The Sun. — London, England, 1834-10-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our readers will not fail to have observed the recep tion which was given, on Tuesday, to the Lord Chancellor, at the Sheriffs' inauguration dinner at the Merchant Tailors'-hall. It is worthy of notice that this was a meeting of men of all political parties : the Lord Mayor, who is a Tory, presided, and with great tact proscribed party feeling and discussion, as being foreign to the intention of the meeting, and inexpedient where hospitality was proposed to distinguished men of different political sentiments. At this meeting, thus composed, the most remarkable, and we had nearly said the only extraordinary feeling, was an universal and strong demonstration of respect towards the Chancellor, displayed with a warmth and zeal which could not fail to mark its meaning to every one who witnessed. it. We have here in the metropolis of England as in Scotland, the same overwhelming expression of dis approbation of the attack which has been made upon Lord Brougham in the Times. That journal, we trust, will be taught a useful lesson by this meeting, applied in a still more convincing form, which cannot fail to be understood by it. Whatever disgust we have felt at the coarseness of the attack on Lord Brougham, •and the undefined object of our contemporary, it has been relieved by observing the generosity with which -the whole British public have proclaimed'. their abhor rence of the attempt. The Times has called forth, in opposition to it, an almost universal feeling in favour of the individual attacked. His mistakes, even, have been overlooked by the public, in their determination to resist an unworthy effort to - crush a public man, who, in some way not very apparent to them, had offended his former idolater. Public men will not fail to disco ver from the result in this case that they may safely rely on the people for protection against any unprincipled journalist, however powerful ; and journalists may also learn that, whatever be their talents or influence, they cannot in a free country be employed as the Times has lately been in the case of the Chancellor, without receiving the due reward of a persecuting spirit. We had almost hoped, from the recent silence of our contemporary, that it had discovered the error of its ways, and would embrace a less obnoxious course. In the Times of yesterday, however, the hos tility re-appears ; but though it no longer assumes an aggressive form, it is not on that account the less ma licious. A report, to be faithful, ought to state not only what is said, but how what is said is received. Now, in the report of the proceedings at the dinner, every indication of the feeling of the meeting towards the Lord Chancellor is carefully suppressed. For in stance, at the outset the announcement of the Chancel lor's name was " hailed," asis stated in our report, "with enthusiastic cheering." Of this no notice is taken in the Times. But this might have been accidental. However, when the health of the Lord Chancellor and the rest of his Majesty's Ministers was proposed by the Lord Mayor, " the toast was received with tremen dous cheering." What does the Times report say ? Merely, " The toast having been drunk with the usual honours, the Lord Chancellor rose to return thanks." Now, why omit the account of the marked demonstra tion of feeling on this occasion ? Why, but that it might not appear that the object of the hostility of the Times was the object of the public regard. The report of the Chronicle, which is a true and faithful report, states, " that the Lord Chancellor rose amidst an universal shout of applause. When silence had been in some degree restored,' &c. Now, when we couple the omission of all these indications of the feelings of the meeting with the recent conduct of the Times, we are bound to say that it could not have been accidental, but must have been the result of a determination to keep the readers of the Times, not present at the dinner, in the dark as to what actually took place with regard to the Chancellor.—Morning Chronicle. The accounts from Spain continue to be of a most gratifying nature to the well-wishers of human im provement and civilisation. The contest in the North, to be sure, is far from being ended ; but the spirit of the nation appears to be aroused, and Spain seems de termined to take advantage of the present moment. Well has Senor Arargues reminded them, " that if nations, whenever the occasion offers itself of becoming free, do not profit by it, five centuries may pass before another may present it." From what has already oc curred in the Chambers, it is tolerably clear that the Liberal party may, at any moment, assume the reins of Government ; and what, we would ask, has been one of the first and successful efforts of that party, but an immediate recognition of a great part of the just debts of their country, and an attempt to keep faith with their creditors ? And is this at all in accordance with the charge usually made by the ultra-Tories of this country, and by the admirers of the ancien regime generally, that all those who are anxious to improve the institutions of their country, and who cannot help seeing existing defects, are a set of unprincipled and needy adventurers, totally regard less of all the ties of good faith or honour ? We will not deny that some of these persons, like too many in our own country, would be a disgrace to any principles, and are, in fact, a curse to the country, too often re tarding the cause which they profess to advocate. But still this admission does not at all effect the merits of the real question. When, may we ask, will these admirers of the ancient order of things learn to distinguish between the merits of a cause, and the character of all its advocates, and dis cover that a desire to improve does not necessarily infer a wish to destroy ? Cannot they understand that Spain, France, or other nations of Europe, may see the be nefits which Britons derive from the establishment of a free Press, and from institutions which, while they protect the people from the personal character of the Sovereign, yet, at the same time, are free from the dan gers of an unlimited and wild democracy ? And see ing this, is it to be wondered at that they should wish to reconstruct their own Government on similar prin ciples ? What is it that Spain now claims for its Press, but what we already enjoy ?