The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-04 00:00:00

AMENITIES of the MAGISTERIAL
BENCH.
The Cork Examiner publishes the following which
it calls " the latest exhibition of a magisterial Ches-
terfield." The scene in Court took place at Kanturk
Petty Sessions on Saturday :
" The case of llonora M'AuliffU against Mr.
Patrick Savage was one of the first called, when Mr.
T. O'Callaghan said he appeared for the defendant,
and requested the Court to postpone the case fur a few
minutes until he could send for his client.
" Shortly afterwards, Mr. Savage came on the
table, and Mr. O'Callaghan applied to have the wage •
case, remaining open, gone into.
"Mr. ALLEN (inagistrate)—lndeed I will not ; you
must appeal.
" Mr. O'Callaghan—l respectfully request, sir,
that you will take the sense of the bench on my ap-
plication.
" Mr. ALLEN—I will not,
" Mr. O'Callaghan—May I beg, Mr. Allen, to
know whether, in refusing to go into this case, you
are influenced by any pique towards myself?
" Mr. ALLEN—I'II not tell you.
" Mr. O'Callaghan—lt appears, then, you are in-
fluenced by a feeling towards me, when you refuse td
disavow it.

" Mr. ALLEN—It is a falsehood.
" Mr. O'Callaghan—Those who know us both,
know well who is most capable of falsehood. I have
not a character for lies, whatever you may hare, and
I call upon you to retract your words.
" Mr. ALLEN (to a policeman, and pointing to Mr.
O'Callaghan)—Put that man out .'f court.
" The policeman did not stir from his position, and
Mr. O'Callaghan said (turning to Mr. Allen)—
Neither he nor you dares do it; and I again call on
you to retract the words you have applied to me.
" Mr. ALLEN (at the same time putting out his
tongue at Mr. O'Callaghan)—I will not.
" Mr. O'Callaghan—That's a very judicial and
dignified act, indeed, putting out your tongue.
" Mr. ALLEN—You arc a liar, I did not.
" Mr. O'Callaghan—l call on you to retract those
words.

" Mr. ALLEN—No, I will not.
" Mr. O'Callaghan—Then you shall quit that
bench, to which you are a disgrace.
" None of the other Magistrates on the bench said
a word while this extraordinary scene lasted, in pre.
sence of a crowded court. Mr. O'Callaghan imme-
diately after retired, when Mr. Gilkrest addressed the
bench, and said that he was employed in several cases
remaining to be heard in court on that day, but that
he should retire from the court, and return the
iiies to the parties who had employed him. lie
should feel himself degraded if he practised there
while Mr. Allen sat on the bench, unless he-
publicly retracted the improper expressions and in-
sulting conduct he had used towards Mr. O'Callaghan.
When one professional man was told from the bench
that he was a liar, and that what he stated was a
falsehood, it was an insult to the whole of the profes-
sion, and should be resented by every member of it.
Mr. Gilkrest, therefore, called on Mr Allen to re-
tract the language used towards Mr. O'Callaghan.
" Mr. Allen refused to retract, and said he was.
justified in using the language, as he was goaded to
it ; and it' was contrary to custom to rehear any case.
"Mr. Daly—lt has been constantly done here.;
and the ♦ery last case tried this day, of Doolin, of
the Pawn-office, you let stand for the defendant for
over two hours.

" Mr. Gilkrest, and the other professional gentle.
men, then retired from the court, Mr. Gilkrest say
ing, that he doubted if Mr. Allen would not offer to
retract when it would be too late.

" Mr. ALLEN, with his hat on in the chair, and
whilst the oaths were administering, then proceeded
to hear and decide on several cases, occasionally whis-
pering to Mr. Warren, and apparently without notic-
ing or consulting the other members of the bench.
" Mr. Leahy stood up, a little excited, and said,—
this is most monstrous and outrageous. Nobody ever
witnessed such conduct in a petty sessions court.
There is not such. another petty sessions in Ireland as
this is. It is truly disgraceful. There is Mr. Allen,
one magistrate, whispering to another, and monopoliz-
ing the decisions of the Court, and treating the other
magistrates as if they had no voices in any of the de-
cisions, when the full Court should be consulted. If
another case be decided without consulting the rest of
the bench, I shall this night represent the matter to
the Lord-Lieutenant.

" Whilst Mr. Leahy was using these observations,
Mr. Allen continued calling the witnesses with the
greatest nonchalance."

