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London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

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OPERATION ON A GIANT.—On Saturday an opera-
tion for the restorti n of sight was performed at the
Ophthsltnic Institution, 21, York-street, Burlington-gar
dens, on a man of gt antic stature. named Alexander C.
Stu rt, a n ttive 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 ep ration was performed in the presence or
a number of scientiic gentlemen by that skilful and
eminent operator, lir. F. Harrington Brett, thee surgeon
of the institution. The process was momentary anti
sp istrently attended with little pain; the cataract Wire:
removed in a doll," state from the eye, the pupil and
sight restored. One remarkable circumstance is, the
man b,-ing an Albino negro, that is, the 'on of black
parents, yet, althi-aLth his features are of the Afridat.
east, he is perfectly white, and has extremely long woolly
white ha.r. lie is seven feet in height, and as he wear,
a low garment of a leopard's skin pattern, he has al-
together a ry extraordinary appearance.
BELFAST, FRIDAY. --- GRAIN, &e.— The weather
continues highly favourable for the growing crops, which
are coming 'Rat to maturity, and in some of the earl)
districts harvest has already partially cianmenced, and
the ) i Id is well spi.ken of. T'..e reports as to disease in
the potato and wheat crops are not confirmed, to any
important extent ; and it is therefi re to tie hoped, that,
with god weather, e e shall have an average crop per
acre. The bean and pease crops are levy favourahl%
4-ok n of. and we are afraid that considerable itijul%,
has b.en a'ready done
FATAL CART ACCIDENT.--Saturday afternoon Mr.
Baker 114 an inquest it the London Hospital on view
,rf the b ,dy of George Henry Jenkins, aged forty-eight,
it carpenter, who lived at No. 2, Johns in's-street, Mile-
eld Old Toa n. About six weelcs ago deceased was in
a cart with his father (who was driving), near Ben Jon-
san's Fulls, when he fell over the side of the vehicle
upon his head and frturured his spine, being in'oxicated
at the time. He was retneved to the above institution,
where he d,ed on Thursday last from the efftets of the
i•jury, life having been preserved that length of time
fom the treatment he received. Verdict, " Accidental
death."

PROTESTANTDISSENTING MINISTERS IN IRELAND.
—Under this head a Parliamentary paper has Just bean
returns of the number of ministers
Part eipating in th., Parliarn-,ntary grant of 36 2141. for
n'")-cooke-ining ministers in Ireland. Sixty tvvo receive
1001. IriA enc.' p,,r annum. and 423 receive 751. per
%t:,t!lat)tn.
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Unitarian opinions.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

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WESTM INS 7 ER CCIZiA i Y C1)(1 iii; July3l.
(tit-fori• MOYLAN. Esq., Judg.•.)
THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT BURY V. CLARK.

This was an action to rt•cover tistna.,es—w Melt were
laid at 204. the extent ut jurisdiction of the Court—
for an assault.

It appeared from the evidence for the plaintiff that he
(Lord Bur)), being attracted by some peoho'ders Li the
shop window of the defendant, a static), er, ia Jermyn-
street, entered tho 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 the) were nut sueh as he wanted, and that he
wished to kn wit the defendant had some of a better
qullity. The defendant replied that he had not; they
ware good enough at the price. The plaintiff replied
it was not a que, Lion of price—he wantt d a be ter
avid , not trumpery things of that kind. The de-
fendant said, " To umpi-,ry, indeed; you are a trurnpe•ry
fellow, and I desire you will quit my shop." His Lord•
ship made seine observation on the afensive and un-
called-for nature of the defendant's reply, upon which
the defendant, more excited still, threat. n d to turn him
out of the shop, and actua ly desired his boy to go for a
policeman. His Lordship quietly waited in the shop for
the boy's return, and sAeing a pi ilicernan approaehing,
and supposing this was the constable who had been s. nt
for, he went out and explained to the constable what had
pas*ed. The policeman accompanied him back to the
deienclant's shop, and hint 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 ruehsd from nehind the counter to where his
Lordship sto,d, and laying his hands suddenly upon
him, whhout saying a word, he thrust him violently
backwards out of the shop into the road. This was the
assault compiamed of.
The defenciAnt at•empted to palliate his conduct, and
to show that, he bad some grournis for the proccedLigs
he had taken.

