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acceptation from a few individuals whose patriotic spirit and knowledge of business were akin to his own, he immediately placed the sum of 10,000/. in their hands, for the purpose of starting the under taking—a sum which he speedily doubled. The building rose, and the demands upon his purse rose with it; and something like 140,000/. has already been expended by this gentleman, whose entire outlay in connection with the edifice will probably but slightly tall short of the sum of 109,000/. Mr. Dargan lies consented to make this ellornions expenditure front his confidence in the success of his project, and is content to rely tOr ultimate remuneration upon the receipts of the Exhibition. one of the Royal Commissioners of the limit Ex hibition in London, C. W. Mkt., Esq., arrived in Dublin on Wednesday, anti visited the building, pre paratory to the issuing of a royal commission, such as lies been deputed to the American Exhibition, under the direction of the Earl of Ellesmere, to visit the Irish Exhibition, to examine end report Upon it. The most extraordinary express ever carried be tween London and Dublin was brought over on Wed nesday by Mr. C. P. Roney, on the occasion of a special train being put in requisition for the convey- Ace of those of the nobility and gentry who were to be present at the opening of the Exhibition. The train left Euston station at m. 35 a.m., and passed Rugby (S:1 miles) at 10.37 A.M., Chester (178 miles) 11l p.m.; arrived at Holyhead (2113 miles) at 3.11 p.m., and reached Kingstown at 7.3 p.m. Deducting stopVage of thirteen minutes at Chester, the distance between London and Holyhead ww: accomplished in six hours and thirty-six minutes, and between Lou don and Kingstown in ten hums and fifty-four minutes. The Lord Primate of Ireland will pay his annual visit to London at the latter end of the present month. James Nangle, Esq., sessional solicitor for Cork, has been appointed to the clerkship of the Crown for he Queen's Bench, vacant by the death of the late Pierce Maltony, lln the morning of the sth inst. an explosion took place of one of the boilers in the extensive premises of the York-street Flax Spinning' Company in Belfast, when two boys were killed on the spot, and five others seriously injured. Fain ant AN Arrynarr Errowr 111oNEv front the Chan cellor of the 'Exchequer was made on 'hienlay even ing by one W. Wilson, a commercial traveller, of '24 Belvidere-unul, ibtolstone, it appears, after voting in the. division at the litinse of Commons, proeettiltnl about eleven aclowk to the Covent-gttrilen, Opera, whence be was returning am taint to Pall-mall, when ho was addressed by no millnittnate reunite, ho begged him to listen to her story. Still walking oil, the Chancellor of tlw Kxclanitter with his wonted benevolence 'owe his nttention to the woman's ap peal, when, appearing suddenly to perceive the ap proach of some person. she expressed great appre hension, and clung to Mr. tilaolstotte's arm for pro tection. The man in question proved to lie the pri soner, whose subsequent c!outittut was thus detailed by the right ham. gentlenum tit the 31arlbonottglt-street 'wince -office : The defendant came Ito, ittol I,:• :ill 111 use ords which I email not understand. 'won wine!' the girl expressed alarm, took hold tot' illy left an tool I t. 1.1 lier she 111441 11/ 11 lie afraid, as no thing mould went . to her. The girl told u,. whe r e she 101'11. 111111 1 1 111 1,1011 her 111 go home. I walked by her side tom arils her lodise, and the prisoner then ouldreastot 11,11110. 10111 Mull Ile WOlllll 1.41141141. 1110. I itrissooliol I% AM, he l'olloming, the •iiting 44'1111111 11 still expressing grest 1111111 we ...one to a door witch the ottilu mouton said was the d.nn of her house. I In' 111'4 1' 111i4 M 11, in King-street. Sl,llll. Th,. dun g 441111/1111 11 1 011 114 1 1 In. 141111 I Iltqareil the 111111011er 10 11.11V0 tile, 111111.11 hr r/11114011 111 1111. 1 Walked on, and limited one may awl then another, 11l 1:. I free of I , hnl 110 k 1•111 1.111144. 111 lie. lOW weal 1111 talking, ~titt nig that he admired itt ellitim..ter notch. hill long ob served me, butt that 110 11111 , 1 11104 44111 , 10 MC, PIA 111' 141111111 110 0 1 114 in 0 11 1 M•oili; 1. 1111/1 thus tan um the uncle of the n‘er votive part.. With them. threats he 1110141011 statement.' II at he did not wish to do isle um horn ; that it I %with! 