The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-14 00:00:00

SOCIETY OF ARTS.

Last night the fourth ordinary meeting of the mem-
bers of the Society of Arts was held in the great room
at the Society's house, John-street, Adeiphi. Mr.
Thomas Webster, M.A., F.A.S„ vice-president, in the
chair.

Mr. J. HOLMES proceeded to read an extremely inte-
resting lecture upon the present state of electricity as
applied to telegraphs. Tracing the application of elec-
tricity to the purpose of telegraphic communication from
its earliest invention in 1746 down to the present day,
the lecturer stated that it was not his intention to can-
VIS 3 separately the various plans of electric telegraphs
which had from time to time been brought under the at-
tention of the public. For his present purpose it would
be sufficient to divide them into two great classes—l.
The mechanical telegraph, in which a system of clock-
work was set in motion by the agency of electricity ;
and 2. The mere theoretical instruna;nt. which depended
upon the direct action of the current, either by induction
upon a suspended magnetic iron bar, or by the decom•
position of certain chemical solutions, so placed as to
Corm a part of the magnetic circuit. All the early tele-
graphs recorded between 1746 and 1798, were constructed
to work by electricity of a high tension, and the results
obtained were far from successful, still, to those early
efforts, especially to an invention of Dr. Watson's, they
were indebted for the comparative perfection which the
instrument had now reached. No advance of great im •
portsnce in this direction was made until the discovery
of the voltaic battery in 1800, aided by M. Arago's
adaptation of the electro-magnet. In 1837, the inven-
tion
was still further improved, and was rendered of
byio this
pro country. Practical utility by the process of Messrs. Wheatstone
upon the SoutlV-
ikpd Cooke, who then registered their patent. The me-
chanical. telegraph had been hitherto very little employed
.eo,nsn9rtry. The first erected in England was placed
hweaetsstteorniaeßtaoiwi
Railway,
the Admiralty
Gosportsig signals
South bevon, aulue
Nine Elms
other rail; ay Out of 1:),000 miles of telegraph, the only
which it had been employed was the
fection it had atnttlh of 27 miles, and such was the per-
-2,000 distinct
slightest failure or catl,:ere conveyed without the
signinaeld, that frequently as many as
much experience and matutY of
express
telegraphs of the sub-
ject, description. After
secohtoisldrailway purposes,
ject, however, he must ex
opinion that these
telegraph, wwh i c h h e
not be bestowed on
telegraphs were not applicable
enre hadfirst dine" ,
where a great deal of attention
„with 24
them. The other class of ug
.toh two
scribed as the more theoretical system,
tally in use throughout the country. hease bw" n e gene
vented byMr.Alexander, of Edinbur 1-, i
et weather,
24 wires. They were now reduced, however
immense, and th
needles with two wires, and even to one needlerw'
wire. This plan was first adopted by Profe,sor lEt rsuit:ede
in 1813. Still the whole system was replete with
perfections. For long distances, and in w
the difficulty of working them bebame.
signals were often perfectly unintelligible, the needles
scarcely vibrating at all. To meet this difficulty, lighter
and improved needles and a new helix were invented,
which had enabled him to transmit 120 letters in a
minute. The power of printing by electric telegraph
was now an undisputed fact. Davey made the first
great stride in its appliCation to the conveyance of
printed messages, in 1838, and in 1847 Mr. Bain suc-
ceeded in producing a beautiful instrument for the
purpose. A perfect printing communication now ex-
isted between Liverpool, Manchester, and London, and
the operations were carried on with tolerable rapidity,
but not by any means with the speed of which the

instrument might b. cuplble. Frequently 2,000 dis-
tinct symbolic chat atters had been conveyed in a
minute, but that was not upon any great length of line.
250 letters in a minut' hai been accomplished be-
tween Liverpool and Manchester, a distance of thirty
miles. The average, however, was about 75 letters in a
minute.

The lecturer illustrated his subject by a series of
extremely well-executed diagrams, which proved of no
small assistance to the less scientific portion of his au-
dience.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING

Six o'CLocK.

The only bets this afternoon were 1,000 to 15 agst
Chanticleer and 1,000 to 10 agst Bon•Mot for the
Chaster Cup.

