The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-18 00:00:00

THE DISTEASS IN LANCINHIRII.

A meeting of the Executive Committee was held
at the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday. The Earl of
DEUIT 'presided ; and there were also present Colonel
Wilma Patten, M.P., Messrs. J. Platt, W. Rathbone, jan.,
R. Gladstone, T. .1. Stem, G. L. Ashworth, Hugh Mason,
H. B. Parnell, A. H. Heywood. J. Worrell, M. Roes, J.
Goodsir, R. H. Hutchinsoo, and J. W. Maclare, hon. sec.
The HOSOILLIT Swarms! reported that 1461. 12a 2d.
had been received duriog the past week, and that the
balance in the bank was 112,3261. 17s. Bd. No clothing had
been received or sent oat.

Mr. Fea.N.i.u. preowned his weekly report, which stated
that on the Bth inst. there was an increase in the number
of persons receiving parochial relief in 27 unions of the
manufacturing districts as compered with the number so
relieved in the previous week of 1,588.
The Hoe. Summer reed a petition from the operatives
employed on public works at the Grange Cemetery, and
stated that a deputation from them had bad an interview
with him on Saturday, on the matter referred to therein.
As it was desirable to obtain some information on the
subject, the consideration of the petition was deferred till
the next meeting.
The following grants were made from the general feud :
Newton Moor, 1(101. ; Tortola aed Edgeworth, 30f. ; Shaw.
forth, 801. ; broyleedao, dof. ; Oldham, 8001.; Ribcheetar,
, 204 ; Horst, 00/. ; Materiel*, 1001. ; Stalybridge for Mill-
brook 100 i.

SHOCKING MCII.DeIi Kant WINDSOR—A very
barbarous murder has just been discovered at Sunabighill-
wk, the seat of Mr. P. H. Ceutaley, near Ascot. On
Saturday afternoon a carrier, named Kentish, called about
half- t five o'clock at a lodge near the road leadin
S for the purpose of leaving some papery. This
lodge was kept by as old woman named Butler, who woe
about 70 veers of age. Os Kentish opening de door and
entering tie lodge he was much surprised and horrified to
find the old women sitting on the floor near the entrance
with her heed covered with wounds and streaming with
blood. On the earner making her what was the matter, she
was just able to utter a few exclamations of pain, and
became insensible. Kentish hastened to the adjacent
farm for orderable, and Dr. Hewitt, of Winkfield,
was Immediately sent for, but the poor old
woman had expired from the dreadful nature of the
injuries she had received. Thee* were three frightful cuts
on the back sad two on the top of the head. They had
evidently been inflicted with some blunt instrument, as
the cap which Mrs. Butler wore had not been cut through.
Sergeant Mansell, on receiving notice of the murder, sent for
Inspector Reece and Superintendent Irenioager, of the
Berke constabulary, who immediately went to the lodge
and minutely searched the premises in the hops
of finding some trams which might lead to the
arrest of the murderer. By the side of the body
of the victim was found a bunch of four
keys, mid a seal engraved with the letter " G." The poor
old woman, who was in the receipt of parish relief, bed a
lodger, • labouring man. This man gave a satisfactory ac-
count of himself during the day, he, in fact, being out at
work at the time the barbarous deed was perpetrated. As
Mrs. Butler was in very poor circumstances it is thought
the murder has been committed from motives' of malice and
not of plunder. Inspector Reece and Superintendent Ira
monger remained ape the premiss during the whole of
Saturday night, and from their inquiries suspicion has been
thrown upon a tramp who eras aeon in the neighbourhood
daring the day, and who is said to have insulted several
persons who refused to give him alms.
IIiGITLAIt Cass or Potamirao.—Yesterclay an
inquiry was held by Dr. Lankester, at the Green Mac
Tavern, Finchley-common, relative to the death of Emily
Ancient, aged three yews, who died through eating yew
tree berries in Fieekley Cemetery. It appeared that the
deceased was the daughter of the gardener to the afore-
mentioned cemetery, sad on Wednesday last she was with
her mother in the groups's, and was observed by the father
to eat one or two of the berries from an Irish yew tree, but
he then thought nothing of the circumstance. Shortly af-
terwards the mothered child went home and had tea, when
the child was taken with • kind of faintnesa. The mother
gave her • small quantity of brandy and other restoratives
which seemed to recover her, and she was then
put to bed ; a dose of castor oil being administered.
The deceased, however, relapsed into her former
alarming state when medical assistance was sent for, bat in
the meantime death ensued.—Mr. John White, tarpon,
deposed to being sent for to the deceased about half-pest
seven on Wednesday evening last, when he found her dead.
The postmortem examination plainly proved that death
was the result of poison. Is the stomach he found some
partly digested yew-tree berriee—from 20 to 50. He pro.
duoed some of the seeds, but many of them bad peened Into
the intestines. The busks sad seeds were nohow:am, but
not the flashy part of the berry. The stomach and
istee-
tines were patched and inflamed, showing the irritative
settee of poison, which was caused by the tree berries.—
Tim Cormier remarked that this was a very import's.
IN*, for yew trees were thickly pleated Is all the ostnet•-
riga, and by the fact becoming known that the berries were
poisosious, greater watch would be kept upon children by
those who had them wider their care while visiting such
gardens, and thereby • similar melasoboly inset be pre-
vented,—The jury returned a verdict of "Death by acci-
dental poisonieg."

