The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-30 00:00:00

The Buckhurst 11111 Tragedy.

The prisoner Watkins was brought up before beforethemagistrates at Waltham this morning fo
examina-
tion. Mr. Abrams, from the office of Mr. Goatley,
Bow-street, appeared for the prisoner.
The only witness examined was Mr. Edward
Home. He said—l am a surgeon residing at Buck.
hurst-hill, in the parish of Chigwell, and on the
morning of Wednesday, the 24th inst., about half-
past five o'clock, he was called up by the young
woman's father, and went with him to his house.
He went up stairs and saw the young woman lying
on the bed. He proceeded to examine her, and
found that she was covered with blood, and on
washing that away a number of wounds appeared.
They were across the upper part of her back, on her
breast, and also two wounds on her head. The latter
appeared to be done with some blunt instrument,
and the wounds on her body with a pointed instru-
ment. There were altogether 13 wounds-11 on
the body and 2on the head—out of the largest
wound on the back he took out the point of the
dagger sheath, now produced. (The dagger was
also produced and examined by the bench.) He
believed that most of the wounds would be caused
by such a weapon. He thought on Thursday morn-
ing that the life of the young woman was in danger,
but she had since been gradually gining strength,
and he had no doubt would recovera.
By Mr. Abram—The wounds on the head might
have been caused by her falling on stones. Out of
the eleven other wounds two at least were danger-
ous to life. The others were not merely superfi-
cial ; they had entered into the body, although not
any vital part.
The prisoner was then remanded. The girl is
much better to-day. A confident hope is now en-
tertained of her ultimate recovery.

A general court-martial assembled on Saturday
morning at the Royal Barracks, under the presi-
dency of Col. Mackirdy, of the 69th Regiment, for
the trial of Private Leonard, of the Military Train,
on a charge of complicity with the Fenian move-
ment. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Other trials
will follow during the week.

SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The North German
Lloyd screw steamship Hermann, Capt. NV. Wenke,
which left Now York on the 18th inst., arrived off Cowes
early this morning, and after transhipping mails, &c., for
this port, went on to Bremen. She brings 22 passengers
for Southampton and Havre, $119,422 in specie for Eng-
land, 167 passengers and 1,500 tons of tobacco, cotton, &c.,
for Bremen. Light easterly winds and fine weather were
experienced during the voyage. On the 26th inst., at 1 30
p.m., in lat. 43 51 N., long. 20 1 W., the Hermann spoke
the same company's steamer Union, bound from South-
ampton to New York. The steamship New York, Capt.
G. Ernst, arrived here this morning from Bremen, and
sails hence at 1 p.m. on Tuesday for New York, with Eng-
lish, French, and German mails. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamship Nyanza, Capt. J. Weeks,
left to-day for Marseilles, to take the place of the Pere,
disabled.

THE OVERLAND MAILS.—A Malta correspon-
dent, on the 23d inst., writes as follows:—"The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steamer Pera, due yesterday
morning, arrived here this evening, at 8 o'clock, in tow of
the Ceylon, having broken her main shaft a day after
leaving Alexandria. The Ceylon, which left Malta for
Alexandria on Sunday evening fell in with her on Mon-
day, about noon. The Syria, which was to have left for
Gibraltar and Southampton yesterday, was detained until
to-day, and will start to-night with the overland mails
brought by the Pere. Tho passegers and cargo will be
transferred to the Messina on her arrival from Marseilles
to-morrow night, and sho will turn back and proceed with
them to Marseilles, after transferring her outward mails,
passengers, and cargo to the Ceylon, which will be kept
here for that purpose. The Pera will leave most probably
in a few days with one engine for Southampton.

In the month of December last two private gen-
tlemen who had obtained permission to open excavations
in the Trastevere quarter of Rome discovered, at a depth
of eight or ten metres, a mosaic in white line, surrounded
with ruined walls, and representing tritons, nymphs, and
fishes. From investigations of, and further discoveries
made by, M. Visconti, professor of archaeology and
ancient history at the Roman University, it appears the re-
mains are those of a barrack of the 7th cohort of firemen
of ancient Rome.

