The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-27 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.—( THIS DAY.)
.irThis, the twelfth and concluding cession of the present Mayor-
Y, was commenced this morning.
The Court was opened in the usual manner by the Right Hon.
°°Lord :Mayor, the Recorder, and Aldermen Wilson, Hunter,
t'a
, calendar, considering the lengthened period which has
Psed since the last sittings, is not unusually heavy. The pri•
tforoners number 227. There is one charge of murder and two of
nil', but the others are comparatively light.
The grand jury having been sworn, were addressed by the
lirliCd RECORDER. He said, Gentlemen of Jury, the calendar
7roic h lies before me contains a list of prisoners amounting to 227, .orl there
is every reason to believe that the number will be Rug_
ted by additional commitments during the sitting of the Court.
I.urlabours wig, therefore, in all probability be extended for sece-
al
daYs, but I am sure you will cheerfully discharge the duties
am Posed upon you, duties which are for the protection of the public
wair&e• I notice with regret that, in addition to the ord nary
of offences, the number of persons engaged as domestics, to
leas re the offence of larceny is imputed, is very considerable, not
than 54 in this situation of life bein so charged. There
are
also also several cases of cutting and wounding with
char!
dater do grievous bodily harm. There is also a
of attempting to drown by throwing the person into deep
•
of a
charge of attempting to administer poison ; two charges
tenZmlit amounting to rape, or carnal knowledge of children of
,! age ; five cases of robbery ; and a charge of shooting at
th ti er person with a mischievous intent. There is, in addition, a
anatirge for the heinous crime of murder—the murder of an infant,
ts, ,th,e Parts towhom the crime is imputed is the stepfather of
tsaii7ildi being the husband of the mother. There are not less
'lghtcen cases of misdemeanour of different kinds and de-
tree,
tits of them of the nature of assaults for unnatural and
tetsYPurPc4es• some for obtaining goods and property under false
evs, and other offences of a like nature. There is a charge
City tcoining, the instruments for that purpose and a quan-
Of
sqsion ccunt:rfeit coin having been found in the pot
of °f the person committed. Among the charges
udrmeanour, there is one case of obtaining money under
the' Pretences under rather peculiar circumstances. It is
ti,in"se ora man who goes on board of foreign vessels, and prac-
geed 4 upon the ignorance of the poor men on board, purchases their
Th.S' And pretends to pay them with gold coin of this country.
,ectiliretented coin is afterwards discovered to be a sort of gilt
' 'which is sold in the streets for a penny. It will be your
1,4 ° ascertain if this miserable deception was practised for ti`.-e
N tsrl:" of defrauding these poor foreigners, who were ignors.nt of
I ha,_9'ns current in the country. In the case of murder, to which
referred, I perceive by the depositions tssten before the
I,l::ba,nr that the testimony of the wife was received against her
d.
nal Among the many changes daily taking place in our
theand civil law, I am not aware of any one that has rendered
it in '"fe a corepetent witness ; at the same time however,
'the
Presence of a third party, the wife used
Ncl:,,D:essitio to which the husband made answer, that would be
th4se to be given by that third party. Ido not imagine that
the Wit:l,s conduct the prosecution will tender the wife's evidence;
incOm sses rather being those who do not labour under any legal
bodilglh'encY• In the case of shooting with intent to do grievous
mart", the great point will be to see if there is sufficient it Ito the person aiming the gun did so with a knowledge that
the Oatted, or in a state likely to explode, and also whether he
That so aimed,
With intent to do the other bodily injury. I understand
thy- t°,n had been previously uncocked, and it will be for you
duty tonr.,,d'ther under these circumstances, it will be your
case Of ',;:t the Case in the course of further inquiry. In the
re erideTPin to administer poison, tne charge will rest upon
,‘"4 peg rsons who will prove the sending of the poison
'Partak"tY of tea and sugar to the individual who was expected
attdireeie "it. 'You will of course carefully examine the evidence
before
you, and ascertain whether the fact of sending
The,e is brought home to the party charged with the offence.
bio ~,,re.aeveral instances of cutting and stabbing, in one instance
dill ''lng struck under the immediate influence of passion. You
13!° *ll,3nie,as.eci to examine into this when the charge comes before
clllllBli, -Learned Recorder then adverted to misdemeanours of a
few gen 'g character, which are unfit for publication, and after a
TS, 741 rernarks, dismissed the grand jury to their duties.
