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

THAMES.

A VERY DISORVERLY PAUPER,—Margaret O'Connor,
who has been a very industrious, thrifty, and steady woman,
but who has recently got into very irregular and drunken
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the Mile-end Old-town
to him on Saturday
habits, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with
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ThomasM. intoxicated
satohnffed,
tdp,insposorordnt disorderly.
came ly.
workhouse, a
night, at eight o'clock, and demanded a night's lodging,
She was very muchlintoxicated, and he asked her what abe
had done with the money she received on Friday in the
shape of out-door relief. She said she had appliedaptore-
tion of it in payment of a night's lodging, and spent h
remainder. Ile 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 he would not ad-
mit her without. She then gave utterance to a volley of
foul abuse, and said be had shown up Mr. Slight, the
relieving officer, in the newspapers, and would show him
up as well. He tried to get her away, but she would not
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 for
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. Moffatt said the guardians of Mile-end Old-town
had acted with great kindness to the prisoner, and, instead
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 58., or be imprisoned for 7 days'at him,
The Prisoner—Och, the murthering rogue ; look
yer homier. (Loud laughter.)

MR; THACKERAY is about to enter upon wholly
new ground in his forthcoming novel in the Cornhill
Magaaine, in the pages of which periodical a fiction by
another distinguished author is, it is said, also about to
appear.
THE CopRT-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
till November the sth and October the 30th. The
m
been, by the judicious arrangements of Brigadier men have
attached 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
merely the non-arrival of the last batchofto trial is
witnesses from
India, It is to be hoped the
riedJudge-Advocate will confine
inthewtiwtho charges
on othnewohviidchencceolcolnoesellyc
rtaowlhieeypoiisnttos
be raisednot permit extraneous issues to be raised.
-t, and that he will
host of witnesses the trial might be made as long as that of
Warren Hastings, if
772yevaenrcey hatexav
ythaaatzmettay be started is to be
run to death,— Ar