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The Express. — 1864-11-01 (London, England)

LEM•H.—It has been arranged t...• tho funeral of Mr. Leech shill take place on Friday at Keusal.creeo, where the hearse will arrive at halfriit 1 o'clock. Mr. Lee..h's heart was in that cemetery, where he buried his first child in 1819. There also his friends have been all to fAti Ire for him a grave the next but one to that of hiA f and schoolfellow. Thackeray. It may ho right to ii that none will be invited to the funeral but the memhers ..1 his family and those who, like Or. („MAin. Mr. liutrhimi,r). Mr. Bradbury. and Mr. Evans, were more immediat,lv ...qmected with him. He had so 111.46 a circle of friends that it is impossible to invite aIL  An important fa: question bas lately been de, :el at Naples. I! wPI be remembered that the late :.ere of Capus. a younger brother of Ferdinand 11., marvv.: %lip Penelope Sulith, an English. or rather an Irish ;adv. The m►rriage I,A acknowledged by the family, tLe prince and prince.. left the country. On the death ct the r; seen I).eagir Is inella, mother of Ferdinand 11., i:f Jam were mide to mitigate the position of the piir, but the princes. was never acknowledged as y the Bourlo ns. it was, however, decided lately by ,a,-reme Court of .itistige in Naples that she woe enbt:,d ti Ler full rank, while her children were legitimatised sal placed by the Italian law courts on the same b.tin; with the other descendants of the Bourbon family. The Prince of Capon died about a year since, too early to witiiess the juittiv to Lis wife ►nd children.  lie: Pope a f.•:v days ago indulged himself, it 14c midst of la:, heavy political and religious duties, •:S o visit to the newly-found statue of Hercules. Not the combicied wisdom of the arehsologists has thrown .ev I:cbt on the mystery connected with the history and si•ature of this famous statue. It is a noble specimen of tea: art. Coosideriog the length of time that it has 1,4 iu its watery bed it is in wonderful preservation, but t..iiaitlg foot has not vet been found. That it was Ce.' erately buried with a view to concealment there can be doubt, but the date of its burial is uncertain. It to co s been placed in a room of the palace in which it sa, found, and is undergoing the process of cleaning.  Ti' Universal Gernotri I:a:cttc is making war on gaming.houses in Germany. It publishes a list of the :ales which have taken place at those residences. At W.evividen it gives the number as 7 ; at Neuheim, 3 ; at i:sai:iurg, 13; and at Withemabad, 2. By adding to the • re the suicides which have not precisely taken place in lee cambliog towns, but which have been caused by the ejecta of play, that journal brings up the number to 3.1. aH oF
The Express. — 1864-12-07 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY 3UICIDII IN ST. unirs.  An inquiry wee held by Mr. Humphreys, Middlesex coroner at the Iron Heed Tavern, Okiswellntreet, St. Luke's, last night, respecting the suicide of Mr. Thoma. Shackell, aged 49 yrs. Mrs. Frances Shackell said that deceased was a hatter carrying on business at No. 75, Chiswell-street. He was latterly desponding because he wished to sell the business, but bin landlord would not accept of any tenant who would buy the stock. He was reserved and would not tell witness anything. He slept by himself in the parlour behind the shop. Witness last saw him on Saturday night. She knocked for him at dinner time on Sunday, but no answer was given, and she thought he had gone out. After charzit in the evening, however, she became alarmed, and the parlour was broken open, and he was found dead on the sofa. Mr. W. Mouroe, a lodger, said that when the parlour was broken open the deceased was lying dead, undressed, an the sofa There was a cup on the table, by the side of wh:ch was a piece of paper, on which was written "Beware of the poison in the tea-cup on the bob." No doubt he Ind ia. tended to place the tea-cup on the hob after he drank of the poison ; but the action of the drug wu too quick. There was also on a file a letter, which was as follows : " You wad Dot open my body. I have taken poison. and Mr. has been the cause of it. For I have offered to get hirt a tenant who would purchase the stork, ti tunes, tee. ; but he has refused to aooept any tenant, for the expire pupae' to ruin me. ' Saturday eve, Dec. 3,1864,1 i o'clock p.m. "F.
