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The Express. — 1847-07-24 (London, England)

WEST INDIES. .  Lord O. BENTINC IC said it wee his intention, at the earliest period in the next parliament, to ask for a select committee to inquiry into the state of the West Indies as regarded their present power to compete with those countries which hays still the advantage of breed labour. The noble lord went into statistics to show that there had been a great falling off in the produce of sugar and rum from our West India colonies 0.1209 the reduction of the duty on slavc-grown sugar. He thought the differential duty should not be less than 60 per cent., or 7s. per cwt ; and tie was of opinion that it would be much better to appropriate a portion of the one million sterling which was now being expended every year, with a view to the suppression of the slave trade, in obtaining free labourers for our Wed India colonies, so as to dilates Cuba and Brasil of the profit which they obtained by tillltilikeuu by furnishing free Lebow on lower terms to the Westlinelbst and thus, by competition, beating down the profits of the slave-holding states. He had bean informed, on very good authority, that the value of slaves In Cabs had hit-Teased 26 per cent, within the last pear; 1001. ahead was sow gives for every male slave as sees es he was hailed They win forced to labour eighteen Imes oat of the twenty-four, sof the number of suicides thstimemed was beyond all imeglar tion whim the ammolW dalarm in Cuba wee not esti. =mad to =dare beyond ith, and in Brasil eZI six yews. His obaut was, be walk the West India ter with hie free Wiwi tothe sag=aurket at prise that the davosamer, dm abolish this hams, leas la bums belga The ruble hod esashoded by statism that la iambi ham for a commithe es the subject in the next par. IV.ILAWES said the noble lord evidently wished his etatiamat to go forth to the country to be made use of at the amiss elections; the public. however, would see that the pansy of the goventatent was to Muse ail the tint sessioslas al lib oat Ewa as wible, while Ow would else* isihnlind the* the msYte of the amble bed was to revive the old Isehlwe of peensilisa in favour of haw with a view to hareem it prim The petition whist she noble lord had presaged was-Ikm a shah parish its Jamaies, sad its dams& la been earafally excluded Am es bra& The asks lord whited to beep up a didisemallel duty espel per oat, whilst time palatine's reedsetly mind that they =tip bare the pahlhae f seadieg their saps hie at dory altagathw. Wham the amble het talkai st way Zlea et the sum paid he the seppeessima at limey late :the posh* at the plant= he IMO* lam r seam that the esaaley bed elm* 1111,110MOIK rbinVegpsrmeas, alai that there was asgskti to Vika atart a supply al Wawa es their mil ealyPegliamiewrwhieb" hallenetteVereisulaihy braggy, to .C.l: =of . Wham the aside lied sieved for his sear ea the subject, it would be ihr the.. to power to dr semis what coarse they should ail*, sad there wadi be err 11 a Ity In ell skegoathat tie law whisk had ream* bees pawed Nil woad be saesstsdoeire to the imam of capital, the ultimate happier@ of the Away a law words bola Mr. BoaTurrica, the IMP&
The Express. — 1847-11-24 (London, England)

SUICIDE BY RAILWAT.—On Friday afternoon, la the two o'clock train from Kilmarnock was proceeding at full speed for its destination at Glasgow, and when about twa miles mat from Paisley, a woman, who had been waiting its approach, walked deliberately into the middle of the up line of rail.. As a matter of course she was killed on the instant, and on the train being Mopped ber head was found literally eat in two. The body was put in charge of the workmen on the line, and the train proceeded on its course to Glasgow, from whence an engine was immediately despatched to bring deceased forward. The individual who thus committed self-destruction waa the wife of the stoker to the  engine that ran her down. She was a young woman, only about four years married. She was of irregular habits, end. during that time bad frequently been separated from her husband. She had been observed watching the several trains as they came forward fur some hours before she committed the fatal act ; and her husband bad ant seen her for four weeks, till she placed herself before him in a position which rendered every effort in his power to save her life an utterly hopeless task. MlSLANctiowr Acorns:vv.—On the afternoon of Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, of Blythswoed,"eccompanied by a fine young boy, a son, about six years of age, and attended by a coachman and footman, were returning in a carriage and pair, from a visit to Mr. Douglas, of Mains, near Milngarde. While crossing a wooden bridge over the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Temple Lock, near (.larseube, the horses shyed, and the carriage coming forcibly against the wooden railing of the bridge was broken, and carriage, horses, and the whole party precipitated into the water. Mr. Campbell sustained Mrs. Campbell until ropes were thrown them, and by which they held on until rescued. Their boy, heweva; was drowned. Mr. Campbell had to support himself and his lady by the rope until the water was let out of a higher lock to raise them up to the top of the lock-wall where they were immersed. Tne horses were drowned, and the carriage broken to pieces. In explanation of the result, it is understood, that Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, by some means or other, managed to get out at the carriage window, or door, but their son, who was seated beyoed them, went down with the vehicle. The servants, beinq outside, escaped with comparative ease. The body of the boy ,was afterwards found. A
The Express. — 1847-05-12 (London, England)

