The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1863.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

SOUTHWARK.
THE COUNTRYMAN AMONG THE SHARPERS.
John &rine, a welldressed man, was brought before Mr.
Beacham, charged with being concerned with two others
not in custody in defrauding Frederick Dodson out of 81. in
the Baltic beer-house, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road.
The prosecutor, an elderly man, said that he was
a builder and undertaker, at Thames Ditton. On
Thursday morning he came up to London, on bad-
ness, and about ll o'clock, while proceeding along Holborn-
hill, a respectable-looking man mine up to him and asked
him to direct him to the Marlsle-areh. Not knowing the
locality, he referred him to • lad who told him, and as wit-
ness was going towards Oxford-street he said he would
accompany him a little way. The stranger then said he
came from Liverpool on Weiner and on the way witness
asked him to have a glass of ale. They went into a public
home and witness paid for a pint of ale, and while they
were drinking, a man like a farmer came in and asked about
the theatre& He said he had a deal of money left him
lately, and that on the. previous evening he had
been with a lady and promised to meet her
that morning at the Welsh chapel, asking witness where
it was. He told him he did not know, and referred him
to the publican. The stranger then exclaimed its a care-
less sort of manner "that he did not care much about
her as he had plenty of money. He bad lost money at
bagatelle last night, bit he knew he could get 15 by the
side ball." The first man said to him, "I'll bet you 51..
you don't, and then they agreed to go and play it out,
asking witness to accompany them to see fair play. He
consented, and they crossed over Waterloo-bridge and en-
tered the Baltic Coffeehouse, Stamford-street, when
they commenced playing at bagatelle. The prisoner
then joined them, and witness bet 'two sovereigns
on the game, which ha soon lost, as well as a third.
He was induced to bet 51,, all he had, against the
second man's ten, and all the stakes were placed in the
lrisoner's hand. He soon lost that, when the first man
eft them suddenly. The second man said, "Come out
with me, and we'll follow him and get your money back."
As soon as they got out of the home two detective officers
came up to him and asked him if he had lost some
money, and while he was telling them that he
had the seocnd man ran off. Witness, accompanied by
the detectives, returned to the beer-shop, and caught
the prisoner just as he was about to make his escape, and
he gave him into custody.
Sergeant Walter Holmes, 3 F, raid he was on duty
in private clothes, with Ackrill, of the same division,
in Holborn, on Thursday morning, when be saw the
prisoner watching about, and follow the others to the
bear-shop in Stamford-street. Knowing them all to be
sharpen, he followed them, in company of Ackrill.
and as soon as the prosecutor left the beer.shop he asked
him if he had lost anything. On being told be had been
fleeced out of 81. he returned with him to the house, and
took the prisoner into custody. On searching him he found
the fif. and several flash notes. Witness asked for a remand,
to enable him to apprehend the prisoner's companions.
Mr. Burcham accordingly remanded him until Thursday
next.

SHOCKING SUICIDE BY STRYCHNINE
THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT IN LOVE.

A case of suicide by a young woman through
blighted affection, which has crested extraordinary interest
and excitement in the quiet district of New Shoreham,
has been resumed and concluded by Mr. Gen, the local
coroner.

--The farts, as disclosed in evidence, appeared to be these.
Mies Jaws Herbert, aged 19 years, the daughter of a shop-
keeper at New Shoreham, fell in love with James
Jupp, a labourer. Her family strongly objected to the
affair and Mr. Herbert stated to Jupp, in preemies
of hisdaughter. that he never would permit the match,
sod that he would prefer following her to her grave to seeing
her married to him (Jupp). Jupp, in his evidence, stated
that demand in one of her letters, said that her father had
distinctly threatened to murder her if she held any WM-
poodenee with him. All this made a profourd
im-
preesioo cm the unfortunate deceased, and she became quite
despooding. She got a friend to purohase at a chemist's
two packages of "Butler's Vermin Destroyer." On last
Friday week she kissed her father and went to her room.
The next morning she was found lying on her beck, with her
eyes open. Her father said, " Get up, my girl •, your eves
&rooms d —why do you not answer me !" He then found
she was ecd.

Dr. Fidler said that he was called in and found deceased
deed, with all the symptoms of death from strychnine. She
was on her back, the arms bent, the hands clenched, and
extraordinary rigidity of the joints. There was
extensive extravagances of blood in the neck, and
,the monolog had the appearance of having been
bruised. There wee a quantity of green peculiar
looking fluid in the stomach, and there was
a cup in the mom the dregs in which presented the same
appearame. A police-sergeant found two empty sixpeeny
packages of " Butler's Vermin Destroyer." That poison was
believed to °retain strychnine, which would amount for
the peculiarity of the death. Under the mattress
wee found a pocket-book, in which were some
letters One of them ran u follows—" Tell James Jupp
I em goes where he told me to go. He is the cause of this,
but I freely forgive him. Tell him I wish him to me my
remains laid in the grave, where I shall rest in peace."
Mr. L. Herbert said that when he celled on Jupp, and
told him the girl was dead, be was greatly affected, and
bebegan to cry. He said to Mrs. Herbert, when she showed
es n body, " This dear girl ought to have been my wife,
and this would not have happened ; but you wanted to
give her to a man that was not worthy of her."
At the resumption of the inquiry the coroner summed up,
and remarked upon the rodaecholy nature of the case.
The jury rotund a verdict " That deceased poisoned
herself by taking remain powder, which contained strych-
nine ; bet what gate of Wad she was in at the time there
was no evidence to show."

