The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1848, IRE LAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 4.—The case - for the Crown was brought to a close yesterday evening. A number of gentlerlen witnesses fur the defence, leave Dublin this day, for Cl , nmel. There is no news of any interest, apart from the Special Commission, this morning. The Paris correspondent of the Freeman gives an eccount of an attempt by the French Commissary of Police, at Havre, at the instigation of the British Consul, to kidnap one of the Irish refugees, a Mr. Cavanagh. It would appear that the Consul repre sented to the French authorities that Cavanagh's offences'were unconnected with politics. Fortunately he was absent from the hotel when the attempt was made to arrest him, and before his return the packet had sailed for Southampton. Mr. Robert Lambkin, who had only a day or two previously returned from England, was arrested on Saturday evening by Constable Porter, on a warrant issued under the Suspicions of Treason Act, and lodged in the city of Cork gaol. On Mondaythe constabulary succeeded in arresting, at Dunkitt, a man named Patrick Hanlon, a native of Old-town, near Thomastown, and charged with being one of the armed party, of insurgents who bi vouacked at Owning-hill, near Piltown, the evening after the burning of the Slate-quarry barracks. This man was transmitted to this town, and examined be fore the Earl of Besborough and Mr. Coals ton, R.M., when he was fully identified as one of the insurgents by an old man named Magrath, residing near Owning. The story of this old man is somewhat ex traordinary. He stated that he had a son who was a wild and dissipated character, and who left the neighbourhood three years since, and no tidings of his whereabouts could be obtained till the occurrence of the insurrection. When the in surgent encampment took place at Owning, it occurred to Magrath that there could not be a more likely place to find his scapegrace son, and having gone there for the purpose, he actually did find him amongst the rebels. He endeavoured to induce the young man to return home, but whilst thus engaged the prisoner Hanlon ran over to a large heap of arms which lay on the ground, and consisted of pikes, guns, and bayonets, and taking up a pole which had a bayonet on the end of it, threatened to run it through him if he was not off immediately. Magrath then retired, and never saw his son since. Hanlon was committed by the magistrates to the county gaol of Kilkenny for trial at next assizes. Early in the morning of Thursday last a large dis trict of the county of Kilkenny, neighbouring here, was thoroughly scoured in search of persons who had been " out," and were then suspected to be lurking in this vicinage. The movement was made under the direction of Sub-Inspector Reardon, of Drogheda, but at present on special service in Kilkenny, and the ar rangements were as admirably carried out as planned, although nothing important eventuated from them. Before daybreak constabulary parties from Alullina vat, Kilmacow, Mooncoin, Tempeorum, Owning, Pil town, and Carrick, and a detachment of the 4th Light Dragoons marched from their respective stations, and thus encircling a large district, proceeded to scour the country round till they all met at the chapel of Killnaspick, the central point of concentra- tion previously pitched upon for the purpose. The whole movement was excellently made, but a single arrest of known rebel or suspicious character did not accrue from it. It, however, established one very im portant fact, namely, that that portion of the county is perfectly tranquil and free from strange incendiaries at present. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—On Thursday night some malicious villain endeavoured to upset the Waterford mail, which leaves this city for Dublin, at about eleven o'clock, P.M., by placing an ass's car and two wheels, taken from the car, across the road beyond Windgap. The night being very dark, the result was that one of the wheelers was severely hurt, but providentially no injury was sustained ~by the pas sengers or the coach. THE STATE TRIALS. CLONMEL, OCT. 3.—The Court sat this morning a few minutes past nine o'clock, when the law officers of the Crown resumed their case. Mr. O'Brien's appearance was in general composed, but towards the latter part of the day he was more anxious than we have yet seen him during the trial. The most remarkable witness examined to-day was Mr. Trent, the hero of Ballingarry. He is a man upwards of fifty years of age, and gave his evidence uninfluenced by any feeling whatever, save the wish to show that he had but discharged his duty in the part he was called on to act. Ho described the battle scene with great minuteness, and was followed by several of the constables under his command, nearly all of whom deposed that when they refused to deliver up their arms to Mr. O'Brien, he called out to the people " Slash away, boys, and slaughter the whole of them." This is the most important charge against Mr. O'Brien, and if believed by the jury, decides the case against him. _ _ . John Lamphire was the first witness examined. He was employed by the Mining Company of Ireland as pay clerk, to pay. the workmen. He recollected Friday, the 25th of 3khly, when he saw three jaunting cars pass by, which stopped at a public-house kept by Thomas Sullivan, on the Commons of Boulagh. There were from eight to ten persons on them. He did not know who were there then, but that he was now able to say tint Mr. Smith O'Brien was one of them. As soon as they arrived, Mr. O'Brien walked out about the road, and began to address about 200 or 300 people, to whom he said that there was a warrant against him, and a reward of 5001. for his arrest; that if they protected him from the soldiers, Ireland would be theirs in a fortnight. Some of them said they bad no arms, to which he replied that stones were very good weapons for those who had no arms. A gentle man they called Mr. Meagher, and another named Dillon also spoke, the former of whom said that they ought to arm and protect Mr. O'Brien, and Ireland would be free in a fortnight. He also told them to drive the Saxon from the soil. Mr. Dillon said, also, that if they armed and protected Mr. Smith O'Brien they would have Ireland free in six months. The witness saw Mr. O'Brien walk up and down the road that evening, opposite Mrs. Glacken's house, about which there were some 30 or 40 persons, armed with guns, pikes, and other weapons. The witness saw Mr. O'Brien on the Saturday, about nine or ten o'clock in the morning, en the road with the people, most of whom were armed. There were, he thought, about 100 there at that period ; he said something to then], but the witness did not hear him. About 12 o'clock on the same day Mr. O'Brien walked into the con certi; of the mining company, and asked who was in charge of them, when the witness repli e d th a t h e was . He then said he came for some carts and boxes to help to throw up a barricade across the road. The witness replied that he could not give them, upon which Mr. O'Brien said he would take them by force. He then ordered a man who was standing by to wheel away the cart, but he refused, and Mr. O'Brien commenced to do so himself. He, how ever, did not remove the cart out of the yard, and indeed only rolled it a few yards. The people outside did not come in, they remained about 50 yards from the gate—say about 500 in number, shouting and screaming. After Mr. O'Brien left the yard, he went down to where the crowd was, upon which a number of unarmed persons came into the yard, and began ringing the workmen's hell. They continued doing so for about a quarter of an hour, and then commenced erecting a barricade