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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT, July3l.
(Before MOYLAN, Esq., Judge.)
THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT BURY U. CLARK.
This was an action to recover damages—which were
laid at 201., the extent of the jurisdiction of the Court—
for an assault.

W. H. Staunton ..
G. P. Scrope
SWANSEA
J. H. Vivian 10
TAMWORTEI
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W. Y. Peel ... ~.
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H. Labouchere ...
Sir T. Colebrooke ...
TEWKESBURY
Martin
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Browne ... ...
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Hon. W. B. Baring
Lord Euston ...
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J. Bell ... ...
TIVERTON
Viscount Palmerston
J. Heathcoat... ...
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J. F. Vivian •••
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R. Grey ... ~.
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Saunders ... ...
WALSALL
Hon. E. R. Littleton...
WAREHAM.
J. S. W. E. S. Drax
WARRINGTON
G. Greenall ... „•
WARWICK
W. Collins ...
Sir C. Douglas ...
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R. Blakemore •••
W. G. Hayter ...
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Hon. G. C. Forester...
J. M. Gaskell •.•
WESTBURY
G. Wilson ... ..
WESTMINSTER
Evans ••• •••

It appeared from the evidence for the plaintiff that he
(Lord Bury), being attracted by some penholders iu the
shop window of the defendant, a stationer, in Jermyn-
street, entered the shop, when, finding on closer inspec-
tion that the articles were only those usually sold at six-
pence each, and not silver, his Lordship told the de-
fendant they were not such as he wanted, and that he
wished to know if the defendant had some of a better
quality. The defendant replied that he had not; they
were good enough at the price. The plaintiff replied
it was not a question of price—he wanted a better
article, not trumpery things of that kind. The de-
fendant said, " Trumpery, indeed; you are a trumpery
fellow, and I desire you will quit my shop." His Lord..
ship made some observation oa the offensive and un-
called-fur nature of the defendant's reply, upon which
the defendant, more excited still, threaten,d to turn him
out of the shop, and actually desired his boy to go for a
policeman. His Lordship quietly waited in the shop for
the boy's return, and seeing a policeman approaching,
and supposing this was the constable who had been sent
for, he went out and explained to the constable what had
passed. The policeman accompanied him back to the
defendant's shop, and his Lordship went in to remon-
strate in the presence of the constable with the defendant
on the impropriety of his conduct, upon which the de-
fendant rushed from behind the counter to where his
Lordship stood, and laying his hands suddenly upon
him, without saying a word, he thrust him violently
backwards out of the shop into the road. This was the
assault complained of.
The defendant attempted to palliate his conduct, and
to show that he had some grounds for the proceedings
he had taken.

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The Learned JUDGE considered the defendant's con-
duct was wholly inexcusable. In the exercise of a just
discretion, he felt that he could not do otherwise than
give judgment against the defendant for the whole of the
amount at which the damages were laid.
Upon the judgment being recorded,
Mr. C. Don, who was professionally retained for Lord
Bury, stated to the Court that it was needless to explain
that his Lordship had been only actuated in the course
he had pursued by a desire to teach the defendant a
useful lesson. His Lordship felt that cases would fre-
quently occur where complainants could nave no desire to
put damages into their own pockets, and that, as many in-
stances must come under his honour's notice where great
poverty and distress existed on both sides, and where the
Court must have, in consequence, very painful duties to
perform, his Lordship begged that the 20/. damages
might be considered as placed by him at his Honour's
disposal, and he trusted it would prove the first contri-
bution towards a charitable fund, which would help to
soften his Honour's more painful task, by enabling him
to offer pecuniary aid or relief in deserving cases. Mr.
Dud added, he felt the utmost pleasure in communicating
his Lordship's liberal request, and his Honour expressed
his unqualified satisfaction at assenting to the proposal.

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LushinEton
WEYMOUTH
W. D. Christie
Colonel Freestun
WHITBY.
R. St.phenson
WHITEHAVEN
R. C. Hildyard
WIGAN

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
WESTERN ClRC6lT.—Bodmin, July 31.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Chief Justice IVILDE.)
Fool) RlOTB.—Joseph Hors, Richard Webb, Elias
Newcombe, William Osborne, Richard Julyan, William
Hancock, Matthew Roberts, John Payne, John Bennetts,
W. Blunt, Philip Matthews, Jacob Hancock, Wm. Tellam,
Charles Faule, Richard Kestell, and John Cock, were
indicted fur riotously assembling together at St. Austell,
on the 11th of June, armed with sticks, and remaining
riotously assembled for six hours and upwards, to the
disturbance of the peace and the terror of her Majesty's
subjects.

