The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-22 00:00:00

_ . THE SU . N, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING , ........._ JA.NII - ARY 22 1848 - HORRID MURDER AT DUNDRY , ' IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION. , There were three shots fired, and I think the third 7 COURT CIRCULAR. NATI( li, p NEAR BRISTOL. (From Saanders's News Letter of yesterday.) came close by me. I lifted ITMahon, and we brought I W iNDson , him into Limerick. FRIDAY. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness Zr-I J trb 72bttton LIMERICK, THURSDAY, JAN. 20. Cross examined by Mr. O'H EA -Tb ere i s nothing was accompanied by the Earl Cowper and the Earl of At a prelinainaz with a view to tln (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The Lord Chief Justice and the Chief Baron took unusual in seeing a man's servant in his haggard. I Liverpool ; and was attended by Captain the Hon. A. p S r A iTeth M oers ß fi RE A RAILWAY.. BRISTOL, FRIDAY NIGIIT.-An inquest has been their seats upon the bench this morning at half-past could not say but that it was a spade Skehan had in Gordon, Equerry in Waiting. N -- 1 -- ) --. 0 .- inEusE o th f e p T et o it w io n i - ji h n a g ll, l ß ,a i . held this afternoon, at the Carpenters' Arms, Dundry, ten o'clock. _ his hand before I saw him. The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Whewell took their (leper about four miles from this city, before R. Uphill, MURDER or Mit. lIILL-CArrrer, CONVICTION. To the COURT-I had never seen the pris ,1 i - ture from the Castle to-day. (THIS DAY.) crease in the natio( Esq., Coroner, touching the murder of a respectable James Skehan, a very young man, not more than 20 fore to my knowledge. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening yeoman, named Walsiugham Hazell. years of age, was placed at the bar and indicted for John M , Namara, a boy not more than nine years will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of this ft m erno i o N n r. a t th e Lo n d on T avern , Bishops g at e . solved, " That Rit p a n yo f , t f h i nt h h teh a se l f a - c y ihn e ah a irr r e. l e a , n g d e n i‘ e i r e a u l s e m ß e e a t i i i m y o f w t a h s e p h r e o b i s t i h t e i o m n i t l o i t i t a h , e a n p d r e a s h € The proceedings lasted for several hours, during having, on the 18th of November, 1847, at Rathherd, of age, examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL-I am Kent, the Earl and Countess Cowper, the Earl of street a ; in the county of Limerick, wilfully and feloniously nephew to D an i e l Quan, and old Mr. Quan is my Liverpool, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of com r. illiam P. Richards, the president of the cient advocate of which the following facts transpired :- murdered one Ralph Hill, by firing a loaded gun at specially and earn , The report stated that the directors were not in a To this invitat The deceased, an old man of sixty-four years of hi m , f rom t h e e ff ec t s o f w hich he died. There are grandfather. My father is gone to America. Since Kentnthe Barones s d e s pe th, si r G eo rge Couper, and a p o If : s ht i oh t i ue o g n hi i t ni o . te a l : f., s ar n so o m u i n niN c tii e na ir t a h eth e eidn o p na e e n t i t n to g h el o v f la t i h eto e m fi t , r s t n. 0 s r e c v, t h i e o r n e rece i v e d by the c 1 age, was a large farmer, living at Dundry ; a maiden four er five other parties charged with aiding and he left I lived with my grandfather. I know the Colonel and Mrs. Bouverie. sister lived with him, 23 did also two nephews , abetting the Prisoner in the commission of the mur- Prisoner James Skehan. H e was s n m y gra n df a ther's The band of the Grenadier Guards will attend " Pencarr der ; hut the prisoner's counsel having refused to al- f service. I remem b er w h en Mr. Hill was shot. Be _ during dinner. Ii M . t , i vate band will the branches to Laneffe and Moralme yet complete, "My dear Stu er ajes.y s pr young men, named James and Benjamin Hazell. low them to join in the challenges, Skehan was given ore that I heard Skehan and other persons talking afterwards attend in the Castle. dei w ,re o c u tao l n d rds h h ave been ready by this time. The ing, inviting me t On Monday afternoon last, between three • about him. This was three or four days before. taodwsaorudgshtCinhtaerrlevrieowi, s a NN : N.,aitsh meeting t at a copy of a resolu jactuhi,.h.?eenyention, however, with the State line near Mar- tion in Birinii in charge to the jury alone. and four o'clock, he was seen by several of his The Attorney General, the Solicitor General, They said, "Itis a niurder not to kill Hill." My A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yester day afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers labourers, who were at work in a barn, talking with M essrs . B enne tt, Q.C., and Plunkett, Q.C., appeared uncle said that, and Skehan was present, and said, ' h N ea a r ti t o il a y al wi present erre the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George tors of the Charleroi and Erquelines Rail e s t N ilo ' : 11 l y 13 , dl ie e rt s e • e h ed o : i mt n h g oes , t I regret his nephews. After that hour nothing was seen of on behalf of the prosecution ; Mr. °llea for the "it is." I remember seeing the prisoner making bullets about a month before this. He melted Iced in Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chen were desirous of using the Sambre and Meuse allow me to nee( him, and as he did not reach home in the evening, prisoner. (senor of the Exchequer the Earl of Auckland, Sir station at Marchinne, and the junctions from that utterly intelligibli. Mr. Bennett stated the case for the Crown. a grisset, and poured it into two holes in the floor. the greatest alarm was occasioned to his sister, as he , John Hobhouse, the It ' i I t Hon. 11. lsabouchere, point to the State line, but the _terms were tiot yet stunned with this ['homes Flannery examined b the Attorney G Ile then hammered them. I slept with m uncle and Lord Campbell, the Marfit:is of Clanricarde, and the agreed upon. At the present moment the number of protect us soh:et was a man of remarkably steady habits. .A. search was neral.-I live in the city of' LiZerick, in Mr. - Dav e id - the prisoner. I don't know if Shekan sle y pt with me shares upon which the eighth ca ). ll remained unpaid vasion from jr ranc instituted, but without effect ; and among other places laitegerald's employ. In October last I was em- that night, but I awoke in the night, and there was no Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. did not exceed 100, and of the i in i th call only 1,656 or newspaper, in searched was a stable, the key of which ployed by him in making a distress. It was executed one but my uncles Corcoran and James Quan in bed. The Council sat two hours and a half. shares remained unpaid. The tota amount received lized nation. hal h ,on the 29th of that month, and took plisce at John Daniel Quan slept with Skehan. I remember hearing Lord John Russell was prevented by indisposition James Hazen at first refused to give up, saying that from attending the Council. His Lordship remained up to the present time was estimated at 562,817/. England or threat Quan's, about two miles from this city. There were the shots the day Mr. Hill WAS killed. I saw the as yesterday at his residence in Richmond Park. and the expenditure to 536,7871.; whiles the cash in' No ; the' whole a he could not be there ; and in this he was joined by his three or four stacks of barley some corn and hay prisoner that morning coming up the road. This w brother Benjamin, who also said the stable should seized. Some of the coin was in ' the hag - - an hour before the shots were fired. He then went eassenen, , ,, ,, a, not he opened. A short time afterwards, however, gard, and more was in the barn thrashed. I into bed, and got up again, and in about a quarter of NEWMARKET HANDICAP. hand was estimated at 16,0301., exclusive of 9 0,000/. some se i i 'ci the stable was opened, but the search there proved was there all that day, and next day until an hour I heard the shots. There was a gun in the BURGUNDY AND RATTRAP. deposited with the Belgian Government, n o t r f a c i t a Or . e s s . t - t h r e o s f e p ' a rti e h a a : I d 1 'l e l 2,0001. milita g ry s m s P ei P i 1 '14. 11 1 of no avail. Things remained in this state until the evening. I was there when the corn wae house. I saw it the night befere. It was a double- -- -se---- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. with the Frenc_h , Goe . -e a rn v m ai e w n e t, t 1 0 2 t ,03 0 7 c / o . tnents, and of 3 000/ d d h p esslon . -Rs na., Thursday, when Thomas Capell and another man, at sold on the 17th of November. I know the prisoner barrelled gun. The gun was kept near where Skehan - ili,-In refutation of the charges against the James Skehan. I saw him at Q an's the day the used to sleep. , h , andic . apptr . of this race, containod in the letter signed The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re- ters would be quit work, thrashing in a barn, were informed by one property was seized. I saw him em u the evening - and port, said it was fully expected that the main section from the inevita To Mr. 0 . 1130.