The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-06 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

" PAROCHIAL HUMANITY."—A very creditable-
looking rowan entrcated tl)e magistrate to relieve
11,r necessities under the following distressing cir-

cumstances :
She stated that she had three young children,
and owing to her continued poverty had for some
time received an allowance of bread from the parish
of St. Margaret's and St. John's, Westminster.
On Saturday she succeeded in obtaining half a day's
work and sent her little girl to the workhouse for
her bread. Mr. Catless, the relieving officer, asked
where her mother was, and on her reply that she
had gone to half a day's work, he said " She could
not want bread then," and refused to give her any,
and when she got home she found her children
starving. In addition to this she had a child lying
very ill at home, and was unable to obtain an
order for medical aid for it, or for the necessary

sustenance.
Mr. Ingham —Your remedy is to go before ttc
Board and make your complaint. When does the
Board meet ?

Applicant—l don't know, and if I did it would
be of no use. I should not be allowed to go before
them.

Office-keeper—Thursday is the Board-day:

Applicant—What am Ito do till then? I have
not got a bit of anything for my three children.
Are they to starve?

Mr. Ingham—Have you no husband ?
.Applicant—No, I have not. I have been a
widow these two years, left with these three poor
children to strive for. The bread is given for them.
I want an order for a doctor as well as food, and
I shall not get it without your worship is good
enough to interfere for me.

Mr. Ingham sent a note with the poor woman,
requesting immediate attention to her case.

THAMES.

MAD DRUNK.—James Rose, a labourer, of Ball's-
buildings, Whitehorse-street, Ratcliff, was brought
before Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and
disorderly and assaulting Joseph Fenton and
Henry Knott, police-constables of the K division,
Nos. 263 and 96.

The prisoner's head was severely lacerated,
and the front of it covered with a sur-
gical plaister. He was mad drunk at half-
past one o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning
and making a disturbance in Ball's Buildings.
There was
a disorderly mob, principally Irishmen,
place was in a sad state of turmoil and con-
fusion.a n d
the
Fenton expostulated with the prisoner and
others,ons
and persuaded several to retire to their
le.
The prisoner and another man, called
houses.
Jack Briant, an Irishman, came out of their
dwellings again, one armed with a pair of
the other with a piece of wood, with
which
they attacked Fenton and Knott. Fenton
tongs,
was struck with the tongs, and his eye blackened,
and Knott also received a blow from Briant. The
mob shouted " Give it them," and a violent
struggle took place, in the middle of which
Police-Sargeant Freeston, No. 58 K, made his
appearance, drew his staff, and dealt the
prisoner such a tremendous blow on the
head that he fell as if shot. Jack Briant then ran
away, and the mob of roughs and blackguards then
dispersed. The prisoner's head was dressed by Dr.
Ross of Shadwell and his assistants. The wound
was a severe one.

Mr. Benson sentenced the prisoner to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

(BY TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.

Arrived, April s.—Cuba, from Sagua la Grande ; Zantjo
KIM, from Groningen ; Agnotho, from Auelum; Narva,
steamer, from Alexandria; Britannia, steamer, from Vigo.
Arrived, April 6.—Orion, steamer, from Antwerp; Forth,
steamer, from Havre ; Fvenoord, steamer, from Rotter-
dam ; Denia, steamer, from Valencia.; Bolderaa, steamer,
from Konigsberg ; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne ; Ash-
ford, steamer, from Alexandria.
- - - -

DEAL, Monday Morning.

Passed, April s.—Knight Bachelor, ship, from Shields,
for Calcutta ; Eclipse, from London, for Guernsey ; Ata-
lanta, screw steamer, from London, for New York ; Great-
ham Hall, screw steamer, from London, fur Lisbon.
Passed, April 6.—Varuna, from London, for Calcutta ;
Hero, of Weymouth, from the west, for the north ; Van-
guard, from Loudon, for Port Philip (in tow).
Anchorzd—Emily, from London, for Algoa Bay; Rapid
brig, from London, for Wexford ; Shealtiel, from London,
for Brest.

PETROLEUM FOR FUEL.—A long-promised trial
of the liquid fuel burning steamer Island City took place
iu Boston harbour on the 4th of March, and was a com-
plete success. The experiment shown with oil for fuel on
the Government steamer roles last summer was eclipsed
on the Island City. The engines, machinery, and
fuel apparatus were all fresh from the shop, and had
not been used; consequently everything was stiff,
and Colonel Foote did not feel justified in crowding on
either his steam or flame. Ho also used only one of his
11111110115 U air pinups employed m completing the combus .
(ion of the general elements in the retorts. The trip fairly
demonstrated that a maximum amount of steam could be
may stained with oil, at a saving of about 75 per cent. over
the use of coal. The safety of the use of oil for fuel i❑
ocean navigation was also shown most satisfactorily, and
confirmed the opinion of those who have faith in liquid fuel
for steamers iu ocean navigation.—Wall-street Journal.