The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-26 00:00:00

Atrocious Murder,

On Saturday morning a most cold-blooded murder was
perpetrated in a cottage on Chadwell-heath, midway be-
tween Ilford and Romford, near the main London-road•
The unfortunate victim was a woman named Amelia Blunt,
verging upon 40 years of age. She had been married many
years, and had two grown-up daughters, and up to two or
three years since resided somewhere in the north of London.
Her husband died about two years ago, and she then came
to live in the neighbourhood of Chadwell-heath. She there
became acquainted with Francis Wane, a labourer, and they
seem to have lived together as man and wife. Wane is
described to have been of idle and dissolute habits, and their
home was maintained by the industry of the woman, who
went out washing. About three months since she left him
and engaged herself as a kind of housekeeper to an old man
named James Warren, nearly SO years of age, and his son
John, who was about her own age, both occupying a
cottage an the edge of Chadwell-heath. It seemed that the
two were so comfortably cared for that the son John made
her a proposal of marriage, which was accepted. The bands
were read yesterday week at Dagenham Church for the first
time, and she was preparing her wedding dress and making
other arrangements fur the marriage, which was fixed to
take place in the early part of next week.
Wane frequently requested Mrs Blnat to return to him,
and on learning that she was about to be married to John
Warren he was heard to say that it should not take place,
and that he would " do" for her. Unfortunately, however,
these were only deemed to be idle threats, and no notice
was taken of them. On Saturday morning he wee in a
publichouse near the heath, thinking, and in an excited

state. While he was in the place the woman Blunt, who
had been out marketing, met a woman coming out of the
house, In the course of conversation Mrs Blunt made some
allusion to her forthcoming marriage, which, no doubt, was
overheard by Wane, She then proceeded on her way to the
cottage, and, having prepared the dinner, she wont to wash
in a kind of little washhouse or lean to, and James Warren,
as was his usual custom, took a short walk for half a pint
of beer. This was shortly after 10 o'clock. The old man, on
his way, called at the house of a grandson, and among
other matters spoke of his son's intended marriage, and
how comfortable they would be. He returned to the cottage
and called " Milly," the name by which they called the
deceased. Not receiving any answer, ho went into the
washhouse, and there saw her apparently loaning over the
copper, as if she had been taking some clothes out of the
boiler. lie again called her, and at the same time put his
arm partly round her waist to raise her. In consequence Of
his feebleness, however, he was unable to bear the weight
of the unfortunate woman, and stumbled and partly fell
with her. He then found that she was covered with blood
flowing from frightful gashes inflicted in the throat and
side of the neck. Ho went out of the cottage as quickly
as he could and alarmed the neighbours. His grandson
James Warren, who occupies a cottage near the heath, with
several others at once rushed into the place, and they
found that the woman was quite dead. Messengers were

instantly despatched for medical men and the police. Mr
Bowers and other surgeons residing in the district were soon

in attendance. The deceased had received three fearful
wounds in the throat and right side of the neck, which ex-
tended to the vertebra, and divided the main arteries. Her
hair was disordered and hanging over her face, as if she had
struggled with her murderer, and a portion of the mortar of
the copper had been torn away by deceased in her endea-
vours to get away from her assassin.
On the arrival of the police a brief inquiry was sufficient
to give a clue to the supposed murderer. As the old man
left to get the beer, Wane was seen by some children going
in the direction of the cottage. Consequently suspicion at
once rested on him. Wane has peculiar, short, almost club
feet. This pecularity of footmark at once enabled the police
to track the course he had pursued in taking his flight. Po-
lice constable Dunmow, K 371, and another officer, with
James Warren, the grandson, went in pursuit. After a

long chase he was seen crossing a hedge into a plantation
about a mile from Romford. Dunmow at once ran after
him. Wane had lain down on the grass. He was asked if
he had been at Chadwell-heath that morning. He said he
had not, and the officer then said he should take him into
oustody on suspicion of murdering his old sweetheart, Mrs
Blunt, It was found that Wane had been in the pond, no
doubt for the purpose of washing the blood off his trousers,
for he was wet up to above the waist. Portions of the upper

