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which has been of late indulged in by subordinate
executive officers in some parts of India, and which
has been too easily tolerated by the local adminis-
tration, may be entirely discouraged and repressed.
—I have, &c.,

" C. BEADON,
Secretary to Government of India.
Fort William,-May 10."

.POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 2.

MANSION-HOUSE.—William Angus, 42, was
charged with having been concerned with another
man not in custody in burglariously breaking into
and entering the warehouse of Messrs. Surr and
Son, 12, King-street, Cheapside, silk manufacturers,
and stealing therefrom 3781b5. of sewing silk, value
£475.
E. Funn ell, detective o cer, said—Between three
,and four o'clock I was at Shoreditch railway sta-
tion, in campany with Knight and Legg, two other
officers, when I saw the prisoner and another man
not in custody get into'a cab together at the corner
of Swan-yard. The cab drove down Church street,
where it stopped, and the two men got outoand
went through some courts, where I could not follow
them for fear of being seen. Knight and I went to
the corner of Old Nicholl-street, where we saw a
man come out of Thomas's-court with a bag, the
prisoner following behind with the life-preserver,
which I produce, in his coat. The man with the
bag saw me, threw down his bag, and ran off.
Knight pursued, but did not catch him. I took the
prisoner and put him into my cab, together with
the bag, and I told the cabman to enter No. 2,
Thomas's-court, and bring away alithe silk he could
find there, while I stopped with the prisoner. The
cabman went to the house with Mr. Loveridge,and
in two or three minutes returned with a quantity of
silk vt rapped up in a sheet. I took charge of the
silk while the cabman went to the house again, and
returned with some more silk wrapped up in a
shawl. By that time a mob of 200 or 300 people had
collected, and I was compelled to put all the silk
to ether, or they would have smashed me.
Prisoner—There wasn't no force used. I begged
the officer to give the sheet and shawl to my wife
who was there, and who expects to be confined.
That's how it was.

Witness—The -wife of the prisoner, assisted by
the mob, demanded the sheet and the shawl of me,
and I gave them up, after taking the silk out. The
cabman also gave me the jemmy which I produce,
which he found in a closet there. While coming
along in the cab the prisoner pulled a life-preserver
out of his coat, and gave it to me, saying, " I didn't
mean this for you, but for somebody_ else." On

