The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 26, 184:

GREEN VvICH POLICE COURT.

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STRANGE DOINGS OF THE POLICE AND THE
I MAGISTRACY—:-CASE OF MR. WILLIAMS.
On Saturday morning, Police Sergeant Lovell, R 15,
; I and Police Constable Thompson, R 224, appeared before
, the Magistrate, Mr. Jeremy, to answer to a charge pre-
, ferred against them of unnecessarily interfering with and
taking into custody Mr. Charles Williams, 01 Friday-
. street, Cheapside, on the night of Tuesday, the 13th in-
stant, in Union-street, in the parish of St. Paul's, Dept-
ford.
The witnesses on both sides having been ordered to
withdraw, Mr. Williams appeared in Court, attended by
Mr. Wire as his solicitor, and Mr. Superintendent Mal-
lalieu appeared to watch the case on the part of the po-
lice authorities. Before the case was entered into,
Mr. JEREMY addressed Mr. Wire, and said he wished
to inform that gentleman how the case had stood, when
the charge against Mr. Williams had originally been
heard before him on the 14th of July. On the
morning of that day, Mr. Williams was brought before
him, charged with being drunk and disorderly. On that
occasion, he had heard the evidence of the two policemen
Lovell and Thompson, who had taken Mr. Williams into
custody, and also that of policeman Harvey, who
took the charge at the station-house. He, generally
in such cases, examined the person who had
taken the charge at the station-house with a view of
ascertaining the state in which persons were when they
were first charged. He would, if Mr. Wire desired it,
have the depositions taken on the 14th July, read over ;
they were in substance as followed :—One of the officers
swore that he, when he was on duty, saw the gentle-
man and a female at a late hour at night knocking at a
door, and that, in his opinion, the gentleman was the
worse for liquor. He interfered with them by telling
them they must not disturb the street. Some answer
was made, but nothing was said of an angry nature on
either side, and the officer went away. Another officer
hearing a disturbance, shortly after goes up to ,the same
parties, and the officer on his return about a quarter of
an hour afterwards finds the parties engaged with his
brother officer in discussion. The officer could not be
supposed to know who the parties were, and it was his
duty to interfere if he saw parties as he supposed annoy-
ing the inhabitants. Some angry feeling was created, and
the result was, that abusive language, according to the
evidence of the policemen, was made use of, and the
officers took the party to the station. Here it struck me
was one of those cases in which public justice did not
require the infliction of any punishment. A gentleman
not in a state of beastly intoxication but under the ex-
citement of liquor, although by no means incapable of
taking care of himself, gets into an altercation with the
police, and is taken to the station. In such a case lie
(Mr. Jeremy) always considered that the inconvenience
a person so situated had been put to was quite punish-
ment enough, and never inflicted any further punish-
ment, more especially where, as in the case then under
his consideration, the person was not known to the police,
and had never been in custody before, and so he was
prepared to have acted; but what had the person charged
done when befbre him? He had called no witnesses, not
even the person who was • with him, and who had wit-
nessed the transaction ; but he said that the men were
swearing to that which was untrue. Now that gave rise
to different questions, and when he found that there were
two persons each of whom swore distinctly to the occur-
rences which had taken place, and that they were
charged with having sworn to that which was not true,
he felt bound to inflict the penalty out of justice to them.
Mr. Wire would, before going into the case, make one
or two observations. He had had the pleasure of Mr.
Williams's acquaintance for some years, and he knew
him to be a most highly respectable gentleman, and a
man utterly incapable of the conduct attributed to him.
Such being the case, his friends had advised him to have
the case re-heard.
Mr. JEREMY—You cannot have the case re-heard.
The question to be tried to-day is, if the men improperly
interfered or not.
Mr. Wire never was desirous of pressing too severely
on police officers. It was undoubtedly their duty, if a
breach of the peace were committed, by a drunken per-
son creating a disturbance, to take that person into