-I often saw that gun. It was Justitia in your paper of the 15th, and dated Joseph Stokes that two men, named Henry Grover three months before. lam sure the prisoner was next day. I also saw him on the d 1 ay of sa e and the from " Kildare, ' I request your insertion of the of the line would be opened for traffic in March or English and Fre and Benjamin Payton, had told him that they had day I posted the notice of sale. I heard he was a not out half an hour before the shots were fired. follewing remarks, and not merely to protect honest April next ; anel it had been promised by the Bel- way as they ai dreamt that the body o f M r . Hazen was in a eer- servant of Quan's. The first da I saw him he was Honore M`Namara, a little girl, about eleven years gian Government that the time for completing the ancient a . nimositie tain old vrell. The men sneered at the informa- working in Quan's ground pulling. turnips. When I of age, sister to the previous witnees, examined by and diligent h.andicappers from unjust aspersions, but also to guara fu , the SOLICITOR- GENERAL ---I remember the day Mr whole works should be greatly extended. It was, of an entire generi tion b • • ,ut w ere induced at length to go to the well, ri o s r p t o i nng the notices he was standing at Quan s ' • e ' Hill was shot. I was sent to milk the cows about . Y 3,, astra b s that articl • tare handicappers from being led e. The writer begins by remark mg that a negligence or wilful impropriety in the therefore, proposed by the directors that after the irrational conflict I the day of sale I saw him carrying a which was dry, and had not been used for some time, eight o'clock that morning. I was in the house the discharge of the handicapper's duty is an error of no opening of the first section, the other works should brought to a closi ham;ser of ° t n urni s round the barn. On the da of be postponed till a more favourable opportunity pre- human beings have and was then to all appearance in its usual state, a sale I asked him p for the ke of the barn, and he ysaid night before. I know the prisoner and saw him ordinary importance," and goes on to remark on the large stone being on the lid, which was fastened on that herself (Mrs. Quan) Jed it, and was in town. I there that night. There was a double-barrelled gun sented itself for raising money. The completion of graves in the two danger of intrusting it to a single individual. Now, t . he d first sectir would respire 20,000/. more than favorb f le a vinv one side by et hinge. The cover WAS lifted up arid went into the house to look for it and could not get in the house. I never saw it in his hands. When e b a i s r e , , t t h o e impu n t o a t t h i i on of f ev , e , n t i ‘ f n i egligence '.' in , 821C . h a ti ? o our ld i ..m r i r L c i t r4 o r D s 0 a m r e o a v d e y d he a d s i a n n h a a m nd endment, th tth t n h ul em c the men looked in, but could not see anything. They it, and then I broke in the door. The prisoner fol- coming home from where I was milking the cows lowed me in, and said I would suffer for it. In a few with . my aunt I met the pg . sorr , . 111 was going in i s morty i , ine ge e " I am delighted charge of7serious r i l fsaure. vg Le u t u a shareholders be appointed as auditors to exatr a s then got a candle, and were startled to perceive f ' there minutes after I broke the door I saw a daughter of thesdirection from my gran at er . s, an was running. . marks of blood upon the sides of the well. A He told me if I saw any one going after him to say 1 df • I h is any rea groun or it. may ere remark that, accounts. Birmingham to ei Quan's and James Quan one of his aons The were The CHAIRMAN said the directors could have no confidence towards rope and a hook were procured, and at length they in the yard. A quantity ' of wheat, bar . le n y d h v I did not see him. I was then by myself carrying under the guise of seal for the general interests of ossible objection to the amendment, but the Hon, monstration will hi brought up the dead body of a man, which proved was sold that day. I purchased the c y o;n a T a g e home the milk. This occurred before breakfast. I turf sports, the real object of the writer appears to be P Proprietor ought to have given them notice of it. public opinion not to be that of their missing master. There were threshed wheat was removed the day it was sold, but heard of Mr. Hill being shot after breakfast, and I to bespeak a warm berth in the Liverpool Cup for the Eventually the amendment was negatived, and the the world, anSI hc marks over the eye of a tremendous blow, and also I did not remove the corn. On the day after the sale went out, and saw him on the rood. great Irish " pot," by getting Burgundy slipped into report adopted ; and thanks having been voted to the vvithout imitators E I went to remove it. I went then, about, ei It' 1 k To Mr. O'HEe..-I got bread and milk that morn- it at Bst., under the pretence that he is at least four or upon the back of the head were several marks of . g s oC ee five pounds worse than Rattrap. Chairman, the meeting terminated. " I ren in the morning. I brought six cars with m s and M ing. I now get tea, and get better eating and drink heav f y blows. In the pockets o the deceased were Ralph Hill, the deceased, came al Th " ' r• ' than I used to et at my grandfather's. I never ere was a mg After a prefatory Sing at the weights of a couple ---- ----------- QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) "To Joseph Stu 10d. in silver, and a few articles of trifling person named Edward Allen • so. If g 'l I kt tl 1 ' spoke about tis unti spo e o ie gent eman in t e h of English horses, the writer proceeds to the with us, also James (Sittings in Banco.) In consequence " business " and object of his lettter. Rattrap, he value. The body was then removed to the house. MeMahon, I3obin Hanley, Michel Tobyn, and James court-house. I often get cakes and apples from Mrs. ousl en a et preys y g g gays, "is weighted at Bst. 61b. (his last performance THE QUEEN V. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY..--THE The well, we may state here, was near the stable. Daly, whom lam now living with. She is the police- Neale. I found all those persons at Quan's. . hold the meeting, having shown him better than Burgundy)"-an as- LAMBETH STARCH MANUFACTORY. A man, named John Hall, assisted to remove the To the Court-They were all keepers. sergeant's wife. short period. sertion which he slyly slips into a mere This case has been some time before the Court, To the ATTORN T .1 ' E -GENERAL-I Met the keepers, To the SOLICITOR-GBNERAL-I save Skehan after - body into the house, and he then went to a dung ' parenthesis, and he goes on to assume that he could and involves a question of considerable importance to TO THE .1 and some of Quan's family near his house in th I met him running ; he was then with the police, heap near the stable, turned it over with a fork, avenue. The kee '• • ' e h d ff d pers came back with Hill and I an cu e . give Burgundy at least 41b., presuming that the per. those possessing premises, a portion of which only SIR I ,- am extra and found an ash stiek two and a half sled the carmen, to Quan's house. Before we arrived Sergeant-Major William Reed examined by Mr. forrnance last in order, irrespective of accompanying may be required by a railway company. In order to nation are at last a circumstances or former events, is the eole test of enable the South-Western Company to carry the their situation. T 1 inches thick, and -about two feet long ; on at it we met old Mrs. Quan and her son Daniel ;we BENNETT-I am in the artillery stationed in this this stick were marks of blood, and there were alse had some altercation. Mrs. Quan caught hold of city ;on the day Mr. Hill was shot I was out with comparative merit between horses rivals in half a extension of their line from Nine-elms to London- without having eve dozen other races. Now Sir, this very case will bridge a portion of the well-known starch manufac- se I- .1 me by the collar of the coat; I was then at this side my troop exercising; about twenty minutes before . . 9 . . 