The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-03 00:00:00

BUDD V. IIORWOOD.

The plaintiff and defendant were, it appeared, rival
bakers, living at Box, and the defendant having had
the misfortune to be robbed of some flour, the de-
fendant's wife was heard to say, it was bad times
when one baker must rob another, thereby insinuat-
ing that the theft had been committed by the plain-
tiff. He (Mr. Seijeant RussEt.t.) was instructed not
to press for heavy damages, but merely such a com-
pensation as would effectually remove the stain from
the character of the plaintiff.—Verdict for the plain-
tiff, damages Is.

WATTS V. OGDEN.

Mr. MAN.F.AN opened the pleadings, stating that
this was an action on the warranty of a pointer dog.
Mr. CAMPBELL, said the plaintiff resided at Wood-
chester, in this county, and had been educated for
the law; but having the good luck to succeed to a
large fortune, he became a country gentleman, and
in the course of the last year, wishing to have a
good pointer, he purchased the bitch in question,
which was warranted steady, and to have been re-
gularly shot over. Now that warranty meant not
that the dog had been tied to a tree arid a pistol fired
over her head, but that she had been regularly used
and shot to as a sporting dog. The season not buy-
ing at that time commenced, Mr. Watts, with a
view to try this new purchase, fired at a sparrow,
when this dog, that had been warranted to stand
fire, was actually frightened, and ran out of the field,
with her tail between her leg•.

Mr. Baron VA►JGHA\ having summed up the evi-
dence, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages 5/.
Robert Bowes, Isaac Michell, and George
Adams, were indicted, charged with killing Thomas
Lowe, in a stand-up fight.
The Jury found the prisoner Howes Guilty, and
Witchell and Adams Not Guilty.
Sentence postponed.
Elizabeth Morely, an ill-looking woman, was in-
dicted, charged with having obtained various .ums
of money to the amount of GO/. by false pretences,
from James Best, and of uttering a forged note,
knowing the same to be forged, whereby she ob-
tained 101. from the said James Best.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and she was
sentenced to six months' imptisonmemt.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LANCASTER, AuG. 31.

The Assizes for the county of Lancaster com-
menced to-day. The business is very heavy. The
calendar contains the names of seventy prisoners,
and there are two hundred causes entered for trial.
Of the latter, however, a great portion are expected
to be undefended.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY took his seat in the Crown
Court at ten o'clock, and soon afterwards delivered
his charge to the Grand Jury. He then proceeded
to try different cases.

Elizabeth Holder was charged on the Coroner's
inquisition, and also on an indictment charging her
with feloniously killing and slaying her infant child,
Thomas Holder, at Manchester, on the Ist of
August last.
Susannah Ellison--I remember the birth of Thos.
Holder. He was nine months old when he died.
The prisoner was very negligent to the child. The
straw upon which it used to lie was never changed.
The prisoner was in the habit of giving it stuff to
cause it to sleep. She suckled it for seven weeks,
and then weaned it. Some time after that it used to
he fed with dry bread and sugar, but always very
sparingly. The prisoner and her husband were
both in the habit of going out to sing at parties.
She would go out almost every evening at eleven
o'clock, and frequently stop out all night. Mr.
Holder was seldom at borne. He never took his
meals at home, lie seemed to be very fond of de-
ceased. Deceased used to be put to bed at seven
or eight in the evening, and be left to sleep until
one or two on the next day. Deceased was not a
cross child. He was very seldom taken out of the
cradle, the straw of which was constantly wet.
No attention was paid to the state of the child's
person. I used often to speak to the prisoner about

it, and asked her to allow me to clean the child.
She always told me to mind my own business.
The child had no covering at all except what I
could get pet on it. It languished, and gradually
grew very ;eat). On the Ist of August it died.
Cross-examined by Mr. BROWNE.—I am now in
the service of Mrs. Taylor. I went to her imme-

diately after I left the prisoner's service. I was not
hired by prisoner principally to take care of the
child. I was hired to do all the work. When the
prisoner went out at night, the child was left under
my care. I might have fed it with bread and sugar
as often as I pleased, but I did not. The reason
why I did not was, that my mistres3 always told
me to mind my own business, when I spoke of do-
ing any thing for the child. I never but once took
the child out of the cradle to change it when my
mistref,s was away. If I ever went about it when
she was by, c:4,- always told me to mind my busi-
ness. The prisoner used to give stuff to the child
to make it sleep. I once gave it soma wine 4n4
cloves. I one got stuff from Dr. Mann to give to it.
The child was quite naked in the cradle, except
when I could find something to put over it. The
husband of prisoner was very fond of the child, and
used to nurse it when it was taken out of the cradle
and given to him. I had the care of the child
whilst prisoner was out, and that was almost every
night. The child would hare done very well, if
properly attended to.
A surgeon from Manchester, who had examined

the body of the child, and had heard all the evi-
dence on the trial, could not undertake to say what
was the cause of the child's death.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY here stopped the case, and
said that upon such evidence it would be the duty
of the Jury to acquit the prisoner.
The Jury accordingly found a verdict of Not Guilty.
The husband of the prisoner, who had been pre-
sent during the trial, immediately upon the verdict
being given, ran to the dock, and the joy which
they mutually expressed cause a strong mensationio
the Court.