custody. -
Mr. JEREMY—I go further than that. If they think
any disturbance likely to arise, they are bound to re-
move him.
After some further conversation, Mr. Wire called the
following witnesses :
Mr. Charles Williams—My name is Charles Williams.
I reside in Friday-street, Cheapside. lam a wholesale
furrier. I have resided in the City for seven years, and
carry on an extensive business. On the 13th of July
last I was requested by a lady of the City, to see her
sister home.
Mr. Wire—At the time you undertook to see that
lady home, were you in the slightest degree intoxicated ?
Mr. JEREMY—You cannot ask that question. He has
no right to prove his own case.
Mr. Wire—l will put a case, Sir. Suppose a person
is taken into custody by a policeman on a charge of
drunkenness and no third person is present, and the po-
liceman is afterwards charged with improperly interfer-
ing, how is it possible to get at the fact of drunken-
ness or no drunkenness *xcept from the person himself?
Mr. JEREMY still objected to the question being put.
Witness—When I undertook to see the lady home, that
was from the City. I was requested to do so on account
of the lateness of the hour. We left the City at five or
ten minutes past eleven. We left Gutter-lane. It was
from eleven to a quarter past. We left walking. The
lady had a basket and several small parcels. We walked
to London-bridge, and there took a cab and drove to

Deptford, near to the top of the street where she lives.
We there got out and walked.
Mr. Wire—Now describe what took place.
Mr. JEREMY—Before you do so, tell us what o'clock it
was, for the officers, in their evidence, represent that it
was between one and two in the morning.
Witness—lt was a quarter past twelve—not more I
should think. We walked down the street. I carried
the parcels and the basket. We walked two doors past
the lady's door. Having discovered our mistake we re-
turned to the right door and knocked and rang. The
knocker is a very small one, and could not make much
noise. lam sure it could not disturb the neighbours.
We had knocked and rung twice when Thompson came
up and threw his light in my face. He said something,
and I thought from what he said that he was a Scotch-
man. I said Ah I policeman, you are Scotchman, what
part of Scotland do you come from ? He replied, Ayrshire.
I said lam further north than you are. lam only see-
ing this lady to her mother's house. We have knocked
and rang twice. We have not been more than five minutes
at the house. The house is Union-street, No. 9. Thomp-
son then went away as far as the top of the street, and
met Lovell. They talked together, and came back, and
Lovell threw his light to my face. I believe we had
knocked again. I think the lady said, " How dare you,
fellow, insult this gentleman ?"—and she looked behind.
She then said, " Your name is Lovell ; you know me
very well ; lam at my mother's door. You know my
brother to be a respectable tradesman in Deptford, and
you know that lam at my mother's door." He said,
" I know nothing, Ma'am, but my duty ;" and she said,
" How dare you insult this gentleman, who has brought
me home, at my sister's request, to my mother's house ?"
He said, " How do I know what you are ? You may
be thieves, and I shall take you both to the station-
house. What do you mean by calling us fellows ?" I
said, " Mrs. Jennings, never mind the man ;
he is tipsy or drunk." I forget which expres-
sion I made use of. He replied, " You are
beastly drunk—l will take you both off to the
station-house." I was afraid that he would take the
lady and myself off too, and I said to the lady, " Mrs.
Jennings, take these parcels ; I dare say you will get in
in a few minutes, and I will see if these two men, or two
fellows (I don't know which I said) dare take me to the
station-house." The moment I said that, Lovell collared
me, and Thompson seized my arm and pulled me along
as if I had been a thief. I was irritated at this usage.
01.'d said, " How dare you use me in this manner ? I am
a respectable man, and I will walk quietly with you ;"
but trey shook me about from side to Lside, and dragged
me aloi:g. After I had begged them to let me walk
quietly, trey knocked my hat off.
Mr. JEREMY—You must not make use of expressions
that you do .not mean. They did not strike you.
Witness—l said the last time I was here that they did
not strike me, but they shook me so violently that they
shook my hat oft. When I got to the station-house I
was placed at the bar, and gave my name and address
properly. I said to the person who received the charge,
"Do you think lam drunk ? lam greatly excited by
the conduct of those men, but you can see lAM not
drunk." Lovell said, " Give up what you .have about
you, or else I'll soon search you." • I took out what I
had in my pockets and gave it to them—a few shillings
and some halfpence. I had not much money about me ;
a pencil-case, my card-case, some letters, some keys.
I had a toothpick in my pocket, and took it out, and told
them they might take that also, if they wished it. On
my giving up my card-case and my letters, I said you
will see by those that I have not given a false address.
I was then put in a cell with another permn, and kept
locked up until half-past five in the morning, when I was
bailed out.
Mr. Wire—What occurred here subsequently is within
your Worship's knowledge.
Mr. JEREMY—Had you been spending the evening in
Gutter-lane ? Witness—Part of the evening only. I
went between nine and ten. There was n o party. It
was merely at a tavern. The sister of the laity I brought
home is the landlady. I was spending the evening there,
and took the sister home at the landlady's de sire. There
were other gentlemen there. The landlady and her sis-
ter were the only ladies. The landlady would have
been here to-day to prove that I was per fectly sober
when I left the house, if she had not been taken ill (a
medical certificate proving the landlady's illness was
ready to be produced if required). We did not stop on
the road from Gutter-lane to London-bridge.
Mr. JEREMY—Is Mrs. Jennings an old lady or a young
lady ? Witness—l should say between 3C, and 40. I
am no judge of ladies' ages.
Mr. JEREMY—I did not ask for curiosity.
Mr. Wire—The lady is here, Sir, and will be examined
before you.
Mr. JEREMY—It is a pity you cannot upeak more
accurately as to time, because on the sheet it is stated
that the charge was received at half after one. Were
there a great many parcels ? Witness—l carried two
small ones.
Mr. JEREMY—How soon did the lady get in after you
left ? Witness—l believe she got in directly after she
saw me dragge.d off.
Cross-examined by the defendant—Did Lovell here
comes another d—d policeman when came
across. Cannot say whether Lovell was in the road or
on the path. Did not say to them before ho was seized,
I he did not care for them, and they had better take care
I what they were about, for that he was a Common Council-
man of the city of London.
Lovell—Did you say you belonged to the Common
Council ? Witness-4 may have said so when I was
going to the station-house.
Lovell—lt was not. I that shlok your fat off ;it was
the other constable.

