The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

ILLN£3I9N-HOUSE.

iliehacl Allen Prynne, old and in rags, was charged with
begging. He had been a teacher of the French and Latin
languages at various schools for twenty-seven years, but
had latterly been reduced to want and misery. The only
relief he could obtain was by begging, and occasionally he
met with an old pupil or former acquaintance, who gave
him a shilling to procure food. He said he was a native
of Devonport, and Alderman Wilson thought the best
thing he could do was to send him back to that place,
where he was known. With this view he directed him to
be taken to the Fast London Union, and supplied with
proper clothes.

MARYLEBONE.
Mr. Tubbs, auistant-overseer of Marylebone Workhouse,
attended before Mr. Mansfield with a wretched-looking,
ill-clad little boy, to make application for a warrant for
the apprehension of the latter's father, under the following
circumstances :—The father of the boy was an ostler,
residing in Hut-street. The boy was eleven years of age.
On Wednesday night the father arrived home drank,
began knocking the boy about, put the poker in the fire,
and when it was red hot burned the boy'.
breast with it, and also his forehead over his
right eye. The boy screamed, and the father then
kicked him out of the place. He had been strolling about
ever since. On Friday night he went to the Refuge, and
the manager, seeing the pitiable state he was in, took him
to the pohce station, whence he was removed to the work-
house. He was asked to show the burns. He opened his
tattered jacket, being without a shirt. On the chest were
two burns, each as large or larger than the palm of a man's
band. Over the right eye was a raw wound, as large as
half-a-crown, and from which blood was still flowing. This
was caused by burning. The sight of these wounds caused
a thrill of horror to all in court who saw them.

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Mr. Mansfield at once granted the warrant, and the
boy was taken back to the workhouse to have his wound
dressed.

BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF A CHILD. —On
Saturday, at the Assizes at Exeter, before Mr. Justice
Byles, Wm. and Selina Budworth were charged with the
manslaughter of their daughter, Jane Ann Budworth. The
child had been the victim of the moat heartless cruelty and
neglect. When discovered it was covered with sores and
vermin, and it was proved that the mother was a most
drunken and dissipated woman. The medical evidenoe
proved that the chief bad died hom exhaustion consequent
on want of food and proper care and cleanliness. Pri-
soners were both found " Guilty," and the judge sentenced
the female prisoner to 10 years' penal servitude, but took
time to consider the sentence on the male prisoner.
THE FRAUDS BY • Leine SHAREBROtiRR, —On
Saturday morning Booster Kitching, sharobroker, of Leeds,
was brought up on remand at the Leeds Town-hall, before
Mr. J. D. Lucoock and Mr. T. Tennant, charged with
having defrauded one of his clients, Mr. James Asquith,
21, Fenton-street, of 1,122/. ltis. From the evidence given
when the prisoner was before the magistrates on Wednes.
day, it appeared that prosecutor stated that he " loaned "
to the prisoner at 10 per cent., in September last, 4,000
Venezuelan Bonds, for the purpose of Stock Exchange
transactions ; in February he instructed him to sell the
" Venezuelans" and purchase 2,000 Turkish bonds. The
prisoner subsequently produced a telegram which he said
he had received from his brother, Mr. Langley Kitching,
of London, to the effect that the instructions had
been complied with, that the first.named bonds
had been sold for 1,233 f. 16s, and the "Turks"
purchased for 1,122/. lila. The balance wait handed
over to the prosecutor, who, however, notwithstanding
repeated applications to the prisoner, could not obtain from
him the " Turks," and eventually the prisoner confessed
that he had sold the " Venezuelans" long previously, and
that the " Turks" had never been purchased. The case
had been remanded in order to obtain the attendance of
Mr. Langley Kitching, from London. The court was again
crowded. Mr. North again prosecuted, and Mr. Pullen
defended. The prisoner was accommodated with a seat
near his solicitor. Mr. Langley Kitching was examined,
and he proved that he had had repeated transactions with
the prisoner in Venezuelan and Turkish bonds. Pie
prosecutor having been re-examined, the prisoner, in
reply to the formal charge, said, " I simply plead not
guilty." The magistrates then committed him to take him
trial at the next assizes. An application that he might be
admitted to bail was refused. Mr. Bond intimated his
intention of preferring another charge against the prisoner
on Monday.—Lreds Mercury.

