The Express. — 1867-09-14 (London, England)

THAMES. The Board of Works for the rapier district have been for some time actively engaged in the laudable task of enforcing the provisions of the Sanitary Act. A few days li since Caroline Smithers was convicted by Mr. Benson for not having complied with the order of the beard to carry ' out sanitary works in six houses belonging to her in Hunt's-row, Poplar. Mr. Layton, the clerk to the board, gave a dreadful account of the state the six houses were in. The roofs were out of repair, the ventilation defective, there wee no supply of water for the retiring places, and the houses were very dirty. Mr. Layton, jun., also stated that last year the district was visited with cholera, and the bmrd he bad the honour to represent were determined to carry out the provisions of the Sanitary Act. Mr. Shadrake, the junior inspector of nuisances, applied for summonses against John William Stocker, of the Cubitt Estate (Mice, Cubitt Town, Poplar; John Oarnhani, of 9, Bread-street-hill, City ; Elijah Heefield, of 2, East Ferry-road, Poplar ; and James Russell, of High-street, Poplar, for not complying with the orders of the Board of Works. The persons eon.plsined of are either agents to owners of houses in the district or owners of numerous other houses let to the poor. Many of these houses were represented to be in a very defective condition, and wanting in sanitary arrangements. It was determined by the beard to prooeed against all homeowners and agents who did not carry out the requirements of the board, and put their places in order. _ _  Mr. Paget granted summonses against the parties named by Mr. Shadrake. Ellen LOWY& Webster. aged 22 years, was charged with stealing money from the till of her master, Mr. Thomas Sherwood, eating house keeper, of No. 69, Cable-street, hitechapeL The prisoner bad been in the service of Mr. Sherwood for a few weeks. He bad frequently missed silver from his till in the shop, end suspected the prisoner. He consulted Dunaway, No. 11 H, who advised him to apply the teat of marked money. A shilling and three expenses were marked and put into the till ; next morning the marked shilling was missing. Dunaway was sent for, and the marked shilling.was found in her bosom. The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Paget committed her for trial.  Susan Wager was brought up on • warrant, charged with attempting to Bre • canister a gunpowder, with the intent to commit murder.  Mr. John Church, house agent, of Talbot-road, Nottingbill, stated that on Thursday morning last he went to No. 9, Golden-mews, where the prisoner lived, and die. trained upon her goods. While engaged in removing them from the rooms which she occupied, she took up • metal mister, and upon his asking her what it contained, she said, " show you in • moment." Ms went to the mantelshelf, took from it a lucifer match, struck a light, and applied it to the canister. She held the flame close to the edge of it, and • woman called out, " That contains gunpowder." Ho jumped back instantly, and his son ran to her and took the canister from her.  The clerk—How close were you to the canister when she applied the lighted match to it ? Prosecutor—About two feet. I was so frightened that I cannot tell the exact distance. It might be nearer. I said to her, " What could you have been thinking about? You might have killed yourself and us, too." She said, " I wish I had, you have no business hem." The woman who called out said, " You would have destroyed your-elf as well" She replied, " I should not have oared if I bad." She was very violent, and I was obliged to take hold of her. I examined the canister and found it contained gunpowder. Prisoner—l told you I merely did it to frighten you. Prosecutor—l do not remember you saying so. Prisoner—You only pushed me back, you did not hold me. lam very sorry for doing such a thing. Prosecutor—You did not appear sorry at the time. In answer to the charge the prisoner said she was very sorry for what she had done, and she hoped the magistrate would overlook the case. She was much excited at the loss of her things, se she had not a minute's notice of the broker coming to take them away. Dayman then committed the prisoner for trial at the neat seedoes of the Central Criminal Court for the attempted murder sad refused WI.