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served are referable to a diseased spine ; a... 3 I think he will never
recover, or leave his bed. —.-eiesee.— -
Croutuniined —Mr. Gibbs told me of an accident he met with GEILIJIIALL
sine.: the assault, in a gig with Mr. Evans. The wheel went into a! limner INPONTANT TO MASTIMS AND Wont VEY.—
rut, and shook him very much. The expense of medical attendauta Alibi'. ith various penal statutes relstive to masters end workmen
will amount to Ilia I l were rtanpeteil that l
person
et during the
in the r
thel S:eveciolitivs
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slniut'ulidt is
be
Mr. Standard sworn-1 am a surgeon to the infirmary at Taunteiruct
too. I was called in to see Gibbs in Decenib:r• I elaini"ed lea i that there is an Act still in force which gives great powers to the
e highlyaware
back particularly, and from all the sympumis I noticed I believe' magistritto fur the protection of masters, mid for the punishment
his present disease to have been produced by some injury sustained 'of negligence and misconduct in workmen. This Statute. .le Geo. '
Iby the spine. I met ltrs. 31.31u11en end Selby at llibbeis ; they . IV. cap. se, which was passed in June, RIZ, provides, that, "if
,approved of the treatment that had been adopted ; but they declined ; sty artisan, handicraftsman, labourer, Ac. Itc. shall contract
to enter into a consultation. 1 continued to attend Gibbs, and : with any master, to serve hint, and shall not cuter into, Or CM)).
round symptoms of incipient paralysis in April. I visited hint till menu this service, according to such contract, where the contract
the 10th of last August, mid then found all his eymptouis much is In writing; or having entered into such service, whether the,
aggravated. contract respecting the same bat in writing or not, shall absent '
revers' other medical men wow called, who continued the test!- himself before the term of his contract is expired, or neglect to ful.
ninny of this witness. fib the same, tie be guilty of any other misconduct or misdemeanour
AI T. I kgden, a torn-dealer at Bristol, stated, that he knew the .in the execution thensit, or in otherwise respecting the same, the
Gad
that his business required great activity ; and that Gibbs . Magistrate. on conipbeint and piled* before hint, upon oath, is
had been conversant with the trade. authorised to eonemit the party terenelieg to hard labour, fur uny
Several other Pealets spoke to the same effect. thine not executing three months, or t.lieu thereof may punith
This was the plaintiff's ease. the Wender by abating the whole or any put of the wages due and
Mr. Sergeant Pot.t., for the defendant, contended, that his owing to bum."
client bad acted under the strongest irritation, excited by the Ender this statute, Milian .11Larsoa,. a journeyman letter.
plaintiff's conduct ; and lie trusted he should prove, by witnesses founder. was brought up before the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alder.
he should call, that Giblois health had not suffered from his client's man J.J. SwITII, upon the complaint of his master, Mr. Figgins,
assatelt upon him, but from other incidental CalifieS. ‘Vest-iitrect, Smithfield, for neglecting to fulfil the verbal contract
John Smith sworn—l was at the Quay at Bridgewater on the day he had entered into. and upon the performance of which he had corn-
of the quarrel between plaintiff and defendant. I saw Gibbs. menced; and also for absenting hiu:self from his lIIIISICT'S 011140 r,
Vote, and Grabbum together. I heard llrateburn desire Giblis to leaving his work unfinished.
ask Ford for the scales. " What 1 (said Gibbs) Ole go to %%telt a John Nouse, the foreman, gave evidence es to the verbal eon.
tl—d infernal vogue? Ile has rubbed nee, the scoundrel ; IT tract into which Alarson entered with him (Nauru) on the part of
prove him a rogue. Ile is worse than a highway rubber. I'll I .Mr. Figgina, when he Gist canoe into the employ. Marlon was a
prove him one, and all his family. I know etioto:n of him and 1 young hand, and his engagement was for two years, as a letter.
his father to hang them. Ile, atill his father, deserved more to be . vow/. lie was to be raid the regular price for the work he did,
banged than tlr two men tried' at the Itridgewatir .:Issizes I" I
; but was to leave Is. per week of his wagee its his neuter's hands
Ford was then about twelve yards from Gibbs. lie spoke it out 1 for the first two years. This was usual in their shop as a sort of
loud, so that every one might hear him. Ford came up to hint, premium paid for learning the trade ; but at the end of the two
and said, " John Hibbs I did not know the scales were yours."— years, if the journeyman behaved well during the time, 31r. Fig.