—viz. " The right of every Spainard to publish his thoughts by means of the Press, without any previous Censorship, subject always to the laws which may be enacted for the repression of the abuses of that right." And yet, when these and simi lar attempts are made in Spain or elsewhere, we regret to say that there still exists in this country a party to throw obloquy on such patriotic attempts, and who re joice in no measured strains at even a reported suc cess of Don Carlos and his priesthood. These latter are " wise in their generation;" for full well they know that on the diffusion of knowledge, and on the .establishment of more enlightened institutions, their power falls to the ground. Without, however, going the full length of some over-zealous advocates of change, we cannot doubt but that the institutions of Spain, which had their rise in times when knowledge and wealth were in the hands of the few, are not at all suited to the present times, or to the wishes of the nation. The clear duty of the rulers of Spain, and of those throughout Europe, on whom the cares of Go vernment devolve, is to adapt the institution of each country to the more enlarged wants and advanced in telligence of the people, with the smallest possible in jury to existing establishments and privileges ; and as the thread of knowledge amongst the people has now made it impossible togovern nations by standing armies or brute force, let governors learn, instead of relying on. the ignorance and fears, to appeal to the good sense and interests of the governed.—Morning Herald. We were not aware at the time that our last article respecting the soldier Hutchinson appeared in this journal, that he had already been brought to trial ; still less, .we believe, could our readers have been pre pared for the summary mode, to give it no h a r s h er name, in - which the charges against him appeared to have been disposed of. He has, however, as our readers would see by our paper of Tuesday, been not only brought to trial, but ordered to plead, under . every possible disadvantage, without having the assist ance of a Solicitor to conduct his defence—against his entreaty to be allowed time to prepare it—and, finally, in despite of the absence of a witness whose evidence he declared to be most material, if not ab solutely indispensabl e to it I 'Who, after this, will not entertain the conviction, whether justly founded or not, we do not say, that Hutchinson is, as he said, " a marked man," and that the severity of his former punishment, coupled with the publicity which has been given to it, have rendered him obnoxious to the officers of his regiment, and deprived him of all chance of fair play; either in his simple capacity of a soldier, or in the more painful one of a defendant un der a charge of breach of military discipline ? The total absence of even . the appearance of fair play to him on his trial, is astonishing—the impolicy of it, to speak of it in no worse terms, absolutely appalling. Hutchinson was arraigned on two charges—the first, that of having been absent from his regiment during a period of twenty-five days, by which he became a deserter, and liable to the punishment inflicted on such delinquents—the second, with having made away with a pair of regimental boots. Hutchinson at first refused to plead, and protested against the proceedings,—first, because he had not received sufficient notice ; and, secondly that a very material witness on his behalf—Serjeant Duff, of the second battalion of Scots Fusileer Guards,—was not pre sent, and he had not been allowed time to send for him. He begged that the Courtmartial might be adjourned until the following day (Saturday) when he should be prepared to proceed. These were as suredly rational and proper grounds for refusing to plead, or, in other words, not consenting to the pro gress of proceedings against him ; and it would be dif ficult, we imagine to prove that his Majesty's service could have sustained any, the most trifling disservice, by the postponement of his trial till saturday ; but no!! the trial was, after a consultation, ordered to proceed, and the poor fellow subjected to the risk of being con demned, through the absence of a material witness t. It is true that the prisoner sustained, apparently, no ma terial injury, in consequence of the indecent haste with which the trial was hurried forward to a conclusion— the charge respecting the boots having fallen to the ground, and Captain Taubman having very gallantly come forward and stated on behalf of Hutchinson, that he considered him correct in his statement of his having, been absent only 19 days, instead of 25, from his re giment, and in consequence not liable to be considered a deserter ; but this good luck was matter of accident, and the refusal of the Court to allow of any postpone ment of the trial, might have resulted in the infliction of gross injustice. It remains now to be seen what will be the next proceedings against Hutchinson. That lie must stand acquitted of the charges preferred against him, is evident enough, unless it be meant to sentence him to punishment, in defiance of all justice ; but he may be again tried, we have reason to believe, for hav ing been absent without leave, and most certain is the conviction on our minds, that, whatever the sentence may be, the possibility of his continuing in the service is utterly out of the question. He is now, in every respect, " a marked man," and, whether lie remained in his regiment, or were passed into another, would continue to be so. He has 'been the instrument of a great public good—his severe punish ment has doomed to speedy destruction the future flogging of human beings—and that is a crime for which there is no forgiveness in the military code. But the public ought not, must not, and will not, we are confident, desert him. Whatever be the issue of his present trial, let the subscription proceed, and let it not be alleged, as a reproach and disgrace to us, that while we legislate to save donkeys, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, from the oppression of their masters or drivers, we not only allow the back of a human being to be torn in pieces, but will not even give a penny out of our superfluity to save him from the base, degrading, cruel, and brutal infliction !—Morizino b Advertiser. Amongst the variety of attacks which are being simultaneously made upon the welfare and prosperity of the country, we cannot but notice with peculiar in terest, and we may say indignation, the base and insi dious efforts of a portion of the press to excite the worst passions of the army, and create a spirit of dis content and disaffection among our soldiery, by pub lishing garbled statements, forcibly illustrated by mock philanthropic notes and observations, touching the ne cessary administration of military punishments. Since the days of Mr. Grey Bennet we do not recollect hear ing anything. so extravagantly absurd as are these at tempts to disorganize the service, and to destroy the discipline by which alone it can be rendered either safe or efficient. We remember that the Hon. Gentleman was perpetually harping upon the one string, and con stantly bringing forward cases (according to his own respectable testimony) of barbarity and tyranny almost too shocking to mention. The lowest portion of the public press subsequently picked up the torn and dirty garments of the distinguished philanthropist, and they are now assumed by those who, while they are descanting, expounding, and describing, are perfectly conscious of the baseness of their intentions, and of the infamous character of the objects they have in view. Under the auspices of the King's Ministers we find the Church assailed in the grossest terms ; and under the same auspices, strange to say, are measures taken to disorganise and disturb the army. 