TIIE DISCOVERER OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE.
—Her Majesty has been pleased to grant the Spek® family
permission to incorporate in their arms an emblematic re-
presentation of the discovery of the source of the Nile.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RUNTALIS.
Chester and Holyhead, 56}
South Staffordshire, 831
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
s.ntwerp and Rotterdam, D
Belgian Eastern Junction, 11
Dutch Rhenish, 17
Great Luxembourg, q
Paris and Orleans, 33
Sambre and Meuse, di
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151

FOIIEIGN MINNS.
Don Pedro, North Del Rey, 1 pin
United Mexican, lim., 2}

East and West India, 121
Southampton, C9l

DOCKS.

BANKS.
Ckonngrosi oc: 1
Ditto, new,
,Inm; .1,14m1" ila
Imperial Ottoman, Um., 84:1
Loudon and County, 561
Ditto, new, 2l
London Joint Stook, 431
Union of London, 414 I
MI6CELLANICOUS;
Anglo-American Telegraph,9§ll
Atlantic Telegraph, 53 2
Ditto, 8 per cent., 911 31
Berlin Water Works, lira., 114
Ditto, new, 5
Ceylon Company, 9
City of Lon,lon [teal Property, Um., 51
City of Moscow Gas, lira., 151
City Offices, lira., 51 6 5 4
Credit P'oncler of England, 11m.. 2 3-16 1
Crystal Palace, 251
East India Irrigation and Canal, 11
Ebbw Vale, 9
Egyptian f.3om. and Trading, lira., 3
Electric and International Telegraph, 137
International Financial society, lira., 24
London Financial Association, Um., 2/
31 'dray Irr!gation and Canal (guaranteed.s per cent. by In,
diau Government), 191
Nitlonal Discount lompany,
bit o, new, issued at 5 pal., I'l
Ocean :Uarine Insurance), 19
Otago and Southland Investment, 2
New Zealand, alid Aus. It. Mail, 61
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 614
Ditto, new, 61
Rhyniney Iron, 24i
Te.e.rapb. Cons:rue. and Mainten., lira.,
Ditto, 131 121
Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 691

PARAMARIBO, SURINAM, March 20. The
steamer Pareora, of Glasgow, official number 56,161,
Captain William Graham, put in here on the let inst. She
left the port of Greenock on October 28 last, bound for
Dunedin, New Zealand, but from the bad steerage way of
the vessel and the foulness of the bottom with seaweed,
she was quite unmanageable, and becoming short of pro-
visions the captain was obliged to put into the nearest and
safest port he could reach with the vessel.

It is stated that four Japanese appeared at Dover
on Easter Monday as volunteers in the ranks of tho Artists
Volunteers. They are students iu the London University,
and have been out several times—once at the Harrow
fight. They appeared thoroughly to enjoy the day.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron Channell and a
Common Jury.)

WARREN V. ELLIOTT.-TIIE RESULT OF LOOKING AFTER

A lIOUSE,

This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for an alleged false imprisonment.
Sir Geo. Honevman, Q.C., and Mr. Thrupp represented
the plaintiff, mid Mr. Sergeant Robinson the defendant.
It appeared from the opening statement of Sir Georg,
Honeyman that the plaintiff in this case bad been house-
keeper in the service of the defendant, who kept a lodt:iLp
house at No. 4, Chapel-street West, Grosvenor-square, in
town, but who held a situation about the Court at Windsor
Castle. The plaintiff had been in the service of the wify
of defendant, but at her death she became manager of the
lodging-house, receiving all the rent from the lodgers. .In
October last, in consequence of the defendant having got
some ideas into Lis head that ho was losing some of his
property, he gave the plaintiff in charge, accusing her of
having stolen one towell, one chair-cover, one fall, and one
roll of embroidery, value 14s. She was taken to the Vine-
street station, and walked the next morning with the
charges to Marlborough-street. When she got there the
representative of Mr. Beard, solicitor, appeared and said
that in consequence of something that had occurred the
charge was withdrawn. Plaintiff was discharged. She
had not been able to obtain a situation since.
The Plaintiff, in cross-examination, said that the defen-
dant had allowed her to take the best of his wife's clothes.
Mr. Sergeant Robinson— Did not the defendant lose a
set of his wife's false teeth, value £l4?
Witness—No. When his wife died he said, "Put those
things away."

