The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-17 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds's ma-
jority was resumed. In the course of the day several
votes were objected to, but the petitioners only succeeded
in one instance.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
NEU' COURT.
THE CHARTIST RIOTS IN BISHOP BONNER'S
FIELDS.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. PAYNE then addressed the jury for the prisoners
Moston, Jones, Illman, and Couling, and in doing so
stated his firm belief that if the advice of his Noble
Friend Lord Ashley, with respect to improving the con-
dition, had been adopted, these demonstrations would
never have taken place, and more good would have been
effected than by Colonels Rowan and:Mayne's police, Sir
George Grey's special constables, and the Duke of Wel-
lington and the whole armed force of the country. Was it
to be believed that the acts of such mere boys as the
prisoners at the bar were calculated to damage the glo-
rious constitution of this country. It was his firm con-
viction that all that had taken place was attributable to
the incautious and uncalled for conduct of the police.
He was convinced that no case had been proved against
the prisoners he defended, and he had no doubt of an
acquittal for all of them at the hands of the jury.
Mr. BALLANTINE then addressed the jury for the pri•
soner Whitehead, who was no patriot, knew nothing of
the six points of the Charter, and had no sympathy
with Mr. Mitchell, because he was not aware of the
existence of such an individual, but was merely a brick-
layer's labourer, who had, unfortunately for himself,
gone to the meeting in Bonner's- fields, on Sunday, the
4th of June. No case had been proved against White-
head, for the stones that he was said to have thrown had
never reached their destination. Ile believed that the
police, and the police alone, had cause the whole of the
disturbances that had taken place by their own indis-
criminate conduct.
Mr. PARRY then addressed the jury for the prisoners,
Kingston and Blackburn; in the course of which he took
occasion to observe, in warm terms, that it was an in-
famy and scandal to the administration of justice in
England that the police should be allowed to
exercise a discretion as to when they should
or should not strike her Majesty's liege sub-
jects with their truncheons on the head without
the interference of the magistrates or the Secretary of
State for the Home Department. The Learned Counsel,
in conclusion, submitted that there was no evidence
upon which the jury could convict the prisoners whose
cause he advocated.'
(The Learned Gentleman was addressing the Court
when our Evening Edition went to press.)

FRANCE.
The Lemocratie Paeifique says—" That it was
currently reported in the National Assembly yester-
day that M. Lamartine had four-and-twenty hours
before placed his resignation in the hands of his col-
leagues, tut the considerations of public interest pre-
vented the fact being made public."
The Gazette de France prophecies the restoration
of Henri V. before Michaelmas. It is well that M.
l'AbbC,, de Genverde should have been thus particilar
as to the date, because it will put the Republicans on
their guard. At all events, after this declaration on
the part of the Legitimatists there can be no doubt as
to the existence of a reactionary party—a party
which must be grappled with at all hazards, inasmuch
as they will destroy the Republic if the Republic
does not destroy them.

AUSTRIA.
According to advices from Vienna, the inhabitants
of that city were beginning to cherish hopes of the
Emperor's return. The arrival of Wessenberg and
Dobblhoff at Inspruck had had a very beneficial
effect, and the reactionary party, who before sur-
rounded the Emperor, had retired to Ischl. It was
confidently asserted that the Emperor, accompanied
only by the two Ministers in question, would set out
for Vienna to show himself to his faithful subjects,
and then retire to a palace in the country, there to
await the assembling of the Diet. It was also stated
that the Emperor had refused to acknowledge the
Provisional Government in the Prague.
Count Stadion, who had left Vienna on the Bth,
was expected at Inspruck every moment. M. Mo-
richini arrived at Inspruck on the 10th, from Rome,
having gone through the Austrian line of troops. It
is stated that he is commissioned by the Pope to pave
the way for negotiations for peace.

ITALY.
The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 12th instant,
officially announces the occupation by the Italian
army of the positions of Rivoli, on the authority of
a letter, dated head-quarters of Gazzoli, the 10th.
The Austrians had evacuated them during the night,
and at ten o'clock, A.M., the Italianl troops took quiet
possession of Caprino, Rivoli, and its environs. The
latter were then preparing to cross the Adige on
different points, in order to invest Verona. The
Archdukes Ernest and Sigismund had left that for-
tress. According to a letter from Vicenza, of the
6th instant, 380 Austrians had been either killed or
wounded, by the springing of a mine near Bassano.
The Governor of Ancona, on being informed of
the approach of a column of Neapolitan troops re-
turning to their country, had notified to their com-
mander
not to pass within cannon ra. range of the ram-
parts of that fortress. The l!ttter, it appears, com-
plied with the recommendation, and proceeded by
another road.
Vice-Presidents of the
Upper Council
The Patria of the 9th instant, quotes a letter from
Rome of the 7th, expressing fears for the tranquillity
of that capital. Cardinal Ciacchi having refused to
accept the Presidency of the Council of Ministers,
Cardinal Ceroni had been elevated to that post'
Monsignor Emmanuel Muzzarelli had been ap-
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THE NAVY.
patronage pension o 0
fl stohte per
First annum,Lord which
(From the United Service Gazette of this day .)
THE CAPTAIN'S GOOD SERVICEf PENSION._
.The The Cap-
of the
Admiralty by the promotion of Commodore Sharpe,
C. 8., has not yet
been disposed of. Among the score of
Cap-
tain's
sn 'sl a
pgsoeodd
to service rtvhi cee
we b •
candidates for the distinction,_._ _ believe that Commo-
dore Sir Thomas Herbert, K U-111., Commander in-Chief
°s •
f the southeast coast of America station, will be the
officer selected by the Earl of Auckland.
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier, c.B.,KCH • • ~ has
been in town, and at the Admiralty, during the past
proceeds overland to the East
week, and lndies, on the
20th, to assume the command-in-chief of that station.
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
We understand that a flag officer is keeping a bright
look-out upon the Mediterranean command, whenever
the present efficient Admiral has served his appointed
time. If the officer to whom we allude possessed talents
or claims of a nature to make his pretensions compatible
with justice or expediency, we should cheerfully ac-
quiesce in his endeavours; but knowing full well that
whether as regards standing in the service, abilities as a
commander, or sound common sense as a man, the officer
in question is deficit, we can only express our surprise at
his presumption, and our pity for those weak enough to
be led away by the speciousness and attempts at humbug
which he so unmercifully practises.
INSPECTION OF ROYAL MARINES.—We learn that
at the annual inspection of Royal Marines, at Gos-
port, last week, great surprise, and especially in the