The Express. — 1864-08-30 (London, England)

MARYLEBONE.  Emily Atkins, aged 23, servant, was charged with robbery under the following circumstances : It may be as well to say that the prisoner has grand at this court before. & little over three week' ago the prisoner was charged with stealing a number of articles fmn the shop of Mies Julia Kramer. who keeps a milliner's shop at No. 386, Euston-road. It then appeared that Miss Kramer had taken her and her boxes in out of charity, as she bad declared that she had no home or habitation to go to. She had not been in the bones long before Miss Kramer began to miss articles from her shop, and she accidentally saw some of them in the polemical of prisoner, whom she gave in charge. Mr. Yardley then remanded Mar for • week to the House of Detection, where she made a determined attempt to commit suicide by strangulation. She had made an attempt previously whilst in the lock-up at the station-house. When she was brought up on remand from the House of Detention eke was in a very low and weak state from the violence of the attempt she had made upon her life. Mist Kramer thea withdrew from the prosecution, and the prisoner was discharged. Prisoner shortly afterwards obtained a summons *mast Mira Kremer for detaining her boxes. This was heard on Saturday last, and was dismissed. Prisoner was thee takes into custody as the was :saviog the court, and locked up on the charge specified underneath. Charlotte Probym landlady of the Crumb° Tavern, 'Coldish-town, said the prisoner bad been in her service for about three months up Ao the beginning of Jim last At different times fitter she had gone prosecutrii missed five silver teaspoons and two silver dessert spoons, 16 yards of Irish cloth, three hair bracelet*, one piece of silk velvet, three pieces of satin, and a large amount of other property. George Madera, 74 S, produced some of the property. Sergeant Cooney, 1615, informed has worship that after the prisoner was locked up on Saturday she attempted to strangle herself with her handkerchief. A doctor was seat for, who restored her to consciousness, aed she was must carefully watchei. In spite of this vigilanos she made another determined attempt by pressing her fingers into her throat. Two women were then placed in the cell with her to keep watch. Mr. Mansfield remedial her for • week, and directed that she should be closely watched. As she was leaving the dock she vowed she would awry ont her object.
The Express. — 1864-09-13 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH43TREET.  Wm. Darii, described se "• waiter—no home," was charged before Mr. T)rwhitt with attempting to commit suicide at the Loog Water, Kensington-gardens.  In the prisoner's possession three phiala—eseb having contained laudanum—were found.  Park-constable No. 44 said that about 9 o'clock on Sunday morning he saw the prisoner jump into the Long Water of Kensington-gardens and attempt to drown himself. He dragged the prisoner out after be bad gone under the water by means of the drags, and took him to the receiving house, and on searching him he found in his possession three bottles, each of which had contained, according to the priGoner's statement, a pennyworth of laudanum. which he bad purchased at different chemist's shops., and taken. The prisoner said he bad been driven to attempt to destroy his life through starvation, and that be had no home.  In answer to the mgt. trate, the police-constable said the prisoner was alter wards taken to St. George's workhouse.  The prisoner said he had no home, nothing to eat, and no  kir. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner should hare applied to the parish if he was in want. He would remand him for a week, when no doubt be would be in a better frame of mind.  The prisoner, who seemed very dejected, was remanded. J,An Fry. carman in the employ of Mrs. Harriet Knight, the owner of carpet mounds at Keneal.greeo, was charged by the Royal Society for the Prereatioa of Cruelty to Animals with cruelty to a horse by using it while in an unfit state ; and Mrs. Knight was also summoned for causing the home to be cruelly ill•treated and tortured. Coote, one of the Society's alum, maw Fry driving the horse attached to a large cart, in Pall.malL Observing that the horse wu lame he examined it, and found that it had a very bad wound on the near hind leg, and appeared to be in great pain, and scarcely able to walk. He then took Fry into custody, and subsequently summoned the owner of the home for seeding it out it the state it was is. The magistrate said he had seen the horse, and a more disgusting sight he had seldom seen—the poor creature could really not stand. The son of the owner of the horse attended, and said the horse had been in the same state for years. He would, how. ever, have it shot.  The magistrate had no power to order the hone to be destroyed. He would adjourn the ease for a week, and if at the sod of that time the horse was destroyed. and the costs all paid by the owner, there would be as end of the matter, but if not he would be prepared to indict a severe penalty or imprisonment.
