duvet. The mother it would appear cut the West of the eldest child tint and then the youngmt. After this she must have rat on the aide of tie bed red cut her throat with her right hand, and TWIN she fill on the bed, with her left band covered her Leos with the sheet. The children were is their nlght-cloths, the mother fully dressed.  The razor with which she committed the dreadful act wee footed between her feet.  The unfortunate woman, it is 'teed, is very respectehly connoned, and she is ►boat 25 years of age. Mr. Allen at one took possession of the nom. and Infonnsion was Immediately forwarded to Mr. Walley, the coronae; and the impost will be held to-morrow. Large numbers of peewee surround the hoses. aid wen it not for the police the street would be impassable.  811411 E
The Express. — 1859-01-12 (London, England)

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND INSTTITTE.—The estee! meeting of this larnitution was held In the Lecture Theatre yesterday (liostiey), under the presidency of Lord Ward. Berl Netherton, Lord Lyttehon, Sir John Rarebit (Mayor of Binningtoun_), Sir F. B. Scott. the lion. and Rev. U. M. Yorke, sad C. Vine Mokpo, Esq., were ►aim present. The report for the year stated that the espeaditare bed exceeded the Memo ca the general account by the sum of 481. Ba. Bed., ; and the expenditure in the itidurtrial department wee oleo in (acme of the receipt. by 1001. The attendance et the claws had &l ion off, and some of then, bed been discontinued. The council had transferred the debt still owing to the builders to a capitalist, who had agreed to allow it to remelt' for a period of ten Lord 'hitherto's, Lord Lettelton, Mr. Wren LegoZos, and the Her. Dr. Miller, were among the @peahen, and in the course of the evening it was stated that the institution suffered from the general apathy of the menufectarers, and the waist of eppreclation of the benefit offered on the port of the working clamor. It was also remarked that the instruction oflsred was of a higher character than was required by this working clam's—that there was a great gap between the elementary education received by the working dawn end that offered by the Maine*, end that until WPM steps were taken to tame the education of the workiag claws to the requirements of the load. tote, or to lower the Instroctioa imparted by the institute to the capacities of the waking men, it could not be hoped that the clams would be Wendell:7 those for whom they were intended. Lord II atherwe, Yr. C. Wren littekyne, and other speakers entertained penguin@ hope deaths iornicution would uluantely succeed. bird Ward afterwards distributed the Institute prise, and col ideates to the eaccordel competitors ; and Lord Leigh was elected president for the ensuing year. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON THE MARRIAGE MoltsINO.—A few drys ago, John Lakin, of Cassock, joiner, was to have been married to s pinion in the seiglitioerbood, but whoa the bride came to the hoses she hood him with hie throat cut end bleeding profusely. Arnigeoes wee immediately procured, sad he is likely to recover. The unhappy roan had aonletaing peening heavily epos hie ailed, it is said, which prompted him to arks the Muss at selfdestrootioo.—Bripetots Geserelies.
The Express. — 1859-07-25 (London, England)

SOUTHWARK. ATTEMPTS!) SUICIDE 111 Tlll trUIY. Mona. Taylor, a middle. egad rows, ineatioaol an the chop-sheet se • drover, was brought Whys Mc. Combs, charged with attempting to commit salable In Frassabool- • street, St. John's, by taking • quearby et all of vitsioL Floe ensemble 74 ll said that ea Sunday nodes be wee on duty in Poinchool-steree, sad ea paring • doorway he sew the primmer Rifting down groaning with hie heed is hie hands and alongside, of him was lying a noel ;dint I marked " vitriol in large lettere, on • printed label. 1. Witeess immediately raised hlm up end took him to a surgeon'', where ea emetic end other remedies were used with e. semen. Mr. Combo—laths prisoner a married man? Tbe constable replied that he was, and his wife was In MOM Tbe latter, &Pep deeentelooking femsle. here stepped forward, end ad that she had been married to the thinner IL thirteen yeses, sad lately he had been in the habit of drinking • little, bat she knew so reason why he should attempt to commit outride, Mr. Combe-:lim be ever attempted such • crime before? t Wife—Oh, no, en; and I really don't think he meant It. la We had a few woofs yesterday, sad he left the hors in a Der—WhyPriso your tongue la always naging at taw I i don't have • peaceful moment with you when_ I am at be... Wi's—You knock me about. I can enure your 10 I work hard at the washtub, and he often comes hoes= 0 and .buses me, Mr. Combe—Rave you any children ? Wife—Yes, air, three. The eldest is only nine pare el sii se*. Mr. Combs told the winner he had attempted • very erara, nicked set, end to give him an opportunity of reflecting, and et. having eons advice from the chaplain of the prison he should IL remand him to Horemioager-lane gaol for • week. et
The Express. — 1859-12-22 (London, England)