Gibbs said, " you d-11 scoundrel, you are playing your brother gins had always made a point of returning the full amount.
Bill's tricks; Ford said, ii did he give up the seals at the time I Mr. Butler, Mr. Banner's clerk, who attended with .Me. Figgie'.
of the bankruptcy F' Gibbs said, - you el—el rascal. what's that 9 was protweding to point out to the 'Magistrate the great injury and
to dim ?" Ford then took him by the collar, and Gibbs said I
. incemaster eivenience sustained by the typo.foutuler, a illal a your.
.t that's all I wanted ; l'll now do for thee." Fe rd then tumi. neyman, who had undertaken to cart a fount of type, neglected to
away, and Giblet followed him; Ford then struck off his hat and complete his work, inasmuch as the work already done was tin.
kicked him. saleable till the whole was compk:e—a complete fount of type, con.
of - ;tad ----her of the several letters, but eels.

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Dross-examined-1 wanarked that ..._ All very b.-,
/41'. Font was very COW, and Gibbs in a great passion.
John Squirtst—Was on the Quay at Bridgewater on the day in
qaestlon. The first thing he heard, was Gibbs saying to Gmbburn
—" Tell the scoundrel, if he does not send me the scales I'll get a
Constable for him, and break open his house-111 nut speak to that
infernal scoundrel.'
Croswesamined--The kick was very oda Ile should not think
It too bard for a child four years old.
Have you a child four years old, to whom you apply such
kicks?-1 have, bar.
The J hi you mean to tell this aoilionce that you apply
such a mode ut correction to your children ?—I romettmes give
them a kick when they want cot:tenon. 1 ant in the habit of cur.
reefing ivy cliil,lren severely.
The Jl'llo/7 —That is your business, not nine.
J. James, a mariner, gave the same account of the transaction
as the last witness.
William 11'a liter sworn—l was at 31ount Radford, near Midge.
water, in November last, and I saw 3lr. Gibbs anti Mr. Evans in
a gig. The gig gave a lurch as the wheel passed into a rut Mr.
Gibbs fell ant and Evans on the top of [Mu. Gibbs was lifted up,
anal on rising put his hand on his back, and said something. Three
persons came to assist hint home.
Closs.examined—l sad the gig overturned, and although I
worked for Gibbs itnil Evans 1 olEred no flSSilltailee. I solemnly
swear that I saw Evans and Gibbs overturned in a gig on a day in
Noronha..
J. Rowley also stated, that he saw the gig overturned.
John (tryout sworn—l had been employed to cut a field of peas
in August, fur 3lr. Gibbs. Tic rode out, and appeared to
be better than before. I saw hint in a fortnight after, lie appeared
to he tolerably welL Ile said, " I have had my turn I ant got
pretty well, and now I'll make that son of • suffer." 1 saw
him afterwards several times in a gig. In the autumn Evans and
he went out in a got in the morning, and returned in the evening,
when Gibbs appeand very much hurt. Gibbs was removed from
the 44 by a servant and a strange gentleman.
Dr. 3l•Mullem sworn—l mu a physician in Bridgewater, and'
have been so for twenty years. I have frequently attended patients
with spinal complaints. 1 saw Mr. Gibbs for the first tillle in
March. 1 Cl3lllilled the back, but not minutely. 1 observed a
thickening in the cellular mewurane, where 31r. Gibbs complained.
I observed that the symptoms might have arisen front the treatment
that had been adopted. We traced the course of the spine without
difficulty, and there appeared to be a deviation from the natural
state. I'here was no local treatment going on then, the seams
and issues were healed. Gibbs's pulse was quickened, and be was
evidently under excitement. There was no expression of pant in
his face. but rather that of irritation, at being compelled to submit
to examinati.n. 1 hail seen him out of bed, and from my recollem
non there did not appear to be any general emaciation. His body
WWI finn, aid his lace fut and plump. The only appesranced
emaciation was in the calf of his I. Ile complained of great paha
and an inanihty to move himself. -Ile was assisted in and out of
heti. Ile admitted that he had been occasionally sttbject to gout.
I saw hint again on the teat August, and percent-it no change
excepting that the calf of the leg was smaller. 1 consider rest &b.
solutely necessary in spinal complaints. Motion must be injurious,
particularly in the inflammatory stage. It would be very impru-
dent in a person in that state to go out in a gig or carriage of any
sort. It must occasion a great increase of inffiumnatury symptoms.
