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London, England, 1848-06-19 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

The scrutiny into the ;;Tidity of Mr. Reynolds's ma-
jority was resumed on Saturday. In the course of the
day several votes were objected to, but the petitioners
Only succeeded in one instance.

DETENTION OP THE WEST INDIA PACKET.—The
West India packet has been further detained until the
morning of Wednesday, the 21st inst., so that letters
dispatched from London by the morning mail of that
day will be in time, together with the debates in Par-
liament on the West India question.
UNIVERSITY or LONDON. —A large meeting of the
graduates was held at Freemasons' Hall, on the Bth
inst., to consider measures for the improvement of their
academical position. The meeting originated in a gene-
rally-felt want of a recognised and influential position for
the graduates in the university, which at present is not
alf.,rded them. Professor Miller, of King's College,
31. F.R.S., was called to the chair, and many gentle-
men were present who had arrived from remote parts of
the kingdom for the purpose. The utmost unanimity
prevailed, both as to the ground of dissatisfaction and
the means for its removal. Resolutions expressive of
gratitude for the past efforts of the Senate, and of hope
for their assistance in the present movement, were passed
unanimously by a crowded meeting, and a committee of
graduates, selected from the three Faculties of Arts,
Law, and Medicine, and representing the various col-
leges and institutions nowin connexion with the uni-
,
versity, was appointed to carry out the resolutions.
BRISTOL St GAR-
MARKET, JUNE 16.—The market
has been very dull, sellers and buyers both waiting the
promised announcement in the House this evening as to
the Ministerial prospect of colonial relief.—Bristol
Mercury.
Sir W. G. Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., M.P., and Mr.
Bonham Carter, Alt.,
had an interview with the
Commissioners of Railways on Saturday, at their
office in the Board of Trade.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, June 17.
GREGORY V. THE QUEEN.
Barnard Gregory had been indicted at the Central
Criminal Court tor a libel on the Duke of Brunswick.
The case had been removed by certiorari into the Court
of Qaeen's Bench, and to this indictmont the plaintiff in
error had originally pleaded not guilty. He had after-
wards, however, withdrawn that plea, and the judgment
of the court was then passed upon him, adjudging him
to be imprisoned for six months in the Queen's prison,
and to be kept in division lof class 4. This latter part
of the sentence gave a party certain indulgences, such as
the privilege of having books, pens, ink,l&c. Upon this
Mr. Gregory brought a writ of error, and having been
in prison two months he was bailed out. Very many
errors upon the indictment were at first assigned, but
there had been an amendment, so that they were greatly
reduced.
Mr. PEACOCK, on behalf of the plaintiff in error, said
that according to the case of O'Connell against the
Queen, if he could show that any one of the counts was
not sufficient, the indictment could not be supported.
The Learned Counsel then took some technical objec-
tions, which were held not to be tenable. He then con-
tended that to speak of a party as " the hero of Bruns-
wick," and to say " every Englishman was a match for
half a dozen apish poltroons of Germany," was not
libelous. It could not be said that the Hero of Bruns-
wick was a poltroon. Mr. Peacock then alluded to the
eighth count, where it was said if a certain lady
e entertained the Duke of Brunswick, she did what
very few would do," but that she was at liberty to invite
all the expatriated foreigners who crowded our streets
t os hbee
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worthless, though they might be called expatriated. He
then objected that the entry that the plea had been
withdrawn would not do; that it should have gone on
to say that the party had pleaded guilty or denied the
charge. Then, again, the order of the court that the
party should be kept in a particular part of the prison
was exceeding the authority of the court. It was not
competent to the court to make such an order, because
it could only be done by the judge before whom the party
was tried, and here he had not been tried at all.
The COURT said, in cases where a particular punish-
ment was awarded by the statute, and a judge omitted
to order the entire part of it, that judgment would be
bad. Alderman Wood, in a case before him, had omitted
to order a man to be whipped. That judgment was af-
terwards set aside, and the man, to show his gratitude,
brought an action against the alderman, who had a ver-
dict against him. As to the point of the order being
made by the judge before whom the case was tried, that
,übstantrally had reference to the Court which awarded
the sentence, because in many cases where, in conse-
quence of the cause having been removed by certiorari,
a party was tried at Nisi Prius, that party was brought
up in the next term for judgment; it could not be said
that the Court sitting in Banco could not make the same
order as the judge who tried it.
Mr. WORDSWORTH (on behalf of the prosecution)
said the points now left were as to the validity /of the
eighth count of the indictment. As to the withdrawal
of the plea, and as to the sentence, he contended that
the popular meaning of the word was, that a person had
been banished or sent out of his country. The inten-
tion of the author was, to make the world believe that
the Duke was not fit to be received into society. The
word " expatriate" detracted from the respectability of
a person.
The COURT said it was an equivocal word.
Mr. WORDSWORTH said, as to the withdrawal of the
plea, that could mean nothing more than a confession of
guilt. In the third place, he submitted that the Court
had full power to pass the sentence which it had done.
The Court took time to consider the points.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD CO UR T.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
Edwin Benjamin Vidler, 29, who had pleaded guilty
on Thursday' to two charges of forgery and embezzlement,
was brought up for judgment, and sentenced to be trans-
ported for ten years.
Edward Reynolds, 22, and Thomas Bone, 27, were
charged, upon the coroner's inquisition, with the man-
slaughter of Anne Elizabeth Carle.
Mr. O'Brien prosecuted. Mr. Clarkson and Mr.
Prendergast were for the prisoners.
It appeared that the prisoners were carmen, in the
service of a cornfactor, and on the evening of the 11th
of May they were returning home with two carts along
the London-road, and, according to the testimony of the
witnesses, at a very furious rate. The deceased, who
was crossing the road, was knocked down by the first
cart, and that and the second, which was following,
passed over her body, inflicting mortal injuries, of
which she died shortly afterwards. It was attempted
to be shown, on the part of the prisoners, that part of
the harness of one of the horses had broken, and this
caused the animal to take fright, and the other followed,
and they were unable to stop them or prevent the
accident.

