The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-18 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY.)

OLD COUzei.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE and Air. Alderman Gans.)
William Smith was indicted for feloniously wounding
James Michael Cody, with intent to du him some
grievous bodily harm.
The prosedutor, a boy about ten years old, stated
that, on the day of the alleged assault, a number of
boys had been pelting the prisoner with mud, in the
court in which they all lived ; but he, the prosecutor,
had taken no part in the pelting. The prisoner, how-
ever, struck him with a broom handle and cut his head
open.
A surgeon proved that the wound inflicted by the
blow was of a very severe nature.
The prisoner in his defence, said that the prosecutor
was constantly in the habit of pelting and persecuting
him, and that he was in the act of throwing mud at
him when the blow was struck.
One of the jurors said that be knew the prisoner to
be a harmless, inoffensive, industrious man.
The jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to
one month's imprisonment.
The remainder of the morning the Court was chiefly
occupied with a case of felonious assault upon a child
under te❑ years of age in Wimbledon-park.
The prisoner (who was himself but fifteen years old)
was found Guilty, but recommended to mercy on account
of his youth.
Mr. Baron ROLFE, in passing sentence, said that he
was very doubtful whether he ought to attend to the
recommendation of the jury. A few years ago the law
would allow him no discretion, and he would have been
compelled to pass sentence of death in such a case se
this. Even now that he had a larger discretion he was
doubtful that the age of the prisoner ought to have
much weight with him ; for it was monstrous that
children, such as the prosecutrix and her little com-
panion, could not walk in the fields without suffering
outrage from youths like the prisoner, whim he sen-
tenced to be imprisoned for two years, and kept to
hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

BENEVOLENCE.-Mr. Arnold the sitting magistrate,
requests us to acknowledge the receipt of a cheque,
drawn by Mr. John Lane, on account of the Goldsmiths
Company, for 101, in aid of the funds of the poor-box of
this court.

Michael Boyce, a labourer, in the employment of the
Electric Telegraph Company, was charged with having
unlawful possession of a quantity of lead pipe (about
100 feet in length).
Pofide-constable 108 G, said he was on duty last night
at about ten o'clock, in Hollywell-row, when he oh'
served the prisoner. He followed him, and presently he
perceived him enter the shop of a marine store dealer, in
Chapel-street, and place the lead upon the counter. The
prisoner,in answer to a question from witness, said hotted
found the lead, and had taken it into the marine store
dealer's for protection until the morning, when he ,should
endeavour to find out the rightful owner.—(Laughter)
Witness convey him with the property to the statiou-
house.

The prisoner reiterated what he told the police:con-
stable, and added that he had been in the comr?any's
ployment about five months, and had a wife; and feta-
teen children.

Mr. ARNOLD said he should require him to enter int°
recognizance for his appearance on Friday next, when
the foreman of the company would be in attendance.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six,—The Member for Northampton state( I, in the
House of Commons that the contractors and railwai,
companies treated the " navvy " without any regard
to his moral, intellectual, and physical condition--
simply as a beast of burden.
I have been for upwards of seven months (:)hapisi°
to the Bucks Railway Company, with two S cripture
readers at my command. During that time we hell
distributed 3,000 tracts, sold 150 Bibles and prayer.e
books, and 100 tracts, expressly composed for tli
navvies.

My Scripture readers have each, every day during
the meal times of the navvies, read to 'the woo at
different parts of the fine. I and the Scripture. reader°,
keep a diary, which I have placed before the 'board 01
directors at their monthly meetings. At B
ham we have instituted an adult evening scl iool for
the men, which promises to be well attended.
I have always found the navvies civil, thank fill, and
attentive to my advice.
I feel well assured that the Legislature can.no4; pa"
any measures to improve the physical condition of the
labourer on the railway ; the nature of the work
precludes it.
A very great change has taken place sine e Mr.
Chadwick wrote his able pamphlet on the state of the
men employed on the Summit Tunnel.
With such facts as these I am bold to thin k 141'•
Stafford will withdraw his indiscriminate c !ensure
upon all contractors and companies.
I have the honour to be yours obedient] y,
BERKELEY JOr :ES. -
Winslow, Bucks, Dec. IG.

JEWISH DISABILITIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

am a constant reader of your valuable
paper. I perceive that Lord John Russell i ntends
shortly to bring in a Bill to remove the disabilities
under which her Majesty's Jewish subjects at 1 3resent
labour.