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Colonel Lindsay
R. Thicknesse
WILTON
Viscount Somerton
WINCHESTER.
B. Carter .
Sir J. B. East ~.
WINDSOR
Colonel Reid
Lord John Hay
WOLVERHAMPT•N
Hon. C. P. Villiers ...
T. Thornety
WOODSTOCK
Marquis of Blandford
WORCESTER
0. Ricardo ... ...
F. Ruth ,rd
WYCOMBE
G. H. Dashwood
M. T. Smith
YARMOUTH
Lord A. Lennox ...
0. E. Coope ~,
YORK (CITY)
H. R. Yorke
J. G. Smyth

Mr. Rowe and Mr. Merivale were counsel for the pro-
secution, and Mr. Slade defended ihe prisoners.
It appeared that on the morning of the 11th of June
a great many of the miners at Butler's mine, near the
town of St. Austell, most of whom had from 15s. to 17s.
a week, stood round the shaft of the mine, and said they
would not work any longer, for the price of flour was
raised, and it was of no use to work, and they were
going into St. Austell to see what they could do in it;
t hey would go up to the clayworks, where the men were
ready to so into the town with them. The agent of the
mine urged them most strongly not to go, for they would
only make things worse The men said they had made
up their minds, and they wanted to lower the price
of corn. Those miners, among whom were some of
the prisoners, then went to the clayworks, and took
away 26 men with them. The High Sheriff of the
county, who had heard of the intention of the miners,
had taken means for obtaining the military from Bod-
min; he, therefore, went to St. Austell early that morn-
ing, and met there Sir Joseph Sawle and Mr. Hext, the
magistrates, and Mr. Coode, the under-sheriff. The
preventive men were also in attendance. At that time
the town of St. Austell was quiet, but about one o'clock in
the day there was an immense gathering in the neigh
bourhood, and then special constables were sworn in.
Between two and three o'clock the High Sheriff and
Mr. Coode went towards the house of the latter gentle.
man, which was situate in the town, and found a consis
derable number of persons assembled—perhaps 300 or
400. The mob shouted ; most of them had sticks, some
of which were of a most enormous size—too large to be
of any use to them. The Sheriff and Mr. Coode went
into Mr. Coode's house, and observed the proceedings
from the window. They heard a cry of" Warne's mill,"
and then saw a rush of the mob. The Sheriff and Mr.
Coode went out of the house and followed the mob at a
running pace, and saw some of them enter a baker's
shop, and try to break in the door of another shop.
They overtook the mob, went through it, and headed it.
The Shetiff then mounted a wall and addressed the
people, who were in a very excited state. The price of
provisions at that time was very high. The Sheriff told
them that, under ordinary circumstances, nothing would
have induced him to hold any parley with them
at all, but, as he knew there was great distress in the
county, he would gladly hear all they had to say; but
he advised them to send a deputation to the magistrates.
Several of the mob were very violent, but others said it
was good advice, and it would be better to send some of
their own men to meet the gentlemen. The under
sheriff (Mr. Coode) then addressed them as a neighbour
and a friend, and that appeared to have a great effect.
It was then arranged that the deputation should meet
the magistrates in an hour, and that the deputation
should nut be taken any advantage of. The Sheriff re-
turned to the town-hall, add then heard that soreethine
was going on at Mr. Pedlar's shop; he went there and
found there was much confusion, the noise being such as
was calculated to create alarm, and the mob was ran-
sacking the shop. The Sheriff ordered them in the
Queen's name to disperse. Two men turned round and
old him defiance, raising their sticks into the air, as if
about to strike him. He seized both the men and gave
them to the preventive 'men to take into custody.
There were seven preventive men. The Sheriff and the
preventive men then moved, when Mattnew Roberts
appeared prepared to obstruct the Sheriff's pro-
cee
fellow,"
dinger
whenhetoberSheriff
stasid to him, " Move on, m',
good instantly raised his stick as
if about to strike the Sheriff, upon which the latter
darted at him, and caught him by the throat, and
