The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-02 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Charlotte England, a middle-aged woman, who, from
her language and manner, had evidently seen better days,
was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with having
assaulted Colonel Charles Wyndham, and created a dis-
turbance at the house of his brother, No. 4, Grosvenor-
place.

Colonel Wyndham stated, that between 20 and 30
years ago be had formed a casual acquaintance with the
defendant, which in a short time terminated ; but she
had at various times since annoyed him. Thecomplaint
he had now to makengainst her was for annoyance and
insult of the grmsest description on that morning. He
was, with his wife and family, at present on a visit with
his brother, at No. 4, Grosvenor-place, and on that morn-
ing a servant informed him that a woman named Eng-
land wanted to speak to him. lie replied that he knew
no such person, and did not wish to see her. In the
meantime the defendant made her way into the house,
and created the greatest disturbance amongst the, ser-
vants, insisting that she would not go until she had
seen him. She was at length put out ; but, us she con-
tinued her violence and repeatedly rang the bell, he sent for
a policeman, and, on his arrival, being determined to bring
the matter to an issue, he himself went into the street.
The moment he made his appearance, the defendant
came up and assailed him with the coarsest and most
violent abuse, applying the epithets villain, scoundrel,
ruffian, &c., and swearing she would murder him. He
at length gave her in custody to a policeman, and accom-
panied them to the station-house, and on their way there
she seized him by the pocket of his coat, and, had it not
been for the exertions of the policeman, would have torn
it from his back.

William Field, police constable 101 B, proved finding
defendant ringing the bell at No. 4, Grosvenor-place.
She swore she would riot go until she saw Colonel
Wyndham, and she would murder him the moment he
came out, even though she should be hanged for it. In
the station-house her conduct was equally violent, and
she swore she would break every window in Colonel
Wyndham's house directly she was liberated.
The woman, in her defence, said that she had never
received any relief, although he had written to him in
the most humble and submissive manner. She had been
married to a respetable stonemason, who worked for Go-
vernment, but he died six years since, and she had been
reduced to the greatest distress. She wrote to complain-
ant for relief when on a sick bed and in a dying state,
but he neglected her application. She was at length re-
duced to the rags in which she then stood, and being
nearly without shoes, was unable to visit the different
shops in search of needle-work, as she had been in the
habit of doing. So far from having annoyed the com-
plainant, she had not even seen him for the last twenty
Tars, and when she saw Captain Wyndham that morn-
ing he appeared so much altered for the worse that she
hardly knew him.
Complainant begged it to be distinctly understood that
he was Colonel Charles Wyndham.

Mr. GREGORIE said, Colonel Wyndham must be pro-
tected, and defendant must therefore find bail to keep the
peace for three months.
Defendant said she had no bail to offer, and must be,
therefore, she supposed, sent to prison.
She was removed in custody.