The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 28, lB4B.

That all kinds of alarming rumour.; are afloat may bo
believed when it is known that in Thuries and other
parts of Ireland, it was reported th It an outbreak had
taken place in Liverpool, and that 500 of the police had
bea❑ killed.

Immediately on the receipt of the alarming news the
magistrates met at the Town-hall, with the view of mak-
ing the necessary arrangements, in the event of any rising
being attempted in this town. The intelligence having,
as before stated, been conveyed io London by means
of the electric telegraph, an order was received
by Captain Gregg immediately to call out the pensioners.
This was accordingly done, and a portion of them took
up their station at the Sessions-house, accommodation
for the remaining being found in the court over the
police-office in High-street. Whea it was ascertained
the news was incorrect, they were dismissed.
It is supposed that the report must have been
fabricated in Liverpool, and the magistrates are about
to take steps, if possible, to discover the person who has
been guilty of so heartless a piece of mischief.
We are glad, however, to be able still to state that
Liverpool remains in the most peaceable state. Not the
slightest attempt at outbreak has been made, and, con-
sidering the preparations for suppressing any distur-
bance, we confidently believe no serious breach of the
peace will take place in this town. Whilst the present
excitement, however, continues in Ireland it will be ne-
cessary for the authorities to be on the alert.
Since our last there have been further seizures of
pikes and other weapons in this town. On the person
of one man found in possession of these instruments of
warfare was found a letter containing important infor-
mation as to the intended movements of the Repealers,
which will be of service to the authorities.
Considerable additions still continue to be made to the
number of special constables in each of the wards, and
meetings are held every night for the purpose of drilling
and aid organizing the men into companiea. The
workmen employed in nearly all the large establish-
ments of the town have been sworn in as special con-
stables.

The regular police-force has been increased from
800 to 1,300 !Ben, and these continue to be regu-
larly drilled every day to the use of the musket and
the sword. In districts of the town principally
occupied by the Irish, or where there is the most
probability of any. disturbance originating, the offi-
cersln addition to this, their beats have been shortened, su
h
number on duty every night is con-
siderable.
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llpairs, and tire furnished with arms.

The military are all at their several stations, and
there has been a further addition made by the arrival of
a troop of the fourth Dragoon Guards, and a detach-
ment of the 30th
night.

On Wednesday evening 50 chests and 26 hogsheads,
containing cutlasses and accoutrements, arrived from
Chester. The cutlasses are intended for the use of the
special constables, if it should be found necessary to arm
them.

Dr. Reynolds, the notorious Chartist "ironmonger,"
who last week said that he had sounded the 89th, and
found them all right, and in favour of treason
and rebellion, has been well answered by a private
in that gallant corps, who says—"l wish re
spectfully to inform that rebelin-chief (Dr. Rey-
nolds) and his companions in iniquity, that if
he succeed in getting up an excitement, as he terms
it, he will find, to his loss, that the ranks of tho 89th
are not so tainted with foul air as he imagines ;
that they are faithful and loyal, as they have ever
been, to their Queen and country, and that they
are not only ready, but anxious, at any moment,
when required, either to repel the aggressions
of foreign enemies, or to suppress domestic rebels. If
the doctor would apply to this regiment whenever he
feels the pike and vitriol complaint coming on,
they will administer to him, and to all such,
free of expense, and without delay, a sufficient
quantity of their purifying pills, which, though not
patent medicine, yet have stood the test of long
experience—particularly having done much execution ill
'9B. They will be sure to give the doctor almost instant
relief, and do away with the necessity of his being sent
to Bermuda for change of air."
Immediately after the arrival of the mail from Dublin
last evening, the Mayor and magistrates caused a pla-
card, of which the following is a copy, to bo extensively
posted in the town:—

"BOROUGH OF LITERPOOL.

" The Mayor and magistrates beg to inform the pub
lie, that the mail steamer from Dublin has this moment
arrived, and it affords them the greatest pleasure to say
that the alarming intelligence published this morning is
entirely untrue.

" T. B. HORSFALL, Mayor.
" Town•hall, July 27, 1848."

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, July 26.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT).

William Harding Flied was indicted for the Man-
slaughter of Elizabeth Riley, the wife of Thomas Riley,
of High Sheen, in this county, on the 28th of March
last.

Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Woolrych conducted the
prosecution, and Mr. W. H. Cooke, and Mr. Scotland
defended the prisoner.
The prisoner, it appeared, had for many years practised
extensively as a surgeon and accoucheur at Longnor, a
place about two miles from Riley's residence. The de-
ceased on the day in question having all the symptoms
of an approaching confinement with her third child, her
husband sent for the prisoner to attend ht-r, he having
attended her at the birth of her second child. The
prisoner arrived at the house about two o'clock in the
morning.
Evidence at great length was then given to show that
the deceased had been improperly treated, and sunk un-
der it.