said, " How dare you do so?" and handed him to a
constable; " but," said the Sheriff, " the moment the
man raised the stick he appeared by his eyes to
hbeavaelmsit'rstuckparmale The
ed,and
I don't think he would
riot then subsided for a
short time, and the Sheriff and magistrates proceeded to
the town hall, and met the deputation. When the de-
putation came in they said they were very sorry fur the
conduct of the mob. They wanted to have the corn
lower. Tho Sheriff said, they had raised a large sum
already, but if they would disperse, he would promise
th .in to call a meeting, and that every thing possible
should be done to alleviate the distresses of those who
actually required it. The deputation then wanted the
magistrates to let Roberts free, but the Sheriff said to
them, " You mistake your position; I am the-comman-
der, and am not to be commanded." The deputation
said, " Let us trust the gentlemen;" and they then re-
quested the Sheriff to tell the people what understanding
had been come to, as that would have a great effect.
The Sheriff then went to the town-hall, and mounted
some steps and addressed the people. They said,
6, First let out the man" (Roberts). The Sheriff told
them that was impossible, and he begged them to go
home. They then became very violent, some saying
they would have the man, or the streets of St. Austell
should run down with blood. One of the men (Blunt)
was close to the Sheriff, who said to him, " My good
old man, what business can you have here ? You
had better go home. It is becoming a serious mat-
ter. I am trying all I can f*,:r you, by fair means,
is as well to be shot as to be starved." The Sheriff
but I will have peace and order." The man said, "It
then read the Riot Act, and it was thought right that
the soldiers should load their muskets, and the Sheriff
directed that this should be done in the presence of the
mob, that the men might know what was intended.
The soldiers were marched out. Blunt tried to stand in
the way, when the Sheriff said to him, "You stupid old
11 have the bayonets in
fool, get out of the way, or you
noticed, that the
would point out the men he bad most
that thesoldiers
should
constables should seize them,
should then close upon them and take care of them.
you." The Sheriff then told those under him that he
The streets were cleared three times at the point of the
bayonet. Webb was taken on account of his extreme
obstinacy, because he would in spite of any entreaty
go along one particular street, as
he alledged to buy
some tobacco. No man was taken who showed the
slightest disposition to retire.
The part the different
,
prisoners had taken was proved by the High Sheriff and
different witnesses. The prisoners had most excellent
characters given them. Nothing can exceed the con-
duct
to app ease the feelings of the people,
of the Hih Sheriff, who tried by every kindness
and remonstranceand when he found his endeavours were unsuccessful,
he behaved in so firm and determined a manner that he ,
most certainly prevented a state of anarchy, confusion,
and bloodshed, which must have led to the most disas• 1
trous consequences. His conduct was most exemplary.
Chief Justice WILDE summed up the case to the jury
separately, and
with most extraordinary pains, going through the evi-
dence as regarded each prisoner, and directing the jury
to consider each case
privately to put
down on paper their verdict before they went into the case
of the next prisoner. His Lordship
also spoke in high
terms of the conduct of the Sheriff, and said that the
safety of the country depended upon the firmness dis-
played by juries upon such occasions, because it taught
misguided persons the impropriety of resorting to acts
of violence and riot, for they were sure to find that,
strong as miners might consider themselves to be, the
law had more power, and they would bring themselves
into disgrace and punishment, and their families into a
state of misery and wretchedness.
The jury found Hore, William Hancock, Matthew
Roberts, John Payne, William Blunt,
Philip Matthews,
William Tellam, Charles Faull, Richard Kestell, and
John Cock,-guilty, and acquitted the other prisoners.

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MEMBERS RETURNED.