In the defeat which the government suffered in
the House of Oommces last night their (Heeds assisted
very liberally. Of the 113 whose names appear in the divi-
sion list this morning, am having voted for Mr.
Pensockes motion, at least 80 are miuisterialista. Mr.
Peacocke's motion was that an humble address be presented
to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will be graciously
pleased to give directions that no sales, to facilitate enclo-
sures, be made of Crown Lands or Crown Forestal Rights
within fifteen miles of the metropolis.
DEATH OF LADY 0. B. SPARROW.—The death
of this respected and venerable lady took place on Thurs-
day morning. about 8 o'clock, at Brampton Park, after •
tortnight's illness, from pleurisy. Her ladyship, who on
account of her charitable acts will be greatly missed, had
arrived at the advanced age of 88 years, she having cow-
plated her 88th year last month. In consequence of her
death a 000aiderable change is anticipated in the locality in
which she lived. We believe that the Brampton &tate
comes to the Duke of Manchester, her ladyship's grandson.
Her remains will ha deposited in the family vault in Bramp-
ton church.—PeterborospA Advertiaer.
DZATH or MIL Joint MALL Wurow.—The last
Artralian mail has brought us the intelligence of the death
of Mr. Jobs Hall Wiltoe, the well-known theatrical agent,
who wee found dead in his bed at filidaey on the 18th of
December last. Mr. J. H. Winos will be remembered as
the negotiator of some important musical and dramatic
aegigementa. He first visited America with the Sax-
horn players in 1848 ; and in the winter of the
year following Barnum engaged hint to go to Europe
to secure the famous soogstresa, Jeney Lind. His successful
management of this enterprise induced him to undertake
others of • similar kind, and Mr. G. V. Brooke and other
eminent sten entrusted to him the orstaaiaation of their
tours in various parts of the world. He travelled thou-
sands of miles every year, and about three years ago had
a marrow maps of his life in a shipwreck, when he lost
all hie papers and the diary of • life which he had in-
tended to publish. He left England to revisit Australia in
the loginuing of last year.—Eris.
BIND'S Coultas, LONDON.—At the usual meeting
of the council held on Friday, the 13th inst., the Rey.
thrall/ Load.* ILL, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford,
and Assistant Preacher of Lincoln's-inn, was elected Pro-
I' lessor of Cleaned Literature, in aucceision to the Venerable
Archdeacon Browse.

SPECIAL SERVICES, WESTMINSTER ABBSY.—The
Special Sunday Reusing Ssreioes in Westminster Abbey
will comnasece on Sunday, Feb. 22, being the first Sunday
in Leak whoa the sermon will be preached by the Rev.
Lord John Throne, sub-dean of Westminster ; on March 1
by the Bishop of the Orange River • and on March 8 by the
Rev. Dr. Moberley, head master cieWineheater.
COLLISION ON THE Rinaa.—Yesterday morning,
about 3 o'clock, a very serious collision took place in the
Lower Hops, three or four miles below Gravesend. The
brig Sceptre, Captain Stevens, frornMiddleaborough, bound
for London, had brought up on the lower side of Lower
Hope or doalhouse-point, in the course of the previous
evening, and was riding at anchor at the hour above-men-
tioned, where a large steamer, which afterwards proved to '
be the ironscrew steamship Scotia, from Dundee, was heard
approaching. It is dated that the watch on board the
brig hailed the steamer, and the latter made some effort to
clear the collier, bat the distance between the two ships
was so short that it was impossible to avoid a collision.
The Scotia, whets she came in modest with the Sceptre,
cut her down below the water line. The Sceptre Imme-
diately began to fill, sod in a very short time sunk. Three
of the crew who were below at the time are supposed to
bare been killed as they lay in their berths by the stern of
the steamer entering the vessel Another collision co-
aimed on the morning of the 11th. The collier brig
Elizabeth. of Blyth, and the bark Beam, both bound for
London, were steadies up long-reach when they came is
collision' and such was the injury sustained by the Elisabeth
that she shortly went down, bet happily the CFO', were
eared. The Conservancy Bided has taken the necomery
precautions to protect the wain shipping from foaling
these sunken wredm.
SPORT IN CALIFORNIA.—TWO sportsmen, named
Lester and Beckwith,shot in one day, is December last,
within a few miles of San Francisco, 520 teal ducks, 70
pigeons, 52 spooabille, 32 plover, 42 snipe, sad 66 geom.—
. PO WOW Star.