The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-17 00:00:00

THAMES.

A GOOD PRACTICAL WARNING.—Rosa Scott, Mary Ann
Wardell, Susan Wallis, Mary Ann Scott, Catherine Sheen,
and Bella Brown, appeared before Mr. Paget, on cross-
summonses, charged with assaulting each other.
The defendants are all too well known at this court, and
are turbulent, dissipated, and very disorderly young
women. Some of them carried children in their arms for
the purpose of exciting sympathy. There have been
many scenes of noise and disorder in this court, owing to
the almost daily assemblage of loose women from those
horrible places, Angel-gardens, Bluegate-fields, and Bate-
man's Folly in the vicinity of High-street, Shadwell, and
Ratcliff Highway ; and the fighting, riots, and outrages in
those dens of infamy have given much trouble to the
magistrates and the police, and have been a terror and
nuisance to the respectable inhabitants living near them.
Mr. Paget has lately inflicted many severe but just sen-
tences on the wretched women who infest the above places,
and more particularly on those who have used dangerous
weapons. This was the third appearance of some of the
defendants, and the second appearance of others. The
evidence, which was interloaded with much foul language,
having terminated,
Mr. Paget ordered the six defendants to stand in front
of the dock, and addressed them. Ho said ho had repeat-
edly mentioned the disorderly women living in Palmers'
folly, Bluegate fields, and Angel-gardens, and he had been
compelled, in the performance of his duty, to visit many
of them with severe punishments. If the sentence
he was about to pass did not restore some-
thing like peace he should go on increasing
the term of imprisonment, or commit the offenders
for trial. The prisoners before him and other wretched
women of their class kept the localities in which they lived
in a continual state of uproar, and then came to that court
accusing each other and maintaining a perpetual clamour.
One was as bad as the other ; he could make no choice.
wouldHe endeavoura a
as] endfar as possible to restore peace in
the district, nd put to scenes which were a dis-
grace to a civilised country. He sentenced each of the
prisoners to be imprisoned for two months in the house
of Correction and kept to hard labour.

The prisoners, who were in a state of great excitement,
asked the magistrate to fine them.

Mr. Miget—Fines! certainly not ; you will all go to
prison for two months.

WESTMINSTER.

NOCTURNAL AMU SESIENTS. Mr. Ridge, ap-
parently about 45 years of age, described as " a gentle-
man," was charged with ringing bells and knocking at
doors without lawful excuse.

James Hill, 212 I', said that at two o'clock this morn-
ing he found the defendant drunk ringing bells and knock-
ing at doors in Gunter's-grove, Brompton, and took him
into custody.

Mr. Solfe—What hays you to say to this?
Defendant— Quito correct.
Mr. Solfe— Very incorrect, I think.
Defendant—l believe I was so ringing at my own
house.

Mr. Selfe—Why, you have given your address on the
police-sheet at Paddington.
Defendant—Yes, but I live in Gunter's-grove as well.
Mr. Selfe—HOW many houses did he knock and ring at ?
Policeman—At three.
Mr. Selfe (to defendaut)—Do you live in three houses in
Gunter's-grove ?

Defendant—Next door is a friend, and finding I could
not get into my own house I knocked there.
Mr. Selfe—And the other house?
Defendant— T hat's unfinished.
Mr. Selfe—Then it was not much use knocking or ring-
ing there.

Policeman—Why it was the other side of the way, sir.
Mr. Selfe —This is hardly an amusement of persons not
over young. I thought it was confined to suckling medi-
cal students and those sort of people. As you are a gen-
tleman yon are fined 20s.
The fine was immediately paid.

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.—A return
showing the number of marrtages, births, and
deaths registered in England during the year 1866 has just
marriages, 753,188
of births over
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deaths was 252,250. In the year there were 16,296 more male
biletnh sP,uabnl ids h5e0d0.,93T8h de area t hws 111118e7, esxl9cess
children born than females, and the number of deaths of
male persons was 12,766 in excess of the number of
deaths amongst females. It will also be seen from the
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TIIE SHIP 111:01)EIZLANDET.—A. letter reached
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the ship Broderlandet. She sailed
from the Tyne last month for l3ombay, laden with coals, coke,
and bitter beer, and was going north about to the Atlantic.
At the time that she was 200 miles off the Shetland Islands
she was caught in a heavy gale, which swept her decks.
The vessel shifted her cargo, and having damaged her rud-
der, she became unmanageable. The mate and eight hands
got into a boat, and one that the master and the other por-
tion of the crew should have got into broke adrift. While
the mate and his crew were looking after the drifted boat
the vessel foundered, and the master and 18 hands were
drowned. The mate and the other eight men, after knock-
ing about the Atlantic two days in the open boat, were
picked up by a Danish schooner and were landed on the
Faroe Islands.

THE DERBY _Yesterday Epsom. Downs .pre-
sented the first sign of the forthcoming races by the large
number of persons congregated at the letting of the ground
for booths, stabling, and stands. The sites near the win-
ning post were actively competed for, and the right to erect
victualling booths, &0., was sold at very high prices. The
grand stand has been renovated, and active preparation is
being made for the great Surrey Carniyal next week.