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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1641.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND CENTLEMEN,
THE ELECTION of a DIRECTOR in the
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THE APERITIVE FOUNTAIN enables
persons to preserve a regular action of the bowels, and
to procure, at any moment, the desired relief, simply ieitn a
little water ; by which they not only escape from the evils of
costiveness, but avoid the additional sufferings that are brought
on by a habitual use of opening medicines. The apparatus is
so compact that, with the requisite quantity of liquid, it may
be put into the pocket ; and, unlike the annoying lavement
machine, needs no preparatory fitting together, nor occasions
any embarrassment to the most infirm or nervous. The SO UAD
MAGNIFIERS, for which Dr. SCOTT ( Inventor of the
Aperitive Fountain) received thanks from the British Associa-
tion, enable deaf persons to hear a distant speaker, and to
join in conversation by means of the small and almost invisible
CORNETS, without holding anything in the hand. They are
made of several powers, so as to supply each individual with the
exact deg:ee of assistance required. Persons who are pre.
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free, by addressing particula•s of their deafness (containing an
order for payment) to Messrs. Pine and Roof, superintendents
of Dr. Scott's Repository, 369, Strand, three doors from Exe-
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SPORTING INTELLIGLNCE.

MANCHESER-FRIDAY EVENING.

The weather having changed into a thaw, we may ex-
pect a little more business, as parties will, no doubt, be
full of executing their commissions from the various
training stables. The horses will be in full work, and
some screws, no doubt, be found loose from the walking
exercise of the past ten days. Bloomsbury cannot be
quo'ed beyond 6 to 1; plenty open to take a point more.
There appears a strong desire to execute business on
Gibraltar, and the Dean would be backed freely at 20 to 1.
The following were, as near as we could collect, the prices
of the forenoon. The attendance lacked some of our
leading characters :

THE CHESTER CUP, p, p,
6 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury
11 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Gallipot —taken
14 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever— 3ffered
16 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Queen Bee
18 to I agst Mr. Price's Tuley—take 20 to 1
18 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's The Dean—t. 20 to 1 freely
20 to 1 agst Mr. Hornby's Champagne—offered
20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's The Young. tm—offered
25 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—takcis
25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Gibraltar-4., 20 aft. off.
25 to 1 egst Mr. Price's Prince Albert off.
25 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's I-am- not.aware—off.
200 to 8 agst Mr. T. Walter's Sir George—off.
200 to 6 egst Mr. Goodman's Bedford--taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Whittle's Humming Bird
30 to 1 egst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy
33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Trustee—taken
33 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Tubalcaio—off.
100 to 6 agst Colonel Peel's two—wanted
50 to 1 agst Lord Milltown's Wirrestrew—off.
THE DERBY.—Offers to take 18 to 1 on Rosalie, or 12
to 1 on Rosalie and Knight of the Whistle, or 11 to 1 on
Ri!mmon and Soult ; 200 to 9 teken on Soalt, offers after-
wards to take 23 to 1; 25 to 1 agst Knight of tho Whistle
(no layers); 300 to 12 Prince Caradoc (trkcn); 33 to 1
agst the Duke of Wellington 30 "bid."