'When Bennet was a philanthropist he was a radical Whig, and we could quite understand his meaning. When Burdett " wept, or seemed to weep," at what lie knew was the absolutely necessary punishment of the refrac tory soldier, he was a popularity-hunter and a Radical; we could understand the object of his proceedings. But it has been reserved for us to find the ministerial press devoting itself to the cause of revolt and mutiny. To be sure we never yet had a Radical from the count ting-house, " disreputably known in the City" (as the Times says), at the head of the War Department, nor a convicted and imprisoned rioter appointed Judge Ad vocate-General, and " one of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council ;" but this we know, that, if it is by the orders and under the sanction of those Right Hon. Gentlemen that the Radical attacks, not only upon the characters of officers commanding regi ments, but upon the constitution of the army itself, are made, it will shortly become necessary for them, in the plenitude of their military knowledge, political wisdom, and personal respectability, to look to other forces than those of his Majesty for protection or support. An account appears in Tuesday's Morning Chronicle of a Court Martial held upon an incorrigible fellow of the name of Hutchinson, whose infamous conduct had been previously punished by a flogging, and who was again arraigned as a deserter, for selling part of his wearing apparel, and having been taken in plain clothes, having been absent for twenty-five days. The Morning Chronicle, in giving the account of this second Court Martial—it being a notorious fact that not only the Lord Chancellor, for as far as the legal part of the question goes the connection would be not much, but that the Secretary at War, the " disreputably known"—we again quote the Tinter--" the disrepu tably known" Mr. Edward Ellice is a chief supporter, not only from that mysterious fund from which the even more respectable Mr. Whittle Harvey received the money which he declared he never touched, but with his pen, as witness the malevolent letters of " Vindex" —the Morning Chronicle, we say, in giving the account of this Court Martial, furnished perhaps , by some dissolute private employed by the War Office for the purpose, puts the case of this most infamous offender in a liberal and pathetic light, supports his objections to the jurisdiction of the Court, maintains his demand for legal advice, and does what is even worse, states—for it is not insinuation—that Colonel Bowater took a personal interest in the fellow's con viction. Colonel Bowater, of whom we know nothing, and of whom nobody, we believe, can know anything likely to bring down upon him the gratifying censure of the Ministerio-revolutionary Press, except his hav ing been selected by his Majesty to hold a high and important situation in the Royal Household, is repre sented, or we should say infamously mis-represented, as having been hovering about the Court-martial, in order, as the writer infers, to influence the proceed ings of what, except by the miscreants who seek to pervert everything just and right, is admitted to be the highest and most purely honourable tribunal extant. The man is found guilty of desertion ; and look at the arguments of these disturbers and revolu tionists. Because the fellow had pr ev i ous l y b een flogged f or th e grossest insubordination and the most infamous conduct, he is not be punished ; no, not even to be tried for having aggravated his last offence, by committing a new and more im portant one. At the Old Bailey, before Magistrates, and all criminal Juries, however much a Judge may impress upon the minds of a Jury to attend to nothing but what comes before them, what, we ask, is the ef fect of a previous conviction upon the Court ? Is the commission of burglary an excuse for a subsequent commission of murder ? This Hutchinson conducted himself in the most outrageous manner. He was sen- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1834 . tenced to be flogged :he was flogged. In the French service he would have been shot. He subsequently deserts, and, .as we suppose not even a Grey Bennet of the present day would deny, is proved guilty of the desertion. In any service in Europe except ours he would be shot for desertion ; it is in our military code a capital offence ; yet this man, who is simply found guilty, upon whom no sentence is passed—this insu bordinate bad soldier, is held up to the pthlic eye as a martyr, and a victim not only to the system which the Right Honourable " disreputably-known" (as the Times says) Secretary-at-War upholds in Parliament and decries in his newspaper, but to the cruelty and cold-blooded severity of Colonel Bowater, who, ex cept as commanding the battalion, has just as much to do with the Court Martial, or the punishment awarded, as Mr. Edward Ellice's brother, General Ellice, the was to have been Governor of Ports mouth, and the " is at present writing" one of the Noodle and Doodle corps of the Dublin Castle House hold. But look at the effect of this Grey Bennetisin. These dear lovers of the soldiers' backs spread abroad their tender sympathies—for whom ? Drunkards, thieves, and atheists. It is in the army as in society. The gallows, the gaol, the whip are all ready for those who choose to qualify. So it is in the army. It is a community, like civil society, regulated, it is true, by a code of its own ; but where was there ever an instance of a member of that community being punished with out deserving it ? Thurtell found people to sympa thize with him ; Thistlewood had his admirers ; even Corder was wept for by some ; but nobody will deny that these scoundrels died justly. Well, what then exists to militate against the justice of a punishment of crimes infinitely more dangerous to the country than either the sanguinary destruction of a friend, the infatuated attempt to overthrow a Government, or the deliberate murder of a deluded woman. We dis tinctly state that the two crimes of which this much injured vagabond Hutchinson has been proved guilty are infinitely more dangerous to society than those for which the three inferior scoundrels whose names we have mentioned were hanged. Oh 1 says a dirty-faced retained of Mr. Cutlar Fergusson, the con - victed and imprisoned rioter, now Judge-Advocate-Ge neral, " Oh," says this fellow, " what is the crime ? What does it signify a sentinel's being drunk on his post at night—pish—arn't I drunk—drunk every night? What signifies threatening his superior offi o'er ? Hav'nt I bullied the Bear over and over again ? What signifies desertion ? Havn't I run away from my lodgings twenty times and done no harm ?" Well and good, these may be very fine arguments for the Mi nisterial Press-gang, but they will not do for the sol dier. As it is said of a woman, the army that " deli berates is lost." It is all extremely well while we are at peace, but see the consequences of insubordination on service. A drunken sentinel may cause the loss of