FATAL AC 'l DENT TO A BANDSMAN. —On Saturday
morning a fatal accident occurred to William Freeman, one
of the band of the Royal Horse Guards, now quartered at
the Windsor cavalry barracks. All the musicians of the
band are required to attend riding-school practice once a
week, on Saturdays. In leaving the school, and filing off
to the stables of the south wing, they had dismounted near
the hospital, and the deceased had scarcely done so when
his hone in a playful mood swayed round, and kicking up
his heels caught the unfortunate man on the back part of
his head, and killed him on the spot.

TIP: FATAL RAILWAY Acennyr AT BRADFORD.—
The inquest on the body of Charles Godridge, aged 43,
who was killed in the railway collision on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway, on Thursday, as reported in the
Express, was opened at Bradford on Saturday, and
ultimately adjourned to the 29th inst., in order to give an
opportunity to Samuel Brook, the driver of the Leeds train
that ran into the Huddersfield train, to appear. One of
the sufferers, Mr. 0. Caygill, of Church Bank, Bradford,
was, on Saturday evening fast sinking and not likely to
survive many hours. He bad a thigh broken and a leg
fractured in two places.

CRYSTAL PALMS COMPANY.—The report of the
directors to the extraordinary general meeting, on the 14th
Mat., states that the full amount of :18,500/., claimed from
the insurance offices, in respect of the portion of the palace
destroyed by the late fire, has been received. The damaged
materials have been disposed of by public tender on satis-
factory terms, and it is probable that a sum of about
2,:5001. will be realised from this source. A new insur-
ance, to, the amount of 20,000/. has been effected
over the part of the building north of the centre transept
which wan no longer covered by the previous policies. The
portion of the building extending from the screen to the
north end of the Alhambra and Byzantine Courts (which,
though seriously damaged and shaken, was not destroyed)
is being substantially repaired, and the courts themselves
covered in. The timber screen alluded to in the recent
I circular has been completed, and the directors are confi-
dently assured by Mr. Edwin (lark, the engineer, that
the nave is now perfectly protected against the attacks of
wind and weather. The directors, having carefully con-
sidered the advisability of more effectually providing
against risk of fire, have determined, under the advice of
Mr. Clark, on the execution of certain protective works in
the basement of the palace, consisting principally
of substantial partition-walla of brickwork, filled
in with earth, crossing the whole width of the
building at four places in its length, and carried op from
the ground to the under side of the floor. The centre
transept will further be similarly divided into separate
sections, with the same object. The directors intend to
reconstruct the stores and workshops which were destroyed
by the fire, on the vacant land between the south wing of
the palace and the Anerley-road, at some distance from
the building itself. They also propose to erect, in a suit-
able position, stores for the picture gallery, and for the
stowage of exhibitors' cases, and for other similar uses. The
directors adhere to the views they have already expressed as
to re-erecting the fabric, with the general aim of providing,
as far as possible, for the attraction and convenience
of the public. Specifications for the rebuilding are being
prepared, and will be submitted at an early date to public
tender. During the re-erection there will be ample time
to consider the most advantageous mode of occupying the
interior. It was the intention of the late lamented chair-
man to urge upon the proprietors, at an opportune period,
the necessity for raising a further amount of capital to be
applied to recouping advances, in order to place
the capital of the company on its proper footing. To pro-
vide the capital required for this object, for the restora-
tion of the building, and the additional expenditure on
works, the directors, after full and anxious considera-
tion, determined to apply to the House of Com-
mons to suspend their standing orders so as to
admit of the deposit of a bill empowering the
company to raise a sum not exceeding 100,0001. by the
issue of stock bearing a preferential dividend not exceed-
ing 7 per cent. per annum, and ranking next after the ex-
isting debenture and preference stocks. The standing
orders co 'ttase have complied with the applicatMn, and
the bill will accordingly be proceeded with immediately
after the sanction of the proprietors. The directors pro-
pose to offer the new capital to the holders of 501. and up-
wards of the ordinary stock of the company, in proportion
to their he/dings.