The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGII-BTRIIST.

Charles Peter Duval, aged 17, residlng at 8, Cernaby-
street, Cielden-square, and employed at 8, lienrastta-atreet,
in the saddlery trade, wee charged with discharging a loaded
pawl at Mrs. Stimennah Hinton, coffee carrier to workmen,
of No. 26a, Buy-street, Si. James'., while gsnng along
Jensyn-street, so 1 p.m. yesterday, with intent to kill end
murder her, and whereby she was wounded.
The prosecute* • woman of about 40 yews cf age, and
who appeared In a very weak state, was accommodated with
• seat while giving her evidence. She deposed as follows:
I carry out coffee to the tailors' men. I knew prisoner end
his family. 1 lodged in the same house between two and
three years ago ; bin father is deed. On Saturday he came
and asked if I knew where Mr. Gibbing lived, an old man
who also lived in the house formerly. I told him No,"
and be went away quietly. I never had any misunderstand-
ing with him, and do not know where the family live. I
was in Jermyri-etteet about 1 o'clock today, near Mr.
and heard the report of what appeared
• pistol, which stunned me, and I turned round
and saw the prisoner throw a pistol into the road.
I staggered. Ile said some words which I undendood to be
he meant to do it; but I am not positive. I was going towards
Windmill-atreet. A gentleman caught me, and I was carried
to the station, where I wee alended by a surgeon. I think
I heard him say to the policeman, he meant to kill me, and I
do not entertain • doubt he did.

Prloonar declined to put any question to the prosecutrix.
Mr. John Arnold, 93, Great Union-serest, Newington
Causeway, water—l was in Jermys-strest, about half-pan
one (the time alluded to), and beard the report of a pistol.
Turning round I mw the pioneer threw the pistol into the rood.
He was on the opposite side of the way. I picked it up and
found it warm, as though recently fired. Smoke was coming
from it. He said, " I did it, and will giro myself up."
By Mr. Inedley, chlef-clerk.—He was two or three yards
from the prceecuuix. An Alcor came up, and I gen him in
ats.
Henry Hornblow, 82 C.—l received the prisoner into my
antody an the charge. On the way to the station he said
"1 am sorry I did not kill the women quite." Saw him
afterwards pulling out the tee .harp-poluted instruments pro-
duced. He sad, I meant to do it, and have made these todo
the deed with, and stab her.. At the station, on searching
him, I found one bullet, boa of powder end percussion
caps ; also the sharp-pointed instruments piodoced. (These
appear to be triangular-aided Ana, smoothed and ahartemed
recently to a vary sharp point.) He said she had been en-
deavouring to ure hie mother or parents, and be was de-
termined she should do so no more, as be meant to have her
neck.l me the praetorian: bleeding from the back of her

Crowe/emitted by the prisoner—You did say you meant
to do it. (At this moment the tritium was seined with s fit
and tainted, and was obliged to be conveyed from the box,
but this was evidently from the he 4 of the weather, ineritaard
by the crowded state of the court.) _
The prironer was remanded for a week. teArtvilsti
Shortly after his removal from the bar, • respectable•look-
, ing woman, in "widow's weeds," presented herself, and
said the primmer was her scn. Ste had mimed him from 7
o'clock in the morning, and had been to the station-houths
to inquire for him, thinking some accident bad happened, us
he was rather " flighty in mind." Being informed of the
chugs and the remand she left.
4/beeline Bollinger was charged with attempting to
stab her son, Thomas Ballinger, a boy of about tea years
of age.
Toe son stated that his father came home while hie
navber wee cooking the supper on Saturday, at 10 o'clock,
upon which 'Withrow the trying•pan at his bead, and then,
seizing a knife, said, " It you don't go I'll knife you." His
little brother managed to get out, his father telling him
to do so. He tried to get out, and as he did so his mother
attempted to stab him with a knife, and cut the loops t f his
tunic. (Witness here imitated the menacing attitude of
bit mother in the act.) She had been drinking, and had cotes
struck and beaten hi. father.

By Mr. Lesdly—Could not say who spoko first on his
father cooing is.
Mr. Bedeck —Ths fearful effects of drink
•

The leashaid said they lived in Griffin-court, Margaret-
street, Caveodied square. His wife went out during, and
was continually is liquor, imperially after coming from tbe
during of the Crows-street solleeol-toims. Her threats
wets dreadful, sad shehad said she would murder him and the
children. lie had allowed her to beat and break the plates
and dishes on his head. He was frequently in the greatest
fear ou his bed from her violence. She frequently threatened
that if he laid a auger on her himself she would get him
three months._

frequently beats my father, sir. (The boy
hunt into tears.)
Mr. Beadon—Han abe brat.n you P
Son—She knocks my bead aipinat the wall.
Mr. Bowdon—lier ‘iolence molt be stopped; she most
End two sureties to be of good behaviour and hetp the peace
for 6 months. _

She wu 10-cked up to def4ult.
THAMES.

