Summer Assizes. Osre (.Br*e M, 8cror, ls.xx) HarrlIsbury Farridsy St. Georee wvas indicted for fele- lonily presenting a loaded pstol at hBruce Ernest Aiphebso Darant, and attenpting to puUl the trigger of tbe pistol, with intent to murder him. There werer othe.- oeunitt in the indictment, varying the intent. Mr. -rjesant Talfaurd, Mr. Pkillimere, and Mr. J. W. Smith, appeared to eonduct the proseoation; Mr. Sevjexni Ludlow, Mr. C. PhIllipe, and Mr. Allen defended the pn- soner. The tril lsted seraral hoar, ad excdted great interest. All witnesses were ordered on, of court, and all jorymou reetdiIn 4r near Shrswsbary ere cblenged on te pri- *nr bhaiL Mr. Ssrjeant TAtrounD stated the cas to the jury. The prosecutor is the eldest surviring son of Mr. Darant, of Tong Castle, in this county, by his first wife by whom he had 14 childron, but from whom he was divorced, after maoy years of psiaful litigation, eo the ground of hi cruelty towards her, and of his repeated adultery. The prisoner is the natural son cf Mr. Duranit, by a jerson nated Bradbrry. For soMe years previoas to the death of his fiist wife, Mr. Darant resided abroad, andihortly after that event married a second time a French lady nmed Celeste, who hae pre. Tiously been gorarnes to his daaghters, all of whom are now dead. He afterwards returned to Tong Castle, and had been living there for some yeara, haLving a family of five or six young children by his present wife. The prisoner had also been residing with bis father, and was so at ske tDime of the transaction which gave rise to this indictment, as well as a brother 3f his, Mr. Loenard St. George, who had lately Leen resented by his father, Mr. Durant, to the family living of tEng. The prosecutor, who is about 29 yeoas of age, was mar- ried a short time sinoe to a lady of o0naiderable property, and had lately esided at Nesobley, hie grounds being adjoining to thooe of Tong OCstle. Hai younger brother, Augastua, hs lived with him. Between these gentlemen and their fether mcat nnhappy differeces existed, and language most abu- sive and insuting appeared to have been on 'aious ecDasios intercbanged between them, as well as with the prisonerand kis brother Leonard. At this time ths prosecutor was mnder smreties to keep the peace towards both tho st. Georges, and Mr. Leonard St. George was likewvis under sureties tokeep tks peace towards Mr. mrnes: Draut and hiu brother. 'r. Darant, senior, bad ordered the latter never to trespass on the grounds at Toag, and thera are at present two ations against them at the asie, stiU untried, for disegarding this order,baides twozctiensforsaladerulso,by thefatheraginst his n s.whichwere fortrial at the Gloce"trAssizsw. a Sho pib of Ynne lut, acooarding to thco eider^e of the ;prosecutor, as it Wa oonfirmed by his brother Augutus, haTing foad a faTvonrit dog of his wife's apparently pesned, and rs. peotiag tliit tlis was do0e by some poisot laid for the lrpme is his fathers grounds, they went iAtn the 4Fong Wood with. five or aix dogs t"soee if they could dii. covrer any traces of it. They met the nurses with the chil- dren, and told them that Bradbuy mOania the ,pruer h posws the U& iand, upea od Xx' t red the cbuge il cw ge r. nqa:ie r thee ip0t to 'rroO d "irn5thOi tllbb5 .tseXewds" -Thse m. ame up, and i$-thoe taa imce Mr,Parst and the tnrisoer. The lattr atprcaed oXe prseutr, and (aooOrdfig to tbe evidenc, el the latter, ewlthqtay provotiO1i? on-. baptt), usl lanuge *o. Mih~tYe asdigutIg U*EtOS,tC99al0N{n AGOMM1jt WtHO6Z9enttg ^t-;CX ~ ~ ~ ~ hns an4ah.s llSX i bo tb Isst. aesfebe deal c coars and vialent language wa used *11 ot)h tides, bLt the.prosecatiWr who ia beha ote powerfiul tears *t the to, refused-to nght, saing ke wold eot leee his bend to Cghta d di bastard. Tbe priso-ner than stratrk 1i26n the b[ ind the bloaod o d from bin noe. pon this the pro.eooterexclalme4 hawossud ctaed it siolsoaer, and, srining ph pritener a sioeint blot, knteked him down. As be felLt-h drw, a pisiol- hor h.is pocket, aed, exlagiming, - .g ien, 'l settle m osr' pat the autcatd sgainst afb heet, *nd *ttemopttet ts cock it A scrufte iweodiately en- suedt; the m"uzale ol the pistol was pr'sed bo the pridoner dbruct tbs.on the stor ach of the prosecut r. a ' but fr the Sortiruste dtiffnes of. t,e logk, would probabls hive been fttred. de ser d.nts Tnterfered, i owever, end tbe ciombit,ate