The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

DETERMINED ATTEMPT 70 MURDER
_4 DETECTIVE OFFICER OF THE
CITY OF LONDON.

A few days more Charles nein, a City detective
officer, presided nub a warrant to Haulier!, and appro.
banded a man named Christian Settler on a charge of Meiling
et St. lees is 11 tutfingdonshint, flee transfer rharre, and
2311. in 111.11167 belonging to Mr. &Atlantic*, a etockhroker,
eau) tog on business at 4, Atutiu•fr.ura. He tub bin pri-
mmer on board the stew-alp Caledonia (Stephen Frost,
captain), with the view of bringing hits to Load,"
bat en the voyage here, eat whew off Lowestoft,
at four o'clock In the afternoon of Sunday,
Sailrr took true. hi. pocket a pia.l and shot the odium in
the right ietuat, the La:l taking, an uproot directive sad
lodging in the shoulder. On the arrival of the Caledonia
at the Tower, Thalia (whole wound is supposed to be
of a eery dant-mous thirst ter) woe at onto token to Guy's
Hospital.. Settler was glecn into the custody of the City po-
t/ice, and Me double charge of robbery sad attempted murder
will be preferred ageism him at the Mansion-bowie thisday.

We understand that Ur. Henry Phillips is about
to re-appeer 013 the lOW io a Krim of operettas composed
for Ms.—SA.l,ldd Ti
Tut ParIIE,,ESTATION OF PAISLEY.-1130 licm.
P. Lemma Gower has Mead an odder soliciting the rion-
Meats of the electors. " I ham edeonssed," he rays, "and
shell continuo to advocate, an estession of the stiffen*, and
the protection of the voter by the nee of the ballot. A re-
moval of the mistiest inspalitim in our tepreeentative sys-
tole sill he accuracy to a.abo Ahem reforms cumplote. I
mewled, sad hope ag-in to sopped, with my site, the
Lord Advuods's Lill mord:Use National Education. Oa
thin end all oromions 1 Moe acted in concert
with ths Mends of religious liberty. I shell etTUIII.
oue:y promote soy reform in the administration of
pablio slides which shall secure elEciency and eco-
nomy, and make merit the toot al Imam fur public dame
The recent crida in thet cantooteiel world will form upon
perlieseent • full and marching havestigegma into our imam
tag .ya.m. Selisting tLe principles or Scotch banking to
Le imminsically aound, 1 shell noverthelesegive to this japer-
tan t subject my mom submit ormaidenation. The restoration
of we supromitcy In huh., with a view to the better tavern-
meet and eivilieetue of the lice population which Novi-
deuce has committed to our charge, MY to as a great
Christie° duty. Any 11.1111171111 to emus than objects shill
nerve t..y acre !AMOK attention,"
CUE IteIgteSENTATION UV EAST KENT.—A new
writ for Ems Kent le to to moved in pediment on the 3rd
Decoubse. Mr. W. Deeds. hes issued se address to the
electors, in width he soya.--" F.., twelve pima you con-
fided your interests t.. my core, and by 7 repealed re-elections
meekest by year approval the iredeperulsnt mane I followed
in public his. Shook! I &pia be the object of your choke,
the same principles will guide tee. I shall not look to men,
but to ffaessures; sad, indifferent to the putty
ve hoot whence they
ru'r=, I shall advocate thorn which I belie to be con-
i ad
to it... politic good. With regard to the two pro-
minent osmium of the day, via.—the detect edentate India
sod the monetary t 0.... of this country, I shall approach the
comodirratem of the middies proposed in both come, with en
animus &giro to do justice to the hmpsrt.at istereets in-
volved, and to plans oe a perusenont sad satie6ctory footing
sie well the future immanent of our met Indian empire, se
the imobtishmed of our commercial midges e boon and
*bead."

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TN LATE GENERAL NEILL.—AT a meeting of
Ile Counniimumen of Supply of the county of Ayr the
chairmen, Colonel I. Fent.? Hamilton, celled attention to
the lamented death of ogle of their number, °mend NoilL
Sir James Verge...on, of K dkernin, wormed, and Mr James
Campbell, of Craigie meunded, Ste %Sowing resolution,
which wee unanitootUdy agreed to •-•-“Tluit the Commis-
airmen of Supply desire to record the regret end sorrow
which they hove felt in bearing of the desth of tbe We
(lateral Neill, and their deep ear of the low the coaatry at
lenre he. sustelsed in the untimely end of that gallant
glaimalrs mower, who during the shod period of his weirs
in Hensel had contributed we largely, by his energy, courage,
and .1 wary .kill, to tho cheek which has Len gives to
the revolt of the native army sod to the brilliant achieve-
meets of the Denali forces and the loyal portion of the settee
army. That the chairmen shall convey to the bereaved
widow mad mother of General Neill a copy of the foregoing
rsc.lwi n, in the hope that dila expeembin of sympathy,
(.Itutasei with the recollection of his glori &nth and
the univereel adenhation of hie great (matins., and 11.17i0M,
may afford to than some consolation wader their deplorable
&emir y." _ _

