The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-18 00:00:00

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The foreman said the jury had found the prisoner
Guilty of murder, but strongly recommended him to
mercy in consequence of his previous good character.
On being asked whether he bad anything to say why
sentence of death should not be passed upon him, the
Prisoner made no reply.
Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Coltman having
gone through the formality of putting on their black caps,
Mr. Baron ALDERSON, addressing the prisoner, said,
titer a patient investigation of the case, the jury ha f come
to the conclusion that he was guilty of murder, and he did
not himielf see how they could by any possibility conic,. to
any other conclusion. There was no doubt that I'xfie
Prisoner had committed the offence with which he staed
charged. The jury had recommended him to the mer-
ciful consideration of the Court, and all the Court could
do was to say that that recommendation should be for-
warded to the proper quarter, but he could not hold nut
the slightest hope that it would be attended to. The
crime was one of great enormity—sending out of the
world a wretched woman to whom he was attached,
to the midst of drunkenness, and without giving her
an opportunity for prayer, or to ask forgiveness of
the Almighty for the sins of which sbe had been
It was another illustration of the many lamea
table cases which occurred where one crime or one
sip led to the commission of others of greater mag-
gitude, beginning with one sin against God, and
ending in the commission of one of the greatest crimes
that of murder—which human laws punished more
Severely than any other. The Judge then proceeded
ox?"—Time will be given to yen to ask pardon
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Almighty God, that time which she whose life
You have taken had not—and I pray that you will make
go6d use of that time, and of the spiritual assistance
which will be rendered to you by the chaplain of the
Prison. It now only remains for me to pass the sentence
which the law imposes upon the Court to declare—that
you be taken from hence to the place from whence you
re, and from thence to the place of execution, and
the sentence
hanged by the neck until you are dead. That is
sentence of the law, and may God have mercy upon
your soul.
a jhe pkisoner,
who did not visibly appear to be at all
'reeled/ was then removed from the dock.

NEW CO U R P. ,
(Before the RECORDER.)
3f4rY .'lane Burden, 25, John Doiy, a sailor, 35, and
Cotherine Hillman, 60, were charged, the two first with
e .rteahliing two watches, one chain, two seals, and a key,
I Mr
th°ol. • Charles Mason, and the last with receiving
From t
the 29th ollfe evidence, it appeared that Mr. Mason on
!Shad „ Arch went to a beer shop in High-street,
r....mareee'd'idat?ous four or five o'clock in the evening, and
left the • nuking there till eleven. At that hour hek
the girl luirtttingi_ room and went to the bar, where he too.
ties e -.ma las knee, and that sundry other familiarl-
y%
es
anw! durin
.11
Is
row
between them, which ultimately terminat.ids
d e g which hit,liat wai knocked over h• •
One of he w Property was-abstracted from his person.
lice to M atche* was subsequently traced by the po.T
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shedwell r. Frederick John Wood's, a pawnbroker i
at
,r, ocean. , whose shop it had been pledged by the old
Tile
bell) defence on the part of the prisoner Doig was that
the gat the beer-shop, he was induced to go home wiht
ind tris°ller Burden, and that being short of mone e
the ''':ll° of his shipmates deposited their jackets witht
landlady of the house as an assurance of paymedn
for their accommodation In the morning, being e-
toir,hee2 of obtaining his clothes, he was induced to be-
h was his
—v a party to a representon that the watc .
he
Own, and th
Nor • at he had bought it of a shipmaster in t
th of England.
Mr.
PAY" who appeared for the old woman, insisted
that there was no sufficient evidence to show that the
watch had ever been stolen at all.
The RECORDER summed up at considerabd. le length,
tii:d the i
..,. jury, after an hour's deliberation, retired. W hen
ii:-., ret time' into Court, they gave a verdict of
i, cAquittal for Hillman, and of Guilty against Burden
-NL. De* sentenced to six months'
item Ig, who were then
Ardsehtnent with hard labour.
ettl; true bill was found this morning against the Mar-
- - ° ehandos, for misdemeanour.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
ivillW•
with
Dupree, nineteen years of age, was charged
" violent outrage in the house of Mrs. Jane Wit-
of No. 8, Philips-buildings, Clerkenwell, and
nclePoL'Aiqu, seventeen, with obstructing the police in
execution of their duty, and attempting to rescue the
other prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner Dupree, some time ago,
1
ried with a young woman as his wire, in the house of
!he prosecutrix, whom he since bad left, and who has
peen obliged to go into an hospital lately, having first
gold a few remaining articles of furniture to the prose-
cUtrik. Last evening Dupree came to the house,
accompanied by a mob of women and youths,
forced his way into the house and up to the room where
110 had formerly lived, of which he broke the door off
its hinges and forced off the lock, swearing that he
'would smash every window and every "stick" in the
house. Mrs. Williams was in a dreadful state of alarm
at the violence and menaces of Dupree, there being in
the house at the time no one but her mother, an infirm
lady 95 years old. The police, however, came to her
assistance, and although much assailed and obstructed
aY the mob, carried off the two prisoners to the station-
auuse.
Dupree's defence was that he was told he had a right
to break into the room, and L'Aigu denied that he had
obstructed the police.
Mr. TYRWHITT ordered Dupree to pay for the damage
done to the door, or be imprisoned fourteen days, and
_et the end of that time to find bail to keep the peace
Avards Mrs. Williams.

