The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-04 00:00:00

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Desperate Attempt to Murder.

On Saturday evening last, at about five o'clock,
a most determined attempt was made to murder
Mr. henry Ifus, a moderator lamp manufacturer,
carrying on business at 40, Princes-street, Stam-
ford-street, by William Shirley, a young man who
had been in his employment.

Shirley appears to be of a roving disposition, and
had left Mr. Hus's employ to go to sea. Returned
from seeing foreign countries, he called at his
former master's workshops in Roupell-street,
Lambeth, and asked for a character, as he was
about to obtain a situation as guard on a railway.
Mr. Hus agreed to fill up the usual paper, but this
did not satisfy the man, who flew into a passion,
and suddenly fired one of the barrels of a re-
volver at the left side of his former master's
head. The ball entered the throat under the ear.
The shock shook him much, but observing Shirley
about to shoot at his head a second time, he put up
his left hand to save his face, and a second ball
passed through the palm of his hand. Mr. Hus then
grappled with his assailant, and, being a powerful
man, he managed to force him on one knee and dis-
armed him of the revolver. Determined to preserve
his own life, he discharged one of the loaded barrels
at Shirley's throat ; but, his aim being rather high,
the ball merely entered the fleshy part of the neck on
the left side and passed out obliquely on the right.
The calls of Mr. Hus of "Murder," and the report of
the three pistol shots, here brought assistance, and a
man named German, when going into the place, met
Shirley in the passage bleeding profusely from the
wound in the neck. When asked by German what
was the matter, he said his former master,
Mr. Hus, had shot him. Both were then re-
moved in cabs to the Tower-street Station-
house, Waterloo-road, and were promptly attended
to there by Mr. Blades, the divisional surgeon.
He ultimately extracted a ball from the throat of
Mr. Hus, and, singular to say, it was as flat as a
sixpence. The doctor next attended to and dressed
the wound on the left hand, as,well as that on
the throat, and ultimately examined the wound on
Shirley, which he found not to be of a dangerous
character, the ball, as before stated, merely passing
through the fleshy part of the neck.
Mr. Hus was subsequently removed to the house
of a friend. He is going on favourably. Shirley
remained at the Tower-street Station, and he is
going on well. He will be taken this morning to
Southwark Police-court to be examined before the
magistrate.

EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER-THIS DAY.

This morning the prisoner Shirley was placed
before Mr. Woolrych, at the Southwark Police-
court, charged with shooting with intent to murder.
He is a strong and active young man, about 28
years of age, and from appearance had been fol-
lowed a sea-faring life. The rough blue coat which
he wore was in parts clotted with blood and bore
evidence of a very violent struggle.

The pistol with which the wounds were inflicted
was one of the old-fashioned five-barrel revolver,
about five or six inches long, of the cheap Birming-
ham manufacture,

Witnesses were examined, whose evidence wag
merely a repetition of the above facts.

Dr. Corbett Blades, of 171, Kennington Park-
road, said he was called to attend Mr. Hus and
the prisoner. He found both suffering from wounds,
but those of Mr. Hus were very alarming. The
principal wound on Mr. Hus was one near the left
jaw. He was for some time unable to discover the
exact position of it from the excessive hemorrage
that had taken place. On removing the blood, he
foimd that the injury was just under the left jaw,
and on probing it he found it to be a very deep one.
He was successful in extracting the bullet, which
he now produced, four inches from the orifice of the
wound. The bullet had struck against the jaw,
and became flattened by the contact. He also found
a ragged wound at the back of Mr. Hus's hand,
which had also been produced by a pistol shot. Mr.
Hus was unable to attend that day.
Mr. Woolrych—Do you consider him to be in a
dangerous state ?

Mr. Blades—The wound in the throat is a very
dangerous one, though not necessarily mortal. The
great fear now arises from inflammation ensuing.
Mr. Woolrych—He is wounded then in a very
dangerous part.

Mr. Blades—The wound is an inch and a quarter
beyond the carotid artery on the left side, which, if
it had been injured, death must have instantly en_
sued, as he must have bled to death. Mr. Hue is,
however, now going on favourably, but he is quite
unable to attend to-day. He is a foreigner, and
when he is spoken to on the subject he becomes
very excited, and thus the muscles become agitated
and the wound reopens.

mr. Woolrych--You examined the prisoners
wound, did you not ?

Witness—Yes, but it was merely a skin wound
on the back of the neck ; it had, however, arisen
from a gun or pistol shot.

Mr. Woolrych—The wound is in a very dan-
gerous part, is it not? You don't think that a
person would chose such a part to inflict only
a trifling injury to himself.

Witness—Decidedly not. He would choose the
fleshy part of the arm in preference.

Mr. Woolrych (to prisoner)—Do you wish to
ask the witness any questions?
Prisoner—No, sir, I've nothing to ask.
Mr. Woolrych—As the prosecutor cannot attend
the court and give evidence, I shall remand this
case for a week. I suppose the prosecutor will be
able to attend that day. If not, we can remand
the prisoner again for a short time, in order to send
him for trial at the next sessions of the Criminal
Court, which commence 18thonretmheovedy
binst.
The prisoner was then the gaoler.
He walked from the court with the utmost uncon-
cern.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Cotton Market excited.
mount to 30,000 bales.

Sales will probably

made
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WIVENHOE AND BRIGHTLINGSEA RAILWAY.—..
Colonela
Government inspector of railways,
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lination of this line. Particular attention
was s paid
o swing bridge over Alresford Creek. No
date has blnfidxrn'ge d for the opening of the line.
BUYING IN CANADA.--liarper's Weekly says
It is becoming pretty generally known that the place to
buy clothes and food is Canada. A coat, costing $75 in
New York, can be got in Montreal or Turoato for $3O in
gold, say $44 in currency ; a suit, worth $lOO here, can
be got there for $45, say $67 in our money ; boots, worth
$l6 hero, can be had there for $7, say $lO of our money ;
and meat, poultry, and all kinds of produce can be had
there at 25 to 33 per cent cheaper than here. The wild
speculation in produce and merchandise which has so long
prevailed here, and has carried everything to far higher
relative figures than gold, has not yet penetrated Canada,
and smart men are making their purchs:ses for the
.winter
in the colonial towns. In the little village `Windsor,
of dsor
opposite Detroit, no less than eight large clothing stores
,
have lately been established, and are doing a large

business. -
THE CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY. —A New York
paper states that the near approach of the time for the
termination of the Canadian Reciprocity Treaty has set
the Canadians to work at looking around for sources
whence to repay themselves for the loss of trade with the
United States which they are about to suffer, and a com-
mission to negotiate commercial treaties with Brazil and
Mexico is soon to be appointed by the Cauadiez Govern-
, meut.