across the road, made of a ladder, some boxes, sticks, and stones, and in height about four feet. When that was done they marched tip and down the road, armed with pikes and guns, and shouting. Mr. O'Brien had a pistol in his hand when he carne into the company's yard. After leaving the road they proceeded towards Mrs. M'Cormack4 house, when the witness saw a body of police coming towards a place called Scott's Cross, and after that turned also towards the house. As well as he could see at the distance he was from the parties the police got into the house first, and shortly after, say a quarter of an hour, he heard fir ing. The witness saw about 500 people going to wards the Widow M'Cormack's, and besides those a great many on the hills around, but he could not see if they were armed or not. Later in the day, about an hour and a half after the firing at Widow M'Cor mack's house, he saw another body of police coming from the direction of Killenaule. Three or four days previous to this the police stationed on the common were withdrawn from the birrack on the common, which was built and was the property of the company. When Mr. O'Brien came into the yard he asked for the key of that house, saying he wanted it to station some men there. Farranrory was the name of the place where Widow M'Cormack lived. Cross-examined—Th e mining company's concerns were about an English mile from widow M'Cormack's house. The witness swore two informations, one in August, at Ballingarry, and the other in September, at Mr. Semmis's offie in Dublin. The last was the longest. The witness intended to continue in his situation, which he preferred to being in the police. No injury occurred to the property of the company ; all the men seemed to care for was to protect Mr. O'Brien from arrest, and although there were fifty pounds of:powder in the concern, it was not touched. The witness wr,a3 not afraid on the occasion. He did not hear a word in the speeches msde about Ireland being free in a week, but he did that she would be free in a fortnight, and in six months, provided they protected Mr. S. O'Brien. The witness went to bed and slept, after being well frightened, and early next morning saw Mr. O'Brien on the road with about a hundred people. When Mr. O'Brien came into the yard he was accompanied by a little boy only, and did ne± frighten the witness.' When he refused to give up the cart, if Mr. O'Brien chose he could have got men fo roll it out, but the witness believed any of those employed by the company would not do so. The door of the police 'bprrack appeared to have received a blow of a stone, and when he went afterward; to open it the lock was injured. Owen Cullen examined—He lived in the common, and remembered the evening of the 28t of July. He saw Mr. O'Brien there, near Sulliva 's public house, around whom there was a large crowd of per sons. He was standing on a ditch, and the witness heard him tusk if there was a sufficient force there to keep him from 100 or 200 men. He then said the country would be free in a short time, but how that was to be done he (the witness) did not hear him say. He did not observe any of them armed, and as to the gentlemen who came in the cars, when he saw them they had no arms. The witness re membered the morning of the 29th of July seeing Mr. O'Brien at the house of the widow Glackens. He went there in consequence of a message sent him, and saw Mr. O'Brien in a room in the house. He asked the witness to sit down, and he did so. There were two gentlemen in the room, but he did not know them. Mr. O'Brien then read a letter which he wanted him to forward to the Mining Com pany, and he did so. The letter now shown him (that alleging he would take the collieries into his own hands) was the one then given him by Mr. O'Brien. He was very kind to the witness during the time he was in his company. On the evening before this happened he had a conversation with Mr. O'Brien, who wanted the use of a pony belonging to the company, and also of the police barrack, which the police had left; but on his refusing and remon strating, he admitted the justness of his observations, and said he would not press for them. The letter was forwarded by him to Dublin, and on it being again sent down, he put a mark on it. To the COURT—It was not sealed when he got it from Mr. O'Brien. Cross-examined by Mr. FITZGEUALD—He did not mark the letter when he got it from Mr. O'Brien, but when it was forwarded him about seven days after he did so. When he first saw Mr. O'Brien there were a great many women and boys about him; indeed, the greater part were women and boys. A great deal of property was in the company's concerns that morning, indeed, he forwarded 1001. to Dublin at the time. Mr. O'Brien was very kind to him ; he saw the justness of the observations which the witness made, and he did not press for what he asked. Mr. O'Brien appeared to be afraid of being arrested. To a juror—Mr. O'Brien when he talked of a free country, did not give any definition of what a free country was, or how freedom was to be obtained. Richard Purdy examined—He was secretary to the Mining Company of Ireland, and remembered on the 30th of July receiving a letter from the company's agent at Ballingarry. It was brought to his residence on a Sunday morning. Cross-examined—He was directed by the company to foward it to Mr. Redington, the Under-Secretary, at the Castle, and he accordingly sent a copy, after which the original had to be given. Thomas Trant examined—(This was the linspector who escaped into the widow Cormack's house.) He was, he said, stationed in Callan, and on Saturday, the 29th of July, about nine or ten o'clock, proceeded to Ballingarry, where he arrived between 12 and one o'clock. He had 46 men under his command. After he passed through Ballingarry he saw crowds fol lowing him, and also crowds going along through the fields, and as he advanced, about two miles from Bal lingarry towards the common, he observed great crowds in his front, and coming down the hills, and shrill whistling. He met with a road to his right, which he judged led to Kilkenny, up which he wheeled bis party; they ascended the hill, he dared to say, nearly a mile. The people behind him from Ballingarry, when he turned the road, went to his right, others went to his left, and more were in his rear. They were all armed, for everywhere his eye rested he saw pikes and guns. As soon as he saw the slate house he ordered his men, who had marched in columns of four, to break, and make for it, and if shut to smash into it. They did so, and he followed them, and just as he gave the order a shot was fired, about 80 or 100 yards to his left, for he looked and saw the man who fired covered with smoke. The most of the people were all run ning fast, so much so that two or three minutes would cut them off from the house. As soon as he got there he directed his men to turn in and barricade the windows and doors, and having dismounted from his horse followed his party. At this time the house was surrounded, and as he was going up stairs he heard a man cry out for the officer. He then looked out of the window, when he saw a man unarmed, in the yard, hold up his hands and say, " For God's sake, let there be no firing ; we only want to make peace." To this the witness replied, that if the people did not fire from without they would not fire inside; but if they did they would return it as long as a cartridge remained. The wit ness gave his orders to the police, and immediately a voice cried out from below, " Tell Mr. Trant Mr. O'Brien is here." The witness went down to the window where he had been, but he disappeared, and witness went up stairs again. He then got another message that Mr. O'Brien was below, when he said, if so, let him come