THE WATER OF THE JORDAN.—ThiS pro-
curing of water front the river Jordan, for the christening
of the Princess Royal, is a term of that superstition which
looks upc t Palestine as being now mona holy than any
other part of the world. The river Jordan is not now
one whit more sacred than the little river Kent which
inns past the town of Kendal; and water from our own
little river might have been more fresh, and just es effec-
tive, as the water brought in a bottle from the Jordan.
Probably this water was brought home by some one
of "the shooting party" lately engaged off the coast
of Palestine ; and perhai,s one of the daring fellows
engaged in blowing down Acre, at the very foot of
Mount Carmel, on which Elijah stood, when he
called down fire from heaven, went to the Jordan,
after the fight was done, and drew the water for the
baptism of the Princess Royal. We are sorry' to be
obliged to notice this circumstance. The water from the
river Jordan may not have been looked upon, in the
Palace, in any other light than that of a curiosity. But
the using it at all, in such a ceremony, is keeping up an
old superstition which has much retarded the spread of
pure Christianity ; and though Bonaparte himself, when
he became a magnificent emperor, and tried, by his regal
eilendour, to make the French people forget that he had
once been a plebeian, was not proof to the seduction of
h tying his son baptized in water from the Jordan, we had
fancied that more good sense reigned within our own Pa.
lace It does this evil: it makes quiet and reflective
people to think, at a time when their loyal feelings prompt
them not to be very critical.—Kendal Mercury.
We find the following paragraph in the
Times of yesterday :—" The Courrier Francais says
that the Duke de Bordeaux, who is travelling under the
name of Count Chambord, is shortly expected in this coun-
try (England), and that Lord Palmerston, who was con-
sulted, has undertaken that he shall be well received. The
Courrier Francais further alleges that our young Queen
hid proposed that he should be honourably treated at her
Court." We are enabled to state most positively that there
is not one word of truth in the above paragraph, so far as
it relates to any announced intention by the Duke de Bor-
deaux to vi,it this country, or to any undertakings as to
his reception in such an event.—. Observer.
THE BILLS OF LORDS STANLEY AND MOR-
PETII. —We may state that arrangements are in progress
to convene meetings of every county—of every town—
nay, of every parish in three of the provinces in Ireland—
and in part of the fourth, against Lord Stanley's Bill, and
in favour of Lord Murpeth's. At these meetings all
ranks, classes, and sections of Liberals may heartily coa-
lesce.—Dublin Evening Post.
MR. HORACE SMITH'S " MONEYED MAN.'
—The novel reading public will doubtless be glad to learn
that this new production of the popular author of " Bram-
bletye House," " Reuben Apsley," &c., is immediately
forthcoming. From the title of 64 new work, " The
Moneyed Man ; or, The Lesson of a Life," much curio-
sity has been excited to see how a subject so recently dra •
matically touched upon by S'r Edward Lytton Bulwer,
will be treated by a brother novelist, whose reputation
stands so high as that of Mr. Horace Smith. The influ-
ence, use, and abuse of wealth, is a theme offering such
an extensive field for illustration, that it is far from unlikely
suree of a work of originality from worthy Baronet. However this
that the view of " Mammon," taken by the author of
aaßy
pointe
bjee tewfdreeAamrdedthar eat st
least
eee
afs
s,t' may differ in more than one mate-
rialth'
the pen of Mr. Horace Smith.
The Minister of Public Instruction in France is
said to have given an order that drawings shall be made of
the windows of the Cathedral at Mons, and lithographed
copies sent to every numismatic society in France, the ob-
ject being to assist the learned in such matters, in their re-
searches on the subject of the coinage system of that coun-
try.Thesew
represent different windows, it
appears,painted about the thir-
teenth century, scenes connected with
the fabrication, of money at that period. In one compart-
weighing them, and in a third
meat, workmen are busied in placing the coins in, or with.
drawing them from, the machine for stamping them ; in
tanotherthe
money-changers
the
arear come in search of the newly.e
coined pieces. Around, are tables covered with shovels
and vases full of coin.—Athenceum.

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. His health in consequence
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DANGER OF HEATING BUILD-

INGS WITH HOT WATER.

On Wednesday we briefly alluded to an accident
which had occurred at the warehouse of Messrs. Bar-
bour and Brothers, in Portland-street, and which, at
that time, we understood to have arisen from the burst-
ing of the coiled pipe in the furnace, and the consequent
dispersion of the burning embers amongst the goods.
We have, however, since had an opportunity of inspect-
ing the premises, and find that, although there was a
slight failure in the pipe, no dangerous consequences re-
sulted from it ; but that other circumstances occurred of
a most extraordinary nature, though, as we now find,
from idermatien which has reached us from other quar-
ters, by no means singular in their character. It ap-
pears that, on Monday morning last, Messrs. Barbours'
warehouse, which is warmed with a hot-water appara-
tus of the ordinary kind, was found to be very cold, as
might be expected from the severe frost of the preced-
ing day and two preceding nights, during which the
apparatus had not been used ; and, with the view of
making the rooms more comfortable, a large fire
was kept up in the furnace of the apparatus.
About a quarter before two o'clock, one of the men
who had returned from his dinner before the usual
time, found the grey -room (which is on the ground
floor) filled with smoke ; and, on looking around, dis-
covered that the room was on fire iu no less than three
places ; in one of which a quantity of twine which was
lying under the counter in contact with the waterpipe,
—in another a piece of wrapper which was in a similar
situation, but in a different place,—in the third, a por-
tion of the counter, which went round the wall, were
severally in flames, and were blazing fiercely. He im-
mediately gave an alarm, and assistance being procured,
the file was extinguished without any serious mischief
having been done. An investigation then took place,
and it was found that a portion of the floor, above the
grey-room, where the pipes passed through it to warm
the upper storeys of the warehouse, was also on fire ;