The Learned JUDGE considered the defendant's eon-
tint was wholly .nexcusable. In the exercise of a just
discretion, he felt that he could not do otherwise than
give judgment against the defendant fur the whole of the
amount at which the damages were laid.
Upon the judgment being recorded,
Mr. C. DOD, who was professionally retained for Lord
Bury, stated to the Court that it was needless to explain
that his Lordship bad been only actuated in ;he course
tie had pursued by a desire to teach the defendant a
use!ul lesson. His Lordship felt that cases would fie,
quently occur where complainants could nave no claire to
put ta,nages into their own pockets,and that, as many in-
- twice* must come under his honour's notice where great
poverty and distress exisred on both sides, and where the
Court must have, in consAwmce, very painful duties to
erforta, his Lordship begged that the 201 damages
;night be considered as placed by him at his Honour's
disposal, and he trusted it would pr• ive the first contri-
ichtion towards a charitable fund, which would help to
sotti, n his Honour's mire painful task, by enabling him
to offer pecuniary aid or relief in deserving eases.
1).4 added, he t« It the uttnest plaasure in communicating
ois Lords:iip's liberal request. unit his Honour expressed
his unqualified svisfactien at assenting to the proposal.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
Matthew Kober's, John Payne, John Bennetts,
pilp
Matthews, Jacob Hancock, W
sTharles Fault, Rictiarit Kestell, an -1 John Cock, were
oidicted noteuely essembeng together at. St. Austell,
,u the 11th of June, armed with sticks, and remaining
eitatius!), assembled for Aix hours and upwards, to the
iisturbance of the peace and the terror of her Majesty's
.übjects.
Mr. Rowe and- Mr. 'elerivele were counsel for the pro-
ecution, and Mr. Slade defended he prisoners.
It appeared that on the morning ot the 11th of June
great nevi), of the miners at Butler's mine, near the
•own of St. Austell, most of whom had from 15s. te 17s.
e,week, stood round the shaft of the mine, and said they
',Multi Mit Weirk any longer, for the price of flour wee
raised, and it was' of 110 use to work, and they were
eottig into St. Ati,t.
II to see what they could do in it;
hey would go up to the day works, where the men were
esaily to . o Into the town with them. The agent of the
.nine urged them mest strongly not to go, for they would
•tily make things worse The men said they had made
ep their minds, and they wanted to lower the price
it curie Those miners, among whom were some of
he prisoners, then went to the clayworks, and took
away 26 men with them. The High Sheriff of the
eimity, who had heard of the intention of the antlers,
tad taken means for ebtaining the military from Bed-
nin; he, therefore, went to St. Austell early that mom--
lig, and met there Sir Joseph Seethe and Mr. H. xi, the
eaeistrates, and Mr. Coeds, the under-sheriff: The
ereventive their were also in attendance. At that tine-
he. town of St. Austell was quiet, but about one o'clock in
tie day there was an immense gathering in the neigh
oeurhood, and then special conetaeled were sworn in.
3etween two and three o'clock• the High Sh! riff anti
Code went towards the house of the latter gentle-
:nen, which was situate in the town, and found a euusi
several 1101,
,enable number of pereoas assembled—perhaps 300 or
100. '1 he mob ehouted ; most of them had sticks, some
too large to be
,t which were of a most enormous siz—
,f any use to them. Tne Sheriff and Mr. Code went
nto Mr. Cie de's house, and observed the proceedings
from the window. They heard a cry ot" 'sl aria 's mill,"
out then saw a rush of •he mob. The Sheriff and Mr.
Coode went out of the h,.use at,d followed the mob at a
tinning pace, and saw some of them eater a baker's
hop, and try to break in the door of another shop.
;hey overtook the mob, went through it, and headed it.
l'he Shei iff then mounted a call and addressed the
esople, whir were in a very excited state. The price of
erovisione at that time was very high. 'Ube Sheriff told
at in that, under ordinary enctonstences, tembieg A ;mid
rave inauced him to ho:d any parley niei them
tweointilitloeslea:ll,liya I:l7pru,aair,tiotiliniyo. hailth, itnoi4sit,ityru;
tb„us.,
a all, hut, 4S he knew there ANS great distress in the
i- advised
d udviee.
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iieir 'wit men to meet the gentlemen. The under
, aid
'ESltni€ll:aaiiis'i(7:h%el:r•nd arranged that the deputation sheuld meet
h
reonninehji,
gtitit:,tttrhaebee.ts.t,awikinie.niti hour, i
nyadvantage or; The Sheriff re-
arid that the deputation
then heard that somethin:
e
as
t:
