The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

POLICE-INTELLIGENCE.—March 4.

WESTMIN STEIL —George Barker, a corporal
iu the Grenadier Guards, and Thomas Webster, a
private in the same regiment, /vete charged with
unprovoked and disgraceful assaults.
In the charge against Barker it was proved that
Mary Donnell, the wife of a private in the 30th
Foot, was proceeding along Victoria-street, West-
minster, on the previous evening, accompanied by
her brother and father, when.the corporal came up
in front of them in a state of intoxication, and in-
quired of the brother what he was doing with his
(defendant's) girl, and upon her father, a man ad-
vanced in years, stating that it was his daughter,
defendant atm& him a violent blow with his fist on
the side of the head. Mary Donnoll then recom-
mended her father to give him into custody, upon
which he inflict- d a blow across her face with his
clue. He then walked away, and up ,n their fol-
lowing him to give him into custody he again as-
saulted the father with his fiat, and struck the
daughter with his cane across her shoulder, which
she said caused much pain. The police coming up
he was given into custody.
Mr. Arnold said the unmanly and cowardly con-
duct of the corporal was a disgrace to his regiment,
and sentenced him to three months' hard labour in
the House of Correction.

The case against Webster was this :—Mr. Mills,
a builder, 9, York-place, Vauxhall-bridge-road,
was informed by his servant, who was clearing the
snow away from the front door, that the soldier had
taken her broom-out of her hand. He restored it to
her ; but Mr. Mills, seeing the defendant was in-
toxicated, advised him to go away, upon which de-
fendant struck him a blow on the temple, scratched
his face, and pulled his nose violently. Defendant
was taken away from Mr. Mills, who tried to hold
him till a policeman arrived, by a comrade, but
was subsequently given in charge and locked up.
Defendant was fined 505., or one month.

MARLBOROUGH STREET. —A tall, portly
gentleman got into the witness-box, and said he
came to ask fO'Ftwo assault warrants, and-in order
to show that he had proper grounds for his appli-
cation, he must ask permission to make a state-
ment of some length.
Mr;--Beaclon having. given Permission,
Applical4t said he was Colonel Richard Gore
Oaseley, and his complaint was that he had been
assaulted and conveyed to a lunatic asylum by men
acting under the orders of Dr. Mitchelson and Dr.
Forbes Winslow, of Cavendish-square. He had a
residence in. Ashley-Elate, but the assault took
place at Lane's Hotel,-St. Alban's-place, where he
had gcno to get out-of the way of parties who
sought to dept ive him-of his liberty whom he dared
not name, and who had gained over his wife to
consent to this proceeding by playing on her fears.
He proceeded to tell a very extraordinary story,
the inconsis,encies of which but tco plainly showed
his real condition. _

Mr. Beadon said to bith--The only way this
could come before me is by my issuing the sum-
mons against the persons who took you forcibly to
the asylum. But then I know what the defendants
will do ; they, will produce au order, signed by
two medical men, to tako von. The only remedy
that I see is for you to mako your application to
the Lunacy Commissioners ; they wilt inquire into
any impropir acts that may have been done.

. .
Colonel ()u clay-I'il taiio that course. •
The applicant then left the court.
R. A. H. has sent 51., and W. R.. 205., for the
poor-box.
Charles Bohn, aged -24, a servant, formerly a
courier, was charged. before Mr. Beadon on suspi-
cion of stealing a gold watch, valued at 751., the
property of 0..14. Alfred Charles Curtis, R.N.
Capt. Curtis said the prisoner was a servant in
the house where has was staying, 16, Bury-street,
St. James's. On Tuesday evening, at 6 o'clock', he
missed his gold watch from his table. This was on
his return home ; he h^ll. -left it in his room on
going out some two ior _ three hours before. The
wa ch now prochued.in-court was his, and the one
so- ruiss,ed. The value of it is 751.

