The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-05 00:00:00

ached his apartment before he heard a shriek—such
shriek as was often heard in an assize town in Ire-
!a ud when men were. capitally convicted. The judge
had E. o summed up to the jury that they found the
prisoners guilty. He went.to his window, and saw the
three men in a square of soldiers. The mother of the
prisoners, a widow, was endeavouring to force her way
through the soldiers to her sons. She continued her

struggles, and the soldiers presented their bayonets ;
but the Officers at last desired that she might be al-
lowed to approach them. She rushed in and embraced
her eldest son, who was not twenty-one years of age ;
she then embraced her second son, and next her third
and youngest, from whose neck she fell upon the pave-
ment, bathed in blood. He turned away from his
window, and saw no more. The men were murdered.
The next year the same female, who had before given
evidence in three cases, tried her hand at impli-
eating some more individuals. Two other men
were brought to trial on her evidence. The judge
on this occasion was Baron Pennefather, who, in a
ten minutes' address to the jury, put the case to
them in a manner that led to the prisoner's ac-
quittal. Aware of the grievous disadvantages under
which he laboured, lie had on many occasions
of this kind, when intrusted with the defence of
the party charged, been obliged in cross-examina-
tion of certain unworthy witnesses to put a ques-
tion so muffled up that the witness himself could
not perceive the grapple which it was intended
afterwards to give him. He was obliged to do this
with great wariness and circumspection lest the wit-
ness should discover his object and be prepared to
frustrate it, and yet with such a degree of clearness
that the jury might perceive the drift and object of the
question. The house might conceive the anxiety of
mind which he suffered whilst he was venturing upon
this hazardous course, the only one that the law al-
lowed hiin in such cases. But he would be content to
treat the question upon the broad ground of- common
sense, and would pray the house to do away with the
enormous injustice of giving talents, and arguments,
and influence to the wealthy prosecutor, and denying
it to the prisoner, who stood in so much need of such
assistance in his defence.

Mr. GOUL BURN opposed the bill, but was not
distinctly heard in consequence of some interruptions
in the gallery.
Mr. R. GRANT supported the bill. He thought
it of the firstimpertance that persons accused of any
offence, especially those accused of so grave an offence
as felony, should be allowed the benefit of counsel. It
was monstrous to say that those accused of the highest
and the lowest offences, high treason and larceny,
should be allowed the benefit of counsel, while those
charged with the intermediate crime of felony should
Le debarred from that privilege. The great object
should be to elicit the truth, and that could only best
be done through the exertion of counsel.
Mr. F. POLLOCK supported the bill. A conti-
need conversation in our part of the gallery prevented
us from accurately hearing the hon. and learned gen-
tleman.

coeRtMARTTAL ON CAPI4AIN HUGH

PIGOTT, R.N.---i-NiNETEENyu DAY.

' The• officers of the courtmartial on Captain Hugh
Pigott, R.N., reassembled yesterday on board his Ma-
jesty's ship Hastings, at Sheerness.
It being generally expected that Captain Pigott
would close his derence this day, the most intense in-
terest was excited; and as soon as the Court was
cpened it was crowded almost to suffdcation by civilians
as well as naval officers. A number of ladies were also
present.
The cross-examination of Lieutenant 'Walker, late
of the Barham, was continued by the prosecutor.
Lieutenant Walker (the prosecutor)—l wish to
know whether it was the period between the 27th and
29th of March (as you stated that you were on board
during Captain Pigott's first inspection) that you made
the observations on my conduct as to reluctance to
obey orders ? Witness—l cannot be positive as to
dates, but I speak from the impression on my mind as
to Lieutenant Walker's conduct generally—that upon
all occasions he threw every difficulty in the way of
obeying.
Lieutenant Walker—l wish to know what length of
time you were on board the Alban, and what means
you had of judging of the discipline ? Witness—l
cannot be positive that it took place between► the 27th
and 29th of March, but it was the first time I accom-
panied Captain Pigott. I judged of the want of disci-
pline in consequence of the dirty, filthy state of the
vessel. We were about an hour or half an hour on
board—sufficient time to judge.
Lieutenant Walker—Balg a person of such- keen
observation, will you be good enough to point out any
particular instances of want of discipline that occurred
within this period of half an hour or an hour ? Wit
ness—lt did.not require a person of very keen obser-
vation to perceive there was a want of discipline, from
the disgraceful appearance of the vessel and the crew,
from the quantity of tubs, tallow, and lumber of all
descriptions, as were to be observed in almost every
part of the vessel.
Lieut. Walker—Were you one of the officers of ttie
Barham who got gloriously drunk at an entertainment
given near Unkiar Iskalessi, in the Sultan's Valley,
after a cricket and pigeon-shooting match, when a
scene of great riot and disorder, including a pugilistic
encounter between an attaché of the British Ambassa-
dor and a midshipman of the Barham took place, and
this in the presence of many foreign diplomatists,
Turkish military officers of rank, and numerous other
spectators ; and was this the riot the Barhant's ma-
rines were sent on shore to quell?
This question was deemed inadmissible, and after
some discussion it was withdrawn.
Captain Hotham, R.N., was examined by the pri-
soner.