St tiltEN 1/EATII.—A taut of awfully sudden
death tomirml on Sunda', evening in the Artillery garrison,
Wtviloi•th. The Re,. !•Stiltord Connor, assistant military
ohm Isle, having monplutied of inditpositionAbsit morning,
the snler for the porfornance of Mime mono., lt which it
was ht. duty to otticuits, was in consequence countermandod,
awl lb. rev. gentlemen, although not serion.l7 complaireng,
r•tottned Meisel( to hit quarter.. About the middle -f the day
his .weans entering hi•ronut found him in a Mate of syneops,
obi...aro he iumeNhately ran for the assistance of the Car.
A. M. Wright, one of the chaplains of the rarri.on, who
orderer burr to procure the ottendanoe of • toetli.ol stricer of
the eamblishmect, Drs. Wamin and Little leer.: promptly
on the spa, but fogad that life west quite extinct. The de-
ceased was about thirty year. of age. A poet mortem
minettois will to made of the body, pending which it is imp-
possrl the dmvased died from cerebral apoplexy.
11011.Llt EX eLuSIoN AT HtOD6RarIELD.-BEVEN
Ltvra I.ol4.—Yestaday (Monday) afternotm • fearful
hotter .ploaion boa place at lac Charles Kaye's *Atm
factory. Aspley. Huddemtleld. The explosion took plectra
little after two t.'cliolt, Just after the wmkpeople had com-
menced work. The eninne•bouse I. under two morns and
the explosion blew there up and sent • portion of the boiler,
and four woman and two men over • grit or dart on to the
rewinds of Mt.. Mitchell, dyer, • distance of about forty
rent.. Th• rest of the baler went twenty yard• in another
direction. Many !tundra,' perssais congregated on the eptt,
end an,,. atd.d in removing lb. nuns. In addition to the
bodies found in Mr. Mitchell's piece, are women we. Sound
dead, awl several men and women, butt, were taken to the
Inert:nary. Raven bodice lie at the Whorl' Inn, and .1 the
'twee( the parcel leaving, • woolen canted Fletcher and •
man named Lusli had only Aeon identilied. Canes of mph,.
ri,lll not known. llodsr, two year. old. Engine, 16-bass
power—WV.

ATTEMPT TO MClt)l7.ll A POLlCEMAN.—Yester-
dey 10011•11116 shoat half-past ar o'inork, a rawardly
rage was erammitted ea the high read about a mile from Tod-
wick. Tedwiek is a village about omen mile. from Rother-
ham, sad is under the eurreillamas of the Weat Riding
county ousetalialary. About the time stated, Polka-con-
stable Thomas Carom was proceeding on the Todwirk turn-
pike-road. and when he ru. to a place celled Radian!, a shot
was lied at him frion behind a Ledge. on the right-hand
wile. The slue took effect in the right f.ie arm, bat not
tieing entikient Metently to diaable him, Carson drew his
pistol and fired at the Owe from whence the sound had
pr,seeded. He then began to march for the ruffian. The
tpdge through which the shot had been fired being very
high, Carson was tumble to get to tho other eider about the
mom spot, and proceeded • little further down the road to a
pl acs when the &Dia is lower, When he bad a leered the
tente be drew Li. endue. and proceeded up the side of the
hedge iu the direction from wheat* the abet had been tired.
It sem very dark. Gad he ma unable to find any one. At lenoh
he became fault from bee of blood and the injury that Yid
been a.me to him, sad returned home. Modi.el mamma was
obtained, and the officer was found to hose mistained very
withal+ fajta,. No motive can be &minted for the outrage.
The oilier km amity been stationed at Todwirk for about •
month. and &win that time be has not token any sevens Ia
tomcods or summoned any one, so that it le rlitSwit to wider.
stand the maim the has actuated the villain in the per-
petration if so cowardly an matmge. Ceram is ilercribed es
a very moffensire, quiet man.
FlitrinVENLID TO DEATlT.—Yesterday morning a
little girl ',boo* parents raids in Harvey's- buildings, Strand,
was playing With some of her on apesicam, when one of them
covered herself with a black cloak end mask, and eaddoely
wertote out, so frightened the (Ind that she fell into 'taunt
convulaioas, sad shortly afterwrde aspired.._

litchi TkAVIILLI'XI: IN CANAITA.—His Excellency
the Oovarnar-Gencrel, on tLe snivel of the Indian in pert,
hear." expressed a elk to pooled from Quebec to Mon-
treal, and Wince to Toronto, by (head Trunk Railway, are
morreneents were immediately made by Mr. holder, general
manger of the company, to place at the diaporel of hie Rae
cellexcy a special train, to convey him and suite from Quebec
to Toronto. The journey, a distance of 600 nuke, was pee-
Vaned in 13 boon, but a. two hours and a half most be
d"1,1,4 for 81.PPsnes, including an hoar for dinner at
Kingston, the naming time is thereby reduced to twelve
and a half hour., making the rate of speed 40 miles en hour
fur twelve coneecutive hours. Koch running, being managed
oa a single line of rails, end without, as we are informed,
Interfering in any way with the ordinary trend, reflects
not oily the greatest credit ea the officer. generelly sod their
el-want inan•gemsat, but also afford. %cry coorlueive proof
that the runstruction of the road roust I. of first.rate cha-
racter to warrant sal high ;speed for • contionoun journey
of 500 notes. Comparieir this journey of his Exnelleney
with die locomotion of only a few years beck, by which at
legal • ',might would have bees occupied in the truant be-
Neon Quebec and Toronto, the provinces have name to be
proud .4 their greet netienal radroad—.• noble enterprise,"
as the lion. Mr. Carley hes ebereeterised it, "so internally
blended with the hope. of Canada, that it grows with its
growth, and strengthens with Its strength, and is cloaked
yet to achieve thieneoude•t MIMI!.e with the Ineeeseisie pro-
sperity of the province. 11l Excellency woo planed to
lays••• hie gotdication at the very expedition. manner in
'Mat the journey bad been performed.—Comelier Bailirmy
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