The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

ILL-TREATING A WIFE.

A savage fellow, named William Cressingham, a grocer
in Watling-street, was brought before Sir John Pirie,
at the Mansion-house, upon a warrant, charging him
with having very brutally beaten and otherwise ;abused
and ill-treated his wife.

The complainant, a young creature of very interesting
appearance, stated that her husband, who was a first-rate
customer to the gin-shops, had begun to maltreat her a
a year ago, which was only half a year after their mar-
riage, and that he never failed to perform any promises
he had made to knock her and kick her about. Of late,
however, be had adopted a new system of torture and in-
sult, and when she turned her back, he introduced some
woman of the town to take her place and her clothes,
and the articles by the sale of which they were supported.
Sir J. PIRIE, who, with difficulty, restrained his indig-
nation, during this recital, which was made without any
embellishment, or attempt to produce effect, asked the
complainant how long it was since he had visited
her with this last outrage? She stated that he
returned home on Thursday, at a quarter after
three o'clock in the morning, drunk, and demanded a
sovereign from her, and when she refused to accommo-
date him with the means of getting more drink, he
seized her violently by the throat, called her by the
most horrible names, and swore he would do for her, and
when she still resisted the demand, struck her with all
his power on the mouth. As the house in which they
lodged was in a different street from that in which they
carried on business, the complainant watched him as he
went out, and saw him join a girl of the town, who was
waiting for him at the corner. Sho then followed them
and saw them enter the shop, and when the female came
out, which was not for an hour and a half, she collared
her, and pulled from her person a quantity of tea, which
was wrapped in paper she could identify as the property
of the house.

Sir JonN PlRlE—Unfortunately that property is your
husband's. You have no exclusive claim to it, I sup-
pose ? The complainant replied in the negative.
Sir JOHN PIaIE—I am sorry I shall be obliged to dis-
charge her, for it is quite evident that she was there with
the intention of wronging you.
The complainant declared that she had missed several
articles of apparel, furniture, and trade, and she had the
terrors of an " union" before her, which she knew was
the most dreadful evil that could befall her.

Charles Plummer, brother- to the complainant, so-
lemnly declared that all the poor young woman had said
fell short of the atrocity of the conduct of the prisoner,
who had threatened to use knives and pistols against the
members of her family, as well as against herself.
Sir JOHN PIRIE—What have you to say prisoner ?
The prisoner—Why, I am very sorry, your Lordship,
and I'll promise you never to do it again.
Sir JOHN PIRIE —You shall not be allowed to leave
prison until you produce two good securities in the
amount of 501. each, and be security yourself in the
amount of 100/., to keep the peace towards your wife
and her brothers, and all other persons, for twelve
months, and you must give me forty-eight hours' notice
of bail.—The prisoner was then committed.

IRELAND.
MORE DISMISSALS.-DUBLIN, JUNE 29.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SOUTHERN REPORTER."
" Sir,—By the following correspondence you will per-
ceive that our Executive would out-Herod the Inquisi-
tion of old'—l shall only with Cicero exclaim, Quousque
tandem abutere patientia nostra ? Quamdiu nos etiam
furor iste tuus eludet ? Quem ad finem sese effrenata
jactabit audacia ?' &c.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your humble servant,
" CORNELIUS O'BRIEN."
"Secretary's Office, Four Courts, Dublin,
19th June, 1844.
" Sir,—lt having been reported to the Lord Chan-
cellor that you were in the chair at a repeal meeting,
held in the chapel-yard at Castlelyons, on the 13th
instant, immediately after mass, one object of which
was to collect money in aid of repeal, I am directed to
inquire of you, as a magistrate of the county of Cork,
whether the report be correct ? It is said that you
stated you were no repealer, but that you advised every
Roman Catholic to become one, and that one reason why
you were not a repealer was that you were in the com-
mission of the peace.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
your most obedient servant,

" HENRY SUGDEN, Secretary.
" To Cornelius O'Brien, Esq."
" Kilcor, Rathcormac, 21st June, 1844.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter
cf the 19th instant, and beg to inform you that
I was chairman of the meeting held in the chapel-
yard of Castlelyons on the 12th instant, for the pur-
pose of voting an address of sympathy and condo-
lence to O'Connell on the severe and unjust conse-
quences to him of the late monster ordeal, miscalled a
trial, in which every sense of British fair play was out-
raged, and her Majesty's loyal Roman Catholic subjects
insulted by an attempt at degradation. I, at this meeting,
declared myself to be no repealer, and not, as stated in
your letter, which I should hold to be as insulting to my
Sovereign as to myself ; but I stated that, in my
opinion, the chair was a becoming place for a person
holding her Majesty's commission of the peace, when
at present, under the powerful shield of the
Constitution, come forward to seek redress for
Btthhrieeitprisewboprolens. I must here declare, that with the ex-
ception of myself, they were to a man repealers, and I
have no doubt but that money was collected for the
purpose you mention after the meeting. I, myself
y, to be forwarded to Mr.
calling his attention to the fact of my not pay-
ing it into the repeal fund. As your letter appears to me to
call for an explanation of my political opinions, I may
goavveon a
O'Connell,
to the secretary,
here state, that did I really think that repeal would
benefit the empire, my holding her Majesty's commission
would not prevent me from expressing my opinion upon
that question as soon as upon any other. I have now
held the commission for nearly twenty years, free and
unshackled, my sense of honour and
justice,ndr those
nd
questioning of my conduct
u as an insult.--I have the
honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
under
agoverned
circumstanceslook
upon
a alone by
" CORNELIUS O'BRIEN."
Secretary's Office, Four Courts,
" Dublin, June 25, 1844.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
f your letter of the 21st instant, and to inform you that
the Lord Chancellor regrets that he has felt it his duty to
supersede you in the commission of the peace.--" I have
the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
HENRY SUGDEN, Secretary.
" To Cornelius O'Brien, Esq.',

SUDDEN DEATW—Snortly before eleven o'clock on
Thursday night, as one of Hardwick's Hammersmith omni-
buses was proceeding from town, when passing the Chinese
exhibition the conductor was called to by some of the inside
passengers to stop. On doing so he was informed that a
gentleman, who had got into the vehicle. at Piccadilly, was
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conductor tb
rendered every assistance, and by
great exertions the gentleman,e got out into the open air. Both the
who was a remarkably heavy
man, was got out and carried into the shop of Mr. De Castro,
the chemist, at the corner of Wilton-place, where two sur-
geons were in immediate attendance and attempted ttrbleed
him, but without success, life being quite extinct. It was
subsequently ascertained that the deceased, who appeared to
be between sixty and seventy years of age, was a Mr. Samuel
Kingston, postmaster, in the High-street, Kensington. His
body was immediately removed to St. George's Hospital
where it awaits an inquest.