The Express.
London, England, 1861-10-28 00:00:00

DARING BURGLARY AND MURDEROUS

d&STAULT.

Ou Friday much sensation was created iu the im-
I mediate neighbourhood of Paddington-green by a current
report that a mast daring and brutal assault had been made
by burglars on en elderly lady residing at No. 5, Fulham-
p Paddington-green. Upon inquiry it was ascertained
that, between the hours of 9 and 10 the previous evening,
Mrs. Green, the lady in question, whilst sitting alone in her
dniwing.roon on the first floor was alarmed by the sudden
entrance of two determined-looking men into the room,
and before she could call for assistance they fe•
rociously attacked her with life•preservers. /laving
rendered her helpless by the infliction of violent
blows on the head, they broke open a drawer, and
stole from thence a valuable gold repeater watch and a
quantity of plate, when they were evidently alarmed by the
sound of footsteps, and hastily decamped. On their passage
downstairs they were intercepted by a female domestic,
whom they knocked down with such violence as to break
the banisters. They then effected their escape. As soon as
the servant recovered herself she raised an alarm, and pro-
, cured the assistance of the police. The unfortunate lady,
who is said to be between GO and 70 years of age, was
promptly attended by three medical gentlemen, but,
from the serious nature of the injurios inflicted on her
temples, considerable apprehension is entertained as to her
recovery. Upon inquiry on Saturday afternoou
it was ascertained that the efforts of the three me-
duxl
geutlemen attending Sirs. Green were so far
successful that she showed symptoms of improvement,
and sanguine hopes were entertained of her ultimate
recovery. The injuries she received at the bands of the two
raises were principally from the blows of a life preserver
on the temples. The icjiiries which the servant sustained
were comparatively trifling. The police have been actively
engaged in looking after the culprits, and on Saturday after-
noon they discovered whet at present appears to Sea strong
clue to the parties concerned in this daring outrage. The
large sum of money, mostly gold and silver, amouuting to
upwards of 4001., in the next drawer to that robbed, which
fortunately escaped the burglars' observation, was dividend
money of the injured lady s which she had received only
that day. This circumstanoe the thieves must have been
aware of, and this fact was doubtle,s the cause of their
daring act. It is believed they effected au entrance to the
premise, from the front.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE SHREWSBURY AND
WELSHPOOL RAILWAY.

On Thursday we gave an account of an accident
the previous day ma the Shrewsbury and Web.l4pool line of
railway, which wee attended with the immediate death of
two men, true Joseph Bates, whose name at that time was
not ascertainable, and George Dim, both workmen employed
in preparing the hoe for opsaisg. We Mated also at the
sane time that a third petson, named William Funks,
was lingering in the Infirmary at Shrewsbury in a precarious
Mate, owing to a broken spine. The last-named individual
expired ou Frida► morning at 8 o'clock.
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The accident arose from the breaking of a bar under-
neath one of the ballast-trucks. which stuck in the ground
■nl propped up the carriages following, causing some to
be overturned, and the men (carpenters, bricklayer., exca-
vators, and others), for whiles special aoconinaaiation the
train wan put no, to be precipitated down an embankment
seven feet., sod injured in various ways.
The inquest was held on Friday afternoon at the infirmary
above named, before Charles Rampage Frail, Esq., coroner,
and a jury, touching the death of George Das, Joseph
Bates, awl William nimbus.
A verdict of " Accidental death• was returned.

CITY or LONDON HOSPITAL son Draw= or
TIM CUM. VICTOII,IA -PAIL —The number of potions TO-
limed at this institution during last week was 1,001, alwhich
161 were new cruse.

(Adeertisoment.]-1:10LLOWAT'll 0111211111. AND
Children's Dlsemen—lardy measures are
urgently required to keep within moderation the gist 'pontoon
of measles. When the fever first appears Holloway's Ointment
should be rubbed twice a.day at least upon the throat end chest.
It excites the akin to throw out the rash more fully, and prevents
its receding before the proper time. It maintains the eruption
so freely on the skin that It precludes convulsions, Inflammation
of the hums, sad other Malfeasant/ and damteroas symptoms. it
likewise soothes and softens the mast. Holloway's Pigs should
he given, if yossildr, to cool the hot, parched skin, to moderate
the thirst, increase the expectoration, relieve the hurried
breathing, and thoroughly to purify the blood.

CLRBIC'AL INIVLBRANCE.

A quiet village in Beilfurdahire is likely to become
notorious in 00111101#1e11011 of the foolish conduct of its clergy
and the timputanoe of the question at hem, considered
with referee°e to the rights of parishioners. The
facts are briefly these:—Charlotte King, daughter of
William King, of Roston, died after eleven dap,' ill-
mess, sad was buried in the churchyard on Wedoes-
11 day, the wooed instant. The sextoo tolled the bell
at the death. Mrs. Holden, the wife of James
Heide., attended to the deceased, accompanied by Mrs.
King, the wife of William Kiog, a Comm. Mrs. Holden
went to the parish clerk's house on the Sunday, to give
notice of the death, and to request that the bell might be
tolled. The death took place about half-past three, and
Mrs. Holden went to the deck about half-past four, and
the clerk, who also acts as sexton, tolled the
bell. Mrs. Holden went on Tuesday morning to the clerk's
bowie for the purpose of giving notice that the fune-
ral would take place on Wednesday (the day following) at
half-pest three o'clock. The clerk, Wm. Howard, was not
at borne, but Mrs. Holden mw his wife, who informed her
that Win. Howard, the clerk, was going to Mr. Richardson*
the rector of Roston, in the evening, to tell Mr. Richardson
and Mr. Horsley, the curate, that the deceased had not been
christened, and she thought they would neither of them
come to bury her ; and further said that the bell would not
have been tolled if they had known she had not been
christened. The clerk called on the parents in the evening,
before he went to Mr. Richardson, to ask if the deceased had
been christened. The mother asked the clerk "if he
always went to the parents to ask that que4ion ?" He re-
plied, "No." Then the mother said, ' do you come
to ask me r Both the parents of the deceased are baptists,
but told him the deceased had not received infant baptism.
The rune Mrs. King, one of the nurses, went to Mr. Richard-
son's with the certificate of the canoe of death, and saw Mr.
Richardson and Mr. Horsley, and told them that Howard,
the clerk, was coming down to let them know that the de-
°eased had not been baptised, and they said, "They dare
not bury her, but if they had not been told it they should
not have made any inquiry about it." No other communi-
cation was had with the parents on the subject. The
grave was dug, and the burial delayed until four o'clock—
the parents expecting, notwitluitaoding the message brought
to them by the nurse, that either Mr. Richardson or Mr.
Horsley would attend, but neither of them did, and the bell
was not tolled; the funeral took place, and the corpse was
interred in silence. The young woman was an exemplary
character in the village—a consistent member of the Inde-
pendent church at Roston, under the pastoral care of the
Rev. J. W. Bolls.