The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-25 00:00:00

LAMBETH.

THE EGG THROWING ON THE OAKS DAY.—Yester-
day, Mr. Henry Dimsdale, who had been apprehended
on this day week by Saunders, one of the officers of
this court, on a warrant charging him with assaulting
Mr. Jarman and others, by pelting them with eggs on
the Oaks day, but who was admitted to bail, drove
up to one of the avenues leading to the court
in 'a shut cab, intending to appear before Mr.
Elliott in discharge of his bail; but the instant the
vehicle was stopped, a sheriff's officer stepped up, arrested
him for debt, and drove him off to the Queen's Bench
Prison. Some time after Mr. Jarman and several others
who had been assaulted by Mr.Dimsdale and his friends,
attended, and Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, who attended
for the accused, mentioned to the magistrate the mishap
of his client's arrest. The Learned Gentleman also said
he understood that Mr. Jarman had preferred a bill of
indictment against Mr. Dimsdale and others, for the as-
sault, at the Central Criminal Court, and that the parties
so indicted had put in the required bail to answer to the
charge. If this was so, he (Mr. Ballantine) begged to
suggest that, as the justice of the case would be fully met
and answered by his appearance at the proper time in
discharge of his recognizances, ho hoped that under the
re er
peculiar circumstances of the case, his Worshipwould
permit that course to be adopted.
Mr. Jarman said he felt it to be but right and proper,
after the treatment which he had experienced, to prefer
a bill of indictment for the assault upon himself, against
five individuals, amongst whom was Mr. Henry Dims-
dale. That bill was found a true one, and the parties
had, as the Learned Gentleman had stated, put in bail
to meet that charge at the proper time. (Mr. Jar-
man), however, begged to state the fact, that in the
first instance, notwithstanding the indignity and an-
noyance to which he had been subjected, he had
pursued the mildest possible course by only applying for
a summons against the offenders, and had they exhibited
a corresponding spirit, and met the charges as they
should have done, an indictment at the Old Bailey might
never have been thought of. He (Mr. Jarman) wished,
however, to add that the indictment only referred to the
assault upon himself, while L
tuere were eight or ten per-
sons in the court at that moment to prove charges of as-
sault against Mr. Henry Dimsdale and the other persons
accused.

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felt certain that n:afddaoli fault eusntd course,
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mildest
the first instance
of proceeding, but as Dimsdale was then in the
hands of the civil power, and that as, therefore, it was
not in his power to be present in discharge of his own,
recognizances, nor could his securities produce him in
acquittance of their bail, ho trusted the magistrate
would sanction the course ho (Mr. Ballantine) had sug-
gested.
Mr. Jarman observed that he should not wish to as-
sert that it was so, but the act of arrest might be a mere
trick to get rid of the charge in so far as the judgment
of the magistrate was concerned; but it was his (Mr.
Jarman's) intention, and also the intention of others who
had been similarly assaulted, on public grounds to fol•
low up the case.
Mr. Ballantine assured the Court that there was not
the slightest collusion between the officers of the sheriff
and the defendant and his attorney, mud in
proof of this
ho begged to say that the solicitor who was with him at
the time of his arrest, and who had instructed him (Mr.
Ballantine), had gone away to prepare affidavits to lay
before the Court, with the view of getting
Mr. D i msdal e
discharged from custody, on the ground that the arrest
was not legal. In conclusion he (Mr. Ballantine) begged
it to be distinctly understood that he wag not there to
justify the conduct attributed to some of the parties in
this transaction, as he held it to be disgusting and
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a ienl which he was charged;
roved the contrary by legal evi-
p
oennfftste,nMeerw' Dithimsdale, denied to him all
deuce he must take the consequences.
After some further observations, Mr. ELLIOTT con-
sented to enlarge the recognizances for a week, observ-
ing at the same time that, whether gentlemen or not, the
parties charged had not acted in that manner that per-
sons in their station ought to have done.

WICK, JUICE 19.—The herring fishing at this
place has made an early and good beginning. On Wednesday
night four boats were out, when Mr. Vonald Bain, Bankhead,
the earliest and most successful fisher, caught
from who is
generally the
crane, five crans of which he sold at 21s. pa
cran. Another boat had two craps sold in retail at a some-
The quality is said to be remarkably
goodwlat g
fhoirthheirs ilgearulr3e:season. Several boats have returned here
from the Lewis since our last, and they all bring tidings of a
short fishing there. The fish are positively bad, and scarcely
can be cured. Preparations are still going on briskly at Wick in
boatbuilding, barrelmaking, barking and preparing nets, &c.
About 100 new boats will be turned out here this season ; and
tho preparations in other materials are on a corresponding
scale. To those lately engaged as high as 10s. per au and
51. bounty nave been proraind.— Wick Paper.