9 . war, L.,3•., , e prese some grey hairs attached to it. Hall also found an prove the wisdom of selecting well-practised handi- tory of Messrs. Coward, Chancellor, and Illidge n ) consider the very it of Quan's near wh , - ere Hill vvas shot, within from ten o'clock, as I was on a road leading from the Cork c h h b • th t • ' 't d • P • appers, w o ay e ee n in e cons ant habit of keeping si uate in rincess and Fore-street, Lambeth, was umbrella, which the deceased had with him at the time s to the Roxborough-road, I saw some constables stand- posterous, but lan eeven to twelve yards of it. I know Mr, Fogarty, • close watch on the course of turf occurrences, their required. These gentlemen declared that if a portion he was missed, on a wall adjoining the stable. The the surveyor; I pointed out to him the place where jug near a man who was shot. Upon looking to the when it will be see attendant circumstances, and vindicatory symptoms, of their premises only were taken that their rnanufac two nephews were in custody upon suspicion of corn- this occurred as well as I could. When Mrs. Quan rise of the hill, I saw a man, in a crouching position, vitable ; and Sir, wh and not merely relying on the chronological order in tory would become utterly valueless, and contended near a hedge. I told the circumstance to Mr. Cripps, of such an event be mitting the murder, and were attended by Mr. Har- had hold of me her son Daniel pnlled her away down mar, solicitor, Bristol. Hall was severely cross- the road towards Limerick, from the direction of the the magistrate, who rode in that direction, followed o w r h e i e c r h t a w d inning h ra th ce s t t h nds s i t n the ca ff talogue. In t t ha t t ak the h compan l y, u f n h der these h circumstances, ought health ef the King th la race . a ord , sa . true _o e t e h who e t em. T e company reftsed to by the police. The man then ran off in a stooping 1 o j l a ge ll w e er decline, and at the house ;as soon as he pulled her away I went on run test, e s e r es ort to e report in Bell s Life of do so, on t e ground that there were no words in their examined by Mr. Harman and he gave most evasive osition when he saes • the police. Mr. Crips rode across old man-a very o towards the house. Bill the five keepers and the 1 3 the previous day's race. In his September report the Act to justify such an inference. opinion that the Ft answers. ocu o is re rea ,an ro e across in e irec- At first he said he was at a public-house carmen, were all es . ' - ' • ' t tff Is• t t d I d • th d . eth ine. The cars were ysita us , reporter accounts for Burgundy's defeat by his total A short time ago, Mr. Martin obtained a rule from t tion of the man, and on arriving there I lost sight of ver much increast welve to eight on Monday, and afterwards ad- also. When going along the avenue I had a full want of preparation, and in consequence of his pre- calling upon the South-Western Company to show ratiOnal person will mitted that he was absent from the house for some view of the haggard. We had not gone more than him, and was sure he could not follow his course vious lameness, In thl .i i i •eprt h i e says-" Burgundy cause why they should not take the whole of the time. , ten yards when we heard a shot, and both Hill and without my seeing him. I then called for the police true that we are an He was, after the inquiry, taken into custod came . out in some thing 1 e is o d form, made /strong property in question. A mandamus vvas issued, and a ou 14 saying b t bei upon a charge of bein Th • g an accessory. e inquest .1 ' Tobyn fell immediately ; they dropped quite close to to eearch the field I was in, and they found the pri running to the 2 yrs. old course, where all were dis- in the return the company demurred to its construe soner, who had one shoe on. I directed one of the and while we are I me. I saw the smoke from the shot. dof but Rattrap and Panic. The latter aye tion On Wednesda he addressed I was adjourned. olice constables to search the field the prisoner was P°se , . n g • y tse Court in sup- sive Government, , To the COURT-I did not see the flash, but I saw P way at tne chains ; but tiattrap struggled on to the port of the mandamus. • -----_____ - the smoke. running in, and he found a shoe which he said was of spending a few t A. WOMAN SHOT BY A SOLDIER. To the ATTORNEY-GENERAL-I saw it in the not his but they appeared to be matches - previous distance." There Burgundy left him, cantering on Mr. Hine to-day, on behalf of the company, en alone, and walhing past the t p_ost. That this " strug. tered at great length into the whole of the question. the dan er of a su to this ' he had denied that he had run through the silents w g •hiah I hay LEEDS, FRIDAY AFTERNoON. A most deliberate haggard, at the quick-set ditch. You go round the gler" should come out ne . x day, and beat this " can. He contended that to meet the wishes of the prose a field where the shoe was found. After this a man the French atteneia act of homicide was committed at the Cavalr Bar- house and barn to et into the haggard. The bed e terer " (a horse proverbially stout, and winning all cutors a new Act would be necessary, as there was - racks of this town last ni ' y - ' • g - • .1 - losid he had seen the prisoner in the came up w s a aro only the same ght. About seven o clock, a e% as very thick. 1. heard a second shot immediately his former races by severe play,) appears a rather not a single word in the Act as it stood to justify the married man n t amed 1 , 1 illiam Garrett, a private in after the first-so soon, that there was not, I think, haggard that morning. . sin ular phenomenon until it is recolle ted sumpti c that aRS On that when the company required only a nation, however we there arc h nd 11 11 the 5 - ith , me ore oa • same gun tatre t e rst. e Regiment, was in his room at the barracks ti t 1d th hfid h fi Th This , ii itness upon leaving the table complained of g horse vamped up o nly to "sometking like his old portion of certain premises, and to pay a fair amount Chan 1 here with his i misrepresentations which, he said, appeared n some wife private Michael Stokes, sergeant second shot wounded Mel‘lahon. He was a keeper, form" is sure to feel the effects of a first race of remuneration to the proprietors that they were of su ne mnae " ; an' Keene • ' 1 of the Limerick papers, with regard to the part he n, private Doo.ey or Doolan, and other soldiers. and was a little to my right nearer to the haggard. h' '1 t S th t M 1 on is al men . o a essrs. Veatherby to take and pay for the whole. 'lt" it was held bark with ' the i With nt took in the arrest of the prisoner. (3 -- any angry w or d r th e s li htest observe- That shot appeared to come from the same place. I s o g . The Carer JuSTICE said filet from what had trans- were quite justified in concluding that a looee screw that they were to take all premises vvhen they unresieted. F ven wi tion, Michael Sto • kes got his musket from the rack in saw smoke at that place, and nowhere e se. 1 I k pired in his evidence he had no reason to be ashamed alone gave that rale victory to a horse so often and only required a portion, they might be called upon to rto been s has lithe ' which it was l • . b t th" t d f h I th e v% as aou ir y yar s rom w ere saw e emo e. • so easily beaten by bins. But other aids were purchase 1,000, or 10,000 acres when they only re usua ly kept and took it for a moment of his conduct. On the contrary, it was highly praise- ert us, but if we des • or There was a third shot fired. When I heard the ff dl• 'el . fB aorecin ju ging o urgundy's merits, viz., the quired one. If a farm-house only were required two to a table, as if he ' was about to clean it. He, selves the blame s how second I ran back, and had not gone more than six or ure his commanding officer worthy, and he was s . ever, suddenly turned round put the piece to his 1 *th Is . h I be t E singu ar ease wi wic se a ryx, and the for the purposes of a railway, with what pretence fea,, .d m „ „ would not judge of him by what might hare been shoulder, pulled th ' G ' e trigger, and shot A . Irs arratt. d t'l I h d th• el h t I t seven yars un i ear a ir ao . canno say style in which he tailed off the rest of the lot for the could; it he set up that the whole farm should also -• :" -- ----' -- Sh if it hit any one. This shot came from the near Published in a newspaper. military man, but I e fell to the ground mortally wounded, the bullet Newton Cup, Eryx not being able to travel the pace be taken ? It appeared to him, therefore, that that f th 1 or e army, an: from the musket hay' d her abdomen and ing entere s , corner of the haggard. The keepers and carmen all Police-constable Anderson, who found the shoe in with him a single yard of the race ; so that even the return 'which was demurred to was decisive in favour ff •h h fi T • the field, and produced it, and also the shoe which rue the day when y passed out at her back. Mr. Jackson, the regimental ran o wen t e second was red. he third shot was 1 ta eous wei ht on Er •x did not ade disaevan g g 3 quately of the company : it stated that the premises in ques- to prevent the incr, surgecn, was immediatele called and in attendance fired from a part of the hedge where there was a gap was found on the prisoner (they appeared to be per excuse the canter in which he was beaten. His tion consisted of a dwelling and counting.houee, T pi„ E r h upon the poor woman, eut she • • expired in about an h 11 h I - WI NN ere a man cou : pass t roug a ten tee t tir i i• d feet matches); he also proved that the prisoner denied (Burgundy's) well-known victory over Wolfdog the stables, coach-house, two large gardens, a green- _e •ng is peop fact that the sub' J hour and a half after • d war s. shot was fired I pulled out a pistol I had, and it fell that the shoe was his, and afterwards admitted it. previous week, when Wolfdog was quite fresh, also house, piggeries, and slaughter-house, a large build- Stok To Mr. O'llee-I arrested the shoe.