A surgeon, who had made a past mortem examination,
stated that in his opinion midwifery instruments had
been improperly used, and that proper surgical skill had
not been applied to the case. It was then elicited from
the witness, on cross-examination, that even a very skil-
ful man might be mistaken as to the proper mode of
dealing with cases like the deceased's.
Mr. Baron PLITT here interposed, and said that, as it
had now appeared that the rupture of vital parts had
caused the death, and that such rupture might have been
the result of natural causes, the charge of manslaughter
could hardly be pressed under the present circumstances,
he would recommend the jury to say that there was
not sufficient evidence to show that the prisoner had
been the cause of the death; and ultimately, under his
Lordship's direction,
Tho jury found the prisoner Not Guilty, the foreman
stating their opinion to be that the death may have arisen
from natural cause'.

the trial lasted some hours, and created considerable
interest in the neighbourhood.
NISI rItIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE,
and Special and Common Juries.)
The two cases disposed of did not admit of any public
notice whatever.

HOME CHIC WT—Maidstone, July 26.
The commission for the county of Kent was opened on
Tuesday by thu Lord Chief Baron. There are twenty-
eight :causes for trial, and seventy-five prisoners, but
none of the charges against them appear to be of a very
serious character.
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
OTT/MING v. COYLE.

This was an action to recover a sum of 7001., the ba-
lance due upon a promissory note for 1,2501, made by
the defendant, who pleaded that the whole amount had
really been paid.
Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill were for the plaintiff ;
Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Wordsworth for the de-
fendant.

.....
The parties in this action were well known upon the
turf, and it appeared that there had been a good many
money transactions between them. In 1845 the defen-
dant held three bills in promissory notes, amounting a!-
together to more than 1,2001., and he placed them in the
hands of the plaintiff, who gave him consideration for
them to their full amount. When these bills became
due, the plaintiff was unable to get them paid, some of
the parties being out of the way, and others not being in
a condition to pay, and atlength the defendant consented
to give his own promissory note, payable on demand, fur
the full amount of the three bills, the understanding
being between the parties that the three original bills
should be retained by .the plaintiff's solicitor as colla-
teral security, and that the defendant should pay off his
own promissory note by instalments to suit his conve-
nience. Accordingly,. it appeared that about 5701. had
been paid off by different sums, at intervals, but at length
the defendant declined to pay any more money, and he
now set up as a defence to this action that he had paid
the whole amount of the bill.
The bill having been put in, together with the admis-
sion of the defendant that it was his handwriting.
Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the jury, and called a wit-
ness named Sibree, who swore positively that he was
present at a room in an inn in Doncaster, where ho saw
the plaintift and the defendant, and the latter, in an-
swer to a question from Mr. Stebbing, said he had won
3001., and then the subject of the twelve hundred
pounds bill was introduced, and he was asked to calcu-
late amount of interest that was due upon it, and he
said that when be had done so a balance was struck,
and the whole amount that was due was paid by the
defendant in notes and gold, and ho said also that the
plaintiff promised to give Coyle the 1,200/. bill the next
day.
Upon his being cross-examined, this witness said
that he had been in business as a wine-merchant, and
became a bankrupt, and was charged with concealing
his property, and was imprisoned for eighteen months
for defrauding his creditors.
In order to rebut the testimony of this witness, Ser-
geant Shee called Mr. Roberts, the attorney for the
plainlill; and he stated that ho was present when the
arrangement was made with regard to the delivery of
the promissory note in question fur the three bills that
were in the plaintiff's possession, and he also proved
the payment of the different sums by the defendant to
reduce the amount down to the 25th of May, 1847.
lie likewise stated that, after the time mentioned by
the witness Sibree, when the balance was alleged to have
been paid, ho saw the defendant upon the subject of the
balance duo upon the bill, and told him that if he did
not make some arrangement to pay the amount, that
the plaintiff would sue him and recover it, upon which
he said he did not care if he did, for if he were sued, he
owed eighteen hundred pounds more, and he should
wipe it all off in the Insolvent Court, and at that time
he said nothing about the bill having been paid.
Mr. CHAMBERS then addressed the jury, upon this
additional evidence for the plaintiff, and he urged that
the defendant had made out his plea by the evidence of
the witness Sibrso. He said it was not because a man
had been unfortunate that be was, therefore, disentitled
to being believed.
The CHIEF BARON—Oh, the eighteen months im-
prisonment, you know, may be said to have completely
whitewashed him, and he came out of gaol quite pure
and ahoy© suspicion.—(A laugh.)