SIIICIDI.—On Tuesday last an !aqua wee bald at Morita& is., Doddicote, near Banbury, bibs Mr. I. Chasid', coma on the body of the Rev. soap Maass Noises, DD.,' late Fellow of Dated, who assented suicide at ids DaaMSMoOsage. by skean himself with a pa oa as day. Tim flea winos who wee samba was Toweesel, festrase to the doemsall, who stated Sat he bed ham la the service of the esaread asthma sheet See yam sad daring the lest de weeks or two 'rata he lad Stresed a great shape ha his condad, Oa Morley mendeg, whoa he was serving the isealliet Wags, he sited bused how bows sad ha said he Mk bear, bat he wee =lad be .Mid son be se bed am sew. It appears thet the deceemil sakesgrady went late the Wry, where Mrs. Rehab wad aim ladles were essalad, end efts/ remaining there some time he retired to his theadagentaa and was waver era sada alive. Mo. Waimea west to Oho dressageroom to ere if the Moessell was tham sad rapped at the dote, bed veneered no rawer; awl as one of the servaate reaching the window of the aleeptagereout by means of a ladder the deommitt wee found lying on his side. with his back tome& the dear, tad a sus sad walking-stick sear to his. There was no data that detered had committed the nth ea, se the doer as bolted ea the inside and the pm bad reread, boa Mohamed. It emoted from the evidence of Dr. Dye, el Baabary, who had a tended the decead dor* the pre math, that be had often complained of want of deep sad great ddliculty In arranging Me accounts. He woe 6wquietly in a vary excited state as to ordinary metiers of banes, sad at the rigout of Mrs. Nelson he eaw the &mewl on Sunday last, after be bad been to church, what ha found him imffering wider the deltwka of his supposed pecuniary difficulties. He presented a spate, which deceased took with the best possible effect, and was moth better an Monday morning; bat Wove that he should be watched, an he thought his excited Wage a mind was such as might Indoce him to commit addax The fury, after • abort deliberation, returned as lbsireenikt—" That assessed shot himself with a gun whits heseriar ander temporary leautity." The Rev. J. D. hall, wear of Roldiontes was pasta during the tactility. The meisneholy event hoe orested great excitement in the sighbearhood. The dared wee a gentleman of large Drew, and ha left a wife sad am daughter.
The Express. — 1859-08-24 (London, England)

