The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

BE WDLEY

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The witness Bennett, upon cross-examination, said he
agreed to Aokroyd's proposition, because he thought he
mightjust as well have a cheap ride as not. At the
time he went away he had 31. in his pocket, besides the
SL, although when he left Bewdley he owed 14L for rent.
He was a shoemaker and constable, but had not been
dismissed from the office of constable. The county
superintendent told him that he had better not act again.
and he replied, " Very well, I am very glad of it, for I
do more for nothing than you do for your salary." It
was untrue that the reason be and Stubbs did not go to
London was, that the porter at the station would not let
them get into the train.
Thomas Parkins was recalled, on behalf of Mr. Ire-
land, to prove that both Bennett and Stubbs were drunk
wheat he carried them to Birmingham. Stubbs was so
drunk that he was unable to articulate properly, and on
the road both of them were so noisy that he was
glad to give them more liquor to get them to sleep.
Upon reaching Birmingham, both of them insisted
upon
,going up to town, but on the read to the
station they passed a house kept by a prize-fighter
and insisted upon going in, where they had a considerable
quantity of porter, for which he refused to pay, and
Bennett paid the money. They then went to the station,
where he procured two tickets for London, but upon
their appearing on the platform, the inspector on duty,
seeing they were 20 drunk, refused to allow them to go
by the train. Both of them then retired to a waiting-
room, and having slept there for three quarters of an
hour, he awoke them up, and started them off by the
Rugby train. It was at their own request he took them
to Birmingham, and upon a promise from Mr. Ackroyd
:Alec he would reimburse him the expenses.
The Committee adjourned till eleven o'clock to-
=zorrow morning.

During the night of Saturday a placard was posted
on the walls of the town, calling on the artisans of Liver-
pool to meet at three o'clock on Sunday, on the Exchange
square, to take into consideration why British artisans
should have to pay dearer for everything they consume
than any other people under Heaven. This attempt to
induce artisans to desecrate the Sabbath was a signal
failure. At the hour appointed about two or three hun-
dred persons were assembled, attracted more, howc:ver,
by curiosity than any other feeling, and no response was
made to the call by the decent and orderly working
people of Liverpool. It is satisfactory to know that as
soon 'as the announcement of the meeting was made, the
Magistrates in a body met in the Town-hall, to give
effect to those precautionary measures which had already
been taken for the preservation of the
peace.
glad to say that those preparations are on a scaleWteo en-
sureare the safety of life and property if either should be
assailed. Bat, in truth, the Mayor and magistrates may
implicitly rely on the good sense of the people, and we
think they may be assured that, should the peace be
disturbed by idle or dissolute persons here, or by persons
from a distance, our orderly and well-conducted fellow-
townsmen will be themselves sufficient to put down any at-
tempt to interrupt the tranquillity of Liverpool.—Albion.
WlNDSOR.—Another batch of those unsightly
houses which have so long been permitted to block up
the western front of Windsor Castle were sold by auction
last Week by order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, and are now in
course of rapid removal, and it is said the whole of those
remaining would have been sold for the same purpose,
had not the Board of Works been apprehensive that the
demolition of so many houses would deteriorate the
price of old materials in the Windsor market. Those
now removing, however, will clear the West front of the
Castle fiom the Garter Tower to below the old Clock
Tower, heretofore called Julius Caesar's Tower, and so
far clear the way for the magnificent improvement pro-
jected by the late Sir Jeffery Wyatville, under the aus-
pices of George IV., viz., a continuance of the North-
terrace, all round the western front to the Salisbury
Tower, with a range of modern shops and a colonnade
beneath the terrace.