The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-22 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS•

(THIS DAY.)
The Court sat this morning, at ten o'clock, for the clisP°slll
of what are termed the bail cases.

TUE CASE OF MAJOR BENIOWSEI.—JUDGDIEXT• n his
The defendant in this case having surrendered
tioe
recognizances to receive judgment upon the •enYle
awarded at the last sessions,
to
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said it was his duty neer
nounce judgment upon the defendant for an assault, which re
as.
must term one of a most aggravated nature. It was an had
sault committed after a. lapse of upwards of six Yeatbaut
intervened between it and the alleged provocation,
making inquiries of any individuals except those alln`led W
in his affidavit, and whose names were not even mention'
Assaults of this nature were of a far more reprehensible ;91.,
ratter than those ordinarilybrought before the Court,whereou
tie:, acting upon a sudden impulse of passion, took revenge as ,
the spot at tke moment the provocation was give different
such been the case, he should have treated it in aiiag
manner. But the defendant in this case had, after Wa2niet
for six years, gone up to the prosecutor the first time,rthee9
him—first proffered him the hand of friendship, and saner
when Mr. Urquhart refused it, assaulted him in the %its
established by the evidence. With respect to the the
dark,
of a fine, he (the Assistant-Judge) circumstance rather in th
of the
because he was not aware of the
were -
defendant; but he had reason to believe, that if he
impose a heavy fine upon him, he would be unable to pa 7213.
Under all the circumstances of the case, the sentence of
Court was, that the defendant be imprisoned in the llpioruastei
Correction for one calendar month, and that at the e
of such term of imprisonment he en
ter into x
his own recogarrti
Zinces in the sum of 501., and find one surety in 25i.
mayi Major
speakne a
nio vifeswk (apparentlywords
Your A:en! ci
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mMyy
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p.ra Lord,
The AssisTANT-JuDGE—It is irregular to allow parties to ,
w a l,
address the Court after judgment ha's been pronounced;
however, from the latter part of your sentence I am willing
to hear you.
than
deserve, or than you consider necessary for the good of SO'
noilnatjeoiritßioenutir intpi—ose upon me
r know well,
ciety. I could observe that your Lordship was wavering
ag
to whether you should inflict a fine or a sentence of imprison.
ment ; but believe me, my Lord, that the sentence you have
couldpassed
possibly
entai ls upon
inflict.m No
me more evil
moneyth than
can
n the heaviest
compensatefi ne
hemayviLerorpd, nishnin that "you have
nue
for a month's incarceration from this date, because the
17th of May is the last day allowed me for the perfection of
three patents granted to me by her Majesty for inventions Of
mine. My Lord, that day has been gazetted ; on that day •
I will be in prison according to the terms of your sentence,
and I do implore of you to reconsider your It
sentence, and ste •
whether it would not be consistent with your duty to alter ,
from imprisonment to fine. I know, my Lord, that you
convinced you are not sitting there to execute revenge, but
to protect society; and surely you will not impose a sentence
which would entail ruin upon the party convicted.
about
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE considered that the matter !in_
the patents was such as to justify him in a departure dart
the ordinary course. From the statement of the defers
—and he had no reason to doubt its truth—it would AT;
that if the prisoner were to be imprisoned previous to
entail
the •
the day for which his patents were gazetted, it would ,_
om,
upon him effects that would be perhaps ruinous.
those circumstances he should alter the sentence frei.n_ied
prisonment for a month to a fine of 501., and to be imprinsu_s_.
until such time as it shall be paid, and order the defe.
to enter into the same recognizances as that specified in
the
first judgment.
The defendant paid the fine soon afterwards, lord, wig
iberated.