Mr. Wire considered that Thompson was acting under
the orders of his superior officer ; he had no wish to
press heavily against him.
Mr. JEREMY—Then I shall dismiss him, and call him
as a witness for Lovell.
Mr. Wire—l did not say I would withdraw the charge.
I said I would not press for a severe punishment against
him.

Mr. JEREMY would dismiss Thompson, and take his
evidence as a witness for Lovell ; if nothing more were
proved against him they must show that Thompson
acted illegally and beyond his duty.
Mr. Wire—We shall do so.—The Learned Gentlemen
then called Mrs. Jennings. —I am married, my husband
lives in town—his name is James Jennings, he is a
schoolmaster living in Newington, near Camberwell.
My sister is Mrs. Burton. She is a married person, and
keeps the Horns' Tavern in Gutter-lane. I habeen
spending the evening of Tuesday, the 13th, with her.
There was a party of friends there.
Mr. JEREMY—Were they treating you ? Mrs. Jen-
nings—Certainly not.
Mr. JEREMY—Did you take any refreshment your-
self ? Mrs. Jennings—l did.
Mr. JEREMY—Did the gentleman pay for you ?
Mrs. Jennings—Certainly 46t. Mr. Williams came in
at about a quarter past nine, and drank some brandy and
water. I was going away that night. I left about
eleven o'clock to go to Deptford. My mother did not
expect me home that night. Friday-street is not far
from Gutter-lane. My sister asked Mr. Williams to see
me home, and he acquiesced. We left at eleven o'clock
and took a cab at London•bridge. When we got to
Deptford and my mother's door was opened it was half-
past twelve by our clock. The cab set us down at the
top of Union-street, about six doors from my mother's
house. I noticed the hour when I got in. We were
kept at the door some time • we knocked three times ;
neither myself nor Mr. Williams called out. I had
passed my own door, being uncertain as to the door. It
was very dark. Thompson threw his light round and
said that is Dr. Atkin's, without any person saying any-
thing. There is a surgeon named Atkins living near there.
I said " Thank you, police, that will do. lam yet two doors
too low." He then said something to Mr. Williams, but Ido
not know what. He then went away. We were then at
my mother's door. In a very few minutes I saw two
policemen whispering over the way. Thompson went
over and spoke to the person. Lovell came across then,
and said, " Who are you ? What do you want ?" I said,
"lamat my mother's door." (Witness then confirmed
the evidence given by Mr. Williams as to the assault of
the police, and distinctly stated that she believed Lovell
was drunk.) Lovell seized him by the collar of his coat,
Mr. Williams begged of him to use no violence, as he
would
in
lessgo thanquietly.a
mTihnenytet.h enl tools him hainn id
arwapayped first.
Iwas let
in
told my mother they had taken Mr. Williams to the sta-
tion-house. I heard Mr. Williams continue to beg them
to use no violence until they got out of the street. He
said, " I am a respectable man, and will not run away."
He told them at the door that his "tame was Williams,

