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The Express. — 1846-09-02 (London, England)

SEDUCTION SUICIDE, AND REVENGE.—A young lad named Edalie, aged 18, about two years ago, lost her widowediiiother, and came to Paris on the invitation of an aunt. She was presently offered a situation, and accepted thr of superintendent at the house of one Barnage, a of 45, who promised to be as a father to her. 13=was beautiful—Barnage soon manifested intentions miiikarems anything but paternal ; he left untried no means a lOW finally the young lady became his victim. bi akw however, she bitterly repented her fault, at semi declared to Barnage that nothing should induce her to smatinne in a position so contrary. to the principles in which the had been brought up, and that she would instantly Warn to her aunt. The attempts of Barnage to iodate bar to remain with him were unavailing, and it Imo with a sort of savage spite that he witnessed her departs». Baturning to her relative, the poor girl, saddened by the rethewithenee of her fault, applied herself diligently to the task soodlowork, declining to partake of those pleasures and ammosts so natural to her age. In this way did tw• nnantha pm It happened that in the same house thole disk a _young man, a working jeweller. He had ohm sauced Eulalie ; and struck with the modesty of her sp pearance, as well as by her assidui, he asked her hand Is marriage. His offer was accepted; and the wedding was fixed. They looked forward to a life of happin. but, alas ! who can command the future ? One mansing the bridegroom received a letter, which informed him that a Raison had his interest at heart weak' I make certain ssaltated to induce him to pause ere he fulfilled kik of • to Eulalia. pliusreeenletedtteLmseuwas from his hoot . _lnstantl eialyoutinzmaahad occurred between hinteiff gel EOM , Waal boasted that she adored him, aisd dsat to'coptirehl she had had reconuee to every maeOf feesale:lmedtletloh; The lover desired some proof of this, which the other being supply, he, in a paroxysm of rage and in Mee hisß:rnageivlouve,thht:ve threlaeangr("dtedy totruth.herlindinwilit hadallßeerecurrti:Zoitheaniu.rd°lljWitaaked?efi &delis would not hi (salty ef a falsehood. Her afflicted lover declare/ that the engagement between them was void. TnlcipeTeisZiffpaTr Ililfgegtrtresolved upon suicide. She 'tilted ay= of char*al,.and after writiug to her lover these simple and tosehisig wordt: fie prepared to die:—" I ones lost your love pug your esteem. I have no  have  hope but in God, who sees into my ham; and by that will he judge me. Adieu! Adieu! or, rather let us hope to meat above." Fortunately, assistanie was at hand, and the lib of the unhappy girl was saved. The young man befote the correctional to police answer for the ritrisreagave to Homage, and was scijudged to pay a fine of 16f., and the expenses.—Gaselts a4Tribtataisz.
The Express. — 1846-10-27 (London, England)

THE COUXT.—Tatikwang has shown great anxiety in determining how various characters used in writing the names of princes of the imperial family may be abbreviated, so as to have a short farm for common occasions. This apparently trivial matter becomes important when it is considered that any writer who does not conform to the prescribed order, commits a serious crime, and is liable to heavy puoi-tnent.—Two eunuchs lately deserted from the palace, which caused great excitement, as, through their knowledge of the secrets of the harem, they had the power of divulging some unpleasant facts. One of them gave as a reason for his leaving, his desire to accompany the remains of his father to the tomb; the other said he had broken a dish, and was afraid he would be punished. They will be put is the torture till they acknowledge the true reasons. King Woouch-tung, a near relative of the reigning monarch, and a very old courtier, is dead, and has been buried with very high honours. His name very frequently occurred in the tattle of the court. Certain clerks, attached to one of the tribunals, have been accused of systematically receiving bribes fur a number of years past. As, however, facts inrious to the characters of several of the high officials would be disclosed during the investigation, the affair is likely to be hushed up. A distant relative of the emperor has hanged himself at bluukden. He had been imprisoned for some time, and was to have been whipped. This appears to have preyed upon his mind, and led him to commit suicide that he might escape the deFradation.— The President of the Board of Rites has received a multitude of presents from his master, and appcan to have seavehed the dictionary for the hardest words its which to el-press his thanks, and this he does at such length, that the  address occupies nearly a whole Gazette. One of Tadkwang'. Sommer pa'aces has been plundered. The robbers have lacen discovered, and are now standing their trial. When the hst deliveries were made from the Mint, a great deficit appeared in the issues, and the cash was not of the standard weight. The coiner, have been accused of embezzlement.— , A very considerable stun has recently been voted for carrying on the hydraulic works. It is much to be regretted that so many millions have been expended so ineffectually in attempting to secure the lowlands against the flood. The following are copies of the correspondence which has posed between the Chairman of the British merchants at Cant on and H. M. Consul in that city, respecting the recent distur;rances so injurious to British interests :
The Express. — 1846-12-14 (London, England)

