The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-21 00:00:00

" Justifiable Homicide!" on behalf of the party who stabbed
this unfortunate peace.officer. We have read the evidence as
reported, but have no other means of conjecturing whether
the evidence printed and that which was delivered consisted
actually of one and the same series of statements, or that the
evidence reported to us, and now published, is altogether a
mass of downright forgery ; but assuming that the evidence,
as printed, is correct, we are quite unable to see in it any suffi.
cient reason for a verdict of "Justifiable Homicide." But we
will search the printed evidence once more, and with anxious
and conscientious vigilance. We will return, we must return,
to this painful subject to-morrow. Meantime we may say
that the conversation which passed after the verdict, exhibits
the jury in the character of men who were influenced by a
strong, though, we think, mistaken, sense of duty, while their
observations on the Riot Act demonstrate their ignorance of
the law applicable to illegal assemblies.—Times
The great Birmingham meeting " came off" yesterday, and
our readers will find a report of its proceedings in another part
of our paper of this day. We are happy to say that this
gathering was not more remarkable for numbers than for
peaceable and orderly conduct. Indeed, it wore rather the
appearance of a great fair than a political meeting, and, from
the quantity of refreshment booths, and the vast proportion
which the women and children bore to the rest of the assem-
blage, we have no doubt that the good folks of Birmingham
and its vicinity looked upon the meeting as an excellent oppor-
tunity and excuse for making holyday. They were quite
right : thefarceurs who, having found their proper level in the
House of Commons, posted off to play first fiddle in the pro-
vinces, were exceedingly amusing. Among the show-folks
who exhibited on this occasion was a Mr. Mountebank
Mumps, or Munch (as we hear they call one Mr. Muntz at Bir-
mingham). He spoke the prologue, but being voted by universal
consent the dullest chap of the lot, they put him into the
chair. Then tumbled up the Brummagem Hampden, the
prima-bgro of the company, who spouted almost as much non-
sense there as will be found in any six of his currency speeches
in the House of Commons. The " Big Beggarman," Daniel
O'Connell, next gave the wondering folks a profusion of
brogue and blarney. How much did he get for " starring" it
among this strolling company of agitators ? We would re-
commend the people of Birmingham to be upon their guard
against this " insinuating" gentleman. He has a capital
knack of extracting money from the pockets of the people, not
blushing to receive, as Sir C. Wetherell well said," a penny from
the poor man and a halfpenny from the ragged man." Let
the men of Birmingham look to him. He may shortly ask
them for a contribution to the " rint," which is wofully falling
off in Ireland, add he perhaps speculates on making the trade
of agitation profitable in England, now that it has ceased to
yield in the sister country so large a return as formerly to the
only capital he possesses. We think, however, the Birming-
ham men are too good judges to be taken in this way, and we
are quite sure that when they reflect upon the scene acted yes-
terday, and when they read, what few of them could have
heard, the silly petitions got up and palmed upon them by a
small knot of trumpery agitators, their own good sense will lead
them to form a proper estimate of that counterfeit of their own
manufacture, the Brummagem Hampden, and that equally
great political pretender Mr. O'Connell.—Times.
The inquest on the body of Robert Cully has at length pro-
nounced its verdict—that verdict was " justifiable homicide."
It was accompanied with a strong statement, impugning the
conduct of Ministers on the occasion, and charging the police
with the employment of unnecessary violence in dispersing the
people. The Coroner refused to receive the explanatory part
of the verdict, which, however, appears in our report, and
against the suppression of which the Jury remonstrated. Want
of room prevents us from making any observations on the evi-
dence at present, but we shall probably refer to it to-morrow, as
there is no longer any fear_of prejudicing the ends of justice
by giving a premature bias to the investigation.—Morning
Herald.