The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-16 00:00:00

How to Execute President Davis.

In connection with this matter, it is well to notice
the fiendish coolness with which certain people
speculate on the accompaniments of Mr. Davis's
execution. A person writing to a Boston news-paper suggests that the usual " forms" (as he is
pleased to term them) of the law be set aside in
this case, and that the Confederate President be
executed at some central point, most convenient to
the whole country, so that all who wish to see " a
traitor's death" may witness the process of stran-
gulation. Another " loyal" correspondent is
of the opinion that the gallows should be manu-
factured horn timber furnished by the several
States--a portion from each State. One man
wants him hung with a twisted American flag. A
woman has sent to the Wr,r Department, from
Charleston, a rope manufactured by her husband
especially for the purpose. Another woman has
given to the public a brilliant thought, to the effect
that the fatal cord shall be composed of strands
spun from hemp grown in the several States, one
strand from each State. This female should travel
in company with the man who suggests a gallows
of national construction. Still another person,
who evidently has not heard of the rope sent
from Charleston, thinks that the cord should
be made of South Carolina hemp. A man, who
calls himself " A Citizen of Norfolk, Virginia,"
advertises in a Norfolk paper that if the Govern,
ment does not want to kill Mr. Davis, he (the
advertiser) will agree to "do the job" himself.
Nor do these infamous wretches stop here. They
go beyond the gallows, and coolly discuss the " pro-.
per disposition" of the body. One wants it buried
with that of Booth ; another wants it weighted with
rebel bullets and sunk in the deepest sea ; another
still proposes cremation, and the scattering the ashes
to the four winds. Do not, good English readers, I
entreat of you, take these things as an expression
of the sentiments of the Northern people, for such
they are not. They are the outcroppings of that
ferocious spirit which suggested the starvation of
Confederate prisoners in retaliation for wrongs
alleged to have been inflicted upon captured Fe-
derals ; they are the fit results of the teachings of a
Chandler and an Anna Dickinson. Dark as they
are, they but illustrate human nature and show by
comparison the worth of civilisation. And, thank
God ! this show of utter vileness cannot defile the
path of eternal justice, or sully the fame of a great,
good man.—Letter from America.

LAW • INTELLIGENCE —June 15,

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Erie and
Justices Mlles, Byles, and Smith.)
GEORGE O'MALLEY IRWIN V. SIR GEORGE GREY BART.

This case, having been set down in the list for argument,
came on in its turn for hearing about two o'clock this day.
It was, on a former occasion, set down for argument before
the judges of the Exchequer Chamber ; but, as usual, by
an application made on behalf of the defendant, was post-
poned.

MI. Irwin appeared in person, and claimed his right to
have his case heard in its due course against the right hon.
defendant, as it had been duly set down in the list of argu-
ments, and stated to the Court that he was prepared to pro-
ceed there .vith.

Chief Justice Erie stated that the Solicitor-General held
a brief in the case on behalf of the defendant, and as he was
engaged elsewhere declined to hear the case in his absence.
Mr.lrwin replied that other counsel who possessed immense
intellectual powers, viz., the Attorney-General, Mr. Hannon,
and Mr. T. Jones held briefs also on behalf of the defendant
as well as the Solicitor-General, and claimed it as a right not
to have any further delay or postponement of his case. He
Pressed on the court, that so doing was, in fact, a denial of
justice. If his case would not now be heard, when it had
regularly come to its turn, and when he was prepared to
argue it, he called on the court, at least, to name some day
for disposing of it, as he had no other business in this
country, and the expenses attending his absence from Ire-
land, and crossing the channel so often since 1862, when
the venue was laid in the county of Surrey, but changed
to Middlesex, on defendant's application, was ruinous and
unjustifiable.

Chief Justice Erlo stated that, if Mr. Irwin wished, he
might name Michaelmas Term, in November next.

Mr. Irwin protested strongly against so long a postpone-
ment, and stated that the defendant had twice before made
applications to two of the judges sitting in Chambers, Mr.
Justice Montagu Smith and Mr. Justice Crompton, with
the view of postponement till after the long vacation, and
on each occasion the learned judges refused his appli-
cation.

The Court, however, declined to name any day espe-
cially for the hearing of the case, so it remains in tho
list of cases for the sittings after the present term.

MARKETS—TiIIs Day,

MARK-LANE.

The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market
to-day were but moderate. For all qualities the demand
ruled inactive, yet prices were unaltered from Monday.
With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied.
Generally speaking, the demand ruled inactive on former
terms.

Floating cargoes of grain moved off steadily at full

prices.

Barley, of which the supply on sale was very moderate,
sold slowly at late rates.
Malt was in slow request at late rates.
The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. Most
descriptions were in fair demand at previous quotations.
Beans and peas ruled firm at full currencies.
There was a fair demand for flour at late rates.
ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 1,460 50 1,660 60 280
Irish
Foreign 15,910 3,080 25,190 140 sks.
brls