The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-28 00:00:00

THE EXPIZESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1863.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER SUMMER MEETING.
WIDNESDAT.
Tim TRIAL STAU3 of 5 son. mph ; weight for age ;
penalties and allowances. One. rimed and a distance
(10 sulo.)
Mr. ?arom Twilight, by Mountain Dear—Dawn of Day,
aged, says
7lb (H. Orimshaw) I
Mr Osborae4 Flytrap, 4 yrs, gas lib (Whiteley, 2
Betting: 7to 4 oil Twilight. Woo by a leogth.
Tan CHESTEEPEILD HANDICAP of 5 SOTS. each. with 50
added. Winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Sarnuels Twilight, aged, GM Mb (Inc 31b ettra)
B. Orimahaw) 1
Mr. J. townie's Paddy O'Rourke, 3 yrs, Set .;Carroll)
Mr. K HuclileY's HYlinstad. 6 yrs, sat • BoaraCioutta) s
The following also ran : Jack sa-Alive and Holden Drop.
Betting : 2 to 1 apt Twilight, 3 to 1 apt Wynnstay, 4 to
1 agat Golden Drop and Paddy O'Rourke 5 to 1 apt .ba'k'es
Alive. Won by two length.; a length between mooed and
third ; a bad fourth.
THE SAPLING STAKES of 5 son. each, with 100 added ;
weight for age. Winners extra. T.Y.O. (21 maw)
Mr. T. strveus's Fisherman's Daughter, by Platonism
—12,1, est 1016 • Aldmott) 1
Foherts I by The Curs—Oldminsta's dam, litst Tlb
Mr. Merry's eby Saunterer—Calliope, Set 101 b (Hayward) S
The followiugalso ran —Lady de Trafford, Cutaway, PreMstp-
tion, Mantrap, and Lady KUmbeth.
Betting : 7to 4 apt okiminster's dam filly, sto 2 apt
Calliope colt, 4to 1 apt Fisherman'. Daughter. Was by
two lengths ; same distance between second and WO; a
bad fourth.
THE U5lOll Our (Handicap) of 200 son.' added to
sweepstakes of 5 soon. each ; winners extra ; mooed to Mr-
nerve 20 soya. One mile am a quarter. (64 'sallies)
31r. It. Wilkinson's Dictator, by the Came—The Queen.
6 yrs, Sat Sib (Doyle) 1
Mr. W. Timm:Ma Boreal* 3 yrs, est 101 b ta" 2
sir H. de Trafford ad Comet, yrs, est 91b (W teley&la
The following alto ran —Bernice, tkpa Flyaway, by
O'Rourke—Birthday. Patrick, Oberon, Misfortune, Yanlaron,
Manuion, and Trust.
Betting : 3 to 1 apt Cape Flyaway, 5 to 1 apt Borealis,
7 to 1 each apt Comet and Dictator, Bto 1 each apt Truat
and Birthday filly, 10 to 1 each apt Patrick and Misfortune,
14 to 1 asst Beillaol, 20 to 1 apt Oberon, 50 to 1 apt
Marmioo. Won by • length ; same between second and
third ; • bad fourth.
Tax PHILLIPS HANDICAP of 60 toys.; winners extra.
About 5 furlonp.
Mr. C. Peck. jun.'s Bernice. by Mockwell—Braney,
5 Era, hit lib
Mr. Jackson's Lary Louisa, 5 yra. istl2lb (Doyle) 2
Mr. Kenyon's Lord Dundreary, 3 yrs, eat... (Tomlinson) S
The following Mao ran :—Lbontes, Key the Date, Cutler,
Gaiety, Mountain Back, and Stella.
Betting : 2 to 1 apt lady Louie", 7 to 2 agst Stella, 5 to
1 each apt Mountain Buck and Bernice. Won by a neck ;
a bad third.
Tao Mao= PLAT' of 50 son. ; weight for age; allow-
moss. One toils and a quarter.
Mr. C. Peek's Venison, by the Fallow Boek—Blaek-eyed
ftsan, yrK est illb (Crouch) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Ferdinand, 3 yrs, 7K(crdallattlib) (Carroll/
Mr. Wilkins's Betsy Copeland, 9 yrs, Set 111 b (Maroon)
TM following also ran The Fawn, Sweeteake, and De-
conitizin
g: sto 4 Vecison, 3to 1 apt Ferdinand, 4to 1
sgst Betay CopMEn& Woo by half a length ; same between
second and third.

