The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1860

VOYAGE OF TILE SLAVER YACHT

WANDERER.

The history of this famous or infamous vessel has
already occupied a large share of public attention
on account of her successful slaving voyage and the
acquittal of all concerned in it. She is again before
the public, and is again in the clutches of the law,
this time, we hope, without a chance of escape.

This morning she arrived here in charge of /qr.
Henry Welton, from the vicinity of the Western

.stands. Her story, though long Cu its details, may

be briefly.sumineaup. On the 20th October she
left the vicinity of Sa.vaxnah without a Custom-
house clearance, under the command of Capt. Lin-

coin Patten, of Bath, who forced part of file men
on board to go to sea. She went to Flues, obtained
some supplies of water and provisioni, but requir-
ing more went to sea and spoke a French bark, the
master of which promised the desired supplies.
Patten, with a boat and four men, went on board

of her, and then Mr. Henry Welton, with the con-
sent of the crew, took command, left the captain
on board the bark, and shaped the Wanderer's
course for the United States. She is now in the
charge of the Custom-house authorities, but will be
delivered to the district attorney. This is the story
in brief. We will now present some of its details,
which are quite interesting. On the 20th October,
between nine and ten o'clock, 'Lincoln Patten, under
the assumed name of David Martin, put 15 men on
board the yacht Wanderer, then lying in the river
below Savannah, to assist in taking on board
provisions' water, and stores. A little later he
came on board himself, accompanied by Edward
Talbot, pilot, and Captain J. Black, shipping
agent. He called all hands to get under way, and,
drawing a revolver, swore he would shoot any one
who refused to work, or who might interrupt his
movements. He also threatened the shipping agent
and pilot with death if they attempted to leave the
vessel. Some of the crew, who knew his plans,
loaded the two guns with grape, and armed them-
selves to enforce his orders against those who had
been induced by false pretences to come on board.
Though there was a pilot on board, he directed the
movements of the vessel himself, and got her twice
ashore. At last she reached Tybee Light, and
anchored, where the pilot and shipping master left
her. Again she ran aground, and remained fast
four hours. At 9 o'clock in the morning of Oct. 21
she floated off again, made sail, slipped 15 fathoms
of chain, and went to sea, carrying more than half
the crew against their wishes. The captain, to
allay their fears, pretended that the vessel was
bound to Matanzas and Nassau, New Providence,
and back to Savannah; but a few days afterwards
he declared that the ship was without papers, the
collector having refused her a clearance. He said
he was bound to the Western Islands for more pro-
visions and water, and thence to the coast of Africa
for a cargo of 700 negroes. These he proposed to
land at Cardenas, saying that he was sure of re•
ceiving for them 650 dollars each, being well ac-
quainted with the trade, having landed several car-
goes from the barques Niagara and Ocean Tyrant,
the brig Frances Ellen, and other vessels. He fur-
ther informed them that on leaving Savannah he
had failed to procure a chronometer, charts, or
"Nautical Almanac," and consequently would have
to perform the voyage by dead reckoning. On Oct.
23, however,. he fell in with the ship Troy, of Bos-
ton, and bought from her one "Epitome," " Blunt 's
Coast Pilot," and a chart of the Gulf of Florida,
for which he paid simply 5 dols. He next chased
the barque Clara Brewer, bit when he hailed her,
finding the captain to be an old acquaintance, he
did not go on board. The next day he saw a
schooner and,.made sail in chase, carrying such a
press of canvas that he carried awayhis squaresail-
yard and split the sail, but failed to overhaul her. On
28th Oct. he chased a brig and fired grape at her, but
she would not heave to ; the chase was continued
till 11 p.m., when the brig, favoured by the darkness
of the night, by suddenly changing her course, ran
out of sight. The Wanderer was now headed for
Fayal, and was favoured with a strong gale from
west-north-west, going sometimes 20 knots an hour,
and requiring two men at the helm to steer her.
On the 31st the gale moderated to fine weather,
which continued until the 9th of November, when
she encountered another north-west gale, which
brought her to Isle of Flores. She stood off and on,
firing guns for a pilot, and when off the s Atlement of
Santa Cruz the British Consul, the chief magistrate
of the place, and a pilot came OR board. She was
then anchored in 25 fathoms of water. The captain
produced a false clearance of the vessel under the
name of the William, of I Savannah, bound to
Smyrna, stating at the same time that he had lost
sails, provisions, spars, galley, and chronometer, and
was in want of all these. Endorsed by the Bri-
tish Consul and the authorities ashore, he pro-
cured 38 casks, containing 4,000 gallons of water,
firewood, liquor, flour, rope, 250 bushels of pota-
toes, an anchor, and 120 fathoms of chain. He was
promised 20 tons more flour, but some of his move-
ments exciting suspicion, he came on board in great
haste, and made everything ready for getting under
way that night. He smuggled two Portuguese
women on board, and this circumstance came to
the knowledge of the authorities. He had not a
moment to spare, so he slipped 60 fathoms of chain,
left one of his men ashore, and did not pay one
dollar for the supplies received, valued at about
1,500 dols. He openly avowed to the crow that he
could procure eighty' negroes for the women be
had kidnapped. The vessel was next headed for
Madeira, called at Village Point De Salee, but,
unable to obtain supplies, proceeded to Fun-
chal, where receiving information that an
English steamer of war was in the harbour, he
stood to sea, proposing to pass between Cape
St. Ann and the Canaries. Still short of pro-
visions, he declared to the mew that he would ob-
tain them by force from the first 'vessel he met,
swearing that he would shoot the first man who
hesitated to fight for such an object. Shortly after-
wards he spoke the bark Clara, of Bordeaux, but
her commander positively refused either to heave
to or to furnish him with supplies. Two other
barks were chased without being able to bring them
to. At_ last she fell in with the bark Jenny, of
Marseilles, which hove to, and promised to give
him some of her stores. With a boat and four men
he boarded her. Now was the crisis of the crew's
fate. They determined unanimously to seize the
vessel and carry her to the United States. With
that olject in view, Mr. Henry Welton, a native
of British North America, was placed in command.
She was immediately run before the wind, all sail
set, and when well clear of the bark was headed to
the westward. The next day they made the west-
ward of the Canaries, and saw lying in a cove
a suspicious-looking polacca brig, which fired a
gtin when the Wanderer hove in sight. Having
no desire to ascertain her true character,
the Wanderer pursued her course to the westward
without any other incident worthy of notice. She
made Fire Island Light, thence proceeded to Tar-
paulin-cove, and arrived here this morning, as
already stated.- She has now on board 10 men and
the two Portuguese women already noticed.—
, I Boston Evening Traveller, Dec. 24.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE,Tan.IO.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before Sir C. Cresswell.)
ANTIIONY V. ANTHONY.—JUDGMENT.
This was a petition by a wife for a judicial sepa-