-(Laughter.) amused the Frenck, es was instantly taken into custody, and kept on the ground ; in picking it up I looked to see if any confirms the opinion of Messrs. Weatherby, though, ing in which the manufacture of starch had at the barracks until this morning, when he was given one was following me, and I saw the prisoner leap Police-constable Shannon deposed to having seen of course, no private trial affected their handicap. been carried on, an engine-room, and ware- very large force, fli up to the civil authorities of this borough. out from the haggard from where the shots came the prisoner arrested, and his statement as to the But its most decisive confirmation appears in the fact houses, all of which, except the manufactory, wanting em lo mem th ti P s Y f y We cannot ascertain that there is any known or with a gun in his hand. I was about flf- ' ehoes ;he also proved that he stated he lived at Kill that he was kept out of the Chester Cup (themgh first had not been used for a considerable time you wi ese e% even supposed cause for the perpetration of this fatal teen yards from him. I ran off, and cannot dare, and that his name was James Cane. _favourite for it, till his non-entry became suspected,) and the manufactory itself had not been used A constant i act. The prisoner is a young man, a native of Ire- say where lie went to. I had the fullest To M. O'llea-" James " is his name, and in order to win the five Irish Queen's Plates. Would since the 24th of May last, and the whole premises London, Jan. 19 land. It is s t a t e d th a t a ft e r he was taken into custody opportunity of seeing him• I came into Li mer i c k to " Skehan" sounds like " Cane " after the "a" in his owner forego such a chance in order to subject were in fact in a deplorable state of dilapidation. _77 - he acknowledged, in the Presence of Sergeant Alt's- Mr. Fitzgerald's office, and informed the police and James- him to fresh defeats by Rattrap, whose noble owner The wording of the mandamus, which called mere THE NEW BI tarsi and private Jones, of the 57th, that h e b a d pre _ returned to Quan's. I made no delay. I brOugl t Mr. William W ' ht. rlg .. examined by the ATTORNEY has never evinced any particular aversion to Irish edifices a " manufactory," was consequently bad, ii meditated the deed for tw° months and that he M`Mahon with me. He was well able to walk, Garsenare-I h ' • ' •hS . M t ad no communication wit ir sa - EREFORD, Tim Queen's Plates ? and could not be maintained. He, therefore, called loaded his musket about two hour s h e i ore h e fi re d it, although wounded, but Hill and Tobyn was left efter thew Herrin ton ein the Crown- office, hr a . ny on . . . , In fine, who could believe that Rattrap, carrying upon the Court to decide in favour of the demurrer, of Hereford, anxiou The deceased, Margaret Garrett, was 28 years of us. I was the last of the - ' t • 1 tl • d g ' party, and the neareet to un i us ay. nye in George-street, in this cite , their newly appoin age. An inquest will be held on her body by m r . the haggard. When I • - • t es , h next door to Mr Fit , ld Ab t •I t 'clock going o eeuan s ouse _, .. _ - zgera . ou eig 1 o four pounds more, or even equal weights, could have and to discharge the mandamus. performed the feats of Burgundy at Newton or Mr. MARTIN followed in support of the mandamus about to present • hit Blackburn, the borough coroner, at the Court-house, with the 1 . "as e ee ening before Mr. Hill was murdered, three men tion and satisfaction po ice, we met some artillerymen. The In Ne 'market ? as it stood, and contended that all the buildings and to-morrow (Saturday) morning. The address whi police and I crossed the fields, and the police who came into my shop, and asked where Mr. Fitzgerald ; ton is to ew o near this town, and its clerk of the out-houses, in general parlance, came under the deft- • ' . got on before me arrested the prisoner and brought lived. The prisoner was one of the men. They asked number of signatur - .. ...._ course too observing, discriminating, and just, to nition of a " manufactory." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SON. him to where I was. He had but one shoe on. It for " Mr. Fitzgerald, the agent, or Hill, his man. permit the handicappers for the Cup to be caught by Lord DENMAN-What does a greenhouse come a terms :- Sio,-Your Not cross-examined. TO THE RIGHT R account of the meeting of the mem- was not an hour from the time Hill w s h t ntil a s o u " the trap,'' however artfully disguised. ) under the definition of? bers of the Master Boot and Sh ' SI h Jobn R • yan, examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL oemakers' Institution, e e an was arrested. I ran to Limerick and drove VINDEX. Mr. MARTIN replied, that a greenhouse was a por although in th -I am in Mr. Curran's employment on the same " My Lord,-W , e main etatistical facts correet, was back with the police. The artillerymen gave the Liverpool January tion of a dwelling-house, as in this case. If a com rather premature, as the public meeting of that body alarm. townland with the Quans. I remember the morning 9 1 9, 1848. diocese, desire most will not take place until Monday, the 31st inst. The Cross-examined by Mr. O'Haa.-I was a turnkey Mr. Hill was killed. The keepers stopped at! my ---- - _ __.e.-4 pany took a man s house, or his manufactory, and left make known to you SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. him his greenhouse, that would be utterly valueless havin b 1 1 d I g een ea, e monthl • ) meeting of the committee occurred on the of the city gaol, and was present at a great man v place. I went out between ten and eleven o'clock on HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. to him. In this case the taking of a portion of the a Th e „ • quiescen 19th inst., at the Freemasons' Tavern when a report trials. I know pretty well the necessity f 'd the night before the murder, and when I was coming . o goo The Brighton harrs a in, passing the stile, I met the prisoner with a gun Patcham; Wed., Thuu- premises would render the remainder useless ; and ointment to the lis of the past year's !.proceedings was ' discussed, pre- ' evidence and sticking to one's information. If a man d r's Barrow; Fri th" ion " Dyke-ioi. therefore the prosecutors were entitled, in his opinion, in liis hand. He asked, " Who came there ?" I said, i t ' he University of 0 paratory to the general meeting. This probably gave tells a magistrate one story and a jury another, he e The Brookside fi'arr e " A friend." Ile then said he thought there was Telscombe Tye-104. 8 " M°l:l', Newmarket Hill ; Thurs., to demand of the company to take the whole of the in which ou have t r t ise to the mistake, which, if you will be kind enough should not be believed. I broke in the Isarn door. It property in question. Tfie statutes framed by the that dignified office o correct in your next impression, will much oblige, was for the purpose of selling the corn. Allen some one else there. The Crowley and Hersh hds Mon the Fox Three 1, • egislature with respect to the subject, spoke of which the same Un Sir, yours, &c., JOHN SIMPSON, and Sullivan were the bidders. Sullivan was To Mr. O'Hea-I only told this last week to the Bridges; Wed., Ilorsh am, ", . e , . am Gate; I re, Bulcombe Village these companies taking " manufactories and pre- its Theolo • lE A Member of the Committee. one of the keepers. Tobyn and a carman magistrate, and I don't know how he found it out, tor , -101. gica vs 1, Tottenham-court -road, Jan. 21. also bid. He was one of my carmen, and I did not tell what I knew to any man living. The Herefordshire Ws., Mon , St. Wconard's; Thurs , mises," meaning that all should be taken which was ' incidental to the business or trade carried:on. fidence we repose iii bid against me. There were but four bidders Constable Cane examined by Mr. BENNETT-I saw Canon Froome Wharf ; sat., Tiberton-104. opinions ; whilst y ----- the prisoner arrested. It took place about nine Lord Yarborou h g - "'s hda., 3,10 n., Little Limber Lodge; Their LORDSHIPS deferred judgment. proachable life, you FRENCH PLA YS. when the corn was knocked down to me. I bid the Fri., Utterby:Yillage-li. The Court then rose. value less the ••• • ensilage and expense. I forget what I o'clock in the morning. At .two o clock that day I ment, your known , The Essex Union fid A six act play entitled Dio ene written b M. ' se Wed., Moor Gardens; Sat., St. . _. ____ , __ .. - faith of God's holy searched the place, and found a gun hid under some Lawrence Ilill. Felix Pyat, was ' d dh g ' • pro uce ere last evening with y . bid for it. I was to have given the corn up to my master M I•'' 1 , r. itzgerald. There was to be an open straw in the pigsty.-(Gua produced.) It was then The East Essex lids T BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JAN. 21.-We have had the bond of peace ; Marked success. It is not, as might be imagined from a ues., Great Worthily; Sat., this week, the demand for all A sa and for that purpose I bought the corn. lam loaded with five balls and a large charge of powder.- Mark's Hall. a very good market --e - ' endeavours, throt4 its title, a classical play, but rather a series of scenes scriptions being good, and prices k may be . quot y ed ;ell impress on the heal a a sourer . . I gave up my office of turnkey to ( r The balls were here produced.) I know a man ldr.Lumley's hds., Mon.,Grin ley-on-the-Hill. Tues Connected together by the slightest possible thread, , ;, per cwt. dearer. The rum mar et is quiet.- recto the saving doctrine make looking glasses. Since that time I hare been a named IWNamara. I showed him this gun, and he Hodsack Priory ; r a j . , Darlton g Bar ' ; bat., Shooter s illustrative of the fall of a philoso h ' • • p er into cynicism, i 11i11-104. Mercury. to Christ, their grei aw officer- sere' .ng lattitats.-(Laughter.) lam said it was his. and of his regeneration by love. Diogene (M. f • • fo Mr. O'llea-I would not swear that those Sir Tatton Syke's - -- righteousness, for r amiliar with taking oaths. I saw the smoke of the ' lids., Mon Settrington Beacon• Locage) comes to Athens to stud Is• id H • Wed., Stamford Bridge• g • " - , ' LATEST PRICES OF SHARES„ "f• • y man in . eis third shot from the co bullets Were cast in holes in Quan's floor. , re Fluckham-loe. ancti ying grace ( b rner of the haggard. After I ~.