The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-29 00:00:00

alone ?" they said. He thought such persons went
against the whole tendency, not only of the upper and
middle classes, but of the working classes themselves
—(hear, hear)—for it was constantly found that the
co-operation of the upper and middle classes was
directly requested and solicited by the working
classes, as was the case in the instance of that exhi-
bition. (Hear.) It was a great mistake to suppose
that the working classes were trying to keep aloof,
and that the upper and middle classes were running
after them. There was on the part of all classes a
very strong desire to know more of each other ; of
which the literature of the day in its lighter and
more popular form afforded sufficient indication.
For many years past he knew very well that the
works of fiction in which the upper classes took the
most pleasure were those which purported to deal
with the daily life of the classes below them ; and
taking the converse, the small and cheap works of
fiction and periodicals which circulated amongst the
poorer classes of London, and which were to be
seen in the shop-windows of the humbler streets,
all—without one exception in a hundred—related to
the lives of the upper classes. He knew very well
there might be evil mixed up with this ; but he
spoke of it as a matter of fact, and it was a matter
of fact that on the part of all classes there was a
very strong desire for closer intercourse with each
other, and a more intimate knowledge of each other.
His lordship then went on to say, that every man
ought to work ; according to the words of Scrip-
ture, "To every man his work," and he said that
exhibitions of that kind were valuable, because he
believed they were an encouragement to men to
work. To men employed in the higher walks of
labour it was encouraging to know that their works
would be appreciated by the classes below them.
When in the National Gallery, or at a fine collection
of sculpture, men of the better classes were found
admiring great works ; or when Mr. Dickens saw
the labouring people of this country literally devour
his writings, that was a great part of the encou-
ragement which men of genius looked for from their
countrymen, and which he was sure they would
be very sorry indeed to be without. (Cheers.) Why,
then, should it not be encouraging to the artisan to
see his works admired ; and he was sure that the
admiration of the visitors to that exhibition would
be ungrudgingly given to the very beautiful collec-
tion of articles exhibited. (Hear.) His lordship then
went on to say that on account of the great variety
of trades in Birmingham, that town was peculiarly
fitted to furnish an excellent working men's exhibi-
tion, and he concluded with an expression of hope-
fulness for the future of the working classes and of
mankind.

officer ; Mr. J. D. Muir, acting second officer ; Mr. Richard-
son, third officer ; Mr. Young, fourth officer ; Mr. H. Map-
pleback, head steward ; Mr. J. Forrest, chief engineer ; Mr.
R. K. Arr, second engineer ; Mr. R. Campbell, fourth en-
gineer; and Mr. A. C. Alford, boiler maker. Her crow num-
bered in all 100 hands.

The Corea was GOO tons register and 200-horse power.

Another Attempted Murder by a German
or Germans.

On Sunday night, about 11 o'clock, the inhabitants of
West Ham were alarmed by the report that a brutal mur-
der had been attempted in a house inhabited by foreigners,
No. 1, Edith-cottages, near the Chandos-road, Stratford,
and that the two men concerned in the outrage had made
their escape.

