The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

On the 3.1 June 17,000 Russians entered Presburg
from T)rnau. They came at the right time, for the
Austrians have again had a defeat at Boas. At 0 len-
burg also there has been a severe engagement. After
hard fighting and considerable losses on both sides, it
terminated with the retreat of the Austrians. The force
of the Hungarians at the Upper Danube, and the Waag
is very much greater than it was, as the 30,000 to 40,000
men who have been rendered disposable by the conquest
of then hays reinforced th., line. Georgey has seat
8,000 b) the south against Jellachich; he hitnielt coal-
mines on the right bank of the Danube, and has his
head criattcrs at Rash.
It is not definitively fixed th it a strong division of
Russians, consisting chiefly of cavalry, is to operate on
the right bank of the Danube.
During the last few thys great numbers of wounded
have been brought to Vienna, probably in consequence
of the eng:,getuents on the Waag and at Odenburg.
All the military as well as the private h.;spi •
tals and houses which have been conv,Tted into military
hospitals are full to overfl 'wing, and there is no more
room t stow either the wounded or the sick.

lii the south the Austrians are advancing in good
earnest. Ou the 30th of May Jellichich was at Semlim,
nevertheless the .thigyars continued to be victorious
every where, even Perlsz is again in their
hands. Count Gyulai is said to have brought
with him from Trieste the intelligence that
Radetzky is only waiting for the fill of Venice in
order to take the command in chief of the army operat-
ing in Hungary. He will be assisted, as chief of the
' general s,aff, by Baron lies-. The Ban will command
the corps d'armee in the south, and B iron Haynau in the
north. Field Marshal Schonhals has alre irly received
orders to V.ike the command of the army in Daly.
Respecting the Russian intervention, everything con-
tinues as va..:ue as it wa.t. On this subject the Lloyd
says—" Tne Imperi4l Russian General, Luders, received
an order from St. Petershurgh on the 4th of May, to
make an irruption into Transylvania with 24 regiments
of Intantry. 1 of Jagt-rs, 2 of Schlaves, and 4 of Cos-
sacks, and 12 batteries of-artillery." It is, therefore,
beyond doubt that these Russia❑ troops must long ere
this have b.,en nn Transylvania soil.
The I'osen Ust Zeituv contains some striking obser-
vations respecting the Russian intervention; it says—
'• According to th- nri;ginal treaty between the Austrian
and Russian Cabinets, the latt-r power agreed--
That a Russian corps should enter Transylvsnia,
Moldavia, and drive out the Hungarians, take
possession of the country, and crush the enemy's ItIOVY
went in favour or the Hung irians.
2. That a second corps should occupy Cracow and
Galicia, and Nic,, also put down or prevent every at-
tempt at insurrection, &c.

3. That a third corps should combine with the
Austrian army, and take an active part in the war
against the Hungarians. Solve that time, however, the
views of the Emperor of Russia, have undergone some
changes, in consequence of the announcements of Eng-
land and the change of politic.a opinions in France, he
has determined to give the proiniseli aid, only to such
an extent as appears indispensable to the security ot
Russia ittel., namely by the occupation of Cracow,Gahcia,
and, if requisite, the not yet insurrectionary parts of Aus-
na, to order to check the progress of insurrecti,in and the
encroachments of the fiun;,-,,arians, thereby enabling
Austria to turn her entire military force against Hun-
gary. The Emperor is said to have been induced to
this resolve, nut merely by the actual state of the
kingdom of Poland, but by the pet: veiling sentiments of
the Russuin army and of the interior of his kingdom,
which have caused his serious apprehension, and led
him to deprecate any European war which might natur-
ally result from his too active participation in the war
against Hungary.