____, ._ _______i____ IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTkIlf.R COM y nature kindly hearted, but rough and honest. He heard it I e Mr O'Hea-I am surprised at that.-(Laughter.) to walk worthily o w nt down the avenue. I did not go down • PANIES' STOCK. sees the sons of Sophocles accuse their father of the little road opposite the castle. William M`Narnara examined by Mr. PLUNKETT- INTRAMURAL BURIALS. them to everlastin madness inca t h• b ,,, , rcera e im, and seek to plunder him of Counsel here read th ' ' • • • I know the Quans. On the night before the murder Yesterday a meet' ing of the vestrymen of St. From the Official List, lieving that you wi _ e witness s information, in ",„"` Property. He sees the virtuous Socrates con- which h James Quan came to me to borrow a gun, and I lent J ame s's, Westminster PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. with caution, fideli e swore he could not say where the third shot , was held, the Rev. John ensued to death as a blasphemer by the believers in came from. him the gun produced. It was then loaded with Jackson, D.D., Rector, in the chair, in com 1 . p lance _______..-..... lord it over God's 1 le deg ra di........ , ng su • • h perstition, e becomes disgusted, and To Mr O'HeA-M ' y information was true, and shot ; single and double duck. with a requisition signed b y 360 rate-payers, to LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. yourself a wise an( takes to his kennel, referrin t be 11 tl virtuous . p g o i e le To the COURT-I had that gun five or six weeks, consider the propriety o f .• . . hold of God. faithful h , was read to me. I saw the smoke of th h t ' th es o in e petitioning the Legislature JOINT-STOCK BANKS. , onest dog, rather then like false disgusting, f and know it well ; it is very remarkable. agains t intramural burials, and on other business. - "We earnestly corner o the haggard. I told the magistrate so, and cruel, dishonest man. Cau ht b in ' : Dividend I Amount • is eccentricit ' To Mr. O'Hiss.-I know that Quan's corn was The Rev. CHAIRMAN •d Paid. Pries Bishop of our sOll , AsPasie-the f g y Y s I cannot say why it was not put in my infor t• ar-famed Aspasie-courts him Her ma ion. sal . that the subject was Kanto of Company. per of I saw the prisoner come out of the corner immedi- seised, and notwithstanding lent him the gum I surrounded with difficulties, but he was of opinion Annum. Share. healthful spirit of vanity is piqued by his a t indiff . aren . erence, and at ately after the,,shot. Cam telling the truth, and have no don't know what an accessory before the fact is. ercrowded • that the ov churchyards should be closed. - £ s. d. X 1. d. continual dew of hi length she really loves hrs P n rejectin for him Alci- resentment. lam perfectly indifferent as to w hether Mr. P. G. Barron, R.M., examined by the ATTOR- Mr. Churchwarden GERSON said that when he con- istralasia •.•••• • • • • 40 e 0 40 0 0 - you may be enable blades, Plato, and all thn tlitc of g iritshliorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - doctrine of our Chi the outh the NET-GENERAL-I went to Quan's in about two hours side/red the crowded state of cer • l' ' learning, the fashion, and th In y ' the prisoner is acquitted or not. tam metropo itan Ceylon . ..... - ...• •• 61. per cent. 25 0025 0 0 - hatev e p ilosophy _of after Mr. Hill was shot ;he was then dead, and the burial-grounds, he was decidedly of o inion that Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 9 0 20 0 0 - error under w Athens. Diogene is at l To the CoCRT-111 side was to the hed e he h eoloniala ........... bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 o o - vent discordancy o ength touched -he g . w n prisoner was in custody ; I observed that he kept his Government was bound to interfeie d r' , an protect t e loves - his vision is I the two first shots w Y •ere fired, but my back was . oi eatershir• •••• .. 151 per cent. - the clergy of your ( c eared - all is not bad right hand in his pocket, and upon making him take it li v i n g against being brought in such close contact lean c •• • • .......... 61. par cent. 25 0 e 25 -- e 0 ----- in the world. Amidst much foil turned when I heard the third. Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 9 0 20 0 0 24 as well from exterr y ii, much . crime, out, found a mark in the centre of the ,palm, as if w ith putrid and putrefying masses, which necessarily and much vice, he finds that Michael Tobyn, one of the persons who was 13 0 0 - _ and insidious attack ere is even , made by the muzzle of a gun. (Balls produced.) i m pregnated the surrounding atmosphere with a London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0010 9 0 " In all dutiful o • snore wisdom, more d ' d d th • f h d woun e on e occasion ot e mur er, was next ex- 'son. He therefore Provincialof Irsland•• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ile b goo ness, and more virtue These balls were given to me by a soldier of the 412 t. deadly poi . . most willingly moved ecomes more just to his kind ; love 1 ' ' amined by the Solicitor General-I was a keeper , , , • Co Mr. 0 Hast.-fhe top of an ink bottle would the adoption of a petition for the abolition f • Ditto, Now..• •• - - 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - we have the honou o intra- bl. per cent. 50 0 0 23 10 0 - made him hum las again over Quan s corn when it was seized ;on the night , National of Ireland .. " Your I , an, and the glory of his conversio ' make such a mark on his hand; tho top of a pipe I mural burials. Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - clue to Aspasie. The • nls of the day of the sale I heard shots fired, which I be acting of M. Paul Boca don't think would. The Hon. F. BYNG, one of th e s • Ditto, New... ••- .. M. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Diegene was g e as lieve were fired in the haggard ;on the day Mr. Hill t C • ani ary ommis- - 21 10 0 - conded the resolution South Australia • ..• . • - The address will evitherin hh a masterpiece. His sneers were Private Leary of the 41st deposed that he was on • was killed I was going down by the haggard, and " sioners, se , and availed himself union of Australia- .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ai , ns g- Pi e should like to see him in Timon of dut at Quan's- lace after the masder •u on searchin rtunit to assure th - aso e - few days. saw the prisoner inside ; this was shortly before Mr. y 13 ' P gof the oppe . y.. ~ e vestry that the „le • He was admirably supported by Madame H . the co -h w ouse he found some balls, which he gave to clergy were decidedly favourable to the suppression %f o e: S of f I j o a r l d r l o a n ... .. 41. per oent. 5 4 ° 0 0 0 4 10 e 0 0 0 0 ' = • See the Bishop's -teabut Pechter, who m d f • ill was murdered, about ten minutes before I met - a e a most ascinating Aspasie, Mr. Barron, the magistrate. of burials in cities and towns, of E welme. one who must hav Mr. Hill, and returned towards the house. (The den At STEN . U . 1 ......... cynic than Di ec ' onverted even a more confirmed Dr Gelston proved seeing the remains of Mr Hill witness here corroborated Flannery as to the firing f • . • • Mr. ex-Churchwar h said that when he DOCKS. RAIL WAY 13 attended. ogene. Ihe house was very fashionably of the shots, and showed his face to the jury, where aew minutes f after h h e was shot, and that he died in was in office a portion of t f e churchyard wall was Dividend Amount consequenc o gun sot wounds inflicted on his person. forced out by the heaps h o h dead bodies that were Nallle of company. per of Paid. Price. BUSINESS DISPOSE a ball entered his right cheek, passed round his entire Before Annum. Share. . The case "or the Crown here closed, and raised up against it, to t e eight of several feet. THEATR head, and came out upon the opposite side, shatter- ,- ' -. - - , Mr. 0 tins addressed the jury for the defence- A V et declared that the d i • • UNOPPOSED. -D i ns . „ E Rorer., NORWICII-On Thursday even- • h ESTRYMA. ea( buried in the xs. d. Xs. d. ing t e bones of his jaw and teeth in a most frightful - To dee Junction). L K, suss. Butler, who has been fulfilling a short en Ii - . cl h e sea t e prosecution altogether rested on testimony churchyard half hid his house th ' - -ey were piled over ommerclal .• •• latent here gage manner • ofcourse his evidence did not prove an •th• ) mg to it. East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - -e-n Crossing). Nortl c id e , ? took her benefit, and was eminently success - ' a circumstantial nature and • • C„ principally upon the each other so close up 11. per sh. 100 0 0 - -- ft h ' a er e was wounded.) East Country carried, and the 97% crease and division .c. .,;. ner impersonation of Pauline Deschappelles, in the . dence of the first witness, Planner who was not r The motion vvas __ Chairman, the Lxldon • - _ To Mr. O'llsa--I went through the fields with e d vi . f dI on his th f y, h Com it D i lt . t t o h Lo in n a ds :: ••• • .. 