The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-01 00:00:00

RACES DECIDED TO-DAY.

Alatch, 100, h. ft.—Sir Al. Wood's Amesbury received
30 sovs. from Mr. Thornhill's Thirre.

Mitch, 100, h. ft.—General Grosvenor's Glaucus re-
ceived 30 sous. from Lord Tavistock's r. by Jerry.
Match, 100, h. ft. T.Y.C.
Lord Chesterfield's Weeper
Mr. Batson's Mixbury
Match, 100, h. ft. A.F.—Lord Mountcharles's Minster
beat Mr. Gulley's Lady Fly.-2 to 1 on Minster.
Match, 50, li. ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Chesterfield's Weeper
received from Lord Worcester's e. by Zealot.
Subscription Plate of 501. for 2 and 3•yr.-olds. T.Y.C.
The winner to be sold for 350 gs. if, &e.
Lord Exeter's Sister to Green Mantle
Sir M. Wood's Ambrosio

I

Eleven others started.-3 to 1 agst. Ambrosio; 3 to 1
apt. Flora, 4to 1 ogst. Dryad, to 1 agst. Deva, and 7
to 1 agst. the winner. Won by a length.

Handicap Plato (450/. —A. F
Captain Hunter's Volage
Lord Clarendon's Datura

Five others start, d, hut were not placed.-7 to 4,
agst. Datura, and sto 2. agst. Volage. Won by a length.

Kingston House-rooms, Wednesday Night.
The match between Margrave and Carnarine will no'
be run; Margrave is amiss, and has paid.
5 to 4 on Gimlet's agst, Lord Orford's col!.
Even between Ci etch and Camarine.

No change in the Derby, except that Prince Llewellyn
is at 17 to 1. It is reported that Mr. Gully has bought

The Duke of SUSSEX is expected to honour
the Earl 9f LICHFIELD with a visit on the 14th instant,
on his way from Newstead Abbey, the seat of Cdonel
NVILumAN. His Royal Highness will make a short stay
at Shughorough.

The Duke of RUTLAND, the Earls of HAR-
BOR() UGH, BROWNLOW, and CHESTERFIELD; Lords
FORESTER, KIN NAIAD, and ALVANLEY ; Count MATUS-
ZEVIC ; Sir HENRY GOODRICKE, and many other dis-
tinguished sportsmen, are about to commence the hunting
season in Leicestershire with greit eclat. The Belvoir
hounds will meet at Croxstone this week, and the Duke
of RUTLAND will entertain the Marquis GRAHAM, the
Earl of WILTON, and a large party, at Belvoir Gistle, du-
;lug the present month. Sir HARRY GOODRICKE will
also dispense his hospitality to the members of the hunt in
the course of the season, and the Old Club House will
once more be the scene of of jovial festivity. A very
brilliant party of ladies is expected to assembleat Melton,
among whotn will be the Countess of CHESTERFIELD and
her beautiful sister Mrs. ANSON ; the Countess of WIL-
TON, Lady EDWARD THYI4I4E, Miss MELLISH, Countess
of PLYMOUTH, Countess Baowtaow, &c.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when the following Captains were
sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz.,
Captain JOHN HINE, Marques of Huntly, and Ciptain
JOHN CRUICKSHANK, Farquharson, consigned to Binnbriy
and China.

Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL has formally
taken leave of his constituents in Clare.

The Emma, merchantman, has arrived from
the Mauritius ; she sailed en the 29,11 of July. Mr. JE-
REMIE is one of the passengers.
The Court-Martial on Captain BURCHALL
have honourably acquitted that officer, and his MAJESTY
has been pleased to approve the same.
SOUTH DIVISION OF HAMPSHRIE.—..Mr.
Macuswort, the Member for Lymingtnn, has been re-
quested to offer himself for the south pact of the county of
Hants ; so there will he four candidates in the field—.
Lord VALMERSTON, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. MACKINNON,
and Sir GEORGR STAUNTON.

THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—The
New Monthly Magazine, for Nov. 1, edited by E. L.
BULWER, Esq., author of " Pelham," " Eugene Aram,"
&e., contains, among other interesting papers :—On the
difference between Authors, and the Impressions conveyed
of them by their Works—Asmodens at Large, No. 7
Proposals for a Lite' ary Union—Tht Politician : the Bal-
lot and Church Reform—Mrs. Trollope and the Ameri-
' cans—The Modern School of Poetry—A Poem, by Ho-
race Smith—The Nymph of Lurlei 13,rg, a Tal,—Young
Napoleon—A Shadow, by the Author of Corn Law
Rhymes—The Aiguillettes of Anne of Austria—The Epi-
cure's Code—A Letter from the Author of Corn Law
Rhymes, on the state of Feeling and Opinion in a Manu-
facturing Town.

Nev; York Papers of the 9th, and Quebec to
the sth October, have been received to-day. They speak
of a heavy gale, in which the Buck, Quebec packet,
Spading, and several other vessels, were lost. Accord-
in,' to an official statement of the commerce of the United
States, made to the Secretary of the Treasury, the im-
ports for the year ending the 30th of September amounted
to 105,191,124 dollars; the exports to 81,810,583 dol-
lars. The imports into the State of New York alone
were 57,077,417 dollars, and the exports 25,535,144 dol-
lars. The next in magnitude was Massachusetts, wherein
80-ton is situated—imports 14,269,056 dollars; exports
7,733,763 dollars. Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) comes
next—imports 12,124,083 dollars; exports 5,513,713
dollars. Louisiana (New Orleans)—imports 9,766,693
dollars; exports 16,761,889 dollars.
MARCH OF INTELLECT IN WARWICK-
SHIRE.--Although We beg the whole world will believe
" the march of intellect" has made astonishing progress in
our good county of Warwick, yet we admit that we are
not all literary characters, and that some of us are rather
loose in our orthography ;—witness a document sent a
few days since to a parish clerk, not a hundred miles from
our stately castle, of which the following is a literal
-- copy •
. ,‘ Sir I barn Your humbel Survent i Do forbed
benery powton and Mary Nickles for She is A Man's
lawfull property for She is My Wife So i Do forbed them
in Marrige."— Warwick Advertiser.
INFORMERS AND INNKEEPERS.--Two per-
sow, babited as gentlemen, and travelling with a showy
one-horse carriage, have during the summer raised consi-
derable contributions upon hotel and innkeepers, under
colour of laying informations against them for selling wine
short of measure. They carry with them a standard pint
measure, duly sealed, stamped, &c. Having ordered a
riot of wine, they ring the jell, summoning Boniface
before them, before whose eyes they empty the contents
of the alleged pint into their real one. Explanations
ensue, which generally end in the innkeeper paying his
customer, instead of the guest, as is usual, paying the
innkeeper.

THE BRISTOL RIOTS

SEVENTH DAY.

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

THE KING V. PINNEY, ESQ.

JUDGMENT.

Before Mr. Justice LITTLF.DALE, Mr. Justice J. PARSE,
• and Mr. Justice TAUNTON cone into Court this morning,
they held a consultation with several Judges belonging to
the oth, r Common Law Courts in the king's Bench
Chamber, it was supposed respecting this case. On the
above named three Judges taking their seats,
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE gave judgment. This was an
information filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General
against Charles Pinney, who was therein stated to have
been Mayor of Bristol and Justice of the Peace, and the
' question the Jury would have to consider ref rred to the
conduct of that pers-n as Chief Magistrate of one of the
largest cities in the kingdom during a period when there
occurred the most lamentable and serious riot that lard
happened fir half a century. He was charged with a cri-
minal neg'eet of the duties of his office, and thereby occa-
sioning a great pat t of the loss of life and property which
then took place. The question was of such vast import-
ante, that instead of having it tried in the ordinary way
at NisiPcius, it was deemed expedient to have it tried be-
fore several Judges, in order that it might meet with a more
solemn investigation and discussion. At the commence-
ment of the case, there was a full Court, but unfortu-
nately Lord Tcnterden, who had struggled hard during
the first three days, felt himself under the painful necessity
of then ab.enting himself. There could be no doubt
upon the law, that if a public officer be guilty of any cri-
minal neglect of his duty, he was liable to either an in-
dictment or a criminal information ; but he was not aware
of any former instance of this description, except in the
case of Mr. Bennett, Lord Mayor of London in 1780,
who was tried on a criminal information before Lord
Mansfield, at Guildhall. He was charged with not read
ing the Riot Act, and also with general neglect of
duty,—so that the circumstances of that case
partly differed from the present, because in this
case, there was only a charge of general misconduct
during the whole of the proceedings from an early hour on
the Saturday morning until about the same hour on the
Monday. Therefore the present charge was now vague,
and contained a greater latitude for inquiry, and it re•
quired more attention than if it were reduced to