part of his dress were spotted with blood, and a piece of his
waistcoat had been torn off. He had no cap, and the knife
or weapon with which the deed was committed could not be
found. The suppos©d murderer was then secured and re-
moved to Ilford gaol, where the charge of murder was duly
entered against him.
Mr Sergeant llowie and Mr Inspector Bryce, of the Il-

fell district of the K division of police, soon arrived and
joined in the examination, to secure the conviction of the
guilty party. On examining the garden at the rear of
old Mr Warren's house the short footmarks were clearly
detected,-showing hew the murderer had got into the wash,
house. It is thought that Mrs Bunt was in the act
of taking some clothes out of the copper when the
villain came hehind her and inflicted the wounds on her
throat. Dunmow, the officer, continued his search in the
ploughed field above referred to, and in a line with the fcot-
marks, not more than 30 yards from the cottage, ho found
a pig-knife, which had evidently been used in the commis-
sion of the crime. The blade and handle were bloody, and
it is stated that it formerly belonged to some member of
Wane's family, and that Wane himself had been in the
habit of using it in trimming greens. A most material
piece of information, however, was elicited in the course of
yesterday. Between 9 and 10 o'clock on Saturday a man
named Hunter saw Wane go to a field, and put the knife
in his jacket, Wane remarking, "You'll hear of something
presently." In the course of the search Kir the knife, the
pond before alluded to wes dragged, and the missing cap,
with a brick in it, belonging to Wane was brought up. It
is supposed that he used the cap in wiping the blood cfl
his trousers, and then threw it into the water.
The prisoner will bo examined before the local magis-
trates. The usual notice has teen sent to Mr C. C. Lewis,
the coroner for Essex, preparatory to an inquest being held.

Disgusting and Horrible Brutality to a
Sailor Boy.

On Saturday evening, at 5 o'clock, Mr John Squarey and
➢Zr George Watson, the chief and second mates of the ship
Crouch Brothers, from Demerara, wore brought up on war-
rants before Mr Partridge, at the Thames Police-court,
charged with committing a series of brutal assaults, mingled
with tyranny and most disgusting behaviour towards a sailor
boy named John Carter, on a voyage from Gravesend to
Demerara and back.

