The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-25 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGEffCE.—This Day.

SHARE MARKE T S.—This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

BOW STREET.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A MELANCHOLY STORY.—Wm.
Dixon, a wretched-looking old man, was charged with
attempting to destroy his own life by swallowing poison.
Police-constable 67 F deposed that last evening, at about
half-past seven, a young woman came to him and stated
that her father was trying to poison himself in Great
Earle-street. Witness immediately proceeded there, where
he found the prisoner emptying the contents of a blue
paper into his mouth. Witness then snatched the paper
away from the prisoner, and took him to Charing-cross
Hospital. The doctor, having examined the man, dis-
covered that there was no great harm done, and the pri-
soner was not detained any longer. The prisoner was
then taken to the station-house. The packet was labelled

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"White Precipitate." •
The prisoner's daughter here came up with a child in
her arms, and informed Mr. Flowers that her father had
been in a desponding state ever since he buried his wife,
abuut three months ago. He had been unable to obtain
work all the winter, and had even sold all his tools to ob-
tain money. Ho was a cabinetmaker by trade, and had
several children to support. She further said her father
had often meditated suicide, and on the evening in ques-
tion he asked for a cup. Witness inquired what he
wanted it for, and he said " Nothing." Ho then took a
little blue paper packet from the shelf, and without taking
the cup told his daughter that he was going to get half a
pint of beer. Prisoner behaving somewhat mysterious in
his manner caused witness to follow him to a publichouse
in Great Earle-street. She saw him empty the contents
of the packet into his beer. Sho then seized the pewter
and threw the beer away, and lie went into the street and
commenced swallowing the remainder of the poison.
Witness then sent for the police-constable.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that he had
tried and tried in vain to get work, and the thought of
that and his wife's death so preyed upon his mind that at
times he felt that lie must make away with himself.
The daughter here asked Mr. Flowers to let him go this
time, and she was sure he would not attempt such a thing

again.
Mr. FlowerS—You would have done no good. if you had
succeeded in your terrible object. Your poor children
would have suffered.
Prisoner—Exactly, sir. But I had a drop of beer, and
my trouble again distressed me. I solemnly declare I will
not try to kill myself again, your worship.
Prisoner was then discharged.

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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1867.

COURT OP COMMON PLEAS.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

:Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice and
Justices Keating, Byles, and Montague Smith.)
THE LONDON MEDITERRANEAN BANK V. ADAMS.

In this case, which had been tried in Middlesex in
February last before Mr. Justice Byles, Mr. Littler moved
for a new trial; on the ground of the absence at the trial
of a most important witness. He said that the London
Mediteranean Bank, which was now being wound up in
Chancery, had brought this action to recover £20,000 and
interest on three bills of exchange, drawn on ono Dims-
dale, who had been employed to go into the market to
raise the shares of the Continental Bank, which the Lon-
don Mediterranean Bank wished to amalgamate with their
own. At the trial Dimsdale was not forthcoming, and the
application to postpone the cause was refused by Mr. Jus-
tice Byles. Adams was the victim of Dimsdale, and was
a clerk in his office.

Mr. Justice Keating—A clerk in his office, and accept
bills for £20,000?
Mr. Littler—Not a clerk in the strict sense of the word,
and he is connected with people of position and means.
The reason given for Dimsdale keeping out of the way
was, that these very plaintiffs had issued execution against
him iu order to prevent his coming to give evidence. He
was now a free man, having gone through the Court. The
way in which the transaction was carried out was this.
The bank take these acceptances and get them cashed, and

then give the proceeds to Dimsdale and Adams, and they
buy shares and hand thorn over to the bank, and the latter
had those shares now, neither Adams nor Dimsdale having
had a farthing.
Rule granted.