one specific charge. His Lordship then detailed
generally the history of this case, commencing with
the state of popular feeling against Sir Charles We-
therell in consequence of his Parliamentary conduct, the
apprehension.; of a riot, and the interview between a de-
putation from the Corporation and Lord Mdbaurne relat-
ing to the postponement of the Assizes ; and proceeding in
general terms to describe the riots to their terininaiion, as
they bad been more minutely detailed in evidence.
Having so done, the Learned Judge observed, that
the result of all the inquiries into the proceed-
ings was the present information against the Mayor.
and nine others against other Magistrates. He would
next state what the law upon this subject, in his opinion,
was, leaving his Learned Brothers (Mr. Justice J. Parke,
and Mr. Justice Taunton) to give their opinions, if they
sew fit. He first read all the charges in the information
of neglect of duty in not using the awhority, vested in ti e
Mayor to suppress the riots. He then observed that all persons,
whether Magistrates or peace-officers, entrusted with autho-
rity to suppress a riot were put in a most difficult situation
how to act, for if the power the law gave them be exceede.t,
and if death or destruction of property he caused, they
were liable to be indicted for murder, manslaughter, or
misdemeanour, as the case might Ie ; and on the other
band, if they neelected to use the authority of time law, and
did not do enough they were liable to a criminal in-
formation. The Jury, therefore, would consider all
the circumstances in which this defendant was
placed. A Magistrate was bound in law to adopt the
precise line between an excess of power and not enough ;
and the Jury were to consider whether this defendant had
acted upon that precise line, for if he had not come up to
that point lie was liable to this information. That
situation was, certainly, one of difficulty ; but it
was a situation which be was placed in by the
sate of society. If a man sought an office like
that of Mayor, which was generally the case, or
if it be the case of a peace-officer who did not seek his
office, but was forced to accept it, the law was the same
in both cases; because, unless a person in either case did
his duty reasonably and properly, there would he an end
po all security, and the country might be given up to
plunder. However honourable and honest the intentions at
the persons might be, yet if he did not act strictly according
to law, he was li able to the present prosecution for neglect of
duty. A Iran was bound to do his duty according to law, what-
ever his intentions might be, and the Jury were to con-
sider whether the defendant in this case hail done so. Then,
if the defendant be charged with not doing his duty, it
was a question for consideration, whether lie had done all
in his power to suppress the riots that could have been ex-
pected " of a man of honesty and ordinary prudence,
firmness, and activity under the circumstances
in which he was placed." That was a question
for the Jury to consider. As applicable to this case
the points under the general rule were these:--Did he
toe the means the law reiptired to assemble a sufficient
force to endeavour to suppress the riots ? That was a
most material point. Another question, also a very mate-
rial one, was, Did he make all the use a reasonable and
honest man ought to do, and which the law required of
his authority and the means at his disposal. It appeared that
the Mayor acted under the advice, on many occasions,
of Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, who hail been the Town Clerk for
19 or 20 years, and therefore he had the best legal advice
that could be expected to be given. Major Mackworth also,
a military man of great experience, and of great spirit,
give the Mayor such advice as he could, and he stated
that the Mayor acted most properly. Now, if a public
officer, wha was neither a soldier nor a lawyer, acted by
the advice of those beet calculated to give it, the July
would take that into consideration in determining the
Mayor's guilt or innocence. Still, in point of law, if the Mayor
erred, lie could not shelter himself from the consequences
by the advice he sought. The Jury, however, would say
whether the advice under which he acted was not the hest,
recollecting that it was given on the spur oldie moment, and
by persons who had the opportunity of seeing what was
going on at the time. As a general remark, his Lordship
would observe, that in determining the guilt or innocence
of the defendant, the Jury were not to consider what might
have been done had all the calamities which did ensue been
foreseen ; if it had been foreseen that the military would
be withdrawn, and that such a destruction of property
would be caused, it was possible that, by greater exertions,
a greater civil and military force might have been collected;
on the other hand, a great force might have been collected,
and if no riot had taken place, the Mayor might have
been laughed at. The Jury were, therefore, to consider
merely what did occur, and whether Mr. Pinney on the
occasion, and under all the circumstances in which lie was
placed, faithfully discharged his duty. The Jury, or
many of them, were probably Magistrates, and were there-
fore able to decide what a Magistrate was expected to do
on such an occasion. There were various acts charged of
a general neglect of duty, and of not protecting the gaols,
the Bridewell, the Palace, and various other buildings. if
it should so happen that any of the Jury were of opinion,
there was neglect of duty proved on any one occasion—
for instance, if four were of opinion that neglect was proved
on one occasion, and eight of a different opinion, but that
neglect was proved on another occasion, that would
not be sufficient to establish the charge ; the whole twelve
must be of opinion, before they could return a verdict of
Guilty, that there was a neglect of duty proved on some one
point. His Lordship then divided the various charges,
and detailed the evidence with respect to each. The first
ground et complaint was, that on the Saturday the Mayor did
not employ a sufficient force and head them ; and that he
secreted himself in the Mansion-house. It appeared, how-
ever, in evidence, that 300 constables had been employed,
which number had been at first deemed sufficient; that
the Mayor, though he did not head them, read the
Riot Act and harangued the mob, and that his life was
considered to be in danger. As to his heading the con-
stables, that was a duty which was always much better
left to the chief constables, and could form no ground of
complaint. It was true that the Mayor was in an upper
story of the Mansion-house, but that was only because in
a lower room he would have been in danger from the
stones thrown at him. It was then charged that he did
not organize the constables. The word organize was new
both in law and in the English language, and he had certainly
never seen it before either in an information or an indict-
ment; hut he did not know that it was the duty of the
llay lo Mayor
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duty
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ceiveMajor
Mackworth, however, who did array the constables, and
disperse the mob, acquitted the Mayor of all blame,
and at 12 or 1 o'clock on that night the city was quiet.
It appeared further, from the testimony of Mr. Hare, the
Under Sheriff, that the mob on that Saturday was not
greater than usual at elections in Bristol. The next
charge against the Mayor was, a want of energy. It ap-
peared in evidence, that the Mayor was desirous that
the troops should fire on the mob, but was dissuaded
from giving the order by the advice of Major Mack-
worth and Colonel Brereton. If he had exerted that

