The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-16 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 14.—The most strenuous exertions are being made to bring public feeling and opinion to bear upen the Government, with the view of in clueing them to spare the life of Mr. Smith O'Brien. Hadley's Coffee-room, where the memorial lies for signature, has been thronged with the citizens during the last three days. The memorial already contains the names of ten Catholic Bishops, the Provost of Trinity College and all the Fellows, several Peers, all the Members of Parliament now in Dublin, and some thousands of the most wealthy and respectable of the gentry and trading classes. Yesterday evening a meeting of the committee was held at Radley's ; the Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. JAMES HAUGHTON proposed that the secretary should write forthwith to his Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant, requesting him to appoint a day when it would suit his convenience to receive a deputation to present the memorial on behalf of Mr. Smith O'Brien. Mr. S. CRAWFORD, M.P., suggested that the letter should he written by the Lord Mayor. Mr. J. REYNOLDS, M.P., seconded the proposition, and a motion to that effect was accordingly adopted. It was then agreed that the public should be in formed by advertisement that the committee would still continue their sittings at Hadley's, to receive signatures to the memorial. The LORD MAYOR mentioned that when he called upon the Provost of Trinity College for his signature, he was told that he had already signed a memorial to the Queen, which was forwarded on the previous night, but that, nevertheless, he would sign that ad dress also with the greatest possible pleasure.—(Hear, hear.) He understood that the memorial alluded to by the Provost was very- extensively signed by the fellows and students of the College. The following is from the Freeman's correspon dent, dated " Clonmel, Friday evening :—There is one Catholic on the jury, though it was stated in court yesterday evening that they were all Protestants. 'here was a Catholic on Mr. M'Manus's jury also, but the result of the trial was not the less satisfactory to the soi-disant exclusive loyalists and upholders of law and order. I understand that Mr. Murphy, the Catholic juror in this case, is a gentleman of intelli gence, and upright independent mind, who will judge for himself, and agree to such a verdict alone as the evidence will justify." I have just heard that Mr. Meagher's trial is fixed for Monday. He may be arraigned to-morrow, but the case will not be further proceeded with until Monday. His trial will occupy the week, and, from the course adopted in the case of Mr. O'Donoboe, it seems to have been determined that, if possible, nothing shall be allowed to interfere with the other, or prevent it from being proceeded with on the day fixed. Mr. O'Brien continues to enjoy excellent health. He is perfectly cheerful and composed, and in his usual good spirits, not in the least depressed by the circumstances of his painful and perilous position. Mrs. O'Brien, whose fortitude and strength of mind under her misfortunes are the admiration of all, visits her husband easili morning at nine o'clock, and re mains with him all day. None but the nearest mem bers of his family are allowed to see him. He still occupies the same apartment as before his con viction. The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain W. H. has proceeded from Waterford to Cork, and there awaits orders to receive on board the Irish political convicts for transportation to any place "'beyond the, seas." An awful accident, accompanied by less of five lives, happened yesterday morning in Cathedral-lane, from the falling of two of the wretched tenements in this neglected and impoverished part of the city. The houses were occupied chiefly by women of bad repute. The mellncholy occurrence took place about eight o'clock, before the inmates were out of bed. The two buildings fell literally into one indiscriminate keep 'of rubbish. ANOTlll3l‘Riesu.—A most cruel and wanton murder wits committed on the townland of Drum hills, between Cootehill and Ballybay, on the night of the Bth or morning of the 9th instant. The name of the unfortunate victim was James Conolly. His body was foynd with the skull smashed into pieces, and it was evident that more than one person must have been concerned in the murder. An inquest was held on the body shortly after the discovery, and the jury found a verdict of murder against some person or persons unknown; adding, that strong suspicion existed against the son of the deceased, Philip Conolly. Dr. Cooke, of Belfast, has resigned his ministerial charge in that town, after nearly twenty years' ser vice. He has received the liveliest token of sympathy from the congregation and Presbytery, The Belfast papers report a daring attempt of some convicts in Carrickfurgus gaol to make their escape. The attempt proved uesuccessful. One of the gang was shot dead by a guard of the prison.l THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. TRIAL OF O'DONOHOE. CLONMEL, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Court opened at the motel hour this morning, at which time a great crowd of persona surrounded the building to catch a glimpse of Mr. M'Manus, who, it was supposed, would be sen tenced to death before O'Donohoe's trial' was proceeded with. This supposition was strengthened by the fact that the convict was taken down to the Court-house in the van with the other prisoner ; but, on the Judges taking their scats, evident disappointment was created by the Attorney-General telling the officer to put O'Do nohoe to the bar. M'Manus was afterwards taken back to prison. The public interest in the proceedings of the Commis sick seems to have almost totally subsided for the pre sent, but whether from the monotonous sameness of the evidence adduced in each successive trial, or from a diminished interest in the fate of the persons yet to be triad, it is not easy to ascertain. Certain it is, how ever, that this morning the Court presented a most deserted appearance, there not being a single individual present with the exception of those who were obliged to attend in order to assist in the administration of justice, or discharge some business of a public character. The jury having answered to their names, the follow ng additional evidence was adduced on the part of the prosecution:— Timothy Sullivan, one of the Mallinahone police, re peated the testimony given by him on the former trials, and identified the prisoner, Mr. O'Donohoe, as having been one of the persons whom he had seen with Mr. O'Brien upon the occasion of his visit to the town of Mullinahone. Cross-examined by Mr. Burr, Q.C.—I left the police in May last. My sub-constable. Mr. Fitzgibbon, broke a report once. He did not suppress it, but he broke the seal of it. The report contained a charge of drunken ness against Fitzgibbon in it. He did not forward the report atter he broke its seal. In fourteen days after wards T reported it to my superiors, and an investiga tion took place. I was not dismissed for keeping it secret, but I was deprived of a year's service for not reporting the matter in sufficient time. I went before Mr. Despard to give my informations of my own accord. Before I gave my information I sent a written statement to Mr. Despard of all I knew about the matters I have deposed to. That state ment did not contain all I stated here to-day. I told Mr. Despard all I knew of these transactions the £rst time I went to him. If any man swore that there was more - than one person upon the car with Mr. O'Brien when he came Into the town of Mullinahone he would swear falsely. About eight or nine o'clock in the even ing I wets observing the movements of Mr. O'Brien in the town. Lost sight of him from one till three or four o'clock P.M. Saw him go into Mr. Wright's, prubsbly to eat his dinner. He could not have a meeting without his knowing it. Would swear that no speeches were made at the chapel gate. Mr. Cahill entered the town about an hour and a half after Mr. O'Brien came in. Mr. Cahill was as faithworthy a person as he was. Mr. Cahill said he was totally opposed to Mr. O'Brien. Mr. Despard was here called and examined in refer ence to the depositions of the witness. He said that he forwarded them to the Castle, and produced a letter from Mr. Redington acknowledging their receipt, and inti mating to him that Mr. Yemmis had directions to return them to him. Mr. Kemmis said he believed that he had forwarded the informations which he had received from the Castle to the Clerk of the Crown. Mr. Burr, Q.C., gave the Attorney-General notice that if he did I , ot examine Mr. Kemmis, he would call upon the jury to believe that the information was still in his possession. The Clerk of the Crown here read ono of the two in formations sworn by the witness.—Witness—That was the information ho swore at Dublin. Recollected a thing bettor six weeks after it occurred than at the time of its occurrence. Meant that his memory was refreshed, but it was net a refresher in the shape of a fee.