ERMANY.—The Cologne Gazette coat • the Duke of Palmella observed that if the request utuns co. contained in it were acceded to, the Duke of Terceira Tourso persont. 60 the na new. conspiracy against the Austrian me of Schuhert, or tr government. would doubtless pledge himself to take no further name, was arrested or. the frontier, but made lilgeandpeer tbet part in the contest, but would consent to await the much importance was attached to his capture, that the •coB° result in England in complete neutrality. The letter, missary of police from whom he escapad has been placed couched in these few and altogether unimportant terms, under arrest. was delivered open into the hands of Admiral Parker Dr. List, the celebrated economist, whose death we for transmission to its destination at Oporto, and the rcritnedainfiat foorinmerol,tn,uiglrryr, isitdotTivheryeactoniiimitted sni. Duke of Palmella having performed what every one Tyrol, on the last day of Nov•ember, and for tl roe dataesVa' is must admit to be an act of generous sympathy in en- himself up in his room, and would admit no one. Y Oaeritis tnen deavouring to restore an old friend and colleague to the 30th, he left at six in the morning, saying he should rt. arms of his wife, took leave of his family and of the in the evening. Twenty-four hours having elapsed without Admiral, and proceeded on board the Madrid. The let- his returning, his room was entered, and a letter was (nod ter thus confided to the care of Sir W. Parker became upon his the sorrowful addressedtutootoo tohfe which seemed ofm the Aug v," at once the topic of conversation in the court and minis- though in vague term', that he had resolved onea suicide, terial circles, and, viewed in connexion with the ac- Every research after him has proved fruitless. There • • ciliation formulated against the Duke of Palmella, of however, a report that his body was found yesterday, with which I sent you a copy in my last, constituted, in wound in the breast, and a pocket-pistol beside it. the opinion of those who were not privy to the effec- Nov.c-,g,gow.—Ah prihrearusletter from Cracow, dated total manner in which the Duke had answered thein'ioarof alle that ehe Christian merchantsovernmenotf htzledtemanded the o• charges, proof convictive of the fact that the Admiral to whether it was more advantageous for Cracow to ieyl and the Duke were engaged in a secret correspon- free commercial city, or to enter into the Austrian tut remains dence with the Junta of Oporto, and that they were regulations ? A meeting was held in consequence, at which thus occupied with the knowled4c and appprobation opinions were much divided, but the majority were of the opinion that it was better for Cracow to remain a free cora. of the British minister. Such is, lam assured by mercial city. Up to the 30th, the frontier was still epee well-informed parties here, the interpretation put without control. upon this inoffensive act of humanity by those whose
The Express. — 1846-11-02 (London, England)

