The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

William St. Clair, a journeyman glazier, was sum-
moned before Mr. Bingham for having, by threats
and intimidation, endeavoured to force Mr. Charles
Fox. contractor, builder, &c., to make an alteration in
his mode of carrying on his business.
Mr. Rippon took several objections to the proceed..
ings. He contended, that by the Act under which
the proceedings were taken, two magistrates were re-
quired to adjudicate on the case, and not one.
Mr. BINGHAM said the Legislature most certainly
intended that one metropolitan magistrate, being a
stable and experienced person, should have authority
to do what could only be done by two country jus-
tices. He believed the objection now taken was un-
tenable, but rather than there should be any doubt he
would, if required, adjourn the further hearing to ob-
tain the attendance of his colleague, Mr. Hardwick.
He had already stated that it was essential to have the
charge disposed of on its own merits, and not got rid
of on technical grounds.

Mr. Rippon required to have a definite charge made.
There were several charges on the summons, and he
wished the Court to select the charge. He also con-
tended that, as Mr. Fox had himself proved he had a
partner, the charge did not come within the Act, as
the Act only named one person.
Mr. BINGHAM said if a man threatened several per-
sons, ex necessitate be threatened one person. He
could not give any weight to that objection.
Mr. Humphries, having proved his case by the evi•
dence of Mr. Fox and other witnesses, which has
already been published,
Mr. Rippon then proceeded to take objections to the
form and to the matter of the proceedings. • He con-
tended that Mr. Fox had not given a correct version
of the transaction.

Mr. BINGIIAI4 proposed to leave out of view the
evidence of Mr. Fox in the judgment he intended to
give. He would confine himself strictly to the evi-
dence given by the defendant's own witnesses.
Mr. itippon said such being the determination of
the Court, he would only call one witness.
A witness was called, and he gave similar testimony
to that which he offered on the former occa• ion. The
men, to the number of 50, were invited by the fore-
man of the contractor to attend at the works in Hyde-
park, to receive the wages due to them. They went
into the building for that purpose, when the de-
fendant, seeing Mr. Fox, requested an audience. Mr.
Fox would not grant the request, and turned away,
upon which the defendant said, extending his open
hand, " You may repent this."

Mr. BINGHAM said there had been so many objec-
tions raised t hat he thought they ought to have full
consideration, and therefore he would postpone his
judgment until the following day.
The proceedings did not terminate until nearly six
o'clock.

SOUTHWARK.
William Thomas, a Smithfield drover, was brought
before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with cruelty to a cow.
Mrs. Ann Handcock, wife of a surgeon, said that
about half-past three o'clock that day, as she was
standing at one of the windows of her house, her at-
tention was directed towards the defendant, who was
driving a cow that seemed to be in a very bad condi-
tion, and scarcely able to move along. At length the
animal fell down, apparently from sheer exhaustion,
and then commenced the brutality which the de-
fendant exercised towards it. He first seized the
animal's tail, and twisted it with great force ; but
finding this had not the desired effect of making
it rise from the ground, he then dropped the
tail down in a part of the road where a
quantity of sharp granite was laid, and began to
jump upon it with all his might. Although the poor
, animal seemed by the heaving of its body to suffer
pain from such extreme cruelty, yet it had not the
power to move from its position, and the defendant
then ran to its head, and thrusting several of his
fingers up its nostrils, by that description of pur-
chase made several ineffectual attempts to get the
animal upon its legs. The witness added that she to
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was so utterly disgusted with the brutality exercised DIED
by the defendant towards a poor dumb animal, which At Roel-house, Kensington, on Sule'd-a,_'-t..the414450:110
Annie Maria, eldest daughter of the late .1"W".. co
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it was apparent, from disease and exhaustion, had not
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to the street and sent for a policeman, into whose Croeanse,thAernBtwheilln-stLer'raagcee,dala'rernont-Equare. ,i. Itoseinly4
custody she gave the defendant. She further said
that a crowd of persons had collected on the spot, At
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and that even if she had not interposed he would the sth inst., Matthew Harrison, -t-
ter, 4
have been taken into custody, as several persons terrace
were looking about for a policeman, in order that oancethen3s'dthe-pianrskt,,afnei 77
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stash an offender should not escape the punishment he David B. Lewis, Esq.,: town-clerk of that iiteii.tellant aye ifi'
On the sth inst. in Howland-street,
merited.
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W. C. Lewis Bird, formerly
fantry, aged 69. IRAs, , , of
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MARRIED.
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eldest son of Sir S. H. Stuart, Bart ~to Catlierine_„ vetig
the eldest daughter of Colonel Lechraere Wool,'" .
Cavalry. 1 TheiTio
On the 4th inst., at Llandrinio, Lientenant-Colelt, (1000
dike, of the Royal Artillery, to Isabella Russell, oltiodri
ter of the Rev. John Russell, M.A., rector f
near Oswestry.