Mr. CLARKSON, at the close of the case for the pro-
secution, submitted that the name of the deceased had
not been proved, as laid in the indictment. Some of
;he witnesses had stated that they knew her as Eliza,
and also that her husband called her Anne only, whereas
in the indictment she was called Anne Elizabeth Carle.
Mr. O'BittEN said the husband had been sent for to
prove the name, but he had not arrived. He submitted,
however, that there was sufficient evidence to go to the
jury.
Mr. Justice PATTESON held the objection to be fatal,
and he, at the same time, remarked, that although it
might appear to be a trivial one, yet it was not so in
reality, for if they once diverted in any respect from
the strict proof of a charge, they could not tell where
they should stop.
The jury, therefore, under his Lordship's direction,
returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
Patrich Coakley, 25, and Jerome Coakley, 24, bro-
thers, were indicted for the manslaughter of Daniel
Elarker Monk, a police constable.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk prosecuted ; Mr. Prender-
gast and Mr. Wilde defended the prisoners.
The circumstances of this case were of rather a pecu-
liar nature, It appeared that on the 30th of April the
deceased was on duty in George-street, St. Giles's, when
he had occasion to apprehend a street beggar, and was
iuthe act of taking him to the police-station, when the
prisoner Jerome interfered, and endeavoured to prevent
him. The consequence of this was a struggle between
him and the officer, during which they both fell to the
ground, and while they were in that position, the other
prisoner took the constable's staff from him, and struck
him a violent blow on the head. Although the injury
was severe, it appeared that at this time no serious con-
sequences were expected to result from it, and Jerome
was committed summarily for a month, and Patrick was
sent for trial for the assault. It seemed that soon after-
wards the deceased became much worse, and eventually
erysipelas supervened, and he died on the 28th of May,
the coroner's jury returning a verdict of Manslaughter
against both brothere.
Mr. Justice PATTESON having expressed an opinion
that the charge could not be supported against Jerome,
as he did not appear to have had anything to do with or
to be even aware of the blow with the staff being struck
by his brother, until after the affray.
The jury acquitted him, and returned a verdict of
Guilty against Patrick.
His Loensinr, in passing sentence upon the prisoner,
said he had been clearly proved to have caused the
death of a police-constable, by interfering in a matter he
had nothing whatever to do with, and in a most unjus-
tifiable manner. The policeman had done nothing what-
ever to injure or affront him, but because he saw him
struggling with his brother upon the ground, he delibe-
rately took out his staff and struck him in such a violent
manner as to cause his death. The offence was laid as
manslaughter, but he was not at all clear that he might
not have been charged with murder, under the circum-
stances of the case. The police must be protected from
such conduct, and, as a warning to others not to inter.
fere with them in the execution of their duty, he felt
himself called upon to sentence the prisoner to be trans-
ported for seven years.
Joseph Crane, 20, was indicted for a robbery, with
violence, upon Thomas John Woodward.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Clark and Mr.
Metcalfe; Mr. Payne defended.
The facts of this case have been given very fully within
the last few days in the police reports. The prosecutor
was walking with his brother in Virginia-row, near
Bonner's-fields, on the 4th of June, the day on which
the riotous proceedings took place in that locality, when
some mischievous vagabonds hallooed a mob upon them,
on the cry that they were special constables and police-
men in disguise. The consequence was, that the prose-
cutor and his brother were most brutally ill-treated, and
the former was robbed of 55., and according to his evi-
dence the prisoner was among the mob who assaulted
and robbed him ; but it appeared that the person, who
ever he was, got away at the time, and the prisoner was
not taken until the next day.
Mr. PAYNE, on behalf of the prisoner, said he was in-
structed to assure the jury that he was not the person,
and that the prosecutor was mistaken as to his being in
the mob, and he called three witnesses, who swore
Positively on the day the robbery was committed the
prisoner was in their company the whole morning, and
there seemed to be no reason to doabt the truth of their
evidence.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