searching him at the station, I found a piece o
paper in his pocket, on which was written in pencil,
" 192 balls, 82 2oz. reels, 47 half ditto, 39 11b. bun-
dles, with the figures, 24, 50, 25,12, 3, 4 cast up 891,
and then struck out and cast 88i ; and the figures
44 and 8-16 undetneath. When the charge was
booked against him he gave his name "Wm. Angus,
2, Thomas-place, Nicholl-place, Shoreditch." On
being charged he made no reply, but on the road to
the station he said, alluding to the life-preserver,
" I meant that for the man who gave the informa-
tion, and put me away ; and if I had met him I
should certainly have murdered him, it I had been
hung the next minute. Youmay have me remanded
as many times as you like, but I'd sooner have my
throat cut than split upon my mates." On examin-
ing the bag I found it to contain 45 1-oz. reels of
black silk, 63 2-oz. reels ditto, 190 2-oz. balls of
various colours, and 39 bundles of 11b. each.
The Prisoner—l believe it's all pretty correct
what he says, but I should like to know what he
means when he says he would have been smashed
if he had not given up the sheet and shawl.
Witness—l was very much afraid of it.
The Prisoner—Why we only asked you civilly
to give them up to my wife.
Witness—There were 200 or 300 people round
me, and I should think there were 1,000 where
Knight was,
Mr. J. Surr, jun.—l am a partner in the firm of
Joseph Surr and Sons, silk manufacturers, of 12,
King-street, Cheapside. Our warehouse forms part
of a house in the occupation of Mr. Walmsley, and
the door of our warehouse leads into the passage of
the house, in the upper part of which Mr. Walm-
sley's servants sleep. We have three distinet lock■
to each door, two of which are patent. I left the
warehouse a little before six on the evening of
Friday, the 19th of August, when our stock was
safe in the warehouse. On going again a little
before nine next morning, I tried to open the
locks, but could not, and I found that a panel had
been cut of the door, and had been replaced, imme-
diately upon which discovery I went to the police-
station and obtained the assistance of the police. I
had the locks picked, and on going in I found every-
thing in the greatest confusion, and missed silk in
reels, skeins, and balls, to the value of £475. I exa-
mined the silk which forms a portion of the property
stolen. On further examining the warehouse, I
found the iron safe broken open, as well as three
cash-boxes which it contained. , As nearly as I can
remember between £6 and £7 had been taken away.
The prisoner was then remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRUTAL As-
SAULT ON THE GAOLER.—Thos. Biggin and George
Featherstone, rough, powerful, and determined-
looking youiig Irish fellows, described as labourers,
were charged before Mr. Bingham with the follow-
ing cowardly and brutal attack upon Walsh, the
gaoler of the court, and another.
Walsh said he had gone to call a woman witness
in a case agai-W a man named Lee, who was before
his worship for an assault, and on opening the gate,
round which there were about 20 persons, for her
to pass through, the prisoner Featherstone rushed
suddenly forward and tried to force himself through.
He (complainant) on his part endeavoured to close
the gate to exclude him, upon which he seized him
" like a lion," gripped him by the throat with one
hand and pinched him tightly by the breast with
the other. A constable, who happened to be near,
seeing the danger he was in, ran to his assistance,
and laid hold of the prisoner, who then commenced
kicking and plunging in a most violent manner,
assaulting them both. At this moment Biggin
rushed.in at the gate, and, laying hold of Feather-
stone; did his utmost to rescue him, and would in
all probability.have succeeded had not three other
constables come in, and with the utmost difficulty
overpowered him. In the meantime Biggin struck
him and the constables several blows. The gadler
concluded by saying that previous to the attack the
two prisoners' language was of the most disgraceful
and threatening -character.
Gray, F 52, said he heard Featherstone say to his
companion, just before the attack, " he'd be blessed
if ho wouldn't go through." The witness then con•
firmed the gaoler's statement, and added, that on
his going to his. assistance, he received several
severe kicks from Featherstqne, and a " punch"
afterwards under his ear from " Mr. Biggins 's fist."
Other constables corroborated the assaults, and
the ferocity of the prisoners, whom they could only
restrain by handcuffing.
The defence of the fellows was, that they ought
not to have been kept from seeing their friend and
countryman Dennis Lee, who had just before
dropped in for it for ten days, for that was a man
they had great respect for sure, and Featherst one
said they had been kept out by a "little red-
whiskered man" (tlie messenger of the court), and
thought there was no harm in thrying it on a little.
Mr. Bingham said he would advise them, if ever
again they considered themselves aggrieved by a
constable to put their case into the hands of the
magistrate, when justice would be done, and if the
constable was in the wrong he would be dealt
with accordingly ;''bat certainly in the discharge
of their, difficult duty they must and should be at
all times protected. A twelvemonth ago, Walsh,
the gaoler, was attacked in a similar way, and
nearly killed by a ruffian, and was in consequence
laid un for months. Prisoners and their friends
should have all the privileges due to them. In this
case a violent assault had been committed, and he
should sentence the prisoners to 21 days' hard
labour each.

SOUTHWARK.—ROBBERY BY A SERVANT..—
A NICE El-POLICEMAN.—James Casey, 40, for-
merly a sergeant of the It division of police, was
brought before Mr. Combe, charged with stealing
a quantity of cigars and tobacco, the property of
his master, Mr. Henry Archer, 1, Blackman-street,
Borough.
The prosecutor said that he took the prisoner into
his service some time ago as carman and porter,
and it was his duty to deliver goods to the cus-
tomers. Latterly he had missed goods from his
stock, and, .in consequence of that, he gave infor-
'illation to the police. Inspector Moore, M divi-
sion, went •to the prisoner's lodgings, and there
found three 'boxes of cigars and a quantity of
tobacco. He identiiied them as his property.
'-Inspector Moore proved finding the cigars and
tobacco, and when he questioned the prisoner about
them, he said that they had been given to him at
different times, and that he had stored them up,
but he'said that he did not smoke.

The 'prisoner here said that it was quite true.
Although he did itlt smoke he (lid not refuse a cigar
when offered to him.

Mr. Combe asked him whether he would be tried
by him or go to the sessions. If the former he
must plead guilty.
The prisoner preferred the former, and begged
for mercy.
Mr. Combe sentenced him to six months' hard
labour.

The prisoner, when a sergeant in the R
was a great annoyance to other constables, and
was dismissed. Afterwards he wrote a letter to
Sir Richard Mayne, the Commissioner of Police,