The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-30 00:00:00

• MARLBOROUGHATREET.

Sums' Jarksox and Bridget Sadler, both welddrewsd
women, and the latter with a child in her arms, were charged
with steeling three shnwla and some poplin, of the value d
71., the property of Mr. William King, silkdnercer, 243,
Regent-street.
Thomas Pratt, 311 A, said that while at the corner of
Princes-street, Regentetreet, the previous afternoon, he
saw Sadler leave the shop of Mr. King, 243, Regent-street,
and as she did so she dropped a shawl from under
her draw She then picked up the shawl, sad ran
into the Princess Charlotte public.house, in Prioese-street.
He followed her in, and asked her where she got the shawl,
and she said she had bought it. While speaking to h, he
saw her drop a piece of poplin and two more shawls, and he
then took her bra to Jar. King's shop, and she was alter-
winds @earthed, but nothing found on her. She gme a cor-
rect address.
John Constantine, shopman to Mr. King. rid the pri-
soners came in together and purchased a small quantity of
sarcenet and then asked to see some shawls. He showed
them several, and they bought one at lls. 6d., and went
down stairs with him, and Sadler left the shop, leaving
Jackson behind to pay. Sadler was directly after brought
back by the officer. The shawls and poplin were the pro-
perty of Mr. King, and of the valne of 71.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said there were 13
yards of poplin, and the shawls were grenadine shawls.
Pratt said Sadler had been two or three times convicted.
They were remanded.
CHARGE OF ARSON.

JoAannaA Jona, of 30, Stephen•treet, Tottenlism-court-
road, a married woman, was charged with wilfully wttiag
are to bar morn.

Andrew Field, a carpenter, said that last night about ll
o'clock while in his own room above that occupied be the
prisoner and her husband, be perceived a strong smell of
smoke from burning wood. He went down to the room,
had
which there was only the prisoner, and found that she had
piled a quantity of things on the fire—shirts, knife-box,
kc., and the place was MI of fire and smoke. He olnerved
the prisoner walking about the room raving, as if she were
saber mad or drunk. He put out the lire as well as he
could, and then called for help.

In answer to questions,
The witness said the woman was walking about the room
with a pair of tongs in her hand and some other articles,
which he had no doubt she was going to add to the fire.
Samuel Drake, 122 E, said he was called to the house in
Stephen-street by the cry of " and on going up to the
prisoner's room on the second floor found a large body of fire,
and the prisoner about the room raving mad, he believed from
drink. The prisoner was 'boogying something about royalty.
Ifr, Knox maid the woman was clearly not fit to be atlarge,
and he should remand her for a wcek.
SOUTHWARK.

DAY-A-0i TO TA PUBLICAIeh WINDOW.

Sarah Wuhan', • vicious-looking young woman, whose
right hand was bandaged up, was brought up before Mr.
Burnham, charged with wilfully and naalimously smashing
• large Name of glass, value 41., in front of the Stanley
Arms Tavern, Wellington-street, flouthwult.
The manager of the tavern in question mid that be saw
the prisoner in front of the bar last night conducting herself
in a very disorderly way, and annoying the customers, who
were highly respectable persons, about to proceed into
the country by railway. Witness desired her to leave
the house, but instead of that she used disgusting
language, and was so violent that he was com-
pelled to eject her. As soon as be got her
outside she raised her right band, and with great
force smashed a large pane of plate glans valued at 4/.
In doing so she cut her band in • dreadful manner.
The prisoner mid that she went into the house with a
gentleman, and her stout was upset, and while she was re-
moostrating with the barman she was seised and thrust out.
She denied using disgusting language at all.
The constable said that he knew the prisoner to be a vio-
lent woman sod very disorderly. When he took her to the
station-house the inspector was compelled to send for a sur-
geon to dress the wounds caused by her smashing the glass.
Mr. Burnham said that tradesmen must be protected from
such violent characters. and • new act of parliament gave
him power to indict hard labour as well as fine or imprison-
ment. She must pay the damage and • fine, or in default
he sentenced her to six weeks' hard labour.

MURDIKOUS ATTACK ow AN OCTOGIEN•IIIAN.
(Tula Day.)—This morning a murderous attack was made
on Mrs. Mary Farrell, aged 87, residing at 13. King's
Head-court, Westminster. It seems that Mrs. Farrell, who
is the wife of a Waterloo veteran, also 87 years of age, pro-
fesses temperance principles, and that this hu given greet
ogeees to some of the women residing io the Name court,
who are in the habit of indulging in strong drinks.
This morning one of them, named Harrigan, in a
furious state of intoxication,attacked the old lady as she
sitting on the step of her door, threw her on the pavement,
bumped her head against the kerb, kicked, and otherwise
abused her. Mrs. Farrell was taken iu a senseless state to
Westminster Hospital, and attended by Mr. Arthur Beadles,
the house sorgeox, when the injuries she had sustained
were found to be of a dangerous character, and she is sot
expected to survive. The woman Harrigan made off, and is
supposed to be cooeeeled by some of thou who urged her 00.
SUICIDi AT LONDON-BRlDOE—Between five and
six o'clock this messing • female, very barely clad in •
widow's garb, leaped over the west side of London-bridge.
Falling against the granite pier in bar descent, she broke her
thigh aad otherwise II u tilated her person. By the aid of
the polio, and a esterase she wee takes out or the water,
but she died before reaching Gay's Hospital. The odor-
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT•

HOUSE OF CO?fMON&-(THIS DAY.)

