The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-10 00:00:00

LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. A general business meeting of the above Company was held yesterday in the London Tavern, at one o'clo c k, for the purpo se o f d ec l ar i ng the result of the last fire years' experience. Charles Bleadon, Esq., pre s id e d. The SECRETARY re a d th e report, which stated that the profit on the fire and life branches of the Company's business was upwards of 23,000/, the appropriation of which gave general satisfaction. Five per cent. was added to the proprietors' capital, and after writing off a large sum from the preliminary expenses, a balance of nearly 11,0001. was passed to the reserved fund. The report was received by the crowded meeting with evident satisfaction. The CHAIRMAN stated that the report would lie for inspection in the offices of the Company for ten days, when all might have an opportunity of inspecting it at leisure. Mr. BINGLEY, in moving the adoption of the report, said, that it had given him the highest satisfaction, and although in some points he was inclined to dissent from the directors, yet so much confidence did he place in them that hehad given way, and was determined to sup port them to the utmost.—(Cheers.) Ha moved that the report now read be adopted, and entered on the minutes. Mr. KEASIEY seconded the adoption of the report. Four directors, six committeemen, and one auditor, who were to have gone out, were re-elected unani mously. Thanks were moved to the directors and Chairman, hich were acknowledged in a neat and eloquent speech by Mr. Alderman Musgrove. The meeting then sepa rated. SIR F. TRENCH and LORD LINCOLN TEIE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WORKS. The following letters have been lately printed. No !The will dissent from the opinions set forth, although it ,is not a little strange that the letters should have been 'published.—Times. 85, all-ma, Feb. . My dear L or d Lincoln,—Elrly P this ll morning, 9 in crossing Leicester-square, I saw a magnificent boll of an elm-tree so skilfully suspended by chain slings as to attract my admiration. I followed it towards Long acre, and was struck with the beautiful graining of its butt, which I should guess to be twelve feet in circum ference ; it was about nine feet in circumference at the top, and the length might be twenty-five to thirty feet, and it was as straight as an arrow. I asked one of the waggoners where it came from, and you may judge my dismay when he said " from Hyde Park." You may recollect that at Sir Ribert Peel's dinner I told you that I was on the point of writing to you, to beg that you would not allow any old trees to be cut down without your special permission, and very much do I regret that the fear of being deemed intrusive pre vented my so d o i ng, as i t might have been the means of saving those superb old trees which have been cut down since, and which nll the wealth of the world cannot now Teplace. When' lamented the destruction of the fine old avenue of horse chesnuts between the King's-road and Chelsea lHospital (which are to be r eplaced by fine young trees), you told me you did not know who hai ordered them to be cut down. I went to the spot to inquire, but could not obta;u any information ; but I saw pr,strate en the ground no less than fifty, independent of a magnificent and venerable tree (not in the avenue), under whose 'shade I have often seen a hundred or two hundred people listening to a railing Methodist preacher. I asked a carpenter working at one end of the new houses what he thought one of the avenues of trees might be worth? and be said " between 21. and 31.;" 150/. to the Ex chequer, yet millions wou'd not replace them. I think it was on the morning of the 6th of this month I went to look over Coventry time, and was struck by the magnificence of an old elm tree (the only one, as my informant told me, left of a group of ten or twelve) ; its top was shattered by storm or lightning, but it might have been cut so as to produce good shoots, and to form a head like one of the two that are left opposite Grafton House, and near the reservoir. But, alas! next morning, as I passed along Piccadilly, before nine o'clock, I found'a gang of carpenters felling it, And so rapid were their Operations, that as I returned through Hyde Park, by the Serpentine, I met a waggon cOnveying toppings and loppings to what the waggoner ealled " the wood depot;" and the place where it bad stood was already filled up. Next morning I took a rule and measured it, and several of the great stems that lay near the sawpit. Some of the butt,, when squared and sawn into planks, measured 8 feet in diameter, and others between 21 and 3 feet. I consider the destruction of these trees a sacrilege —if an embank. meat was necessary they might have been surroundA with a guard of bricks, as is done with the three small plane trees (prAahly in c onsequence o f tbe y l o ev u e r l o ( r )f de L r , s ) ) r but if the walk had been continued 1 Coventry'A garden till it came t nearly opposite to Cam bridge Housie, accordin,, I submitted to you, every one of these fine treeoi(d Go o , ;0: mightao have e a v e been spared, and two flights of steps ()wide), with a broad landing between them (s , at the 1 4 t * enalof Water loo-place), and with a handsome balustrad en aeteding Up to the level of the reservoir, would have b feature, and probably would not have cost so the , removal of the earth to form the embank as which has caused the destruction o f t h ese venerable old trees. * 26 .—anigan, Jhn. Twelve months June ago a L ma dr n was mu o rdered on the mountains off Nine-mile House, near Carrick-on Suir, and the friends of the murdered man prosecuted. A woman relaetd to the prosecutors was married to a pub lican named Egan, who owned a tent erected on the race-course of Balling. On the evening of the day stated above, a party of twelve or fifteen men entered the tent, and grievously assaulted Egan and his servant Landrigan with stones. On the following day Landrigan died, and Egan became so ill that his recovery for a while was doubtful. *June 22.—800th, George J. Bell, Esq., J.P. Was shot dead in his gig, as he was returning at about half -past two p.m. from divine service with two of his children. The horse running away with the vehicle, one of the children was thrown, and a wheel passed over his arm, which was broken. * Kenny, Thady (County Clare), The decelsed man's father had taken land at Dogneive, from which James Sexton .had been previously ejected. Deceased was returning home from that place, when he was shot in the face from behind a hedge, his assistant felhwing the attack by inflicting severe wounds on the back of the head with some sharp instrument. Th e son of Sexto n ( a f oresa i d) was taken into custody, and com mitted for trial. * Linney, Thomas (East Galway). This person, who was shot through the lungs, had been recently engaged as a steward by the Rev. Mr. Butson, of Clonfort, who had discharged his former steward (named Coutes), retaining, however, in his ser vice two of Coutes'a brothers as coachman and stable kceper. To these and to their father (old Coutes, who lived in the neighbourhood), and to another stable-boy, suspicion attached, and they were apprehended. Several threatening letters had been previously sent to Mr. But son, desiring him to discharge Linney. * Clarke, Patrick, Esq., of South Hill (County Tipperary). This gentleman was shot dead by two men while riding round his own demesne, superin tending his workmen. It appears that Mr. Clarke yseveral years a go h a d purchased the estate in quPs _on, but had n ever , unt i l recently, resided there. Having been induced to visit the place and prolong benstay, he had discovered that, in his absence, he had .ez n • sryub,jevrethietoh a ho sy h ste d moffraud on the art of his aroseOsftentout of a' dispute a to whomltthi down,check determinedf to h and put is bfaythseormehathdought that the immediate cause betweenaiventwuop o his t l e a s n t d e , w a a n rd d 's oo so o n o s f , quit, with a BUM of married, Mr. Clarke insisted should whom on gettin i o b n e e felle oonanp i n te ; : e d y (not willing that both should w re h m son a s i h n na ) ido . n man and another malcontent, to pay arrears, as the imme diate conspirators of thnes,ma:i,r;der. Of the two men be ilniefoverdmatotiobne thhaenacbtuota.nl receivedns one is Custody, and others as co-conspirators Hopkins, Sir Francis, Bart., J.P. (County Westmeath). Although life was not taken in this ease, it is concluded in this return on account of serious character. Sir Francis Hopkins had been dining with Colonel Caulfield, of Bloomfield, and as he alighted (on his re turn) at the hall-door of his own re4idence at Rochfort he was fired at, by one of two men (both armed) wh o had been lying in wait for him ; 'and although the as sassin missed his aim, his murderous intention was tsuf ficiently manifest from the hfafthoafil-dfiftoeoer, nearnbulle which.tsof si differ ent sizes having struck Francis stood at the time. I have been at a loss what to do with this letter ; but I believe yo u are s till a t the h ea d o f t h e Woody and Forests, and, therefore, I address it you, and do entreat that you, or your successor, will give orders " that, fur the future, no tree shall be cut down with Jut your special permission." The same motive which led me to send a copy of my mote to you about fountains to Sir R. Peel, added to the fear that this letter Tway fall to the ground (ineffectual) between you and your successor, induce me to adopt the same course now. The emergency appears to me to justiry this intrusion, even in this moment of unexam pled pressure ; for if the evil spirit which has been guilty of the ma,s•icre of these fine old trees is no checked in its sudden rapid course, who knows wha havoc may be made ? Yours sincerely To the Earl of Lincoln. A LETTER TO LORD LINCOLN ON THE SUBJECT OF F. W. TRENCH. THE FOUNTAINS IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. N ov. Scarb3rough, . .. 