Liberals ...
Peelites
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OPERATION ON A GIANT.—On Saturday an opera-
tion for the restoration of sight was performed at the
Ophthalmic Institution, 2I , York-street, Burlington-gar-
dens, on a man of gigantic stature, named Alexander C.
Stuart, a native of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama.
The patient laboured under a dislocated cataract, which
had obscured the poor fellow's vision for the last two
years. The operation was performed in the presence of
a number of scientific gentlemen by that skilful and
eminent operator, Dr„F. Harrington Brett, the surgeon
of the institution. The process was momentary and
apparently attended with little pain; the cataract being
removed in a solid state from the eye, the pupil and
sight restored. One remarkable circumstance is, the
man being an Albino negro, that is, the son of black
parents, yet, although his features are of the African
cast, he is perfectly white, and has extremely long woolly
white hair. He is seven feet in height, and as he wears
together a velry,aztarvao._rdinGsaryalaNp,pes,arca.n_ce.
long garment of a leopard's skin pattern, he has al-
BELFAST,
The weather
continues highly favourable for the growing crops, which
are coming Last to maturity, and in some of the early
districts harvest has already partially commenced, and
the yield is well spoken of. The reports as to disease in
the potato and wheat crops are not confirmed, to any
important extent ; and it is therefore to be hoped, that,
with good weather, we shall have an average crop per
acre. The bean and pease crops are less favourably
spoken of, and we are. afraid that considerable injury
has been already done.
FATAL CART ACClDENT.—Saturday afternoon Mr.
Baker held an inquest.at the London Hospital on view
of the body of George Henry Jenkins, aged forty-eight,
a carpenter, who lived at No. 2, Johnson's-street, Mile-
end Old Town. About six weeks ago deceased was in
a cart with his father (who was driving), near Ben Jon-
son's Fields, when he fell over the side of the vehicle
atu h p ot
nehtiismhe. He ea d and w fractured
removed to
the
his spine,b
above eing
institution,
of
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itmh
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iwo
jhaerrye,helifdeiehdavoinngThbueresadapyrelsaesrtvefrdomthat
from the treatment he received. Verdict, "Accidental
th el
eenff; tcht s
death."

PROTESTANT DISSENTING MINISTERS IN IRELAND.
—Linder this head a Parliamentary paper has Just been
Printed, containing returns of the number of ministers
participating in the Parliamentary grant of 36,2141. for
non-conforming ministers in Ireland. Sixty- two receive
low. Irish each per annum, and 423 receive 751. per
!Lenrnsuroini3.
hulling
of the recipients, it is right to mention,
belong to the Remonstrant Synod, which consists of
p
g Arian and Unitarian opinions.

I s*or
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THE LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST % 1847.

The case was not concluded tiil late at right, and the
sentences were deferred.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Newcastle, July 30.
The assizes for the county of Northumberland com-
menced here to-day. Their Lordships sat at ten o'clock;
the Lord Chief Baron presiding in the Town-hall, anti
Mr. Justice Wightman sitting in the County Court. In
the county there are nine prisoners for trial. Of these
one stands charged with murder, and one with man•
slaughter. In the town are fourteen prisoners. Seven
of these, however, are charged with participating in a
riot and pulling down a booth. Two are charged with
manslaughter, and the others with offences of the more
trifling kind. Of the causes for trial, two are for the
town and nine for the county.

(Before Mr. Justice WIGILTMAN.)
Joseph Simm, a tall and very powerful young man,
was indicted for the manslaughter of John Walton.
Mr. Atherton and Mr. Bigg conducted the prosecution.
Mr. Ingham appeared for the defence.

It appeared that on the 15th of May last the prisoner
and the deceased met at a public-house in Newcastle.
The deceased was very quarrelsome, and wished to in-
duce the prisoner to fight, standing up before him and
using threatening language for the purpose of taunting
him into a quarrel. The prisoner, however, declined to
fight, and shortly after both parties left the house. They
went in the same train as tar as Crarnlingtoo, and on
getting out of the carriage the deceased sought to fasten
a quarrel on a person of the name of Dodd. Dodd de-
clined fighting; said he was not a fighting man; and
told Walton he might match himself with some of those
present who were accustomed to such things. Walton
said, " Then I will fight with Simms," and turning to-
wards him challenged him to a contest. It was at first
proposed that they should fight for money, but they
finally agreed to try their strength without any stake
being deposited. They stripped, and during the first
round they closed, when Walton getting behind Simms
seized him by the hair and thrust him down into the
ditch, falling heavily beside him. They commenced a
second round, when the deceased received a severe blow
on the side of the neck, and fell to the ground. He was
unable to rise, and was raised up by his friends. He was
quite insensible, and very soon after expired. A doctor
was sent for, but life was extinct.

