UNION-HALL. — On Saturday William Blanchard, an actor at the Victoria Theatre, was charged with assaulting Mr. Booth. The complainant stated that as he was walking down Gibson-street on Tuesday, with a Newfoundland dog, he saw the defendant shaking it violently; he interfered to preven this ill-usage to his dog, when the defendant struck him a violent blow in the eye.
The defendant stated that the complainant's dog attacked his dog "Bruin," and that he separated them and shook the dog, when Mr. Booth made a very offensive expression to him, and after striking "Bruin" (who, like his master, was a candidate for histrionic fame), with his stick, put himself in a fighting attidue; he then struck the complainant, who was clearly the aggressor.
Mr. MALTBY thought Mr. Booth the aggressor, and dismissed the case, giving the defendant a certificate of the fact, in order to prevent further proceedings.