'"it jury asthen sworn.

9:CV . (THIS DAY.)
a taling‘e of the Guards was charged, before Mr. Hall, with
Batt great coat.
the kis, rdaY ['veldt, between nine and ten o'clock, A 82 took
jtinder ner into custodc; with a great coat folded up in a napkin
a!rn• He had'heard of the theft, and was on the look
had the prisoner was pointed out to him by a butcher's boy,
kr, heard the soldier asking for a pawnshop.
OaY • ere Ow was cording through the Adelphi, Strand, on Satur-
kid. of tl when she met three soldiers, and an old man in the
itd ten,
4 her with a brown paper parcel under his arm. She
publi curiosity excited, and watched them going into
6.4'1, ale, h"se, whither she followed them. The old
ll•orte;eadY the worse for liquor, called for a pint
et:ci
out the old man a quartern of gim. fter this, when
him they all
stumbled and the soldiers, picking up
'ildUld look after him and his bundle. Two of them
h ed the 0/,
ca,,,,rldge man along the Strand, in the direction of Water-
"ousi,f), and the prisoner, in possession of the bundle, aft.er
I,reetion: looking on this side and that, made off in the opposite
e4i4lic..Lou A short limo after this the old man returned to the
inquiring for his great coat. The witness imme-
Ahe 'vend information to the barracks.
eArt h
414,1,ae1fi last boy said he was in Elder's- court, Leicester-square,
1
eight, and was asked by the prisoner, who then had
4'11) r:°der his arm, where he might Linda pawn-shop. Wit-
t,' that tt:IY. told him a woman had gone down to the barracks to
I,l4ert roe soldiers had stolen a great coat, and advised him to
cb:h' old
A *.an, who said he was an inmate of the Leather Mar-
The generally corroborated the main facts of the case.
4)llt.C."oner, defebce merely said he had been left in the
use and tl.e great co, at with him. —He was committed.

IRELAND.
to
tkstil‘ftßic , oe.rTH2E3 LIItMiEs
RdliCfficult to knowt
terminated.
inated. Ori-
ii4a4litie "theK demonstration " which
_h_ass.ju S. •
K MEETING.
W. O'Brien. Then
what name
i,,,,,,i t was to have been a banquet to M
/N.' Understood that a meeting-the last of the
i.monsterstffioiriatiblye
that 3 4 hybrid between a dinner and dem.onstrieakti,otnn.
whltieibs said (I,c the disseesions in the corporation of Limerick,
ga,b411511 alluded, have, in some way or other, influenced the mat.
t,a_tien of both.
AI ".' O'Connell entered Rathkeale, the scene of the b_anr.quwet., at
s
0t.,.'5_13' hatir from Limerick, and was met c.n, route by M
t01,,,n, and escorted with the usual procession through the streets
to ?ne pl.tee of meeting.
ri the piatform, which was erected
Ln,swinererbr. QraY, Mr. "O'Flaher ty, of Donoman Cothenitori; l'al • St.
Lawrence
I\ir.
some country
in the market-place
3tihre.
Ryan, Bruce-lodge;
men.
_ r . and the e,
'u4l ga'ther: of Roman Catholic
t,n,,,eerrnpeestintgheitrh73tratt
.. 51 • FERGusoN, barrister-at lug on taking the chair, informeddwere
the
of their
"' al force oe their combined.° inion, ;he regeneration .
which they bad assembleb
uNYwith that •
hiteuelietoets.foaw'
Mr foreorien and to promote,
rekal of the union. view adoptingPa petition to Parliamnnt for the
bt,e'the Usual resolutions, condenanatory of the Act of Uoniwonri,ehnavvvinags Dr_i,oduly passed, a vote of confidence in Mr. W. S'
°II sed end carried by acclamation. •
IA ci,'• W. S. O'Berve came forward accordingly,
e around him
' 'as at 1 i . that he did not se 1
,at d engtn, He regretted
had at
of the county, but ..
