The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-20 00:00:00

...., _A
FEMALE SWINDLER. ,
I RAILROADS- IN FRANCE. I
A woman named Bulk, who was an associate '
The Minister of Public Works has, upon the res
i.t
the celebrated kinaie, known as La Contemporaia(., commendation of the Commission on Steam-engines.
made bar appearance, on Friday and Saturday, before just ordered the following provisional measures rela-
the Court of Assizes upon a double charge, first, of tive to sailroads
having been guilty of fraud and robbery by means of Art. 1. The use of four-wheeled locomotives for the
forged bills and notes, and, secondlyAas an accom- transport of passengers is interdicted. Art. 2. The
plice with another loose woman, named Bourdeau, ; placing at the head of a train, before the locomo-
who was confined with her at the same time in the . tives, either a four-wheeled tender or any other kind
prison of St. Lazare, in attempting to set fire to that of four-wheeled carriage is prohibited. Art 3. Lo-
establishment. This last accusation, however failed en- comotives must always be in front of the trains,
tirelv, from want of sufficient evidence, and both the and never behind. This order is never to be departed
prisoners were fully acquitted by the Jury. From the from except for the arrangements (manoeuvre) in the
indictment, so far as it regarded Bulle exclusively, but neighbourhood of stations, and in cases where a train
which was by far too long for us to attempt to reproduce being stopped by an accident, the locomotive in aid
it at the same length, it appeared that Bulle had for may be brought from behind, if there be no crossing
many years led a life of disorder, licentiousness, and to permit its poising in front. In these two special
fraud. She has been married, but within a fortnight cases the rate of speed of the train must never exceed
after the ceremony, she eloped from her husband, and 20 kilometres (about 12i Eoglish miles) per hour.
tormed numerous successive temporary connexions re- In all cases it is interdicted in an ahisoillte manner to
peatedly changing her name and abode. In 1820 she liviA place a passengers' train between two Jowl-1144w,
-with a student, named Albert, whose means she ex- one acting in front and the other behind, Art 4.
hausted, and who was at length obliged to fly his Until a. bitter means of diminishing the effect of
country, and has since been seen in London, although shocks And saations shall have been ascertained Enid
she assumed herself to be his widow, and as such cur- prescribed, 9iere ink Always be at the head of each
tied on her frauds. In 1835-1836, she lived with a train, composed :.'l. ,tive essroßges at the utmost, at
pp named Boucher, and so also called herself. least one carriage witho,"t4YagE"enerk,‘Pad at
:arriti;ttl: least two,
toucher, having involved himself by negotiating ac - when the number of carrias-7.
passengers' 411.itnorto t:
c ommodation bills, was imprisoned for debt. The five. Art. 6. The
prisoner then formed a similar intimacy with i per- locked. Art. 6. The Railroad Companies"c:'"
ta Ilgve
son named Gautier, but who assumed that of Fran- registers of the state of service of alltheia;s-locomo
•,11.
cois Julien de la Geraudiere, which name Mine. tives. Upon these registers, which are to be con-
B. ulle also sssumed. They entered into an exten- stantly kept open, there shall ie a special description of
the number affixed
sive business with no real means, but obtaining cre- each axle-tree, and by the side of
-dit to a largo sanount on fictitious bills, and Gautier to each, with the date of its being first brought into
being obliged to abscond to Belgium, he made an use, shall be inscribed an account of its service, and
act of 'procuration, whereby he appointed the the work it has to perform.Art.7.
woman Bulle, under the name of Gautier, to be his Prefect shall fix for each railroad the minimum of the

