The Worcesters'hire Chronicle of the 4th instant contains a letter
from Mr. W. Acton, a roost respectable Magistrate of that county, which gives a 'saber different colour to the case mentioned in last ,e'•:pectator, wherein the Reverend Mr. Lander was fined at Pershore fur an assault on an Irish pedlar, by three Magistrates, of whom Mr. Acton was one. That gentleman writes as follows- " The impression on my mind (for I have neither seen or laul communication with either of the other magistrates since the case was determined) is, that the tine imposed on the revereud defendant was small, because we cousidered tbe conduct of the complainant intrusive, impertinent, and even violent, before be had received any provocation from Mr. Landers servants. That the real as- sault was committed when, after ejecting him from his premises, Mr. Lander, assisted by others, proceeded to place complainant in the stocks, for which pur- pose they had to force him a huudted yards or more from the defendant's gate. 3Ir. Lauder conceived himself justified in NO acting, fur the purpose of keeping the hawker in safa custody until the arrival of the constable, to whme custody he intended to have committed him, in consequence of his increased violence. Taking all the circumstances of the case into consideration, the magistrates, though unaliiinous in convicting the defendant of ouistepping the hounds of the law, did not conceive him guilty of a gross assault; amid they decided accord. ingly. On a deliberate revniou of the case, I feel fully satisfied with my share in the matter."
Mr. Lander intimated that the witnesses against him swore falsely ; and Mr. Acton states that perjury is not an uncommon offence within the limits of his j urisd i (lion — " The few years' experience which I have haul as a magistrate, MS led me to the painful and humbling conviction, that from among the lover el:1,4,es in this country, a cloud of peljareJ witnesses can be procured at the beck of almost any unprincipled defendant, to avert a fine of five or ten shillings; and when, as is often the case, the magistrate is foiced, by the preponderating weight of evi- dence, to decide in favour of such party, you behold the defendant and his wit- nesses adjourn in triumph to a neighbouring alehouse to celebrate his victory, and chuckle oVer the results of their petjury."
Mr. Kendrick, of Crewe, Cheshire, on Monday lest booked him- self and his family to Blisworth, by the Birmingham Railway. On arriving at the station, Mr. Kendrick and the ladies alighted ; when he asked for his luggage, and was answered " You can't have it." Mr. Kendrick naturally desired that it might be instantly taken out of the box, and given into the possession of his servant. The Railway-officer said he should not have it, and that it should go to town and be re- turned by the down-train : " and if," said the fellow, with threatening . gesture, " you give any of your insolence, you shall be taken into cus- tody." The train then started, and the whole of the gentletnan's family were left without a change of clothes until five days afterwards, when the things were sent from London, and Mr. Kendrick had six shillings to pay for them. We simply ask, whether this conduct fiom any set of tradesmen will be tolerated by the public? and whether any Jury would fail to give, or Judge fail to recommend, damages for such conduct ? The Birmingham Railway Company are now trying to break faith with the inhabitants of several of the places where sta. (ions were promised to be made; and even are endeavouring, if they cm with impunity, to ilish the Wolvertoe station. This is redo:: too had, ;ifier having diiven the coaches off the tued.—eVerlleeeeree Ileo.c:U. [Complaints of the insolence of persoils employed 1/1 time Ilirmiegham and Loodou Railway are numerous, and the proorietors had best atonal to the in. Ai:grieved parties should take the troeble tee forward statements of ill-usage to head-quarters.] On Wedeesday week, in consequence of a dispute of a trivial nature a great number of the English and Irish labourers employed oil the North Midland Railway, between Darfield and Masborough, met at the latter place, armed for deeperate conflict ; but, through the pt-:sua- sion and active interference of the Deputy Chairman and the Direetore, (who were on the ground,) aided by Mr. Stephenson, the contractor; and the agents on the line, the parties, amounting altogether to about seven hundred, separated without coming into actual collision, although within two hundred yerds of each other. The Englieli party were duce(' to follow the Directors along the line nearly tao miles ; whela they were again addressed by the Deputy Chairman, and promie'd te return to their own quarters and resume work peaceably on the lel ai a- im; day. The Irish followed Mr. Stephenson to Rotherham ; wheee. we learn that pi oper protection was afforded them. Tile Direetore who had previously been in communicasien with the Reverend Hems.; Bowen Cooke, a Magistrate resident at Darfield, waited upon hhe tir. Wednesday evelileg; when arrangements were tionle %%licit it is hoped will lures-emit the re-petition of these outrages. We are sorry to rat. however, that hostilities were threatened on the following day at ,e1es- boroueh ; but, through the active exertions of Earl Files:ill:am. tie Messrs. Walker, and other Magistrates in the neighbourhood,
sure: have been taken to preserve the peace. [This is the ofrieht
account of the affair scut to the Doncaster G from the :Sere. Midland Reilway Office.l On Thursday night, (the 11th instant,) some wretch s et fire t.■3 barns and other outbuildings of Mr. Juenes Hunt. of 9rcliard, euetr Ilitfreebury. The lure raged with sueh fury that no portion ot property could be saved except the dweiliug.huuse. Seveeal p:es aded a large quantity of poultry were burnt to death. A fellow talu . vat, observed lurking about the premises is suspected of having perpete..tee the act. The property is iaeurcd.—Dorset County thronie:c.
A large qua laity of furze, covering about ten times, in the seeeia bourhood of Rickaraneworth aid Bientford, was Set time to cei Mee day night, by some " evil-disposed persons," for whose am:races. t reward will be otrere'.
We learn that a paraerupli Mild' found its way into the C7 e of. Friday, reporting a r:ot of Irish labourers on the hop-grounds ot Mr.. Ellis, of Farleigh, in Kent, was an entire fabrication. The 17clee:s ul been paid off in peace some days previously. We shall endeavoit: to trace such accourits to their source, as they are calculated to do melt mischief. The paragraph was taken fro :a the Mur:ing Pust.—.61 . [Having co; led the paragraph in last Speetteer, we qui ate the cater:— diction.]
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