The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-20 00:00:00

HAMBURG MAIL.

BERLIN, JULY 11.—The affairs of the East are beginning to
he more and more a subject of general conversation. Persons
who are in general well inrormed, affirmed yesterday that his
Majesty our King has already given orders that the detachment
of officers and subalterns assembled here, which was ready to
set Out for Constantinople at the shortest notice, is not to go to
Turkey in the pres,nt circumstances. Hence it is inferred
that our Court has received some official information respecting
the health of the Sultan. The evening before yesterday, how-
ever, the Turkish Minister at this Court either did • not, or
Would not, know anything of the danger of the Sultan. Cap-
tain Fischer, of the general staff, has been here tor these five
days. We hear that the delay ef the departure of the detach-
ment was owing- to a condition respecting a pension which cur
Government required for the widows and children of the officers
who should die in the course of their services there. The Sul-
tan had complied, in a very liberal niannor, with this and all
other conditions proposed.
HAN"Ea, JULY B.—As the election of the Deputies con-
tinues, notwi,hstanding the prorogation of the Chambers, it
may be inferred that the Assembly will cot he dissolved, but
that the new draft of a Constii ution will be laid before it'next
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Denmark, which has at different times attempted to colonize
them and it is said that it is eontemplated to make another at_
tempt_to do so.—hamburg Papers, July 16.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

MONTGOMERYSHIRE, Juj,r 16.

John. Lewis and Lewis Humphreys were indicted for
unlawfully demanding a gun. Another count was for
stealing a gun from one Thomas Jarman.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Jury. The
prisoners went to the prosecutor's house, and reminded a
gun. It would be clearly sworn it was against his con-
sent. The distinction between this and the last case was,
that in that one gun only had been taken, here two had
been taken, and never returned. They had heard from
his Lordship, if a gun were taken' against the will of the
owner, and if it was intended not to be returned, such a
taking was felony.
After the production of evidence,. the hearing of
Counsel, and the summing up of the Judge,
The Jury returned a verdict of stealing one gun, and
explained that the prisoners had not returned one gun.
The Learned JUDGE explained that was not the point
from which they were to draw their inference. He could
not think that not returning one gun would make any
difference whatever. If they intended to return one, they
possibly intended to return both. They must have hadthe
same intention with regard to one as to the other.
Verdict—Guilty of stealing the two guns.
John Jones stood indicted fur unlawfully demanding a
gun on the 9th of May last. Another count was for
larceny.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL briefly stated the case for the
prosecution.
Thomas Humphrey, the prosecutor, appeared; and his
ponderous obesity contrasted strikingly to an observer
with the lean and emaciated appearance of the prisoners.
His fat and muscle would have outweighed those of the
prisoners.
Mr. YARDLEY then addressed the Jury'for the defence.
This was a ease of borrowing or lending. Suppose any
one of them went to a neighbour to borrow a plough, would
it not be hard to permit that man to be at liberty to qua-
lify his own acts as he pleased, and after using the article,
to drag them to that dock.
His LORDSHIP addressing the Jury, said the question is
as to the intent, and the influence of fear produced by cir-
cumstances. as to any intimidation, if the person appre-
hended harm to himself or property. or future injury. '!'he
prosecutor had said that he was not afraid at the moment;
but he had said if he refused he apprehended future injury
to his property—that he entertained fear from what had
been going forward. It the Jury were of opinion that
the rrisoner got the gun under apprehension of future vio-
lence, though the application be to borrow, it would go to
es.ablish a criminal intent. Then they would consider
the qu,stion as to the appropriation to his own•use.
Not Guilty.

Thomas Edwards, William Owen, Richard Jones, and
Joseph Jenkins, operatives, all of Nt•wtowu, were in.
dieted for riot and assault upon individuals of the Mont.
gomeryshire cavalry, on ping from that town to proceed
to LlAnidlo,,s. Thomas Edwards was included in the in-
dictment, but he wa, not pesett to take his trial.
The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said there might
he a riot, whether for a lawful or for an unlawtul purpose.
He left it to the ..nry as to whether a riot to molest the pro-
s, cutor had not been committed, accompanied with an
assault.—Guilty.