LONDON.  Th. following return hu been ironed from the once of the Reghttrar-General for the track ending August 20.  The popslaticia of London le apparently more moveable than say other eiiy population. It reads out ezoicrent., it le recruited to a large extant by immigronts, and in the &analog slums* of the year thousands coma and go. In the menu week many of it.. visitor* see goes; shoesende of the inhabitests ere sway. yet those waves of the vest popnletke produce little disturtaniu in its vital obestienese. Moths and bertha soliar no takrruptioo. 1,188 perilous died; 1,791 children were born in the week ending fieturtley, August 20. The death., it is graiifyieg to led, are below the average. In the correepondieg week of 1849 end 1854, 2,230 aid 1,883 ut the people periebed ; bat the &alba in the ourreepoadieg weeks of other years, alter due conectica for the Menem of Pit‘were 1,186. deaths have decreased Ono. the but of the two bat weeks (July 17th-22rd) from 1,606 to 1.188; but still exceed by nearly 200 the weekly deaths is June. Diserboaa is decreasing ; the Seethe in the week were 240. The seat sad south districts raw meet severely. Ten person. died of cholera, relit obil Iron and two woo. One, the selleceor of the Kent Water Company. hoinc In Bowstermesessit, Woolwich Dorkyeed, wee GS years old, sad died to August 17th of cholera, sitar two dray.' A compositor, aged 34, on the 16th of August, et 9, AdelpSl- o. Bisbnal•preen ; his death is said to have been by choler* without dierrhers, after 43 hoer: Mum. The abeam of premonitory diarrhea. nay well be quer laced. Twenty person., including 14 unhappy children under S years of ay. Mel of meall.pos, 14 of mes.les, 51 of PC ...lalbw, 17 of dipbtherie. 23 of whoopioe-ciingb, sod 37 of liver. 140 persons, of whom 63 were of en ego 20.40, died ul eansomptiea. 28 pawn. died by eecielent or negligence ; stalely, Id by mechanical lej Aria., 4 by barn., 1 by p0i..., 10 by dr...color, end I by ocatfoesuon ; one pram wee user, 6 commit:ad suicide, 3 died 'suddenly without stand fie.  Ire writ the bieba 4917 boy. aad 861 Or* ia all 1,731 Andrea arr.. regisoml in !dodos. In taa tea Cot MOVOIIIII lag *aka c 4 the year* 1819 68, the artuase samba was 1,556.  Lots Or A 861(417'0,4 YerllT.—A intro fine Debonair 'debt belosirmg to Mr. rtifillinsom of the Old Sirius, fouadond of lora, totirma niee end tea (AI ,ck oa Thursday night hot From inforrostfun which has since bea remind we learn that the wasp end mew bad a pilot oa board when the vessel snuck ape a rook. All the parties on board, oil In %amber, took to toe Luny, and after rowiag sons■ or sight boars sac, coted in loading safely. A .imams was mat of for the wpm. of getting the yacht of, bat almost immetilaialy siior lb. yacht wDe refired from the rock she filled and weal down. There wee a 'unity of valuttle thing., on hoard, and It is &apposed the toes toi the own, will not to far short of 6,0001.  MILANCTIOLT OCCURRENCE TO AN Eatii.lSTl Tot
The Express. — 1859-11-01 (London, England)

SOUTHWARK.  • DWfllkillltltD SILJ•MUUDIREit. William Weller, a middlwaged roan. a gardener, of Hodder:be, wee again brosght before Mr. Burnham, from Horsemangetrimieself gaz= with making a moat determined attempt at It appeared from the evidence of Georg* Slairg, police. constable 103, M, that about 9 o'clock on Thursday night teat he wee on duty mar the canal bridge in the Old Kent-road, when he saw the prisoner surrounded by a number of boys near the mail. Witness went op to the spot, and ascertained that he had attempted to drown hinwelL Finding him in a frightfully estrum condition, he asked him what be had been doing, when he replied that he had twice tried to drown him. 'elf, but could not. He wee, however, determined to do soWitness took him into custody, sod ea the way to the station. house he tried to get away, sad bagged to be allowed to destroy himself, se if he was liberated he should do so. On the following day witness brought him t ) this mart, when it wee ascertained that he was a gardener at Hoddradoei, and still persisting in his determination to commit suicide, be was remanded natal to-day to enable the officer to make further inquiries about him. The wife of the primate now attended, and said he had been out of work some time, and left home a fortnight ago with eight soverelase sad a valuable watch. She beard nothing of him until she saw the amount in the newspapers. The conateble said that all that wee found on him wag a pawnbroker's &tollgate for a watch pledged for 3/. 10e. Mr. Burrtham ~beerved that he remanded the ptisonar to enable him to redact, but be had told the chaplain that he was determined to commit suicide. He should therefore thither remand him as he was a permit who could not be allowed to go at Yip.
The Express. — 1859-10-03 (London, England)

