The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-21 00:00:00

WOOL.

The imports of Wool into London, last week, were con-
fined to about 300 bales, chiefly from Hamburgh. Public
sales, of about 30,000 bales, are appointed to commence on
the 31st inst. Privately, a steady business is passing in
English qualities, at full prices. In Foreign and Colonial
Wools comparatively little business is doing.
TALLOW.
Although a full average time-of-year amount of basiness
is doing in this market, prices, owing to the rapidly-increasing
stock, are quite 3d per cwt lower. P. Y. C. on the spot is
quoted at 44s per cwt. Nor forward delivery we have very
few transactions to notice. Town Tallow, 44s 6d per cwt net
sash; Rough Fat. 2s 6d per 81bs.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY:)
OLD COURT.
The August sessions commenced this morning at ten
o'clock, before the Recorder, the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs,
Aldermen Fairbrother and Pirie, and other civic func-
tionaries.
The grand jury having been sworn,
The RZCORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He said,
the names of more than 300 persons were contained in the
calendar for the present sessions. There were three eases Of
murder, three of manslaughter, one of rape, three of feloni-
ously administering poison, and six of cutting and wounding,
mostly all of no serious character, and various
other description of cases. There was one for
affixing a forged representation of the mark of
Goldsmiths' Hall, to an article made of an inferior descrip-
tion of metal, for the purpose of passing it off as gold, an
offence which, under the statute, constituted felony, and was
dof
tpoohlsoernitnhgrewe as where
children,
tphuenmishoathbeler asadsmumchistOerneed of the coasf
leeas
but the case represented such a scene of destitution and
misery as to lead one to believe that the act might be attri-
buted to an infirmity of mind. He then alluded to the Act
which received the Royal assent on the 14th instant, entitled
An Act for the removal of offences in the administration of
criminal justice," by which accessories before the fact in
cases of felony might be punished in the same degree se
the principals, and in which other useful alterations were
made for the furtherance of the administration of justice.
It now remained for him only to call their attention to the
crime of sedition, which was charged against four pervins
in
the calendar. It appeared, as he collected from the depo-
sitions, alleged speeches of an inflammatory character were
delivered at meetings, denominated Chartist meetings, vial
ing from 150 to 600 persons, a circumstance which ebonies
never be lost sight of in judging of the intention or tendencf
of what was said. The speeches would be laid before them in evidence, and they would judge of the intention and tendency
of those speeches; and they would, at the same time, take
into account all the surrounding circumstances—the nv
ture of the subject brought under consideration, the topics
argued and urged—and they would judge whether those
speeches were or were not of such a revolutionary tendency,
and of such a nature, as were calculated to alienate the affee- •
tons oLthe. people from the Crown and the Government le
established by law. If those speeches were wilfully delivered
to alienate the affections of the people, as a first step to ant
change in the Government of these realms, or if their ten"
dency was such, the offence of sedition would be abundAntli
sustained under the recent statute. Political writings or
words may be classed under three heads--those which
amounted to treason' under the old law, but were now mole
felony under a recent statute, those which were seditious,
and those allowable and justifiable. A man might lawfullY,
discuss and criticise the measures adopted by the Queen ariu,
the Ministers for the government of this country, provided
he did so fairly and temperately, with decency and respect'
and without imputing to them any corrupt or improper mo-
tives ; but if a man said anything, did anything, or write
anything, which was calculated to lessen the Queen in the
esteem of the people, to weaken the Government, or 'raise
any jealousy between the Sovereign and the people, then
those acts would amount to the crime of sedition. Oar con-
stitution gave many opportunities in properly convened so?",
semblies to temperately, honestly, and freely discuss toe
measures of any Government. This crime rested on the
authority of Lord Holt, who was one of the brightest
judges who adorned the tribunals of this country, and
a most sincere friend to the liberty of the subject,
as proved by every act of his life and history. That
Learned Judge said, " If people were not called upon to
account and punished for bringing the Government into con.
tempt, ne Government could exist." An equally high
authority said, " If the publication of sentiments, either by
speaking
gb,riboeg calculated
th eG ovetrno
m alienate
eot in theinto
disesteem,affectio
h
of the people,
ridicule or obloquy was resorted to, such speaking
andw writing was punishable; aid whether it was intended or
he
peooprle wasting,
otirh
not to alienate the affections of the people was immaterial—'
l*. e., they would have to judge of the fact of the publica•
i°'
and not of the intention." He had only one
furthertn observation to make as to the character
of those speeches, and that regarded the mode by which
matters of an inflammatory character might be brought under
review of the parties addressed, without the speaker pro-
fessing them to be his own sentiments, or that he wished to be
responsible for them. But if they produced the effect men'
tioned, the speaker attempting to cloak his purPeeB
under the language which had been used or approved of by
other parties, made no difference. He could conceive a ca'
and he gathered it from the depositions, where a party, ad-
dressed a public meeting collected all the mischievous Po-
sages from writings of recent publication,jand then, after
having pointed out the alleged evils of the existioff
state of things, said "these are the sentiment
and opinions of foreigners, but I don't adopt
them as my own." Any snch qualification as that, when.l4,,"
sages of the moat mischievous .tendency were applauded.,,A'
the echo, was no defence, and therefore it did not avail L
party to say that he did not intend them to produce that_e
ef-
fect which it was alleged they had upon the meeting. vase
of the cases which would be brought before them was Of t.b..a.t
..
description, where a most mischievous and venomous prV...u`'..
tion was produced as a quotation from the writings of
other, and then adopted by the speaker in terms of h_ a
his )
utterance. If parties would search out writings of
chievous tendency, and give publication to them, they were
equally as responsible for them as the person who said,
are my sentiments, and I exhort you to adopt them
id to
charge they would take care that no charge Whi did ,
He was quite sure, in the important duty they had Dot
partYthkaet
the ignominy of a public trial, and, on the other hand,
rest upon reasonable foundation should expose the
reasonable foundation, and in which there wasn receivAil
they would take especial care that no case which resatuedificuiPecollt
evidence to require further inquiry, should fail
to the
then concluded his charge by remitting the grand) jury the usual investigation of inquiry. The Learned.ußece'-e
discharge of their duties.

Ev

His Excellency Baron Andriani, Ambassador .
traordinary from the Germanic Confederation, is daily
ex-
pected to arrive from Frankfort. Apartments have been
taken for his Excellency and suite at bliyart'd Hotel.

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