The National Register. — London, England, 1815-06-18 00:00:00

Thief and had robbed him--he had been transported once and deserved is be transported again, as he could prove, that during the whole time Le had been in his employ he had robbed tinu of eight or nine loaves weekly ; end it was to receive a compensation in damages for the injury which the plaintiff had sustained from the slander thus cast upon his c► aracter by the r!efesidant, that the present action was. brought." The defendant put a justification upon the record. and now proved' that the plaintiff had recently returned from transportation. A wit ness who had lived fellow servant with plaintiff* was also examined, and stated that he had frequently seen the plaintiff take away bread in his hat and fret. and further, that he had informed his master oldie cir• curostance previous to his auending at the Court of Conscience. The Learned Judge, in summing up, observed, it was fur the Jury to say, whether the jostification of the defendant was made out—if what the defendant had said was true, and was only uttered with a view to his own defence, then there was no grounds for the present action. For though it might not be pleasant for a man to be reminded he had been transported, let if the assertion was founded in unit it was not to be made a *abject of steam for damages. The Jury found a verdict for tlie defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-SATURDAY. WILLIAMS V. BRYON, Sago • WA Int an action to recover compensation in damages for an as sault. The plaintiff formerly lived servant with the defendant, and had been forbidden to visit the house afterwards. Having formed an ac quaintance with one of the maids, however, he occasionally visited her, nerd in the month of January last, while standing at the defendant's cider, talking to her, the defendant came up, and after saying'" I thought I desired you not to come into my house," he struck him with his cane, for which assault the present action was brought. Mr. Serjeant Best, for the defendant, submitted, that the imperti nence of the plaintiff bad produced the consequences of which he had complained, and as no material injury had been sustained, he trusted the jury would think the costs of the actionqtrite . sufficient punishment without any further damages.—Verdict for the plaintiff—damages SI costs 40s. PROVINCIALS. ARUNDEL CASTLE, tASTLE, JUNE 15. At an early hour this morning vehicles of all descriptions were put in requisition to convey persons anxious to be present at the grand Baronial dinner, supper, and ball, to be given at the Castle this evening, Every inn is crowded with families who have come far and near, and it being market day, a number of spectators arc perambulating the town under the most evident symptoms of disap pointment, a mandatory Bulletin having been issued from the Castle refusing access to every one who is not invited or actually employed in the preparation of the festivities. The Castle gates, which were expected to move with celerity ou the hinges of hospitality, are locked, and two porters are sitting in the lodge to scrutinize every person who may come with idle excuses to gain admission. Many, and the ladies in particular, are wishing for the power of Aaron's rod. or the Magician's wand, to metamorphose themselves into a cook, a dripping-pan, or a turtle, but these articles being pro aided in profusion, the necessity is superseded, and the disappoint. ed visitors return from the gates in wrath and indignation. Many console themselves, and aie buoyed up under an impression that his Grace will make it " Liberty Hall" for every one three days in the course of the ensuing week. We arc enabled to say, from what passes inside of the Castle, that this is likely to be the case, as his Grace is certainly pot so forgetful of the ancient customs of Banquet, as not to remember the Tournament. The Barons' Chamber was completed at three o'clock this day, and the table was laid in the middle of the room from one extre mity to ,the other. The head, where the Noble and Illustrious Host is to preside, it immediately under the painting of King John sign ing Magna Charta. The dinner consists of two courses, comprehending eleven turtles, six haunches of venison, and every' luxurious delicacy that money or favour can obtain. Two chests, containing parts of twenty suits of armour, arrived at the Castle from the MatqlliS of Towns end, and several persons from Birmingham have been employed sines day-light to arrange them iu all the majestpof ancient war fore. It was at first intended that the Duke and Barons should themselves in those awful habiliments of war s but on caami• THE NATMNAL REGISTER. nation they were found in so delapidated a state, that the idea was abandoned, and two only are selected to constitute the ceremonies ; these are cleaned, and wood-work substitutes the body of as " brave a Hero as e'er buckled on his limbs the glittering steel." These are to preside over " The roast Beet of •Old England"—the baron, which is to be stationed on the side-board, in a large silver dish, elevsted by a velvet cushion, and crowned with a coronet, inter spersed with leaves of the monarch oak. These Herculean figures are to stand on either side of the baron in statuo quo. The Ball-room is entirely finished, and is elegantly chalked. The candelabras and Egyptian lamps arc fixed.