The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

hes produe.el. The
took cant one of the three gold watc broken. Gibbs put his
et nf taktng
band into the wiedow, and
Wit.siess ran out and seized Ireland in the a
el was seen throwing a watch, value
thee ueson, an Gibbs was stopped by ano-
:As hand front the window.
hie 101. . Imme Lately
watch dropped trues Ireland, ea
by tleman in
great violence upon the Lavement,day4 a
the gutter, on the spot wberc Ireland was aehended ; the
The h
value of the third watch was 131. 16s. podceman w o
lafte24.rwal.6'rds" wakthih rd watch was picked up a gen ,
took Gibbs into custody, said that the prisoner's hand was
bleeding at the time very much. In going to the station
he Raid, It was a case with him." Gibbs :My hand was
cut before I ever knew anything about the business. I was
coming by when the glass broke, and a man that was there
gave me the watch, and went away.—lreland : I never saw
the thing at re in my life.—Committed for trial.
GUILDHALL.—Two persons who hail been masquerad-
ing in female attire, were yesterdy brought bef
froorem Mr. Al-
derman Musgrove, charged with satea'ing a pin Frede-
rick Newhurst, of Newcastle-street, Strand. One of them
appcand at the bar in walking costume ; the other had
thrown away the false curls, and torn up the bonnet and
dress, and appeared in a shirt, but he had still the shawl to
protect him from the cold, and from the waist he was
still
clothed like a woman.—Mr. Alderman Musgrove required
the prisoners to give their real names.—The one who
still wore the complete dress, and who gave the name
of Emma Anderson at the station-house, now said his
proper name was John Anderson, and Jane Wilson became
Edward Sullivan. The latter was recognised as a strolling I
tumbler. The person from whom the pin was alleged to
have been stolen did not appear.—Alderman Musgrove asked
the prisoners why they had assumed this disguise ?--Ander-
son said it was altogether a false charge preferred by the
gentleman. because he knew they were not women. They
dressed as females by way of a joke, to prove that they would
dare to walk to the Angel Inn, at Islington, in tltat dress.
They had been as far as that place, and were returning.—
Mr. Alderman Musgrove aid he should remand them till
Friday, that the police might make inquiry--They were
conveyed to gaol in a cab, amidst the jeers of a crowd.
WORSHIP-STREET.—All EXEMPLARY JUDGMENT.—
Mr. Henry William IVilsan, land ord of the De Beauvoir
Arms Tavern, Kingsland, was charged with furious driving
and resisting the polies in the execution • f their duty.—
police-constable Millhouse, of the N division, stated that
between 9 and 10 on Saturday evening, the defendant sud-
denly emerged from a public-house in the Kingsland.mad
in a state of evident intoxication, and entered a gig, in whit
were seated one of his friend., and a woman, whom tF
had just before invited to accompany them. On taking his
seat, he commenced violently lashing his horse, and after
making several cuts at the witness, who endeavote ..ed to
restrain him, he drove off at full gallop. After peer
ceding
at a reckless pace along the riad for some distance , he ran
against an omnibus, both the shafts of his gig were broken,
and his two companions flung out into the road. ae woman
received such a severe wound above the temp] a that she
was obliged to be conveyed to a neighbourir g surgeon's,
and the witness iinmedintely attempted to secure
the prisoner, who assailed him with the grossest
language, and dashed him back ag ainet a lamp-
post, where they grappled, and both fell heavily on
the pavement. The prison( r then forced his knuckles be-
neath his stock, and held him so tightly that he was almost
strangled, but, with the assistance of several other con-
stable., he was ultimately everpowereci and conveyed to the
stationthouse.—ln answer to the ch.arge, the prisoner said
that he had been dining with sons e friends, and was quite
unconscious of having committed himself in the manner that
bad been described.—Mr. Binghr.m said that he made it an
invariable rule, when perms In affittent circumstances were
brought before him for the commission of outrages of this
description, to commit th• m at once to prison, without the
imposition of any pecuni .ry penalty, and, as he saw no rea-
son to deviate from that course on the present occasion, he
should order the defendant to be committed to the House of
Correction for the tarns of seven days—ln the course of the
afternoon, an earnest appeal for a remission of the sentence,
and the imposition of a tine, was made by three successive
solicitors; but the ma: :straw was inexorable, and the pri-
soner was conveyed to his destination.