round to the window , but he did not. Immediately after that he heard cracks of stones and shots fired. The windows were smashed. He instantly gave orders to fire, and the firing com menced. It continued about an hour from the first shot to the last. The effect of it was, when going on for a considerable time, the people did not show themselves in front or rear. To the COURT—When they were going towards the house the number of people was 65;:t0 1, or 3,000 men. He could not form an opinion as to the quan tity of arms, but he saw them in all directions. Examination resumed—The firing from the people continued all the time, and as they had command of their rear the shots came in at one lobby window, passed through the stairs and out at the other. Ninny of these shots were evidently from a double barrelled gun. He heard throughout the entire hour continued shots from without, as well as from within, except perhaps during the last five minutes. As soon as the first stones were thrown the shots commenced, not in volleys, but whenever the parties got an op portunity. To the COURT—The firing was very quick for half an hour or so, and he believed there were from 100 to 200 shots fired from without. To a juror—lt was perfectly impossible for him to number all the reports he heard. He should say the shots fired were more than 200, for there was inces sant firing for half an hour. A constable named John Carroll arrived after the firing had ceased, with dispatches from Kilkenny, where he barricaded the town. To a juror—The head constable of the party would tell better than he could of the shots fired by the police. All he knew was that he served 250 rounds to replace what had been used. Examination resumed—After the firing ceased he remained upwards of two hours in the house, until he was relieved by Inspector Cox's party. Cross-examined by Mr. WHITESIDE—On the morning of that day there was a proclamation offering a reward of 5001. for the arrest of Mr. O'Brien, but he did not know of it. It arrived in Callan before he left, but he did not open the dispatch, nor did he hear of the fact until Mr. Cox came up, when he said, " We've let 500/. slip through our fingers."—(A. laugh.) That, however, was no consideration to him in the discharge of his duty. He was positive there were 3,000 persons present from the ground they covered. He did not see more than three women about the house during the firing; but he took good care to give directions that they should not be shot. None of the police were hurt in the encounter. He received his orders from Mr. Blake, the county in spector, to go to the common of Ballingarry, where he would be met by another party of police and some military, to arrest Mr. O'Brien. When he got into the house there were five children in it, which they kept as hostages, and after the firing was over the mother came to see what had happened, when he said they were safe in bed. The witness woul I swear positively that he did not go to bed —(Laughter)—himself during the fight. He took up a blunderbuss he found there and stood by his men. He did not remark since whether there were any marks of shot in the house, for he had never been there since. He could not say whether there was more firing from the rear or the front, for it was so continuous for half an hour that it was impossible to tell. He was struck with a stone on the left breast, as one of his men told him, but he did not himself know it.—(Laughter.) " 'Cap tain," says he, " you're wounded, though you don't know it."—(Continued laughter.) He heard a crash first, and then came the shots, some of which struck near where he was. He did not see Mr. O'Brien at the Widow Cormack's, nor did he ever see him until in custody at Kilmainham. The police never ceased firing, even after the 'general conflict ceased, for whenever a man was seen changing his position he was fired at. What did you do with the balls ?—I don't know. I did not examine the front of the house to find a ball, and, after being there two hours, Mr. Cox came up, and he took away some of the pikes. Mr. WHITESIDE —I did not ask you about pikes, for you know a pike could not shoot a man. To a juror—lt was about the time the men were ordered to break and run for the house that the shot was fired. The man who held up his hand and cried for peace was a decent looking man, like a shop. keeper, dressed in a brown coat. Cornelius Mahony examined—He was ono of Mr. Trant's party at Farrinrory on the day at the Widow Cormack's. He was in the parlour, on the ground-floor, on the left of the house as he went in. After he got in the people surrounded the house, and began to shout, and then he saw a man with a military cap get out of a pasture• field into a cabbage-garden, and walk down by a ditch towards the house. A man came first to the window, dressed in a flannel jacket, and armed with a blunderbuss. He demanded that they should give up their arms, and immediately after Mr. O'Brien came to the wiu dow, and stood on the window stool. It was open, the upper part being down. As soon as he came up he said he was an Irishman and a soldier. He asked them to give up their arms, and if they did so he'd protect them. He gave them five minutes to con sider whether they'd give them up or not. They told him they would not. The witness did not see any fire-arms with him when he came to the window, but he did before that. When he saw him with fire-arms he was in the out-office, getting into the cabbage garden ' • he stood then at the end of the house, about a perch from the window. Mr. O'Brien had a pistol in his hand. As soon as he refused to deliver up te arms he went away, and he did not see him any more. When he left the window he heard him speak to the people, but he did not know what he said. There was no firing until after Mr. O'Brien left the window, and it then commenced immediately outside. When it commenced the police, up stairs,immediately returned it, and they returned it below also. To Chief Justice DOHERTY—He could not tell the number of shots fired first by the people before they returned it, but it was a volley, followed by stones, which smashed the windows. The stones came in at the end window in the room where ne was, but not through that where Mr. O'Brien spoke. The stones came in before they fired, and in about five minutes after the firing outside commenced. The continual firing lasted for about a quarter of an hour or more, and the police returned it. The wit ness was placed by the window during the time, and saw those outside direct their muskets at different parts of the house. The room in which he was con tained eight or ten. To a juror—He could not say whether the volley fired was that of a section, but it was by more than twelve men. The people who fired were scattered everywhere, but the party who fired at his party were behind a wall. Cross-examined—He did not know there was a proclamation issued that day, or a reward offered for apprehending Mr. O'Brien. All the panes of glass in the lobby window were broken. The time Mr. Trant was sent for it was to come down, but he was not sure whether it was before the firing or not. He had not a very distinct recollection of what occurred; and if he had would have more to tell. He (wit ness) himself fired from the front window, where a great many persons outside were unarmed. He saw women and children about the house before the firing commenced, and while on the march, but not after. To a juror—He saw no marks of balls in the house, and but one stone, and of course he did not fire at random, but at those who were firing, he could not say at his window, but at the house. Police-constable John Moran, was one of Mr. Trant's party, and stationed in the room, at the left of the house. He saw several