The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-02 00:00:00

JUNE 2, 1852.

In the Country.
J. Williams, Golynos and Varteg, Monmouthshire,
shop-keeper, June 23, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—
W.
sho Williama, Golynos and Varteg, Monmouthshire,
p-keeper, June 23, at eleven, at ,tne Court, Bristol--
T. Ross. Manchester, furniture dealer, June 24, at eleven,
at the Court, Manchester—W, Hewitt, Great Driffield,
Yorkshire, brewer, June 23, at twelve, at the Court,
Kingston-upon-Hull.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
W. Lougher, T. Lougher, and D. Laugher, Plymouth,
Devonshire, iron founders, certificates of the first class
—W. Baynes, Leeds, flax spinner, certificate of the third
class, after 21 days from May 27--G. Moon, Borrowby,
Yorkshire,, corn miller, certificate of the second class,
after 21 days from May 27—J. Norwood, Snaith, .York-
shire, corn miller, certificate of the, third class, after 21
days from May 28--D. Shaw and J. Shaw, Royal Edge,
Yorkshire, manufacturers, certificate of the third class,
after 21 days from May 27.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 'T. Creawick, J. Creswick, N. Creswick, N. Irving, and
J. G. A. Creswick, Sheffield, and Craven-street, Strand,
silversmiths—R. Ricards and B. Ricards, Bath, uphol-
sterers—T. R. Marshall and J. Coglan,Jermyn-street,
St. James':, tailors—C. Day and E. Young, Gravesend,
Kent, surgeons—J. Ballard and T. Ballard, Dake-street,
Manchester-square, paper hanging manufacturers--D..
Byles and S. Stokes, Langley-place, Commercial-road,
East, chemists and druggists—B. Galway and S. K.
Wilson, Mincing-lane, City, Custom-house agents—N.
J. Plonghwright and J. Going, Springfield, Essex,
Yin oert ha Il—
i rtea,ej.M
worsted .Wilson
s inne spinners—C. J.
C. LToawr naenrd,
TC.r laws s.
Wise-
man, man, Perry's-place, Oxford-street, wholesale stationers
C. IL Edmonds and J. Jones, Eldon-chanibers, De-
vereux-coart, Temple, attorneys and solicitors—W.
Jackson and W. T. Seal, King's-road, Chelsea,
builders—G. Seekings and J. Vergason, Stratford,
Essex, ale and porter brewers—T. Bailey, •sens., sad T.
Bailey, jun., Cockernaouth and Keswick, Quinberland,
booksellers—S. Castelli and B. Gukstiniani, Constanti-
nople and London—J. Wardle, jan., and F. Mockett,
Preston, Lancashire, gold thread and plate- manufac-
turers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Joseph John Milnes, Rulnae, Lancashire, bookkeeper.
James Byrom, Manchester, labourer. •
John Jataes, St. Woollas, Monmouthshire, grocer.
William Bisco, Newport, Monmouthshire, wheelwright.
John Henry Drolenvaux Jackson, Sheerness.
C. Green, Henlep-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, coal dealer.
John Bate; Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, market
gardener.
W. B. Atkinson, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, grocer.
• W. Renshaw Wright, Dunkinfield, Cheshire, chemist.
. William Frances, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, carpenter.
William Hughes, Carnarvon, victualler.
William Brocklsby, Summer Town, near Oxford, turner.
James Tomlinson, Belper, Derbyshire, frame wroth.
Diehard Tucker, Carmarthen, retailer of spirits.
Edward Bash, Deal, wheelwright.
John Appleton, Hutton Cranawiok, Yorkshire, farmer's
labourer.
Thornis Coles, Bristol, carpenter. ,
Edgar Bodle, sen., Ashford, Kent, dealer in coals.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
'j.-Bannatyne. Lainhash; Isle of Arran, Buteshire, inn-
keeper, to raeotJune and Jttne 29; at twelve, within
Bannstyne's Inn, Lanalash.. •

LAW _INTELLIGENCE.
EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, June. 1.
(Sittings in Error.)
This morning the Judges assembled in the " Et-
chequer Chamber" for the purpose of appointing the
days on which their LordBhips would sit "in Error"
after the present term. The days appointed were as
follow:

, .
For "errors" from the. Court of Queen's Bench, to sit
on kionday, June 14, and Tuesday, June 17.
There are no " errors" from the Court of Exchegaer
for these sittings. . •
M'GREGOR v. THE OFTICIAL MANAGER OP THE DOV ER
AND ,DEAL RAILWAY COMPANY,
Mr. Baron ALDERSON pronounced the jadgmenit of the
Court in this matter. In this case the company had been
formed for the purpose of making a railway to be called the
" Dover and Deal Railway." The promoters of this un-
dertaking were prosecuting their bill, and were about to
abandon it,, ivhen it . had been considered that if that pro-
ject were carried out, it would prove advantageoui to the
South-Eastera.RailWayCompany were it, to be transferred
to that company. Negotiations with this view were there-
upon entered into between Mr. M'Gregor on the part of
the South-Eastern Company and the Dover and Deal
Company,• which resulted in an agreement to the effect
that if the latter would proceed with their scheme, and
south-Raatern Company, that company undertook in
tthbee
evßei should Pats, and they transferred it to the
rall
oitkercieetion
of the project to indemnify the
promotre.Oe Dover and Deal Company from all
costs and exf thpena6s. The Bill in the end . was thrown
out, and the latter company had thereupOn claimed from
the Sonth-Eastern Company the expenses and,oosts con-
greofiunsged to pay the demand, whereupon
aEs enact uat
cave :into
action
Companyat their e
brr
ought, to Parliament. The
in
-
in which the. Dover: and Deal
Company gained, the verdict.' Eventually the case came
upon,a. it
of error 'before this court, when it was ar-
gued that it was not a personal contract, nor was the
contract effective as regarded. the company itself. The
hdoeufgenhd at
hnet ss, the other • hand, had contended
South-Eastern Company were not in,
a position to make the contract, yet that there was pot' any reason why the plaintiff himself should not make a
personal contract. The Court of Queeri's Bench, upon
this, held that Mr. *Gregor was responsible. It was
the opinion of the Court of Error, however, that, that
decision was wrong, and, therefore, that the judgment of
ghate s eanl tt
the court below ought to be reversed.
Judgment of the Court below reversed accordingly.

MlD6DsetLehrEaffeseon:tix,SESSlONSo:,Al%B,asisstan,tJ.du indictedunde
gfole.:
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agistrates, at the Guildhall, Westminster.
Aa :ie. 1
38 andsteal-
ing a
Gd. the property of Miss Helen An-
nette Campbell, from her person.
Air. DighY Seymour appeared for the proeecution, and
Before
BenchAeafnoipriea.Eroslei.:l
ir
au. n d 4s .
Mr. Birnie, for the defence. •
It appeared that Miss Campbell, who is the daughter
of Sir John Campbell, accompanied by her brother and
two little girls, went to the Zoological-gardens in the
Reineet's Park on Saturday afternoon, the 15th of' May.
gate shegave a half-crown to the keeper, but he i
observing that t was split and would not ring returned
it. Miss Campbell then put it back in her purse and
entered the gardens. Going about to see the different
animals sand; observed that they were followed by the
this excited her suspicions, she took
place of seeing if her purse was
safe. Immediately, afterwards, while looking at the kan-
garoos, she ielt the prisoner push against her, and
saw the lace of her cloak near -her pocket
move. The prisoner then walked away towards
tphreisoopnpero.rtuniyasat one
the cage of one of the antelopes, evidently with
sac, and there
e no exit. Miss Campbell immediately
of escaping, but it was a regular cal de
efas
felt in iinnthenertiopnocKet, and discovered that her purse was
gone, and then her brother followed the prisoner, and
gave her into custody. Oa her way to the station sho
dropped 'nether purse, but the policeman observed it,
and picked it n a
IC -gain. At the station a pair of scis-
pocket, and also the split halferowe. Ono of the keepers
of the animals sors, a loedston
tion had not been made,-
that evening also found Miss Campbell's
purse just thrown inside the antelope's cage,
pprrriisago.nionnoectrAryihriad e, and. several things were found in her
custody.
