The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-07 00:00:00

MARI LEBONE.

On Tiles*, Harriet Howell complained before
Mr. GRIFFITH, that she had been assaulted by Mrs.
Bufiek 1, mother to Lady Page Turner, with whom
the complainant lives as cook, at No. 15, Upper
Montagu-street, Montagm-square.
" Mrs. Bayfield came down into the kitchen, your
Worship," suid the cook, " at 11 o'clock last night,
and stayed there abusing me till two in the morning."
" Do you mean scolding yuu, woman ?I" asked the
Magistrate. " Yes," replied the. cook, "and assault-
ing me too. She kicked me about like a stock-Ash,
and struck me with the kitchen-poker, and it was
not the first time she had done so."

Mr. GRIFFITH said •he had heard of the lady's
violence before, and he ordered an ausault-warrant to
be made out against her. This was put into the
hands .of Wall, the officer, to be executed ; but at
one o'clock on Wednesday, the time first appointed
for the hearing of the ease, Mrs. Bayfield rent word
that she ova' tor) 'lime!! to I..ve hyr bed; and yew-
torday, at the same hour the cook brought. a note,
showing that Lady Turner was willing to give her
3d. to firego all proceedings. •Mr. Gliffith asked
her if 31. would satisfy her for her bruises? She
said " yes ;" and he permitted the warrant to be
discharged.
L AM BETH-ST REET.

Yesterday morning, at the opening of this office, a
young man, who stated his name to be Greenhill,
entered and gave an account of the following cruel
and disgraceful outrage father, Mr. Greenhill,
of 'West Hem, who is an extensive farmer and po-.
tete-grower of that place, (a man much known and
respected, and not unfrequently called " the poor
man's benefactor"), was on the previous day super-
intending the raising of a large field of potatoes, and
from 100 to 120 labourers, chiefly Irish, were ere-
in the direction of his house
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a noise on the other side, and looking over he dis-
covered two men who were crouching beneath it.
He asked their business, and without answering, one
cowardly ruffian sprang upon him, with whom he
closed, and although in his 73d year, the gallant old
gentleman gained a temporary advantage over him.
He was then knocked down by the other, and not-
withstanding his entreaties to spare his life, he was
beaten about the head until the scalp hung over his
eyes! Fortunately, he fell upon the bludgeon,
which was thus lost to the miscreants, who, snatching
Mr. Greenhill's gold watch, made off. In this state,
Mr. Greenhill reached home.
Two men wore yesterday morning brought to this
office, by Gutteridge, a Bow-street patrol, and under-
weat a long examination before M. WYATT, Esq.,
and the Rev. D. MATTNIA-S. They were detained
near the spot last night by the patrol. When stopped,
they were, although tho night was cold, in a state of
(Treat perspiration : they said they had run a race.
rThey were committed by Mr. Wyatt for further exa
mination on Saturday.
On tracing the foot-steps from the spot where the
robbery was committed, across the fields, a lkbourer's
jacket, saturated with blood, was found. This-was
.produced in Court, together with the bludgeon.
This latter appeared to hare been recently cut from
a hedge, and was about 18 inches long; it was about
the thickness of a man's wrist, and was covered
from one end to the other with blood. This was
pronounced a most formidable weapon ; and it is
misted it may also prove formidable in the hands of
justice to the miscreant who wielded it, since the
destruction of that Absurd act which provided so
amply for the prick of a needle or a sharp instre-
trent, but which permitted the brains of an English-
man to be knocked out with comparative impunity.
More private information was received at the office,
but for the ends of justice it is desirable that it
should for the present be withheld. The case was
placed in the hands of Mr. Miller, the chief con-
stable of this office; and therefore, all that intelli-
gence area activity can effect may be relied upon.