THE FIELD. 
v * „„„ the Blaflkete, and went very 
salute, made her way between ^ tll0B0 learners in our 
near the shore. The appeara ° e ja n0 doubt that they 
waters may be very mnocen ' nlolipf >t sea-faring people, and 
cause considerable uneasm ^ w it, h great suspicion.'’ 
that they are toohenpfby. f Mj . Smit h O’Brien have 
Smith- OBiukn.— T he * ived u letter f rora him, dated 
within the last the i ast week of May, at which 
from Van Diemen «L ^ ^ bimse if 0 f her Majesty s 
time he was JJ? leave the colony for Europe. ‘ Mrs. 
gracious pardon, a Limerick Chronicle , “and other 
Smith OJJ”; t y tk liberated exile at Brussels, where it 
sfSsaEto % s* jssrsSaf £ 
Bco” mcncy iu th0 
remission of the penalty of a political offence. 
Xiuu SublligBuw. 
ni OOMSBUBY COUNTY COURT. 
of Burn-hall. Durham, to ami content*, lost l.y 
a cab proprietor, £26. the JSjgJ P Th( pontiff was convoyed from 
the alleged negligence of the ilri e . 1 nnd i,jg luggage, 
the Great Northern Railway to *ta**“^ 
consisting of two portmanteau* and o box. J* The driver 
ring at Mnncboater-squaro a P°rtmimteAU defend- 
* — *”* »«U Be n M «. 
LAMBETH. 
A „. mT . T Beolah Spa. — Mr. Francis Robert Newton and 
Feuocioc* A»An.T at » of a gtn u em an, residing at No. 58, 
Mr. were brought up in custody on a warrant, and 
r n ; S m£.8 a most fiolcnt assault on Mr. Stewart Ker. a 
charged with conuoltt g Brompton-crescent, Brompton.— M» 
gc.tu man residing “at shc accompanied her husband and a party «t 
Emily Ker depose Beulah Spa. Norwood, and while walking 
friends to a P'c-nic par^atue ^ scn who was 
through the grouijls J > 8he look no notice ol the party, but 
then present, and Mrs. had not proceeded far. 
however, when she bewd J husband covered with blood, and 
whence they proceeded. s ' ,e ^ f , n ,, im The defendant, Francis, 
the two dclvndants stapdtog J 0 f which was twisted round 
was armed with aim *** “ e , u8ed on the head of Mr. 
his aim, and with a stick, « , the blood was streaming 
Ker. her husband, and with such UUct ralicc W as such 
down hi* face from wounds on W- head, « ^ « he (Mre . Ker) en- 
as to cause several ladies^^^ ^ ^ defcnda nt, William, put up 
deavoured to get to Go ft way, madam." She re- 
r,= »* ™ w . 
got off. Her husband was ' , i|g Iieftd( and he was taken 
who washed and dressod in a very dangerous state. Me 
home in a carriage, and was P her the certificate shc (Mrs. 
was attended by Dr ■ Chrg g < cert £ at c was then put in and read by 
Ker) produced —The lbHowinfe ^ stewart K er is suffering from a 
rl, 'lu" or tlJ.S~df.pp.~nt!, i. dieted S, • Slust in.tmme,,.. 
• ^ . _ a.. ..Kovont liis attendin 
much lie tier, and that the more serious symptoms had abated.-Mr 
Elliott observed that he must have testimony on oath before him of that 
fact prior to his making any alteration in his decision and again re- 
manded the accused. — Again the accused were brought up. when the 
following evidence was given —Mr .Tames Stanley Christian. M.D. and 
surgeoii of No. 1, Ovington-place, Brompton, saul: I am Mr. Stewart 
Ker s medical attendant, and was called in to that gentleman at half- 
. “ ipv-n on Friday night last. He was then at his own house, and I 
r ?»,lm suffering from wounds on the head, and which had been pre- 
nul te sed * I have attended him ever since. The wounds did not 
i results are. I continue to attend Mi". Kc-r still, 
1 him this afternoon a few minutes after two o clock. He is 
suffering from an injury >" the head, produced by violence. Mr. 
Won trier - I will ask Dr. Christian whether the present state or con - 
Z which Mr Ker is does not result from a concussion of the 
^-“i- Yes, from an injury to the brain and Inflam- 
mation consequent on the injury. 1 consider his life in danger Since 
yesterday the symptoms have caused me to change my “P 1 " 1 ” 11 ’ Ah 
unfavourable ebang^ b^^.oo^law, coul.I 
’ . ,, . f. lv „ U rable —In his cross-exanunation by Mr. 
