The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-09 00:00:00

L ECTION COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

PLYMOUTH
At the sitting of the committee this morning,
Mr. Seijeant Kinglake, on behalf of Mr. Mare, said
that himself and his learned friends having consulted on
the evidence already laid before the committee, had
come to the conclusion that the acts of Mr.
Mare's agents had so compromised him that it was
impossible for him to hope to persevere success-
fully in his opposition, and on their advice Mr.
Mare had decided to resign his seat and relinquish
further opposition to the petition. On the part of Mr.
Aram's agents, he must state that they had been acting under the erroneous impression that there was no differ-
ence with regard to the dispensation of patronage be-
tween a member seated and a candidate on his canvass ;
?lid it was by this misunderstanding that they had been
led to commit those injudicious acts for which Mr.
Mare must be held responsible, and some of which
aIIS. doubt were quite sufficient to void the seat.
e should propose to call Mr. Mare to give an expla-
tion of his c mduct, and he might further state that
his course was not the result of any compromise or ar-
rangement of any sort between the parties.
r-Ilm Chairman expressed some doubt whether they
t
c,h
ea:ld, consistently with their duty to the public, allow
se Mr to close so abruptly.
tio . Mare was then called, and was under examina-
n when we went to press.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY,)

OLD COURT.
The May sessions of the Central Criminal Co-_-_rt were
°Peued this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Re-
furder, Sir James Duke, the Sheriffs, and other civic
nctionaries.
The calendar contains the names of 148 prisoners.
thThe Recorder, in his address to the grand jury, said,
at
though the calendar presented an unusual number
°f prisoners whose cases it would be their duty to en-
en-
quireen-
quireict°, in consequence, no doubt, of the rather un-
th7u. length of the interval which had elapsed between
cise and the last sessions, the offences charged were
of a very aggravated character. There were two
eft? °f murder, but as true bills had been found in each
btf,lese last sessions, they would not come, of course,
aci'r the present grand jury. From the information he
that before him on the depositions, he was happy totsay_
a vei with one or two exceptions, the cases were not
to to -serious serious or grave description ; but he was
ferniere that opportunity of stating that at t ese a. ndeart.
Wetly riessions, he had not unfrequently
.been
informed as to the nature of the business whichbe
glad u.tc,come before the grand jury, and he should 'le could draw the attention of the cominitt.ing
it ma-
plates to that circumstance, and to the position in whicht
of
Pa the grand jury as well as himself. By an ac
tpiireadrliament of the present Queen's reign it was re-
that the that the depositions should be returned before
direcutessi°ns, or at such time as the court shroduilrdeeotridoeorooor
the „Now he believed that no order o
Rahn--Nod had been made by the court ; but, at the
tha•ticle, the judges had always expressed their opinion.
ait Was desirable the depositions should be sent in
bshort time before the sessions, in order that they might
gle.al°,l°lced into before the presiding judge addressed the
tifß,,l3' jury. He was sorry to say that at some police
the—dSe a Practice had lately grown up of keeping back
Was Positions to the last moment, and the consequence.
for.
.great inconvenience to the business of the court ,
in ttlt often happened that the depositions were placed
the be hands of the judge just when he took his seat on
bee °nob, and when it was utterly impossible for him
the
aeZgiurne acquainted with the facts detailed within. If
strates would be kind enough to make their clerks
wad ,the depositions before the sessions commenced they
ho-nikt greatly conduce to the public convenience. This,
a: not a matter in the hands of the jury, and
ot would, therefore, not detain them with any further
44t how greatly
upon it. There was only one case of an
1)„,t,°11 human life—it was that of a man named
rahn '„ci,i'LLi_o was charged with cutting the throat of a wo-
atte,"lll was
he cohabited. It appeared that he also
he '"Ptenl to cut his own throat, but in both instances
-barges unuccessful. The case assumed the shape of a
factre°,,,,eAcf woundine• with intent to murder.
.If. the
they ;.'re Proved as they appeared on the depositiotrnu,e
hill a o.uld, no doubt, find it their duty to return a a
toniegalost the accused. There was another case, of
ehar what
d ,Peeuliar character, where a foreigner was
boclif;i With firing a pistol ith intent to do grievous
that h arm and to injure some person. It
oappeared
*hethee Was going along the street—it was nstawteads
rhe was in liquor or not—but he
Nybo°unded
a large crowd of little boys,
was teazing and
and as like rnost foreigners,arm° envelopedg in a large cloak,
him vhieZhssurro
unded by the boys, a pistol
14 his session went off, but no one saw
°I theinibtan one, Though the pistol did not hit any
Who was YB3 it unfortunately struck a young woman
d
Who one
Pa.esillg
along the street. Now, if a man aimed
that vas not
snhootwhnmissedeirhim and hit another, though
act ; but
tl oirda. intention,t he might be ir. Licted
had nbe constitute it an offence, it
toaimedhe constitute
at some person. If he
ea4e 13°_ ntention to aim atany one, they would in that
aceid:nilustified in treltin the discharge of the pistol as
nsUal e 1141. There was g another case, rather out of the
th in which sa
man named Powell was charged
sire for, accessory to the fact with regard to exten-
eierknig,e,ries on the Bank of England, committed by aROW t
"` Lnat establishment who had absconded and was nro
atc,o4aMenable to the law. By the law as it forme ely
eitheran. accessory after the fact could oennlbtried
tried, but
fOrt,, With the principal or after he had be
nier4llatelY by a most use act introduced into Parlia-
-110 t,I3Y Mr. Baines, now the Presidentccoeff.,tshoeryPafooterrLtahwe
'get d' it was competent to placet a
.."'" on his trial before a jury in
115a.1 principal had eluded
the absence of the prin-
-40 and notwithstanding that
d Themaking
offence of
of
accessoryneither
concealingatter theor fact con -
e in the system o
in any other way assisting or
14 ),ay with the
objectplundeor,
of "the principal felon. If they
ernoting the
sci!lnd that to be proved in. this case,. they would be jus-
',7,ted in returning a true bill against the accused. After
abiding to a few other cases in the calendar, the learned
corder remitted the grand jury to the discharge of
their important functions.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.--(TBIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)