—ls it true that two persons came into Mullinahone with Mr. O'Brien, as appears in your information? No, only one; it was taken down wrong.—Are two or one persons named in the information sworn before Mr. Despard? Only one.—At all events I have one falsehood in tho information. Not from me; there is a mistake, but not a falsehood.—Witness continued—He did not swear he saw Mr. O'Donohoe coming in with Mr. O'Brien, but that he followed him in about an hour after, or that he saw him on a car. Told Mr. Dunne in Mullinabone what 14.1 r. O'Brien had said in his speech. The informa tions were correct when they said that Mr. Dillon re marked in his speech that the time was come when the people should arise and arm.—Did you not swear upon your ijractfi mamination that the crowd hustled you so much that you could not hear what Mr. :Dillon said, though you heard his voice? I heard those words. I said 1: heard a few words.—ln your informations you se, ore ro,it Richard Wright ordered the church bells to be rung, and did you not say to me you did not know who got the bells rung? I said I did not kn ow w h o ring tho,b=.-.lls. Doing and orderiog to do a this; is very different. To a juror—There was only one person and the driver of Vie car with Mr. O'Brien. Mr. eniaais was here examined with reference to the information of :Sullivan, sworn before Mr. Despard.— .After Lie made copies of all the original informations he returned them to the Clerk of the Crown. Ile did not recollect having received the informations of Sullivan, but was sure they hadteen sent to him, from the pecu liar and proverbial accuracy of Mr. Redington in for warlag documents. Witness looked through a variety of papers, but could not find the informations. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1848. Michael Tobin examined—Knew Thomas Kicken of Mullinahone. I heard of the " row" at Farrinrory. The prisoner, to the best of his belief, was one of the two men he drove to Mullirtahone. Ho was much like the man. On returning back he overtook a great number of armed men going into Balling,arr3, but he could not see who headed them, as he was in the rear. When the witness got to the cross of Ballingarry _the two gentlemen came off the car. To a juror—Saw the two gentlemen whom he drove in Ballingarry, but could not say that the prisoner was one of them. After some unimportant testimony had been elicited, Dutton Mathew was examined—Lived in Killenaule. Identified the prisoner as one of the gentlemen he saw about Walsh's Hotel on the Friday. Saw Mr. O'Dono hoe go to the barricades along with Stephens, Dillon, and M'Manus. O'Donehoe was not armed. Witness detailed the facts connected with the removal of the barricades, the cheering of the hussars, and stated that an offensive word was not said to a single man. Did not see the car stir from the hotel door. Got a whisper to go home, and took the hint. Capt. Longmore and a private of the Bth Hussars were then examined, but their evidence was precisely the same as on the other trials. Sub-Inspector Trent was then examined in reference to the attack upon the Widow Cormack's house, the particulars of which have been repeatedly published. On cross-examination, the witness stated that Father Fitzgerald came to him to make peace between both parties. He replied that he would los• his life before he would surrender his gun. Did not know where Father Fitzgerald then was. Did not hear that he had died since the occurrence. Police-constable Moran identified the prisoner as one of the persons whom he saw outside the Widow Cor mick's house. He had a gun. The firing was not going on at the time. Observed him before the firing began, about five minutes after they got into the house. He was outside the wall to the right of the wicket. Cross-examined by Mr. MEAGHER—Did not see any person in the enclosure when they commenced firing. Witness fired the first shot from the gable window. Witness could not be mistaken that Mr. O'Brien used the words, " Slash away, boys, and slaughter them all I" Before he used the words he shook hands with Mahony and Rafferty, police-constables. He saw the prisoner behind a wall pointing his gun towards the enemy where he and his comrades were. He (witness) desired them to take care or they would be shot. He, however, did not fire. I fired at a man that was certainly very near some women. There might be some one besides myself whoi could say that the prisoner: was at Farrinrory. I did not ask any question upon the subject. I do not recollect that the prisoner complained of the manner in which he was identified by me in Kilmainham gaol. Nor do I remember he remonstrated with Mr. Fitz maurice on the unfair manner in which he was dealt with. The witness was not told that the prisoner had taken off his whiskers when he was going to identify him in Kilmainham, but he made the remark himself after he saw him. Police-constable Ford was next examined relative to the same facts. The former witness told him that a man was presenting a gun at him and to mind himself. Witness told Moran that if he minded him he would mind him (Moran). Drew back his head, and shortly afterwards a shot was fired. Chief Justice DOHERTIC—You thought it prudent to keep you head out of the way? Witness—Yes, my Lord. Mr. SSOTT—Had the firing commenced at this time ? Witness—lt was nearly over.—Did you hear Mr. O'Brien use the words " Slash away?" I did not.—Are you not a little hard of hearing? lam not, sir. Police-constable Robinson was produced for cross examination—He saw a man present a gun outside the wall when bis attention was called to the fact by Moran. Police-constable Cornelius Mahony examined—Was at the Widow Cormack's house the day of the tight. Cross-examined—Heard Moran tell him and the rest to keep back, as a man was presenting a gun at them. Did not see the man, nor did he hear the expression, " Slash away, boys." Mr. Kemmis proved the Order of Council to try the prisoner for high treason. Police-constable John Carroll was next examined.— He was the person from whom Mr. O'Brien took the horse, and who had come from Kilkenny with dispatches for Mr. Trent. He detailed the facts of his detention as a prisoner, the rencontre with Mr. O'Brien, the meet ing with M`Manus, and his preserving him from vio lence by taking him into a field, and the interference of Father Fitzgerald with Mr. Trent to surrender his arms. Witness heard Father Fitzgerald say to Mr. Trent, " What if I take yourself and your arms, and protect you out of that?" Mr. Trent replied that he had seen clerical influence fail before, and he would rely upon his own resources; but he asked him to protect him (witness). He also stated that when Father Fitzgerald came back from the house after the interview with Mr. Trant he desired the people to go home, saying, "As many of you as are here to-day, there will be twice as many of her Majesty's troops to-morrow, and if you injure the police the country will be left waste." Mr. Burr—Am I to understand you that Father Fitz gerald dispersed the people? Yes.—After his exhor tation the crowd was thinned? Yes. Sub-Inspector Cox was next examined, His evidence was the same same as that given by him upon the two previous trials. Police-sergeant Madden examined—On the night of the 12th of August arrested the prisoner about eleven o'clock at night near to Holycross and Rathkennan. Mr. Meagher and Mr. Leyne were with him. Sent three men after them, who called them back. Witness stepped forward, and spoke to one of them, who turned out to be Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher. Asked him his name. After some hesitation he replied. "My name is Meagher." Then he asked the prisoner his name, and he replied that it was O'Donohoe. Told the persons whom he thus met that they should come with him to Rathkennan. They asked him what steps he would take. He replied that he would bring them before a magistrate. Upon arriving at the barrack there was a short delay while the orderly was opening the door. Witness complained that Mr. Leyne would not tell his name. The others asked if they had not told their name. He replied that they had done so. O'Donohoe had a prayer-book and a small bottle in his breast. He (O'Donohoe) said he had no objection to go before Mr. Jones, but upon arriving at Holycross he complained of being fatigued. Got a car for the party, and marched them into Thurles. At six o'clock, Mr. Burr, (IC., informed the Court that as he had been retained late in the case, and his Learned Friend, Mr. Meagher, was more familiar with the evidence than he was, they had arranged between Clem that he would speak first, and after the evidence had been given he would address them. Mr. FRANCIS MEAGHER then asked the Court to ad journ to the following morning, and he promised them that he would be able to save the public time by con densing his observations. The CHIEF JUSTICE said that he and his Learned Brothers very much regretted that they were obliged to call upon Mr. Meagher to proceed with his address that evening. Mr. MEAGHER then proceeded with his address. He dwelt upon the pubdcity that had been given to the previous proceedings, and the risk which his client ran that his case would be preju diced by the jury. As to the constitution of the jury, he said it was only reasonable for his client to have de sired that some persons who entertained his political opi• nions would have been on it. He then undertook to prove that his client had not levied war against the Queen. Having referred to the circumstance connected with the enactment of the 25 Edward 111., and stated and com mented upon the law of high treason as it now exists, the Learned Counsel stated that the defence which he intended to submit to the jury on his client's behalf was that which had been put forward in both the trials which had been conducted, viz., that although the ge neral designs of an insurrection had existed in the minds of Mr. O'Brien and his friends, yet during the whole of the transaction alleged by the Crown to con.