and that in several other places, where the pipes passed
through or in very close contact with the wooden feet
supporting the counters, the wood was very palpably
charred. In short, it appeared clear beyond all doubt,
that, in some way or other, sufficient heat had been
conveyed along the pipes to set fire to wood and other
combustible matters, which had been previously allowed,
in this case, and are generally permitted where the hot-
water apparatus is used, to come in contact with the
pipes, without the slightest suspicion of danger from
that circumstance.

Of course, it will be seen at once, that these facts
are highly important to all parties who use,or contem-
plate using, hot water for the purpose of warming
buildings. If the pipes can in one case convey suffi-
cient heat to set Ere to wood, what security is there
that they may not do so in any or every case ? We
find, however, as we have already intimated, that the
case above deser;bed is by no means a solitary example
of the kind. After the fire had been discovered on
Monday, Messrs. Barbours ascertained from their
workmen, that, on two former occasions, there had been
similar occurrences. Once, about a year ago, the part
of the counter which was in flames on Monday was
found to be on fire to a small extent, but was imme-
diately extinguished ; and the men, not being aware of
its importance, did not communicate it to their em-
ployers. On another occasion, before the warehouse
was tenanted, a quantity of shavings, which were lying
on one of the hot-water pipes in the counting-house,
were found to be on fire, without any cause that could
be assigned, except the heat from the pipe.
Another remarkable accident of this kind, and which,
like that at Messrs. Barbours, took place on Monday
last, occurred at the Museum of the Natural History
Society, in Peter-street. This building consists of a
basement story, ground floor, and two floors above.
The building is warmed by two series of hot-water
pipes, of the ordinary dimensions, from two furnaces in
the cellars, one series warming the east, and the other
the west wing of the building. It appears that there
had been no fires from Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock,
to Monday morning between seven nod eight ; and the
building was consequently very cold. Shortly after ten
o'clock, however, Mrs. Reynolds and her niece per-
ceived the building getting warm ; and the former, in
going round the rooms, went into a lobby on the
uppermost floor, between the centre gallery and the
room for aquatic birds, in the west wing of the build-
ing (that nearest Deansgate), and there perceived a
slight smell of burning like that caused by clothes
hung near a large fire in frosty weather. Her atten-
tion being attracted by this circumstance, she felt the
pipe, tied found it in the bay of the window very much
hotter than ordinary ; and, on examining it closely, she
found that a portion of matting on the floor of this
lobby, near the skirting board of the !rent window, had
been much burned where it had come into contact with
the hot-water pipe. The matting was not at ali alight,
but felt very hot. Mrs. Reynolds, of course, imme-
diately removed the matting, and gave information to
the honorary curators ; and Mr. Morton, the actuary
of the Manchester Fire Office, in which the building
is insured, was informed of the circumstance, and in-
spected the place. We looked at it yesterday, and
find that it is distant from the furnace not less than
eighty feet. Mrs. Reynolds mentioned another cir-
cumstance, which, if correct, is very remarkable,
namely, that the pipe was only of an extreme heat for
about a length of two yards from the corner of the
rcom, where there is a joint in the pipe, to about the
centre of the bay of the window ; and it was just this
portion of the matting which was burned, while the
parts of the matting immediately adjacent, and also
lying upon the floor and under the pipe, did not
seem to have been in the least schorched. The mat-
ting is bound at the edge with strong linen binding ;
and this in the damaged piece was burned through, as
well as the matting itself. We are told that a noise
was heard in the adjoining room (the aquatic bird room),
on Monday morning, which was supposed to proceed
from the pipes. The pipe, at the place where the mat-
ting was burned, is fixed at a distance of half or three
quarters of an inch from the floor ; and near the skirt-
ing•board, which, in one or two places where the pipe
has come into contact with it, is much charred. We
looked at the pipes in other parts of the building, and
in some places found them lying almost close to the
floor ; in others, an inch above it ; and in one or
two places where the pipes touched the floor, we found
the wood slightly charred. We noticed that the pipes
in the whole of the east wing were of a much lower
temperature than those in the west wing, where the
accident occurred. Indeed, in one room, the foreign
bird room, one line of piping was found inadequate to
warm the room effectually, and a second line was subse-
quently laid upon the first. We understand that the
temperature of the rooms generally on Monday morning
was from 4.5 deg. to 49 deg., but in no place so high as
50 deg. That the extreme heat of the pipes on Mon-
day morning was not general, seems probable from the
fact, that, in another part of the west wing, a piece of
matting laid over the pipe had not been in the least
scorched, or even marked by the contact. The burned
matting having been cut away, Mrs. Reynolds placed
pieces of paper loosely between that part of the pipe and
the floor ; and these were all more or less scorched, and
turned quite brown where they had touched the pipe.
In addition to these, several other undoubted in-
stances of setting fire to buildings, and partially burn-
ing or charring Rood, by hot-water pipes, have recently
occurred ,in this town and neighbourhood. Amongst
them we may mention those of Birch Chapel, where
the wood-work of one of the pews and a cushion were
set on fire, two or three weeks ago; the warehouse of
Messrs. Alexander Henry and Co., York-street, which
was set on fire a few months ago (not on Monday last,
as was erroneously stated on IVednesday) ; and the
Unitarian chapel in Strangeways, the floor of which
was charred by the hot-water pipes.
Two questions will therefore naturally arse on
these facts, namely, first, How can such an arnouns of
heat be conveyed under such circumstances ? and, se-
condly, How, if at all, can the danger be averted, and
the cheap and convenient mode of heating buildings by
means of water be practised without serious risk?
The former of these questions at first sight presents
considerable difficulty. The heat certainly cannot
have been conveyed to distances of 50, 60, or 70 feet,
by the metal of which the pipe is composed ; because,
if one end of a piece of ordinary gas pipe, only three
feet long, be placed in a fire, and made red hot, the
other end will be barely warm, and may be held in the
hand without difficulty. It follows, therefore, that
the high temperature necessary to ignite wood must
either be conveyed by the water which passes through
the pipe, or some gaseous fluid must be generated there,
which is capable of conveying or developing that tem-
perature.

