The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-03 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

CLERIUSWELL.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THROUGH DIST/MS.—A SAD STOE7.
George Newton, a tailor, aged 66, ■ man who, although
decently attired, appeared to be in the greatest distress,
residing at 20, Little Camden-street, Camden-town, was
charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking a
quantity of poison.
From the evidence of Police-constable Sulky, 106 9, it
appeared that last night he was called to the above address,
and found the defendant in a dying state. He was informed
that the defendant had taken poison, and he at once
conveyed him to the workhouse, where the stomach
pump was applied, and the defendant was recovered.
The surgeon informed the countable that the defendant had
taken corrosive sublimate; and bad it not been for the
fact that the defeadaut had been attacked with vomiting
as soon as he bad taken the poison, be would most certainly
haveNost his life.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, said that he
was in the greatest distress, sad yesterday he felt in such
paiu that he could not stand up against it any longer. He
bad a family of five cuildren. Owing to want of work he
had been compelled to live noon • few shillings a week
that was earned by one of his boys. He was carry for
what he had dons, but would not do so again.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said that distress wan so reason why he
should attempt to destroy himself. He should remand
the prisoner for a weak to enable the polioe to make further
The prisoner, who appeared greatly distressed, was then
removed.

ANOTHER CAhE OF ATTEMPTED POISONLVO.
A respectably-attired woman, the wife of a mechanic,
baring an infant in Ler arms, W 44 neat charged with a
similar offence.

stable Brig.Tk, 195 G. said he saw the prisoner
in the street and found that she had taken poison ; she
said she had done it 1.-e.itimi she was afraid that she should
be scolded for not Lis hug her husband's dinner ready, at
the same time stating that her litudniod was a good man and
a kiad•hearted father.

The prisoner, who e-opressed contrition for ber offence,
Vra discharged at her litiLind's request, she promising not
to do such a thing again.

MA RYLEBONE.

DAZING PLATII 1088-E6Y-- lir-CH-171-TE-It-TZRRACZ, BZCZN/S-

PARE. -
Charles Thomas, r young man, who at the bar was eup-
ted by crutches, Las at... lost his left leg, was charge.l
before .Ir. Mam.field with the following daring robbery of
plate, at the house of Mrs. Eliza Berkley, a widow lady of
property, residing at No. 3.4, Chester-terrace, Regent's-
park, under the following circumstances
Jatoes Young, the butler, stated that about 6 o'clock the
previous evening he had Lid the table cloth for dinner with
a number of silver spoils, forks, He left the dining-
mom and shortly after he was alarmed by his son, who bad
left him only a few minutes before. Witness proceeded
to Cie to; m, when his son told him that • man bad
just left the room, with all the plate that was on the
table. They ran after and stopped the prisoner. Witness
asked him to prolwe the articles he had stelae. He
denied having been in the house ; he was taken to the hall
of the house, and he then produced several dessert and
other spoons, 101130 silver forks, &c. Sergeant Conway
I was sent for, and conveyed him to the station-house.
Jolla Young,. son of the above witness, said that upon
entering the dming.room ho saw the prisoner, who imme-
diately made his way nut of the window. He then called
up his father. Prisoner Lad obtained admission by the
window.

Mr. Mims&ll—What articles hes the prisoner stolen?
The tint witness stste,l six tsble spoons, four dinner
forks, and ewers' other articles, the value of which was
about Isl.

Mr. slnsfield—ls the p-isomer known ?
Sergeant Coe way said that he wished for a remand as he
believed the prisotier was concerned in many other similar
Nbberies. He had that day heard of one recently effected at
llarnpsteed.
The prisoner was remanded.

DEATH PRONI Dinerrrtmos.—Yesterday forenoon
Mr. H. Rallies Walthew, the deputy coroner for Middlesex,
hold an inquest at Bothoal.green, on the body of Thorns'
Williams, aged 66 years, a Spits Melds weaver. The widow
said that her husband and herself occupied one small room,
lad that their joint earnimns only amounted to as. 6d. per
week, mot of which they had to pay rent and purchase food
sod tiring. He latterly could only do a little at the
loom, and the work was very badly paid for. The
deceased had a dread of the workhouse. He bad, how-
ever applied for aid, and the guardians gave him le., •
quartere loaf, and to and sugar fur • month. He was than
told that they could do n 9 more, as he refused to go into
the workhouse. They then went op, little by little selling
elf their furoiture and bedding to purchase food. They
were also compelled to pledge their clothing a2d other
articles. The demised had been beard to say that he
would rather die than ho compelled to go into the work-
house. They then suffered very great privations. On
the afternoon of Wednesday last the deceased was
left in the room at his boot, nod when the wife returned
she found hin, leaning against one of the upright poste.
She asked him the cause, and lie said he was so weak that
be mild not do an, work. He sank upon the Boor from
weakness, and, with assistance trout a lodger, he was placed
on a mattress, but he expired shortly afterwards. The as.
mutant to Mr. 'Vandenburgh, surgeon, of Bethnal-green-
toad, „id that the decease.) had died from exhaustion and
the want of suflicient nourishment. The jury returned a
erdict in accordance with the medical testimony.
OPENING OF THE. NIDE VALLEY Ran.wjy.—On
Thursday. this hoe of railway which connects the Patoley-
mire dadriet with Leeds, Bradford. and Manchester, was
ening,' to the yobbo. The lion is linuilee long. starting
'rem junction, and passes by KillinehalL Deere
Auks, Billothwaite (for Hampdhwaite and Wreaks), and
l'ateley Bridge. It is laid with a single pair of rails, but
Round has bees nacre[ fora double pair if the traffic in-
creases so as to require it.

gt/IDAY. NOSID/T.
:Yong to N.N.X. to W.N.W., bosh to
N.W., and N.L, moderate strong.
to fresh, fine.
11111 AND.—W. to N. and S N.E.,
ntaierste to fresh. floe.
CZINTRAL—Y.W. to N. and LE.,

N.E to N.W., trash to strong.

