The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-22 00:00:00

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

" The heather is on fire ! The turtle-districts are
in a blaze ! I 'have this instant seen a Common-
Councilman who tells me that a sanguinary conflict
has taken place between the Lord Mayor and a fat
Special, and that his Lordship's left eye is seriously
damaged I It is rumoured, also, that the Beef-eaters
have refused to fire on the insurgent Aldermen, ob-
serving in justification of their refusal, that the eyes
of Europe are upon them !' "

(FROM OUR CITY CORRESPONDENT.)
" The Three per Cents. are down to two ! No
business is doing in Consols. A detachment of the
Train-bands have just charged a body of Chartist
Aldermen, and wounded Alderman FaTsides in his
hinder parts. The Commander of the City Light
Horse was seen half an hour ago to place his fore-
finger beside his nose, and wink in a very mysterious
manner at the Colonel of the Lumber Troop ! This
you may rely on as a fact."
(BY EXPRESS.)

" CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—Things are hourly
growing worse The Goldsmiths' Company are up
in arms, and have joined the Chartists. Bleaden also
and his waiters have unanimously declared for the
Charter ! It is reported in the Poultry that a body
of the most violent Aldermen have resolved on
marching to Whitehall Gardens, armed with spits
and carving knives, and sacking Sir R. Peel's 3 pantl. - .
Thank God, a Wellington still heads the British army !"
"IMPORTANT IF TRUE.-At half-past twelve o'clock
two Chartist Common Councilmen were seen to walk
into the Night-Shirt and Nutmeg, in Blowbladder-
lane. They looked mysterious, and called in a stern
and determined manner for two glasses of brandy and
water. The nature of their conference did not
transpire, but from what I can gather from the land-
lord, the brandy and water was not paid for."
Sun Office, Four o'Clock.—At the period when we
went to press, the insurrection in the turtle-districts
was a little abated, in consequence of the Chartist
Aldermen and Common Councilmen being com-
pelled to go to lunch ! It is feared, however, that it
will break out at night-fall worse than ever. Should
anything of consequence transpire, we shall make a
point of communicating it to our readers in a Second
Edition.

Sir Robert Peel arrived in town this morning, and
has been visited in Whitehall-gardens—by Sir James
Graham. The Police Authorities have been in active
communication throughout the morning with the
Home Secretary.
The Marquis of Bute, General Hamilton, and
Captain Aeome were among the passengers that landed
from the General Steam Navigation dornpkny's mail-
packet Columbine, from Rotterdam, yesterday, at
Blackwall.

LAW INTELLIGENCE•

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY).

IN THE MATTER OF THOMAS HAYES.

The bankrupt in this case had carried on an exten-
sive business as a currier and leather-dresser; in Shad'
well. The amount of debts which appeared in the
schedule was stated at 7,9401., and the available assets,
so far as the assignees had at present realised, was
only about 4701.
This day having been appointed for a proof of
debts, and auditing the accounts, several credit
appeared in person, and tendered proofs in the aggre-
gate amounting to about 2,0001.
A point was raised with respect to a sum of 2,80011
to which it was alleged the bankrupt's wife was en-
-titled, under the will of a person named John Price,
and the Learned Commissioner ordered it to be re-
served until evidence could be adduced to establish
the fact of its being available to the estate, or settled
by deed upon herself. •
After some further discussion, the final examine'
tion of the bankrupt was ordered to stand for the
29th instant.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)
____ _____

