The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-08 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Sarah Harrod, a young girl raiding with her parents, at
Surrey-row, Bleckfriare-road, was brought up in custody,
charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking •
quantity of white poxupitate.
A constable of the L division said that on Tuesday after-
noon be was on duty in the Slackfriars.med, when his
attention was celled toe house io Surrey.MW, and Its there
saw the primmer very sick. Her mother handed bins
tumbler, to which adhered some white powder, and she told
him that prisoner had taken poison. Witness took her
immediately to a doctor's, when the stomach-pump was
used, aid she soon manful Winless returned to her
parent.' holm, and a paper, marked " poison " (produced),
wet headed to him. It had contained white precipitate.

The magistrate asked bow old was the prisoner.`
The mother, • very decent-looking female, with a child
In her arms, aid that she was sixteen. She had been very
pert sod saucy all Monday end Tuesday.
The magistrate said how she got the pow.
The mother said that she bad simmtained that sho had
seat one of hat little sisters to • chemist's far a penny-
worth of white precipitate, and in!ber pingo& she swal-
lowed it. _ .

--/he lagistaste asked what was the cams of her making
such a wicked attempt as her life.
The rootber mid she mold not tell, wakes was through
her bad temper. Witness had geally checked her, but she
never acted harshly towards her.

In answer to the charge,
The prisoner said she was very sorry for what she bad I
dote, but she assured hie worship that she had no intention
to commit suicide. She bad bad words with her mother,
but she merely thought of frightening her.
The magistrate told her she was a very wicked girl, and
be felt half inclined to send ber to prison. Would she pro-
mise never to attempt such a wicked set again
She promised faithfully not to do so ; and if his worship
would discharge her, she would rotors home with her
mother and act obediently in all things.
Magistrate—Then go home with your mother, and mind
you keep your word.
She was then discharged, and left the court with her
mother and sister.

APPREHENSION OF A LIVERPOOL CLEILILEM.
Rama:Him OP TWO TROVSAIID Flys 1117EDRIO Poona.
—Samuel Hey Parker, the clerk who abounded with the
above amount from a Liverpool commercial house, was
appreheoded yesterday afternoon at Salisbury, sad will be
taken to Liverpool for trial.
STRIKE OP NAILYAKER/L—The nailere employed
at eueeley,Sedgley, and districts, held a meths; at &daisy
on Tuesday. Delegate, from the Lye district VW* pre-
sent, and one of them explaiiied that the nailmakers—
both the hundred and thonsmid ones—at the Lye and is
tbat district had got a rise of ls. 2J. per bundle, or 3el per
"hundred," oil nails of that name, on the reduced rate from
the "11,4 price." they bad been working at ; ship a return
to the proper rate for the "thousand . nails. They had
simply given the masters of that locality wake
that they should expect the rise named, sad
with warmly any trouble they bad obtained
the coussot of the masters to pay it, sad were
now at work. The speaker said be could not see why the
sailers of Sedgley should nut also have 3d. per cwt. addi-
' Hoard to their present remunarstios, sad a name to
1" twenty shillings instead of eighteen shilliogs" far every
pound. He counselled them to strike at once if the ametees
would not give it to them ; but in his opiaioa "they hod
',lily to ask to obtain." The meeting then pledged them-
' selves to " knock off" working immediately, and not to
compeers afresh unless the muter gave the mamas at the
district named. The men at once ceased working, and all
of them—men, women, and children—are sew on strike.

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the Etes, should wait upon the maiden and communicate
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