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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIi?CUIT---Guiltbrar,-August 2. .
CIVIL SIDE.
(Before Lord ABINGER mid a Special Jury.)

HUNT V. HELPS.
This was an action by the plaintiff to recover the sum
of 2,00(2/. froM the defendant, who is the secretary to the
British Fire-office, upon an insurance; to that amount
effected upon his property by the plaintiff:
The defendant by his pleas admitted that the policy
had been nffected, but he alleged that the plaintiff had
made a fraudulent claim upon the office, and also that
the Premises had been wilfully destroyed either by the
hand of the plaintiff or by his connivance. -
Mr. Thosiger, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr._ James were
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Platt, Mr. Sergeant Channel, and
Mr. Peacock appeared for the defendant.
The evidence in this case was extremely voluminous.
The trial lasted two days, and yesterday the Jury found
a verdict for the defendant upon the two first issues, and
for the. plaintiff on the third.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
MANSION HOUSE.
A man named Charles Davis was brought before the
Lord Mayor charged with having stolen a set of supe-
rior dinner knives, the property of Mr. Scroxton, of
Bishopsgate-street.
Mr. Scroxton, cutler, of Bishopsgate,
stated that
the priscner applied to him at his shop for two sets of
knives, and said that as much allowance as possible
must be made; and that he wanted them for a customer.
'Witness agfeed to let the prisoner have an allowance,,of
10s. a set, and sent a boy with him to the customer,
with strong directions not t let the knives out of his
sight without the cash, as the appearance of the
prisoner was not at all prepossessing; The prisoner,
however, contrived to steal the best set, which were
worth the sum of 21. 10s., and which the prisoner was
to have sold for 31.

The messenger of Mr. Scroxton said he accompanied
the prisoner with the two sets of knives. They had
not, however, gone far, when, the prisoner expressed a
wish to carry one of the sets, saying at, the same time
that witness looked like a person with both hands full,
and witness allowed him to take the superior set. When
they arrived at Aldermanbury the prisoner went into
a house, but soon returned, stating. that the gentlemitn
was not there according to appointment. They. then
went to Carter-lane, and the prisoner went into the pre-
mises of Messrs. Cook and Gladstone, leaving witness
outside. Witness, after a short delay, not finding the
prisoner return, asked whether there was another door
0 the house, and was told that he could pass into St.
Paul's Churchyard by another door, and he soon found
that the prisoner had chosen that way, and taken with
him the knives he had been so improperly allowed to carry.
A policeman, who stated that there were other charges
of the kind against the prisoner, said the knives had
been pledged.
William Butler, hardwareman, of Rosemary-lane, said
he had lent the prisoner a guinea upon the set of knives
alluded to, and had dealt with him before for knivef,
and forks.

The LORD MAYOR—Have you bought sets of knives
from him ? Witness—Yes. I lately bought two sets
from him.,
The prisoner said it was true he had gone into Cook
and Gladstone's preMises, and left them by the door in
St. Paul's Churchyard, but he had done so, as there
were several gentlemen standing in the passage to the
silly enough to go
dour in Carter-lane. He, however, ran round to Carter-
named Dutton,
locked into the laawnfte3,,rd found that the boy had been
The prisoner was remanded till Friday.
nit., and went up
Isaac Shuchford was charged with having stolen a
waiter at
avtiltre
s6a/r.,acferonn,si
Iftlea)d-o, uAnigdgmataei!
The prosecutor, in whose room the prisoner slept,
and tlie
w2aost li
bed-
room for safety by .another waiter. The prisoner soon
stairshap p6lt3U dl
lie getoli tthiepsybeodl,l
after applied ter the key of the room, 111 order, as he
said, to get some . tobacco out of his packet, but after
leftvisa the visiting. the apartment be premises, and the pro-
secutor, upon becoming sober, missed his watch. Child,
all active officer of the district, upon hearing of what
occurred, apprehended the. prisoner, and learned that
the watch had been sold to an outfitter on Tower-hill for
21., by the prisoner.
Theprisoner said he never knew anything at all about
the watch, and was surprised at being charged with hav-
ing taken it.,---He was committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STE EET.
BREAKING-UP OF A LOW GAMBLING-HOUSE, AND
CAPTURE OF THE GAmBLEns.---ATesterday, after the
night charges had been disposed of, Mr. Fitzpatrick,
the Chief Clerk, informed Mr. Hardwick, the presiding
Magistrate, that nd less than 28 persons were in
custody, waiting their hearing, who had been appre-
hended by the police, at a notorious _
zambling-house,
at No. 3, Castle-street, Leicester-square, and amongst
them were the proprietor of the " Establishment," and
three of his zervants, and the rest " Visitors," for the
greater part blacklegs and scamps.
Mr. HARDWICK said he would take the case as against
the first-mentioned four ; and accordingly
James Gregory, William Winter, Anthony Joseph, and
Abraham Lay were placed at the bar, the former being
charged under the provisions of the 2d and 3d Victoria,
cap. 47, with " being the keeper .of .a certain gaming
house," and the 'three latter with having the care and
management.and conducting of the same.
Superintendant Baker, of the C division, stated
that in consequence of' an order he received from the
Commissioners of Police to enter by force, if necessary,
the house in question, which had been complained of on

