The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-20 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

SENTENCES.
At half-past three o'clock the RECORDER proceeded to pass
sentences on those prisoners who bad been convicted during
the present Sessions.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR SEVEN YEARS.—George Mun-
day, William Stewart Mathews, William Grant, Thomas La-
timer, John Wilson, William Dixon, Andrew Parker, Lewis
Jones, Edward Martin, Elizabeth Wilson, James Whitelock,
Thomas Hudson, George Thompson, John Williams, James
Benham, alias Brenan, alias Madans, James Creesey, John
Sullivan, Joseph Orton, Joseph Moore, Cornelius Donohue,
Mary Denny, Samuel Mitchell, James M'Croskin, Stephen
Lockyer, William Blake, Caroline Taylor, alias Anderson,
John Brown, Eliza Reynolds, Frederick Allen, Wm. Cray-
thorn, Richard Henley, Henry Henley, William Williams,
Richard Hicks, Edward Taylor, John Smith, John Wilds,
Henry Johnson, John Bradley, Thomas Johnston, Thomas
Edmead, George Bailey, William Pollard, Robert Oliver,
James Smith, Agnes Sykes, Joseph Seager, alias Thomas
Smith, William Newton, Henry Mellish, George Moore, Geo.
Webster' Isaac Howsett, James Goody, Charles Clark, and
Frances Metcalf, who was convicted in the February Sessions.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR 14 TEARS.—Thomas Scarsbrook,
John Scolthop, William Smith, John Clare, James Artiss,
Mary Worth, Samuel Silk, John Davis, Thomas Wilson,
Thomas Russell, and John Cook.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR LlFE.—William Hall and Martha
Handcox (for the robbery of jewellery at Mrs. Collins's),
Robert Sowerby, William Johnston, Frederick Palmer Hulme,
Bartholomew Bryant, Thomas Struse, George Hodges, Robert
Bunting, Patrick Murray, and William Sebley.
The RECORDER, in passing sentence upon the above pri-
soners, said he thought it right to call the attention of tho
prisoners, and through them that of the public, to the nature
and extent of the punishment which had been passed. The
sentence of transportation did not merely effect a change from
one country to another, as formerly ; for, in addition, it was
coupled with hard labour, which no Governor of any colony
had the power to remit until they had served from four up to
eight years of hard labour, coupled with privations and penal-
ties of the worst description. His reason for stating the nature
of the punishment arose from an erroneous impression which
prevailed, that transportation was merely a separation from
their friends.
DEATH.—The RECORDER then proceeded to pass the awful
sentence of death upon Thomas Gascoigne for robbery ; James
Thomas for burglary; and William Bore for sacrilege.
George Day, James Ellis, James Crow, Thomas Austin,
George Knapp alias Henry Jones, Richard Oliphant, Thomas
Moore, Sarah Jones, John Dale, Samuel Webster, and Robert
Clements, were sentenced to be imprisoned for one year, and
to be kept to hard labour.
Sixty other prisoners were sentenced to various terms of
imprisonment.
The Sessions were then adjourned until Monday, the 15th
of June,

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86i.

On Sunday last, in the afternoon, a funeral of an Irish-
man, of the name of Arthur Samuels, who lived in St.
John-street,• Brick-lane, Spitalfields, was to have taken
place. The deceased belonged to the Loyal Orange 'lnsti-
tution, No. 59, and which held its sittings and meetino at
the sign of the Swan's Nest, Swan-alley, Coleman-street, in
the City ; while the lodge itself, which is the oldest in the
town, is a branch of the parent institution, of which his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland is the Grand
Master, and which meets at the mansion of Lord Kenyon,
in Portman-square. On the occasion in question,
the corpse of the deceased was to have been accom-
panied to the grave in Globefields by members of the diffe-
rent Orange Lodges in London and its vicinity ; having
wands and banners emblematic of the cause for which the
lodge was founded, and which was connected with the tran-
sactions which occurred during the reign of William 111.
The persons forming the procession met in Pearl-street,
Spitalfields, at the Neat's Tongue, and formed in order,
two and two, amounting to nearly forty members, from the
nine lodges, each having a wand in his hand. There were
also two banners not unfurled; and the warrant of office of
the Grand Master. On the procession arriving in St.
John-street, where above 1,000 Irish people were collected
chiefly Catholics, symptoms of opposition were shown, and
a disposition, on the part of the crowd, to prevent at all
hazards, the funeral taking place. The threats of intimi-
dation were of so alarming a tendency that it was thought
necessary to have the assistance of the police, when near
100 men of the H division, under Mr. Pearce, the Superin-
tendent, and Sergeant M'William, H 18, arrived.
Mr. Pearce stated, that on arriving in St. John-street, he
felt convinced that if the funeral took place blood would be
shed. He in consequence interfered with Mr. Rayner, who
conducted the procession, and advised him not to bury the
deceased. Mr. Rayner eventually complied, and the fune-
ral of the deceased was adjourned. He understood it
would take place this day, privately.
Mr. Rayner having been called upon by Mr. BROUGHTON,
showed the authority by which he held his office of Grand
Master, and which was enclosed in a gold frame. It was
as follows :

" No. 59. Granted the 15th of June, 1829.—8 y virtue of
this authority our well-beloved brother Orangemen, Charles
Louis Phillpott, London, in the county of Middlesex, and his
successors, are nominated and warranted to the office of Mas-
ter of the Orange Institution, and appointed to perform the
requisites thereof within the realm of Great Britain.—Given
under our seal, " ERNEST, Grand Master.
" CIIANDOS, Grand Secretary."
Mr. Rayner succeeded Mr. Philpott, and is in the situa-
tion of mace-bearer to the Duke of Cumberland, bearing
before his Royal Highness a wand surmounted with the
silver statue of King William 111. on horseback, on occa-
sions of meetings of the Parent Lodge in London.
Mr. Rayner stated that the deceased, who had been a
member of the lodge above thirty years, desired to be buried
in procession. They offered no violence to any one, while
all their wands were broken and one of their flagstaffs by
the Catholic party.

Mr. BROUGHTON—For what purpose are you formed ?
Mr. Rayner—To support the King and Constitution.
Mr.,BROUGHTON—Cannot they be supported without
your intercession ? Mr. Rayner admitted that they could ;
but such was their object.

Mr. BROUGHTON here said that he had received a letter
from one of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, who
stated that but for the arrangement of the police under Mr.
Pearce, the most serious consequences would have taken
place from the exasperation of the Catholic party.
Mr. Pearce said that the crowd had dispersed, and the
charge with which the defendant at the bar stood accused,
took place at a distance from St. John-street.
The complainant then stated that he was going home
with his wife and child, when the defendant began accusing
him of being an Orangeman. He next assaulted him, when
further mischief was prevented by the police.
Mr. BROUGHTON observed that it was highly improper
'to allow any sort of demonstration of party feeling at the
present moment, as had been shown on this occasion. It
was only on Friday last that Lord Melbourne said he
would not tolerate any such proceedings as those he had just
now heard of. Under the circumstances, therefore, he could
not allow the complainant to have a warrant. On the con-
trary, had any riot or loss of life taken place, the parties
themselves would have been responsible. He was sure that
the Duke of Cumberland would not suffer Lodges under
his patronage to take these steps.
Mr. BROUGHTON then gave directions to have the fune-
ral private, and gave Mr. Pearce instructions to preserve
the peace.
Great crowds of persons yesterday afternoon remained in
St. John-street, and a body of police were in attendance
lest a riot should occur.