NEW COURT.
THE CHARTIST RIOTS IN BISHOP BONNER'S

(Continued from our AFflteErn
The case for the prosecutLi 001 .):
:: Snh .
aEvrilnitgiocnloosfedS,aturday.)
Mr' PAYNE then
Moston, Jones, Illma ' addressed thejury
•
for the prisoners
stated his firm belief that
Couling, and in doing so
h if the advice of his Noble
Friend Lord Ashley,
had been adopted, wptle,
tdreisapect to improving the con-
dition,ese demonstrations would
never have taken place, and more good would have been
effected than by Colonels Rowan
George Grey's special constables. and dMaYlle's
police, Sir
Wel-
lington and the whole armed force of
thethe Duke of
country.re Was it
m to be believed that the acts of such boys as the
prisoners at the bar were calculated to edamage
the glo-
rious constitution of this country? It was his firm con-
viction that all that bad taken place was attributable
police.
to
the incautious and uncalled for conduct of the
He was convinced that no case had been proved against
the prisoners he defended, and he had no doubt of an
acquittal for all of them at the hands of the jury.
Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for the pri-
soner Whitehead, who was no patriot, knew nothing of
the Lix points of the Charter, and had no sympathy
with Mr. Mitchel, because he was not aware of the
existence of such an individual, but was merely a brick-
layer's labourer, who had, unfortunately for himself,
gone to the meeting in Bonner's• fields, on Sunday, the
4th of June. No case had been proved against White-

head, for the stones that he was said to havo thrown had
never reached their destination. He believed that the
police, and the police alone, had cause the whole of the
disturbances that had taken place by their own indis-
criminate conduct.

Mr. PARRY then addressed the jury for the prisoners,
Kingston and Blackburn; in the course of which he took
occasion to observe, in warm terms, that it was an in-
famy and scandal to the administration of justice in
England that the police should be allowed to
exercise a discretion as to when they should
or should not strike her Majesty's liege sub-
jects with their truncheons on the head without
the interference of the magistrates or the Secretary of
State for the home ll!partment. The Learned Counsel,
in conclusion, submitted that there was no evidence
upon which the jury could convict the prisoners whose
cause he advocated.
Several witnesses were then called to speak to the
character of the defendants, and according to their tes-
timony they were all industrious well-conducted young
men.
The COMMON SERGEANT, in summing up, explained
the law to the jury,. and said that all meetin.gs in terro-
rem populi, or constituted to cause terror and alarm to
the people were illegal and riotous meetings, and the
question for them to consider was whether the meeting
in question was one of
.that description. God forbid
that they should be deprived of the privilege of meeting
fairly and honestly for the purpose of di,eussing any po-
litical grievance. Then the question was, was this such
a meeting for such a reasonable and honest purpose ?
What day was it fixed for ? Sunday. Was Sunday
a day that would be fixed for such an ho-
nourable and reasonable object, in the first place.
Then, the next question was, did it occasion disturbance
in the minds of reasonable persons ? If it did
then it was an illegal meeting, and the parties who
were present were guilty of a riot. It was the
object of all government that the people should live in
peace, and go to their homes in quietness, and when
they looked at the circumstances of this meeting, could
they doubt that, taking into consideration the day on
which it was held, the attack that was made upon the
church, and the severe injury that was inflicted upon
the constables before they took any steps against the
crowd, that it was a riotous assemblage, and one cal-
culated to create terror and alarm in the mind of any
reasonable person? If, therefore, they considered the
evidence established the fact of the presence of all or any
of the defendants at the meeting, he was bound to inform
them that such presence, in law, rendered them guilty of
the offence imputed to them.
The jury, atter deliberating about ten minutes, re-
turned a verdict of Guilty against all the defendants,
but recommended them to mercy, with the exception of
Illman, who struck the constable with the iron bar.
Too COMMON-SERGEANT respited the judgment, and
said he should consider what sentence ought to be pro-
nounced upon the defendants.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
Abraham Lazarus, aged 27, described in the calendar
as a dealer, was indicted for having, in conjunction with
others, conspired to defeat the ends ofjustiee by keeping
out of the way a witness who had been bound over to
prosecute and give evidence at these sessions.
The prosecution had been instituted by the City au-
thorities, and Mr. Ryland
appeared in support of the in-
dictment.