The rumour, and cries for help, on the surrounding
neighbours arising from their beds at hearing the calls of
"murder," had too great a foundation, as a man named
Joseph Kruchen was found in the road in the arms of his
son bleeding from six wounds about the shoulders, and one
large stabin the abdomen, from which the entrails were pro-
truding. Dr. Mugliston, of the Leytonstone-road, was im-
mediately called up, and promptly came to the unfortunate
man's assistance. After putting back the bowels he sewed
up the wound, and as the man appeared to be fast sinking,
ho recommended Mr. Inspector Standage to lose no time in
having his depositions taken. A cab was obtained, and
he was at once sent to the London Hospital. From what
in the hurried excitement of the moment could be gleaned
froM the wounded man's son, he was last in company with
Jacob Brenner, aged 24, a cabinet-maker in their employ,
and also a lodger in their house, and in the company of a
man named Charles Hems, aged 24, a sugar baker, re-
siding in Whitechapel. A full description having been
given to the police, measures were taken for their ap-
prehension, and some of the neighbours also started in
search. Nothing during the night was seen of them, but
about half-past eight yesterday (Monday) morning Mr.
Philip Pride, a gentleman who resides in the next house,
was informed by some one who came there that a man
answering the description of one of the suspected men was
seen coming from a neighbouring field, but on being ob-
sewed made a stand, and then turned; back. Mr. Pride
then went out to see if he could find him, and on going to
the field he also saw a man resembling the one they were
on the look out for. On going towards him he endeavoured
to walk sharply away, and succeeded in reaching a shed,
and on Mr. Pride following him there he found Jacob
Brenner crouching down under a cart. He said to him,
" What made you stab that poor man last night ? They are
looking out for you, and you had better go quietly to my
house." The man then felt in his pockets, as though feel-
ing for a weapon ; but he (Mr. Pride) showed him the stick
he had, and recommended him to come quietly. Brenner
then said„" Me have no knife ; me have no knife at all.',
The other man supposed to be concerned, viz., Charles
Hems, was discovered in the neighbourhood by the son of
the injured man. He endeavoured to make his escape, but
after a sharp run was taken about a mile and a half from
the spot, at a place called Stratford-grove.
On Monday morning, at a late hour, the wounds of the
injured man were considered so dangerous that the pro-
priety of sending for a magistrate from the Thames Police-
court was discussed. -

A vote of thanks was passed to his lordship for his
address. A vote of thanks was also passed to the
Mayor.
The exhibition was then formally declared open.

THE EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS.

At the West Ham Police-court, the two prisoners, Jacob
Brenner, 24, residing at No. 1, Edith-cottages, near the
Chandos-road, Stratford, cabinetmaker, and Charles Hems,
24, sugar-baker, Whitechapel, were brought up by Mr.
Inspector Standage, of the K division, before Nathaniel
Powell, Esq., charged with feloniously cutting and wounding
Joseph Kruchen, aged 40, a master cabinetmaker, with in-
tent to do him grievous bodily harm.
The prisoners not being able to understand English, the
services of MrJohn Schwytzer were obtained as interpreter.
Immediately upon the commencement of the proceedings
some little delay was caused by a German in court persist-
ently endeavouring to communicate something to the pri-
soners while they were in the dock, and it was only by the
prompt exertions of Inspector Standage that he would desist.
Leonard Kruchen said—l am the son of the injured man.
I live at home with my father, Joseph Kruchen. Between
11 and 12 o'clock last night my father came running up-
stairs and knocked at my door. He said, " Come down-
stairs directly, as they are beating me." When I got down-
stairs I saw the two men hitting him. I then saw Jacob
Brenner stab my father six or seven times in the arm. I will
swear he gave him six stabs in the house. My father then
went into the yard. The prisoner followed him and stabbed
him in the belly. He did it with a knife that they use in
cabinet work. It was a table knife, but he sometimes uses
it for his work.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
Steamer Corea.

T-.

Yesterday the following communication was re-
ceived from China, relative to the missing com-
pany's steamer Corea, which it is feared foundered
with all on board during a fearful typhoon :
" Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's Office, Hongkong, July 11.
_ .

The Magistrate—llas tho knife been produced ?

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29. 1865,

silence which has characterised him ever since the
committal of the offence. He is a young man of middle
height, somewhat muscularly built, with a pale counte-
nance, and having a set, determined expression about the
upper lip; but his general expression of features is not such
as would lead to the conclusion that he would be guilty of
a crime such as the one now charged against him.

Committal of a Chemist and Druggist for
Manslaughter.