ration, on the ground of cruelty: It was tried be-
fore his lordship on the 19th and 20th of Dec. last,
and was reported in 7he Sun of the 21st.
Dr. Spinks and Mr. D. Keane appeared for the
petitioner; Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey for
the respondent.
Sir C. Cresswell now delivered judgment. He
said it appeared that the parties were married in
1846, and had three children, born respectively in
1849, 1851, and 1853, and that until 1851 they
lived happily together. In that year a young
woman, named Emma Bennett, went into their ser-
vice, and disputes arose about her. It would be
very difficult to decide whether the petitioner or her
husband was in fault in these disputes ; probably
both were, but the decree of the Court would not
be founded on what then took place. Before the
birth of the youngest child the respondent ceased to
occupy the same bedroom with his wife, and- slept
in an apartment adjoining that of Emma Bennett,
although he well knew that his wife was jealous of
her. In the spring of 1853, the petitioner saw, or
fancied she saw, Emma Bennett sitting on her hus-
band's knee. Emma Bennett denied that she had
done so. , On another occasion the petitioner heard
a noise in her husband's room, overhead, at night,
went upstairs, and, as she alleged, saw him coming
out of Emma Bennett's room. He and Emma Ben-
nett denied that he had ever been in her room, and
the Court was not convinced that he had; but the
petitioner certainly had reasonable ground for sus-
picion, and he should have been careful as to the
manner in which he treated Eminesßennett. Dis-
putes afterwards arose, which led to an act of vio-
lence, which he did not deny. The accounts given
of that act of violence by the different witnesses
varied very much, and an examination of them
would show the spirit of partisanship with
which they came into court. Mrs. An-
thony's account was that her husband wished
Emma Bennett to make tea for him ; that she said
Emma Bennett should not do it while she was in
the house, and that he then struck her on the head,
broke all the combs in her hair, bruised her temples,
and pushed her out of the room ; that she fell on
the mat, and was assisted upstairs by Mrs. Dann,
a workwoman who was then employed in the house.
Mrs. Dann to a certain extent confirmed that ac-
count. Emma Bennett gave a different version.
She said her master asked Mrs. Anthony to make
tea, and Mrs. Anthony refused. Tho husband's
account was that be asked his wife to make tea,
that she refused, and threw something at him, and
he took her by the shoulders, and put her out of
the room. He said he knew nothing about her
combs being broken, but admitted that he struck
her with his open hand. That being the state of
affairs in the house, it was not probable that har-
mony would be restored so long as Emma Bennett
remained in it, but the respondent refused to dis-
charge her. In 1853 the husband was for a time
absent from home, and on his return he complained
that wines and other articles had been taken during
his absence. The petitioner accused the servants
of having taken them, and they accused her of
having given them to some of her relations. The
respondent placed more confidence in the state.
ments of the servants than in those of his wife. An
excited state of feeling was thus produced in her
mind, and in the spring of 1855 it had increased to
such an extent that it was necessary to consult a
medical man. In August, 1855, there was another
instance of actual violence. The dispute commenced
aboUt a trifle—the number of towels he had used in
his studio—and, when she complained that he was
trying to make her out a liar before the servants,
he threw a jug of water over her, and in the end he
struckssher a violent blow with his fist, which nearly
stunned her. He admitted that he might then have
struck her on the head, but added that he was so
pained at what he had done that hp never struck her
at all afterwards. She said that he did, and,consider-
ing the temper he manifested towards her in the
autumn, 1855, it was not unlikely. His father then
died; he sent Emma Bennett to buy mourning for the
family; the same mourning was bought for her and
for the servants, and in the course of a dispute upon
that subject he said to her that he saw no necessity
for her living, but that if she must live she must
go and prostitute herself. Not one word of that con-
versation did he deny. With regard to the mourn-
ing, it certainly was not very satisfactory to a wife
to be placed exactly on a par with her eery/Intl.
The petitioner said that early in 1856 he struck her
with a maulstick, and he demedit. In the autumn
of 1856 he was absent, and she was left with Ben-
nett, and she quitted the house with two of the
children. The mother of the respondent, and then
the respondent, went to see her, and asked her to
return, but she refused to do so untill Bennett was
discharged. A correspondence then took place, in
which she complained of Bennett, among other
things, for tampering with her letters, and he re-
plied that he never had upheld Bennett, and never
would uphold her, in meddling with her mistress's
letters. But in the witness box he said that Bennett
had forwarded a letter of Mrs. Anthony's to him,
by his order, because he did not consider his honour
or his property safe with Mrs. Anthony, and ho
wished to obtain evidence as to her conduct. No one
could be surprised, under these circumstances, at
the petitioner's refusal to return home until Bennett
was discharged. The evidence completely negatived
condonationa there was nothing to show that the
suit had been instituted upon any ground different
from that alleged in the petition, and, as the evi-
dence established that if the petitioner returned
home there would be some danger of a repetition of
the acts of violence of which she complained, and
some of which the respondent admitted, the Court
was bound to grant a decree of judicial separation.
SCOTT V. SCOTT.—JUDGMENT.
This case was tried on the 24th of December last.
It was a petition for a judicial separation on the
ground of cruelty. Mr. W. Brandt appeared for
the petitioner.
His Lordship said there was no doubt upon the
evidence that the respondent was a drunken, profli-
gate woman ,who made her husband miserable, but he
could not fail to see that the real cause of the pre-
sent application wes merely a wish to get rid of
her, and he must be cautious in not allowing the
Court to be openecrto cases of that description.
There was not such evidence of cruelty on her part
as would justify him in granting a decree, and he
must therefore dismiss the petition.
HAYWARD V. IIAYWARD.L—JUDGMENT.
This was a petition by a wife for a restitution of
conjugal rights. It had been before the court
on several occasions.
Dr. Waddilove appeared for the petitioner.
His Lordship said the present application was
wife might be taxed up to a
telosiattathhieticmoset.s olfv the
hen
the case came on for hearing
a negotiation took place, and an arrangement was
come to, he believed with the sanction of both
parties, but the petition was not dismissed. The
petitioner afterwards refused to abide by the ar-
rangement, and asked to have tho cause heard. He
thought she was entitled to-have it heard, but some
unfortunate occurrences afterwards took plane,
which prevented it being brought before the court.
It was a very calamitous affair altogether, but ho
was bound to deal with it, and he thought he ought
to allow the wife's costs to be taxed up to the time
when the case came on for hearing, and the com-
promise was made. He should deal with the costs
incurred since that time as a different question.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Jan. 11.