As we find some parties incline to the latter opinion,
we may observe, that it seems to us altogether impro-
bable that hydrogen gas (which is no doubt generated
to, some extent in these pipes), or any other gas what-
ever, could convey along a pipe to a distance of 50 or
60 feet, sufficient heat to ignite wood. Neither do we
believe, that hydrogen gas, under such circumstances,
excluded as it would be from all access to the external
air, could be ignited and gradually burnt, so as to deve-
lope a dangerous temperature in the pipes. We can,
therefore, come to no other conclusion than that the mis-
chief has been caused altogether by the water itself.
Undoubtedly it will seem strange to many persons,
that water, which we find so efficient an agent in ar-
resting combustion, should be supposed capable of
causing it, without entering into some one of those
chemical combinations by which all are aware it may
be made to produce ignition. Those, however, who
have paid attention to the subject are aware, that
water, like all other bodies, may, when sufficiently
compressed, be heated to a very high temperature ; and

PRICE sd.

it is pretty generally known that Mr. Perkins, whose
invention of a new steam-engine made so much noise
some fourteen or fifteen years ago (und whose subse-
quent invention of the steam-gun is well known), suc-
ceeded in making the water in his " generator'' actually
red- hot.

Such being the case, when we consider the construc-
tion of the common apparatus for cireuktine hot water
through buildings, it does not seem so very surprising,
that water should be heated in it to an extent quite
uflicient to ignite any readily combustible substance.
The water, inclosed in a long coil of small pipe (com-
monly only half cr three-quarters of an inch inside), is
passed through a fire of great intensity, which would
convert it into steam immediately, if the pressure on
the pipes was not great. But the pressure is very
great ; the pipes, including what is called the " expan-
sion pipe," are entirely tilled with water ; every orifice
is firmly closed ; and not the slightest room is left for
the expansion consequent upon the conversion of water
into steam. Under these circumstances, we have only
to urge the fire to a sufficient extent, and one of two
results must happen—either the pipes must burst, or
the water which circulates through them must be raised
to a temperature quite sufficient to account for any of
the circumstances which we have been describing. In-
deed, we do ❑ot see why the coil within the furnace,
the water passing through it, and the series of pipes to
some distance beyond it, may not be all made red-hot,
just as it the circulating fluid was melted iron or copper.
If this is a correct view of the matter, it follows that
the hot-water apparatus, as at present generally con-
structed, is exceedingly dangerous to the buildings in
which it is placed, Tice pipes being almost universally
placed in contact with wooden floors and skirting
boards, and with a variety of combustible matters, the
only security for the premises is to be found in the cau.
tion of the party who attends to the fire, and who, by
any casual negligence, may cause a destructive confla-
gration. This brings us to the consideration of the se-
cond point—namely, how far the danger at present
existing may be obviated by a change in the apparatus ;
and we think there are two processes by which this may
be effected. The better and more certain of these
(but we fear not generally applicable to the hot-water
apparatus with small pipes, which is in most general use)J
would be to have a communication with the atmos-
phere (or, at all events, an orifice closed only by a plug