om uecrh..alc; infusion,alarm, theand tithohei
the
noise being Mr. !ye:a, shop;
e
7,:a2:311 dgl.titrliegrwn
calculatedarha:n:
..raking the shop. The Sheriff ordered them in the
Q ueen Twti men turned round and
id him thti.esee, raising their sticks into the air, as it
:bow to strike hon. lie seized both the men and gave
hem 'asoliathale
oi d i
preventivetperse.
men to take into custody.
re w. re seven ereventive men. Tne Sh riff and the
,reventive men th, moved, when Mattnew Robert:
kppeared pi ;pared hi otsttuct the Sheriff's pro-
The Sheriff said hi him, " /Sieve on, Ins
;eiloe," when Roberts instantly raised his stick as
it about to strike the Sheriff, upon which the latter
14rted at him, and c rughe turn by the throat, and
•aid, How dare you do so?" and handed him to a
mstable; " but," said the Sheriff, " the moment the
Han raised the stick he appeared by his eyes to
oe almost pirely!,ed, anti I don't think he would
eave struck ins'.' The riot then subsi led for a
mort time, and the Sheriff and magistrates proceeded to
•he town hall, and met the deputation. When the de-
putation came in they said they were very sorry for the
conduct of the mob. They wanted to have the corn
sower. The Sheriff said, they had raised a large sum
drew-Iy, but if they would disperse, he would 1 romise
h iu Lt.) nail a Meeting, And that every thing possible
•hould be done to alleviate the distresses or those who
actually required it.. The deputation then wanted the
magistrates to let Roberts free, but the Sheriff said to
• hem, " You mistake ) our pi.,sition-
; I am the comman-
der, and am not to he ceurnsended " The deputation
aid, " Let us trust the gentl-m•n;" and they then re
vested the Shet to tell the p •tiple w hat. understanding
;rad been come to, as that would have a great effect.
Che Sheriff then went to the town-hail, and mounter;
".me steps and addressed the people. They said,
-• Fir,t let out the man" (Roberts). The Sheriff told
them that was impossible, and he begged them to Eo
'tome. They then became very violent, some saying
, hey would have the man, or the streets of St. Au•teii
sheuld run down with blood. One of the men (Blunt)
was close to the Sheriff, who said to him, " My go..ti
'ld man, what business can you have here ? You
mid better go hum... It is becomieg a serious mat-
!tr. lam trying all I can for you, by fair means,
out I wilt have peace awl tinder." The man said. "It
is as well to be shot as to be starved." The Sheriff'
!hen read the Riot Act, and it was thought right that
:he seleiers sh add load their muskets, aid the Sheriff
iirected that this should be d, ne in the presence of the
iaoh, that the men might know what was intenied.
The soldiers were mammal our. Blunt tried to stand in
:M•• way, when the Sit, riff said to him, " You stupid old
fool, get out of the way, or ) ou'll have the bayonets in
you." The Sheriff then told those under him that he
would point out the men he nad most notrced, that the
constables should seize them, and that the soldiers
smiled then close upon them and take care of them.
rhe streets were cleared three tunes at the point of the
nay (met. Webb was taken on account of his extreme
ebetiriacy, because he would in spite of any entreaty
along otie particular street, as he alledged to buy
einne hmacce. 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 west excellent
characters given them. Dim hing. can exceed the con-
duct of the 'Bah Sheriff, who tried by every kindness
and remonstrance to appease the feelings of the people,
ted when he found his endeavours were unsuecessiul,
tie behaved in so firm and determined a manner that he
most certainly prevented a state of snatchy, confusion,
slid bloodshed, which must have 1, d to the most dlsas.
;Toils cons, queue. a. 1: is conduct was most exemplary.
Chief Justice Wane summed up the ease to the jury
with most exirrieriiiiiary pates, going through the evi-
dence as regarded each priaoper, and directing the jury
cu coneider each case separately, and privately to put
,'own on parer their verdict before they went into the case.
of the next prisoner. tits Lordship also spike in high
terms of the conduct of the Sheriff, and said that the
satety 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
ut violence and riot, for they were sure to tied that,
strong as miners might consider thetneelves to be, the
•aw had more power, and they would bring themselves
into disgrace and puni,lin:tent, and their families into a
state ot misery- and wretchedness.
The ko,), round Hure, William Elancock, Matthew
Reticles, Joint Payne 11111,ain Blun,, Philip Matthews,
Welton Tellain, Charles Earle,. Richard Kestell, and
John Cseck, guilty, and acquitted the eater prisoners.