MARYLEBONE.—A DIAYOND RR/G.—John Simpson and Ann Simpson, his sister-in-law were charged with haying been concerned in the robbery of a diamond ring, valued at 50 guineas, the property of a lady named Bruce Wetherell describing herself an the authored of a paraphrase of "'The Pilgrim's Progress," and other works. On Saturday last, the male prisoner delivered at the house of the prosecutrix some coals, and some time after he was gone the article was missed hem • tray. Information was given to the police, and headbills were circulated, principally amongst the pawnbrokers in the district. Yesterday morning, Ann Simpson went to the shop of Mr. Thom n, a pawnbroker, and offered a ring for pledge, when the foreman, not being satisfied with the account she gave of it, detained her until the arrival of the prosecutrix, for whom he immediately sent; she came down accompanied by Hueltine, of the D divides, and en the ring being identified as the one r.olen, she (the hods prisoner) was conveyed to the station-house. The saw ashesquently took the male prisoner into custody at the shop of his muter, within a short distance of prosecutries dwelliag. John Simpson, on being asked what he had to say, admitted having taken the ring and given it to his brother ; and the female prisoner said that the brother, her husband, had given It to her to pledge. They were both committed for trial. ATTZMPTID SLUM' or A TOrMO FEMALIII HT Ponson.—A well.dressed young 'female named Maria Powkon, was charged with attempting suicide. B. Trait*, ens et the Regent'epark constables, deposed, that on the previous 'venial, be saw the young woman reclining epos • seat in the Broad Walk," She seemed unwell, and Ueda her that she had better get up and make the best of ler way home, so he must shortly close the gates, upon which she remarked to him that she was unable to rise, as she had taken sixpennyworth of laudanum, which she had purchased at three different places. Witness then took her to a ears at near band, and subsequently to the University Co Hospital. Her father, who had been standing by ' unfortunate daughter during the recital of the above facts, and who seemed much distressed at her unhappy situation. was briefly addressed by Mr. Rawlinson, wbo said, " I will not distress either you or her by patting any questions as to the motives by which your daughter was actuated in this melancholy affair. You wish me, I dare say, to deliver her up into your ce." The father said that that was what he most anximdy desired ; and be, with his daughter, who was greatly effected, then left the court.
The Express. — 1847-04-17 (London, England)

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN G. B. Dowses, R.E.—A melancholy oecurrenee took place en board the General Steam Navigation Company's steer-ship Rarer, plying on the Yarmouth station, during the last trip made by that vessel. The Ramona left Yarmouth at five p.m. en Wednesday evening, ander the charge of Capt. Dawson. Among the passengers was Capt. Downes, of the Royal Engineers. The night turned out rough and mnallT, a heavy sea rolling during the early part of the passage. fhs steward of the vessel states that about kalf-part one o'clock on Thursday morning he observed the gallant captain walking up and down the deck smoking a cigar. Shortly after. wards he requested the steward to make up his bed for the night on the sofa. This was the last that was seen or heard of the unfortunate gentleman. Some two hours subsequently one of the sailors discovered a hat lying in the starboard fore sponson, and on conveying it Into the cabin it was aseertained to have belonged to Capt. Downes. A close teazel was immediately made for the gallant officer, but it was found that he was not on board the vemel. The first impression was, that he must have thrown himself overboard shortly after having been seen by the steward ; and this presumption was afterwards strengthened by the fact of his manner having been remarked to be particularly reserved during the voyage by several of his fellowMt%His. carpet bag was opened by the captain to identity, and in it were discovered three letters which gave the desired information. The only other things contained in the bag were a night shirt and a brush and • comb. On the arrival of the Ramona of the Customhouse, on Thursday morning, information of the melancholy occurrence was given at the office of the company, by Capt. Daemon, and we understand from inquiries which have been made, little doubt appears to exist that the gallant captain must have thrown himself overboard while labouring under mental alienation. The weather, it should be stated, had moderated before the gallant caption was mimed, and there was scarcely any swell on. The spot is supposed to have been near the Mouse light, twenty miles below Gravesend.
The Express. — 1847-01-19 (London, England)

