The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-02 00:00:00

WE.t4TMINSTEIt.

.ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

Jedin Uranium, • m•o •ppore•tly i• a very dejected
State, woo charged with makiug two attempts to cut his
throat at the Exhibition.

Pohiercousteire-474 X said that yesterday after-
t he found the defendant in the Exhibition evi-
dently suffering under great depression of spirits. Wit-
t= asked what was tho matter with him, to which
male oo reply, but said he should like to see
a Mr. Alcock. Witness fetched Mr. Mooch, when the de-
haulant shook heals with him and said, " Good bye."
immediately after thie the defendant drew • MAN emoonl
throat and fell on the ground. The knife but little more
tt, scratched him, but Le took another knife front his
Pcket and endeavoured to make • second attempt of the
lime description.
Mr. Ingham—What did you do with him?
Witness— I took him to the reserve room of the Ethibi-
Ino, and, having some reason to, believe that he had taken
poison, I sent for a doctor ; but it was his opinion that snob
was not the caw.
Xr. Ingham asked the accused what be had to say.
Defendant replied that he wss a tirst.chus porter at the
Exhibition had lately been in much trouble of mind
ceased by his having four children depending upon him sad
his wife laid up. Driven by distress he had bees induced
to borrow a shilling of one sod a ahilliog of another until
someone threatened to report him, and. Marion the eouor
'fleeces. he flew to drink, and was underlie influence when
he made these attempts.
A superintendent at the Exhibition stood forward sod
gave him a very good character. He considered defeodant
esomalingly well conducted, and had never heard anything
to his prepidiee.
Mr. Ingham salted if he had any friend present who
meld e take charge of Lim.
His wif said the would.
He we. than given into her charge.

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MR. LAING ON INDIAN DOTIESI.—In a letter to &
gentleman at klawlester Mr. Laing examinee at onsteider-
able learn the demand made by Lanombins for the total
repeal of the remaining import duties of 5 and 3t per
cent. on cotton goods and yarns imported into India.
He stigmata, in the first place, that the question at
stake, no far as India is coocerned, is not one of half a
million a year only, but of the whole customs revenue of
that country ; for, he asks, " unless some special rea-
son could he shown for exempting cotton goods and yarns,
low could other customs duties, as, for instance. on 'roe,
hardware. haberdashery, lon., be maintained ; and. still more,
how could export ditties he maintained on Indian pro-
duce r Bat, eves assuming that the remission asked
for would involve only the sum of 500,0001., how is the
I Indian government to make up the lops? It could only
be done by resorting to direct taxation, or by reducing
the European form in India. The former of these
!expedients would, he contends, excite discontent
lamoaget the natives, while it is necessary to maintain the
way at rte present etreeeth In order " to remove all temp-
tads, from unruly spirits in populous cities and in re-
r• *es diabrict a, and to give India what she most requires,
a pooled of perfect tranquillity, unbroken by even a
vesper of political Augers." The qusetiee, therefore, in i
Mr. Laing's *pinkie, is narrowed down to this : Can England
giveany equivalent which would make it worth while of India,
se • fair bininesslike arraosement. to make especial creep- !
Son in favour of Ecelish intereda by repealing
or reducing the import duties. lie thinks this is possible
and suggesta that " India might either reduce the import
duty on cotton fabrics from 5 to 2j per cent., if Englaud
would enable her to get the remeiohipt 30,000,0004
eamplete her railways at 4 instead of 5 per est., or
might repeal the duty altogether, if &gland would esrry
through some arraussent for the whole capital of
70,000.000/., by which the existing shareholders were in- duced to accept a guarantee of 4 per cent., with as imperial
endoreemeat, instead of one of 5 per out. from India alooe."
ELOrEltirr itt KINCARDINIRMIIM-011 Friday
afternoon a married wanes residing sear Johnshaven, left
her hose, taking with her her youngest child. an Infant
about these months old. As she did not return that eight
bee besiand made inquiry, and found that a young bad, a
little above 20, had abounded slug with her. They were
sees on their War to Fermium Statics, sad M inquiry heing
sods thus it was Sewed that they had taken oat ticket.
for Duals bet so got so iambs asoutiln of tbeir where-
abouts have been got. The wife has left five or six ddldren
behind bar.—artehia Adseiliar.

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