The Sun. — 1870-05-25 (London, England)

LIFE AT SEA BILL. _ _  Mr. Pumsom.,att;enty-five minutes to two, moved the second reading of this bill. The House was very thin and the hon. member was very impatiently heard. He argued that there was wholesale constructive murder going on at our ports, and he was going on to point out the immense importance of the subject, when he was warned by the attitude of the House that he could not hope for an attentive hearing. The hon. member stated that he would postpone the second reading until next Tuesday.  THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAT MORNING, MAY 25;  Good Wine Not Out Gladice  near Denham, said :—OnlSunday morning last, having lost the key of one of my doors, I went search of it, and when near the Plough Inn I saw a man zoming from the direction of the deceased's house. It was then about seven o'clock. He had a greenish, middle sized bag in his hand, and it appeared to be about half full. I overtook him when I reached the main road. He asked me if I was hurrying to meet the train. I walked with him for about three-quarters of a mile. He at length said, " I was nearly running over a man and his wife last night. she had a baby in her arms, and a boy at her feet. The husband threatened to throw her in the cut, and the boy as well." I asked her why sho did not go home, and she said she was afraid of hes husband. I said I would go a long way to assist a woman, and I told the husband that if he did not go quietly with his wife he would go with me. The husband asked me who I was, and I said, " A man ;" and I struck the man that was speaking to his wife. He also added that he had spent nearly the whole night with them, and it had taken him a long distance out of his way to save the wife. On Saturday night at about eight oclock I saw the deceased, Emanuel Marshall, returning home with his wife in a cart. He had a white smockfrock on, but there were no children. The man I mot had dark clothes on, and on leaving me he asked me where I lived, saying he would return the key if he found it. " Why, I live near your house," having mistaken him for Mr. Marshall. He told me, however, that he was a stranger ; and I said, " Then I saw you come out of Marshall's house just now." He said, '` You did. That man, his wife, his mother, and his children are all gone for a holiday this morning." I said, " I suppose they started by the six o'clock train ?" and he replied, " Yes, at about half-past five." While I was talking two men passed ; one was Thomas, the son of Mr. Arnold, but I did not know the other. Job Sparks, residing at Foundry-terrace, Uxbridge, said he was the brother of Charlotte Marshall. Emanuel Marshall had an old-fashioned watch and a gold chain of his father's. He had been to Mr. Butcher, pawnbroker at Uxbridge, and saw a guard which he believed to have belonged to Mary Aim Marshall. The shoes which Emanuel was supposed to have worn on Saturday were not to be found.  Mary Ann Sparks of Waterloo-road, Uxbridge Moor, stated that Charlotte Marshall was her sister. She last saw her on Friday night, when she came to her house, accompanied by her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Marshall, who was about to be married. It had been reported that Marshall had two brothers away in Australia, and that one of them had recently returned, but she was not aware there was any foundation for the statement. She was not aware that any unpleasantry had taken place between any members of the family. Emanuel had been deficient of money, and he complained that he was unable to obtain what was owed him.  At this juncture, the inquest was adjourned till Friday iext