The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-25 00:00:00

give some silver to the servant to purchase some things
for her mistress, when she met with the treatment she
had mentioned.

Ellen Davis, the servant in question, corroborated
Mrs. Foley's evidence, adding that they (complainants)
were both called by the vilest epithet by the prisoner and
his friend.

Mr. RAWLINSON (to the prisoner)—What is your an-
swer to this ? Prisoner—l was walking arm in arm
with my friend, when we saw these two females stand-
ing in the middle of the path so as to prevent any one
from passing along. My friend pushed the servant
gently, and when spoken to about it, he denied having
done it on purpose. I did not call any one a w—e, but
he did. I merely told this lady (Mrs. Foley) that she
was a pretty woman, when she flew into a great passion
and slapped my face.
Mr. Foley here stated that the prisoner had since the
occurrence called at his house for the purpose of apolo-
gising, but he (Mr. Foley) refused to listen to anything
of the kind, considering, as he did, that the outrage was
one of such a kind as to deserve punishment.
Mr. ItAwLussoN—l was at first inclined to put upon
you the highest penalty, imagining that you were the
person'you represented yourself to be ; but, as I find
you are only a surgeon's assistant, instead of a surgeon,
I shall fine you but 31.

The penalty was paid.
Mr. Trehearn, a master baker, residing in Cleveland-
street, Fitzroy-square, was charged on a warrant with
having assaulted Mr. Nelson Jones, 11, Carburton street,
and whose life, owing to the injury he received, is almost
despaired of. The case was partly gone into about a
month ago (three days after the occurrence), when, after
the examination of ono or two witnesses, it was ordered
that the warrant should stand over, in the expectation
that Mr. Jones would on a future day be able to attend.
A surgeon's certificate was, however, produced on Mon-
day, setting forth that the sufferer was in a dangerous
condition, and in consequence thereof the Liefendant was
desired to attend on Tuesday.
The evidence given by Mrs. Jones and other wit-
nesses went to show, that on the 22d ult., she and
her husband went to defendant's shop to purchase
a loaf, and that some words having ensued respect-
inn- the weight of it, defendant seized hold of
AL. Jones to eject him from the place. In en-
deavouring to prevent this, the latter laid hold
of a glass door, and breaking one of the panes, his
hand was severely.lacerated. He was forcibly dragged
away by defendant, who thrust him violently into the
road, when the back of his head came in contact with
the wheel of a cart, which was standing by the door, and
he had ever since been under medical treatment. For
some time he was a patient in Middlesex Hospital, and
was now so ill as to leave but little chance of his recovery.

The testimony adduced on the part of the defence was
to the effect that Mr. Jones, having called the defendant
a liar, the latter took hold of him to re,nove him from
the shop, when, being somewhat " fresh," he slipped
down, and thus caused the injury complained of.
Defendant was held to bail himself in 801., and two
sureties in 40/. each for his appearance on Monday next,
and Mr. RaWlinson expressed his intention of proceeding
at the close of the Court to 11, Carburton-street, for the
purpose of taking the unfortunate man's deposition with
regard to the affair.
HATTON-GARDEN.

ROBBERY THROUGEI ;HUNGER.--Daniel Bennett,
ragged half-famished boy, about 14 years of age, was
placed at the bar, charged by Mr. William Arnold,
baker, of No. 32, High Holborn, with having stolen a
pound of bread.

It appeared in evidence, that in the morning, about
eleven o'clock, the prisoner entered the shop of the pro-
secutor and asked his daughter for a half-penny bun,
and whilst her back was turned to take it from the win-
dow, the prisoner snatched a pound of bread from the
counter and ran off with it. lle was instantly pursued,
and at some distance from the shop he was taken, de-
vouring the bread ravenously, when he was given into
the custody of Smith, 151 E, who took him to the
station-house.

Smith here stated, that when the prisoner was taken,
he cried, and said, " If you were as hungry as I was,
you would have done the same."

In answer to questions from the bench, the prisoner,
in tears, said that his mother was dead, and his father
had deserted him, and he was quite friendless. He was
a native of Chippenham, in Wiltshire, and had been in
London three weeks looking after work, but could get
none, and he had been obliged to wander about and beg.
He had not had anything to eat for a length of time,
when hunger drove him to steal the bread. He had
slept in the streets for nights together, and the night pre-
vious he procured a ticket, and slept at Marylebone
Poor-house, Peckham.

Mr. COMBE said it was evident that the prisoner was
in great distress, and his having devoured the bread the
moment after he had stolen it was a proof of his hunger
at the time, and he could not think of punishing him
under such circumstances.

Mr. Arnold said that his only object in bringing him
before the Magistrate was to get him, if possible, relieved.
The prisoner said he was anxious to go to sea, but he
had no friends to get him there: he had applied, but they
refused him, as he had never been a voyage.
Mr. COMI3E thought it x fit case to send to the work-
house, and he ordered Smith to take him to the work-
house of St. Andrew, tiolborn, and George the Martyr,
with his request that he might be received and some-
thing done for him, and he:was discharged from the
felony. _ _ _

The prisoner seemed grateful, and left the Court with
the officer.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.