'mike it ...flit with 11111. or aii.. him II iimendw•lit uppoiniment. ill s o n ie rwt.hoiew or elsewhere, his lips sla OW.I 11/' 1.111,011. In am %uer to this-Ileile2,, I fear, angry--I eintritsi hint with being liar, and used, ono,. than once, the e‘pres-ion that he s hould 11,11 have 11Nblia Inv 011111.1 . a 11iN 111'111'1' 111' ot , and that 11' he 1111 11141 heat 0 1 10 1 1 4l. / 411111•111 It 1 the 110110+ I.s. protection. ...titled that he 44 1111.1 111,1. lealVe.. 1110, attlil that lo• U/111111 giVe lilt' iu 1.11111.110tt1 the pollee. Ile then said lie 444411141 110 1.111110111011 if t would aIIOW 10111 to write itte letter. hid' I answered, 'Sir. tio exitetly as you please; repeating my former words, that I would neither aim hint II sixpence nor a situation. MI this, with more of si• lunar matter, ma. repeated again awl again for some 01110, while I 1 , 14 . 4 I% diking on in the hope of : s wing a roliee-eonstable. MAW ul, 4 . 011 , 1 1:111t . until. having tried neg.-tit-street, I (suite into 14aeivilie-mtreet. Where I tri whom I used .1 my tle.orc to 110 lit of 1110 11: iSlllll'l% The constahlentivostli ma wuu w the 5001114,11 with the 110 , 0111.1 . • 1 ells uptoil the advice ; awl on Inv now to the station the prisoner spill I 11101 better itl.• Ce to *hitt Ile Lod 011 . 1•11 , 1, for 111% own Katie. I told him tilt qtly itet of mine I hail tut wish to eistio•al and that he was not j,tstititoi ill imputing to toe the intention on 44111,11 he listi (slimiest Id.. int..iitinti 11 1 01, 11.00; 1111011 Illy oath. I solemnly deny." I lot meeting the constable, the pri , oner at first wanted to give Mr. tilallstoone into custody for en ticing a female acquaintance of away. an d a t the station-house mottle a written statement, (littering in no important particttlar from that gi'ten by the com- THE PRESS. !delimit. He afterwards added that he did not mind what the result would be, if it was even transporta tion, so long as his name was associated with that of a person so great as Mr. Gladstone, who was one of the greatest men of the day. Inquiries subsequently made proved that the prisoner had given his genuine address, and also that his character would bear in vestigation, inasmuch as he was not known to the police. He was remanded till yesterday (Friday), when, after a brief re-examination, he was further l'ellhillat4 'nail Tuesday next. Mu. SALOMONS, Alderman and late having been found liable to a penalty of 51)01., by a jury in the Exchequer Court, for infringing the act of Ist George 1., e. 13, had obtained a writ of error, which came on for argument on Tuesday and Wednesday last, in the Exchequer Chamber, before Lord Camp bell, and .1 nsti ees Coleridge, Wightman, Cresswell, Wil liams, and Crompton. The penalty had taken the form of a debt tine to a Mr. Miller, who had laid the original information. It was inflicted upon the de fendant for the offence of sitting and voting in the House of Commons without having previously taken the prescribed oath of abjuration. On the previous trial the whole circumstances had been detailed. It was shown that Mr. Stdontons had repeated the for mula set before him with the exception of the con cluding words, "on the true faith of a Christian," to which he raised conscientious scruples. On his be half it was then argued that those words were not essential, and that their omission did not bring a member within the penal clauses of the act, should he proceed to discharge his duties as a representative. A verdict, however, was given tVlaillSt the defendant on that occasion on the matter of fact, and the court adjudged him to be liable on the point of law, Baron Martin being the only dissentient. On that judgment the writ of error was brought, and Sir F. Kelly con tended in an elaborate speech for the non-essential character of the omitted sentence:— " The words upon the trite faith of a Christian were not Viet and parcel of the thing sworn, but were, like the 1%01 . 