The Sun. — 1841-04-09 (London, England)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.  nose crushed, several severe wounds on the bead, and one , of his fingers broken, hanging from his hand. He said he was killed. He was unable to walk, and was carried to the infirmary. The surgeon dressed his wounds, and wished to amputate the finger. This, however, he strenuously resisted, and after having such remedies applied as the state of the wound would permit, he went home. He returned several times to the Hospital, and had the finger dressed. There was, in the surgeon's opinion, no hope of saving the finger, and he was warned that the wound might prove a dangerous one unless amputation were resorted to. Fie still continued obstinate. On the 15th of November be was admitted an in-patient at the hospital. The wounded finger was then gangrenous, and symptoms of lockjaw had male their appearance. The shattered portion of the finger was ampreated, and every means were used to save his lif;?, but he died a few days after his admission. The prisoner Holland, together with Grimes and Roberts, were sworn to positively, as having been of the pa•ty who were engaged in the attack. Holland was seen to strike the der eared several times with some Leavy weapon, and af,er the scuffle there were found on the spot two instruments, celled prickers, made of iron, of about the thickness of one's filger, about two feet and a half berg, and pointed Lt both ends. '1 h 3 prisoner had absconded. On the 26th of January he was met by one of the witnesses, near Denton, about five o'clock in the morning. He asked how he was to get through Denton without the police seeing him, as he wa' afraid of being taken up for the Oppenshaw-readjob. He was finally apprehended in Dublin.  ➢lr. WILKINS nddresEed the Jury for the prisoner. His LORDSHIP having summed up, and pointed out tae law as to illegal and vi•ilent attacks of this kind, resulting, hcm ever unintentionally, in the death of the party attacked, the Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, without leaving the box, pronounced a verdict of Guilty. His Lordship then proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner. There was nothing in the case to enable him to hold out the slightest hope of mercy, and be entreated the prisoner to prepare for the awful fate which awaited him.  The prisoner heard his sentence unmoved, and retired with apparent unconcern from the dock. John Williams, who was esterday acquitted of the charge of murder, Samna Hardwicke, Henry Hardwicke, and a number of others, were placed at the bar charged with a conspiracy and assault at Ashton, arising also out of the " Union" at that town.  The prisoners expressed a wish severally to withdraw their plea of not guilty, and plead guilty. Dr. BROWN, Mr. MURPHY; and Mr. WILKINS for the several prisoners, said they were instructed on the pa-t of those who had now pleaded guilty, to state that they Lit the deeFe3t contrition for the offence into which they had been betrayed, and that they were determined for the future to avoid all connection with the Union, or any combination of the kind.  Mr. Serjeant ATCIIERLEY, Attorney-General for the count) Palatine, said he hoped th• Court would not think ho was abandoning his duty as prosecuting for the Crown, if he expressed his willingness that all, except Williams, should be discharged, on giving proper security to appear and receive judgment if called on. On Williams he prayed 6e judgment of the Court. It was then directed that the prisoners should be discharged on entering into their own recognizances of 100/. with two sureties of 25/. each, to appear and receive judgment i f called on, and in the meantime to keep the peace. Williams was then placed at the bar, when the Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for eighteen cslendar months, and at the expiration of that time, to enter into recognisances in 200/ , with two sureties in 50/. or four in 25/. to keep the peace for two years.