CENTRAL CitIMINAL COURT.
Charles Woolf, Richard Pridmore, and Thomas Utley
surrend,red yesterday to take their trial for misde-
m-arour.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. B illantine conducted the prose
cation, and Mr. Parry was for the defence.
Mr. CLARKSON, iu opening the case, said that the mis-
demeanour imputed to the defendants was, that they had
kept and maintained an establishment called the Wal-
halla, in Leices.er•square, for the purpose of public
mu-iic and dancing, without a lick-nce, and by so doing;
tiad rendered themselves amenable to the charge o
keeping a disorderly house, which amounted to a misdi--
meii.nour. The prosi•cution was brought forward, nomi-
nally, by a person named Stowell, of whom they had all
probably heard, :Ind they were no d.rubt aware that he
was a common in orin, r; but he would alma that the
real prosr:cutors were persons who felt or believed that
the) were ihjurrd in thrrir own busin,s6by e3tab;ishments
t)f this riescriptiin.and he jury would therelbre stand
the motives with which the proceeding was instituted,
It appeared that Stowell got at the tact that Pridmore
was the proprietor by breaking some glasses, and Prid-
inure avowed himselt in that capacity when the damage
was invest,gsted before a magi.trate. Ile Walhalla,
he beiieved, was now closed, and had be,sr, so tor some
time, and the object sought to be obtained on the pre-
s-it occasion was to establish the fact of the illegality of
the proceedings that had taken place there in order to

prevent a renewal or them. The evidence that he
should lay be!ore them would establish the facts that
public music and dancing to.,k place at the Walhalla in
the months of December and January last, and that the
defendants acted in the management or the proceedings,
that Woolf supplied refreshments, ar.d that Ottey, who

was a free vintner, provided wine for the company- ; and
with regard to Pridelore, he should not only show th
he was continually present, but that he ha I also
admitted that he was the owner of the premises.
The Learned Counsel having referred to the Act of
Parliament of the 25th George IL, u der which the
indictment had been preferred, said that if ha
should establish the !act that pu:;lic music and
dancing took place at the establishment in question,
without a licence, it would constitute it adisord.-rly house
within th►s terms of the statute; and if it was shown
that the defendants took a part in the management of
tne concern, it would render them amenable to the pre,
sent eharg,..
The RECORDER asked the Le arned Counsel what pun-
ishment he understood to be applicable to the offence?
Mr. BALLANTINE said he supposed the ordinary com-
mon law punishment of fine and imprisonment, which
was generally awarded for the ounce of keeping a dis-
orderly house. In the present case, the objet was not
to inflict any punishment upon the defendants, but to
obtain the opinion of the Court with regard to the law.
The RECORDER said he did nut remember such an
indictment as this having been preferred before. There
had been several actions for penalties, but they had
mostly failed. It was the 100/. penalty which generally
set informers in motion; but here it was alleged that
the indictment was preferred solely upon public grounds.
James Peachey, who descrihed himself as having been
formerly a clothes salesman, was then examined. He
stated, that he went to the Walhalla upon two occasions,
and each time paid Is. for admission. The first time he
went was on the 2d of January, when he saw about 150
persons present. There was music and dancing going
on upon both occasions. He saw Pridmore and Woolf}'
each time. The latter was in the refreshment room, and
Primore appeared to be superintending. The words
" Thomas Ottey, free vintner," were over the door, and
Pridiaore's name was by the side of a bell belonging to
the hothe. Sowell was present up ►n one of the occa-
sions, and he broke some glasses, and was given in charge
by Pridmore, and when the matter was investigated by
the malisirate Pridmore represented himself to be the
proprietor of the establishment.
By Mr. PARRY—Stowell was fined 28s. as the value of
the glasses he had broken. Witness was paid by Siowell
for attending the Walhalla and giving his evidence, and
he had rec,ived 10/. ►rom him at different times. He had
only lad three intormations of this description since
Christmas. In one case two of the defendants pleaded
guilty, and entered into recognisances nut to commit the
offence again.

Mr. BALLANTINE said this was all that was required
now.

