The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-21 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The New Rhenish Gazette of the 19th instant
states that a popular meeting of several thousand in-
dividuals was held on the 17th instant in the neigh-
-1)ourhood of Cologne. The entire assembly, with
one dissentient voice, voted for the establishment of a
Democratic and Social Republic, and it was re-
solved, on the motion of M. E. DRONKE, that an ad-
dress in that sense should be presented to the Na-
tional Assembly at Berlin. The assembly likewise
recognized the Committee of Public Safety es
tablished at Cologne.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
Edward Sharnock, aged 21, described as a labourer,
was charged with robbing John Roots of 30s.
The prosecutor came up from Rochester to endeavour
to get into an hospital, and being unable to get lodgings
he sat down on a door step, and fell asleep at twelve
o'clock one night. Whilst there he was struck by a
person whom he swore to be the prisoner, who was ac-
companied by another person. Whilst in a senseless
state he was robbed of his money. The policeman came
up and found the prisoner, whom he gave into custody,
standing near him. No money was found upon him.
The jury did not consider the case proved, and Ac-
quitted the prisoner.
(Before Mr. Justice EARLE and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
George Holden, aged 42, a labourer, was indicted for
committing a violent assault, with a rake, upon a lad
named William Payne, with intent to murder, at Brom-
ley, on the 22d of May last.
It appeared that they quarrelled, and the prisoner, in
the heat of passion, inflicted the blow, which caused
much blood to flow and rendered it necessary that he
should have an operation performed upon him at the
hospital, and to be an in-patient for six weeks, and he
was now an out-patient.
The prisoner expressed his sincere regret, and said he
struck the boy after much aggravation.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of the assault, but
not with the intention of murdering the boy.
Mr. Justice EARLE sentenced the prisoner to im-
prisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour,
for nine calendar months.
THE CHARTIST PRISONERS.
Mr. BALLA.NTTNE applied to have a copy of the in-
dictment furnished by the Crown to the prisoners, for
whom he appeared.
Mr. Iluddlestone and Mr. Kinderley made a similar
application on be half of other prisoners.
Mr. Justice EARLE said the trials of the prisoners
were for felony, and it appeared to him that they should
be conducted in the same way as other cases of felony,
and that it would be improper to make any difference
between them by furnishing the parties with copies of
the indictments. The depositions with which the pri-
soners were supplied would give them full information
as to the charge which they were called upon to an-
swer. He did not think it right that any other facility
should be afforded to the prisoners except that which
was allowed by the law.
ASSAULT.— William Joseph Bailey, 21, a labourer, was
indicted with feloniously cutting and wounding John
Payne, with intent to murder him.
It appeared that the
.prisoner, while in' a state of in-
toxication at a public-house, was engaged in a quarrel,
when Payne interfered, and in doing so the prisoner
struck him under the left arm with a knife, by which a
deep, but not a dangerous wound, was inflicted.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and ,he was sen-
tenced to transportation for ten years.
FORCERT.—A young man, named Waddy, was in-
dicted for uttering a forged cheque for 101. upon the
London Joint-Stock Bank, in the City.
Frederick Roundtree, a publican, stated that the pri-
soner, on Saturday, the 21st of August, came to his
house, and asked him to advance him some money upon
a cheque until Monday morning, as the bank was shut
up, and said, if he would do so he would pay off a por-
tion of an old debt he owed. He said the 10/. was his
share of some property belonging to his deceased aunt'
and that in a month he expected to receive some more.
Witness advanced him 2/. Tho cheque purported to be
' drawn by E. Kealy, of Elm-court, Temple, but the:bank
refused to cash it on its being taken on Monday morning,
and the forgery was discovered.
Cross- examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The prisoner was
not in a state of intoxication when he gave him the
cheque.
Several other witnesses having been called,
Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury for the defence,
and called witnesses to character.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was
sentenced to seven years' transportation.
The trial of Ann Trinham, the unfortunate woman
who stands accused of murdering her child by leaping
from a steam-boat in the river, was postponed until next
session.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
.Zanies Kingsley, a respectably dressed young man, who
gave his address No. 967, Strand, was brought.before Mr.
Bingham, charged with begging.
Mr. George Fred. Hardy, a gentleman residing in
Gate-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, said last night as he
ft as proceeding along Berry-street, St. James's, the pri-
soner came up to him and asked him to assist him (pri-
soner). Witness immediately recognised the prisoner by
his voice as the same individual who had addressed him
in a similar manner some few weeks ago. Witness, to
satisfy himself as to that fact, questioned the prisoner,
when he repeated exactly the same tale as he had done
on the former occasion, which was that he was a student
of Trinity College, Dublin, and that he had been dis-
charged from a situation in a school at Cowley,
near Oxford, for having a quarrel with a fellow
tutor, and that his family had discarded him and
refused to assist him ; he was, therefore, in the
greatest distress. Witness told him if he really was
a schoolmaster in distress, and his tale was true, he
would give him a sovereign. The prisoner, however,
declined to satisfy witness as to the truth of his state-
ment, and on arriving in Regent street he gave hiai in
charge. _ _

