The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-10 00:00:00

FRIDAY

" In laying the above facts fairly and fully before
the public, we have no hesitation in avowing our
unlninlorts conviction that fraud has been practised.
"(Signed) W. H. B. WEBSTER, GEORGE Tov
DAVID PITCAIRN, JOHN WHITBY, JAMES WEBB,
FREDERICK ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LONDON."
In connexion with her alleged abstinence from food,
it appears that while an inmate of the East Suffolk
Hospital, in June, 1850, the nurses repeatedly drew
the attention of the physician to the exteremely small
quantity of food she took. At this time she was
suffering from a violent affection of the head, the re •
suit of intermittent fever, impairing the intellect, and
producing delirium and fits.
Many persons still believe that no imposition has
been practised, and the girl receives as many visitors
as before. Her parents also persist in denying that
their daughter has taken any food or drink during
the period stated.

THE GENERAL SCREW COMPANY'S
NEW FLEET—THE LADY JOCELYN.
We have much pleasure in publishing the following
testimonial to the character and performances of the
second of the General Screw Company's new fleet of
magnificent steamers, built by blue, for the conveyance
of the mails to the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, and
Calcutta; and we trust shortly to add Australia:—
(Cy.)
" Island of St. op
Vincent's, Cape do Verde,
August, 1852.
" Dear Sir,—lt must, we think, be gratifying to the
directors of the General Screw-steam Navigation Com-
pany, and also to yourself, to know the opinion the
party on board the Lady Jocelyn havo formed of her
qualities, and of the opportunity afforded by ships of her
class for rapid and commodious transit from England
to India, or the intermediate mail-stations.
" There are some amongst us who have had long
experience at sea, and particularly of India voyages,
Cape, and Overland, as it is termed—but
advantages us known anything at all to approach
the lv
enjoy on board this splendid ship.
both
,Tiah. lee
ample none
afcecommodation and comfort of the well-
ventilated cabins and saloon, are, we believe, unequalled,
whilst the cleanliness and quiet which prevail through-
out the ship have hitherto afforded the mo.,t agreeable
opportunity for repose to all on board. We are unable
to establish any comparison with other steam-ships,
propelled either by screws or paddle-wheels; but when
we see a full-masted ship, with lower and topsail-yards
across,
making 200 miles in the 24 hours against a
strong wind and headsea, we think it has scarcely been
surpassed,:and the manner in which she starts off at 11
and 12 knots an hour, as soon as her sails will draw at
all, has been the admiration of all on board.
IWe eonsiderit a happy thing for;those whose positions
lead them and their families to India, Mauritius, or the
Cape, that such a very perfect means of communication
has been established; and with every hope for the suc•
cess of the company,
" We remain, dear Sir, yours very faithfully,
(Signed) "J. T. Egan, 45th Regiment; Wm. John-
stone, Lieut. Yorke Trescott, Lieut.-Col,
Mac Duff, J. H. Allinson, H. Wynch, James
Scott, Ralph Ardene, Charles Murray, J.
Lambert, E. Chapman, J. Battley, M.C.S.;
Captain J. Conde, 35th Regiment; Robert
Baker, COMM, staff; A. Ogilvie, 11. M.
Arderne, Captain T. May.
" To Captain Stewart, steam-ship Lady Jocelyn."
AL.

'LEGED OUTRAGE near ROCHESTER.
ROCIIESTEE, SEPT. B.—Cornelius Hennesy, an
Irishman, 21 years of age, remanded from a previous
sitting, charged with criminally assaulting and ill-
treating Mary Costin, aged 13, at Hailing, on the
night of Wednesday, the Ist inst., was brought before
the county
day. magistrates for final examination yester-
day case excited much interest, and lasted
several hours.
On the prisoner being placed in the dock, the pro-
secutrix, after being cautioned as to the sanctity of
an oath, again most positively swore that the pri-
soner was the man who had criminally assaulted her.
She then narrated the circumstances of the case,
which have already appeared. She added that she
did not discover any blood on her clothes until the
next day, and that was on the back part of her linen.
She did not recollect meeting any one after it had
happened until she got home. The next morning she
called her mother upstairs, and then for the first time
told what had happened.
By the Court—l knew the prisoner by sight, having
seen him reaping in the barley field a few days before,
when he asked me what o'clock it was.

Elizabeth Spriggs, mother of the prosecutrix, was
next sworn. She said that on the night in question
she was sitting by the fireplace in her own house,
when prosecutrix came home. She said to her, " Mary,
where have you been so long?" to which she replied,
" I don't know ; a man has frightened me so," and fell
on the stairs and began to cry. Witness asked her
twice what was the matter, and could get no answer.
prosecutrix Was in a fainting state, and remained
so until. seven o'clock the next morning, during
e which
n couldtlm e sdhoe was noisy, and it wes as much as two
m to hold her. As soon as she revived
witness esked what had happened to her. Prosecuixix
at first said she could not tell her, and continued
crying, but at length did tell her. Witness did not
examine the linen she was wearing at that time. It
was given to her on the previous Sunday, and she
had never worn it before.