Saftefthe bliTister, Mr. Christian said, that the unfavourable change 
was increase of want of consciousness, and sinking of pulse. No matter 
wasinciease think any medical gentleman 
out of danger before a L- 
, nig He had signed a certificate on the day before of the hen state 
1 of Mr ICcr but could not say what had become of it-Mr. Henry 
oi an - iv»-‘. „. , surgeon to the Lyuig- 
arriving 
said it n 
ant, submitted that he out to the driver, and was 
shown, • imI the defendant driver. Moreover, it 
therefore not responsible i for R01 , e t o the railway station 
appeared that the coinplahia howln _ , lmt )l( . was not certain that 
to sec if the luggage was left the , contC nded tlmt cab-drivers 
it had been placed on the cab. It drivcr stt id that 
were no, in the position ,d Swathe porte,-The 
only two packages were given to him at - u „ht of common 
lo.™.d J..dg. «Ud ... did no. ° !»«*. “"d. « no 
— - * i- 
costs. 
Sntelligtnu. 
MANSION HOUSE. . 
assault, and said that she and her l^band wwg * 1 " d bour9 , 
the Lord Mayor could prevail upon M r. M Up0 „ 
and to contribute somethlng towa, th PP Uw tninsncdon 0 f 
being told that she must give a full i. _cup account of 
which site had complained at the station- , . » _ do . 
fight, which she re 
i ri- Artillcrv-nlnce Finsbury-squore, surgeon to me i.; 
hospital, said, he saw Mr Ker on the night before, and he quite cot.- 
currcd with Dr Christian in hi* opinion as to Ins present state. Mr 
Ker was quite unconscious, his symptoms very alarming, and he thought 
tlie probabilities against his recovery. He had not seen Mi . Kei betuie 
Tuesday night.— Mr. Henry Charles Johnson, surgeon to St. George *- 
JospS 'S- that on Monday night last he was called in by Dr. 
ChrisUan to see Mr. lvcr, and had continued to visit bun since and he 
conridered his life to be in a great state of uncertainty ; he also con- 
sidered i, impossible for any medical man to pronotmee an “ 
lanation about some un ng, «>■* *"• V „ ivA I *o tlie chance of his recovery in a shorter period than a fortnlg . t. 
2 Ker replied that he should certainly not g. e ‘^ c C x; V ilotion the witness said he perfectly concurred w th 11 e 
yplanation than that he had given before on the • u He was at the head of a large establishment whete 
e should make him, and, turning the whip experience in such cases, and from that experience he 
r. Ker struggled with linn, and both ft . 1 * ould that it would not be safe to pronounce m such acase as the 
itants kept retreating, and Francis al the , hnn a fortnight. It was his opinion that Mr. Ker us, 
ton, August 1-th, ld that while ir 
Shaftesbury-crescent, I the defendant, Mr. Francis 
Beulah Spa, on the preceding y. that lie intended 
N „. r , with .whip, ™ Mr. Ker, and um, 
him^ask'ftir an explanation about jiomething, but what it was witness 
could not say ; but 
him any further explanati 
subject. Mr. Newton said he 
in his hand, struck him. Mr 
.fie, mu wnj> „,,„a ..l.. coaw. 
la- did not give «M» .fca Vfm 
l remand beyond a woo,., and b. ,b.u,d. Jber.b.re, n»,c b. d , 
uUo .b*~ed ""i,™ w„b a .„ok on tbe bead. In “ „itotion, ond if Mo. Koo con,d no, ..load 
,1 brother, gi ’ defendant Prancle bad .truck Mr. boras extend the remand to a further week— The 
■* got a. good .. b. gave, and 
onflned from .bo time of «» row »P «<« ■ P™« 
momeiib ....bed bln, to ho banded o«r to her aga.n .n the bofe 
•bat he would bo prevailed upon to eel « r " f " o j^^.d,,,, 
you to make to this charge /—The defendant y “ , h to get 
man for coming when she cried murder, to save mcf. « n be ing n 
dcred— nto Lord Mayov. Tben 
assault The dc fendants ^ “ c Xi\ U M3istance, they should be able to 
that, when prepared with leg , elf _ def Xcc.— Mr. Elliott remanded 
prove that the) ^ had ^actcd t0 bail in two sureties in £500 
the case, but admitted the ],—Thc required bail was given, 
each, and themselves in , subsequent day the de- 
aml the defendant^ “tWndan^,' when Mr. Wontner appeared for 
fendants were again in attenda , Edwln James, Q.C , was en- 
Ihe prosecution, and it u as ^ ^ defence ; but both the 
gaged on the same side, a ' , j present, through other 
latter gentlemen observed 'hat so critical was the 
professional dulies. M> ; ^ h e effects of something mow than an 
present state of Mr. Ker, 1 defendants, that it was far from tm- 
^le C r^ Mod w.hl prm. intal. since the hist 
examination it had been £ the chief cler V 
assistancc. — The following We certify that we have 
•• 15. Brompton-crescent, A “?“ st 1 ' 1 ’ * d dnd llim j n S udi a con- 
examined Mr. Stewart Ker 1 1>* °i.; c h’hc has received, that it is lm- i 
dilion, resulting from the injur , since the certificate of 
possible to pronounce him ^TotSt agg.avated. (Signed. 