ASCOT MEETING.
TX:MS.OAT.

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Tax AscoT STssis of 25 soya oath, 15 ft, and sif de-
clared, with 200 added ; winners extra. Two miles and •
half. (51 subs., 33 declared.) The highest weight accepting
being Bat Mb, it has been raised to Bst 1218., and the others
in proportion.
AP et lb Age 4 1b
Bedouin
luvesinvent
Hellman 5 9 Bandage 4 10
Canary a 9 The Mover 3 7
Knatalord 6 7 Eonuovol/
Gone 6 2 Oskapple
Ohlruinster
The Knave 4 0 &obi ympli 1 2
Beo. to Rapid Biter 4 IS Conical
Rubicon (In. 718 ex.) 6 10 Indolence
Captain Crow

Tin Row. Holt CUP, mime 200 soft. by sabeetiptlea
of 10 move. each, with 100 added : winners extra. New
mile. (77 Babe.)
his• et lb Age Bt ib
Queen of Tromps.... 4 7 Turco.
Lactates 4 1 CatobAnn•Alive .... 4 6 1.3
Wings-aye
Carisbrook 4 12 Dnekitd
Feu de JOl 4
Umpire
Argonaut
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TIViteDAY.

Tam BBOOT Cu,. Talus 900 som., by subscription of 20
sows. each, with SOO added from the ford; weight for gs
About two miles mod a half. (98 subs.)
Aes AV
Carisbronk AV 4
lsznicoton
Fort Mays!
Hemp:mile 4 The Plover
tby Y. Melbourne Blackstone
—Mall of Mao- Baldwin 3 The Tartar
bam
Anonyms 4 Eleanor $ Hurricane
Ben Webster .... 6 Canary 3 Carbineer 6
The Marquis .... 6 Zealand 4 Trojainui ..(paid) $
Caller On 6 Lord Chides .... $ Odra the Flrattpd)

tab) Intelliptut.

BAIL COURT.-MAY 27.

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Mins at Nisi Prins st Westminster.— (Before Mr. Justice
Mellor and a Common Jury.)

SULLIVAN V. BOOTH. -LEMIET V. SAKI.
Them were two actions for negligence. The defendant
pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Hensley and Mr. Jacob were counsel for the plain-
tiffs ; Mr. Edward James, Q. 0., and Mr. J. Brown were
counsel for the defendant..
It appeared that the defendant is a stone merchant and
pavior, and had purchased some of the old materials of the
premises in BungerfordAnarket, and Sullivan, the plaintiff's
late husband, and Leahey, were employed by him
is demolishing the buildings for the removal of
the materials, and it was in the course of the work that the
accident happened which resulted in Sullivan's death (leav-
ing a wife and three children), and the injuries of which
Loamy complained. It was one of those lamentable acci-
dents which unfortunately too often arise, and, as is usual
in these actions, the evidence was of the mast oondicting
character, the minute details of which would require greater
space than the case would warrant The case was opened
on Tuesday morning, and occupied the whole of to-day.
r The questions for the jury to decide were—fird,
bad there been personal negligence proved against the
defendant in knowingly not selecting competent • us
to do the work ; and, secondly, whether he given
instructions or interfered personally in the conduct of the
work.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in both
actions.

TIM NISI PRIGS SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL.
Mr. Justice Mellor gave notice that, in oonseepietme of
one el the Queen's Bauch judges being required in the full
court on Friday, to bear appeals in the Divorce and Matri-
monial Causes Court, end also owing to the preparations
that were being made at Guildhall for the reception of the
Prima and ninnies of Wales, there would be no in term
Queen's Bench nisi prim sittings at Guildhall.

ducted himself most etrangely and in a violent manner,
and was not fit to be Wargo.
Mr. Woolrych directed Greenfield to procure assistance
and convey the unfortunate man to the new workhouse of
the Stepney Union, at Bromley, and all the attention of
the oaken of the union to the csee. Be had no doubt the
man was deranged and wanted looking after.