MEETING TO CONGRATULATE THE QUEEN
ON THE BIRTH OF AN HEIR APPARENT.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of the Borough of
Southwark was held on Tuesday, at the Town-hall, to con-
gratulate her Majesty on the birth of an heir apparent to
the Throne. The requisition to the High Bailiff to con-
vene the meeting was signed by upwards of 200 of the
most influential inhabitants of the borough. Amongst
the gentlemen present we observed Alderman Hum-
phery, M.P., Benjamin Wood, Esq„ M.P., Mr. Apsley
Pellatt, Arthur Barclay, Esq., William Wilson, Esq.,
Emanuel Cooper, Esq., J. Q. Harris, Esq., M.P.,
Perkins, Esq., Curling, Esq., &c. The chair was
taken by John Holmes, Esq., the High Bailiff.
The requisition convening the meeting was then read.
The HIGH BAILIFF then addressed the meeting, and
after alluding to the unexampled height of greatness and
of glory which this country attained to under the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, and also to the distinguishing character.
istic of the reign of Queen Anne, which had been termed
the " Augustan age of England," he observed that it had
been reserved for the present times to produce a youth-
ful Sovereign who combined in her own character all the
virtues of the woman and all the excellences of the
Queen ; whose conduct, whether we regarded her as a
daughter, a wife, a mother, or the ruler of this great
empire, had shone with untarnished lustre, and on
which the finger of envy and calumny had been unable
to fix a stain.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. PERKINS moved the first resolution, expressive of
thanks to Almighty God, for the safe delivery of her
Majesty.
Mr. APSLEY PELLATT seconded the motion.
It was then agreed to.
A resolution to the effect that an Address of Congra-
tulation on the birth of a Prince, heir to the Throne of
Britain, be presented to her Majesty, was also carried.
Mr. JOHN MEYNARD moved as an amendment that
the following addition to be made to the address :—" At
the same time, we cannot but acquaint your Majesty
that thousaads of virtuous and modest women, your Ma-
jesty's subjects, are passing the like natural extremities
upon beds of straw, without even a pillow whereon to
lay their heads—that starvation and misery arc pervad-
ing the whole length and breadth of the land, and we
attribute this state of things to class legislation, and
therefore pray your Majesty to instruct your Ministers
to pass a law that every male twenty-one years of age,
untainted with crime, may have a vote in the election of
representatives in the Commons House of Parliament."
There must be some great cause for all this misery, and
they had a right to approach the throne, and respectfully
represent to her Majesty the distressed state of the ma-
jority of her loyal subjects.—(Hear, hear.) To read
them even was enough to make their blood run cold in
their veins, and what must it.be to endure them?—(Hear.)
In his humble opinion the cause of all this misery was
the class legislation of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr.
Meynard then alluded to the conduct and enormous sala-
ries of the clergy of the Established Church.
Mr. ARTHUR BARCLAY rose to order. He was not
insensible of the distress pervading the kingdom, nor of
the sufferings of his fellow-countrymen.—(Cries of " Sit
down," " Chair," " Order," &c.) Amidst great confusion,
Mr. W. WILSON rose to order ; the remarks of Mr.
Meynard were quite appropriate to the subject.—
(Cheers.) If they admitted the amendment they must
also listen to the reasons urged in support of it.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MEYNARD continued. Me denied that he was
heard by courtesy, and if he had been out of order the
High Bailiff would have told him so, which he had not
yet done.—(Cheers.) The statements he had made
were, no doubt, painful to the ears of Mr. Barclay and
his friends, but how much more painful must they be to
him (Mr. Meynard), who saw so much more of the ex-
treme distress which his fellow-men were labouring
under ?—(Cheers.) Was there anythingwrong in snak-
ing it known to their beloved Queen ? Did Queen Anne
or Queen Elizabeth ever object to their subjects coming
to them under such circumstances ? He felt satisfied that
Queen Victoria would also listen to their representation.
Dr. BEDFORD said that "out of the fulness of the
heart the mouth would speak." Arthur Barclay and his
friends should be taught to feel the necessity of the
change for which they prayed in the amendment. It
was a great privilege to approach the throne, and they
could not use it better than by exhibiting to her Majesty
a true picture of the suffering and misery in which the
country was involved. He cordially seconded the amend-
ment.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HILLOCK saw no reason for the interruption of
Mr. Barclay. The working men only wanted to get a
living, which would benefit that gentleman, for they
would then be able to drink a little more of his beer.—
(Cheers.) For twenty years he had been a rate-payer
in the borough. but now, in spite of his utmost efforts, ,
he was corning to the state of a pauper. He could now
only get two day's work in the week, and he had a whole
family of children, and had not wherewithal to get the'.n
a dinner.—(Hear, hear.) He was no Chartist, but a
Corn-law repealer ; and the reason of that was, that, as
he passed along
.the streets he observed the tradesmen
at their doors, with their hands in their pockets, and
nothing to do. They need not go Marylebone, or
cofu
lromd.n take
own Mr. Barclay
brewery,
any-
where else, for scenes of destitutioneas distant rhe
; for
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oapndlacsehsoownly a
him finitmice,s
,equally startling.
--(Hear, hear.) He trusted they would let the amend-
ment pass for the benefit of the' working elassva. The
poor had no objection to let them (the Tories) live ;
but it was right that they should also let,. others live.
Mr. BLACKIKORE (a working-man) said. that it was
impossible for fathers of starving families to stand by in
silence. He was astonished that the conduct of gentle-