Ai-t' terD tad wibolow;d urther mibehit e None ef the wit- peetcoulrd distinctly y shetaner tho pitol weas tiy cock- e, :pr enly erlF cecnto, no. whether it w dod.ed t that All; but, upon the afprehensmon o the prisoner texcldai 1terwtards, he prodttced before tho magistrbtes the pistols, behst bad rematined in his postession. lC bth wede leaded, awn4ene of them, iU the jmf dgment of the polbeta usnest have been so for several days. etat the pro..cetor taa hiu brother were su'jeoted to a tseere eross exsaminationi disclosing *cerues of a n uet painful, tDtusa The edrni:ted hacing addres ed their fatber in ost lhi!int stervs of reproach fer his coadur t td their o other and themtselve upon variohe occmsieesf and detailed scenes tni treatceeldt of thntY by himr, wtich for the honow r of hu- Uanature we abstacin from rocordi.et hey aso llowed Ita D upon ore tbrpn oe ocasof they had indulged iD arse lahguage powardd teforesent Lgi Dirrant, but re- whicin adea tiat they bid been provsked to do o by the use af abusive ltnguage t3 t d their own mother b the pri- soner it her presence It also appesred that on the ni4ht of sheQeeers xmarriage a large cannon, cgargeie to the enuzlt, aine exploded coise to the castle, bursting the cannon t *a teras, soe of which were producd it cou rt, sohe- -erhg upraerds of 200 panes o glaso, doing consideable inJu ay d the r suie, and 6Teatly alarming itc inth ate, Mro . DZaunt lueiso at that timne near her ceofloeceont. oth the proweabtor and his brother declined answsrieg xat suletions respecting this ontrage, ou the ground that -heir answers mitht sujtet them to a rimsinal indictenut. his is but a short owaudne of amort show kin c ahe, bt the dtO4eBf whlichl 1=r:Baron Pisx intimated his opiniex teat the ebargo of eonri could not ho supported, as it did not appear the trig. geew s actually drawn, and the statute upon which the Indictmnent was frameod requires that the "attempt to dh-. eharge leaded arms" ehoult be by drawing the trigger or ebrwise not mserely by attteup;isg to draws the xtigger. His fcrdagim also sotim atef that the apsault, of whioc, under this indictment, the prisoner might he convicted m rsthe, tot the. assut which tcok place upon his f r t coming u p to epr~eseotor, but the aissaul: comuprised ia the presenting r. Senjent LrDr.owr then proceeded to ad.dren e the thry o. behalf of the risnoner,and comm?ented on the provocation iso had received, conlending that th e fac: of his pistols beisag leaded did not distinctly aepea, and that, dherefore, the wk&lo cbarge feis to the ground hr. Baron Pixxitintimated his dissent front tih opinioa , gnd, dater actue discus ion betweea his Lordship and the learne t counsel, said that be thought the assault proved ihe- thet the pistol was loaded or nor, hut that if the jry should and that it was "ot loaded, be should reserae the point fer thoopinion of the lo judges. His LObr SnuP ther summed up the evi'tndre, leaving it to Heij to sai whether thte pa tel was loaded or nt, sod if so, hether it was presented at the preoecutor with the iut- ention ef dischargibg it. 'hte Jary found the prisoner gcilr of the commnth arsult, and expresoI their opinion tbat tbe plais was loaded, and that it was the intention of the ptsodr to fite at the pro- atcttoro Jentence was deferred till tbis torning (Saturtis) when the prisoner wss placed in thee d bck, and llr caron PseXl sentenced bimoto th aree outpohs inpri- nlenl stxpiud at the elpirationof tbat timne that eu should A-ad seCUt it, whself in 4001. and tsao dureties ie 200t eaoh, to *eep the pesce for three ers. The oases of tresptim by r Durant, sevicr, against his toni were then called on, hat when wr. lhiloips bad nearly sn,wluded his openipg address, the le rned Judge interpose anton arrncgement took place As apelogy was made eu behaf of the detendants, and a proaise giten on their part nte trespass on thei plaintiffn grunds t gaies A retoaetation of any offensive observations made by them respecting Mrs. thrant was hnie offered, and upen tsoer term, a juror was withdrawn in both cases, and the actions for slander for trial at rleeter Are to be no further proceeded with s bimseitu4 y, Adtwou 8s NL1X PVtVS COVRtT.