The case out of which those proceedings arose (and
which has been several times reported under the head of
these sessions) was this:—About the middle of the year
1846, a Jew, named Magnus, was sent for trial by one
of the City magistrates, for picking a woman's pooket.
The prosecutrix not appearing at the court, the prisoner
was of necessity discharged for want of evidence. It
was subsequently discovered that the prisoner and
several other Jews had got hold of the prosecutrix, and
taken her, by false pretences, down to Woolwich upon
the day she was required to give her evidence. Several
of the parties concerned in the conspiracy have, since
that period, been tried and convicted at these sessions
for the offence, but the prisoner had kept out of the
way until a short time back, when he was apprehended
and taken before the magistrates at Guildhall, who sent
him for trial.

The prisoner, in his defence, said he had merely acted
as a mediator. _ .

The jury found him guilty, and ho was sentenced to
the same punishment that had been awarded to the
others—namely, two months' imprisonment, and to pay
a fine of 251. to the Queen, and be further imprisoned
until such fine is paid.
No other cases worthy of mention were tried during
the day.
Thomas Broome, a boy, known to the police as a
clever young thief, was indicted for robbing the till of a
publican named Slark, in the London-road. The evi•
Bence against him was shortly this—He was caught in
the fact. He had been before convicted, and was now
sentenced to be transported for seven years.
Daniel Donoghue, a tall gaunt-looking Irishman, was
indicted for stealing a shilling, the property of John
Brine.

The prosecutor and his wife went into the Crown
public-house, in Stanhope-street, Clare-market, and' sat
down to have a pint of porter in the tap-room. They
placed a shilling on the table to pay for it, when the
prisoner, addressing the prosecutor, said, " Excuse me,
Sir, but there's a large spider on that box near you."
The prosecutor turned round to look for the supposed
spider, when the prisoner snatched up the shilling, but
he was not quite quick enough, for he was seen by the
wife, and at once given into custody.
The prisoner was found Guilty, and was sentenced to
one year's hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREE7:

Benjamin Rawlings, Joseph Dean, Bevan Laybon,
John ll' hile, and J times North, five athletic young fel-
se,wi
tnacdh ward,
da: workhouse,
lows, all of whom, with the exception of the last, had
been repeatedly in custody, where charged before Mr.
Arnold, with having been concerned in a desperate
assault and robbery upon John Jackson, a simple-look •
ing country lad, in the ward appropriated to the recep-
tion of casual paupers at Shoreditch workhouse.
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time out of work, and
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destitute, on the preceding evening he applied for a
night's shelter
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Without divesting himself of his clothing, he threw
himself upon one of the beds, and fell asleep ; but
t's
was roughly aroused about five in the morning by the
prisoners, who told him they felt satisfied he had some
money about him, and were determined to have it. The
prisuners then threw themselves upon him, and three of
them held him forcibly down while the others stripped
off his stockings, and afterwards proceeded to rifle his
pockets, from which they abstracted his comb and hand-
kerchief. On raising the cry of " murder," one of the
prisoners snatched a thick rug from an adjoining bed, in
which they enveloped his head, and drew the folds so
tightly round his mouth that his breath was stopped,
and he was almost suffocated. He succeeded by a des-
perate effort in releasing himself and made towards
the door, but found it fastened on the outside, and
while endeavouring to force it he was again
dragged back by the prisoners, who renewed
their attack; and he was still aching in every part of
his person from the brutal violence to which he was sub-
jected. One of the watchmen, whose attention was at-
tracted to the uproar, at length hastened to his assist-
ance, followed by Mr. Elmsley, the superintendent of
the ward, and other officers, to whom he pointed out the
prisoners, and the whole of them were secured. The
complainant's evidence was fully corroborated by four
other paupers, who had witnessed the occurrence, but
were too much terrified to render him any assistance, as
the prisoners had threatened one of them if he ventured
to interfere, that they would knock his teeth down his
throat. Mr. Elmsley, the superintendent, stated that
all the prisoners had been a burthen to the parish for a
long time past, and from their lawless and turbulent
propensities scenes scarcely less outrageous than the
present were of almost nightly occurrence in the ward in
question.
Mr. ARNOLD expressed his intention to commit the
whole of the prisoners to Newgate upon the charge, and
considered it was incumbent upon the parish authorities
to conduct the prosecution, but if they declined to do so
an application must be made to the Poor-law Com-
missioners, in order that the ends of justice might no
be defeated.
The prisoners were ordered to be brought up again
next week for the formal completion of the depositions.
SOUTHWARK.

