The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-11 00:00:00

her to stay any longer, as her box she had left
smelt so offensively.
Mr. Broughton—Upon your telling her this did
she quit your place ?
Witness—She did, sir, but afterwards called
several times to see some of my lodgers, up to the
next March. The box had been removed by me to
the second floor landing. In June I was about to
let the room, and carried the box down stairs ; at
that time a strong smell proceeded from it.
Mr. Broughton—What kind of box was it ?
Witness—A deal box, about a yard long.
Mr. Broughton—Was it locked ?
Witness—No, sir ; it was corded.
Mr. Broughton—When you removed it, where
did you put it ?
Witness—ln the back kitchen.
Mr. Broughton—How long did it remain there ?
Witness—Till about a fortnight before last
Christmas, when I opened it, and on pulling out a
large bundle which was in it, a lot of maggots
dropped out. I ripped open the bundle with a
poker, as it was so tightly fastened that I could not
otherwise do it, and the legs of a child dropped out.
On the same day the box was taken away by a
policeman.
Mr. Broughton—When, after this, did you see
or hear anything of the prisoner ?
Witness—Not until yesterday, when she came
for her box, and I sent for a constable.
Mr. Broughton—What conversation passed be-
tween you on the occasion ?
Witness—When she asked me for the box, I
remarked to her that she knew what was in it.
She said she did not, and that a young woman had
brought to her a bundle, and asked her to put it in
her box. She (prisoner) further said, that the
female alluded to had written a letter to her the
week before, to say that she wanted the bundle,
and wishing to know if she had still the box in
her possession.
By Mr. Keene—There are eight rooms in my
house. While the prisoner was lodging with me
there were five other females, most of them married.
Any one might haye gone to the landing while the
box was there. I understood that she came direct
from the Black Lion.
Elizabeth Tomlyn, 17, Clifton-road, examined—
A year and ten months ago prisoner occupied a
back room in my house. I was then living at 1,
Andover-place, Holborn. She stayed with me four
or five months. I thought she was in the family
way, and told her so more in the way of a joke than
otherwise, but she said she was not.
Mr. Broughton—Had she a box with her while
in your house ?
Witness—She had, sir, and after paying me my
rent she took it away. She told me that she was
going into the country by the train.
Mr. Broughton—What sort of a box was it ?
Witness—About the size of that Mrs. Richardson
spoke of.
Mary Richardson (an elderly woman, not related
to the first witness), stated that she lived at 18,
Portdown-mews, Kilburn, and that in July, 1857,
the prisoner was in the service of a family nearly
opposite to her. In the month of September her
(witness) son carried prisoner's box to the Black
Lion.
Mr. Broughton—What more can you speak of as
having occurred after that in reference to the pri-
soner ?
Witness—ln November I was sent for to see her
while she was in her situation, and I found her
sitting in a chair, when she told me she was very
Unwell.
Mr. Broughton—Had you then any reason to
believe that she had given birth to a child recently ?
Witness—No, sir.
Mr. Broughton—Did you afterwards see the box
spoken of ?
Witness—l did Rot, sir.
By Mr. Keene—l went to her as I have described
to the Black Lion, and she was there cleaning the
kitchen. On Christmas night she called upon me,
when she looked very bad, and I thought that she
might have been in the family way.
Mr. Broughton (to Mr. Sheehy, the inspector)—
There has, of course, been an inquest on the body ?
Inspector—Yes, sir, and a verdict was returned
of wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown. For some time past officers have been
in search of the prisoner, but nothing could be
ascertained of her till last night, when she was
given into custody.
John Beeforth, the Coroner's summoning officer
for Hampstead, was the next witness called. He
deposed that in December last he was shown a
box in the back kitchen at 22, St. George's•terrace.
He saw the dead body of a child, and found that
a stocking and apron-strings had been tied:tightly
round the infant's neck. Witness was of opinion
that deceased had died from strangulation, and he
gave evidence to that effect before the Coroner.
By Mr. Keene—l took the strings off before the
inquest. I did as is my practice to do, and I have
the authority of Mr. Wakley for it.
Mr. Broughton.—This is quite new to me. I
always understood that the coroner and jury were
to view the body in the same condition in which it
was found.
Bowling, 451 S. who was called in, said that on
turning up a heap of rags, he found the dead body
of an infant.
Mr. Broughton—Did anything more pass ?
Witness—The prisoner asked me if her prayer-
book was safe. I told her it was. (The prayer-
book was produced.)
Mr. Keene submitted that nothing of a substan-
tial nature had been brought forward against the
prisoner, and said that he trusted she would not be
further retained.
Mr. Broughton said that enough had been stated
to justify him in remanding the prisoner on the
charge of wilful murder till Tuesday next.
Upon the re-examination, the evidence of the
surgeon and other witnesses will be gone into.