1864.

Ml3l-)V3LIESEX SESSIONS.

Richard Goddard, 19, and Janes Ward 20, airmen, were
indicted for maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm upon
floury Spiking.
Mr. Cooper (Instructed by Mr. Wositner) prosecuted;
Mr. Collins (instructed by Mr. Abbott) defended the
prisoners, who pleaded guilty to the indictment.
The facts of this case presented some very atrocious con-
duct on the part of the prisoner. The prosecutor lived at
Bath row, Deltic°, and was muter horsekeeper to Messrs.
Waring, Brothers, contractors to the City branch of the
North London Railway, and the prisoners were in their
employ as cantles. The prosecutor had ocessiou to speak
to them on the subject of their neglecting their work, and
on Monday evening, the 26th of September, he met them is
Dalston-lane with three carte, and he 'eked them where
the driver of the other out was. They used some very
vulgar language towards him and threatened to pull him off
his horse. When they went to the yard, he handed to the
prisoners their discharge tickets and an order to receive
their money. Ward wanted to know what the ;Japer was ;
and the prosecutor told hlm that It was his discharge, upon
which both the prisoners collared him and began striking
him, and • strip& awned which lasted for about ten
minutes, during which they threatened to kill him. The
prosecutor at length made hi tempo and got into the
kitchen of his own house • but even here he was followed
by the prisoners. He took up a poker to futon the doer
with it, but the prisoners burst open the door and took the
poker from him. Seeing the deadly aseault they intended
he made his second escape, when he was followed again by
the prisoners, who struck him with the poker, and he fell
down insensible, and be remembered no more what was
dose to him, but on recovering his C 01306011110001 he found
himself in bed, at his own home, wounded all over, and
blood running from his legs, ears, and the back part of hie
head.

The As said he et with a more de-
liberately or 'sore aggravated case than this, for here the
prosecutor was knocked down ; be naturally attempted to
defend himself in the best way be could, but the prisoners
took hold of the poker and struck him on the bead with it,
and it wax • great mercy that he war not killed, and it wee
only through his having a strong constitution that his life
was saved. Not content with that, they gave him further
punishment, and the court would cot be doing its duty if
it did not pass a severe sentence upon them as a warning to
others. The sentence of the court upon them was that
they be each imprisoned sad kept to bard labour for two
VMS.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE

Mr. Oscar BrAnwwwappaared later y before Mr. Alder-
man Caner, who wee sitting for the Lord Mayor, in answer
to a summons taken out spinet him by Mr. Montague
Lamson, a solicitor, in Bishopegste, charging him with an

IClVontner. append for the defendant ; and Mr. Lever.
eon conducted his own cue.
The case arose out of a summoes which was heard at this
court some few weeks back, in which one Gustave Stores
was charged with usijuy, the alleged offence having
been contained in an 'Mont made by Steven. in which he
swore that a Mr. Frankenstein, who wee then about effect-
ing a composition with hie creditors, was about to leave
the country. It will be remembered that the affidavit was
made in the of los of Mr. Levenson, and Mr. Bredlaugli,
his managing clerk, together with Mr. Bailey, were
summoned, charged with suborniag Sloven to commit the
perjury, and the present defendant wee a witness for the
prosecution in that eau. The chugs. however, fell to the
ground. and according to Mr. Levenson's statement and the
evidence he gave on oath it appeared that since that time
he had bees subjected on several occasions to abuse from
Mr. Hohmann, and on the 12th inst. be was in the refresh-
ment room at !'creep's, and having partaken of what be re.
(*red he was about to pay for it, whom the defendant, who
was sitting at one of the tables, abused kim, of which he
took no notice. The defendant took hold of him by the
coat, sod tore it, and afterwards struck him a blow on the
back of the seek. He asked the waiter to fetch a policeman,
but as he did not, be went down stairs to the manager, and
returned with him up stairs, when the defendant again
Loaded him sod scratched his face in two places, and made
several kicks at him, but owing to his jumping back they did
not hurt him.
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la answer to Mr. Wontimr, the complainant said he re-
ceived a letter from him (Mr. Weenier) on the MOM Sep-
tember. The letter was put in and reed, the purport of
which was to ask Mr. Levenoo whether the following pare-
r/ph, which had appeared in several of the German papers
• The English crown solicitor, Mr. Montague Leversoo,
has informed us that ow Oscar Hohmann, there together
with one Simpson. has been 000deamed to swim yeem'
hard labour fur swindling goods from the Continent under
Misname of Dunbar and Co."—had ben written by his
(Mr. Levonon's) direction or authority ? The letter pro-
duced was his reply to that of ab.. Wontner's, which
wee to the effect, that out of courtry Mr. Lever-
soo answered Mr. Weather's letter, but he declined
to have any communication upon the cooteets of it. Hs
made no such omomunication no the Berlin suthorities as
that mentioned in the paragraph alluded to, nor had ha emit
any such communication to any ma. He had sent a oom-
munioatioo to the Berlin police. He had not called himself
the crown micitor. He would tell what his communica-
tion to the polies at Berlin was. After Heimann had given
evidence in the case against Stoves he applied to the German
police to know something of his antecedents. He informed
the Berlin polio" that the " Long firm " in this city who
were trying to obtain goods from the Continent were triLtli2
of under the firm Dasher and Co., and that • person
JUDOS Adolphus Simpson had been condemned to seven
years' hard labour by a tribunal in Paris for forgery, and be
informed them that Omer Ruhmaan had given evidence
in • caw, and it was important for him to know something
of his antecedents, as Stoves had bees " planted " on his
managing clerk by Simpson. His managing clerk had dose
something for a Mr. Lows. He had not received mousy
from Mr. Lowe to settle a claim, and had not done so. Mr.
Lowe had not been unable to get back his money. He was
not "out of the way " for some time. He was away
from business during a severe illness. His hotel bill at
Torin wen not yet nomad- He had stayed at an hotel in
Twin and had paid his bilL He had had businesa
with Simpson. The witness here said he would tell all he
knew of Simpson if Mr. Wostuer wished.
Mr. Wanner, however, said be had said rather more than
was discreet about Mr. Simpson already.
In ernitisuaboo of the cross-examination, Mr. Leverson
mid the paragraph alluded to was certainly inserted without
his authority. if. had DOI mot each a oommunication, or
empowered anyone else to do so.
Mr. Leversou called a witness, who in a massive corny.
boasted what he had stated with regard to tha assault an
Yuman* and be on crossmandeation by Mr. Woman., said
be Mr. Lemnos say Mr. Rubinson was wanted for for-
gery ; but that wee after he had taken hold of Mr. Lever-
eon's coat, After that the defendant became very envy, and
made a kick at him and scratched his few.
Mr. Wolin:air, on behalf of the defendant, said there were
certain iodignities which me might sutler of which the laws
of this country could take no cogs as in this case,
where a most scandalous and infamous li I was published
in a foreign country against a gentleman residing in Erg.
laud, and he had no redress, as the English law had no
jurisdiction. Bemuse Mr. Hillmans had had the misfortune
to appear as a witness for the mown in a case against Mr.
Location's managing clerk, this false and malicious para-
graph alluded to had gone the round of the German papers,
and it certainly distinctly stated that the information was
derived from Mr. Montague Lemma, of London.
Mr. Alderman Carter mid there was no proof that Mr.
Lemma had anything to with it, and he denied having
sent it or authorised it.