OLD COURT
These sessions, which are the ninety-fourth since
the Act pissed establishing the Court, and the tenth
of the present Mayoralty, commenced this morning
before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman
Farebrother and Gibbs, thei Sheriffs, &c.
The calendar contains a list of no less than 369
prisoners, and the following may be considered a!'
epitome of the crimes with which they stand charged .;
Arson, 1 ; Bigamy, 3; Burglary, 5 ; and
having in possession counterfeit coin, 3 ;
niously uttering counterfeit coin, 4 ; Embezzle'
rnent, 13 ; Forgery, 4 ; Housebreaking, 2; LarcenP
200 ; Larceny in a dwelling-house, 9 • From the per.
son, 30 ; Larceny by servants, 54 ; Manslaughter,
Misdemeanours, 6 ; Murder, 3 ; Personating a per
son to procure wages, 1 ; rape, 3 ; receiving stolen
goods, 9 • robbery, 6. Of this number, 49 have been
committed from London, 273 from Middlesex, 1 front
the Admiralty, and 17 from Surrey.
The Grand Jury having been empanelled and
sworn,
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge tti
them. He said the calendar comprehended a list 0
nearly 360 prisoners, and that number would probably
be increased in the course of the present
week °
nearly 400. Among the graver offences were 5'
cases of larceny by servants, and 9 cases of the re.
ceiving of stolen goods, one of which was of a vel
important and extensive character. There were n°
less than six cases of felonies from the person ;
cases of cutting and wounding ; three charges oft'''t
crime of rape ; and three for murder. The gve,,, to
number of criminals contained in the calendar Wig',"
in some respect, be attributable to the unusually
period that had intervened between the last and the
b:e
present session • but still, after making that ann‘;'
ante, the number was extremely large, and he V'
sorry to add, the offences were great with which wan),
of the prisoners were charged. In addition to these
charges of felony there was a party who had hell°,
committed as for a misdemeanour, in which the parli.J
was charged with the crime of assaulting her Nll°e
jesty. He would presently call the attention of
ithe
Grand Jury to the circumstances of that case, an°
would advert to what had been laid down as the lag
with respect to assaults where no blow had W
given- He would also call their attention to the Prci;
visions of an Act of Parliament which had bete)
passed during the last session for providing for ;ier
further. security and protectiori of the person efm."l-,e
Majesty. Upon consideration it perhaps might he
more convenient that he should address himsel Act f
lest topic first. On the 16th of July last an „0..
Parliament passed for the further security and
tection of her Majesty's person. The Grand
weed
were aware, that in ordinary cases of treason, W"e_f
no direct attempt had been m'ade upon the person
.us
the Sovereign, there were many important formalitte,,
to be gone through for the protection of the subject',
which encumbered the proceedings to a great extenbe
and required great nicety and care in the
prosecution for high treason. This was rhe
quired by the 39th and 40th of George t,O
Third, and the present Act was intended It
simplify and amend these Acts. As the pres,eah
case, however, did not fall within the charge of higt,
treason, he would not further advert to those Ae
but would call the attention of the Grand JurY.
the provisions of the Act that had been passed during;
the last Session. By the first clause of the sth ana
6th of her present Majesty, chapter 51, it was el 4;
acted, " That the proceedings provided by the 3.'9
and 40th of George the Third, in the case of par,tie
guilty of an attempt against the person of the °I)-f
vereign should apply ; but where the overt net ft,
treason should be any attempt to injure t","
person of the Queen, the party was to 'e
tried as if he had committed murder. The second
section was however, the more important one, and
that to which he would more particularly advert :
that section provided, that if any person should
wilfully discharge, or attempt to discharge, or point,
or aim any gun, pistol, or fire-arms at her Majesty,
whether it contained or not any explosive material, or
if the party struck at the person of the Queen, or
fully threw anything at her Majesty, with intent to in-
jure or alarm her, such person should beadjudgedguilty
of a high misdemeanour, and, being convicted, should
be transported for seven years, or imprisoned with or
without hard labour, at the discretion of the Court,
for any period not exceeding three years, and during
that imprisonment, if the Court should think fit, th°
