The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-24 00:00:00

a seat, and the defendant came to him and said that it was
a piece of impudence for him to enter a private room with-
out his permission, and ordered him to quit the place. The
witness called for some gin and water, but the defendant
refused to serve him, unless he went down stairs.
Mr. nobler, solicitor for the defendant—Pray, have you
not been a policeman ? Cave—Yes, I have.
Mr. Hobler--And why were you turned out of it ?
Cave—l resigned, because I did not like to put up with the
insolence of inspectors and sergeants.
Mr. Hobler—Now, on your oath, were you not dis-
missed ? Cave—No ; I say I resigned. I entered the
force with a good character, and I left with one.
Mr. Hobler—Pray, now, was not the Finsbury election
being held on the night in question ? and was not the house
of the defendant placarded with electioneering bills ? Cave
—I did not see any.
Mr. Hobler—Do you mean to swear, Sir, that on your
entering the room you were not aware that it was used for
the purposes of the election by Mr. Wakley's committee,
and that Mr. Beamish told you that you had no right there,
as it was private ? Cave—l swear that lie did not.
Mr. Hobler inquired of Cattle and Mumford, whether
they did not observe bills of Mr. Wakley's committee stuck
up on his client's house ? They both swore positively that
they did not.
Mr. Hobler said, that he had respectable witnesses to
refute the evidence of the informers' witnesses, and he called
Mr. Gill, shoemaker, of Lower-street, Islington (one of
Mr. Wakley's committee), who, being sworn, stated that
the room was appropriated to the use of Mr. Wakley's
committee during the election, &c.
Mr. LAING—Were you in the room from 7 till 8 o'clock
on the evening of the 7th of January ? Mr. Gill—Cer-
tainly I was, Sir.
Mr. LAING—Did you see any body playing at cards
there ? Mr. Gill—l did not, Sir.
Mr. LAING—Was there any body playing at billiards ?
Mr. Gill—l am satisfied there was not any body.
Mr. LAING—Do you remember any person entering the
room at the time stated ? Mr. Gill—l do ; and Mr. Bea-
mish came up and informed him that it was a private room
appropriated for the use of Mr. Wakley's committee, and
requested him to leave the apartment, and refused to serve
him with any thing unless be went down stairs.
Mr. Shillingford, one of Mr. Wakley's committee, being
sworn, stated that he was in the room from 7 till 8 o'clock
and afterwards on the above night, and he saw no card or
billiard playing.
Mr. LAING—Pray what are you ? Mr. Shillingfordi—
An independent gentleman.
Mr. LAING—DO you recollect a person entering the
room ? Mr. Shillingford—l do, and he was told that it
was a private committee-room, and requested to leave it,
and he was eventually ordered out.
Mr. LAING—How many persons were there present?
Mr. Shillingford—From seven to ten of the committee.
Mr. Hobler said he could produce other witnesses, but
he would not t, aste their Worships' time.
Mr. BENNETT said that the most gross perjury had been
committed on one side or the other, and after measuring
the credibility and respectability of each party, he must say
that his opinion was in favour of the evidence for the de-
fendant, and the case ought to be dismissed.
Mr. Shillingford assured the Bench that the perjury was
not at their side.
Mr. BENNETT said he was satisfied. The case was now
dismissed without costs.
Byers—But your Worships have not decided upon the
evidence of " Shove-half-penny."
Mr. BENNETT—We have decided, Sir, we'll hear no more.
Several other publicans were prosecuted on similar
charges, which were supported only by the evidence of
Cattle, Cave, and Mumford, whose testimony was satis-
factorily impugned by a host of respectable witnesses, and
the whole of the cases were dismissed, without costs, to the
loss and discomfiture of Byers and his myrmidons, who
quitted the office in a melancholy mood.

THAMES OFFICE.