pMr. 81.Yatenn said he was instructed on the part of the
rosecution
with hard-luArl'7.
to reconeniend the prisoner to mercy.
returned a verdict of Guilty, and
The Ass, gone before she was followed and given into
if SOY Previous conviction had been found out, most cer-
and Thomas
tainly have transported her. He had no doubt that she
ho sheuld have remanded the
order JUDGE said,
further inquiries, qifatirhiiess,realtaimsheorlucill.
was a most accomplished pickpocket, and that she car-
ried the scissors that were found on her and the load-
stone about with her as implements of her profession.
instructed
He t1:1"1 sentenced her to nine month's imprisonment,
Murphy, aged 32, Thomas Keheller, aged 40,
disterbanee made by
assaulting William Pollard, a Metropolitan police-con-
table, in the execution of his duty.
Ryan, aced 30, were indicted for unlawfully
rdr- Cooper and Mr. Poland appeared to prosecute,
for the - ne - for the defence.
by a gentleman from the office of the Solicitor
fon
treasury, and Mr. O'Brien
It apPeared from the evidence that there was some
the prisoners very early in the
Sunday, morning 01 the 18th of April, in the honse
of
a holle Mr. Ferris, No. 8, Upper Fitzroy-place, where Ke-
lodged. Mrs. Ferris and her hu,band complained
I' it, and Kelleher struck her, and she called out
" Murder," and sent her son out by the window to fetch
the pelice. Pollard anal two other policemen, in conse-
quence, went to the house, and forced the door of the
room open where the prisoners were. A scuffle ensued,
in Which the door was again closed against them. They.
to apprehend the prisoners, when Pollard was
again forced it, and went into the room and endeavoured
severe blow by Murphy with the tongs, and also by the
of to, who armed themselves with the poker and kg
Mr. O'BRIEN, for the defence'
of a table. Pollard was much injured by the treatment
be received, and was not able to en en duty again till
the 24th. He was taken to the hospital, and the police-
men, with the assistance of others who came up, took the
prisoners into custody,struck_
ea
contended that the
policemen had no right to take the prisoners into custody
without a warrant -Under these circumstance, he did
not think that the resistance the prisoners made could be
construed into an unlawfa! 51-4131SlicM§ ViOtlnding, 29
laid hi Uea indioturent. - -

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stiff that she could not bend it, and it continued so for twelve
months. She .tried remedy after remedy, but to no purpose,
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v
e
ever,
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The ASSISTANT-JUDGE impressed on the jury that,
las the indictment was framed under a clause of a
particular statute (Lord Campbell's Act), the offence
mast be strictly made out as charged. The police had
the power of breaking open a house and taking parties
into custody without a warrant where an aggravated
assault had been committed, but it Must be shown to
them that this offence had been committed, which did
not appear to have been done in this case. If not, they
would not be justified in taking this course, and the
parties would have a right to make resistance against
being taken into custody. Now, to bear out the indict-
ment, which charged the prisoners with unlawfully and-
maliciously wounding with intent to do bodily-harm,
the jury must be satisfied that the police had a perfect
right to take the prisoners into custody, and that they
had not the least pretence of right to resist them, or
that they assaulted the police from some other cause, and
not because they were going to apprehend them.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of Acquittal.

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Mr. Spurgin, who was some days ago charged with
having obtained 11/. from Mr. Everett, newspaper agent,
of No. 14, Finch-lane, under false pretences, underwent
a final exemination before Alderman Wilson.