• The supper is orderttl at one o'clock, and the Sussex Band is stationed in the grand gal lery leading to the Barons' chamber, and on the entre of the illus. trions company, they are to strike up " The Roast Beef of Old England ► " and during the dinner are to play national and martial airs. The company are arriving every moment at tile Castle. Among the latest were the Marquis of Stafford, Laid and Lady Effingham, Lord Gower, the Earl of Chichester, Lord Mount Edgeombe, Lord I'etre, &e. &c. Last night Mr. Thornton's company of Comedian's gratified an elegant auditory with a representation of the 66 Foundling of the Forest," and " Past Ten O'clock." JVNV IS. HYDROPHOBIA. - - - ----- A respectable gardener, of the name of Riff, at Kilburn, was bit by a mad dog about six weeks ago : on Tuesday last the symptoms of this horrid disease commenced by spasms, universal agitation, and pain in the part that had been bit. He experienced the most vio lent emotion at the sound, sight. or even mention of any liquid, but fortunately did not stiffer so much as is usual in such cases. He re mained perfectly sensible till his decease, which took place on Thnrsday night at 11 o'clock, and for many hours previous to his death be swallowed fluids with the most determined resolution, although the universal agitation and convulsion of the system was so violent, that a great part of any thing he attempted to take him self wag spilt before he could succeed in getting it to his mouth ; the torture he suffered during the act of deglutition appeared to be extreme. The manner in which the accident happened was parti cularly unfortunate. It was as follows :—A dog in the village imp poscd to be mad, was tied lip in a barn with a rope, which he bit in two, and rushed out, upon the door being opened by is labouring man, %, horn he did not touch. The animal proceeded up the vil lage, and the deceased watched him out of eight, and then went into an adjoining field, for the purpose of giving directions to his work men. On his return, he saw the dog coining towards him very fast, and attempted to jump over . a fence to avoid the approaching dan ger; unfortunately, however, he fell into the ditch, and before he could recover himself, the animal seized him by the leg, and nudes very deep and severe wound, which soon healed, and was thought no mere of till the commencement of his illness, which terminated in so melancholy a manner. He was much respected by the sur rounding gentlemen, as an honest and industrious man, and we trust they will show their respect for his character, by alleviating the misfortunes of his wife and children. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—Late on Friday evening last, as Mr. White, au auctioneer, and Mr. Bucklow, of the Swan Inn, both of Bedford, were returning from Oakley on horseback, the latter fall from his horse near the Clapham toll-gate. Mr. IVliite left Mr. B. in the care of a waggoner passing by, and proceeded to the house of Mr. Short, a surgeon, and thence to the Swan Inn, where he ordered out a chaise and three servants to the assistance of their master. •He then returned to Mr. Short, who requested him to go on to Mr. lincklow, saying that himself and Mr. Worley, his as. sistant, world set off without delay. Mr. Worley followed Mr. White in about four minutes ; and when he had rode about a quip . - ter of a mile, he saw a person lying insensible in the road, whom he supposed to be Mr. Bucklow, On the arrival of the chaise, lie in stantly returned with the sufferer to the Swan Inn ; when, after they had removed the blood from the face, they discovered it to be Mr. White, instead of Mr. Bucklow. Mr. W. languished in the same insensible state until Monday morning, when he expired. In the evening a Coroner's Inquest sat on the body, who returned a verdict that the deceased died of a concussion of the brain, occa sioned by a contusion on the head; but how or by what means he came by the contusion there was no evidence to produce. After the discovery of Mr. White's sitution t the agaia dif•