Saturday last his symptoms a. somew B o*s said that I 
H—t Chabi.es J «s^rrstete r,m” to he aide to speak, and 
Mr. Ker was at pre. a mustm . d -plaster being put to the back of 
had taken his seat on tlie bench on Saturday, an application was made 
to him on behalf of a gentleman in attendance, but whose name did not 
; n pi.-c to interpose his magisterial authority to proonre the release 
ofTyoung lady, his daughter.-From the statement made, it appeared 
U, at some time ago her father placed the young lady in question at a 
highly ix?spectable boarding-school at Clapltam, where he paid £10 ) 
per annum for her education, and from letters that had been recen lv 
E from her, expressive of much discontent and unhappiness, he 
^ - the school to see her, but this was met by a 
peremptory wfusal. This, together with the sentiments expressed in l e. 
f c S confirmed his suspicions of what he had heard, namely, tlia tit 
was the intention of the Pvopnetor of the sc*oolto B 
a poor relative as soon ns sl.e was of age and could legally contract 3 
marriage On Monday shc will he of age, and on that day will be en- 
titled to a fortune of £12,000, and therefore he was most anxious to 
take her away, or at least to see her.— Mr. Elliott : 
You had a right to 
must not he spoken to. 
the neck, 
was ev 
petted, for lie asked 
iflcnt'y gone, ^UutVwi aboat. '-Mv W o,„„cv, DtdMv 
reat deal indeed ; some 
demand her, 'and take her by force ; but 1 can give you no a "* l '° ri ^ 
do so- YOU should at once apply to a judge, who can grant a haben. . 
« rephed that there would not be sufficient tiin? to prooui J « 
on a judge's. authority; but Mr. Elliott having again told them that l.c 
could not interfere, the parties left the court 
jfnvtip Sutrlligruff. 
Tlage. (Laughter.) The « two v_Tlie defendant: The Ker lose much blood ?— Mr. ^ the state of his clothes, and Qalu*, " is expected to stop at Boulugne-sur-tnei fot sev . 
rr hiS I’d sta..d„o chance at an with 1,, ner own caught him, he must have tat a week . The hotel ^ hired for Mm ts at Cap^ and ^ 
laOrd bles* your lordship, I’d stand no dianae al l sBvdth ^ hor ^ 
daughter, who is a married woman, hns cried l 
she' he;,, walloping me. She used to 
crockery at me, and I only Stopped that by telli g . llck 
pots, as they would not he apt to break n^instmyhcad 1 ^ 
her but once, and that was when she took up a n f P ^ from 
pipe. Then i did give her a buster, that prohobty . 
I violent death. — Mrs. M l.aughlln: 1 don’t complain of hto, your 
lordship, about anything but hi, .not SZ S” hui you see 
S'!”" rn ti. w 
quartew of an inch in dimeter w09 coiled round the 
defendant/ — Mr. Bass. T ’ . t, v tlie thick end and directed 
hand or arm, and the Um. were > ? “ fifty times, 
towards Mr. Ker’s head, and 1 should say ne a sever(? lt wn9 
The last blow, from its 8°unJ reC eived it, Mr. Ker fell into , 
given on the head, and the ins „ ,, E ni 0 tt: Wliftt sort of 
arms, and said, « My skul 1 ^s A sort of switch, and 
weapon had the defendant ^ in the attack, I only saw him 
r-r.'S, yt 
charge him, but I assure you both that it you uisi 
Anj’ntorewltb your ^rrU . . Mo «“ 
shall keep a particular eye upo of t)ic way some way 
told me many a time that she would P ut “ e f —Mrs M Laughhu 
•or other, but I wasn't worth being hanged for Mnt « 
Ye*, yes you are. Come along you poor dev, L (Laugh ) 
SOUTHWARK. _ 
Bbandi roa Choleba PAT,ESTs.-The landlord l of the ^SWp 
Hoflmrhithe, attended before Mr A Beckett fo. ^ and 
r i::,r - 
i ... he was called to serve some brandy to some one who ha 
four o'clock, he was called to serve 
though he had been engaged all ^^Toutti'ng 'any questions to Mr. 
