On Monday night, about nine o'clock, at a place called
Tyer's Gate- way, Bermondsey, a female suddenly pushed up the first-floor window of a house, and threw herself out. She was in a state of nakedness at the time, and the height from which she had fallen was consider- able; yet, to the astonishment of the passengers, she sustained no material injury. The fact of her jumping out under such circumstances induced a belief that she did it in order to escape the fury of her hus- band; but it turned out otherwise, for upon a policeman entering the room, he found no person there, but saw the body of an infant lying on the bed, from which the woman had just risen. The body of the child was still warm ; and, in consequence of the suspicious nature of the ciremnstances altogether, the woman was brought before the Magistrate of Union I NM She said that she had been drinking to excess on Easter Monday, and that she went to bed in a state of intoxication. Her child was in bed at the time ; and having fallen asleep, she had unfortunately lain upon the infant and smothered it, for when she awoke site found it loin: dead by her side. The fright had such an effect upon her, that Ow threw up the window of her room with the in- tention of dashing herself to pieces.
On Wednesday, Mr. Eden Green, occasional clerk in the service of Mr. Liddell, chemist, Grosvenor Street, West Pimlico, put an end to his life by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. He was respectably connected, and formerly lived as page in the service of the late Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord liuncannon, and other families of distinction. His faculties had become impaired by drinking, and his wife and family were reduced to great distress. On Wednesday, he sent his little girl for two ounces of laudanum, and, after kissing his wife affectionately, he went into a back room and swallowed the poison. Surgical assist- ance was soon after called in, but he died in six hours.
On Wednesday, a young man named Harrison hanged himself in Hutton Garden Police-office. He was a man of respectable appear- ance. In default of putting in bail on Wednesday, he was locked up in a cell at the back of the Office. In an hour afterwards, the gaoler went in, and found him suspended by a handkerchief from an iron bar, affixed to the ceiling to prevent any person breaking through. He was quite dead, and the surgeon said he must have been so at least half an hour.
Yesterday morning, a respectably-dressed elderly gentleman jumped from the steps of Waterloo Bridge, leading to the Commercial Road. He was taken up almost lifeless, and carried to the Feathers Inn, Waterloo Road, where he died i r a few minutes.
On Sunday, a poor woman of St. Anne's Court, Dean Street, was choked by a bit of meat st.eking in her throat. In the agony oc- casioned by the accident, slur endeavoured to push it down with the handle Of the knife with which she was eating; and in the attempt, so severely injured the gullet, as to render its extraction impossible. She died, in Middlesex Hospital, on the following morning.
On Wednesday morning, Mr. Smith, hosier, of Burlington Arcade, was found suspended to the gas-pipe in the area of his residence. As- sistance was promptly procured, but withoutavail.
An old bachelor, who resides in Acre Lane, Brixton, in order to prevent itinerant traders annoying him by knocking at the door to diS- pose of their wares, had affixed to his knocker a label to this effect- " The inhabitant of this house never buys any thing at the door. Hawkers, beware !" lie was dreadfully annoyed a few days ago by a loud knocking at his parlour-window; and on looking out, he saw two fellows with clothes-lines, mats, and pegs to sell. Throwing up the sash in a rage, he accosted .them thus—" Can you read ?" " Yes, master," said thehawker. " Then don't you see a notice affixed to my knocker that I never buy any thing at the door " To be sure we do, so we thought we would make bold and try to do a little business at the window." The fellow's wit pacified the old bachelor, who straight.- way made a purchase. Immediately afterwards he sent for a painter, and had the following addition made to his announcement—" Nor at the, window either."—Morning Chronicle.
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