thousands of lives ; a deserter may betray the cause of millions ; contempt of a superior officer would settle the fate of a campaign ; and yet, although day after day great brawny-shouldered fellows, quite as amiable as drunken grenadiers, are whipped up and down the Sessions House-yard in the Old Bailey pursuant to a magisterial sentence, yet the Ministerial Papers are straining their nerves to explain to the soldier, who is better paid, better fed, and better clothed than any soldier in Europe, and than half the civilians in England, that he is an oppressed and brutalized creature. The last result of this infernal system of misrepresentation occurred only last week in the Tower, where a soldier, having taken offence at the just control of a sergeant exercised over him, took the ivory snapper out of his musket, fitted the flint, loaded the piece, and fired it at his superior officer. The murderer will be tried for the double crime of murder and mutiny ; and we have no doubt we shall hear a piteous tale of his sufferings, because, perhaps, he may not be sentenced to what the civil law would doom him—Death. It is really dreadful to see the efforts making, under the sanction of that portion of the Go vernment which exhibited itself at the dirty dinner at Edinburgh, to co-operate with the Revolutionists at present out of office. We lightly touch the subject to-day, but we shall resume it, in order to awaken our readers to the peril in which the country is placed, when the most disreputable persons are placed in the Ministry, and when the King himself is driven by an odious influence, which must be unmasked, to endure the domination over himself of a set whom, personally, he hates and despises as cordially as do his loyal and affectionate subjects.—Morning Post. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. JUDICIAL CHANGES. A Court was held - ;resteil;;;ning for the despatch of pro forma business, but nothing of interest occurred. It was, however, announced that Sir John Nicholl, who has for many years presided over the Prerogative Court, had resigned that high office, the duties being too numerous for his advanced years. Sir John Nicholl will, however, retain the office of Judge of the Admiralty Court, to which he was appointed on the death of the late Sir Christopher Robinson. Sir Herbert Jenner, his Majesty's Advocate, has been appointed to the office of Judge of the Prerogative Court, and will assume the duties at the commencement of the November Term. No appointment has yet been made to fill up the office of King's Advocate. It is expected that this office will be conferred on Dr. Dodson, as it is not considered likely that Dr. Lushington will take upon himself the duties in the present state of affairs. The appointment of Sir Herbert Jenner, as Judge of the Prerogative Court, has given much satisfaction to the Bar of the Ecclesiastical Courts. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held, by summons from the Lord Mayor, in consequence of the opinion of the Recorder and the Common Sergeant that the offices of City Solicitor and Secondary in the same person were incompatible, and could not be legally held. The RECORDER. repeated that lie entertained the opinion which he had given to the Lord Mayor, in conjunction with the Common Sergeant, that the two situations could not be legally held together by the same person. The LORD MAYOR had requested Mr. James to attend, and state whether any difficulties occurred, or were likely to occur, to make it expedient for him to resign the pro tem. appointment. Mr. JAMES could not wish to incur any responsibility by acting as City Solicitor for his own sake, as well as for the sake of his fellow-citizens ; but nothing had as yet arisen which was at all likely to cause the least difficulty, and he did not see any probability of such an occurrence. Mr. TYARs thought there was no occasion for any change. Then there was some reference made to the period at which the Report relative to the clerks and officers might be made, and it was intimated that the Report might be expected in ten days. - The Loan MAYOR said the Town Clerk knew that he had appointed the Bth and 9th of October for Courts in order to clear the paper of business, for it was his determi nation to leave nothing upon that paper unperformed if be could help it ; so that if any matter remain unaccomplished in his mayoralty, it should not be his fault.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the calling of the Court on that day, if he had not assembled it, he would have been liable to their censure. The RECORDER held in his hand the Ist of Henry V., cap. 4, which was conclusive of the opinion that the offices of Secondary and City Solicitor in the same person were in compatible. The Learned Gentleman then read the sec tion, and commented upon it with very great clearness. Mr. C. PEARSON said that, as it certainly could not be expedient that Mr. James should permanently hold both offices, it was perhaps immaterial to consider whether it would be legal or not ; but as the learned law officers of the Corporation had pronounced the temporary appoint ment of Mr. James to be illegal, he should take the liberty of asking those learned individuals whether, in construing the Acts of Parliament relating to the question, they had considered that the clause of the Act read by the Recorder, which referred to the Under-Sheriffs of counties, referred to the city of London also, and whether the City Solicitor, acting in the City's business only, must be considered as precisely in the same condition as attorneys in general ? The RECORDER certainly did think that both the Under- Sheriffs and the Secondaries of London and the City Soli citor were bound by the same obligation precisely which regulated the corresponding officers in counties, and that if the Learned Gentleman himself who asked the question were to practise as an attorney during the year he would find, to his cost, that his appointment as Under-Sheriff was included in the statute of Henry V., which regulated these matters.-( Laughter.) Mr. C. PEARSON was obliged to the Recorder for his tender consideration, but begged leave to say that he con sidered himself so much within the excepted clause in the statute that if any gentleman should require his services as Under-Sheriff for a second year, he should not be afraid of the penalties.—(Laughter.) Mr. Pearson then read the statute by which the Corporation of London were entitled to appoint a City Solicitor who was not attorney at all. It was a privilege only enjoyed by the Crown and the Corpo ration of London. If ever the question should arise whe ther the two offices could be held permanently together, the construction of these two Acts would be ingredients in its consideration ; but as there was no intention on the part of the Common Council to act in such a foolish and incon sistent manner, the members had better go home and leave the affair where it was, before the wisdom of the Court of Aldermen was put in motion to call them together, as (in imitation of a Noble Lord speaking of a very similar as sembly) they stated it to be to correct the absurdities of the Court of Common Council.