6, 'so help ine God.' niece words of asseveration and manner only. Thu thing which nits sworn to was the &Oration of the family of .Inwei 11., and a bearitri or true faith loud loyalty to the new so vereign ; and the su carer was nia vaned on to swear that he wits Clwistian aL all. The form of swearing was • 11111111 the true faith of a Christian, and ' so help me Gosh' and by taking and kissing the New Testament; but these latter were mere forms, unconnected with the oath wilielo he rontelliicti was 10 be taken Co as tO WWI the etoliseiellee of the %nearer." Lord Campbell, without. troubling the other side to reply, and after a brief constiltation with his learned assessors, pronounced judgment, fully affirming the foregoing decision : " Ile thought the es*. wits free front any doubt. Two osbjeetiona were Violate too the jllohnolelit of the court below. First, that the oath oof aloilltsoillooll longer existed. If that were so. then there would be an end of the elt..e, tile court. uere of opinion that the stalls still e \Wed awl mus Iu force. me act was passed fo r a l wrmontent purpose. awl for sill lime to eonw, until the Legisla ture altered it. the 1611111 of George I. there had lwen uo 'lmmo,. nor upset the aceessison of tiesorge 111., Georgo \Valiant I V.. anti Queen Victoria, mat yet the oath was token, and believed to be in nave. l'posi the second oloje. t ion—muncly, N am the true eim.tmellots of the oath of abjuration they adopted the reasoning of the majority of the judges of the Court of Exchequer. If the with was to he taken in the form most binding upon the conscienee, then it might be taken by a .new; hot they thiamin that it must be taken in the film lorooserliwol by the set of Parliament. • upon the true faith of a Chriatiam• and no sone who refused 111 take it in that. form could be admitted to take bia seat in Parliament. The Legislature intended that the words should be part of the oath. .as long as the law stoosl sus at present lit hail to doubt. that Jilts intuit Dolt lie a d m itted i nto Parliament. The Judgment of the Court of Exeliesmer must therefore be affirmed, and the verdict thr the penalty must stand." THE OLD TRICK OF enasoe-nixotso was success fully played off on Th 4 anus Polyblank, a simple-minded sailor, by one W. Balser, and an accomplice. The sailor, about 'the middle of March, encountered 'tither on the jetty at the London Docks, found him very unable, and, having received some information from hint about Australia, consented to accompany him in a tour about town. They went up the river, traversed Pimlico and the park, and hating picked up a "friend" of ]tuber's on their way. and visited some public-houses, stopped to rest at last in another tavern in Burleigh-street. Here the" friend" showed himself so friendly that he gave the sailor a new purse, and persuaded hint to transfer to it his emigra tion store, consisting of Illf. Haber himself then showed hint how to put the purse up safely, with such dexterity that when opened it was found In contain only a bitof paper and some brass tokens. Haber and friend had meanwhile disappeared ; but the sailor, six weeks afterwards, again encountered the former at the old place, the jetty of London Docks. with a fresh supply of " tokens" in his pocket, ready for a new victim. Being captured and identi fied, both by Polyblank and the barman at the Bur leigh. Haber was found guilty on Monday at the Nliddlesex Sessions, and sentenced to a twelve month's hard labour. THE lira: Vl' .lEWELLERY ROBBERY which occurred some days since on the premises of ,Ir. Bulchett, in Oxfcrd-street, has been followed up by a further attempt on the property of the sutl'erer, which re sulted in placing, one Lawrence. a carpenter of Taber nacle-row, Finsbury, at the bar of Marlborough street police-office. charged with attempting to extort mom yby false and fraudulent pretences. Mr. Bur chett, on the Friday after the robbery, received a letter SATURDAY, by post, whose writer stated that he was concerned in the job, but had quarrelled with his comrades, and would give them up for 10/. The word "Yes," in scribed on a bit of paper, and placed in the shop window, was to signify Mr. Burchett's assent to this proposition. That signal was accordingly displayed, and elicited a second letter, desiring him to deposit the money under a flagstone opposite the Duke of York's cohunn in St. James's-park. With this also Mr. Burchett complied ; but, having previously com municated with the police, was followed to the park by a detective, who watched afterwards until five in the morning, when the prisoner, who had been some time hovering about the spot, removed the stone, and was instantly captured with the 101. note in hi. hand. On being searched twenty-five pawnbrokers' tickets and twenty-three racing tickets were found upon him. lie was remanded. A vorso womAN mulled Mary Ann liritfin wits tried at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday for the murder of her illegitimate