WANDSWORTH.
Geoff" Midas, a sanctimonious•lsoking young man,
with a shaven face, was dully examined before Mr.
Ingham, on a charge of stealing several articles of silver
from the altar of the chapel, the property of the Rev.
Alfred Weed, the superior of a Roman catholic educational
establishment at Mamie& House, Roehamoton.
The Rev. Walter Clifford, one of the superiors, said that
on the night of the 9th Patent he found the front part of
the altar taken down, and it rested agaMst the side. It
opened by • spring, which would be unknown to an
ordinary person. A cupboard or tabernacle over
the altar had been opened, the key of which
bad been taken from • table drawer in the chapel,
where it was usually kept. He missed from the taber-
nacle a silver gilt chalice and a silver gilt dish, which
were kept in a white silk bag. The prismsr was at the
establishment about a week up to the Saturday before
Easter. He slept in the cottage and attended in the
chapel, and had the opportunity of knowing where the
chalice and the dish were kept. He (witness) valued the
property missing at about 51.
The prisoner was proved to have been on the premises
'holey before nine o'clock by some of the Rev. Mr. Weed's
servants. He passed through the gate and returned about
ten minutes afterward.. His' coat was buttoned up, he had
his head down, and his hands in his side pockets. Some-
thing white was seen sticking out of his pocket, lint which
one of the witnesses thought at the time was primer's
pocket handkerchief. The prisoner walked away, and was
not seen afterwards until he wan apprehended on West-
minster•bridge on the 12th inst. The Rev. Mi. Weed
c the prisoner with robbing his chapel on the Sitar-
d=re, to which he replied that he was in London at
the time.
The prisoner denied the charge for some considerable
time, but ultimately be pleaded guilty.
Mr. Ingham said he could not overlook the cue, and sea-
fenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment and bard
labour under the Criminal Justices Act.

Police-constable W. Keeley, 48 DI, was called in by Mr. t
Marsh, who desired him to fetch Dr. Hart. He west to
Mr. Lidbetter's house, and saw the woman and the boy in
the bedroom in the state before described. He was search-
ing for the knife when he found on • chair at the foot of
the bed, under some man's sloths, • shirt stained with blood.
There appeared to be the marks of • woman's fingers in
blood upon the left breast of it.
Polioe.oonetable Marsb,92 M, proved going, from informs,
lion received at the station trom Inspector Mclntosh, to
28, Borough-road. He searched the room, but finding no
imarument, went over to the prisoner, who was standing by
• cab opposite Mr. Pugh'. shop, Witness told him that he
had come to search him for the iestrumeat that the deed
was committed with. He told him that it was a razor, and
that it was in the front room. He went back to the front
room, and found on the mantel shelf, amongst some
ckim-
sey ornaments, a rasor marked with blood. There was also •
large old-fashioned carving knife on the table amongst some
papers, with something like a finger mark of blood near the
handle.
Mr. Richard Davey, house surgeon of Guy's Hospital,
dated that the young man was brought to the hospital on
Monday morning, the 25th of May, with his throat cut.
Them were no large vessels injured. The windpipe was
divided in two plasm. The patient never rallied, and died
on the 26th of May, from bleeding and shock consequent
upon the injury. The gullet was cut scram
Alfred Henry Lidbetter, eon of the accused, residing at
1, Earl-street, Southwark-bridge-road, cabinet bar fitter,
was called, and stated that the murdered woman was his
stepmother. Size was about 58 or 59 years of sp. He bad
• half-brother earned Daniel Grey Lidbetter, aged 16 last
January. He had not seen either of the bodies.
Mrs. Butter was recalled, and stated that she had no
doubt that the murdered woman and boy were the wife and
sou of Mr. Lidbetter. She identified the shirt stained with
blood as one belonging to Mr. Lidbetter.
Inspector M'lntosh, of the if division of Metropolitan
Police, confirmed the evidence of police-unstable Marsh as
to the finding of the razor in the place where the prisoner
bad stated it to be. The charge having bean mad, and the
usual caution given, the prisoner said, " I have nothing toot'"
The jury at once returned • verdict of " Wilful murder"
against Thomas Lidbetter._