—(Hear.) The RECORDER again rose, but the LORD MAYOR (a, our reporter believed) said there was no question before the Court, and the Learned Gentleman sat down. I {Mr. James remains City Solicitor pro tem. COURTS OF HUSTINGS. Mr. C. PEARSON moved that the City Solicitor should take the opinion of the law officers whether the attendance of the Sheriffs weekly at the Hustings' Courts might not be dispensed with. The motion was seconded by Mr. T. WOOD, and unani mously adopted.—Adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Bennet, the owner of a Greenwich stage-coach, was sum moned before the LORD MAYOR under the following cir cumstances, by a gentleman named Gale : Mr. Gale, a few days ago, as he was driving his chaise, in which his wife, who was pregnant, was seated with him, down King William-street, near the Monument, saw coming behind him at a rapid rate a Greenwich stage-coach. There was a string of vehicles before him, and there was a stop caused by a waggon in the line. Witness saw that his chaise was in great danger, and desired his wife to keep her seat. The coach-horses dashed against him, and if the traces had not got entangled with his chaise the latter would have been completely turned over, and the result would most probably have been fatal. He was deprived of his senses by the concussion, and his wife was confined to her bed on account of the shock she received. In fact her medical attendants did not know what might be the result. Mr. Pointer, of Northumberland-gardens, was in a chaise immediately before that of Mr. Gale, and witnessed what had occurred. He had been in the habit of driving, for thirty years, and knew well what driving was, and the danger to which Mr. Gale and his wife were exposed was imminent, and arose from the careless rapidity with which the stage-coach was driven. The Coachman said that his reins had accidentally bro ken, and he therefore lost the controul of his horses, and that the thing had been exaggerated. The LORD MAYOR said that the charge was a very se rious one, and he should adjourn it until the fate of the lady should be known. Sarah Smith, the servant of a decent woman, who has a milk-walk in Aldgate, was brought up, charged with having assaulted a poor simple Irish girl, named Norry Deary, who keeps a coffee-stand in Aldgate. The Complainant, whose appearance excited great corn misseration, for her cap had been torn from her head, her hair was hanging over her face, her nose was bleeding, and her eyes were gushing with tears, stated that she had been in the habit of dealing for milk with the defendant at an early hour every morning, but that she ceased to do so upon hearing that the young woman did'nt act honestly to her mistress. Complainant thought it to be her duty to go to the mistress, and tell her that the defendant had supplied her, and the consequence was that the defendant attacked her in a most desperate manner, and beat her senseless. A bricklayer's labourer, named Paddy Murphy, here said " Plase your Lordship, I hope you'll hear an honest man, that knows neither one nor t'other of these people." The LORD MAYOR—Yes, I shall hear you ; but I hope you speak nothing but the truth. Paddy—Oh! then it's I that will. What would I tell lies for? My Lord, here goes. By the virtue of my oath it was no other nor the Irishwoman that struck the first blow. -I was there all the while, and they had a bit of a quarrel about a sup of milk, and " Take that," says Norry, and she does no more but she gives this young woman a clink right in the eye. That's the truth, by the virtue of my oath. The LORD MAYOR—And so this young woman was the sufferer after all ? Paddy—That she was, your Honour. Norry tore the cap and bonnet off of her head, and pitched into her right and left. For my part I don't know the she could stand such a pummelling." The LORD MAYOR—And didn't you endeavour to part them, my good fellow ? Paddy—To be sure I did, but it was impossible to drag her off. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, but your countrywoman must have got something in the engagement ? She appears to me to have got off but badly. Paddy—l don't know how that was, your Lordship, but I know she fought like the ---. The LORD MAYOR—How then does it happen that she is without cap or bonnet, and that she appears so much beaten ? Paddy—God bless your Honour, she tore her own cap and bonnet in pieces.—(Great laughter.) The Loan MAYOR—But how does it happen, if she tore the cap and bonnet of the woman at the bar, and beat her so dreadfully, there is not the least appearance of anything of the kind? Paddy (looking down, and shaking his head) —ln troth I don't know anything about that, your Lord ship, but I know I spoke nothing but the truth. The mistress of the defendant said that the Irishwoman called upon her and told her enough to convince her how she was robbed. While they were together the defendant walked up and attacked the poor creature, who never at tempted to resist, with the greatest fury, while witness called in vain for the police. • The LORD MAYOR—WeII, defendant, what have you to say ? The defendant (who laughed as Paddy was telling nothing but the truth) said—l say as this here gentleman (pointing to the bricklayer's labourer) says, she pitched into me first, and what was I to do but to pitch into her ? The LORD MAYOR—But he says that you didn't strike a blow, and that she did herself all the mischief. Defendant—So she did.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—Very well. You have made a most cruel attack upon this poor harmless girl, who is endea vouring to earn an honest livelihood, and who has checked you in your thieving practices. You must find bail, and I caution you how you bring forward this respectable witness on your part, for I shall take care to be present on your trial.—(Paddy sneaked out of the Justice Room.) I don't expect to see him any more, except perhaps at that bar. The mistress of the defendant said that she would imme diately take the poor Irish girl into her employment. The LORD MAYOR—That determination does great credit to you, and am sure when the humane people of Aldgate find that you have done so benevolent an act they will not forget it to you. The defendant was then committed in default of bail. G UILDHALL. Yesterday Henry Barnes, a person of respectable ap pearance, was brought before Mr. Alderman HARMER, charged with assaultiug Mr. Bazil Wall, of Little Prescott street., merchant, in the Royal Exchange, yesterday forenoon. A solicitor on the part of the complainant stated that there had been some dealings in sham stock between the parties, and the assault arose out of the complainant asking payment of a debt due on account of these transactions. Mr. Alderman HARMER said the public peace must not be disturbed by these paltry quarrels about gambling tran sactions. He should require each party to enter into sure ties to keep the peace. They entered into the required recognizance. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PRIVATE BROTHEL EXPOSED.