The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1859.

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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.-KINGSTON, APRIL 4.
BRAZIER V. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.

This cause was resumed to-day at half-past nine
o'clock.
Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. T. J. Clark again ap-
peared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Edwin James,
Q.C., and Mr. Joseph Brown for the defendants.
A good deal of scientific evidence was adduced
on th part of the plaintiff, to show that the altera-
tion that had been made in the staircase was of an
improper character, and tending to the result that
bad occurred; and this closed the case.
Mr. James made an address to the jury, with his
usual ability, on behalf of the defendants, and he
argued that they had done all in their power to
render the building perfect, and that the unfortu-
nate occurrence, which he said they of course very
much lamented, was the result of an accident over
which they had no control, and that, therefore, they
were not liable.
A great many scientific persons. builders, and
others, were called as witnesses, and they expressed
an opinion that the alterations that had been made
were justified by their experience, and that there
was no reason for apprehending that the casing of
the staircase in question with iron was at all Calcu-
lated necessarily to occasion the catastrophe that
occurrEd. _ _ _

Mr. Justice Wightman summed up the whole of
the evidence very carefully, and in the result left
four questions for the consideration of the jury. Ist,
whether the defendants had themselves been guilty
of any negligence; 2dly, whether they had employed
competent persons to perform the duty of making
the alterations that were required ; 3dly, whether,
supposing they had done so, those persons had pert
formed the duty cast upon them in a proper-and
workmanlike manner; and, 4thly,--whether the
accident was. attributable to their neglect in this
particular, or to the defective manner in which the
building had been originally constructed.
The jury retired at half-past five o'clock, and at
half-past six they returned into court, and said
that with regard to the first question they were of
opinion that there had been no negligence on the
part of the defendants personally ; as to the second
question, they were of opinion that they had em-
ployed competent persons to make the alterations.
As to the third, they could not undertake to say
that the persons so employed had taken the proper
method to repair the staircase in question.
Mr. Justice Wightman interposed, and said the
question was one of negligence, and he should re-
quest the jury to say yes or no to the question
whether the persons employed by the defendants to
make the alterations had exercised the necessary
skill and caution to effect that object.
The jury then again retired, and were absent
more than an hour, and upon their return into
court they said they were of opinion that proper
skill and caution had not been exercised by the
persons employed by the defendants to make the
repairs and alterations, and they therefore returned
a verdict for the plaintiff, with £lO damages.
An application was made by the attorney for the
plaintiff for immediate execution, as there had been
a suggestion that if the verdict in this case was
adverse the company would take advantage of the
Winding-up Act, but his lordship declined to make
any order, as various points of law had been re-
served for further consideration.

had been cut with a whip. He never saw an animal
in a more shocking condition. It was very old, and
he had no doubt the blows under its stomach had
been inflicted with the thong of a whip, which he
had in his pocket, and had been but lately broken
from the handle.
Defendant, in reply, said the pony and cart be-
longed to his friend's father. The pony wouldn't
trot, but would gallop, and he might have hit it
once, but he had not made it bleed, and there was
nothing to prove he had.
The officer said the other man knew nothing
about it. It must have been most severely and re-
cently flogged to produce the marks of blood he had
spoken of.
Mr. Paynter having examined the pony, which
was a Shetland, and in addition to the marks
spoken of had scarcely any flesh upon its bones,
made some very strong remarks. A more brutal
case, he said, had never come before him, and there
would some day be a day of retribution, when per-
sons guilty of such .shocking cruelty would be
severely punished. It was a disgrace to the country
that any man in it could so wantonly and cruelly
ill treat a dumb animal. The pony was old, in bad
condition, and worn out, with one fetlock on, the
ground, and absolutely was not fit to be worked at
all ;- and, because, owing to these circumstances, it
was not able to go quickly, defendant had beaten it
till the blood ran from it. He should fine him £5
or two months, and if any one used the pony again
he would inflict the full penalty.
Defendant was locked up.

THE "BARON DE GAMIN."-SERIOUS

AFFRAY.

Pursuant to announcement, the "Baron de Gamin"
on Sunday evening presented himself on the plat-
form at the Free-trade Hall, to preach on " Justifi-
cation by Faith." The circumstance of his having
—after being a Roman Catholic priest for some 20
years—seceded from the Catholic communion, no
doubt led a large number of Catholics to attend,
some perhaps with the view of hearing him, but a
large number, it would seem, for the purpose of
silencing him. Mr. William Bremmer presided,
and the hall was densely crowded, no charge being
made for admission. When the preacher stood for-
ward to commence his address, he was greeted with
the most discordant noises ; vollies of whistling and
hooting proceeded from each side of the gallery,
and from the body of the hail, and gave the idea of
a disorderly theatre rather than anything of a sa-
cred character. As to proceed in the midst of such
an uproar -was hopeless, the preacher retired into
the adjoining room for a short time, but, on his
return' the disturbance was resumed. There
were from thirty to forty of the police present, and
it was noticed that two or three men had stationed
themselves immediately in front of the platform,
who acted as fuglemen, making signs to those in
the gallery. The ringleader of these, an elderly
man, was taken in charge by Sergeant Watson,
one of the detectives. Immediately upon the dis-
covery that this man was seized, several hundreds
rushed from the gallery towards the door, either
from curiosity to see what would become of him,
or with the view of rescuing him. Sergeant Wat-
son was beset by a number of men, and struck, and
perceiving that an attempt at rescue would be made,
he placed his prisoner between two officers in uni-
form, John Mather and another. When arrived
in Mount-street, opposite the Friends' Meeting
House, a crowd began to gather, and a cry was
raised, which seemed to issue from a number of
youths, " Let's rescue him." A savage attack was
immediately made upon the policemen. Mather
was knocked down, and so kicked on the head,
that he had to go to the infirmary. A Selford
officer, John 11I'Farlane, was also seriously assaulted.
Mr. B. Jas. Murney, who attempted to assist the
police, was also severely beaten, and upon freeing
himself, he made his way.to the A division police
station for additional assistance. Captain Palin,
the chief constable, however, had a strong force
about the hall, in anticipation that a breach of the
peace might occur. The old man was rescued on
the officers being disabled, but Sergeant
Watson and another detective followed him
through Bootle-street, and then chased him
down Peter-street, into Deansgate, where he
took refuge in a shop, and was secured. To avoid
the danger of a second rescue, they conveyed him
to the station at Knott Mill.
Six of the assailants in Mount-street were cap-
tured. Michael Mack, who was alleged to have
been the first to attack the officer, Mather ; James
Derby and "John Langden, who struck Murney, and
three others, -named Thomas Nearthny and James
and Martin O'Brien. The officers who remained
within the hail, after witnessing the continuous and
determined disturbance for about three-quarters of
an hour, commenced to drive out all who persisted
in making a noise. This cleared the hall of about
1,500 persons. The remainder gathered in front of
the platform, and were addressed by the preacher,
who certainly does not speak English very intelli•
gibly. His allusions to the Catholic religion were
frequent, and, as might be expected, not of a very
complimentary character. He made a slight dis-
tinction between Catholic priests and Puseyite par-
sons, designating the former " wolves," and the
latter " wolves in sheep's clothing.—Manchester
Examiner.