The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

1 SYMPATHY WITH MR. lIIITCTIEL.
I For some time past meetings of Irishmen who are
advocates for the Repeal of the Union, and also of the
Chartists, have been held hi various parts of the metro-
polis, and the resolutions carried have been to the effect
that, in the event of any punishment being inflicted on
Mr. John Mitchel, who has now been sentenced to 14
years' transportation, they would rise en masse to de-
mand his releaser from the Queen of England, and in the
event of that request being refused, would resort to phy-
sical force to revenge the' insult which they consider
has been thrown upon the Irish people.
As soon as the news arrived in town, on Saturday, of
Mr. Mitchel's conviction, the various clubs assembled at
their respective places of meeting, and at many of them
andu
iose pikes were
regi unsuccessful
u
it was agreed that the members should arm themselves
for a demonstration yesterday evening. In those cases
where the poverty of the members would not admit of
all being provided with arms, but where a willingness
prevailed to contribute to the purchase of arms for a
portion of the club, raffles took place, so that muskets
themselves with pitchforks and staves, or to rely upon
their unassisted strength. l
iged to drawers;
sCtco es the
successful
werob
It appears to have been unanimously agreed that a
powerful demonstration should take place, but in what
manner the proceedings were to be arranged, or how the
object they had in view was to be accomplished, most
of the " Confederates" (such is the title they have given
themselves) were entirely ignorant, the whole arrange- ,
ments having been entrusted to some 10 or 12 men who
have gain •cd the honour of being the
ment.

One resolution, however,
that a meeting should be wnaves
green, and that a procession
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about that time the leaNeprse.ot
wirasstatthioen van, there being from 2,000 to
thfeorparthtye
appeared and
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3,000 present.
Mr. WILLIAMS was
called upon to preside,
com-
menced his address by saying, "My friends,e
a the bloody
aristocracy has done its work at
last," remarkl which
was received with unbounded applausee trested
that while the meeting was on that greeni it deavo
unctions thur to keep the peace and to obey wotililed en-
in-
given would be given to them, forha t ili-
course
would be the best one for them to adopt. All the
arrangements had been made. When h
a signal he wished them to fall into marching chgmave them
four abreast, and to follow him where he wogld order,
u lead
them—no matter where; he would take
them to a place
where they would meet ten times as many people as
were then assembled, and then they would be advised
what to do—(Cheers)—until then let them be obedient
to orders. Ile (Williams) was resolved—he had made
up his mind—on a course of action, and he feared banish-
ment no more than that brave, noble, and patriotic man
John Mitchel, who had been sacrificed by the Whig
Government, and who had been murdered by those
" base, bloody, and brutal" men, through the instru-
mentality of a packed jury and partizan judges.
Mr. MACARTHY was the next speaker. He also was
very severe on the " base, bloody, and brutal Whigs."
If they allowed Mr. Mitchel to be taken from his native
land many other brave man would fall victims to the
diabolical gagging Bill, and it was now the time of all
who valued liberty to strike the blow. Ireland would
rise in arms. If that country had been quiet, it was
only that it might recruit its strength, and make a bold
effort to release herself from tyranny at the proper time.
Mr. FUSSELL next addressed the meeting—A base
Government had, by means of a packed jury and sub-
servient judges, succeeded in obtaining the conviction
of " honest ' John Mitchel. John Mitchel had asserted
that the Queen had forgotten her duty to her country,
and he (Fussell) declared the same opinion. Govern-
ment, it had been said, had acted upon expediency; but
that was a ridiculous plea for conduct so arbitrary and
disgraceful. Ile (Fussell) wished to impress upon the
meeting that there was one safe way of getting rid of
rulers who forgot their duty to their country, and he
would openly avow what he meant—he meant by pri-
vate assassination. That it was that made the Emperor
of Austria fly, and that it was that should make other
bad rulers fly also.—(Loud cheers.) lie himself had
five sons, and he would disown either one of them who
refused to assassinate any pal ties who were instrumen-
tal in banishing him from his native country for such
an offence as that for which Mr. Mitchel had been con-
victed.
The CHAIRMAN then shouted forth to the meeting,
" Now, my friends, fall to in marching order," an in -
junction which was instantly complied with, and with
almost military exactness.
Williams and the other leaders then descended from
the van, and having taken their places at the head of the
procession, moved along St. John-street, Goswell-street,
down Old-street-road, and along the City. In the City-
road, on its way to Finsbury-square, the procession
received a large accession of strength, and on reaching
that point where the City-road and Finsbury-square
unite, the procession consisted of at least 3,000 persons.
Upon arriving at Finsbury-square they formed into
ranks twelve abreast, and continued marching around the
square for about three-quarters of an hour, when they
were joined by a large body from Stepney-green; they
then formed into marching order, and a pass.word, " To
the west," being given, the immense concourse, which at
this time could not have numbered less than 10,000 per-
sons, proceeded up Chisvvell-street, Beech-street, and
Barbican, into Smithfield. Here they were again joined
by a large number who had arrived at Clerkenwell-green
too late, and being informed of the route, had chosen
this spot to join the procession. From Smithfield
they proceeded down Skinner-street and along Holborn,
at every street adding numbers to their ranks, at
the same time causing the greatest alarm to the shop-
keepers, who expected a repetition of the window-
breaking scones of February last, but nothing of the
kind, up to this time, took place. Having reached the
end of Holborn, the procession came to a stand-still,
and the leaders having again communicated a pass-word,
they proceeded to march at a very rapid pace through
King-street, Long-acre, Cranbourne-street, into Leices-
ter-square, where they again halted. After leaving Lei-
cester-square, the Confederates proceeded up Princes-
street, Compton-street, into Dean-street, Soho, to tho
Chartists' Assembly Rooms, when they were addressed
from the windows by several persons.
From this point they proceeded down Crown-street,
Whitcomb-street, into Trafalgar-square, where it was
expected that some addresses would be delivered, and a
general impression prevailed that it was their intention to
go down to Buckingham Palace, but a strong body of
police, which had been sent out under the command of Mr.
Pearce, of Bow-street, refused to allow them to remain
in the neighbourhood; so that the procession wended its
way along the Strand, through Temple-bar, and down
Fleet-street, and in as direct a line as possible to Fins-
bury, where they were addressed by the leaders, who
intimated to them that having been disappointed in their
expectations that night by circumstances which it would
not then be prudent to explain, they had resolved on
dispersing the assembly, requesting at the same time
that they would meet again on Wednesday evening,
The whole affair was involved in mystery. No clue
could be gained to the objects the leaders had in view ;
if indeed they had any beyond merely parading the
streets. Our reporter was informed that nearly every
man carried weapons of some description, but
ut many of
them were concealed.
By twelve o'clock the immense assemblage was com-
plete
the
ly broken up,tree onl stragglers remaining
a few • •
ng here
and in ts.
It is computed that at the time when the assemblage
was the largest there was not fewer
present.