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MEETING AT THE NATIONAL
HALL, HOLBORN.

NOTTINGHAM ELECTION.

Yesterday evening a numerous meeting was held at.
the Hall of the National Association, Holborn, for the
purpose of consulting upon, and adopting such means as
would be dwmed most advisable in securing the return.
of Joseph Sturge, Esq., as representative of the borough'
of Nottingham.
The Chair was taken shortly before nine o'clock, by
Mr. WATSON, who said the meeting was called to ex-
press the interest and sytetpethy they felt, in common
with all litidical Reformers throughout the country, in
the forthconiing Nottingham e;ection. He trusted the
speakers would be received with respect and fair play,
and that in this, the first public meeemg held in this Na-
tional Hall, a new era had commenced in meetings of
men who were seeking to establish the principles con-
tained in the People's Charter.
Mr. PARRY, who acted as secretary to flee meeting,
1 un-
avoidablezi.iteot,:ld.idd,
slceet.
etberdaar letters
islfe,orniot cree.,rßl
tnso Messrs.d..nieit:tni peginr,le' T.
gentlemen,,
LI M.P., ul
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interest in the!object.S of:the meeting.
I,telo;iflrlo.sna)cdosori(iiifblu6:etoolse.sivdC7thhr:it.ain.rtgTh]tallinet:
body does not in any wayit.ni.)eesretejiagplrit3et
,iscei
)tinesti. 0
rtie'etyre before peoplectho ern(m)f various;itthisee
a isuet that
ha t
the Committees,
presided over by Mr. Roebuck, have also proved that the
grossest bribery, intimidation, and corruption were prac-
tised to an enormous extent during the last election, and
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,titiottitt,..shieemezi,ssti;tuneoetcaiessthse.f
detipleosietmarriderse public rights..,
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as private property, to be bought
. . and'
sokl -.. P -
for mate and individual advantage." Mr.
‘,.., „,I.,hen proceeded to comment upon Mr. Roebuck's
11r, St. ' Committees, and said that long before the
kitit:e7huo'ser`oznmittees were constituted it was pretty
well known thltti.:
stituencies were bone: vith a very few -exceptions, all the con-
c'''fre rrdid 4
lit by, not only Tory gold, bete
he was sorry to add, by WA- and -Radical gold. When
a certain Member cif tae .19.ttie of Commons proposed,
..,' ition ',i • of moneyvotedthe other day, that one Ow t should be voted
to. the . suffering. pepple, it was , declared to be against
in a few days after-
precedent to du any such thigg; ion:.
proposed ,`'or erecting a statue
1 wards, a vote of 6,
,0001. was prop
a vote at thanks
oa mg whose reign Ito the memory I I in
was passed to the yeomanry who cut clo,wll the. people
for discussing those principles which Joieph Stureee teas
now advocating on the hustings at Nottingham.---()FTear,
hear.) There were also .such votes as 35,0041. for ,the
completion of a model prison, and 60,00 e/. for the pee -
men tof Poor-law Commissioning. Ile would conclude by
stating his firm conviction that nothing short of ob-
taining the six points of the Charter could ever eneiblie
the people to hold that position which their industry seed
value, as members of society, entitled them to.—(Cheers.)i
Mr. HETHERINGTON said it was some gratification to-
vire people now to be able to hold out the Report, ema-
eating from a Committee of -the House of Commons, is
it was demonstrated that tire constituencies of
England, by which the present Parliament was elected,
were corrupt in the extreme. Was it love of couney
that induced those Hon. Gentlemen to speed the sum et
5,000/. or 6,0001. in contesting elections ? Was it for-
the good of society ? Let them look to the results of that-
of the last long session, and see if one Act was passed by
which the working man was benefited. There was but
little use in the people coming occasionally to public
meetings; and applauding the expressions of the
speakers ; they should make some sacrifices, and co-
operate in ehdeavouring to bring round public tyiniott
to the cause of the Charter—(Hear, hear, and thee.-s)