lek,
talY some of the landed gentryr}that
the
repree.t
• tatives of its
and returned
*44,,,,, ,ntelligence, and o
he had
i),"Ultr,e, satisfaction
of
kifio'iwt.; sgocial and individual worrtth, were
bound to think that thehpa
it,, '''''-',Cheera.) He was
4,1 len-rutted to take in pub lc
they had
his constituents that . h
:110:as also proud for the sake of
r affairs was not w olly useless,
during the last month,
i)".4 thetn,clves to Mr. O'Connell prepared to co-operate with t e
lit 'reds (-4' t 1 'of Irishmen whom,
before God
i, , lousiin,s „ .
_t .g themselves, m ..s.
tli ti,:: 0 C 0101011) had beheld pledging
f lal exertions to o pi' n
elky elr country, nev to desist .rom
ti ‘"rlilYof freemennd of men dev
kis. .
~, led to higher dace ea•
tlsvi, v CoelNete next ro,thanks for , „
,e to return . a similar vote.
Ilia 41 eldogised ►Mr. O'Brien " as the 1n2,,,c patriotic Member of
44Itkil 1:14 " Carat:um" the moat %limbic member of th Repealn stish ~-tut"-as true. ~.
A heart e patriot as ever bore an Irish 'name and a
eets he uroceeded at much length to insist upon the
t°
' Itr
of "" • i istry for the county,
-ette., hi. ...ry man's attending tae reg i
resen-
).-41iC -4 without the chance of a strugg,e as their rep so as
lei
se n'u% Only in London, but College.greer.. His'rcturn. ougthatntdo
l''''., .Wlntriphant as his political services,
41e:tees his own exertions for Ireland.-(Cheers.) As to himself,
as magnifleen
`tae, Was 'mall merit in his taking part with the Irish people,
ever
in
with them, kneeling at the
•'"Ac altar u, tYmpatby common
oetpit 'at, under the &amts. code of slavery-partaking of the same
le" tt4
ela ;
s, but Smith O'Brien was of a nobler stock, belong to a
mg
teet,,,tte, born with higher prospects, with prejudices anthalie
12$14,,rie"tradictory to those of the people. A decided Ca
the
Iniperip,stnr, lie thought, on his entrance into public life that
,1/4try 's' Parliament was sufficient 'to legislate for Ireland, but.
414e„e "Perirnent he found he could not induce them tolgtimve. . aelee: a etunniittee'of inquiry into a case of the mostblatidvfhubn
to
eti '''' 'which his talent, indostry, and researches enabled
all
his
to nt hetor
e.treev,, e them—Meer, hear.) Then did he. reject uts cornons, and manful! and bravely determine to.. standisibay.
lit4te• -tqaten, and insi '. Y their right to a domestic 1.. eg
~
akil v Mid four d a month, Is.
al led on was "as certain as the rising of to-morrow's sun.
-her nn them again tie sendweek, I .
Association,
Si er!ed thein
Wee Les for nothing) to the Repeal d
ergainst secret societies, alluded to the lame
Cy. . .11. Ja,
woundee up
ti._ sYire,.., ttl Graham, and its abandonment, and
41(44 "anon was
that liberty
4t
4 '''' L•nat F•ormerly he had had only a party at his back, but
now springing up around him, and
14. es°lP'e Upon Ireland and her Parliament in College-green.
tvai ''''''' having addressed the meeting, it peacealAy dispersed.
lroar,„ti'ien i„ THE DINNER
were
1t,,,., Ito, '• the Temperance-hall. Among
.the company
1 table were the
1 s-i• 10, ~,,44 Catholic priests. At the enr.clPs
C gtlest''';',ls Roman Catholic curate of Rathkeale ; the princi..asa
..athee, 1- 'Tr. W. S. O'Brien M.P.; tree Rev. Mr. Colt ( t
Mr.
`-• Pew -than, the highest dignitary tai" that body present); __r
rien, M.P.,
.114.-Netaellal' ~_•l'., MeJ. Kelley, M..-0., Mr. O'Connell, Rev. m .