James Recipath, assistant to Mr. Attenborough,
pawnbroker, .Piccadilly, produced the watch in

question. -It was pledged by the prisoner on Tues-
day afternoon for 71.
Inspector; Webb, of the C division, said he apprc-
hended the prisoner yes: erday at 16, Bury-street,
charging him on suspicion of stealing Capt. Curti
watch. He replied, " He did not steal it. '1 He sub-
sequently told witness that a man he met in Good-
street on Tuesday afternoon asked him to purchase
the watch for V. Though he at first refused to do
so, he at iength complied, and pledged it at At ten-
borough's for 71., but afterwards went to redeem it.
Remanded for a week.

WANDSWORTH.—James Page, a gardener,
and his wife, Ann Page, lodging at No. 1, Point-
pleasant, Wandsworth, were brought before Mr.
Ingham—the female prisoner on remand from
Monday—under the following circumstance.
It appeared that the landlord of the house,
Henry Mason, also a gardener, missed from a
money box, on the 18th Feb. last, the sum of 21.,
iz, being usually kept at the fire-place in the bed-
room. He did not know whom to suspect, and
upon communicating with the police be was advised
to mark some money and place it in the box. On
Sunday morning last he marked some silver and
halfpence, which he placed in the box with a few
halfpence which were'not marked. The box was
then deposited in the usual place, and the prosecu-
tor also placed on the mantel-shelf a chisel, which
was in the room at the time the 21. was missed,
and which he suspected had been used to open the
box on that occasion. In the evening_ his wife went
to chapel, having previously locked him in a cup-
' board hear the bedroom door. There was a small
window at the side of the cupboard door,from which
he could see his bedroom door. Shortly afterwards
he heard the female prisoner's voice say, " You go
to the door and see if any one is coming, and I'll
go up." He then heard the husband go to the street
door and tell his wife that he saw no one. The
female prisoner then came up stairs and entered the
prosecutor's bedroom. Theconcealed landlord heard
money rattle, as if she had picked up the box.
Shortly afterwards he saw her come out of the room
with the box and chisel in one hand and a candle
in the other. Ho then heard her go into her own
apartments with her husband. in a few minutes
she returned with the box and chisel, and he per-
ceived that she had deposited them where she had
found them. She then went down stairs again,
but returned to the bedroom in a few minutes
af erwards, and he heard three distinct droppings
into the box, as if she had replaced the money.
She went down stairs again, but returned shortly
aftewards, and he then heard the droppings of
more money into the box. He then supposed that
the prisoners had detected the money being marked,
and had returned from fear of discovery. The pri-
soner went to her own room, and nothing more
transpired until the prosecutor's wife came home
and released her husband. They then found that
the box had been opened and put together again,
and that only three halfpence were missing, and
they happened to be the unmarked money. The
wife was first taken into custody, and upon his wor-
ship intimating that the husband was equally guilty
the police subsequently took him into custody.
Mr. Ingham remanded them.

THE LATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
THE 10RENCH EMPEROR.

FURTHER EXAMINATION OF M. BERNARD.
[The following appeared in onr late Edition of last night.]
Simon Bernard, charged with being concerned in
the late attempt to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon,
was placed at the bar, before Mr. Jardine, for the fourth
time, this day, at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Bodkin appearedwon behalf of the prosecution,
and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner.
It will be recollected that the points of the former ex-
amination were the connecting the prisoner with the
pistols found on Orsini and Pierri, and the proceedings
last Tuesday were confined to proving that the prisoner
Bernard conveyed the empty shells to Belgium, from
whence they were taken to Paris by a man whe bad not
the slightest knowledge of the purpose f,,r which they
were intended, Bernard alleging that they were to be
used in a new invention about to be applied to gas.
The Court, as o❑ former occo.F.ionv, was densely
crowded.
Mr. Bodkin—Are all the witneves here