HovE, BRIGHTON, Monday.
This morning Mr. Richard Noakes, a druggist, of North-
street, Brighton, a man of the very highest respectability,
and a member of the Society of Friend; was taken into
custody under a magistrate's warrant, and charged before
Mr. C. Carpenter, Mr. M. Scott, Mr. Allfred, Mr. Hurlock,
and Mr. Young, the magistrates sitting at the county bench,
Hove, on a charge of having caused the death of Mr. Thos.
Boys, of 74, Lansdowne-place, by accidentally substituting
tincture of aconite for tincture of henbane, in a bottle sent
to him to be refilled.

The proceedings excited very great interest in conse-
quence of the coroner's jury having returned a verdict in
which Mr. Noakes was not incriminated, and of his appre-
hension having been brought about by means extraneous
to the family of the deceased.
The accused was represented by Mr. Merrifield, instructed
by Mr. Ewen Evershed, solicitor.
Mrs. Boys, widow of deceased—My husband was 81 years
of age. About a month ago in consequen-ce of his infirmity
Dr. Dill prescribed for him 30 drops of henbane, to be taken
occasionally. On Sunday week ho went to bed at 11
o'clock, after reading, as was his custom. He said he was
afraid he should not be able to sleep, and that he would
therefore take a dose of henbane. He took a bottle out of
his medicine chest, held it up to the light, and counted out
30 drops, which he put into a rummer. He then told me to
fill up the glass with camphor julep. I did so, and he
drank the contents of the glass. About ten minutes after-
wards he said he thought a little went the wrong way, and
that it felt hot. Still a quarter of an hour later, he jumped
up in bed and said his hands and legs felt benumbed, and
he hoped that Noakes had sent the right stuff. I said
" Then I had better send for some one." He said, "No ;
I'll have no ono disturbed at this time of the morning." He
sat up in the bed and looked at the bottle again. Holding it
up to the light, he said, " It's all right." Half an hour or an
hour afterwards he said he felt very sick ; and I got up and
called my servant, and desired her to get some warm
water. I gave him a tumbler of it, and it produced violent
attempts at retching. All the inmates of the house then got
up, and I again wanted to send for a surgeon, but he said,
in very decisive tones, "No." Let some one go in the morn-
ing, but not before six." Ho desired Mr. Noakes might be
informed that he had been very ill all night, and that the
bottle should be sent to him, a small quantity being first
poured out to be retained. He then lay down apparently to
sleep. In about five minutes I went to the side of the bed
and put my arm round his neck, and asked, " Are you
asleep ?" He did not reply; he never spoke again. At a
quarter to five I knew he was dead.

Evidence was then given to show that the bottles were
sent to Mr. Noakes's shop to be filled, and that they wore
filled and sent home, and that the bottle labelled "Hen-
bane" was filled with aconite.

Dr. Harrison deposed, however, that deceased had suf-
fered for ten years from disease of the heart, which a pro--
per dose of aconite would tend to alleviate. He believed
that deceased died from disease of the heart, and he would
not say that his death was accelerated by taking aconite.
Deceased had had aconite previously prescribed for him,
and these proceedings were not taken at the instance of
any member of his family.
Dr. Phillips said he had made a post-mortem examina-
tion of the body of deceased. His attention was entirely
directed to the condition of the heart, in consequence of
Dr. Dill, his medical attendant, having informed him that
deceased had suffered with disease of the heart. (Tho wit-
ness described the appearances of the heart.) The state of
the heart was quite sufficient to account for death, there-
fore I did not examine the stomach or the head. Aconite,
or nicotine, if it had been taken, might have been found in
the stomach after death, but it must have been by an ex-
pert. I cannot state positively whether on this occasion
aconite had anything to do with the death, though I in-
cline to the opinion that it had. The question is not free
from doubt, not knowing the previous condition of the de-
ceased, or the precise strength of the tincture.
Wm. Bottell, a Hove constable, stated that he went to
Mr. Noakos's shop that day week, and told Mr. Noakes an
inquest would be held on the body of Mr. Boys, at the
Town Hall, Hovo, at 6 o'clock that evening, and added that
he had "put up" that bottle of stuff for Mr. Boys, and Mr.
Noakes said, " Unfortunately 1 did."