MANSION-HOUSE.—John Thompson was
brought before Mr. Alderman Hale (who sat for
'the Lord Mayor), charged with having deserted
from the Royal Artillery at Woolwich.
Sergeant O'Malley, on recruiting service for the
Rifles, said the prisoner came to him early on the
previous day, enlisted, took the usual shilling, and
then went out. Soon after he was gone witness
found he had left in an upper room of the house a
bundle containing a pair of trousers belonging to
the Royal Artillery, and, as this confirmed a sus-
picion previously entertained by witness that tho
prisoner was a deserter, he, watched for his return
and then gave him into custody. The prisoner,
when he offered himself for enlistment, said'he had
just returned from India.
Mr. Alderman Hale—Has he been in India P
Witness—Yes. He was among the first batch of
men who claimed their discharge when the Indian
army was transferred from the Company to the
Queen, and as soon as he arrived hero he enlisted in
the Royal Artillery for the sake of the bounty.
Mr. Alderman Hale—And almost immediately
after deserted from the artillery and enlisted with
you, hoping to get bounty again ?
-Witness—l suppose so; but he only got a shil-
ling.
Officer—There was a furlough upon him when I
took him into custody, which has not yet run out.
Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—But the fact of his
re-enlistment for the mere sake of the bounty makes
the desertion.

