The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-19 00:00:00

M.P., AND THE OTHER STATE PRISONERS.

The Rev. William Hugh Doherty, Presbyterian Minister
of Comber, in the county of Dow', and Moderator of the
Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, paid a visit to Mr. O'Connell,
at the Richmond Penitentiary yesterday, for the purpose of
expressing his thanks to that Hon. and Learned Gentleman,
and through him to all the Roman Catholics of Ireland, both
in and out of Parliament, for the generous and powerful sup-
port which they had given to his Synod in the matter of the
Dissenters' Chapels Bill. The Rev. Moderator also expressed
his hopes of a speedy and favourable decision by the House
of Lords on the writ of error, and the consequent termina-
tion of Mr. O'Connell's unjust imprisonment ; and stated
for himself and all the Liberal Presbyterians of Ulster, that
although they may differ from their fellow-countrymen, the
Roman Catholics of Ireland, on the question of Repeal, they
are (as far as he knows) perfectly unanimous in believing
what Lord John Russell affirmed in the British Parliament,
that " Mr. O'Connell has not had a fair trial:" Mr. O'Connell,
in reply, thanked Mr. Doherty for his good wishes, and said
that he had acted on pfinciple with regard to the Dissenters'
Chapels Bill, wishing to protect innocent men from robbery.
—he could not qualify the term in the least, from robbery !
and declared that Mr. Doherty, and the gentlemen with
whom he acted, would always find him the firm, constant, and
zealous friend of civil and religious liberty.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
James Brigden, a cow-keeper and dairy-man, of Gulston-
street, Whitechapel, was yesterday brought before Mr. Bro-
derip, at the Thames Police-office, for final examination, on a
charge of manslaughter, in running his horse and cart over a
young married woman, named Ann Jones, who was killed
on the spot.
The Coroner's jury returned a verdict. of manslaughter
against Brigden last week, after a clear attempt on the part
of Mr. Pelham to make -the transaction appear accidental.
The Magistrate again went into the case at length. The de-
ceased, who was the wife of a mariner now at sea, and had re-
cently opened a shop in Chamber-street, Goodman's-fields,
went out for an afternoon's walk on the Bth instant, with a
female named Wilson, and they were passing along Stepney-
green, close to the edge of the footpath, when the prisoner,
who was in a beastly state of intoxication, drove along the
road with his horse and cart in a most furious and reckless
manner. Both females were knocked down, and the wheels
of the cart passed over the deceased, and she expired almost
immediately of the injuries she received. The prisoner, who
was thrown out of the cart by the shock, was himself hurt,
and he afterwards put the body of his victim in the
cart, having previously removed a calf that was in it,
and. he drove at a furious rate towards the London
Hospital, where the mangled remains of his victim
were deposited, and he was given into custody. The witnesses
said there was another man in the cart, but the prisoner was
driving, and the horse was driven at a furious rate along a
much frequented road. Not the slightest caution was used,
and the ,utmost recklessness was exhibited by the prisoner
in his drunkenness. No one in the cart gave any warning
to the people in the road, and if they had done so it would
have been useless, as the horse was driven at the rate of
,12
or 14 miles an hour close to the_footpath. . _ _

Mr. Charles Bell, a pupil of the London Hospital, said the
deceaied was brought there in a lifeless condition on the
afternoon of the Bth instant. The skull was injured, and
there was excessive hemorrhage from the nostrils, and also
from the ears and mouth.. The body was severely bruised.
He was present at the post mortem examination. Death was
caused by an effusion of blood caused by a concussion of the
brain.

Mr. MODEM'. committed the prisoner for trial for man-
slaughter; on which Mr: Pelham said he had an application
to make that the prisoner should be admitted to bail. The-
evidence given before the Coroner raised something like a
presumption that the occurrence was accidental.
Mr..Bitt DEM.:—Accident ! what decision did the Coro-
ner's jury:come to?
Mr. Pelham said their verdict certainly was manslaughter
against.the prisoner. His client deeply regretted the lament-
able occurrence. The prisoner was a most respectable man,
and had long carried on an extensive business with credit to
himself and family, and his friends were ready to put in bail
to any Amount A month. would elapse before the commence-
ment of the sessions, and an application to the judges for bail
would be attended with trouble and expense he was desirous
to avoid.
Mr. BRODER'r said there was a good deal of furious driv-
ing going on, and people were hourly in danger of being run
over. In this case a young woman lad been hurried out of
life by a drunken man, owing to his reckless and, illegal
driiing. The act was au clearly one of mandaughter that he