17 My dear L or d Lincoln,-4 have been snaking, 1845. ash it o e r c t i tour in Sp a i n ( t h e l and of fountains), and h Corunna, Vigo, Lisbon, Cadiz, Seville, Algeciras Mala ga , 3 renada (not forget ting`sotto di Roma, though , uo fountains are to be seen there). / Almer! , a i , ( 3arthageria, eiras, Per- A licante, Vale nc i a , B arce l ona, _llona, gn i. ria, and 11 Pignan, Montpelier, Clermont, O r l eans , Blois, a Rouen. Everywhere I looked fur fountains, and have seen them of every sEape and siz. , , I rein a simple dolphin to the elaborate groups on some o f the Spanish alae.edits, or the gaud and less modest exhibitio n of the lus B ut ty buxom nympy hs in the Place de Conco r d e , at P ar i s. uo eful where h ave ung I seen anyth i ng so mesquin and so a. 3 your fountains in Trafalgar -square. As I passed through London I perceived that prepara tions were making for some alterations, and 1 therefore obtrude myself to call your attention to a fountain which I saw (and fur the first time) in the Champ s Elyi3s, and which, to my taste, surpasses in beauty anything of the kind anywhere. It has neither architecture embellish ment nor sculptural decoration. It must be the cheapest o f all possible fountains, for it requires nothing but a proper distribution of the pipes, of which you can easily obtain a plan, and a sufficiency- of water, which the Thames or your London water-works can give more liberally than the river Seine or carnee French sources. If you have not seen it, I stly recommend it to your especial notice ; or, if you cannot look at it your self, send to Paris some one on whose judgment and taste you can rely. With a little wind and a bright sun the effect is more beautiful than anything of the kind I have ever seen—l will not except the six rainbows at T erni—perliap s Mr. Barry may have seen it. I send a eoPy of this to Sir R. Peel ; but my appeal is to you, not to him, because I know lie dislikes being approached upon any subject except through the proper official channel. Yours, sincerely, The assassins were mining away, when Sir Francis seized one of them, and would have held him, had not the accomplice returned to his assk awe and snapped a pistol at Sir Francis, who th , reupon quitted hi, hold and attacked the other ; a scuffle en , iuecl, in which both men fell upon Sir Francis, who received three cuts on the head, two of them of a serious nature. The aisas sins then decamped, leaving a hat on the .ground, which subsequently led to the arrest and identification of one of them. * Molony, Patrick (County Tipperary). The brother of the deceased had taken a few acres of land some years ago, from which the former tenant had been ejected ; he had been (previously to this murder) served with a threatening notice to quit. As deceased sat with his brother in the evening, four men entered the house ; two of them presenting a pistol each at tile brothers, demanded why they did not obey the notice. One of them struck the deceased on the head, breaking his skull, which he did not long survive. The former tenant above referred to, who is a relative, is suspected, but sufficient evidence has not yet been obtained to warrant his detention. * Costello, Jame.; (Kilkenny). This man was for some time past employed as a " rent-warmer" on the estate of Burton Persse, Esq. ; lie had recently driven cattle for arrears. He was sitting at supper with his father and family, when he was shot dead through the window. The assassins ara as yet unknown. This * Hogan, J o h n (County Tipperary). brother man was pr o b a bl y murdered instead of his brother,ter (Darby), wh o h a d b een f or some time o?b- The deceaged had taken land. His assassins otherare ununknown.He recei ve d th ree s h ots i n t h e b o d y, an d i injuries which caused immediate death. * January 12—Mr. James Lynch (County Limerick). Had served ejectraents on several small tenants on his farm. He was law at Pitioto noon, withig 50 yards of go. To th e Earl of Lincoln, W. Fix. TRENCH. Drina the night of Fr,day last, some incendiary set fire to the Grand Stand on Sutton Coldfield raecourse. neinq composed of wE•ocl, the building was completely de troyag..— Wolverhampton Chronicle. COURT OF ALDERMEN. HOMICIDES (IRELAND). Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at the Man- I The following a re th e more i n t erest i ng port i ons o f a sion-house, ,e for the purpose of receiving a communication Parliamenta r y pap e r, containing extracts made by Col. frogs the Lord Mayor relative to the steps his Lordship I M-Gregor frora th e police la , pcirts stating the partieu hid. taken in r c sp re t t o th e S p i te ' sermon , an d other lags of the principal homicides in ' lrelaed in the years matters connected therewith. 1845 and 1846, and forwarded to the Home-office by At the desire of the Lord Mayor Mr. Forth, of the I him.— (No conviction has taken place where an asterisk Town Clerk's office, read a eorrespondsnce which took is placed before the name of the victim.) : place between the Town Clerk upon the part of the Lord ' l / 4 Jan, 27.—Ryan, John (county Tipperary). Mayor and Mr. Trollope upon the part of the President A farmer was about to propose for land, the property of Christ's 'Hospital, from which it appeared that his of Mr. Philips, of Mount Rivers. There had is this Lordship had detelmined, in consequence of the non- case been no comp u l sor y e j ec t men t or r i gorous exact i on recognition of his a u thority, as he e d o f th e h osp i tal, not of rights. O n hi s wa y, h owever , to t h e propr i etor, h e to attend on Monday and Tuesday n ex t t o h ear t h e Spital sermon at thaat institution, nor t o rece i ve the ' was assailed by t wo men , strangers t o hi mse lf, one o f children of the establishment at the Mansion-house no- whom pulled him from his horse, and fractured his head with a stone. He survived only a few days. Two per cording to the usual cUstom. A record was produced from Sons were taken into custody on strong suspicion ; but which it appeared that from the year 1721 to the year the injured man, evidently fearing the consequences to 1795, it had been the custom of the Court of Aldermen his to appoint that the Spital sermons s h ou ld b e preached on ind family, would make no disclosures tending to their entification. Eater Monday and Easter Tuesd a y, at S t. Bride ' s Church, and there was no record to prove that until sub- *January 29.—M'Leod, Esq., R.M. (County sequently to the year 1795, the Spit a l sermon h ad been r preached at Christ Church. Under these circumstances o f the county of Cavan, and the ad- Towards the close of November, 1844, the peace of the northern part his Lordship, considering that an indignity had been . Joining parts of Leitrim, had become very seriously cast upon his high office by the terms, and substance of the correspondence, addressed a letter to the Rev, Mr. WbiteboJ s. To meet these circumstances, the magis disturbed by numerous armed and .organised bodies of Dale, canon of St. Paul's, and vicar of St. Bride's Church, tract' applied for an increased police force, and an addi to grant permission for the use of St. Bride's Church, for tional stipendiary magistrate. The required police were the preaching of the Spital sermonsbefore the Court, and . immediately su pplied, and Mr M'Leod, the resident ma gistrate governors of the several hospitals. To that letter stationed at Enniskillen, was selected by the the vicar returned an immediate answer of acquiescence, Government. and temporarily placed at Ballina requesting at the same time that it should be distinctly more, in aid of the local authorities in the suppression of understood that he did not at all meddle with the qucs- the illegal organisation referred to. lion between the Lord Mayor and the president of the On the day above stated, Mr. M'Leod had been dining hospital. with W., Percy, Esq, J.P., of Garadice, and had set out in the evening on his return to his own quarters. A long discussion, or rather conveTttion f , took place, which ended in the unanimous adoption v o co t:o o resole_ Finding Mr. Perey's lodge -gate shut (contrary to prac tions, the first requesting the Right lice when company is entertained), Mr. MSLeod was in Bishop of St. David's, and the ReseCh it a e rli . es Far n eb P ;other, the act of d es i r i ng t h e d r i ver of his car to get it opened, wh en h e was f i red at from behind an opening church of St. Bride's, on Monday and Tuesday in Easter i chaplain to the Lord Mayor, to preach before the Court and the governors of the several hospitals at the parish in the everg reen at t h e l adge-gate, where the assassin, week, and the second requesting the use of that church aided by th e li g h t o f a candle (left, as if designedly, in of the vicar. the lod ge ), i s b e li eve d to have deliberately taken his The Loan aim ; ..the gun-sh o t p ene t ra t e d t h e h eart and lungs, and settled the ess M l y ia c7 i n intimated that his brethren h av i ng point by adopting his sug gest i on, h e caused instantaneous death. Ther e i s no d ou b t that a should waive his e objection, which sprung out o f t h e in eanspiracy had been formed, and it i s an ascerta i ned dignity offered to him as to the reception of th e sc h o l ars, fact that a notice o f th e mur d er was posted at Enniskil and invite thaw on the usual day to the Ma ns i on H ouse, len two days tefore it s p er p etrat i on. The Court then adjourned. Two circumstances, have, however, been mentioned as its immediate exciting cause ; by some it is attri buted to his having refused bail to certain individuals in custody on serious offences ; by others to a decision made by Mr. M'Leod some days previously at Bam n boy petty sessions. *January 18.—Smith, Samuel, Esq., (County Tip perary.) The attention of a resident of Borrisofarney bavirg been attracted by a horse passing his door witliout a rider, he discovered at about eighty yards distant, on the road, the body of Mr. Smith, the scull broken in two places, and the brain protruding. Hopes were entertained of the discovery of the as sassins, as a soldier of the 69th regiment swore that he witnessed the perpetration of the murder by four per sons, whom he pretended to identify, but he afterwards deserted, and there is no doubt of his perjury. It is understood that he was about dispossessing two per sons of a farm, which was to be given to another. *March 12.