Mr Chas. Young conducted the prosecution for the crew
of the ship ; Mr Joseph Smith defended the prisoners.
It appeared from tho opening statement of the solicitor
for the prosecution and.the voluminous evidence given that
on the 12th May last the ship sailed from Gravesend, There
was one man short. The complainant, a delicate lad of 17,
who had never been to sea before, whose right hand was
crippled, and who was quite unfitted for the sea service, was
hastily shipped in the dark as an ordinary seaman and taken
to sea with only the clothes he stood upright in and a second
pair of trousers. He neglected himself and became very
dirty. On the Ist June there were vermin about his person,
and the chief mate gave orders to the second mate to cut
all the hair off his head, and ordered a boy to put him in a
tub of water in which soft soap and soda were mixed. He
was stripped and immersed in the tub, and ono of the ap-
prentice boys was directed to scrub him with a piece of can-
vas, and this w_as done so roughly that his akin was stripped
from many parts of his body. Mr Squaroy superintended
this torturing ablution, and repeatedly struck the com-
plainant across the naked back with a rope. On the same
day the chief mate flogged the lad again when he had his
clothes on. On the 2d Juno Carter was again stripped by
the chief mate's orders. There were some lice on the
lad's person, an I the chief mate compelled him to put
them in his mouth and swallow them. Several times the
lad was ordered to go aloft to the royal yard while
the wind was blowing strong, and his life was put in
imminent danger. On tho 4th of June the chief mate cut
the lad's ear open, and it was sore for seven weeks after-
wards. The chief mate was also frequently hitting and
kicking him, All these facts and others were confirmed
by Richard Lamming, who kept a log of the cruelties prac-
tised on the lad, and by John Macdonald, seamen. The
case against the second mate was much worse; he beat the
lad on the 2d of June with a piece of wire rope, and made
him swallow the insects he took from his person. Tho
scars caused by the blows did not heal for three weeks. On
another day, and without the slightest semblance of provo-
cation, he called the lad a fearful name, and kicked him
from the poop to the deck, a fall of 8 feet. On another cc.
casion he gave him a black eye by a severe blow with a rope.
He kept the boy for the whole of one day without food, and
made him scrape up 'grease on his knees. He struck the
lad on the head with a basket and cut it. There was a
bump on his head for some time afterwards.
Richard Lamming was allowed to refer to his written
log, and said the second mate was always knocking Carter
about the face and ribs whenever he came near him, made
him swallow lice, beat him with a strand of rope in three
places, and called him foul names. On the 6th of June
Carter was coiling up a rope on the poop, and the second
mate went behind him and kicked him from the poop to
the main desk, a height of eight feet, and said, " You son
of a I'll skin you alive before I get to Demerara."
That night the boy was sent on the bowsprit on the look..
out, although it was stormy, and the sea washing over
everything. On the came night the second mate sent him
up aloft to the yardarm for a gasket. Tho boy slipped,
but caught himself up by a font rope, or he would
have been thrown on to the deck and killed. It was
was not a place for a boy like him to go aloft. The second
mate sent him up again and said " You --, I'll keep
you there for a month until you stow that sail." Being a
cripple with one hand ho could not stow the sail, and he
kept him there three hours and then sent a man up to
stow the sail. On the 16th of June the second mate lit
his pipe at the binnacle lamp, capsized the lamp and broke
it, and spilled the oil on deck. Tho second mate blamed
the boy for the accident, and told the captain the lad did
it. The second mate sent Carter aloft with the grease pot
and kept him there all day without anything to eat. Ho
saw Mr Watson strike the boy on the head with a bucket.
On the 17th of June the soJnd mate ordered the lad to let

go the mizentoptnast staysail down haul. The boy7lid not
understand what was meant, and the second in
him, struck
him, knocked him down, and gave him a black .eye•
Mr Partridge said he could not proceed further' with the
case that evening. He had beard of a series of gross
assaults charged against the defendant, and they -would
have to go for trial.
Mr Smith said the mates had just been taken out of their
ship. and were quite unprepared. Ho asked that the car
tain's bail should be taken for them.
Mr Charles ,Young objected. Heavy bail ought to be
demanded, and 24 hours' notice required.
Mr Partridge should require of each defendant his °vs
personal recognisance in £2OO, and two sureties of £lOO
each, and 24 hours' notice of bail.
The prisoners were then remanded to Clerkenwell
until Wednesday next.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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YORK—SATURDAY.
A plentiful supply of wheat on offer from the farmers till°,
morning again, and a lair trade was dono, the prices ol
last week receding fully is per qr. Of barley a fair 01001
but the demand was dull, and is per qr down. Oats 011
were
in moderate request, and in favour of buyers. Beans
a moderate show, and realised about late rates.
Wheat, red 3Bs to 41s 1 Oats.... l9s to 23;
White do .42s to 45s Beans ..40s to 43;
Barley .27s to 32s Peas
Malt, 58s to 60s per qr.; rye, 30s per qr ; flour) 3'3
to 32s per sack.

LEICESTER—SATURDAY.
Old white wheat, 44s to 49s ; red, 40s to 44s per 36
stone. New white, 44s to 48s'per 36 stone. Malting barlelt
new, 33s to 36s per qr.; grinding, 25s to 275; old 0838,
30s to 325; now oats, 24s to 27s per 24 stone. 1301151
old, 41s to 43e per 38 stone ; flour, 34s to 39s.per 20 stone.

