The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-17 00:00:00

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

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CHATHAM, Nor. 16.—This morning, at five
o'clock, the second division, comprising three com-
panies of the 97th regiment marched from Chatham
Barracks for Gravesend, where they embarked on
board a Gravesend steamer for London-bridge. The
strength of the division consists of 344 rank and file,
12 serjeants, 14 corporals, and 4 drummers, with 16
women and 37 children, under the command of Capt.
Colville, with Captain Maskell, Lieut. Hutton, pay-
master ; Lieut. Brabazon, Lieut.-Adjutant Bruce,
Lieut. Burton, Ensign Feries, quartermaster ; Ensign
1-l Ensign Kelly. and Staff Assistant-Surgeon
.i.lla,Grernecgeo, r.This
division will proceed for the ter-
minus of the Southampton Railway at Vauxhall, for
Winchester Barracks, where it is expected they will
remain until January next, when they will embark
from Portsmouth for Corfu. The first division, whiCh
left Chatham on the 11th instant, under the command
of Captain Russell, will embark from Portsmouth on
Saturday next, the 19th inst., on board the troop-ship
Boyne. Letters were received here last week from
the regiment, stating that the head-quarters have
removed from Zante to Corfu, there to remain to meet
the reserved battalion from England. The head-
quarters are in excellent health ; very few casualties
have occurred since their arrival in the Mediterranean,
which is now about two years. The regiment has
only lost five men,
who died of natural disease. The
reserve battalion will leave behind them a depot at
Winchester, consisting of Captain M`Caskill, Lieut.
Dillon (who is lately returned from India), and En-
sign Kelly, with six sergeants, six corporals, two
drummers, and 67
rank and file, who are old soldiers
of 19 years' service.
On Tuesday evening last, about five o'clock, the
first division of the 58th regiment marched into
Chatham Barracks from Gravesend. This division
the 9th ; but o« i»
left Dublin on the Bth, and was to have embarked on
to the boisterous state of the
weather, the Captain of the steam-vessel Ballinasloe
refused to put to sea ; consequently, the troops re-
mained at Richmond Barracks for a day, when they
embarked on the 10th, and arrived at Liverpool on.
then proceeded by railway to London, and from ,
the 11th,. at four o'clock in the morning. The divisidn
Lendon by steam
to Gravesend. The strength of
the 'division consists of three companies, 279 rank
and file, 12 sergeants, 12 corporals, one drummer,
under the command of Major Irving, with Captain
Hume, Lieut. llill
Lieut. Masters, Lieut. Mairs,
and Lieut. Rush.

Dean Park, t hhospitable seat of the Earl of
Cardigan,
is now full of visitors. The sports of the
field occupy the mornings, cards and music fill the
evenings. Prince George of Cambridge, who has
a visit- to Lord Forester, at Willey
a.sigon
expected to join the circle. Mr. and Mrs.
Dpb eaeer nkji s )ngh
sister to the Countess, are among the
visitants.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
AYLESBURY, BUCKS, Nov. 16. •
SMITH V. DAT, CLERK.
This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages
which the plaintiff had sustained by reason of the
conduct of the defendant in having committed a tres-
pass upon his property, and having assaulted his wife.
Mr. James was detained on behalf of the plaintiff,
end the ref. defendant appeared in Courtlin person,
but without either counsel or attorney.
Mr. JAMES stated, that he appeared as counsel for
Mr. Smith, a gentleman of independent property, re-
siding at Beech-lodge, Chesham, in this county, to
complain of a most serious and unprovoked assault by
the defendant on the wife of the plaintiff, and to seek
compensation in damages for such an outrage. The
rev. defendant was the rector of the parish of Haw.;
ridge, in this county, and lived in the Vicarage, about
a mile and a half distant from the plaintiff's residence.
It appeared that upon the evening of the 7th of July
last a little child, in company with a servant of the
plaintiff's, was proceeding along the road, near to
the plaintiffs house, when, in consequence of
some observation made by the child, the rev.
defendant got off his horse and followed the
child onto the lawn of the plaintiff for the purpose
of beating it. One of the servants of the plaixtiff
upon seeing this interfered to prevent the defendant
hurting the child, upon which the defendant with an
oath struck him very severely. Mrs. Smith, the wife
of the plaintiff, who was sitting in a room from which
this could he seen, came out upon the lawn, and in-
quired of the defendant the reason for his conduct;
upon which the defendant, as deposed by the wit-
nesses, struck Mrs. Smith several blows, with the
butt-end of his riding-whip, upon her neck and shoul-
ders, and continued to do this until prevented by an-
other servant of the plaintiff. Mr. Smith, the plain-
tiff, then came out of his house, and remonstrated
with the defendant upon his conduct. The defendant sa;d
to him, " D—n your eyes, you are only an old pauper,"
and rode off, but returned shortly afterwards, 'and,
during the absence of the plaintiff, who had gone to
procure the attendance of a constable, proceeded to
break down the gates of the plaintiff and injure his
property. Under these circumstances the plaintiff
claimed damages of the defendant for this gross and
unprovoked insult.

Several witnesses were examined upon the part of
the plaintiff, who corroborated the statement of the
Learned Counsel, and the surgeon who was called in
to attend Mrs. Smith, and other gentlemen deposed
that she had suffered very severely from the injuries
of the defendant.

This closed the case upon the part of the prosecution.
The UNDER-SHERIFF, before he summed up to the
Jury, asked the defendant, who was present in Court,
whether he wished to address any observations to the
Jury in his defence ? The defendant answered in the
neFative, and
Ehe Jury, after a short time for deliberation, re-
turned a verdict—Damages 2001.
Mr. JAMES then stated, that he was instructed by
the plaintiff to say that this sum which the Jury had
awarded as damages should be appropriated to the
charities of the county.