sort of energy, and ordered the troops to fire, many live
tn'ght have been lost, and if he had been indicted fo
murder it would have been difficult for him to defend
himself, leaving acted contrary to the advice of two militar
men. The Learned Judge said he mentioned that to shoe
Vie difficult situation in which a person might be placed
fn• if he went too far, he was liable to one species of pro
secutfon, and if he did not go far enough, he was liable te
a criminal information. The next charge was, that ht
did not keep a sufficient force of constables in the Man•
sion-house during the Saturday night. The answer td
that Was, that the riot Veal over, and it was not ice•
cessary. It did appear that after Major Alackwortl
had organ'zsd the constables and dispersed the mob
all was quiet, and if there really was no appearand
dila :nob he could not see the necessity of keeping con.
stables there all night. It ssemed th it the riot was create(
by the arrival of Sir Charles Wetherell : anti when the
pc ogle were informed that he had left the town it :nigh.
b, supposed that there was no longer any necessity to
keep up a civil force. The most material chargé Wee, tha
the M.yor did not use those means which the law re.
quit ed on the Senday morning to suppress the riots. There
• were two Acts of Parliament, the lst:Geo. IV., chap. 37.
and the Ist Williem IV., chap 31, which authorised Ma•
gistrates to call out special constable's, and provided. for
the punishment of those who refused to attend. By those
Ae•ta, it was reacs•ary for some person to make oath before
:1 Magistrate that a riot was expected before the Dla•
gistrate could call the special constables out. I❑ this case
it did not appear that any person made the necessary
oath, and therefore the Jury might throw those Acts of
Parliament altogether out of their consideration. The
question, then, was, whether the defendant had done what
the general rues of the common law re quired. The general
nature of the duty of a Justice of the Peace, with regard
to the t ioters, was to restrain, pursue, and arrest them.
They had authority to call on any of the King's, subjects,
who were bound to assist them when reasonably warned.
The Jury would have to consider whether- the defendant
hod done so in this case. It was proved that, in the forenoon
of Sunday, the Magistrates had nut employed that
civil force which it was said they might ►save done.
It was said there were no M ,gistrates to receive those who
off•red themselves, and that afterwards when the Bride-
well. the Gaol, the Toll-house, the Dock-gates, the Bi-
shop's Palace, the Custom-house, the Mansion-house, and
the houses in Queen-square were attacked, there was no
adequate civil firce. That was a prima facie case to call
upon the Megi,trates to show what they bad dune to ex-
culpate themselves. The answer to that charge was,
that on Sunday morning, as sewn as the Mayor went to
the Mansion-house, he began to concert measures ; that
he directed the vonstables who were on duty the day bee
fore to be summoned ; that he personally called as many
inhabitants, and desired them to come to the Guildhall,
and tee bring others with them. That was Sunday morn-
ing, when the people were naturally expected to be con-
gregated in their reepec,ive places of worship. It ap-
pear d that the Ma) or sent summonses to the church-
wardens of the parishes, and notices to all the places
of woe ship, calling for the assistance of his fellow-citizens.
Bills were posted about the town, and distributed at the
different houses, calling on the inhabitants to go the Guild-
hall ; and if a proper number had assembled, probably
the calamities that had occurred would have been pre-
vented. The Jury were to consider whether Mr. Pinney
had done ail lee could upon the occason. It appeared the
notices were read to the congregations in the places of
worship. If the Jury were of opinion. that that was a
sufficient warning by the Mayor for persons to come to his
aid, then, according to law, he had done all in his power.
Thee, it that were a reasonable warning, was it dune in
sufficient time ? It appeared that the riot of the preceding
.lay had been suppressed. Major M xlsworth did not deem
it necessary to remain, and was the Mayor to contemplate
a riot on the Sunday, and send the notices sooner than be
did ? He appeared to have sent the notices as soon on the
Sunday as he expected a riot. Sending them to the various
places of worship was, in his Lordship's opinion, the most
expeditious mode of getting aid that could be devised, and
if the Mayor did all that he was required to do, he
could not fairly be charged with neglect of duty on
that occasion. It appeared that on the notices being
served many persons refused to attend ; one person made
a joke of it, and said the Mayor had better call out the
tire engine to pump on the mob. However the church-
wardens came to the Mayor and stated the refusal
of their parishioners to attend to the summons, and from
one cause or another not more than 150 attended; pos-
sibly the population of Bristol was an hundred thousand
of whom perhaps 50,000 were male adults. It might be
fatly said that there wet( 20,000 able to bear alms, and
of that number only 150 attended. That certainly was
not a sufficient force to suppress the. riots. But even that
force would not all serve. Some would not act without the
military, some not with the military, and others would
nut act without they had fire-arms. Now, although the
Mayor might be justified in allowing the use of arms; yet
indiscriminately to distribute arms to persons not trained to
the use of them, would be at least injudicious, for the
mob might rush on them, and take the arms, and use
them against the civil force. At the second meeting at
Guildhall, the number of persons who attended was less
than the first. If, however, the Jury thought that
the Mayor did all he could to collect the inhabitants, it vine
not his fault that they did not assemble in greater numbers.
Then, with regard to the Mayor not calling out a sufficient
force, it had been said by variou, witnesses, that a large
holy of persons had assembled in the Commercial-rooms:
who were ready, if called upon, to act. The Learned
Judge thought it no part of the Mayor's duty to give
notice to the persons assembled in the Commercial rooms►