The following report contains the essential points of
the additional evidence, which was of ' very great
length
Mr. Everett, jun.—ln giving
the cheque for 111. to the
defendant I relied'upon his having money in the posses-
sion of Mr. Stratt, upon whom the order was drawn, as
well as upon the statement that he was a director in the
Britannia Assurances Company. This is the cheque I
gave to him. It was returned with other paid cheques
from our banker's.
Cross-examined by the solicitor for the defendant—
The cheque was written by procuration. The money
was my father's; but I have been debited with it since.
I am not in partnership with my father. I am authorised
to draw to any amount.
Mr. E R. Foster, resident director of the Britannia
Assurance Company, said, in addition to his former
statement-I-The Standard of England Assurance Coin-
pane, is united with the office of the Britennia, which is,
I believe, the older establishment. The defendant had
a policy for .5001. in the Standard of England office,
dated 3d March, 1840. It was transferred to the Bri-
tannia in September of the same year. That policy
lapsed in 1852 from non-payment of premiums. It can
he revived within twelve months, upon certain conditions.
It is in the proprietary branch of the company. The
defendant has a policy in force, the date of which is 3d
of March, 1845, fur 4991. in the Britannia Mutual Lite
Assurance Association.
Alderman Weesox—Supposing that the policy in the
Standard was in force, would that, joined to the other
policy which is in force, qualify him for the office of
director? Witness—No; they are distinct authorities,
one of them having no sort of influence upon, or adding
to, the effect of the other.
Alderman WILSON—Is there anything due from the
Britannia to. Mr. Spurgin? Witness—l am not aware
that there is. If he were to bring policies to the office
now he would be allowed commission. He was our ac-
knowledged agent at Chipping Origar and at Leamington.
Mr. W. Everett, see. (the complainant)—l know the
defendant from having become joint bail with him for
Mr. Lewis, who was here under a charge. I went to the
defendant's house on Friday, the 21st of May, in conse-
quence of what was said to me by my son, and told him
that his order upon Mr. Strutt had not been paid, that
gentleman having denied that he had any money of Mr.
Spurgin's in hand. I also told him that if he did not pay
the money he would be placed in a position similar to
that in which Mr. Lewis had been placed, and that he
had said he was a director of the Britannia Assurance
Company, at the same time that he was scarcely known
at that office, Ile then said to me, "lam a director;
I have isigned the deed." He then asked for an hour's
time in order to be able to go to Mr. Strutt, and I said
if an arrangement were not made I had no alternative
but to bring the matter by summons before the Lord
Mayor.
Several other witnesses having been examined, the
solicitor ,for the defendant then called
Mr. F. David Lewis, advertisement agent, Moorgate-
street, who said: I know the defendant, and I know the
Messrs. Everett many years. I remember accompanying
the defendant, on the 10th of May, to Mr. Everett's, in
Finch-lane, to see Mr. Everett, sen. We did not see
him, but we saw his son. I stated to Mr. Everett, jun.,
my position in wanting 11/, more to pay the solicitor for
the parpose of my defence. I had introduced Mr. Spar-
gin to, him as the gentleman who had been bail together
with his father for me. He objected, upon which Mr.
Spurgin stated that as he was bound for my appearance
in the sum of 501. and his (Mr. Everett's) father like-
wise, and my briefs were ready to be delivered to
counsel, which could not be done for want of fees,
it would hardly be safe for Mr. Lewis to surrender
, without a counsel, in which case his father would be
Iliable to pay 501. as well as himself. I said I ni-
-1 gretted that Mr. Everett, senior, was not present, as I be-
lieved he would immediately do what was requisite. Mr.
Spurgin then said he would deposit a policy of 5001. as
collateral security, and as there appeared to be a diffi-
culty about getting the money, he stated that he would
go to the Britannia office and see whether he could not
get the resident director to lend him a cheque for 101.
Upon going out, he said something about pledging his
watch, which appeared to be more in joke than anything
else. In ten minutes he returned, Mr. Everett and I
having remained together in his absence. He said he
had not seen Mr. Foster, the resident director. I then
suggested to Mr. Spurgin to give the order upon Mr.