Geerye Curtis, a powerful-looking man, was placed
in the dock, charged with assaulting and threatening to
murder Mr. Robinson, the Master of St. George's
Workhouse, Southwark.
Mr. Robinson said that the prisoner was a few weeks
ago admitted into the workhouse, and on examination
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it was found that he was labouring under disease. The
surgeon ordered him into a different ward,y, and directed
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witness to see had the
that certain medicines should be administered to him,
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that the prisoner partook of the medicine, and in carry-
ing out that order the prisoner seized him by the
throat and nearly strangled him. Witness overpowered
him after a severe struggle, when the prisoner said
that he would murder him the first opportunity. As-
sistance was then procured, and he was given into
custody.
In defence, the prisoner said that he had been hardly
dealt with by the master, and the guardians, who place.'
him in a filthy place, unfit for any human being. He
certainly was much aggravated, but he denied threaten-
ing Mr. Robinson's life.
The master of the workhouse said, that when it was
ascertained the prisoner was diseased, he was removed
into the probationary ward, and then required to take
the medicine ordered by the doctor. But it was clean
and wholesome. The assault was of that nature, that
the guardians desired the case to go before the jury at
sessions.
Mr. SEcxErt said, that it was a fit case to go be-
fore a jury, as a more violent character he never saw.
He should, under all the circumstances, commit him
for trial.
About a fortnight ago two railway labourers entered
a silversmith's shop in the Borough, and offered a large
quantity of old coins for sale. Being in excellent pre -
servation, and extremely valuable, the shopkeeper
called the attention of the police, and the prisoners were
taken into custody, and examined at this court. In
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consequence of the publicity given to the case in the
!Deny. ap-
pe a e
public papers, a letter was received from J, Dimmock,
Esq., the Lord of the Manor of Pocklington, in York-
Shiro,d
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ecoins
employed d a h iss
railway Pro
at Pocklington, and while putting down some posts
near the station they discovered an earthen jar full of
coins. They took them out and brought them up to
London, when they were given into custody. The men
were discharged a week ago, and the ohm were directed

to be held by Hart, the policeman, and Inspector Cowlin,
of the M division, until claimed. To-day Mr. Bathurst,
of Doctors' commons, attended before Mr. Seeker, arid
claimed the coins from the magistrate ou the part of the
lord of the manor, arid ou his producing satisfactory
documents, they were delivered up. They consisted of
two marks of James the Second, two Scotch marks of
the same Sovereign, one of Charles the Second, and
another of Henry the Eighth, all in beautiful preserva-
tion. The silver coins consisted of 170 crowns, 240
half. crowns, and 138 smaller pieces, of ancient date and
great value. There were also another lot, of small
value. The whole was supposed to be worth nearly a
thousand pounds, and had been hoarded up by some
family at the time of the Commonwealth, as the place
where they were discovered formerly was attached to
the old manor-house at Pocitlington. The men who
found the coins were discharged without any reward, al-
though it appeared they had acted in ignorance.
THAMES.

William Beverly, aged 22, who described himself as a
mason, of 2, Cree Church-lane, Leadenhall-street, was
brought before Mr. Ballantine, on remand, charged with
assaulting and wounding Mr. George Waken, a plumber
and painter and landlord of the Coachmakers Arms, in
Charles•strecr, Stepney.

