The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
Pm= Sia T. Thum, Ma. lames Varrneon, AND
BAEOX Wars.
THE CMAHOII 07 SHOOTING AT Elea MAJ MITT.
Wiliam Mani atom was placed at the bar to plead to the
indictment chergis:g him with a misdemeanour, in having
unlawfully discharged a pistol at her llssj sty.
The indictment alleged that the prisoner, on the 191
May, at the parish of Si. Martin-imam Fields, having in hi.
pout:Lion a certain pistol loaded with an explosive substance
to wit, gunpowder, unlawfully, wiliuVy, and toolicioesly
discharged the seed pistol at h r Majesty, with intent
thn reby to do injury to her pencils.
In other ceun's of the indictment the intent of the pri
eoner was laid to be to alarm her Majesty, and to cause a
breach of the peace.
The ptisoner pleaded guilty.
The Attorney-Cieuer.l then rem acd said that perhaps
their lordships would forgive h.sa for stating tl appear" g
as he did on behalf of her Majesty, in his publi: capacity, be
did not Orel it wee memory for him to say more than that
he was quits cutest to leave the ease in the hands of their
lordship', who were ao doubt well acquainted with ell the
eircuats.ances from the depositions, and, therefore, were in a
position to decide what punishment should be awarded.
The learned judges th' n consulted together for a short
time, when the Chief Justice pawed sentence upon the pri-
mmer in the following terms: Pawner, you have pleaded
gu'lty to an offense created by an act of parliament of the
6th and 6th Victoria, and your crime consists in the fact to
your haCog discharged a pistol loaded with gunpowder at or
neer the parson of her M.ijesty with intent to alarm her.
Tea. is the offence to which you have pleadel guilty, and,
although in s scue cases it may be desirable that all the parti-
publiculars under which a charge is preferred should be made
ye t par case is so simple and clear that it is not
an incanornient circumstance that you should have ple-ded
guilty to the charge made against you. It appears, from ti •
depositions of the witneses, that you came over to this
eoun'ry from Inland, and that you got work here,
as a beeklaysee labourer; that you afterwards went to
France, and, altar remalolaig there a Mort time, came back
to England ; and that you took op your abode in Load sn,
with two wanes, who allowtd you to occupy an empty
1100M1 la their bombe, end supported you, you in return getup
of ermadefor them. It appears that on the day in question,
the 19th of May, you borrowed a pistol from one of these
women, and afterwards procured acme gunpewder from a
child is the house, and that then, bevies resisted the appli-
cation of the child to amemperty you, you went
alone to the Oren-pick, and, having made some
inquiry respecting her Majesty, you waited about until
she made bee appearance in Per carriage, and that you then
discharged the pistol at her MO sty. The ease aaainst 7:,11
is, than fore, perfectly clear, and the off .nce imputael to
you is that of having offered a gross Iseult to her Majesty.
There is no ground for supposieg that you intenled to do
her blejesty any personal injury; indeed, the weapon you
need appeared hardly capable otdoing mischief. Ihe manner
In which it wanloaded also tended to conk. m that impres-
-1100. it WAIF the opinion of persons well conversant with
the nature of fl-marme, Irem the speed of the report, on I
other circumstances, that the pistol was merely loaded with
powder, and that no bell Lad been plata d in it.
There appears, therefore, to be no manner of deubt that you
are free from the volt of intending any personal injury to
her M.jesty, and it is also quail) clear that you had no
awociatea, but that it was your own individual act to commit
the gross insult upon her Majesty. It was a most united-
Sable sad improper proceeds*, to poem' • pistol at avy
person, but the eat was greatly aggravated when the
sovereign WWI midia the subject of it. It was a great
aggravate's to an insult, when it was offered in • qniuter
where rtnllll2oo and hoot ar were due. It was also an act
likely to cause greet alarm in the public mind, until
the real asters of tits transaction basso known, and
the fslhful • tt,,j. es of her Majesty were assured a
the oaf ycf their *overtire. It is &Meek to is agin •
what so 'v0304 c meld have tad flee the eenitnieden of seek
an a..t, and it appears only to be ettribu'able to an unfor-
tunate theire t i obt in net ri-ty sad to attract public riven-
tion for &short period, withmt any intention re.lly to injure
her js y. The Quota might be pref. tly assured of 110 T
permed safety', from the feelinp enterxxixed by I.er
rote towards her, bat it was neve airy ',hat her laudable de
sirotoshowh-re Kuehn people should not be a' all interfered
with by bush axis ol insult as that to which you have pissed
gui ty, and that the public eh euld al.o tot he
depraved of the whole:sues and phasing enj iyaeot of Sc eing
their VEST. ign In pabLe by such prs•ceeditsge ee A. se. As,
there**, notoriety was your only swims for committing this
mileaLievaus am, it le menswear, that y n and ethers of similar
propari its sheeld be taught that such notoriety is very short
lived, and that it is sp eddy followed by a sentence
involving a very considerable amount of degradation and
suffering. The sentence upon you, there( re, as a pu-
nishment for your offence and as a warning to others, that
you be transport, t beyond the vas for the term of MAUI
years.
The prisoner, who hear I the sentence with apparent in•T-
ference, an 1 without making any observation, was then re-
moved twin the her.

A Ton STY.ANIZ WAS BLOWN UP this morning at
Biliingagste. U r same was the Br. Michael, and she was
wed ter Wieling small rear Is op to Billingsgate The 's-
pleen was severely scalds I, hut further than dos (althea ih
there were some half &lea men on board) no one was in-
jured. Shortly after the orploaio2 the novel soak.

The increase was thus comma :
lank of .....
.I.lut god.w. rt4o
Mph
ban-lei
leech banbe—nore
The fixed iswes —the private banks beivg
4,815,4581., it follows they were below the amout.t,
1,097,9781.
The fixed issues of the Joint-Stock Banks being
3,4099871, it follows they were beluw the amount
559,46;4
The fixed issues of the Irish banks being
6,334,4941., it fellows tl ey were below the amount
2,066,6064 with s2tcie in band to cover issues for
1,881,4151. besides.
The fixed is.ues of the Scotch banks briug
3,087,2091, it follows they were above the amount
41,9801., but with el vie in hand to cover the defi-
ciet cc, and issmes fut 916,8411. more.
Thil ay. rage of coin and bullion held by the Bank of
Beglvd during the four w. eke ending the 19th ult.,
was, 14,330,6381.; decr. au on the preceding return,
491.9591.
The avenge of such) held by the Irish banks cur-
ing the same term was 1,681,4131.; increase on the
previous reran, 8,4961.
The average of specie held by the Scotch banks
during the same term we. 938,8211; decrease, 20,7371.
The yearly oomvarison shows the following dif-
ferences in the circulation:
Desk of Dstairi. min 2576,205
!Maio bides. Ise »................».... E 129,167
£37,C66
23,130
532,774

. £70.3,871
Deduct Bank of Mend end joint stock