The Express. — 1859-09-30 (London, England)

DOMESTIC UNHAPPINESS.  On Monday an inquest was held before Mr. T. Badger, at the Prince of Wake beerhouse, Thar Woos, neer Barnsley, on view of the body of Wm. Hammertoe, aged 6i year', !milord of the beerbouse, who had committed suicide at two o'clock on the previous Saturday rooming, by shooting himself through the head with • double honked gun. The body, which ley in the bar. presented a most horrid spectacle, the upper part of the head and face being completely blown away, the walla and floor of the room being beapatteted with brains and pieces of stall and fleet.. A more chocking Diehl, the Comer stated, It had not been his lot to witness during his long experience. It appeared that the deceared was in seebe/matted cifeumetanors, and hit numerous creditors pressing Lim for money is *opposed to have been one arise of his committing the rash set. He alto lived unhappily with his wife, with whom he appeared to have bad frequent quarrele, which preyed much upon Ma virile. On Friday night, about 10 o'clock, they retired to rest. The wife, who In poured of something like • religious monomania, got up a little after twelve o'clock, and commenced dinning. Deowed got up a little before two and tried to prevail upon her to go to bed, but she refused, and they had some words. Demand then threw her down end tell upon her with his knees. lira. Hauimerton then became very excited, went apsiala, awoke three lodgers who were in bed, and insisted upon them at once getting up and leaving the house. They remonstrated at being turned out at such an untimely hour, but got up. Deceased came upstairs and seemed muck effected, end raid he could not live with his wife. The lodgers, after droning themselves., went downstairs. On one of the party going into a room for his boots, with a candle in his hand, he found deceased in the dark, with • double-barrelled gun in his hand. He exclaimed that he we/ going to eh cot himself, as be could not live any longer *ill his wife. The mat seized the gun, and with assistance took it from the deceased. The latter, on becoming more composed, had the gun given back to Lim to put away, and he proceeded into the next room, apparently for that parpoea, but in lees than • minute afterwards the report of • gun was beard, mid on the parties rushing into the room tb' y found deceased lying in a pool of blood, quite dead. Information was given to the police, and on Mr. Superintendent Hockaday proceediog to the piece he found the how all but deserted, and although such • fearful scour. moo bad just taken place • large number of articles had been stolen from the premises; and, in order to prevent further depredations, the superintendent had to place the house in charge of the police. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased bad killed himself by discharging • double-barrelled gun, while under fteuporary insanity, pro&iced by pecuniary eenbarrammtmt and family discord.— beds Mtreury.  Deeraucrive Fiara.—Yesterday morning a destructive an broke not in the premise. of Mr. J. Burt, Jon., cork manufacturer, No. 4, Weill:lose-square, St. Oeurge'r-inthe.B.sat. Engines were taken to the 'pot, but by the time they mired the firemen found that the drying rooms were enveloped in times. The engines were set to work, and soon attar the roof fell in with a tremendous crash. At last the firemen suomeded to stopping the further progress of the domes.—Mother fire broke oat at fire o'clock yesterday morning, on the premises of Mr. J. Johnson, rag merchant, Good-Meet, Horselydown, sad was aotsubduad until the adjoining promises were considerably damaged. (Advertitemen,trlNe ADD LOTTO, Paper sod lia:Z:,Makery. *swim of Is to She potion. No crows for nozooloc. sad onion to say newsy doges ras bad co one floo—Croot got ter la.; addrmillss b k 9)All modulo", up Olor or gray. ata velmcaes scram Moe or elory ;lioombold mom Poblioollore. aollamok sad aboolscepotied. Mulct Not Sea—roainto W riots. 111 lel OaloreoloolL