The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-13 00:00:00

13 1852

Naughton struck Vm. and hr snbYrquontly to
t..lkothe prisoner up 0 !he
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CouNsEr,
t.ti-ro mx or m•v.- n r:.: ,"n b:zt
ho felt mat it would bq 00 Cie tit,,
Court to call them, as their cvir.l,:laci-., vp.,eld be similar to
that Fllrpaoy

Mr. VIEL-sBY procorded to rt,ply. prtfectiy agreed
with his Learned F•iErd, Mr. fluddeston,-, hi twiny of
his remafki. He • ci.i.iy:lepr,cAteri !.!(o donee of both
parties, and r,gre Teti thr, (he wor,hi;,p-ri of the same
God, the 13,likvers in the same Saviour, and the subj,cts
of the same Queen, should ti>e up in such a manner
against one another. He referred to the very small
police force iu Stockport, considering, as his Lordship
reminded the L-arned Counv,l, that one of the wit.-
posses had said, that for the I six months no one could
live in S••ckport with safety. He •.houg-ht the greatest
b!Ame rested upon the magiitrat,s the borough. He
then proceeded to comment upon the evidence, Trying
some weight upon the, diicreoincies in the satein,nt.,,,,
to the number of the weapons in the bands of the Irish
men.

The Lecrned JUDGE stuninel up very coreisy, and
the jory !tb,,uth,lF-An•hour's (1,1:1-era-
tine, thi jury returret a v.rdict of Giiiity rig:A:lst, ail ho
pri,uti,,r, r,ir rioT.ous/y asstoTWltng urd ercAt g a rut
Themai Murpily nlone guilty of utr.iheintisi!.
•h' wan,. eiekt,; Naugh.on, guilty of to csiault; and
TYl'Dmott, not gniVy.
Oa a sPeitc(l indictment, cha7i.tint; Murphy with fel°,
niou.ly wou:Ai;,g., no vririeuc..; was offered, lad a verdict
of not guilty was ttikou.
Tne senteoc wcs d,•ferr,A.

Tee trial iAst,,d right hour,, etT,cl was, a 9 the Learned
Counsel for the prosecution exprei;sed it, oLly the
scene in Vie drearlEol drama, the si-er,nd helm; the
chargA a4ainst the Engiish fur demolishing the Rowan
CAtholic chapels.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HUSUE.
The City Soliciear =,eelied for a summons agsinst the
master of the steamer Q Teen, for having on beard 660
passengers upon an excursion to the Nore, oe the 26th
of July, when she was cortifieated to carry on=ly 300
The application was in,tde under the 14th and 15th Vic-
toria, chap. 79, called " An Act to consolidate and
amend the Laws regulating Steatreboats.
The Loan MAYOR asked whether the information
ought not to be laid by an officer of the Board of'Trade?
The City Solicitor replie,i, that under the directions of
the Court of Aldermen ho had obtained appointments
from the board for inspectors nominaael by the commit
tee of aldermen, to whom the complaints of the over-
crowding of steamers lied been referred and the infor-
mation was laid by them. The complaints of the citizens
had been numerous and of the most, pressing character.
Upon inquiry it had been ascertained that no inspectors
had been appointed by the Government tor the purpose
of giving effect to the salutiry provisions of the sta-
tute. Parliament had provided no hinds to secure the
efficient execution of the duties devolteal upon the
board appointed under its provisions. It was very easy
for the Legislature to pass laws vesting in the Govern-
ment extensive centralising powers, but, unless at the
same time they gave them funds, these powers, however
ntewsary they might be for the public safety, would re-
main worse than useless, for they would give to the
public the sere-blance of security without its reality. The
public loo,ked to the Lord littler and Court of Aldermen
for protewion, and, feeling the weight of that responsi-
bility, the City authorities had appointed the inspectors
at the expense of the corporation, and directed him to
enter the necessary proceedings to enforce the bene-
ficial provisions of the statute. From letters which the
aldermen had received, it was evident there could be no
doubt that scarcely a day passed in which a number of
lives were not placed in extreme peril in consequence of
the overcrowding of these vessels; and in the event of a
serious accident it would afford but a poor apology that
between the common law duty of the conservators of the
river to take precautions to protect human life, and the
duties imposed upon a Government Board by modern
the important responsibility of affording pro-
teciou to the public had been abandoned by both. He
was happy to say the feeling entertained by the Court
of Aldermen had been warmly met be the Government
authorities, and he had no doubt that both bodies would
act harmoniously together in executing the powers of
the Act.
The LORD MAYOR ordered the summons to be imme-
diately granted.