24 MAY 1879, Page 3

Yesterday week Katherine Webster was committed for trial for the

murder of Mrs. Thomas, at 2 Mayfield, Park Road, Rich- mond, on or about March 2nd. The prisoner has dismissed or lost her counsel, Mr. O'Brien alone appearing on her behalf. From the latter's statement, it would appear that an attempt is to be made to prove that the box in which, as it is alleged, the human remains were found, is not the box carried to Richmond Bridge on • the evening of March 4th,—that the latter was a mere bonnet-box,---and that evidence is to be forthcoming as to what became of it. But the prisoner's defence is reserved till the trial.