The RECORDERirtd:g,emnwi::endt.
compromised ? The witness said not one had been
were put by wason theveenrygievve..nhithog,shard that music and
view to show that many. of the females
speak to the the Counsel for the prosecution, with a
swohmoe
were:ea iorne-s
were loose characters, but the witnesses could not
to be shown that the house sent
was merely " disorderly" accordiyug to Actl
of
know whether it was desired
b ewl
iaesv
eddi stohredreer l w
ai
sn
nf fact, t or
The
—AN(TAmlaEusgahi.d)
he s e
RECORDER wished to
whether it w
improper man-
P timr 1 iri.l MBeAnL.
illegal;
pre-
tence that the house was conducted in an
ner. All they said was that the proceedigwa3.
sad if his Lordship entertained the same opinion, it
would no doubt put a stop to it.
Some evidence was then given to show that the de-
pastry to the Walhalla, and
thatf e de-
fend, d ahnet ,
Mr. Drew, a clerk kt the office of the clerk of the
hWacl°e°tiltrgageda niter.
suppliedis-
peace for Middlesex, proved that the Walhalla had nut
been licensed by the magistrates as a place for public
1 music and dancing.
The RECORDER w ished to know whether rooms or
places where c-risin balls were held were considered to
be subject to a license.
Mr. 13ALLANT/NE said that the Hanover square rooms
alw,ys ha i a licei.ce,
Mr. PARRY said that in the ease of a dancing master,
who occasionally gave public balls in his own rooms,
Lord Ellenborough decided that a licence was not ne-
cessary.
Mr. BALLANTINE said the distinction was a place
"kept" fur the purpose.
This was the case for the prosecution.
The RECORDER said it appeared to him that the evi-
dence ugainst Wolff and Ottey was so very slight that
tie did nut think they ou;lat to be called upon for their
defence. •
Mr. PARRY then addressed the jury for the defendant

Pridmore; and he contended that the evidence was not
soffi:iit ut to justify them in finding that person guilty
keeping and maintaining the tiowti in question.
The ItteottDEß, in surninteg ty, said he had felt
upon to dt.i2ide that this ;Awe of amuse-
mi-nt was of suca a el-oiranter tt re(l-,iirA liCantie, and
having one it came within the d--,linition of a (Ls-
orderly house, and tho only qaestion ilLtt reiinc.l \vas,
whither the defendant Pridinore hail bean proved to
have taken any share in the management of teeorcerti.
It appeared to him that the evidenc to that pint w,,tild
have been very slight but for the artifice that hid be n
resorted to by Stowell, the prosecutor, in breaking the
glass, which had had the effect of compelling the de,
fendant to come forward and avow himself to be the
owner of the property. If the jury were satisfied with
such evidence, although they might feel that the de-
fendant had not been guilty of any tu,,ral offence, it
would be their duty to return a verdict of guilty, but if
they considered the evidence unsidisfactory, it would
be equally their duty to say that the defendant was not
guilty.
he jury, after deliberating for some time, said they
felt compelled to return a verdict of Guilty; but at the
same time stated, that although thry could not help
coming to the conclusion that the establishment in ques-
tiim came within the provisions of the Act of Parlia-
ment, there was no ground for believing that it had in
any way been improperly conducted; and they therefore
desired to recommend the detendant to the favourable
consideration of the Court.
A verdict,of Nut Guilty was then recorded with regard
to Ottey and Woolf. and Pridmore was ordered to enter
into hi* own recognizance in 40/., with two sureties in
201. each, to appear and receive toe judgment of the
Court, if he should be required to do so.
Li another cit,se of a similar description against a per-
son named Boteler, Mr. CLARKSON said he should with-
draw the proseeutio,i, and a verdict of Not Guilty was
accurdiligly returned.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, June 11.
Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock.
DEFECTS IN LEASES BILL.

