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rial advantage would result to the company, because
the great drawback to carrying on the bank
was the length of time that elapsed before the persons
guiding their branches could know the directors'
orkier, .nd carry them out. If the neriol constrncd
by the voyß;4o was redth:ed to hair, the dissylvan •
tzigN, thFy were under would consccitly be riLn-,,t-d
in proportion, and he might say that he had ever felt
it to be next to impossible to direct any establishment
well and satisfactorily at such a distant !.art of the worbl.
He had no hesitation in saying that the debt due
from the Bank of Australia had not been paid off
as they anticipated; the colonists had not made those
exertions which they had a right to expect, consider-
ing the forbearance that the directors had shown to

them, and he must now state that this forbear•
ante would have a limit. Piero was no
reason whatever to doubt the recovery of
the whole, aryl he trusted that the consummation
of a settlement was nearer than they were at present
aware of. The debt amounted originally to 220,0001,
but upwards of 125,000/. had been pa:4l, so that
95,0001., including interest, had only to be received.
They had bet-n compelled, although reluctantly, to
commence six or seven actions against some
of the batik proprietors in this country, and,
though they would be attended with considerable
expense and delay, he had no doubt about their being
successful. With respect to the auditors, he had to
state that if the proprietors really wished to have
them appointed, r.r2d sent in a requisition as required
by th:. Wed of settlement, the directors would throw
no impediment in the way of submitting it to the
proprietors at large.—(Hear, hear.)
A long and desultory discusion then followed as
to the propriety of having auditors, which resulted in
a proposition by Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, us the effect
that, under the charter, the directors should be re-
quired to apply either to the Secretary of State for
the Colonies, or to the Commissioners of the ',Crea-
sury, for the appointment of some competent person
' to inspect art.d examine the accounts of the bank,
upon which the two last reports were founded.
The motion was ultimately withdrawn, 'and the
meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chair-
man.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yuric, Dec. 19.

CROWN COLTRT.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
Samuel Ilansoa, aged 17, was charged with a mis-
demeanour at common law, for having, on the Bth
day of September last, unlawfully administered to
Mary Warburton a quantity of Spanish flies, with
intent to injure ber, the said Mary Warburton. The
indictment likewise charged the prisoner with a
common assault.

Mr. Overend and Mr. Pierce conducted the prose-
cution ; Mr. Blanchard defended the prisoner.

It appeared that the• prisoner resided with his
mother, who keeps cows, about half a mile from the
prosecutrix, who was accustomed to go and visit the
prisoner's mother. The prisoner had promised the
prosecutrix and some other girls some rum, and on
the Bth of September they asked the prisoner for it,
and he went and fetched a bottle, which he said was
rum. He gave the bottle to the girls, and they took
it home and drank it, the consequence of which was
that they became very drunk. It appeared that the
prisoner had purchased some Spanish flies at a
chemist's in Huddersfield, saying that he wanted to
make a mixture for killing rats.

It was urged on behalf' of the prisoner that the
offence charged was not a misdemeanour at common
law, nor was it an assault.
For the Crown it was contended, first, that it was
an offence at common law to administer anything
deleterious to another, w hatever be the motive, and
cited Dixon's case, 3 Made and Selwyn, p. 10;
Rex v. Button," 8 C. and P. ; " RPgina v. Walken-
den and others," 1 Cox's Criminal Cases ; ani Russell
on Crimes, 674, 752. Secondly, that fraud was
equivalent to force, and that as the prosecutrix would
not have taken the Spanish flies without fraud, it
amounted to an assault.

Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, after consulting Mr. Jus-
tice Cresswell, said that " Rex v. Button" could not
be sustained, and that the charge did not constitute a
misdemeanour at common law, or an assault.
Verdict, " Not Guilty."

Robert Young was charged with the wilful murder
of his brother, George Young, on the 17th of July
last.