INQUESTS, YESTERDAY. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THI STREETS.—Before Mr. W. Baker, at the Ten Bells; Church-street, Spitialfields, on the body of Richard Ham, aged 7 years. On Saturday last the deceased was walking along. Brick-eine, Wkiteehapei, with his brother • arriving el to Truman, Hanbery, and Co.'s they were eapjay a man' unknown, who waamiaafaet• speed ; aid le.. the deceased could sea dear, be was I blenched heir Into the kennel A wi~lgs, Reasily Wks. • labia was hpastatliag in a contrary digefir, came by st Or elm, aid be His wheels palm& weer the body of taw imisiesee bey. Be was ihltialrellibd from the pawl' rethib.bpitaw. but life wassmebset.--Mardict, •• Acasisasall "—diatoms rams, liffirrawrunsinan. —Mire lirW Oesdes, at the LlsAMelmry Arras, Upper Marsh. Landis body of Henry Bakeridgt, aged 46 yews, wisp ammilni suicide. ft appeared that the deceased was • estobeiler, aid hid last in a situation for ?A ertetaDer, bat during the last few le MCA way to acts of drutikennes, by which sies7.7 kat ampiornient. He had a with and two shades as, whist Yid left without food and firing. On Friday sw aill'lNlOthar, who lodged in the adjoining house. I,w ended to his bedroom, end found him Imaging by a ear dot ' aweil in the wall. The jury being amebas-4 near. ad of " Tempoevy issaraty."--41poosor DIM dieKilh, at the Bagel* Assriereereet, Regent' wk, en dm body of Y. Jades, tie elver. • The apse v journal by this *risk al the dessaira Ildeadstl• =Pa: relate sivissur la mem papas that le•i suicide. Tbe 'Adam prayed that- ibe was wails wen. ealrei needs y kat, and disgorged onerous &stria and at *gbi retired us test without the /slightest symposia ills am Ifess taandai bass footed dead is We bed. Mr. I sow, tit witaopesidtbileily, bald in sada • ,f esterad visleate woes it; he linswise salsa labia in 1f oe sewmes/a Ile hind OW eases Wets* la Os hoop es 4 kmia ; hie the smarties of the lattariaere was elleidiollirs Sea to the exist of two smote: that was the SW S saga death. Yard*, " Nalisral death." ' .  MR.
The Express. — 1847-04-20 (London, England)

IRELAND. DUBLIN, Arau. 18. Private letters from Connaught state that no efforts are being made by the landlords to give effect to the Temporary Relief Act. The government inspectors are tieing their duty, but find no support tram the landed proprietors. Refusals, delays, mathua of every kind are resorted to to withhold relief midmost the " calamity" of a rate. The west is uncultivated. bossism the landed proprietors are unwilling If gamble to assist their tensatry. Government mat. MOO aad seed depots were the great desideratum Ise oaltivation ; goesensteat wary and legislative Mkt, were the mammas, the hada. A airct hos been Woad bat the War Odes to the staff °Moms of pettiness. It calla their attention to a circular of the Newcastle Pensimers (Limerick) suggesting a sabaaription in behalf of a gesithassa unnamed, whom the Lanark Chronicle says is set Major Loynd. The circular state, that 4. se individual is due the merit of remitting the =fa on pensions, which bas excited the grafithe Newcastle pensioners in behalf of the • gsatlemea in blank," but to the kindness of the government. Influenced by the Secretary at War, as wall " the general good condom of the pensimen themselves, and the readiness they have orpreonsd m isP 481161110011 to perform their duties."  As an instance of the looseness with which persons are placed upon the relief lists as destitute, I may mention that the list placed before the finance committee, at Limerick, for one parish, contained 2,900 names, and was reduced to 657 ; in a county pariah 750 names were put upon the list, but, upon investigation, it was reduced to BO.  Soictuz.—A gentleman mimeo Fallon, a surgeon, committed suicide by shooting himself through the had, at the Northumberland Hotel, in this city, yesterday. It is said the nthappy gentleman was moved to this act by disappointed love. STATE or
The Express. — 1847-08-04 (London, England)