from Friday-street.
In answer to Mr. Wire witness said that Mr. Williams
was sober when he left Gutter-lane ; that they took no-
thing on the road, and that her sister had requested Mr.
Williams to take her home, because Mr. Burton (her
sister's husband) had come home unexpectedly, and she
consequently could not be accommodated at her sister's.
Henry Sharpe, a tallow-chandler, living in High-
street, Deptford, said he was out on - Tuesday evening,
and described all the circumstaeces nearly as related by
Mr. Williams and Mrs. Jenning.
By Mr. Wire—From the general conversation and
manner of Mr. Williams, my opinion is that he was not
the worse for liquor. I never saw Mr. Williams before.
The witness then withdrew.

_
William Harvey—l was acting inspector at the station
on the night in question. The charge was brought in
about half-past one in the morning. We make our en-
tries from reference to the clock. It was a gentleman
brought by Sergeant Love 11 and Thompson, charged
with being drunk and obstructing the police in the exe-
cution of their duty. I consider Mr. Williams was the
worse for liquor. He was excited. It might be partly
from feeling, but not the whole. On my oath I consider
he was partly excited from liquor.
After some other questions of no importance, Mr.
Wire said, " Did he give you a card case ?" Witness—
No ; he said he had no card. He threw a letter on the
table, addressed " Mr. C. Marshall."
Mr. Wire—Did you enter his name in the charge
sheet from that letter, sir? Witness—No, Sir; I took it
afterwards from what he said.
Mr. Wire—Did he throw down the letter ? Witness—
He threw down two. I took up one, and it was ad-
dressed " Mr. C. Matshall, 9, Friday-street." I said,
"Is that your address ?" He said, "Itis ;" and I en-
tered it from that.
Mr. Wire—Then you entered the charge on the sheet
as against Mr. C. Marshall ? Witness—l believe I did ;
I always considered his name to be Marshall.
Mr. Wire—Did you say he ever gave his address by
word ? Witness—l asked for his address. He put his
fingers in his pocket, and said he had got no card, but
he threw down two letters on the table, and I took up
one of them, and asked him if his name was Mr. C. Mar-
shall, and he said " Yes."
Mr. JEREMY—Did you give such.a letter, Mr. Wil-

liams ? Mr. William;—l never had such a letter in
my pocket.
Mr. JEREMY—It is most extraordinary that he should
be inventing a name.
A discussion followed which was interrupted by the
Witness—After he had heard Mr. Jeremy address
Mr. Williams as Mr. Williams, saying that he recollected
the name was Mr. C. Williams, he could not think how
the name of Marshall came into his head.
Mr. JEREMY—You entered the name on the letter on
the charge sheet. Witness—l did, Sir.
Mr. JEREMY—Here is the charge sheet, and the pro-
perty taken from him is entered. .
The Magistrate then read over the list.
Mr. Wire—There is no watch in the list.