41. per cent. - - way (No. 2) (brar - via na y L o..f , Lyons. The attendance during Mrs. Butler's es!rving o cre . i oa , rom t e manner in Hon. F. Byng, Alessrs.. part c r , eeeon, and Austen, - plied with in all tl op e ' r " been goed. On Monday evening last the Edward Allen that morning, and crossed towards t nraittee to dra aofL a S Mr Hill's when which he told his story. were appointed aco wup the petition. Pitt• 80nd5........ 14 .',l. pr cen t . - p arts ,_ . onnambula was produced, the principal • , , I saw him on the road, coining to The CHIEF JUSTICE then summed up the evidence Mr. GRESON brought up a petition fur the repeal °ethane:eon •• ...• •• 21. per eent. 50 0050 0 0 12 OPPOSED.-Edii Ar r. „,!loing sustained by Miss Davenport, Mrs. Sh , aw Quan s; it was about ten minutes from the time I saw Sterling and Duni to the jury, who convicted the prisoner after a few of the window tax, which was laid i th - n e vestry for for __ e-l!iornley, and Mr. Gilbeigh. The opera Was per- the prisoner in the haggard - until the shots were misCELLANEOUS. lnverkeithing Bra' w ln El solely by the t k - d fi d• I 't tll soc company of the theatre, an re , can e exactly, it might be an hour. moments' consideration. signatures ; a f ter which, and the disposal of some as consider b He received [the announcement without observes parochial business of no importance, the vestry Dividend Amount ' burgh and Northe a,_ . ._ aly applauded.-IVorfo/k Chronicle. John M‘Mahon, another ef the persons is • raid. Price. Ism of Compuly. per of \ and Glencraig Bra •,,, '-'-ir ihlafield has en a ed R gg oger, the celebrated w ° w as tion wounded on the occasion in question, examined b ~. broke up. Annum. Share. , -erench tenor f y The Court adjourned until morning. -..........-e-n___.... ______ - tion ; road crossir or the Royal Italian Opera, Covent karden, and ha Mr. PLUNKETT-I was a keeper over Quan's c earm I x. 0. d. l• X. s. d. public property al made arrangements for the production ADJOURNED SITTING or THE COMMISSION FOR THE The Great Belt is entirely covered vvith ice. Tra- 100 o o 30 0- 0 - oaf Auber's new s know the prisoner, and saw him shortly before Mr lastrallaa Agricaltnrl - Perth, and amendi sensation in P o ar p i e s ra, Haydee, which has produced such Hill was shot inside the haggard bed - ' 1 . ge, wit s a gun • COUNTY LIMERICK.-The grand jury having come yellers and the mails are carried across in b te Sound oa con- An g lo-Mexican Mint., 11. 46. le 0 • 10 0 0 - , 2 111 0 -- Befor Be • in his hand. He was inside the spot from which the t t • th in o cour in e course of the day, structed like sledges. T _he ,at the date of the Ditto, Balt Shares.. d with pieces of ' - - t leo • • 12 10 0 _ PUtie TTEE. LATE THAN Nii 'E Th B d f Nn. e oar o De- Mr. Croker (the foreman) applied to their Lord- last accounts, was covere . ice, which were Canada -. •• ........ 61. per cen l . _ _ ITNOPPOSED.-e. . , sof Britiah J sh t me (This witness, it appeared from his evi os ca . ppr Canada Bonds 51 ; seirsei n t ! _ ' - " e d to dd ews met on Wednesday last, and re- ships to discharge them as there was no business to beginning to unite. All communication between El- u city a ci -,011-.5.. • • •..... SS, i. pr ce t. ! - -- ame 1 ( ra ment and dence, was severely wounded in the head, although b t t d ' • • IS It and Helsineburg • s e • o 70 6 0 l es _ ~ __ ,:i a ress a petition to Parliament in favour of e ransac e . sinore, in enmar , a ,in weeen, is Comp. Cppr Than En g . 41. per cent. 100 0 - pended b'll f 1 leo o • 100 1 o a odZines.hn yussell's Bill for the removal of Jewish dis- not so bad as Tobyn.) The CHIEF JUSTICE said he regretted it was not in consequently interr p u ted. Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. o.k bs, 21 100 0 0 0 (4(1 Junction Railway E q uitable Beversisnry 4W. pr cent. ISO 0 0 ; 95 • . ewislt Chro • I me e. To Mr. O'HEA-lt was about half an hour from. h . THE ARMY.- . . It is stated that, amon th 1 t g e p ans a G Ste inNavigation 11. Ss. 15 041'14 0 0 21 nan and Dunkeld b Lacey AND G Mr Hill is power to do so, as he was aware of the intention es_ _ der consideration on the tubject of the az ' a 9 L h oEr.-The Duke of Wellington the time I saw Skehan in the haggard until . of the Government t h resent un army, London inmtitution .•• - , • to e ing asked it he o aye the Commission adjourned P 0 0 sey i tion Railway, am ertee n vol ' a ! " s,on a French criticism on the was murdered. Tobyn was along with me at the before he and the Chief Baron went to Clonmel. is one for employing the out. pensi . oner s in the recruiting relliislr & Orient.liitm. al. per r ce , V.. 1 5 • 0 0 0 6 • • 1 5 0 ° 0 0 0 " . original line of th( Retie, uines of his " Dispatches," replied - in the lie- tirne I knew the risoner as soon as I saw him p Under these circumstances he could only disch department, and additional pay . , se lieu of maintaining I l t e o l. a r itg l e n a. s. .. c .. ! i i. I p 3 r cen t t. - 60 00 48 arge the present staff of non-commisioned officers and men ISA ••• .• el. per eeat. 15 0 0 25 0 0 _ orders complied w thena .4, and inquired, " W hat do th F h f . e renc say o afterwards Solth Austral the grand jury for the !present, and if th • eir services f h " ent Should this plan b - leo • 0 23 0 0 4 ADJOURNED CA , r lie was 'ere told that the reviewer remarked the Co ' unsel here read the witness's informations in rom eac regim ! ~ e carr!-- 1 out Tan Dientait's Land.. -2500 6 0 0 - I were again required they would be summoned • d 11 b ff "'" ' Universal galvaii•• •• • (Ashbourne branc tii. , glory did not once oc h h d cur, ut tat uty frequent In ue a considerable saving ‘" a e ected to the public. u•---D'ilubi ' 1 Y which he said he did not know the man he saw ins'de ' time. e recruiti • • BRIDGES ~ ,,e _ gny s Germany, England, and Scotland. There are in England fiv ng districts, Ireland a .,n a n t dortune of Miss Hardy, of Cork, is 1,5001., the hedge before he met Mr. Hill. --- -- - - - - three, and In Scotland two. Dividend Amount Pontypool Railw 1;11 rictly settl Nam. of Company. of Fail. nice STATE OP TRADE RUC/RT.-MANCHESTER Jan. An P n e lfm. orders not compile at tO her '' ed upon herself, which has been the Robert Henley exan:ined by Mr. BENNIITT-I was FIE CHARTIST LAPID SCHEMR.-The Worcester Share. a tno .__ _ + union with Capt. Bunbury, 67th, whose debts a keeper on Qusin's corn. I know the prisoner, and T 21 -We have closed this week much quieter and less _ OPPOSED.-Soll .4. u°, , d so 700/. remember when Mr. Hill was shot. On that dav I Chronicle states that Mr. F. O'Connor has purchased the ' cheerfully than last, and we are now ci rtain that the £. s. d. X. a. d. Railway Amendin n e ts , ICH P lu / zed ~,, PER.-Last week, an old woman, was looking at the farm, and on my way to the house - G t Dafford estate in Bromsgrov • h • • rea , e pans , containing • .„ d prices of yarns and goods ai es so lew sh ed , ,‘, many menu- rangerrerd ••••• • • • • • - - - - teration of Dociae 280 acres, of Mr.. Bomford, the preeent occurs' uthwrk, .Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 6 - 2}fi ki - 4,1 vi ,,,""tater, retiding z-,i, Bottaiiv, loitia• A:ibtol), diva', I met Mr. Hill. .Before I went out to wee,. 11; .an 1. .." " I , •ollrerS hi Presto's and ether iseiglahourheode hese. 8 ° r e • ""sel 801 rit is ect has crea d owner. ehe ea e te a great eensation d" •: • Ditto Nw of N p.c. 355. per eent. 50 0 0 - 16 decision postponed 4NMJ.M. Nn,i n .• tu her relatives. the deceaed had bL:en saw Skehaa in tho h rd. H - I 1 tt • • i• 't th : de• ecided again to tun cir pro uc ion, and in some - 100 0 0 - 5),, agg.a. e la some ling . in Waterloo • • • • • • •• • • • • amongst the farmers, lest O'Connor's four acre allotments to g rel h e _ , tef from the parish for a long time previous his hand, but Ica cases suspend operations altogether. Rumour of a Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 II 28 Sir John Guest nnot say what it was. I saw him should bring more peer into the parish, it being already Ditto Nw ditto of 71. U. 2a. EC - 40 I 0 26 G ,- eteath.--ellan h c ester Guardian. there about half an hour before the h s ots were fired. very heavily burdened. large house in London being in difficulties has added Vauxhall •••• ••• AT. 11. 