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ed the meeting on the Bth December, proved the defendant
having, read the resolution from the chair, and that only five or
six hands were held up for it. Several electors immediately
left the room, as they did not wish to vote either way on the
question.
• Mr. BROUGHAM, for the defendant, contended that never
,was there a case where censure had been conveyed on slighter
words than those used on the present occasion. It was the duty
of the burgesses, when they found the plaintiff demean himself
in the way he had done, to take notice of his conduct, and no
time or place could be more proper for such a consideration than
when they were assembled for the purpose of electing another
mayor. Had it-been proved that the resolution had not been
adopted by the majority ? Had he not been duly elected ?
And what were the mouves passing in the independentmind of
this worthy burgess, which had induced him to decline the
office of mayor ? One of two things he found must happen—he
must forego all his former attachment to Mr. Houldsworth, the
attachments which subsisted between principal and agent, at-
torney and client—that endearing tie the 4001. or 5001 which
bound them together, or the fur gown, the cap (not the-bells),
the sword, and all the honours of office, must be deferred till
some more convenient opportunity. To avoid this awkward
predicament, he had even adopted the extraordinary plan of
canvassing against himself. He had waited on the electors,
not to solicit their votes, but to implore them for Ood's sake
not to ruin him by voting for him. Under these circumstances
he (Mr. Brougham) left the case with confidence in the hands of
the jury, satisfied that they must feel the resolution complained
of to be one of the most temperate ever passed on such an occa-
sion.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY having recapitulated the evidence,
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 20/.
The Court was Occupied the remainder of the day with causes
wholly uninteresting, and chiefly disposed of by references.

GLOUCESTER, MONDAY, APRIL 3.
- „ ( Before Mr. Jnstice l'Aux.)
' ALLEGED ABBAULT.—JONES V. READY.
'I his Was an action brought by the plaintiff against the de
fendant, to recover a compensation in damages for an alleged
assault.
Mr. CAMPBELL stated the case to the Jury: Ile said that
the plaintiff, who was tbrmerly a sergeant-major in the 10th
hussars, in -which regiment he had honourably served his coun-
try, and distinguished himself at Waterloo and other battles,
was now the landlord of the White Lion Inn, at Wootton-
under-Edge, in this county.
Ann Jones, the daughter of the plaintiff, whose beauty at-
tracted the gaze of the whole Court, stated, that her father kept
the White Lion Tavern, at 'Wootton-under-Edge. On the
28th of April last, while her father was absent from home, Mr.
Ready, the defendant, and Mr. Beck, his attorney, came there.
A Mr. Chaffins was also there; and they had all been drinking
in the bar for about an hour, when the plaintiff came in about
seven o'clock in the evening, and slat down. Mr. Ready then
said, " There is one of the 10th." The plaintiff replied,
" Tell me what I am, and not what I have been."
An attempt was now made to compromise the case.
Mr. bum.ow, as counsel for the defendant, said, that as all
the parties were neighbours, his client was ready and willing
that all matters in difference should be settled out of Court.—
The offer, however, was not accepted, anti the case proceeded.
Witness (in continuation.)--Air. Ready then went on talk.
ing, and said a friend of his had told him that us the 10th Re-
giment of Buzzers was once marching on their route from
Brighton to London, on an exceedingly hot day, some of the
men unbuttoned their jackets to cool themselves, whereupon
Colonel Quentin rode up to them and said " Button sip your
jackets, you scoundrels." At this part of the anecdote the
defendant tried to mimic Colonel Quentin's voice, he being a
German. The plaintiff said " Whosoever told you that, Sir,
it is a wrong assertion." Arr. Ready, the defendant, said "Do
you mean to call me a liar ?" The plaiatiffreplied, " I don't
mean to call you a liar, Sir, but it is a wrong assertion." The
defendant then hesitated a few minutes, on which Alr. Beck
said, " It is right, uncle; the 10th never drew a blade in
their lives ; they were not at IVaterloo." Mr. Ready then
took up some tobacco-pipes and threw them at the plaintiff's
head ; one struck the plaintiff; and the rest flew on a shelf
where there were a great many glasses placed. The defendant
they. seized a large glass, and was in the act of flinging it at the
plaintiff; when his arm was stopped by Mr. Chaffing, who said,
Don't throw a glass at the man, or you may seriously injure
him." Ready and Chaffing then left the room, and after about
a quarter of an hour's absence, they came back again, when
Ready reached over the shoulder of witness's mother, and
struck a pipe which the plaintiff war smoking out of his mouth,
saying, .. (let up and tight, you China Tenth." After that he
raid he would have some brandy and water; which the plain-
tiff's wife refused him, and lie w.'s then going, as he sail, to
mix lila own grog, when Mr. Chatlins took him away.
(rosy-examined by Mr. hunt.ow.—Witiiess did not re-
collect that Colonel Palmer's name was mentioned. Did not
hear any one say "'That is a d—d lie." Never heard her fa-
ther swear. Never heard that lie did not wish to bring the
action ; nor did she ever hear her father say it should be the
last pipe 44eady ever threw.
James Young was die next witness called.—Said he was a
brewer, residing .at Wootton-under-Edge. He remembered
the evening in question, and was in the tap-rooni of the White
Lion that evening. Ile heard the defendant abuse the plaintiff
very much. The abuse then ceased fur about a quarter of an
hour ; after which witness opened die tap-room, and saw Mr.
Chaffin*. rHe heard Mr. Cliaffins say, " Ready, you are quite
in the wrong." Mr. Ready pressed forward again into the bar,
and knocked the plaintiff's pipe out of his mouth.
Cross-examined by Mr. liumow.—Witness saw the .pipe
broken, but did not see it tall out of plaintiff's mouth.
3lr. CaurnEo.—When the pipe was broken, what would
prevent its falling to the ground, by the laws of gravitation ?
Mr. Justice Pan x—llow should he understand your laws of
gravitation ? Do you suppose he has been to the London Col.
lege, or the Metropolitan University ?—(Loud laughter.)
John Bunt, an auctioneer, at Wotton-under-Edge, con.
firmed the account given by the plaintiff's daughter.
James Price, a servant to the plaintiff; heard the defendant
call his maker a coward, and saw him strike him.
Mr. Lumow, for the defendant, said that as an assault was
clearly proved, he could not resist a verdict against hit client;
but he submitted that it was a case which called fur very trifling
damages. It appeared that all the irrjury which • the plaintiff
sustained was the imaginirrinsult of having his pipe knocked
out of his mouth, which was rather jocularly than otherwise
over 'the shoulder of his wife, behind whom (very unlike a
Waterloo man) he had entrenched himself.
' Mr. Justice PARR, in general terms, deprecated the practice
' of making public house broils the subject of serious discussion
in Courts of Justice. But here the 'assault was nem aggra.
vated and uncalled for; and the injury was rather augmented
-by the ituputution that the plaintiff; as a soldier who had fought
for his country, was defended by his wife. In truth, it ay-
peered that Mrs. Jones had stepped in between this violent
man and her husband, to prevent a second disturbance; and
though the case did not cull for very heavy damages, yet it
culled for some..
Verdict for the plaintiff—Dameges, 40s.