Soon after the night charges had been disposed
of at the Southwark Police Court, the unhappy man was
brought up for further examination. He wee conveyed
across from Horsenionger-lane Gaol to the cells at the rear
of the police court at an early hour, and kept under the
close surveillance of two constables. About 10 o'clock he
was visited by his now only son, the one who had gone on an
excursion on the morning of the murders. The prisoner
seemed quite rational, and talked over his affairs, giving
orders about some tools belonging to one of his workmen.
As soon as the prisoner was ushered into the dock be looked
round the court rather anxiously, and minted himself. Mr.
Wontoer was retained by his friends to watch the ease on
his behalf. The chief clerk, addressing the prisoner, told
him that since his last examination his eon had died, and
now he was charged with the doable murder. In oonsequesos
of the inquest not having been held, the magistrate had
directed him to be farther remanded.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT MILLWALL—The body of a
woman lying in a pool of blood, with her throat cut, was
found in a small home in Thome-West, Mfilwall, on Mon-
day afternoon. A rope was found by the body, and the
woman's neck bore marks of strangulation. as if • rope had
been mediae that purpose. A razor was also found in the
room. On the discovery of the body search was made
through the house, and in the yard the deceased's children,
who were all of • tender age, were fouled. On further in-
quiry it was ascertained that the unfortunate dammed was
the wife of John Brown, a foreman shipwright, and that for
some time put the deceased and her hustand led a most
unhappy life from intemperance on the pert of each.
The husband's account of the matter is that be left his
house on Monday morning, at 9 o'clock, after having had a
quarrel with his wife, during which be had eerionaly in-
formed her that it was his intention to leave her, and did
not see her again until she was discovered by her son. On
examination of the body it was found that there were several
stabs which must have been inflicted about • week previous,
nod that, although there were sigma of strangulation, yet
death resulted from the out in the throat.
the inspector of the K division, Poplar, ascertained on
Tuesday rued that the deceased had been cruelly
ill-
taeated by her husband on Monday, the 11th instant, when
he returned home in • state of intoxiution. He seised a
liable-knife and stabbed her in the abdomen and in other
parts, from which blood flowed copiously, but • medical
Yentas being called in, the wounds were dressed. and
remained in bed for several days. The elder coy
his Node the following atatiement to Inspector Burs •—"
minima from my work shortly after me o'clock, and. found
Nun strest-door open. I went into the front parlour to seek
fee my mother, but I could not find her. I saw that the
children were playing in the bank garden ; and just at that
moment my father cams in to dinner. He appeared to be
sober. He said, ' Where is your mother? I replic ' I
think she has gone out.' He said, 'Go and look up stairs.'
I then ran up into the back room on the first floor, and saw
my mother lying dead on the floor, in • pod of blood.
I rushed down and exclaimed, ' Oh, father, mother is
upstairs with her threat cut.' My father ran up with me,
sad on entering the room be picked up the razor, and sud-
denly threw it down again on the hearth, exclaiming,
Curse the thing.' The handle then broke into several
Meow. I ran for Mr. M'Andrew, the surgeon, but my
mother had been dead some considerable time." Mr.
It'Andrew made a more minute examination of the body
yesterday morning, and the wound is not, as described, •
hirge cot from ear to ear, but, on the contrary, it is • stab
wound in the side of the neck, completely dividing the
carotid artery, and must have produced instantaneous
death. There were several marks of stab-wounds on various
parts of the body nearly healed up. An inquest was held
by Mr. Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, yesterday after-
noon, when the jury returned a verdict that donnas& met
her death by violence, but by whom inflicted there was no
evidence to show.
THE DANGER OF ARSENICAL PAPER lIANCIIICOS.
Mr.Carttar, Coroner for West Kent, yesterday held an inquiry
at the Prince Alfred Tavern, Raglan-road, Plumstead, into
the circumstances attending the death of a boy named
Thomas Dednian, aged flee years, the sou ri an artisan re-
siding at Hodson-road, Plumstead. It appeared from the
evidence that the deceased expired somewhat soddenly on
Saturday last, having been in the habit of sleeping with