Mr. Otta conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Overend
and Mr. Dearsley defended the prisoner.
It ppeared that the prisoner and the deceased lived
at a farm near Thearn, about five miles froth Beverley,
in the East Riding ; and on the morning of the day
in question they went out together with some horses
for the purpose of ploughing, the prisoner carrying
an axe and some wedges. Shortly afterwards, when
they were in a clover field, a joiner, named
Macon, who was at work in his shop close by, heard
a groaning in the field, and a voice say, " Lord have
mercy upon me." On going to the place he found
the deceased lying on the ground, with a frightful
wound in the head, and the prisoner standing ner.r
with the horses. The axe was not far from where
the deceased lay, and had blood and hair upon it.
Ile said to the prisoner, " Robert, what have you
been doing ?" upon which the prisoner only made a
sort of laugh. Assistance was then procured, and the
deceased was carried on a door to his own house. The
prisoner took no notice of what was going on, but
took the horses to the stable, and then took a bill-
hook and went and slashed the hedge. Ile went into
dinner at one o'clock, and ate a very hearty dinner.
The police having come he was taken into custody,
and when the person in whose custody he was asked
him if ha would like to shake hands with his brother,
who was not then dead, the prisoner laughed. and said
" No." He was then taken to the House of Correc-
tion at Beverley, and then he seemed to be under the
impression that he was brought there for not plough-
ing straight.
Several relatives of the prisoner proved that he was
out of his mind seven years ago, after an election at
Beverley, where he was a voter, and
Mr. Anderson, the surgeon to York Castle, stated
that, in his opinion, the prisoner was perfectly insane.
His Loansufp asked the jury whether they could
convict atter that evidence ?

Verdict—Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity.
William Cartwright, John Glossop, Daniel Wilkins,
Thomas Ratelffe,George Pickering, Cornelius Milner,
John Curdy, and William Windle, were charged under
the 3d Geo. IV., c. 95, s. 3, with having at Sheffield,
on the 11th July, molested Joseph Snape and Wil
Liam Snape in their trade and business, and forcing
them to contribute to a trades' union.
Mr. Overend and Mr. Johnstone canducted the
prosecution ; Mr. Heaton defended the prisoners.
It appeared that, on the 11th of July, there existed
a trades' union at Sheffield, " The Table-blade
Grinders' Union," a meeting of which union had been
advertised to take place at two o'clock. On the
morning of that day the prisoners at the bar went to
several of the wheels in Sheffield, for the purpose of
forcing the workmen to contribute their arrears and
subscriptions, and to make them attend the meeting.
The prisoners Wilkins, Glossop, and Ratcliffe., went
early to the Washington wheel, where they obtained
money from some of the workmen. About 11 o'clock
all the prisoners, with others, went to the Bee-hive
wheel, where'they asked a man named Mills to leave
off work and attend the meeting ; he refused, saying
that he had two dozen blades to grin 1. but they threw
his bands off, which prevented the machinery front
turning the stones. At twelve o'clock all the pri-
soners, with forty or fifty other men, armed with
sticks, went to the 1-lorobin's wheel, at Red
where the two Snipes worked. They were told they
must attend the meeting, and were threatened if they
did not attend. They again said they would not
attend ; and after the prisoners and the rest had gone
away the Shapes collected some of their friends to
protect them. At half-past two some of the onsorters
and a large party of men again went to Horobio's
wheel, and again demanded that the two Snipes should
leave off work. Joseph Snape said that he wanted to
go on, and that he would not go with them. They
then stopped his work, by taking off his band, which
a lad put on again. The prisoner Curdy then took
off the band again, and struck Joseph Swipe a violent
blow on the mouth, which made it bleed, and knocked
him down amongst the machinery, but fortunately,
in falling, he broke the band, so that the machinery
stopped. Other men came into the wheel, and then
went away. The object of the outrage was to compel
those who had ceased to subscribe to the union to do
so, and likewise to force others to contribute and
become subscribers.
It appearing that the union had been dissolved, his
LORDSHIP, at the close of the examination of the
third witness, said that he thought the prosecutor
should forgive the injury to his person, that the pri-
soners should plead guilty, and acknowledge that they
had broken the law, and should enter into their own
reccgnisances to come up and receive the judgment of
the Court when called upon, and to be of good beha-
viour in the meantime.

The prisoner) having done so were discharged.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
Henry Fenwick was charged with having, rit Hull,
on the 3d of May last, uttered a forged bill of Ex-
change for 121., well knowing it to be a forgery.
Mr. Archbold prosecut€d ; the prisoner had no
counsel.

The prisoner, it appeared, was a plumber and
glazier, living at Hull, and in April last he bought a
quantity of lead from Mr. Turpin, of Hull, the
price of which was 181. 133. 6d. The prisoner paid
101. on account, and agreed to par the balance in
a month. Failing in that, Mr. Turpin applied to
him for payment, and was told that if he would
receive in payment a bill of exchange for
121., drawn o'i "John Anderson, of Kirton,
near Brigg, plumber and glazier," the prosecutor
could pay the balance. Mr. Turpin having
made inquiries of a referee in Hull, named by the
Prisoner, took the bill in payment, giving 31. 65. 6d.
in change. When the bill arrived at maturity it was
dishonoured, and it was then discovered that there