The Express. — 1864-09-13 (London, England)

DITIRMINED SUICIDE OF ♦ LADY.-011 Saturday a most determined act of self-destruction was coinunited oo the Bristol and Faster Railway, sear the Ibuntoe statioe, by a married lady. It appears that the unfortunate lady in question was the wife of a Mr. Spooner, an socemitant, randier; in London, and was 35 years of age. She had been on a visit of some duration to her relatives in Taunton, accompanied by her husband. On Saturday morning, about 10 o'clock, they left home together for the purpose of going to market, but, oe getting into the town, Mrs. Spooner said she would not go there, but would go and see an aunt who resided in the direction of the railway station. She accordingly left her hothead, and proceeded towards her aunt's, but instead of going there she went to a foot bridge which mores the railway about a quarter of a mile from the station, and was observed to stand there more than tee minutes. On the approach of the train due at Taunton at 11.10 a.m. she crossed the line, took off bee bonnet and some other articles of dram, and deliberately walked on to t►e line. le a moment the train OSMO up Dearly at full speed—the lady heed the eosins, and when it was within a yard or two of her she bowed her head, was struck by the " guard," and thrown on one side. The train pulled up as soon so possible, and on the guard going book to the spot he found the deceased lying outside the bee face torn in the most frightful meaner, and life extinct, her death being in fact instantaneous. The body was shortly afterwards re. moved to the station to await an inquest. firs. Spooner has left a large family of young children, and it is said that after the birth of each child she has bees subject to tits of great mental depression, and whilst in that stst.she has suddenly in the most unaccountable manner, and without giving the slightest intimation of her intention, left her children sad her husband, and come to her friends at Taunton, being sp. patently afraid of committing some act of violence upon herself or children.— Western Daily Press.  H*ALTH AND STRINGITH BASTOILIM without modicum, incenvessience, or expense by Be Barry's delicious health restoring levalenta Arabic& Food. which mess tltly times its cost In other remedies, and earns the stonmeh, nem., lungs. Bier. and intestines of all chronic sr nom. dleordera
The Express. — 1864-04-07 (London, England)

WANDSWORTH. A %MN SOFTZILINGS.  Maria Fisher, the wife carpenter, living in the Belvidere-road, Lambeth, was brought from the Wandsworth workhouse, apparentll in a weak condition, on • charge of attempting to commit suicide. The case was • very peculiar one. On Monday last the husband, Thomas Birch Fisher, appeared before Mr. Ingham to answer • summons at the instance of • single woman, named Jane Gadplev, who alleged that he was the father of her child born on the 3rd of January lost. It then appeared that he had been employed at Richmond, as a carpenter, while his wife remained in London, sod he there met the complainant, who wu in service. The complainant denied that she was aware of his being married, and said he was introduced to her family as her future husband. An order was made on the husband to pay 28.6 d. a week for the support of the child and 25e. eats. The wife was also present at the hearing, and if it had not been for the offioers of the court she would have swanked the young woman. She was then very much excited, and while the parties were in the waiting room, the officers kept her away from the complainant. From the evidence adduced in the preient cue it appeared that between 2 and 3 o'clock on the same day the prisoner was seen to jump into an open sewer in Falcon-lane, Battersea, where she lay on her hands and face, and covered with water. She was fortunately observed by two ran, who had, however, some difficulty in getting her out. In soother minute she would have been dead. She was removed to the Falcon public-house, sod on recovering a little she asked for her child. She was afterwards removed to the workhouse.  The prisoner, who spoke is a very low tone of voice, mid it all arfte fr 0..., the cruelty of her husband. Mr. bighorn said she had committed a very sorban offence, and he must remand her for a week, in order that she might have time for reflection. The prisoner was locked up far a short time, but on the application of the husband she was brought up again, and he then promised to take her home. She was then asked whether she would prefer going home with her husband or to pneon, and she mid that she would give him one more trial. Mr. Ingham told the husband that there would not be any poem' at his home until be behaved better and gave up the company of other women. Be than accepted his reel. weapon for the good behaviour al hie wife for the next sax months.
