The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-16 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

PORTSMOUTH, Barr. 14.
The ordinary Monday's brigade of troops on
Soutliam-common was conducted oa an extended scale
by Sir George Butler, in consequence of the Duke of
Cambridge being expected to visit Portsmouth during the
Th pre'ent week. e following is the numerical strength
of the different regimfmta on parade :-67th Regiment:
Field officer:, 3; captains, P ; subalterns, 13; sergeants,
27: drummers. 20; rank and tile, 440. 3ith Regiment :
Field officers, 3: captain., 8 ; subalterns, 19; sertieants,
40: drummers, 21; rank and file. 0.57. 33rd Regiment :
Field officers, 2; captain.. 7: subalterns, 10; sergeants,
42; drummers, 19 ; rank and file. 687. Royal Marine
Light Infantry: Field officer, 2; captains, 10: subal-
terns. 12. sergeants. 29; rank and tile, 384. Royal
Marine Artillery : Field officers, 6; captain., 7; lieu-
tenants, 10; eergeants, 48 ; musicians, 72; rank and tile,
720. 11th Brigade Royal Artillery : Field officer, I;
captain., 3. subaltern., 6: sergeants. 14; trumpeters. 2;
rank and tile, 16$; horses, 107; guns, 12. At the close
of some interesting movements, General Butler preselted
to Sergeant Crane. of the 35th Regiment, a medal of the
Royal Humane Society. awarded him for an act of
gallantry in jumping into the tidal channel off the Guard-
bar, with his uniform and sword bayonet on, to rescue a
toy. the eon of Staff-Commander Fawckner, of the Asia.
ADMIItALTY, SEPT. 15. —APPOINTMENTS.—Lien-
tenant+, : John Inglis. additional, to the Cumberland, for
service in the Hercules ; Edward Dnimmond, to the Duke
of Wellington. Navigating Sub-Lieutenant James T.A.
White, additional, to the Zealous, for disposal. Mid-
shipmen : Robert B. Macanoehie, to the Terrible ; Geo.
P. W. Freeman, to the Liffey. Navigating Midship-
men : Henry H. W. P. Juhream and Henry J. Keane,
additional, to the %Anions. for disposal ; Sidney Hughes
and Arthur R. P. Hamden, additional, to the Royal
Alfred, for dispoeul ; and Clerk, Robert Dunaltbon, to the
Zealous.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BRAD-
tourc—On Monday night William Bruerley, an old police
officer in the Bradford force, was sent home from duty by
his superior officer for being the we, for liquor. His
habits have been rather intemperate of late, and the wife,
as they retired to bed, uttered a few words of gentle re
proach, suggesting the wisdom of "doing better," or
not returning' to his employment. They went to
sleep, but, in some hours after, early yesterday morning.
Brearley rose from bed, complained of thirst, drank of
water, and then returned to bed. As he was doing so, he
asked his wife to lay on the other side, and as she
was in the act of doing so she suddenly felt a
instrument—it was a ran, r—drawn across her throat,
as she put her hand out in alarm, she received also a severe
gash on her hand. She instantly tore herself from his
grasp, sprang from bed, bleeding as slie was, ran down
stairs and into the street, and created an alarm. An
officer, named Osborne, c.une up, and in a moment after
he found. on going to Brearley's house, that he had also
cut his own throat, and was lying in a pool of blood on
the chamber floor. A surgeon, Dr. Lodge, was called in
and attended to both, who are dangerously wounded.
The wife has the jugular vein slightly wounded, and the
husband the windpipe severely cut. The latter was re-
moved to the Bradford Infirmary. It is said that the
misconduct of the wife for a long time past has sorely dis-
turbed the peace of Brearley, and driven him to seek
temporary forgetfuhises in liquor, his intemperate habits
having more than once subjected him to reproof from his
superiors and the watch committee.
A HARD CASE.—At the divisional petty sessions
at Thorpe, Essex, on Monday (before Messrs. F. M.
Nichols and P. Foaker), Otorge Baalam, aged GO, by trade
a journeyman bricklayer, of St. Osyth, was summoned for
non-payment of V. 6e., arrears under a justice's order,
calling upon him to pa 2s. per week towards the support
of his grandchildren. The information was laid by Mr. D.
Mustard, who iii clerk to the hoard of guardians as well
as clerk to the bench. The defence was inability to
pay. Beldam said hie earnings as en old man
were very precarious; that he already maintained one
grandchild, the offspring of a son who bad been drowned;
that he was now in debt in consequence of attempting to
keep up the payments; arid he put in ea influentially
signed memonat expressing an opinion that the man was
unable to pay 2a. per . It also appeared that some
months ago an execution wee put into the man's house,
but his goods were not worth 30a, sad rather thanthe poor
old man should go to„lwison a Mead lent him the money
to pay the execution out. Defendant now submissively
prayed the magistrates to show a merciful consideration
towards him, for he assured them that he should be glad
to support all his grandchildren if he had the means of
doing so. The Chairman (Mr. Nichols) said heconaidered
the order was not out of proportion to the defendant's
means, and the amount, with 10e. ousts, must be paid, or
in default execution would Were. Another defendant,
whose wages were 13e. per week, with a sick wife to main-
tain, was ordered to pay le. per week towards supporting
a mother, and 10e. costa.
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