The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-11 00:00:00

Sb ESTMINSTER.

THE BEGINNING OF CRlNlE.—Sydnoy Bennett alias
Walker, a youth of 17, was charged with stealing two
waistcoats, value £1 175., the goods of John James Pur-
chase, his master.

Mr. Purchase said ho was an upholsterer carrying on
business at 249 and 253, King's-road, Chelsea, and resided
at Chiswick. The prisoner had been in his employ two
weeks, and decamped last Wednesday. Two waistcoats
that had been safe last Saturday were missed on Wednes-
day, simultaneously with the prisoner's disappearance. He
saw nothing of the prisoner till this morning in custody
The waistcoats produced were his-property.
Joseph Wooderoof, assistant to Mr. Amherst, pawn-
broker, 105, King's-road, proved that last Wednesday pri-
soner pledged the waistcoats for 7s. in the name of Waller
Thomas Rowe, 113 T, said he apprehended prisoner at
half-past 12 o'clock, on Thursday night, in Cremorne
Gardens. He at first said he knew nothing of the robbery,
and nen, after hesitating a little, said he had got the
ticket and would give it to witness, if he would make it
all right with Mr. Purchase. Witness said that was
nothing to do with him, and then the ticket was given
him. Nearly 6s. was found on him.

Prisoner, who had nothing to say, was remanded till
Thursday.

THAMES.

HORRIBLE REVENGE OF A WlFE.—Charlotte Harriet
Holland, a drunken and dissipated woman. too well known
in this court, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged,
with thrusting a red hot iron into her husband's left eye
and destroying the sight thereof.
Richard Holland, a lighterman, of No. 3, James-street,
Cannon-street-road, St. George-in-the-East, said the pri-
soner was his wife, and the mother of his six children.
Yesterday she attended at that court to answer a summons
for assaulting his sister. She did not appear when the case
was called on, and a warrant was granted for her apprehen-
sion. He returned home in the afternoon, after a hard
day's work, and his wife began to abuse him, and she said,
'You—, I'll do for you." S ho took a pieco of rod hot iron out of
the fire, and while he was passing across the room unsus-
picious of her intentions, she took the iron out of the fire
and thrust it into his eye. It stuck there until he pulled
it out, and he burnt his hand in doing so, and then put the
iron into a washing-basin and cooled it. He ran down to
the street and called for the police.
Mr. Partridge—Was she drunk ?
Witness—l don't think she was sober?
Mr. Partridge—What caused her to commit this horrible
act ?

Witness—B'xause I came here as a witness for my
sister yesterday. I had not been on bad terms with my
wife.

In cross-examination by the prisoner the witness said
he had lived away from her for some time. Ho did not
say to her sister yesterday "I have just left your -
mistress," or any words of the kind.
William Hutt, a carpenter, lived in the house where the
Hollands were dwelling. The prisoner was a regular
nuisance ; a most savage, depraved woman, with a bad
tongue. She once set the house on fire. He saw the pro-
secutor come down stairs with his eye bleeding. The
prosecutor was a quiet man. Two written warnings had
been given to the Hollands to leave the house. The pri-
soner disregarded both.
William Card, 385 K, took the prisoner into custody.
He found the room where the deed was committed covered
with blood.

Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, and
directed the constable to summon the surgeon who dressed
the wound to give evidence at the sessions. He should
commit the prisoner to the Central Criminal Court. He
had no doubt of the prisoner's guilt. It was a most shock-
ing case, the worst he had ever heard, and he hoped the
prisoner would meet with the punishment her savage con-
duct so richly merited.

AN AMERICAN STORY.—The Chicago Tribune pub-
lishes the following extraordinary story, under date Fre-
dericton, New Brunswick, April 7 :—"Among the visitors
in the town is the Earl of Aberdeen, nephew of the Go-
vernor of the province. He has recently succeeded to his
title and estates, and is now travelling for pleasure ; but
he aeems to seek that pleasure under tha most curious cir-
cumstances. Last Saturday the ship Pomona arrived at
St. John's after a very rough passage of 60 days from Liver-
pool or London. On her arrival in the harbour a number
of distinguished gentlemen went on board to meet the
Earl of Aberdeen, who, they wore informed by letters, was
a passenger. Their inquiries of the captain as to the pro-
sence of such a distinguished compagnon du voyage wore, of
course, met with a look of astonishment ; but they were
not long in discovering his lordship among the sailors in
the fore-hold, where he was dividing his clothes among,
and presenting gold pieces to, each of his late comrades.
Having bid them a most affectionate farewell, he joined
the party who came in quest of him, went ashore, came up
here in the horrible mail coach in a most unassuming man-
ner, and is now the guest of his uncle at the Government-
house. When a few days out, the Pomona was compelled
by stress of weather to put back to Queenstown, when
the earl humbly entreated the captain to put ashore. But
the captain held him to his articles of shipment, and his
lordship was forced to serve out his time as a sailor for 60
days. This is not the only ono of his freaks in search of
adventure. A few years ago he came to this country, and
for some time lived and worked, incog., among the lumber-
men in the backwoods. He has a penchant for adventure
it WA rime incurable."—Scotsman.