Mr. JEREMY—No. there is not.
Mr. Wire—The witness has sworn there was a watch
taken from him, although Mr. Williams carried none.
Mr. JEREMY—How came you to say there was a
watch ? Witness—l thought there was. Ido not re-
collect. I cannot tell.
Sergeant Osborn—l was on duty on the night in
question. My duty was to visit the cells. I saw nothing
of what took place between Mr. Williams and the officers.
I saw Mr. Williams in the cell after he was locked
up; he was sitting on a bench, with a handkerchief over
his head. He said, "Ah ! is it you, my
bonny lad,
come often and visit us." I said I shall come again, I
dare say. This was about two o'clock. He seemed to
be excited, to totter like as if he had been drunk ; he
appeared to be irritated a good deal.
Mr. JEREMY—You can't say if it was from excitement
of mind, or from liquor ? Witness—lt appeared to me
from liquor ; I can't exactly say.
After some other evidence of no importance as re-
garded the question at issue,
Mr. Wire addressed the Magistrate, and contended
that the police had acted improperly, that there was no
foundation for the charge against Mr. Williams, and that
as the falseness of the charge had been shown, the Ma-
gistrate would reverse the decision.
Mr. JEREMY said he had, on the former occasion,
given his best consideration to the case, and his opinion
then had been that it was a mixed case ; that Mr. Wil-
liams was acting under excitement, partly occasioned by
liquor, and partly by the situation in which he had
found hiniself, in consequence of the angry discussion
with the police. There was not the least slur to be cast
on Mr. Williams's character ; he never considered that
he was drunk, in the ordinary acceptation of the term,
that is to say, he never thought him to have been
incapable of reasoning in consequence of having taken
too . freely of liquor ; be did not even consider
him to have been what might be called intoxicated,, not
that he had been drinking to a criminal extent, so as to
incapacitate himself, but that he was slightly excited
only by what he had taken, and that that excitement had
been increased by the angry feeling which had been
created by what had passed with the police. There was
not, there could not be, the slightest imputation
on Mr. Williams. He knew how irritating it
was to a respectable person to be stopped and ques-
tioned by the police, but it VMS what persons must ex-
pect, and be prepared to submit to, who chose to be out
late at night. On the whole, he did not think the charge
of improper interference had been made out, and he must
dismiss the case.
Mr. Wire must protest against the principle of police
law laid down. if that were correct, every man's
liberty was in danger who was out after nine o clock at
night.
Air, JEREMY—Every man so situated is liable to be
questioned, and to have his business made the subject of
inquiry.
Mr. Wire again protested against such a principle as
that, and the proceedings terminated.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—The Sappho, 18, Captain
Frazer, was at Barbadoes, on the 31st of May.
The Prince Regent transport arrived on Tuesday, from
the 24th Regiment, and the following officers :—Captains
Quebec, after a tine passage of 29 days, with a wing of
H. W. Harris, Lutman, and Riley ; Lieutenants Preston.
James, Travers, and Harris ; and Ensign Fitzgibbon, of
that regiment ; Lieut. Mein, Ist Royals, in charge of in-
valids and convicts ;. Lieut. Grimstone, of the 83d Regt.
to join the depot; Assistant-Surgeon Bevan, 7th Hussars,
and Dr. Churnside, 23d Fusileers, on sick leave. Assist-
ant-Surgeon Graham, R.N., came in charge of the troops,
every one on board. The Boyne trans-
-quarters '. remainder of the 24th
whose skill and humane attention to the sick was felt and
port,
hdgthede by
ead
and
Regt. arrived onThursday, and both ships sailed yesterday
for Plymouth, where the regiment will be stationed.—
About 200 men were left at Quebec, having volunteered
into other regiments on that station. The Cornwall
transport, Lieutenant Black, agent, and the Aber-
crombie Robinson transport, arrived also on Tuesday,
from Quebec—the former with the 34th Regiment, and
the latter with the 65th Regiment on bOard. The fol-
eEy,nsllig.nsHß. oNnefor
lowing are the names of the officers of the 34th Regiment
who came home in the Cornwall.:—Lieut.-Colonel
Ancy, Captains R. W. Byron, J. H. Mathews, and
Eustace Heathcote ; H. J. Hutton, R. D. Kelly,
JohnH.
lv. B.
"Milton;
J. Still ; Adjutant E. P. Talbot, Surgeon W. Bain, and
A.
Assistant-Surgeon H. Curry. Of this regiment (the
F. Lang,
LRaonbge; tasonnd,Ym Rooper,anc
34th) about 300 men were left behind at Quebec, having
volunteered into other regiments on that stzti.m. Of
the 65th Regiment, 80 men were left at Quebec to join
the Canadian Regiment, and 300 others; who had volun-
teered into other regiments. The 65th Regiment pro-
ceeded yesterday to Plymouth, where they will be dis-
embarked. The 34th Regiment disembarked yesterday
at Haslar, and have taken up their quarters at Forton.
The Somersetshire transport, Lieutenant Hemsworth,
with invalids from the various regiments in Canada,
arrived yesterday morning from Canada.
The Hastings, 72, Captain Lawrence, arrived at Ply-
mouth Qa Twoday from Malta. 81ze. is ordered to rent