Strutt. Mr. Spurgin expressed his readiness to give the
order in exchange for Mr. Everett's cheque, and after a
little hesitation on the part of Mr. Everett, that gentle-
man said, " Well, Lewis, I'll help you out of your diffi-
culty," or words to that effect. Mr. Spurgin then wrote
the letter produced, and Mr. Everett gave the cheque for
and handed it to Mr. Spurgin, who handed the letter
to Mr. Everett, stating that, the order would be paid on
the Wednesday following, as Mr. Strutt was then at
Paris. Mr. Everett -then shook hands with me, and
hoped that I would get out of the difficulty.
The defendant's solicitor—Did you hear Mr. Spurgin
say that he was a director of the Britannia? Witness—
I did not. I heard him say be would go and see the re-
sident director of Britannia Company, but not that he
was hithself a director of that company. If he had said
so, I must have heard him.
I regret that I have to
come up and contradict the evidence
Mr. Everett, for
_of
both are my friends. lam betwixt two fires, and do not
wish to offend either party.
Cross-examined by the solicitor for the prosecution—
There were only the three of us present during the con-
venation. Mr. Everett has- lent me several pounds,
which I returned to him. When Mr. Spurgin spoke of
the necessity of my having eli
counsel for my defence, I
said that I would at all events surrender, and not allow
my friends to be victimised. _ _ He did .not say he would
go and see whether he could not get
a cheque from a
brother director. [have not frequently represented Mr.
Spurgin to Mr. Everett as a director of the Britannia. I
of Swan, then tenor, •
went to the offices' Mr. o tenor, and handed
consider m e
over to him the 11/. I yif bound to pay the
said he could not take upon him-
money.
Alderman WILSON
•
him-
self to decide in such a case. It appeared to him that a
false pretence had certainly been. used. The defendant,
from his long acquaintance. with the Office, Must have
known the value and description of the property neces-
sarya man to be a director, and however dis-
posed
he might be to serve a
to qualify
friend, nothing could jus-
tify the falsehobd to which it was evident he
tify or excuse
the
pecuniary aid which resorted to procureeh
Was
consi-
dered necessary.
The defendant said—l shall reserve my defence for a
tidily° occasion; bat I solemnly declare that I am an
innocent man—that I had not the slightest intention to
cheat or defraud, or_ act dishonourably, and that, mo-
rally, commercially, or professionally, I have done no-
thing with which I can upbraid myself.
The defendant was then bailed to take his trial.
.BOW-STREET.'
'Edward Wright, who described himself as the keeper
of an Office to obtain situations, for servants out of
place,
was. charged with assaulting and threatening
am Davis.
The complainant stated that he was an auctioneer and
house-agent in Dean-street, Soho, and bad made him-
self obnoxious to the defendant by prosecuting him at
the Old Bailey for defrauding poor servants out of
money deposits under the pretence of procuring situa-
tions for them. The defendant, with others of his com-
panions, underwent a term of i • roprisonment, and since
hi • a release he had been constantly pursuing
witness with
threats and insults, front which he stood • 1
4bodily fear
*of him. On Thursday night, o
,happening to meet the
defendant in the street, the latter said, " I am out 'again
you and I'll finish you before Igo back." Wit-
ness avoided him, but presently received a severe blow.
on his ear with a stone, and before he could tarn round
the defendant had escaped. Witness saw nothing of
him afterwards till that morning (Tuesday), when, at
about seven o'clock, while walking in Coventegarden, the
defendant rushed upon him suddenly with an open knife
in his ffand; and made three attempts to stab him in the
stomach. 'Witness escaped injury by stooping, but his
trousers were out in the struggle.
The defendant gave a general denial to the statements
of the complainant, declaring that he had not seen him
for several days past, and that
.the whole story had been
trumped up to prevent him from appearing against Davis
that day at the Marlbarough-street Police-court, where
to prefer a charge
his daughter was going against him.