—Dwyer, Denis (County Tipperary, South), The brother of this man, John Dwyer, of Listowran, had taken a farm at Glenbairn, from which the former tenant had been ejected. The Dwyers, with about fifteen men, had been plqughing on this land, and were returning home about seven P.M., when they were at tacked by thirty or forty persons with stones. Several were more or less injured, but Denis received a fracture of the skull, of which, after a few days, he died. *April 2,-Ryan, James (South Tipperary). Was shot dead by his brother John. On the death of their father John bad received a sum of money in lieu ef his share of the land. Having proceeded to America and spent his money, he returned, claiming his portion of land; of course it was refused, and the ill-feeling arising in consequence induced the commission of this murder. The perpetrator has absconded.. *April I7.—Swift, Patrick. , Was found dead in the river of the town of Galway. There were several marks of violence about his body and head. He had come to the town to give evidence in a civil bill case, which was dismissed in his (Swift's) absence, *May 4.—Waters, John (County Tipperary). Had been in the employment of Henry Going, Esq., of Riverlawn, and was a stranger at the place. As he was returning to his master's residence with a man named Corrigan (whose services as ploughman were likely to be superseded by those of Water,) several armed with bludgeons, according to the statement of Corrigan, leaped off the road into the grove. *May 24.—Kennelly, John (County Tipperary). A certain man had received a portion of land with his wife, as her fortune, on condition of his paying a sum of money to her relatives. The wife died soon after, and the man married again ; the friends of the deceased wife then wanted to recover possession of the land, which was refused ; but the man was several times assaulted, and ultimately compelled to quit the land and the neighbourhood. A feud was thus created between the friends of the first and second wives. As a party of the former were returning from the market at Roscrea to Moneygall, they were waylaid and assaulted with stones by some of the latter, and several serious injuries were inflicted. John Kennelly, belonging to neither party, who hap pened'also to be returning from the market, endeavoured to iuterp , sed as a peace-maker, when he was knocked 4own, and the back of his skull fractured by a blow of a stone on the bide of the head. Kennelly died in about a week. v,,k r ~,„vainwr , fr. , FW ‘-1--------- - ,1- \e'\ ' ._, that detection was su , 03,4, 4. ''' 'fOtiti,tp offend This ingenious tell- ta. A :;.- • tt;s - }ic. (iovern ment, and t') two or the e :_! 'o_ (*YR - kiwi : ills'. 1 — . a trial was refusAr. t it ldr ; klipl tonished when we tell . e oi:if, ic( reason assignei by one of the antin,r,tit-s for no acloptkg it was that, it was in vain to stn rrpuh tom for companies, as th.,y would not be eh(ervel As TTI are not convinced hy this argument in t',? en• , e of rail nails, and can tee no reason why law; and re g,idatiora allured not be m a d e an d enforced, we hooe ftat- tit( Government will conic 1c a different decision now. Tim next point to be considered, in it must he ittimitte.d that, in spite of all Lilts and regulations, there may he negligence on the part of railroad agents, is the proven• tion of collision by mechanical means- when immediate danger is at hand. We do not, as we haw , already üb. served, think that any kind ( f br,:ak (61! ( Cr' c:ttally do this ; but within the last two or ti have sten a plan . for which an En named Ah.x . mder, bat ii ho is a r , has taken out patents kern, and in wilt would, we think, prevent et lest nine that a collision now products. By an admirable mecha nism applied to eeeh railway varri?ge, the moment the collision take) ply. ee the praund hetwccii the rails is forcittly grasped, and the i.: -. „.tzi:, of the train is c h ec k ed. This will not perli.:Ti tot illy I r rent i n j ury, nor (Ices even the invent or eNreet such a resuit, hut it will r e d uce the el , nger in the proportion above statud, and wiil eil . .otually pre vent the carriag;es riding over each other, which is the moat serious contequenee of railroad c,:lii,ions. We, however, now return to the discas,ion in LID: (lea dewy. The members who spoke were unanimous in opinion that all inventions having the - reason of theory in their favour should he tried, that the Gov:.rninent should for this purpose be Lberal in the application of funds, and that it should make stronger and better regu lations as to the general duties of railroad agents—an opinion, in which we cordially concur. The communi cations to the Academy at this sitting were few in number, and destitute of interest to the public at large. 1 :J l' ~ ~ v.hfch evil DON, FRIDAY MORN: NG, A_PRIL 10, t. 46 his residence, and survived the shot but a few minutes. It appears that lio,person can be found who witnessed the itttacir;b9t there is circumstantial evidence egainSt a man n•:med Cosheen, who leas absconded. * January 17—Patrick Murphy (County Tipperary). Wt 4.3 find at as he entered his own residence, by one of three men. He had been ernp!oyed as keeper en a property seized for rent.. The 'supposed offenders are in custody. COUNTY OF ROSCOM3ION. Castles ea Di thestriet, March oonim l3 u , fi l i S ca 4 t s i , on thOneoi's momentcloek, In transm itting handed me by Francis S. Byrne, Esq., a in igistrate of thi; district and county, I beg leave to state it as my opinion, that the conduct of this gentleman and the three constables who were with him, in the trying and parilous situation in which they were placed is beyond all praise, both for steadiness and intrepidity. Why Mr. Byrne should become obnoxious I do not know, except that he is an active and zealous magistrate, who since my acquaintance with him (now four years) I found to act firmly and humanely. It is deeply to be regretted that circumstances combined to prevent the identification of any of the insurgents. In consequenc e of this most daring outrage upon a magistrate at his own door, and also upon the police, and the too suc cessful issue of it, as regards the in surgen t s o f the county. I thi n k i t my it) to recommend, earnestly, that the constabulary at Bullintobbe should be aug meted to at least twenty men, and that a detachment of troops, or twenty additional constabulary, be placed forthwith either here or at Ballymoe. M. Edward Luc a -, E ig sq., ned &c., Dublin Castl W e. RAY, R. COUNTY 'TIPPERARY. The following gives a melancholy idea of the state of ;his part of Ireland : On the night of the Ist of November last, in the barony of Lawer Ormond, county Tipperary, as Michael Hogan, of Killeen, was returning to his house, he was fired at from behind a hedge, where three men were concealed until Hogan came close to them ; the shot took no effect, and the party fled. This Michael Hogan's brother had given evidence in the case of Dr. and Mrs. Hobbs, which he deemed the cause of this attack on the brother. I have to report, that at half-past seven o'clock, p.m., on the Ist instant (December), as James Henzy, steward to Mrs. Bennett, of Moneaguil, was sitting at dinner in the kitchen, in Mrs. Bennett's house, he was fired at through a small opening in the shutter of a front window, while in the act of putting his hand to his mouth, and wounded in the hand, the ball having entered near the thumb, and passing out at the wrist. The ball was found on the kitchen floor. The police got out as soon as they possibly could, but could find no trace of the person who fired the shot, it being very dark at the time. CH. G. O'DELL, 5.1., Inspector-General. 1 Newort, ee. 8, 1845. I have to r e p or t that constable p Patrick O'Hara, and sub-constables John Franklin, James Burke, John Young, John Mullowney, and Anthony Cullen, of the Clonlough station, were on patrol in the neighbourhood of Ballynahinch, about seven P.M. last night, when they were fired on by a party of Rockites, about eight i n number, who no d ou b t l ay i n wait for them ; the police (four of whom were loaded) returned the fire, but cannot say with what degree of effect. The Rockites' fire, I am sorry to say, told on sub constable Cullen: he is severely wounded in both arms. The police took but one prisoner and one stand of arms. The prisoner is a young man, about eighteen years old, a servant boy of a farmer; the police detected him giving the signal to the Rockites to rush from their hiding place, near a hduse where the constable (Mari states he called to receive some information about unregistered arms. J. LEWIS, S.l EARL'S-HILL COLLIERY, BARONY OP SLIEVARDAGIL COUNTY TIPPERARY. The Board of Direc'ors of the Mining Company of Ireland hereby gives notice to all whom it may concern, that the Company's works at Earl's hill Colliery will be suspended on Saturday, the 20th of December next, or the earliest day admissible, under existing contracts. The Board has been reluctantly compelled to adopt this course by the outrages and threats to which the Company's stewards, Martin Morris and others, have been subjected with impunity, notwithstatiding large re wards offered for information, which might lead to the punishment of the offenders, and by the threatening notices subsequently served on those well-disposed work men who are desirous to work under the uompany, and earn support for themselves and families, but whose lives are too highly valued by the Board to be risked by con tinuance of the work, until sufficient protection can be afforded them. 11 Dublin, Nov. 26, 1814c5[1. ARD PURDY, Secretary. Kyle Park, Borrisokane, Dec. 9. Sir—lt is my principal duty to state to you, for the information of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, that at dusk last evening a farmer named John Hogan, re siding at Ballinaderry, was shot dead close to his own house ; three or four shots