Yesterday five young men, named Richard Elwood
Thomas Kenny, Patrick Connor, John Jameson, and John
Henessey, applied to the sitting Magistrate, Mr. BRODERIP,
for his advice under the following very peculiar and afflict-
ing circumstances :
Elwood, one of the applicants, and a very intelligent
young man, stated, that he and his companions left Liver-
pool on the 26th of October last, on board the Henry
Hull, bound to New York, he having previously paid 61.
for his passage to a man named Cormick, a ship-broker and
agent for emigrants, living at Liverpool. There were 123
passengers in all, many of whom were women and children.
They had pretty fair weather until the beginning of No-
vember, when they had much foul weather, and in a gale
of wind the vessel was dismasted. At this period they
were within 300 miles of the American shore, but after
they were dismasted they drifted above 900 miles, and,
according to their reckoning, were approaching near to the
South American coast, when they fell in with the Sarah,
an American vessel, Captain Cornet, commander, who
finding them in the most imminent danger, took them all
out of the ship (which was left to drift on the ocean, or
sink) into his own vessel, and behaved most humanely to
them. Captain Cornet made sail for St. John's, New-
foundland, and in 24 days fell in with the General Hewitt,
East Indiaman, a free trader, in which ship part of the
emigrants, among whom were the applicants, were placed,
the Sarah taking a portion to St. John's, and others to
Liverpool, whence they had embarked. The applicants
had landed at Blackwall on Thursday, without any articles
of the least value, and without a farthing in their pockets.
In answer to questions by the Magistrates, the applicants
stated that they had lost all their little property which they
embarked with at Liverpool, when they went in search of
happier climes, and attributed the loss of the vessel to the
drunkenness prevalent amongst the officers and crew. The
captain and sailors were, in fact, constantly in a state of in-
toxication, and had it not been for the mate of the
ship, who was a sober man, the crew and passengers would
all have perished. The emigrants were obliged to perform
the duties of the seamen, keeping watch, &c., and on one
occasion the deck was left twenty-four hours without
any person being on the watch. After they were taken on
board the Sarah, they were exposed to the inclemency of the
weather on the deck night and day, there being no room
below, as the ship was almost filled with cotton.. The cap-
tain of the Sarah behaved in the kindest manner to them all,
but he had not provisions for the supply of such an increased
consumption, and during the twenty days the applicants were
on board the Sarah, they suffered much from hunger and
thirst, being allowed only half a biscuit per day and a gill of
water. There was plenty of salt beef, but of this they could
not eat, as it only increased their thirst. One poor woman
begged for a draught of water, which, however, could not be
spared, and she died shortly afterwards. Two other women
and three children also died in the Sarah, in consequence of
drinking salt water ; and three children perished on board the
General Hewitt. The sufferings of all were most dreadful,
and some became quite mad. The applicants here gave a most
heart-rending account of the horrible condition of the un-
happy emigrants, in consequence of the want of food and
water, and their exposure to the cold, which excited the
sympathy of the magistrate and every person in the office.
They had nothing but thanks to give to the Captains of the
Sarah and of the General Hewitt who had behaved to
them as kindly as the circumstances would allow ; but
they could not help attributing the loss of the vessel anti
their little all to the drunkenness and misconduct of the
Captain and crew.
Mr. BRODERIP said he regretted much the situation in
which the applicants were placed, and his inability to re-
lieve them. If they would point out any way in which he
could assist them, he should feel very happy to do all in
his power.
The applicants said they wished to get to Liverpool,
where they had friends, but they had no means of pro-
curing a passage there, or even to procure a night's
lodging.
Mr. BRODERIP said that all he could do for them was
to order some temporary relief for them from the office
poor-box, which he would do. He trusted that the case
would become known to the public through the medium
of the newspapers, and he had but little doubt that the be-
nevolence of the public would afford them that assistance
which the urgency of the case demanded.
The unfortunate applicants were then presented with a
shilling each, and withdrew, thanking the magistrate for his
kindness.

UNION-HALL.
Yesterday the Rev. H. Jenkins, of Webber-street
chapel, attended at this office for the purpose of making
the following application :
The applicant stated that some days ago a report ap-
peared in the newspapers, giving an account of a namesake
of his who was brought before the Magistrates of that
office on a charge of being intoxicated, and while in that
state committing an assault on a policeman. In the course
of the investigation it appeared that the defendant was in
the habit of preaching in the open air, and this circum-
stance, as well as the name being the same, gave rise to a
very general impression that he (applicant) was the person
alluded to in the report. The Sunday following the day
on which the account was published some imputations re-
flecting on the character of applicant were thrown out ;
and on inquiry he ascertained that it was produced in con-
sequence of his having been mistaken for the Mr. Jenkins
who had appeared at that office under circumstances so
particularly degrading to a person who was in the habit of
' preaching the gospel. Before he had time to enter into an
explanation on the subject, some of his (applicant's)
hearers, at a lecture he gave in Bermondsey, very indis-
creetly called out, and insisted that he should not proceed,
saying, " This is a very pretty fellow to come to listen to ;
he get drunk, and assaulted a policeman for preventing
him from knocking at Dick Curtis's door in the morning."
In fact, he (applicant) had suffered very considerable an-