16s, 70 10 0 - is ray yesterday, e . to the gloom. , NATIONAL DEFENCES. MR. COBDEN. At a preliminary meeting, held on the 10th inst., with a view to the convening of a public meeting in the Town-hall, Birmingham, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the anticipated in crease in the national defences, and the enrolment of the militia, and also to take other measures in oppo sition to the present war establishment, it was re solved, " That Richard Cobden, E'q., M.P., the effi cient advocate of a pacific international policy, be specially and earnestly invited to attend." To this invitation the following reply has been received by the chairman : " Pencarrow, near Bodmin, Jan. 12, 1848. " My dear Sturge,—l have your favour, enclosing a copy of a resolution, passed at a preliminary meet ing, inviting me to be present at a public demonstra tion in Birmingham, upon the subject of the National Defences.' Agreeing as I do most heartily with the promoters of the meet ing, I regret that my engagements will not allow me to accept their invitation. To me it is utterly intelligible why we should now be suddenly stunned with this outcry for additional armaments to protect us against an attack by the French. An in ♦asion from France I Why that statesman, or party, or newspaper, in that great constitutional and ci% i • lined nation, has latterly been advocating a war with England, or threatening a descent upon our shores ? No ; the whole affair must have been the work of some gossipping idlers at our clubs in London, or of military men impatient at the neglect into which their profession has fallen after thirty years of peace. If these parties and our diplomatists and foreign Minis ters would be quiet, there never was a time when, from the inevitable tendencies of the age, the English and French nations were in so fair a way as they are at present to forget their ancient animosities. It is more than the lifetime of an entire generation since the last sanguinary and irrational conflict between England and France was brought to a close. Upwards of sixty millions of human beings have in that interval passed to their graves in the two countries—and is it taking too favourable a view of human nature to believe that much of our old national hatred lies buried with them ? "I am delighted to hear that you aro prepared at Birmingham to extend the hand of friendship and confidence towards the French people. Such a de monstration will have the best possible effect upon public opinion, not only in France but throughout the world, and I hope your good example will not be without imitators elsewhere. " I remain ever faithfully yours, " RICHARD COBDEN. " To Joseph Sturge, Esq." In consequence of the Town-hall having been previously engaged for the day it was proposed to hold the meeting, it is unavoidably postponed for a short period. TO THE EDl7'Oll OF THE SUN. .. am extremely glad to see that the English nation are at last awakening themselves to a sense of their situation. The fast is that we have been so long without having even the semblance of danger of a war, that the present generation are accustomed to consider the very idea of such a thing as quite pre posterous, but I am afraid that the time is at hand when it will be seen that a war with France is ine vitable; and Sir, when of late years, has the probability of such an event been greater than at present ? The health of the King of the French is said to be on the decline, and at the best he can only be said to be an old man—a very old man. When he dits, lam of opinion that the probability of a war will certainly be very much increased, and I do not think that any rational person will deny this ; at all events, it is too true that we are an unmilitary people. But there is a saying about being penny wise and pound foolish, and while we are keeping up an enormously expen sive Government, yet we are grumbling at the idea of spending a few thousands to place ourselves out of the danger of a sudden attack. As to all the argu ments which I have heard against the probability of the French attempting to land, it appears that they are only the same which might be urged by any nation, however weak they may be. lam sure that there are hundreds of spots in the English Channel, where, during the long light nights of summer, an invading army might disem bark with the utmost facility, and probably unresisted. Even with all our defences, fortune, which has hitherto been so favourable to us, might now desert us, but if we are prepared we shall spare our selves the blame and the humiliation which will follow, and may come too late. Sir, I am not a military man, but I have the highest possible respect for the army, and I hope that England may never rue the day when we tried every means in our power to prevent the increase of our military establishment. The English people cannot shut their eyes to the fact that the subjugation of Africa, which so long amused the French, has been completed, and that a very large force, flushed with recent successes, is now wanting employment. I beg to be excused for troubling you with these few remarks, and I remain, Sir, A constant reader of your valuable paper, TO IMO UR S FRET. London, Jan. 19, 1848. THE NEW BISHOP OF HEREFORD HEREFORD, TIITIRSDAY.—The clergy of the diocese of Hereford, anxious to testify their feeling towards their newly appointed diocesan, Dr. Hampden, are about to present him with an address of congratula tion and satisfaction at his appointment. The address, which has already received a large number of signatures, is couched in the following terms : ' 6 TO THR RIGHT REV. RENN DICKSON, LORD BISHOP OF lIERETORD " My Lord,—'We, the undersigned clergy of your diocese, desire most affectionately and respectfully to make known to your Lordship our satisfaction at your having been called to preside over us. " The acquiescence of all the bishops in your ap pointment to the Regius Professorship of Divinity in the University of Oxford, the very efficient manner in which you have discharged the important duties of that dignified office, and the statute of 1842, by which the same University expressly appointed you its Theological Examiner, completely justify the con fidence we repose in the soundness of your theological opinions ; whilst your eminent learning and irre proachable life, your prompt and enlightened judg ment, your known determination to uphold the pure faith of God's holy word, and that charity which is the bond of peace ; and, above all, your sedulous endeavours, through God's grace, to fully and deeply impress on the hearts of your parishioners at Ewelme the saving doctrines of the gospel, and to lead them to Christ, their great God and Saviour, the Lord their righteousness, for pardon and justification, and for the sanctifying grace of his Holy Spirit, to enable them to walk worthily of their holy calling, and to bring them to everlasting life '* fully warrant us in be lieving that you will discl;arge the duties of a Bishop with caution, fidelity, and diligence, not seeking to lord it over God's heritage, but in all things proving yourself a wise and faithful steward over the house hold of God. " We earnestly pray that the great Shepherd and Bishop of our souls may send down upon you the healthful spirit of his grace, and pour upon you the continual dew of his blessing, that under his guidance you may be enabled to maintain the pure Protestant doctrine of our Church inviolate , to re p el impiety and error under whatever form: they may appear, to pre vent discordancy of principle and practice amongst the clergy of your diocese, and to guard the Church as well from external violence as the more dangerous and insidious attacks of internal enemies. " In all dutiful obedience and affectionate respect, we have the honour to be, " Your Lordship's faithful servants, tHere follow the signatures.] The address will be presented in the course of a few days. • See the Bishop's farewell address to the parishioners of Eivelme. RAILWAY DILLS in PARLIAME NT DUSIN.ES3 DISPOSED OP Sy EXAMINERS YESTERDAY. Before Mr. May, Room 11. UNOFPOSED. — Dundee and Perth Railway (Dun dee Junction). Dundee and Perth Railway (Tay Crossing). North British Railway (No. 1) (in crease and division of capital). North British Rail way (No. 2) (branches, &c_) Standing orders com plied with in all these cases. OPPOSED.—Edinburgh and Northern Railway, and Sterling and Dunfermline Railway (Queensferry and Inverkeithing Branches). Allegations heard. Edin burgh and Northern Railway (Roscobie, lieltyliead, and Glencraig Branches; Dunfermline branch altera tion ; road crossing ; purchase of corporation and public property at Burntisland ; purchase of land at Perth, and amendment of Act 3). Postponed. Before Mr. Smith, Room 8. UNOPPOSED.—Scottish Midland Junction Railway (amendment and branch to Lawrencekirk). (Sus pended bill of session, 1847.) Scottish Midland Junction Railway (amendment and branches to Bir nan and Dunkeld branch of Scottish Midland Junc tion Railway, and power to abandon part of the original lino of the said Dankeld branch). Standing orders complied with in both cases. ADJOURNED CASES.—North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbourne branch, and approach to Congleton sta tion). Standing orders complied with. Newport and Pontypool Railway Act Amendment. Standing orders not complied with in several instances. OPPOSED.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole Railway Amendment (extension to Penistone and al teration of Dodworth branch). Allegations heard ; decision postponed. Sir John Guest had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. oiii, ..- INQUEST on Mrs.SHUTTLEWk TRTii N On Thursday evening an inquest was hel :ctat thei - :,s. , Manchester Arms, Adairastreet East, gisbica' l Patfir!. \--, o " ,\Q I square, before T. Wakley, Esq., M.P t' - 0244: :ea.: . 1 ..