The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-10 00:00:00

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.Sarah Mortis was charged with the following unprovoked
assault upon Elisabeth Whit., a married woman.
Prose:sari:deposed that about four o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon she was walking with her husband in Portman.
market, when the prisoner, who was very drunk, came up
and said she had "lagged" a boy.
Mr. Mansfield—What did she mean by that!
Mr. Franklin (the usher)—lt is a daah term for trans-
portation.
Prosecutrix continued—Prisoper told her husband to
leave her, or she would get him " lagged." She called her
(wiles's) Mrs. Taylor. The husband said that was not her
name, sod they walked away. Prisoner followed, gave bar
a blow on the back, and was about striking her on the face
wises she was stopped by her husband. A constable came
up and took her in charge. She, however. rushed front
' him and gave prosecutrix a tremendous blow on the right
eye. (It was greatly swollen and blackened.)
in reply to his worship, witness said she bad never seen
the prisoner before, neither had she ever appeared to prose-
cute any one.
Prisoner said now she was sorry, and that she was mis-
taken in the party.
Mr. Mansfield—lt appears that you in your drunkenness
mistook the oomplainaut far some other party, who bad
done no more than her duty inn bringing to justice some
thief or malefactor—a duty owing to God and to man. Out
of a feeling of spite and revenge you have assaulted this
poor woman—cowardly assaulted her. I shall punish you
most severely. in order that an example may be made of
you. I line yea 101., or else be imprisoned for three months.

TIltE ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF A
CHILD AT ISLINGTON.

The public interest in this case continues to in-
crease, and Mr. Rowe's narsery in William-street, New
North-teed, was yesterday besieged throughout the day by
curious crowds sazious to see the place where the mangled
body of Elisabeth Banter was found on Monday last. The
ground is, of course, in charge of the police, end Mr.
Rows, the proprietor (who trades under the title of Michell
and Co.), is generally in attendance to answer any question
that may be asked by jarymen or privileged visitors. Yea-
, tardily he found • document which will probably form en
important feature in the forthcoming trial ; it is a slip of
paper containing a short account of an attempted
smelt on a girl six years of age which
William Henry Clarke was charged with in 1861.
The charge was not preened by the parents of the child,
but Mr. Rowe took a short memorandum of Clarke's
proceediugs at the time, from his own statement, and
this is dated October 9, the year being stated to be 1861,
though this date does not appear upon the papers. It
this document should be received as evidence, it will be
valuable as showing what Clarke did on this occaaion. It
states that be met a little girl whom he decoyed into the
garden by giving her twopence to carry a letter to William.
street ; that he tied a handkerchief round her mouth to
prevent her screaming, and only desisted from his design
upon being disturbed. In the January following (January,
11162) he was charged with a similar attack upon a much
older girl in the same place; but this charge was also
not pressed by the parent., who disliked the pub-
licity of a prosecution. In the March folloaing—on
tiunday, the 30th —Elizabeth Hunter disappeared in the
manner fully described in our report of yesterday, and on
the 19th of April, 1862, Clarke left Mr. Rowe's service,
discharged, it is said, for suspected embezzlement.
The nursery-ground where the body was found is a tri-
angular patch of land lying at the beck of Williametreet,
Shopperton Cottages, and Rosemary Branch Cottages.
The hothouse, where the remains were concealed
between the wall and some beating-pipes, and under
the usual flower-pot shelves found in such buildings, stands
in the broadest part of the triangle, and is at least twenty
yards from the houses on each side. The narrow angle
, formed by the houses in front is at least forty yards from
• this hothouse, and the backs of the houses in William-
I street—the base of the triangle—are about twenty yards
distant. It will be seen from this that the building is
sufficiently isolated for criminal purposes. The houses
, surrounding it are small, siz-roomed dwelliagn, of the class
• very popular in Dalatou sod its neighbourhood.

RAILWAY AND PCBLIC COMPANION IN PARLIA-
NONT.—Yeaterday, after hearisg Mr. Denison on the whole
cam, the committee passed the bills of the three companies
applying for steamboat powers, viz., the Great Eastern
Rails/Ay, North BMW% Railway, and Morayshire Railway,
and adjourned the consideration of the clauses to this day.
The committee of which Mr. Adair is chairman threw out
the bill for the Newry mid Greener, Railway, which ism
a short time since in committee of the Lords. The
Clialisea passed in Lord Redesdale's comniittte• were the
Glasgow and South Western (additional power.), Formartine
and Buchan Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway,
and Kettering and Thrapstone Railway. Them passed in
Mr. Masses's committee were the West London Extension
Railway, Banff, Macduff, and Turrif Railway, Banff,
Bartley. and Strathisla, Dare Valley, Eek Valley, West
London Docks and Warehouses, Thames Bridges, Tottenham
sad Hanspirtead Junction Railway, Hammersmith and City
Railway, Uxbridge and iiickmanworth, Wicklow Copper
I Miss, and Lowestoft Water, Gas, and Market.
CRYSTAL PALLCZ.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—THV HS-
DAT, JULY 9.—Adasiesiosui on payment, 11,042; ditto by
season tickets, 943; total, 4,985.
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: that of her Meet efwei."li Majesty Queen Vletceia, and we find
the Queen's private baker pronounces Borweck's Baking Powder
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has by thousands of families been proaminced upon this powder.
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