Mr. Wormer acquiesced in this, but he said that if that
were so, when he wrote to Mr. Levereon asking him if he
had ataborised it, if be had not dose ea he anticipated that
the proper mom would have hese to have unit back such
as explanation as *se ges gismo would do toaeother. instead
of which be had written in reply a moat eouidalous letter,
stating that out of courtesy he replied to his favour, bit de-
clined to eater into aoy explanation of the matter contained
therein, which he certainly could not help saying was any-
thing but a gentlemanly manner for • gentleman who was •
solicitor to answer another of the same profession. Mr. Rah-
mane, seeing inch a paragraph circulated in the pepsin in his
own country, where all his friends were, was naturally very
indignant, and sought an explanation through him (Mr.
Woollier), and upon receiving such • reply he did the wily
thing he could do, the English courts hawing no jurisdiction,
took Mr. Levinson by the coat in • public plane and gave
him a good shaking, and so mule him suffer an indignity in
that way. Be was sure the alderman would agree with
him that the provocation was very great, the greatest any
man could possibly receive, and when added to that Mr.
Leversoo had, as was agreed to by his own witness, called
him a forger, his temper very naturally got the better of
him, and he kicked at him.

Mr. Alderman Carter mud, as far as the facts of the osse
wenhe paragraph was certainly a very great provocation.
Still. Ruhtnann was not juatitied in taking the law into
his owe hands, and there was, 1110TOOVIf, no absolute proof
that the complainant had produced that paragraph, and he
himself iietirely denied having does so. He was always
willing to make some allowance for foreigners, as they were
perhaps sot well acquainted with the English laws, and
disposed to be !select to them ; but 10 the same time he
would not allow them, foreigners though they might be, to
take the law into their own betide, and commit a breech of
the peace inch as the defendant had bees guilty of. Be
had committed an assault upon the complainant, and he
should bind him over, himself in ICOI. and two sureties in
fill). each, to keep the peace for the 'woof six mouths.

BOW -STREET.
Two soldiers in the Midstream Guards, named Stereo
Spester sod Philip Pewter*, were brought up ia custody of
Sergemt Engels., 58 A, cdtarged with having committed a
rape on s young girl named Hannah Birdsey, girl under 15
years of age.
The ease, which promoted cfronmstaaese of peculiar
aggravation, had bee. takes op by the Society for the Pro-
tootles of Yam Fewalee, whose solicitor, it was under-
stood, would attend at the pert examination.

