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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SO- I ASS= INTELLIGENC 7E.
CIETY. i WESTERN ClRCUlT—lfiiitartesier, Ja ly 12.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSI ;ELL. )
BRISTOL, TUENHAY.—The Duke of Cambridge was met .
Thomas Muslin was indicted for cuttin and inaimis :g Frede-
at the railway train by the Duke of Richmond, the Mayor, :
rick ling, with intent to murder him. g
and several of the most distinguished members of the Society,
Mr. Johnson conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr.
and of the Corporation ; and the Mayor'e state coach was placed
tit his service. His arrival drew forth large crowds of eager Missing defended the prisoner.
From the evidence it appeared that on the "Oth of April last
spectators. as it is long since Bristol has been honoured by the
1 the prisoner went into the shop of a Mr. Morris. a shoemaker,
presence of any of the Royal family. His Royal Highness ,
at Southampton, where Frederick King, a boy of 14 rears of
seemed much pleased with Ins reception.
i age, was standing behind the counter. The prisoner asked the
After the presentation of the Address came
THF. MAYOR'S BANQUET. boy to lend him a knife to cut his boots with, as they hurt his
1
corns. The boy let him have a knife, ard he cut a hole in one
clia
This banquet given by the Mayor, G. W. Franklyn, Esc' to Esq., boot, and then in the other. While making the hole in the se..
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the
1 coed boot he cut his finger. In a few minutes afterwards he
guished members of the Council of the Royal Agricultural
Society, took place at the enchants Hall, King-street. It
I caught the boy round the neck, and said he would murder him,
M'
'and began cutting Inns under the lip. The boy struggled and got
was of the most costly and recherektdeseription, served throughe
away rrom him The prisoner then struck bins on the chest
twice with the knife, and inflicted two slight wounds. He af-
*sired the
out on a massive service of silver, and silver iKilt ihsloanteo
Among the distinguished individuals
terwards brandished about
nife in a very clangerous
neon
of by their presence were—His RoyalYllll;hness the Duke
ner. He was then taken to filepolice-station. The boy, upon
examination, was found to have been a•en sever el wounded
of Cambridge, his Grace the Duke of Richmond,h hish GfiraCe
below the tip. ,e prisoner was a total strangertothe oy,
Eearlsonoi b
the Duke of Beaufert, the Marquis of Downs ire,et
Edward Everett, Envoy of the United States ; thof
Ivor
1 with whom he had never before exchaneed a word.
Ducie, Essex,llehester, and Somers; the Marquis
On behalf of the prisoner several witnesses were called, who
Chtaeveil.:l;ell.ln(sisei..r: 11 a person of the most excellent character, and of the most kind
ter ; Lords John Somerset, Charles Bcaucler ,
' gave a history of the prisomk from his infancy. Ile had been
and Portman; the Rev. the Dean and Canons;
Ft .
1 and huniane disposition. In October las', upon a very strong
hers of Parliament for the city ; Henry Handley, asq.,
dsrit of the Agricultural Society ; and the gentlemen of the
recommendation of his then master, a tailor in London, he was
Council, &c.
Pr 1 , and draper at Taunton, where he conducted himself with ex•
taken as foreman by a person of the name of Hayden, a tailor
1 o-
Atter the cloth had been removed, the MAYOR rose anc,
posed, in appropriate terms, " The Queen," " I'he ),uoevel,l
"His H- ' became quite an altered character, took to drinking, kept very
treme propriety until the month of April, when he suddenly
Dowager, and the rest of the Royal Family,"
Highness Prince Albert," which were drunk with the usual
irregular hours, and appeared to hale lost his realton. He left
marks of respect and loyalty. Taunton without saying a word to any one, leaving his mendy
The MAYOR again rose and said, he had the honour to pro-
and clothes behind him, and he was not heard of again until he
pose the health of the illustrious Prince who sat on his right
went into the shop and committed this outrage. A surgeon
hand.—(Cheers.) He considered that his Royal Highness
who saw him immediately after this transaction stated that he
had paid a very great compliment to the city. Of Bristol. It wai
many years since a member of that illustrious house had been believed the prisoner to be of unsound mind.
in Bristol, and he trusted that his Royal Highness would lie- Ihe Jury acquitted the prisosier, on the ground of insauity.
