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1 our principal secretaries of state, if we, our heirs or suc-
cessors, shall from time to time so direct.
"And we further will and ordain, that whenever by
death or otherwise the number of governors shall be
reduced below the number of 25, then, and in such case,
and as often as the same shall happen, the remaining or
continuing governors shall, as soon as conveniently may
be, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, of which
due notice shall be given to all the remaining governors,
proceed to elect the requisite number of fit and proper
persons to be governors, in addition to, and in conjunc-
tion with, the then remaining or continuing governors,
to the end that by means of such election the number
of governors may be again made up and completed ;
and so as every such governor shall be elected with the
approbation of us, our heirs or successors, such appro-
bation to be signified by one of our principal secretaries
of state, and either before or after such election.
"And we do hereby ordain, that the Duke of Welling-
ton for the time being, the Commander in Chief or Gene-
ral Commanding in Chief of our army for the time beings
the Master General of our Ordnance for the time being,
and our Secretary at War for the time being, shall
always be governors, and without election.
"And, lastly, we do hereby for us, our heirs and
successors, grant and declare that these cur letters
patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall
be in and by all things valid and effectual in law, accord-
ing to the true intent and meaning of the same, and
shall be construed and adjudged in•the most favourable
and beneficial sense for the best advantage of the said
college, as well in all our courts as elsewhere, notwith-
standing any non-recital, rnisrecital, uncertainty, or
imperfection in these our letters patent.
"In Witness whereof we have caused these our letters
to be made patent. Witness ourself at our Palace at
Westminster, this thirteenth day of December, in the
seventeenth year of our reign.
"By her Majesty's command,

' hDWARDS."

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Jan. 11.

(Before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Assistant-Judge, at
Clerkenwell.)

Joseph Bluff was indicted for having unlawfully and
maliciously inflicted grievous and bodily harm on Wil-
liam Neal the younger.
Mr. O'Brien prosecuted, and Mr. Parry appeared for
the defence.
William Neal said he was in the employment of Mr.
Newdegate, M.P., of Harefield, in this county. His
father was gamekeeper, and he was assistant-gamekeeper
to him. On Tuesday, the 20th of December, at about
half-past nine in the morning, he saw the prisoner, with
another man, in a field belonging to Mr. Newdegate,
but in the occupation of another party. There were
some birds in an adjoining meadow, and they went into
it. Witness went towards them' and stopped until they
came up. They ran a few yards, and witness followed
to ask them what they were doing ; but before he did
anything, the prisoner took a gun-stock out of his pocket,
and struck witness twice across his left arm. Witness
then took hold of his coat-collar, and the prisoner struck
him twice on the head with the gun-barrel, which he
took out of the other poeket.. This caused his head to
bleed a great deal. He then told the other man to come
and kill him. They then took his stick (a stout ash
sticksaway frovi him, and hit him twice on the head,
anel knocked him dciwn. Witness cried out for assis-
tarice, and a man named Ives came up. The other man
then ran away, taking the gun-barrel with him.
Isaaclves stated that he heard Neal crying out for
him, and when lie went-trp he saw the prisoner and Neal
rolling about in the snow; -and the prisoner's companion
was beating Neal on the head- with a stick. Just before
he got'up, the prisoner called out to the other inan-L-
-" Kill the' villain," and when he reached them,- the man
threw down the stick,- and ran off. Neal's head was
bleeding very. much. He parted them with the stick as
soon as he could, and used the stick on the prisoner's
head.

iV/r.Parry—Am I to understand that partin,c; them with
the stick, 3ou mean beating the priBener about the head
with it ?

Witriss.-L•Yea ; be -would not ket out without, and I
hit him on the head with the' stick, .and his head bled,
but not near so much as-Nears:.

Samuel Doultby;' another man who went up On beiiring
'the cries for assistance; said; that afterwards the prisoner
said he did not, mean-anything by the expreision " Kill
the villain."
Police constable 11-T, who took the prisoner into cus-
tody, said the prisoner told him he was not a poacher by
profession, but he knew he was wrong in being on the
labit.""

• Mr. Thomas James; • surgeon, practising at Uxbridge,
'said he-examined Nears head,• -and found three severe
wounds on it. They were incised wounds, and partook
of the character of a cut. Neal was ill about a. week,
but-his wounds were now well; and,he had not appre-
hended any danger atall.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of guilty dfj a simple assault;
The Assistant-Judge—Then I am to understand,
gentlemen, thatL in .your opinion, cutting a man's head
open in three places is a simple assault ?
The Forernad—We think. there was provocation, my
Lord.
- The Assistaqt-Judge--There was not the least evi-
dence to prove that ; the question for your considera-
tion was, whet er the prisoner. inflicted on the prose-
cutor grievous bodily harm. I suppose, by your ver-
dict, you mean eis guilty of a common assault only.
The Foreman said that was their verdict. •

The Assistant-Judge—The jury have discharged their
duty, no doubt, to. the best of their judgment. It is
now for me to consider what judgment the Court can
pass upon their verdict. It is the duty of the judge to
submit to the judgment of the jury, and they have found
the prisoner guilty of a common assault, but not guilty
of inflicting grievous .bodilx harm.
The Foreman—There was a portion of the jury de-
sirous to acquit him altogether.
The Assistant-Judge —Very likely, but their verdict
was passed now, and it was for a common assault.
For his part, he (the Assistant-Judge) did not see the
least palliation for his offence ; but as he was convicted
of a common assault only, the sentence of the Court on
him was that he be imprisoned for three months.