„. ~..,n , _, body Of Mrs. Martha Rhodes, alias S u iilifir '• {:.;:,t - '1.4 , I'l t t e ) • who died on the 6th instant, at the Luna v # 4 .,.... v e riurat s , 4 -_,____...3.05 York House, Battersea. Before the jury was sworn, Mr. WAKL that the informations originally forwarded t lAsikriS Kahl the purpose of holding the inquest, at the re ' quest of Miss Rhodes, the sister of the de ceased, had not appeared to him to be sufficient, as there was no statement made of any grounds for supposing that the deceased's death had been occa sioned by any violence or ill-treatment. That he had, therefore, attended in the first instance more to satisfy the feelings of the sister of the deceased than for the purpose of holding an inquest ; but, that having inspected the body of the deceased, he found it so extensively covered with ulcerated sores and mortification about the hips - and sacrum, and so reduced to a skeleton, that he was quite con vinced that an inquiry ought to take place; that, although it would occasion him great personal inconvenience, he was prepared to hold the inquest, if the jury, and the relatives of Mrs. Shuttlea orth demanded it of him, but that he wo u ld recommen d that the body should be taken back to the parish of Battersea, where the deceased had died, and that thee inquest should be held before the Coroner of the ' county of Surrey ; as the inquest would be held with much disadvantage away from the asylum where the death took place, whereas the Coroner for Surrey ' might proceed with the jury to the asylum, and examine some of the patients, as well as the matron and nurses, as to the treatment He was, however, prepared to do his duty if so re quested, and to show that he had jurisdiction, as it was most important that persons should be made aware that they could not evade an inquiry of this sort by removing the body from one county to another, but that the coroner could cause an inquiry to be made where the body was found. In this case the body had been in the jurisdiction of three - coroners, as it had been removed from Battersea to the undertaker's, who resided in Westminster, and thence into the county of Middlesex. Miss Rhodes being called, stated that she was very anxious that an inquiry should be made into the causes of her sister's death, as she wished to know what her death had been occasioned by, and why she had been removed from Battersea ; that she had not seen her sister since the 10th of November, when the treatment she met with was su c h th a t she con ceived she was not permitted to see her sister ; that in consequence of this she applied to the metropolitan Commissioners for an order to see her, which bad been refused. She had no information given her of her sister's illness, nor did she know of her death, which took place upon the 6th instant, till the 11th of January, when she was informed of it by Mr. New land, a solicitor, and that the body was lying at Mr. Storkings, an undertaker, in Pimlico ; that, how ever, she had received a letter from the so licitor, on the Sth of January, requesting her to call upon him upon important business—which she had not immediately attended to, as he was the solicitor of the asylum, and she conceived the business referred to the appointment of a trustee to her sister's property, which she had refused to consent to; that she proceeded forthwith to the undertaker, who told her he had orders from the Rev. Mr. Rowlett, who had signed the order for her sister's confinement, and from Mr. Parkin, one of the doctors of the asylum, not to deliver up the body, but to buryit, and to allow her to attend the funeral ; that, however, after application to the Rev. Mr. Rowlett, she received a letter from that gentleman, ordering the body to be delivered up to her, which was at last brought to her on Friday evening, the 14th ; that she was very anxious that Mr. Wakley should hold the inquest. The jury, with one exception, concurred in this opinion, upon which Mr. Wakley ordered them to be sworn in, and they afterwards retired to view the body. On their return the foreman and the jury stated that they were very much shocked at the appearance of the body, and thought the case was one on which an inquest ought to be held. Mr. Waxaer observed that the sores on the body were very bad, and the mortification very extensive, that such a state, however, sometimes could not be prevented. The question was, whether proper means had been resorted to to prevent such extensive injury. Mr. Wakley recommended that a medical man should be employed to examine the body—and one acquainted with hospital practice. The inquest was then adjourned till Wednesday, Feb. 2, at ten o'clock A.M. ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS. Yesterday the first general meeting of the donors and subscribers to this institution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate.street, for the purpose of electing ten out of thirty-six applicants on the foundation of the institution. D. AV. WIRE, Esq., proposed that the chair be taken by Sir George Carroll, Bart. Sir G. CARROLL, on taking the chair, said it afforded him peculiar gratification in being called upon to preside on the occasion of the first election of the institution, and within so short a period of its foundation, so recently as the 27th of October last. The good effects of their exertions hail already ap peared, in their being enabled, so soon after the foun dation of the asylum, to receive ten applicants out of thirty-six. The great object of the charity was not merely to take the idiot under its care, but especially, by the skilful and earnest application of the best means in his education, to prepare him, as far as pos sible, for the duties and enjoyments of life. All per sons, without regard to sex, or place, or age, being destitute, are entitled to be elected on the foundations, childhood and infancy being preferred, as the most favourably to carry out the objects of the institution. The object of the meeting being the election of candi dates, he declared the poll open and the election to proceed. The poll was then opened, and at the close the ten successful candidates were duly announced. Amongst the donations announced were Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., 100 guineas ; Sir George Carroll, 20 guineas ; Baron Rothschild 10 guineas ; Mr. Sheriff Cubitt, 10 guineas ; Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, 10 guineas ; D. W. Wire, Esq., 10 guineas, &c. Mr. Under-Sheriff WIRE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding. Sir G. CARROLL having returned thanks, the meeting broke up. ROYAL INVALIDS. THE KING OF SARDINIA.—A letter from Turin g of the 10th instant, says :—" Although the state of the health of his Majesty does not cause alarm, his medical advisers are of the opinion that the present attack under which his Majesty is suffering requires great care. Since the 29th of October last, u br e r: f Savoy) has attended all the cou ncils of th quest of his Majesty, the Crown Prince (Di to initiate himself into th e affairs of the state, a fact e ministers t which tends to the suppositi on that the Kin g fancies his illness a serious one. THE ICING OF SWEDEN.—A letter from Copen hagan, of the 12th, states that the amelioration which had taken place in the King's health did not continue. His Majesty had been again bled, and when the last accounts were issued was under the influence of a violent attack of fever. Two bulletins were issued each day. THE EMPEROR or RusSlA.—The Emperor of Russia is still suffering from a violent attack of fever. THE KING OF THE FRENCIL—The last accounts from Paris announce that his Majesty was so far re covered as to be able to receive the deputation of the Chamber of Peers. THE DUCHESS DOWAGER OF TUSCANY.—On the night of the 6th instant the last sacraments were ad ministered to the Duchess Dowager of Tuscany. Their Royal Highnesses tho Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess were present at the melancholy cere mony. Her Royal Highness however rallied, and was still alive on the 11th instant. THE QUEEN OF SPAlN.—Advices from Madrid of the 14th state that the Queen Isabella attended a royal chase in the Prado, and seemed in good spirits ; she was, however, still suffering, and was still under the care of her medical advisers. DRURT-LANE THEATRE.—SALE OP A RENTEIeg SIIARE.—A renter's share for 5001. in the Theatre Royal Drury-lane was offered for sale at the Auction Mart on;Thursday. According to the p ar ticulars,ltheproprietor of the share was entitled to Is. sd. for every day or night whereon any theatrical or other performance was publicly exhibited, and a freo admission upon all occa sions, the share being transferable and saleable annually. The share was described to be held for an unexpired period of forty-seven years from Christmas, 1847, and the free admission included the present season. In reply to questions it was stated that in some years the Is. 3d. per night had pro duced 151. 10s., others so low as 3/., and some nnibA gentleman then g o t up and said,tby an agreement between the trustees and th e ren t ers , mode in 1841, the latter agreed to receive reeeive only 4d. per C u n ight, and he had a cot executors ors it. t T underau t a i own e il e and dd thehe wa s selling by order o owner of this shore had never signed that agreement. After a good deal of discussion the sale proceeded; the first offer was 50/., and eventually a sale was effected for 70/. WAKEFIELD CORN-MARKET, JA N . 21.—Our ar rivals of grain this week are more moderate. The mar kets are very dull westward, and consequently there is no activity here. We quote Wheat fully 2s. per quarter lower. Barley brings full prices. Oats and shelling have not varied, and beans remain stationary. Little doing in other articles. Arrivals—Wheat, 9,666; barley, 2,972 ; oats, 1,736; beans, 641; peas, SO; linseed, 52; shelling, 590. His Excellency Sir Thos. Cartwright, the British Minister at the Court of Sweden, accompanied by Lady Cartwright, who has been some months absent from his diplomatic post on private business in this country, has left for Stockholm : i i , I