Inspector Saunders—YNe, sir ; I have briught them

The first witness called was Henri Jonrdain, commis-
sioner of the Hotel de l'Europe at BruAsele, who said—l
recollect a gentleman, whom I then knew as Alleop,
stopping at the hotel eleven days. laccompanied him to
the railway, when he left on the 11th of Decetni er. A
young man rode in the cab with him. I sat on the box.
At the railway, tickets were taken for Paris. A. horse
which had been hired was also taken by the same tram
'Whey started at seven o'clock in the evening. I have
since peen the person I knew as Allsop in a French

prison.
Mr. Bodkin—Did yn hear that person called by any
other name ?
Mr. Sleigh—l object-to the question.
Mr. Bodkin—Very well—it is of no importance. I
will not press it.
Mr. Sleigh—When did you first hear of this matter,
and when were you asked to come and give evidence 7
Witness—l first saw the attempt in the newepapere,
and then I was palled in .by the Jugs d'lnstruotion.
Mr. Sleigh—Were you arrested?
• Witness—No.
Mr. Sleigh—But required to corns here and give
evidence.

Witness—l was sent first to Paris, then here.
Mr. Sleigh—By whom'?
Witness—The Juge d'lnstruction.
Jules Fournarier; the waiter at the Cafe
Suisse, who, at the last examination, described
the balls brought to the hotel; was then shows the gre-
nade brought over by the French officer, and said the
balk he saw were exactly' siinilar to the one produced.
Mr. Sleigh—Yon cannot swear that the balls produced
are the identical balls you saw in Brussels I
Witness--,I cannot.
William Meteyard, managing director of the Hotel de
l'Europe, a£ Brussels. I recollect a gentleman coining to
stop at the hotel in December. I knew him by the
name of Allsop. He was a stranger. He produced a
passport, which I examined. He left it on the
11th of Deceinber. I—recommended him to the
Hotel de Lille et Albion, in Paris. I have not
seen that person since.
Susannah Meekenheim, a native of Sheffield. I
reside in Brussel.. My husband is a Frenchman. I
formerly lived at Birmingham with my husband, who
'was a manufacturer. I left Birmingham three years ago.
During my residence there, I because accinaiuted
with a person- named Pierri. He was a professor
of languages. In January of this year, Pierri
came to my residence in Brussels. My
husband saw hind. He made some inquiries of him,
and they afterwards left the house. I afterwards
followed, and went to the Caf6 Suisse, where
I met my husband. Pierri in a short time joined us;
as Pierri left he gave me a small packet w rapped in
brown paper.
The grenade was here given to witness, who with
some trepidation, took it into her hand, said the parcel
Pierri gave her to carry was not near so heavy as that
she now held.
Examination proceeded with—The parcel Pierri gave
me contained some metallic .substance in shape like an
orange. I held it upon my muff. I foand there was a
hole in it into which I put my finger. We went to a
cafe and after having partaken of refreshment Pierri left
for Paris, and took the parcel with him.
Jaccutes La Croix—l am proprietor of the Hotel de
la Monnaie at 'Bruesele. I know the prisoner. I have
seen him once, 'at my house. It was on the 26± of
December last. He produced ie passport. He arrived
about seven o'clock in the evening and left on the fol-
lowit;g morning.
I elle re vnerdy on Smith,e Sp er
prisoner;
the
the
House
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ePotenlitcie—
on,
a notice to produce in this court the passport he obtained
on or about the 27th of December last. .He read the
notice over, and then he said "It is destroyed and
burnt,"
Mr. Sleigh—Did he not.say the persons who seareied
his house must Lave his papers
Witness-I,l'o ; he said nothing about papers.
M. La Croix, re-called—=I took the particulars of the
passport the prisoner produced in the book
yearslnow pro-
duce. The entry was—" Bernard Simon, 41 old
gentleman; horn at Carcaeeoins, residing in London.
The passport given is dated the 7th of Decernhee, 1857 ;
ttahibie"tphreisollneortelc'odmeinlgn
arrived on the 25th ; left oninltohyeber,d2r6
Monnaie,Jean)Bruoone3—sellg. I
am
reetzt.
to the hotel on the 25th. I received his passport. I
gave it to my master.
Eugenie Brion— I kept the Hotel de France, in t'
Rue Montmartre, Paris. On the Bth of January last,
two persons named Pierri Andreas and Gomez S inee
arrived there. I only knew them be the names of
Andreas and Swint z When Swinez left De Silva arrived.
They both slept in the same room. They all prcdue'd
passports. The passport produced is the one givei, by,
Da Silva.
Sleigh—l am at a loss to conjecture what is the
object of this class of evidence. He has not yet connected
the prisoner with 'either otthese persons.
Mr. Jardine-LI think I.caa see the object.
Examination proc:eded- with—Whilst Pierri and
Gomez were there a person whom I knew in the name
cf Allsop arrived on a visit to those persons. He eat"
nearly every day. After D© Silva left I saw Allsop there.
They took refreshment together. I rece llect the day the
attack was made on the Emperor and Empress. Alb op
came to toy helm bettveen eleven and twelve. Pierri
and De Silva were there when lie,catue. He joined them
in the saloon. Gomez carne shortly afterwards ou horse-
back. The four were together for a short time, and then
left. About 5 o'clock in -the afternoon Pierri, Orsini,
and Silva returned, and-afterwards Gomez. By Orsini I