were discharged at him so close as to set his clothes on fire, and his body perforated in every part with balls. The cause assigned is, that he had taken an acre of land joining his farm, from whence a neighbsur had been dispossessed. The murdered man was brcther to i 4trby and Michael Hogan, both of whom have been fired at, the one in February last, the others a few weeks ago. (Signed) THOMAS G. STONEY, I. P. R. Pennefathsr, Esq. District of Cerriek-on-Sair, Garrym wits, Jan. 19, 1846. On the evening of the 17th, about six o'clock, as Robert Murphy, of the :shove place, was entering his house, he was fired at by one of three men who stood at a small fence opposite the door. The ball entered his left breast, and passed into his body, from the effects of which he now lies dangerously ill, and no hopes of his recovery. Murphy was employed with another man as keeper on the property of Richard Dunn, of Coolarkin (the next townland), seized fur rent due of him. Pre vious to my arrival he had given the names and descrip tion of three persons whom he said he saw when the shot was fired at him, to constable Uniack, of the Glen burn Post, who instantly proceeded with his party and arrested them. (Signed) RICHARD ROCHE, S. 1., Ist Rate. Newport, Jan. 21, . On the night o f t h e 20th, about half-past six P.M 1846 , at Cally, in the parish of Rilemaratty, as Mr. Alfred Waller was returning to his residence, and alone, he was waylaid in a field by four men, who severely as saulted him on the head and arms with bludgeons and stones, inflicting two severe cuts on his head, and dread ful contusions on the left arm, which fractured one of the bones below the elbow. Mr. Waller himself states, that he could not himself identify any of the persons who at tacked him, nor did he at the moment discover any fire arms with them. A few acres of land (three and a half) which Mr. Waller had at his disposal was the cause, in asmuch as his assail an t s , w hil e b eat i ng h i m, desired him to " give up Coons, give up Coona" (the name of the little townlaed which persons of the name of Keeffe pre tended to have a claim to.) Mr. Waller's lire is not considered in any imminent danger. Inspector-General. J. LE WIS, 5.1., 2cl Rate. Nenagh, Feb. 2, 1846. On yesterday, as Mrs. Bennett, of Moneyguil, was drivin g to Ballinaclough c h urc h, s h e was stopped on the road by two men. one armed with a pistol, and the other with a wattle. and ordered her to put away two of her men, Ilenzy and Feehally. On her asking them what they had dime, they snapped the pistol twice at her, and gave her three blews of the wattle, which severely injured her arms. I do not particularly mention this case on account of the amount of injury done, as Mrs. Bennett has not received any serious injury, and she thinks herself the pistol was not loaded, and only snapped to intimidate her; but it clearly proves to what a state of inhuman barbarity many of the people of this county are reduced, when they could thus assault a feeble old lady while on her way to church. With what endless perseverance they follow up their designs when once formed, and another of the numerous in stances that it is not the rights of property they alone attempt to put an end to, but all right to the freedom of action, or even judgment. (Signed) JOS. TABUTEAU, Richard Pennefather, Ecq. COUNTY OF LIMERICK. Mitchelstown, Jan. 12, 1846. I have to report a most atrocious and daring murder which was committed this day, about six miles from here, in this district. at a place called Banagunahy, in the parish of Anglesbory and county Limerick. The de ceased, Mr. Jones Lynch, a respectable farmer, holding 300 acres of land, at 6s. per acre, under Mr. L owe , o f Spring house, near Rinsha, in the county Tipperary, left his own house this day a little after twelve o'clock, to proceed to his son's house, situated about 500 yards from his fsther's, upon the same townland of Bana guually. It would appear that he did not delay long at his son's house, who was absent from home, at tending the terohl s h souep i scithfo d ,autlthda: • ber l l l l. tending the fair of Mitchelstown, and on his return to his own house by the high road, when within 50 yards t ) i ou t dt welling, :a h nvv7 e : an survivedc.shotaencie..hi vse d a a n h l ab rn i: s)t t v , e s dt t o,fi,na i vee tn teheo m dfmw e wi d : n)hiyuuaitedehls.y at dead,the (apparently pistol belle) entered his back close to stomach, and wasl ex, Phelan in my presence; a third ball entered the pairsswedo front,witho without about e the o p f e e s u r o t f h p ri r b h a o p n s the obtaining left side. I Sb a tio m rdgye n ?l o nn t information to sustain a case of conspiracy to murder, but I see no chance of obtaining any information to lead to the con viction of the murderers; of this, however, you may rest satisfied, that every exertion shall be made, and every pains taken to vindicate the law. I beg to suggest a re ward of 1001. in this case. (Signed) W. KNARESBOROUGH, R.M. Limerick, Jan. 14, 1846. In reference to my hasty report of the 12th inst., I beg to state the particulars of the murder Leahy. On the evening of the 11th inst. at entered the house of Law rence Leahy (a respectable farmer), and rushed at him, offive o'clock, Lawrence an armed party of seven men but Leahy, who was a very tall and powerful man, knocked down four of them with his fist ; but, after a struggle, he was overpowered and beat down .; when on the ground, his wife threw herself over him, but one of the fellows placed a gun quite elope to his leg, and fired it, which dreadfully shattered the leg, and then struck him on the head w►th guns. Constable Parker at once hastened to the scene, and found Leahy dying, who told the constable that two men named - and - were of the party who beat him, shortly after which he ex pired. The Inspector-General, &c. COUNTY OF CAVAN. Arva, Feb. 4, 1846. I beg to report that the borders of Longford and Lei trim, adjoining Cavan, and partly in my district, are again becoming much disturbed, and that serving threat ening notices. waylaying, and heating, and visiting houses at r,4;tit, in search of arras, are becoming very frequent. _ On Sunday night last, in one of those visits to the house of a person named Patrick Clancy, in the county 1 of Leitrim, a pistol was presented at Clancy and snapped, when it providentially missed fire. Dances are held constantly in the several toii nlands - . This is done solely to give a tangible excuse for the gathering together of a number of pers:.ns. I had those dance-houses most carefully watched by the police, and ing I find th ere i s no drunkenness, no rioting ; every -13 conducted peaceably ; but during the time dancing is going on inside the houses numbers of men are congregated outside ; I am quite sure, on no good intent. (Signed). JOHN B.' GRAVES, R.M. The Under -Secretary, &c. COUNTY CLARE. Tuna, Feb. 8, 1846. I have just returned from attending the adjourned inquest on the body of Thomas Meany, and the finding of the Jury that he came by his death in consequence of several wounds on the head from some person or per suns unknown. It is evident he was murdered for hay. ing urged Mr. Pierce Carrick (an agent under -the Court), to turn out an undertenant, who held posses sion of about twenty perches of land and a small hut, which was in the c,eitre of deceased's farm. The under tenant has been arrested on suspicion, he having fre quently told the mother of deceased that she would g e t one of her sons kill e d ; but I fear the en d s of justice will he frustr a t e d, as i nt i m i dation and com bi nation prevail to a frightful extent. (Signed) The Under-Secretary. BARONY OF BUNBATTY, FABISIT OF QUIN, AND TOWN LAND OF CRABBOY AND. SIIANAKILL. Ennis, Feb. 7, 1846. I have to report that on last night, the 6th instent, about the hour of half-past seven o'clock, a party of seven men, disguised with their faces blackened, and handkerchiefs tied round them, and three of them armed with guns, the others with bludgeons, entered the houses of Owen M eany , Bridget Meany. and James Molowny, Michael Meany, and Thomas Meany ; the latter had his scull fractured, and died in two or three hours after war d s ; the others received cuts and bruises on their heads and bodies ; two female inmates of the houses were also struck, but not seriously hurt. On going away they fired two shots, and then proceeded to the house of Michael Hogan, of Shanakill, in this dis trict, and beat him and his two sons, but not seriously. The deceased is son to Bridget Meany, and bore an ex cellent character. I have not been able to procure a description of the offenders, as they were disguised. (Signed) - KELLY, Sub-Inspector. Currastona, March 13, 1846. My dear Mr. Wray —having dined at Mr. Harry Browne's, at Leabeg, last night, and having previously received several threatening notices to be on my guard, I ordered a patrole of three men, viz., Constable Baska villa, Sub-constable Geoghegan, and Sub-constable Gor man, to be at my house at about nine o'clock to watch the neighbourhood ; and, as Leabeg• road was one upon which it was necessary to patrole, I requested they would call at Mr. Browne's for me and escort me home ; they did call, us desired, about ten o'clock, and I ac companied them back towards my home. At about a quarter of a mile from my residence, and as we were proceeding quietly along, we heard the sound of foot steps, as if a party of men were running, and in about half a minute we came up with four men, armed with long guns and a piece of a scythe, whom we challenged ; they immediately sopped, and we made them prisoners, each of us ta ki ng one and their arms. While endeavouring to secure them, they at tempted to rescue themselves ; two succeeded, by knock. ing me down, and made off to their party that was on before them, which, to the best of our opinion, and what we could learn from the neighbours, nnmbered at least 200 men, and in the meantime the oth er two escaped ; Sub c instable Gorman having follow e d one o f them b y my orders, came up with the main body, who imme diately cried out, " Come on, boys ! Will you