The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-23 00:00:00

THE POLICE COMTE.

MAHLBOROUGH•STREET.
OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.—Thames Spike,• servant out of
place, was charged with havingstrikin assaultedthe head poorwith a
widow
named Hannah Goode, by g her on
pewter pot.
The complainant, whose clothes were completely saturated
with blood, deposed, that on the previous evening she was
standing at the bar of the Wheatshed public house, in
Upper Rathbone-place, when the defendant came in, and
having called for a pint of beer, entered into conversatim
with her. After conversing for some minutes, he got into a
violent passion, and threw the whole of the beer over her.
On her remonstrating with him on such ungenCemanly con-
ouct, he took up the empty pot and struck her a tremendous
hlow on the head, and felled her to the ground. The blood
flowed from the wounds he bad Milieted in torrents, and
some of the bystanders having ca,led in the police, she was
conveyed to the hospital, where her wounds were dressesi.
The prisoner was subsequently taken into custody.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was very drunk, and did
not know what he was doing.
Fined 503., or one month in the House of Correction.
MARYLEBONE.

ATTEMPT TO KILL ♦ WOMAN HI THROWING HER OUT
OP A WINDOW.—James Hay, a labouring man, residing at
No. 24, Oros -street, Portman-market, was charged with
having attempted to kill a female with whom he cohabited.
Mary Anne Piper, who lived with the prisoner, stated that
on the previous evening the prisoner, who had been drink-
ing, lifted her out of bed, and attempted to throw her out of
the window of the room into the street. But for her resist-
ance and the interference of a man who lived in the same
house, and who was attracted by her screams, he would have
tffi cted his object.
The prisoner made no defence, and was remanded for a
week.

WESTMINSTER.
CRUELTY TO IL CHILD.—Yesterday Richard Harrison,
of 21, Coleshillotreet, Pimlico, grocer, and Maria, his wife,
a middle-aged woman, of most forbidding appearance, under-
went a lengthened examination, charged with horrible
cruelty toe child.
The principal witness in the case was the child, who stated
that her name was Ellen Harrison, and that she had been
sent by her parents to live with the prisoners. She had
been frequently cruelly beaten with a horsewhip, hung up
with a rope by the heels for a cosoidtrable time, and other.
wise brutally ill-treated by the prisoners. The medical evi•
deuce proved that the child was severely cut and bruised on
several parts of the body and on the head. Several persons
living in the neighbourhood corroborated the testimony of
the child as to the cruel manner in which the prisoners had
been in the habit of acting towards her.
Mr. Broderip, having iatimated that this was by far too
serious a case for hint to deal with summarily, asked the ac-
cused if they had anything to say.
By the advice of their advocate' they replied " nothing."
Mr. Broderip said it was his duty to commit them for
these cruel assaults for trial at the Middlesex sessions, but
he would take sureties in 401. each (two bail for each in that
amount) for their appearance.
Mr. Chappell said in the meantime the child should be
taken care of by the parish, who would prosecute.
In the course of a short time bail was put in for the de-
, fendants, and they were liberated.

,
THAMES.
COMMITY•L YOB MIIRDER.—R. Ward, a twine spinner,
45 years of age, residing at 11, James-street, Stepney, was
finally examined on the charge of having wilfully mur-
dered his wife, Sarah Ward, by striking her on the head

with a poker.
The witnesses, including two of the prisoner's danghten,
proved that in the course of a quarrel between the prisoner
and deceased on Friday night, he struck her a blow on the
head with a red hot poker, which caused her death on the
following day.
Mr. Charles Harper, house surgeon at the London Hospi-
tal, attended the deoeased at that institution. There was a
wound into which a person could insert the top of his little
finger on the left side, and the brain protruded. He was
quite satisfied the wound was the cause of her death.
Mr. Yardley told the prisoner that if he had anything to
my, he was at liberty to say it ; but whatever he did say
would be taken down itt writing, and probably be used in
evidence.
Prisoner—l had been drinking three or four pots of ale,
and it overcame me so that I did not know what I was doing.
My wife blew me up, and I suppose I struck her, but I do
not recollect shying the poker at her.
Mr. Yardley then committed him to take his trial for the
wilful murder of his wife, Sarah Ward.

Fromthe EDINBURGH GAZETTE.—Tueutay, Aug, 21.

SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS.
Parrs Dow, Edinburgh, draper, Aug. 29 wit Sept. 19, at the Royal
Exchange Coffeehouse, FAinburgh,
Damn Peasrrn, Glasgow, tavernkeeper, Aai• SO and Sept. 21, at the
Royal Exchange Sale Rootus, Glasgow.
, Wn.uu( Primary Broxburn, Roman cement manufacturer, Sept. I
' and 20, at the Star and Garter Inn, LlnlPhgow.
JAXIS 'Dams, Dundee, merchant, Aug. 20 and Sept. 19, at the Brt.
Ush hotel, Dundee.

[Ativertisemont.) —NON E NEED BE SlM—Redd
the fullow:ng owl of cure by Holloway's Pllls.—Mrs. Jessie Anderson.
living near the Fountain Bridge, Edinburgh, suffered from lowness of
spirits, sick headache, dimness of sight, together with a want of
strength and appetite. These symptoms were accompanied with a
cough and spitting of phlegm, and likewbe much windy spasms. No
medicine had been of any service to her, mull a lady advised her to
try Holloway's pills, which gave her inuncdiate relief, and in a fort-
night made her as well as ever she was in her life. Sold (also 11.1.
loway's ointment) at the Establishment of Professor Holloway, 244,
Strand, and by almost all respectable venders of medicine throughout
the civilised world.