The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-28 00:00:00

THE OUTRAGE IN BURTON CRESCENT

BOW-STREET—(Tins Dar.)

John Skates was charged before Mr. Vaughan,
this afternoon, with having committed a violent
assault upon police-constable Saunders, E division,
who, it will be remembered, was brutally ill-used
on Sunday morning, the 20th inst., at the entrance
to a mews leading out of Burton-crescent, and who
still lies in a very precarious state in the Hunter-
street police-station.

Mr. Superintendent Searle said that this was the
case of a man in his division who was stabbed and
shot on Sunday morning, the 20th inst. The con-
stable was too unwell to appear or to take any evi-
dence from him, and this fact the divisional surgeon
was there to prove. Several suspicious circum-
stances had come to his knowledge which bad in-
duced him to have this man searched for ; and after
some difficulty he was taken last night. lie should,
after a little evidence, ask the magistrate to grant
a remand.

Edward Bennett, No. 20, North-crescent-mews,
said that he was a labourer at the gasworks. On
the morning of the 20th inst.; about half-past two
or three o'clock, he saw the reflection of a police-
man's lamp pass his first floor, and some
minutes elapsed after that when he heard
the report of a pistol. He could not

tell where it came from, but he looked out of the
window and saw a policeman in a slanting position
against the railings. He went down stairs with
only one leg in his trousers. When he went to the
policeman he was crying out bitterly, and he said,
" What have I done to be shot." Witness said
" I cannot tell." Some person came behind
and said, " Are you shot, cocky." He then took
him down the mews, and found a police-officer. Ile
left the man with him; and he took him to the arch-
way, and then two officers came up and they took
him to the station in Hunter-street.

Prisoner—Did not say to you " shall I spring the
rattle for you ?"

Witness—l never saw you at all. You did not
catch hold of the policeman's: left arm and lead
him with you. lie did not hear this man say that

the policeman had been shot. You did not catch
hold of the policeman's leg. I had hold of his left
arm. The rattle was sprung before I came down.
Mr. Vaughan—Did you see any blood coming
from the policeman ?
Witness—No, I only saw the mark on the helmet.
It was a cut.

Jane Bennett said she was the daughter of last
witness. She heard the report of the pistol, and ran
into the mews. When she got there she saw the
prisoner jump from a van. She ran over to the
policeman, and said, " Holloa, cockey, where have
they shot you ?" She did not hear the constable
answer, but he said to her father, " What have I
done to be shot ?" The prisoner followed her down
the mews, and then some policemen came down,
and she went to put some more things on, and
when she came down again there were several
policemen in the mews, and prisoner standing there.
She caught hold of his arm and said, " Holloal what
are you doing here ?'? He said, " You can shut
your - mouth, you need not make a song about
it ; if a policeman hears you he might take me up
on suspicion." Ile then pulled a bag out of his
pocked, and said, " This will show where I have
been." It looked like a brown paper bag.
He also added, "If you were turned out,
you would be glad to go anywhere" " Go: in-
doors, you know nothing; about it. I should think
you were a Coppers mark." My brother told me
to go indoors, as it was no busines of mine. My
mother called, me and I went in. She left the pri-:
Boner going to Burton-crescent. At the time this
conversation took place no police constables were in
view.

The prisoner was remanded till Friday, but ad-
mitted to bail.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
(RE UTER'S EXPRESS.)

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 28.

The Royal Mail steamer Atrato, from the West
Indies, has arrived here with yellow fever on board.
Pratique has been refused, and the vessel was
ordered to proceed to the Motherbank. The whole
of the mails are to be forwarded to London in con-
sequence of both post-office officers having been
attacked with the yellow fever, and the mails con-
sequently not sorted.

Her dates are, by the arrival of the Metaura, due
ono day and a half before at Panama from Syd-
ney, September 1, and Wellington (New Zealand),
Sept. 8, with 51 through passengers ; by the arri-
val of the steamer Guatemala, from Guatemala
Sept. 18th, San Salvador, 26th, by the inter-colo-
nial steamers between the islands ; from Tam-
pico, September 29th; Vera Cruz, October 2;
Santa Martha, 3 ; Carthagena, 4 ; Ilavannah, 7 ;
Demerara and Tobago, Bth ; Jamaica and Trinidad,
9th ; Grenada and St. Vincent, 10th ; Santa Lucia
and Barbadoes, 11th ; Martinique, Guadaloupe,
and Dominique, 12th ; Antigua, St. Kitt's, and
Tortula., 13th ; St. Thomas's, 14th.
The Atrato brings in all 166 passengers,

$2,418,872 in specie,-of which £lOl,OlO i 3 gold
bullion and coin, £386,621 in silver coin and bul-
lion, and £6OO worth of pearls.

Among her passengers she has had 6 deaths, 4
from yello►v fever, 1 from bronchitis, and 1 from
heart disease. She has 40 convalescents on board,
among whom is the chief wail officer, R. F.
Tremlett.

The following cases of yellow fever are still on
board :—Yeuge Shaw attacked Oct. 25th ; Thomas
Styles, 23d; John Newman, 25th ; Charl,23 S; e,
26th ; Chas. Jardine, 27th ; James Daith, 27th ;
George Dewey, 22d (belonging to the crew), and
Mr. IV. It. Gayford, the second mail officer, Oct.
26th. On the arrival of the Atrato at Plymouth,
the steam tug Volunteer went alongside with the
Royal Mail Company's agent, the Customs'
officers, and the correspondents of the press.