In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had
lately left a situation as tutor in a school at Cowley, near
Oxford. He previously held the situation of a tutor in a
school at Sunbury. By writing to those places the Ma-
gistrate would be perfectly satisfied as to the correctness
of his statement.

Complainant said he would leave a sovereign in the
Magistrate's hands, in case the prisoner's statement
should prove true.

Mr. I.3iiiciEsu said he proposed to let the matter stand
over until Saturday next; and if ho really was in the
distress he said he was, it could not in the least act as a
punishment, as he would be extremely well cared for in
prison. He (Mr. Bingham) would direct that prisoner
should be furnished with writing materials, to write to
the places mentioned, as he (Mr. Bingham) held it his
duty to make the fullest inquiry into the case.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BEDFORD RACES.-WEDNESDAY.
_ _

The Bedfordshire Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft., ece.,
with 70 added. Two miles.
Mr. Parr's Sponge, 3 yrs
Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 4 yrs
Count Bathyany's Egremont, 3 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed::
Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 3 yrs
Mr. Russell's Legislator, 4 yrs
The Two years old Stakes of 20 sous. each, with 50
added. Last half mile.

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The following also started, but were not placed:—
Mr. Ongley's Maid of Lorn
Mr. Charlton's Kiss-a-way
Major Martyn's Caesarian
Mr. Douglas's Repletion ...
The Preparation Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 25
added. Once round and a dis. Gentlemen riders.
Mr. J. Daley's Wee Bit, 4 yrs ...(Mr. Tow neley2
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Mr. Lowther's Chapelgorie, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 3 yrs
Count Bathyany's Bellinden, 3 yrs
Mr. Edwards's Polly, 6 yrs ••• ••• ••• 5
The Town Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats,

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one mile and a quarter.
Sir S. Spry's ch m by Sir Hercules out of Taglioni
6 yrs ...(Nat) 1 1
Mr. Pettifor's fby Martin Chuzzlewit dby Belers 4 2
Duke of Bedford's Sable, 3 yrs ••• ••• 2dr
Mr. Edwards's Amazon, 5 yrs 3 dr

AQUATICS.
ST. JOHN'S, WAPPING, AND ST. GEORGE'S
REGATTA.
This regatta, which commenced on Tuesday and was
adjourned in consequence of some fouling and the late-
ness of the hour, came off yesterday. A coat and badge
and sundry other prizes were given by the gentry and
tradesmen of the vicinity. The contest was among
eight young watermen plying at various stairs, and drew
together a large concourse of spectators. The distance
was from St. Katharine's Dock Buoy, and go twice
round a boat moored off New Crane wharf.
First heat—Thomas Lucy (stripes), 1; John Cannon
(purple), 2; William Teery (pink), 0; George Jones
(green), 0. Lucy took the lead, kept it, and won easily.
Second heat—H. Jones (blue), 1; J. Punafrey (orange),
2; J. Legan (red), 0; T. Watkins (yellow), O. Won
easily.
Third heat—This heat was composed of the two first
men of the two preceding heats:—T. Lucy (stripes), 1;
R. Jones (blue;, 2.; J. Cannon (purple), 0; J. Pumtrey
(orange), 0. This was a well-contested heat between
Jones and Cannon. Lucy at starting rowed right away
from them, and won by some boats' lengths.
Fourth heat—This, the grant heat, was comprised of
the two first men of the last heat:—Thomas Lucy
(stripes), 1; Richard Jones (blue), 0. This heat was:
rowed with good pluck and skill on both sides. Lucy,
first took the lead, but was passed by Jones, who, how-
ever, soon lost his position. They were, towards the end
of the heat, nearly scull and scull, Lucy winning, after a
severe 07&•'''4Ut ,by about two boats' lengths.