The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-06 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

BOW- STREET.
BATSON ASSAULT ON • FEXALI.—J. Green was charged
with having kicked and beaten • female, named Mary Ann
Fitch, with the Intent to do her some grievous bodily harm.
A police constable produced a certificate from the hoses;-
surgeon at Charing-cross Hospital, which stated that Fitch
was usable to leave the her pitel, in consequence of the in-
juries she bad received. The constaLle said he bad asked
when the injured woman would be sufficiently recover 41 to
attend at the court, and he was informed by Mr. Steggell
that it was impoesible to tell, as the woman was in danger.
It appeared toast t to prisoner anti Fit* lived together.
Yesterday they had been drinking together with some friends
in Fairfax-court, Strand, and towards the afternooa, they
were much luta:ice ted. They commenced quatrelling, and
the woman threw several things at the prisoner, who knocked
her down. He held her there for some minutes, when he
released his hold, and she went into the court. The
prisoner followed her, and struck her several seven blows
about the face, and fterwards kicked her most brutally.
She fell senseless to the ground, and bled most profusely.
A female named Rugg, who had been drinking with the
prisoner and the injured woman, said she had been to the
hae;.ital and had seen Fitch, who had told her the injuries
she had received had caused miscarriage.
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The priwner, who said he was intoxwated at the time,
was remanded un.il Wednesday next, and Mr. Henri rc•
Need to take bail for his appearance.

MARLBOROUGH. STREET.
ROBBERY AT AN HOTEL—R. Jones was charged with
stealing *is silver spoons, six silver fork., and a carnng knife
and fork, the property of Mr. W. Eldon, hotel-keeper, 68,
Haymarket.
The prosecutor stated that yes'erdoy afternoon the prisoner
entered his coffee room, and in a few minutes atter he went
oat again. without stating the object of his visit. Witness
followed hiss, and as he was eraptog the street a carving
knife and fork dropped from his pocket. Prosecutor then
motioned to a eonstable, who came and took charge of the
prisoner, and ow their arrival at the station he was searched,
and the s;: spoons and forks were found upon him, and
which he (prosecutor) identified as his property.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION OF ILLEGAL LOT-
TERI'S —The mayor and magistrates of Gloucester were
occupied the whole of yesterday in adjudicating upon • ease
of this kind, which had been brought be:ore them at the
inatanee of her Maje-ty's attorney-funeral, who was repre-
sented by Mr. Helps, solicitor, of Gloucester. The charge
against the defendant, a Mr. E. J. Gill, was for keeping en
illegal lottery at Wertgete-street, Olouc-ater. It we'
proved in evidence that rhs defendant was the manager
of a wheel of fortune, end that parties paying Is.
had the chance of drawing a pries of value reeling from 2d.
to perhaps 6a. or 10s., none of the Octets being blanks. The
compleint was laid under the 42nd Geo. 111., 0. 119, in con-
nection with the Lottery Act, defeedent being there ren-
dered lab?* *o the penalty of 6601., and fur liab e to pu-
nishment es a rogue end argabond. The government pro-
ucutor the a the latter mode of procedure, end at the con-
clusion of tho c. se the weglatrates espreved the:rule • 111-
ti,fied that the ease had t-en proved, but Mr. Help. did not
press ir, and it wes disethred with cos.., the defendant pro-
mising to discontinue the lottery.
THE HIGH WINDS. -NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. -
Last night, about nth* o'clock, the metropolis was visited by
a violent gale from N N.W., which continued throughout
the night, and up to twelve o'clock this day, with scarcely
any abatement, accompanied at intervals with heavy
rain. The storm raged moat furiously in the sub-
urbs. Large branches were torn from the trees at
Camberwell, Dulwich, and Norwood, end the wooden
fences In various places were thrown down. Many
of the streets was strewed with broken chimney.
pots, slates, coping-stones, &c. In George-street, Camber-
well, two stacks of chimneys were blown down, damaging
the roofs of the houses and the load In many places stripped
GO'. At No. 7, Walworth real, near the Elephant and
Castle,two large chimney stack' fell, in their descent &imaging
the eoping-scents of that and the adjoining house. In
Fleet street, at Honey and Skelton's, the hair-dressers,
formerly the palace of Cardinal Wolter end Henry VIII.,
a put of the side of the Ileum which projects from the ad-
joining house, was blown completely into the attic. About
10 o'clock this morning • beautiful coloured gas lamp,
value about twenty guineas, was blown from over the door
of Mess,.. Paget% tea.dealers, corner of Charlotte street,
and Blaokfdass-road, end fell with a tremendous crash on to
the foot-pavement. Oa the ground of the New River Com-
pany, adjoining tladler's Wells Theatre, en enormous elm
tree, which had stood for upwards of 60 years! was com-
pletely uprooted. In various parts of the river, bath above
and below bridge, boats received considerable damage. At
Rotherhithe, particularly, nuillerous small boat, were driven
from their moorings.