persons outside collected in front of the gable end of the house. Mr. O'Brien was there, with his back to the front wall of the house, and had no arms, as he could see. Immediately after he put his back to the wall, one of the men went up to say Mr. O'Brien is stand ing against the wall, but when Trant came down O'Brien disappeared. In a short time he stood in the same place, and came to the window stool. The first expression he used was, " We are all Irish, and Mr. Smith O'Brien as good a soldier as any of you." He then demanded their arms, and the answer he got was from the witness and a couple of men in the room—that they'd sooner give up their lives than part with their arms. He certainly then seemed dis appointed, and having got down, the witness heard him distinctly say—" Slash away, boys, and slaughter the whole of them." Mr. O'Brien—Don't you know you're swearing falsely, sir ? Witness—l am not, sir. Mr. O'Brien had one foot on the window stool, and another on the ground. The first shots were fired in a minute after. Two or three, or four, were fired together; he could not exactly say how many. Two or three stones were thrown at the window where he was, and he himself saw a man throw one, as he went in his turn to the window; for when the men fired they retired into a corner of the room to load, and those who had loaded took their places at the window and fired. While all this firing was going on he saw a great number of persons with guns. He saw one man making an attempt to fire by putting the gun over the wall, but the wall was too high, and he did not fire. There were, at all events, 30 or 40 with guns outside. That he saw himself; and a great number armed with pikes. In all he thought there were at least 500 armed men outside. The witness identified Mr. S. O'Brien as being the person present, and also deposed that a man who called himself O'Donohoe was present. Cross-examined--He had no doubt whatever that O'Donohoe' was there, and if any one swore to the contrary, he'd swear falsely. No one was hurt or wounded by the shots. The children were in, when they got to the house, and they kept there. The witness saw several women in the crowd, gathering and throwing stones, and if the firing was going on, he would have shot at them, for he believed they deserved it. The height of the stone wall he spoke of was about five feet, and distant from the window about six yards. The sill of the window was lower than the wall, and it was possible he might have filed if he liked. Their officer was not in witness's room he was up stairs to the best of his opinion, but came in to where he was three, four, five, or six times; but during the firing he was up stairs making his ar rangements. When it ceased he came in. A man might have cried out he wanted to make peace, but he did not hear him. When he came to the window he pushed in the shutter, and at the time he was be tween the police and the people, so that if either fired he must have been shot dead. He behaved in a gen tlemanly manner ; and on their refusing to give up their arms ;he immediately said, " Slash away, boys, and slaughter them all." He was surrounded by a number of armed men when he was at the window. Did the people fire when he bid them ?—Thty might have done so. On your oath don't you know nobody fired at that time P—l don't know. Will you swear there was a shot fired after he said " slash ?"—There was not for some time. Could you not have shot him when he came to the window ?—I could then, for I had my bayonet within six inches of his breast. But if I could shoot him after he used the words, I would have shot him cer tainly, when he said " Slash away." He was going off the window, and at that time my bayonet was not six inches from him. To a juror—He fired at a man whom he saw in the act of throwing stones. What prevented you from firing at Mr. O'Brien ? —I had not time to do so. The witness could not tell where the other man was, but certainly he was in the room. The window-stool was not five feet from the ground. Arthur Rcbinson examined —He also was one of the party of police in Widow Cormack's house, and placed in the under room, to the left as he went into the house. He knew constable Moran who was in the same room, and while there Mr. O'Brien (whom he identified) came to the window, which was about three feet from the ground. The upper sash was open at the time. He came to the window and leaned upon the sash, put his head into the room, and said they were all Irishmen, and all he wanted was their arms. He gave them five minutes to consider ; upon which the witness and Moran replied that they could not, nor would not, give them up if they lost th•-ir lives. In getting from the window he gave the word, " Slash away, boys, and slaughter the whole of them." The firing immediately commenced outside. At the time Mr. O'Brien retired from the window the witness was looking out, and observed persons about the house, the greater part of whom were armed, in side and outside the wall which fronted the how,e. He saw the people taking deliberate aim at the win dows up stairs. To the COURT—The people who were inside the wall walked out through the gate, and some went to the other side of the house. When he gave the word some of the party inside the wall began to fire, and some to move about. The witness fired four shots. Some of the people had blunderbusses, some fowling pieces, some pikes, and others scythes ; and in his opinion the firing lasted for about three. quarters of an hour. Cross-examined—The witness did not make any information as to the words used by Mr. O'Brien. A man was killed by his party. Was, he believed, out side the wall, for he saw them carrying the body outside the wall. He could not see if anybody was killed or wounded at the gate ; but he saw them take a man away from it. The witness thought that Ma honey was touched by Mr. O'Brien when he was at the window, and after the words were used by him he fired at the man standing at the gable, about forty yards off. That shot was fired from the gable win dow, and not at that where Mr. O'Brien spoke. There was no one in the inclosure when he fired. He did not fire at any woman. He saw several of them trying to force the men away, and he could not swear they were going away, but they were certainly mov ing about when he fired. Two panes of glass were certainly broken in the window at which Mr. O'Brien appeared, but they were broken by the bullets of the police firing through them. He saw no stones thrown at it, nor a bullet-mark. To a juror —Mr. O'Brien was' getting down from the window when he said " Slash away." On his oath, neither himself nor the last witness had any conversation whatever as to the evidence they were to give. Police-constable Patrick Ford, of Mr. Trant's party also, was next examined—He deposed that when in the widow Cormack's house, a young man came up first to the window, wearing a flannel waist coat, and asked their arms, saying they were all Irishmen, and that he knew the witness as " Pat Ford," from Callan. The witness desired him to go away, or it would be better for him. Mr. O'Brien immediately came up and said, on honour, as a gen tleman, because he was Smith O'Brien—he knew they were Irishmen ; he only wanted their arms, and would protect their lives. They replied they would not give them up; they had an officer, and whatever he'd do, they'd do. Mr. O'Brien then asked who he was, and they said, " Mr. Trant, from Callan." He then asked where he was, aril they replied he was address ing the people backward in the yard, and he then went away. Mr. O'Brien wore 'a frock coat, and a cap with a gold band on it ; he had a belt with two pistols in it ; he held another in his hand. After Mr. O'Brien went away, the wit ness