like the stopper of a bottle) at the upper end of the
expansion pipe. Ie that case the water could not
easily be heated much beyond 212 degrees ; because
any considerable pressure, either of water or of the
steam which would be generated, would drive out the
plug, and show that the fire had been urged beyond
the proper point. We fear, however, that a tempera-
ture of from 212 to 220 degrees, in a series of such
small pipes as are generally used, would not commu-
nicate sufficient warmth ; and therefore some other
mode of obviating the danger must be resorted to.
One plats which may be worth consideration would be
to form part of the ascending pipe near the furnace of
lead, or of some alloy of lead and other metals, melting
at a temperature below that which would ignite wood ;
and then if the fire should be urged too far, and the
temperature of the water raised too high, the leaden or
other safety pipe would be melted, and the only incon-
venience sustained would be the emptying of the pipes.
Lead itself melts at 612 degrees, which temperature,
we believe, wood will bear without material injury or
danger ; but, if it should be thought dangerous to ellen,
the pipes to be heated to that point, any of the alloys
of lead and tin, which melt at a lower temperature,
might be substituted. No doubt some difficulty would
be experienced in making the joints, owing to the
different rates of expansion of these metals and of iron ;
but that difficulty ►would probably not he very serious.
We are exceedingly glad to learn, that the Directors
of the Manchester Insurance Company, whose atten-
tion has been forcibly called to this eubject by recent
occurrences, and whose interests are so deeply involved
in it, have appointed a Committee of their number to
meke inquiries and experiments, with the view of ascer-
taining the real causes of the late accidents, and the
best mode of guarding against them.— Manchester
Guardia:.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN'S BENCH. F. 13

THE QUEEN V. LORD WALDEGRAVE AND CAPTAIN DUFF.
Tue Court was exceedingly crowded long before
the usual hour of commencing proceedings, it being
understood that the trial of the above case would take
place in the course of the day. There were three cases
before it, namely, " The Queen v. Moxon"—TheQueen
v. Fraser"—and the Queen v. Otley." The above
cases were indictments against the defendants, well-
known booksellers and publishers at the west.end of the
town, for selling certain books which it was alleged con-
tained articles of a blasphemous nature. It was under-
stood that the prosecutions were instituted by Henry
Hetherington, the bookseller, in the Strand, who, a
fortnight ',since, was convicted of a similar offence in
this Court, and sentenced to four months' imprison-
ment. In his case cheap blasphemous books were sold.
In that of the present defendants, the alleged blasphe-
mous works were dear, and circulated only among
the higher orders of society. When the cases were
called on it was found that there was not a sufficient
number of special jurymen in attendance to enable the '
trials to proceed, and as the defendants' counsel refused
to join in a prayer for a tales, which was made by the
counsel for the prosecution, the trials were necessarily
postponed until the next term. The case of The
Queen v. Waldegra‘e and another," was then called on
and again it was found that there was not a sufficient
number of special jurymen in attendance. But both
parties having prayed a tales, a jury consisting of six,
and as many common jury, was formed. When they
were about to be sworn, a long consultation took place
between Sir F. Pollock, Mr. Thesiger, Mr. James, and
Mr. Wortley (the counsel engaged for the defendants).
At length,

