The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

John M'Bride, who was formerly • soldier in the Royal
Artillery, and has been for some time an invalid pauper
in the Mile-end-road Town Workhouse, was brought up on
remand before Mr. Benson, charged with violently assault-
ing and wounding Anthony Vacher, another pauper,
whose head and face were enveloped in surgical b.ndages.
Mr. Braithwaite, solicitor, who is conducting the prac-
tice of Mr. Charles Young in the absence of that gentle-
man from London, appeared for the prosecution, at the in-
stance of the board of guardians of Mile-end, and said
the wounded man was seriously injured, and bad
been under medical treatment since the 11th inst. The
prisoner was influenced by a very revengeful and malignant
spirit in committing the assault, which was one of • very
dangerous nature.
It appesred that the prisoner, who is a cripple, walks
with difficulty.
Vacher is a very respectable, well-behaved man. He has
been in affluent circumstances, is the master of several eon.
tinental languages, and since he has been an inmate of the
house be has been appointed Yardman. The prisoner is
a very filthy fellow, and received* very bad character from
Mr. Macdonald, the master of the workhouse. He had
frequently threatened to do for him. On the 11th of the
present month the prosecutor came downstairs for his
dinner, and was returning, when the prisoner made a fierce
and sudden attack upon him with his crutch, and beat him
on the bead. Vacher's hat was cut, and full of blood, which
flowed copiously from a severe wound. The complainant
wu stupitied by the blows, and his shirt and clothes were
saturated with blood. When he recovered he threw pieces
of brick at the prisoner, but could not hit him. The pri-
soner then struck the complainant again on the cheek-bone
and left arm with the same crutch, and completely disabled
him.

Vac er a statement was confirmed by a witness.
The prisoner, in defence, said that Vacher threw water
upon him, which was admitted, and in extenuation, it was
stated that the prisoner had been guilty of a filthy act.
The prisoner then preferred numberless charges of petty
tyranny and oppression on the part of Vacher, which were
declared to be utterly groundless.
Mr. Macdonald, the master of Mile-end Old-town work-
house, said the prisoner was dirty and obstinate, and the
most troublesome man in the house. Mr. Macdonald then
mentioned a filthy act of the prisoner while the inmates of
the infirmary were having their dinner. The prisoner did
it to annoy the other invalids.
Mr. Benson said that the prisoner had met with a mis-
fortune, and was invalided from the army in consequence
of paralysis. The papers relating to the prisoner's conduct
in the army were very favourable to him indeed, in fact,
the prisoner possessed a high character in the army. It
was much to be regretted that the prisoner had forfeited
that high character in the workhouse. The assault was
one of a most cruel and very unjustifiable description, and
there was no doubt the prisoner was an irritable man.
He sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for two months.

Vscher asked if the prisoner was to return to the same
ward when he came out of prison.
Mr. Benson—The guardians will regulate that. I have
nothing to do with it.
Captain Matthew Irrin. the master of the ship Bala.
mane, surrendered on hail before Mr. Benson, to answer
• charge of wilful murder.
Mr. Pelham, solicitor, again appeared for the prisoner.
On the first examination on Tuesday an apprentice
named James Taylor, gays credence from which it appeared
that the prisoner had ill used Heck on many occasions, and
also threatened him, and that on the ith of July, after the
ship had rounded the Cape, the prisoner bad been reading
• journal kept by the deceased, and struck him several
times with • telescope, and said put that down and add it
to the account. Three or four minutes afterwards there
was a cry of Joe overboard. The deceased was in the
water and was drowned. -

The lad Taylor was now put under a long and severe
cross-examination, and other evidence was taken tending
to chow that no complaint was ever made by the deceased,
that there was no malice between him and the captain,
and that on the day in question when en alarm was raised
of a man overboard, the latter was very anxious and did
all he could to save deceased.
Mr. Pelham said • statement had been made, which if
not explained would seriously prejudice the prisoner. It
was stated that an entry of the occurrence had been re-
cently made on paper affixed to the log hook. The fact
was the log hook was full and the captain had no other
resource hut to paste sheets of paper in the log book and
make the entries on them.

Mr. Berson asked the witnesses if the entries relating to
the death of Heck had been made on the ith of July,
and they replied in the affirmative.
Ultimately the magistrate said that after • full consi•
deration of this ease he should not be justified in detain.
ing the prisoner, and he must b• discharged.

FATAL TRADE OUTRAGE.—An inquest was held st
Hanley on Wednesday on the bodyof Edward Evans, brick-
maker, who had died at the infirmary near that town in con-
sequence of having been seriously injured on the 13th of
July. Deceased had worked as a brickmaker near Turistall,
and on the day named left work with a fellow-workman
named Corns, the two being together till nearly ten o'clock,
when Corns left deceased at a public-house with a Birming-
ham prise-fighter, known as Keggy Wilson. Subsequently
he was seen at the same place in the company of two Irish-
men, one of whom was named Morris, and who had worked
last year for deceased as temperer. Plant, who sew the
Irishmen with deceased, went home, and a little before
three o'clock in the morning was woke up by the deceased,
who had crawled to the door, end complained of having
been assaulted by two Irishmen. Evans was removed
to the infirmary on the Wednesday following, and there
died recently. Plant said that deceased was not a union
man. When he came to witness's house, he said that two
Irishmen had met him in the Shaydruck, neer Tunrtall,and
had knocked him down and kicked him severely. They had
then dragged him towards a coal-pit, and as he was re-
covering from the insensibility which had been caused by
the kicking, he heard one say, "Let us drop him down the
pit." On hearing this, he began screaming " murder," and
his assailants, after kicking him, mule otf. Witness
asked Evans who the men were, and he replied that lie .lid
not know. Witness afterwards was told to may as little
as possible on account of the club. Eliza Shackeltun,
after corroborating deceased's account of the attack,
said she believed there had been some grievance before.
From the evidence of the widow it was plain that plunder
was not the object, for in the evening she had met her
husband and received from him 225., and when he was
taken home from Plant's on the following day he bad 7s
in his pockets. In answer to questions, Mrs. Evans mid—
i have heard my husband complain of Morris, about the
tempering of the clay. Morris tempered for him last year.
Morris came to my house last week, and told me he was
innocent. I had not made any charge against him, and I
don't know that anybody else had. My husband did not
suspect him. He did not know the men who attacked
him. Stubbs had told my husband that Morris had
threatened him. My husband once went to firing from
the making, and Morris woe vexed with him about that.
The inquiry was then adjourned for the production of fur-
ther evidence.

SINGULAR Accrogrr.—On Wednesday night a
dangerous and curious accident occurred in Coleman-
street, ISunhill-fields. It appears that near the Quaker
burial-ground extensive excavations have been made to
form the foundation of a large factory, which it is con.
templated to build there. The house adjoining has during
the operations been propped up, but it seems that the
excavations have weakened it, and yesterday the side
wall fell out into the excavation, causing great consterna-
tion. A large number of persons soon collected, and a
very curious spectacle presented itself. In the room of
which the wall formed a side a woman had lately been
confined, awl through the aperture she and the child, the
bed and its hangings, and the other furniture of the place
were distinctly visible to the gaze of the curious
tors below. The frightened woman was immediatert.
moved, and beyond a considerable shock, it did not appear
that she had sustained any injury. Fortunately the
accident occurred when no workmen were about.

At a meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board yesterday, the chairman stated that he had received
a letter to the effect that the Earl of Derby would be
present at laying the foundation atone of the New
Southern Hospital, on the 23rd of October next.

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