The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-22 00:00:00

LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE

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RAILWAY.

A. special general meeting of this company was held
yesterday afternoon at the Guildhall Coffeehouse, (John
yesterday afternoon at the Guildhll CoffeQhouse, (John
triith Frith, Esq., in the chair), to take into conside-
ration a Bill now before Parliament to authorise certain
deviations in the line, to increase the number and reduce
the amount of the shares, to authorise the re-issue of cer-
tain shares, and to otherwise amend the Act relating to
the railway.
The heads of the Bill having been read, after some
discussion the Bill was sanctioned, and the directors
authorised to promote it in Parliament ; and a vote of
thanks having been passed to the Chairman, which was
responded to, the meeting separated.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
AYLESBURY.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. ALEXANDER replied; after which the room was
cleared, and the Committee having consulted for a short
tabile strangers were admitted, when
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had
come to the following resolutions:—
" That Lord Nugent was duly elected to serve in the
present Parliament for the borough of Aylesbury.
" That J. P. Deering, Esq., was not duly elected to
serve in the present Parliament for the borough of
Aylesbury.
" That the last election for the borough of Aylesbury
was a void election, so far as it related to the said J. P.
Deering, Esq.
" That the said J. P. Deering, Esq., was, by his
agents, guilty of treating the electors at the last elec-
tion, for the purpose of corruptly influencing them in
their votes."
ram. Price.' This closed the labours of the Committee.

DERBY.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Other freemen gave similar testimony, and their evi-
dence was put in to prove that on the Tuesday and
Wednesday following the election Mr. Barber, the soli-
citor of the sitting Member, drew the two cheques upon
a Derby bank, one for 3001. in favour of Mr. Whittaker,
the party who paid the money to the voters at the com-
mittee-rooms; and the other for 2001. in favour of Mr.
Hawkridge, the other committeeman of Mr. Strutt.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, March 21.
On Monday Lord Denman arrived at Lewes, to
open the assizes. His Lordship was met on his
arrival by the High Sheriff of the county, Sir S. B.
P. Micklethwaite, Bart., and Chaplain, the Rev. J.
G. Wrench, of Salehurst. After the commission had
been opened at the County Hall, his Lordship, accom-
panied by the High Sheriff, proceeded to the St.
Michael's Church, where divine service was performed
by the chaplain. The sermon was preached from
Psalm lxxxix, 14, " Justice and mercy are the ha-
bitation of thy
'throne ; mercy and truth shall go
before thy face.
On the following morning at ten o'clock Lord
Denman entered the Court, where the Duke of Rich-
mond, the Earl of Chichester, and Mr. Sergeant
D'Oyley had already taken their seats on the bench.
The magistrates having answered to their names, and
been sworn on tine jury, were invitei to dine with
the Judges in the evening.
After the reading of the preolamation, the Lord
Chief Justice delivered his charge to the Grand Jury.
After a few preliminary observations, his LORD.'
sun. went on to say—Gentlemen, it has not been my
habit, in :this or any other place, to dwell in the
slightest degree on the political features of the times ;
but there are in the present state of things some ap-
pearances of so very remarkable a nature, that I do
not think a Ridge presiding in a criminal court can
be quite justified in passing them over in silence.
I allude to the great probability which we see around
us of riots and tumults breaking out in all parts of
society in consequence, in some degree, of the con-
tagion from a neighbour of the most dangerous kind,
and perhaps in a still further degree from an appre-
hension of the example which has been set and which
is too likely to be followed, not so as to lead to those
desperate consequences which have obtained in
another country, for against that I believe the public
mind of England gives a :sufficient security, but so
as to lead individuals to inc ur personal danger, and
expose the lives and property of others to danger of
the same kind, and destroy that security for which
the law is established. It is highly important that
these things should be met in the outset with a firm
and determined, but calm sio.u. composed spirit, and I
am happy to say that there has been a seasonable
publication of some doctrines laid down by my late
lamented friend, the eminent Judge of the Common
Pleas, lately deceased, I moan Sir Nicholas Tindal,
pointing out the duty of all classes, in the breaking
out of riots. lie lays it down clearly, as the law
authorised him to do, that ale duty of all men is to
take part with the civil _powers when the public
peace is invaded—that not only are no men justified
in resisting the constable, but they are not justified
in withdrawing that aid whi, ch the protection of the
public peace requires. And all who are present on
occasions of that description neglecting to give neces-
sary aid, are guilty themselv es of a crime, and may
be indicted and punished for the neglect of so impor-
tant a duty which is cast on 7sll. We may well appeal,
I think, to all classes of sock ty, even to the very low-
est, as to the necessity of such proceedings, and 'the
danger of the consequences 'which have arisen from
them in other places where persons have been told—
where labourers and artisans. have been told of the
protections given to the rights of labour. Let them
look at men of their own c:lass invited to a foreign
clime to earn a livelihood by their industry suddenly
turned adrift and converted into paupers at the dic-
tation of a selfish mob. Let it be remembered that
the first financial act of •the Government which
undertook to protect them •was to forfeit their little
savings in the banks in whit!ls they were deposited;
and let them see what ex,pe stations they can have
from the effect of such condu ct as has been exhibited
by the overturning of all g e eternment and all law,
and they will feel it is their !interest, as well as their
duty, to erect a bulwark wi'lich shall prevent such
examples from being followed in this country. But,
gentlemen, this is not merely a general observation
or a political observation. It i ippears to me to apply
directly to the state of tb, tugs before us, that