Phenix Gazette

Enormous Damages given to the Duke of Newcastle.-At the Leicester Assizes, on Thursday, the Duke of Newcastle brought an action against the hundred of Broxtowe, to recover compensation for the damage done to Nottingham Castle by a riotous mob, in October last. The damages were laid at upwards of £31,000.-- The rioting, it may be recollected, took place in consequence of the rejection of the Reform Bill, against which the Noble Duke voted. The castle, which was of very great antiquity, having existed prior to the 12th century, and was inhabited by only one man, who had the care of it, was set fire to, and the whole of the wood-work burned.

Mr. Robinson, an architect-estimated the damage at £21,260, including £755 for tapestry, £250 for an equestrian statue of an ancestor of the Duke's and £25 each for eight busts. One of the rooms, the State Bedroom, had been floored with cedar and ebony, and wainscoted with cedar. On the part of the defendants, two architects from Nottingham estimated the damage at £15,000, and a Mr. Cubitt, from London, said it would take £21,000 to restore the building, but then it would in a better state by more than £5,000 than it had been before. There was no question as to the law of the case, it being clear that the mob had acted with a felonious intention, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff -damages, £21,000.