two other children of the same family in a room the walls
of which bad recently been covered with green paper. The
other children are very seriously ill, and Dr. Wise gave
evidence to the effect that in his opinion the deceased had
bun poisoned by inhaling the sneak used in the prepara-
tion of the green paper. The jury returned • verdict to
that effect.
ACCIDENTAL Poison/tn.—Dim Wood, the wife of
Captain Thomas Pattison Wood, late of the 29th Regiment
of Foot, has just met with her death under very melan-
choly circumstances. The deceased lady, who was only
21 years of age, bade bn staying at Rusthall, near Tun-
heidge Wells, with her husband, and had been confined
about eight weeks ago. Early on Saturday morning she re-
quested her maid, Elizabeth Stove, to give her some of
DI inn,' ord's fluid magnesia, which was a medicine she was
in the habit of taking. The bottle containing the mixture
stood on • shelf along with several other bottles, and the
maid unfortunately took one closely mumbling it, but con-
taining Barnett's disinfecting fluid, a quantity of which she
poured out and gave to her mistress. Immediately
on swallowing it Mn. Wood experienced • hot, burning
isatation, such as she had never felt before, and which
she remarked to her maid. This induced the latter to
examine the bottle from which she had taken the mixture,
and the mistake was then discovered, but as it was not at
first deemed • serious matter no alarm was felt, and some
simple antidotes were resorted to. The unpleasant symptoms
increasing, however, two medical men were ultimately sent
for , by whom the usual remedies were applied, but without
success. After suffering great pain and sickness the unfortu-
nate lady expired about midnight on Sunday. At the in-
quest, which was held on Tuesday, the jury returned • ver-
dict of " Accidental poisoning." accompanied with a strong
expression of disapprobation that • mixture of so poisonous
a nature should be sold without being labelled es poison,"
and they requested the coroner to communicate this present-
meet to the agents for the male of Burnett's fluid disinfectant.
A RoV SHOT BY A VOLUNTEER.—An accident of
a singular and somewhat swim nature occurred on Whit.
llouy to a little boy, twelve years of asee, named Edwin
Unman, during a volunteer parade on the Leicester race-
wane. On the afternoon of the above day the town and
county companies of the Lekestershire Volunteers, under
the command of their COlOll4l, assembled on the previously
mentioned ground for battalion drill. When they com-
menced firing blank cartridges, a number of boys, of whom
Johnson was one, approached too near them, for the pur-
pose of picking up the broken gun cam.. After
several volleys had been fired, the little boy in quo-
tion was sitting down on the grass • short distance in
front of the men, when he wax shot in the bead by
something discharged from one of the rifles of the volun-
teers, and which caused him to reel over. He was
at once picked up, and the surgeon of the regiment, Mr.
Fullager, who was on the spot, attended him. He was
found to have received a very severe and ragged male wound
(which bled profusely), caused by a portion of • gun-cap
which had phased through the lad's cap, and lodged Dear
the top of his head. This was extracted on the spot, and
the little sufferer was conveyed to the infirmary, where he
was attended by the house surgeon, Mr. Roger., and in the
course of the evening taken to his own house is Asylum,
street, where we are glad to state he is morees!et favour-
ably towards recovery. The foment opinion is that the
volunteer to whom the accident is attributable. when re-
moving the discharged "cap." after the preceding volley,
got a minim of the cap attached to his finger, and that
when loading his gun with blank cartridge, the smell par-
ticle by some mesas or other got into the barrel %manatee&
INFANTILE MORTALITY IN KNOLAND.—Tho fol•
lowing commenicattoe to the Medical Times and Garet" by
Thome. Must, IN.. medical Alcor of health to the popsies'
districts at Moonebury and St. Mies. describleg the
safest, and most effectual mesas of niatutelninsixesslig
the health of infants, will be read with In
badly nourished Infanta Dr. de Jamb's •ht-Hrowit Ml Liver
Coll it Invaluable. The rapitUty with which two or Rune tea.
spoonfuls • day will Wien a young eldld le esleakidag. The
weight gained is three times the vele* of the eil evrellerred. see
more ; and as children generally like the taste of lir. de Jcssiee
Oil, and when it to glean them often ay for snore, tt
t there were loom preened of deliverance tor the appamsg
multitude of children who
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