WESTERN CIRCUIT-DitfOGENN .tTER, SEPT. I.
Chief JUDlie! TINDAL was engaged the whole of
yesterday upon a tithe cause, in which the principal
qmestion was as to the existence of a modus. Not
being completed yesterday, the case was resumed
this morning, arid occupied the Court throughout
the day. It presented no feature of public interest.
Mr. Serjeant BOMPAS also sat yesterday and to-
day, and disposed of some Common Jury cases,
Special Juries being reserved for the Chief Justice.
This arrangement, which was made with a view to
bring up the arrear of business occasioned by the ill-
ness of Mr. Justice Burrough, and in order to get
through a cause list unusually heavy, has not suc-
ceeded to the extent that was. in all probability con-
templated. Nothing that would bear reporting oc-
curred yesterday.
This morning it was found necessary to make re-
mallets of about 15 causes, the commencement of
the Bristol Assizes being fixed for to-morrow (Wed-
nesday), and there not being:time sufficient to dis-
pose of them in any other manner.
Of all places that we have ever witnessed, Bridge-
water is the worst suited for an Assize town. The
accommodations it affords are dear and detestable.—
Nothing can be more inconvenient than the Courts,
which we believe were constructed in the reign of
Queen Anne. As for the public press, there is no
provision for the accommodation of individuals con-
nected with it, and upon this occasion they owe it
entirely to the personal courtesy of Sir Alexander
Hood, the High Sheriff, that they have been able to
obtain that degree of accommodation which was ab-
solutely indispensable for the performance of their
duty.
The health of Mr. Justice Burrough is, we under-
stand, very considerably improved.
WORLOCK V. TUCKER.
This was an action to recover the value of a horse
let on hire by the plaintiff to the defendant, and
which, while in the hands of the latter, met with an
accident that subsequently occasioned its death.—
There were counts in the declaration eaiming com-
pensation for the hire of the horse and the expense
incurred by the plaintiff in endeavouring to cure it.
Among the witnesses called for the plaintiff was
the driver of the Bath and Exeter mail, who proved
' the serious nature of the injuries, the unskilful way
in which the horse was treated by the landlady and
boots of an inn at Taunton, and the impropriety of
sending him on to Glastonbury, upon the day after '
the accident.
Cross-examined by Mr. JEREMY—YOU know
something about horses ?—I should think so.
Well, but you are more practised in driving than
taking care of them ?—I knows a trifle of that too.
I've had to do with horses all my life, been born,
bred, and hedicaled with them since I was the height
of my fore vheels.—(Laughter.)
I don't ask you if yen have ever had to do with
broken•kneed horses before, for I know the respec-
tability of your mail.—(A laugh.)—The hostler of
the George is a clever fellow about horses, I believe ? '
—Oh, e'es.
But he wasn't at the inn the night the horse ar-
rived, arid the animal, as we have heard, fell into the
hands of boots. Now, can't you say a good word
for boots ?—Yes, in his professional capacity.—(A
laugh )—He polishes shoes very well.—(Continued
laughter.)
Has he been to the University ?—(A laugh.)—
I can't say as how he was, but amought.--(A laugh.)
The son of a veterinary surgeon stated, that as
he was " going to visit his other patients," he was
called in to attend a consultation on the case of this
horse, felt his pulse, and prescribed remedies for the
injuries done to his sinorial g'ands.—( Laughter.)
Cross-examined—Was a student of the veteri-
nary science—that is, an apprentice to his father—
and called horses his " patients."—(Laughter.)
The father of this witness gave a very learned ac-
count of the symptoms attendant on the case of" the
patient."
The horse was proved to be worth 25/. The ex-
pences of the " medical" treatment and the hire for
six days were estimated at .5/.
A number of witnesses having been called to
make out this case, and the Learned Judge having
summed up the evidence in a very elaborate mariner,
the Jury pronounced a verdict for the plaintiff—da-
mages 5/.

FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.

GLASGOW.

(From the Glasgow Chronicle of Aug. 28.)