representative. By this power she contrived to
paralyse the proceeding:, against Gautier till she
could join him in Belgium, whence they went toge-
ther to England. At London, Gautier paid his rent
by a bill on the widow Albert, of Paris, for the sum
.of 3,000 f. This piece of paper was remitted to the
house of Laffitte and Co., to obtain payment, but
when presented was at once discoverA to be fraudu-
lent. After a time the prisoner returned to Paris,
:and renewed her disreputable mode of life. She was,
however, soon recognised and arrested, under an accu-
3ation of having committed forgery. On her interro-
rtion by the President, she admitted many of the
taets above stated, but endeavovred either to justify or
palliate them. She acknowledged that at one time
she had assumed the name of Larochefoucault, which
:she said was given to her by an elderly lady of that
;family, who took a great interest in her. She admitted
also that she had declared her expectations of millions
of francs from a Mr. Book, of Calcutta, who, she said
afterwards, had arrived and died at Liverpool. Ac-
cording
to the evidence, inquiries had been made, but
no traces of any such person could be found. She had
likewise stated that she was in the regular receipt of
1,500 f. a-year. This she declared to the Court was
true, and that the payment was made to her up to the
time she was arrested and sent to prison. When taken
into custody, there were found in her possession two
bills of exchange for 20,000 f. each, drawn by her
upon Boucher. These were, she said, for moneys
:advanced by her to Boucher, and lent by him to
third persons, among whom was the son of General
Mallet. 'The witnesses on this count of the indict-

interval which is to elapse between the departure of
two consecutive trains. These orders are to be sub-
mitted for the approbation of the Minister of Public
Works. Art. 8. Upon the Paris and Versailles Rail-
roads, of the right and left banks, in coming from Ver-
sailles to Paris, the rate of speed at no part of the line
shall exceed ten metres per second, or 36 kilometres
1 (about 2211- miles English) per hour.
Independently of the above measures, which are to
come immediately into operation, the Minister of
Public Works has charged the Commission on Steam-
engines to inquire,—
" Ist. Whether from Versailles to Paris, and gene-
rally on strong inclinations, it would be proper to
permit the use of more than one locomotive at a time ;
and in cases where it may be permitted, to ascertain
the condition to which such permission should be sub-
ject. 2d. To inquire into the means which may be
proper to prevent the projection of the burning
matter from the locomotives."
A Special Commission is also about to be appointed
immediately, to make inquiries and experiments,—
" Ist. As to what improvements may be made in
the manufacture of axle-trees for locomotives; on the
changes which these axle-trees undergo from use, and
the time after which it is requisite or desirable that
they should be replaced by new ones, and the proofs
they ought to be subjected to. 2d. On the means
to be employed in lessening the risk and effect of
shocks and collisions on railroads."

(From the Glasgow Courier.)

ment having been examined, the Jury found them-
selves warranted in delivering a verdict of guilty of
:forging commercial bills, upon which the Court con-
*lemned her to imprisonment with labour for eight
years, and to be exposed on the pillory.
_LORD ASHBURTON'S
AT

The follo;ing is the copy of a letter from the
commander of the Satellite steamer on the Indus,
to his brother in Glasgow:—
" H. C. V. Satellite, Sukhur, March, 1842.