Sergeant O'Malley—Yes, and the exchange of
his clothes.

Mr. Alderman Hale—How long were you in
India, prisoner?
Prisoner—Four years and some odd months.
Mr. Alderman Hale—Then were you at Luck-
now ?

Prisoner—Yes, Sir, at Lucknow and Cawnporo,
and Delhi, too.

''_• Mr. --Vlerulau. liale—l yso,i y that,
after passing through such dangers, you sliouild be-
have in this disgraceful way.
Prisoner—l shouldn't have deserted only some

one stole my knapsack, shirts, and things, and I
was afraid to go back without them.
Mr. Alderman Hale directed that he should be
taken to Woolwich, and that the War-office should
be communicated with at the same time.
James Davis was charged with attempting to pick
the pocket of Mr. T. White,of 17, Mark-lane, wino
merchant.
The prosecutor said—Yesterday" afternoon I was
in Fenchurch-stmet, when I felt a tug at my pocket,
and on turning round saw the prisoner withdraw-
ing his hand. I immediately seized him and held
him fast, and then, as I could see no policeman, I
dragged him along down Mark-lane. He loudly
protested his innocence, and a crowd of 50 or 60
" roughs" soon collected, whom he incited to rescue
him. I saw that they appeared in the humour to
respond to his call, and so, as soon as we reached
my cellar, the flap of which stood invitingly open,
I pushed him in, flung down the flap, and secured
him till an officer came. When we were at the
station he swore at me in the most frightful man-
ner, asserting that if he had a knife he would
stick it through my heart, and that if I had him
locked up he would have my life when he came