having already given a general notice to the whole of the
citizens bafore. The persons assembled in the Cow
mercial-room knew perfectly well, from the notice that bad
een given, that the citizaiis were required to assemble 0
the Guildhall; and it was natural, therefore, to suppose that
any other persons assembled at the Commercial-rooms, who
felt an anxiety to act, would have immediately gone to
the Guildhall on their own accord. It appeared from the
evidence given on both sides that there was considerable
apathy on the part of the inhabitants of Bristol, and no
very great disposition to suppress the riots. This bad
been clearly shown at the Mansion-house, and there was
no reason to suppose that the persons assembled at the
Commercial-rooms had a different opinion. It was im-
possible, therefore, in the opinion of the Learned
Judge, to substantiate a charge of neglect of
duty against the Mayor on that point. Another
charge against the Mayor was, that he had not called out

the Chelsea pensioners, of whom there were a great nurn"
bee in Bristol. With regard to that it was apparent to
the Learned Judge, that the Mayor was no more bound t 3
call upon them than any other of the King's subjects.
Further, there was not time to call them out on the St-
welly, after which day there was no reason to content°
plate a continuance of the riots. On the Sunday, some
of the pensioners, about twenty in number, applied at the
11l to tender their services, but their numbers being
So few, they were not sufficient to do any good. The
question then was, had the Mayor made the best use of
the force which he had got together? It appeared, in the first
Mayor,np ixi place,
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of the forces that had been drawn up had actuatlhlyrdeseLteto
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that it itthaemdoauyntle'edrotroe'between 1,500 and 2,000 men. A
different state of things had at this time arrived, the mili'
Lary were in the town, and the inhabitants had been lin'
pressed with a different feeling than that which existed 0°
the Sunday. A great number of private houses had heel'
destroyed, and the inhabitants began to feel that unless
they took some active steps, all property in the city
might
he endangered, added to•this, some of the Political 1111'°°,
had joined theirs to the civil force. As to the calling out °:
the posse comitatus, it appeared to the Learned
to have been a work of impossibility, as on the °3.•
turday night, in consequence of the formalities 51'
unday
jeers to
though,ol()a. i the LTtnehawi rs:Widna sfal cuhtd(c:::: no
udbtol tanlmiee
morning. If such had not been the case, in tbe oi";
.be attached to the Mayor, as the c.illing out of the King'ssub'
in fact, without its lormalities. The calling °lx;
t
of a sufficient force to act as occasion might require, that'
tllo Learned Judge considered, to be no part of the Jut;
of a Justice of the Peace, though it might he that of a
blame
onus,
:eat hteeeov:Sri
lirary lie would now come to the more specific charge°
against the Mayor, that he had not sufficiently protect',
the Bridewell. Why it was apparent, from the
beenthat i
sent out ,
of evidence',
WhO slaeid Itrlhlnt ottiseuyffi sufficient force to do so. The mill titc./
weretlie tojitsi•na bsytatCeolotontealllyßreurnestol;e:
ti perform any duty ; added to which the Colonel had fr.'„
fused to c ill them back. Another charge was, that he
had not determined, resolute men, sufficient to act. 111101 i
the military had left the town, and where, the Learve_j
Judge would ask, were resolute men to he found who 11,
been used to cope with rioters ? Those who had been e°,,,