heard the words "Slash away, boys,—we'll soon have them all." He did not know who used the words, but they were spoken at the window, and when Mr:O'Brien was distant about seven or eight yards. The firing continued for about three quarters of an hour. One shot entered the room where he was, the mark of which was in the grate and another outside the window. Cross-examined—The person who came first to the sill of the window remained on it all the time Mr. O'Brien was there. When Mr. O'Brien put his hand into the room they thought it was to grasp the arms, and they ran to push it away. The firing com menced in about a minute and a half after. The wit ness thought some of the men in the yard commenced firing first, and from the time Mr. O'Brien and the other men left the window, he did not see him after wards until he was in custody. To a juror—The bayonets of the men in the room were quite close to Mr. O'Brien when he put his hand into the window. George M'Donogh, head-constable, examined—He was in the room over which Mr. O'Brien came on the day in question, and remembered going down stairs with Mr. Trent. After he returned to the room, he distinctly heard the words " Slash away, boys, and slaugiler the whole of them," immedi ately after which the firing commenced. A ball struck the sash of the window where the witness stood, but no stones were thrown into the room. He saw women collect stones, and shots fired, but he could not see who fired them, as they were concealed behind the wall which ran round the house. To the best of his opinion the wall was four feet high. Cross-examined—He swore no information at all, but he was sent for to Dublin, by whom he could not say, but believed the Inspector-General wished to have the person who could give the best infor mation. He was sent for on the Bth of August, but did not tell them all he knew ; he did not tell the Inspector-General about the words " Slash away," but he told Mr. Ray, who was in the Crown Solicitor's office. He was the first who gave a deposition, but he did not swear it. A map of the house was handed him, hut he would not swear positively as to the room he was in. When he went into the room there was a bedstead and a bed in it, but he did not go into it.— (Laughter.) Mr. Trant told him not to attempt to fire until they were fired on, or got orders from him. As soon as he heard the words " Slash away," he fired, and he would not swear he did not kill any one. He saw a body, however, and two women and a man carried away ; that occurred outside the en closure. Police-constable Waters deposed that he was sta tioned in the room opposite the last witness, when he saw shots fired, and the plaster knocked off the win dows, near to which he stood. Police-constable Hanover deposed! that he went to the widow Cormack's on the Monday following the " shooting match."—(Laughter.) He examined the house, inside and outside, and saw several marks of both stones and bullets. The bullet marks were on the front principally, but he found several others in the inside part of the rear face of the house; that is, of bullets which came in by the front, and lodged in the rear. Cross-examined—General M'Donald was there and got one bullet, which was handed him by an officer; and witness saw several exhibited by the children of the place. John Carroll sworn—He was in the constabulary, and remembered in July last going from Kilkenny to Ballingarry, having been sent by Mr. Greene, the resident magistrate of Kilkenny, to Mr. Trant. He proceeded in the direction of the Widow Cormack's house, where he heard some shots, but it ceased when he got there. The witness delivered the letter, and on his return came up with a crowd of persons about 300 or 400 yards in a direct direction. Some of them were armed with guns and pikes, and some of them were not. Mr. O'Brien, at the bar, came up and spoke to him. He asked him was he a mounted policeman, being in coloured clothes, and he said he was, upon which another man, with a gun in his hand, came up and said he (the witness) might consider himself a prisoner, but that he would not be insulted or injured. At that time there were about 300 or 400 people present, and Mr. O'Brien amongst them. The party then moved down the road, Mr. O'Brien and Father Fitzgerald going together. Who is Father Fitzgerald ?—The priest who went along with witness up to the Widow Cormack's house. The witness was ordered to the rear, and as there was a great sensation among them, he thought he was going to be shot, for they made a rush at him, and ordered him to dismount. Mr. M'Manus, the person who desired him to consider himself a prisoner, took him by the arm and brought him out of the crowd into the field, after which Mr. O'Brien got upon his horse. Sometimes he used to ride away for half an hour, and sometimes came back again. The witness was placed in charge of four men, but not until he was prisoner, for half an hour ; and after that he asked a third person would he allow him to go to the village to get some refreshment, who said he might ; but he was not allowed to do so. That third party wanted Father Fitzgerald to give him his blessing before the house was attacked. Mr. WHITESIDE objected to the evidence. Why, things said by a third party could not affect Mr. O'Brien, who was not present. After some discussion the Court ruled in favour of the Crown, but the Attorney-General declined to press the question. Examination resumed—The witness was in custody about two and a half or three hours, during which time he was marched up and down the crowd, and while among them heard Mr. O'Brien at some tine asking the people would he give himself up to be hanged—that he did not like to be in that position, or words to that effect, and at another time, that he could take the place where Trant was in an hour. When he asked, would he give himself to be hanged or not, they said, no ; but could not say whether he spoke of taking the house before that or not. He got away in this manner. The witness asked a man would he take him out of the crowd and protect him, and he said he would with his life. Immediately , after, and while on the road, he saw cars coming from the direction of Ballingarry with police, and heard the people say they'd attack them. They then left the road, and went into tke fields; and when he and the man, who offered to protect him, went about a mile and a half, he was met by Mr. O'Brien. The other man had gone away a minute or so before. As soon as Mr. O'Brien came up he pulled a pistol out of his breast, and said he would take his life or he should take his, if he were going to arrest him. To this the witness replied that he had no arms, and he might shoot him if he liked. Mr. O'Brien replied that it was beneath him to do so, or fire on an un protected man, and insisted he should go back with him towards where he left the people. The witness did so. Mr. O'Brien had a pistol in his breast, a stick in his hand, and wore a common hat, having changed it for the cap with the gold band he had first worn. The witness went back with him about half a mile, and while going, asked leave "to speak to him as one man might speak to another." He said "go on," upon which the witness said that it was impossible for him to carry out what he had under taken, particularly as the Roman. Catholic clergy men, that he had seen that day, were against him. To this he replied as for twenty years he had worked for his country, and that count r y mi g ht redeem itself if it lik e d. To another observation of the witness— " That it could not be redeemed without blood "—he said he wanted no blood, an d immediately after gave witness his horse, and walked away in the direction of the commons. The witness was cross-examined at some _length, but