He admitted that he did go into the market on business
and could call his wife and daughter to prove that he
brought home some vegetables. He denounced the com-
plainant as the seducer of his ( g ' Wri ht a) daughter; but
he did not complain of this so much as he did of the
false swearing and heartless villany of the man, who was
no auctioneer or agent whatever, but obtained his living
by robbing poor servants of their hard-earned wages un-
. •
der the pretence of procuring places for tnem,
' Mr. JAIIIODTE thought it was hardly North while fee
the defendant to go into the question, of character, after
the.exposure of his own notorious doings in that way in
New oxford-street, for which he was convicted and
punished a year or two ago. His worship, believing -the
complainant's statement, then ordered bright to find
two sureties of 80/, each, and enter into his own recog-
nizance in 1601. to keep the peace for twelve months The defendant was committed in default. *

IRELAND.

LIBEL IN THE " WORLD."-SENTENCE ON AIR, BIRCH:
DUBLIN, TUESDAY —Yesteyday Mr. James Birch
Was brought up for judgment in he Court of Qqeen's
Bench, to receive sentence for a confessed libel on Mrs.
French.

Mr. MARTLET moved for judgment, and briefly men-
tioned the facts of the case.
Mr. Birch exprcesed his sorrow for having published
the libel complained of.
Mr. Justice CRAMPTON, after some preliminary re-
pmraorpkrsie,tporroocef. aeded to say—You were the- printer and
journal published weekly in this city,
called the World. The proseeutrix, Mrs. Elizabeth
French, is a widow lady; she had been the wife of .a
gentleman of station and great respectability in this
city—the late Mr. Henry Sneyd French. Mrs.
French is the daughter of Mr. Abraham Brewster, a
gentleman of the bar, a Queen's counsel, dis-
tinguished for his ability and
cte eminenc n that
honourable profession. and resped by all te
is owhom he
known for the honour and integrity -of his private
character. It does not appear that you had any no-
quaintance with, or had ever been in the coat:rimy of
Mrs. French; and Mr. Brewster, I believe, was only
known to you in his professional and public character.
Mrs. French had never given you any offence; she had
never offered you any pruvocatioe, unless, indeed, it
were an offsnoe that she was the daughter of Mr.
Brewster, at whom you had taken umbrage; unless- it
were a provocation that she was a bereave d widow, liv-
ing with her fatherless infant, in the house of her own
parent, and under his protection. Every humane and
generous mind would respect the sorrow and sympa_
thise with the sufferings of this unoffendine lady. The
wounded heart naturally courts retirement from notice,
and seeks its solace in privacy and seclusion from the
world, and few things can more poignantly aggravate
the sufferings of the mourner than to be dragged from
the shelter of domestic life and held up to the g,ee atsd
scorn of the thoughtless and unfeeling world. Such was
the situation of Mrs. French when yeti selected her to
be the victim of your reckless—your wicked calumnies.
Yuu wielded an engine ot terrible power, and you aimed
your envenomed snafis at the head of a dotenceless
female.
Mr. Birch—Might I make an observation ?
Judge CRAMPTON—Nut now. You had in your hand
an instrument well fitted to torture a sensitive mind, and
you made Mrs. French the victim of your cruelty. You
were the publisher and proprietor of a newspaper, and
in successive publications you wade your journal the
vehicle of repeated slanderous a'tacks upon the character
and conduct of Mrs. French. You exhibited her in the
columns of your parer in the most odious eoleurs—as
a monster of impurity, and as the perpetrator of acts ot
the most heinous and unnatural criminality. Y. ur in-
discriminate and nefarious slander did not stop there.
It contained within its detestable folds every member of
her family, and even the house in which she resided. I
have deliberately read over the articles to which I refer,
and which are the subject of this indictment, and more
diigusting or abominable calumnies I never remember
to have seen.
Mr. Birch—lf your Lordship read or heard the obser-
vations made of and to me by Mr. Brewster, in the case
of " Birch v. Somerville," your Lordship would make
some allowance for me and for what I wrote under the
excitement of the moment. He received 40 guineas lee
to abuse me, and to call me a hireling hang dog assassin.
