The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1842,

and which constable,.: it should be-observed,' was the
only witness who 'appeared; .ri the against. 4,1 a
prisoners. And what, after, all, .was the languagc
to which -t constable'
ie Cstable deposed ? Aceofding•
to his accOuiit,i Mason. was, telling the peO-
-Irnd "felling thein, as be (Mr. DuncoMbe)
believed truly, that ,the. laws of this country were
inade;i2y, fhe aristocraey-that the people had nc.
in. the election of their representatiyes7—that
the layvs which were to"- 4be olieyo by: all
should be. made, by all, and consented to by all :
that the -individUals irtthi• country who worked
the hardest received- theftleast ;and that those who
worked. the least' received the most. The con-
stable then interrupted the .lecturer;saving
that he stand that no longer ; that be 'slicaild,
do something for lais,, pay ' • that Miison was rising
seditions language; and, that "it,would be hiS duty
to break up the meeting. Mason ' told the. con-
stable that he had no- business—to liptcrrllPt,...birn
that his.- only business',world be go before a
Magistrate ~and lodging informatie4 against. him
which might be tried on a future' day. The constable
persisted )11'j:tutting-an end to the ineeth*; he removed
the bench upon 'Whieli
.the lecturer' WO standing, but.
no 'other breach of the:peace took 'place. Mason con-
tinued on the ground for some ,time: 'Ne4' day
ason took out a Warrant for assault.againsf the con-
stable, Who, however, immediately obtained a counter-
warrant against Mason. The consequence was that
Mason was called • beftwe a MagiStrate, and held to
bail to appear at the sessions. In' the meantime the
Magistrates intimated that they would dismiss the
charge against the constable But on the other hand
Mason and those who joined with him were prosecuted
at the instigation and instance of the Magistrates.
The parties were committed for sedition, attending an
unlawful meeting, and for assault. The meeting was
one which no lawyer would call unlawful or illegal.
It' was perfectly peaceable til: interrupted by the con-
stable.

Mr. GREENE here announced, that the hour (five
o'clock) appointed for the Managers •on the part of
the House of Commons, meeting the Managers on
the part of the House of Lords, in coVerence on the
Wicklow Harbour Bill, had arrived.
Mr. Greene, with Sir C. Napier, Mr. llawes,
Brotherton, and other Members, then retired to meet
the Lords, and after a short absence returned and
announced to the House that they had delivered. to
the managers on the part of the Lords, their reasons
for not: agreeing in their Lordships' amendments.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE continued his observations.
The prosecuting Counsel, not satisfied with the
Jury that had tried all the other cases, selected
another Jury for this particular case, who found
Mason guilty of attending an unlawful assembly.
and the other seven men guilty of a common assault,
-Th, subjects, then, of his (Mr. T. Buncombe's)
complaint were, the illegal interruption of the
meeting, the arrest of the men, and the prosecu-
tion and certain circumstances which took place
during. the trial, also the sentence that was
passed on the men. Another cause of complaint he
must not forget was, that after those men had been
found guilty the chairman did not pass sentence of his
own accord, but immediately
.applied to the
constable upon whose testimony the prisoners were
convicted, and consulted him as to their character,
and as to the amount of punishment to be
awarded to them. Di tibrent sentences were
accordingly passed. On Mason six months' im-
prisonment, and on the ,other from four to two
months imprisonment. The counsel for the prosecution
having applied for costs the application was granted,
and those men were now lying in confinement in
Staftbrd Gaol.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

CORN-LAWS:

A deputation from the Anti-Corn-law Conference
waited upon Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, and Lord
Wharnclitie to-day. We shall give the titll particu-
lars in our Morning Edition.