'tid
"I°Tilan Catholic Archdeacon), Mr. J. O'B
was
the
Usti 1- °I. the Limerick eorpo'-ation in their robes. There
I,li-s, sprinkling of the 'B', Club uniform.
teit4;),ll.ev. Air.
that the
Symlsr, as chairman (on the” coindclusion of
P'eele oflll Pr°l3uSing the health of "The Queen," said
redres4 the
kilevaneedreland knew they had a sovereign anxious
/Vds niade of her eubjects but the royal cup of mercy lied justice
Tic After
_u etrid drug by administrative quackery,
~47 0 further vftsts,
4 1e.0..: •iemee proposed the health of Mr. O'Brien. He wast
:Ite all u''' Ulan for Ireland_ alp man for Limerick-proude:
c,.o:f:
farlit,atkeale. lie was endeared to the Roman Catholic
, Atee_.. ee always spoke well of them, and protected them when
4 ilir:uated.-.(CheeM)
'Nal „NV. 8. 013 a ImNi rcs onded to the toast. Perceiving that
I' obt.e Iltiglisit LeeiSlaturPe no hor e of ge<l governent was to
thiq red, be
, became a repeab,r 7Cliecrs)-and lien was glad to
(Ilea, e had been able to do s'orivi"-- sing to sustain the cause.-
''t the ,hear, and great cl ring- ) Where were the labours
ke;vl..--•(Cheers.)
frvtg. ,unservative party ? deethalienged teem to show him their
The wktge were no longer a party-they
eing? few respectat,leendividuals, possessing no force apart frompeople
of
I)glat,(l°' a" °WY astsidered so by themselves and the
the
k"Ver ,f. The, r .•mal Members did riot, it was true, possess
re-
tUeeke, 100'i" / r.aws, hut they exposed abuses and suggested
II •At ~, . .
4rnent th., i, risk of imprisonment, he had told the British Par.
the tie
co
considered his time misapplied there, and that he
for
tl'e 1;,,, • •-,e coerced in attendance which he did not consider 'tho -(1 c'f his canstitue t (Cheers.) He thought that the men
p- Presented themselves at the next election should be pre_
"red t.,. .
to track the
tric, " niters Conciliation.hall or St. Stephen's,
Having
itetsi
~Y as the interests of Ireland require it.
1,,
1',,,,! nti the necessity of union-the inevitable success of)
Stsada Th .
1, ).('',led to contend that Protestants would reap equaldconcluded
(a,,,,
,`"ni,tll the Catholics from that consummation,
4.;'(,,, n tiFli applause) by assuring those who were instrumentalanafter in
~.1, g,it that posterity would bless them for it here
Iviti,
_e° CoNNELL returned thanks for h;s health in connexion
hic,•l;,Peal of the union having expressed his dight at the
cet,:i!
c, launched out into ado igh flow of eulogy on the cth. aermacatienr.,
,iiriti". ti:•).and talents of Mr. O'Brien, whom he styled h
5p,,t,6 t repeal. Re addressed the people of England from that
4 tatrld told them that the Crown was a mockery and delis o ,
Zie,ist'_4,,t the entire power of the State was in the hands of the
to.
,'-• • The repeal of the union would countercheck and divide
Iva, luwers and the Queen could govern the balance. So repeal
pi t" fact, a royalist cry. It was also the cry 'for Irish hap-
Oft ,I,VoCheers ) As yet their only argument had been the
tone ,_
~ f the eudgel.-(Clieers and laughter.) Proceeding. in a
titie, nittiOn to warn the meeting against the miseries pro-
(ie,:': Y internal strife at every epoch of Irish history, the Learned
• •,tie,,,,
his
party
n trent our to
repudiate, in strong terms, the idea that be or
(Peri Y .ought for Roman Catholic ascendancy, appealing to Mr.
-Prot2t as a witness of its absurdity. He (Mr. O'Brien) was a
cil„,lant, but' he believed the Pope himself would not have a
'"
-aB4ll/1 --.4h6" for the county ...(Louct laughter.) It was

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