The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-29 00:00:00

exercised brutal violence towards the unfortunate de-
ceased," and the jury brought in a verdict of" Man-
slaughter" against Sergeant BustiELL, and at the
same time expressed their regret "at the inability of
the witnesses to identify the other constable engaged
in the outrage on the deceased."

On Saturday Sergeant BusmEr.r. was arraigned
before the Recorder on the coroner's inquisition, and
after a trial which lasted eleven hours was acquitted
of the grave charge. It is not our habit or desire at
any time to impugn theverdict which twelve men re-
turn on their oaths, more especially when they have
taken a merciful view of the case. We are well
aware of the humane maxims, that "it is better
that one hundred guilty persons should escape
than that one innocent person should be
unjustly punished," and that, " if there is any reason-
able doubt, the benefit of it should be given to the
accused." We are also bound to say that it was by
no means proved that the death of GEARY was occa-
sioned by the injuries he had sustained on the occa-
sion of his unfortunate collision with the police ; we
are therefore quite willing to admit that no other vet,.
diet could have been returned as to the charge of
manslaughter. We du not, then, intend in any
degree to impeach the decision of the jury when com-
menting upon the extraordinary circumstances con-
nected with the melancholy transaction.

The principal witness on behalf of the prisoner was
Sergeant JAMES M'CREW, of the same division, who
was, it appears, " the unidentified party." Sergeant
M'CREW attended before the Coroner, but he made
no statement whatsoever. Ile did not then come
forward or allege that the deceased had made any re-
sistance to the capture, or declare that he himself, and
❑ot Sergeant BUSHELL, was the person who gave
the blows to the deceased. Indeed, it seems strange
that if the resistance was of so desperate and deter-
mined a character as described, that one of the con-
stables should have remained perfectly quiescent
while the other was compelled to strike so many
blows in their joint defence. Why were not the other
policemen, who flocked

" Thick vs leaves on Vallambrosa,"
to give the benefit of their testimony to their comrade,
produced before the. Coroner? Was it because they
would have supplied the missing link in the
chain of evidence against Sergeant 111TREw, who in
such case would have been placed on his trial at the
same time with Sergeant BusnELL ? There can be no
doubt if the good conduct of " the force" had not been
involved in the issue, there would have been no lack
of witnesses. Unfortunately, however, the police
exhibited a strange and unaccountable apathy on the
occasion, which is by no means satisfactorily explained
by their recent activity.
It is also to be regretted that the evidence should have
been of so very conflicting a character as to make it
certain that there must have been wilful and corrupt
perjury on one side or the other. All the civilians
examined gave one version, the constabulary another
and totally different one. According to the witnesses
for the prosecution the unfortunate deceased was "a
very lamb," while " a tiger" would have been a more
correct designation if the evidence of the
police was correct. It is at all times
unpleasant to find such grave contradictions
in the " witness-box." It is still more unsatisfactory
when the witnesses are of different classes, and the
depositions of one party are all one way, while those
of the other are completely opposite and irreconcil-
able. On the whole we cannot say that we are satis-
fied with the result, and we trust that the Commis-
sioners will institute a searching inquiry into the
entire transaction, and compare the evidence given on
the recent trial with that given before the police
magistrate, when the unfortunate deceased was dis-
charged from custody without being subjected to fine
or punishment of any description whatsoever.