A choral festival of five thousand voices, under
the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin, will be held at the
Crystal Palace, on May-day, Wednesday next. This army
of choristers will be made up as follows :-3,500 will be
children selected from the metropolitan schools, the re-
maining 1,500 will consist of adults selected from the
National Choral and other musical societies. The pro-
gramme will commence with Martin Luther's Hymn, the
first verse being sung in unison by the whole of the 5,000
voices, always produces au indescribably grand effect. The
first part of the programme consists of choruses, anthems,
chorales, &c., including a children's prayer, composed iu
three treble parts for this occasion ley Mr. Martin, and will
be sung by 1,200 treble voices to a part. The second part
of the programme will consist of various madrigals and
part songs, including the following melodies, harmonized
by Mr. Martin :—" Home, Sweet flome"—English ; " The
Minstrel Boy"—lrish ; "Scots whahae"—Scotch ; and
" Men of Harlech"—Welsh• This is the tenth year Mr.
Martin has brought together this large choral force. Every
member of the choir is supplied with a book of the music,
and, as about 50,000 singers have received a certain
amount of musical education during the training for these
festivals, it is easy to account for the enormous increase in
the taste for good choral music that has taken place during
the last few years. Mr. Martin intends to organise meet-
ings of a similar kind in all the large towns. The experi-
ment has already been carried out at Birmingham with

great success.
THE EXHIBITIONS A CENTURY AGO.—From the
spring of 1761 there wore two exhibitions of works of art
iu London. The exhibitors in Spring Gardens styled
themselves the " Society of Artists of Great Britain ;"
the old committee of sixteen being at the head of
the affairs of the new society. The designs on their
catalogue by Wale and Hogarth demonstrated their in-
tention to devote their revenue to the relief of the dis-
tressed. Of the catalogue rendered attractive by these
embellishments, 13,000 copies were sold. No charge was
made for admission ; but the purchase of a catalogue was
made imperative. The catalogue, however, was a ticket of
admission for the season. The receipts of the exhibition of
1761 amounted to £650. At the other exhibition in the

Strand, to which 65 artists contributed, the old system
prevailed. Visitors were at liberty to purchase a cata-
logue or not, as they chose ; but a check was placed upon
the indiscriminate admission of all classes by requir-.

ing from visitors the production of tickets which had
been distributed gratuitously by the exhibitors, and were
readily obtainable. After defraying all expenses the exhi-
bition produced upwards of £l5O, which was appropriated
in benefactions—to the Middlessx Hospital £5O, to the
British Lying-in Hospital £5O, to the Asylum for Female
Orphans £5O, the small balance remaining after these
donations being distributed among distressed artists.—

Once a IVeek,.
The Statistical Committee of Lloyd's have issued
an elaborate analysis of wrecks and casualties reported in
Lloyds List during the year 1866. The total number of
casualties for 1866 was 11,711, resulting in the total loss