Judge CRAMPTON—You are by such observations only
adding to the reasons for inducing the Court to pass a
severe-sentence on you. I repeat again that I have de-
liberately read these calumnious articles in your journal
respecting this lady, and more abominable, more malig-
nant, more detestable libels I never heard of in the course
of my life. I will not enter into the odious detail as ap-
pearing on the record to which you have pleaded guilty
I shall not offend the ears of those who are here assem-
bled, or desecrate this temple of justice, by stating more
particularly the absurd, incredible, and abomidable slan-
ders which are set out in this indictment; that they are
libels of the grossest character nobedy can for a moment
tdhoeubbteigainndnigtnhat they are utterly false and fabricated from
to the end you have yourself centessed—
they are the mere fictions of a diabolical or disordered
fancy. Icannot forget that your concession and contrition
(for which, however,. you are entitled to consideration)
followed close upon the refusal of the Court to postpone
your trial, and that up to that period you persevered in
your attitude of defiance, and that sour late retractation
may be ascribed as much to fear of legal punishment as
to contrition for the injuries you had so cruelly com-
mitted.
Mr. Birch--I assure your Lordship that is not the
case, for I offered an apology fully two months before.
JudgerCnamPrat—l hope so; and I will now piss
over the motion to postpone the trial, and ask what was
your motive, and what has been your excuse for these
unprovoked and atrocious libels? You were, it seems,
offended with Mr. Brewster for his speech on a memo-
rable trial. -
Mr. Birch—Not only offended, but exasperated.
Judge CRAMPTON—WeII, then, you were exasperated
with Mr. Brewster for his speech made in a memorable
trial, in which you were the plaintiff and Mr. Brewster
was counsel for the defendant; and in your desire to
• avenge your wrongs (real or supposed) upon the father,
you most recklessly sacrifice the reputation of his inno
cent, unoffending daughter. This is the only excuse
you could allege for the cruel calumnies with which you
have assailed the prosecutris. I must say that a mire
mean, unmanly, or tin-Christian mode of taking revenge
upon an adversary I cannot conceive. You hoped to
wound the father through the un, ffending daughter's
side. This is but an aggravation ot the crime. If in
moment of passion you had given way to general ex
pressions of a strong and calumnious character against
Mr. Brewster or his whole family, I could understand it,
bad as it would be; but here you deliberately write
down—you pen and prepare carefully your libel, and
not only published them, but republished them.
Mr. Birch—I protest against the correctness of ycur
Lordship's statement.
Judge CRABIPTON—I must say that this is but an ag-
gravation ot your offence. Da not misunderstand me. It
is not to give you pain.
Me..Birch—But, my Lord, you are-giving me a great
deal of pain.
Judge CRAMPTON—II is not to give you pain that I
have characterised your conduct in terms of such severity.
The Court is always desirous not only to do justice, but
to satisfy the public that justice has been done. The Court
is desirous that those who. constitute themselves the in-
jstructors and censors of the public, and who in their
ournals --.
Mr. Birch Alas, my Lord, I have rendered myself
unpopular. --
The CRIEF JUSTICE—Mr. Birch, I must request you
will keep silence, and not interrupt his Lordship.
Mr. Birch-1 must repeat, my Lord, that I hero been
rendered unpopular with all parties for supporting the
late Government.
Judge CRAMPTON—And I must repeat, that those
who constitute themselves the instructors and censors of
the public, and who, in their journals, may freely criti-
cite the conduct and characters of public men, should
remember that in the wide field of their pursuits they
have no warrant to invade the domestic circle—that
female honour should especially be held sacred—that as
every Englishman's house is his castle, into which the
g reateet in the land cannot intrude without becoming a
trespasser—so private reputation is a sacred territory
which cannot be invaded with impunity. Our law
wisely and generously leaves the press tree and un-
shackled; but when that freedom degenerates into keen-
tiousneas,and the press becomes aggressive and injurious
to indtviduals, it becomes amenable to law and punish-
ment. What, then, should be the measure of your pun-
ishment? You have already undergone some punish-
ment; you have, either voluntarily, or under the appre-
hension of consequences, submitted to a humiliation,
painful, indeed, to an honest man. One, and only one,
redeeming feature can I see in your conduct—l mean
your apology in open court--your public retractation of
your infamous calumnies on Mrs. French, and your
public expression of penitence and contrition for your
crime. I wish this retractation had been earlier—l wish
it had less the appearance of prudence about it; but
late as it was--
Mr. Benoit—l offered it two months ago.
