The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

INTE,TIGATION AT Trill; POLICE couirr.

So the twitter ended for the night, and mo:n-
ing the female and a young man were brought before the
city magistrates. The court was &roily thronged, and the
rev. gentlemen named, with two other missionaries, were
in attendance.

After calling on the case, the magistrates thecae.: the
policeman (Wilson) to be sworn, and he detio,sii to the
unprecedsnted eleitement which prevai!rd —the stone
throwing, and narrow escape the Ike. Mr. Lewis had
from being murdered. He identified the female a+ having
struck the rev. genComan with a atone in the bosh.
This witness was etoss-examiaed by Mr. O'Donnell, who
appeared for the ds fence.
The lt,v. Mr. Lewis was next sworn—lle stated he
was from Scotland, and descritnil the nature of the attack
upon him, without any provocition, not having preached
in the streete, but merely went out to seek alter his friend,
whom he had heard was in danger; he addcu he did not
with to have the female punisLeci, as the was induced to
act as she did, oscine to the excitem, tit which pr.:Tails d.

The young man arrested was next put forward, but Con-
stable /Cash only proved that he saw the clergyman's
umbrella in the prisoner's band.
Mr. O'Donnell—Whether the bench consider the assault
by the female proved or not, I feel bound to say that the
circumstances of the case would almost justify the conduct
of the populace upon this occesion, and I niti,t protest
against the system thus organised to distula the public peace.
sl acv say they come to evangelise the benighted Irish, but I
would recommend them to turn their attention to the state
of things existing at home.
Bev. Mr. Leal. (warmly)—lf you were in Scotland you
would not be hindered from speaking a word—we want
nothing but what we would get in Scotland.
Mr. O'Donnell—Yes, when you turned the Sisters of
Mercy out of Glasgow.
Bev. Mr. Lewis—You want to browbeat the magistrate
by your talk.
Bench—Your ob,ervation is quite improper. Mr. O'Don-
nell is professionally engaged to defend a client, and God
forbid that in this country a man should be di.b.iered the
liberty of speech.
The Bench then inquired ere was any one in (curt to
depose that the ',mei edings which tuck place woe calcu-
lated to lead to a breach of the peace.
Mr. O'Donnell called Mr. Patrick A. 'Wolin, of Dread-

who swore that if the gentleman he saw hail not per-
sisted in preaching in the streets there would not have been
any disturbance.
Bench—Can the police give us any information as to the
public peace being endaneered ?
Major Caldwell, county inspector, replied ha could. As
regards the nature of his business, with that (said he-) Uwee
nothing to do, but 1 am sure if the proceeding is repeated,
there will be great danger to the peace of the cite. I seldom
witne sed such excitement in a mob a. that which was ex-
hibited last night, and were it not that these gentlemen
were taken under the protection of the police they would in
all probability have been killed. The ;melee found great
difficulty in bringing them through the streets, UM: I had
to turn out all the men in barrack to suppress the disturb-
ance. I remained with them on duty for near two hours, and
should a recurrence take place it would require far mare
than the city police force to put it down.
Mr. (Julien asked the bench if there was not a law for the
sappression of mob, ?
Beach—There is a law to prevent anr proceeding calcu-
lated to disturb the peace.
Mayor—We have now heard enough to guide the bench
in the course they will pursue, and if those gentlemen con-
ter with us in the Grand Jury room, we will tell them our
opinion as regards the course they ought to pursue. There
is no evidence against the man brought up by Nash, but as
regards the female an assault is proved. Let her be bound
in her own recognisance to appear here on Friday for judg-
ment.
The magistrates withdrew to the Grand Jury room,
where, we understand, it was represented to the missiona-
ries that they ought not, nor could not with safety to their
lives, preach in the open streets ; that, as the populati-
is chiefly catholic, their doing so would be diet:lave to the
members of that persuasion. Religious discord would
spring up and lead to bad consequences.
The rev. gentlemen at once submitted to the opinion of
the magistrates, promised to adhere to their advice, :ld
intimated they would make arratgements for preaching
within doors.
The Rev. W. N. Lupton, resident preacher of the Wesley
Chapel, George-street, was in court, and informs d the
magistrates that he had been twice struck with stones in
the street by the mob, when proceeding the same evening
to the house of Mr. Wm. Cochrane, George-street, though
not having bad any connexion with the gentlemen in
question; and that, from what he witnessed, he wecd not
wish to give the use of his house of worship to thu rev. gen-
tlemen from London.
The matter then dropped, and the clergymen left the
court.