GRAND CELTIC BALL.—We are
charitable
a sum of about 4001. has been realized from this c
its
effort, and that Lord John Russell has kindly undertaken
Highlands
in the distribution amongst the most necessitous
been
and islands of Scotland, to whom it has accordinglytreasurer. •
transmitted by Captain Lamont, R.N., honourary
in
g--lad to learn that
country are now closely drawing their attention to the
.I`,,
HEALTH OF TowNs.—Medical gentlemen
slut; ,
and condition of dwellings, and to the inmates of them,
ap,?!:
in towns and villages, in order to the affording inform taw!:
thereon. Every person valuing cleanliness, good health, 11d
comfort, will be very glad of this. Landlords who do not Se 6
to their tenants' dwellings being in a proper condition mat
not only expect (through ill-health and disease) to lose rent,
but entail upon the ratepayers at large a great burden, by
causing increased claims upon the parochial funds. It is el
lamentable fact, that numbers of landlords have looked but to ,
themselves
a r en
vastt
amount of blame.
; and have, in consequence, brought upon
OF MRS. DISRAELL—On Tuesday infor•
mation was received in town of the demise of this lady,th2 •
othneem thsei
wife of J. Disraeli, Esq., the Celebrated author of ' The
Curiosities of Literature,' and mother of the present Mem-
ber of Parliament. She was in her sixty-fifth year, and.
died at her seat in Buckinghamshire, much regretted by a
numerous circle of friends.
SUBMARINE TELEGRAPII.—Mr, Alfred Barnard, of
St. Helier, informs us that be "has had the honour of sub-
mitting plans to Lord John Russell (in the event of war) to
connect the Channel Islands, Southampton, and the Admi-
ralty, by submarine telegraph, consisting only' of one wire,
o compete the the sea forming the trough to complete
electri, current ; when simultaneously, a peal of bells maY
be rung here and at Southampton, calling the attention of ,
the officer to the communication about to be transmitted-
This experiment," adds Mr. Alfred Barnard, "has just been
satisfactorily proved near the palace at Osborne."—JerseY
Press.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE BY A DRUNKARD.-01E1T0e5'
day an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Moores
Arms, Bow-common, Bromley, on view of the body of
Susannah Degray, aged twenty-two years, of No. 18,
street, Poplar. It appeared from the evidence that the de
ceased was to be married to a sailor named Pierce in a felr
days, and on Friday evening last they both went to a,
lodging house: in Silver-street, Poplar, for the purpose of
hiring furnished apartments. She was very intemperate is
her habits, and after drinking an immoderate quantity of
rum, she became very much intoxicated. She was unable
rwtehdentro
to walk, and she fell down in the kennel several times. }ler
companion, Pierce, raised her from the ground, and she W$
there
threw
her drinking
bonnetfor aandcosnhsaiwdelroaffll ea
ntime, assisted to a friend's house in Titler-street. She remains"
She was immediately followed by her sister-in-law, a,n,rf
directly afterwards was seen struggling in Limehouse Cub "j" •
the river Lea. The drags were procured, and the decoase—
was shortly afterwards recovered and conveyed to the above
public-house, where life was found to be quite extinct. 11.
found
struggling returned a verdict, " That the deceased was
smhethseudjidoeusnly
struggling in the waters of the river Lea, but how she be-
came so there was not sufficient evidence before the said
jurors."
rriedout
EMIGRATION.—As emigration is being ca •
O'Brien
on a very large scale in Ireland, could not the Smithot
parti-
party be induced to leave the country ?
We
are
eomn Ireland
cular where they go, providing it is as far away r
some
as possible. Government might present them with
snug little island at the Antipodes, where they might make
speeches to the natives as muc .se
h as they d' and be
if this
allowed to legislate for themselves. We are confident, .
scheme was properly carried out, it would be the greatest
boon to Ireland that has happened since the day when eat
Patrick " drove out all the varmint."—Punch.
THE TALLOW-CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
—The anniversary festival of this charity took place yester-
day at the London Tavern, and was well attended by members
of the trade. Lord R. Grosvenor presided, and Alderman
_.
Challis, Sir G. Larpent, Alderman Farncomb. and Mr. W
•en
t
Hawes, were among the guests present. The benevolent
objects of the charity are the relief of indigent and incapa-
citated tallow-chandlers, their widows, and others connected
with the trade. From the report it appears that the societl•
although only in its infancy, has already been the means
onus:
much usefulness ; and the increasin amount of dcalui to
exceeding this year the sum of 300/. gives every
reason
believe that it will be enabled materially to extend the op
of its operations. The dinner and its accompanying arrange
ments were all that could he desired.
in
Prince Frederick of Denmark has arrived

Paris.
AMERICAN TRIBUTE TO ROYALTY.—An article of
millinery, consisting of a bonnet of peculiar and costly de-
scription, is immediately expected to arrive, if such be not
already the case, irom,New York, for her Most Gracious Bfa:
jesty the Queen. It is rumoured that it has been. the joll:
manufacture of several ladies, residents and natives 0.1 miw
principal commercial city of the United States of Pr.*