The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MUI:bFR
TWO POLICEHEN.—(THIS D.l. Y.)

This
,morning an unprovoked and desperate
attempt was mode to murder two policemen io Fun-
bury. The inhabitants of that neighbourhood wen
startled at about 3 o'clock this morning by the rapid din charge of fire-arms, and in a short time great commoticc
prevailed.

- The facts appeared to be these. At about 2.45 am.
man named Thomas O'Heson was brought to she LI.
Wigs-wells polioastation in the custody of Polite rot.
stable 2160, Porten, Maley, and Police-sergeant
Allingham, 15 G, charged with discharging • Lad-.1 re.
vetoer at John Harvey Hills, of Charles-street, ea
square, and Police constable Maley, 216 G, with
intent to kill and murder them, at Whitt:row
street, St. Luke's. It transpired that the run Hills
formerly a police-constable of the C division, and accord,
ing to his statement it appeared that he first saw the psi,
sumer with three other men ►t the corner of Chisa'll.
street, Finsburyoquare, and passed them going down Ctis
well-street towards his home, and when he had got as for
as the corner of Wbitecromestreet he heard the rep of
pistol, and immediately a shot passed the side of his fse..
Two other shots were fired in rapid succession at him, kg
neither of them took effect.

The prisoner, who was about 15 yards behind
walked away down to Whitecruss-street. Policecoostal.
Maley, having heard the report, ran up to the sit.t atd
seized hold of the prisoner. He struggled ile=yt.
racily with bin), and the Prosecutor came t 4
to the constable's assistance. In the struggle it,
prisoner put his right hand over his left shoulder soil fired
two more shots. There were several persona pesiii4,
the time. The whole of the chambers of the re,ol,e,
were discharged, and the prisoner by this time propcl,
secured. It was only by " dodging " ►bout that the coc.
stable and the man Hills escaped with their lives. The
constable prevented the fifth shot from taking effect
hl
knocking the prisoner's hand up into the air—the Abu
passed over the msn's shoulder. By this time Police-sc.:tin
1513 came up to the prisoner, and he wu,with the aid device
passers-by who had witnessed the occurrence, taken to tit
police station. The revolver was thrown away by
prisoner and was picked up by one of the a itoesser ml
given to the sergeant.

- Hills says he has never seen the prisoner before in ha
life, and cannot account for this extraordinary attempt t,
shoot him. His face, as well u the constable d
wu blackened withthe powder.

On the way to the station the prisoner said to Maley,
know you, you —, and I can do ten yearq tor you any
time.

When plead before Mr. Inepector Bryant, and to t4r
°harp against hint, the prisoner said his name was Timms
O'Reeon, and he was a shoemaker. He refused to ~I,e
any address.

The revolver is one of an ordinary character, and withal:
any maker's name. Upon examination it was found tba
one of the shots had grazed a doorpost, but Lippi!y La
more serious result occurred.

The prisoner will to-day be brought before the relax
magistrate at Clerkenwell charged with the attempt+ a
murder, and doubtless remanded.

FINAL COMMITTAL OF THE FENI.!N

PRISONERS.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

At the unusually early hour of $ o'clock tint
morning the prisoners Timothy and William Wound.
Nicholas English, James O'Neil John O'Keefe, Mir,,k:
Barrett, and AnneJustioe, were brought up on ret“.*!
on the charge of murder of the persons killed by tit
Fenian explosion at ClerkcnwelL

As it was not generally known that any departure fun:
the ordinary ...aurae was intended, it may well be imagined
that at so early an hour there was no attendance in the
street of expectant spectators to witness the arrival of
van. But its appearance in the street, with its escort
of mounted and armed police, more than hour btfon
the usual time, attracted considerable attention, ad
within a few minutes a large crowd bad aasembled in the
street. There wee, however, no excitement, and but
comparatively lukewarm interest in the event itself, but
rather that sort of curiosity which is soproverbially
tire of crowding in the streets of London. The mob, mu tat.
wanted to know why the van had arrived so early. lan
gaining no information on that point did taut troahh
themselves to make any pressing inquiry. They waur!
till the van had driven away again, and then dispenel
as rapidly as they had assembled.
In the meantime and while the van was waiting at the
entrance of the court, the prisoners had been placed at she
bar before Sir Thomas Henry, who had specially atku.:ol
for the purpose.
It will be remembered that the last remand was purely
formal, the prisoners having been verbally and aul..tas•
tially committed on this day week. The object of scull./
them back to Millbank on a warrant of remand, instm,i
to Newgate on a warrant of committal, was simply to
obviate the inconvenience which would have resulted fron
their being committed to the Central Criminal Court whet
the grand jury was on the point of being discharged.
thus carrying the matter over till the following session.
The prisoners were placed at the bar at d precisely, :rod
fully committed to Newgate to take their trial at the
Central Criminal Court.

The two Desmonds and English observed that they hal
no means of paying the expenses of their defence.
Sir Thomas Henry referred them to the sheriffs.
They were then removed from the court and taken loci
to the van to be conveyed to Newgate. The whole
transection only occupied five minutes, the Vail with in
escort leaving Bow-street, at 5 minutes past 8 o'clock.

WlLl'Hlit RIPOBT.-(THIS DAY.)

TCIIBDAT, YAWS 8, 8 LX.