GRANTHAM—SATURDAY.
At our market to-day wheat came well to hand, but the
trade was dull, consequently prices were in favour of 91e
purchaser. Barley also dull. Oats and beans sold readilY:
—Old white wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 41s to 44s per 36st. I
new white, 46s to 488; red, 40s to 435. Malting bar's'',
—s to —s per qr ; grinding, 27s to 30s ; oats, old, 238 t)
265; new, 19s tals; beans, 34s to 40s; peas, 34s to 375.

NOTTINGHAM—SATURDAY.
White wheat, from 43s to 515; red whestt, 42s to 466
Barley—malting, 325 to 355 ; grinding, 28s to 295. Oat 9.
old, at 26s to 30s Od; new, 23s to 265. Beans Hold at 415
to 44s per qr. ; new, —s to —s.
Flour, fine, 30s to 325; super, 34s to 39a per 20 stone.

NORWICH—SATIT RD
There was a fair supply of whe,r, to-day, and trade
was dull, at a decline of is per qr on last week's prices. ll_
barley there was an increased supply, and previous price,
maintained. Other sorts dull.
White wheat. 458 to 46s 1 Red wheat 41s to 49
Malting barley ...35s to-36s I Chevalier barley 33s to 3,16
Distilling d 0..... 29s to 30s I Oats..
Flour, 28a Od to Od per sack from the miller.

DUBLIN—FRIDAY.
A large attendance to-day. A good supply of all sprier
corn. Foreign wheat, buyers at a decline of is ;no sellers,
Indian corn a speculative inquiry at a little below pellets
ideas.
s. d. s. d.
Wheat, white.. 24 0 to 26 6
Do., red .. 21 6 to 24 0
Do., new .... oto 0
Barley
Oats
Do,, black — 0 to 0

s. d. 0.
Oatmeal lO 0 to 13 °
o
Beans.. . 0 to --s" 0
Bore .
Rapeseed u
0 to
Bakers' flour .. 14 0 to 20
Indian corn.. 27 0 to 23 °

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .. 0ct.9.• -
via Marseilles
dra.xil and Cape Verds, by British packet . Oct. ,"
oil.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sep'. . "
(Mina, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanapton.Oct. 2ne
via Marseilles ...Sept. 4'l

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .... --.
-
Opt. °'
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton ct. 20. .
via Marseilles Sept. ‘l6
India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 4, '
via Marseilles Oct. 6'
Portugal.... Oct. `126.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept.
•
via Marseilles Sept. 2.
Newfoundland .. Sept. 2°'
Oporto and Vigo .. . Sept. 26.
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... -
by U.S. packet.... .2a,
by Canadian packet. Sept. ''''
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } Sept. 261
California. and British Columbia..