see our men taken ? They are only four." (we four.) We then retreated, the whole body following, and having at tempted to make an entry into the house of a man named Luke Cowen, the party cried out to surround us, and to come in our rear, in which they succeeded, and whilst I and the police were endeavouring to force an entry, there were several shots fired at us, which happily did not take effect beyond the breaking the windows and furniture of the house. THOS. PARLEY, R. 31 Having made our entry, we placed a man at each door, and one at a window, with bayonets fixed. We remained quiet, and in a few moments we thought we saw the end of the house on fire, which proved to b e true, and lighted sods of turf beit.g placed in each corner in the thatch of the house, we momentarily ex prcted to be either burned to death or suffocated, and at the same time knowing that if we left the house we would be shot at as we came out. Most fortunately the man of the house opened the door and called the neighbours, and commenced putting out his furni ture. After some time they, evidently very reluctantly, carne to our assistance, being in dread and terror of their lives, and succeeded in tearing down the burning thatch, which eventually proved our safety. We remained in a state of defence at Cowen's house from half past ten P.M. until eight this morning, when, having reconnoitred, we proceeded to my residence, and having dressed myself, proceeded to the barrack at Bailin tebber, and having reinforced our party, started to Castlerea to lay the details of the gross and unparalleled outrage in this hitherto peaceable neighbourhood before you. - I regret, from the darkness of the night, and the porilous situation we were placed in, we could nct identify any of the partios. (Signed) FRANCIS TYRRELL BYRNE. THE FRENCH NAVY. REPORT OF TEE COMMITTEE OF NAVAL INQUIRY. On Monday, the Committee on the grant of an extra ordinary credit of ninety-three million francs (3,720,0001) for the French navy, hid their report before the Chain ber of Deputies. The Committee proposed various modifications in the project of the Government ; we lay before our readers an impartial statement of their deliberations. After having established as an essential condition that a just equilibrium should exist between the complement and armament of the navy, the Committee exposed in the following words the general considerations which guided them : " The Committee are unanimous in their opinion that the French navy must be on such a footing as to be able to act on the offensive, if necessary, in every part of the ocean; they do not wish entirely to break with the past, and renounce for ever the honour4ble though expensive chances of great naval combats. What they wish, what they earnestly desire, is that a war, if such came to pass, might be begun with rapidity, carried on with vigour and perseverance enough to ensure peace on a firm footing as the reward of a bold and energetic line of conduct. " We agree with the Government on the grounds and applications of them, but we do not. coincide in their opinion regarding the number of vessels to be kept afloat and on the stocks. We do not deem the project of the Government sufficient as regards the steam navy; but we wish to reduce the number of sailing vessels of the lesser class. Voted unanimously. The reductions are mostly adopted, two votes were for having them on a much more extensive scale. All were of accord as re gards the utility of developing the new system of na vigation." ,Rear• Admiral Heernoux, reporter of the Committee, quoLed.the official documents on the subject, and gave a clear notion of the advantages of the new recruiting system of the navy, based on the coast fisheries and the crews of merchantmen. According to this system all the recruits are called successively into the service as the navy may require them. The reporter was of opinion that the service was greatly benefited by the system, and that French sailors might bear comparison with the best organised troops. The Committee then examined the different classes of vessels of which the fleet ought to be composed. They reduced by eight the number of men-of-war on the stocks, but increased b y f our the number afloat. They accorded 2,000 horse-power for establishing vessels equally adapted for sailing .or steaming (vaisseaux mixtes), to be attached, no matter what their number, to the vessels afloat. They demanded, likewise 800 horse-power for the construction of two floating batteries for blockaiing the mouths of rivers ; the reporter spoke of these batteries is th e f o ll ow i ng terms : " The attention of the Committee being particularly turned to the dqfcnce of the coast, they demanded the construction of two fl,atina batteries for stopping effec tually the mouths of rivers. The floating batteries, soh ly of a defensive nature, bomb-proof, and built on plans proposed last year, are to be set in motion by steam power ; they are likewise to be fire-proof, and if arm'd po ssible w r i e th nd h er e e a d vy ss a fe rt a n g le a r i 3 7t m su as b k m e e d rs b io y n, w a a n il d s a i r m e p t e o n b e e . treble to m.ssiles. Sailing vessels, or steamers, owi ng 0 eilhe eit: elik proposedewise intend the tetahnr service to which the floating batteries to account for the are destined. employed in the dlefheenefeoliolsof:theoinegeho.aarpse.t itdtotoc allotmentar carry oy o v f ae lfl light to their construction, proposeddr i a th w a to s o mt much haallt sft(e) w ua a rm te .f r erni t gg i in be teos t a u an r fld n o e a d at d 480 horse power should be a s n cr d ew ro . horse power to various of the frigates afloat, so as to of the Committee re be Government furnished vi, iltf:ldarch, 1842, fixed at to the fl g e i v7lB *** '' for four corvettes, which are likewise to be good sailing enable them to be ad T st h e e ds C . tpwvhieeao,s,icsgrieeibel reflections to place oep: t rlia h aolic e ne y desee etw i t ea r :ln c e; hde t s i eogp bfrar propositions atp i htto r ee o s I n 4ta.ei tpno b hien. d u bsoi i . ) . speeting the steamers:— " The steamers were equal to ..... fleet. 70 ,, th A c n number r o e f e steamers lo b t e h l on increasing the number of steamers to 100, and the propelling power to ...... 28,800 h. p. "An increase of .......................... 1 0,400 h. p. steamers was to be sent from our arseßals, provided-that the which the steamers puilt for the transatlantic s e r v i ce s were not to be added to the navy. The united power of these vessels is 6,730 h. p. Lie Committee voted at once. t ue d t em tl a ii n s :le a d n , d an tl d i remainewrcii t, 3,670, Go"vleVrieimdeend it is true, considered as and would be so, of their own. But the squadron if m e{a‘VnSestoeonallny:ira(siienl'clasvumepaaolnipnetheueummlibaaerrs'inauerxiitliatries, we must add indispensible, i n f s tl s te u y ch w t e h r e e y of ar l e essconsequence. If two squadrons e th v a n t sailing veaels were opposite each other, which had the greatest means of l ocomotion, owi o t n .- 5 would have a decided advantage. Th steam , e on the re cent expeditions' 3 of Franc coasts of Mexico and of Morocco, those of the English on the coasts of Syria and China, would have been accomplished after great labour, and perhaps not it all had it not been for the assistance of veam. _ The improve ale ,, t s in _the diZ years a erent brraene worthyhesof o s f tea r m ew n ci a r v i : . gat i t w a ith r i e n w th yes e last feace, and tho Tessa, groaned under the weight of the machinery ; if they had to run a long distance, the engines were of lesser poxer, so as to allow room for coals ; if, on the con trary, speed was an object, their ergincs were of greater power, but they could only run for a short space of time, owing to th e i r stoc k of coal being too small. Owing to new inventions these objections are partly done away with. The new boilers called tubular economise the fuel, and the use of steam at a higher pressure adds to the speed of the vessel. " The it. ventinn of the screw is another step in advance, and requires the greatest attention to its merits ; a steamer cannot be a man of war unless her engires are safe from being destroyed by a cannon ball. "Some late experiments at Gavres prove that sheet iron is horribly lacerated by the effects of a cannon ball, Itherefore war steamers should be constructed of wood. "The second class steamers, carrying large swivel guns, ought to be of great speed, so as to be able to at tack or retreat, as the case might require. " The first class ought to be regular frigates carrying heavy metal, and answering in every respect to their name. The following is thq, substance of the propositiens Of the committee for the fleet to be completed on the Ist of January, 1845 :- 36 Men-of-war 3 Floating batteries .... - 55 Frigat es 40 Corvettes ........... 50 Brigs 30 Seho mers (breet:ts It6zers) .................. 30 „ 16 Tramports ............... 16 „ 00 Steamers ...... 100 ;131:3w: fBlrs:afig g / 1 1 , r072:0 0 329 a 3 s o f 2 o The expenses would be New constructions:— Vessels to be launched Vessels to be put on the stocks For armaments:— For vessels to be launched 12,440,000 For vessels without arm amen t 3,720,000 20,160,000 For vessels in constructi on For guns 8,300,000 Engines for the mixed vessels and steamer( 7,950 h.p.; in a round sum, 8,000 at 12,000,000 1,500 f. per h.p. For Allowances • 23,000,000 27 In a round s um . 