ana return to the Mediterranean. She spoke the Ver-
non off Cape Finisterre, on her way to Malta.
PI! The Jasenr, 18, was at Gibraltar on the 4th inst. The
`Andromache 28, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope,
from St. Helena, on the 9th May.
On Tuesday her Majesty's war steamer the Growler,
1,500 tons burden, was launched from Chatham D.)01. -
yard. The Growler is a first-class steam-ship, and is
intended to carry several guns. Her dimensions are
stated to be the same as the Devastation war-steamer,
launched from Woolwich Dockyard a few days since.
Another large steamer is to be built in the dock from
whence the Growler was launched, and preparations for
laying the keel have already commenced.
At Spithead---Monarch, Indus, Somersetshire trans-
port.

In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Princess Charlotte,
Excellent, Dublin, Royal George, Electra, Bit-
tern, Rapid, Sapphire, and Atholl troop-ships, Corn-
wallis transport, Adventure naval transport, Cracker ten-
der. Echo steam tug.
The supernumeraries of the Royal Marines at Malta
are ordered to return to England—the fleet previously
completing their complement of this corps.
OPERATIONS AGAINST THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL
GEORGE.—PROPOSED EXPLOSION.—On the 17th inst. an
iron 32-pounder was got up, and afterwards the Ar-
mourer's vice, the latter, with the exception of the steel
spring, in a very perfect state, both slung by Mr. George
Hall. The military divers also have not been idle, so
that a good deal of timber has been recovered during
the neaps ; but on the 19th instant, the diving was dis-
continued and the raking commenced on account of the
spring tides. On the 20th, a violent gale of wind
stopped the work altogether. On the 23d, a piece of
timber was caught and pulled out of the mud, in which
it had been buried, by one of the half-anchor creepers,
from which it broke off, and rose to the surface; this
proved to be the remains of the mainmast, the only part
of the wreck that ever floated ; all the other fir timber,
from being so long immersed, having become heavier
than water, so that none of it was got up without being
regularly slung. On the 23d, the removal of the wreck
was renewed by five divers as usual. On comparing
the soundings taken on the 14th and 15th days of this
month, by Lieutenant Hutchinson and Mr. Clewitt, with
their soundings in May last, it appears that the height
of the shoal of mud in which the remains of the wreck
are imbedded, has been reduced about two feet three
inches in the space of two months, and in proportion as
more timber is pulled out, it will be reduced still lower.
At present the highest part of the shoal is only seven
feet above the general level of the anchorage, which is
13 fathoms under the low water of neap tides. On Wed-
nesday next the 28th inst., it is proposed to fire another
charge of 6501b5. of powder, at one o'clock p.m., which
will be announced three hours before hand, by the usual
signal of red flags from the Success frigate hulk, and the
two lumps.
APPOINTHENTS.—Commander Edward Barnett, re-
appointed to the Thunder surveying vessel.
Mates—H. Micklethwaite, to the Dublin; W. Cashman,
to the Electra; W. P. S. Morton, to the Belleisle.
Second Masters--4. Laffer, from the Dublin to the
Calcutta, vice Whiting, to the Dublin.
Master's Assistants—A. J. Barnard, to the Queen; B.
Woolley, from the Lucifer to the Dublin.
Assistant-Surgeon—Nicholas L. Dolling, to the Ca-
ledonia.