ETON COLLEGE.—The vacancy in the LOOT,
School assistant-mastership, caused by the resignation
°
Mr R. H. Balls, has been filled up by the appointment
Mr Arthur C, James, Fellow of King's College, Cambridg4
fourth classic in the last honour list there.
OUR LONDON COMPANIES.—Out of the 82 001114
panies which still struggle to keep their heads above
water, there are only a few that may be termed worki"
companies, or companies still possessing trade privilee°'
There is the Goldsmiths' Company, which still possess the
right of assaying all the gold and silver manufactured, on
ci
of stamping on these metals the hall mark; the APctbei
caries, who sell drugs in their hall, and possess the right or
entering shops within their jurisdiction and testing °-
adulterations; the Stationers, who claim a certain etiPer
intendence over the booksellers ; and the Painter-stainerthr
company at the preisent moment exhibiting some spastoods),
action in the way of an exhibition of works of their craft°
men; and finally, the Gunsmiths, who possess the privilege
of trying all the London-made guns. Beyond these, tb
companies mainly maintain theit existence on good dialle(9;
loving cups, and the power of giving good things away 1/111,
eluding twelfth-night cakes to themselves annually, bil°,:a
some fees for attendance, and certain old ceremonies la
manner of the election of their officers, which we 611,fi..,
allude to presently —healthy exercises these, calculated '-
extend their longevity to an indefinite period. Of courS:
there are very few veritable tradesmen to be found sui°n:
them ; for instance, the mercers, that stand first aratiur
the twelve great companies, cannot count a single nevi
of the craft among its livery I What pretence the Belt
and the Fletchers have had to call themselves a at°
except it be that of toy-makers, since the days of Ql'elto
Boss, wo caannot tell. About the beginning of 1:-0
Stuart period, perhaps the London coral:ol3.le,,
were in the most flourishing condition. Certail:7
the entertainments they gave to princes were magnigeevq;
Their sideboards abounded with curious plate, their hit'd
and gardens were on a scale of great magnificence, 61:/fd
they formed the centres of little communities, to ich°,l
they diffused their bounty. The City halls had attach°
to them granaries, well stored, in case of a dearth of ell
in the City—a very common occurrence, as but little 1111
grown in the country, and we had mainly to depend timo°
that imported from abroad. The corn-metage du
levied to this day, is a remnant of the privileges attacii,ica
to' these City granaries. Depots of coal were also attach 'r
to the various halls, to be given in hard seasons to the P°°,l
—and, finally, the almshouses of the craft were asseciblere
around them, in which dwelt their almsmen, who °telt
called upon to swell the pageants of their companies on ell
grand occasions. The liveries of the crafts in early days °lc a
so bright that they must have made a sight more like tboei;
we read of in Italian history than such as we fled axe etc
Englishmen now-a-days. . . . When the Walls le
rebuilt—and it is wonderful with what alacrity this 4
done, all the companies occupying their new houses, an
going on as of old, within three years of the calamity ~hltcji
made a clean sweep of the City—it was done in the °boy
and formal style of the period; and there is not one of ateho
now existing, in the many out-of-the-way corners of 0
City, that in way recalls the ancient glories of these fan
trading guilds.—Once a Week.
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Bt
EDEN.—On the 23d inst., at ir
Ticohursths. Vicarage, t—ii-
, ariffi
of tho Rev. Arthur Eden, of a daughter. DIC°
FERGUSON.—On the 24th inst., at 1, Chesham-street'
George Ferguson, of Pitfour, of a son. 1411°
GLYN.—On the 24th inst., at 51, 13erkeleyesquare)
Henry Glynn, of a son.

Marriage&
BENWELL—TOTTENITAM.—On the 221 inst., at St. I'loo
Cheltenham, Frederick William Benwell, Es F' 100th
Regt., to Marian Frances, daughter of Cornwalus
tenham, BEA., of Cheltenham, eeth
WISE—JACKSON.—On the 231 inst, at Saint Marg,„a•f
hild
Plumatead, William C. Wise, M.D , to Ann, 0,7 c
of William Jackson, Eeq., of Shooter's-hill, ILO"
Deaths. naingj
CLARK.—On the 22d inst ,at Netherwood, Godsi —.ge
Thomas Clark, E6q., formerly of Birminghtits'
7 1.
*"". eten
HAunts,—On the 22d inst., at Countess Weir, naar
Mr. Charles Harris, aged 73. lic
ISAACSON.— On the 22d inst., at Mildenhall, Su—°
D. Isaacson, Esq., aged 53. hn
KEOGIL.—On the 22d inst., in London, Captain
Keogh, 8.L., late of Dunkirk. , lOW
KING.—On the 23d just at Teddington, Edward
.2
, late of the 9th Lancers, aged 32. 01
LAMING}.—On the 231 inst„ James Laming.
liirchington Hall, Isle of Thanet, and late of "25,
hill west, awed 74. mtler
TRISTRAM,—On the 22d inst., at The Thorne, Loodorit
bridge, near Bolton, Henry Trie' r m, Esq., 0f
aged 85

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