SVICIDE FIT A BANE CLERK.—By the same coroner, at the Old Queen's Head, Lower-road, Islington, on the body of a gentleman, named Marshall, who at the time of his death was a clerk in the Bank of England. Mr. Roper, of America-square, Minories, a fellow-clerk of the deceased, gave evidence, showing that the unfortunate man, through some domestic differences, had become very unsettled in his mind, but it was not for a moment supposed that he would do an act to injure himself. On Thursday he complained of indisposition, and by Mr. Roper's recommendation did not go to the bank at the usual hour in the morning, and about four o'clock in the afternoon he left that gentleman's abode, and was seen at dusk to drown himself in the river. Verdict : " Found drowned."—Setteine , AT Torrexuese —Bv Mr. W. Baker, at the Victory, Totten- ' ham, on the body of Mr. D. Greene, aged 83, lately residing in Union-row, in that neighbourhood. It appeared from the evidence that deceased, on Friday week, had been accused of stealing a piece of meat from a butcher's shop, and ever since he had been in a very low and desponding state of mind. The butcher, it seems, stated that he had suspected him for a period of ten years. lie acknowledged having taken away a piece of beef, and on Wednesday lut, whilst he was out taking a walk, a boy upbraided him, and said, " Well, old chap, how did you like the meat ?" He shortly afterwards returned home, and, on going into the yard, he said that the boy had driven him mad. A daughter of the deceased said that for some time past he had been in an imbecile state, and he was not addicted to thieving propensities when in a proper state of mind. She had no doubt that the accusation of having stolen the beef preyed upon his mind and caused him to commit suicide, for the same morning he was found hanging in the stable, by a rope, which he had passed round his neck, and afterwards fastened to one of the rafters in the roof. He was cut down, but life was quite extinct Verdict—" That the deceased destroyed his life whilst of unecnind mind."
The Express. — 1846-10-20 (London, England)

DESECRATION OP THE DF.AD.—Workmen, to the ' number of five or six and twenty are still engaged at the I revolting task of moving the dead from Short's-gardens, which, according to present appearances, annot be brought to • termination fee many days to agase. Some I idea may be formed of the quantity of human remains dieturbed, from the fact that, although the portion of ground already excavated, is some eighty or a hundred feet long, by . twenty or thirty in breadth, end fifteen deep, the workmen still continue to discover coffins taped so closely together, that they at first resemble a heap of tsrda crushed together by the supenncumbent weight.. All the coffins, however, discovered up to the present period, did not present this appearance, as some of :11e.a were found, upon inspecaon, to be quite firm, even after the lapel of so many years' exposure to the air and the operation of removal. It would appear, that at the time the more ancient coffins were deposited, it was not the custom to affix ireicriptien plates, as many of the lids, still sound, bear the initials of the deceased person, and the date marked out in metal nails. Yesterday morning four of the temporary boxes or coffin", each containing the relics of about thirty persons, were conveyed in the pariah hearse to the new burial-ground, St. Pancras-road, SUICIDE AT WATERLOO Ban:oz.—Last night, shortly before ten o'clock, • female, whose name is supposed to be Mary Brown, about 20 years of age, threw herserPi?:d Lo the river from Waterloo-bridge. An alarm was raised instantly and the Thames police galley was put off from their ship. In about ten minutes the deceased was picked up, and conveyed to the house of Mr. Wildred, Fox-under-the-hill, and no time was lost in recuric,g the attendance of medical  . gentle gen, who, for three-quarters of an hour, endeavoured I in lain W restore life The body remains fur an inquest.
The Express. — 1846-10-22 (London, England)

SUICIDE OP A TRADEAMAN.—Yesterday, taut parts of the country, met together at the appointed place by Mr. Mills, at St. Marylebone Workhouse, on the body of about two o'clock. It was not clearly known what special Henry Stanching, aged fifty-one, calico gluer and cloth object the people had in view, though it was well understood presser, No. 3, Little Denmark-street, St. Giles.„—William that the great distress existing at present throughout the Farley, potman at the Sovereign public-house, Park-road, country was the cause of their assembling together. A cornRegent's Park, stated that about twenty minutes past two pany of the Bth Hussars from Limerick arnved in Ncwmaro'clock on Monday afternoon last, he was passing by the bridge ket at an early part of the day, for the purpose of preventing near St. John's-wood chapel, when on looking over the pare- any acts of outrage or violence on the part of the assembled pet he saw a man's head on a level with the water. He crowd, if mei' should be attempted. The deptit of the 73rd raised an alarm, nod the drags being procured, the body of also, which had been ordered to Clare Castle, and a company deceased was got out, but life was quite extinct. From of whom had arrived in this town on the previous day, demand being in an upright position, he had evidently marched into Newmarket early on Thursday, where they walked into the water divested of his coat, which, together halted till the hour of the meeting, when both cavalry and with his lint, was found under the arch of the bridge.— infantry proceeded to the appointed place. The crowd, Joseph Stindring, a son of deceased, said he last saw his however, the number of wit= was as stated above, finding father alive, about nine o'clock on Monday morning, when that the people around Newmarket had disappointed them he left home for the purpose, as witness supposed, of getting (as they termed it) in not assembling at tho appointed place, shaved. Deceased was occasionally low-spirited respecting went marching into the town, followed by the Hussars, the pecuniary matters, but never threatened to destroy himself, 73rd having proceeded onwards to their station at Clare and had plenty of? work. In the absence of any direct tes- Castle. It us quite clear that the notices had been posted by timony as to the state of his mind at the tame he mm- some evil-disposed persons, and that the greater part, if not milted suicide, the jury returned a verdict, " That all, the people who assembled came out of mere curiosity, deceased was found dead in the water, but how he having no definite object in view. They certainly did not came there there was no evidence to show."— manifest the slightest symptoms of a wish to resort to deeds Singing or A
The Express. — 1846-12-24 (London, England)