The house met at 12 o'clock.
The Abiog&a Railway (Capital) BBL Corbot's Mats ma,
the Watariord sod Pamir Railway Bill, and the Bad
I shrewebury's Estate Bill IMO read a third time sad
tweed.
MERSEY, IRWELL, Be., PROTECTION BILL.
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FOESTER moved that, in the cue of the Mer-
Stu Protection Bill, standing orders 72, 174,
ltC, 190, 210, and 214, be suspended, and that the bill,
.. amended in the committee, be considered, and read the
third time this day.
Mr. B. WMTHEAD objected that the effect of this
~:.pension would be to prevent parties who had amend-
tient. to propose to the bill from doing so. The bill
ctfeeted pubho interests, and ought not to be passed I
through without giving to its opponents an opportunity of
~,prossing their views. The bill passed the House of Lords
n the _'6th May, and that it had been delayed since that
time was the fault of the promoters.
Mr. MASSEY considered that the bill as it now came
;,•fore them was improved, and if they did not suspend the
guiding orders the bill could scarcely pass through this
Mr. CORBETT thought the standing orders, which they
bad established for the conduct of the private business of
the house, ought not lightly to be departed from. Thou
who now opposed the suspension of the standing orders had
bad no opportunity of appearing before the committee of
,ither house ; but since it had passed the committee they
.uutl that a clause had been inserted affecting their into-
reds, and all they required was that they should have the
opportunity of submitting a proviso by which their interests
would be protected.
Mr. DEEDES saw no reason why they should not ins-
prod the standing orders, the grounds for so doing being
&Airiest and having arisen from no fault of the promoters.
Mr. WHALLEY believed that the practice of suspending
the standing orders at the end of the session bad in several
cases been the cum of inflicting injustice upon private par-
ties. It was the more important that the standing orders
rhould not be suspended in the present instance, seeing that
the parties who now sought to be protected had been ex-
iluded by the standing orders from bringing forward their
case in the committee of either house.
The house then divided
Ayes
Noes

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The motion was accordingly agreed to.
On the motion that the bill be read a third time,
Captain GREY considered that time ought to be given
for the parties whoa, interests were affected to be beard.
The bill interfered with the right of hi constituents. If
it were a general bill they would not so much object, but as
it stood those on one side of the stream were affected while
it did not touch those upon the other side. If it were com-
petent for him to move that the bill be recommitted be
would do so.
Mr. COBBETT moved • clause to the effect that the
penalties imposed by the act should be recoverable from
the company of proprietors of the Massey and Irwell
Navigation if they allowed any dredging upon any of the
rivers or streams under their control to be thrown into the
river. He was informed that their habit was to dredge one
part of the navigation, and to take what was dredged from
one part of the river down to the tide-way, thus creating an
obstruction to the navigation.
Mr. GEORGE maw no objection to an amendment to pre.
scat obstructioss.
Mr. A. EGERTON believed that the Irwell Navigation
Company were most anxious to keep the navigation clear,
Ind did all is their power for that purpose. The clause pro-
posed would, is the opinion of Sir J. McNeil, Mr. Power,
tad other engineers, seriously impede the commissioners
is their efforts.
Mr. GEORGE, as a member of the committee on the
Lill, said that the question had been brought to the atten-
tion of the committee, and a practice was proved to exist
on the part of the commissioners of the Mersey and Irwell
Navigation of dredging and casting the refuse in other parts
of the stream, and it was his opinion, as well as that of
some of the other members of the committee, that when
the commissioners came for very stringent powers as against
ethers they should set an example of not casting refuse
into the river themselves. (Hear. bear.) And in passing
the fourth clause as it now stood it was not intended that
the navigation commissioners should have the power to
cast sand, gravel, ashes, or other refuse into the river where-
ever they chose.
Mr. MASSEY thought after the explanation which had
teen given by the hon. and learned member for Wexford it
would not be safe to interfere with the decision of • private
bill committee.
Mr. COBBETT understood the explanation of the hon.
rod leaned member for Wexford was in favour of the object
or his (Mr. Cubbett's) clause, which proposed to carry out
what appeared to be the ietention of the committee.
After a few words from Mr. GEORGI, the clause was
tgreed to.
Mr. COBBETT proposed another clause, saving the pre-
scriptive rights of parties living on the banks of the river
to throw any refuse they pleased into it.
Mr. 31AS•-;EY was of opinion that the clause would de-
stroy the bill. and be should, therefore, oppose it.
After a few words from Mr. GILORGE., the house divided:
For the dame
Against it
Ye. COBBETT proposed another clause to the effect that
Tunes should not be prevented from exercising any rights
cc poems they had hitherto possessed as regarded each
Aka.
Er. GEORGE said the bill as it 'toed did not in any way
Weise with the rights of anyone. He should therefore
oppose the clause.
The clause was negatived without a division.
Mr. COBBETT then proposed to omit from clause 3 the
words "above the junction of the said rivers," in order to
bring other rivets in the district under the operation of the
bill _ _

After a short discussion the house divided :
For the amendment SS
Against 77-22
[The house was still proceeding with this bill when we
vent to press.]