115,052,800115,000,000 Sum to be placed to th e account o f the ordi - 1 42,000,000 nary budget Remains 73,000,000 BRIGADIER -GENERAL CURE TO N. Colonel Cureton was born, bred, and educated a gen tleman, and when little more than sixteen years of age, he was appointed to an ensigncy in a county militia re giment of the first pretension, and commanded by a Noble Earl, who was also the Lord-Lieutenant of the county. From his ensigncy he was soon promoted to a lieutenancy, through the esteem and kindess of his colonel, the Noble Earl. " Young Cureton" became a general favourite, not only with his brother-officers, but with every individual in the regiment. His constant association' with men of seperior wealth, and being by them introduced to much society, led to expense beyond his own immediate resources, and at the end of the year creditors pressed for the settlement of their bills—then threatened legal proceedings. Ile applied to his family to assist hint, and they were dissa tisfied at his contracting debts, and refused to liquidate them. His spirit could not brook their refusal of his request, nor the thought of being arrested (he was then a minor, and it legally could not have been done), the dread of which caused him to absent himself, and a few months afterwards ho was superseded in his regiment, being absent without leave. Not long after that event some friend procured him a commission in another militia regiment of great respec tability ; when gazetted to it, it furnished the then few outstanding creditors with the knowledge of his " where about." One or two of them wrote for immediate set tlement in threatening language. The fear of arrest returned strongly, and effectually to guard against it he resolved agaiirto absent himself; in furtherance of which he purchased a sailor's dress to disguise himself, and next morning at an early hour went to the sea-side, dressed in regimentals, with his disguise and a check shirt in a bundle, which he put on, leaving his military dress on the Deitch (the regiment was stationed in a maritime town). The uniform was shortly found, and, after waiting some time in expectation of seeing the owner, it was taken to the barracks, where it was as certained to whom the articles belonged; and an opinion was entertained that Cureton, while bathing, had been carried out by the current and drowned. His mother and family received information from the regiment to that effect, and they went into mourning for him ac cordingly. By means of his disguise he reached London unknown, and meeting with a recruiting party of the 14th Light Dragoons, enlisted in his baptismal names, omitting his surname. 'Very soon he was sent from the party to join the' regimental depot stationed at Radipole barracks, near Weymouth, tl.e regiment at the time being in the Peninsula. His steady conduct and well-stored mind quickly attracted the attention of those officers who were doing duty at the depot, and ho was in consequence forthwith appointed to orderly-room duty alone. A draught being ordered out to join head quarters in the Peninsula, he was one of tha number draughted. Letters highly recemmerdatory of his general good conduct and ability were forwarded by the officer in command of the depot to Sir S. Hawker, Lieutenant- Calonel commanding the 14th Dragoons. That discerning offic r soon became assured of the young dragoon's merit and talents, and on the first opportunity advanced him to the rank of sergeant. Then, when any outpost or other important duty required to be entrusted to an intelligent, skilful noncommissioned officer, it was generally con fided to the (then) sergeant for execution. The per formance of those duties was always meritorious, and his reports thereof so well written, that Sir Samuel Hawker's interest was so far excited in his future pros pects and welfare, that he resolved on recommendirg him to (at teat time) Lord Wellington for advancement as a commissioned officer, thinking that his talents would then have greater scope fur development. Sir Samuel stated his intention to the sergeant, also asking if at ch a measure would be acceptable. The sergeant warmly expressed his gratitude to the colonel fur his kind intention and favourable appreciation of his humble services, adding that previously to' Sir Samuel so far benefiting him, he felt it an imperative duty to lay before him every circumstance connected 'with his posi tion in life before he entered into the 14th Light Dra goons, with the cause and means he took to enlist therein ; and finished by observing to the colonel that should he consider what had been related would not militate hereafter against him as an officer, he most. gratefully should receive the honour so graciously in tended fur him. Sir Samuel Hawker, by what he had heard, remarked that from his first knowledge of him he was of belief that he (the sergeant) had been a gentle man, and his intention to recommend him for promo tion had become more strengthened. Consequent thereto, in less than three months from that interview with Sir Samuel, and about seven years from the tine of his enlisting in the 14th Dragoons, un known as ho was, with no means of interest to recom mend him or advance him, save that which had been raised in the breast of his gallant commanding officer, the present brigadier was gazetted in his proper name —Cureton, sergeant, from 14th Light Dragoons, to an ensigncy of the 40th Regiment of Infantry. The first intimation his friends had of his existence, arose from reading his name, to their great astonishment, in the Gazette. They were soon made acquainted with the mode of corresponding with him, being then in the Peninsula. They then knew that he had honourably passed the ordeal of a private's and non-commissioned officer's grades in a cavalry regiment, and submitted to him which service he would prefer, cavalry or infantry. He chose the former, and an exchange was without delay effected in the late 20th Dragoons, as cornet. A lieu tenancy was in a reasonable time obtained, when he e was appointed adjutant to the regiment, and remained so until the disbandonment of the regiment after the peace, which placed him upon half-pay. In that corps he was highly esteemed by all his brother officers, while his efficiency and merits as a cavalry officer were duly appreciated by the Lieutenant-Colonel comman , d• ing, Sir Thomas Hawker , brother of his patron, Sir Samuel Hawker, of the 14th Dra g oons. On the 16th Dragoons being o r dered to India, and an augmentation of lieutenants taking . place, Sir Samuel Horse Guards, for aztwaheapeutliyictici? jbatte a ahyna n ai edr c l inpeclhe S ude6asr i r: td r schh T lraoe h phtsde e ieegrloaemwhgd a wamoo s sit n ide) l ngo l nows a bad: having He nt e u rinikedew gaze t tedui s pe purchasedtion,ihnisthe3hdispmraagj Dragoons, no e thhoeef r ni ioddcnwerjo:txafmabest thereinrej ti appointment ee, purchase, exerted l ubt f Lieutenantrs t eprc h aenol hgesaamal subsequently eh . joint ,ec o atcua i oll fay n tnui -eo t rdpnnet i aare n t syool t ocon e t oty r , on e ai interest l and itthhoe after wards he was appointed adjutant, which rank he re ltlyy r egim en t: bhaadv regimentc canc elled,wo(ilho (16:h Lancers), without purchase--a favour, no doubt, conferred by her Majesty as an especial mark of his many meritorious services. - - - GAME -LAWS.—Game, according to law, includes hares, pheasants, and a few others ; but there is an old case of a hackney -coach horse who died game, or, at all events, carried out the gallant resolve of Macbeth, to " die with har ness on his back." No person can kill game without a certi ficate, which proves that he is an individual of "some mark ;" but he is nevertheless often very wide of the mark on these occasions. If the animals shot at were aware of this pro vision for their security, they would have the right to call upon the sportsman to produce his certificate before proceed ing to make game of them. A ceptificate must be taken out annually, and expires in July ; but if a hare were shot on the last day of that month, and not to expire until August, the certificate having expired before the hare, a vev nice question would arise as to the legality of killing hi.n. The landlord who lets his land, usually reserves the right of kill ing the game, the tenant having the privilege of feeding it. It has been said by Coke, that the landlord has all the best of the game, which is, for the tenant, a very losing one. The laws against poaching are very severe. and extend even to protection of the eggs of birds of game ; so that poaching an egg is highly criminal. The preserving of game is carried to an extent that is often destructive to the tenant ; he is not allowed to regard self-preservation as the first law of nature, for game preservation is a paramount obligation.— Punch's Pditical Dictionary. Captain Watts, and Baron Thille, bearer of dispatches, arrived at London-bridge Wharf at ten o'clock oa Wednesday morning by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Triton, after a fine passage of twelve hours from Ostend. The passage would have been much shorter, but the Triton had to contend with a fog. Inn( DISTRESS.—INDIAN SUBSCRIPTIONS.—We are informed that 3,000/. has been lodged in the Bank of Ireland to the credit of the Mansion-house Famine Committee, by the benevolent inhabitants of Calcutta-.and that more may be tgectedoinpubNn Evening Pat. SIR GEORGE POLLOCK. The •resolution proposed en Monday, in the Cuert of Common Conned be S;r Peter Leitrim, for the vete of the freedom of 'the Oily to Genet al Sir George Pollock, for his brilliant services in India, which vote was delayed in consequenc e of an erroneous impression in the Court that it was necessary to wait until the return of the Gallant General to this country, has, we are given to understand, occasioned much satisfaction amongst bis relatives in town. The estimate formed of the extra ordinary services rendered by the brother of the Chief Baran of England mey he seen amongst other hearty acknowledgments in the folloning reselution enclosed in a letter written by Mr. Roeers, Who, it will be r em , m bered, nerved the office of Sheriff of London and Mid dlesex, in a very distinguished manner in the year 1811, to Sir Peter Laurie, Passed at a meeting of the " iehalii ants of C a l cutta, at the Town-hall, O c t. 7, 1844, That is gold rnedel and sun of money (to be deterwinrd by tl•e atuolint of sub- Feription raised) to be - called " The Pollock Pr:zo," be presented annually to ti e most distieguiehed cadet of the season, at Aildiscombe, to coiLme:norate the fame and services of Sir George Pollock, and that subset ip tion books he erculated in the three presidencies to rake a fund for this purpose; no subscription to exceed fifty rupees. With reference to the above, subscribers are requested