T preeecutrix basin a handkerehirf before her face,
Yr. Flowers asked the reason. She installed that about
six moat's, ago she had puisooed her mouth with an india-
rubber ball, is ocosequeuee of which her fare was mach
disfigured. She had hems Wording at tee dispensary in
Eerletrset, Illackfriars, to be treated for that remplasot.
She was there at about 4 o'clock es Thursday
last, and ce keying was arcested by the primmer
Sporn. Be said bar when she was gang. Bee segiied,

"I an gning borne." Ile thou sa!,l i.e would go with her.
She toltbhim she did not want Lin to go II It tl her. jb,
went on bandolier, however, the other prisoner and a scam
being with Lao. They were talking to bewail the is eking,
at the corner of the ow.opt, opposite the Victoria Theatre,
where they naked her to have some beer. The woin.e
west into a public-house and came out with a pot of beef,
which she offered to witness. Witnue drank a hale of
and immediately fell into a heavy sleep. When she cat./
to herself she was lying on a bench no the Greco park.
wit mused up by a polioemao, who turned her out of the
park. After she got home she found that she had bean ill-
treated. She had no recollection bow or when it wee done,
having been insensible from the effect of the drink, which
she supposed must have been drugged.
The proseentrix, in reply to Mr. Flowers, said she should
know the woman again. Whets sbe parted from the cocoa.
We the 'auk upon a beech, utterly unable to proceed. SUI
slept on the bench all day.
The mother said that the complainant had bees so much
injured that she was now unable to walk. She bad been
brought to the court in a cab. She bad been examined by
the surgeon to the society, who stated that sbe had Indere,'
some internal injury. He wee not now present but won!l
attend at the next examination. .

Mr. Flowers asked bow the prisoners b!k4 been taken?

The mother sold that on that morning (Monday) ;h;toci
her daughter to the Wellington &wracks, where she taw ,;,,t
the soldiers on parade, and she pointed out the prisoners
from the whole bettalioO.

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The prisooers they should be able to above that they
were is barracks at the time mentioned by the prosecutrix.
Mr. Flowers—Well, I bops you can.
. ..

They were then remanded fOr a week.
Sergeant Smith intimated that there wee a prospect a
apprehending the woman.

SOUTHWARK.
Stephen Henry Capon, • carman in the employ tf
Messrs. Chaplin and Home. railway carriers, was plead st
the bar before Mr. Burcham, charged with stealing • large
quantity of oysters from the van while proceeding to the
South Eastern Goods department, Bricklayers' Arms station.
The oysters were the property of • company, and litrd
being carried to a place near Kingston for breeding purposes,
as an experiment. They were therefore unfit for eating.
Henry Deeps, • memenger in the City Sewers-office,
said that on Friday arming he was passing alonz
the Grange-road, Bermondsey, when he saw one a
Chaplin and Horne's vans, driven by • lad, laden with
bags of oyster'. He turned round sod perceived the
prisoner on the top of the load opening some of the hags and
secreting them in • large sack which be afterwards conceded
at the bottom of the van. Witness followed him to the
Bricklayers' Arms station, when he told one of the railway
officials what he bad seen.

The Ate-keeper of the Bricklayers' Arms station said he
received information from last witness, and as the prisoner
was leaving the yard be banded witness as "empty card"
to pant. Witness stopped him and found under sore
taupaulin a sack containing a large quantity of oysters. He
then examined the bags the prisoner had left and he per-
ceived they bad been opened. Be consequently called the
attention of the superintendent, who gave the prisoner into
custody.
The prisoner, on being cautioned by Hr. Burcham. mid
that heinnfortunately took the oysters for bia own eating,
but he assured his worship that it was his tint °deuce.
Edward Francis, one of the foremen rn tLe employ cf
Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, said the prisoner had beet is
their service twelve months as carman, and be bore an ex.
collect character for honesty and sobriety. He had a wife
and family to maintain.
Mr. Burcham observed that the offence be had committed
wee a very serious one, and had the prisoner not been de-
tected some of the company's servants would have been ins.
petted, and most likely Innocent men thrown out of
employment. He should not inflict the full penalty of the
law, but he sentenced the prisoner to four months' hard
laboar at Wandsworth.

MARKETS.