SUICIDE FROM A S'FEAM-BOAT.—Yeaterday afternoon, on hoard one of the riser steam-boata, a young woman, stated to have been fashionably dressed, attracted the attention of the captain, who told tome of the crew to watch her, as he thought she intended to commit suicide. She was once observed lifting one of the rails at the side of the boat, and was heard to say that she would " make a hole in the water." Although closely watched, she shortly afterwards jamped overboard, and, despite all effurts to save her, was drowned. Inaresr, ESTERD Nlills held en inquest, at the Royal Mail, Upper-street. Islington, on the body of Colonel Nathan Wilson. late of the eth Light Dragoons, aged 68. The body lay in the house of Mr. Semple, jun., surgeon, where it was viewed by the coroner and Jury. Upon their return to the inquest-room, Mr. Semple stated that on Tuesday week be received a letter, dated the Senior United Service Club, from Colonel Wilson, requiring his attendance, as he had met with a severe accident. When witness reached the club-house he found the colonel leaving it for his private residence, Argyler reet ; but he was so ill that he had to be removed to his (witness's) house, in Islington, in order that he night have constant medical attendance. Deceased informed him that as he was leaving the club be was struck on the tide and knocked down by the shaft of a cabriolet, and that in the fall the back of his heart struck against the flag pavement. A rib on his left side was fractured, and there was on the bade of his head a transverse wound two inches long. Ile went on pretty well until the letter end of last week, when erysipelas set in, which terminated fatally on Sunday.—By the coroner: D. ceased had received many wounds in action, and his constitution was broken down. Three years ago he underwent an operation for a cataract of his right eye, and rubsequently the same disease attacked his left eye, so that the focus of his visual organs was not adapted to distinguish distances. Stall he would not allow a servant to accompany him. Mr. Listen attended him during his last illness. Deceased said that the driver of the cabriolet was not to blame, and that the occurrence was purely accidental. Ile had been thrice before knocked down by vehicles in the street. The wound in the back of the colonel's head caused his death. Deceased was witness's relative. Mr. Butterfield, a relative also of the gallant deceased, gave similar evidence. Verdict, " Accidental Death." At the close of the inquest the gallant colonel's remains were conveyed on board a steamer, for transmission to Boulogne, where they will be interred in the family vault.
The Express. — 1847-01-29 (London, England)

