The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-25 00:00:00

N°. 18,730.] LONDON,

THE FIFTLI AND CIIELPER EDITION

THE RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI'S
POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF

LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.
Revised, in 1 vol. post Bvo., price 10s. 6d. bound,

Is now ready.

Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street,
To be had of all Booksellers.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY.
The highest medical authorities recommend Brandy and water
as the best customary beverage, and particularly as an efticient pre-
ventive of diarrhceatic complaints at this season. They equally con-
cur in preferring BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY as the purest and
most wholesome. It is unequalled for preserving fruits, home-made
wines, &c.

Sold throughout the Kingdom, by respectable wine and spirit mer-
chants, in glass bottles, protected by the Patent Metallic Capsules,
and at the DISTILLERY, 7, St►IITIIFIELD-BAILS, in dozens,
bottles and cases included, at 18s. per gallon ; or in stone jars of
two gallons and upwards, at 16s per gallon, pale or coloured.

J. T. BETTS and CO,
French Brandy Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street.

GREAT WESTERN and CITY JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Provisionally Registered. Capital. 300,0001.. in 15,000 Sharer, of 201.
each. Doposit, 21. per Share.
This Railway is intended to commence at a point adjoining the
Station of the Great Western Railway Terminus at Paddington, and
passing thence under the Grand Junction Canal through certain
fields in the line, will cross the Edgware road upon an arch near the
Kilburn Turnpike-gate, then over the London and North-Western
Line near the Kilburn New Station, and proceed northward until it
forms a junction with the projected line of the North and South-
Western, Hampstead. and City Junction Railway, and thence by it
and the East and West India Dock Railway to the City, affording to
the traffic on the Great Western Line direct communication with
the City by Railway.
The proposed line will afford railway accommodation to the entire
large and populous district lying to the west of the Regent's-park,
including Bayswater, Paddington, Maida-hill, St. John's-wood, and
Kilburn.

The survey of the ground has shown the line to be free from en-
gineering difficulties, and can be constructed at a very moderate
cost.

Application will be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for
an Act to authorize the construction of the line.

Detailed prospectuses of the undertaking, with the names of the
Directors are in course of preparation, and will be ready in a few
days. Lithe meantime, applications may be made to the Solicitors,
Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17, Warwick-street,
Regent-street.
25th October, 1852.

BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
The following testimonial is another. proof of the great effi-
cacy of this medicine :
"157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850.
" Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex-
perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS,
I feel that I am but performing a duty to that 'portion of the public
who may be similarly affected.
" About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout
in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va-
riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and
in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro-
cured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief,
and my sufferings can be appreciated only by those who know some-
thing of this disease.
" It was during one of those paroxysm', between twelve and thir-
teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I
oat no time in procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity
the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect
health.
" From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis-
,ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to
me is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic have
ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause.
Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf-
fered, but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS
is towards its improvement.
" I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result
has always been of the most gratifying character.
" I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
"GARRET FOSTER GILL.

." To Mr. Pront, 229, Strand."
For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo-
reux, &c., &c., BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a
sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other
dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and ter ra-
pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world.
Sold by Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable
Medicine Vendors. Price is. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe
that "Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the
Government Stamp. .

1852.

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THE WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE
ELECTION RIOTS.

On Friday the trial of the body of men charged with
rioting at Bridgegate, Gloucestershire, on
.the occasion
of the late contested election, beating the police, obstruct-
ing the voters on their way to the poll, and extorting
money by intimidation, came on before the Gloucester-
shire court of quarter se9.sions, and created intense inte-
rest throughout the county. On the bench and in court
were the Hon. Grantley Berkeley, the unsuccessful can-
didate, and there was a numerous attendance of magis-
trates. The prisoners arraigned, and against whom true
bills were foeod were 21 in number. Their names WOTo
Joseph Wiltshire, Philip Britton, Thomas Wilcocks,
William Stone, Joseph Franklin, Richard Williams, Si-
meon Weaver, Joseph Iles, James Goodwin, William
Brain, Benjamin Miller, Jonas Davis, George Davis,
William Burchell alias Lovell, George Hendy, Charles
Lovell, Robert Freake, David Arnold, Aaron Rogers,
Thomas Godwin, and William Wilcocks. They were
charged with having, on Monday, the 19th of July last,
at the parish of Wick and Abson, together with divers
othsrs evil-dispoaed persons, unlawfully, riotously, and
wantonly assembled to disturb the peace ; and that they
then and there made a great noise and disturbance, and
assaulted and beat Thomas Hazel], Henry Knight, Fs
Broad, W. David, Thomas Wood, Charles Breakspear,
William Hardy, and Rumsey Laughby, of the Glouces-
tershire police force, while in the execution of their
duty; and also assaulted and beat F. B. N. Dickenson,
Esq., one of the magistrates for the said county. Two
other prisoners, William Osborne and William Jenkins,
who are charged with highway robbery and extorting
money from the voters, are left for trial at the assizes.
The prisoners all pleaded not guilty. Mr. Skinner and
Mr. Pigott, were counsel for the prosecution; and Mr.
Cooke and Mr. Powell for the prisoners. The evidence
was very voluminous, but the principal facts as deduced
from the testimony of the witnesses for the prosecution
—chiefly magistrates and policemen—may be put in a
narrative form. It will be remembered that at the elec-
tion for the western division of this county, party feel-
ing ran very high. The candidates were the old mem
bers, Mr. Hale, in the Conservative interest. and the
Hon. Grantley Berkeley in the "Liberal Protection "
interest. The latter gentleman being opposed by Mr.
Nigel Kingscote in the Liberal and free-trade interest. On
the first polling-day, Monday, July 19, a large body of
men armed with bludgeons and hurdle rails, attacked the
committee-room of the Protectionist candidate, throwing
stones and breaking the windows. There wore only a few
police:on the spot, and after making an ineffectual attempt
to disperse the mob, which, according to the account of
one of the officers, numbered a thousand people, they
were obliged to beat a retreat over the fields, and were
followed a considerable distance across the country by
the mob, who pelted them with stones, beat them with
sticks, and tore the clothes of some of them to rags. Mr.
Mirehouse, a magistrate, read the Riot Act;but the mob
paid little attention. Some of the police were carried
away for dead, but subsequently recovered. The police
called upon the people to "aid and assist" them, but they
held aloof or refused. The conduct of one woman, how-
ever, the wife of a policeman, named George, was most
courageous. Placing herself between the mob and the
police, she fought nobly in behalf of the civil force, and
kept them back, for they were sufficiently manly to
refrain from striking a woman. The magistrates pre-
sent, Messrs. Mirehouse, Dickenson, and Hughes, sent
for the military, but they did not arrive ; and the mob
was quelled soon after the disappearance of the police.
Some of the mob had yellow cards, Mr. Kingscote's
colours, in their hats. The prisoners were marked by
the police, but were not apprehended until Sunday night,
the 15th of August, a month after the election. The
trial was brought to a close at 8 o'clock on Saturday
night. The jury, after a patient investigation, found the
prisoners guilty of a common assault only. The Chair-
man sentenced two of the prisoners, Osborne and Jen-
kins, to 12 months' imprisonment ; Brum, Davis, and
Lovell, 9 months ; T. Wilcox, Britton, Iles, Jones,
Davis, Arnold, and Wiltshire, 6 months ; and Treake,
Rogers, two Godwins, W. Wilcox, Miller, Hendy, Stone,
Burchill, and Weaver, 4 months' imprisonment.