The Express. — 1864-12-06 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN.  LNIQUEST.—(THLS DAY.) Thin morning Mr. John Humphreys, Btu'diesel Coroner, held an inquest at the tieven Stars Tavern, 1 Spite.lfiekla, respecting the suicide of Mr. George Salter, aged 59 years. Mae Maria Salter, 5, Heneage.street, said that her father had cerried on haloes*, for many years, In Spitalfieklainarket, as • butcher. Waiter saw him last alive at 8 o'clock on Sunday evening. On Monday morning she went into the kitchen and she found her father banging by the neck and apparently quite dead. She screamed oat and her sister came. He was very deep:iodine of late. Witness was not aware that his business was going back, but he was for some time apprehensive that he could not coatinue to attend to it. She did not hear ham threaten to commit suicide, but he had said, •• When we can't work we ought to be underground." His brother had committed suicide several years ago. He was no doubt of nomad mind at the time he hanged himself. Man Sarah Salter said that on Monday morning she heard her sister scream, and she ran downstate& See found her father barging by • string to the balustrade at the bottom of the stairs, just turning into the kitchen. Wittier was just able to cut him down, but he was quite dead. Latterly be was apprehensive that ha 1)011411111111 must go wrong, sod he was strange in his meaner. Stephen Bucker, a milkman, said that he knocked at the house. No. 5, Heoesgs street, on Monier morning with his milk. He heard some screams and he ran in and saw the deceased jest being cutdown by the last witness. He had hanged himself by a rope to the balustrade. Mr. S. Forest Leach said that he was called by the last witness. He found the deceased nearly cold—he must have been hanging for two hours. It appeared that the deceased's mina was affected by the high price of meet, which he was apprehensive would result in the ruin of his ;mimes during the winter. The Caroller having summed up. The jury returned • verdict of "Suicide while of m• sound naiad."
The Express. — 1864-12-06 (London, England)

THIS DAT.)—The second half-yearly meeting of this company wet held this afternoon, at the offices in New Broad-attest, Mr. J. F. Russell in the chair. The report recommending • dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum free of income tax, setting aside 4,0001. for the reserve fund, and can ring forward • balance of 7141., was agreed to. FRIGHTFUL AccIDILNT ON rag GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAV.—Yestatday Mr. C. S. Burnaby, wooer for the East Retford district of Nottingham, held an inquest at Ranalill, • village about sax miles from Retford, into the cause of the death of Mr. Richard Russell, civil engineer, of Bawtry, who was killed on the Great Northern Railway on Saturday night last. Mr. Haswell, who bad had great experience as a civil engineer. both in this country and in America, and had lately received the appointment of engineer of the new line from Dow:ester to Geioeborough; be had been to Doncaster on business connected with the line, and miming the last passenger train from the place at 6 o'clock he, unknown to the officials there. got into a coal train, expecting, it is thought, that it would stop at Bawtry. This train did not stop until it reached Raiford, and the deceased found himself as much to the south of llawtry es be was to the north at Doncaster. Anxious to get to has bane the same evening, and there not being rt train for passengers, be walked into the goods yard, and, ascertaining that • special good. train was about to be despatched, he got into the van. The guard reported this to the clerk in charge at the station, and Mr. Russell was informed that he could toot go. Nothing more was seen of him until he was found on the engine of another train, from which be had to be ejected. He then left, went to the Questa Hotel, ordered a conveyance to take him to Bawtry. Before this was ready he left the hotel, and walked on the Great North-road ea far as the Bawtry-moor crossing of the Great Northern Railway, when he took the railway, and from footroarksoo the down four-foot it would appear that be walked along for a distance of 2i miles, when he was overtaken by • down special goods train from Retford at 11.10 p.m. and killed upon the spot. The deceased's brother, Mr. Samuel Russell, surgeon, of Blytb, stated to the jury the nature of the injuries, and further that the deceased was in good circumstaores, and bad no possible motive for committing suicide. The jury returned • verdict "That the deceased was accidentally killed."