Judge CRAMPTON—Late as it was it bas been taken
.into causideration by the Court, and has operated to
mitigate the sentence which would otherwise have been
pronounced upon you. Under all the circumstances of
this painful case, I am authorised and instructed by the
Court to award for the offence or which you now upon
your own coufessioil stand convicted the sentence that
you be imprisoned for the period of twelve calendar
months.
cannottYof
The Traverser was about addressing the Court, when
The CRIER JUSTIOS Baiedr—proYpt-e'ar had an n opdp
and we t u
making obeereatione at ol
hear you now.
Mr. Birch-I must state that the chief offence of
which I was convict.d—
The Clam. JUSTICE—It is not the custom to allow a
traverser after sentence to address the Court. You had
an opportunity of doing so, and you did not avail your-
self
lifrf. it
irch—You allowed John Mitchel to speak after
sentence-
The
CHIEF
JUSTICE—Nire cannot hear you, Sir. Let
the traverser be removed.
Mr. Birch was then removed in the custody of the
City Sheriff, and will, we understand, be imprisoned in
Richmond Bridewell.
THE CRURCII.—His
will bold an Ordinati
onGornacesuthnedaAyrncehxbti,shboepinogf
TDruinbiltiy
Sunday, in St.n
Stephen's Church, on which occasion it
will be re-opened for Divine worship, • The hours for
prayer on Sundays are stated to be half-past eleven and
four o'clock. There will be prayers on Wednesdays and
Fridays, as formerly, in this church, but at what
hour has not been stated.
The Lord Bishop of Cork, Clops°, and Ross, has
the -
pointed the Rev. Richard Graves Maredyth to
Vicarage of Kinsale, and the Rev. Francis
Connor, to
the Curacy of Innitcara. '
THE FLEET AT QUEENSTOWN
Orders have been
to
Chan-
nelen-0
moorings laid down for eleven
ams._o you
barbAlr during
received at Cork from the Admiralty to have additional
Qu ee
which
fleet—which is to visit
the progress of the Exhibition,
is to ho opened on
the 10th inste by the,Lord Lieutenant.

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When made up is i From what 'loo
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SHOCHllrebter
_ NH DEATH OF AN AGED FEDIALN.'"'"-
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female
evening a melancholy and fatal accident happened
named Sarah Mills,' aged 83 years, lately residing A
F4OO. 6, Green-str,:et, Bethnal-green-road, under the fotillf;
Ipt_ g shocking circumstances :—The deceased. was very
from her advanced age, and it seems that she bad bash le
to purchase some trifling article for household use, and 11;1136
crossing the carriage-way to the shop of a tradesman /11
Bethnal-green-road, she was knocked down by a cart
longing to Mr. Bryant, the carman of Princes-square, -0111.:i
road, St. George's-in-the-East, and before the driver Ow,.
possibly stop the horse. one of. the wheels of the
passed along her body. Several fdot-passengers instantly
called out, and rushed to the assistance of the unfortunate
creature, who was picked up and carried in a state of it:100:i
sibility to the residence of the nearest surgeon, who orderr''
her to be placed in a cab and conveyed to the London IVS:
pital, but life was quite extinct when the house olio"
examined her on the arrival of the cab at the gates of the
institution. The body was shortly afterwards taken tot
dead-house to await an inquest.
rein
Ithae
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to theipssatetotiho: whouesree sentbyth epolice.
Dyesterday
office to the Governors of the West Indianf

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