On the m of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was
read a third time and passed.
13ANKRUPTCY LAW CONSOLIDATION BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM said their Lordships were aware
of the unanimity with which this Bill had been passed,
and that the Lord Chancellor had signified in writing
his approval of the Bill, and that the Noble Marquis, the
President ot the Council, had expressed the approval and
support of the Government, but their Lordships were not
aware of the great exertions made by the clerk at the
table to send the Bill to the House of Commons. Seven-
teen additional clerks were employed, and the Bill, by
unexampled diligence was sent down to the other House
Friday. All understood the infinite importance of
not losing a nay at the present period of the session.
The Bill went down on Friday to the other House, but
it was not read a first time on Friday, and it was a
matter ot courtesy to read a Bill the first time so soon
us it way sent down.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—It was read a first
time this afternoon.
Lord BROUGHAM replied that his Noble Friend
faucted he had said a very clever thing, but he never
was more mistaken. His complaint was that it had been
read a first time to-day. He had never doubted that it
would be read a first time to-day, and that it would have
been without this additional labour of clerks; and
complained that there must be some underhand opposi-
tion to this Bill. There must be something wrong some-
where. He had heard that it had been said it was a mass
of jobs. Never was there a more unfounded accusation.
There were no additional salarie,, there were no compen-
sations ; and if these low, discredit rble proceeding.,
w. re to be tolerated, there would be no chance of this
Hill, upon which the mercantile cammunity had set then
neart, passing this session. It was not his fault that the
all had not gone down earlier. He had all the particular
in his possession as to whose fault it was that this Btli
did not pass earlier this session.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was confident that,
Kith regard to this omission, no blame attached to
the G it/eminent.
LEASEHOLD TENURE OF LAND BILL.

Lard CAMPBELL moved the In' ro,luction of clauses
int) this Bill pre.urvo.g to the Irish Society the power
which they at present enjo) ed ; and after the clauses
.hould have been pricted, be would give notice of the day
o❑ which he tk ould move the third reading of the Bill.
After a few worth from Lord BROUGHAM and Lord
REDESDALE, the motion for printing the clauses was
agreed to.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS UNION BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
YE fITIONS.

The Bishop of NORWICH presented several petitions
in favour of the Bill for the Better Protection of Women.
The Earl of ST. GERMANS presented a petition
from Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, praying fur the adoption
of more effectual measures for the ventilation of, and fur
mines.
ntitilleed to the
was no occasion for him to dwell on the interest and
of
importance of this subject, for their Lordships knew well
thatmi h most s ptirasecevtresiollui osonwc consideration ioinik,li;ns tait coal
elr petition
Lordships. There
how essential it was to the wealth and to the comfort of
the inhabitants of this country tbatcoal should be raised
withthe least possible waste and cost. The accidents which
happened so frequently in our cod mines arose from the
presence of obnoxious gases, and the question for con-
sideration was as to the best mede of remedying them.
In the year 1847 there were 623 persons kited and
196 severely wounded by explosions in coal mines,
whilst, in 1848, there wsre 446 persons killed and
158 disab!ed for lde. In 1835 a Committee had been
appointed by the House of Commons to examine into
the extent and to investigate into the causes of these
accidents in coal mines, and also to devise and consider
the remedies best calculated to secure the lives of the per-
sons emp'oy ed in them. That Committee colLcted a large
body of in ormation from scientific and practical men,
but did not recommend any sufficient remedial measure.
Mr. Gurney gave evidence
theperfect beforeerft
vthenat taon
o committee,ftwines.an
and
Pln his
plan fo
Committee expressed a hope that some measure of
etlx he
atii
d kind would be adopted, whereby the object for
which they were assembled would be accomplished. No
practical measure followed the sittings of that Committee,
and matters remained- in the same state until a fearful
explosion took place in the neighbourhood of South
Shields. Then a meeting was held in that town, and a
local committee was appointed, consisting of scientific
and practical men residing in the neighbourhood of that
town. It sat at different times fur a period of three
years, considering and discussing various m, asures for
the prevention aril remedy of such disasters. He then
held in his baud their report, and a more valuable
document, in his opinion, never was published. He
would not read it to their Lordships, bu,., woull
scenesietopt o
eat misery
of
merely state that it contained a very graphic deserip•
lion of the
thew hhiech one of th,sa
different tisk, great
s p e i
gasesies ut' n eXa
of
in g
ter-
rible catastrophes eccasiuned.—(Hear.) The members
min
au 1
oke damp, the after-
damp, and the various other incidents which exposed the
miner, to greater dangers than any other set of wok
men engaged in industrial pursuits. They had also ex-
amined the different means ernOuyed for the prot,cti-n
thatand
describingc
anal
)rpt
zht i e
zing the
hadr
e
of the life of the miner, and describ,al the different
safety-lamps which were now used in different mines.
l'hey showed that the best lamps were insufficient for
the purposes for which they were iutended, and in cer-
tain co editions of the atmosphere increased rather than
diminished the danger. They then proceeded to point
out for adoption the plan for the ventilation of mines
which Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney had described minutely
in his evidence before the Committee of the House of
Commons iu 1835. They had also called on that gen-
tlemin for further explanation; and the conclusion at
which the South Shields committee arrived on hear-
ing the further explanation of his plan for ventilation
by high steam-pressure was, that it was sufficient
for the purpose for which it eas intended. Notwith-
standing the recommendation of that committee,
nothing was done to carry it into effect till last year,
when two eminent scientific men, Sir H. de la Beche and
Dr. Piayfair, were appointed by Government to examine
into the accidents in coal mines. They, too, were of
opinion that an imerosed system of ventilation was re-
quired in the coal min-s. lii the year 1848 a Mr,
Foster, who was connected with the Seaton Del alai Col-