BOW-STRIBT.  Prettier ifigAtiVOAN a deesaOlookiag young women, with ra bases of about sfa acetke old In her arms, was charged with st to drew& beset( sad the child is ore of the Melee la T *gene. Pamela Leg. • 660, deposed—l wee on duty Let night is Trodden-opiate, sear the basins of the fountains, when I sew the phone who was lobs/nag about then for setae Wants& I easpeCed Geisha wee shout to make as attempt le drown the child ; so I watched her. Presently I sow krir get up en the sided the been sad jump into the weer, Whre I coma get to her. for I wee fifteen or twenty feel away. I get to the edge fa time to retch hold of bachelors she got oat of reeds; so that I was on obliged to get into the weer emit gee was lying down to the want, end wee covered over by it. It is about three bet deep. The child was folded up is her shawl, whisk wee tied rowed her wafer. I got her out sad took her to So Marties Work/nese; when she told me gained is Crown-et/eat, hobo. I vest thee sad law her knebeaL He aid he would bring her enter to see her but ender damW eass. I asked the Mawhy she did h, sad fee said, peewees ray huatond r unkind to me, and declare that he travel the country before he will support no." SW hod another child at house about bar years di Mr. indite—Jut describe the way she had the child. wee wrapped op fa the isidthe al the shawl, and Arendrewel her body. TM shawl wee tied mead bar waist. Mr. lerdlae—So that bar *eel men harsher to the child. Tbat nukes It a very sinew *fhb, and vet= beset born the ordinary nee of a person attempting suicide nay. She mutt be remanded, sad the constable must mike facielries about her, mad get the husband to need at the nest termination. She era eccerdingly remanded.
The Express. — 1859-08-30 (London, England)

MITIIIIPTING IVICIDI. 0 Mot Neap, a women apparently between XS and 40 pees Maim wee charged with attempting to commit suicide, et maw the ildlowier diatreesior circumstances it it. It sppand from the evidence of flergesat Marshall, 9 V, I tied William Areal, mate of the h I Iron lent Twilight, that sheet a twelvemonth Waco the defeedaat applied to Mr. 9.11., at the Theme Police Court, swiss that elio was a R. 1 widow, her bustand, who hod belonged to the Madras FadSera having Med? died la India, sad that Sergema Bhnling, p of the seine regime; bed iodated her to many him. She 2 seen toed Met be we • married ma a, with two or Ei Meet thildese. sed after keertlesely deprivier her of every to peaky 11619 led is IM world, he bed absconded. The seerch 2 star the eurgenet peeved finales, and owlag to the cam bevies bees teams up by the press the poor women was allowed lis. par wok hoe the many fond, end 2a. 6d. pre mulches' Lied Clyde which same ebs Is gull is receipt of. Shekel bed eight sklidren by her Bret hothead, all of whom led dieleteept eneceild, Thews in India with • missiotery. She we. WI, MK* attached to this child, sod attest am en& eines neshed a letter saying that she woeld mean to Masked la • math. Oa Saturday, however, she received emotarie letter, in whisk she keret that Ike little 00 0. wee died, eat the sleek a as yea that, skied to all Lrt other tremble% It Mil ea Messes wen bet adad, sad while travelling in Um Twilight stembeet hetwena Vauthell sad Cholas, she attempted, by grades epee the rails of the to Owe Windt into they've', hat was forteastsly prewsted. Defendant heedisd the magistrate the
The Express. — 1859-10-11 (London, England)

THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Let evening Mr. C. 3. Center coroner for West Kant, held an inquest at the Trinity Anne, Church-street, Deptford, on the body of Mr. James Herta, aged 64, a muter builder, residing at 72. Queen Elizabstb-street, Homelydown who met with his death under the following frightful citamiseanole. From the evidence given it appeared that the deceased had for some timo exhibited such symptoms of inanity, arising out of a Chancery suit, that two persons had been employed to keep watch over him. On several occasions he had threatened to commit Nokias; and on Friday morning last he tried to cut his throat with a knife. At 10 o'clock the same morning be left home, saying that he intended going to Forest hill, Sydenhain to see • tenant, which he did, afterwards calling upon ha brother-in-law, also residing at Forest-hill, sad whose invitation to stay to dinner he declined. He then left, apparently fir the purpose of returning home, and was next seen by Clayton Smith, driver of an engine en the Croydon line, on the embankment about 700 yards distant from No. 6 bridge, below the New-cross station, where he was observed to place his head AMPS the metal. The Hastings express train immediately afterwards came along, the driver of which, Benjamin Fowler, on coming through No. 7 bridge, raw the de,eased about 50 yards distant, lying down • he then dragged hicnerlf along, placed him head on the asetalla upon which the train was running, and looked up. Fowler immediately sounded the whistle, but before be could reverse his engine the wheels caught the deoesseee head, cutting the scalp from the face, and severing the right arm between the elbow and /boulder. Mr. Hall, surgeon, of Horaelydown, having tapered to attending the deemed profsealoaally, and that he was deranged in his mind, the jury returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide while labouring under temporary insanity,