This is a measure worthy of the House of I tuseell,
and will add fresh laurels to his fame. I o onside
the Jews to have been for ages an oppressed people:
cruelly treated by the various nations of Europe, an
ia
that it is high time some reparation should bi made
them by their admission to the participation (If the
just rights and privileges of Englishmen.
As they contribute their share of rates and tst: cation
in its various forms to the State, it is their undo übted
right, agreeably to the spirit and essence, the !sseri-
tial principles of the British constitution, that, se 11
body of men possessing property, they shoul ld be
fairly represented in Parliament, which,
to our great oracle, Edmund Burke, should b e the
of the
express image of the feeling's, views, and wants
people. The Jews have been a loyal, quiet, sn d in-
dustrious people, not disturbing by any ipso Wee-
tionary movements our existing political or 2.0 igi°us
institutions. nem) rding
Christians are indebted' to the Jews alone for thet
Holy Scriptures, which carry us back to tho
ages of the world ; to them we owe the
the
•vati°ll,
of the idea of the unity of God through the dar k
of paganism, when all the other nations in tht• w er'
were immersed in polytheism; to them we ()we, the
patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles, the .ser JPTia
lyrical compositions of the royal poet David .
fine, all the moral and spiritual knowledge we p se6eht
we owe to the Jews, as the original fountain of
which has streamed forth through successive ge
tions, either through the Holy Scriptures or b, r oral
tradition, down to the present era. Why have „ nit"ee
been preserved as a distinct people, separated t
all others, but as a standing monument both el "his
goodness and severity of God, as indicative el "re
gracious designs, in his own time and way, to restore
4
them to more than their ancient splendour ? 1P5
predeterminating council of God is clearly eclat
in the ancient prophets, and will surely I ;ome

pass.
As all other sects and parties are now el igible to
sit in Parliament, there is no sound reason m by Jelgaa
should be excluded. The Senate is not foro3`.l
primarily to legislate on ecclesiastical, but on Cil:./;
political, municipal, and judicial subjects ; and I°,
these the Jew is as competent to deliberate • ,4nd deciue
upon as the Christian.
Should you think these remarks word', inserti;
you will oblige me by giving them a pb.Lca in Y°ll
interesting paper.
I remain your obedient servar it,
GEORGE WRIGOII.
Stourport, Dec. 16, 1847.

TO, THE EDITOR OF rHE SUN. iot
SlR,—lti the report of my speed? , at the Austrtieb
emigration meeting, in Waterloo-pity „le, yesterday, `',-ors,
appeared in your paper, an error of the press oe
which I shall fool grateful by your correcting,
no tea
It is there stated that the quan' ,ity of wool ißor-r
from New South Wales, in 1846, • was 90,000,0001b5.
Ur
The quantity imported wa ,s 90,000 bub,'
21,000,0001b5.
I have the honour to be, Sir, yr)tir obedient servant+,
iRCHIBALD BG'Y'
Oxford and Cambridge Clul.t, Pall-mall,
Dec. 17, 1'347.

KING'S COILEG
B Host ITAL.—It was stated. at
committee meeting of tin, above valuable institut'e:i
that the recent anonymous and other donations, ,
enabled the charity to disc:barge every claim upon it lir
to the last quarter, and that owing to the great Pr?".
knee of sickness and 'di sease in the immediate 04,1,11;
bourhood of the hosp'itat„ and, indeed, throughout „-
metropolis,
.every available bed was occupied
ae
ly
patients, while the doors of the institution were' l
thronged by destitute applicants for out-door treanur.ll"
the greater portion suffering under the pretreat
epidemic—the influenza. The utmost exertions °f he
committee are in consequence necessary to ensple ee,
charity to meet thr.,, urgent demands upon its 110116tahe
APOTHECARIEF; HALL.—The following
names of the gentlemen who passed their exatnitio.tl
in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and recerl
certincates to practise, on Thursday, the 16th
Alexander George Cockburn Thiselton, Heworth, Yt)l.
shire; Gustavus Irwin Knight, Tilbury Fort ; Horece
Harrison Ramsgate ; William Henry
Stevenage, Herts; Hugh Green, Boxford, Suffolk.
FURTIPLIt ARRIYAL OF SPECIE.--In addition to the
arrival of specie which has recently taken place from the
United States of America and the continent of Europe,
there have been others from more distant parts of the
world. The vessel Luna, arrived in the docks from
Sydney, New South Wales, has brought four boxe!it
bullion, consigned to the Union Bank of Australia ;
Union, from the same colonial port, four cases of spe-
cie, addressed to an individual merchant; and the Basil,
arrived in the Docks from Oporto, has brought tiff
boxes of specie, consigned to order.