nothing material was elicitel. Sub-Inspector Cox deposed that on the day in ques tion he left Cashel, in command of twenty men, who proceeded at a quick pace, in consequence of informa tion he receiv e d. When they got within half a mile, and in view of the Widow Cormack's house, they saw a large number of men formed in line between them and the house, and a little to the left of the road. The party that came to meet them was composed of about two hundred men , and when nea r there divided them selves i n t o th ree por tions, two going behind the hedges at each side of the road, and a third, the smallest, coming directly down the road. There was a cross road before them, and about two hundred yards above an immense n umber passed. Just as the police got to the cross roads a party of men stationed there retired on the hill, w here with their companions they commenced yelling and shouting. The witness then sent six men on each side of the hill and went himself with the remainder towards the hill. They still continued shouting, and as he gained the people retired. Mr. WHITESIDE submitted that the present state ment was not applicable at all to the case, as there was no ove r t act at a ll a pplying to it, but he was overruled. Examination resumed—There were two or three mien most conspicuous among those who called to the people to come on, and they did so. The people were armed with guns, and pikes, a nd stones. One of th e police cried out that he was fired at, but he ordered them to fire even before that, and when they did so the people returned it. He saw one man fall, upon which there was a pause, and the people retired. They continued to fire for about three minutes on the police —some one shot, some two shots, and some mor e . When we got to Widow Corinack's it was a perfect wreck inside, and the marks of bullets in several places. Cross-examined—The house was wrecked by the police, and the furniture broken in barricading it. None of the police were injured, but same of the people were shot. The witness sent n 1 one for Mr. O'Brien's portmanteau that was at Mrs. Doheny's, but a man named Norton brought it in. Michael Mulgrew merely deposed that he heard the report of a shot before Mr. Cox 's party fired, and that when they did so fifty men were advancing towards them with pikes, on whom they fired. Two or three other witnesses were examined re specting the manner in which Mr. O'Brien's portman teau came into the possession of the police. It appeared it was found in a limekiln, situated in the garden of a house belonging to a man named Lyttleton, a pawnbroker, in Cashel, and by his son given up to a servant boy of a person named Norton, who brought it to the police. Three policemen proved the existence of the " Red Hand " Club in Dublin, deposed to in the evidence of Dobbyn, the approver. A Copy of the Order in Council was then handed in and deposed to by the Crown Solicitor, dated the 18th of September, directing that Mr. O'Brien ahould he tried for high treason : and a proclamation dated July 18, which proclaimed Dublin. Mr. WHITESIDE—Is that for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—No. Mr. WHITESIDE—Then its for martial law ? Chief Justice BLACKBURN E—Ah ; now ➢lr. White side will you let me take it down ? The letter to the Mining Company was then read, and some papers found on Mr. O'Brien's person by General Macdonald, when arrested in Thurles. Those papers appeared to he tracings of different parts of the country, particularly of Ballingarry and the roads leading to it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proposed to read the letter of Mr. Duffy, found in the portmanteau. Mr. WHITEsIDE objected, on the ground that the contents of letters found in that portmanteau could not be received as evidence against Mr. OTrien, unless they were in his handwriting. In the present case it was a long time out of his possession, and had passed through many hands before it came to the police. The ATTORNEY.GENERAL replied, if he proved clearly that Mr. Duffy was a co-conspirator, it was quite enough for him. Judge MOORE—The chief difficulty is, that the letter was never traced to Mr. O'Brien's possession. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended it was so traced from the house of Mrs. Doheny to a limekiln, from a limekiln to a person named Norton, and from him to the police, and subsequently the document was found in it written by Mr. Duffy to Mr. S. O'Brien. Mr. Fitzgerald and the Solicitor-General were also heard, after which the Court decided in not ex cludingit. Mr. — WHITESIDE next applied, that as the Court decided on having the letter read they should have all the papers found in the portmanteau read also. The Under-Secretary of State pledged himself to return Mr. O'Brien's papers, but he had broken his word. The COURT decided there was no necessity. After which Mr. Duffy's letter was read. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proposed to read a letter written by Mr. T. F. Meagher, found in the portmanteau also. It was dated Cahirmoyle, giving an account of a tour of agitation he made to Cork and Limerick, and of his intention to go to America, to raise money, and invoke the sympathy of the Ame rican people. Mr. WHITESIDE objected, but the Court ruled against him. " Cahirmoyle, Wednesday Evening. " My dear Smith O'Brien,—l have this moment reached here ; it is just nine o'clock, and I sit down for two minutes to give you an abrupt account of myself. " Upon Sunday I left Dublin at eleven o'clock, A At., and reaching the Thurles station at three o'clock found no way of getting on to Limerick. It struck me then that you might be in Cork, particularly as I had read a speech purporting to be addressed by you to the Rathkeale clubmen, in which you are made to state that you were going to Cork. Off I went by the mail to my own beautiful darling city, and arrived there upon :Monday morning at one o'clock. I spent the day with Barry and Leyne, and the half of the next day leaving it last night. This morning I arrived in Limerick, and received your letter. Just think of it, I quite forgot this was Tuesday, and I started off to Rathkeale instead of stopping where I was, as your letter would have suggested (did in fact suggest), and made a flaming speech to the multitude from Mr. Fitzgibbon's windows; after which I gal lopped off to this find old place, finding out, when I was just a mile from the gate. that it was Wednes day and not Tuesday. However, I still persevered, and here I am. Well, then, I come to tell you about the American trip. lam off for New York (God willing) on Saturday. " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, My thoughts as boundless and my soul as free." What to do ?To raise money—to invoke sympathy —to &c., &c.—amuse myself. You will be delighted with the Cork organisation. Be so good as to men tion at the soirée on Monday night the object and fact of my departure, and " Believe me ever your faithful friend, "THOMAS F. MEAGHER. The next document was the resolution and ad dress passed at Philadelphia, and . referred to already in the trial. Mr. WHITESIDE again contended that the recep tion of this was not legal evidence, as against the prisoner, hut he was overruled by the Court. Mr. O'Brien then said that, in justice to himself, he was bound to say it was his habit to keep all letters in his pocket until he answered them, and, therefore, to make him responsible for them, appeared to him to be the height of injustice. The document was then read. Next came an ad dress from the " John Mitchel" Club, Enniscorthy, to Mr. O'Brien, on the occasion of his visiting that town, in July last, and the balloting papers in electing the Executive Council. Mr. - WHITESIDE asked for all the documents found in the portmanteau. