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

The Buckhurst HIII Tragedy.

for The prisoner Watkins was brought up before the
magistrates at Waltham this morning
Bow-stre3t, appeared for the prisoner.
examina-
tion. Mr. Abrams, from the office of Mr. Goatley,
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, ho 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 2 on 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.)
lle
believed that most of the wounds would be caused
by such a weapon. Ile thought on Thursday morn-
but she had since beening that the life of the
young woman was in danger,
and he had no doubt gradually gaining strength,
w ld
recover.
ou
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.l—The North German
Lloyd screw steamship Hermann, Capt. W. Wenke;
which left Now York ou the 18th inst., arrived off Cowos
early this morning, and after transhipping mails, die., for
this port, wont on to Bremen. Sho 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. 48 54 N., long. 20 1 W., the Hermann spoke
the same company's steamer Union, bound from South-
ampton to New York. The steamship Now 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 ea 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 ih With her on Mon-
day, about neon: The 6yria, which was to have left for
Gibraltar a eti Olotlthampton yesterday, was detained until
to-,dtt,r ttlid will start to-night with the overland malls
brought by the Pera. The passegers and ettrCo will bo
transferred to the Massilia on her ttrri,.`al troth horseflies
to-morrow night, and she Will turn back and proceed with
them to lttt seilles, after transferring her outward mails,
parneugers, 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.
THE DISCOVERER OF THE SOURCE OF THE NILE.
—Her Majesty has been pleased to grant the Spoke family
permission to 'th,corporate iu their arms au emblematic re-
preseLlililA 2; the disoovery of the source of the Nile.