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lieve that the citizens of Bristol were a loyal and devoted OXFORD CIRCUIT-- Abi ligrion, July 12.
people, and that they felt that serious and solemn attachment CROWN COURT—( Before Itals. Justice ERSKINE.)
TO the throne and the institutions of the country which nothing John Ilcivers was indicted for having-, on the ith of June
could remove.—( Cheers, anti " Hear, hear," from the Duke of last, feloniously assaulted, and stolen from the person of
Cambridge.) Ile had the greatest possible gratification in George Brown, the sum of 21. is.
proposing the " Health of his Royal Highness the Duke of Mr. J. J. Williams conducted the prosecution.
Cambridge."—( Cheers.) Ttte prisoner was undefended by counsel.
His Royal Higness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE rose amidst It. appeared that the prosecutor was the coachman of Capt.
general cheering, and in returning thanks, expressed his grati- Bulkeley, of Clewer, near Windsor. On the 6th of June last,
fication at the reception he had encountered, and his satisfac- Captain Bulkeley was at Ascot Races, and on the night of that
tion at the hospitalities he had experienced. His Royal day left his carriage on the course under the charge of his
Highness finally proposed " The health of the Mayor, and coachman, in order that he might secure a good place for the
prosperity to the city of Bristol."—( Cheers.) following (the cup) day. About eight o'clock in the morning,
The MAYOR returned thanks. the coachman, while on guard at his post, was surrounded by a
" The Bishop and Clergy of the diocese " gang of thieves, 40 or 50 in number, by whom he was knocked
The Rev. Prebendary Haavel• returned thanks. down, kicked, severely bruised, and his pockets emptied. It did
" The Army and Navy." not appear that he gave information of therobbery till the follow-
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAVUItIDGE returned ing morning, upon his master's arrival on the course, when he
thanks on behalf of the army, as senior officer. communicated the facts to him, and Captain Bulkeley
Captain GORDON returned thanks on behalf of the navy. having procured the assistance of a policeman, they went along
The Mayon, in an appropriate speech, proposed the " Royal the back of the course, with a view of discovering, if possible,
Agricultural Society of England," which was received with any of the persons concerned in the outrage. It was arranged
continued cheering• that if Brown, the coachman, recognised any of the parties ho
HENRY HA NDLEy, Esq., President of the Society, said -- should give a private signal to his master and the policeman by
On behalf of the Royal Agricultural Association he begged to holding up his hand. Brown very shortly met the prisoner,
return his grateful thanks for the compliment paid the Society. is-horn he immediately recognised as one of the most active in
Before the week had passed many thousands from distant parts the attack upon him, and upon giving the signal agreed on to
of the country would have visited this fine commercial city.
Captain' i3ulkeley, he was seen by the prisi ner, who Mame-
and after viewing the monuments of their enterprise, would diately rusii'S'd into the crowd and disappeared. Chase was at
leave it with the conviction that the interests of agriculture and once given, an,'` the gallant Captain was too experienced a
of commerce were inseparable.--( Cheers. ) The agriculturists
sportsman to suffe." their prey to escape. After a short and
felt that a mixture of soils was essential to fertilisation, and he sharp
was convinced that the admixture of classes was no less benefi- The Jury found the pi tioner guilty, and
vial to the interests of society—(Cheers)--and those would be ,
Mr. K E pursuit, the pris:'ner was "run into" and secured.
r. Justice ERSIN the."bon sentenced him to be trans-
happy days for England when they could reciprocate congratu-
ported for fifteen years.
lations on the prosperity of all branches of industry.—(Cheers. )
The business of the Crown Courf Oncluded at three o'clock,
" The Lord High Steward of Bristol." when Mr. Jto open the commissionustice Erskine proceeded .
The Duke of BEAUFORT returned thanks.
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" The Lord Lieutenant of the County—Earl Fitzhardinge.',
The Hon. GRANTLEY BERKELEY returned thanks, and CxlfoVrldL.
SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief hestice TINDAL.)