"My dear Brother,—This country is in a very
unsettled state. Ten days ago reports came in
that 16,000 men were marching on Sukhur to
attack it. The Planet steamer was lying hi
Sukhur at the time, and with her gun-boats was
made ready for the fight. Everyindividual was
on guard the whole of that night. All the ladies
went into the fort for protection, as a bloody
affair was anticipated. The night passed off
quietly. Next morning it was reported that the
Comet steamer had been attacked, and the cap-
tain and crew all murdered. My turn came
next. It was confidently rumoured, and as im-
plicitly believed, that the Satellite had been
boarded at night, the whole of us cut to pieces,
and the treasure we were carrying up, to the
amount of 60,0001. taken and conveyed to the
mountaineers. This report was so current that
letters were dispatched to Bombay announcing
it; and it is in case the Bombay Times may in-
sert it that I now write to keep yonr mind easy.
The cause of the rumour arose from the follow-
ing circumstances :—On my passage up, about
one hundred miles below this place, I sent my
steward and a native on shore to procure sheep
and other supplies for the ship. They came on
board in a terrible fright, and said that they had
been attacked, and their money and swords
taken from them. I did not know for a short
time what to do, as I knew the politicals were
very anxious that we of the steamers should, it'
possible, avoid collision with the natives. How-
ever, it was such a glaring thing that I could not
resist going and showing the blackguards that
they could not do such things with impunity;
so, accordingly, I started for the place where
they were, with six European sailors and four
native marines, leaving the steamer well armed
and manned, as we had such a quantity of treasure
on board. Aboutmidnight we arrived at the place
—it was in the midst of a thick jungle—and found
about 150 of as rascally-looking cut-throats as
you could well conceive, all armed to the teeth
with matchlock, sword, shield, and dagger.
When I witnessed such a force, and contrasted
it with my mere handful, I was satisfied it was
all over with me; but a show of fear being next
to death, I boldly stepped up, and asked where
were the persons who had beaten and robbed
my men ? They replied that they did not know.
I then asked for their kurdan, or headman; and
when he came forward I handed him over to the
tars, who immediately disarmed him. I also
took other ten prisoners, and instructed the ma-
rines, the moment they saw me attacked, to put
21 bullet through the head of the kurdan. Thus
I made the kurdan to understand, that if they
killed me, his life would at least be the forfeit.
Off we marched with our eleven prisoners (more
prisoners than I had men to guard them), fol-
lowed by the whole mob, who, as we retreated,
appeared to increase in numbers, but they showed
no fight until we were near the steamer, when
they opened a straggling fire from their match-
locks. Providentially none of our men were hit,
although we heard the bullets whistling over
our heads. The steamer immediately sent up a
rocket and fired a large gun, and in about fifteen
minutes more we were all snug on board with
our prisoners. I put them in irons, and took
them to Sukhur, where they were tried by the
authorities, and sent over to the Anaeers of Kir-
poor, where probably they will lose their hands
or noses, as this is the punishment generally in- j
tiicted on such characters. Will write next mail, 1-
i f spared.—Your affectionate brother,

V'ION.

" R. C. MILLER."

DISCOVERY OF A BAND OF MUR-
DERERS AT 1%7 UREMBURG.
In December last the limbs of a body, sup-
posed to be that of a rich widow named Bayer,
who had suddenly disappeared from her habi-
tation, were found in the streets of Nuremburg.
The police made the greatest efforts to discover
the circumstances which had brought the unfor-
tunate deceased to her frightful end. They could
only succeed, however, in discovering the most
vague information ; and the public had begun to
think that the crime must remain unpunished,
for two other persons had been assassinated in a
mysterious manner without the criminals ever
having been detected.
The police still kept a close watch upon a
young woman who had been in the habit of
working for one of the murdered persons, and
at length they succeeded in procuring some very
im'portant testimony, and they proceeded to
arrest a woman named Romstatt, who, however,
denied all knowledge of the matter, and indeed
nothing- was found at her residence of a suspi-
cious nature ; but a search at the house of her
dcughter, who lived not far from Pe,,omitz, was
atte_nded with different results, for in a
drain they found the intestines of a human
being; and shortly afterwards the confes-
sion of the. mother led to the discovery of the
head of Madione Bayer in the drain of the Hotel
de Ville. All the part that the woman Rom-
statt acknowledged to have in the transaction
was that•of taking the portions of the body to
different parts of the city; but she pointed out
certain persons as the assassins, who were imme-
diately apprehended and imprisoned; and proofs
were soon established of the existence of a hand
of murderers, who had doubtless committed the
murders we have alluded to, and probably many
others which have never come to light.
As soon as these circumstances became known,
the irritable character of the citizens of Nurem-
bark- became greatly incensed against the authors
„f qicse diabolicaloutrages; and it became ne-
cway-y that the police should take extraordinary
inflicting
ineaatives to prevent the populace from
summary. itlstice
upon the C rimumls on their way
to prison.
It appears from the later details of this horri-
ble affair, that the woman Romstatt has stated
that Madame Bayer was murdered on St. Tho-
mas's-day, a winter fete which annually brings
thousands of strangers to Nuremburg.
She
says that the assassins having contrived to entice
her into a secluded house,, seven of them imme-
diately fell upon her with razors and pool.
ards, and that having killed her they pro-
ceeded to cut up the body, Romstatt being
employed to get rid of the remains by disposing