DETEC7'.I.7IT)N CRIME.
Yesterday, and a considerable portion of Saturday,
Aldermen Sir P. Laurie and Gibbs, and subsequently
D. W. Harvey, Esq., the Commissioner of the City
police, were occupied in investigating a complaint
against some of the City police, in consequence of a
communieation made by Sir George Grey to the Lord
Mayor, and who requested the inquiry to be made, and
reported to the Home-office.
The allegations made against the police were con-
tained in a petition to Sir G. Grey for the commutation
of a sentence of transportation which had been passed
by the Recorder at the last sittings of the Central Cri-
minal Court, on a person of the name of Boxall, alias
Barrett, who was apprehended under the following cir-
cumstances, and convicted for having stolen goods, and
sentenced to be transported for ten years.
In the month of February last Mr. Healey, the landlord
of the King's Head, Old Change, lost nine billiard balls
and three swords, when some of the detective police
were employed. From circumstances which came to their
knowledge they went to Boxall's shop in Shoe-lane, and
there found the property. After some re-examinations,
the prisoner was committed fur trial by Mr. Alderman
Finnis on four separate charges of receiving stolen
goods, and, from certain communications made by the
police, Mr. Alderman Finnis directed the police to take
charge of the premises, and which was not objected to by
the friends of the prisoner. The consequence was, that
the officers remained in possession for thirteen days; and
in examining the contents of the shop they were satis-
fied that a large portion of the property had been stolen;
amongst which was a large quantity of type, one portion
of which was identified. The police considered that by
the business being carried on as usual it might lead to
the detection of some of the parties. This opinion was
confirmed by there being taken into custody, within the
thirteen days, nine persons for feloniously being in posses-
sion of stolen goods. Out of this number seven were con-
victed and two discharged. As it was generally the latter
part of the evening when the property was brought to the
shop, the police, to prevent any suspicion, used the gas ;
and in the memorial to the Secretary of State, Boxall
complains that the police had been using the gas, which
he was compelled to pay for, and also that they bad
consumed his wine and spirits while in possession, and
that they had also refused to give up the possession.
In reply to the questions of Sir P. Laurie, the men
stated that it was by the direction of Mr. Alderman
Finnis that they went in, and that the gas was used
only during the time the shop was kept open for
business.
usiSnigr Itl.eLwauinreie,
B:saci.d;thtahtatcawmiethnaroersepeucnt
dtoerthtehocbcaorgnetrsooolf
of Mr. Harvey, but he and Mr. Alderman Gibbs weroeul _
satisfied as to the character of Boxall, thatotfhetyecsend_
not support the memorial for a commutation
the htv.nes,
tence. Oa the second charge of consuming the ;
that
&e., the men .most positively deny usingners men and
while in the house one- of -the
prs into the place.
his family had free ingress and
d egress to Sir a Grey •
On this point Mr. Harvey report

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BARRISTERS-AT-LAW, MIDDLE TEMPLE, MAT 2T.
—The undermentioned gPntlemen, called to the degree of
the Uttar Bar,. on.. Friday last; were•_published in the
Middle Temple-hall this day :—William Makepeace
Thackeray, Esq., Edward Harrison, Esq., George John
Strickland, Esq., John Balguy, jun., Esq.,
,and Thomas
Curson Hansard, Esq.