BASSISHAW.—(Four members.)—ln this ward the poll finally closed in favour of Messrs. Wilson, Britten (Deputy), Lister, and James. A vote of thanks having been passed to Mr. Alderman Farneomb, the wardmote broke up BILLINGSGATE (14).—The poll closed here at 4 o'clock, in favour of Messrs. Williams, Phillips, Roberts, Bower, Curling (Deputy), Barnes, Knill, and Old. BISHOPSGATE (14).—At 3 o'clock the poll was declared, ' and the following gentlemen were elected :—Messrs. Peacock (Deputy), *Owden, Stevens (Deputy), Carr, Johnson, Ashby, Hall, Bennett, Jones, Pitcher, Patten, Thomas, Sharland, Tozer. CRIPPLEGATE (8). —At the close of the poll yesterday, Mews. Smith (Deputy), bole, Brown, Dewar, Cash, Brass, Bcnnoch, and Lart, were declared duly elected, and were sworn in as the common councilmen of the ward for the ensuing year. Mr. Beaton, proposed a resolution to the effect, "that this wardmote being of opinion that the recent collision between the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council prevents any useful measure of corporate reform emanating from those bodies, they recommend that application be made to parliament for such a reform of the corporation as shall secure to the citizens their just rights and privileges," which was carried unanimously. The some gentleman then moved that Lied John Russell, being one of the members for the city, and having been the first promoter of corporate reform for the various cities and towns in England and Wales, the alderman be requested to convey to his lordship the foregoing opinion, and urge upon him the propriety of proposing to parliament same measure of reform for the corporation of London, which, while it should not deteriorate .'-om or prejudice any of the popular rights and privileges +ow existing, shall give to the citizens an extension of the elective franchise. During the discussion which followed, Alderman Challis objected that the resolution as worded would tez suicidal to the corporation, as it would give to the gretrurnent an opportunity of taking the city funds, and devoting them to objects different to those fur which they were raised, while, by unity of purpose and action between the aldermen and common council, a comprehensive and useful plan of reform might be prepared without any such risk. Finally, the resolution was carried, minus the words which called upon the alderman to convey to, and urge upon his lordship, the views of the wardmote in this respect.
The Express. — 1846-12-03 (London, England)

DELAY IN THE PAYMENT OP WAGF.E.—The irregularity of the payment of wages upon the public works is still the subject of severe and just complaint. The wag,' paid arc very scanty, scarcely ever exceeding one shilling per day, and seldom reaching that standard. When not paid with regularity, the men are obliged to resort to the hucksters for credit, and are charged one-half more at least iu eonsequence. It is not easy for the Board of Works to arrange for weekly payments, but it is less easy for the people to de without them, and when payments are withheld it is in vain to expect that there will not be an outcry against the government, upon whom, in the end, all the odium must fall. Hence it is that, after recording an instance in which it is alleged that a woman had died in 81igo o f starvation, and that her sister had committed suicide to avoid a similar fate, the Sligo Champion says " The same scenes may be witnessed in almost every parish of Connaught. Such, at this moment is the real "state of the country," and yet the government have grain in their stores which they will not sell, and they have labourers in their employment whom they will not pay. Nay, while they profess a sympathy for the poor, they uphold the impious tax upon bread, which they could, by a simple order in council, at once, and for ever abolish. What is this, but disgusting hypocrisy? If the English people knew tut half the sufferings of the Irish peasantry, we feel convinced their sense of justice would compel the government to afford relief. I find in connexion with this subject another grievaace of which the people have to complain, who are employed upon public works. The overseers are in the habit of receiving at the labourers' expense, drink—and of punishing such of them as do not give treats, by discharging them or reducing their wages. In some instances, in the West of Ireland, the wages have been reduced in this way so low as five pence per diem.
The Express. — 1846-12-22 (London, England)