THEATRICAL WARFARE IN A MERICA—A disgrace-
ful scene occurred at the Arch-street Theatre, Philadel-
phia, on the 20th ult., in consequence of an attempt to
drive Macready from the stage. A portion of the audi-
ence exhibited a determination to frown down the dis-
turbance created by those opposed to the great actor.
Pence were thrown upon the stage;and in the last act
an egg was thrown, which fell near Macready's feet, and
broke. The actor paid no attention to these repeated
insults, and went through the performance of Macbeth,
the beauty of which was greatly marred by the inter-
ruptions received. At the close of the tragedy Macready
was called out before the curtain and attempted to speak,
but the noises made by both friends and foes prevented
his saying a word for several minutes. When a lull
occurred, he commenced by saying that he bad under-
stood an organized opposition was to be made against
him, but his confidence in the justice of the American
people was still unabated. An interruption was here
made, during which three cheers for Forrest were called
for, but only faintly given, while three cheers were loudly
responded to for Macready. He then resumed, and de-
nied the truth of the report thht he entertained hostile
feelings towards an eminent American actor. The .per •
son alluded to had, however, done in England, towards
him, what he was sure no English actor would do, and
what he believed no other American actor would do—
he had openly hissed. He (Mr. Macready) expressed a de-
termination to give up his engagement if it was the will
of the audience. This, however, was strongly negatived
by a large majority of those present, intermingled with
cheers and hisses. The police arrested and carried off
seven of the rioters. Forrest performed Macbeth at the
Walnut-street to a house crowded in every part.
SUICIDE IN CONSEQUENCE 01' PECUNIARY LOSSES.
—On Tuesday night an inquest was held before. Mr.
Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of J.
Buillivant, aged 39, who committed suicide. When de-
ceased attained his majority he entered into the posses-
sion of a valuable estate. He was induced to advance a
considerable sum of money to Owen's Labour Exchange
Bazaar in Gray's Inn-lane. In exchange for his money
he received what were styled "one-hour" and "two-
hour" notes, entitling him, upon the reciprocity principle,
to the produce of one hour or two hours' labour. When
he wished to convert his notes into money he found that
they were almost wholly valueless, and be was compelled
to take a quantity of articles from the bazaar which
were completely useless to him. This speculation stye-
lowed up the bulk of his fortune. With what remained
he opened a chemist's shop, in Camden Town, where he
carried on a respectable business for some time. Subse-
quently, however, he suffered severe losses, and at
length, beggared in fortune and in hopes, he committed
self-destruction, by shooting himself in the back part of
the head. The following document was found in his
possession :—" Oh, wretched man that I am, unfit for
the world and all society, I have been a prey to swindlers
all my life. That villian T— has sacrificed me to a
triumvirate of swindlers, and I have been more victi.
wised than poor Tom Steele. But who knows it but
myself, or who cares for it; and, having no address, I
am unfit for any business, and competent for none. I
cling to life, but nothing but disgrace, which is worse
than death, stares me in the face. That villain T—
holds an estate which was my father's, and to which.'
believe he is no more entitled than the man in the moon,
and he has had the audacity to tell me that he was
justified in sacrificing me to the swindlers."—The jury
returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."
FULLER'S COMPUTING TELEGRAPH. THE
BREATHING SPACE IN THE STEAMER LONDONDERRY.--
The account of the catastrophe on board the steamer
Londonderry, as published in the fifth page of the
Guardian of Saturday last, gives the dimensions of the
space wherein the sufferers were confined. As our
readers may like to know the precise amount of space
allotted to each of the 150 sufferers, Mr. Fuller has fur-
nished this, which may be obtained in less than one mi-
nute by his admirable instrument. He says, " I take
the dimensions from the statement as given in your
paper, being an average one way of 20 feet 4 inches, and
the other of 18 feet 2 inches; and a height of 6 feet 7
inches. The result is 16f, cubic feet for each indivi-
dual; being equal to a cask of 101} imperial gallons!
This space, after deducting the size of the person, must,
as the result has shown, have produced speedy suffoca,
tion."—Manchester Guardian.

ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.-011 Tuesday morning
about 15 minutes to one A.M., a young man, named
James Hatton, attempted to drown himself by throwing
himself from the west side of Blackfriars-bridge, from
the second arch, but was fortunately perceived by City
Police-constable Gronet, 325, and a man named Peate,
who immediately ran down the steps, and seeing the
body floating towards the coal barges, with admirable
presence of mind ran down William-street, and forced
open the gates of Messrs. Capel and Co., the coal mer-
chants, and, jumping over the coal barges, succeeded in
catching him just as be was going under the barges, the
tide was running very strong, there being about ten feet
of water at the time. He was carried to the Glaziers'
Arms, Water-lane, and, after three hours' exertions, he
showed signs of life, and was then removed to the West
London Union, and from thence before Alderman Hum-
phery, who remanded him till Saturday. He is nine-
teen years of age; and his father states he has a com-
fortable home, and wants for nothing.
THE WEATHEE.—Since our last, we have had
somewhat finer weather, and very little rain. Saturday
was gloomy and showers fell, but Sunday was a very fine
day. On Monday morning, a little rain fell ; but the
day became bright and fine. Yesterday was also fair and
warm. The temperature has been high, its maximum
on most days reaching to 55 or 511 degrees Fahrenheit
The prevailing wind has been S.W. and the telegraphic
report of yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, gives the
following as the state of the weather at the places
named :—Birmingham, E. fine; Hertford, S.E., cloudy;
East Dereham, S.E. cloudy; Crewe, S. fine; Gloucester,
S. fine; Peterborough, S.W. cloudy; Yarmouth, S.W.
fine; Gosport, S.W. fine; Norwich, S.W. fine ; London,
S.W. clbudy; Portsmouth, S.W. fine; Brandon, S.W.
fine; Colchester, S.W. cloudy; Ipswich, S.W. cloudy;
Chelmsford, S.S.W. foggy; Cambridge, S.W. cloudy.
—Manchester Guardian.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAlLwAY.—Return of cattle,
grain, &c., for the London markets over the Eastern
Counties Railway for the week ending December, 9,
1848:—Cattle Department : Beasts, 594; calves, 51;
sheep, 7,031; pigs, 72. Granaries department: Malt,
5,291 qrs.; wheat, 1,272 qrs.; barley, 1,122 qrs.; oats,
265 qrs.; beans, 180 qrs.; peas, 168 qrs.; total, 8,298
qrs., 16,596 sacks; flour, 6,430 sacks; seed, 1,165 sacks;
total, 24,191 sacks. General merchandise: 'Meat, dead,
246 tons 14 cwts.; poultry, 58 tons 18 cwts. 2 qrs.; fish
(fresh). 322 tons 3 cwts.; fruit and vegetables, 562 tons
18 cwts.; ale and porter, 390 tons 10 cwts.; wines and
spirits, 92 tons 4 cwts.; wool, 35 tons 14 cwts. 1 qr.
General merchandise, 2,660 tons 2 cwts. 3 qrs.; total,
4,369 tons 4 cwts. 2 qrs. Milk, 16,656 quarts ; bread,
65 owti.

TROOPS ToR HONG-KONG.-By latest intelligence
received from Hong-Kong, the authorities were informed
that the sickness among the troops there prevailed to
such an extent, that there were not men enough conva-
lescent to perform garrison duty. In consequence of
this report, the 75th Regiment, 1,200 strong, has been
placed under orders to hold itself in readiness to em-
bark at short notice for that colony. It is probable,
as it would be more economical, and certainly more
comfortable for the troops, that her Majesty's ship
Belleisle will be commissioned to convey the 75th to
Hong-Kong.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 13.
(Sittings.beforc Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and a Common

Jury.)
RUSSELL V. CLUMPTON- SANE V. SAMZ.

Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Dowdeswell ap-
peared for the:plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr.
Hawkins for the defendant.
This was a case in which two actions were com-
pounded into one for the purposes of trial. One of these
actions was for assault, the plaintiff being an apprentice
of the defendant. The defendant pleaded that the plain-
tiff had misconducted himself, and that he, the defendant,
had, as he lawfully might, corrected the plaintiff, his
apprentice. The other action was for alleged breach of
covenant in turning the apprentice away and refusing to
teach the plaintiff his business as a linen and woollen
draper. The defendant, as to this action, pleaded that
he had not broken the covenant, and had not refused to
teach him the business, nor had turned him away. The
plaintiff was the son of a person living near Maidstone,
and had been apprenticed to the defendant, who carried
on an extensive business in the Whitechapel-road, as a
linen and woollen draper. The plaintiff sought to es-
tablish that the defendant had subjected him to disa-
greeable and severe treatment, putting him under a
counter to sleep, thus exposing him to bugs and mag-
gots, and sometimes venting rage upon him in the shape
of a severe beating; on one of these occasions actually
striking him with a hammer, which defendant happened
to have in his hand. The witnesses who were called to
make out this case admitted, on cross-examination, that
the food of the apprentice was good, that some of the
apprentices slept on a bedstead kept under the counter
in the day-time and pulled out at night; but that the
master's own son had formerly done the same. As to
the beating, this was denied; and in the particular case
of the blow with the hammer, the circumstances seemed
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service; that in named
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tqhuearrrel and a sort odf'scraambling fight between the plain-
tifferfered, and struck Chinas, who was in the defendant's
and man na
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theplaintiff or kicked him (some of
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ttendant pushed and did not kick
the plaintiff left the def ng but mischief," and after this
endant's house, and went home.
The defendant wrote to plaintiff's father a letter, in I

which he spoke of the plaintiff's leaving, but did not say
that he required the plaintiff to come back; and this
evidence was relied on by the plaiutiff as making out
the allegation that he was turned away. On the other
hand, the defendant's attorney, from the moment of his
earlist communication with the plaintiff's attorney, told
him that the defendant would not surrender the boy as
an apprentice. The details of this evidence occupied
the Court part of Tuesday and the whole of Wednes-
day.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE summed up the case to the
jury as one of a short and simple kind, although the
circumstances detailed in evidence had occupied so much
time. He said that the questions were—first, whether
any assault had been committed, for if so the plaintiff
was entitled to a verdict. The striking with the hammer
could not be justified, if it had ever taken place. But
the jury would say whether in fact it had taken place;
and on that question it was deserving of consideration
that the supposed blow had been given in 1845, and that
no formal complaint of it, no action for it had been
brought till the parties quarrelled upon other matters,
and this question about the service being put au end to
bad arisen. As to the other assaults, the jury would say
whether they appeared to have been committed in the
way alleged; for it was not to be supposed that a master
was at all times to restrain himself from everything hav-
ing the appearance of chastising an apprentice, although
certainly kicking was not the mode in which the master
was to correct his apprentice. The jury would say
whether the assaults had been committed, and,
if so, what were the damages to which the
plaintiff was entitled in respect of them. Then,
as to the turning out: the jury would consider
whether the expressions used more than once, " Get
out," or " Get out of the shop," or " Get out of the
house," really meant to dismiss the plaintiff from the
service, or were mere words of unmeaning anger. The
words appeared, in the first instance, to have been
treated by both parties as amounting to a severance of
the connexion; but then there was the distinct declara-
tion of the defendant's attorney on the other side. The
jury would consider all these circumstances, and say
whether the defendant had wrongfully put an end to the
contract, and if so, what was the amount of damages to
which, in that respect, the plaintiff was entitled. The
experience of the jurors in the relations of master and
apprentice would enable them to appreciate the various
circumstances of this case in a proper manner; and they
would say—first, whether there had been assaults, as al-
whether there had been a turning out leged; and next,
of the service. If they answered both these questions in
the negative they must find for the defendant; but it
they answered both, or either of them, in the affirma-
tive, there must bo a verdict for the plaintiff, with such
temperate damages as the case seemed to require.
The jury retired for half an hour, and returned a
general verdict on all the issues for the plaintiff, with
101. damages for the breach of covenant, and 401. damages
for the assault.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 13.
(Sittings M Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord Chie,
Justice Wu.DE and a Common Jury.)
CHILDS V. ABRAHAMS.

