The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

SAVAGE ASSAULT.—Johanna Hayes, a milk carrier,
was charged with assaulting Mary M'Cauley, another
milk carrier, in a very Bayne manner —the implement
used by the prisoner being a heavy metal pan used for the
reception of milk.
From the evidence of the complainant, wbo bore on the
side of her head the marks of a very severe blow, it ap-
peared that on Tuesday last the prisoner, who had lately
entertained a bad feeling towards her, struck her, but that
had passed over ; but this morning she seized a pan used
on the counter for storing milk, struck her a violent blow
on the head with it, knocking her down, swore she would
" demolish" her, tore the hair off her head, and proceeded
to other acts of violence.
In answer to Mr. Bingham, the complainant said the
prisoner was about to leave her situation, 14, South Audley-
street, in consequence of using bad language, and that she
had given her no provocation.
The prisoner—Sure and it's all lies she's been telling of
me, and she's tried to undermine me, your worship. She's
also said that the shopwoman had lived with an Irish
gentleman, too.

The complainant said she had merely told the prisoner
that the person lived as housekeeper with the gentleman,
and she made bad of it.

Mr. Bingham said the prisoner had evidently, through
her stupidity misunderstood what was said to her, and had
committed avery bad assault, and he did not know but what
he ought to send her for trial. However, he should order
her to pay 40s. or a month.

IRON STEAMSIIIPS.-A writer in a contemporary
says :—Tho awful catastrophe of the loss of the Royal
Charter, and her speedy breaking:up on the rocks in Molefra
Bay, has recalled to my mind certain discoveries which
have of late been made by the officials of her Majesty's
Dockyard at Portsmouth in relation to iron vessels, which
I think cannot be too widely known, and may possibly have
some connexion with the speedy breaking up of the Royal
Charter. Iron steam vessels have arrived home from
foreign stations to a certain extent leaky, and after being
paid off and cleared out have been taken in hand fur the
necessary repairs. On the insides of the vessel's plates being
examined, it has invariably been found that the whole of
the rivet heads, wherever the wash of the bilge water
reached, had been worn off as cleanly as if cut by a hammer
and chisel. This has led to a composition or cement being
used over the surface of the plates of sufficient thickness to
raise the surface of the place to an equality with the head of
the rivet, and in some cases bricks have been laid on the top
of this cement, thus presenting a smooth service to the
wash of the bilge water, and preventing its action on the
rivets. In every case where this has been tried, the results
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