child. It was shown that the mother had concealed her situation, mid that the child died from the effects of a wound in its throat, inflicted apparently with a pair of scissors, which were found afterwards stained with blood in her bedroom. During ten days that the child lived sub sequently to receiving the injuries it was maintained, together with the mother, in Paddington workhouse, where the Rev. Mr. Wall, the chaplain, had daily eonversations with her. The counsel for the prosecu tion wishing to examine lir. Wall es to the particu lars of those conversations, the prisoner's counsel interposed, and objected to the evidence as being in admissible under the circumstances. Baron Alderson said he was of opinion that the statements "made by a erson in such iiii ought not to be given in evidence. Ely au old statute a confessor was expressly pm• hibited Erma saying anything told to hint in his spiritual caps city, and it was vicar ulna if It were otherwise a prisoner would be altogether deprived of spiritual consolation. The mouth of an attorney was shut with refereuee to anythite told hint in his pro• fessional rapacity, and why shoold not the mouth of a confessor be closed also ?" The evidence of the chaplain was accordingly with drawn, and the jury Acquitted the prisoner. A TALI. OENTLENANLY-LOOKING man, wearing mous tachios, was discovered on Tuesday by one of the servants of the Union Club, in Pall-mall, helping himself to a meat pie from out of the larder. The lamp-cleaner aiding, he was captured and taken to the station-house, when, with great coolness, he pro duced a bottle of wine, and, deviating that the pie was his own, went on eating until very little was left for the purpose of identification. Before the magis • trate at Bow-street next day the defendant announced himself as Major Bond, of the 2nd Life Guards, anti claimed acquaintance with various high personages. "Mr. lieurv—Where'do you reside ? Prisoner—At '2O, Kensing ton-gore ; antl a lovely split it N—unnleit behind, anti the park in front, and oh, seat a splendid view of the ladies in Mutton-row front the upper windows! " Mr. Henry—! do nut see cnur nante in the Army List nor in the Directory. as a msident at Kensington...owe. The Prisoner — Bin you'll rind the taunt , of Eaton there, 1 suppose, and I lodge with him. With respect to the army, you are mistaken, or there Is a misprint." Being remanded by the magistrate, under a per suasion of his insanity, the defendant demanded his pie and rl. damages against the lamp-cleaner at the club for tearing his coat. In the evening application was made to Mr. Henry by the prisoner's brother, who stated that his family were aware of his infirmity, and had intended placing him in safe keeping. He was not in the army, but had been a clerk iu the Bank of England, where leave of absence had been given him, chiefly on account of the state of his mind. ttibtats ant Offnuts. A Si;. •• l'7XO TRAOV.DY occurred at Portsmouth on the 6th lost nt. The :18th Regiment, quartered in that garrison, possess two bears, one of which was kept in a yard adjoinhrf a public-house, adjacent to the bar racks. A little boy, about six years of age, son of the landlord, whose name is Curley, appears to have been playing with the animal, which was considered by the officers of the regiment to be remarkably docile, when it seized him with its paws and dragged him to its den. Two men coming to his assistance at tacked the animal with a crowbar, and he was at length compelled to relinquish his hold of the child, who, on being extricated, was found to be quite dead. The bear having tasted human blood became quite ferocious, and had to be destroyed forthwith, which was effected by administering a strong dose of poison. A INluttosat, attended with circumstances of unusual horror and mystery, occurred on Sunday last at the village of Batton, near Stowmarket, Suffolk. The victim is an aged woman, who had for many years been housekeeper to the Rev. Mr. Barker, rector of tho parish, who is himself eighty-four years of age. Her master left home as usual to perform morning service, leaving his servant quite bell, but on his re turn found the door ajar, and in the kitchen discovered the unfortunate woman lying with her head in a pool of blood, her skull fraetured, and her throat cut. Still she was not dead, though medical aid, which was promptly procured, failed in restoring her to sensi bility, and she died in a few minutes. The blows on