out.
Prisoner—lt's all lies ; I never opened my
mouth.
Prosecutor—There are several witnesses who
heard him.
Prisoner—Then why does ye'r not produce 'em ?
The officer who had the prisoner in charge, said—
I heard the prisoner say ho would stick a knifo into
Mr. White's heart if he could get hold of one—
Prisoner—lt's a lie ; I didn't say nothing.
Officer—And that if Mr. White swore his liberty
away he would hare his life as soon as he came out
again.
Mr. Alderman Hale—ls he known here?
Partridge (gaoler).--He has been hero repeatedly
my lord.
Mr. Alderman Hale—Well, what have you to
say, prisoner ?
'Prisoner—Why, as I was a falking•along Fen-
church-street, with my hands in my pocket, I went
past that there gentleman, and my elbow just
touched him, and directly arter, to my werry great
surprise, he comes up, cotches hold of my collar,
and says as how he felt my hands in his pockets,
though they had been in my pocket all the while..
Mr. Alderman Hale—But what about this vile
language and those threats ?
Prisoner—Well, I mast own I did blaspheme a
little.
The Alderman sent him to hard labour for three
months.

GUILDHALL.— Janet Stewart Payne, about 40
years of age, was charged under the following cir-
cumstances : _ .

The prisoner was charged, in the first instance,
with being (Hunk and disorderly, and the evidence
given on that occasion went to show that she was
in a beastly state of intoxication, having a poor
little child about three or four years of age in her
possession, and the mode in which she was carry-
ing it, and the general treatment it received at the
prisoner's hands induced several persons to' inter-
fere. One person deposed that he saw the prisoner
carrying the child by its heels, with its head hang-
ing downwards, and another that while the child
was in that position the prisoner struck its head
twice against a wall. The child was produced
in court at the time, and presented one of the most
frightful spectacles ever presented in a court of jus-
tice. Its legs and arms were scarcely larger than a
man's thumb, while its face had more the appear-
ance of a skeleton's head covered with parchment
than that of an infant of such tender years ; in-
deed, in such a dreadful state of emaciation did it
appear that the general opinion of all was that the
child could not survive the fearful neglect and treat-
ment it had received. It was shown that the cha-
racter of the prisoner was that of a notorious
drunkard, and that when taken into custody she
had not long left the Whitechapel Workhouse, where
her child had been under the doctor's care for some
time previous. The child was represented to be in
a very precarious state, and the prisoner was there-
fore remanded until yesterday, after receiving a
caution from Sir It. W. Carden to the effect that
through her vile and beastly propensity she had
sacrificed her child and would probably have to
answer a charge of murder or manslaughter.
The poor little sufferer was then taken back to the
West London Union, where every care and atten-
tion was bestowed upon it under the superinten-
tence of Mr. Phillips, the master of the Union, but
. unfortunately without avail, for death terminated
its miseries on the second day.
Mr. Phillips attended before Sir. R. W. Carden,
and explained that since the last hearing the child
had died, and an inquest had been held upon its
body. The jury'returned a verdict to the effect
that the child died from exhaustion produced by
fever, accelerated by exposure and the treatment
it received at the hands of its mother. The jury
also thought the Whitechapel parish authorities
were to blame in allowing the child to be taken out
of the union when in such a precarious condition.
Sir R. W. Carden inquired if the evidence of the
persons who saw the prisoner ill-treating the child
was taken before the coroner ?

, Mr. Phillips said, it was, but the surgeon not
having made a post niortem examination could only
say he saw no marks which could justify him in sup-
posing that the blows the child received when struck
against the brick wall were the cause of death. His
opinion was that the child must have died, but that
its death was accelerated by neglect.
The prisoner began to cry on hearing of the fate
of her unhappy child, and endeavoured to make a
display of 'lnternal love and sympathy for her de-
parted offspring.
Mr. Phillips said, the neglect was not attribut-
able solely to drink, as the prisoner had allowed
whole days to pass while in the workhouse without
ever looking at her child, although she had oppor-
tunities every hour of the day. The feeling of the
jury-was so strong with regard to the prisoner that
they would have returned a verdict of man-
slaughter had not the coroner pointed out to them
that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a
conviction.
Sir R. W. Carden remanded the prisoner for a
few days, and on being removed she said she was
very sorry she ever left the workhouse.

