The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-03 00:00:00

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Southwark, was brought bete. ' Mr. Burcham, at
the Southwark Police-court, for final examination,
charged with cruelly assaulting and disgustingly
ill-treating Caroline Lefevre, aged eight years, who
was entrusted to her care and protection.
The court and every avenue leading thereto was
densely crowded, chiefly by females, and it was
with some difficulty that the officers could prevent
their takiiag'samniary vengeance on her. A sub-
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scription was got up among the neighbours to pro-
secute her; owing to the unwillingness of the child's
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father, who 15 married to a second wife. Mr. Wm.
'Edwin, of Newington-causeway, however, under-
took the prosecution gratuitously. As soon as the
`prisoner was placed in the dock, she was saluted
with groans and yells, which were immediately
suppressed.
The evidence given on Monday before Mr. Maude,
Aho sat for Mr. Combe, showed that the prisoner
had for some years kept a child's school at No. 8,
Parvey's-place, Redcross-street, Borough, and that
the father of the child, who is a porter in vie em-
ploy of Messrs. Barclay and Co., sent her to the
school about two years ago. The child was merely
a day-scholar fer 12 months, but at the end of that
time her father married a second wife, and then
arrangements were made for the prisoner to keep
her altogether, and almost immediately afterwards
the the alleged cruelty commenced.
Mr. Edwin said he should be able to show that
the prisoner was not content with cutting h
child about with a stick and a cane, and likewise
with a poker and shovel, but she actually made her
eat human excrement. On the last examination
evidence of that was not forthcomin6., but now he, ',
Pould'establish thatAtet as well as other testimony -
to show the horrible cruelty which the poor child
had suffered.
The injured child was thee brought into court.
She appeared to have much improved since last
Monday. On' that occasion her eyes were so in-
flamed and swollen that she could not distinguish.
anything. The flesh, however, was still much dis-
coloured, 'and the marks and bruises were very-
prominent.
Mr. Burcham having examined her as to the na-
ture of an oath, and her answer being satisfactory,
she was sworn.
She said, my name is Caroline Lefevre, and lam
eight years of age. I know the prisoner, and have
lived with her for 12 months. She keeps a school
for little boys and girls, but she never taught me
to read.
Mr. Burcham—What did you do there ?
Child—l used to mind the other children.
Mr. Burcham—How has she treated you ? Do
not be afraid of the prisoner, but speak the truth.
Child—She has beat me most unmercifully at
times, Sir.
Mr. Burcham—What with ?
Child--A large stick. (Three pieces of stick,
about an inch in circumference, smeared with
blood, was here produced. They were found hid
away in the prisoner's house by one of the con-
stables.) That was what she struck me with. Sho
broke it over my arms and back.—(Sensation.)
Mr. Burcham—When did she beat you last with
this stick ?
Child—Last Sunday morning, Sir.
Mr. Burcham—How many times do you suppose
she has beaten you with this stick ?
Child (tremulously)—A 'good many times, Sir.
Sometimes on the body and head, but more particu-
larly on my arms and back of my head. I have
sometimes hurt myself in getting out of her way.
Mr. Burcham—Where did she beat you ?
Child—ln the school-room. Sometimes when
the children were there.
Mr. Burcham—Did she beat you with anything
besides the stick ?
Child—Yes, Sir. With a poker and shovel. The
children were not in the school-room then.
Mr. Burcham—Where did she beat you, then ?
Child—On the top of the head. She only struck
me twice with the poker and shovel.
Mr. Burcham—What is the matter with your
kand ?
Child—The prisoner burnt me with the red hot
iron. On Friday morning I was playing with the
door mat, and because I did not leave it quick
enough for her she took a hot iron from the fire and
put it on my hand. (Sensation.)
Mr. Burcham—Does she give you plenty to eat
Child—Oh, yes, sir; but I do not have any meals
with her. I always had a good supper.
Mr. Burcham—Now, child, answer me truly. Do _
not fear the prisoner. Did she ever giA a you dirty
things to eat?
Child—Yes, sir; she did. She made me eF.t some
filth—human dirt. (Groans and sensation...)
Mr. Burcham—When was that ?
Child—Three weeks ago, sir.
Mr. Burcham—Was any one present Caen ?
Child—Yes, sir ; one of the little girls who come
to the school.
Mr. Burcham—What did she do to you before
she made you eat the filth?
Child—She beat me, sir, and she made the other
little girl hold my hands behind me, while she
forced me to swallow the filth. (Sensation and
groans.)
Mr. Burcham—Was it your own dirt ?
Child—No, sir. She took it from a pan at the
corner of the room, and said if I did not eat it she
would force it down my throat with the end of a
stick. I was compelled to swallow it, but I was
sick.

