The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-23 00:00:00

heaviness and discomfort of the said 'William Turner, to the evil
example of all °theta in like case offending, and against the peace
of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.

SENTENCE ON THE RIOTERS.

—I
Mr. Justice PARK% " am sorry to disturb the ladies
whom I see before me, but the dock must be cieued,
ladies, for there are sonic persons coming to the bar. far
more. guilty I net sure than you ever have been, or are,
likely to be in the course of your lives."
The fair Quakeresses rose and left the Court, covered
with blushes, which so curious> compliment, if compli-
ment it. is to be called, was certain to excites After they
had retired, the persons convicted of rioting were brought
into Court by tens at a time. The Learned Judge, In
ordering sentence of death to be recorded against them,
addressed the first ten to the 'following effect :—He was
sorry to find that there were no less than 42 of his fellow-
creatures now labouring under a capital conviction. It
was impossible in any country that was governed by
law, that persons should be allowed to relieve them-
selves from distress by measures of violence. There had
been, he understood, and he was sorry for it, a great
pressure of distress in the districts which they inhabited,
but individuals could not be permitted on that account
to carve out for themselves their own mode of relief.—
All the individuals who then stood in the bar before him
appeared to have been grossly deluded; for by what they
had done, they had not only destroyed the means of ob-
taining a livelihood for themselves, but had also deprived
others of the power and the means of relieving them.
Outrages like those which they had committed could
not be tolerated in a civilized country, and persons who
were guilty of them Might be certain that punishment
would follow closely on the commission of such crime.
The law affixed to the heinous offence of which they had
been convicted the punishment of death. It was not his
intention 'to carry that punishment into effect on the
present occasion ; and he. should recommend His Majesty
to extend his gracious pardon to them all, as far as affected
their lives. His motive for adopting such a course was a
hope that such lenity as had been shown towards them
would have due effect in restoring such among them as
should be returned to society to a better and more orderly
frame of mind, and in convincing them that if they ventur-
ed on a repetition of such outrages, the law could reach
them to the extent of their lives. It was the interest of
them all to live an orderly and a virtuous life and the
injury they did themselves by living any other kind of life
was greater than any of them seemed to calculate; for if
parents, sons, husbands, brothers, or friends, committed
offences against the law, they involved all their relations
in the ruin and misery which the sentence of the law
brought upon themselves. Another motive which he had
for saving their lives was, that most of them were young,
and that though their outrages had been great, so far as
property was concerned,. there had been no instance of
their using violence to the person, in any, save one, of the
attacks which they had made upon property. He had
said that most of them were young; but there was one
exception,. he meant that of a person called. Chambre.
That individual was not . only . the oldest,. but also the
most heinous offender ; he had been convicted on two in-
dictments for outrages, in which he had taken the most
'active, and also the most riotous part, and he had also been
convicted on another indictment, which was not however
of a capital nature, IC bad been his intention at one time,
and indeed for several days, to have_ made an 'example'
of Chambre by leaving him for execution, but he had
at last deterMinad not to select hint singly from the
numbers who had,been convicted of similar offences. He
should therefore suhMit his name, along with that of the
other convicts, to the mercy of, his Majesty. lie would
not say distinctly that the sentence upon him would not
he carried into execution—for the decision did not rest
with him, but with his Majesty, and with those who di-
reeted his Councils—he would only say that be believed
it would not. Let them not, however, flatter themselves
too strongly with the hope of life. If they escaped with
their lives, they would sew Mire' t., ...46....4 +.. ...vertu
punishment. He had another reason for pursuit% the pre-
sent. tonrue of lenity, and that. was, that. the Jury had re-
commended six of their nurnher to his favourable consi-
deitation, and to the mercy of their king. They made
that application Upon grounds which appeared to him to
extend to them all—he meant upon the pressure of the
times, With respect to,sount of them, be must inform them,
that though he had already .made a selection in his own
own mind, the jurors had added a special. recommenda-
tion, which he assured them sholthl meet with every at-
tention, when he transmitted it to his Nbliesty's Govern-
ment. He trusted that tho dreadfol ex:amide which he was
now compelled' to make—an example which, though it
affected' not the lives, must still affect the situation of many
of them—would afford a forcible lesson to all the inhabi-
tants of that great county, and would prove to them that
no happiness or relief was tope expected from riot and dis-
order : but, on the contrary, that peace, good order, and
tranquillity, were the most certain means of obtaining con-
solation and comfort . from those who were enabled by
their fortunes to alleviate and administer to distress. lle
then ordered sentence of death to be formally recorded,
against them—This closed the assizes at the CroWn side.

CIVIL. V. M'GILAW.

This was an action on the warranty of a horse, for
which the plaintiff had given the sum of 701. The case
was one rather of a curious nature ' • the plaintiff being a
horse-dealer, and complaining that he had been deceived
in this horse, which he hell purchased as sound from the
defendant; who was a tailor at Liverpool, and who, it ap-
peared froth the evidence, lived in great style, keeping
five homeland three grooms. The horse was purchased
in January, 1825, was returned in the following month,
and was soon afterwards sold brauction for 301. Three
veterinary surgeons were called to prove the unsoundness
of the horse, which they did in the most satisfactory
manner, 'declaring that the horse had a swelling on one of
his fore legs, occasioned, as they believed, by the other
striking against it. The consequence of this. swelling
was, that whenever the horse had been driven a few miles,
he went lame. This unsoundness, they swore, had
existed for above a month before the sale; and one of
the witnesses proved the warranty, stating, that he had
heard the defendant say he sold the horse as a sound
horse.

For the defence, one of the three grooms was called, and
stated that he had never seen the horse go lame.
Mr. Baron HULLOCK told the Jury that the warranty
was not denied; and if they believed the witnesses for the
plaintiff, they must find that the horse was unsound at the
time of the sale; in which, case the plaintiff would be enti-
tled to their verdict.
The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 701.

The body of u gentleman was mashed on shore yester-
day at Dalkey, immediately under the mine. He is dressed in a
'green frock coat, with eporting buttons, Oxford-grey trerwsers, and
a pair of light new shoes. His face and other parts of his body
are 110 much mutilated as ,to render it impossible to recognise him.
The body is supposed to be that of Mr. Brennan, who was lost
some weeks ago in company with Mr. Long, off Bray Head.—
Dahlia Morning Register. - •

St:Mt/11E0P A.N LTC IT DISTILLERY.—
hopsgate-
diatillery was discovered at No. 3, Primrose-street,
14i'lf
-tor of
An illicit
etreet, which was fitted up very ingeniously as a mann ,
colouring for spirituous liquors. The premises were barricfreel
tled_
in Inch a mariner as to justify forcible entry, which was e cd
hY gsciac Officers on Thursday afternoon, and who, thrit InY7
4,1in4 ow a moat extensive trade had been carried on. In!
Kmiec* contained three stills of large dimensions,
two of which
were at work. when the officers entered, and in a Vault underneath
the largest vat, the entrance to which was a round hole not more
than twenty inches diameter., concealed by a atone. • None of the
parties lilt"' yet bran detorted, although it is evident some of them
made their erifrompe fro the beck of the premises at; the time the
officers made their entrance. Two hundred and fifty gallons of
raw sprits were found or, the premises (fifty above proof). All
the materials were yesterday removed trs the Office. Nn-
nitrous other discoveries have
been made by the officers of the
above establishment within the lest month. Our informant ob-
served
_the name of Thomas Cole over this. gateway of the prey
mists, Not the slightest suspicion was entertained in the neigh-
bourhood previous to the discovery.