The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DA

Five Irishmen were indicted fur a riot, and violentliAr
saulting Job Morrison, a police constable, in the ezeen''
of his duty.
It appeared that about two o'clock in the morning
the 24th May the defendants, with many more of the',
countrymen, were in King-street making a disturbs,' tA,
when the prosecutor went up to them and desired thell',.4
disperse quietly or he would be under the necessity of c311';1
for assistance and taking them into custody, upon which
ear
of the defendants, named Shea and ll'Dermott, itonl7l
ately knocked him down and severely beat him. Sege',
others came up, and violently kicked him until he Wag 11
sensible. At length a posse of policemen arrived, and
some difficulty secured the five defendants.
The Jury found them all Guilty. The two ringleade°
Shea and M'Dermott, were sentenced to two month* i°Y
prisonment, and the others to ten days' imprisonment' it,
Richard Griffin, a policeman, was indicted for assail
ing a painter and glazier, named Christopher Hudson. „:
It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, t;
the prosecutor went on the evening of the 18th of Mg
'
pawn a bat, at the shop of Mr. Drew, a pawnbroker
b 0
Islington, when be was followed in by the defendant, °,,t
demanded to know where he had got it; he replied t"",
it was his own, and had bought it, at the same time offyi:
ing the defendant his card of adds ss ; the shoPtnan,4hlce
stated that he knew the prosecutor to be a respect,- 3
person, and that he, the sbopman, would answer tho,l,
was all right; notwithstanding this, the defendant idi°t,
misted that the prosecutor was a thief, and that
Drew's shop was a receptacle for stolen goods, and 9,11,0'13'
the pros. cutor violently tore his coat in several Pl4—lif
struck him several blows with his truncheon, and firisti
carried him off to the station-house, where he was instan
set at liberty by the officer on duty.
The defendant was found Guilty and sentenced to the
months' imprisonment.

Summonses were served this morning upor' °PI
LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, VisC°l,
ALTHORP, Lord MELBOURNE, the Duke of
Lord PALMERSTON, Lord DURHAM, &C. &C., to atter,'
Cabinet Council this evening.
This forenoon, at twelve o'clock, Lord Fig;
ROY SOMERSET held a Levee at the Horse Guards, if°
was numerously attended.

GREAT AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE j;
RessiA.—The letters received from Petersburgh this iOO,
confirm the great calamity occasioned by the fire on
premises of the celebrated deal merchant Gaoltornr
ce
the interior. The extent of deals destroyed is now a! be(
tamed to be 450 m. standard, and four saw-mills, toge'oj,
valued at 430,000 rubles. It is added prices were
ready advanced in consequence, and expected to he yep
high. Deals were becoming scarce, and it was elnioe
certain would not shortly be procurable at any rate. dip
markets in this country will be very much shortene

supply from this accident—Hull Rockingham.
The Observer, of Sunday, Sept. 11,
as pbl
as the Monday Edition, will contain a full account of
ee:
Coronation, illustrated with explanatory prints, one sb
and the price as usual 7d.: covers, gratis, to send isa
any part of the kingdom free of postage. A Dlpo pt
edition of tile " Observer," price '7d., is printed at r°o
o'clock every Monday afternoon, which is beat for co 16g,
and foreign circulation. Sold by G. GooncEß,
Strand, where may be had for 3J. the Gallery of 1400 olio
calities ; engraved and printed on one sheet of 2of
columns. Such a concentration of frolic, wit, 1,1
humour, was never before offered to the public at snout
price. They are recommended as the best antidote for 0,,
cholera morbus : sold to the trade at 29. for 12, and °o!
sold copies taken back if retnrned before the e°dt
the year. The Coronation " Observer," price 'c(
will be on sale at 169, Strand, for one week $
September 11.
TAX ON BIBLES.—It is stated in the LOlltit:
Papers that ANDREW STRAIIAN, Esq. printer tors/0
King's Most Excellent MAJESTY, who died on Thu
week, has left 700,0001. in legacies. It is not gener,V
known, but it ought to be generally known, that on ,
printing of Acts of Parliament, the King's Printer I'3d
profit; of about one hundred per cent. beyond that WI/
other printers, were there an open competition, would
contented to take ; and that on bibles and testarlys?,
printed by the King's Printer and the two univergto
there is a profit of between fifty and one hundred per 'fit!
charged to the public, beyond the ordinary printers' Is°o'
No wonder then that one who has shared in such 0:10"01
polies should have been able to leave 700,0001. But '
eJ
a shame it is that the word of Goy should be thus t 5,5014,
to put money into the pockets of a couple of indivi3°
or into the coffers of a couple of lazy corporations. ,be
the money subscribed to the Bible Society, for the disrr/hit
tion of the scriptures, no smaller a sum than 500,0001.
been absorbed by those monopolists ! Or, in other 0,4
they have pocketed as much of the money of that 53c„/01
as would have put into circulation TEN MILLIONS Of bcfrcol
copies of the new testament ! An enquiry into this 35,0
flagrant abuse of patent rights is now taking places 3°,0
becomes every man who desires the distribution of ,
scriptures to enter his protest against the iniquitous 4
post.—Allanchester Times.
The following appointments of Lord Lieutell:
ants of Counties in Ireland, under the new Act, have
ready taken place

