The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

finding that she was determined to give him into custody,
he threw a cup at her, and cut her ear very severely.
Defendant alleged that both he and his wife were
under the influence of liquor, and that she first scratched
his face, the mat ks of which he bore.

Mr. Arnold said that he would suppose there might
have been provocation for the first assault, as the com-
plainant was under the influence of liquor, but there could
be none for the second, which was of a brutal description,
and he therefore committed defendant for two months to
hard labour in the House of Correction.

LAMBEIH. Mr. Jenkins, the landlord of the
Queen Ann public-house on Walworth-common, waited
on Mr. Elliott yesterday to contradict some of the state-
ments made by a person named Parrott. Mr. Jenkins
said he was from home when the death of George Fresh-
water, his late potman, took place, and therefore the
statement of Parrott, that he had offered to pay half the
funeral expenses, was destitute of truth. He (Mr. Jen-
kins) had further to complain of the disgusting conduct
of Parrott at his house during his absence, in exhibiting
the heart of the deceased in so open and indelicate a
manner in his hands that the blood streamed through
his fingers, and the exhibition had such an effect upon
his daughter that she became seriously ill, and he had
been obliged to call in a medical gentleman to attend her.
Mr. Elliott—Did this man Parrott collect any money
at your house ?

Mr. Jenkins—When he came to my house and exhi-
bited the heart of the deceased, he said it was his inten-
tion to bury the remains of Freshwater, and required
12s. to purchase the ground ; and my sister-in-law, who
was in charge of my business, gave him half-a-crown,
expressing a hope at the time that she should never see
him again. I understood him to say that he had got 7s.
6d. out of the 12s. to purchase the ground, and all this
no doubt he has obtained by false pretences. This Par-
rott's improper conduct, and the statement in the news-
papers, has been the cause of much annoyance to me
and my family.

Mr. Elliott—ls this person Parrott forthcoming ?
Foster, the officer—No, sir, I have not been able to
find him.

Mr. Elliott—You shall have a warrant for his appre-
hension.