to remit the arnouet of their sulactiptione to the Bank ef Bengal, the Union 8117 a -or to any of the fellowing gen tlemen appointed by the s:h resolution, a Committee to carry the above into effect:— Bri iier Frith; LieutaCol. Burlton, Cheape, llae kins, Forbes, Irvine, rownery, Pattie, Rattray, Tucker, Barron, If E. M. Gordon, 1, Tfen -yr Moore, • Dickens,' It will not be the amount subscribed, but the act o subscribing, which will mark the desire of the subscriber to forward the above resolution. The following is a copy of the letter of Mr. Rogers, in which the ab ove quo t e d reso l ut i on was enclosed. It was alluded to on Monday, in the Court of Common Council, by Sir Peter Laurie:— " Calcutta, May 23, 1843. "My dear Sir Peter Laurie,—l have been intend ing, day after day, , for some time past, to write to you, but somehow time has got the start of me, and, unfortunately, without my having any good excuse to offer for the delay in carrying out my good intent. May I ask you, however, before entering Into the direct object-of my letter, if you re collect having given it as your opinion at a party, where I had the pleasure of meeting you, that per sons abroad took no note of the proceedings of the Corporation o f th e Ci ty of London, and of my having remarked, in reply, that so far as my experience went, I felt justified in saying that, instead of distance lessen ing, it lent intense interest to every thing that passed in that great body ? Acid now let me assure you, Eir Peter, from the experience I have had since I left London, as well as from that of my former life, I find persons abroad better informed and taking deeper interest in your movements than those at home. If, however, the Indian community had ever been wanting in attention to the proceedings of the magistrates and the Corporation of the metropolis of Britain, you have, cf late, taken the best method of fix ing their attention on your doings. I refer to the ho nour and distinction you have conferred on Nett, and Pottinger, and other Indian officers. But whilst you have been showirg well-merited applause and more sub stantial marks of your approbation on those able and gallant men, there is one who, by still remaining at his post of danger and of duty, seems to me to have been deprived, by that fact alone (absence) of his share of those honours. I feel assured, when. reminded of this cireumstairce, that no one will be more ready than your self in lending your powerful aid in obtaining for the absetit some mark of the City's approbation. " I had the pleasure of meeting at your hospitabl e beard a brother of Sir George Pollock's, and this cir cumstance, as well as the knowledge of your desire on all occasions to see justice done to small and great, has induced me to address you on this matter. I inuq first tell you, that I have been requested to act as lienorary Secretary to the Cominittee appointed to carry out the objects of the resolutions passed at a general meeting of the public of Calcutta. I have taken the liberty of for warding to you the proceedings of that meeting, by which you will learn, thst besides an address unamiously voted to Sir George Pollock, a prize was also to be given annually at Addiscombe (the Company's military seminary) ta commemorate the name . and services of the gall int general. This sort of testimonial will, I hope, be considered ex tremely appropriate, as it not only conveys the WgheA compliment which could be paid to Sir George Pollock, but likewise evinces an earnest desire on the part of the givers to perpetuate in our own country a constantly re curring recollection of the many brilliant and important victories which a in consequence of, and in succession to, the memorable forcing of the Ky ber Pass, were suc cessfully and uninterruptedly obtained by the Bengal army under Sir George, until he again planted the British flag on the Ballah llessar, and re-occupied Cebul, thus restoring the long-established impression and prestige of the invincibility of our military power and strength, an 1 visiting with singular retributive punishment the fl 'grant acts and conduct of the Affghans. I hope also you will consider the testimonial appro priate, especially as it holds out an inducement to young soldiers in the same service as Sir George Pollo,k to gain this reward, and by their future career to emulate tee great deeds of their predecessors. I have taken upon myself to mention your name to the Committee, and assured them that I believed you would take a deep interest in promoting the object of the public of this city ; and I am requested reFpectfully and earnestly to solicit your pewertul aid in giving the papers general circulati, n, in the fullest conviction that the fading they will excite will obtain for the object we have in view the most satisfactory- suffrage and support. Under your 'support, it would afford the inhabitants of India a just cause of pride and satisfaction if the Corpo ration were to take this appropriate mode of testifyiag their approbation of the high deserts of their fellow citizen, Sir George Pollock, by numbering themselves with these who have come forward to support this inte resting and novel testimonial in honour of a brave soldier and meritorious man. " I have been obliged to write this, as you see evidence or, in great haste, and must trust to your tried kindness to excuse it." Mr. Mr. 0. Doroch, „ Suther!and, 11 :: , torts', ~ Allen, Gilmore, ~ A. Roger!, Gillanders, D Gardner, Capt. Rogers, Dw•arkanautli Tagore, Rustomjee Cowasgee, Prosonscamer Tagore. RAIL WA Y ACCIDENTS. PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—Sxmna Cr APRIL 1. We have already given an account of a paper read to the Academy by M. Piobert, on the accidents %%Well have occurred on railroads, and the importance of an in • quiry intolhe means of rendering this mode of comma nication and transport more secure. At the opening of this day's sitting, M. ,Poncelet read the report of a Committee on M. Piobert's paper, approving of it generally, and recommending that it should be referred by the 4.cademy to the Government, with a view of directing its attention, in a marked and formal manner, to the important subject tinder consideration. The reading of this report led to an animated discussion. M. Lionville contended that the course recommended by the Committee, as regards a reference to the Government, was contrary to the regulations and usage of the Aca demy ; but he was replied to with great energy by MM. Arago, Charles Dupin, and Poncelet, who observed that the question was one of too great importance for the academy to hold itself bound by the strict letter of its regulations, which declare th a t i t s h a ll not assume the initiative of advice to the Government, but shall offer its opinion only when called upon by the Government to give it. If, said these gentlemen, the Ministry slept whilst the lives of the people were in danger, it became the Academy to offer its advice even when unasked. This opinion having prevailed, and the Academy being almost unanimous as to the propriety of the course re. commended by the committee, a long conversation then ensued as to whether the Academy should merely direct the attention of the Government to the accidents which have taken place, and the necessity of inquiry into the means of prevention for the future ! or state, in a precise manner, the means which the Academy considers it most urgent to adopt. The arguments advanced by the gentlemen who spoke in support of this second proposi tion prevailed; but it may interest our readers to know something of the views expressed as to the means of preventing accidents like those which have been so destructive of human life. One of the chief questions discussed was that of breaks. Hitherto all attempts to arrest suddenly and effectually the progress of a train by means of breaks, when it is proceeding at a high rate of speed, have' been failures, as every scientific man knows they must be considering the impetus against which they have to contend. A great deal was said about the superiority of one kind of break over another kind, and some of the speakers charged certain compa nies with culpable negligence in not adopting the break on which other companies place full reliance. To prove the superiority of one kind of break over another undo 1. ordi nary circumstances may not be difficult, but to prove that any kind of break would have prevented the fatal collisions that have taken place is beyond the power of any man, whether a member of the Academy or not. There are two points to be considered in this question of collisions. The first and most important is to esta blish such severe regulations as to the management of railroads, and such heavy punishments for negligence on the part of the persons employed upon them, as to make collision a very rare event. Let it be borne in mind that a collision never can take place without the ex istence of culpable ncgket. Two trains cannot run into each other if the time and rate of speed be so regulated that they can never be in a position to produce such a result. To prevent negligence a'together, to render all men prudent and careful, is, we know, beyond the power of directors of railroads, or of the government, however severe the regulations may be. But a great deal may bo done in this respect, and we are sorry to say that neither the directors of companies nor the autboritii a hate cone all that they were bound to do. One of the leading causes of collisions is the i rregu l ar ity o f the speed ollo which trains pro cee d. A f ew m i nu t es are lost up on and, consequently, precise calculations as to the time portion of a line, and c a ught u p again on another, at which this or that portionof a lineshall be free from obstacle are thrown out. than four years ago Mr. Wroughton, a gentlem M on ore of actuated by no other motive th an humanity, invent e d an ingenious tell tale, London, who was which o f the line, and ena bl e the would register the tim e occupied on every port i on director of each stat i o n to lsnow where there h a d b een delay, and w h er e unauthorised speed, so