- Antriin
Armagh Earl of Gosford.
Cavan Marquis of Westmeath.
Cork N. Earl of Shannon.
Donegal Marquis of Donegal.
Dublin Earl of Meath.
Fermanagh Earl of Enniskillen.
Galway Marquis of Clanricarde.
Kerry Earl of Kenmare.
Kildare Duke of Leinster.
Kilkenny Marquis of Ormonde.
Mayo Marquis of Sligo.
Meath Earl of Darnley.
Queen's County Viscount De Vesci.
Roscommon Viscount Lorton.
The Dublin Times says it is expected that Lord Dor101;
MORE will be appointed for Tipperary, and that ' poi
county of Clare, where there is no resident Peer, it I'Lo ri
improbable that Sir E. O'BRIEN will be the
Lieutenant.

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BITHS.
11 I're
On the 3d inst. the lady of J.B.Esq., B. Heath, of Russe -00 j
of a daughter.
On the 2d inst. Mrs. C. R. Bond, Egrernont-place, •- 1.1 eW .
of a daughter. ,
sts,
On the 3d inst. at CheIsea,MARRIED. I. Wrentmore, Esq. of C w, ept,.
Mary Ann, daughter of the late G. Hebert, Esq. of Cleo' ,
lane, Lombard street. • AO' ,t,
On the 3d inst. at Streatham, Mr. R. Stevens, of Bro, oc,
Fanny, second daughter of R. Norton, Esq., of Pickett-'
tat
and Streatham Paragon, Surrey.
On the Ist inst. at St. James's Church, Westminster, le'
H. J. Hatton, R.N., to Josephine Louise, daughter of '
Monsieur Laveley, of Rouen, in France.
On the 31st ult. at Bath, W. Ross, Esq., of Stranrath 7
land, Major of the 23d or Royal Welsh Fusileers, to WO' A,
daughter of J. Parks, Esq. of Bath. d, A?
On the 31st ult. at Brighton, the Rev. T. A. Hollan ~,li
Vicar of Oving, near Chichester, to Magdalena, second 03"'
of Major I'. Stewart, of Brighton.
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DIED. 1%1
On the 2d inst. at Ashburnham-house, Blackheath' eif
Tanner, formerly of Orpington, aged 67. ,tfattD
On the Ist inst. in Portman.square, the Right Hon. ,
Lord Rokeby, to
On the 3d inst. the infant daughter of Sir P. Sidney be P
In Regency-square, Brighton, Mn.s Page, widow of t .11,
'O'
C. Page, Esq. of Oporto. Mr.
On the Ist inst. in Bruton-place, Berkeley-square,
Rhodes, agedo'i
&I.lo' •
On the 3ist ult. Mrs. Johnston, wife of Mr. ~ , Jo
iv
of Ludgate-hilL r Pr
On the 30th ult. at Dorking, Elizabeth, the wife of C. 2it
man, Esq. of Oxford-terrace, Edgeware-ruad. „ Br
i''
On the Ist inst. in East-street, Red Lion-square, ~,l'ss /
Langdale.
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