JOSTICIL—At the Chester sessions last week, three prisoners, Philip Dixon, H. Conley, and Elia. Dixon were indicted for burglary. Dixon pleaded guilty ; the other two prisoners not guilty.—The Iticurdcr You are charged, Dixon, with having committed this offence after having been previously convicted of iclon7. I caution you that pleading guilty will not make an, difference in the sentence that may be awarded to you.—Dixon ; It's no use, air, telling a lie about it ; I am guilty.— While this conversation took place between the recorder and the prisoner, Dixon stood up, resting his elbow on the Lunt of the dock, and apparently adjusting his neckenhief. He then laid his head on the partition, and in the course of a moment or two fell backwards into the deck. It was at first supposed that he bad fainted, but his wife and other females who were in the dock uttering a frightfol scream, it was immediately ascertained that the prisoner had drawn a razor across his throat, and attempted to con.mit suicide. An alarm was given, and the court (which was crowded with spectators) was in a great state of excitement. A surgeoa was called for, and the mayor (Dr. P. Jones), who happened to be in the adjoining court, immediately came forward to rendvr assistance. After hindin; up tho wound, the mayor intimated to the Recorder that it was not of a serious nature, or such as was at all likely to endanger life. It was a flesh wound, just over the larynx, which fortunately it had not penetrated, or fatal consequences would most probably have ensued. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. He expressed his sorrow that he had not succeeded in destroying himself, but intimated his determination to take the Hest opportunity of putting a period to his existence. The prisoners were placed at the bar on the following day, when the GSe being clearly proved, the female prisoner was le-quitted, Dixon and Conley being found c udty. The former was sentenced to fifteen, and the latter to ten, years' transportation. TIZMI 74111117T9  TIIE CONSERVATITEIiEII7ER7OI BOSTON, Mr. Brown. rigg, has officially announced his intention of retiring from the representation at the close of the present parliament. A public meeting of the freemen was held on Tuesday, at which it was determined not to support any candidate who will not pledge himself to " maintain inviolate the settled institutions of the country, and support the ancient privileges of the borough." Some of the Conservatives are seeking another candidate. AT A MEETING OF LIBERAL ELECTORS Or LINCOLN, on Tuesday, a committee was appointed to investigate the chances of success for a second liberal candidate. It wan generally admitted that the return of one liberal at the head of the poll is certain • and a belief wan expressed that, as there is now a totally different class of electors to those on the register of 1841 Col. Sibthorp might, if the reformers exerted themselves, be compulsorily relieved of his parliamentary dignity.
The Express. — 1847-10-01 (London, England)

INQUESTS, Y ESTERDAY. MANSLAUGHTER.— Before Mr, Wakley, 31. P., at the Oxford Arms, Ceram town, on the body of Mr. Thomas Ricketts, aBI,, retired naval officer, whose death was occasioned him( been knocked down by a chaise-cart. Deceased, w at No. 4, Hawley-terrace, Camden-town, on the elm* of Monday week was crossing the Hampstead•era, sor, Bayharn-street, at the time that a chaise-cart,la woo were two men, and which was drawn by a bay pool, lir, proceeding down the Hampstead-road. The animal iris goel at a speed of about twelve miles an hour, ether, before the deceased, who was infirm, could get out of the way, hems knocked down, and the wheel of the vehicle went owe him. Several persons caUed to the driver to stop, who locket back, and whipped his pony, which went at a nor Ma rate, and he got away. The coroner said the jury could return no other verdict than that of manslaughter, r the driver was going at furious speed: while, when called to, Its ought to have stopped. Verdict: "Manslaughter Will. some person or persons unknown." The cermet ft' recta a sergeant of police of the S divided, yr was present, to use his best exertions to trsee ?2.1. guilty perty.--SUICIDE PAWL JlALOWlT.—Beforstili Redford, at the Charing-cross Hospital, on the of Mary Ann Osborne, aged 16, of No. 401, S who, in a fit of jealousy, poisoned herself with ansit, The deceased was the daughter of Mrs. Osborne, 1!.. feetioner, of No. 401, Strand. For some tire pre had been much in the habit of attending the baJlls us udi masquerades about London, especially the St, _ Assembly Rooms, in company with oatmeal young mean y one of whom, named Walters, she was strongly avert Latterly she had grown jealous of this pass imesslai_7 adult frequently heard to declare that she +veil ern. threats but these were so often repeated that If his II." was taken of them, On TumTuesday&Rentals el acquaintances on entering the shop saw 11;; ing out of a large tumbler, and when qu eAlirarl what she had taken, she answered that it Irma: Other persons in the house also heard what stn nssoinde, obeullyievaul" lark,"h r, nadu supposed it was not dial assistance was obtained. The deceased wasasat bought some arsenic, which, as proved by pelten% and from subsequent inquiry it was ascertained. thria....ste examination, was the cause of death. In a letter west her room the said that her Mends would soon heir 01.1! ttounbitiimui "I'4 111:1' death, and that she had been to Cremorne for the lesson Mr. Walters said he went to Vauxhall a fesvttor; with the deceased and a ballet girl named be $6Oll ceased was particularly vexed at the preference aid for her companion, with whom he danced the whole Verdict—" That the deceased died from poiwo ; bat she did not take it to destroy life, and that her life rill have been saved had proper attention been paid."  STOPPAGJg