of 2,234 ships and steamers, the constructive loss of 270.
and to the great damage of 1,295. The number of lives
lost are put down at 2,644, but the committee believe the
returns Ale inaccurate, and that the loss must bo greatly
in excess of that stated.
SUICIDE THROUGH MISFORTUNE—On Tuesday
an inquest was held in the Kingsland-road on the body of
Mr. J. Mayhew, a master tailor, aged 45 years. Deceased
had lately been unfortunate in business, and had recently
had his furniture seized. On Thursday night he left his
miserable home, and on Sunday his body was discovered
in the Regent's Canal. The jury returned a verdict of
Found Drowned.
FIRE AND SAD Loss OF LIFE.—A fire, attended
with fatal results, broke out at the village of Monkstown,
Fifeshire, on Monday afternoon. The fire originated in a
thatched cottage, and, from the inflammable nature of the
materials, as well as the absence of fire-engines, the flames
spread rapidly, and in a short time seized upon and burnt
down three other cottages of the village. In one of those
cottages a Mrs. Muckarsie, her son Richard, and a young
man named David Anderson, were engaged removing fur-
niture, &c., from the place while the roof was blazing above
their heads. Suddenly the rafters gave way, and the
burning timber' and thatch fell in upon them, cutting off
every means of escape. Tho bodies, when some time after-
wards recovered, were dreadfully scorched.
THE REGATTAS ON THE SEINE.—The Moniteur.
publishes a decree from the commission of the Exhibition
ordering that, with the view of judging practically of the
pleasure boats and yachts of different countries, three in-
ternational regattas shall take place on the Seine at St.
Cloud and Argenteuil, and, in addition, six days of such
contests, either before the island of Billaucourt or in front
of the Champ de Mars. A series of experiments with in-
ventions applicable to river navigation will also be i.isti-
tuted. A committee is nominated charged with carrying
out the intentions of the above decree, and a sum of
20,000 f. is placed at its disposal, 18,8001. to be distributed
in prizes, and 1,200 f. to be applied to the expenses of
management. The dates of the regattas will be fixed in
due time.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH FROM MACHINERY.—On
Tuesday afternoon a very shocking accident occurred at
the bleach works of Mr. Fox, Old Basford, near Notting-
ham. it appears theta young man, named George Pinder,
was walking along a plank which was laid over some
machinery in motion, and while doing so he accidentally
slipped off. He was fearfully crushed by the machinery
before the engine could be stopped, and died soon after-
wards.
THE DOINGS AT NORTHMOOR-GREEN. —At
Bridgwater, on Tuesday, the Rev. James Hunt appeared to
give evidence before Mr. Sealy against " Turpin" Kitch,
who was apprehended on the previous Saturday under a
warrant, charged with using threatening language towards
the rev. gentleman on the 17th inst. at Northmoor-green.
The language complained of was as follows :—" I'll cut
off your ears and sell you for a bulldog." Mr. Hunt swore
that the defendant followed him from Northmoor-green to
Borough-bridge, a distance of more than two miles, re-
peating threats all the way; that he used the above ex-
pression at least 100 times, that he brandished a stick over
his head, and his fist before his face, and that he (Mr.
Hunt) was in danger of his life. The defendant said God
was very merciful towards Mr. Hunt net to strike him
dead for telling lies, as he did Ananias. He was bound
over in two sureties of £2O each to keep the peace for six
months.—Western Daily Press.
HALF-A-DOZEN PROVERBS.—" Dirty hands make
clean money," is an adage to our liking. It is all English.
It is industrial. A vision of the Black Country rises up
before us. It is better than the notion of clean hands making
dirty money. "Good meat we may pick from a goose's eye,"
a learned writer upon the goose, in his work entitled "The
Goose," gives us to know. Next to the goose, his eye then,
but the goose first. "Itis as great pity to see a woman
weep as a goose to go barefoot," is in a book of 1526, and
was, of course, part of our treasure-trove. it seems to
fulfil all Mr. Ward's conditions. Can it be true, though ?
"Money's round : it truckles." Short, plain, figurative,
and, by your leave, true. "Still swine eat all the draff."
The quietest porker is the cunningest. He eats while the
rest are singing or snoozing. "The king must wait while
his beer's brewing," has a fine touch of morality about it.
We make the public a present of its suggestiveness.—
Dickens's " All the Year Round."
ItOYAL,ORTHOP/EDIC HOSPITAL, OXFORD-STREET.
—The Right Hon. Lord Lyttleton has consented to preside
at the 29th anniversary dinner in aid of the funds of this
hospital, on May 8, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-
street. The expenses of the institution have considerably
increased by the opening of a new ward. There are now
2,000 patients under treatment, and 39,740 have been bene-
fited, while upwards of 100 are waiting for admission, In
order to enable the committee to carry on the valuable
operations of the charity, additional public support is much
needed.
FIRE ON BOARD THE ST. VINCENT.--PLYMOUTH,
Arnu. 24.—The steamship St. Vincent, from Adelaide,
Jan. 21, with 61 passengers and a cargo of wool, copper
ore, and wood, for London, put in here this evening with
her cargo on fire. She has been towed into Clovelly Buy
Cutwater, grounded on the mud, and filled with water, by
a party of seamen from the Ordinary, with Government
fire floats. The fire was first discovered on board on Good
Friday morning, while the St. Vincent was nearing the
English Channel, and fearing the smouldering fire might
burst out into ELII3OS, 56 of her passengers were transferred
to the barque Delta, from Havanuah for Falmouth for
orders. The Delta had not arrived at Falmouth up to a
late hour to-hight.—Reuter's Telegram.