The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-05 00:00:00

PUSEYISM.

It is an encouraging symptom, in the midst of so
much that is discouraging in connexion with the Trac-
tarian heresy, that whatever progress it may be making
in high places—and we rejoice to see that even there, if
it is gaining on one side it is losing on the other—the
common people, the lower and middle ranks of the Pro-
te.,tant community, seem to be heartily and unitedly op-
posed to it. We have had various examples of this in
what has occured in other places, and in further illustra-
tion of it we refer to the following passage from the re-
port of the Protestant Operative meeting in this town on
Monday night :
The Rev. Joseph Baylee moved the adoption of the
report, and, in doing so, said he attended Operative Pro-
testant meetings in Liverpool with greater pleasure than
he should feel in attending meetings of the wealthy
classes. They had two men on the platform that even-
ing who were living examples of the liberty Rome
allowed:—one was a native of the city of Home (Signor
Ciocci), who had been three weeks in the Inquisition
because he had dared to read his Bible, and the other
was Mr. Samuel Philips Day, late a monk of the Presen-
tation Order, in the county of Cork. He, therefore,
looked not with despondency on the present state of
things.
A voice—What do you think of the Puseyites?
Another voice—Turn him out.

Mr. Baylee—No; don't turn him out. lam glad he
has asked me the question. I think a Puseyite is a little
worse than a Papist.—(Loud cheers, and the Kentish
fire.) When I resided in the West of Ireland, we had
two Roman Catholic Archbishops—Dr. M‘Hale, who
said he would bring the fish up out of the sea if they
would kill me; and Dr. Murray, who spoke soft thins
and who sat at the National. Education Board with' a
Protestant Archbishop. What we said at Achill was,
that, of the two, we should much rather have Dr.
M`Hale, inasmuch as we preferred the man who carried
a pitchfork on his shoulder, to the man who carried it
under his cloak. So with Puseyism. I would much
rather have a Roman Catholic priest in my parish than
a Puseyite; because the Puseyite brings Romanism into
the church, while the other brings it outside the door.—
(Great cheers.) I want no candles on the altar—no sur-
plice in the pulpit, none of the innovations of Pusey ism,
none of the justificatory works of the system, none of the
corrupted gospel of Newman.—(Vehement applause.)
The Rev. Gentleman proceeded at much further length
to show that the Puseyite was a Papist inside the church,
and that it was impossible to hate Romanism more than
God hated h.—Liverpool Courier.

PUBLIC ME ETING OF COLLIERS.
The coal miners of the Ashton and Oldham dis-
tricts met on Monday afternoon last, at Knott Lanes,
in the division of Ashton, for the purpose of carrying
out their object in connexion with the miners' union.
Between two and three o'clock, a cart was brought to
the place of meeting; when, on the motion of an
operative collier, a man named Joseph Price was
called to the chair.i The chairman opened the pro-
ceedings by introducing one of the colliers' lecturers,
named Welshy (who, we understand, comes from
the mining districts of Yorkshire), to address the
meeting. The speaker dwelt in the usual strain
upon the objects of the unionists, and called upon all
miners present to enrol themselves as members ; as-
suring them that if they forthwith unitel with their
breihren in the other districts, they would obtain
their just demands. Two other itinerant lecturers,
Harrison, and Dixon, the reporter for the Northern
Star, addressed the meeting; they advocated the
propriety of the colliers uniting themselves in one
bond, that they might obtain an advance of wages,
and work a less number of hours. Dixon stated, that
the miners in the Rochdale division had obtained an
advance of tenpence upon their " quarterage," which
we understood to mean thirty baskets, a basket con-
taining about two hundred weight. The following
resolutions were agreed to :-
1. That it is the opinion of this meeting, that
unless we organize ourselves we can never better our
condition; and that we pledge ourselves to do so im-
mediately, believing that we ought to use every
means in our power to obtain that which the miners
so richly deserve, viz., 'a fair day's wage for a fair
day's work.
" 2. That it is the opinion of this meeting that we