LONDON WEEKLY DOCK
IMport4.l
800.0.—W. I. hMo an LOIS
Mauritius
La lain& bens 146.,64.9
Cheribou baskets
Manilla
Havana
Cuba bozos
I=Mnasorado 11
Do
Canis—W.L .. I
Do.. &
CuTion 404
Lo. brie. & bap 1,944
Mocha
Otbsr Dais packages 3,048
Do. do.
Brasil • Coots Iles II
0000 a bens 673
Forolgia
UN LAM
Do.
Lou, LI tons 1.114
SALIM= )(num 04
Foram tow 71

1,71 a
9.171
%ISO

1,396
3,038
he
%IN

50,669
256,619
147,174
7
111111,767
74.537
- r
16 9,13
16,711

1.70

HASS
36,371
mt. 7
WATS

2.07?
706

Laa

0,186
tH.610
'll4,

40,401
214707

TALWW.—The tallow_

33,t

-
114,214

8.612

ad.bii
40,03

41.7=
12.7 n

11,SU
MIN
10,1 en
27,414

svis
V.4*

40,t11

-
11.1106

16748

L.. keg! .tidy

to-day for all future periods of delivery, bat remiss
fiat on the spot, notwithstanding that the demand
Irma the trade is equal to a full average of thb time of
year. From Petersburg the market hi quoted quiet, at 36
to 36) silver roubles ; exchange 30d. Oar closing prices are :
—Spot, 41s. 3d. ; at scale, 41.. to 40s. 9d. ; December,
41.. 95. ; Jasper, to Mara, 43d. to 3d. ; March,
435. 3d.; Town tallow. 428. not ; 'Nouns sheep. 41a. to 6d. ;
beet 408.6 d.; North Anomie& 40s. 6d fine to 395. inferior;
South Anieticao, 41a. &I. to 428.. Ist pipes. Australian,
*beep, 41.; beef, 395. des, to 375. 6d. inferior. Cocoa-out ad
quiet ; Cochin, 335. to 375. 6d. ; CsyLst, 365. fid. to 36a;
Sydndy,33e., fla
ee to inferior and low. Palm od
stsaey 31..6d. fine La
go ; palm nut od, 305.-(From
the circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles, dated Monday
evening.)

001TON.—Lsozeroot„ Ocr. 17.—We have to report a
better demand to-day, with ajar better Woe is the market,
at Saturday'. prices. The sales are 8,000 bales, of which
4,000 are for export mid eplealatiom

WOOL AND WORSTED.—Basnrosn, Oar. IT. —The
slight improvement apparent at the aloes of the week is still
maintaloed today. A coasiderable quantity of wuol, par.
ticularly Liocoln hop, be. changed hands, and there is more
inquiry. There is little doing in other aorta. Prime era
decidedly Arm». The report of the cotton market, giving
the sales at 8,000 bales. tended to ioilasace the market
favourably towards the close. In worsted yarns there is
rather more doiag. There bas bees tome inquiry for an
lustre weft ; and • few orders bare been placed for weft of
that another. The piece trade is unanimity quiet, and
scarcely scything has been dooe. Prices are about the same
as last week.

CATTLE.—lrviagoot. Ocr. 17.—The :supply of stock
was much larger than on last Monday. The demand fair for
both cattle and 'beep at lower prices for the best deecrip•
tions ; middling and inferior dull and much lower.

COALfi—Losmoie. Ocr. 17.—Byar's Babied* Waal Hart
le ,19a 61.; HolywoU Mean, 194.;Tanfitild Hoor,lsa; Eden
Yam, 20s. 3d. ; Walls Ead Bell, 19a. tid. ; Walls Bad
Beaddylls Halloo, 20s. 9d. ; Walls Ead Hett00_,.....421.. 6d. ;
Walls End South Hottest, 21s. 6d. ; Walla Eod
21s. 3d. ; Walla End %allot% 20a. 9d. ;
Hartlepool, 21s. 3d.—Ships at market, 54 ; sold, 52.

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