I ant or opinion that a long continued irritation would produce
greater deterioration than 1 observed in Gibbs. I refer the thicken.
tog of the cellular membrane to the regimen that had been adopted,
and which might have been governed by the symptoms that made
their appearance to the practitioners who that saw 111 r. Gibbs. The
pains which lie fclt might have been produced by other causes than
that to which they have been at trl.buttal.
Mr. ',rutty sworn.-1 have been thirty rears practising surgery.
I saw Gibbs in March, and found the spinous processes perfectly
sound. 1 found a thickening in the ligaments albs back, which
I attributed to surgical treatment. I consitkred the symptoms
in the same light as the last witness upon my second visit.
llr. Sergeant WILDE, for the plaintiff, called 11'illiatu Evans,
the person stated to have been its u gig with Gibbs, and to have
been overturned.
The witness was examined by Mr. C. F. WILLIAM'S hid you
drive 31r.Gibbs in a gig to Mount Radford iu Ottober last? Ves.
Did you fall out of a gig on that day with Gibbs? No, so help
me God. ho help In, God, 1 never was thrown from a gig in my
life. and it is false if any one says the contrary. I never drove
Gibbs after the '2;111 of October. It never happened that three
111C/1 canoe to :Assist me out of a gig. 1 always drove in the slowest
MIMIC, when re went out. 1 tried to trot ones, but Gibbs could
not bear it. his back was so bath
erora.rauniineJ-1 hare been out in a garden all day, oear the
Court. Dame !arson carnet° tell me that a stones' was saying in
Conn that I had been overturned in a gig with Gibbs. Nothing
occurred when we went out but the trotting I have mentioned, to
give uneasiness to Gibbs.
Mr. Sergeant 11'II.DC with great clnquenee replied, and
Mr. Baron ti Mallow summed up at great length.
The Jury consulted fur half an hour, and returned a verdict fur
theplaintitV—llamages„ Fifteen llottilred l'ounds
The trial, which lasted from ten in the morning till past eight at
night. victual the greatest possible interest in this town MA neigh-
bourhood.

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aiming. not .., an ay' __ _ mum,
tire quantities of each, according to the frequency of their re-
currence in printiag ; and was about to prove the fact of Manon's
having left a fount upon which he was at work, not much more
than half cast; when Alarcon became sensible of his situation,
expressed Ids contritiun fur his misconduct, and promised, if his
master would overlook it, lie would return to his work, complete
his contract, and conduct himself with propriety in future.
Mr. Alderman Swir it inquired if the prisoner had been guilty
of such miscooduct benne.
Mr. liggins said, No; this was the first time be lual offended,
but several others of his journeymen had at different times treated
him in this manner. anti be should have punished them foe it, it' he
had knows in what manner to proceed against them. Ile was not.
and he believed masters, in general were hot, aware of the existence
'of this Act, and of the protection it afforded them. As soon, however,
as lie became acquainted with it, he determined to proceed against
the prisoner; but more, indeed, for the purpose of the eximiple to
deter others, titan for any vindictive punishment against him per.
sonally. Ile now seemed sensible of his misconduct, and in the
bepe that his promise of future good behaviour might he relied
spun, he was willing to drop further proceedings.
The .11,1enuan, after a suitable admonition to Manion, consented
10 this arrangente tttt and he %fa discharged.
I.A3IIIETII.STREET.
A few days since, 11l e.Gew-ge Flesain-, the gentleman who made
such a noise at Itow.atreet, last week, 7.4:1 who so much excited the
limn:why of Sir It. Iliawiu, and the charity of Mr. Richmond,
the clerk, as to induce the former to supply the said Mr. Fleming
with bread, cheese, anti porter, during his confinement in Saint
Martin's watch-house, and the latter to turiti.h him with a fashion.
able white hat, when leaving the office, on his pledging his honour 1
that he would pay one and return the other, both of which he bash
hoween firm, and is now sporting his figure at the cast end of the
town, was brought to this office from St.lieurge's watch-house where
he was left by two gentlemen the night before, in a state of intiorica.
hon. They stated that they picked him up in the Street, anti on
their way to the watch-house lie said his name was Sir John Phibba.
