The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-24 00:00:00

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THAMES.

SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A WOMAN.—Henry Buck, aged
28, was brought up on remand before Mr. Woolrych,
charged with committing a savage assault on Catherine
Bellmore, or Bellrad, a married woman, who was for several
days under medical treatment, in consequence of the severe
injuries she received.

The prisoners are Germans, and were dwelling at the
time of the occurrence in Providence-street, George.in-
the-East. The complainant had occasion to go to the house
of the defendant for her husband's club-card, which had
been left in Buck's possession. Some words passed between
Mrs. Buck and Mrs. Bellmore. From words they pro-
ceeded to blows, and Mrs. Buck struck the complainant a
violent blow on the mouth and caused it to bleed. The
prisoner then took part in the quarrel, and after striking
the complainant, and knocking her down, kicked her seve-
ral times and disabled her.

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who defended the pri-
soner, said the complainant was the aggressor, and visited
Buck's house for the purpose of quarrelling with them, He
called several witnesses, but they did not materially alter
the case for the complainant.
aMr. Woolrych said the prisoner had committed a very
savage assault on the complainant, and no amount of pro-
vocation could justify a man kicking a woman. The com-
plainant had been in the London Hospital, and was no
doubt severely injured. He sentenced the prisoner to two
months' imprisonment and hard labour.

Crystal Palace and South London Junc-
tion Railway.

A special general meeting of shareholders was
held yesterday at 'the Victoria station, Sir Cusack
Roney in the chair, for the purpose of considering
a bill More Parliament, entitled "An Act to en-
able the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company to extend their railway to Greenwich, to
improve the communication with the Victoria
Station, to execute certain other works in connec-
tion with their undertaking, and to amend the Acts
of the said Company," &c. The chairman said,be-
fore moving the adoption of the bill they were met
to consider, he would take this opportunity of in-
forming the shareholders of the present condition
and future prospects of the line. As they were all
aware, advertisements had been issued by the board,
offering the B shares, with a dividend of 6 per cent.,
taking preference over the A shares, and within a
few days all these shares in both classes had been
taken up, thus showing the high estimation in
which the proposed line stood with the public.
Considerable progress had been made in the acquire-
ment of the land necessary for the line, about two
miles of which, belonging to Dulwich College and
the Crystal Palace Company, was already in the
possession of the company. The sinking of the
shaft for the Crescent Wood Tunnel, and for
another adjacent to the Crystal Palace, was in
rapid progress, about 15 feet in length having been
completed, and the works all fenced in. The board
bad the assurance of their contractor, Sir Morton
Pato, that the line should be ready for traffic by
May, 1865. The station for the Crystal Palace
would be on the side of the road facing the front of
the Palace, and the tedious ascent from the present
station would be avoided, the platform of the pro-
posed station being intended to be nearly on a level
with-the floor of the palace. Independent of the
Crystal Palace traffic there must be a large local
and residential traffic, looking at the great number
of buildings erecting at all places along the route of
the line. He was warranted in this expectation by
what had taken place on the Metropolitan Exten-
sion line, running from Victoria Station to the
Elephant and Castle, which had increased since the
opening in a most extraordinary ratio. During
the first week in January last the number of pas-
sengers carried on that line had been 15,000, while
during the last week the number of passengers bad
exceeded 62,000. This traffic would become still
further developed when the line from the Elephant
and Castle to Farringdon-street was completed.
The bridge over the Thames would be completed
by June, 1864, and the communication with the
Metropolitan line in Farringdon-street would shortly
follow. By the time, therefore, their projected line
was completed they would be able to reap the full
benefit of :his important organisation. He con-
cluded by moving the formal resolution approving
of the bill. Mr. Tootal seconded the resolution,
which, after the solicitor had read the heads of the
bill, was agreed to unanimously. The proceedings
concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman
and directors.