INCONTENIENCES AT LONDON-BRIDGE.—A great
deal of inconvenience has been for some time felt and risk
encountered by the public in crossing from one side of
London-bridge to the other, in consequence of the enormous
traffic over it, and at last the Corporation have taken the
matter of complaint into consideration. It has been proposed
by Mr. Dawson, one of the representatives of Wa'brook
ward, to make for the public an easy and safe communication
between the east and west sides of the bridge by forming a
passage or tunnel seven feet high and eight feet wide through
or rather beyond, the abutment of the south or Surrey end
of the bridge, from the first landing of the steps on the east
side to the corresponding landing of the steps on the west
side. It is calculated that the passage or tunnel will also
prove of great convenience to the numbers of persons who
come up by railway to London-bridge and want to get into
the steam-boats for the west-end of the town, without the
hazard of their lives or limbs in crossing the bridge. Mr.
Bunning, the architect to the City, and Mr. Leach, the en-
gineer to the Thames Navigation Committee, have been re-
quested to ascertain the exact structure of that part of the
bridge through which the passage or tunnel is proposed to be
made, and it is believed that no engineering difficulties will
present themselves to the accomplishment of the object.
IMPORTED CRIMINALS IN NORTHUMBERLAND...—.
During the last twelve months there have been 579 persons
committed to the county prison at Morpeth, and of these 97
only were natives of the county. During the same period
125 were tried at the assizes and sessions, and of these 19
only were Northumbrians.
We understand that Messrs. Clowes, the eminent
printers, in London, have obtained the contract for printing
the catalogue for the 1851 Exhibition. They give a pre.
mium of 4,0001. for the privilege, and 2d. for every copy sold
towards the expense of the Exhibition. The catalogue will
be sold for ls.; another catalogue will also be published,
which will be printed in several languages, and be sold for
10s. We learn that yesterday 600 additional hands were em.
ployed upon the building—making altogether 1,500.
THE DODDINGHURST MURDER.—TEE account of
the funeral ofJael Denney, and some further particulars as
to the awful affair, were published in our last. We also no-
ticed the general exaggerations and inventions of the Lon-
don press, without going minutely into them, but there is
one point which we have been requested positively to con-
tradict, as it seems to imply a want of feeling or neglect
against Mr. Hammond. the overseer. It was stated in
several of the London journals, and a Sunday paper com-
mented on it with much severity, that the corpse of the
murdered woman was removed from the dwelling and placed
in an outhouse or cattle shed. This is utterly false; the
body was never removed from the house into which it was
taken immediately on being found.—Essex Herald.
SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF ROME.—T.
Eastwood, Esq., of Brindle Lodge, a magistrate of the
county and borough of Lancaster, has, with Mrs. Eastwood
and his family, renounced the errors of the Roman Catholic
Church.
Sir James J. R. Mackenzie, Bart., of Scatwell, is
at present on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at
Gorden Castle.
James Duff, Esq., M.P., and Lady Agnes Duff, left
Edinburgh on Thursday, for Skene House. Her Ladyship,
we understand, has been seriously indisposed for the last fort-
night, but is now so far recovered as to be able to undertake
the journey northwards.
AMMUNITION FROM IRELAND.--A vessel has arrived
at Woolwich, from Belfast, having on board 9 barrels, 226
half-barrels, and 1,374 quarter-barrels, 2 hogsheads, 4 bags,
and 10 hides of ammunition, from Ireland, Comprising the
whole of the ship's cargo.

ARRIVALS
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A PLEASURE VAN ON FIRE.—On Sunday afternoon
a pleasure van, returning from Hampton Court with a party
of men and women, eighteen in number, in passing through
Turnham-green, was discovered to be on fire; the loose
straw at the bottom of the vehicle blazed up so fiercely that
the women's dresses were ignited, and some of them were
severely burnt. The flames communicated to the awning,
and before the fire could be:put out the van was a com-
plete wreck. Mrs. Short, of Charles-street, Drury-lane, the
wife of the proprietor of the van, was so severely injured
that she had to be taken to the hospital. The disaster was
occasioned by some one of the party smoking and dropping
his light.

ILLNESS OF THE HON. E. P. BOUVERIE,
We regret to state that the Hon. Member for the Kilmar.
nock district of burghs has, for two weeks past, been seriously
indisposed.-- Glasgow Daily Mail.
THE ARCHDEACON or LONDON.—The Archdeacon
underwent an operation on Wednesday last, under the influ-
ence of chloroform. Mr. Bransby Cooper performed the ope-
ration, assisted by Dr. Babbington Snow, and Mr. Miles, the
medical officer of the Charter-house. The Archdeacon is
progressing slowly but favourably, and consequently will
not be able to resume his archidiaeonal duties for a few
weeks.

DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER HARRIS.--MY,
Commissioner Harris, of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, ex-
pired at his residence, Chester-place, en Friday, in his 77th
year. He had been a Commissioner of the Court for nearly
30 years. The situation, in accordance with an Act of Par-
liament passed some time back, will not be filled up. The
salary was 1,5001. a year. The cases will now be divided
among the three remaining Commissioners. The Court will
resume the sittings on Friday.
DOVER Minium—Oa Tuesday night and Wed-
nesday morning we were again visited by another tremen-
dous gale, which has produced some further damage to the
stays and machinery of the refuge harbour works, and carried
away a little more of the ground in front of the Ordnance-
offices. It is a pity the Board of Ordnance do not at once
place some stable defence at this place, now the weakest
point of the bay.—Dover Chronicle.
HAREOUR OP REFUGE AT NEW QUAY, CARDIGAN
BAY.--In consequence of a memorial forwarded to the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, praying for the establish-
ment of a breakwater and harbour of refuge at New Quay,
the Admiralty Inspector of Harbours, Captain Washington,
R.N., opened last week, at New Quay, a court of inquiry re-
lative to the truth of the allegations contained in the memo.
rial, which was most numerously and influentially signed.
At the conclusion, the inspector said it was his duty to cau-
tion the gentlemen not to be too sanguine of success.—
Carmarthen Journal.
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A FACT FOR THE MARQUIS OF GRANBY.—At the
last meeting of the Sherborne Board of Guardians, there was
not a single applicant for relief. It is a circumstance which
has not occurred before since the union has been established.
—Gloucester Journal