—Yesterday, two young women were placed at the bar, before Mr. CHAMBERS, charged by a well-dressed female, who gave her name Mar tha Conway, with having come to her house, No. 16, Lisle-street, Leicester-square, the over-night, and created a disturbance. One of the prisoners, Elizabeth Shields, was also charged with having attempted to steal a brooch dur ing the scuffle. Mr. CHAMBERS having been informed that the prosecu. trix had been the keeper of what is termed a private brothel, for a great number of years, gave the charge parti cular attention. Th e prosecutrix said that Shields came to her house and demanded money. She refused to give her any ; upon w hich the prisoner made a snatch at her brooch, and tore it from her neck. A gold chain was also broken, but it wa s not removed in the same manner as the brooch. Pro secutor called for a light, and for assistance, and when a candle was brought, she found the brooch lying on the mat, close to the feet of Shields. Both prisoners were taken to the station house, and one was locked up on the charge of felony, and the other because she was in toxicated. In defence, the girl said that about ten years ago, when one was between the ages of twelve and thirteen, and the other just turned fifteen, they had been taken to the house of Mrs. Conway by a female, who received half-a-sovereign each for introducing them. They were provided with fine clothes, for which they were to pay the price charged by Mrs. Conway ; and they were required to pay a sum of 3/. 10s. weekly for their board and lodging. All the money they received from gentlemen was paid over to Mrs. Con way, who accounted to them for the sums weekly, but who always took care not to let them have any money. Having continued in the house some short time, they were turned out to make way for fresh faces. Mrs. Conway, in answer to this statement, declared that it was totally false. She kept a lodging-house of the most respectable description, and she had lived in Lisle-street for the last thirty years. One of the prisoners immediately pointed to a smartly dressed young female, who had accompanied Mrs. Conway into the office, and declared to the Magistrates that she was one of the sort of lodgers living in the house. Mr. CHAMBERS immediately made the girl come for ward, and, on questioning her, elicited that she was the daughter of a tradesman, and had been in the house about a month. She confirmed what the other girls had said respecting the manner in which Mrs. Conway conducted her house. In this stage of the proceedings Mr. Chambers dis patched a messenger to Mr. Allen, the vestry-clerk of St. Ann's, requesting his attendance at the office. Mrs. Conway, finding the turn affairs was about to take, declared that she had no wish to press the charge agains.: Shields, as she did not think the girl's intention Iva , rob her. Mr. CHAMBERS asked the prisoners why they went to Mrs. Conway's house ?—They replied that they went there for the purpose of asking her for a few shillings now they were destitute, thinking they had a right to expect a trifle in consideration of the sums of money they had procured her whilst their youth and attractions lasted. Mr. CHAMBERS then directed that the girls should be dis charged and brought round into the office for the purpose of giving evidence against Mrs. Conway, at the same time sending Inspector Abrahams to the house in Lisle -street, to bring away the rest of the young females who formed the inmates of this vile establishment. Mr. Allen having made his appearance, Mr. CHAMBERS informed him of the nature of the case, and pointed out the opportunity which presented itself for the parish to get rid of the nuisance. Mr. Allen said it was necessary that two housekeepers should come forward and lay a complaint. Mr. CHAMBERS : Well, I am sure you will find no diffi culty in getting them. Why, I have been waited upon lately by eight or ten housekeepers, from the parish of St. Ann's, who have expressed to me their wish to get rid of every house of this description, and I cannot think they will make any exceptions. Mr. Allen.—As far as I am concerned, I will readily as sist in the prosecution of the case ; and I have no doubt the parish will also interfere. Mr. CHAMBERS.—I certainly think they ought; for a house of this description is far more dangerous than brothels of the common kind. Inspector Abrahams having returned with three other females, they were brought forward. Their appearance ex cited general sympathy ; not only on account of their ex treme youth and inexperience, but from a certain propriety of manners, which indicated genteel breeding. They were all of them like daughters of tradesmen of respectable sta tion in society. The first Called forward was a very pretty little girl, of exceeding infantine stature and look. Mr. CHAMBERS questioned her as to her age, and she replied she was turned seventeen, although looking certainly not more than thirteen. She said her name was Mary Anne Thomas, and that she was the daughter of a tradesman of the same name, who kept a china shop in Greenwich. She had been enticed into a house of ill fame named the Brunswick, by a gentle man who met her in the Strand about five weeks ago, and having stopped away from home, her father, as she said, re fused to receive her. Having been told by a girl whom she met in the street to go to Mrs. Conway's, she went and was received as a lodger. She was to pay 3/. 10s. for her board and lodging, and to give Mrs. Conway 10s. out of every two sovereigns she received, or a larger sum if the vi siter proved more liberal. She had been a month in the house, and had never been outside of it, as none of the " ladies " were allowed to go out without they had some body with them. Mrs. Conway sold clothes, and, as all the money received was put into her hands, after board and lodging and perquisites were deducted, the remainder went to pay for some article of wearing apparel. Mr. CHAMBERS questioned this girl very closely as to her reason for leaving her home, and expressed his belief that all she had stated was not true ; for his opinion was that she had run away from her friends. Ellen Berkeley said she was nearly nineteen. Her father, when living, was a butcher in Chesterfield, and her mother still lived there. She said she ran away from home about three months ago, at the porsuasion of a person named Williams, who carried on the business of a music-master, in the same town, and who had previously promised her mar riage. He took lodgings for her in a street in Knights bridge, and after remaining with her about a week, he left her totally destitute. Being afraid to return home, she went into the streets, and a girl recommended her to apply to Mrs. Conway to receive her. She did so, and had been engaged about a month. She had been allowed to go out to take a walk twice during that period. The girl con firmed what the other had said respecting the appropriation of the money received from visitors. She said her friends were unacquainted with her present situation. Sarah Williams, a fresh