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but powder, which was the only article especially men •
tinned, and therefore be thought that the 'defendants must
hear the loss.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 3001.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ASSAULT.
EZEICIEL EVANS V. SNOW.

Mr. ABRAHAMS opened the pleadings. This was an
action of assault and battery, to which the defendant pleaded
" Not Guilty.
. Mr. Sergeant WIT.DE stated the case very briefly, and
called a person named Andrews, who was present when the
assault was committed. The witness stated, that in
October last he dined in company with some friends,
among whom were the plaintiff and the defendant, at
the Bull Inn, Hoxton. Whilst the witness was stand--
ing at the window, he heard some angry words pass be-
tween Evans and Snow, and on turning round, he saw
Snow strike the plaintiff on the side and knock him down,
" chair and all." The defendant is a tall powerful man,
and the plaintiff " a very. little 'nn indeed."

Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Tannv—The parties
are toll-collectors. They drank a few bottles of wine after
dinner, but had not been larking each other. The witness
heard Evans call Snow u a cuckoo," and say to him, " I
am as good a man as you for any thing."—(A laugh.)—
They all drank tea together, after. the assault, and the
witness believes that Evans and. Snow drank out of
the same tea-pot.—(A laugh.)—The witness remembers
hearing Snow call Evans a very had name.
William Taylor, a surgeon, saw' Evans three days after
he received the blow; he had then a difficulty in breathing,
symptoms of anxiety about him—(a laugh)—he had evi-
dently an arterial hemorrhage, and such as a hurt of the
description which he received. might produce. He was
now tolerably, but whenever he got cold he would he likelt•
to feel the effects again.
Mr. Sergeant TAnDY, for the defendant—l hope, gen-
tlemen, that none of us would wish to be called Cuckoo."
It has been a very disagreeable name to be applied to mar-
ried men ever since the days of Shakespear.—(A laugh.)—
We all know that at certain times of the• year that bird
warns husbands .of their fate, for, as the poet says—
" The cuckoo, then,
On every tree,
Mocks married men,
For thus sings he,
Cuckoo, cuckoo !"—(Laughter.)
Now, gentlemen, " this is too bad." It was - always an
ominous sound. It is

" A word of fear,
Unplea,sing to a married ear."

(Continued laughter.) And then, gentlemen, we are told
by , the witness, that the plaintiff boastingly said, that he
'was as good a man for any thing as the defendant. Why,
really one must be dull and deaf not to under-
stand the meaning of such dreadful imputations.
—To Mr. Snow, they must have been particularly
galling; they must have deeply wounded the delicate sen-
sibility of him who was " as pure as the consecrated snow
that lies on Dian's lap."—(Laughter.)—Now Gentlemen,
is not this a mere trumpery piece of business, and yet let
us see what Scriptural names we have mixed up with it;
here I have Elisha on my brief; the plaintiff is Ezekiel;
Isaac, is the defendant's solicitor ; and my friend Abraham
is Counsel for the plaintiff; and all this array of holy per-
sonages has been pressed into the service for the purpose of
getting up this cuckoo case.—(Continued laughter.)—.I
am afraid, however, gentlemen, that you must give the
plaintiff a verdict, but then let him have what lie deserves,
by dismissing him with one shilling. •
The Loan CHIEF JusTlcE, in summing up, said, that in
all probability the defendant had never read Shakspeare,
and therefore could not be supposed to take violent offence
at being called a cuckoo. His Lordship left it to the Jury
to consider whether one shilling could possibly be a com-
pensation for what appeared from the evidence of the sur-
geon to be a severe blow.
The Jury, after a few moments' consultation, returned a
verdict fur the plaintiff—Damages one shilling ; costs one
shilling.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

There we short arrivals of Et:glish Grain this week, and only
a moderate quantity of Foreign Oats. The rain that has fallen
within the last twenty-four hours must prove very beneficial.
Wheat continues dull at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and
Pease are unaltered. Oats meet a steady sale at the same terms
as last quoted. In Flour no alteration.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley.
2,504) qrs. qrs.

English
Iri,h
Foreign

Oats. I Flour.
500 qrs. 3,l3osetzs

1,500

10,900

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN
For the Wkek ended July 13, 1827, made up from the Returns
a the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England
and Wales.

Wheat.,.., 61s. 4d. Oats -28 s. Od. Beans- 51s. 3d.
Barley- I 41s. 4d. Rye 445. I'd. I Pease hls. lid,

AVERAGES IMPERIAL Of the Six WEEKS PRECEDING,
Which regulate the Duties on the Liberated Bonded Corn.
Wheat---tils. 3d. Oats -- 2i)s. Id. LBeans.--525. Od.
Barley 425. td. Rye -- 455. Od. Pease 7d.
Dury.—Wheat, 225. &I.—Rye, 2s.—Barley, eans, and Pease, is.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.
At this day's market, which exhibited a full average Friday's
number of Beasts and Pigs, and was rather nurnerogsly supplied
Ivith Sheep, Calves, and Lambs, Beef and Mutton went off hea-
vily at about 4d., Lamb 2d. per stone beneath, Veal briskly at
from 2d. to 4d. per stone beyond Monday's quotations. In prices
of Pork no alteration.