Midshipmen—Salik Effendi (a Turkish gentleman),
to the Monarch; Charles Rowley, to the Electra.
Gunner—John Napleton, to the Champion.
Mr. William Elphinstone is appointed Volunteer of the
First Class, to her Majesty's ship Queen, from Dr. Bur-
ney's establishment, Gosport.
PLYMOUTH, JULY 22.—The Belleisle, 72, sailed on
Wednesday to Cork, to complete her ship's company.
The Raven sailed on Wednesday to the westward. The
Savage sailed for the Mediterranean. The Cambrian
frigate arrived on Monday, from Pembroke. The Hast-
ings arrived on Tuesday, from Gibraltar, to have her
defects made good. The Saracen, 10, was paid off into
ordinary on Tuesday. The Sovereign transport sailed
on Wednesday, with stores, for Malta. The Tortoise
lighter, arrived on Wednesday, from Pembroke. The
Alban steamer, arrived on Friday, with the re-
mainder of the 24th Depot, for Dublin. The
Raven, cutter, arrived on Friday, with super-
numeraries, from the eastward. The Malabar, 72, is
fitting for the flag of Sir C. Adam. The Hindoostan,
80. will be launched on Monday, August 2, at. 5 p.m. •
In Harbour—San Joseph, Caledonia, Champion, and
Avon and Carron steamers.

In tho Sound Impregnable, Hastings, and Numa
transport. _ _

A Court-martial, of which Rear-Admiral Sir J. Om-
manney was President, was held on board the Rodney in
Malta Harbour, on the Bth ult., to try Mr. William
Stuart, gunner of her Majesty's ship Daphne, on a
charge of having absented himself from the ship with-
out leave, on the night of the 21st of February. The
charge not having been proved, the Court acquitted the
prisoner.

IRELAND.
TRANQUILLITY OF THE COUNTRY.
MYELIN, JULY 22.—The charges of the Judges of Assize,
received this morning, afford additional testimony respecting
the great tranquillity prevailing throughout the country, at a
moment when the English Tory journals are cramming their
columns with fictitious statements of crime and insubordina-
tion in various parts of Ireland.
Judge Ball, in addressing the county of Limerick Grand
Jury, on Tuesday, said—" I have to state my congratulations
on the comparative lightness of your calendar, in point of
numbers and heinousness. I trust this state of things will go
on progressing, and that those who succeed me will have an
opportunity of congratulating you in still stronger terms."
In addressing the Grand Jury of the city of Limerick, 4.n the
same day, Judge Ball said: " On my arrival here I have been
presented with a calendar of seven larcenies, which comprises
all the crime to be tried at this Assizes. Out of those seven
there are two that ought to have been tried at antecedent ses-
sions, so that the calendar properly triable is only five larcenies ;
and this announcement is quite enough to ensure the ready as.
sent of every one to its being a matter of very great con-
gratulation for the residents and Magistrates of the city of
Limerick."

Baron Pennefather, in addressing the Grand Jury of the
county of Wicklow, on Tuesday, said be had to congratulate
them on the state of repose enjoyed in their county, and the
calendar was no doubt a good index from which to judge of the
peace which prevailed. I t was very pleasant to observe such
an absence of crime, and, under the circumstances it Was quite
unnecessary to detain the Jury by any observations.
Baron Pennefather, a Tory, but a just judge, differs from/ser-
tain of his brethren on the bench in considering the calendar
at the assizes as a good criterion of the state of crime in the
district.