The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-01 00:00:00

THE OUTRAGE IN THE CITY.

COMMITTAL—(THIS DAY.)
At the Mansion-house police-court this morning
the two boys Arthur Forrester Smith, aged 14, and Hector
Augustus Smith, aged 12, were brought up in custody of
Detective-sergeant Moss, end charged before the Lord
Mayor with feloniously assaulting Mary Ann Nunn, the
housekeeper, at No. 2, Catherine-court, Seething.lane,
with intent to murder her. They were likewise charged
with stealing a sum of 24 Os. tid. from her bedroom.
Mr. Arthur Bowes Elliott, the surgeon from Guy's Hos-
pital, who stated that Mrs. Neon was going on slowly,
And would not be able to leave the hospital for three weeks
or a month, gave a description of the wounds which she
had sustained. He stated that she was brought into
the hospital at 10 o'clock on the evening of the
Ist of May. There were several large lacerated
wounds on the side and top of the heed. On
the forehead there WAS a square wound exposing the skull.
At the back of the bead there was a large, rregularly-
shaped wound ; the skull was bare, and idsc fractured.
The left ear was torn. There was a wound, an inch and a
' quarter boo& above the left eye-brow ; and another, three-
, quarters of an inch long, below the left eye. There
was a wound on the bridge of the nose, and
the bones of the nose were all broken. Both
eyes were much swollen. The right hand was bruised,
but no bones were broken. Two fingers of the left hand
were broken. The injuries might have been caused by the
mallet produced. The woman was nearly insensible when
brought in, and unable or unwilling to give any account of
how they had been received. She had been in a very dan-
gerous state, and was not quite out of danger. She was
not able to be brought to the court to give her evidence to-
diß a Lord Mayor asked the prisoners if they had any
questions to ask the witness.
The prisoners—No, sir, thank you.
The Lord Mayor asked if any of their friends had seen
them.
Inspector Tilloock said their father had seen them 'eye.
ral times, and their aunt was now in court.
The foreman front Mr. Gob's establishment was now in
court, end gave evidence as to the purchase by the
prisoners and the son of the landlady of Deacon's coffee-
house, in the Strand, of some foils anti apistol on the 24th
April. On the Name afternoon they returned and bought
another pistol and a belt, paying for the articles with a
sovereign. His suspicion being excited he asked their
name and address. They said their name was Smith, and
that they lived in " Deacon's Hotel, Strand." He went
there and ascertained that statement to be correct, and the
landlady told him they were the sons of a naval officer.
Mr. Davis, hatter, Chelsea, identified the boy's cap
found on the premises after the outrage as one purchased
from trim by the elder prisoner on the 7.3 rd April.
The prisoners, who appeared to have lost the timidity
which characterised them at the previous examinations,
and who whispered to each other several times
during the proceedings, were then committed for trial on
the charge of maliciously wounding and causing grievous
bodily harm to Mrs. Mary Ann Nunn, with intent to pre-
vent their lawful apprehension for having committed a
felony.

THE REPRESENTATION OF OXFORD.

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OXFORD, MONDAY Momiso.

A requisition to Mr. W. Vernon Harcourt,
him to stand as a candidate for the represents.
tion'of the city of Oxford, in the place of Mr. Neste, is
being signed this morning.
Mr. Neste has not yet notified his intention to retire ;
but his agents bare intimated that he will do so on the
dissolution of parliament.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELECTION

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DUBLIN ELECTION;

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DUBLIN, MONDAT MORNING.

Thin morning Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, Bert ,
11111 elected, without opposition, to represent the eity:of
Dublin in Parliament, in the place of his father, the late
Sir Benjamin Guinness, Bart.