X.N.E. to SAE., moderate to
treat.
NAL to 9.8. W., moderate,

moderate.
K. Coast —X.N.E. to S.X.,
fresh to moderate.
S. Emoirsiu.—Z.N.S. to 8.5. E., S.E. to S.W., fresh, rainy.
'Monate fresh.

The meetings of scientific societies for the ensuing
week are Monday, Entomological. 8 ; Royal lostitu-
tiou, 2—General Monthly Meeting ; Architects, B—Annual
General Tuesday, Horticultural, Fruit and Ronal Com-
mittee ; Ethnological, 8—" Commixture of Races of Man,
Europe," Mr. Crawford ; "Strength and Weight of Euro-
peans and Asiatios," Dr. Shortt ; " Peruvian Skulls," Mr.
Blake ; Royal Institution, 4—" Ancient Art," Mr. New-
ton ; Engineers, 8—" Sea Dykes of fileswig and Holstein,"
Mr. Paton; "Reclaiming Imo& from Seas and Estuaries,"
Mews. Oldham and Muller; Photographic, 8. Wednes-
day, Society of Literature, 81 ; Society of Arta, 13—Con.
remains' ; Geological, 8—" Labyrinthodons, Edinburgh
Coal-field," Professor Huxley; "Land Flora, Devonian
Period, N.E. America," Dr. Deena). Thursday, Philo-
logical, 8 ; Royal Institution, 3—" Chemical Arts," Dr.
Lyon Mayfair ; Royal. 81—" Inscriptions at Baalbec." Mr.
Hogg; Antiquaries, 81. Friday, Astronomical, 8; Royal
Institution, 8—" Irma," Mr. Fairbairo. Saturday, Royal
Institution, 3—" Agricultural Chemistry," Dr. Anderson.
Socirr FOR THE ENCOVRAORMENT OF THE FINE
Aare.—On Thursday emitting Mr. Henry ()Wee delivered
a lecture at the above society's rooms in Conduit-street, on
the "School of Painting in England" during the last century
(1782-1862), making particular reference to the interesting
historical series of works brought together in the Inter-
national Exhibition. He dwelt upon the importance of
an interchange of examples, experiences, and sympathies
between artists of various schools and natioualities ; and
after severely scrutinising the history of the British school
as influenced by the teaching of the academy, in conclusion
drew a favourable augury from the new and active ener-
gies displayed by a large and influential body of the young
and rising practitioners of the day.
THE LATE LORD LTTTELTON AT RUGBY. —HO, at
that time Mr. Lyttelton, was the ringleader in a good deal
of mischief at the school in his day ; but so clever and so
amiable that be met with considerable indulgence. He and
others tied up a young donkey one morniog in the doctor's
desk at school ; and Dr. James, on proceeding to lesson,
found the post of honour already occupied by this strange
representative. He must have either been ton much
moused to preserve his gravity, or have had remarkable
forbearance. ' Take the young doctor down, but don't
I hurt him," was all he said ; and the culprits seem to have
heard no more of it. Lyttelton grew rather too much for
1 the doctor at last, and received one of those notices to
quit which save the pain of expulsion. He carried himself
and his jokes to Christchurch, where Deem Jackson found
bias as pleasant and as troublesome as Dr. James bad. He
dreamed up the then existing " Mercury " in the built of
Tom Quadrangle in a cast-off wig and gown of the Dean's ;
to him, at least, the credit of it was given by Jackson
himself, on the ground that "no man in college
would have dared to have done it?' His insuperable
love of fun somewhat interfered, in later years, with the
due appreciation of his real abilities in the House of
Commons.-- B4ackrootis %swine for Msy.
RIFLED GDNR.—it is a symptom of good sense
in our Ordnance Department that, in the recent extensive
contracts for manufacturing cannon, rifled guns have not
been exclusively ordered. Rifled guns answer an excellent
impose in some eases, but they are not equal to the 10.
inch columbiads for crushing the sides of ships of war. It
has been ascertained from innumerable experiments that
while rifled guns deliver their conical shots at longer dis-
tances, and with more exactness than other guns, a spheri-
cal shot, from a smooth bore, does more damage is crushing
through a wooden ship, or is fracturing the armour of as
iron-plated vessel.—New York per.
POLAND. —Fwaonta DEATH.—The Brulas
Gazette report.' that a Jew of Similes, Poland, having W-
inked a soldier, was dragged to the guardhouse, and there,
by order of the commanding officer, so dreadfully flogged
that he expired under the blows.—Jewish Cteroniek.
AN AMIABLE Excuss. —We don't think that
Sterodele Bennett has a right to complain that Mr. Costa
will not conduct him, at the Issaiwatioa. Orals some-
times does not even know bow to conduct bizaself.—Poneli.