The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Mary Ann Oulde, the wife of Mr. G. Oulds, oil and
Italian warehousetnan, No. 32, Greek-street, Soho, was
charged, before Mr. Bingham, with being drunk and
violently assaulting her husband.
. The defendant has on several pre►ious occasions been
charged at this court for assault on the complainant,
while indulging in her propensity for drink. The result
was, for his own safety and that of his family, he was
obliged to have her bound over to keep the peace to-
wards him. No sooner had the term expired than she
flew t) the " bottle " again, and in order to supply the
necessary funds she robbed the t:11, and purloined any
of value she could lay her hands on. Such conduct
was nearly the ruin of her husband's business. Yesterday
afternoon, while in a state of intoxication, she went to
the till as usual, and was about helping herself to the
contents, when he remonstrated with her upon such
proceedings tending to bring ruin upon him and her
family. She became exceedingly violent, seiz3d hold of
a knife and struck him with it in the mouth, fortunately
without inflicting any other injury than a slight cut on
the side of the mouth. In order to protect himself from
further violence, he called a constable and gave her into
ch.rge. Complainant
wadded that she had a com-
fortable home, and was not in want of a single thing
necessary to her comfort. She 4180 had the interest of
8501. for her own use, which the received every half
year, and invariably squandered in drink. He should
be too glad to get a separation mad allow her a sufficient
maintenance.

Mr. Bingham said he was sorry to say that he bad
been obliged on previous occasions to admonish her upen
her shameful and disgraceful conduct, but it seemed all
his remonstrances and advice bay been thrown away
upon her. She appealed determined to pursue her own
vicious ecurse, but he would tab e care she would be put out
of harm's way for a short time, by fining her 5/. for the
violent assault upon bar husband, and if the fine was not
paid he should commit her for two mouths to the House
of Correotior.

DARING ROBBERY AT
Til AM ES.
LINENDRAPER'S
Elizabeth M`Douald, aged 30, was brought before Mr.
Safe, charged with stealing a piece of printed cotton,
value u s., from the shop of Mr. Thomas Goldsmith,
No. 233, High-street, Shadwell.
Mr. Goldsmith said
he saw the prisoner loitering
about his shop for some time, and having some sus-
picions about her he watched her, and saw her take a
piece of printed cotton out of a pile consisting of 60
pieces. lie ran out of the shop and took her into cus-
tody with the property in lee possession. He bad re•
cently lost no fewer than 10 pieces of cotton prints,
value 7/. or 8/. These robberies were quite alarming.
Mr. Selfe—You should not expose your goods at the
shop door within reaoh of thieves.
Mr. Goldsmith—The goods are in the shop.
The prisoner in defence said she was the worse for
liquor when she committed the robbery•
Mr. Goldsmith—She knew what she was about.
Mr. Selfe—Whether she did or not it will not do to
allow the commission of ono offence, drunkenness, to be
an excuse for the commission of another offence. There
is a good deal of method in the commission of this
robbery. I sentence the prisoner to one months' im-
prisonment with hard labour.
THE SHORE NUISANCE.---Mr. John Augustue, in part-
nership with Mr. George. Armstrong of the Cumberland
Oil Works, Millwail, Poplar, appeared to a summons
taken oat against his partner by Mr. Daniel Howie,
Superintendent of the K division, which charged him
with having a furnace on his premises SO constructed as
not to consume or burn its own smoke.
'
Mr. Augustus, on being called upon toplead said he
,
must say guilty. The furnaces on the premises of the
firm were not at present constructed to consume their
own smoke, but they shortly would be.
Mr. Poland, barrister on the part of the Crown, said
the nuisance was of long continuance, and Mr. Sands).-
sun, Civil Enquirer, employed by the Government
would prove thet he saw volumes of smoke issuing from
the defendant's chimney shaft, in aggravation of punish•
went he would say.
Mr. Selfe said the business of the court was very
heavy, and without wishing to bo discourteous to the
learned counsel, he could not afford time to listen to
speeches where a plea of guilty without excuse was put
in. He convicted the defendant in the full penalty of
5/., which was instantly paid.

BLOCKADE OF THE PORT OF CANTON.

(From the Gazette of lest evening.)
It is hereby notified that the Right Hon. the Earl of
Clarendon, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty a Despatch fromßear-Athniral
Seymour,Sir M.
hin.a°,.Commanding her Majesty's
Naval Foie in datedl3' from on board her Majesty's
ship the Calcutta, August 8, 1857, stating that he had on
that day established a blockade of the port and river of
Canton by a competent force under his command. And it
is luToby further notified that all the measures authorised
by the laws of nations and treaties will be adopted and
said blockade.
executed with respect to all vessels which may attempt to
violate

The rate of di4count at Ilamburgh has advanced to
8 per cent.
p
A. WORD FOR WOMEN..—Some of the papers are lee.
Luring upon extravagance in dress, and advising them
to retrench, especially during the resent financial
difficulty. Doubtless there are many cases of unwar-
rantable extravagance but (1.0 people ever
anidndtuelngeddolli dinners, amount to more
consider that twootihuretehigsl:wleasyes; of brandy and half-
by a man, to say
anin-odtFineyngearroefgthafiavinaeg would be required to dress a woman
up to the full requirements of fashion ? Much of this
tulle about the extravagance of women is nonsense. They
are many a trader would
to-duayinistboaveuubieveenr"ellaYfecaarnedful,Mamnndd if he bad listened
tJ the prudent counsels of hit wife, rather than the
reckless promptings of his own ambition. It is natural
for mean men to endeavour to shift the responsibility of
heir folly to other shoulders, but it is rather too much
to charge a commercial revulsion like this upon one's
wife and daughters.—New York Paper.