th a t a perfect che c k ; 3 2ight be kept on all t he drivers , ho, knowing , S -' \ CHARGE OF MURDER. On Wednesday, an inquest was held before Mr. Laker, Coroner, at the London Hospital, Mile End-rend, on the body of James Eastmead Bradley, aged twenty, a toll-collector, who died on Sunday morning last, from the injuries he received by the wheels of a loaded dung cart passing over his body on Saturday morning, near the Mile End gate. A man named Thomas 801 l has been remanded on a charge of wilful murder by the magistrates at de Thames Pol Fee .Court, after hearing evidence • that the deceased, while attempting to collect the toll from the prisoner, was struck at, and forced under the waegon. It appeared from the evidence , that Rolf, who is a lighterman and gr eengrocer, in ' High - street, Bromley, passed through Mile End-gate with his horse and cart, on Saturday morning, about five o'clock. Ile was ac companied by his son, a lad aged fifteen years. They had previously passed through the Globe -road gate, lower down the road, on the same trust, and the prisoner Ruff tendered a sovereign to' the turnpike roan in pay went of the toll. The collector was unable to give change for the sovereign, and gave him a credit ticket-- a common practice on the road—marked "Toff C." When the horse and cart passed through the Mile End• gate, the deceased, who was collector, ran after aed de manded the toll or the ticket of the day. Roirs son called out the letter " Y." The deceased said that it would not do, and attempted to force the reins from Roff's hands, and turned the horse and cart re and to wards the Blind Beggars. While the struggle was going on, a loaded dung -cart passed in the same direction, and the shaft caught tTle deceased and threw him down. The wheels•passed over him. • A witness named George Hunt, porter, deposed that the prisoner struck at the deceased twice with i,s whip, which had no thong to it. The driver of the cart which passed over the deceased stated that Roffonly struck one blow while the deceased was at the hor e's head. • , • Roff 'a son swore positively that his father matle one blow at the deceased, but did not hit him ; itLi/ that while Bradley was stooping to avoid the blow, the haft of the dung-eart caught his head and threw hint A question now rose between Mr. Serrell, who ep peered for the prosecution, and Mr. Pelham, fur the prisoner, as to the legality of the deceased's conduct. It was argued that the letter " Y," which Roff's son called out, belonged to the ticket of the day, commencing at five o'clock in the awning. The occurrence hapeened at five minutes before five. Amert some further di=ens sion and a good deal of wrangling between the legal gentlemen emplo3 ed in the case and the father of the deceased, who is the principal collector of tolls at the Mile End-gate, the inquest was adjourned. MAYOR A SSASSIN ATION 01 A. BY A YOUNG WOMAN. COURT OF ASSIZES OF CORSICA, MAnctr 23. The following trial reveals a curious state ofall'airs in the island of Corsica, where for the last :ix years a species of civil war has raged, in which one party has succeeded in exterminating the other, killing successively all the males of two families,' without the civil power having been able energetically to correct such a state of dis order. The fathers and brothers Eeing all slain, the murderers have with impunity threatened to viola'e the women, to cut off their breasts, and afterwards to put them to death ; even the females have been obliged to arm themselves in thf it own defence. The folovving is a short narrative of the events which had led to this state of things • The commute of Santa Lucia di Tailano, in the island of Corsica, had fur many years been divided into two factions ; on the one side n ere the Quilichinis and the Polls, on the ether the Giaconsonis and Santa Lucias. Numbers having fallen on both sides by the dagger and musket, the two parties became weary of she mutual slaughter, and in 1834 a peace was patched up; for *ix years they refrained from hostilities. In 1840 two marriages were contracted by Pierre Poll and Jaxques Quilichini, which excited a feeling of enmity in the Santa Lucias, who had wished to marry thes7e young men into their own family, and they conceived and executed the frightful pr. ject of assa , sinnting Poll and Quilichini on the day of their marriage. These two horrible crime=, committed in open r:; - ;y, with no provocation, were the signal for the breaking out or the second war. The assassins lied to Sardinia, but were puesucd and arrested ; two of the m, the Abi ea Santa' Lucia and Giulice Giacomeni were brought to trial. The priest was found guilty, and condemned to ten years' imprisonment ; tle other was acquitted. On the new; of the c4.denanstion of the pi-list, his relatives commenced a aeries of climes almost unparalleled for barbarity and persevering cruelty. One individcd, who had given evidence against the Abl 4 Santa Lucia, was seized by these bandits in th e fi e ld s ; they betintriiim to a tree, put out hi s e y es . cu t out•his torn.;ue, stela i d him n carious parts of the body, and left him in this state,.ex claming, " That was the C ors i can way of treating false witnesses." No fever than SIX other persons who hnd given evidence, perished beneath the kniie of the weas. sins, or pierced by the shot from their guns. Pre;ela- Mations were affixed to the r ails of the cilurch o: Sane re, prohibiting, under pain of death, the least help t:ing given to the families of the enemies to these bandits. The mains of the opposing factions had thus been all sacrific(d to the vengeance of the Santa Lucia party, with the exception of one, a surgeon at Ajaccio. also was, a few months ago, shot by Santa Lucia, at the door of his own house. he assassir, in making his escape, was stopped by a Custom-house officer. but Santa Lucia drawing a dagger from his breast. stat,hed him to the heart,'seized the officer's double-burelecl carbine and cartouchc-box, and made off to the moun tains in safoty. Reports were then spread, that the men being all dead, the bandits were about to immolate the women, and under the impression caused by these rumours, on the 20th of November last, Marie Quilicbini, the sister of one of the victims, while going to the spring for water, met the Mayor of . the commune, who was gesture towards stopped the girl, and made an insulting . by alleged to be the protector of the Santa Lucia , .. Ire of rthis revenge. act f s o hh r eer the n do rw m e sm u s murder enrdashofhter brother, she drew a pistol r m him dead on th e s p o t. l her appe arance at t h e b ar of ,oto the above Court. The circumstances attending the crime having been proied in evidence, she was, after a short deliberati on , f oun d guilty of murder, without pre meditation, but with provocation, and under extenu ating circumstances. The Court condemned Marie- Francois Quilicbini to five years' imprisonment, and the costs of the trial, limiting the duration of imprison ment in default to one year. ACCIDENT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF SAXE-COBOURG, ONIIILS JOURNEY. TO TouLON, MARCH 31:— MARSEILLRS, APRIL 3.—The horses of the carriage, in which the Prince was seat e d, i n company w i t h one of his Aides-de- Camp, having taken fright at something on the road, started off at full speed, and in the endeavours of the coachman to check them, the reins were broken. The Prince and his friend then opened both the doors of the carriage, and jumped out. His Royal Highness slightly bruised or sprained one of his legs in his fall, but his friend alighting on the ground without injury, was fortunate enough to get hold of the horses' heads and stop them. His Royal Highness was so little affected by his fall thathe was not only enabled to com plete his journey without inconvenience, but also to appear the following evening at the theatre at Marseilles. Very fortunately the Duchess was not in the same carriage as the Prince. The amiable qualities of this illustrious and youth ful pair are the admiration of all who have had the honour of being admitted to their personal acquaintance. Their Royal Highnesses and suite embarked yesterday afternoon, at a little after four, on board the Amiterdam, for the coasts of Spain and Lisbon. Letters from Rome state that a commission is about I to be appointed to proceed to the various prov i nces in the grievances O f which the Roman States to inquire into the people complain, and report the same t o t The Russian Minister, M. de B u tienotkhas rece ived intelli te Government. gence from Naples thzit the Empress of Russia, owing to in dinlosition, has deferred her departure _from that city fcr ac cording to the arrangements ianit Grand present Duke inCocnosnltnentntiln)iea,t contemplation, until her Brest, from whence lie re pairs Highness then pur posesid;;T:l4u•ni:t(eTlnicihti andlssel i s illustrious for an Stettinand all. the returne l n m h r i e s rial i _ a. (7e iolaurreiepi remain rv o ea r:: : :: ,,ii : n f i ;: 3 ' t p sailsr e s s n t ,n p f iti i i, st n . t aai l° ; fe e elt'el i t -jr i d b :c l e ig : li t as il h : e s a e l l i s dh b t e l o t e f i d in the Russian capi t a I o u the li' J in u i' l,r. Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Peter c't Oldenburgli, who have been passing the winter in Italy, are expected at Rome en route to the north. Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg was to leave Lisbon on the 23d ult. for Rome. JURYMEN FINED. —At the conclusion of one of thn trials in the Nisi Prins Court. Liverpool, on Thursday, the jury retired without leave, and their services being finme diately required for other causes, Mr. Justice Coleridge ordered all the absentees, who were not serving in other courts, to be fined 5/. each. At length the Place du Carrousel is about to be levelled and paved. The drat operations were commenced two days ago, and those parts which are now In the worst condition will iii , limuediately repaired. Sty the end of May the pavement of this vast area will be begun. The whole woes will, It is ;Aid,. agicquit.to ito,tem--rprii PFPer. _ _ _