MARYLEBONE.—Robert Bruce was brought
up for the third time on remand, charged with
forgery.
Mr. Wontner now stated that after due considera
tion he felt it would not be advisable to proCeed
further with the case, which certainly was one be-
set with difficulty and of a complicated nature as
regarded matters of account.
Mr. Broughton observed that the case as it had
previously appeared before him, was one of a very
serious nature, and that evidence strongly crimiva-
tory of the prisoner was adduced. lie should not,
however, after Mr. Wontner's statement, further
detain him, and he was thereforo discharged.

WORSIIIP-STREET.—Peter Lucas, a middle-
aged labouring man, whose coat and shirt were
almost torn into ribands, was charged with the fol-
lowing disgraceful assaults :
Mrs. Jane Neale, the wife of a wadding manu-
facturer at Mile-end, said,—l had just reached my
own house last night at 10 o'clock, when the pri-
soner, who is an' entire stranger to me, came up,
and throwing one arm round my neck with the
other pulled up my clothes. I indignantly thrust
him away from me, and he immediately struck me
a violent blow in the face and ran away. Almost
directly afterwards I heard loud screams of distress
a few doors off, and on running there found the
prisoner assailing a young woman in the same man-
ner as he had already assaulted me. I struck him
with my fist as hard as I could, and he ran off, but
I followed him and gave him into custody.
Prisoner—l am really very sorry, sir.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—That is not of any avail now ;
I will not have these scandalous assaults committed
without inflicting a severe punisment. You must
pay £7 103. for these two assaults, or in default be
committed to the House of Correction for three
months, with hard labour.
The prisoner, who looked at the magistrate with
unutterable astonishment, was committed in default.

LAMBETH.—Mary:Ann Ho dges, a wretched-
looking girl, 18 years of age, was charged with
stealing, from the residence of her parents, Ellen
O'Neill, a little girl of six.years of age, for the pur-
pose of begging and exciting public sympathy.
From the testimony of the parents of the child
and other witnesses, it appeared that three weeks
ago the prisoner, who had formerly been a servant
to a person who resided in the house, requested the
mother of the child to allow her little girl to go
with her to Lambeth-walk. The mother at first
objected to do se, but on.her promising to bring the
child back in a quarter of an hour she consented,
and from that time until that morning neither the
prisoner nor the child could be found. Information
of the circumstance had been communicated to the
police, and a description of the prisoner and the
child forwarded to all the station-houses; but,
though the most diligent search had been made, and
all the police were on the alert to find them, it was
not until yesterday morning that any clue could be
obtained as to what had become of them.
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Police-constable 43 A, said that for the last week
he had been specially engaged, by order of the
Commissioners, in endeavouring to trace the pri-
soner and the child, and had searched 'most of the
low lodging-houses in the:metropolis withi7nt being,
able to lic.al• anything of them. On 1110Millg
he went to a house in New Pie-street, Westmin-
ster, and theii learned from the person who man-
aged it that there were two persons answering

the description occupying a room. On seeing the
prisoner she said that the child that was
with her was her sister, that their parents
were dead, and that they begged for a living ;
but on seeing the child she said her name was
Ellen O'Neill, and that she was not the sister of
the prisoner; and this satisfied him at once that
they were the persons he was in search of, and he
took the prisoner into custody. The poor child
exhibited a miserable and half starved appearance,
and it appeared the prisoner had from time to time
disposed of her boots and principal articles of cloth-
ing, so that during the severe weather she must
have suffered considerably.
Police-constable 123 L described the prisoner as
one of the most artful young thieves that could well
be conceived, and the companion of the most daring
thieves who infest the neighbourhood of the Vic-
toria Theatre. He (the constable) had had her in
custody twice at this court for robbing two different
mistresses, and for the one offence she was sentenced
to twenty-one days' and for the other to three
months' hard labour, and at the end of that period
to be sent to a reformatory for four years.
The prisoner said' it was her intention to have
taken the child home.
She was committed for trial.