The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-08 00:00:00

SHEFFIELD.

Yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held
at Sheffield, to take into consideration the Reform
Bill introduced by Government. The meeting was
convened by the Mayor, who presided. It was
held in Paradise-square, and about 2,000 persons
were present. Mr. W. Fisher moved the first reso-
lution, to the effoct that in the opinion of the meet-
ing the Reform Bill proposed by her Majesty's
Government is not calculated to remedy the defects
of our representative system, but would rather
multiply and aggravate them ; that it would de-
prive of their votes many thousands of independent
freeholders, would enfranchise, without the pro-
tection of the ballot, a class of persons peculiarly
liable to the control of landowners ; that it would
afford increased facilities for corruption and intimi-
dation by offering to all electors the option of giving
their votes by means of papers transmitted through
the post ; and that by dissevering the ancient con-
nexion of boroughs with their respective counties,
it would foster jealousies much to be deprecated
between the people of the country and those of the
towns • that the bill contains no provisions to dis-
franchise small and dependent boroughs, to grant
the protection of the ballot to voters, to extend the
franchise to the skilled, thriving, and orderly
artisans of our boroughs, and to give increased
power in our parliamentary system to the great
mercantile and manufacturing communities; that
these errors and deficiencies render it utterly un-
suited to meet the wants and wishes of the people
of this country. Mr. Isaac Seholcfield seconded
the motion. lie said that he had had a forlorn

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hope that the Government might—on the score of
polief, not of principle—bring forward a measure
of reibrm which would prove acceptable ; but he
must confess that the present bill had in almost
every parti3ular, so far as he could undersand it,
completely frustrated whatever hopes he might
have entertained. Mr. G. L. Saunders supported
the motion in a practical speech ; and having been
put to the meeting, it was carried unanimously.
A petition to Parliament embodying the terms of
the resolution, was also adopted.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT, WORCESTER, March 7.

CRIMINAL COURT.

John -Southall was charged with the manslaughter
of Sarah Maria Price, at Dudley, on the 24th of
October, 1858.

Mr. kenealy appeared for the prosecution ; Mr.
R. Kettle defended the prisoner.
Mr. Kenealy, in opening the case, stated that the
prisoner was charged with the manslaughter of a
little girl, the adopted child of his own half-brother.
The brother kept the White Rose public-house at
Dudley, and on Sunday night, the 24th of October,
the prisoner was there with his wife having supper.
While the prisoner was eating his supper he and
his wife began wrangling and quarrelling, and
being thus excited he flew into a passion and threw
the knife at his wife. The knife missed the object
intended, but unhappily, struck the poor child who
was sitting by her side, on the head. The knife
was pointed and penetrated the brain, and so caused
the poor child's death. The sad result was much
to be deplored,
,particularly as it appeared the pri-
soner was very fond of the child, and a few minutes
before had been fondling it.
Mr. Kettle said, he could not struggle against
the facts as opened, and he had advised the prisoner
to retract his plea and plead guilty.
Mr. Justice Crompton said there could be no
doubt that it was manslaughter.
A great number of respectable witnesses were
then examined, and gave the prisoner a generally
good character for humanity.
The prisoner himself also appeared to be much
distressed at his position.
Mr. Justice Crompton made some appropriate
observations on the conduct of the prisoner. and
then sentenced him to six calendar months' impri-
sonment.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LEICESTER CASTLE,
Mardi 7. .

Mr. Justice Erie took his seat at 9 o'clock, a.m.,
and commenced delivering the borough gaol.
Mary Weet stood charged with having, in her
evidence as a witness, on the hearing of a certain
information against Thomas Dilks, at a petty
session for this county held within the borough,
committed -wilful and corrupt perjury.
Mr. O'Brien prosecuted, and Mr. Cockle appeared
for the defendant.

The case for the prosecution imputed to the
defendant that she maliciously fabricated and wil-
fully deposed to certain circumstances which tended
to establish against the prosecutor a charge of
having attempted to commit an abominable crime.
In addition to the necessary evidence of the false-
hood of the defendant's deposition, evidence was
adduced of threats held out by her previously to the
charge having been preferred against the prose-
cutor.

Witnesses were examined on the part of the de-
fendant for the purpose of establishing certain ma-
terial facts sworn to by her, and of showing the
probable truth of her statement.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a re-
commendation to mercy. Sentenced to four years'
penal servitude.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—March 7.

The March General Sessions of the Peace for the
county of Middlesex commenced yesterday morning
at Clerkenwell.

John Carr, 40, engineer, was indicted for stealing
a quantity of brass and German silver, value 10s.,
the property of Alexander Clark, his master.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted; Mr. Metcalfe defended
the prisoner.

