The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-07 00:00:00

IV ORSHIP-STR E.E T.

A young fellow, named Joseph Crane, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with having been
concerned with several others in a murderous attack
upon Thomas and Frederick Woodward, brothers, under
the impression that they were special constable, during
the riots on Sunday last.
The complainant, Thomas Woodward, stated that he
and his brother were passing through Virginia-row,
Bethnal-green, between twelve and one o'clock on Sun-
day, and were threading their way through a large
crowd assembled there, when a sudden cry was raised of
"There go a Government spy and special constable,"
and they were instantly assailed with a volley of stones
and other missiles. At the same moment a simultaneous
rush was made by the mob, and witness ran for protec•
tion into one of the houses, but scarcely had secured the
door, when it was burst open by upwards of twenty of
his pursuers, amongst whom was the prisoner, who
struck him a violent blow in the face, and the rest of
the rabble commenced beating and kicking him until he
begged them, for God's sake, not to murder him, and told
them that they had better search him it they thought
ho was a special constable; upon which they rifled
his pockets, and abstracted all the money he had about
him. The mob outside were in the meantime shouting
to the others to drag him out; and one of his assailants
caught him round the neck, and forced him into the
street, where he was instantly knocked down by the
party outside, who struck him to the ground, kicked him
about the head, body, and face, and knocked out two of
his front teeth. Ile succeeded with great difficulty in
recovering his feet, and was endeavouring to escape,
when the mob hastily ,formed a double line, and each
of them struck him as he passed, until he reached the
corner of the street, when one of the inhabitants pulled
him into his house, and having strongly barricaded the
door, locked him into a back room, where he remained
for nearly two hours, when ho was ultimately released
by Mr. Ilanly, the chief usher of the court, who had ac-
cidently heard of his detention.
F 1 e !crick Woodward, brother of the last witness, con-
firmed the preceding evidence, and stated that he was
endeavouring to escape from the mob, when a man and
two women appeared at the door of one of the houses,
and invited hit❑ to take refuge there, which he did, but
the instant they had bolted the door it was burst open by
the rioters, e number of whom rushed in, exclaiming that
he was a b—y special, and now they had god hold of him
they would murder him. A general attack was then
made upon him, and at every blow they exclaimed,
Take that, you -- special." After beating him until
he was completely exhausted, and both his eyes closed
up, the)' dragged him into the street, where they re-
newed their violence, and, on assuring them again that
he was no* a special constable, some of them said,
" We'll search Cie --," and immediately turned out
the whole of his pockets, from which they abstracted
eight shillings; and finally told him that if they had
found a staff upon him he should not have gone away
alive.

%Yuen called upon for his defence, the prisoner de-
nied that he was one of the persons who had assaulted
the complainant, or that he was even present upon the

occasion.

Mr. HAM:NULL said that his identity had been clearly
established, and ordered hire to be at once committed fur
trial for assault and robbery.
Itobett Margrave, Thomas Haynes, George Cowling,
Henry Dilbwin, and seventeen other prisoners, who were
remanded from the previous day, charged with having
taken an active part in the disg,raceful disturbances on
Sunday, by pelting stones at the police and committing
other outrages, were severally brought up for judgment.
Mr. Hayward, from the office of Mr. Mauls, solicitor
to the Treasury, attended for the prosecution.
Mr. llAmmiu. ordered the whole of the prisoners, to
their evident surprise and consternation, to be fully com-
mitted to Newgate to take their trial.
It was a gratifying tact to observe that on the arrival
of the police van for the removal of the prisoners, the
feeling of defiance and animosity displayed on the pre-
vious day by the crowd assembled to witness their de-
parture had considerab:y abated, and they were carried
off with scarcely a murmur of disapprobation.

THE CHARTIST DISTURBANCES.
The following whit ess to her Majesty has been exten-
sively signed in th,. metropolis :

"To HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.

" May it please your Majesty,—We, y our Majesty's
most dutiful and loyal subjects, the inhabitants of the
parish of St. George, Hanover-square, venture to ap-
proach your most gracious Majesty with sentiments of
dutiful allegiance to your Majesty's throne, and of de-
vo•ed and loyal affection to your Majesty's person.
"Feeling deeply the grievance of having the fears
of the peaceful and attached of your Majesty's subjects
excited, and the hurtful tendency to the trade of the
peaceable, honest, and industrious part of the community,
by the continual, unwarranted, and illegal meetings and
processions of seditious people calling themselves
Chartists,' we most humbly but earnestly pray that
your Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause the
laws of your Majesty's realm to be put in force against
the leaders and abettors of such meetings, and that your
Majesty will be most graciously pleased to command the
Executive of your Majesty's Government to use the
most stringent and effective measures for the immediate
suppression of such unlawful meetings and rroce,sionf.
" And to that end your Majesty may most fully rely
on the most efficient support of your humble memorial-
ists, and of al, others of your Majesty's dutiful, loyal,
and peaceable subjects.
"And your memorialists will ever pray, &c."

GRIND JUNCTION CANAL. At the half-yearly
meeting of the proprietors of this company, held yester-
day at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, a very
satisfactory report was read, the principal topics of
which related to the success of the new carrying system,
recommended to the proprietary ut the last meeting.
In pursuance of the policy so recommended, tho com-
mittee had c,infined their trials to two lines-Ist, be-
tween London and Manchester, of which the once
productive traffic of the canal had for several years
entirely ceased; and, 2d, between Loudon and Derby,
Leicester and Nottingham. In both cases the results
had been satisfactory, and a considerable portion of the
trade with Manchester had been restored to the canal,
whilst on the other line there was a steady increase.
In contrast to this, however, the committee regretted to
say that there had been since Christmas last a continued
decrease in the general tonnages of the canal, as com-
pared with previous years, which renders the carrying
trade an act of self-preservation. In order to provide
the necessary funds for this object, the committee re-
commended the creation of a six per cent. Preferential
Stock, to he distributed rateably amongst the proprie-
tors. The tonnages for the half-year amounted to
43,4981. 13s. Gd., and the whole revenue during the same
period amounted to 51,444/, 15s. Id. The balance was
30,7981. Ils. 2d., out of which the committee recom-
mended a dividend of 21. 10s. per share, free of income-
tar.

ARRIVAL OF INVALIDS FROM INDlA.—Yesterday
afternoon arrived at the Invalid Dero., Fort Pitt, the
whole of the invalids from the Bombay presidency, con-
sisting of detachments from the following corps:-10th
Hussars, 3 privates ;:Bth Foot (the King's Regiment),
3 sergeants, I corporal, 5 privates, with 2 women and 6
children ; 224 Foot (Cheshire), 1 sergeant, 2 corporals,
34 privates, with 4 women and 4 children ; 28th, 1 pri-
vate, who is insane ; Ist battalion, GOth Rifles, 2 ser-
geants, 3 corporals, 40 privates, with 6 women and 12
children ; 78th Highlanders, 2 sergeants, 1 corporal, 1
drummer, and 28 privates, with 3 women and I child ;
86th (Royal County Down), 2 sergeants, 1 corporal, 18
privates, with 1 woman and 6 children. Upon medical
inspection by Dr. James French, 50 men of the various
corps were ordered into the hospital, many of them are
seriously affected with disorders brought on by the cli-
mate. These detachments came by the ship Aboukir,
Captain Sc:-..tr. During their passage ten soldiers died
and one child. These detachment!: were in charge of
Captain T. White and Lieutenant F. G. T. I)estron, both
officers of the 22d Regiinenr. In medical charge was
Dr. A. 11. Cowen, 60th Rifles.