Captain Pigott—Will you state what you know, and
what steps were taken by you, as a private friend of
the prosecutor, in reference to his general conduct in
the execution of his duty? Witness—l recollect Cap-
tain Pigott showing me a letter he had received from
Lieutenant Walker, and I asked Captain Pigott him-
self to persuade Lieutenant Walker to withdraw it,
and I went on boa' d the Alban for that purpose, and
Lieutenant Walker gave me permission to say to Cap-
tain Pigott that at my request he begged to withdraw
that letter. I remember that the letter was not with-
drawn.
Captain Pigott—Did I say any thing as to that re-
quest of Lieutenant Walker's being in writing ?
Witness—Yes ; you said that Lieutenant Walker
must write to beg to withdraw that letter.
Captain Pigott--Do you know whether he did write
to me ? Witness—No, Ido not.
Lieutenant Walker—Do you recollect whether the
Alban had coals on deck in bulk ? Witness—To the
best of my recollection, she had.
Lieutenant Walker—What was the state of the
paint? Witness—lt was very bad.
Lieutenant Walker—Do you recollect at this inter-
view my expressing to you an apprehension. that from
the hostility evinced by Captain Pigott towards use, I
should be rendered very uncomfortable whilst under
his command, and you stating that you trusted such
would not be the case, but when the matter was
cleared up all would be forgotten? Witness—Some-
thing like that took place.
Lieutenant Walker—Did you again see Captain
Pigott after this interview, and if so, what passed ?
Witness--I did, and told Captain Pigott that Lieute-
nant Walker had consented to withdraw the letter, but
declined to write.
Lieutenant Walker—Did Captain Pigott accede to
the proposition made by me, and communicated by
you ? Witness--No.
Lieutenant Walker—Were you a private friend of
mine ? Witness—No.
Lieutenant Walker--Were you and I upon terms
of general civility ? Witness—Yes.
Sir S. Canning, the late British Ambassador at
Constantinople, was the next witness called by Capt.
Pigott.
Captain Pigott—Will you be kind enough to state
to the Court the cleanliness of the Alban after the
arrival of the Barham in the Bosphorus, compared
with that during her passage from Nauplia ? Sir S.
Canning—l should say that the Alban was cleaner
The Nunnery at Coxside, known as " Clare during her stay in the Bosphorus than she was during
since House" (established many years on the premises her passage from Nauplia.
Captain Pigott—At what period did her improve-
once occupied by Mr. Shepherd), is now broken up ; ment begin . Sir S. Canning—l had no opportunity
the sisterhood, who have been reduced to seven, em- of observing fQr the purpose of making a compari-
barked from this town on Wednesday last on board the son when I-went on board, which as far as I recollect
schooner Minerva, J. Gover, master, accompanied was the first time on occasion of a public conference
b
the Rev. Mr. Fisher, the catholic priest, for Grave-
)?
with the Turkish ministers on the 20th of February.
lines, in France, near which place, we understand, Sir J. GORDON—Did you ever call the prisoner's
they intend to reside. The nuns are all advanced in attention to the dirty state in which the Alban was ?
years ; the eldest is 83 years of age, several are above Sir S. Canning—l have no distinct recollection of
portn Te d the youngest appears to be about 40.—Devon- calling his attention to the state of the Alban on. any
olegraph.
particular occasion ; but having an impression on my
ANECDOTE.—In the year 1783, after eight mind that the Alban during the time I was on board
years' war, a treaty of peace was signed between on my way up to Constantinople was in some respects
Great Britain and the United States, and General deficient in that degree of cleanliness which is gene-
Washington gave up his command and took an affec- rally observable in British ships of war, it is not im-
tionate leave of the American army, on which occasion probable that in my communications with Captain
he addressed the late General Lafayette as follows : Pigott I might have expressed myself so as to confirm
my young friend, you have now served your appren- any impression which he might• himself have enter-
ticeship in the cause of liberty and independence, now tamed on that subject.
and set up for yoursolf."__The young soldier Sir R. KING—Was the Alban, on the 26th of March,
go home
did so, and the French revolution followed. which is the day I believe the Ambassador went on
THE WEST INDIA SKETCH BOOK.—This board the first time, after the Barham's arrival, in that
is really a very amusing and interesting work in every sort of state, fit for the reception of a British Ambas-
respect as relates to the state of society in the West sador, as to cleanliness in her cabin ? Sir S. Can-
Indies, and the character of the scenery in the die_ ning—With respect to the date I cannot recollect,
ferent islands. The anecdotes, remarkable sayings, nor have I any distinct recollection of the state of the
and songs of the negroes, are irresistibly droll, and cabin on that particular oceasion.
the description of their manners and customs evince a Cross-examined by Lieutenant Walker—Reference
perfect acquaintance with their character. The reader having been made to your Excellency having been re-