It appeared that the prosecutor is a brass-
worker, in Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and
the prisoner, who is said to be a very clever work-
man, was charged, upon the evidence principally
of two fellow servants, one of whom admitted that
angry words had passed between him and the pri-
soner, with having stolen brass from the premises.
Some brass was found at his lodgings, which was
identified, but by marks which had been put upon
it by the prisoner himself, and it was suggested
that it had been given to the prisoner to work up
into patterns by a deceased brother of the prosecu-
tor's, and that there was a strong feeling against
the prisoner, an which this accusation of felony had
originated.
The learned Judge then left the case to the jury,
though Mr. Metcalfe contended that legally it had
failed.
The learned counsel then addressed the jury upon
the evidence.

The prisoner was acquitted.
THE QUEEN V. BENNETT AND OTHERS.

The grand jury returned true bills of indictment
against John Gibson Bennett, William Alfred Ben-
nett, Henry Lee Bennett, John Nichol Waters, and
Abraham Haynes, charged with conspiring to
defraud, and other misdemeanours.

The defendants are the persons who figured in
the proceedings at Bow-street police-court on Sa-
turday. Haynes, it was stated, WAS an attorney,
the others professed to cure deafness.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
Jacob Davis, alias Farren, 56, dealer, was in-
dicted for stealing, and also for feloniously receiv-
ing, 11 watches, the property of George Wilkshire,
and Caroline Parker, 28, surrendered to take her
trial with Davis on the same charge.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted; Mr. Sleigh defended
Parker, Mr. Ribton was eounsel for Davis.

The prosecutor is a jeweller and watchmaker,
carrying on business in the Whitechapel-road, and,
during the night of the 12th of January, his shop
was entered through a wall three feet thick in the
cellar, by some person from the adjoining premises,
and watches and jewellery to the amount of £675
stolen. The male prisoner was subsequently found
by police-constable Deeble, in Commercial-street,
in possession of some of the watches, and one was
found in the possession of Parker, with whom
he lodged at 2, Arundel-place, Waterloo-town,
but she said he had given it her as a present.
There is another prisoner for trial, charged with
being concerned in the same transaction.
The police stated that the premises from which
the entry was made, were used as a "penny gaff,"
and the making of a hole through a wall of such
thicknesS—three feet of solid masonry—sufficient
to admit of persons getting through, had necessarily
beta a task of difficulty, and had taken a good deal
of time and labour. It required a good deal of
caution to prevent the noise of the chi,els which
were used being hea-d.
The jury acquitted the woman and found Davis
guilty.
Mr. Payne sentenced him to 18 months' hard
labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 7.

CLERKENWELL.—CharIes Davis, 57, a rough
determined-looking fellow, described on the charge-
sheet as a smith, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Corrie, charged with attempting to murder his wife,
Sarah Davis, by cutting and wounding her with a
bill-hook in Northampton-street, Clerkenwell.
The prosecutrix was unable to attend, and it was
stated that she was so ill that the surgeons at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital despaired of her life being
saved, owing to the severe nature of the wounds she
had received. From the evidence of the police, it
appeared that about one o'clock on Sunday morning,
cries of "Murder" were heard proceeding from the
prisoner's apartment, and upon proceeding there
they found the prisoner drunk, and the poor woman
in an insensible state, with several severe cuts
on the back of the head, which the prisoner had
inflicted with a billhook. The billhook, when dis-
covered by the police, was covered with blood. The
police at once procured assistance for the poor
woman, and took the prisoner to the station. The
injured woman, it was stated, was quite sober.
The prisoner, in defence, did not deny the charge;
but said his wife was very aggravating—tore his
waistcoat and shirt, and "otherwise exasperated
him."
Mr. Corrie remanded the prisoner for a week,
and, owing to the serious nature of the charge,
said he should decline to accept bail for the pri-
soner's appearance.

LAMBETH.—SamueI Ball, John Morley, and
Samuel Low, privates in the Grenadier. Guards, and
very powerful men, were charged before Mr.
Elliott with the commission of a most violent out-
rage in the Lower Marsh, Lambeth, and severely
assaulting the police and other persons.
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they occasionally sallied out and grosi ty3faiffi44,-k\
several respectable persons. The constable (Althea S
beat perceiving their disposition to general and
open riot, sent to the station for assistance, and two
or three constables came. The soldiers perceiving
the approach of the constables, instantly slipped off
their belts, and, arming themselves with these for-
midable weapons, rushed into the street. The first
.object of their attack was James Brown, a butcher,
who was standing at his master's shop, and the
prisoner Ball having rushed at him struck him a
violent blow on the mouth, and, as he described
himself, knocked him down " like a bullock." The
police came to his rescue and a desperate conflict
ensued. The soldiers slashed at every one indiscri-
minately- who came in their way, and the police
being compelled in self defence to draw and use
their staves two of the prisoners, Ball and Morley,
received some awkward knocks and cuts -on their
heads. Three constables in return got most roughly
treated (185, 139, and 256 L), and appeared much
injured, cut, and kicked. In reply to a question
from the magistrate, Sergeant Knowles said that
the outrage had lasted half ah hour, during which
the prisoners struck every one who came before
them, and he had no doubt that a number of per-
sons had received injuries who had not yet come
forward.
Mr. Elliot remanded the prisoners for a week.

