The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-16 00:00:00

SUMMER ASSIZES.

HOME CIRCUIT.:- GUILDFORD, Auc. 14.
William Kiniber, butcher, aged 35, was indicted
for having feloniously attempted to administer poison
to William Edmonson, and Maria his wife, at Wal-
worth, on the 23d day of July last.
The prisoner had pleaded guilty to an indictment
for embezzling his master's property. He was ac-
quitted on the charge of poisoning, but sentenced
to 14 years' transportation on the charge to which
he had pleaded guilty.
John Stevens was indicted for felonionsl-,.shoot-
ing at Janc .„41, ;„,„. -
her some grievous bodily harm.
The prosecurrix and the prisoner both reside at
Woking, in the same row of houses; prisoner is
her of eating his gc;osebeFries, andshe had offered
to pay for them. The fowls of his neighbours were
accustomed to infest his garden, and he bad threat-
ened to shoot them. Mr. and Mrs. Smithers kept
fowls, but according to Mrs. Smithers' evidence,
her fowls were so well behaved as never to invade
her neighbour's property. Mr. Stevens had threa-
tened vengeance to the invaders of his garden. On
the day on which the offence charged in the indict-
ment was committed, Mrs. Smithers was sitting by
her fire-place, with her back towards her garden
door. The garden of the prisoner adjoined her's ;
she heard the report of a gun, and felt herself
wounded. She turned round, and through her gar-
den door, which was open, saw the prisoner within
seven yards of her with a gun ; between them, on
the ground, was the body of a fowl, just shot ;
prisoner ran into the house, exclaiming, " Oh ! dear,
Mrs. Smithers, what have I done to you ?" She an-
swered, " Get away, get away, Mr. Stevens." In
the mean time, the neighbours collected. Mr.
Smithers came home, antl secured the gun ; Stevens
expressed great sorrow, and sent a pair of sheets
for the bed into which Mrs. Smithers was con-
veyed, and gave money fur liquor for her, as she
complained of faintness ; nevertheless, Mrs. Smithers
swore she fully believed he meant to kill her. The
Jury were, however, of a different opinion, and
without any summing up, acquitted the prisoner.
Mary Saunders was indicted for feloniously as-
saulting and stealing from the person of Joseph
Drake, on the 4th of June last, on the King's high-
way, at Lambeth, a watch and other articles, his
property.
There was no defence. Verdict—Guilty. Sen-
tenced to transportation for years.
Since the commencement of the assizes here, a
prisoner, who was to have been tried for coining
counterfeit shillings, has died in the county prison
of the cholera ; the case is described as being one of
the worst class.

We are glad to see that the independent
electors of Forfarshire will again return a decided reformer.
Colonel OGILVY has declined standing for the representa-
tion of the county in Parliament, and consequently Mr.
HALYBURTON will walk over the field.— Glasgow Chron.
EXETER HALL MEETINGINSURREC-
TION IN JAMAICA.-Nothing of any importance took
place at this meeting yesterday after our reporter left.

TRADE IN BRISTLES.—In the year 1828,
1,748,921 lbs. of bristles were imported into England from
Russia and Prussia, each of which cannot have weighed
less than two grains. From this we may fairly conjec•
ture that 13,431,713,280 bristles were imported in that
year. As these are only taken from the top of the hog's
back, each hog cannot be supposed to have supplied more
than 7,680 bristles, which, reckoning each bristle' to
weigh two grains, will be one pound. Thus in Russia
and Prussia, in 1828, 1,748,921 hogs and boars were
killed, to furnish the supply of England with bristles.—
Penny Magazine.
TALIACOTIAN OPERATION. GEORGE
DOUGLAS, the man who underwent the Taliacotian ope-
ration at St. Thomas's Hospital, was, on Friday, the 27th
of July, brought into the operating theatre, for the pur-
pose of having the twisted portion of the new nose divided.
Eight weeks have now elapsed since the former operation
was performed ; every part has completely cicatrised, and
his countenance is much improved in appearance from the
operation. Mr. GREEN, after dividing the twisted inte-
gument, was obliged, owing to the luemorrhage that en-
sued, to secure two small vessels, and to place some amadou
on the fres'a wound ; the sides and internal or posterior
part of the new nose were cut and ingrafted into a fresh
cut surface between and rather below the superciliary
ridges, and retained in that situation by common sutures.
Owing to the irritation which had been previously pro-
duced by the adhesive plaister, none was applied at this
time. The vascularity of the part was remarked by Mr.
GREEN, as much greater than doting the former opera-
tion. It was very remarkable, that during the time he
was cutting the new nose, the man complained of expe-
riencing the pain in his forehead.—. London Medical and
Surgical Journal.