is agreeably carried on " from grave to gay, from ceived on board the Alban on the 20th of February,
lively to severe ;" at one moment absorbed in admira- ' for the purpose of your being conveyed with your di-
tion of the splendid scenery of the tropics, the next plomatic colleagues to a conference with the Turkish
amused with a quaint remark of a negro, or the details minister, do you recollect on that occasion having
of a West India dinner party, now witnessing a negro eomplimented me on the improved appearance of the
dance, and presently detecting the anomalies of the Alban? Si- S. Canning—l have no recollection.
judicature and civil institutions of the communities. Lieutenant Walker—Do you not recollect saying
Those of the illustrations that appertain to his style words to this effect almost immediately on coming on
are quite worthy of George Cruickshank. board :—" Mr. Walker, you are looking very nice to-
EARTIIQUA KE.—lt appears that a dreadful day, much more so than I could expect, and I have to
earthquake has taken place in the city of Mexico. thank you for taking so much pains upon an occasion
The accounts speak of the sensation felt as being like this?" Sir S. Canning—l really have no recol-
similar to that experienced on board ship in a heavy lection of using such expressions at this distance of
sea. A passenger by the late packet, who was in the time.
city at the time, says, that everything seemed to be Lieutenant Walker—Was there any material im-
rolling about, and no one could stand. The shock provement in her appearance from what you observed
continued three minutes ; but few houses, however, while at sea in the Alban ? Sir S. Canning—l have
fell, and but few lives were lost. a general recollection of improvement.
Lieutenant Walker—Might the want of cleariliness
THE " MONK'S STONE." An antiquity
the Albanyou observed in her passage from
near Tynemouth marks the spot where the epicurean
on board p
priest was overtaken and belaboured to death by a
Napoli be attributed to the Alban having coals on her
deck, having a quantity of live stock on deck, and the
knight of Delaval familwhose household
y theofthe Sir • unfavourable state
party
_had taken a provoking liberty. That is, he had !
—As far as an unprofessional person can judge, it cer
cut os' and carried away the head of a pig, roasting for tainly might have been so, supposing that coals were
the knight's dinner. The stone bears this inscription, deck, and that the live stock could not
strewed on
,‘ Oh ! horror, horror to kill a man fora
pigges have been stowed away in the usual manner, and the
head." —Boston Herald.
weather had been stormy on the passage.
GEOLOGY.—A most perfect petrifaction of Lieutenant Walker—Was that the case ? Sir S.
a human leg has just been found by two men, whilst Canning—To the best of my recollection there were
digging for jet, in the rock near Whitby ; its size is coals on deck at the time of my leaving Nauelia•
about that of the leg of a man of middle stature, and do not remember any live stock running about the
its shape is very perfect and good, with the exception decks; and with reFp_Tt to the weather between Sco-
of being a little swollen in the ancle and heel, but on pelo and the Dardanelles, there was, as I remember,
the whole it is a good specimen, and leaves no doubt
on the a strong adverse gale.
minds of those who have examined it of its Lieutenant Walker, of the Barham, was called,
having been at some time the leg of a human being. and examined by the prisoner on the seventh charge.
Two OLD MEN'S TALES.—" These vo- Captain Pigott—Do you know of any verbal or
lumes are beautifully and powerfully written, and, we written orders given by me between the 23d of May
shame not to confess it, have been read by us with deep and 27th of July that were vexatious, and not required
interest and many tears. It is impossible to lay the for the good of the service, but for the annoyance of
work down when once you have read a page, be that the Alban and her crew ? Witness—l do not.
Page where it may, until the • whole is perused. We Captain Pigott—State what was my general conduct
first scanned a few pages of the ' Admiral's Daughter,' to 'the prosecutor during my stay in the: Bosphorus?
and then we trimmed our lamp and read till morning. Witness—ln my humble opinion, that of an officer.
Sir Walter Scott himself never sketched a female 'The usual hour having arrived, and it not appearing
character with more truth and beauty than is displayed likely that the • case would finish, the Court adjourned.
in the delicate portraiture of Lelia ; it is Perfact.";— It is fully expected that the defence will close the next
New Monthly Magazine for June. 1 day.

The bill was then read a second time, and ordered
to be committed on Friday next.
The house resolved itself into a committee upon
the Lord's Day Bill. The report was brought up, and
ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday next.
The Central Criminal Courts Bill went through a
committee, and the report was ordered to be taken into
consideration on Monday next.
The report on the Warrant of Distress (Ireland)
Bill was brought up, and the bill, with the amend-
ments, was ordered to be printed.