The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-07 00:00:00

ILFORD PETTY SESSIONS.

Henry Randall, a labourer, was placed at the bar, be.
fore G. Masseter, Chairman, and a full Bench of Ma.
gistrates, charged with stealing wood,, the property of
the Earl of Mornington, the Lord of the Manor of
flainault.

William Seabome, a keeper of the forest of Hainault,
said that for some time past ' extensive depredations
had been committed in . the forest by the cutting
down and, stealing trees *; and they had increased to
uch an extent, that Earl Mornington had issued
orders , for a sharp look-out to be kept after
the depredators. The tithe genera ly selected for the
il commission of- the ' depredation , was on Sunday
nights, and it frequently occurred that as many as fifty
trees, which were seen standing in the forest on the Sun-
day, were cut down and conveyed no one knew whither
before the following morning. Som time since he missed
some trees from Barking side, and on the 14th July,
about four in the morning, one of hi men informed him
that he thought there was a load of wood just got off the
forest, as he had heard a cart going off it in the direction
of Stratford. Witness immediately went in that direction,
and on getting opposite t li,e " Pigeons," overtook the defen
dant driving a cart laden with trees, which he could swear
to having seen growing on the Sunday previous in the
forest. There were thirteen in the cart, and their value
was 365. He gave the prisoner into the custody of the
police, but he made his escape, and was not recaptured
fora week. Witness took the trees to the forest for the
purpose of comparing them with the stumps, but the
latter were purposely 'disfigured, so that he was unable
so to do. He was positive to having seen them the day
previous in the forest. He did not know who cut them
down, but he charged the prisoner 'with, stealing the
wood.

The police-constable who took the prisoner into cus-
tody said, that whilst conveying him from the station-
house to the residence of a magistrate, he made his
escape, and in the intricacies of the forest defied any one
to take him.

The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that he
had had the wood by him for some time, and that he
had it given bim for assisting the men in the forest to
fell the timber.

In answer to a question from the Bench, the first
witness said the wood was sold to skittle-makers, it being
a hard kind of wood, and that on the Sunday the skittle-
makers from London generally visited the forest, and
bargained with the persons living on the borders fir a
supply of the wood.
The CHAIRMAN said, the Magistrates were well aware
that these depredations had been going on for some time,
and they were determined to put a stop to them. They
should fine the defendant 5/. for the unlawful possession
of the wood, 365. its value, and 10s. cots, making alto-
gether 7/. 65., or four.months' imprisonment with hard
labour. For a second offence, the Coa.rman said he
should send the prisoner to gaol for L 2 months.
Not being able to pay, :he prisoner was sent to Ilford
gaol.

• IRELAND.
DUBLIN, AuG. 4.—The weekly meeting of the Repeal
Association was held this day, in Conciliation Hall.
Mr. John O'Connell,' M.P., accompanied by Christopher
Askew, Esq., and Captain Broderick, entered the Hall
at one o'clock, and were received with the loudest and
most enthusiastic bursts of acclamation.
The chair was taken by Dr. STEPHEN MURPHY,
who said be felt deeply grateful for the honour con-
ferred on him by caliiug upon him to preside over so
respectable a meeting. When he reflected on the'
many changes that had taken place since its forma-
tion,, he felt he had reason to congratulate the men
of Ireland and himself, on the position they had now
assumed. He was not one ot those who forgot .to
give credit where he thought credit was 'due;
.and when
he recollected the number of persons the Liberator had
with him at the formation of the Association, and when
he compared its position at that time to that which he
had now brought it, he could not refrain from according
to him the credit which he so eminently deserved. -
The Chairman then handed in several subscriptions
from the county of Wexford, which a ere entrusted to
him for presentation.
The following letter from Mr. O'Connell was read, and
ordered to be inserted in the minutes :
" Darrynene Abbey, Aug. 1, 1845.
"My dear Ray, —I enclose you 4/ ; the subscription
for the month of August of Daniel O'Connell, M.P., 1/.;
Maurice O'Connell, M.P., 11.; John O'Connell, M.P., 11.;
Daniel O'Connell, jun., ?/.
‘• The demonstrations at Wexford and at Galway were
magnificent and of great national importance. The pee-