The plaintiff intriiT;;;,was a constable of the city
of London, and employed by the Trinity House, and
the defendant resided at 27, Hanway-street, Oxford-
street, but of what business did not appear. The action
was in trespass to recover a compensation in damages in
respect of the defendant having given the plaintiff into
the custody of a policeman upon a charge of felony, and
caused him to be taken to a police station.
Mr. Sergeant Channel and Mr. Creasy appeared for
the plaintiff; the defendant conducted his case in person.
The plaintiff's case in effect was, that a person named
Cetta, in business in Hatton•garden as a dealer in look •
ing-glasses, chronometers, barometers, &c., having rea-
son to suspect that some articles of that description,
supplied by him at the premises No. 10, Maiden-lane.
in the City, had been obtained by the person ordering
them under false pretences, got the plaintiff, in his capa-
city of constable, to watch the premises on the 29th of
August last. The result was, that at about six o'clock
in the evening of that day, a person named
Venables being seen by the plaintiff to come
from the premises, with a looking glass and baro-
meter, was taken into custody by the plaintiff, and con-
veyed to the Bow-lane police station, where, on being
sent for, Cetta identified the articles as being
part of his property ; and thereupon Venable>
immediately gave them up to Cetta. It next ap
peered that at about four o'clock in the afternoon of tb.
Ist of September, the plaintiff, whilst walking along
the street, was accosted by the defendant, who was at
the time a perfect stranger to him, and in company with
Venables. They had no sooner met than the defendant
called up a policeman, and said (ay the policeman
proved) he gave the plaintiff in charge for stealing a
barometer and looking-glass. Upon that the policeman,
who knew the plaintiff's character, advised the defendant
to be cautious, and asked him twice whether or not he
would be responsible, and thereupon the plaintiff was
taken to the police-station in Bishopsgate-street, about
200 yards off. The charge was not followed up, and
the plaintiff was immediately set at liberty. The same
witness further proved that immediately afterwards the
plaintiff said the defendant should hear more about it,
and upon that the defendant turned round to Venable:
and said, " You gave him intolcustody ;" to which Te-
nables replied that he had nothing to do with it, that he
(defendant) gave the plaintiff in charge.
The defendant called Venables as his witness, and what
be stated in effect was, that he was at the time porter to
Messrs. Barclay and Bristuw, of 10, Maitian-lane; that
on the Ist of September he went with the defendant lot
the purpose of giving the plaintiff into custody, and tha
he and not the defendant did, without having been
cautioned by the policeman, give the plaintiff into cus-
tody upon the charge of stealing the looking glass aric
the barometer both in the street and at the station, anti
that the defendant never urged him to make the charge.
and only attended with him professionally.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having left to the jury thi
question of whether or not the defendant was the perm,
who :gave the plaintiff into custody, and what was th,
reasonable amount of damages,
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, 51.