party might be publicly or privately whipped. kle
had thus far adverted to the Act of Parliament, 11'
order that it might properly be understood, although
the case he had been referring to, having been con'
mitted in July, did not come under its provision,s";
Many persons had supposed that the offence of assail
involved some act of violence ; that was not the case:
for according to the law laid down in " Hawkes,
Pleas of the Crown," an attempt to strike, but lit:
hitting the object, was an assault ; nay, even the
holding up of the fist to a party had been held tO
of
one. He would now advert to the circurnstanees,.
the case, with respect to the assault upon her Maiest J
`'‘
On the day in question, when her Majesty's carriage e. es
passing through the Park, a young person was se, he
to take from his breast a pistol, point it towards Char
carriage, and pull the trigger, but from some cause
other the pistol did not go off. In that pistol ,vd,
found some coarse powder, rammed down with "Ow
ding, and had that pistol went off it would und°n, of
edly have constituted an assault, not only in poi,n' t,
law, but with those aggravating circumstances 01
lle
tempting to take away the life of the Sovereign• if
would not advert further to this charge, because ed
any question of nicety should arise, the Leal'
Judge who would try the prisoner might have wit.
question brought before him and determine 111)°,0
This, however, he would say, that he felt the case $
one which should be put in a course of trial be for
Petit Jury. He had already referred to the fact
in the calendar, there were fifty-one cases of larceny'
committed by servants, and it must be remerahetileb
that the crimes of parties placed in 5 ce,
situations, were greatly aggravated in consequeinthe
of the dependence that was placed on them, anu.
easy means that were afforded to commit depredatlnce
There were six cases of robbery, in two instai'vre
committed by soldiers with great violence ; there Ili',
also three charges of rape, two on the persons of c„ of
dren under ten years of age, and one on the perseoe
a young woman of the age of seventeen.
rtant
whole of these charges, although most imp° ,e
for the consideration of a Jury, for °To
safety of society, did not appear to him to invoe
any question of difficulty or law ; but at the hile
time he could not but observe with sorrow, that:co' nt
the Legislature had been removing the Pui.lis",:aese,
of death for this offence, it had been on the Inc— pet
and more aggravated in its character. With resP;oo
to two of the cases, those of the children under $,
years of age, he thought, looking at the dePosi,b°iiie
the Grand Jury could not entertain a doubt as I°, to
course they should pursue • but with respect the
the other, it would be for them, looking at ali_no,
circumstances and probabilities of the case, to '''„„o
sider whether they could place implicit reliance 1150
the evidence of the prosecutrix ; but perhaPstraio
safest course would be to put that inquiry Into 0
for investigation. He would not advert to the cllrargoo
of murder, because their particulars involvedrt
questions of law. The Learned Judge, after!. snre.
commentary upon the duties of Grand Juries7„ch
mitted them to the discharge of those functions Wni
the law called upon them to perform. petit
The COURT then proceeded to swear in the
Jury.
POLICE INrr EI 'GEM-JO'
A Al

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MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS DA
A HUNGRY MAN BREAKING LAMPS.—JOI27I
comb, a man with hardly any clothes on his back, 4"st
without shoes or stockings on his feet, was placed
the bar before the Lord Mayor, charged with wilfully
breaking several lamps in Cbeapside.
A City police officer proved the charge.
The prisoner in his defence said, I am starving, °.,°:(l,
am I to starve in the streets ? lam an American el-", 6
zen, and have served my country at the cann°°l.
mouth as well as the Consul, and I will not beg °
steal. I was in an American man-of-war.
The Loup MAYOR—Have you applied but
he
bue
Consul ? Prisoner—l have, Sir, many times, t !in
can give me no relief. I have a pension due to me
America for long servitude, but I cannot get back' t
The LORD MAYOR---I do not believe your story at
all. The American Consul- is a very kind and Inlieti
man, and he would, lam sure, send home if Yr;,,,-
were deserving of it. I shall, theretore, commit Y-
for two months.
A REGULAR 171XEN.—Louisa Turner, a P:411
lady of very doubtful virtue, was put forward charge


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