mean the person called Allsop. They went to their
room. They remaiped there a short time. The room
is nuinber•=d 50. All three left the house very .shorly
afterwards, together. Gomez came atter they had left,
and asked for them. I saw nothing more of them that
evening until after I heard of the attack. De Silva re-
turned about 10 o'clock. He went up to the beCroom,
but came down direcly rlterwards, and asked for his
bill. Whilst he was waiting for it the police arrived.
He showed them his passport and they left. The police
returned in the middle of tip) night and arrested
De Silva. They brought a poignard, a revolver, and
two boxes down stairs with them. I have been shown a
poignard which is like the one found.

James Davies Parker—l am in the employ of the
Messrs. Herring, wholesale druggists, of 40, Alderagste-
street. I knew the prisoner, he came on two occasions
to make purchases at our house. On Nov. 4, 1857, be
purchased 8 pounds of absolute alcohol and 10 pounds
of pure nitric acid. He paid for the articles and took
them away. On the 15th of Dec'ember be came again
and purchased 91b. of absolute alcohol, 10Ib. of nitrio
acid, and lib. of quicksilver, From my knowledge by
reading, these articles can be applied in producing
inlminat;ng mercury.
Mr. Sleigh—And can be used in fifty other ways!
cer air, Iy.
Mr. Sleigh—Did the prisoner give his name
Witne, s.—Yes.
Mr. Sleigh—Didn't he make some observations about
photographic chemicals!
Witness—Certainly not.
Mr. Sleigh--Nothing about the price of collodion 1
Witness—No, nothing.

By Mr. Bodkin—Tnere was another person with
him. He was a dark man, like an Italian. I think I
ihould know him again. He spoke better English than
the prisoner.
Mr. Bodkin—My friend Mr. Sleigh has said some-
thing about photegrapbic chemical,. Ceuld the combi-
nation of all three of the articles be adapted to photo-
graphy!
; certainly not.
M. Raines, an insppctor of the French police—l
arrested Rudio in Room No. 50, in an hotel in the Rue
Montmartre. In the room, near to a bed, I found a
revolver with five chambers, and a poignard. Radio
showed me a passport. The one produced is the docu-
ment. I found 270 francs in gold in hie portemonuaie.
I produce the revolver and poignard. The latter is
quite new. I also found the two boxes produced.
[These boxes corresponded precisely with those sent to
M. Outrequin by the prisoner.]
Mr. Bodkin—l have .poken to my friend about our
next meeting, and as I find that Thursday next will be
convenient to all parties, and as you, sir, said something
on a former occasion about a long day, we intend to
commence at half-past 10, when I hope we shall be able
to complete the case against the prisoner.
Mr. Sleigh—l hope, sir, you will now admit the pri-
soner to bail.

Mr. Jardine—l am still of the same opinion that
expressed on a former occasion. I cannot do as you
wish.

Mr. S!eigh—Then, sir, I shall make an application to
a judge at chambers and perhaps my friend Mr. Bodkin
will be present to oppose the application.
Mr. Bodkin—l most certainly shall, if I am alive.
The prisoner was then removed from the bar.

Country glaMets.