The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-29 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

4,1,1 Blain! • girl of 16 yeara of egs, format to Mrs. MVO.
who ma ""
es apartments at No. 4, Alfred-F.lmo. Camberwell
New road, wan charged on suspicion with wetting fire to •
hones, and destvoying a bed and other articles of property
belonging to Mies Hubbard, and also with attempting to com-
mit suicide by throwing herself out of the first door window.
Mrs. Ann Elisabeth Neva &poised that she war • wilier,
and had • shop in Newington-causeway and also occupied
emrtmente at the house of Mrs. Hubbard, at 4, Alf-td-
place, Camberwell New-road. The prisoner wsa in her ser-
vice, and was pnucipally mimed in nursing her baby at her
lodgioge, where bar (wheels'.) mother also resided. On hern-
iate the previous night the found that there had hen &beset
the house, and that the premieres bed bean nearly burnt down.
Sae (witurea) also found that the place bad been on fire at
dakeent places at the HMO time. fibre strongly evepected the
prisoner of having causal it, and her conduct on the follow-
ing (that) morning so strengthened her suspicion that she
gave her into cu.tudy.
Mr. Omega Downs deported that he was on a visit at the
bossed his relative,Misa Hubbard, sad that the night before,
about 11 o'clock, when going to bad be saw • bonnet box
which wee placed on •• shelf with 'event whoa, en fire, and
without giving any alarm, be procured some water and ex-
Winkled it. He then went into his bed-room, where be
found the bed on fire and the room filled with stooks to suf.
((section. He, in consequence, called out for water, and
haring thrown • quantity over the bed, had the latter re.
moved into the garden.
Mr. Elliott—lied tin bed bean very much burnt?
Witnem—Very much, ae wail as the tel clothes. The
toilet of the chewing tab). was also very much burnt, though
it was some distance from the bed, and • cheat of dnwere,
*lce separated from both the bed and cheering table, was very
much scorched and injured. The einem briber said tint
had he not gone upsteirs at the opportune moment he had,
the house roust in a very short time have bleu indamw. In
coot hobos, the witners said that on that morning about six
o'clock be was alarmed by the trite of the pri.oner, who had
jumped from • window 16 feet high, and who had, no doubt,
hurt hermit a good deal, but broke no tones.
BIMINI Warren, • men et to Miss Hubbard, said [het
about half.past ten she wee in the room occupod by the lair
witness, and turned down the hell clothes, and at that time
all wee rah.
Mr. Elliott—Did you take • candle up with you P
Witmer—Yee, at,, but 1 plead it carefully on the top of
the drawers when 1 went to tiro down the bed. When I
went down to my room, the primmer came to tee for a light,
sad I gave her one, and I told her to go to her ors
spariment.
Mr. Elliott—Do you know ',bailor she wont upstairs
ober that ?

Wonses —I can't say.
Polioe-ronstabie 4U2 P said Mat on that morning be eras
mst for to take the prisoarr into custody, and on exassising
the house it was prerttly cher to hint that the tire was sot
seridental. I lit prisoner edeellqed to Wei that site had been
apelaire on the aught before whin** s light, but on getting
them she struck • match sad got • light. Sits ter ther wad
she we. tired of hes We, and that was the rearm she threw
lanai oat of the window.
The primer mkt stw know nothing Moot the cause of the
leo. Or was Immaded for a week.