- stitute the overt acts of an actual revolution, no single step had been taken by any of the parties accused with a view to carry out the general object imputed to them. With respect to the allegation of the Attorney-General, that Mr. O'Brien and his friends could not, unless they intended a rebellion, have gone into such a wild part of the country, and called on the people to arm, under the circumstances set out in the evidence for the pro secution, he contended that the fact of their pre sence in such a situation was perfeetly consistent with the real object they had in view—namely, to protect Mr. O'Brien and themselves from arrest. What, let him ask, could have been more natural than that a num ber of gentlemen situated as these persons had been, ap prehensive of arrest, yet unwilling to be apprehended, should withdraw into some place, which from its inac cessible character, or some other reason, was calculated to afford them a chance of temporary concealment ? It was natural to suppose that if the object were the levy ing of war, an open avowal of the intention would be at once made; bat the declaration was merely that the object was to escape from arrest. This was the avowal made by Mr. O'Brien, before a single act was done. He asked them would they think of acting on the evidence of the witness Sullivan, if it involved merely one week's imprisonment of his client, and pointed out discrepancies between his informations and his evidence, and the ab surdity of supposing that Mr. O'Brien, who was re presented as engaged in a revolutionary movement, sang a song about " Sweet 'Tipperary " in the open street, before a multitude of people. The Learned Counsel continued to argue with much ability on behalf of his client. The Court, at a late hour was adjourned till next morning, when evidence for the defence will be pro duced, and it is very probable that the case will close in the evening. CLONMEL, SATURDAT.-.-The proceedings in Court opened to-day with evidence adduced by the counsel for the prisoner to show that O'Donohoe was not at the fight on the Commons of Boulagh, but that he, Meagher, and Leyce had left Smith O'Brien on the Friday night. To prove this a respectable farmer was called, who proved that these three gentlemen came to his house between three and four o'clock on Saturday morning, and stayed with him till eleven o'clock that night. A girl, who had been in the house at the time, was called in corrobora tion. Though the Crown used every exertion to in vc; ve these respective statements in contradiction, they met with no success. Mr. BUTT was then heard for the prisoner, and the Solicitor-General replied for the Crown in a speech disfigured with severe! undignified squabbles between hirn and Mr. Butt. Admitting that the prisoner might have left Mr. O'Bri..n on the Friday night, and gene to Nine-Jnile House, as the witnesses for the defence had stated, the Solicitor• General contended it was still for the jury to consider whether they had gone with a view to separate themselves from Mr. O'Brien's treasonable intentions, or whether they had gone to form another position for the rebel camp. Mr. Justioc MOORE thin charged the jury, confining himself scrupulously to the laying down the law of the case, and to a summary of the facts given in evidence. The jury retired about seven o'clock. [No verdict had been returned when this dispatch left.] RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE OPENING OF THE NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE TWEED. The opening of this stupendous structure for the convenience of public traffic cannot but be regarded as an event of the highest importance in the railway world. Whether it is considered in a merely com mercial point of view, or regarded as a proof of the advancing skill and science of the age, it is equally calculated to excite our wonder and admiration. Temporary though it is, does it not excite unwonted ideas when we see the work of a few months produce what the continued labour of twenty years, two or three centuries ago, hardly sufficed to realise ? Another point which lends an additional interest to the opening of this great bridge, is the fact that it is the last connecting link in that mighty chain of com munication extending from the metropolis of the south to that of the north. London and Edinburgh, the capitals of two nations for centuries at enmity, now shake hands with each other. They are no longer separated—no longer divided. They are now united by a bond of iron which, the longer they flourish, shall render their connexion more indissoluble. Not less interesting are the historical associations connect ing with the situation of the bridge, but upon these we shall not at present enter. The bridge and viaduct were formally inspected on Tuesday by Captain Symonds, Government Inspector of Railways. He arrived at the Tweedmouth station by special train from Newcastle, about half-past two o'clock, accompanied by Mr. Harrison, the engineer of the line. Shortly afterwards an engine, with a first and second-class carriage attached, containing these gentlemen, Mr. Bruce, resident engineer, seve ral of the railway officials, and some ladies, proceeded at a slow pace from the station along the immense viaduct and the temporary wooden bridge to the North British Railway station, where a large assem blage had been some time waiting in anticipation of Captain Symonds's arrival. On the approach of the train three hearty cheers were sent forth, accompanied by the booming of three pieces of artillery, planted about the centre of the bridge, and which were fre quently fired in the course of the day. Numberless flags were also hoisted at various parts along the line and the bridge. The wooden structure, as we stated a few weeks ago, was then completed, only a portion of the adja cent earthen embankment being unfinished. The utmost exertions have since been made, day and night, to complete this part of the line, in order that the bridge might be opened by the time specified in the contract, and it was so far finished on Monday morn ing that trains could have passed, a portion of the ballast only being required to be filled in. On Tues day forenoon, about twelve o'clock, a train of 14 trucks laden with coke, drawn by two engines, pro ceeded from the Tweedmouth station to that of the North British. It is estimated that the total weight of this train could not have been less than 180 tons. Beyond a very slight vibration, the train went as smoothly as upon the firmest rock. Several trains of the same kind, and one or two goods trains, subse quently passed over during the day, and the regular passenger trains commenced running along the bridge on Wednesday morning. The opinion of competent and uninterested persons skilled in engineering represents the wooden bridge to be perfectly substantial, and in fact as trustworthy, and perhaps more so, than any stone structure. The names of the scientific men under whose direction it has been raised are a sufficient guarantee for its secu rity, and will put at rest any fears that might be en tertained. The bridge was commenced in the early part of this year, and the quantity of timber employed in its eonstractioa amounts to nearly 800,000 cubic feet. It is 39 feet wide at the base, contracting gra dually as it ascends to 13 feet in breadth. The bridge itself is 1,200 feet long, and the height from the bed of the river 120 feet. Along the bridge is laid a double line of rails, the second line being within those on which the carriages run, and is raised two inches above them, which plan is adopted to pre vent oscillation, and render their passage safe and smooth. The embankment, extending from the bridge to the station at Tweedmouth, nearly half a mile long, is estimated to contain 1,100,000 tons of earth. But while every exertion has been made to complete the temporary structure within the specified time, the permanent stone bridge, which is being erected on one side of the other, has already made considerable progress. This bridge, which it is ex pected will be finished in July next year, will contaih twenty-eight semicircular arches, eleven of which, we believe, will be required to span the river—the others, on the Tweedmouth side of the river, are al ready nearly finished, and form a continuation of the present wooden erection. The whole length of the stone bridge will be 2,000 feet, and its extreme height from the foundation to the Broadway 134 fee —Berwick Warder. Captain Binstead, R.N., general manager of the Lancashire and Yorkshire system of railways, has resigned. Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Wa terford and Limerick Railway, also resigns, and is expected to be succeeded by Mr. Charles de Lacy Nash, known for his exertions in connexion with the late "railway robberies." GREAT NORTHERN -- OPENING ON THE This company will open, on the 17th instant, the principal portion of the loop line, extending from Peterborough to Lincoln. This, in conjunction with the East Lincolnshire line, lately (as noticed in our last) entirely opened, and the Eastern Counties line, or the London and North-Western line to Peter. borough, as well as by that part of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire from Great Grimsby to New Holland, opposite Hull, furnish a new route from London to Hull, no less than forty miles shorter than the present route, and effecting a saving in the fare of about 13 per cent. It will be, doubt less, very satisfactory to the shareholders of the Great Northern to find that their directors have so far ful filled their promises nearly to a day, not withstandiog the pressure upon them of adverse circumstances.-- Herapath's Railway Journal. SOUTH DETON.—The key-stone of the eastere i end of the arch in the tunnel at Mutley-plain was fitted in on Saturday last, and the timbers will probably be removed in the course of the present week. The directors on Thursday passed a resolution reducing the salaries of all the men employed on the line. The policemen and porters are to have 14s. a week, in stead of 155., and those of a higher grade will be re duced about twenty per cent. A great number of hands have recently been discharged all along the line, and a further reduction in the number of porters, policemen, and clerks is contemplated. The reduction that has been made in the salaries of the officials is in accordance with a suggestion that was made at the last half-yearly meeting. The secretary has issued notices for the sale of 680 tons of atmospheric railway iron pipes, averaging about cwt. each, now lying at Bristol ; also for the sale of about 1,600 tons Scotch pig iron and about 1,000 tons of Welsh c o ld blast iron, deliverable at Bristol and Bridgewater. CORNWALL.--Mr. W. H. Bond, the secretary of the Cornwall Railway, has issued a letter to the share holders, in which he sa y s :—" Th e b oar d o f di rectors having had under consideration the propriety, in the present circumstances of the company, of paying the interest in respect of the calls .paid up, have, for the present, resolved to suspend the payment thereof." The works on this line in the neighbourhood of Ply mouth have been entirely suspended for some time past. EZTENSION OP THE IRISH GREAT WESTERN INTO GALWAY.—A meeting of the nobility and gentry has just been held at Ballinasloe, to take measures for the extension of a great arterial line into Galway, so as to provide the people with reproductive employment during the winter. The Earl of Clancarty expressed his conviction that great advantage would result, not only to Connaught, but the entire kingdom, from this extension; and the Marquis of Sligo was of opinion that every man should exert himself to promote it as a means of providing reproductive employment for the people. Mr. Reynolds th oug ht t h at G overnment, if properly applied to, could not refuse a loan of 500,0001. for the pu rpose, and th e ma j or i ty of the landowners would give their land free of charge. IRISH SOUTH. EASTERN.—The works on the above line, from Bagnallstown to Kilkenny, were discon tinued on Saturday last, by order of Mr. Dugan, the contractor, and it is not probable they will be resumed before next year.—Carlow Sentinel. SCOTTISH CINTRAL.—After a good deal of nego tiator, we understand that the details of the arrange. ments for leasing this undertaking to the Southern Companies are now finally concluded, and that the agreement has been signed by the chairmen and other officials of the companies interested therein. The Scottish Central is now guaranteed in perpetuity seven per cent., and half surplus profits by the Edin burgh and Glasgow, Caledonian, Lancaster, and Carlisle, and London and North-Western. The agreement between the same parties and the Scot tish Midland, with six per cent. guarantee and half profits, has also been ratified.—Perth Courier of Thursday. LIB CITY Sewsa CommissioN. --During the whole of Saturday the Seleet Committee belonging to this Commission were engaged in the reception and con sideration of propesals for the ♦entilation of the sewers. Some of the plans were of an elaborate character, most of them contained propositions of considerable merit, the majority being much admired by the Committee. At the close of the proceeding Mr. Deputy Peacrek, the chairman, announced to the several parties that a writ ten answer would be sent to each of them in the course of a few days. At a recent meeting of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce a resolution was agreed to, on the motion of Mr. Cowan, M.P., to attempt to get Government to allow a higher rate of interest to depositors in the Na tional Security Savings' Banks. In all quarters these institutions are suffering from the minimum ra'e of in terest presently allowed. Vbirb 92bition FRANCE. " Certain journals," says the Moniteur, " assert that the raising of the state of siege, and the pre sentation of a decree ordering the removal to Algeria of the insurgents of June, condemned to transporta tion, were conditions required by the new Minis ters previous to their entrance into the Cabinet. Those measures were already agreed upon since the vote on the proposition of M. Durrien. They obtained, moreover, the assent of the whole of the new Ministry." Before the meeting of the National Assembly on Saturday last, a number of representatives belonging to different opinions assembled in a room attached to the hall of the National Assembly, to deliberate on the raising of the siege of Paris. Three Ministers —General Lamoriciere, Marie, and Freslon, were present. The two first entered on an explanation of the present situation of affairs. They declared that the Executive Government was of opinion that the state of siege might at this moment be raised without danger, but that the existing laws on the press and on the clubs did not sufficiently arm the Government, and that it might be necessary to modify them. Those explanations which were mentioned in the standing committees were favourably re ceived. The Commissioners elected to commu:.i. cats with the Government appeared to coincide with them. The club of the Rue de Poitiers, after a long discussion, resolved to leave the Members free to act as they pleased. The revelations made by several representatives as to public opinion, and on the proceedings of the clubs, produced a consider able effect in the committee-rooms. M. L:rger, the Mayor of the second arrondissement, and other members of the same Committee, mentioned several serious facts of threats uttered against General Cavaignac and the Members of the National Assem bly. Nevertheless the general feeling of the Re presentatives appeared to be in favour of raising the state of siege, giving the Government at the same time additional powers to restrain the press and the clubs, and to renew the state of siege should circumstances require it. It was further proposed, that in cage the Assembly should be prorogued, the Government should be empowered to re• establish the state of siege provisionally on their own responsibility. MM. de Tracy, Combarel, De Leyval, Poujoulat, De Tillancourt, Gerdy, and Porion, spoke in favour of maintaining the state of siege. MM. Dupin the elder, Coquerel, Duclerc, General Changarnier, Degoussee, Moreau, Pascal Duprat, Turck, General Lebreton, Charles Dupin, Glais- Bizoin, Dapont (de Bussac), Berenger, Detours, Chauffour, Flacon, and Menaud spoke In favour of raising the state of siege, with certain restrictions. FRANKFORT. GERMAN PARLIAMENT. In the sitting of the German Parliament of the 12th, Eiienmann asked the Ministry whether it intended :o bring the Imperial forces to bear in Hungary ? Berger, after an animated and enthusiastic allusion to the — news which the two last posts had brought from Vienna, moved that the National Assembly declare the Imperial Diet in Vienna, and the heroic democratic population of Vienna, to have deserved highly of the German Fatherland. As the National Assembly would not grant him a hearing, Berger proceeded to declaim with some vehemence against the refusal.