CLERKENWELL. SAYAOE AND UNPROYOXED
ASSAULT—H. Wilmole was charged with attempting to
murder Harriet Heine..., wife of a plumber and glazier, resid-
ing in Paradise-terrace, Islington. A number of witnesses
were brought forward, from whose evidence it appeared that
on Saturday the prisoner went into Mrs. Haines'e house, for
the purpose, it was surmised, of vetting some money on
account of a previous transaction between Mr. Haines and
him. A person named Gilbert, who lodged next door, heard,
soon after, a noise of struggling and blows, which latter were
so violent and long-continued that he was induced to go into
the house to see what was the matter, when he saw some
person whom he could not identify escaping by the back-
door, and found Mrs. Haines lying in a state of insensibility
in the hall, with her face covered with blood, and several
severe wounds on her head. On searching the premises
afterwards, a large metal candlestick was found, with
which the woman had apparently been wounded, as it was
all covered over with blood, and a quantity of hair sticking
to it. The prisoner's hat was also found in the drawing-
room, upon whie h he was taken into custody, when several
spots of blood were observed upon his trousers and wairteoat.
Mrs. Haines was taken to Bartholomew's Hospital, where
she lies with lit-le hope other recovery. No ostensible mo-
tive could be assigned for the savage and bloodthirsty act, as
the prisoner an,l Mrs. Haines and her husband were on the
most intimate terms, and he was in the habit of visiting them
almost every clay.—Mr. Greenwood remand the prisoner
for a week, and desired theepolicemen to watched the state of
the wounded female at the hospital, and if any alteration for
the worse took place, so as to induce a fear of her death, to
let him know of it, and he would proceed to the hospital, to
take her deposition.
WESTMINSTER.—TRH How. Mn. G. BERKELEY.—In
the course of yesterday afternoon Mr. Woolfe attended at
this court, and addressing Mr. Burrell, the presiding magis-
trate, said, " You will remember, Sir, that on the 4th hint.,
I made an application to you on behalf of a young female,
for a summons against the Hon. Mr. G. Berkeley, as the
putative father of a male bastard child, and which applica-
tion you were pleased to grant. In the information then ,
exhibited the summons is made returnable on Wednesday
next. Upon reference to the Bastardy Act I find that the
complaint must be made and determined within forty days,
and that six days must intervene between the service of the
summons and the hearing of the complaint. Now, Sir, in
consequence of the continued absence of the defendant oo
town, who is, I believe, at this time in Hampshire,
the course of proceeding has been materially obstructed ;
although the friends of the female, who is my client, are
very respectable pentane, they are not in the most affluent
eireunistances, and some difficulties have, therefore, neces-
sarily arisen in the execution of the process. Since I
made my original application to you in this case some
very extraordinary proceedings have taken place, and I feel
that I should not properly discharge my duty either to my
client or myself, if I did not make you acquainted with
them. A few days after the granting of the summons, I ac-
cidentally meta gentleman who is, as I believe, the managing
clerk of Mr. Raw,'a solicitor, of Furnival'a-inn. who is acting
as the agent, as I understand, to the private solicitor of Mr.
Grantley Berkeley. That gentleman, addressing me hastily
in the street, said he wished to speak with me upon the
subject matter of this case, and, after a few words, appointed
to see me at eleven the next morning, at the office in Hatton-
garden, but never kept the appointment. On the 10th inst.,
however, my client, without any intimation having been
nude to me prev ously, received the following letter. (The
letter, of which the following is a copy, was here handed to
the magistrate) :
Mr. Raw will thank Mks Lalt to call at his dace to-morrow, or
some other early day.-5, eunevaesainn.