This was the evidence fc;. ti;e prosecution. There
had been no post-mortem examination, so that there was
no conclusive evidence that the death had been caused
by the blow received from the hand of the prisoner.
His LORDSHIP, under these circumstances, intimated
that he thought the case could not be carried further. It
was impossible the jury could say whether or no the vio-
lence of the prisoner had been the cause of the death of
the deceased. His Lordship commented in somewhat
severe terms on the ill-judged economy, which had left
the case incomplete to save the expense of a post-mortem
examinaion, which, it was alleged, was not allowed in the
costs of the coroner's inquest by the county authorities..
Verdict—Not guilty.
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON:)
John Hardy was charged with having on the 22d of
May unlawfully stabbed Edward Ganby with intent to
kill and murder him. The prisoner is a shoemaker in
the Close, where he resides with his wife, and the prose-
cutor the son of the wife by a former husband. On the
day in question the prosecutor, on going into his house,
found the prisoner a❑d his wife quarreling. The pri-
soner struck his wife, and on the proseeptor attempting
to quell the disturbance was struck by the prisoner, first
with the cutting-board, afterwards with a knife, with
which he stabbed him in the thigh. The jury acquitted
him of the felonious intention, but found him guilty of a
grievous assault, for which he was sentenced to 12
months' imprisonment with hard labour.
The other cases in the calendar for the town, which
were of uninteresting kind were disposed of during
the day.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
WANDS WORTH.
Saturday being appointed for tne final examination
of Joseph Raymond and Charles Fidler, who stand
charged with plundering the South Western Railway
Company of property of every description, the court
was crowded almost to suffocation.
Mr. Bircham. of the firm of Bircham, Dalrymple, and
Drake, solicitors to the company, stated that he should
only proceed with two other cases, in addition to the
one on which the prisoners were already committed.
The first case taken to-day was that of two carpets—
one fifty yard:, and the other thirty-six yards in length,
which had been ordered of Mr. Bartholomew, a carpet-
manufacturer, in Finsbury pavement, by a Mr. Sharp, of
Romsey. It was was proved that the truck containing
the carpets was taken to the South Western terminus at
Nine Elms, and deposited in a truck, but it never reached
its destination.
William Butcher then proved the purchase of the
carpets from the prisoner. The witness said he lived at
Witley; he got his living by buying all sorts of things.
The piece of carpet produced is like that witness pur-
chased of the prisoner. He gave 41. 16s. for the two
pieces, and got 61. 17s. for them.
The prisoner Fidler made a statement to the effect,
that on a certain Saturday he saw the witness Butcher,
who said he was going down the line to get some peas,
for which he had an order, and that he had them in a
rush tiasket with him. That on the following Sunday
morning he was seen at Wright's Coffee-house, in Nine
Elms, with a carpet in the same basket; and if a man
named Fairbrother was called it would be proved that
the carpet had, according to the witness's own account,
been brought from his uncle's at Whitby, and that he
had not received it of them.
Butcher said it was true that he did have on the
morning in question a piece of carpet with him that he
brought from ‘Vhitby, but that was a different thing
from what he bought of the prisoners.
Fidler, notwithstanding a caution from the magis-
trate, said that on Friday fortnight Butcher came to him
at the Stag, in the Wandsworth-road, and said, " Have
you a mind to go along with me to-night? I have got
nothing this week, and I want two of you to go down
the line and make about 31. I shall go down by the mail
train as far as Woking, and then come up with the
goods train and chuck something off, which you will take
away." He and the other prisoner accordingly went on
the line between New-street and Stewart's-lane, Batter;
sea-fields, and as the goods train approachell
(lid thron; something. off, and they believed it was
Butcher, who was acting by direction of the police.
The prisoners were then fully committed upon this
charge.
The next case preferred against the prisoners was that
of stealing a truss belonging to Mr. Thomas Walton, of
High-street, Gosport, naval outfitter.
It was proved that the truss was sent to the railway,
but never reached Gosport.
The floor of the Court was strewn with dresses and
goods of every description, and of most expensive quality.
Butcher was called again, and identified all the articles
produced as having been bought by him of the prisoners,
to whom he had paid 51. ss. for the lot.
Mr. BEVERLAC said the witness was by his own show-
ing a wholesale receiver, and it was a pity he was not in
the dock with the prisoner s. He never knew a man who
stood so great a chance of transportation.
The prisoners were then committed on the third
charge, and the witnesses, about thirty in number, bound
over to appear at the assizes to be holden at Croydon.
Mr. Bircham said he had been desired on the part of
the company he had the honour to represent, to state
their very great satisfaction at the conduct of the police,
who had, dspite of almost insurmountable difficulties,
succeeded in breaking the neck of a deeply-laid scheme
of vtilany, and in apprehending two at least of the prin
cipal offenders.