coloured genteel country girl said she was nineteen years of age, and by Saturday next would have completed a month at Mrs. Conway's. Her father was a farmer at Wood-side in Cheshire, and her friends were very respectable. None of whom, however, were ac quainted with her degraded situation. She had, she said, been seduced from her home by a gentleman, who brought her to his house in London. After a short time he told to provide herself with lodgings, as he was about to be mar ried. She did so, and he never came near her, or gave her a sixpence in money. She was recommended by another gentleman to go to Mrs. Conway's. She had been out only once, and that was in Mrs. Conway's company. None of the lodgers were allowed to go out alone. Mr. CHAMBERS remarked that the house was made a complete prison of. Mr. Allen said it was for the purpose of preventing the girls getting any money which did not come into the hands of their mistress. Mary Ann Maxwell, aged eighteen, had been ten weeks with Mrs. Conway. Her father was a builder at Deptford, and she had left his house about four months since. Her friends did not know where she was. She had not been out alone during the ten weeks, because it was not allowed. She had also been recommended to Mrs. Conway by a girl whom she accidentally met with in the street. Ann Perry and Elizabeth Shields, who had lived there about ten years back, said they had been brought to Mrs. Conway's house by a woman who told them she had been paid half-a-sovereign each for bringing them. Mr. CHAMBERS said it was clear that the defendant, Conway, had emissaries in all quarters of the town, and that she procured a fresh supply of young creatures about every one or two months. They were brought like cattle, and after they had earned all the money they could for this woman, they were turned out to starve in the street. Mr. Allen remarked, that after what had transpired he had no doubt the parish would take the matter up. Mr. CHAMBERS : They ought, I am sure. Such a house as this is more infamous and dangerous than the common houses of ill-fame. I shall make her find good bail. Defendant : Find bail ; what for? I'm sure I conducted my business in the - most respectable way ; I have none bu gentlemen come to my house, and, as to the girls, I am mother to them. I never allow a prudent girl to come to my house, and Mr. Allen can speak to my respectability, for he knows I pay my taxes regularly, and that I subscribe to every charity in the parish. Mr. Allen could say this far, that the defendant, whose real name was Francis, conducted the house externally with great decency, but he knew nothing further. Mr. CHAMBERS then called upon her to put in good bail, and ordered the six girls-to be detained, but well treated, in order that they should not be tampered with. Mr. Allen promised to write to the friends of five of them, to see if they could not be received back. UNION-HALL. Yesterday G. Smith, a young man who had until lately received parochial relief, was brought before Mr. WEDG WOOD, charged with stealing a gold watch out of the shop window of Mr. Nutley, the watchmaker and jeweller of High-street, Southwark. The prisoner's defence was that he had committed the robbery owing to distress.—He was fully committed. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a miserable -looking woman, named Amelia Jones, was placed at the bar before Mr. TWYFORD, the presiding magistrate, charged with having at an early pe riod that morning been found by police constable M. Mer chin, 131 H, sleeping in the open air on the step of a door in Church-street, Bethnal-green, and also with having no visible means of subsistence. Sergeant M'William, of the H division, informed the Magistrate that the poor woman was, on the preceding evening, brought to this office before Mr. BENETT, and charged under similar circumstances ; but Mr. BENETT said he had no power under the present law, and ordered her to be discharged. The unfortunate woman, on being asked to what parish she belonged, said St. Luke's. She had, she said, formerly been in very comfortable circumstances ; but since . the death of her husband, which happened about three months ago, she had been in an excessive state of destitution, and for three weeks had not slept on a bed. She had made appli cation to St. Luke's parish for relief, and had been refused. Mr. TWY FORD as k e d h er w h ere s h e h a d b een i n t h e ha bit of sleeping for the last three weeks ? The woman wan dered about until she became quite exhausted, and then re sorted to either a field or the steps of a door for rest, and her clothes had literally rotted off her back. Mr. TWYFORD had no power to interfere otherwise than to send the poor woman to prison ; and, as she had com mitted n o o th er o ff ence th a n sleeping in the open air, his feelings would not allow him to do that. The unhappy wo man would much rather go to prison than wander about the streets. All she wanted was the parish to clothe her, and she thought she would then be able to maintain hersel Mr. TWYFORD said that the new Act had taken all the 1 N 11.••••••••, power to order relief 'out of the Magistrates' hands, buttlibee would recommend Sergeant M' William to take her to overseers of Bethnal-green, in which parish the constable found her, and state her case to them. _ Sergeant M' Willi am as k e d the magistrate if he would give him a note to the overseers ? i the der F t o o R i n nte a r g r a e i r n ,,, sa h i u d t t i h f a t t h l e le had no authoritY°l3ide: wa s to o"' the overseers would cert a i n ly be ind p ic o t o a r bl " e 'o f m or a i n u arder. tke Sergeant M‘William ultimately undertook to take _ AA . wretched WrMlati to Bethnal-green workhouse , an d to rer—, to the moglstrites the re?,ult this day. Yesierd: 1; fl U? TiI.I:!TES OFFICE. .31ac Ca etls. M • Cy ,z t.. A LLA N N Collins, Iv he licld an infant in Light before cbargol w it her arms. Both partie's appeared to be most terribl y punished, t e , man in particular, and Lis face was dreadfully cut and,.the figurea. The case airu l ded a strong illusiration oi f-:rooity with which the lowers orders of Irish sornetioes 3 tuck otwh other. . Mr. BALLANTINE said the parties had beennputualth tgb; gressors. The man had no business to interfere Vi woman, and she had no right to strike him. It .rias must sible be protected from these tokeeptheparties tinge brawls,oo dhtaud he our,bcuallt t e h d e o Pb o th parties to enter into securities to keep the peace. .40.111611 f IRELAND. CORK CITY SESSIONS, SErr• 27 ' Or Lord Beresford, of the Guards. 