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therefore go far to show that the truce has been re-
jected by Garibaldi :—He has entered Messina with
a flag from which the arms of the House. of Savoy
are removed. His force has fraternised with all in
the city, soldiers, I believe, included, and the" in-
ference is that he places himself at the head of the
revolution. There can be little hesitation, there-
fore, in•saying that a landing on the continent is
not very far distant, and if.my prognostications are
right, the revolution will have free course to a cer-
tain point, when France will step in at the head of
2,000 or 3,000 men, and in the interests of eider
prevent its further progress. What then ?
The following order of the day has been issued
by Garibaldi:— _ _ _

Miri, July 19, 1860.
The Medici Brigade has deserved well of the
country. Its soldiers, assailed by superior forces,
have again shown what the bayonets of the chil-
dren of liberty can do. The generals of brigade,
Cosenz, Medici, Carini, and Bixio, are raised to the
rank of major-general; Colonel Eber is promoted
to the rank of gendral of brigade.
The national army in Sicily will be composed at
present of four divisions of infantry of the first-
class, a brigade of artillery, and a brigade of ca-
valry: The divisions will begin to reckon from
the 15th, commanded by General Turr. For the
formation of the brigades of the aforesaid divisions,
the majors general will immediately lay before me
the necessary propositions for the nomination of
officers. For the future the army will take the
name of the Southern Army. The general at the. 4
head of the staff, for the Secretary of War, is
charged with the execution of the preceding,..
The Dictator, G. GARIBALDI.

RAILWAY INTELLIGEONE.

LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN.

Mr. Crombie, the secretary of this line, informs
us that the directors of this company have resolved
to recommend to the proprietors, at the general
meeting on the 9th inst., that the dividend for the
half-year ending 30th Jane, 1860, be at the rate of
41 per cent. per annum on the capital of the com-
pany.

Mr. Burcham (to the prisoner)—Have you any
questions to ask this child? You have just heard
what she has sail.
Prisoner—lt is not true. The child picked it up
and put it on the edge of my plate, and when I told
her of it she said it was only bread, and put it in
her mouth.
Child—l did not. You forced me to eat it.
Mr. Burcham—Where is the child who was pre-
sent on that occasion ?
Marian Maria Wilson, a very intelligent child,
about nine years old, stepped forward, and in
answer to Mr. Burcham, said—l went to school at
Mrs. Allen's. I have frequently seen her beat
Caroline Lefevre. On Tuesday fortnight I was in
the schoolroom with her and the prisoner. The
latter beat Caroline, and made me hold her hands
behind her while she forced in her mouth some
human dirt, saying to her " If you don't swallow it
I'll poke it down with the stick." (Renewed sensa-
tion and murmurs.)
Mr. Burcham—Did you see from whence she
took this filth ?
Witness—Yes, sir ; from a pan used by the child-
ren in the room.
Mr. Burcham—Did you tell your mother of all
this ?
Witness—Yes, sir; I told her of some of it the
same day, but I was afraid to tell all.
Mr. Burcham—Has she ill-treated you, then ?
Witness—Oh no, sir ; but I was afraid she would
punish Caroline more.
Prisoner—You did not hold Carolintes hands be-
hind her, neither did you see me put :filth in her
mouth.
Witness—l did.
Mr. Burcham—Did the child's father hear of this
brutal treatment of the poor thing ?
Lefevre—No, I did not, Sir. I had heard of her
being a naughty girl, and that she had been cor-
rected, but I never knew that she had been so
grossly ill-used until Monday last.
Mr. Burcham—Did not you go and look after
her. She is your child you know ?
The Father—l saw her sometimes ; but I never
saw any of these bruises, and she never complained
to me.
The child's head and upper part of her person
was here uncovered for his worship's inspection,
when every person in court, except the prisoner,
expressed their horror at the sight. The poor
child is a very intelligent girl, and gave her evi-
dence with such clearness that it excited the coma
passion of every one. When asked whether the
prisoner ever acted kindly towards her, she
answered, " Oh, yes, sir, sometimes she is very
kind."
Mr. Burcham—This is all the evidence, prisoner.
Have you anything to say in an_swer to the charge.
If you have, it will be taken down, and may be
used against you at your trial.
Prisoner (calmly —I have nothing to say now.
Mr. Burcham—
hen you are committed for trial
at the next Central Criminal Court ,sessions.
On dockbeingraesmgoryeeedtefdrowmitthheyeliaand
groans, by p
gaoler, she
w
women forced their way towards her,
ran tise ,' and
a crowd of the
and had not the precautioi been taken to have
several constables in the passage, she would have
been roughly handled by the mothers of the chil-
dren whom she had had charge of. She trembled
violently, but was soon placed in one of the cells.

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