sr x xzzsfc 
rS”^t4 paeons or 
SX-B -pi establislirueuts of Guiana a^do ber 
colonies, 1 .003 to soldiers or sailors imdergomg impnsonme 
AccoltDiNQ TO Advices fuom Madrid oi the 11th gj 
state of Catalonia continues to caus ® X^ken out nt 
Government. Serious disturbances had bioken 
Tortosa, where the mob burst into the Towu-hail ^d ^ 
, A pii 3 mutilated corpse was affceiwai'i. 
Bail was given 
--‘r - ,ra ‘ 10 
to be further examined on the above , “ - . 9U ff er j n g gentleman 
observed that such was the prese • have a fresh certificate 
Mr. Kit, ..... he did no. <l..«k “ t„«„, ion .o 
from his medical attendant. ‘' d ed at the bedside of Mr. Ker, 
have requested his worship tel . outrage and attack ; hut 
am. ,aken down M. E Vie had .eenMr.Ker, 
he would merely request that Mr. n. jom _ 
that morning, might be swori 
and after hearing his testimony as to 
% * X- . r... Kin iimiMllin til 
s;- U nfo;.on . w \ » v 
say what further course ho should was a personal The “New \ 
party.— Mr. Edwin Janies was ieie - CC utleman for about York of Dr. Cc 
Austria agrees with the »• *r‘“.V" ’ cmgSiers- 
i rAiottr^a^TurU.H 
ORK Herald’’ announces the arrival l at N 
Ker and had known that gentleman fo: 
tbol mnvm 
been seized. The new law which had Just come into operationjra 
i 

T h . 0 "iriir, know the law. if any one is attacked w 
against his inellnaUon, W send him away. 
iL he was roused up by some persons, w 
are an 
who «.“j — . ... ir nnv one IS Biutosvu with the 
old pubUwn, and must *’ t onee tQ the nea rest doctor, and not to 
cholera, the best way fc much better acquainted with the 
PubUc-house The doctor^ ^ ^ new Act , lt t.a.l acted very 
mode of treating the dEew • d of th irty or forty Sunday 
beneficially in this him as usual, there was only one, and 
drunkards being brought * night — Applicant said he never 
»*e very likely got drunk on Sa 1 ^ , ie thought it a very inhu- 
encouraged drunkenness in ; ervlng brandy to ony one com- 
. *■ ^e.. .«« ... •>»> «» 
party. 
friend of Mr. Stewart 
own wife. He could not “ could ventU re to say, his opinion 
mouth -, and as far as he (- • t danger. He also believed, 
and belief was lie . w J 1 wftfl sulVL , rSn g lVon, severe injuries 
ft-orn lus appearance, that • - glassy stare of the eyes, and lie 
of the brain. There was a tlxed d > Xceovcr -Mr. lilllott : lie is 
( Mr James) boUevcdtha. i^V^peSectly so ; and he does not 
•tetements made by him in 
perfectly symptom ; 
* * . » . null int» ft 1 
a blister since yestc 
slightest pain. Ho 
was in attendance on 
Cottman, an 
,r a ; ,d I lived with^a ml^^heTnghest intp^ 
itM ^mte of unconsciousness that he did not know even intrusted by the b™ ^ and to dtspo- o 
au American gentleman, ' vbo . ... 
at St. Petersburg, and who hua 
“ - • ^ * * —A I 
auce-viz., to propose a commercial treaty, 
Sitka, the latter on very advantageous teims to 
States' Government. According to the Hn «Jd f the > gg m 
sneaking of onr relations with Spam, says he oonsKte nnd 
Cuba is ours by right of her geogi-aph^! positi^. ^ 
that as she commands the entrance to th ajjliug 
should take her, whether the Spanish G^ennmnt e ^ ( , h , 
* I" Th.. Herald is most tulsome in its prat , 
EmiJcrof Thia Dr. Cott...^. * 
cS weut, while in London, r„ ro«lr to Now 
the 
but it would be 
I believe him to be 
for, on 
he did not evince the 1 ~fa7v*Mon of Finnish women 
y nTSlr jS hod not seen the medical man who 2nd ft horrib l e tragedy was enacted at . tht ^ of C aU- 
,L Mr. l\cr. The attorney to the accused partus td NeW York, by which Colonel ^“Iw L ! (o0 k 
Mr. Ker.— The attorney to the accused parties . York, by wntcu uo,ua«. 
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