r particularly adhere to the question of working shorter
hours, believing it to be the only safe way to gain our
just demands."
At the conclusion of the meeting it was announced
that all the colliers working in the Oldham district
(with the exception of the men at three pits) had
sent in notices for an advance of threepence in the
shilling, and those of the Ashton district for twopence
in the shilling. The notices which were sent in on
Saturday last, were to the effect that unless the al-
vance asked be granted in fourteen days the men
would strike work. Coals are much scarcer than
they were a few days ago. On passing the "sett,"
on the Oldham-road, yesterday morning, we observed
upwards of thirty carts standing waiting to be filled
with coals, such is the demand for them under present
circumstances. Another meeting was announced to
take place at Hurst Nook last evening.—Manchester
paper.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 3.
WOODCROFT V, REYNER AND ANOTHER.

This cue which is important to the manufacturing
districts, and has occupied nearly three days, when
divested of all the technicalities belonging to the
process of weaving, is an exceedingly simple one.
The action was brought for the infringement of the
plaintiff's patent right' in what is called a tappet,
which is an instrument used in looms for determining
the pattern of figured or fancy cloths. The tappet in
use before the plaintiff's, and usually called Bowman's
tappet, consisted of a number of solid circular plates
with prominences, causing the requisite elevation or
depression of the warp threads, and, when a new pat-
tern had to he made, it was requisite generally to pur-
chase new plates, or recast the old ones. The plaintiff
conceived the idea of dividing these plates into sec-
tions corresponding with each other, so as to be trans-
posable and form a new tappet plate, and thus to
effect an almost infinite variety of patterns out
of the same plates by merely transposing the sections,
without breaking up the plates. The plaintiff al-
leged that the defendants had borrowed the idea of
their tappet from the patent tappet, and that it was a
mere mechanical equivalent, identical in principle.
After the case had been fully investigated, the jury
retired to consider their verdict, and, after they had
been absent nearly two hours, a proposal was made on
the part of the defendants, which ultimately resulted
in a verdict being taken for the plaintiff, with 40s.
damages.
The CHIEF JUSTICE at once gave his certificate
that the merits of the case had been fully investigated.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 4.
IN RE THY REV. DR. KENNY.

The insolvent is the Rector of St. o:ave's, Southwark,
and this day came up upon application for his interim
order. His schedule states debts and liabilities (the
latter chiefly upon accommodation bills) at from 7,000 Z
to 10,0001.; but it was admitted that that statement was
not to be entirely relied upon. The Rev. Doctor's living
was set down at about 650/. a-year, of which he proposed
to set aside 3501. a-year for the benefit of his creditors.
The insolvent regretted much his present position, arid
was willing to give every information in his power.
After some further discussion, the further hearing was
adjourned to the 24th, the insolvent in the interim to
furnish the required information.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Chelmsford, Dec. 4.

The commission of gaol delivery for the county of
Essex was opened on Tuesday, evening, and this
morning Mr. Justice Williams attended Divine ser-
vice, and immediately afterwards took his seat on the
bench in the Court. The number of prisoners is not
very great, but the charges are of the most serious
description, including murder, arson, sending threaten-
ing letters, and indeed all the most grave offences
known to the law.