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that he should send for them that very night to Dublin, and that every exertion in his power should be used to have them for his Learned Friend. They consisted, he believed, principally of private letters. A map of the widow Cormack's premises was then proved, after which, the case for the Crown closed. Mr. WHITESIDE then said he would be ready to proceed with his speech in the morning, at ten o'clock. The Ccurt then adjourned at half-past six o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A potboy, named Joseph 111-Laren, and James Pomeroy Boobner, a shoemaker, were placed at the bar on the charge of stealing a cashbox containing between 301. and 401. from the Fortune of War pub lic-house, Giltspur- street. The first-named prisoner has been several times under examination, but Boobner then appeared for the first time. Mr. Child appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Sidney and Mr. Dod defended the prisoners. From the evidence taken on former occasions, it appeared that M‘Laren's brother, and a party of eight or ten, had a supper in the club-room of the Fortune of War on Thursday night, the 21st of September, and that their conviviality was k.pt up until about three o'clock in the morning, when they descended to the bar and had more to drink. About this time a witness named Arthorpe, who was leaning against the bar, heard the chink of money, and on turning his head round observed Joseph APlAren, who was potboy to the house, on his hands and knees inside the bar, and having a bottle and what appeared to he a box in his hands. lie made towards the bar door, and Althorpe distinctly swore that he saw MiLaren pass what he considered the box to the prisoner Boob ner, upon which they both left the house followed by the rest of the party. The evidence of Mrs. Darker, the landlady, went to show that the money was all safe about nine o'clock at night, and that while her husband held the door open for them to depart, she was persuading them to go, when one of the party whom she knew caught hold of both her hands and said, "My good woman, we are going directly," upon which another person fell down and cried out, •' Don't rob me." Some confusion immediately took place; after which they all left, with the exception of one of the prisoners brothers, who slept in the club room, and another, who took up his quarters on a sofa in an adjoining room. After shutting the door the robbery was immediately discovered, in conse quence of which she and her husband determined not to go to bed, but remained all the rest of the night in the bar parlour, and on the following afternoon gave information of the robbery to the police, when their pot-boy was taken into custody. The witnesses were cross-examined at great length by Mr. Dodd and Mr. Sidney, but did not succeed in shaking their testimony in any material point, Alderman MooN said, he considered that sufficient evidence had been adduced to send them for trial. Application was made for the prisoners to be al lowed out on bail. Alderman MooN refused to take bail for M'Laren, but said he had no objection to allow Boobner out, himself in 801. and two sureties of 401., besides giving 24 hours' notice. The depositions were then made out, and they were removed to Newgate. BOW-STREET. Benjamin Goslin and Afred Grey, clerks, were charged with assaulting George Seymour, a drum mer in the Coldstream Guards. The complainant was walking from Waterloo bridge, in returning from the Surrey Theatre on Tuesday night, when the prisoners ptirposAy jostled against him, fle remonstrated with them in mild term, upon which they fell upon him, knocked him down, and both struck and kicked him in the most savage manner, tearing one of his epaulettes from his shoulder and throwing it over the bridge. The toll keeper went to his assistance, and sprung his rattle for the police, three of whom came up and secured the defendants. Grey assaulted one of the constables on his way to the station-house. The defendants contradicted the statements of Sey mour; and Goslin said that they had merely gone to his rescue, seeing that he was assaulted by a third party, who eccaped apprehension, and that one of them (Grey) had lost a valuable watch and chain during the affray. Mr. HENRY was satisfied with the evidence as to the assaults committed, and fined the defendants each 51., or one month's imprisonment; adjudging Goslin to pay 3s. 6d. for the epaulette which he threw into the river. His Worship further committed Grey to one month's imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for assaulting the police-constable. A middle-aged woman, named Ann Mar i a Wren, was brought up on a warrant, charged with annoying Dr. Epps, the physician. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the complainant. From the little that transpired in court it appeared that the defendant was some time back one of the complainant's gratuitous patients. She then formed a strong attachment to the doctor, and, after making several fruitless attempts to engage his attention, she took a handsome apartment in Berners-street, and sent a message to the complainant to the effect that " a lady had been taken suddenly ill, and his imme diate presence was necessary." The complainant rode to the house and was conducted to the room, when, to his surprise the defendant rushed upon him and en deavoured to embrace him. He managed t o avo id her, however, and on inquiring of the persons living in the house, was informed that the woman had taken the room in the name of a gentleman whom, she said, would call in a short time to look at it. Mr. HENRY asked the defendant if she had any ex cuse to offer for her extraordinary conduct ?—The defendant declined stating her reasons for acting as she had done ; but promised the Court never to cause the doctor any further annoyance. Upon this understanding, there being no wish on the part of the complainant to press for punishment, The defendant, who said that she was a cook, was required to enter into her own recognizances for a month. CLEI7KENWELL. James Pennington, an ill-looking fellow, who was described in the police-sheet as a modeller, residing at 4, Sidney-street, Somer's-town, was placed at the bar before Mr. Combe, charged by Martha Pearse, a young woman with whom he cohabited, with having stabbed her with intent to murder. The prosecutrix, whose head was bound up, and who was in a weakly state through loss of blood, deposed that on Tuesday night last, at about a quarter before ten o'clock, she returned home per fectly sober, when she knocked at the door, which was opened by the prisoner. She followed him to the bedroom on the first floor back, when some angry words took place between them, and the prisoner was in a great passion with her because she had stopped as he said, too long on an errand. She was undressed and going to bed at the time. He repeatedly swore at her, and said, " You wretch, I'll do for you," and then gave her a dreadful blow on her nose, which caused it to bleed profusely. He then ran to the table, seized a table-knife, and rushing at her made a stab at her. She attempted to save herself by holding her arms up to ward off the blows, and the knife struck her on the temple, near the eye, and inflicted a severe wound, from which the blood gushed copiously, and she became faint and was taken to the hospital, where the wound was dressed by the house surgeon. In answer to questions by the magistrate and clerk she said, she was about to escape from his violence when he locked the room door upon her and took the key out of the lock. It was after he had locked the door that he stabbed her with the knife. She bled profusely. Witness called out " Murder" as loudly as she could, and also called to the inhabitants to come to her assistance. On seeing the blood running from her, and hearing her cries, the prisoner endea voured to coax her to be quiet. She then exclaimed loudly, " For God's sake let somebody come to my aid," and continued her cries of " Murder," when she found the key of the door on the chair; having re leased herself she ran down stairs, and the police and neighbours came to her assistance and took the pri soner to the station-house. She had cohabited with the prisoner nine years. He was jealous of her, and had frequently ill-treated her before, and had been committed to prison for violence towards her. The prisoner while confined in the station-house was seized with a violent fit, and Mr. Skinner, of Aldenham terrace, assistant surgeon to the S division, attended promptly and rendered every assistance until he was recovered. Mr. COMBE asked the prisoner if he wished to ask the witness any questions ? Prisoner.