When they were leaving him in the watch.house, they desired Sir
JJohn to examine his pockets and see if ell was right, before they
ant away. Sir John had no inclination to comply with the
wishes of the gentlemen, but they insisted, and Alr. Jackson,
.1"
the night constable, assisted in the office of searching and took
from one of his ;sockets a note directed to Mr. Fleming, trout •
Ifriend, ('aptain P., which stated that the writer, Captain P., had
complied with Mr. Fleming's request, and sent him Ins., its. of
which was also in his pi eket 't the time the gentleman left him,
abet on his recovery trout the state he was in, Mr. Jackson desired
him to go about his business, but this he refused, raying he should
be brought before die magistrates, for whom he said lie had a great
respect (no doubt, they tree: him so kindly), saying, at the same
time, he was a near relathas of Mr. Dation, one of the officers of
this office. In consequence of this representation, Mr. Jackson paid
' him every attention during the night, and in the morning advised
him to go about his business, but it was all to no purpose—be
would ante before the 3legistmte. He was accordingly brought
to the office. The moment Patron saw him, he immediately recog.
nized hint, not as a friend, but as a person who had some time back
lodged with a niece of his, at Poplar, who had much more reason
lo regret his want of principle, than Sir Richard or Mr. Rich.
mud.
After an admonition from the Magistrate (Sir Daniel Williams),
Mr. Finning mounted his white hat, and left the office.
UNI(IN-11AI,L.
lewitant or 31 itamee.-.Vestenlay a man of the name of
Coombe, was brought before the sitting magistrate, Mr. ALLEN.
ale suspicion of having been concerned in the murder otrhomas
Morgan. the gardener of 31r. lioudltart, at Beckenham, iu Kent,
on the Dith of August last.
A gardener of Kennington deposed to certain fruit brought to
hint for sale by the prisoner, and the suspicions he entertained.
'I he witness then called Dunne, his neighbour, to assist him in
bringing the prisoner to Union (lull. The prisoner requested that
be would not tanpley another man for this purpose, but this was
Dot acceded to. On the road thither the prisoher made many es.
tun in order to be r emitted to go into the public-houses on the
goad, but this was refused; arid ou his arrival at the office, he was
searched in the presence of twe constables, nil the charger con.
taining die shot and slugs, together with die other articles, fouled
on his person.
Thomas I)unne. the person who assisted in bringing up the pd.,
soner, corroborated the latter part of the last witness's statement.
Miamian and Elmes, constehles„ stated, that when the prisoner
was handed over ill them by the two last witnesses. they put him
into the privy, where he said he wished to go. It was afterwards
I mentioned to them that stone slogs, shot, and powder, were found
in his possession, when it occurred to them that he had a pistol or
some other weapon concealed on his person. They asked him the
question, but lie denied it ; and they proceeded to search the hole
of the privy, rhea the pistol (now produced) was found.
The 31agistran ordered the pistol la large cavalry one) to be
unloaded, when it was found to contain a heavy charge of powder,
slugs, and some round pebble stones.
Mr. ALLett litre ',batted. that it was his duty to put some
questions to the prisoner. which he was not bound to answer it' lie
pleased. At the same time, he (the 31agistratet must caution him
that whatever he now said would be used as evidence against hits'
at a future period.
The Magistrate then desired him to state who and what he was.
The prisoner gave a very confused and unsatisfactory account of
himself. After lie had left the sea, he went into *the employ.
intent of three masters, whom he had lived with for nine years, at
Maidstone. lie worked there as a lime-burner, and having re-
ceived an injury in one of his hands, he left that work, and latterly
sold fruit and hsh about the country r. that Inc at present lived with
a wmuan in Kent-stye:a—that he had bought the fruit (now pro-
duced) from a man that morning, on the high road, three miles
from Hyde-park t 'orrice, whom, he thinks, he should trace again—
that he bad heard of a gardener being shot dose at Becket:ham,
when he was at the late Camberwell Fair, but he had to bar,.'. in lt.
Ile was here asked what account he had to give of the pistol.
Prisoner-1 never saw the pistol before in my life. Ido not
know any thing Weed it.
He was then guano:4l4s to the powder and shot found in his
possession.
Ile replied, that thee must have been keeckiag about Iris pocket
ever since he was a lime-hunter. Ile did not know Ire had any
such things about him until he was searched.
Mr. AI. LEN observed.- that he would defer the further investi-
gation of the ease, and in time interim, by the publicity given
to it in the Newspaper, further evidence would be brought
1 forwanl.
I The prisoner was then remanded.
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In consequence of the numerous arrivals of vessels at
Ali Myra, with foul bills of health, principally with (-Atoll
wadfrom Alexandria, in the c)ttriw of a few days nut less
than 10,000 tons of shipping, chiefly front %Waterford, will
be etnploycd in ailing their cargot-a.
On ‘Vednestlay last the Edinburgh Italepentlent Club of
Golfers played ter a silver medal. which was gained, after
a keen contest, by Mr. John 31.Pherson, High Terrace.
