The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-28 00:00:00

THAMES.

PAINFUL CASE.—John Richard Stroud, aged 40, an en-
gineer, who appeared to bo labouring under delirium tre-
mens, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with
attempting to stab a police constable, and also with
attempting to strangle his wife.
Joseph Moles, a police-constable, No. 327 K, stated
that at a quarter past two o'clock ho was in the Mile End
road, and the prisoner camp towards him with an open
knifo in his hand and attempted to stab him. He seized
the prisoner's arm, and prevented his doing so. Tho
prisoner then made an attempt to plunge the knife into his
own body, and ho had much difficulty in saving him. The
prisoner was not sober, and appeared to be very much ex-
cited. He was obliged to get several others to assist him
in securing the prisoner. Ott the way to the station-house
the prisoner muttered something about his wife, and what
he had done to her.
Robert Went, of 2, Westover-street, Stepney, confirmed
the evidence of Moles.

Eliza Stroud, a vet; respectable woman, who seemed
much care-worn, and was very much dejected, said she
was living with her family at 7, Salisbury-row, Lock's-
fields, Walworth. The prisoner was her husband, and she
had been married to him twenty years. On Tuesday
morning last, after he had been at work all night, ho came
home and attempted to strangle her on her bed. He put
his two thumbs on her neck, and pressed them against her
windpipe. She screamed as well as she was able, and had
great difficulty in making herself heard. Her son and
daughter heard a strange noise from hor throat, and rescued
her. She sent fora police-constable and he refused to
take the charge. The prisoner was then at home.
In answer to questions by the magistrate, the witness
said her husband had never ill-used her or been guilty of
any violence before. He was not in his right mind. He
would not have hurt her if he had been in his proper
senses. He had been out of work. This week he had a
job. He said he came home to do the job—to strangle
her. He had been drinking, and that was the cause of
this.

The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Partridge com-
mitted him for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

WESTMINSTER.

CHARGE AGAINST A YOUTH FOIL ROBBING HIS BROTHER.
—A youth, named Charles Martin, was charged before
Mr. Selfe with robbing his brother, with whom be resided
at 18, Charles-street, Chelsea.

It appeared that the prisoner, who is P.bout ten years of
age, left his home shortly after the prosecutor went out to
pursue his daily avocation. Some time subsequently it
was discovered that the prosecutor's box, which was in
the bed-room, had bean broken open, and that a coat, an
Albert chain, a gold pen, &c., had been. taken. The pri-
soner was suspected, as on a former ocCasion he had robbed
his father of 49. A younger brother of the prisoner in the
afternoon met him (the prisoner) accidentally in Hyde-
park, and took him home. A policeman was sent for,
when he was conveyed to the station.

In answer to Mr. Selfe the prosecutor said that the
prisoner wished to be sent to a Reformatory, and that, the
prisoner observed, was the reason he assigned for robbing
him. Prosecutor had recovered all the property and the
money, with the exception of what he had spent.
Mr. Selfe asked what he did with the £9 ?

Prosecutor stated that he went down with a person who
induced him to commit the robbery, and that he gave the
money to a person at Hull to purchase a fishing smack.
Another brother, who appeared much distressed, gave
evidence against the prisoner in support of the charge.
Peacock, a detective of the B division, B 348, produced
the property found on the prisoner.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

SYMPATHY WITH BARNIT3I.—SouIe men in the
crowd, assembled to see Barnum'' Museum on fire,
appeared glad that the prince of shown:ten was losing
money, and expressed themselves freely on the subject.
" That's the end of Barnum's Museum," remarked one•
"it will be in ashes in an hour." " I hope it will," said a
rough-looking chap with a grim air of satisfaction, who
evidently deemed himself one of the humbugged. " I only
wish that old Barnum himself was in there himself. I paid
a quarter to his What-is-It' once, andfound it was nothing
but a d—d nigger idiot that used to sell clams down at
Peck Slip." Another fellow declared he wanted revenge
because he had gone to Barnum's great menagerie, and
seen nothing but a sick camel and a dysp3ptic leopard.
This no doubt was the man who hunted up the redoubt-
able Phineas in one of the Western towns, and thus ex-
pressed himself—" If you are Mr. Barnum, I want to tell
you your show is a humbug,
"Did, you pay your
twenty-five cents,"my friend, at the show ?" " I did sir,"
(very earnestly• and impressively.) "Well, then, my
friend, you have a right to think what you please."—New
York Tribune.