The Express. — 1864-09-20 (London, England)

DZSCRTIR.—An inquiry WAR held by Dr. Hardwick, deputy coroner, at the Meshes& and Castle Tavern, King s-road, last night, respecting the suicide of John Topper, aged 42 years, a sailor en board one of her Majesty's revenue rutin,. Mrs. Ann Hutchinson, 7.3, Frederick +Meet, Regent'spark, sister of the deceased, said that be was a sailor on board • revenue cutter. Last Saturday week he came up to Loudon from Gravesend—witless believed that he had Inn away from his ship. He was a wild and reckless man. He used to bunt out eying sometimes eines hi coming up to town. Witness took a room for bins at a coffee shop at No. 27, Munster-street, St. Paricim. Deceased bad been married, but he had left his wife for several years. ti .rgessit W. Barad!, Xi 8, said thllll cm Wednesday evening be was called in by Mr. Dookrey, the 'milliard of No. 27, Mucieer-otreet. sad he broke open lie door of deceased's room. He fond deceased lying dead on the bed, with • bottle labelled " poison" by his side. In his pocket were three letters to hie woo and other relatives, but they did not allude to his intentioe at committing suicide. Dr. Jades proved that the deceased died from the effects of poison by Lsdanum. It was stated that the deceased bad struck an officer on board the ship and had run away to avoid the cuesequenoes. He was us oxidant dread of discovery, and he took to drinking brandy. The jury returned • verdict of " Suicide while of unsound mind." . .  A Dairoritors Guoirr.—The preparation+ incidepts.' to the repreeeutatioe of a "'halt illusive "resulted most disastrously the other sight at Hartlepool. The audience assembled is the Temporaries-ball were alarmed by a load report ; the whole building was shaken, and some of the people were even lifted from their sesta. The hall rapidly filled with smoke, and there was a mineral scramble to the doors. The disaster, it appears, was due to the manager of the illusion leaving unattended some chemicals required forth. light, in • pot on the fire in the room of the hall-keeper, whom wife and another woman were seriously burnt, The oven. copper, and sloes were blown into the middle of the room, the furniture destroyed, and considerable other damage door.
The Express. — 1864-08-16 (London, England)

STILUGOLZ FOB DEATH.—Last eveaing Mr. Payne, the City comber, held an inquiry at the Vestry. hall, Southwark, respecting the death by retard* of Mary Ann Mn... aged 43 yaws. Jobe Nan, No. 3. Blue Anchor-road, Bermondeer, said that on last Saturday more- I The United States man-of-war steamer Kearsarge log at about 8 o'clock be was crossing Loodoo.bridge. A boy d luau ske milled oat to him, " Master, there is • woman going to u`•b to leave Cherbourg co drown hermit" He thee saw the deceased with one log Saturday last for New York. Another United States war over the parapet of the bridge. She was standing on the steamer, about the size of the Sacramento, is expected in middle recess of the centre arch. Witness rushed forward the British Channel to Were the oboe of the Kearsarge. and caught bold of her by the arm. She straggled fear. , A SL7BTICIOCS CsArr. —A correspondent of the fully, tied broke the pipe in witness's mouth. He tried to • pull her back, but he could not do so. He then threw him- n ifree"'"'• Journal, writing horn FuYeve on Saturday. sae: self forward in order to prevent her leaping into the river, —" A reagnitioent and rapid .sailing steamer, with three bat be found that she was dragging him with her. He then funnels, visited the Shannon this day. She proceeded up let her go, sod she fell into the water. Her head was first our noble river to the north.eut of Foyers hluid, where dubed against the stelae work of the bridge. Witum jut she lay at anchor till half-past six o'clock this sun*, saved hie own life. George Mans, No. 10, Great Arthur- . lobes she suddenly steamed westward towards Torbert. street, St. Luke's, a cigar maker, said that the deceased was WhileWhtleatanchor near Foynes a warlike Pert,' landed and aad his wife. For the last eight week, she bad hoes very 111. • med. inquiries at the laden./ station 'heat a special bah' . , She frequently rid she would drown herself, because she for /haw", sad the' appeared ""edar"' "'"w '" 'a" bad dreadful pains in her beck. Mrs. E. Speller said that whet they could not preened by rail to 'inerick. It is the doomed bad a fall downstairs last Thursday. After sappuied that the vessel is a blockade rennet ; and it was that she said to witness, I feel so low apiritod, that I rumoured here that • lieutrant of the celebrated Alabama shall go and kill myself." The coroner haring summed up, Wal "'eat the party who landed at Payne.. S 4" writing the the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while of unsound above I have ascertained that the steamer use arrived to I waver as immobile supply of clothing to the Confederates mind H. at oasrmarr's Tis choice and strong, moderate from TIM Limerick." In price, and wholesome to use. now advantages lure mewed %twin' Lk:sr:sm. —By a new provision in an for this tea a general preference. It Is mold to packet. by 2,1110 ; bet of parliament passed last month all brewers' lieenace agetdb--(Adrartiaetuent. I are to expire as the 30th of September in each year.