The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-12 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT OX A FEMA.LE.—Harriet Kite,
a young woman, was charged with the following assault on
a married female, named Eliza Moss, residing at 15 Litclt-
field -st rect.

Mrs. Moss said the previous night she had been out for a.
walk, and was returning down Litchfield-street to her home,
when she saw a large crowd assembled in the street, and on
going up to see what was the cause, she found two men
fighting. She remarked that it was a shame it should be
permitted, to a bystander, and was passing on, when the
prisoner, who had followed her, making use of the expres-
sion "Take that," strw k her a violent blow in the mouth,
knocking her down, and on her attempting to get up, she
knocked her down a second time, getting a crowd
round her ; and, not content with this, she twisted her
hand in her hair and struck her head on the ground. She
then told some of the men who got round to take her (com-
plainant's) cloak, of the value of £3, which they did ; and,
in consequence of the brutal treatment she had received,
and being nearly insensible, she was unable to make any
pursuit, and she had entirely lost her cloak. She had not
given the slightest provocation.

Tricker, 168 E, said he rescued the prosecutrix from the
prisoner, who had her hand twitted in her hair at the time.
The prosecutrix's mouth was full of blood. He went after
the men who had taken prosecutrix's cloak, but was unable
to secure them.

Mr. Beadon said it was an assault of a most brutal and
unprovoked nature, and ordered the prisoner to pay a fine
of £5, or two months' imprisonment,

THAMES.
THE DISITRBANCES IN ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.—
Harriet Scarborough, a dissipated-locking woman, with a
dirty and neglected child in her arms, was brought before
Mr. Selfe, charged with being drunk and disorderly and
wilfully disturbing the congregation assembled for divine
worship in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East.
Police-constable Carter, No. 264 K, said ho was in the
north aisle of St. George's Church yesterday evening.
About half-past 7 o'clock, in the very middle of the service,
the prisoner came into the church and stood close to him,
and directly afterwards commenced talking very loudly to
another woman who came into the church with her. He
requested her to be quiet or leave the church, on which she
commenced abusing him, and said, "The parson says he
can save my body; he can't save me at all." He again
told her to leave the church, and she said, in a loud
tone, "I won't go out until the service is over.
No one can save my soul." He then took her into custody.
As she was leaving the church she again called out loudly
"He can't save me—be can save no one," and acted in a
very disorderly and foolish manner.
The prisoner, who was quite subdued, said she was very
zorry, indeed, for having acted iu the way she had done.
She would not have done so if she had not been the worse
for liqut;.r. She was not aware that she had made a noise in
the church, and had no iatention to do so.
Mr. Self There are nofey people by hundreds who go
to St. George's Church to wake a noise—sober ones, I
mean, and there is no occasion for drunken and disorderly
women to go there.
The prisoner—l was not aware what I did; pray for.
give Me:
Mr. Selfe--You have sonse enough to know you had no
right to go info du) church drunk.
The prisoner—l was not aware that I was doing wrong.
I was bereft of my senses.
wzr2--Imd he the child with her
llr. Selfe—l think you
last night ?
Carter—No, sir, she had not.
The prisoner—I have six children, sir.
Mr. Selfe—You had better be at home and setting them a
better example than going to the disorderly church of St.
George's-in-the-East on Sunday evening.
The prisoner—I won't go there again.
Mr. Selfe—l hope you will not. The magistrate, after
consulting with Mr. Pyer, the chief clerk, said he could
not call the prisoner's conduct foolish, as it was a wilful
disturbance of public, worship. He believed she had not
known what she was about, but her conduct was highly
reprehensible. lie discharged her, and told her to go home
and mind her family.

The Bombay Gazette, of the 9th ult., contains
the following reference to the opening of a section of the
Bombay and Baroda Railway : The railway from Am-
rolee to Poorwadi, 30 miles iu length, was opened on Tues-
day last with great c'elat. Invitations were issued to the
Rajah of Baroda, the resident, the civil 'and military (fn.
cere, the Government native servants of rauk, fula most of
Ila rePPectOlopeorlo of tine Sliarict."