The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-19 00:00:00

THAMES.

A VERY DISORDERLY PAUPER.—Margaret O'Connor,
who has been a very industrious, thrifty, and steady woman,
bat who has
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before
charged
drunkengea wit n
habits, was
being intoxicated and disorderly.
Mr. Thomas
tMoffatt,he
prisoner Porter ocfamthee
to him on Saturday
Mile-endi
workhouse,
at h
saido'clock, and demanded a night's lodging.
night,
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She was very muchlintoxicated, and he asked her what she
had done with the money she received on Friday in the
shape of out-door relief. She said she had applied a por-
tion of it in payment of a night's lodging, and spent the
remainder. He asked her what she had done with her
shawl, and she answered him that she had pawned it.
He told her to obtain her shawl, and that ho would not ad-
mit her without. She then gave utterance to a volley of
foul abuse, and said she had shown up Mr. Slight, the
and would show him
cellreintrietdhetonegwetsphapererlay, but she would not
ruepliesysinwgelolffi.
leave, and her cries, oaths, noise, and gesticulations caused
a mob to assemble in front of the workhouse. He put up
with her abuse for two hours, and then gave her into cus-
tody. She was before the Court a few weeks since fer
attempting to commit suicide, and on another occasion for
being drunk and disorderly.
The Prisoner—He is a false swearing man, yer honour's
worship, and a rogue into the bargain—the murthering
villain, wid his black whiskers.
Mr. Partridge—Don't call him names.
The prisoner—He knows he is a murthering rogue, and
it's me yer honour that's paid riot and taxes and every-
thing.
Mr. Old-town
Moffatt said the guardians of Mile-end Ol
instead
had acted with great kindness to the prisoner, and,
of passing her to Ireland, gave her out-door relief.
The Prisoner—Och, yer honner, he is a rogue and a half ,
what can Ido wid the great big thief. (Laughter.)
Mr. Partridge said it was quite evident the prisoner
was
a very disorderly badly-conducted woman. He sentenced
her to pay a fine of bs,, or be imprisoned for 7 days'ts.
him,
The Prisoner—Och, the murthering rogue look
yer homier. (Loud laughter.)
MR. THACKERAY is about to enter upon wholly
1 in the Cornhtll
Magazine, in the pages of which
new ground in his forthcoming 0
is said, also about toy
it
another distinguished author is,
a fiction b
appear.
THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL CRAWLEY
will probably begin in the second week of Novem-
ber; when it will' end is beyond our powers of guessing. A
number of the officers have received leave from this week
the judicious arrangements of Brigadier Hodge,
till November the 6th and October the 30th. The men have
abteteanlebyd to the 13th for service, and have something to do,
instead of wasting their time in canteens, tap-rooms, or
idleness. The cause of the delay in proceeding to trial is
merely the non-arrival of the last batch of witnesses from
India. It is to be hoped the Judge-Advocate will confine
the evidence closely to the points raised in the two charges
on which Colonel Crawley is to be tried, and that he will
not permit extraneous issues to be raised. With such a
host of witnesses the trial might be made as long as that of
Warren Hastings, if every hare that may be started is to be
run to death.--..drmy 201 Gamte,