Mr. Woolfe continued.—My client went as requested, when
the clerk to Mr. Raw, after endeavouring to traduce rite by
means of an anonymous letter, made her an offer of 201. and
the law charges, if she would effect an arrange ment; which
offer she indignantly declined. I must confess that, consi-
dering the position Mr. Grantley Berkeley holds in society.
I cannot but express my surprise that if he be not guilty of
this imputation, he does not at once come forward and repu-
diate it. I have been induced to wait upon you to-day to
explain the difficulties under which I am labouring, because,
if I allow this matter to sleep, it may, to a certain extent,
prove damnatory and prejudicial to the interests of my client,
and the public may conceive that the course taken in the
first instance was unjustifiable and improper. I am pre-
pared to put the complainant, who is new present, into the
witness-box, to prove upon oath the truth of the assertions I
have made; and as the time within which the summons,
which is returnable for Wednesday, should have been served,
has expired, you will, I apprehend, have no objection to
grant me another summons. I beg to hand you, sir, this
extraordinary epistle upon the 'abject, which I found on my
desk late on Saturday last. Mr. Woolfe handed in the fol-
lowing letter and answer
••••••••wweir 1, 1

Dear Sir,—l am requested to inquire whether the father of Matilda
lilt would bring an action for seduction, provided that sufficient funds
were furnished for the purpose. Of course, I cannot say at present
who would be retained as solicitor In the action, as I am not instructed
on that point, but I must beg the favour of your iromedLaie reply.—
Youras
(ewe str7ty.l
Miss Left and Mr. G. Berkeley.
Sir,—l must confers I wearers' much surprised eta stranger writing
me such a letter as that which 1 have just received from you. I pre.
some you are not aware that an insidious and unprofessional interview
has been had by Mr. Raw, of Pumivalie-inn, or with his authority, by
one of his clerks, with the complainant, on this subject. I have but too
much reason to believe that an unfair attempt is being made to qubrert
the true course of justice, and, therefore,iwithout meaning any personal
offhnce to you, you will see how necessary it is to be cautious. It is not
because it happens that the defendant is the Hon. Mr. G. Berkeley, and
the co nplainant is a most unfortunate and almost friendless young
girl, that therefore her reputation is to be destroyed and herself and
child left unprotected and unprovided for. It is not fair of you,
under the circumstances, to make the inquiry yon do of me In your
letter as to ulterior proceedings, and I must, therefore, decline to I
armorer. I shall take a course which, to a certain extent at least, will
show what it is my intention to do in the matter. I remain, Sir, ,
yours respectfully, for Mr. A. Baynes, EDWARD P. WOOLFE,
To Mr.— 47, Hatton-garden.
Mr. Woolfe mid he was desirous, for the present, of
avoiding mention of the name of the gentleman from whom
the letter appeared to come, although that was given, with
the address. The letter was couched in such ambiguous
terms that he hardly knew how to interpret its true
meaning.—Mr. Woolfe continued, I don't please that
either my character, or the character and interests of
my client, should be impaired by the machinations of either
the defendant, or those connected either professionally or
otherwise with him. I felt it to be my duty to Mr. Raw,
believing him to be a respectable member of the profession,
and, notwithstanding what had occurred at his office with
reference to myself, to call upon him this morning, and in
an interview which I had with him, to tell him that I should
come to this court and acquaint you, sir, with what has
transpired. I invited him to meet me here, and hope he is
here.—Mr. Burrell : It don't appear that he is present.—Mr.
Woolfe : I hope he is.—Mr. Burrell : I do not conceive that
I ought to feel any difficulty, under the circumstances, in
granting you a fredi summons whenever you may apply for
at. I cannot promise beforehand, because I cannot say what