The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-05 00:00:00

CONFESSION OF A MURDERER.

PLYMOUTH, WIDNIIIIDAY.
In 1862 an old widow woman, named Mary White,
residing alone in the villege of Nihau, in the parish of
Backland Monachorum, about five miles from Plymouth,
was unordered in her bad, by her throat being cut. At fires
suspicion fell on her grandson, who, with bis father, lived
in a mill adjoining the old woman's caftans; hut after a
long sad patient lequiry before the coroner, a man named
Th.mas Corber, • botcher, was committed on the charge of
wilful murder. Collier was known whims borrowed money
of Mrs. White, and mad* several payments shoat the time
of her death. The grand jury at the Devon County
Assizes ignored the bill, and Corber wee discharged, and
has sines returned to Milton, where he still resides.
—Yesterday a rumour went &brood that a Marine in the
Military Prison, Davenport, bad confestet to having takes
part with Corber is the murder of Mary White. The man
in question is aimed James Craze, and he has been confined
in the Military Prison for several weeks, having enlisted
into the Marines, and being retounised was apprehended es
&deserter from the Royal Artillery. There bar been a
pecalisrity about his manner ever sines hie inoareeration,
he apparently having something upon his mind. Yester-
day morning he burst into tears, and desired to see the
governor of the prison, who accordingly visited kilo,
and to whom he stated that he participated with
the row Ouster is the eeemitaion of the mur-
der. His statement was to the effect that be was
about that time a elate dresser, residing at Tar.stoek, and
made the seqnsintanee of the former by his coming to the
Tavistock masker. The murder was planned between them
end took place, Cress bolding the old woman while Corber
out her throat. They then divided the money the old lady
powered. the precise amount of which he did mot recollect,
but he believed it was nearly 601., and upon his half of
which he lived until it was all spent, when he enlisted Lk
the Artillery, from which be sabaequetely deserted and en-
listed in the Marines. This statement of course created the
greatest sensation, end was immediately moved to General
Eden and the police authorities, and we understand steps
will be taken to procure an itTf stiption into the Irish of
the statement. Ever since making the costes fon the man
has evinced deep signs of grief, the tears rolling down his
cheeks Inesseantly the whole of the day.

ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—This morn-
irg the bakers throughout the metrop the made an advance
of one halfpenuy, and In some instance. of a peony, is the
pries of Ike elb loaf. Bread of the second quality *ells at
from 81d. to 9d., and houmbeld bread at 7}d. par
country bread (unwsighed), at 7d. per loaf. The prim of
the ►est bread remains unchanged.

LUNATICS IN ENOLAND.—A parliamentary return
lintel this morning, states that there are 651 luestice la
respeet of whoa emandssions of lunacy are now in fore..
The incomes of forty cis (Atha. lunatics have sot yet been
ascertained, nor, the allowance for 'Deists fined,
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sty by MINS' of the recent data of the communions.
The teal roma of the remaining 606 of such !ratios
amount to 1111,11181., and the total of the same showed for
their maintenance, to 160,163 i. The number of cringesl
hulks new under confinemeat, are, la county asylums,
bespitais, sad licensed horn, 669, in gads, 22; total, 691.
Plmitantaltrrlsx.—Let it not be supposed that
we tail to reeve* the incaleslabl• renter which the Pre-
Mephaalite fisher boa rendered to art. If it bad done
Dotting abs thea taught—or rather compelled—other me*
to let light fits their pictures, it would hone earned ondy-
fog gratitude. But it has does far more than this t' ongh.
To estimate what this is, go and look at some of the beet
Pre-Raplasellte atmospheres. beside the dismal dinghies' of
the men who still refuse to be taught; cr even beside
the dubious work of tbeis who Isar given their airfares,
bat not with a whole heart. The back-ground of Hant'a
picture, the Ssapegoat," looks from &diger es, sad in ono-
prison with the surroundieg works, ashole had bees
broken bilks wall, and the real light of heaves were seen.
Menke to than young men, the Academy tar on light—the
eontrentlessl rale which as effectually darkened and dirtisd
pictures r err perliatuntary ienpos did our hours—
will shortly be repealed : artists are refning to endure
it. But, we repeat, the Pre-Raphaelites have dons much
more. They have bees as the alchemists to the men of
miens*. Paresis' an error—or, rather, morosely por-
tage' a trstb, they have opened a world of die/orrice.
We do not, with Mr. Burr, desire thet a
group, the interest of which is human passion,
should be backed by a wall, whose every blade
of grass, ray gold-lase of mom, every chink,
and ship, end orsieper, and eioadlore, shall be given. But
the seen who have painted their pictures in this way her
taught the eye of the piertare-'ever and picture buyer, to de-
mand a truth ; and the good old days of the " brow& tree,"
the dieters actually seat and wischanicial, whir pretend-
ing to be soggerir and imaginative, the stares of the pow
tare—and imposture—school that " lead the eve" away
Gem whet the eye hungers and thine, for, or it he no eye
at all--and the whole idolatry of melodrama, intellectual as
Sill as vulgar—tines goad old days are dime. The young
redeemers have dose this, and the bug trolls we can pay
take the form of a cos reopte. You are act verfoct.
gentlemen reformers ; and ei me of you have to
bra to draw, and most of you have to rant to
okra. Da not place over faith in y ‘ur
Jobs Herb& He writes such noble rid elmuent Baldish,
that rasa more accustomed than yourselves to struggle
through leopteirt to its moselep ere altos swept aloag in
the golden lest; bet keep your feet, gentlemen. keep your
AM. He is se risk is illastrstion—bis pages are the
teigkrist of Mare—that yea may well conceive that you
re befog treat wino yea are only berg delighted
Pair le will always piers, though you mutt sot,
swept fa by way), bet be not you denied. Ahoy* all
Wogs, whoa be takes one of your pictures, and
an szquialte sonar throws, showing that YOU
have all ths gifts sad gyros laths world, do not be Utterd
byre what is It; sad remember that as so woman was
sear eneardal is sg a mac into loving her, an so lee.
Wag will err Sr world into %kerma belief that
YY plena alma Mt awl. Yea mask please on your own
seavisa, art els Oa Nikita sestak et Obryeatem Mashie.
Lad sisa INS allows IdeiseU, aI. his metes
al this year, p reek a " metal, latiValit, end fat! fel "
mart et aw et the grandest satsatealste of a religion
.lief le a MINT et sasakiat, as %feeler to a " ant dist-
Me" glees* et ebb at a Yorkshire road, with • few are
el OM Med Ogee trallimitated wet, you Ukust mar use
MP mei; sal, milk igmsoring rrilrar
Mv- Mookin, be all to Myst his reps-
Of what we may ail morel yearetive.—Thatia
Yeralia Osaa)