The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-20 00:00:00

QUEEN'S BENCH.

Iswore. I was never asked to swear I saw the major kiss
Mrs. Ellis.
Elizabeth Bartholomew—l went to live at Orchard-
street after my sister left. Major Foster and Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis were flopping there. I thought the major treated
Mrs. Ellie more as her husband than a friend. They fre-
quently went out together, but Mr. Ellis used not to be
out with them very frequently. I recollect in June of the
present year going up stairs one day and finding the
major's room door locked. My sister was on the stairs at
the time, I knocked, but received no answer. J went to
Mrs. Norton's bedroom, and after I had been there about a
quarter of an hour I saw Mrs. Ellis come out of the room
and go downstairs, and the Major followed her in about
five minutes. I have on other occasions seen her leave the
major's bedroom when he was there. I have also seen her
there in the evening between eight and nine. I was going
up to my room to dress. Mr. Ellis WAS that evening in the
drawing-room, and Major Foster was in his bedroom, and
about 12 o'clock of that night I saw Mrs. Ellis come
out of the major's room evidently thinking she
was unobserved. I recollect Mrs. Ellis taking a bath
in her bedroom. I was attending on her. The door was
open. The major and lieutenant wore then out. I heard
them coming then up stairs, when I asked her if I should
shut the door, and she said, "Oh, never mind, it's only
the major." I shut the door. After she came out of the
bath she got into bed, and then Major Foster brought her
some shrimps and bread and butter. (Laughter.) I asked
if I should be wanted any more that evening, when Mrs.
Ellis said "No," and I left the room, the major being
there. On one occasion I went into the drawjjig•room
uneapeCtedly, when they were both sitting close together.
The Judge—How were they sitting ?
Witness—He was sitting in a rocking-chair, and she
was sitting on his lap .

The Judge—And that is what you call sitting close
together. (Laughter.)
Witness—l have seen the major kiss Mrs. Ellis.
Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—l don't know
Berridge. I know a Mrs, Affleck, I told her I had a
sister. She was asking me about this affair. Mr. Barron
first spoke to me about my evidence. I told him about the
bath and the locking of the doer.
Did not Mr. Barron show you Mrs. Aliffeck's address ?
Well now, I recollect he did.

Then Mr. Barron was not the first person who spoke to
you about your evidence P—No ; he was not. I have been
in a servant's home, but not a reformatory. Mrs. Aftleck
got me the situation I at present hold.
Sarah Loeber—l used to live at 39, Somerset•street'
Portman-square, as cook. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis and Major
Foster were lodging there at the time, which was in the
August and September of the present year. T used to
notice that the major was very attentive to Mrs. Ellis. I
have seen them in each others bedroom, One day I was in
Mrs. Ellis's bedroom, when a note was brought, and she
told me it was from the jewellers. She read it and then
said, "oh, they have not got enough hair." She then
directed me to get her the scissors. Having cut some of her
hair she put it in an envelope and I gave it to the person
who was waiting. Mrs. Ellis told me the hair was for a
locket they were going to give the major. When they
parted, the lieutenant to go to Gibraltar and the major to
India, they both cried, and the major kissed her.
By Sergeant Ballaatine—When this took place Mrs.
Ellis told her husband it was a very sad parting.
Several other witnesses having been examined,
The jury returned a verdict for the petitioner, with
£6,003 damages against the co-respondent.
Decree nisi with costs.

EX7RAO.RDINARY DELIBERATION IN
COMMIT ZING SUICIDE.

A singular case offelo de se, accompanied by cir-
cumstances of extraordinary premeditation and re-
solution, was investigated by Mr. H. R. Walthew,
the deputy coroner, on Thursday, at the Adam and
Eve Tavern, Lower Homerton.

Joseph Wooden, Horner-place, Hackney, said
that last Monday he was fishing with two other
young men in the River Lea, near the Hackney
Marshes. Upon shifting their position a little they
observed a man standing on the opposite bank, who
hailed them, and inquired whether it was 3 o'clock
They replied that it was past that hour. He then
took from his pocket a silk handkerchief, and hold-
ing it up said, " You may as well have this, would
you wish it P" They answered that they should, but
that it was too far to go round to get it. He an-
swered, "Your journey is not so long as the one I
am going to make.'' He spoke with such perfect
ease and indifference that witness thought he was
merely joking, He returned the handkerchief to his
pocket, and without moving his feet bent down and
deliberately dived into the water. He rose once,and
then sank finally. Witness and his companions ran
round to the locksman, who brought the drags, and
the body was recovered.
J. Cadmore said that he was locksman at the Ho
morton Lock. When he got the body of the deceased
out of the water he found that the limbs and arms
were bound together in an extraordinary manner.
The ankles were tied close together by a cord.
Another cord passing round the body outside the
arms, above the elbows, kept the arms fixed to the
sidrs. The wrists were fastened within a few inches
of each other by means of slip knots. No doubt de-
ceased was a first rate swimmer, and he tied himself
up in order to be sure not to float through invo-
luntary struggling in the water. Witness had
observed the deceased on the Saturday and Sun-
day previous apparently examining the banks
in such a peculiar way that he watched
him. The body was dressed in clothes which
were all nearly new. In the pockets were found
some copper money, and the duplicate of a ring,
pledged for 10s., at Seeker's, City-road.
A police-sergeaut said that inquiries at Seeker's
had failed to discover anything, but that the ring
had been pledged by a young woman on Dec. 12.
No clue could be obtained as to the identity of the
deceased.

Dr. Wright said that deceased was apparently 40
years of age, and was a healthy man. From the
evidence witness had heard he should infer that
deceased was of sane mind, and knew perfectly well
the nature of the act he was about to commit.

The Coroner then summed up, and the jury, after
a long deliberation, returned a verdict of If elo de se.

The Coroner remarked that a more deliberate
perpetration of felo de se it would be difficult to
find, and he immediately issued his warrant for the
interment of the body by torchlight, and without
the ries of Christian burial.

SPOR7ING INTELLIGENCE.

RACING PIXTL
_ FEaRi

Lincoln
MA:

Nottingham Spring 3
Derby Spring
Liverpool Spring lO
Shrewsbury l2

'RES FOR 1863.
JAM'.

25

Doncaster Spring ..17
Warwick Spring 17
Northampton .. 24
Croxton Park 27

Newmarket Craven 6
Durham
Catterick Bridge 8
Thirsk

Epsom Spring 16
Newmarket F. S ..20
York Spring .... 28
Salisbury
♦Y.
Harpenden l5
Epsom l9
Manchester 27
'NE.

Chester 5
Bath l2
Marlborough l4

Ju:
Ascot 2
Newton 10
Hampton ......10
Odiham 16
Bibury Club ......17

Stockbridge
Chelmsford lB
23
Newcastle
Carlisle ........ 23
30

Worcester .............. Ju
Newmarket J uly ........ 7
Abingdon ..............14
Hungerford ............16

Nottingham 21
Winchester 2l
Goodwood 28

Brighton Au4
Brighton Club
Lewes
Reading
12

Derby Summer SEPT]
Lioh4lid
Leiceiter
10
Doncaster .... 15

Newmarket S. 0 .00TI
. 12
Lincoln Autumn 21

York August
Devon and Exeter 19
Egham 25