A GANG OF THIEVES BROKEN UP.
(From the Cambridge Advertiser.)
Inspectors Barnes and Good, of the lierts rural
police, have recently succeeded in breaking up a gang
of notorious thieves, who have for years infested the
counties of Rutland and Lincoln, and who at last set up
a depot in this county for the proceeds of their rob-
beries. The place selected for this purpose was in the
neighbourhood of Puckeridge, and stately came under
the notice of the police, whose attention being drawn to
it by some suspicious appearances, laid a plan for the
purpose of ascertaining who the occupiers were, and the
nature of their pursuits. About this time an advertise-
ment appeared in the Police Gazette, offering a reward
for a large quantity of wool, stolen from Lincolnshire.
and from information obtained, it was found that the
party who had so recently taken up their abode in this
county had, until lately, been living near the place from
whence the wool was stolen. Messrs. Barnes and
Good, in consequence, resolved upon watching the --
movements of the party, and, for that purpose planted
themselves upon the road, where early one morning a
loaded cart was observed to leave the premises: The offi-
cers being also provided with a horse, determined upon
following, and kept in the rear of the suspicious cart
all the way to London, a distance of nearly thirty miles,
but previously to arriving in the metropolis the in-
mates began to have some misgivings relative to the
purpose of their pursuers, and the inspectors found it
necessary to keep close to them, lest in the crowded
streets of London they might be lost sight of, and the
officer's horse was actually kept with his head over the
tail-board of the suspected cart, up one street and down
another until both were worn out with fatigue. At
length the " hunted" party was so tired that they sought
cover in the yard of the King's Arms Inn, Leadenhall-
street, where one of the prisoners, named Robert Sharp.
alias Robert Logden, was observed to throw away the
plate from his cart, which bore his name and address I
in this attempt he was, however, thwarted by Inspector
Barnes, who followed him, and picked up the plate from
some rubbish in a stable. By this time another occupant
of the cart, a female, began to throw out a large quan•
tity of pigeons and fowls ; in doing which she was ob-
served and intercepted by Inspector Good. The officers
having observed so much, at once took the whole party
to the Bishopsgate police-station, where they were
searched. It turned out that the cart contained a large
quantity of wool, pigeons, and fowls ; and the prisoners
had in their possession a quantity of Bank of England
notes, and gold and silver coin, besides some memoranda
affording information relative to their original
abode. From the Bishopsgate station the prisoners
were taken down to Ware, and secured, whilst the
officers, by the direction of the chief constable,
proceeded to Lincolnshire, to make inquiry into the case.
Upon visiting Mr. Webster, of Nunton, the person who
had advertised his loss in the Hue and Cry, he at onee
identified a sample of wool produced by the officers, and
it appeared that ho had suspected the very persons in
custody, whose names are Jeremiah Logden, the chief
of the gang, and- Robert Sharp, alias Logden, the
adopted son of the former. The other parties concerned
are not yet apprehended. The officers then husied.thetn-
selves in what is technically termed " getting up the
case," searching out corroborative and connecting cir-
cumstances, in which they were completely successful.
They then returned to Hertfordshire, and from thence
took the prisoners and the property down into Lincoln-
shire, where the parties underwent an examination before
Sir J. Trollope, Bart., M.P., and were committed for
trial to the next Peterborough Quarter Sessions.
At the close of the examination, Sir John Trollop°
spoke of the conduct of the Hereford inspectors in the
highest terms of commendation, complimenting them
both on their zeal and activity, and for the manner in
which the case bad been conducted.

It appears that the transactions of the prisoners have
been most extensive, and one of theme named Jerry
Logden has actually a banking account at Stamford.

A melancholy
an
dA
fatalc c r Eri T .
accidentP
last night,
Sound, under the Mount Edgecumbe shore,
tah efrfii
friend
dpeorn-
small children have
loss of five lives, and by which eight, attendd. with the
Lole'cli:rruordilin OCT.
2-*-i'3m olu.—th
about a quarter before seven o'clock,
itn the Sound.
twohavinglctivaemPepne:na,lntgh a
and rowed
alongside of that
hired a boat at Devonport,
' d to where
from whence they proce,_Cowsend,
sons, three women and
boardb. a rendered
her Majesty's orphans.
ship
vessel,
'
theypartook
about
clock in the evening to re-
turn:-..
half-past six ook of some refreshment, and took the boat
aa at
home to Plymouth, the weather at that time being
fair and the water quite smooth. About a quarter of an
hour after quitting Cowsend, they were proceeding along
near the Mount Edgecumbe shore, in consequence, it is
supposed, of the timidity of the females and of the dark.
ness of the night, when the boat struck on a rock, and
the whole party were capsized, and before assistance
could be rendered they had perished. The bodies were
immediately afterwards picked up by some Cowsend
boatmen, four near the spot where the boat sunk, and •
the other on the Mount Edgecumbe shore, and in the
course of the evening they were recognised by their
friends. An inquest will be held before A. B. Bonet, Esq.
county coroner, on the bodies, at Cowsend, this day.
The names of the deceased parties were Mr. and Mrs.
Fowler, Mrs. Morgan, Miss Ryder, and Mr. Knowles.
They all resided in William-street, in this town. Tho
person they had gone to see on board the Queen was a
brother to Mrs. Dlorgan, a sweetheart to Miss Ryde4
and friend to the other parties. There was no watermart
lin the boat at the time the accident occurred. •

IMPROVEMENT IN THE TOWER.—The wooden bar.
rier on the parade, in front of the late small armouries
in the Tower, has been completed; but the oz-.laumation
of the remains of those interred beneath dbe !loco yayit•
ment on the east side of th© Royal Chapel of Si. Peter
has not yet commenced, in consequence of the UM vault
built at the rear of the chapel not being consecrated.
The Bishop of London is expected to perform the cow
mony in a few days.