Captain Baker (one of the magistrates) said it
seemed most extraordinary that, seeing the state the
girl was in, her mother did not make any examina-
tion, as she might even have been stabbed and have
been bleeding to death.
The Rev. J. Formby, another magistrate—Yes ;
and when I went there and directed her to examine
the child, she said her linen had only two or three
spots of blood about it; and she now produces linen,
saturated from end to end, as if it had come from a
slaughter-house. Witness— It came off from her.
Me. FornibY—But
when I was at your house I
saw a sheep's head, and
the Lord knows what on the
table, and it does give me the idea that you must
have wiped the table with that linen, as you told me
previously that it had only two or three spots upon it.
Captain Baker suggested that the surgeon should
now be examined, before further evidence was gone
into.
Mr. Wriblin, surgeon, of Strood, was accordingly
sworn, and
deposed that on Friday evening prose-
cutrix was
brought to his house by her parents, and
at their request he proceeded to make an examination.
She was very reluctant, and screamed, and kicked
about so, that he was obliged to call in the assistance
of a third person. There were no marks of violence
of any kind,
neither bruise nor scratch, nor any ap-
pearance whatever of recent injury.
Captain Baker—From the examination you made
of the child, you are of opinion that the marks on the
the linen
could not have been caused at the time al-
leged ? gr. Wiblin—lt is morally impossible. I
that there must have been some appear.
am of opinion
ance of bru
ises had such been the case. I asked the
mother at
the time whether there were any bruises
about the child, and she said none whatever.
John Merchant, of Hailing, a boy 14 years of age,
who could
neither read nor write, said he passed the
prosecutrix
on her way home on Wednesday night.
She said, 66 Don't You know me ?" and bade him good
She was walking
night.fast, but did not appear
flurried.
Prosecutrix still persisted in stating that she had
no i recollection of rues.Lng
any one, except the man
and Francis.
and woman
George Francis, being sworn, deposed to meeting
the prosecutrix on her way home on Wednesday
night,
said he bade her good night in passing.
His evidence,
however, was very contradictory ; for,
and
at first,
be said he heard of it on Tuesday night, al-
though it did not occur until the subsequent evening ;
then again be said he was not acquainted with it until
Friday, when he heard of it through Rosebridge, the
constable ; and at length he admitted that his wife
had told him of it on Thursday.
Sarah Spriggs,
an. old widow, was the last witness
whose evidence was a flat contradiction of
examined,
that given by the prosecutrix. She stated that the
prosecutrix left her house about seven o'clock in the
evening, and denied that she had any refreshment
had alleged.
there, as prosecutrix
then cleared, and on re-admission
the Rev. C airman, addressing the
The court was
of the public,
" You are discharged ; it is the unani-
prisoner, said,
unani-
mous opinion of this Bench that you are not guilty of
brought against you,
been
the charge that hasand we
do not believe one word this girl has said.'
The prisoner, who throughout had protested his
innocence, thanked the magistrates, and left the court
amidst the hearty congratulations of a large body of his
associates.
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IMPROVED APPARATIJS iron APPLYING CIILORO-
FORE TO llorisEs.--lire have recently had an
of examining this apparatus. for administering chloroform ni
to
is city. The apparatus is con:
horses while under operation.,
I this slr"ed V Illr, Grey,
jun., veterinary surgeon, 0- -
structed on the principle of the onet invented. a.few
years ago
by the late Mr. Ramsay, of Barn on , but the improvements
which Mr. Grey has made on it are so simple and complete
that it obviously possesses advantages of a very superior
kind for the purposes intended; an no the least important
scarcely
of these are, that while the surge 9 is enabled to operate
understand,
with much greater ease and safety alike to. himself and the
animal, he may also feel confident that a failure eati
be anticipated. The improved apparatus, we
gratifying
has lately been used in different parts of the country, in
various operations; and, from thesuccessful. and
administered
result of each case, it may reasonably be considered judicious
that chloroform, when it can thus be so safely
should be used in all operations on horses.—Edinburgh ,
yh Ad
vertiser.

THE PEESB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Last year
there were in Adelaide, a city of 15,000 inhabitants, no less
than twelve printing-offices, and thirteen newspapers or pe-
riodical publications, including the Government Gazette and a
gratis advertising sheet. Two of the newspapers were pub-
lished daily, four bi-weekly, the advertising sheet three times
a week, and the remaining six were published weekly.
Of these newspapers, eleven were English, and two German.
In the brief space of one year, the following changes have
taken place. Seven of the newspapers have become defunct.
There is now also only one daily paper, and the advertising
sheet is reduced to the smallest possible dimensions. The
newspapers extant consist of one daily, two hi-weekly. one
weekly, beside the Government Gazette, and the aforesaid
gratis advertiser.—Austrailian and *ATM Zealand Gazette,