The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

• DWfllkillltltD SILJ•MUUDIREit.
William Weller, a middlwaged roan. a gardener, of Hod-
der:be, wee again brosght before Mr. Burnham, from
Horse-
mangetrimieself gaz= with making a moat determined
attempt at
It appeared from the evidence of Georg* Slairg, police.
constable 103, M, that about 9 o'clock on Thursday night teat
he wee on duty mar the canal bridge in the Old Kent-road,
when he saw the prisoner surrounded by a number of boys
near the mail. Witness went op to the spot, and ascertained
that he had attempted to drown hinwelL Finding him in a
frightfully estrum condition, he asked him what be had been
doing, when he replied that he had twice tried to drown him.
'elf, but could not. He wee, however, determined to do so-
Witness took him into custody, sod ea the way to the station.
house he tried to get away, sad bagged to be allowed to de-
stroy himself, se if he was liberated he should do so. On the
following day witness brought him t ) this mart, when it
wee ascertained that he was a gardener at Hoddradoei, and
still persisting in his determination to commit suicide, be
was remanded natal to-day to enable the officer to make
further inquiries about him.
The wife of the primate now attended, and said he had
been out of work some time, and left home a fortnight ago
with eight soverelase sad a valuable watch. She beard
nothing of him until she saw the amount in the newspapers.
The conateble said that all that wee found on him wag a
pawnbroker's &tollgate for a watch pledged for 3/. 10e.
Mr. Burrtham ~beerved that he remanded the ptisonar to
enable him to redact, but be had told the chaplain that he
was determined to commit suicide. He should therefore
thither remand him as he was a permit who could not be
allowed to go at Yip.

DISGRACEFUL OCTRAOIL—A very serious attempt
was made at Oldham, on Sunday night, to injure r.
°mess, brickmaker, of Bruadway-lens, Oldham. Mr.
0/011•1111 was just entering the beck door of his dwelling.housei,
at half-past seven on Sunday night, when en explosion took
place has what afterwards turned out to be a hand grenade.
the grenade le described as similar In cos.truction to those
used by Orsini in hie attempt on the life of Louis Napoleon,
and from the examination of the pollee it would appear that
Mr. Grams bad been watched towards his house, and the
projectile thrown at him as soca as he reached the door.
Than le toe much mein to fear that this diaboliosi attempt
I. the resell of trade disputed. Mr. Grieves has already had
• rupture with the units' mew, which lad to a lock out, and
since the lock out goose otherwise unaccountable offences
have been committed in that district,

INCENDIARISM ax YORKIIIIRIL—On Friday, Ellen
Stockton, a girl only 17 yens of age, was examined before
the magistrate. at VOA, on • charge of having ea fire to a
stack of oats, the property of her master, Mr. W. Horlgeon,
et Thornton-le-My,- in the North Riding of Yorkshire,
farmer. The Bre occurred at nine o'clock on the previous
Monday night, when nearly one-half of the stack was burnt,
end damage thetatned to the extant of about IW. The stack
wee not lee from the back door of the prosecutor, and, in addi-
tion to Its being shown that the prienarr was In that part of the
premien just before the stack was obeerved to be in a blaze, a
box of Inciter metchee was mimed from the house. On being
spokes
to,
f also,
o t h with
it
r etian aidElan aba taw a light like a candle
between the oat stack and wheat stack, but she thought she
would not tell, ea she might be blamed for setting it on dre •
sent she had accidentally set the stack en fire, owing to her;
having placed a lighted candle between two suck', when the
candle fall among the oat strew ; and finally stated that the
candle falling out of her hand was the owe of the 000141 ITS•
lion. No reason can be assigned for the girl committing the
unless it be that on the same night her minims had
upon her chiming a pair of boots which she had put
away without doing so, after she had been told. A circum-
stance before that bed occurred which reflected on the pct.
goner's conduct. She said nothing in defence, and was COM•
mined to York Castle for trial at the next winter gaol
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