The Express. — 1862-06-10 (London, England)

RAISING OP STEAMBOAT FARES.—Considerable confusion prevailed at the river-aide steamboat piers during the whole of yesterday, consequent upon the Iron and Citizen Steamboat Companies, without any previous notice, having doubled their fares between London and Westminster, and the intermediate piers. The mason given by the servants of the company, that it was holiday time, did not satisfy the numerous class of poems who are in the habit of using the boat. several times each day, and who complained loudly of being mulcted in the increased charge on that scoonet. The excitement and confusion at Die two extremities of the journey. London and Westminster, amounted at times to • complete riot, and at the latter several hundred person', rather than pay the extra charge, walked over to the Surrey-side of the bridge and patronised the London and Westminster Company's boats, who still kept their fare at Id. forthe whole distance. BRocit/M3 Btricitia.—On Sunday evening a desperate act of suicide was committed by • young man named Taylor. Whilst walking with his sister along the bank of the London, IMbury, and Southend Railway, near the Films elation, Taylor suddenly quitted her, and deliberately ran towards the line. and placed his head on the rails just at the time the luggage down train was enmeshing. The train passed over the neck of the unfortunate young man, completely severing the head from the body. The sister stood perfectly paralysed at the rash act of her brother, but wee totally unable to render the slightest assistance. The young man, it is said, had previously showneymptoms of an unsound mind. AWOMAN CUTTING HER OWN TONGUE Our.—A horrible case of self-mutilation occurred is Raleigh-street, Nottingham, on Sunday morning, • married woman, named Mrs. Abel, having cut her own tongue out. It appeared that the woman had had a quarrel with her husband, and on the morning in question she rose about 6 o'clock, went downstairs, sod cut off as much of her tongue as she could reach, leaving the remainder shockingly healed. A surgeon was sent for, but after examining the wound he gave very little hope of her recovery. During the day she wrote on a piece of paper that, being unsuccessful in her search for her husbands razor, she had taken a knits to accomplish her object. She his five children. A lifiscuizvons Fox.—Captain Ohawner, who resides at Greatham Beene Hones, near Petersfield, had for amusement a fox chained up in the yard. Now it so happonied that reynard by some means or other escaped from his shackles, and set to work in the poultry yard, where he killed altogether 58 head of poultry, besides destroying • quantity of eggs. Having completed his task there, be padded his way to the farm adjoining, when he fell in with • fine ram belonging to Mr. Edward Chalocift, which he bit and worried so as to compel its being killed. Pug was caught in the act, and taken bark to duraoes-vile, to con over his freak at his leisure—Seism Express. VORACITY OF THE Pras.—k highly respectable resident of Lewes, who is ardently fond of piscatorial pursuits, has supplied us with the following account of the recent capture of a pike under very singular circumstances He was fishing up the Ouse a few days since and someeded in hooking a small pike, but as he was in the act of taking his prize from the water, another pike about 2 feet in length, seized it &nose the back and held on with such determination as actually to allow itself to be drawn completely out of the water on to the bank. and was thus captured. Our informant also states that the larger fish was lying on the grass for some seconds before it let go its hold. —Sumex Aden tun. The methodists have three hundred and thirteen clergymen in the Federal army, holding the following positions:—Colonel, 4, lieutenant-colonels 2, major I. captains 36, other commissioned officers 20, privates 10, cheplains 240. The Panama correspondent of the New York Herald speaks of a royal mail line of steam packets which is about to run between Panama and British Columbia. Barnum has got the smallest baby in the world at his Museum in New York. It is • boy, eight months' old, end weighing only 23 ounces. The child is well formed aid healthy. His hand and arm ma per through a man's Sugar ANL ROYAL FEIN HOSPITAL, CIILAY's-