JUDGES' CHAMBERS, Dec. 13.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
MARTIN WALLER V. THE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER
COAL CLUB COMPANY.
William Godfrey Handsford, Henry Vernon, and
William Wright, three shareholders in the London and
Westminster Coal Club Company, attended on sum-
mons, to show cause why execution should not issue
against them or their goods, towards satisfaction of
judgment obtained last. term by, the plaintiff against thy-
company.
Waller, who had been a clerk in the Coal Club Com-
pany's service, brought an action against the company
for a quarters salary, 251., and on the 16th of November
judgment by default was entered. On tho following
day execution.was issued by the plaintiff, but the Sheriti
of Middlesex having returned the writ of fi. fa., certify-
ing that the company had neither goods or chattels
within his bailiwick, the present proceedings were insti-
tuted, for the purpose of making the defendants per-
sonally responsible for the debt and costs, which amount
to upwards of 1001.
Mr. CHITTY said that the present application for
liberty to issue execution against the persons or property
and effects of Henry Vernon, King's-road, Bedford-
row • William Godfrey Hansford, John's-place, Hornsey-
road; and William Wright, High-street, Islington, as
shareholders in the company, was made under the pro-
visions of the Joint-Stock Companies Act, sec. ill. The
affidavit sworn in the case by the plaintiff, and Randal
Hurley, another clerk in the concern, set forth the
material facts of judgment having been obtained by de-
fault against the company, the issuing of execution, the
return of the writ unsatisfied, the execution of the deed
of settlement by the parties summoned, and the com-
plete registration and incorporation of the company ac-
cording to Act of Parliament.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL thought that the section re-
lied upon for the present proceedings, referred merely
to a judgment obtained by a shareholder, and not by an
official of the company.
Mr. CHITTY observed that the full Court had ruled
otherwise, in the case of the Universal Salvage Company,
and so important did they consider the point which was
brought before them on appeal from Mr. Justice Wil-
liams's decision, that they delivered an elaborate written
judgment, having first taken time to consider the argu-
ments advanced.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL could not understand how
such a decision was made by the Court, when the
words.of the section were, " at the suit of said share-
holder.".. However, as he had been told that the Court
interpreted the section adversely to his impression, and
as sitting in Chamber, he was bound by that interpreta-
tion, he should hold that the statute applied to the pre-
sent case.
Mr. BARSTOW resisted the application, and submitted
that the facts disclosed on the face of the affidavits
sworn by the parties summoned, and others, would jus-
tify the Learned Judge in not sanctioning the summary
mode of execution sought by the plaintiff. The plain-
tiff's salary was not due until the 29th September, yet
they found that final judgment was entered upon the
16th November, the action, as the plaintiff swore, having
been " lately commenced," and there was no evidence
upon whom the writ had been served, with the view of
showing that the concoction of the company was not of
the purest character. Counsel read the affidavits of
Henry Vernon, William Wright, John Maunder, and
Thomas Hay White, and be contended that Waller—was
a party to those proceedings, whereby the defendants
had been led to execute the company's deed of settle-
ment. With regard to the judgment against the com-
pany having been obtained by collusion and fraud, coun-
sel contended that, from the extreme haste used in the
proceedings, there was a strong case of suspicion, at
least, that they had not been straightforward, as it was
desirable. Under all these circumstances, he trusted
the application would be refused, and that the plaintiff
would be left to his remedy. by scire facial if he had any.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL inquired on whom the writ
in the original action had been served?
The plaintiff's solicitor—On one of the directors."""
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL—Which of them?
The plaintiff's solicitor—l now understand it was on
the secretary, Mr. Devey.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL—He was only secretary pro
tem. Where is the affidavit of service?
Mr. BARSTOW directed the Learned Judge's attention
to the fact that it was only on the 23d of November the
parties summoned had received notice of the plaintiff's
intention, to fix them with the responsibility or the da-
mages and costs obtained against the Coal Club Com-
pany, so that it was quite clear the action had been
instituted merely as introductory to the present appli-
cation.
Mr. CHITTY contended that the affidavits relied on by
the other side established the case of fraud against the
plaintiff. There might have been fraud in the getting
up of the company, but with that the plaintiff had no-
thing to do. The three shareholders now sought to be
pfoceeded spins; had signed the deed with , their eyes
open.

Mr. Justice CRESSWELL—Oh, no; not with their eyes
open.