cry, saw in London some experiments on the high
steam-pressure principle, which appeared to him to be
applicable for the ventilation of muses and building..
He put himself immediately into communication with
Mr. Goldswor.hy Gurney, and in con-equence estab-
lished his machinery in the Seaton Delavai Colliery. He
held in his hand a letter to the editer of a Gateshead
paper, written by this Mr. Foster, who happened to be
the viewer of the Seaton Delaval Colliery, and in that
letter he made the plan of Mr. Gurney quite inteili-
gible, and described it as perfectly successrul. At that
time he stated that there was an increase of fifty per
cent. in the ventilating power as compared with the
old power, and since that period that increase had
been rais, dto a hundred per c nt. An incidental ad-
vantage, nut contemplated by the inventor, had also been
gained by this machinery. A colliery in the neighbour-
hood of Manch: ster was on fire. Formerly there was
no mode of extinguishing it except by pumping in
water in a considerable quantity and by pumping it out
twain afterwards—an operatioe of so tie labour and con•
srderable expense. Mr. Darlington, the proprietor of
that colliery, having heard of Mr. Goldsworthy Gur-
ney's experiments, applied to him in writing to come
down and extinguish that fire. Mr. Gurney, in reply,
told him that he had no doubt that carbonic acid gas
could be driven through the mine
tiensd4o.tianistitdeiweiaxortueilnddgturhitoastht
further observe
the fire. Mr. Darlington acted upon the opinion of
Mtfihrree.mwGian.seeGxntuoinrwngey and had since acquainted the pubic
that the fire was extinguished at a cost of fewer pence '
than there would have been pounds had the old system
of pumping in and of puraping out been adopted. The
have ttoubled tuvvhieasishrePdLe,r7ededsh. INyi Ipriv.e%ll,l)ittaihiral a y
liens had it not been represented that Mr. G. Gurney
was visionary enthusiast. He (the Earl of St German)
had known that gentleman fe. years. IL beliewd
that he was an enthusiast, but denied !het he wes
visionary one. A more practical man he hod never had
the honour of meeting. Mr. G Gurney was originally
a medical man, and it was while h was studying the oa •
tore of the dill' 'rent gases, that he ma la these discoveries.
His Lordship then enumerafed the different inventions
of Mr. Gurney, all of which, pariicularly the Bode l!ght,
he euli gi ed as eminently usetul. He cslled upon their
Lordship, to give their faveurable considereti n to this
petition, and expressed a hope that Government would
take Me Gurney's plan in hand, fur it WAS disgraceful
that these • • ' acceleLts should occur so frequently, when
there were :eh-quite means of preventing them.
Lord BROUGHAM sir• nuously supp:Tted the prayer
of the petition, and as a proef of the necessity of adopt.
ing Mr. Gurney's plan of ventiletioa, referred to the re-
cent accident in the Hepburn Coll(ay, where thirty-three