and the way to do that was to come frequently to pie cc:,
like that where they were now assembled.—(Hee r,
hear.) They had a comfortable hall, where matters
which concerned the working classes could be advo-
cated and canvassed, and where they could give expres-
sion to their political sentiments. The reason why the
working man was so destitute, was because his
was the only class ink the community which was
unrepresented in the Legislature. Union was
power ; but union was in a great measure worth-
less without intelligence. There was an old
adage, that if 0, man wanted his work well done he should
do it himself ; and e hat was true of individuals was also
true of men in the aggregate. He felt great pleasure in
seconding the resolution, because he considered it to be
the precursor of great political results, which, if fulfilled,
would lead to the demolition of t:ee Corn-laws, of the
law of priaogeniture, and the various other enactments;
by which r%ordid oligarchy were enact led to rob the in-
dustrious and producing classes.
Mr. PEAT, in supporting the resolution, made a
humorous allusion to the fact that the waLls of the parish.
of Clerkcnivell were just now covered with placards,
calling upon the inhabitants " to support Walter for
Beadle," and said he wondered could this . ominous
announcement in the name of " Walter" to tile pa-
rishioners of Clerkenwell have been made in anticiration
of a defeat in Nottingham, and that failing of a sect in
the Senate the Jupiter Tonans of Printing-hotoe-
square sought to re7,43er his services to the Church.
Mr. HAYNES rose to' propose the next resolution :
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the representa-
tive system can never be thoroughly purified, nor the
practices recorded in the previous resolution abolished,
until tire' principles-laid down in the People's Charter,
and recommended at the Birmingham Conference.,
become the law of the land." He said the hall in which
they were then assembled was, thank God, their own,
and no blundering Dogberry could come in there to in-
terrupt them. The tyrannical interpretation of Sir
James Graham, with respect to,the powers and duties
of those worthy functionaries, could have no effort there;
but rtrong and safe within their political home, the
working men, by peaceful agitation, would unnerve the.
arm which sought to shackle the rights of free discus-
sion. The Tories were becoming the advocates of phy-
sical force, but Peel should be taught that his physical
force would be suppressed by the moral force of the people.
—(Loud cheers.) Joseph Sturge, when entering Not-
tingham, walked into tile town without the gilded coach
oi: triumphal arch, saying that he would allow none of those:
contemptible gewgaws by which the people were sought to
to be misled, and their understanding imposed upon.—
(Hear, (tear, and cheers.) The Government of Sir R.
Peel had resorted to the basest means of securing convic-
tions in Ireland for alleged offences against the Govern-
ment, and the trials at the Armagh Assizes, where the
informer was a protege of the Government, and made el
criminals in that capacity, in order that he might after-
wards immolate his victims, was a sample of what might be
expected in this country, if they ciould succeed in gagging
the public voice, and intimidating the Press as they had
partly done in that unfortunate country.—(Hear, hear,
and cries of " Shame.") The respected individual, in
support of whose principles they were met that evening.
had proceeded to India, on his mission of mercy in favour
of the negro;to consummate the glorious work commenced
by the immortal Clarkson. He also went into Parlia-
liament, a man who never paid Church-rates, and, what
was more, who never would— (I'oeud cheers)—he went as
a man of peace to check the raveges of war, and to de-
nounce our attempted conquests iii China, and our un-
Christian war in Affghanistan—Wheers)—he entered
Parliament the uncompromising advocate of Universal .
Suffrage, and the principles of the Charter, the most effi-
cient remedy for the repeal of the Corn-lews, and all
