The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Aan Florence, a mieersble loads( woman, was charged
with unlawfully pledging a number of shirts entrusted to her
to make.
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—ti that another warn, almost as poor as her-
self, rearected with • City warehouse to make some of
these shirts. ate gave than ant be the parer sad others.
The prisear, in the early part of October, neglected to
return acme, and all sight was lan of bar until • few days
ago, when tbs property was found pledged by her is the
neighbourhood of Waterloo-road, sad a warrant was pro-
cured far her appreheasiee.
The seskitant to a pawnbroker in the Waterloo-road pro-
dosed • large handle of slop shirts, quite new, pledged by
the prisoner in the month of October. Seventeen of these
were pawned by her in one week, and the remainder four
and lye each day.
The magistrate lined him bow he came to receive new
shirts in pledge whaler's from snob • female?
The pawnbroker said she was • regular customer, and
had been in the habit of pledging such things and redeem-
ing them.
The magistrate told him be ought to hays knows better.
It was not creditable to the pawnbrokers' trade to receive
such goods ; is fact, it encouraged dishonest persona to rob
their employers.
The prisoner admitted pledging them while in the deepest
distress. She could not earn bread by the work.
The magistrate asked her how much she received for
making them?
The prisoner replied that she was paid • penny three
faxtblap each, oat of which she bad to pay for her thread,
fro. _ .

The proseentrix, in answer to his worship, said that was
trim, but after ir.sebining the shirts and finishing them off,
she only got a halfpenny extra. They were the oommooset
shirts in the trade. . . . .

The magratiste observed that whatever opinion be might
have of the diagrams of the warehousemen who pay such
petty prim for the making of shirts. the primmer had no
right to pledge them le that wholesale manner. She plead
the other poor woman in a critical position through her con-
duct. Under ell the circumstances she must pay 30e., or go
to prime for two months.
she was committed to prison.

THE ABDUCTION OP 0111ZDSEN PROM THEIR
MOTHER.
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At the Southwark polka-court yesterday a very
respectable looking men mitered the witness-box with a
newspaper in hie baud, to complain of a report extensively
circulated in that morning's papers respecting the abduo-
Hoe of three children by their father and the Brampton
Oratorians. He said that there was not the least founda-
tion for the charge against the latter body of holy marimba
knew nothing of the children and bad nothing to do with
them. He therefore attended to give a fiat contradiction to
the report, so that justice might be done.
Mr. Woolrye.h told him that be did not particularly un-
derstand that anything disrespectful WIN mentioned of the
Brompton Oratory, or that it was pointedly alluded to.
He recollected the woman coining to him crying and in-
forming Dim that her husband was a Homan catholic, that
she wee a protestaat, and that he had taken away her three
children. After bearing her story, be merely told her how
to proceed in a legal meaner to recover them.
Applicant—Then I now attend before you. sir, to deny
that the Brampton Oratorians have bad any thing to do with
the childrenl took them away, and had good reason
for dam( so.
Mr. Woarych -Then you are her husband
Applicant—Yes, sir ; and I have a pitiable tale to tell of
her conduct, when I assure you that she is incapable of
taking care of the children for wend reasons. She is an
incorrigible drunkard, having been in Horsemonger-lane
and other prisons. She has ruined my home, my peace of
mind, and destroyed all kappa/me through her intemperate
habita.

Mr. Woolryeb—Sbe did not look like such a worms,
but that I cannot say anything about. What is year
object here to day??
Applicant—To contradict the statement sent forth that
the children are under the protection of the Bromptoo
Oratories& They know nothing about them. I have the
children ; they an taken care of.
Mr. Woolrych—l suppose your object is to have your
statement in the men?
Applicant—Yee, am as a justification to a body of holy

Mr. Woolrych—No. doubt the papers will act op their
discretion by =martian your stiiimsat.
Applicant then eriAdnrw.

THE LOOK-OUT LN THE HEAVY WOOLLEN TRADE.
—As stated • few daso, the men locked-oat in this die-
trith had sent a proposal to the masters to refer the ques-
tions to dispute to arbitration. On Tuesday the executive
of the Operatives' Union received a reply from the secretary
of the Mailers' Association, in which they declined the pro-
posal made by the men. The Masters' Association say,
" We object to either unions or associatioos of such • kind
on principle, and we only formed our association as • neces-
sity of the times. We believe that the law of supply and
demand is the only means of fixing the wane of labour,
as in the case with articles of merchandise. Taking
this view of the subject, the meociation cannot see the
propriety of referring the dispute to • board of arbitrators,
as their award could not be made legally binding on either
side, but which may prove impracticable, and perhaps
destructive to the interests of both workmen and masters.
On these grounds, therefore, the members of the association
decline to have remote@ to arbitration.* The men consider
this • most arbitrary and unjust coarse, and indignation
meetings are being held throughout the whole district.
Much excitement prevails, and the met are appealing to the
different trade societies in the country for assistance. The
Dumber of operatives on strike and leaked out is nearly
3.000, whom average earnings Have been 30.. a week.—
Eastern Morning News.
THE ADULTERATION OP MEDICINE WITH METHY-
LATED Smut—Au inquiry was held by Mr. Richards,
deputy-coroner, last evening, at the Crown tavern, Charles.
skeet, Mile-end, respecting the death of a child named
John R. Lawson, and in the coarse of the proceedings a
very shocking sort of adulteration of medicines was made
known. Mrs. Lawson, the wife of a beer shop keeper, said
that deceased was ailing with the whooping cough, end We
Friday she took him to a surgeon in Newington Otheeway.
The name " Tanner " was on a brass plate outside the
door, and the house was a private use. Mr. Tanner said
the child bad chicken-pox, and was very daegemady M.
Heziad botele of medidee, sad some ointment, for whisk
he la. 3d. She gave the child the medicine threetinies,
and em time he was violently aiek from it. The next
morning she removed from Beadwork to James-street, Mile-
end, and as the child teemed dying she called in Mr. Reilly.
Mr. F. J. Reilly, IL R.C.S., said that the child died from
saute bronchitis. He had made • slight chemical analysis
of the medicine produced, and found it to contain poppies
mid free prepared with methylated spirits of wine. Methy-
leied spirits of wine was used by french polishes as • mob-
dilate for naphtha, which destroyed their eyes. The
government allowed spirits of wine to be sold freed duty
if it was methylated or adulterated by same naphtha beteg
passed through it to reader it unfit for &Lakin purposes,
and emariquently it could be bought for eis. ed. a 'altos,
while spirits of wine unsophisticated mat 225. • gam. It
I was most improper to use methylated spirits for medietee—
, it would sicken any patient, but it bad not caused deceased's
I death. The jury said that even the smell of the medlethe
was disgusting, it was like lied naphtha. Mr. P.eilly said
that he mold not end the same " Teaser" Is the Direthery.
The jury rotated • verdict that deceased died from thee-
ehitis from natural muses, and the juorryy strongly deprecated
the am of methylated spirits far meditisc in the place at
pun spirits of whim
LONDON GmcgRAL °maws ComrAirr (LnanD).
Traffic receipts for the week sliding April 22, 13,2441.
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