7 47 ° 1 7.f the well, John Meade, and Richard Levinge, E sq rs., yo b/ 43d Light Infantry, were indicted for assaulting Ml° on the night of the .sth September. was g oiof John Leahy examined by M r . HariNETT --- " t he d i/ home through Patrick-street about 12 o 'clock °11 ,; 0 o ther in question, and saw the four d e f en d an t s , with Marl officers dancing on the flags with two women 11- t ., atl lo l boro'-street. On seeing witness they at onc e se - A t oile" - kicked him, knocked him down, tore his coat, ape him in the gutter. He used to get six kicks at w i A instant. One of the women de s ired him to be ° t. ge watchman, too, was present, but only for a moalen to rb • then wanted to get away from them, and walked e n , t the,: the Parade, and crossed over t o th e New Street, u ti rpe r of followed him, and again attacked him near tbe C O be fore, Tuckey-street, where they again treated him Al as s beating him, kicking him, s i x o f th e m together, is hea him down and rolling him in the gutter. He was t he • ft° for three days from the beating. The offi c ers wer e oar to strike him. Never gave them any molestation a f tbs pertinence. He was unable to find out the nam es two who were not indicted. Cross-examined by Mr. FORSAYTH..--"Va s a t the f ere that night. Left it immediately after the aloft closed. Drank nothing after. Was going / I °l.A to g ° Lives near St. Nicholas Church, and he in en through Patrick -street, though it was not the slier' h i t a . ,,s' The officers first struck him. They did not firttori9 charge to the watchman. He saw no one that rag_.% de be' acquaintance but the woman. He crossed the ll° aijdraoli, fore the officers, and they followed him. He wa s ..001 Counsellor FORSAYTH.—Did you ever hear of '" Witness (interrupting.)—No, I did not. Mr. FORSAYTH.—Why did you answer before leutitio:tetl -1 the question? Did you ever hear of money being from officers, by the fear of a troublesome Pres... 7 Witness.—No, never. &Ott He served a Crown summons on.the woman 63 ' 1 40 1 r, t him to go away, to attend as a witness. She said she not come, as she was afraid the officers would lan t o afterwards. She also said if she came she vre against the truth. ch i " r The cross-examination of this witness having eetiocet° an announcement was made to the agent for the a the that the woman alluded to was in Court, but he he would not examine her. the JorS For the defence.—Mr. FO R S A YTH addresse d O r d He observed that this case should have been delay to fore the Magistrates, but that from the inevitoo ,e uet tet,„ this Court, it answered th e p ur poses of extort ion worry military men by bringing the case here' e n d entered into various circumstances of inconsist siti tb contradiction in the prosecutor's evidence, and n ot he would show by evidence that almost every end 01 material and immaterial, of the prosecutor's story d , or Lieut. Campbell, 43d Light Infantry, Win'toso the night of the sth September was at the theatre,ept to a pany with five other officers ; after the play th e y vi atai bia to hotel, where they remained for about an hoor , .. st eet„, supper ; they afterwards walked through Patrick t he r: 4l get a car, and while walking they were annoyed l i ttberle 1 secutor, who used to shove against then', 0 ' 4 , - 4 I 4 0 1 molest them ; they f re q uen tly t o ld him to Wl' - t he •"' struck witness on the ba c k, an d c aught him hi a 1 and they then pushed him away. Cross-examined by M r . HARTNETT.- - T he v pin id Ds annoyed their party before they met the women' t Ord they remained half an hour in the hotel ; was t n° , - e '"gt in the street—(A laugh)—they may have te r ' e , -- datiot across the street, but he did not consider thav b p it o could not tell whether the party danced anbe being acquainted with the Irish mode of peril: 1 '101 1 G movements.--(Laughter.) - Could not recellect W ei ov, (witness) danced at all, though he was Per f i e ,f,. spti Thinks he did not. They were not on a reg" . " oltigr oe 't (Laughter.) There was a difference betw eell a nt along and a dance. Was not warm, if that me ta dy; 0 A watchman came up : they gave him in eeshopints; some women joined them. They walked • n tea ti ,,or avoid him, and crossed the Parade with th eh at they crossed first, and he followed them erarae t menced his annoyance. H e sa id h e would ma''' ty by them. A tea t he Mr. J. C. Coote, 43d Light Infantry, corrolf r t s of bi testimony of Lieutenant Campbell as to the la, o arlfi e ir prosecutor being very drunk and annoying tothelr.;oltte? laying hold of them before any push was gi ven i ma. t ee t7 having given him in charge to the watchman,' t he T t yt having been followed by him when they crosse" „ o pen to avoid him—could not say whether they ian te night. , def en ;4o l4 [Here some argument arose as to the rigat traV%fa Counsel to expl a in by a re - exam i na tion, that taeouotiesthe frequently visited the theatre, and supped, as a c ti e p pere ll the unce r t a i n ty o f w it ness w h e th er there was Ile ° a night in question or not.] Neale, the Watchman, was the next wit! le tree t ' 'O ll the officers walkino• ver steadily along P a tric... be vv aS the prosecutor following and annoying them ; pre ° tst in charge to him by them, but an acquaintalleeen, to take him home, he did not take him to bride w o rsel ar sf Cross-examined—Got no money from tr e ss es pests none-.-saw a woman with the trave ,0 0 Cook-street. e vi dew; the The DEPUTY-RECORDER summed UP the cert irig A e t te od. both sides briefly, but with great clearness, ell the dictno discrepancies in sonic s li g h t c i rcums t a nces' °f c oatilje ne" ant's witnesses, a n d t o th e di rect an d urlifer o ce• f o rivar' , by all the wit nesses , o f t h e prosecu t or 's eT r i o tring up - p rose: " tined also th e sus pi c i ous om i ss i on i n not c 51.1 eon' the carman, and the w omen w h o were kn e w er cuter, one of whom was in Court, and wh o v P 1 at the transaction. ttlrnecta The Jury, without quitting the box, r e ' oa cr t ° of Not Guilty. dere a The witnesses, on b o th s id es , bad be en ' Court durin g th e t r i a l. twee d, eb fi fej ast er Mr. FORSAYTH, on the verdict being anise-,,oeoas be that he had been unwilling to introduce : tffht nn t ii :prir into a clear case, but that he thought ' t t ; u 0o pttb.`i - o f omitted that the defendants had all thron fa i r trial o f ciples, given every opportunity for a full have b e en €01 4) matter which might with much less trouble.,;n,:ra Beres;. o o promised ; and that one of them (Lord W°' o ver I D o had, with great personal inconvenience, come trial Witil London for the sole purpose of standing has brother officers.—Cole Constitution. Spa" B IRTHS. grs• , On the 28th ult., in York-street, St. James yeaso Pcrceval, of a daughter. On the 23d ult., in Halkin-street , t he wife of hTheni.asy 0 f 000 0 Esq., of a daughter. lac On the Ist inst., at Purley House, Re Fitzgerald, Esq., of a son. W. On the 21st ult., in King-street, Soho , Mrs. 11. a ding 1. , te of a son. h MA R R lED. v i a l i vort'„bte r On the 27th ult., at St. Peter's District Chur- jot daub William Ancell, of Oxford-street, to Mary .tu ani ne i ; er e vr i u m. of Mr. Henry Cleaver, of Grosvenor -place, Rev._ Archibald r 4-00, On the 26th ult., at 3lusselburgh,or Stewart, Craignish, Argyllshire, to Jane, of P ubh le Brown, Esq., of Gilston. of Park-street, to olar.7.i.tli On te 24th ult., by the ROM= Catholic ArchbisheE, C Thomas Fitzpatrick, Esq., 31-aa—ughter only daughter of Denis KearneY, o 01 lor's-walk. 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