A villainous attempt was made on Friday last to tire the
Exeter thl:Are. Ifuring the temporary absence of the cheque-
tiler, just at the anumericatitrnt of the farce, sonic malicious
smandiel put a lighted papa into a lamp in the passage leading to
m lint
the pit, which, scitt to the cotton In It, proeiiecil a high
Haute, and a great deal of stnuke, which the current of air through
the avenues naturally conveyed into the pit. This attempt having
been accompanied by the cry of " Fire!' the confusion which took
place may be rosily conceived. Ladies were shriel.ing and tainting
in various direct kiwi. and to one minute the most timed of the au-
dience found theim.lvcs in safety on the outside of the theatre;
but those who renatitted were soon satisfied, by the exertions of .11e.
Harvey, the stage-maaager, of their security. " Gat cave the
King' was was then played by the orchestra, and the perlismance
proceeded.
A few days since, a person walking within about fiftect.
pans of the spot where the unior.unate girl. Betty Trump. was
suuniered, on Ilttekland 11111, now Chard, In lebritary,
picked up a small knife of a corium' with a mores-
blade and a remarkably sharp point. 'the knife has been sliowe
be Mr. hangs orthy, tN Ilmisister, who has it we believe now in
his possession, to the medical gentleman of this town who in-N.:tea
tin body of the deceased, and who ,is firmly of opinion !fat the
mortal worlds were inilieted by such an imitrument. his rzeoll,c•
non of the extent and nature of the slats tulle warranting such
conclusion. The knife, when latind, lea. &s lid ; it has no rat,c err
itatial slue:see on it; and it is feared ihe time elapsed tame tix
commission of the deed will render rt dory the sr ive
gust are now making far the purpose of identifying it with some
circumstances that may lead to the detection tit the earociuue
murderer.
I In the tath instant, while John Graham, Cotnrie, rat
re:tinting front Aberuchill quarry with a cart or slats., t!w bridle
by Mind means got out of the home.: meath to. he was going down
the hill. The man, is attempting to atop the Mute, slipped Lois
fivit and fell, when the cart ovirturned . killed hint on the span.
Ile was an iutlustriaus man. sued tench regtetted by those who
knew him.—Ediettergh Paper.
l lit IVeilncsday List a caroncr'r. inquest was bed on the
body of Thomas Pendlehury, a Hltlll3ll of Runcorn. a Ito was dis-
covered by .11e:sander Jacobson, boatman. tin Tues,:sv morning,
Malting la the river contiguonv to the rtince's Pock. It eppcared
in evidence that the deceased belonged tg one of the fears. Monti
land Ranger, which. in consequence of a sadden gait ea wind, ran
tool of cub other, Wl:anion, on the Vali ultimo, when one of
them sunk, together with the deccastil, whit in vein clung to the
rigging to save himself (and a person named Thomas Jais, a
hawker of tish between Liverpool and Runcorn. and wl:a Iris not
yet been fektudi) Verdict of the Jury..." Accident:llh iroanot.-

EITSAORTIN•ItY Pannuertow.—Last week Mr. Wm.
Robinson plucked, in a field belonging to Mr. John Tiffin,
of Dovenbv, near Corkermouth, a stem of oats, which
contained the extraordinary number of three hundred and
Allan pichlvs of grain.
BA rtaxo tw via Sr arcs/ram—A correspondent has
very proper's-ealled our attention to the subject of " Bath.,
ing in the ti.opentine," growing out of our previous oh-
savations on jhat subject. t• A Constant Reader," Wilk
referenc. to me of the cases noticed in o:'c of our late
members, fetal very fairly to require that the boats of the
Humane Society should be always in readiness at the
usual tin of bathing, and we must say that we fully
ligree with him. have no inclination to attribute
blan:c whore it is not deserved ; but public savants, we
tare in dory hound to say, should attend to their duty.

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I)ARIrCi ATTACK—Mr. B. Mends, of Wych-street,
was walkitiL; the nearest way from .Iwickenhant to Brent.
fool, es 'fburftlay evening„hy crowing the field and by-
laues, turtling out of the road between the ninth and tenth
mile stone, When he was met on the foot-path by two fel-
lows in Jackets. one of whom knocked him down with his
fist, fta the robbed him of his watch, two so-
vereiges, and wow silver. It was net dark, and the ruf-
fians having, with dreadful imprecations, left him on the
cautioned him against pursuit, and made off
through cue of the gardens leading; into the high road.