—(Clamour on the Right and Centre.) lie would not allow himself to be interrupted ; at any rate he would say every word that he had to say. Rather than see his motion referred to a Committee, and thus submitted to the usual drawling routine, with every chance of its purport being grievously frustrated, he withdrew it at once. The House was upon the point of proceeding with the order of the day, when Schtnerling, the Minister, said there were two in terpellstions for him to answer in relation to Austria. Before replying to them he begged to be allowed to make a communication. The Assembly might imagine that the moment news had arrived in Frank fort of the important events that had just occurred in Vienna, this intelligence had seriously engrossed the attention of the Ministry. With regard to the employment of Imperial troops in Hungary, the Ministry had already come to a determination. This determination had been submitted to the Adminis trator, had been approved by him, and was already being carried into execution. Ile could not at present enter into further details, but would shortly lay an ample, and, he trusted, very satisfactory statement before the Assembly.—(Faint murmurs on the Left.) In regard to the quartering of the Imperial troops, he would distinctly state that the Central Power intended to accord a proper indemnification for the maintenance of all troops that were employed on extraordinary occasions. Wesendonck said that in consequence of the late news from Vienna, and in consideration that the Provisional Central Power can legally execute no thing that has not previously been resolved upon by the Nationally Assembly, he moved that the Ministry be called upon to give an immediate account of the measures which it had adopted with regard to Hun gary and Austria.—(Wesendonck was not allowed to establish his motion any further.) AnOther Member of the Left mored—" In consi deration that the Imperial Diet in Vienna has de clared itself permanent, the National Assembly re solves that all interference on the part of the Pro visional Central Power shall be condemned as illegal, and as a violation of the rights of the individual ' states."..e (The urgency of the motion was dis allowed.) Wesendonck said that as he had been refused per mission to establish his motion, and although he I could in no wise approve of Imperial troops being sent (supposing this to be the case) against the demo crats of Vienna, he found himself obliged to withdraw his motion. The following sections of the fundamental rights were carried to-day without discussion : " All judicature emanates from the state. No pa trimonial courts shall exist. The judicial power is exercised independently by the judicial court. " Cabinet or ministerial judicature is inadmissible. " No privileged courts shall exist either for persons or landed interest. " Military judicature is confined to the , passing judgment on military crime s or offences, as also on offences committed against military discipline, with the reservation of such provisions as are made for the declaration of martial law. " No judge may be degraded or suspended from his office, or disparaged either in rank or salary, except by formal judgment and application of the law. " No judge may either be translated or pensioned off against his will, except on the ground of a judicial verdict returned agreeably to the cases and forms prescribed by the law. " The proceedings of the court shall be conducted publicly and vim' tire. In criminal matters an in dictment must be laid. A jury must return the verdict in the case of heinous crime or political of fences. "ln matters where particular knowledge of a cal ling is necessary the civil law must be administered or co-administered by judges both versed in the sub ject, and freely chosen by followers of that calling. "Justice and administration shall be separate. _ " Nowhere ha s the poli ce th e power of criminal punishment. "In the army only one and the same code of mar tial law is valid; this is founded on public process before a jury. " Adrninistratio jttdicialis is at an end. "The courts of law decide in respect of all viola tionsof the law. _ _ " Judgments entered in German courts of law, as also public and authentic documents (instrumenta originalia •el authentica), are of equal effect Wand validity in all German lands." he called the National Guard under arms. After several communications they were obliged to fire upon the rioters, who took refuge upon a mountain, whence they dislodged stones, and hurled them upon the whites. Orders were then given to take the mountain by assault, which was effected by thirty five Communal Guards. Several blacks were killed, and a European female was struck by a ball, which was, however, extracted, and her life declared out of danger. In the Danish colonies there has been a general rising of the blacks in the islands of St. Thomas and Santa Cruz. In both these placed the Governments were obliged immediately to publish an ordinal.ce by which the blacks we re declared free. The New Rotterdam Courant gives an account of the discovery of very rich iron mines in the kingdom of Borneo.—Dutch Papers, Oct. 14. John Dolby, a practical chemist at 298, Strand, was indicted for a misdemeanour, "by placing certain noxious matter near the door of a certain room occu pied by Sarah Wild and her children, whereby they were rendered ill," &c. Mr. Prendergast conducted the prosecution, and Mr. O'Brien appeared for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant had succeeded to the business, as a practical chemist, of a Mr Maclachlan, at the house in question, in which the prosecutor, a wood engraver, and his wife, with their family, took apartments in the month of June last. In the early part of the past month some differences arose between the wives of the respective parties, in the course of which it was stated Mrs. Wild had applied the epithet " scum" to Mrs. Dolby, which, coupled with causes of a pecuniary character, determined Mr. Dolby to endeavour to get rid of these lodgers. Finding that no other means succeeded, the defendant caused his apprentice to put some chemical matters into a pot, and having set it on tire, then to place it close to the door of the room which was in the occupation of the prosecutor's family. The result was that a gas of the most obnoxious character was evolved, so that in a very few minutes, not only Mrs. Wild, but all the children were nearly suffocated. They remained very ill for some days, and Mrs. Wild became ex tremely so, as she had not long been out of her con finement. Dr. Ryan and Mr. Miller, professors of chemistry, had examined the matter which had been used by the defendant, and stated that it was the phosphuret of calcium mixed with muriatic acid. The effect of the latter was to decompose the former, and thereby to evolve a gaseous substance termed phosphuretted hy drogen. This last-named gas was one of the most obnoxious and offensive of all the gases, and if used in any quantity was decidedly injurious to health. There could be no doubt but that the symptoms which the family of the prosecutor had exhibited had been caused by the step the defendant had taken. It was not chloride of calcium, but phasphuret of calcium ; for if it had been the former it would not have acted as a decomposing agent, as it was in truth an " inert salt." Mr. O'BRIEN made a powerful speech to: the jury on behalf of the defendant. The Learned JUDGE, in leaving the case to the jury, said he must ask them to say whether, in their opinion, the defendant had by himself, or another, by his order, placed this mixture at the door of the prosecutor's room with the inten tion of doing an injury to their health, or whether it had been placed there simply as an annoyance, with the view of getting rid of the family from the house. The jury having consulted for a few minutes, said that the defendant was guilty of having placed the mixture at the door, but that he had not, in their opinion, done so with any intention of doing the parties harm. Mr. PRENDERGAST said, that :virtually this was a verdict :of not guilty, for he could not, upon such a finding, move for judgment. A verdict of not guilty was therefore entered. Madame Mindy de Souza, alias Elizabeth Taylor, was indicted for keeping a house of ill fame, 10, Bury-street, St. James's. She was convicted on the evidence of the under butler of Viscount Alford and one of her Majesty's " gentlemen porters." The Learned JUDGE sentenced her to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and at the expiration of that period to enter into her own recognizances in the stain of 2001. and to find two sureties of 201. each for her good behaviour for five years." POLICE, INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday, William George Flynn, a man who has been in the habit of putting advertisements in the newspapers headed " The Sea, the Sea," " To Pa rents and Guardians," &c., " Midshipmen Wanted," intimatine. that " vessels of the l a r ge r c l ass , corn. manded by captains who would attend to the moral and nautical education of the parties entrusted to their care, were in want of apprentices," appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer the charge of two brothers, named George and James Cargyll. Mr. Pelham, who appeared gratuitously for the pro tection of the boys, stated, that for some time the newspapers contained advertisements under the above heads, and that numerous impositions had been prac tised by persons who pretended to be authorised to engage apprentices to be bound under the Merchant Seamen's Act. Inquiries were to be made of certain parties, who, it was found, employed a number of crimps on board vessels in the docks and river, and ascer tain whether any and what ships required apprentices, in accordance with the number required by the 37th clause of the S'th and Bth Victoria, chap. 112, which regulated the number according to the tonnage. The next thing to be ascertained was the amount of pre mium. That appeared to be from 21. to 201., and when the premium was obtained from the friends of the poor lads who applied the outfit was demanded, and after that demand was answered the business was so manoeuvred that the applicants were left without ship and without redress of any kind. The present complainants were the children of a poor widow at Leeds, who had seen an advertisement in the Leeds paper, promising everything for apprentices, and re ferring to Mr. Flynn, and the two lads were supplied with all the necessaries, and Mr. Flynn was paid the sum of 61. 