SOUTH WAR K.—Jane Gibson, a Scotch woman, aged
43, until recently a nurse in St. Thomas's Hospital, was
charged with having in her possession an immense quan-
tity of property belonging to the Crimean Hospital and
the Patriotic Fund.
James Smith, police constable, said—On Saturday
night, from information I received I went with Inspector
Moor, to the prisoner's lodgings, No. 45, Redcross-street,
She was in the room, and I told her that I suspected she
had in her possession considerable property belonging to
Government. She asked me what I meant ? I told her
I believed she had stores belonging to the Hospitals in
the Crimea. She replied, " Whatever I have got were
given to me by Miss Nightingale, at Scutari." I saw
four large boxes in her room, and I asked her to open
them. While she was doing so I perceived a large wa-
terproof sheet, such as those used in the military hospi-
tals at the seat of war. I asked her how she became
possessed of that ? She replied that a soldier of the Scots
Fusilier Guards gave it to her. She said she was chosen
by Mrs. Sidney Herbert to proceed with several other
nurses to the east ; that in December last she accom-
panied Miss Stanley to Constantinople, and from thence
to Scutari and Balaklava, and that she remained
at the latter place until June last, when she was
sent home. I understand she was discharged for
drunkenness, and sent home in disgrace. Soon after
her arrival in London she obtained a situation in St.
Thomas's Hospital, but she had returned to her drunken
habits, and a short time since she was dismissed.
Mr. Seeker—What other property did you find in her
room?
Constable—When she opened the boxes she first pulled
out two very fine linen shirts, marked "J. S." 49-6,
and another one marked "J. S." 41-12. I asked her
where she got them, as they evidently belonged to sonic
military officer ? She replied, " Oh, Miss Nightingale
gave them to me." After that she corrected herself, and
sail they were her husband's, who went with her to the
Crimea. I believe she has no husband. She next took
from the box three fine new linen shirts, two marked
" W. 5.," and one marked " Burbidge." Those she
said belonged to herself, but I have strong reason to be-
lieve they belong to the camp hospitals. I next found a
book entitled " Memoirs of Father Ripa's Travels in
China." It is marked officially on he title-page, " Aus-
tralian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company," and un-
derneath that " Presented to the Royal Patriotic Fund
for the use of the sick." She said a soldier gave it to her.
Prisoner—Yes, sir ; I got it at Balaklava to read on
my voyage home.
Constable—l have an immense quantity of others of
a similar nature, and others published by the Society for
the Diffusion of Christian Knowledge, which have been
sent over to the army in the Crimea, but I have not got
them in court. I further searched her boxes and found
two large linen table cloths, one marked "S. 0. 8.,"
No. 9, 1843. and the other marked "B." One chemise
marked " 7 8.," 12 ; one "E. S. E.," 9; one" E. S. 5.,"
and one "E. S. E.," 8. I asked her where she got
these things from ? and she said that Miss Nightingale,
Miss Bracebridge, and Miss Stanley had given theta to
her. I also found a large thick flannel shirt marked
"A. W.," No. 2 ; three napkins marked " F. A. S. I.
Z., 36, E. 24, 1842." Two pair of army hospital shoes
marked on the soles with the broad arrow, quite new.
In another part of her roots' I found a feather pillow
marked " Scutari Hospital, from Finsbury-square."
Prisoner—l got that given to me at Balaklava, when
I went to attend the sick and wounded there. As to
the shoes, they were delivered out to me by the pnr-
veyor, at Balaklava, for my own use, as well as a pair
of thick Russian boots, to stand the inclemency of the
climate. In fact all the things were given to me. Miss
Bracebridge was very kind to the nurses, and when I
was coming home she told me to take anything I wanted.
I accordingly took them. Miss Bracebridge ordered her
housekeeper to give me a good supply, and she gave me
the flannel, sheets, and table-cloths. Miss Stanley gave
me the others, and saw me pack up my boxes and go
on board ship.
Inspector Moore—The prisoner told me that if the
goods were wrong Miss Nightingale gave them to her.
We have nearly a cart load of property in the station
house of a similar description to those produced, and I
ask for a remand to enable me to communicate with the
Government and Mrs. Sidney Herbert.
Mr. Seeker—Then I shall remand her for a week.
David Discroll, a thick-set powerful-looking fellow, of
a very determined aspect, was brought before Mr.
Seeker, charged with violently assaulting John Thurtell,
the master of a trading vessel, lyine, of Pickle Herring
stars, and robbing him of his watch.'
The prosecutor stated, that on Sunday evening, about
half-past eight, he was proceeding to his vessel, and when
he arrived at the wharf he found her lying high and dry.
He stood for a moment looking at the vessel, when the
prisoner came up to him, and asked him a question,
which he answered ; but as witness was looking at the
men on board, he suddenly pounced upon him and threw
him down, and while on the ground he snatched his
watch, breaking it from the chain, and before witness
could get up prisoner ran away.
Frederick Hough, 112 M, said he received informa-
tion of the robbery, and at two o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing he went to No. 5, Vine-yard, and knocked at the
door, hut was refused admission. He then burst open
the door, and found the prisoner in bed. He woke him
up, and told him he wanted him for a robbery, telling
him at the same time the nature of the charge, but he
denied all knowledge of it. Witness took him into cue-
tedy, and when at the station-house the prosecutor and
Benjamin Bristow, the mate of the vessel, who witnessed
the affair, identified him as the thief.
In answer to the charge the prisoner said he went
home drunk on Saturday night last, and he knew nothing
of the robbery.
The magistrate remanded him for a few days for fur-
ther evidence.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT WITH THE
ROYAL TRAIN.

The inquest upon the body of William Haigh, who
accompanied the Royal train on the 6th inst., and was
killed between Darlington and Ferryhill, on the North-
Eastern Railway, was held at the Swan Inn, Ferryhill
station, on the Bth inst., before Mr. W. Trotter, coroner,
of Darlington-ward. The inquest was appointed for 10
o'clock a.m., but was adjourned until 2 p.m., on account
of the non-attendance of witnesses. The folbwing evi-
dence was adduced :

Robert Buckton, of Ricknall, deposed—l am a plate-
layer on the North-Eastern Rail way. I was standing
on the north side of Ricknall-bridge on Thursday last,
the 6th inst. ; I was looking out for the Royal train, in
which the Queen was travelling from London to Edin-
burgh. The train came up about 34 minutes past 2
o'clock in the afternoon. When the train had got about
400 yards past me I saw a man open the door of a car-
riage about a third from the van behind ; he stepped
out upon the foot-board with his face to the south.
When he got to the end of the carriage he turned his
face to the north, and then stooped down and looked at
the axle-box. As soon as the carriages passed over the
viaduct which crosses the river Skerne I saw something
white fly up, which I thought' was a newspaper. I
went on to look, and found a man lying about 10 yards
over the viaduct, between the two lines of rails. He
was lying on his side, and quite dead. He had a large
cut and fracture upon the top and front part of his head.
His skull was fractured. There are some rails on the
viaduct between the two lines of rails, and I think the
man might have hit his head against the rails. There
was a little blood upon the north end of the rails. There
are nearly 30 inches between the iron rails and the wood
railsnpon the viaduct. The wood rails are about three
feet in height. The train was running about 48 miles
an hour. I was about 1,200 yards off where the man
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North.Ea-,tern Railway. I joined the Royal train at
York on Thursday. When the train arrived at Darling-
ton it was found necessary to detach the Queen's car-
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