The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-19 00:00:00

TWO CHILDREN DROWNED BF A GRAND-
NOTREIC-ELICIDE OF THE LATTER.

A lamentable occurrence took place in Old Goolo
on Friday, by which three lives were sacrificed. An
elderly woman named Would, the wife of a sailor who
resided in Old Goole, took from her home a little girl, her
granddaughter, aged 4 years, and proceeded to a school
in the vicinity, when she called to ask the master to
allow her grandson, about 7 years of age, leave to go
with her. Not suspecting anything wrong, the master
allowed the lad to go. The old woman took the two
children in the direction of a village called Swinefieet, on
the banks of the Ouse, and when outside of Old Goole,
and where the road runs close to the river Ouse, she seized
hold of the lad and threw him into the river. She then
dragged the little girl down the bank, and walked with her
into the water until the tide took her away. A gentle-
man coming along in a gig heard a splash. lie got out
and ran to the bank, and was just in time to see the lad's
head above the water and the little girl's head. Ile at
once descended the bank and seized the child's drew, but
it giving way through the title running stoug, the body
was carried away from him, and all throe wore seen no
more. The bodies have not been recovered. A woman in
a house some short distance from the spot saw the whole
occurrence, but had not time to give any warning. It is
raid the old woman wan in a low state of wind, and
thought they would all come to want.— Gerd. Mercrwy.

THE CHARGE OF SHOOTING AT YOrNO LADIES.
—On Saturday afternoon, at the Brentford Petty Sessions,
Mr. Philip Lugard, a retired surgeon, of Defiance Cottage,
Hounslow, was brought upon remand, charged with shoot-
ing at and wounding Hiss Ellen Oussner, with intent to
do her grievous bodily harm. The evidence showed that
on the afternoon of the 9th inst., complainant and a
young lady named Coles were in the garden of the house,
3, Hayden-villas, next to wisonar's, when a stone was
thrown over the wall, which hit complainant, and prisoner,
who threw it, called her a bad name. Shortly after the
prisoner fired a walking-stick gun from his window at the
young ladies. Complainant received • shot on the right
temple, and medical aid was called in. A Mims Scot-
ty raw smoke come from defendant's window, also
his hand at the time of the report. The defence sot up
was that the gun was fired only to frighten the young
people, who annoyed him, and that probably the shot had
rebounded from the wall. They called him irritating
expressions, but this was denied. It was proved that
the prisoner had on a previous occasion called Miss
Scotney a .bad name, and hod threatened to shoot
her. On examining the wall it was found that the
gun had been fired direct at the spot where the young
ladies were. After a long deliberation, although the
defendant is BO years of ago, the bench thought the
previous threat, coupled with this proceeding, resolved
itself into a dangerous act, and the prisoner was, there-
fore, committed fur trial. (hr the question of bail, on
consideration of a pledge being given by his friends to
look after the old gentleman carefully, he was admitted to
lail—himaelf in 101 W. and two sureties in 391. each.

SUDDEN DEATH IN Ciittrtru.—Yomtertlity morn-
ing, during the performance of divine service at All Saints'
Church, Windsor, Mr. Annott, the sexton, aged about 60,
dropped suddenly and expired. The suddenness of his
death caused a moat profound sonatina among the Nil.
gregatien and in the neighbourhood.