Thursday morning, at seven o'clock, Clyde
was only about eighteen inches above its usual
level ; but about nine, it had risen six to eight
feet ; at two, twelve to thirteen feet ; and in the
evening, to upwards of sixteen feet. The com-
mon sewers were consequently gorged, and the
water stood at considerable depth in the lower
houses of the Bridgegate. The Molendinar
and Camlachie burns were swollen to a great
height, and the low houses in their neighbour.
hood were inundated, and the people obliged to
remove their furniture. The Flesher's Haugh
was covered, and the water was considerably be-
yond the sheds on the quay. About nine o'clock
the river began to subside, and has since gra-
dually receded. Great fears were entertained in
the lower parts of the town for the effects of the
tide, but the flood had previously began to
abate, and no additional effect was produced.
The rain was particularly heavy round Lanark,
and in the vale of Clyde. About three o'clock
on Thursday morning it was falling in torrents.'
At six the river Mouse was greatly swollen, and
the Nethan and Avon were dashing their banks
with awful fury. The wheat and corn in that
district are said to be much damaged. In dif-
ferent places the roads were flooded. At Mearns
and neighbourhood the rain fell heavily, accom-
panied with a strong wind, for twenty-four hours.
Few of the fields of grain in that quarter are
flooded, but it, is greatly lodged ; and if' a good
breeze does not immediately spring up, serious
consequences are anticipated. The potatoes
have suffered materially, numerous drills having
had the earth completely washed away. Between
Glasgow and Stirling, the rain on Thursday
was equally heavy ; and every species of crop
has been seriously injured. On the Edinburgh
road considerable damage has been done. The
corn-fields were, in many places, observed to be
under water a foot in depth, and several stooks
were seen at different times floating down the
Almond. At Airdrie, all sorts of grain are re-
ported to have been slightly injured, while in
the burns at Chryston and Hogganfield, con-
siderable quantities of hay were carried down the
stream-
At Kirkintilloch the flood was so great,
that it is said nothing
similar has been seen for
the last twenty years. One farmer in Campsie
parish, adjoining Kirkintilloeb, had about forty
acres of crop completely covered, while all the
parks around presented the same appearance.
morning the water was across the toll-
Friday
road at the end of Luggie Bridge, and at the
hedges, Of the topswhile, in the eastern quarter
of Kirkintilloch, the houses were flooded. A
number of sheep were swept off Campsie hills,

and carried down by the violence of the current.
Little corn had been shorn, but the greater part
of it has disppeared. Altogether, from Inchbelly
to Balmore, it has been estimated that a thousand
pounds would scarcely make up for the loss :As..
tained. In one direction, north of

over-

is said several aL, s of wheat 1,-os
whelmed in .thc. sand i..'!rown out of ti-
At Ayr t.1:01-1,-,Gn overflowed :r- banks ; but the
al appears, florn the accounts received from
that quarter, to have been less severely felt in the
south. In the more immediate vicinity of Glas-
(row, it is believed a few days fine weather would
recover the corn and wheat ; but in exposed
situations the potatoes appear to have suffered
considerably.

ABERDEEN.
(From the Aberdeen Chronicle of Aug. 29.)

We lament it is not in our power to state any
unfavourable change of the weather since our
last, the month of August being now about to
terminate with as little appearance of summer or
portion of its genial warmth as we can for many
years remember. The cold northerly winds have
prevailed throughout the week—for the two or
three first days without much rain—so that the
reapers were able to proceed with their work,
and several field of barley have been cut down
in this neighbourhood. The atmosphere was,
however, gloomy—the sun seldom making his
appearance, and the temperature very cold, so
that the crop has been greatly checked, and made
little progress towards maturity. On Wednes-
day the morning promised well, with the wind
from the south-westward, and the sun shed his
enlivening rays with great splendour ; but this
delusive prospect soon vanished, and the gather-
ing clouds gave too evident presage of an
impending storm. In the course of the
afternoon, the rain began to fall, and, as
the night advanced, poured in torrents, ac-
companied with a violent gale from the
eastward, which continued with little abatement
great part of Thursday. Friday, the wind again
shifted to the north yard, with frequent showers;
the weather cold and gloomy, with the like ap-
pearance of inconstancy as for some weeks pre-
vious. The crop, we are sorry to learn, has in
consequence suffered considerably, and in some
situations, particularly where it had been injured
by the late calamitous flood, has been flattened as
if with a roller. The late crop of turnips too, it
is much feared, must be greatly affected by this
excessive and unseasonable rain, and in the low
ground especially, almost wholly checked in the
growth. The rivers Dee and Don have again
overflowed their banks; and from the quantity
of light timber, &c. which was floating down
our harbour on Thursday, when several boats
were employed in collecting it, there is little
doubt but this flood has not been unattended
with farther damage on the banks of these rivers.
The fresh in the rivers northward appears also to
have been very considerable, as the mail of Fri-
day from Inverness remains due—no doubt,
owing to the difficulty of crossing the Findhorn
and Spey since the loss of the bridges over these
rapid and dangerous rivers.