-(1Bte/oe Afr. Jwts4a WXLLrtMS cad u to epth eae hSeel J3rY.) * %-fARKiSi v. COPPoCCt. This wa en action to recover Drnm the defendant, the secretary ta the Reform Club, the sum ed 5001. for bribery, arleged to havo been committed at the Ludlow eletedon, in June, 18S9. ,orp Serjedni Tolfeurd, Mre Richards, and Mr. Godsen ap- pared for the plaictif Mr. Sjeant Ludlow and madru bWhael for the defendants -e circumnstances ot the case are already well tnwen to ohepublic from the evaminations before the Ludlow Election Coarmwittee, and from the a uoen tried hero oa Tjuredoy Acwording to the etidence of tille, whe ko sap the Three trasp ates at Ludlye, he wno employed by Mr Cwppict ad Pr. DownrTr, to cAnvass the voter SaWmuel Cor , and, after variant neotiatiens, Coo m refsg to vote for tr. AUeoek till 30L. Was deposited in Tille9s hands, on his behalf, Mr Ceppock gtve Tilleu three 10s notes to he grien by eige to Cook as soon ias he had pollewel Cock *o- ecrdingly eolled for Mr. Aicecs, and immedirtely xfater- wards received f rom Tiley the 01., dwhich had bee. gisen to him by er. deppock fer tho purpse. It T unnecessasry to recapitulate the long erideywas of tho transaction, which was distinctly swornt to by Tilley, in the same perms as when before the Coserttee cf the Eluse of Commntee It fppearod further that the brit in thb action wt erred upon Mr. Coppock uponD the 20th of Februay laISt, Acd that on the 2teh of the same month he eommtenced an -etteD against theo voter Cook to recover the lil;e sumn of ^oOW. Cgaissst him for baing received a bribe. Cok lrt judCment go by default against hima, which raafsigned en the for oef Mlarch, and 3 r. Coppeek then made an affidavit on which he Crounoded an application for leave to plea to the present 0tion. Aaother piCa, a ito 5 that he hadl, within 1t contha after the election, at which the bribery charge agaiiat hint was comnmitted, discomered al d prosecuted to con iction a pereon similarly offending. Tis applia tion was refused, it being a rale tb.at no7 pleat, pair dorresaconliecance, sht11 be allowsed unles the ruhject-rlatter of it arose after the timo for pleading, and within eigftodaYs of the time of the appli- catiten; and ow the f:ce of thtis affidavit it apepeared that thio aro e before the declaration in this actio o was welvsered It waKs ow uroged strongly againtst the de- feadant, that this affidv it sho*ed his censconimncse of gnilt -that he admitted the fact of Cook havikg becn bribed by baying himself proceeded h gainct hin for the penalties in- cured by this very transactio. That if that action aa behic jhd gone Mrf Coppock hadsoriht ow to cop plain ef the sevrity of this penal statute which he bad himself enforced, and if collusive, only ftriahed irresistrble edidence tagat he seeded the protectien which he thought toh3 verdict iould egoie himi laly u derwenit a Iong, savere, and asearcding ercgarexulenatiou by plr psdjeantrLcdlow,b nothacing shaleli- cated to shako his test-maonyt He deposed p sitivesy to hsiso receivdig the three Ig. notets from the hands of CoptBec ihimself. Boforneatu ring on the deofnce,Mr ferjeftapiLguo and T, Wtsxizroxg argued that the plaintifo; na iaig proved that in the actionvagainst C;7k Mr. Ceppdck h,d recvtered judgment ngai3nt the ptlistiff had anstwered his own case, as, by virtle ofi lhe 2d George II., o. 24, Ur. Coppeck wvas, by the cenvic- tton of Cook (the discoverer of Cook having beea bribed bnd buaig) was discharged from the penalties he might have him- -elf incurred. Ths learned Junot obseved, that if Mra Sajeant Lud- lo* could obtainh th7e opi7 ion of the Court shove to that effeot, he shotuld wthen have liberty to enter a isosn,7i; against the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow tben proceeded to commenet upon the tettimeniy of Tilley, which had not been supported by the eridence of any others, and {5 of itself of a suspicIous character, as pro- tedding from one who was impeaching his on party, sad confessing that he had origifally giv g pofedrmation of this tntrauation partly frommotives of revene.c The learned JUDGE then su7med up aL eensiderable lengti e7ad the jury, at 4 o'clock, retired to consider their vereict end at the time ef our report being despatehed (half- 1ast 6) had not returnedi MrT Baron PAIUDB procerded to cereford at 2 o clece Lhie afternon, to open the copmiion there; and the bueoest of that zere ha tersboated with one apecialbury oee,rwhich was erpected to ccupy a comsiderable tihe, being tcdo a Tilleyet SUMMR ASSIZZS. OXFORD CVfRrtIT. SHREWSBURY. FRTni-. AvGUsT 7.