The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-03 00:00:00

FOUR CHILDREN SHOT AT LEICESTER.

A very wanton and cruel case of shooting has
cccurred at Leicester. It appears that the teachers
and children of the Bishop-street Wesleyan schools
had assembled for their annual holiday in a field
near the Abbey meadow, which is near the canal.
Between four and Eve o'clock the teachers were startled
by hearing the report of a gun and the rattling of the
shots on the windows and roof of a factory hard by,
and on going towards the canal they found four
of their scholars had been shot by a youth, who was
in charge of a boat that was passing along the canal.
Medical assistance was obtained, and it was found
that a boy called Brown was suffering acutely from
numerous wounds in his face, one shot having entered
just beneath the right eye ; another had penetrated the
hall of the left eye, one of his front teeth was shat out,
and nine shots had entered his cheeks. One Emma Food
was not so dangerously wounded, although one of the
shots had entered her face near the right eye. Two other
boys—Shelton and Bull—were both shot in the face,
but their injuries were not of a serious character.
The youth who fired the gun was followed and arrested.
He appeared the worse for drink. He gave the name of
Charles Mitchell, and said he came from Cleethorpes.
and was 17 years old. On hearing the charge against him,
he stated that he was passing along the canal by
the side of the field. The children threw stones at him,
and, as they took no heed of his remonstances but
persisted in annoying him, he took up a gun, which lay
loaded in the boat, and fired amongst thorn. Prisoner was
brought before the magistrates and remanded.

A performer in the late musical festival at
Gloucester writes : " The principal artiste at the recent
`Festival of the Three Choirs,' read aloud in my presence,
from a leading journal, a criticism on her singing, in a
piece which she never sang at all. Alas for the composer, the
singer, and the public !"

Yesterday a large congregation as.sembled in
the Church of St. Edmund-the-King, Lombard-street, for
the purpose of hearing " Father Ignatius" preach ; but pre-
vious to the commencement of the service it was announced
that the rev. gentleman would not officiate. Soon after this
intimation many left the church. We were informed that
Mr. Lyne was so indisposed that his medical man had ad-
vised him to visit the Continent.

RECOVERY OF ANOTHER BODY FROM THE
OAKS COLLIERY.—During the week another body was
recovered, which was identified as that of Richard Oakley
Nichols, a married man, who resided at Hoyle Mill. It
was found in the new south level. The total number of
deaths by the accident in the Oaks Colliery is set down at
360 ; and although twenty-one months have elapsed since
the explosion, there yet remain in the pit 240 bodies.
CAPTURE OF THE CHESTERFIELD MURDERER.—
on Friday morning a telegram was received by Superin.
tendent Wheeldon, from Barnsley, to the effect that s
man answering the description given of the murderer,
George Hughes, had been apprehended in that town,
Superintendent Wheeldon at once proceeded by train tc
Barnsley to identify the man. The prisoner, when
charged, partly admitted the crime.
NOMINATION OF SIIERIFFS.—In accordance wilt
ancient cust3m, the annual ceremony of nominating tilt
sheriffs for the several counties of England and Wales,
with the exception of Lancashire and Cornwall, tht
sheriffs of which are nominated by the Crown, and Mid,
dlesex, where the sheriffs have been already elected bj
the livery of the City of London—will.be held in the Court
of Exchequer of the 11th proximo. being the morrow el
Martin,