Mr. Sergeant Robinson—And you did put them away,
(Laughter.) But how about the gold nugget ?
Witness—The nugget was given to me by my brother
in Australia, and I had it made into a brooch and gave it
to Mrs. Elliott, and when she died I asked Mr. Elliott for
it back, and he said he had lost it. All the things she was
accused of taking were found in her box. They were all
Mr. Elliott's with the exception of the veil,which was hers.
She considered that by the general gift of Mr. Elliott all
the best of his wife's things were hers. As the policeman
was taking her away she gave Elliott a push. The ser-
vant (Gaymer) went down on her knees, and protested she
was innocent ; witness could have done the same.
There wore two lodgers in the house, gentlemen,
Mr. Miles and Mr. Sydney Joyce. She was to have the
house for one year to see what she could do with it, and
she was .£53 out of pocket.
Susan Gaymer said that in October last she was servant
at the house in Chapel-street, West. She had been there
from the 12th October, 1865. There were only her and
Mrs. Warren there. She was in the kitchen shortly after
Mrs. Elliott's death, and the plaintiff and defendant were
there, and defendant said that Mrs. Warren was to have
the best of Mrs. Eiliot's clothes, and the remainder were
to be sent to his sister in the country, and what she
could not wear herself she was to cut up for the
niece. llrs. Warren said, " Thank you," and Mr. Elliott
said " Would Mrs. Warren do for him the same as she
had for his wife, for she was the only friend he had, and
if she left him ho should have no one." She remembered
Sunday, October 28. The defendant called the plaintiff
up stairs as well as witness. He asked the latter, " Did
she damage Mrs. Elliott's clothes ?" and she answered,
"No." The policeman thou asked for Mrs. Warren's keys.
She replied, " She had no keys to her box." She gave
bins the key of the door. The latter was locked. The
police never opened the box. lie did not take anything
then, but came back about two o'clock, and took the
things away.
The case was proceeding when we went to press.

POLICE INTELLIGEME.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CURIOUS CASE OF ROBBERY.—Caroline Williams, a well
dressed young woman, an unfortunate, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing four sovereigns from the per-
son of Charles Finch, a cabinet perter, No. 10, Leicester-
square. _

The prosecutor said that last night about 10 o'clock he
had just left the station in the Portland-road when the
prisoner accosted him, and after some conversation he
agreed to treat her with a glass of ale, and did so. On
leaving the public-house he stood talking to her about ten
minutes when she immediately ran away. Thinking her
conduct rather suspicious ho felt in his pocket and missed
four sovereigns. He went in the direction the prisoner
went, and spoke to a constable, giving him a description
of the prisoner and her dress, and some time after she was
seen by the constable coming out of a public-house and
taken into custody, when she denied having seen him
(prosecutor) before.
Police-constable Morrow, 135 E, said that last night the
prosecutor told him in Cirencester-placa that ho had been
robbed of four sovereigns by a female, and ho describod
the female as wearing a black and white striped dress, a
velvet jacket, and an oyster shell hat. While with the pro-
secutor ho saw the prisoner come out of a public-house,
and directly the prosecutor saw her ho said "That's her,"
and he-(Morrow) then took her into custody. Observing
she had her hand down by her side he seized it, and found
a sovereign and a half sovereign and one shilling in it. As
she had entered the public-house with a cabman, he asked
the cabman if ho was going to take her anywhere, and he
said he was not, but that she had treated him to some rum.
The prisoner afterwards asked him (Morrow) to put a word
in for her, and he told her that he was neither for her nor
against her, but could only tell the truth, asking her what
it was possible ho could do for her. She then said that
she would give him a sovereign if he would tell the
inspector at the station that the prosecutor had given a
different description of her, and that then the inspector
would refuse to take the charge. Ho told the prisoner
that ho would do nothing of the sort.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the constable could not have acted
better than he had done.

The prisoner said sh© would plead guilty, and asked the
Magistrate to settle the case.

➢lr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisonor for two months
with hard labour.