A woman, who gars the name of Ann Kellar, aged 22
'hare, whose features were partially cuPo.ated by • black fall,
end who spoke with a wrong French accent, wail charged
with attempting to c =mit suicide at as, off Brills Town,
ott the coast of Holland.

It appeared from the evidence of Captain John Ryan, the
meeter of the General Steam Navigation Company's ship
C,lonne, from Rotterdam, tbat the prisoner was sent on
loud his vessel early on Saturday monatag last, the
R lice of that town, and he was directed to look afterby her.
A police-constable of Rotterdam moompanisd her in the
teeml as far so the Brillo, where she made two attempts to
emoulit suicide. . _ _

In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, Captain Ryan
said the prisoner was a passenger on board his vessel from
L ndon to Rotterdam a week ago, and she wee then seem-
panted by a Frenchmen who, be believed, paid her fare.
He was cautioned by the tolls; se to the stets of her mind at
Rotterdam. . .

Mr. River s Everett, a pagrenter by the Cologne, said be
watchei the prisoner off Brills Town. She rushed upon the
platform aft, where the ategreman steers the ship, put one
foot on the bulwark, and was about to jump into the tea,
alien he pulled her back. This eke attempted a second
tine, and he remonstratod with her and pent her below, and
elm Tea carefully watched the remainder of the voyage. She
sad she did not attempt to drown herself, but only to /tend
on the bulwarks of the eh.p end have a pool look out.
Mr. Yardley was of opinion the authorities at Rotterdam
had root the woman on bawd the Coterne at Rotterdam in
a roost irregular manner, sad that the captain ought nit to
have received bar under the circumstances. England was
not to be ■ place of refuge for all foreign lunatics,
Captain Ryan said the passage money was paid at the
offioe of the General Steam Navigation Company's r Sloe is
Rotterdam. and a paw or ticket was produced. He called the
magistrate's attention to a piece of paper with some poetry
webten upon it, and which contained, besides, two no-
vereigna.
Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner if the poetry was in her
handwriting, and she replied in the affirmative, on which
the magistrate said It was an attempt at poetry, intimating
an intention to commit suicide. He then questioned the
prisoner, who evaded e'me of his questions, answered others
in a very artful manner, and occasionally contradicted her-
self. She told she was a native of Austria, but she bad no
right Is the country of Austria. Ste west to Rotterdam •
fortnight ago. She did nothing there. She had no time to
du anything. She was in many places In Rotterdam. She
did not go to Rotterdam wit 9 any particular object. She had
received a good education.
Mr. Yardley—You have been speaking with a strong
French accent, and are a native of Belgium or France, but
you are not an Austrian; I suspect you never sere in
Astable at all.
The prisoner—l don't know, we, what I am.
Mr. Yardley—You went to Rotterdam • fortnight ego.
The prisoner—No, mire, ail or sevea days ego.
Sir. Yardley—How long bad you been in this country
before you went to Rotterdam ?
The prisoner—About one mantis..
Mr. Yardley—How did you peas your time, end In abet
part of England were you?
The prisoner said she was travelling the whole of the lime.
She went to Soothed, and from there to Havre, and was
nt beck In the sane shit. She was not very tong in Havre.
She went from Havre to Blast, Brest to Ramsgate, and
Itarnagete to London.
Mr. Yardley asked the prisms If she followed any bad-
men art preludes, sad what ceased her to travel from phi*
to !boa ilea maws won OW warp Oa ek if moo

ty evidently hi/Waded to deceive, and amounted to
awM(ardley—l can't make head or tail of this woman.
Captain Ryes said it wee very much against his will that
the woman was brought to the police court, but be wee
advised by the police of the division to attend, and it was
thought best to reoeivo the directions of the magistrate on the
subject. The piing& money was paid in the offioe at Rot.
tudam, and the police there required him to receive her and
take her to London. _

donsgainst my will that I am bent to Lon-
again.
Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had been sent to this country
in a very irregular manner, and if foreigners in an unsound
state of mind were to be sent to London in this manner in Da-
hill ships wallow remonstrance, hedid not seewhy we should
not have !apatite from every country in Europe. The QT.
taiii of the Cologne bad a httle trouble with the woman, and
then brought her to that court to throw the difficulty upon
him. It was a most improper proceeding. If an attempt to
commit suicide wan made at all it wu made in Holland
where I have no jariediction. It was certainly made in
Dutch waters. She is not a British subject, and lam
amine to discharging her %mhos there are some poems to
take care of her. I see no reason why a Dutch lunatic
should not be supported by the Dutch authorities and not
sent to this country.
The prisoner said—l did not mean to drown myself. It
wee only to frighten the Dutch police that I made the pre-
tence to threw myself off the ship into the water.
Mr. Yardley—There is no °nice proved against hr r, and
she is discharged. Captain Ryan has Involved himself in a
difficulty about this woman in receiving her in such an
irregular manner, and be must get out of it the beat way bo
possibly ma.
. . .

The-piisener expreseed a wish to see the Dutch consul to
complain al the treatment a►e met with at Rotterdam, and
Inspector Durdy of the H division promised to accompany
her to the consul's oaks.