Star.
London, England, 1824-05-01 00:00:00

UNION-lIALL.

Yesterday Captain L. C. liCativglum, Aide-de-Camp to General
iir thi, t/ltice li:tore M. Si" incy, D. E. LNG, and
DAvirs. Frirs. z;i ..I.,sver the complaint iit the Kv.
any of the of Dromare, svho charred tl!e i'apiain wi,h•having
colcotty assaulted him ott tilr likes in the parish of Si.
Gi:e4, t7ainherwell, on the jr. The cumplainant <7arne to thr
ofEce io his carriage, accompanied by St'VVI d 4 his friends. Ihe
defendant attended with 'Mt. Thviwall, and some other Gentlemen.

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The Rev..lames Sauriu sworn, stated, that on Thursday aft,r-
noce: hisT, hetweer four apt! five o'clock, a: he was returning Iron,
a visit to the discovery ship: at Deptford, on horseback, as oft-
panied by a Inert! ,:ttow pi esent?, he ob'ervcd a carriage an the road,
coming towards town, near the New Cross-turnpike. lie and his
'riehd passe,.l riage, proceeded on towards the turiipikt,
at the ;Ate or w!,!•:4 they snipped, for the purpose of paying the
toll ; this Ei:ur the carrnige came up, and while he (The whiles.)
was receiving change from the toll collector, the detend.int, who
was sit its t;.; in the Uiel:ey or the carriage, called out, and sti:iintatized
hint •Iwitness) with the wttitt.--t You are a blackguard ! You arc
a scoundrel 1 You are DO C:mit:man !" anti he ul:imately got down
from the coach, seize-n. 141,11 of the horse's reins, dratzed a snick
which he (complainant) carried, tram his• hands, :hid beat hint
violently with it across (he sililders.
111 r. SWAM:V.-11M Ina Illt.St•eXt rAordinary ease. Have you hzd
any act:paint:ince with the tientteman who lased you thus, previous
to the assault? Hail you or your friend given 110 DircllCC?
The Complainant.— nay honour, and upon at), oath, I never
recollect liavnig seen him betore the time or the outrage.
The Detentlant.—The Ham. Mr. Sandi) is perfectly correct : it is
quite true we never saw each other until the period '1 ehrestised'hirn
torlis impertinence to sume ihadtes who were under ray prate,tion..
The complainant sleek:est, that he was not con4cions of hiving
coinnthted any breach of decorum which should warrmt eueh con-
duct as that ethibited by the defeodant on the occasion. The horse
which he rode on that day was a restive one, and probably might
have trielitened th; horses attached to the carriage in which thr.de-
fendant itud his hien:Els were ; but as for offering any insult to the
Ladies. he (the complainant) agaiii repeated idiot neither himself nor
!Ili ft lend had.

SIVALEY observed, that the defendant had now an opportu-
nity of answering the assault.
Captain O'Callagnan.-1 admit that what the Reverend Gentle-
man has stated relative to the assault which I committed upon him
is tine; but the provocation I received was altogether omitted in
his statement. Upon the day mein.olicd I accompanied a party of
Ladies on hoard the Heela discove.y ship ; upon our return, I was
skiing in the dickey of the can when I observed the com-
plainant .::rd another Gentlealati ride up to the side of the carriage,
in which were rent- Ladies, and stare-into the windows iu a very
impertinent matiti...r. I mentioned the circumstance to a Gentle
mil, a :fiend of mine, who was sitting with me, but made no ob-
servation at this time to the complainant or his friend. However,
after raising the carriage, they pulled up their horses a second
time, and stared into the windows as bel,;re. A third time, they
waited until the carriage was abreast of them, and Caine close to
the windows ; upon which I addressed myself to the complainant,
saying—" Sir, I hope you are satisfied now." lie sneered at me
in a most contemptuous manner, and again repeated his insulting
conduct towards the who were Under my protection.—
These repeated insults I could not bear any longer: although the
carriage was going WI-ward at a very quick tate, I sprang off the
dickey, with the determination of insisting upon having the card.of
a person who had so grossly misconducted himself. As soon as he
and his friend perceived my intention, the latter called out to the
complainant," Gallop 44, sdurin; gallop off !" and put spurs to
his horse ; but I instantly selatil the reins of the Reverend Gentle-
man's horse, who endeavoured to ride over me, and having no whip
or stick myself at the time, I seized his and certainly thrashed him
with it. I -confess my country's sons are not endued with the
patience of Job; but under the circumstances of the case, I trust
the Bench will make satire allowance for the aggravation received.
Mr. SWABEY asked the defendant whether he was certain Mr.
Saurin had stared into the carriage in the *ay desctibed ?
The defendant.— I am positive of it; and one of the Ladies is now
in attendance, who will speak to that fact.
The complainant declared that be was not even aware of the
number of LadiEs who Were in the cattiage. •
The Magistrate apprised the defendant that it would be necessary
he should have two bail to answer the charge.
The defendant said, that he did not come prepared with bail. He
expected another mode of proceeding would have been adopted.
Mr. Thelwall stepped' forward, and stated that he was ready to
become bail for his friend's appearance to any amount. That Gen-
tleman had unquestionably committed a breach of the peace, la pro-
tecting his (Mr. Thelwall's) wife, and other Ladies, front insult. He
(Mr. Thelvvall) was of the party, but did not see the transaction, in
consequence of being in another carriage in the rear of that occu-
pied by the party who were insulted.
The complainant's friend was here about to enter into a state-
ment, when the Alagistrate observed, that it would be better not
to discuss the matter there any further; and added, that as the de-
fendant had not come prepared with tWo hail for his appearance, he
!• (the Magistrate) would be satisfied to Wail the defendant, himself
in the suns of NW. and one surety of 404 to appear at the next
Quarter Sessions. The parties then left the once.

NATURAL HisTony.—The number of plants described
by Linnzus was about tight thousand. Since his time
the boundaries of this science have been so much en•
larged, that forty thousand species of plants are dis-
tinctly known. The kncwn quadrupeds have, in like
manner, advanced from three hundred species seven
hundred, and the lars.cr kin& especially have beet, found
numerous.