The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

THE ALLEGED MURDER IN HATTON GARDEN.

Henry Wilkinson, stone mason, was indicted for the
wilful murder of Elin Wilkinson, his wife, on the night of
Sunday, the 28th of August, in Cross-street, Hatton-
garden.

The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
It will be recollected, from the evidence which has
already appeared at length in The Sun, that a young man,
named Chipperfield, and the niece of the prisoner's wife,
came to visit them on the evening of the 28th August. In
the evening prisoner and his wife went with their friends to
the Farringdon station of the Metropolitan Railway. and in
bidding them good bye the prisoner kissed his wife's niece,
at which Mrs Wilkinson seemed annoyed. The prisoner
said to Chipperfield—" Don't be jealous : kiss my old
woman." Prisoner and his wife returned home, and a
quarrel was the result. Prisoner went out and returned
home in a state of intoxication, and finding his wife from
home he went in search of her. Ile found her in the room
of one of the lodgers in the same house, and having recom-
menced the quarrel, the prisoner struck the deceased and
kicked her in the abdomen. The, unfortunate wife ex-
claimed—" You have given me my death blow," and shortly
afterwards died.

The prisoner, when sober, always treated his wife with
kindness.

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Baron Pigott told the prisoner that the pernicious habit
of drinking had led him into his present positien. He had
doubts whether he ought not to pass a severe sentence of
penal servitude, but under the circumstances he hoped he
waa not doing wrong in dealing with the prisoner much
more leniently. He therefore sentenced him to 12 moeths'
imprisonment with hard labour.

CHARGE OF ATTEMPT BD WIFE MURDER IN CLERK.ENWELL.

John Rowland, gold refiner, was indicted with fcleniously
attempting to kill and murder his wife.
The parties, it will be recollected, resided in Seckforde-
street, Cleikenwell, and the prisoner, on returning home.
found his wife in a state of int,xication, whereupon a
quarrel ensued, and he struck her on the head with a
hatchet.

The wife, in her examination this morning, said she was
so intoxicated that she did not khow how the injury was
inflicted. She believed she hurt herself by falling against
the fender.

Mrs Smith, however, proved that she-saw the man strike
the woman with something having a hand!e. The prose-
eutrix, she said, was generally intoxicated four days a
week.

The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wound
ing, and

Mr Baron Piggott sentenced him to 12 mouths' im
prisonment, with hard labour.

OUTRAGE ON LADIES BY THE POLICE AT PIT,
LOCIIRY.—The Dundee Advertiser publishes a cor-
respondence that has taken place between Sir John S.
Richardson, of Pitfour Castle, and Messrs Pattullo and
Thornton, respecting an outrage committed on three young
ladies at a bazaar recently held at Pirlochry. From a nar-
rative of the case given in the Advertiser, it appears that
the ladies, who are members of respectable families in Dun-
dee and Perth, paid a visit to the bazaar and made several
purchases. While doing so, a cry that there were pick-
pockets in the place was raise], and those present examined
their pockets to see whether they had been picked. Shortly
afterwards the three ladies alluded to went out, and, after
walking about for some time, returned, when they were
apprehended, and taken, notwithstanding their protests, to
a small tent adjoining, where their outer garments were
searched; but as this resulted in the discovery of nothing
that could lead to conviction, the ladies were taken to the
police station in charge of three policemen. Between the
bazaar and the station the ladies were treated as if there
was no doubt of their being regular pickpockets, and on
arriving at the station they were compelled to strip them-
selves in the presence of a policeman's wife, who searched
everything they had on. It was only after this that the
Ipolicemen became satisfied of their mistake and liberated
the ladies, Messrs Patullo and Thurnton were employed as
agents for one of the young ladies, and in this capacity
they addressed a letter to Sir John Richardson—who, it
was alleged, had caused the apprehension of the ladies—
calling upon him to make due apology and ample reparation
to their clients. Sir John emphatically denies, in the cor-
respondence, having ever interfered in the matter or been
in any way responsible for it, and feeling aggrieved at being
charged with an L ffence with which he says ho had nothing
whatever to do, he has published the correspondence.
ROYAL BOSTON YACHT CLUB REGATTA.—The
second regatta this season in connexion with Ike
Boston Yacht Club, which enjoys the patronage of the Earl
of Yarborough, Lord Burghley, the lion. W. 11. Adams,
&el came off on Monday. The weather was beautifully fine,
but the wind was rather too light to make the race exciting
in the broadest sense of the term. There were three prizes
offered, namely —X7, £2, and £l, for which the following
yachts competed :—Waterwitch (7 tons), Mr John Pilley,
Boston ; Fire Fly (7 tons), Mr L. J. Fawcett, Boston ;
Vixen (3 tons), Rev. J. Tunnard, Frampton. The course
extended over a distance of about 27 miles, from Maud Fos-
ter Sluice down to the Upper-Scul-Rig Buoy, and back to
Freiston. The start took place at 9.12, the Watetwitch
taking the lead and maintaining it all round the course.
'The race finished as under—Waterwitch, 2h. 17. n. 75.;
Fire Fly, 2a. 21m. 455.; Vixen about an hour after.

SALMON FISIIING--0 wing to the protracted
drought which prevailed during the month of
August, and the autumn spates which followed, sal:non
fishing has been unusually good in mast parts of the coun-
try. The Ness is swarming with fish ; it is nothing un-
common for 15 salmon and grilse to be taken by one rod in
the course of a few hours. In fact, most of our Northern
rivers have been yielding splendid baskets since the with-
drawal of the nets, and there is every prospect of their con-
tinuing to do so until the &ono of tha season. Anglers on
the Spey have every reason to be well satisfied. The sport
obtained on the Tay, however, notwithstanding the appre-
hensions which were entertained during the past month,
seems to eclipse the whole.—lnverness Laurier.

FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—A scene of rare oc-
currence took place in the Manchester Cathedral on Sunday
morning. Daring the reading of the banns by the Rev. Mr
rroutb,ck a woman rose from her seat, and, when Va o
names were mentioned, she said in a loud tone of voice, "I
forbid that." She was requested by one of the apparitors
to make her objection in the vestry after the service, and
she resumed her place. The scene caused some commotion
in the crowded church,