The Learned JUDGE, in his charge to the grand
jury,' said that with regard to a charge of murder
against a man named John Young, it would be a
material question for them to consider whether the
cause of death was clearly made out, and whether it
was established as the result of violence, or whether
it might not have arisen from accident or natural
causes. There was another charge of murder, against
two persons named William Walton and Mary
Charlotte Field Lorkin ; and there was this pecu-
liarity in the case, that whereas the parties were
charged with the murder of an infant, of which the
female had been delivered, no trace of the
body of the deceased had been discovered,
and for all that there appeared positively by
evidence to the contrary, the infant might still be
alive. It was a case certainly involving very grave
suspicion, but the grand jury would consider whether,
upon suspicion only, they ought to find a true bill,
recollecting, as they would do, that if the accused
were sent to trial upon imperfect evidence and were
acquitted, that whatever evidence might afterwards
be obtained would be of no avail, as the subject would
be then closed for ever, and the guilty parties, if guilty
they really were, would altogether escape. He also
observed a case in the calender in which two pri-
soners, one a boy of thirteen, were charged with
firing a stack, and it appeared by the depositions that
the younger prisoner had stated before the magis-
trates that he had put fire to a hedge to destroy a
wasp's nest. If the grand jury believed that this was
his original intention, and that he, in the first instance,
had no intention to commit any mischief, although
afterwards the fire might have spread and done the
injury now complained of, irr law the prisoner would
not be liable to the charge now made against him.
The grand jury then retired.
THE CASH OF MISS RICHARDSON.

It will berecollected that a young-lady, named
Ellen Richardson, the daughter of a gentleman
residing at Brentwood, was committed for trial
a short time back upon the charge of stealing a quan-
tity of silk, the property of a tradesman at Brent-
wood. The case was to have been disposed of at the
quarter sessions, but an application was then made on
behalf of the accused to allow the case to stand over
until the assizes, on the ground that the young lady
was too ill to take her trial. The magistrates granted
the application, and the charge, which has created
very great interest in the county, on account of the
respectability of the accused and her friends, accord-
ingly stood over until the present gaol delivery.
Mr. RODWEiLL now applied to the Court for a fur-
ther postponement, and he produced the certificate of
a medical gentleman, stating that it would be of im-
minent danger to the health of the accused if she were
to attend and take her trial at these assizes.
Mr. Justice WiLuAsts said he could not attend to
a surgeon's certificate. There must be a proper affi-
davit. _ _

Mr. Ronwfmt said an affidavit should be prepared
in the course of the assizes. The trial could not
come on on that day, because Miss Richardson was at
large under recognisances, and she was unable to
attend.

Mr. RYLAND said his witnesses attended at very
great inconvenience. He thought that his Learned
Friend ought to state when he would produce the
affidavit, and not keep them waiting there all the
assizes.

Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he would not take the
case that day.
Mr. RYLAND said there were some peculiar circum-
stances in the case—the parties came from Brent-
wood, and
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he knew nothing of
the circumstances of the case, or whether they were
peculiar or not. He had never heard the name of the
accused before, and he never wished to hear it again.
All he would say was that the trial should not come
on that day, and any application respecting the case
must be made upon affidavit.

Joseph Gladwell, 44, Joseph Gladwell, 20, and
Chenery Gladwell, 18, were indicted for feloniously
stealing a cabin-door, a quantity of rope, and planks,
and other articles, the property of Thomas Carey.
In another count the prisoners were charged with
the offence of stealing property from a vessel that had
been wrecked.

Mr. Rodwell prosecuted, and Mr. Ryland de-
fended the prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence, that on the 9th of
October a vessel called the Hazard was moored off
Great Clacton, on the Essex coast, and while she was
lying there a storm arose, which drove her from her
moorings, and she went on shore and brcke up, and
became a complete wreck, her timbers and other ma-
terials being washed upon the beach. One of the
Ensex constabulary was set to watch the wreck, and,
about three o'clock the following morning, he saw
the three prisoners come with a horse and cart, which
they proceeded to load with timber, rope, and other
articles washed from the wreck, and on their being
asked what they were about by the officer, they told
him, they were only taking "shore wood," and they
considered they were entitled to it.
Mr. RYLAND, in his address to the jury, said he
could not attempt to defend the '
proceeding of the
prisoners, or to contend that they had not been guilty
of larceny. His Lordship had, however, intimated
his opinion that the more serious charge of stealing
from the wreck had not been made out, and there-
fore the only question for the jury was, whether the
prisoners were guilty of the minor charge. They
were aware that in many parts of the country, al.
though happily not in Essex, there was a very gene-
ral opinion among persons of the lower orders that,
when a vessel was unhappily wrecked, her materials
became the property of any person who was able to
possess himself of them. The prisoners were p!obably
impressed with that opinion, and did not believe they
were committing a felony in acting as they did, al-
though in law they undoubtedly were so.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, in summing up, said there
was no doubt that such an opinion as t'aat alluded to
by the Learned Counsel did prevail in some parts of
the country, and he must state his impression, that it
inflicted no small disgrace upon it. To suppose that
a vessel which had been suffering, and perhaps de-
stroyed, by the tempest, was afterwards to betcome the
prey of persons upon the land, was a most nkiwhievous