Mr. CHITTY—They should have seen what they were
about. It the present application were not granted, he
doubted whether the plaintiff could have any remedy, as
it might turn out that no scire facias would lie.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL refused the application, ex-
ercising the discretionary power vested in him, because
he felt that sufficient doubt had been raised on the case
to warrant him in refusing the order fur issue of execu-
tion against the defendants.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. 13.
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.)
TAYLOR V. JENKINS.
The plaintiff in this case was a❑ advertising agent, in
Nicholas-lane, City ; he sought to recover the sum of
51 fur writing and publishing an article i❑ the London
Journal of Commerce.
Mr. Cox appeared for the plaintiff, and 51r. Parry for
the defendant.
On the part of the plaintiff it was stated that in Oc-
tober, 1847, the defendant, Mr. Jenkins, was negotiating
with a Mr. Colwell for the purchase of a patent ; an
agreement was drawn up and executed between them, by
which Mr. Jenkins guaranteed to pay the sum of 40,0001.
as the entire purchase of the patent, 1.400/ of which was
to he paid down as a deposit. The defendant, however,
was not able to raise the 1,4004, and con►equently the
agreement between Mr. Colwell and him was not acted
upon. Subsequently the defendant determined to estab-
lish a company to carry out the patent, and a person
named Lloyd was employed to act as secretary.
The defendant, in conjunction with Lloyd and Colwell,
the patentee, commenced. proceedings. An office was
taken at 73, King William-street, and advertisements
were inserted in the several daily journals, with a view
of obtaining men of capital to join the speculation.
During the progress of these preliminary proceedings,
the plaintiff called at the office in King William:street,
to solicit advertisements ; and after some conversation
with Lloyd, the secretary, the latter engaged him to i
write an article, to be inserted in the before-mentioned
paper, for which he agreed to pay Si., and to take 54
worth of papers, when the article was inserted. The
plaintiff wrote the article, and submitted it to Lloyd for
correction, sod for the approval of the promoters, after
which it was published.
John Ballard Lloyd, the secretary to the company,
was called on behalf of the plaintiff. He stated that
the defendant was the managing director of the company,
end it was by his instructions that he (witness) took the
offices, and employed the plaintiff to write the article,
which was the subject of the present claim. Witness
acted throughout the whole affair on the general in-
structions given by the defendant, " to do whatever was
necessary to form a company." In cross-examination,
the witness admitted that he bad been examined before
Alderman Johnson, on a charge of writing a threatening
letter, and that in consequence of what then transpired
Alderman Johnson got up a subscription for him, but he
(witness) did not receive a farthing of that subscription.
He was told that it was because he would not emigrate.
lie was not living with his wife, and he could not say
that the subscription was withheld because he had de-
serted his wife. It was Roe, the officer, who told him
that it was because he would not emigrate with his wife
and children that he would not get it. He did not know
where the woman was now, nor did he care.
Mr. PARRY then put in some letters directed to the de-
fendant, which were admitted by the witness to be in his
own handwriting. When these letters were read, it
clearly appeared that instead of the defendant being a
principal in this company, that he was acting a sort of
neutral part, and that the witness, who was the secre-
tary, was endeavouring to coax him on, by charging him
fifth a want of energy, and blindness to his own inter-
ests, as a certain fortune was to be made by the specu•-
'ation. The witness, however, still persisted after these
letters were read, that Mr. Jenkins was the managing
tirector, and countenanced the whole proceedings. The
manner in which the witness gave his evidence was cen-
sured by the Court, and in scene instances so very con-
,radictory was it, that Mr. Cox, Counsel for the plain-
tiff, said that if he had nothing to rest his client's case
Ton but the evidence of Lloyd, that he would with-
,lraw from it altogether; he, however, would submit it
'ee the jury on the strength of the defendant's letters to
the a itnees whilst the latter e as acting as secretary.
Mr. PARRY, in addressing the jury, said that it was
altogether a malicious spirit on the part of Lloyd to-
wards the defendant that induced him to come forward
:o give evidence against him.
The Jury, without waiting to hear the Learned Se-
condary sum up, returned a ♦erdict for the defendant.
The attorneys on both sides refused to pay the Court
fees.

The Learned SECONDARY was appealed to on the sub-
ject: he said that he was not in the habit of receiving
them, it was the officer who was accountable for them,
and whose duty it was to receive the fees. All he could
..,ay was that it was usual for either party to pay. Nei-
ther, however, would pay, and they left the court with-
out doing so.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
No It THE RN CIR CUI T.—York, Dec. 12.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE )
Benjamin Laycock, aged 46, Francis Carmody, 19, Paul
Holdsworth, 33, and Martha Holmes, 35, a respectable-
looking married woman with four children, were in-
dicted for a robbery with violence, and stealing from
Robert Emmett two half• crowns and six shillings, at
Bradford, on the Bth of September last.
This indictment arose out of Chartism, at Bradford,
and Mr. Vincent was in the gallery during the trial, very
attentive to the proceedings.
Mr. Overend and Mr. Nicholson were for the prose -
oution. The prisoners were not defended by counsel, but
Holmes was assisted in examining the witnessess by an
Attorney from Ashton.
Robert Emmett, the prosecutor, said that on the
.-vening of the Bth of September, he was returning
,row market at Bradford, where he lived, when the
prisoners came up to him, Laycock seized hold
.f him on the left side, and one Phillips,
not in custody, on the right. Holmes came up and
said, damn him, he has got plenty of blood money on
him, take it from him. Phillips and Laycock said, damn
him, we will kill him, he knows us all. They then
kicked him and got him down, and one cried, drown
him. They then dragged him down the street and threw
him into the beck or goit (a stream about a yard deep.)
By that time about 100 persons were present. He, how-
ever, waded up the beck, got out and run and made a
complaint at the police-office. His face was bleeding,
his clothes torn, his pockets dragged out, and his money
gone.