IN RE WEST AND WEST.
IttillAWAY BANICRITTS.—These bankrupts had carried
,-11 business at Donnington, Northampton, as drapers,
and to-day was appointed for their last .examination.
I,lt may be recollected that the bankrupts, who are
isi.,-g men absconded a short time since, after having
Coliclestinely, sent up property of considerable value to
tahltlen, to be disposed of by a forced auction, but the
isec,7rePts were apprehended, and the proceeds of the sale
ti,74.ered
officer through the agency of Russell, one of the detec-
•e
4 The balance sheet now filed by Mr. Sloper, extending
4:113, February 1852, and ending March 1853, shows
ea.,,r to creditors 398/. 14s. 3id. To Mr. West for
231-41, 385/. ; profits 1031. ; creditor by debtors,
lose 10s. •; property 591. Bs. ; trade expenses 931. ;
.10, 576/. Drawings by W. West 741. Is. 2d.
It West, 56/. ss. Bd.
ihso principal losses were 2801. is. 9d. on the sale of
of ttelt„Y by the Sheriff, under an execution at the suit
t;zsaolseton Banking Company, and others, and 197/.
of goods which bad cost 3501., and which
-44"1 been sent up to London for sale.
Wjetition was subsequently presented to annul the
ain bankruptcy on the ground that John West
Da inor at the time of the adjudication, but after
l'up.„uleao had been heard, as counsel for the bank-
-410r,1-o' and Mr. Healder as solicitor for the assignees, his
4,119 ur dismissed the bankrupts' petition, and the case
tie,,,eam before the court on the question of examina-
Th which was not concluded.
agai:i the bank rupt, John West, has given notice of appeal
El decision of his Honour on the petition.

SOUTHWARK—(THIS DAY).
ItOnEtt FIRE IN THE
ears o
about twent
with
age, I'd Nett, a young fellow ,
Beckett, charged
of
Re, was br ht before Mr. A m the person
4ich R 7
AT TIIE LONDON -ROAI).—f
4teaa °ug
at Battersea.
a silk pocket handkerchieeefidfireog
.1! • Raulstone, a gentleman r
on d tin
said he was u and
pries ohn husband Rowe 110 M,
tbetween eleven
i,te clothes on Saturday nigh-
elve o'cl kin the London-road while.
London-stre
ta„i,. clock
mills in
eds of
4,P 'IR at a timber yard and saw
-lacenf There several huntderr
was
persons—. were at the time a large fire waset
crowd,
behind
htt in the London-road, andtheprosteeheu
pftleztipting to force his way through
the prisonerock
Ilihsell 'witness distinc ly saw
pocket and
ilteal
--4 Put his hand in his coat P
into
i,_ a silk handkerchief with which.
and took him ,
euintrll3, when he seized hold of him
he
tonma . ehadknown.
watch him him to w
was about. to
4 A g
niort 41°n. of thieves which induced
1,, Particularly.
ilountil d and did not
his, r°seentor said that he had his handkerchief safe
missin
it Pocket when he entered the crow
the °Meer told him something,
The ha.ndkerchief produced was his property.
when he felt his
Theket and found that his handkerchief had been stolen
toTte Prisoner who declined to say
e charge was fully committed for trial.
anything in answer
d North
4141.P.1q1._, POL, SATURDAY. —The British
tooZ7oan niail steamship Africa,
oamfternoon,
Nvith ofr departure hence for New York this
besides
the air number of passengers and a full cargo,
*sited
Harrison can mander,
the Ilsnal /nails on board. A heavy fall of snow
so
in town at
abouta 7 o'clock this morning, notwithv:tand-
q! that on previous evening the weather was v
114:1! at thunder was generally expected. The
1444.'teeri extremely cold since the snow came Theslown.,..om_
hm2'ettlyera employed by the North Union Railway U
_. -
`,-17,!Y between Liverpool and Manchester have been dis
ir7!ged in a body. They persisted in demanding an
kairease of 2s. in their wages, which the directors re-
Thte.4 to grant, and their discharge has been the result.
thence have have issued a placard stating that, in con.se-
trc, " of the unprotected state of the line, resulting
ei.lnedtheir discharge, the lives of passengers are endan-
Tr 4411
litie Intz OUTRAGIN IN TUB COIINTY OF AEMAGH:--
htte:fr"Y Telegraph. reports that yesterday morning
nekriebt. II." were made to burn two houses with their resi-
„' It' the neighbourhood in which /sir. Chambre was
' 4sB4BBi4ated a short time since.