and illegal doctrine, and one that it was high time to
put an end to. —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS then sentenced the elder
prisoner to be kept to hard labour for four calendar
months, and the younger prisoners were sentenced to
two months' of the same punishment.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.---York, Dee. 3.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
Edward Wright was charged with feloniously stealing
a bay gelding, the property of William and Robert
Shaw.

Mr. Bliss condacted the prosecution, and Mr. Wilkins
defended the prisoner.
The case as stated by Mr. Bliss, and as corroborated
by Thomas Shaw, was very clear and simple, exhibiting
the very great gullibility yet to be met with occasionally,
even in Yorkshire. Thomas, or, as he called himself,
" Turnmus Shaw," was the son of Willy Shaw, and the
brother of Robert Shaw, farmers and millers, of Liver-
ton, a small parish in the North Riding. Willy and
Robert had a bay gelding, which they were desirous to
disp ,se of, and of all persons in the world Thomas was
fixed upon as the most fitting to take the gelding to
market, to treat with horse-dealers, and to make an ad-
vantageous bargain. Thomas, accordingly, set off to
Yarm fair, and having arrived the night before, that his
horse might be fresh and sprightly, in the morning he
walked him up and down, and showed him off to the best
advantage. In the market- place of Yarm Thomas met
the prisoner riding a grey mare. The prisoner asked the
poor wight what he would take for his gelding,andThomas,
anxious to make a good bargain, demanded 17/. The
prisoner replied, that if he could sell his grey mare he
wouldn't mind purchasing the bay gelding. At this moment
up came a third person, whom Thomas, with much sim-
plicity, designated as " a stranger," and he offered the
prisoner 161. for his grey mare. The prisoner said,
" Na, he wudn't tak less than eighteen pun for t'mare."
On that the stranger. ceded Thomas on one side, and
said, "If you can get me the grey mare for 161.,
give thee 10s. for 'tself." Thomas promised to try his
powers of persuasion with the prisoner, and " the
stranger" went away. Thomas commenced bargaining
with the prisoner on behalf of " the stranger," but he
was stopped short in his dealings by the prisoner saying
that he had overheard what " yon man" had said, and if
Thomas would give him (the prisoner) the 10s. he
should have the grey mare. Shaw agreed to this, and
handed over 10s. to the prisoner. Shaw and the pri-
soner then changed their saddles, and Shaw rode the
grey mare to a public- house, where the prisoner had
told him that he would find " the stranger," leaving his
gelding with the prisoner. On reaching the public-
house, however, Thomas discovereg that he had been
done, for " the stranger" was n,t, forthcoming. He re-
turned to losirk. for the prisoner, but alas ! he too and the
gelding had alike vanished, so there was Thomas minus
10s., and enjoying full possession of an old lame grey
mare in the place of his neat little gelding. Thomas
then informed the police, and the prisoner was soon after
apprehended.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to be transported beyond the seas for the term of
ten years.
Henry Hargreaves was charged with having, on the
let of 06tober last, at the parish of Wrfield, in the West
Riding, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling.
house of Ann Sharp, and feloniously stolen therein five
pieces of Irish linen, 100 pairs of black worsted stock •
ings, 50 pairs of men's worsted stockings, four pieces of
stuff, 100 cotton handkerchiefs, six ends of muslin, and
four pairs of men's shoes, the property of Ann Sharp.
He waa also further charged with having, on the Bth of
October, at Kirkheaton in the West Riding, burgle-
riously and feloniously broken and entered the dwelling-
house of Joseph Wild, and stolen therein 1111 b. of tea, his
property.
Air. Justice COLERIDGE summed up at considerable
length, explained to the jury that the evidence of dis-
honest witnesses was not to be credited further than it
went in corroboration of, or was corroborated by the
evidence of others.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
A former conviction fur burglary was put in, and the
prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life.
In a subsequent case which occurred, where three
women were charged with stealing Is. 6d. from the per-
son of an old man named Lee, Mr. Wilkins defended the
prisoners.
The Learned COUNSEL commenced his address to the
jury by observing, that something had been said to them
the other night about the respectability of the police,
and they were asked whether it was likely respectable
men would enter the p-olice, when