- The witness was cross-examined by the prisoners re-
spectively. He did not when first at the police-office
complain of having been robbed. He had drilled the
male prisoners. They were Chartists. He had then
given information to the police of the drilling and train-
,eg. While in the beck Phillips tried to drown him,
and he kicked, and he and Laycock tore his pockets,
in which he had I Is. 4d. He was sometimes called
Skipton Dick. He was an engine tender, but at that
dine was a woolcomber. There had been just before
Chartist disturbances at Bradford. They said he had
had plenty of blood-money, and they would drown him..
When he first saw them that night they said he was an
informer, the informer was coining, and cried out
him, kill him. He had been a soldier, but he had not
deserted twice. He had not an R branded on his
shoulder. He had never told any one that he had. He
had not told them if they would join the Chartists and
follow him he would teach them to blow up the Brad-
ford Court-house at an expense of 38.—(The prisoners
said that he bad done all what he now denied, and that
he was the principal promoter of Chartism in Brad-
ford.) He did not think Carmody had anything to do
with the robbery. He had married twelve years ego,
but was separated from his wife, and lived with another
woman.

By the JUDGE—He could not positively say whether
his money bad been taken by any one, or whether on his
pockets being torn out and be knocked about it had
fallen into the river.
The constable said all the prisoners were persons of
good character, except that they were Chartists. Holmes
was a very respectable woman, he said, and well con-
ducted.
On being asked whether they had anythinc, to say,
Laycock said be lived in a cellar-hole close to the
street, and hearing a noise he went out and spoke to
the prosecutor. He then left him, and afterwards saw
the crowd near the beck. He then saw the prosecutor
wade up the beck and get away, but he was not himself
near the beck.

Carmody said he was at work with his father at the
time, and heard some one shout the informer is coming.
He went out, but was never near Emmett.
Holdsworth said he was never near the place.
Holmes said the jury had heard her character and
Emmett's, and they would judge between them.
Mr. Justice Matrix summed up. He said, after
hearing Emmett's answer to his question, the jury would
hardly find the prisoners guilty of robbery, and he
thought the only question for them was, whether any
was guilty of an assault.

Tire jury at once acquitted them of robbery, but found
all the prisoners Guilty of an assault.
Mr. Justice MAULE, addressing the prisoners, said if
they had been convicted of the robbery, they might have
been transported, for they must not, on the pretence of
being Chartists, rob people; no point of the charter
would ever reach that. He hoped they were convinced
by their reflections while in prison, that pursuits, such
as Chartists had been engaged in, would not benefit
them. Many had got rich, and raised themselves by in-
dustry and economy, by getting as much as they could,
and spending as little as they could help; but none by
joining Chartist societies; and he advised theni to follow
the example of those who had done themselves good, and
give up politics, unless they were determined to listen to
those who told them, that because they could not read
(none of the prisoners had had any education) they were
wiser than those who had been well educated. It was
very flattering to them, but not useful to them, to listen
to such persons.
The prisoners all declared they had never been in
any such trouble before, and would take care they never
would be again ;. and Laycock said, if he could get back
to his " bairns," the Judge should never see him again.
His LORDSHIP then sentenced each of them to be
imprisoned with hard labour for two months.
Holmes wept bitterly, and begged his Lordship to send
her home to her poor children and sick husband. She
had never used such language, she assured him.
His LORDSHIP said he was sorry for her, but could not
reduce the term of imprisonment.
She had been out ou bail.

THE WEST RIDING ELECTION. -- Nothing new
has transpired since the nomination on Monday regard-
ing the election, but both parties have since been ac-
tively engaged in preparing for the struggle that is to
commence this morning in the several polling districts.
Sir Culling Eardley is gradually recovering from his
indtspaition.