A LARGE SHIP LOST, WITH ALL

HANDS, OFF BAiIWIC'H.

Within the last day or so a most lamentable ship-
wreck has been ascertained to have occurred during
Thursday night last on the Shipwash Sand, a very
narrow shoal, some 10 miles in length, situate about
15 miles off the Suffolk coast, to a large Dutch ship
named the Australia, outward bound from Shields
for Cadiz ; and there is too much reason to appre-
hend that every soul belonging to the ill-fated ves-
sel met with a watery grave. The following are
the brief particulars that have been forwarded to
Lloyd's by their agents at Harwich :
During the night in question the wind blew a
violent gale from the N.E., and a heavy sea set in
along the coast. About nine p.m. a large ship was
seen near the Middle Shipwash buoy, moored about
the centre of the sand, and later in the night a long-
boat and captain's gig were seen drifting up the
Shipwash Channel, bottom up, and several thick
Russian caps floating near them. The ship, it ap-
pears, was lost sight of, but at daylight the follow-
ing morning the remains of a vessel were to be seen
on the sands at the spot above alluded to ; and
although several smacks were near, in consequence
of the fury of the gale and terrific sea beating over
the wreck, none could approach it. In the course
of the succeeding day and night the ship partly
broke up, and on Sunday her stern-frame, part of
bow, and broadside, with white painted ports, were
picked up by some smacksmen between the Rough
and West Rocks, and towed into Harwich. Re-
garding the crew there is but one opinion, that the
whole of them met with a watery grave. Nothing
has been heard of them by the Trinity lightships
moored in the channel or along the coast.
The master of the smack Increase, of Colchester,
now at Gravesend, in a letter states that on the
morning in question, in coming through the Ship-
wash Channel, passed large quantities of wreckage,
including a longboat bottom upwards, with the oars
close by it. The sea was running so heavy that he
could not pick it up, but succeeded in getting in a
quarter boat, also bottom up. At low water he saw
the remains of a very large ship on the sands. He
picked up a letter floating. It is dated " Rotter-
dam, March 29, 1859," and is written by the wife
of G. Mayer, and directed to A. Mayer, of the ship
Australia, Captain Jensen. The coast guard at
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Two documents (dated respectively the Bth and 14th
of February, 1859), bestowing the
Dutch Military
Order of William, of the fourth class, upon Lieut.
R. J. A. Bouricius, a supposed passenger. A board
with the name " Austr 1. "
ale carved on it, also seve-
ral sails, similiarly marked. A ready-reckoner, and
a work on Freemasonry, each printed in Dutch ;
and a card, with the following address on it :
" George Marshall, licensed North Sea, Baltic,
Down, and General Coasting Pilot, No. Char-
lotte-street, North Shields." These and other cir-
cumstances lead to the conclusion that the wrecked
vessel was the Australia. On referring. to Lloyd's
list of the sth inst. we find that the Dutch ship
Australia, Captain Jensen, commander, sailed from
Shields on the 4th inst., having cleared for Cadiz
with coals. She was nearly a new ship of 700 tons
burthen, and is understood to have had several
passengers on board.

TIIE STATUTE LAW COMMISSION.—The total sum
expended on the Statute Law Board and Statute Law Cora-
mission from the commencement (1853) up to the 31st of
December, 1858, amounted to £10,103, there being trbalance
in hand of £1,396. The total sum paid to the draughtsmen
from the commencement was £7,476. The minutes of the
proceedings of the Board are given at length in the ParHa-
ineAtarY paper wltense Ulm partictilars are extracted,