The Express. — 1859-06-21 (London, England)

THAMES.  A woman, who gars the name of Ann Kellar, aged 22 'hare, whose features were partially cuPo.ated by • black fall, end who spoke with a wrong French accent, wail charged with attempting to c =mit suicide at as, off Brills Town, ott the coast of Holland.  It appeared from the evidence of Captain John Ryan, the meeter of the General Steam Navigation Company's ship C,lonne, from Rotterdam, tbat the prisoner was sent on loud his vessel early on Saturday monatag last, the R lice of that town, and he was directed to look afterby her. A police-constable of Rotterdam moompanisd her in the teeml as far so the Brillo, where she made two attempts to emoulit suicide. . _ _  In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, Captain Ryan said the prisoner was a passenger on board his vessel from L ndon to Rotterdam a week ago, and she wee then seempanted by a Frenchmen who, be believed, paid her fare. He was cautioned by the tolls; se to the stets of her mind at Rotterdam. . .  Mr. River s Everett, a pagrenter by the Cologne, said be watchei the prisoner off Brills Town. She rushed upon the platform aft, where the ategreman steers the ship, put one foot on the bulwark, and was about to jump into the tea, alien he pulled her back. This eke attempted a second tine, and he remonstratod with her and pent her below, and elm Tea carefully watched the remainder of the voyage. She sad she did not attempt to drown herself, but only to /tend on the bulwarks of the eh.p end have a pool look out. Mr. Yardley was of opinion the authorities at Rotterdam had root the woman on bawd the Coterne at Rotterdam in a roost irregular manner, sad that the captain ought nit to have received bar under the circumstances. England was not to be ■ place of refuge for all foreign lunatics, Captain Ryan said the passage money was paid at the offioe of the General Steam Navigation Company's r Sloe is Rotterdam. and a paw or ticket was produced. He called the magistrate's attention to a piece of paper with some poetry webten upon it, and which contained, besides, two novereigna. Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner if the poetry was in her handwriting, and she replied in the affirmative, on which the magistrate said It was an attempt at poetry, intimating an intention to commit suicide. He then questioned the prisoner, who evaded e'me of his questions, answered others in a very artful manner, and occasionally contradicted herself. She told she was a native of Austria, but she bad no right Is the country of Austria. Ste west to Rotterdam • fortnight ago. She did nothing there. She had no time to du anything. She was in many places In Rotterdam. She did not go to Rotterdam wit 9 any particular object. She had received a good education. Mr. Yardley—You have been speaking with a strong French accent, and are a native of Belgium or France, but you are not an Austrian; I suspect you never sere in Astable at all. The prisoner—l don't know, we, what I am. Mr. Yardley—You went to Rotterdam • fortnight ego. The prisoner—No, mire, ail or sevea days ego. Sir. Yardley—How long bad you been in this country before you went to Rotterdam ? The prisoner—About one mantis.. Mr. Yardley—How did you peas your time, end In abet part of England were you? The prisoner said she was travelling the whole of the lime. She went to Soothed, and from there to Havre, and was nt beck In the sane shit. She was not very tong in Havre. She went from Havre to Blast, Brest to Ramsgate, and Itarnagete to London. Mr. Yardley asked the prisms If she followed any badmen art preludes, sad what ceased her to travel from phi* to !boa ilea maws won OW warp Oa ek if moo  ty evidently hi/Waded to deceive, and amounted to awM(ardley—l can't make head or tail of this woman. Captain Ryes said it wee very much against his will that the woman was brought to the police court, but be wee advised by the police of the division to attend, and it was thought best to reoeivo the directions of the magistrate on the subject. The piing& money was paid in the offioe at Rot. tudam, and the police there required him to receive her and take her to London. _  donsgainst my will that I am bent to Lonagain. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had been sent to this country in a very irregular manner, and if foreigners in an unsound state of mind were to be sent to London in this manner in Dahill ships wallow remonstrance, hedid not seewhy we should not have !apatite from every country in Europe. The QT. taiii of the Cologne bad a httle trouble with the woman, and then brought her to that court to throw the difficulty upon him. It was a most improper proceeding. If an attempt to commit suicide wan made at all it wu made in Holland where I have no jariediction. It was certainly made in Dutch waters. She is not a British subject, and lam amine to discharging her %mhos there are some poems to take care of her. I see no reason why a Dutch lunatic should not be supported by the Dutch authorities and not sent to this country. The prisoner said—l did not mean to drown myself. It wee only to frighten the Dutch police that I made the pretence to threw myself off the ship into the water. Mr. Yardley—There is no °nice proved against hr r, and she is discharged. Captain Ryan has Involved himself in a difficulty about this woman in receiving her in such an irregular manner, and be must get out of it the beat way bo possibly ma. . . .  The-piisener expreseed a wish to see the Dutch consul to complain al the treatment a►e met with at Rotterdam, and Inspector Durdy of the H division promised to accompany her to the consul's oaks.