The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-05 00:00:00

HEAD POLICE-OFFICE, DUBLIN.-

Pouncs.---Two ragged old female politicians,
named Bridget Murphy and Dorothy Mooney, ap-
peared before one of the Magistrates of this office,
on Friday last, to have his decision as to an assault
alleged to have been committed by Mrs. Mooney,
on the person of Mrs. Murphy, out of motives

purely of a political and religious nature. Please
your Worship, said Mrs. Murphy, here I am, 1 am
an Orangewoman and a Brunswicker since I was
born. All belonging to me are Orangemen and
Orangewomen, and I'll stick to the Brunswickers
as long as 1 live.
The MAGISTRATE requested her to come to the
charge.

Mrs. Murphy—l'll come to it time enough, I
have a son an Orangeman, and another lad of mine
died in the good old cause. Now, •our Worship,
this is Mrs. Mooney, who is quite a different sort of
woman, she's an Emancipationer.

"MmasTßATE—What has that to do with the as-
sault ? Every thing in the world said Mrs. Murphy.
MAGISTRATE—Indeed.

Mrs. Murphy—Oh I believe it, she swears that
when the Americans come over, that we will lose
our Constitution, that we are a parcel of heretics,
and that every Protestant in the world will go to
the devil.
MAGISTRATE—shockino..

Mrs. Murphy—(lna half whisper.) They all
believe it your worship. Down with the poor Pro-
testants is the motto your worship, we were together
On Thursday morning talking about politics as usual,
when I began to sing King William over the water
to rise her, you see.
Mrs. Mooney—Yes, and you gave me a slap in
the face along with it, you see.
Mrs. Murphy—l know I did. But I had not got
on with the first verse when she called me an old
Protestant something that I won't mention, kicked
me down stairs and hauled me into a yard, where
she sheaved me an oven, and swore that if it was hot
she would roast me in it until she made me a kiln-
dried Protestant. There's emancipation for you,
said Mrs. Murphy, flipping her fingers.
Mrs. Mooney—All a joke, your Worship, I'd
die for my country, but I had no more notion of
roasting Mrs. Murphy than I had of roasting your
Worship.
MAGISTRATE—This is the entire of your com-
plaint ? Mrs. Murphy—Yes, your `Worship; all
politics.

MAdtsTitATE—l am afraid that in order to put an
end to those political differences, I must bind you
both over to keep the peace.
Mrs. Murphy—ls it me ? usage for a
friend to the Constitution.

Mrs. Mooney—lf we had Emancipation I would
not be treated this way.
Peace-officer Heartly here took Mrs. Murphy by
the shoulder, and had achieved the .difficult task of
getting her to the lobby, when she complimented
him with a smack :on the chops which drew tears
into his eyes, and swearing that he was as big a
Papist ,as any in the country, flew over to Lynch,
sen. (who is a Roman Catholic,) and after invoking
a blessing on his honest Protestant face, declared he
was exactly the sort of a man she would wish to go
round the world for sport with.
Mrs. Mooney, on her removal from the Board-
room, assured the officers that there was no justice
to be had for people of her persuasion in this coun-
try. She however declared, that the moment she
got out she would fee Counsellor O'Connell, and if
he didn't make them all smoke the world was at an
end.

Both ladies were bound in their recognizances,
and suffered to go abroad to settle the affairs of the
nation as they pleased.—Saunders's Dublin News
Letter.

Several persons have been seen, within these
few days, crying primroses about the streets.
HUNTINGDON GA 0 L.—William itichford,
one of the four prisoners who made their escape from
Huutingdon Gaol, has surrendered himself: Ile states
that, after getting clear of the gaol, they wandered in the
fields all night, which was extremely dark, that they lost
their way, and in the morning found themselves not more
than four miles t-rotti the prison, They walked all day,
and towards evening reached Milton House, near Peterbo-
rough, where Smith, the horse-dealer, being a Yorkshire-
man, introduced himself to some Of Lord Fitzwiliiam's
Yorkshire servants, by whom the whole party were re-
galed. The next day they reached Stamford, but were
afraid to enter the town, and passed it by the outskirts.—
They soon after sold the knife which had assisted them in
their escape for threepence, with which they bought bread.
Their hunger became so great that Smith said they meat
steal another horse to get the means of support ; but the
difficulty was how to pass the turnpikes, as they had no
money to pay the tolls. That night they slept in a lane,
and Weldon) became alarmed at the projects he beard his
companions suggesting, and determined to give himself up.
lie accordingly made back to Stamford, and delivered him-
self up. It is expected the other three will be soon ap-
prehended.