The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.--{THIS DA Y. )

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VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A MEMBER OF PARLTio p,
—This morning, the Hon. Butler Tan-stone,
itt
Canterbury, appeared before Mr. Henry,, the,na• s sciv.
i,
magistrate, in answer to a summons charging potr
violently assaulting Benjamin Oliveira, M.P. 'll3.
tefract.

Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the defendant. into
It appeared from the evidence, which was gene the
at great length, that on Friday niht last, betwee ode
hours of 1 and 2, and after the division on the free:
motion, brought on in the House of Comillill',oo4
complainant and defendant were walking along nd the
the former in company with Mr. Hastie, M.P.,
latter with Lord Drumlanrig. Both parties, to tho
peared, called a cab, and the cabman driving 111:!t
the side of the pavement, the complainant r:,,ilelo
side, when the defendant struck him in a very
lb°
manner twice over the shoulder, with a cane, arted,
ran away. Mr. Oliveira feeling himself aggries-7 ttbe
the following morning took out a summons aP_,Am"--0, fthe
defendant, and the case was taken this morning °II; befell
ordergenerally pursued at police courts, it coming (L'"
the night charges. ' . fa the
Several witnesses were called to 'rove the aboce„ the
and after some considerable. conversation between
parties,
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Mr. Henry, the magistrate, stated that the best_ oni
to pursue would be to send the case before a ill'otildt
let them decide on the matter in issue. Ile °a the
therefore, order the depositions to be taken, toiow'
defendant to be bound over to appear at the next set
for the county of Middlesex.
Fro'
The parties were then bound over to appear an „ear'
secute, and the hon. defendant put in bail for his al'
ance.
The court was crowded to excess.

CU,
THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. S. MORTON.--
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respondent states that the Procureur of the French
has re'
public, or, as he is now called, of the Empires othe
ceived instructions to commence a prosecution 1,1100;
cars of Mr. Bower, the relations of Mr. Morten ',pet'
made an application to the Government on thigiq
CARLOW ELECTION.--Mr. Francis Macdonega,..,. .10
one of the most successful members of the Irish h'" bas
who has never hitherto taken any part in polities,
offered himself to the electors of Carlow,
as tcl'iliat°
date for the seat left vacant by the death of the
Colonel Bruen.
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SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—An
which a gentleman lost his life, occurred on the -1 tan ore
shire and Yorkshire Railway, at Pendleton, nearjoej
chester, yesterday running, ~The deed-.1r'113
Longshaw, was rent-cond.:Am- to Mr. Hugh Ifigs°;t°_,„l/•
manager of the Fitzgerald colliery estates at Pen bride'
He had crossed the up-line of rails at Windsor-arge'
station to make some 'inquiries of the clerk in Oh cling
whose name is William Birch. The latter was si-d down'
between a luggage-train and a coal-train on the
st
line, both of which were stationary. He had jtflereee°
swered Mr. Longshaw's questions, which had re when
to the arrival of some cattle-trains from SkiPtailivsl
a shout of "look out" was raised by one of the
officials, and the express-train from Bolton to 0-1-..__311- )1-4'
came up almost immediately along the up-aue.tiafoi-
Longshaw, who was standing on the down-lin „red t°,
tunately mistook the caution and thought itreieeorac'
one of the trains he was standing between. -tle:iine 4)".
ingly stepped backwards, almOst close to the 11P iOet
rails. Scarcely had he done so, when the engin° tracl‘'
of the express train, which he had not perceived, oat
him on his right side, and dashed him before it, s° over
he fell across one of the rails, and the train passifigoan°
him, cut off his left foot and right hand, at tllstan.
time dreadfully fracturing his skulL Death was 1,1(10
taneous. The unfortunate man has left a widow 3'
children.
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THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES AND THEIRIS t° M
TioN.--The Art Journal, for December, adverting 01"
vast Continental support promised to the Dublia dent
bition of next year, says—" Our Paris corresP;io
writes us, that the approaching Irish Exhibiti_lcorer:
nobly supported by nearly all the first-rate manw,-0 art'
of Paris, particularly those connected with the w"„ Aper
the whole of the bronze, the best of the bijoutiers,;- 'ols,
stainers., carved furniture manufacturers, git; ear
porcelain manufacturers, bookbinders, silver:oll7 00
pet manufacturers, &c., and by the producers,
articles called emphatically 'Articles de Par' ceiv"
Roney, accompanied by his agent, has been re f fa'
with the utmost urbanity by the greater numbered
bricants. The President, Louis Napoleon, has Pro
the support of the Government for the transl3°rt
chandise to Havre, the election of a French e.°_,
tona:
W, esoe;
the contributions of the Gobelins, Sevres, anti
manufactories ; these, added to much gcodwn ter
felted by our artists, will make no doubt a lii ip
th e °Lair
esting exhibition, and novel in point of art, bii;hrui,
trast of the different productions of the most °:"..t-ho
schools of painting of Europe." The whole,„ °, Nossto
lection forming by the East India-house, whichiD
have constituted in itself a magnificent 81' 11 `-
London, next year, will now figure exclusive
.tho
Dublin, owing to an arrangement come to betWcFrtneo
Royal Society of Arts, through its president' d the
Albert, and the authorities in Leadenhall-street an
CARRIAGE OF PARCELS.--A case of considerably,
terest between the trading community and railireing
panies has just been heard in the Liverpool
Court. The London and North-WesterP C°'"ortlor-
finding that certain carriers adopted the practice •o st
warding and delivering small parcels for the pub,oo
uP
very moderate charge, by making a number of tttoo to
into one large parcel, resolved to increase their r2_.000.
such parties to more than double the usual notion
These rates were paid under protest, and 1%0 over"
was brought against the company to recover
„Ito err
charge, their act not allowing them to place 'pother'
dividual in a less favourable position than an per
To prove that the company had pursued this wncl
tial and consequently illegal course testireofeJ., ha
given by several persons to the effect that tia Jareels
been in the habit of making up a variety of srsahltirost°
into one, and transmitting them to an agent for their
distribution among their customers, and that in They
case no extra payment had ever been demanded' s° carry
also stated that it would be impossible for them
steili•
on their present business under a different Yoked,
"Booksellers and watchmakers," it was rerna to 3
were in the habit of sending parcels addresse d it
great number of consignees in one enclosure, _
t 1)(),
would be an enormous expense if each parcel 11 iO t.,
sent separately, and the separate carriage Paid uriousil
Even persons who were not in trade would be in a
injured by it, since they could not send anything The
parcel to be divided between two or more pers°n_siionne°
Judge said he would consider his decision, and au
it early in December. ful SALE OF A WIFE.—One of these disgrace fun role,
tions took place the other evening at the Cardigallled
Kirkstall-road, Leeds. From the inforrnatior.i furnishlwo
by an eye-witness we learn that a man named.",,,rartha
has cohabited with a married woman named Mt her
W. Spence, Spence ; and the woman's husband,
solicitation, agreed to "sell" her to her paratme
cordingly she was by appointment taken to
Cardigan
Arms in a halter, and sold in the resence of
.to'hou
thep pang drinking
was there
completed,fo r a sovereign.
satdo
to a jo
The
in which the sovereign was pretty nearly conFum
Leeds Times. A Birrain+
THE IMPERIAL COINAGE OF FRANC
makingham house e has
copper obtainedc o
coinage
go
en one
fptohr portion i
Frenchon o f Et.h—Eernf cop:
rttehr e ifirsicster
thousand tons of copper will be required
hundred
issue of the metallic currency, nearly seven aq:he
of which will be used by the Birmingham 11.9_2_;„7
work will probably take four pato koropipu its

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