Sir F. l'ot.LncK, addressing Lord Denman, said, my
Lord, I appear before your Lordship on (ha part of
one of the defendants in this case (Captain Duff). It
was very late before I received my brief. Mr. Thesi-
ger appears on the behalf of the other defendant, and I
am instructed now• to say, that as far as both the de-
fendants are concerned they are anxious that I on their
part and behalf should take the earliest opportunity
(and which they do under the advice of their Counsel),
of making the only reparation in their power, by re-
questing that the Court will give them permission to
withdraw their pleas of Not Guilty, and to suffer judg-
ment by default, and I trust that under the circum-
stances your Lordship will allow them to adopt this
course.

Mr. THESIGER said, I have the same application to
make to your Lordship on the pert of the other dc-
fendAnt.

Lord DEN MAN—What do the Counsel on the other
side say to this ?
Mr. CHAmaEns said, I appear as Counsel for the
prosecution. The defendants may withdraw their pleas
as a matter of right. I, of course, -c,nnot oppose their
doing so.
Sir F. POLLOCK said, the defendants wish me to ex-
press their anxious desire to do in every way whatever
the Court may call upon them to do under the circum-
stances, in order to show that they are fully sen-
sible of the impropriet:, of their conduct, and anxious
to make every reparation in their power.
Lord DENMAN—The ease is one that will perhapa
admit of pi ivate reparation being made. The defen-
dants may withdraw their pleas and plead guilty.
Sir F. POLLOCK—The defendants are deeply in-
debted to your Lordship for that ebservation. The de •
fendants then, by their Counsel, u;thdrew their pleas
of Not Guilty, and pleaded Guilty, rnd it is under-
stood that they will be brought up for judgment next
term, but in the mean time they will make the prose-
cutor some compensation for the dreadful injury he las
sustained.

It will be recollected that the defendants in the
above case, Lord Waldegrave and Captain Duff, were
indicted at the Middlesex July Session, for a most vio-
lent assault upon William Wheatley, a policeman, un-
der the following circumstances. Lord Waldegrave
and Captain Duff accompanied by two other gentle-
men, who have not yet been identified, sallied out of
his Lordship's house at Strawberry Hill, near Kingston,
about 12 o'clock on the night of the 4th of June, for
what is termed a "lark." They proceeded across the
river to Hampton Wick, and after indulging them-
selves some time in the gentlemanly amusement of pul-
ling the hells, wrenching off knockers, Szc., they went
to the cottage of a poor woman, who gets her living by
mangling, and were in the act of tearing doen a board
that was over the door, with the words " Mangling
done here," upon it, when they were observed by a
mounted sergeant of police. On seeing him, one of
them said, " we aro smoked ;" and pretended that they
had called at the cottage for some purpose. Another
said "its no use, they arc gone to bed." 'They then laid
hold of the sergeant's horse, and when doing so, he remon-
strated, desiring they would let him alone. At this
moment the prosecutor came up, when the sergeant
said, " Tu-n your light on thesentlemen
sec if you know any of them. 1, he poor fellow had
no sooner done so, than he was knocked down by the
defendants and their companions, and beat in a most
brutal manner. The sergeant rode off for assistance.
On his return the gentlemen had all made off, leaving
the prosecutor laying in the road in a state of insensi-
bility, and bleeding profusely. He has been ill ever
since, and is at the present moment under the doctor's
hands—
and it is feared that he will ultimately lose
his senses. The Commissioners of Police, on hearing
of the affair,, very properly instituted the present pro-
secution. the defendants removed the indictment, by