OUNCE V. KENNINGTON AND ANOTHER.
apologised for the absence of his brother, the Lord Lieutenant. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow and Mr. Tyrwhitt conducted the plain-
The Duke of BEAUFORT said he had received permission
tiff's case, and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. F. V. Lee that
from the Chairman to propose a toast, and he had the greatest
satisfaction in roosin the health of a Nobleman whom the of the defendant.
pp g The plaintiff, among other avocations, carries on tise business
Royal Agricultural Society held in the greatest respect and
esteem—" The Duke of Richmond." of a rat-catcher at. Sandhurst, in this county, and same time
:see was rich in the possession not only of four stalwart sons,
The Duke of RICHMOND must beg to remind them that the
who bid fair to emulate their sire, but of a thoroughbred ' var-
compliment which haat just been paid him was proposed by one mint." terrier bitch, a lineal descendant of the illustrious
of his old companions in arms throughout the Peninsular war,
amid who was therefore probably prejudiced in his favour, for Billy." whose exploits as a rat-killer shr even surpassed. IL
was stated, however, that her destructive powers were only
he could not claim any particular merit in the origin of the called into play by the sight of a rat ; at other times she was as
Agricultural Society. It was true that Earl Spencer and him- (retitle as a bitch could well be ; and as for game, she would
self, at a large meeting in London, originated the Society, and,
hardly even look at it. It did, indeed, unfortunately happen•
by the assistance of the practical farmers of England, they had
that on one occasion the plaintiff and his inseparable companion
succeeded in establishing it. He certainly could not claim any (the bitch) were caught in a plantation belonging to the de-
superior merit to Lord Spencer, but as he was now called upon, fendant, Mr. Kennington, who is a gentleman of property in
he would express the gratification which he was sure Earl
the neighbourhood of the plaintiff, and as neither the plaintiff
Spencer would have felt, bad he been present, at the hospitali-
nor the bitch could give a good account of themselves, the
ties shown to the members of the society, and the kind recep- plaintiff was proceeded against, and fined for the trespass, mid
tion they had met with in this city.—(Cheers. He hailed the bitch was led off by the servant of Mr. Kennington, Wil-
the feeling exhibited in Bristal towards agriculture with pecu- hams, the other defendant, to a stable, where, by some means
liar gratification, as it proved they all concurred in the opinion or other, she was strangled
that the commercial, manufacturing. and agricultural interests Mr. Sergeant TALFOLIRD addressed the Jury for the defence,
should do the utmost in their several spheres to promote the
and they returned a verdict for the plaintiff as against Wil-
union of all the interests of this great country.—( Cheers.) He Hams, damages 40s.
begged again to thank them for their kindness.—( Cheers. )
The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society."
The MAYOR, in an appropriate speech, proposed " The
health of the Hon. Edward Everett, Envoy of the United
States."
The Hon. E. EVERETT said he felt grateful for the manner
in which his name had been proposed, and the kind mode in
which it had been received. He felt gratified in being pre-
sent on an occasion so deeply interesting to him, because he
observed there was a great similitude in the mode in which
such meetings were conducted here and in his own coun-
try. The fundamental principle in his country, as they all
knew, was equality, and he confessed that he had thought—
he now found erroneously—that there was a differerence in
the mode of conducting such meeetings in the mother-country,
for last week he had met his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge wearing a Doctor's frock of the University, and mingling
equally with his fellow Doctors; and now again he met his
Royal Highness mixing with the farmers of England, and he
was proud to confess how erroneous had been his impression ;
and he must say that the example thus set by his Royal
Highness was calculated to have the most salutary influence.
—( Cheers.) There were many associations between the
1 ancient city of Bristol and the United States, and he felt
satisfaction, being at such a distance from his home, at being
in a city which from the earliest times had been cannected
more or less with his own country. Perhaps it was not
known to every one present that the great Columbus him-
self had at one period of his life engaged in carrying on
the trade of a common pilot between Bristol and Ireland.
He assured them he felt at home in this, the home of his
fathers; and on coming from London to Bristol that day, every
name and every spot on the map appeared familiar to him. This
arose from the circumstance that some of the earliest settlers in
America came from this part of England, and they in the
United States had their Bristol, their Bath, their Wells, their
Exeter, their Gloucester. Every name in this neighbourhood
seemed to remind him of the home of his heart, and it made
him, a pilgrim in a strange land, feel at home. The Hon. Gen-
tleman concluded by expressing a hope that the communication
between the two countries would be still more frequent, and
their union more cordial than ever.
The Member for Somerset, Mr. \Vistas% at MILES, returned
thanks.
" The Members for the City," and several other toasts were
given, and at one o'clock his Royal Highness rose, and the
party broke up.