Mr. Justice COLERiDGE ( interrupting) said, I cannot
conceal from myself, Mr. Wilkins, that you are referring
to me, and I cannot allow you to make observations
offensive to the Bench.

Mr. WILKINS—I had no desire to be offensive, my
Lord.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—If you must remark upon
what occurred, do it—and you knoW well how to do it,
if you choose—in a less offensive manner.
Mr. WILRINS—I had no desire to be offensive.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE —I will not hare a reply made
on the judge's address to the jury. I care as little for
observations made with regard to myself personally, I
hope, as any man can do; but I have the highest respect
for the office of judge, ad I will not allow gentlemen of
the bar to make such observations.

Mr. WILKINS—WeII then, gentlemen, I will not com-
ment on what the Bench has said, though I am often
made to put up with observations when I can't reply, and
so are many of my brethren.
Mr. Justice CoLERIDGE—To be sure you are, Mr.
Wilkins,- ard, whilst you are at the bar, and I am on
the bench, you must put up with it. Any comments
that you may please to make must be made in a re-
spectful manner.
Mr. WILKINS then proceeded in his address to the
jury, and laid it down as a general rule, based upon his
own experience, that polioemen were prone to exagge-
rate against the prisoner. The Learned Gentleman made
an eloquent appeal in behalf of the unfortunate women
at the bar.

Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up, the jury
consulted for a short time, and returned a verdict of
Guilty against two of the prisoners, and of Acquittal as
regarded the third.
Previous convictions for felony were put in, and the
prisoners were each sentenced to ten years' transportation.

WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Winchester, Dec. 4.

Wiitam Jones, servant and Henry Jones, were indicted
for stealing a quantity of candles from the store of Geo.
Clark, at Lymington, on the 9th of November.
The prisoners were found Guilty. William Jones
was sentenced to fourteen years, and Henry Jones to
seven years' transportation.
Very great delay and inconvenience have been occa-
sioned at this assize from the following circumstance :
The magistrates in this county have refused to allow the
expenses of briefs for the prosecution and the fees to
counsel in all cases where the bills are ignored ; the con-
st quence is that counsel are not instructed till the bill
is brought into court, and are unprepared to proceed
with the case when it is called on, and much time is lost.
Mr. Baron' Alderson said this was a most improper
thing ; ate Government had thought it right to put the
people of England to the expense of sending a judge
down to try the prisoners, and the magistrates refused to
put the county to the expense of employing counsel to
prosecute them. He thought the magistrates would find
such paltry economy a disadvantage, as the assize would
probably last a day longer than it otherwise would, to
say nothing of decency in the administration of justice.
In addition to this, it was almost expressing an expecta-
tion that bills would be ignored, which was a libel on the
committing magistrates, for prisoners ought not to be
committed except upon a reasonable expectation-that the
bills would be found.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, Dec. 3.
(Before Mr. Justice CoLTNAN.)
The commission for this county was opened yesterday
evening. In the course of his charge Mr. Justice COLT-
MAN observed, that be had received hterally a mass of
depositions, indeed, the largest and longest he had ever
seen, against a person named Hassell, imputing to him
the murder of his wife. It was a case which appeared
to have created a great excitement in the county, as far
as the reports in the newspapers enabled him to form an
opinion. There were only two ways, consistent with the
mass of evidence contained in the depositions, in which a
charge could be presented to their notice against the ac-
cused—either that of accelerating the death by the admi-
nistration of improper food or liquids, or by neglecting
to supply proper care and nourishment to the deceased,
both of which offences would amount to the offence of
manslaughter only. It was, however, an important fea-
ture in the case for the consideration of the grand jury,
that his wife was a person very much addicted to the use
of ardent spirits, and was described by the witnesses to
be seldom in a state of sobriety.