6s. to provide them with the situations. After having waited in town, however, for a length of time, the poor boys were regularly thrown upon the town, and subjected to all the casualties of the lowest parts of the metropolis. The LORD MAYOR desired that the evidence in so atrocious a case should be produced before him as soon as possible. Flynn declared that he had been applied to by a man of the name of Smith at Leeds, who advertised in the way described, and that he ;undertook to get employment for boys in ships upon commission for that person. lie declared that he had no dishonest intention, and that he had situations for the two lads, but that they were unable to take them on account of the want of outfits. He hoped the Lord Mayor would take his ignorance of the law into considera tion, and not proceed to extremities. Mr. Pelham (the case having been postponed for evidence as to the conspiracy) stated to the Lord Mayor that, under all the circumstances, and con sidering the great expense a prosecution would occa sion, he thought the offer of the defendant to make complete restitution might be accepted, especially as there was a probability that they would soon be pro vided for. The LORD MAYOR said, that if evidence of so ne farious a case were brought forward he would un questionably have committed the defendant for trial, and he believed there could be little doubt as to the result. Ile considered Mr. Pelham was entitled to great commendation for having thus volunteered to serve the poor boys who had been subjected to such treatment as might have made them vagabonds for life, and he advised Flynn to look to himself, for the eye of the police would most certainly be upon him. Flynn thanked the Lord Mayor for his lenity, and said that his Leeds correspondent was alone to blame for " The sea! the sea! " HOLLAND. THE thosuE, OCT.li—The First Chamber of the States-General, in its sitting of the 12th October, adopted the twelve projects of law comprising the uew fundamental law. . The legislative session of 18474848 will close on Saturday next (14th). On Monday next, 16th of October, his Majesty will open in person the ordinary session of the States-General at the Hague. The RN- nister cf Finance ad interim has published a de claration stating that the existence of the cholera at Hamburgh having been proved, all vessels coming from thence will be subject to the quarantine regula lions laid down for vessels coming from Russia, and especially from Finland and the Baltic. The same precautions are to be observed in regard to vessels coming from German ports situated in the Baltic and Elbe, including that of Cuxhaven. In tact, as all the Russian and German ports situated between Aboo and Kiel may be regarded as suspected, all vessels comiing from thence are subject to the quarantine. j TIM NE rHERLANIDS, EAST INDIES. Perfect tranquillity continues to prevail in the island of Java, besides which the colonial army is to be reinforced by 2,000 native troops. New barracks are now being constructed for the accommodation of these troops, and batteries are being erected near Batavia. The old fortress situated between %Vette vredsn and BuiteLzorg is to receive a very large garrison. We have received the following details respecting the rise of the blacks of St. Eustache. The blacks collected from all the plantations, and repaired to the residence of the Governor, Mr. De Veer, and de manded their liberty, which the King had long since granted to them. Mr. De Veer replied that he was entirely ignorant cf a royal decree of this nature, and that consequently it was impossible for him to satisfy their demands, exhorting them at the same time to return peaceably to their plantations. See ing that they were by no means disposed to listen, BOW-STREET. A woman named Charlotte Smith, and Jasues Smith, her husband, were charged with robbing Mr. Thomas Smyth, a barrister-at-law, residing at 49, Chancery lane, of books, china, &c. It appeared that the woman had been employed as laundress at the chambers for two years, and some short time back Mr.' Smyth was induced, on her representations of poverty, to take a lodging for her husband and herself in the same house. He had been out of town for some time, and on his return received an anonymous letter telling him to look over his property, as some of it had been stolen. He did so, and discovered that a pair of blankets had disap peared ; and on questioning the female prisoner, she acknowledged having pawned them ; this caused him to make further search, and his then found out that a number of valuable china plates, books, shirts, and other wearing :apparel, had disappeared during his absence. HQ gave information to the police, and the prisoners were both takan into custody, and dupli cates for nearly all the property were found upon them. The female prisoner said, if it had not been for distress she would not have done it. The prisoners were committed for trial ; and Mr. HIEN/ay remarked that he could not help re peating an opinion he had expressed en various occa sions, that a great many persons in the prisoners' situation were induced to commit robberies from the facility with which they were enabled to dispose cf the property at the pawnbrokers, who did not ques tion them properly as to how they obtained it. WORSHIP-STREE7'. James Hampton, a well-dressed person, who was stated to be the son of an extensive carrier at Hackney, was charged with having falsely assumed the character of a policeman, with a view to extort money from two young gentlemen named Cockrell, residing at Dalston. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner went up to the commplainants, after they had dis charged a fowling-piece on Hackney-downs, and de -1 manded their license. They said they were not 1 shooting game. The prisoner told them they had nevertheless committed a crime for which they were liable to he punished, and he should take them int, custody unless they gave him some money to let them off. This raised a suspicion in their minds, and having promised to go for the money, they went instead to a police-station and got the prisoner taken into custody. His excuse was that he had only done it for a lark, and did not conceive that he had com mitted any legal offence. The MAGISTRATE said, the prisoner had rendered himself liable to a penalty of 201. for falsely assuming the character of a policeman ; but, taking into ac count that he had already suffered a week's imprison ment, he should reduce the fine to 31., and in default commit him for one month to the House of Correc tion, WANDSWORTH. Frederick Smith, a respectably dressed man, wh stated that he assisted his mother, who was a cattl dealer, residing in Acre lane, Clapham, surrendered to his bail to answer a charge of stealing a terrier dog, the property of Mr. Samuel Sidney. The case was clearly proved against the prisoner, who had been seen by a girl nine years of age to entice the dog towards him with something white, and then to snatch it up and run off with it at full speed. The prisoner cross-examined the girl, who had given her evidence in a very clear and intelligible manner, but was unable to elicit a single fact favour able to himself, but on the contrary, brought out some facts that strengthened the case against him. The prisoner said that the evidence was altogether false, and that he was innocent of stealing tha dog. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody said, he found in his pocket two cords with slip knots, such as dog.stealers used. Mr. PAYNTER said, that he had considered the case proved at the last examination, but as the pri soner asserted his respectability he gave him time to prepare his defence, and, to facilitate him, he accepted bail. But what had been the result ? He had neither disproved the case nor brought witnesses to character. It was not, certainly, made clear that he was a dog stealer by profession ; and, therefore, treating this as a first offence, he should order the prisoner to pay 51., the value of the dog, and a further sum of 101., which was half the extreme penalty, and in default of pay ment he would be committed for three months. The prisoner was committed. CORONERS' INQUESTS. ALLEGED CASES OF ASIATIC CHOLERA IN THE POOL OF LONDON. On Saturday afternoon a long inquiry was insti tuted before Mr. Baker, at the Duke of York, Sal mon's-lane, Ratcliffe, on view of the body of Robert Scott, aged 50, a seaman on board the Magnet collier, of Seaham, near South Shi e ld s , w h o di ed from an attack of Asiatic cholera. Mr. Waters, mate of the MAgnet, said that the vessel left Seaham with a crew of eleven seamen, on the morning of Monday week, and arrived at Graves end on Wednesday last, after a fatiguing voyage. On the follcwing day she reached the Pool. The same day the deceased went ashore to see his wife and family, who live near Bow Creek. He returned to the vessel about eight o'clock on the Friday morning. He was quite sober, and apparently in good health. He made no complaint, and went to his work till about nine o'clock, when he was seized with a com plaint in his bowels, which was accompanied with cramps. CORONER—What had he been eating that morn ing? Witness—He took some coffee, but had no thing to eat. Witness in continuation said that he did not know what deceased had when ashore. About ten o'clock the deceased got worse, upon which he sent for a medical gentleman, and Mr. Cleland, sur geon, of Ratcliffe, attended. CORONER—Were the cramps violent Witness —They were at first, but they were not so violent shortly before he died. He had every attention paid to him, and was perfectly sensible during the whole time of the attack. CORONER—Were his sufferings very great ? Witness—They were at first. There was a blueness about the skin after he was attacked. By a juror—He was not an habitual drunkard. Occasionally he would overstep the bounds. Mr. Allen Cleland stated that he saw the deceased between ten and eleven o'clock on Friday morning, and found him lying on th e d ec k . The CORONER bserved that it was highly improper that he should have been placed in such a position, as warmth was so necessary. The mate said deceased was brought on deck for the sake of the air. Mr. Cleland remarked that he ordered him to be placed in his hammock, when he was wrapped in a blanket, and applied frictions to the bowels. Witness also administered brandy, with calomel and opium. CORONER —Just describe to the jury how the case was. Witness--Deceased was in a state of great de presion. He was passing rice-water sort of stools every minute, and retched a kind of bilious matter. He was in 'very great pain, and the cramps were awful. He rolled himself about the deck. There was also a blueness on the skin. The CORONER —Did you administer the laudanum in the proportions as recommended by the Medical Board of Health ? Witness—l gave deceased forty drops of laudanum for the first two half-hours, and repeated the dose afterwards every hour. The CORONER here referred to the circular issued by the Board of Health, and observed that it was very desirable a copy should be sent to every medical man, as it was most important that a treatment which was recommended by men of the highest medical science should be known by every practitioner. By the CORONER—I have no hesitation in stating the case to be Asiatic cholera. I have received a com munication from the police on the subject. The CoitoNrit remarked that he ought to send a report to the Board of Health. Mr. Cleland replied that he would not fail to for ward a communication there. The CORONER directed the attention of the mate to the necessity of having a spirit-lamp on board, in order that upon any future case of emergency it might be applied to promote heat. When the Asiatic, cholera last visited this country in 1832, they were highly recommended, and found to be most beneficial. Mr. Cleland here informed the Coroner that the deceased, during the two days he was from the ship, had been drinking hard. A juror —Would drinking ardent spirits tend to cause the cholera ? Witness —Undoubtedly it would tend to promote it. The mate, in answer to the Coroner, said that all the rest of the crew were in good health. The CORONER remarked that it was a most extra ordinary disease, as it was remarkable that one only should be attacked out of a crew ; and he observed that he held the inquest as the death occurred on board ship, in order that captains of vessels might take precautions to arrest its progress. Verdict—" Visitation of God from Asiatic cholera." A similar inquest was held by Mr. Baker on the body of John Abbot, aged 38, seaman on board the Ark, of South Shields. Deceased was attacked about half-past one o'clock on Saturrday morning with diarrhoea, which was soon followed with cramps in the stomach and all over the body. He was soon in a state of collapse, and although Mr. Cleland, the sur geon in the previous case, was promptly in attendance, and administered the usual remedies, the disease ra pidly extended, and he died in six hours after the first attack. In this case also the rest of the crew are in good health, and no communication took place be tween the vessels. A similar verdict was returned as in the former case. -------- LADVERTISEMBNT.I—Diarrhces, Stomach or Bowel Complaints Cured by Holloway's Pills.—These diseases, so prevalent at this season of the year, are produced in many instances by suppressed perspiration, or by the too free use of acid fruits by which acidity in the stomach is generated, creating a deficiency of bile and consequent illness, often of a painful and dangerous nature. To ob viate these results, the irritating causes must be speedily removed; let the sufferer then have immediate recourse to Holloway's Pills, as they surpass all other remedies in effecting a cure, and permanently restore the impaired tone of the complaining parts. They are equally ell' cacious for disordered livers and bad digestion.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand, London. OUNDLE.—A dreadful incendiary fire broke out at Bythorse, at five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, on the premises of John George, Esq., who is reputed to be the largest farmer in Northamptonshire. It is said that wheat to the amount of 4,000 quarters was de stroyed, besides beans, oats. &c.—Lincoln Mercury, 131 THA. - On the 10th inst., at Londonderry, the wife of Captain Leach, Royal Engineers, of a son. On the Mh inst., at Brunswick -parade, Barnsbury-road, Islington, Mrs. Henry Walker, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Great Queen -street, Lincoln's lon' Mrs. R. W. Tamplin, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Southrop, the wife of C. R. Smith, Esq., of a da ug h ter. On the 12th i nst., at Wharnclifre-terrace, St. Joi-I' s -w°od, the wife of Burton Archer-Burton, Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. R. Kinder, of daughter. On the 12th inst., at Croydon Church, Frederic Robert Kite, Esq., 8.A., of St. Petor'a College, Cambridge, to Julia Alice, eld es t d aug h ter of the late R. Brown, Esq., of the Elms, Streatham, Surrey. On the 12th inst., at the church of St. Andrew the Great, Cambridge, the Rev. J. P. Pope, Christ's College, Cambridge, to Eliza. daughter of the late Colonel D'Aguilar, of the Bon. East India Company's Service. On the 12th i ns t., a t H u ll , M r. C. M. Broad, of Highgate' Middlesex, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of G. Locking , Esq., of the former place. On the 12th inst., at Clapham New Church, W. Weston , Esq., of Clapham-park, to Sarah, second daughter of the ILO 'l'. Barton, Esq., of Aldersgate-street. On the 12th inst., at Bluntisham, near St. Ives, Hunts! the Rev. H enr y All on, to Eli za, daughter of the late AWL' Goodman, Esq., of Wilton, in the same county. DIED. On the 17th ult., aged 26, James Dave, jun., Esq , of Brier lodge, Hammersmith. On the 26th ult., at Thistle-grove, Brompton, Jos e - Baylis, Esq., aged 85. On the 7th inst., at Millichopelsark, the Rev. Robert S' Pemberton, rector of Church Strotton, Seh p, aged i 7. On the Oth i ns t ., at Tenbridge, aged 19, J etn i m a Gordo n ' last surviving clang - liter of the late W. Brackenbury, of Uselby-house, Lincolnshire. On the 10th inst., at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, the re .. 51. " deuce of her son , Li eutenant Woodruff, R.N., Mary Lasle On the 12th i nst. , at W est-square, Lambeth, Mr. Georg e Lewis Hunt, aged 30. On the 12th inst, at Al fred-place, West, Thurloe-squa re, Brompton, Eleanore Margarette, second daughter of Fa"' Macdonald Schnell, Eeq. On the 12th inst., at Charlowood-street, BelgraYe-road' Pimlico, Mrs. Collins, aged 85. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YO No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 14 .• ~,,o f ' Strand, in the Pre c i nc t o f t h e Savoy, in the lionday, October 16, 1848. NORTHERN ITALY. The Piedmentese Gazette, of the 1 1th instant, an nounces that M. John Gustavus Heckscher, former Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central Govern ment of Frankfort, and deputy of the Constituent As sembly, was admitted, nn the preceding day, to a pri ♦ate audience by King Charles Albert. M. Heck scher :presented to the King letters from Archduke John, Vicar of the Empire, notifying his accession as Chief of the Central Government, and appointing M. Heckscher Envoy Extraordinary to the Sardinian Go vernment. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING QUARTER TO SIX., O'CLOCK. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 5 to 1 agst Dacia 8 to 1 agst Lanesborough 10 to 1 agst Chanticleer 10 to 1 agst The Cur 16 to 1 agst Geraldine 20 to 1 agst Loadstono 20 to 1 agst Wanota 22 to 1 agst Miss Sarah 30 to 1 agst Backbiter 30 to 1 agst Collingwood 30 to 1 agst Buscot Buck DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman 40 to I agst Escalade 40 to 1 agst Tiresome The CHOLERA.—There are sTill some cases of cholera occurring here, but their number seems to be gradually on the decrease. On Wednesday there were four cases; but since that time there have beeen only two. It is calculated that about thirty-six cases, in all, have occurred in Edinburgh; and of these, about thirty have terminated fatally. In Leith, we are sorry to say, that the epidemic appears to be spreading. It first broke out there on the 9th instant; and it is re ported that, altogether, about a dozen cues have oc curred,..and of such a bad type, that most of the indi viduals seized have died after a few hours' illness. In the neighbouring village of Newhaven the disease is also progressing. It is stated that sixteen cases, and eleven deaths, occurred up till yesterday afternoon.—ecot.sman. INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY.—On Fri day a valuable addition to the recorded Roman remains in this country was made by Mr. H. Ecroyd Smith, of this city, at Aldborough, the Roman Isu Brigantium. On digging in the garden of the Black Swan Inn, about three feet from the surface, a low wall was ex posed, and found to surround one of the finest Roman tessellated pavements hitherto met with in Britain,being 12 ft. square, perfect, well-executed, and in the highest state of preservation, the tessela remaining as fresh and bright as when the room was last occupied, some, 1,000 years ago. It is only about 14 ft. distant from another cn rions pavement, found in 1832, on digging to bury a calf, and next spring will, like the latter, have a building erected for its preservation by A. Lawson, Eq., the pro prietor, and will be ready for public inspection.— Yorkshireman. APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Leslie is appointed Pro vincial Secretary, and Mr. W. H. Menu, President of Committee of Council for the province of Canada.— Mr. Sullivan is appointed Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench in Canada West.—Observer. The Banffshire Journal announces the death of the Rev. John hdwards, of Marnock, the clergyman to whose settlement so great an opposition was manifestF•d, giving rise to proceedings which ultimately led to the disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before,Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) LORD ALEXANDER RUSSELL'S BLOODHOUNDS.— On Saturday, George Rockl4, a celebrated " dog fancier," John Jones, and Edward Wilkinson, were indicted—under the 6th clause of the Act for the Prevention of Dog Stealing, which runs as follows : " And be it enacted, that any person who shall cor ruptly take any money or reward, directly or indi rectly, uneer pretence or upon account of aiding any person to recover any dog which shall have been stolen, or which shall be in the possession of any per son not being the owner thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and punishable accordingly"—for a misdemeanour, in having wilfully and corruptly taken six sovereigns for the purpose of restoring to one Alexander Metcalfe three bloodhounds of the value of eO9 guineas, which had been stolen from Lord Alexander Russell. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecutor ; and Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Payne, Mr. Parry, and Mr. Mellor were engaged on behalf of the several defendants. Mr. BODKIN said, this was a proceeding under the provisions of a very important and very useful Act of Parliament, which had been passed in 1845, with the view of putting a stop to the offence of dog-stealing, in the pursuit of which, as was well known, a system most nefarious and most extensive had been carried on in the metropolis and its vicinity. Valuable dogs were stolen, and afterwards large sums were extorted for their restoration. With regard to the present case, it appeared that the noble prosecutor, Lord Alexander Russell, who held a commission in the Rifles, was at the moment when this transaction took place sojourning in Scotland. His Lordship's groom, Alexander Metcalfe, it seemed, arrived in London, on his route to Scotland to join his master, by the Great Western Railway, having with him three young bloodhounds of an unusually rare and valuable breed, which had been preserved in the Russell family for upwards of two centuries, and a box of ferrets. He proceeded to the Mint Tavern at Padding ' ton, where he proposed to sleep, so as to be nearer to the station in the morning, and before he went to bed he caused the dogs and the box of ferrets to be locked up in one of the stables attached to the house. During the night, however, the stable was broken open and the dogs were stolen. T he landlord of the tavern instantly rendered e ff ective aid in tracing out the parties and the dogs, and eventually, with the assistance of two of the police, the animals were dis covered to be in the possession of the defendants. The groom was very desirous to keep his appointment with his master in Scotland, and therefore he adopted a plan to facilitate that object, which, strange to say, was sanctioned by one of the policemen who was employed, although it was an illegal proceeding— namely, he gave the defendants six sovereigbs and a written agreement not to prosecute them, whereupon the dogs were restored to him. No sooner had this trans action been accomplished than the other policeman said he should do his duty, and at once took the defendants into custody. In due course the parties were conveyed before the magistrate, who after hearing the detail of the matter, refused to recognise the agreement which the groom had made, although a solicitor who appeared on behalf of Lord Alexander Russell urged that it MS the desire of his noble client that the under. taking which had been given by his groom, that the defendants should not be prosecuted if they returned the dogs, should be acted upon. The Magistrate eventually sent the case to the sessions, as he con sidered it to be one of importance to the public, and ti t t o that a public i nves ti gat i on s h ould take place in re spnecy The o f L fe was it. s a t r a n ti ed CHAIRMAN here said, th a t b e f ore t h e evidence entered e t r h e a d t tuponhis ahgerewemouelndt,twakheinthhahtadopip)eoern ugiven by the groom, was altogether an illegal agree ment; and therefore that if the defendants intended to make that document a portion of their defence, and it happened that they were subsequently convicted, the Court would feel itself called upon to visit them with the fullest penalty that the law would allow. The defendants Hockley and Jones, upon this, under the advice of their counsel, retracted their for mer plea, and now pleaded Guilty. Mr. BODKIN then said, that with respect to the other defendant Wilkinson, that person appeared to have been less guilty than the others, and, therefore, as they had confessed their guilt, he would not press the case against Wilkinson. He was assured that Lord Alexander Russell would be satisfied with that proceeding, the more so as his groom had, in the out set, given a promise that no steps should be taken against the parties, and therefore, if the Court would now bind the defendants over to come;up for judgment should they be called upon to do so, that was all he would ask. The Learned JUDGE remarked that this important Act of Parliament was especially directed against these compromises, in order to put a stop to a system which was most pernicious in its effects. The Learned Magistrate at the Police-court had done per fectly right in declining to act upon the agreement which had been entered into by the servant of Lord Alexander Russell, and he must also say that his Lordship had acted in a very high-minded manner in expressing a wish that what his groom had undertaken to do should be fully carried out; but, however de sirous the Noble Lord might be on that subject, the law did not allow it. The COURT then sentenced the defendants to pay a fine of ls. each, and to enter into their own recog ilizances in the SUM of 401. each, and find two sure ties in the sum of 201. each, to appear to receive the judgment of the Court when called upon to do so. It was intimated t., the defendants that they would not be called upon to come up for judgment unless they had recourse to their old trade. Yt. a t cott,, 11 ha the 01 by th She / The E. liC their low .on Pout free. Reel Stec aaa the and jt t ! p re I Srotlee. 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