This, and at a sufficiently late hour, concluded the. festivities
of yesterday. The theatre, the fete at the Zoological Gardens,
the Circus, and the various institutions of Bristol, all of which
have been liberally thrown open, occupied the attention of the
general mass of visitors.
WEDNESDAY.—This morning, unfortunately, has set in
rainy', a circumstance much to be regretted, as the ploughing
match, the trial of implements, and the show of implements,
must naturally take place in the open air. Every vehicle in
the town has been put under contribution for the purpose, the
different exhibitions being some miles apart. The trains from
London, and the various conveyances from other parts, to-day
greatly increased the number of visitors. One London train
this morning alone brought clown upwards of 500, and extra
trains have been put on to supply the required accommodation.
The Society of Merchants of Bristol sent a deputation to
the Duke of Cambridge at Leigh this morning, and an address
was read to his Royal Highness by Mr. Osborne, the secre-
tary, informing his Royal Highness that he had been elected
to the freedom of the corporation, to which a most gracious
reply was returned. The deputation consisted of the Master,
Mr. F. Savage; Messrs. E. Drew and W. W. Davies, war-
dens ; Mr. It. Osborne, clerk ; and Mr. W. Clayton, treasurer,
The freedom of the city cannot, according to the terms of the
charter, be presented, otherwise that compliment would doubt-
less have beets paid to some of the visitors here present.
The exhibition of agricultural implements, and the miscella-
neous department of the show-yard, opened at eight o'clock this
morning. The number of exhibitors were 99, and every spe-
cies of implement used in husbandry was to be seen. The
ground occupied by the exhibition was very considerable, and
was accordingly well arranged at the back of the Victoria
Rooms, Clifton. The largest exhibitors were—The Earl of
Ducie ; Mr. J. Howard, of Bedford; Messrs. Garrett and Son
of Saxmand, in Suffolk ; Messrs. Ransomes, of Ipswich ;
Messrs. Proctor, Bristol ; Mr. J. Read, London ; Messrs.
Gibbs, Piccadilly, London ; Mr. Farrabee, Stroud; Mr. J.
Richmond, Salford ; Mr. H. Carson, Warminster ; Mr. R.
Law, Shelliston, near Glasgow ; Mr. A. Dean, Birmingham ;
Mr. T. Wedlake, Hornchurch, Essex ; Mr. B. Ury, Newport,
Isle of Wight ; Mr. R. Stratton, Briston, on the part of Mr.
Wilkie; Mr. Crosskill, Beverley Works, Yorkshire ; Mr. R.
Hornsby, Spittlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire ; Mr. T. Huck-
vale, Chipping Norton; Messrs. Cottana, and J. Hallam, of
London, &c.
Up to the present time we have not been able to obtain the
award of the judges.
The next matter of importance in the proceedings of the
day was

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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..41ANSION HOUSE.
William Swainsland, the Captain of the Ariel steamer, which
plies from and to London and Greenwich and Woolwich, ap
peered before the Lord Mayor, upon a suWmons from Mr.
Goss, a medical gentleman, who resides in Eaternoster-row,
under the circumstances detailed in the following evidence :
Mr. Goss stated that he went on board the Ariel steamer at
London-bridge, for the purpose of landing at Blackwab:. There
was, when he went on board, a large canvass placed with the
word " Blackwall" on it, in white letters, over the side the
vessel, and he of course inferred that she would stop at that
place. That placard was not taken down until the vessel was
on her way down the river. When the ticket-taker went
round, witness asked him for tickets for three to Blackwall,
and was in'ormed by him that the vessel was not going there.
Witness then remonstrated with the Captain on the very great
impropriety of the deception, • and mentioned that thy placard
which was taken down had contained a direction which misled
the passengers. The Captain denied that any placard had
been exhibited on the vessel, but a man who was
not connected with her opened the canvass and showed the
word " Blackwell " upon it. Ihe Captain then said that he
must act according to orders, and he could not stop at Black-
wall. By the manoeuvre a profit of two pence a bead was
gained, so that the extortion when 40 or 50 rersons wished to
stop at Blackwall was very profitable, and they had to get to
Blackwall as well as they could after paying for the whole
passage to Woolwich. Witness was a medical man, and the
inconvenience and annoyance arising from the deception were
likely to be very consider tle to men of the profession. He
appeared to make the compizint upon public grounds.