noxious imposts upon freedoni of commerce, and these
were the attributes upon which rested his ch4oas to the
suffrages of the electors of Nottingham.—(Cheers.)
Mr. PARRY, in seconding the resolution, called upon
those present to bear well in mind the expression be wee
about to use ; he asserted solemnly that he considered
" the aristocracy were trampling upon the rights of the
country," and it a constable were in the Hall, he might
take cognizance of the expression, for he defied it to be
tortured into sedition. Joseph Sturge was the regene-
rator of the Birmingham Conference, for the purpose of
uniting the middle and the working classes., and the fact.
of being so would alone entitle him to their undying
gratitude. Notwithstanding the holy mission of Mr,
teturge, on behalf of the oppressed negroes, he had often
_regretted that he did not turn his attention to objects.
nearer home, and the condition of his own countrymen ;
and he had now determined to, advocate their - rights to
the last momeni of his existence.—(Loud cheers.) lie
(Mr. Parry) was delighted to see so much unanimity on
all sides in the endeavour to effect Mr. Sturges return
for Nottingham. Feargus O'Connor was there, and no
matter what difference of opinion might prevail with'
respect to matters of detail, all had the same object in
view, and were joined heart and hand in carrying, it out.
Between no two men could a stronger contrast be pre-
sented than between those who now sought the retire
sentation of Nottingham. On the one side was Walter,
who was the embodiment of all that was bigottevi
and narrow-minded—in fact, of the sentiments con-
tained in the renegade paper which teal his organ ; and
on the other side was Joseph Sturge, the representative
of Christianity, of philanthopy, and liberty,(Hear.)
Mr. MORE said that notwithstanding the insinuations
of their opponents, the working men were not chimeriste,
nor did they imagine that Parliament could do impos-
sibilities. They knew that Parliament could not raise
all men to the standard of six feet in height, iron could it
enable theta to earn ten shillings a day ; but they knew
full well, (and Peel acknowledged the fact) that. it had
the power, by salutary laws, of mereasng the commerce
of the country. Mr. Sturge came forward as the advo-
cate of all measures which tended to benefit the
country ; and lie (Mr. More) trusted, that on next
Friday he would be able to announce in that Hall that.
Mr. Sturge had been triumphantly returned to.
serve in Parliament for Nottingham. He felt great plea-
sure -in proposing the following resolution :—" That
as the approachieg Nottingham election is the bat-
tle field whereon not only the independence of the
inhabitants of Nottingham is to be tested, but the prin-
ciples of sound political reform are to be asserted against
the continuance of aristocratic domination, this •
meeting
regards with intense interest the struggle upon which
Joseph Sturge has so manfully entered, and earnestly
implores the electors of Nottingham, by chosing that.
Friday
rest. gentleman as their representative on .st, to
realise the hopes of all who desire to see the British
Legislature made responsible to the British people."
Mr. MORGAN having seconded the resolution,
On the motion of Mr. HETHERINGTON, a vote or
thanks was passed unanimously to the Chairmaa, an
the meeting separated shortly after eleven o'clock.

?RICE 5d

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BRIGHTON, AUG. 3.—The steam-pocket Dart,
Capt. Cheesnaan' arrived from Dieppe, with forty pas-
sengers, and the Lord Melville, Capt. Goodburn, started
from the Railway terminus this afternoon, fur Havre,
with twenty-five passengers, among whom were Sir
Edward and Lady Lees, Dr. and :Dirs. Ireland, Mr.
Weston, Mr. Gell; one of the Coroners for Sussex, Mrs.
Gel], &c. Most of the passengers arrived from London
by the train which leaves London-bridge at four o'clock
mid were on their voyage to /ryas soon after seven
haying remained, some time .Bl7ght9n .

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