The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-28 00:00:00

DISGUSTING CHARGE AGAINSI A

CLERGYSI7IN:

A painful and disgusting charge has just been
brought before the - county magistrates at Slough
against the Rev. C. Reddall, chaplain of the
Slough and Eton Union Workhouse, xvo had been
apprehended on Sunday evening last on a charge of
having indecently assaulted Elizabeth Salter, a
child of 10 years of age. Mr. C. S. Ironies attended
on the part of the prisoner,
Complainant, an intelligent little girl, deposed
that she lived at Slough. Knew Mr. Reddall,
and on Sunday last was in the rand near the
defendant's lodgings, when he called her to come
in the garden-gate. She went to him. He then
asked her to have some--
Defendant—Some wine.
Witness said some wine.
The Bench desired the defendant to remain quiet.
When he asked me (continued the complainant) to
rake some wine, I said, " No, thank you, sir!'
Afterwards he asked me to walk into his room,
where he kept me about three-quarters of an hour.
Defendant—Oh, what a lie! It was about three
minutes_ Oh, what base wretches ! Oh, what
wickedness !Itis a wonder—a marvel—that God,
in his wrath, does not lift up His arm and strike
them all dead.

Complainant continued—As soon as I went int
the room he asked me to sit on his knee; took me
up and kissed me a great many times_ He put his
hand up my clothes. I tried to get away, but he
would not let me. He pulled me to the sofa, but I
got away for a time. He made me sit in a chair,
and put his hands up my clothes again. (The wit-
ness more minutely described the prisoner's con-
duct, which cannot here be given.) My brother
knocked at the door and defendant opened the par-
tour door. Mrs. Crook came in ; I was crying when
she entei ed. He had undone the door before Mrs.
Crook came in.
Defendant—Oh, I wonder God does not strike
them dead!
11 itness, in reply to Magistrate's Clerk, said he
began to undo his trousers.

Defendant—Oh, you lying little creature! oh
that wicked woman ! (Defendant, who was greatly
excited, kept up a running comment of this kind
during the time the witnesses were giving their
evidences.)

Witness proceeded—l left after Mrs. Crook had
opened the door. I told my mother and father
what had happened as soon as I went home. I
have since told Mrs. Crook he took me on his knee
as soon as I entered the room, and then did what I
have stated.

Defendant—Yes; I took her on my knee and
put'my hands by accident at the bottom of her cri-
noline—just on the knee. (A laugh.) I took no

liberties whatever, God knows.
Mrs. Crook was then called, but the prisoner ob-
jected to her evidence, saying she did not believe in
the Bible. The witness said—The prisoner came
to lodge in my house in May last. On Sunday
last the little girl came to the house about six
o'clock. Defendant appeared to have seen her
before, and sent her to ask her brother to fetch a
fly, who returned in half-an-hour and asked fur his

sister, who I had no idea had remained in the house.
On entering the room I observed that the child had
been crying. She ran out of the room into the
street. I called upon the child's mother to inquire
why the child cried. When I charged the prisoner
with having insulted the child he seized me by the
throat, so that for some time I could not speak. As
soon as I could I called out " Murder !" and a
neighbour came to my assistance. The officer
afterwards came and took the prisoner away.
Mr. Vou les asked complainant if she did not con-
sider, from prisoner's general character, that he was

occasionally insane.
Witness—Not at all ; 'tie brought on by drink
and beastful ways.
Defendant's son stated that his father had been in
I lunatic asylum, and was discharged uncured.
Defendant, after quoting portions of Sriptures,
contended that the proceedings were informal, be-
cause his name had not been properly spelt in the
warrant—the letter " e" having been substituted
for "a ;" they consequently had the wrong man
altogether.