SUPPOSED SUICIDE. —Wu have already given particulars of the discovery of two bodies is the Thames. Throughout the whole of yesterday the police were engaged endeavouring to identify the bodies, but without success. No letter or anything else was found upou the deceased which might serve as a clue. A. notice was sent to every pollee-station in the metropolitan and city districts for the police to make inquiries of the inhabitants as to whether they had missed any persons answering the description of the woman and child. From the likeness, there is no doubt that the woman was the child's mother, and frm the fact of one of her breasts being found upon the check of the child, the probabfity is, that it was suckling when it met with its death. Tho clothing of both parties having been washed, it was found that the child had on a white lace cap, and • light-coloured hood, a chocolate and blue-coloured, woollen turnover, a pair of worsted leggings, and two frocks. It is believed to be not more than 10 or 12 months old. It was a fine child, and had cut two of its upper teeth. The woman had on a speckled straw hamlet, trimmed with black crape, Adelaide boots, black worsted stockings, a dark silk and cotton shawl, with bunches of flowers on it, and • pair of dark jean stays. Her under-clothing and stockings were extensively darned. Sbe had no wedding-ring on her finger, and the only thing found in her pocket was a small box key. lier age was apparently from 26 to 30 years. She was at middle stature, and had dark brown hair. It was fouled,' upon examining the bodies, that neither of the deceased had a single bruise upon their person., proving that they could not have fallen from any great height. The appearances of the bodies are such as to lead to the supposition that they had not been in the water more than 12 or 18 hours, but at what part of the river they went in it is impossible to tell. The ligature which bound the two together was what is termed lay-cord it was passed three times round their bodies, and fastened to the bonnet and cap-strings of the female. The police who have seen the female declare that she was not known to them, and they are of opinion that she did not belong to the neighbourhood of Lambeth.
The Express. — 1846-12-22 (London, England)

HATMARKET.—The new piece called " The Round of Wrong," which was produced at this theatre on Saturday last, and repeated last night with great applause, is one quite refreshing m these days, in which the morality of the ballet is everywhere triumphant. What, indeed, is a modern opera buts ballet sung? A modern drama of the French school, but a ballet acted ? More select, perhaps, but not less gross in substance, nor km licentious in suggestion. Now, the author of the piece under consideration, has actually been singular enough to write with a moral aim, and so little afraid of yawns or laughter as to indulge now and then in sentiments such as our grandmothers wept over, and our grandfathers greeted with lengthened plaudits. What is more odd still, he has been successful. Perhaps he would have been equally successful with Jar less trouble to himself, if he had sought to show how remarkably interesting a pre-eminently depraved person may be, especially if a female. He has chosen, however, the more ancient method of the English stage, and will meet, we trust, with followers. The three principal characters are forcibl conceiv-a, an their essential qualities depicted with a daring and free hand . The first is Sir Arthur Foljambe, a father who is glad to own a child whom, as well as her deceased mother, he had formerly deserted, because in her beauty, gentleness, and accomplishmenm, he sees the means of obtaining an alliance that shall rescue him from ruin. The second is Reuben Gwynne, a farmer, who gave shelter to that child and deserted mother; brought it up, enriched the gifts of r.ature with the gifts of education, till the girl ripened into a woman, and his love for her purified his soul, weaned him from evil, and filled his child, mind with aspirations for good. The third is the long motherless, now a woman, betrothed to her benefactor, and but lately made acquainted with the rights and the wishes of her father. In the first act. Sir Arthur Fulicunhe succeeds; he threatens to commit suicide unless his daughter will leave her rustic lover, and go with bins to London, there to form sonic wealthier connexion;