WOOLWICH.—Phcebe Ladd, a good-looking
and well-dressed young woman, 19 years of age,.
and residing at Bexley, Kent, was charged with
cutting and wounding Joseph Kippax, a draper,
residing in the Blackfriars-road, and afterwards
attempting to commit suicide.
The injured man was accustomed to visit the
prisoner at Bexley, and called upon her as usual
on Friday. On the following morning he made
known to her that for the future his visits would
cease, when, in a moment of excitement, she seized
a knife and stabbed him in the chest, afterwards
attempting similar injury to her own person, the
instrument being direrted by coming in contact
with her stays.
Police-sergeant Ellis handed in a medical cer-
tificate to his worship, which stetted that the in-
jured man had received two deep wounds in the
chest, and that it would be some days before ho
would be able to attend.

The prisoner, who appeared to feel deeply the
position in which she was placed, was remanded
for a week.

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE BY THE
CR.ETV Op A BRITISH GUN-BOAT

A disgraceful riot, accompanied with serious
destruction of property, appears to have been per-
petrated at the island of St. Vincent, British West
Indies, by the crew of one of her Majesty's gun-
boats. A large body of liberty men from her Ma-
jesty's ship Jasper were on shore, and avowed their
intention of having come for the purpose of exe-
cuting vengeance upon the person and property of
Mr. Abbott, the printer and publisher of the Mir.
ror, on account of some article reflPcting on the
crew of the Jasper, which had been published in a
late copy of that paper. The Lieutenant •Governor
remonstrated with the men and organised special
constables, and for a time restrained them. He
writes in his memorandum :—" About dusk a large
body of the Jasper's men, accompanied by some
other sailors from the vessels in harbour, marched
in a body, with formidable bludgeons in their hands,
up the back street, and evidently bent on carry-
out their threat of destroying Mr. Abbott's pre-
mises. I placed myself in their way, and endeavoured
to induce them to retire, but in vain. Rushing past
me, they took possession of the place, and soon made
it a complete ruin. Feeling that, whilst thus ex-
cited, they might carry out the rest of their threat
and attack the police-station to get at Mr. Abbott,
who was obliged to take refuge there, I directed
the bugle to be sounded, and the volunteers mus-
tered for the protection of the station, if necessary.
A considerable number attended, and werc kept
under arms for some time, but were subsequently
dismissed upon no attack on the station taking
place. In the meantime, the sailors having executed
their purpose, were returning through the toss n
with a large and naturally very excited crowd fol-
lowing them. Some rioting occurred, stones were
thrown, and several persons injured, but no lives
were lost. At a later period the sailors again sallied
forth to complete the work of destruction they had
begun at Mr. Abbott's premises ; and his printing-
press, furniture, and other property were destroyed,
after which the sailors again returned to drink."
The Lieut.-Governor has written to Lieut Pvm
commanding the Jasper, requesting him to afford
facilities for identifying the men.

METROPOLITAN. ILIILTVIIY BILLS, 4.c.

The copies issued yesterday of Admiralty reports
under the Parliamentary Inquiries Act include vari- •
ous metropolit an schemes.

To the West London Railway Bill their lordships
assent on the following conditions :—" That the
viaduct across the river Thames be only constructed
on plans previously approved of by their lordships,
and with such headway and waterway as their lord-
ships may require. With respect to the branch ter-
minating on the north bank of the river Thames,
and the entrance from the river to the proposed
dock near the same place, their lordships have to
require that no works projecting into the river
below high «ater mark be executed except on plans
submitted to and approved of by the Admiralty."
To the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway
Bill their lordships assent, on the endition that no
alteration be made in the structure from the plan
already sanctioned, without the further consent of
the Admiralty.

In the case of the North London, Paddington,
Richmond, Hampton Court, and Kingston
Railway Bill, their lordships have only to
require " that the bridges or viaducts crossing
the Thames be constructed on such plans
and under such conditions as their lordships shall
require, and with such headway and waterway as
they may think necessary." A similar report is
made in the cases of the South Metropolitan and
Westminster Station Bill; azrd the Victoria Station
and North-Western and Great Western Junction
Railway Bill. With respect to Branch No. 2 in
the latter- bill, their lordships require that no works
below high-water mark of the Thames sh ill be
constructed without their sanction.
Of the West London and Pimlico Railway Bill,
the report says :—" Their lordships consider it,
very objectionable in principle to carry a railway
along the banks of a navigable river for such a
distance, but still more so in respect to the Thames,
and in ie metropolis, and in this case the more sor
as not permitting of passages being formed either
over or under the railway. Their lordships further
object to the railway being carried for such a dis-
tance within the banks of the river, and occupying
so much water frontage, and therefore must with-
hold their assent to the portion of the line extending
beyond the first one mile and three-quarters."

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