The prisoner was remanded for a week, to enable
the magistrates to consult with the Secretary of
State in reference to the case.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of General Sir Edward Bowater, of
Richmond Park, Surrey, was proved in London by his re-
lict, Lady Bowater, the sole executrix. General Bowater
was Colonel of the 49th Foot, and had held many distin-
guished offices in the Royal household. In 1831 he was
appointed Equerry to William IV. ; in 1840; Equerry to
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort; in 1846, Groom
in Waiting to Queen Victoria; and her Majesty selected
Sir Edward to take charge of her son Prince Leopold dur-
ing his Roy al Highness's visit to France. The General
died at Cannes, in France, in December last, at the age of
seventy-four, having executed his will in August preced-
ing, which is attested by James Ferrer and Edwin Grant,
bath of Lincoln's-inn-fields. The will, though brief, con-
tains ample directions as to the disposition of his property,
appointing Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., and Frede-
rick Barne, Esq., trustees, and, together with his relict,
Lady Bowater, and Charles Newdigate, Esq., guardians of
his daughter, his only child. To Lady Bowater, his relict, he
leaves his furniture, carriages, farming stock at Richmond
Park, and at Sotterley, Suffolk; also a life interest in his
funded property, and the use of his plate, diamonds, pearls,
books, and pictures, which laLter effects and funded pro-
perty will, upon the decease of Lady Bowater, pass to their
daughter. To Lady Bowater he has also bequeathed the
residue of his estate, real and personal. Sir Edward has
left to his nephew, Sir Matthew W. Ridley, Bart., his
double-barrelled gun by Joseph Manton ; and to his
brother-in-law, Frederick Berne, Esq., his fishing-tackle.
General Bowater was one of those gallant Peninsular
warriors who are now becoming nearly extinct. • He was a
sharer in the arduous Peninsular campaign and in its many
hard-fought battles, and closed his brilliant military
achievements on the field of Waterloo.

The will of Colonel Charles Allix (Grenadier Guards),
of Swaffham House, Swaffham Prior, near Newmarket,
Cambridgeshire, was proved in London on the 26th ult.,
the executors nominated being his nephews, Robert H.
Wilkinson, Esq. ; the Rev. Charles Allis. Wilkinson, M.A.,
Domestic Chaplain to the King of Hanover ; and Isaac
H. Wilkinson, Esq. The colonel succeeded to the family
estates in 1848, which were held by his brother, the :late
John Peter Allix, Esq., M.P. for Cambridgeshire. Tile
testator married, in 1840, his cousin Mary Catherine, who
died in 1842, leaving an only child, his son and heir,
Charles Peter Allis, Esq. The Colonel's will, executed in
1856, is very brief, by which he disposes of the whole of
his estates, real and personal, in trust for his son, Chtartli:
Peter Allis, Esq. The Colonel died in April ltearnili..
age of 75. This gallant officer had seen
mue-Ini. atahe Penin-
sula, service, having served during the
sula, and was a participator in the ever-mwaemr
on the plains of Waterloo.
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Lodge, Surrey, was administered to
relief, Mrs. Martha E. A.
on the 23d of June, by hi.Bute—d by the Prohat® Court, of
Baines, the guardian, aPP°iln their minority, and are the
their children, who are will, there being no executolv
residuary legatees under
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together with the personalty above mentioned,
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furniture,books,
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the benefit of his widow and children.
with a legacy of £l,OOO
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Johnson Baines, died sin(c)e. thelBexsBec.—utifinluostfrtahteedwill.,
News,

COTTON DISTRICTS RELIEF FErND.—We ar6
authorised to state that Sir C. Phipps has forwarded to
Lord Derby, on behalf of the Cotton Districts Relief Fund,
by command of her Majesty the Queen, unsolicited, the
munificent donation of L 2,000.

isA PLEASURE BOAT AT SEA ALL NlGHT._Yes-
terday afternoon a party consisting of six ladies and
gentlemen, from Hull, put off from Withernsea in a dPs 1
sure boat, and, being carried away by the force of wivpso.
tide, they were unable to regain the chore, and alrid fre•
ing the night at sea, during which time Tea op this
quently to bale the boat of water, they sveftrourlingtoni
(Friday) morning by a vessel and aventure.--
not a little fatigued with their aafortuP4".
Hull Palm.