SOUTHWAHK.—(THIS DAY.)
JOll7l Sandeman and Henry Wilkinson, two working
laen,
were
of charged with having in their possession a
quant
the 1,, gold and silVer coins of the reigns of James
First, Charles the First, Philip and Mary of Spain,
84c.+ suspected to have been stolen.
5t)14,411. Hair, a silversmith and jeweller of High-street,
de Southwark, stated on the previous day the prisoner San-
nan called at his shop and inquired if he bought old
goldim and silver? The reply being in the affirmative, the
*4Boncr then said that he had about twelve lbs. weight
AttLd and silver coins, some of which he produced, and
."4111' suspecting they were improperly come by .de-1
„feu- him to fetch the remainder, and he would weigh
the Whole. In the interval, however, Mr. Hair sent for
athP°liceinan, and when Sandeman returned with the
ih,_e prisoner he
vv gave them both into custody, and
as found in their possession 192 ounces of gold
liver coins of the above reigns.
fui,%_delnan at first said the coins belonged to his fore•
conrea, and that being now in want of money, he had
Idvanu P 'from the country to dispose of them to the best
Cage.save- When before the magistrate the prisoners
b-otia a very different account—they said ,that they were
llt'eltingttged at wbrk on Saturday week, near the
, oostal ngton station on the York Railway, laying down
n, or and that, while digging at the depth of 12 feet,
,SUbstan enl(Wilkinson) struck his spade against a hard
ei!, which turned out to be a jar filled with the
diride),l t!l,at they conveyed the jar home, and having
away
`!' Ine contents equally between them, they came
j together to London
Pl.r.SEcx •
loners until said that he was bound to detain the pri-
end -fo. further inquiries were made on the subject.
Thurssiaulat purpose should remand them until next
Ptto

'VISIONAL BANK OF IRE

LAND.—(THIS DAY.)
.to.liethe wenty-third annual general meeting of the pro-
, .hu ors of this bank took place to-day, at the company's
f ti".ill Old Broad street, for the purpose of electing
crtrkdirectors in the. room of those gentlemen who went
to dnr4tation, to receive the report of the directors, and
Sic re's ra'a dividend from the last half-year.
eve wei , I,Bart.,
t* 1 "410
YOUng took the chair shortly after
The to °""
rattci b vertisement calling the meeting having been
•aree / the
secretary, Sir Robert Campbell, Bart,Olivi‘eir.
em% -r-4(1-. Samuel E. Megan Esq., and
Josephhrota-
phtit). Bt% -r-
Esq., the directors who'
went out y
he s Iltuiaimousl •re elected.
. iuierhei then read the report of the directors,
the stliaad, the
tarring to the fairleure of the potato crops
of the last year, and
bOtt° of the °tletary prelslsu.
durih: direetorf
by th_ itandin • nps genera y. in Ireland, stated thatn,
'l2l the precautions that had been take
'"c the' a greater loss than usual to the bank
°ter, had an Year had taken place; that loss, how-
the,. ..
In " Ihati,3,:e.ti
rest was
Provided for, and the rest was greater
" 691- 12
'u't 5 -"' last year. In March last year the
t° 61,00 S• Id. i that had been reduced by expenses
e__
of 46°1• and odd; but during the present year S
Ilp toialuel. 18s. 10(1. had been added, making the.
_. rest
.. far the loch last, 107,505/. 10s. lldd:, after providing
pro s'
0 the
year of 4
Per t° Pay a dividend from the last half
ecnt • P4st year. The vectors, therefore,
per sent:' clearing
a dividend upon the whole year of
clear of income tax.
probation of the report elicited the unanimousap-
m ir.
Co
. (41 of the meeting, and on the motion of •
elartlyitilecanded by Captain Davis, its adoption was de-
..
' Iltatit the chairman to be carried by acclamation.
directors were then voted to the chairman, the London
dippo'rs, and• secretary, and also to the provincial
. • hr,o3,o7usi Secretary, and officers, and the meeting

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MIL Brat CONCERT.` \'e understand that
' th,,,,. WETT S %..dONCERT.— e ,,,1 nal concert of that prince of comic song writers
'll 1 th' :mule singers, Mr. Blewett, takes place to-morrow, at
14,745ie Rail, Store-street. His bill of fare is excel-
Madam Rad Atnong the vocalists, .we observe the names lir ame Anna Thillon, Miss Miran, Miss Poole, and
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williPs, and Harrison. Blewett himself will also sing a
4141)'!!. n-. Harrison,
80'44. Among the instrumentalists we are
.1, ::'illised Balser, Chatterton, Grattan Cooke, Richard-
Ittrtt ill'handLitidsay Sloper. We anticipate a bumper house
, ~,,ot:
ji -01ew2tt to-morrow,
ltil.i.'4 ....41tdarn Dorus Gras.
has arrived in town for the
int, on. xi,
4. . ~e understand she will sing at the next Phil-
Itt,i,„ i„ •"'onte concerts and at Mrs. Anderson's annual morn-
-..: "g concerts. '
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~.4_14- COOPEIt'S SCOTCH ENTERTAINMENT..--h We. ''.'re not a little delighted yesterday evening with . out
vis" to Mr. Cooper a t the Sussex Hall—the clear into-
-41 'nation the exquisite taste, the caller freshness of voice,
4A: itlltt.lthe chasteness of manner with which he introduced
rt I. .14S audience a selec ion of the older Scotch melodies,
`left. an expressiowof delight on their countenances,
44'^ille - which si,
~,,,,, owed how highly his exertions to please them
--,,
people"
aPpreciated. Whether the Scotch ere a " musical
ht •,-, , ii;°Ple'' or not we stop not now to inquire, but though
''.'"' musical
rosy not have succeeded in the higher branches of
l''' . —llBjeal composition to the extent which some other
'CI. e_,°ll4tries have done, there cannot be a doubt that in
iliZestie melodies, those beautiful effusions which entern
PiNled
the heart andhusinese of every one, they stand u