Mr. Henry Goss, brother to the complainant, said that the
statement. just male was correct fr, every respect.
The defendant had the impudence 4/ declare that no placard
of the kind had been exhibited on the vessel. He stated that
the directors had given him orders which he' eras obliged most
rigidly to attend to, and that one of these orciers was not to
touch at Blackwall. Nobody, he added, had melitioned upon
entering the boat that he was bound for Blackwell.
The complainant said that a respectable female, who was on
board, experienced very great inconvenience from thedeception,
and the general feeling was very strong.
Mr. Henry Goss said that the canvass with the word "Black-
wall" upon it was taken down when the vessel left the wharf
at London. It was quite evident that the placard was put up
in order to deceive.

The LORD MAYOR—No doubt of it. It was done with the
view of extorting money ; and it is a scandalous thing that a
Company calling themselves respectable should resort to such a
contemptible expedient.
The defendant repeated that no placard bad beertaxhibited
of the kind described.
The LORD MAYOR said the defence was all a lie, and asked
the complainant whether he wished to press for a penalty.
Mr. Goss stated that he had no feeling of resentment against
the defendant, and that his only desire was to obtain some secu-
rity for the public against an imposition which was exceedingly
aggravating.
The LORD MAYOR—Mr. JODCS, the shipowner, was here a
very short time age under similar circumstances. He com-
plained against this very Company for the conduct of one of
their Captains. I trust I shall have no other complaint, but if
I have, I shall most certainly go to the full extent of my power
in inflicting a penalty.
The defendant expressed his regret for what had occurred,
and paid the costs and was discharged.
[ All we can say of this affair is, that. if Mr. Goss does not
show more skill and perseverance as a doctor than he shows in
this instance as an informer, he will soon be left without
patients.]

THE TRIAL OF IMPLEMENTS.

The competition between the respective exhibitors of agri-
cultural implements took place on Wednesday, in a field near
Sneed Park, the property of George, Webb Hall, Esq., in the
presence of Messrs. Parkes, Graham, and Legard, the judges,
and Mr. G. W. Hall, the steward of the ground. The inte-
rest manifested to witness this trial was intense ; from an early
hour in the morning vehicles of every description were to be
seen on the the whole line of road from Bristol to the field, and
in the course of the day thou-ands of spectators visited the
spot. The trial commenced early this morning, and occupiel
the whole of the day. The number of implements submitted
for trial was much larger than on any previous occasion. Ala-
son's improved Warwickshire iron wheel plough attracted con-
siderable attention. A subsoil plough, the invention of Mr.
Putey, M.P., was also pronounced
ced to contain some decided im-
provements. Even this trial yielded in interest to the
. ' GRAND PLOUGHING MATCH.

The Public exhibition of ploughing in competition for the
several premiums offered, took place in a field in the occupation
of Philip John Miles, Esq., of Leigh Court, and situated near
Beggar's Bush, on the uiigh road to Pill and Portshead.
The weather was, on the whole, less favourable than could
have been desired ; but the interesting nature of the operation,
and its importance as a branch of the agricultural art, at.
tracted a very large concourse of spectators, including a large
proportion of practical farmers. The hour named for the com-
mencement of the match was twelve o'clock.

The geld covered about twenty acres, but it was not consi-
dered a very favourable spot, as it turned up stony, and in some
instances would hardly admit of ploughing to the requisite
depth of four inches.
On the ground were a vast number of fashionable equipages.
upwards of 1,000 gentlemen on horseback, and from 4.000 to
.5,000 foot spectators. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge was in a carriage with the lady of P. 37 Miles, Esq., of
Leigh Court, where his Royal Highness is staying. He watched
the proceedings, in which he appeared to take great interest,
for several hours. His Grace the Duke of Richmond, the Duke
of Beaufort, the Marquis of Downshire, and other distinguished
personage,,, were also on the ground.
Forty-six ploughs started, and the work was, as far as cir-
cumstances admit of, cleverly performed. The decision of the
judges had not been awarded when our report left.
After this the Council dinner came on, and the grand exhi-
bition of stock is then to be thrown open to the public.

THE QUEEN.-A Correspondent suggests that it
would be as well to include in the Act for the protection of her
Majesty all those troublesome stamps who intrude into the
Palaces or grounds, or in any other way seek to aunoy her with
such like impertinences.