The calendar contains the names of 24 prisoners,
whose offences may be, thus classed:—Murder, 1; bur-
glary, 2; highway robbery, 10; assault with intent to
maim, 1; beastiality, 1; rape, 1; malicious shooting, 1;
uttering counterfeit coin, 1; stealing from the person, 1;
and 5 for larcenies. Among the foregoing is not in-
cluded the charge against Mr. Hassall, whose case con-
tinues to create very lively interest in the county. The
bill of indictment is to be presented to the grand jury to-
morrow morning.
Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, who is specially re-
tained on behalf of Mr. Hassall, arrived from London
yesterday evening at the Star Hotel.
Mr. Justice Coltman has disposed of four cases this
afternoon, none of which presented any features of ge-
neral interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
LAMBETH-STREET.

DOG FIGHTINII4—WiIIiam Benjamin, a journeyman
baker, in the employ of Mr. Norris, King-street, White- '
chapel, appeared before Mr. Henry, charged by Mr.
Thomas, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, with having wantonly ill-
treated a dug.
Mr, Thomas stated that on Saturday last the defendant
was, passing through White's-row, Whiteehapel, fol-
lowed by a black bull-terrier, and as he passed the house
of a Mr,. Thompson, he made a noise which brought
out a dog belonging to that person. The defendant
kicked his dog towards the other, and endeavoured
to set them fighting ; but as Mr. Thompson's dog
was more disposed to run away than to fight, the
defendant took up the bull-dog by the neck and tail,
and dropped him upon the other. This proved suc-
cessful, and a desperate fight took place, in which the
defendant's dog sadly punished the other, inflicting several
severe wounds about its head and body, and under
the check bit out a piece of flesh, making a hose large
enough to insert two fingers. Among the crowd assem-
bled to witness the brutal scene was a vendor of cat's
meat, who called loudly on the defendant to take his dog
away. He, however, refused to do so, and threatened
to knock off the head of a woman who kindly endea-
voured to separate the dogs. The fighting continued
until the dealer in cat's meat dispatched his son for a

policeman. This had the desired effect. The defendant
pulled off his dog, and, having hJen compelled to give
his name and address, 'A aiktA off.

This statement was proved by Samuel David, of De-
vonshire-street, Mile-end, the Beale, referc, d to, and by
the woman who endeavoured to part the dogs.
Crispin, one of the constablos empToyed by the So-
ciety, deposed that he Ilan seen Thompson's ,'!og some
days after the fight, and it was then in a miserable
plight.
The defendant denied the statement of the witnesses,
and called a young lad to prove that Thompson's dog
had bitten the bull-terrier first, and that that had caused
the fight. This witness deposed to such being the case
eight days before, but said that he knew nothing of
the transaction sworn to by the witnesses for the pro-
secution.

David said that he passed Thompson's Ip)use every
day, and knew his dog well. It was a quiet, inoffensive
animal of the mongrel breed, while the defendant's dog
was a regular fighting dog, and bore evident marks about
the head and body of having been engaged in many
similar encounters.

The de•endant said that the dog was not his, hut that
it belonged to his master, Mr. Norris. He hoped that
the magistrate would deal leniently with him.
Mr. Hivittv fined the defeNdant 30s ; in default, four-
teen days' imprisonment in the House of Correction.