The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

THIS DAY.

DOWBTREET.

VIOLIINT AmAtivrti7—W.AsckTietie, who described him.
self ea a veterinary surgeon, was charged with assaulting
Mrs. lierrlett Jefferson, the landlady of an New lan, Tot.
teoltanstourt.road, and W. Perkins.
lin. Jefferson said Me defeadant had been on intimate
terms with her husband, and oa several occasions been in.
vited to their house to dinner. A few days since, the de-
fendant used her in a very ungentlemanly manner. Whiten
acquainted her husband with his soodeet, and a difference
sprang up lutween the prisoner and her husband. Sines
that occurrence, the defendant, who he has visited the
house; has annoyed witness in every possible way, and used
very disgusting language to her. Last night the defendant
entered Ike house, and witness refused to serve him with
anything. The defendant, who was quite sober, called her
by several opprobrious epithets, and afterwards took hem his
pocket an troy hors shoe, and struck at her several times
serous the bar. Fortunately the blows did not have any
seriouseffect, and witness held up the water-Jug to ward off
the blows. Several persons came to her militant., and he
assaulted them.

W. Perkins, a gentleman's servant, said he was drinking
in front of the bar of the New Inn, when the defendant came
in. The landlady refused to serve his. sad he then behaved
in the learner described by Mrs. Jeffereos. Witness ex.
postulated with the defendant, and reinsrked " That it was
very ungentlemanly conduct to assault a lone woman in that
way." He immediately struck witness 1 violent blows
upon his face. His face and nose were bruised, and the
marks were plainly visible. Witness gave him into custody.
Mr. Henry said the defendant's conduct had been reset
violent, and be should teach him that he was not allowed to
assault people in that manner. He fined him 51. for each
assault. There were three assaults proved against bins, and
the flees would amount to 161. ; sad, in default of payment,
Its ordered him to be imprisoned for six months, being two
months for each assault.

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The defendant was then locked up, and appeared much
surprised at the magistrate's decides.

GRATIFYING REWARD.—The Sardinian govern-
ment his just presented Mr. B. A. Wood, a young gentleman
only 18 years of age, with • splendid gold medal, for eon-
mouldy taking command of a Sardinian brig from the
Brazils to Genoa, when met at esa, with captain and mate
dead, and several of the ere sr dead and dying, from the
yellow fever raging on board, and safely navigating her to
Gibraltar upwards of 1,000 miles, sad thence to Genoa.
THE GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES AT LIVERPOOL.—
The investigation, somewhat tardy, but promising to be at
last effective, Maine to the gunpowder magazines below
ggrement, and just opposite Liverpoo`, has taken plies.
The purasest engineer, Lieut.-Colonel Waters, mast have
bees se meek surprised as others at the apathy which eo
may thews& of people on both sides of the Mersey have
hug shows tespeeting the existence of this horrible nuisance.
The iieretweeeee which has esisted respecting life end pro-
perty Is eassiag. Even the tedium precaution against
lighten; has not, it appears, been adopted at the magazines,
although, as &contemporary remarks, the fort at the entrance
to the river, • short distance from the magazines, was
struck last week by the electric spark, which bunt the
halyards of the flag-staff. It is really providential that, in the
absence of any necessary precaution, no great calamity has
hitherto attended the shipment of gunpowder to and from
these maguisea, more especially when we reflect that smacks
laden with the powder are passed every hour in the day sad
every day in the year by the numberless steamers that are
unstastly plying up and down the Mersey, from which
sparks and flume are continually emitted. The maga
nue itself, with seven or eight hundred tone of gunpowder,
is left uneruarded at night; sad it was proved before the go-
vernment official that the powder was unloaded into
earn the wheels of which have irea rims, drawn
up end down by iron-shod horses. What is this
bat soliciting • cieelliet with aa agent so tenthly
destructive to lib ? &pains as the vane of a wises% it
seems marvellous that the Cheshire residents have knew es
hug supine. But they have stirred at last, and it is swinsiewt
to know that when the government is made aequinled whit
the existence of an evil so astounding they will air* a
remedy. At the time the magazines were erected, the -res
on both sides were without houses Motilee round; but with
the Tait inertia* of population, with the erection of
numerous houses on the Cheshire side, and dock works ea
the other, a souree of seek constant apprehension as • large
gunpowder dere, ought, years ago, to have been removed.
Been now, is all -probability, no steps would have bees taken
Mt for the serious explosions is powder that have occurred
recently in this country and on the ceetinsitt, attended with
serious less of Rte.—Liverpool amok's.
BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION RAIL-
WAT.—The ordinary half-yearly amniag of the share-
holders in this undertaking was announced to be held
yesterday, at the White Lion Hotel, but la consequence of
there not being a sufficient number of proprietors present to
constitute a legal mostiog, no business was traessond. The
Chairman, J. Gibbs, Esq., and several of the directors were
in attendance, and • printed statement of acesant was laid
on the table, from which it appeared that the total realms
bad amounted to 38,3411. Os. 10d., and the total expendi-
ture to 29,4001. be. 44., leaving in the bank, on loan, and
in the kends of the neutary a balance of 8,9401. 14s. Bd.
The expenditure for the halt-year (the line being virtually
abasdostedl had been 3421. 66. 64 out of which sum
821. let lid. arose from the loss incurred is working the
New Peerage Ferry.
SAVAGE ATTACK BT A Dateeirse Woluit.—A dew
• ago • woman semi Asa Lasklas sat drinking at
• in Janes street, Masehester, satil she
house was ilatesiested. Abe sill demanded stsgseZer.
whisk lie bodied Waled to give her MIMS she As
what dee had already eseassed. This Lerkias te
de, wed. Meta throws ages the triad's, was &est to
jump late the street, whoa lie Imagist Weed haslf the
arm, end istsioed her. NW hasoYstsiy toed speallist,
sad laisted a same Wean his sbeshisr. The men= won
headed ewer to the peals% sad brought up et the liesebes•
ter Dereagh Court yesterday nixousg. TM asighteser
severely reprissaded her, sad dead bar► 50s. lb, Ms Mole.