leeted together, it bad been proved in evidence, were totally
insufficient to attack the mob without endangering tb
lives. It must also he remembered, that the attack on Bride'

well wax made during the time the Mayor was at the White
Lion, to which place be toil gone, at the request of his
brother Magistrates, to seek a little repose, having beet
up the whole night and taken no fond. The M Ivor
therefore had no notice of the attack, and it could not be
his fault if a sufficient force had not been sent
to protect it. Under such circumstances. it was
for the Jury to say,—whether the Mayor was
not justified in taking the repose which he did, or even
more. With regard to not protecting the gaol, it ap-
peared in evidence that two of the Alderm-n went there,
but found they could not do any thing, having so inefficient
a force, and the same observations would apply to the Toll-
house and the Dockiates. As to Lawford-gate, that not
being within the city, the Mayor could not be
charged with a dereliction of duty in respect of it. The
next charge was, not protecting the Bishop's Palace, and
which had been attacked by the mob. Now it appeared,
upon the evidence that both the M tyor and Al-
derman Camplin, in company with many others,
had gore there, and that no personal exertions on
the part of the Mayor were wanted, or any cowardice
displayed. Another charge was, that when the Dodding-
ton troop a, rived in Bristol, the Mayor hail no place
to receive them. The very reverse of the charge had
been proved. It was true the Doldington troop bad not
been made a sufficient force. Whether that was the fault
of Colonel Brereton was not now the subject of inquiry for
the Jury, but it was evident that it was no fault of the
Mayor. Another charge was, that upon being required to
go along with Major Beckwith, he would not do so.
In the opinion of the Learned Judge he was not bound to
do so. The charge against the Magistrates of not
riding with the military, was totally without foun-
dation. If they had given orders, that was all that
could be required. It was no part of the duty of persons
who bad to give general directions to expose themselves
to personal danger. Another ground of charge was,
that the Mayor had not done all in his power to protect
the fire-arms of the city from getting into the hands of the
mob. If some of the witnesses were to be believed that
charge had totally failed, for both the Mayor and the Ma-
gistrates on the Sunday morning had done all in their
power to secure a great portion of them. With regard to the
personal conduct of the Mayor in leaving the Mansion-
house on Sunday, according to the testimony of Major
Mackworth, his life was in danger if he had not done so.
The Mayor had repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to
escape. but Major Mackworth, as a military man, had in-
sisted upon his doing so. Soma ridiculous evidence bail
been given about the manner in which he had made his
escape, that he had been assisted over the walls br fe-
males, all of which was positively denied by Major Mack-
worth in his evidence. The Learned Judge then went
seriatim through the other charges against the
Mayor, all of which he considered to have failed ; and
concluded his charge, which occupied two hours
and twenty minutes in delivery, by stating that it was the
duty of the Jury to take into consideration whether, under
a'l the circumstances which he had pointed out, they
thought the Mayor had been guilty of a neglect of duty.
If the Jury were of opinion that he had neglected his duty
in any one particular, they would find him guilty. If
not, they would acquit him. .

Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE and Mr. Justice Taurvrois
concurred entirely with the summing up of their Learned
Brother.

The Jury retired at a quarter before 1, and on their
return at 10 minutes past, the Foreman stated that
they unanimously found Charles Pinney, Esq., the
late Mayor of Bristol, NOT GUILTY. That they
were of opinion, under the circumstances in which
be had been placed, menaced and opposed by an
infuriated mob, unsupported either by the civil or military
force, deserted in those quarters from which he might have
expected assistance, the late Mayor had acted to the best
of his judgment with zeal and personal courage.
This verdict was received with expressions of approba-
tion from the friend: of the late Mayor.

Sir J. SCARLETY •aid that he .was desirous, be fore
the Jury withdrew, in their presence to assure the Court
that, in this case, he had endeavoured, as far as possible,
to abstain from introducing any topics which did not grow
out of the evidence, or was strictly connected with it
His Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) however,
had last night, in his reply to the Jury, thought fit—
Mr. Justice PARKE—Really, Sir James Scarlett, it is
quite unnecessary to make any statemi nt.
Sir JAMES SeAKLErr—Wity, my Lord, my Learned
Friend, the Attorney-Genera', charged me yesterday with
personal motives in what I stated, and I have only to
say, that when be pleases to make a specific charge against
me, I hope I shall he able to prove my own innocence, as
satisfactorily as I have done that of Mr. Pinney's.
Mr. Justice J. PARKE—Really, Sir James, there is no
necessity whatever for entering into this.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that he was not prepared
for so extraordinary a statement as that which bad been
made by his Learned Friend. He, however, thought it
his duty to say, in the face of their Lordships and the
Jury of his country, that he had introduced no topics in
order to prejudice the right disposal of the case. All that
he had stated was with a view to remove prejudices
Mr. Justice J. PARKE said he thought the whole that
had been stated would have been much better omitted on
both sides.

A Gentleman stated that he bad been summoned as a
Juror, together with several others, from Berkshire, as
Jurors on the indictment against Mr. Alderman Hillhouse,
and other persons. They had been since detained in town
for nine days, and he wished to know from their Lord-
ships whether they were to have their expenses.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said that they could give no
directions upon that point.
Mr. Justice J. PARSE observed that they did not know
Whether it was the intention of the Attorney-General to
proceed with the other indictments.

The ATTORNEY..GENEKAL stated, that he had no in-
tention to announce at present whether he should proceed
with them or not. The gentlemen, however, if they
Wished it, might leave town.

COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

To-day being the First Seal, it was the intention
of the LORD CHANCELLOR to have sat in Lincoln's Inn
Rail to have beard motions, but we very much regret to
have to announce that just at the moment at which
hilt Lordship was expected to arrive at the Hall a
Messenger from Berkeley-square appeared in Court and
stated that his Lordship had been attacked with a cold
Which prevented his leaving home. The cold was slight,
but from a desire not to aggravate it, and in the hope that
by remaining at home to-day his Lordship will have so
far recovered by to-morrow as to be able to meet the
teachers in the Hall, and from thence to proceed to re-
sume his sittings at Westminster, he deemed it right to
terrain upon the sick list for the day.