On Friday afternoon Mr. Walton was talking to a
friend close to the door of the Sidney Arms, in Charles-
street, which house he had just left, when he was ac-
costed by the prisoner, who had been very properly
excluded from the same house, by Mr. Shepherd, for
disorderly conduct, and attempting to make free with
another persons money. I'he prisoner challenged Mr.
Walton to wrestle with him, and on his refusal to do
so made use of very abusive and threatening language.
Mr Walton desired him to go away and said. he
wished to have nothing to do with him. The pri-
soner repeated his challenge and abuse, on which Mr.
Walton turned his hack towards the fellow and continued
his conversation with his friend. The prisoner, who is
a powerful athletic man, immediately threw off his coat
and hat, and, advancing behind Mr. Walton, seized him
round the waist, exclaiming, " I'll give you a cross but-
tock;" and after raising him from the ground threw
him with great violence into the road. Mr. Walton was
stunned by the fall, his hip was contused, and his right
arm and elbow were bruised and the skin torn off.
When he recovered himself he attempted to lay hold of
the prisoner, who, with great dexterity, seized him again
and flung him on to the footpath. Mr. Walton was
more injured by the second than by the first fall, and
was completely disabled. When he rose the prisoner
was about making a third attack upon him, but was
prevented by Mr. Shepherd, the landlord of the Sidney
Arms, Mr. Charles Pohitt, and others, who main-
tained a desperate strugele with the prisoner before
they could secure him. Mr. Walton, who has suffered
great pain ever since he received the injuries, and has
been under medical treatment, could not use his right
arm, and from the contusion on his hip walked with
difficulty. He put in a certificate from Mr. Falconer, a
surgeon, describing the serious nature of the contusions
he received.

Three witnesses confirmed the statement of Mr.
Walton.

The prisoner made a vague and rambling defence.

Mr. BALLANTINE asked Mr. Walton dhe wished to
carry this case to the sessions?—Mr. Walton replied in
the negative, and said he did not wish to hurt the priso-
ner at all; he forgave him.

Mr. BALLANTINE said he could not overlook this case.
The prisoner in the first instance had made himself a
nuisance in a respectable, well conducted tavern, the
Sidney Arms, and had afterwards made a savage and
wanton attack upon a respectable tradesman, whom he
took by surprise. The prisoner was a ruffian, and he
would punish him as far as he could. lie fined him 51.,
and in default of payment committed him for one month
to the House of Correction.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basiaghull-street.
J. Clarke, Liquorpond-street, builder, July 7, at twelve
—U. M. Low and W. M. Westertnan, Calcutta, and C.
A. Cantor, England, merchants, July 7, at two—A.
Beattie, F. Macnaghtan, R. A. F. Kingscote, and A.
Atkinson, Nicholas lane, Lombard street, merchants,
July 7, at eleven—E. S. Meyer and T. G. Brownsmith,
Bedford-street, Covent-garden, fringe manufacturers,
July 10, at twelve—J. Foster, Wilson-street, Finsbury,
July 10, at one—J. Webster, Wood. street, Cheapside,
warehouseman, July 10, at one—F. Adamson, 13,,nd-
court, Walbrook, merchant, July 7, at twelve—A. King,
Oxford, timber-merchant, July 7, at one—J. Softlaw,
Adelaide-place, London-bridge, wine-merchant, July 7,
at twelve—J. Teasel, Norwich, carpenter, July 7, at
eleven—C. Green, St. Mary Overie's dock, Southwark,
wharfinger, July 7, at eleven.
In the Country.
T. Lidiard, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, money scriv-
ener, July 7, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Bush
and N. G. ,Prideaux, Bristol, scriveners, July 7, at twelve,
at the Court, Bristol—E. hill, Stourpoint, Worcester-
tershire, hosier, July 13, at half-past ten, at the Court,
Birmingham—M. W. Osborne, Coventry, Warwickshire,
grocer, July 13, at half past ten, at the Court, Birming-
ham—J. Jenks, Nottingham, lace manufacturer, July 7,
at eleven, at the Court Birmingham—Eliastbeth Green,
Spring-mill and Crossland-moor, Yorkshire, common-
brewer, July 7, at ten, at the Court, Leeds—T. B. Shut-
tleworth, Sheffield, brush maker, July 8, at ten, at the
Court, Leeds—J. Napier, jun., Sheffield, oil merchant,
July 8, at ten, at the Court, Leeds—G. Garton, Shef-
field, stock broker, July 8, at ten, at the Court, Leeds.