—No ; she was drunk. Allum, 320 §, who apprehended the prisoner, denied this. She was very much excited and agitated, and hardly knew what she was about. The witness heard the cries of " Murder," and saw the prosecu trix rush into the street, bleeding and saturated with blood. fie proceeded upstairs, and in the back room on the first floor found the prisoner undressed. The room was; covered with blood, and he found the knife (now produced) with which the wound was alleged to have been inflicted. Mr. James Morris, house surgeon to the University College Hospital, deposed, that the prosecutrix was brought to the hospital at a quarter to twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, and on examination he found a wound over the left eye. She had other wounds of older date on her head and chest, which had been caused by the prisoner. The wound was not dan gerous. Mr. CoMaE cautioned the prisoner that he was not bound to say anything to the charge ; would he slo so after th a t cau ti o n ? The prisoner sai d he did not take up the knife or use it against the prosecutrix. He was cross with her in consequence of her staying out longer than she had occasion to do. She threw a loaf at him while he was in bed. The prisoner was then fully committed to New gate for trial. LAMBETH. A decent looking woman named Pomford, applied to Mr. Norton for some slight assistance. F rom h er t atement it appeared that her husband h a d b een statement principal clerk in a mercantile establishm en t i n the City, but owing to the failure of th e fi rm h e lost his situation, and being unable t o o bt a i n another they became very much reduced in circumstances. She endeavoured to obtain a subsistence by her needle, but such were the prices that were at present given at warehouses and shops that she found it quite im possible to earn sufficient to procure the ordinary necessaries of life. At present she was engaged in sew ing shirt fronts and " dickeys," for which she was allowed one halfpenny a-piece, and the very utmost she could do was a dozen in the day, so that she had to work from six o'clock in the morning until ten at night to earn sixpence. Cook, the gaoler, said he had known the applicant and her husband for some years, and had al ways noticed that they had used every possible effort to support themselves. The husband who was an ex cellent linguist, had recently been taken to Oitend, and the applicant was enabled to exist through assist ance from a fund which he was sorry to say was nearly exhausted, from which she received is. 6d. a week. The work upon which she was at present en gaged was paid for so wretchedly that she could scarcely earn so much at it as would pay her rent; and he had no doubt from what he had learned of her that if she got good work she would be well able to provide for herself. _ _ Mr. NORTON remarked, that he had observed by the public papers that considerable effurts had been made by the gentlemen belonging to the Needle Women's Society to improve the condition of such deserving persons as the applicant, and the ample funds recently received by the society he bad no doubt enabled them to extend the sphere of its use fulness. In this case he should request the attend ance of the secretary of the society, and see what could be done. Mr. Nowrort here directed the chief clerk to write to Mr. Roper, the honorary secretary to the society, to request his attendance before him, with the view of obtaining for the poor woman some lucrative em ployment, and ordered something out of the poor-box for her immediate assistance. DREADFUL MURDER. One of the most cold blooded murders we ever had to record in this neighbourhood took place about twelve o'clock on Saturday night, at Tootal Bridge, on the Bury road, about a mile and a half from Bol ton. The victim is a poor man named J. Schofield, a weaver, residing at Undershore, and about forty-nine years of age. He was on his way home from the Hare and Hounds public-house, on the Bury road, in a state of intoxication, and when he got to Tootal Bridge he was attacked by two men, who demanded his money. He told them he had none. They then rifled his trousers pockets, but found nothing ; some copper in his coat pocket having escaped their notice. The villains, apprehensive that he might create an alarm in the neigbourhood, then determined to throw him over the bridge. The battlements are at least four feet high, and he struggled v.ith the men but in vain. He begged, however, that they would let him drop down, so that he might have a chance of escaping with his life. This they consented to do, and put him over with his feet first. When hanging over the bridge, he got hold of the coping -stone, and kept himself suspended for a second or two, but the murderers struck his hands with 1 a bludgeon, or something of the sort, until he could hold no longer, and the unfortunate man fell to the ground, a distance of fifteen yards. lie fell on the Bury side of the brook, close to the. water. lie was nearly killed by the fall, and lay there until five o'clock on Sunday morning, when he was discovered by a person passing on the road. He was removed to a neighbouring house and although in a dying state was able to give this account of the treatment he had received. The men, he said, appeared like " navigators ;" but the only description he could give of them was, that one was tall and the other rather short. The unfortunate man lingered until noon on Saturday, and it is most extraordinary that no in telligence was conveyed to the police until after his death. The murderers, therefore, had ample time to escape; and any information which the dying man might have been able to give respecting these desperate villains was unfortunately lost. When the deceased was found his pockets were tinned out, and the back of one of his hands was much bruised, where be had been struck when clinging to the parapet of the bridge. From inquiries that have since been made it appears that two men, answering the description given of the murderers by the deceased, were seen upon the road that night, and that they attempted to !rob three gentlemen near Bury. It is said that about eleven o'clock the same night Mr. Robinson, who lives on the Bury road, near Bury, was driving home, accom panivd by two friends, and that two men, apparently excavators, presented pistols at them, and ordered them to stop. Mr. Robinson, however, galloped on, and as the villains did not fire, he and his friends escaped, and reached Mr. Robinson's house in safety. The other person who is said to have seen them is a collier named Slater. About one o'clock on Sunday morning he was passing the Tonge Fold toll bar, which is about half a mile distant from Tootal Bridge, in the direction of Bolton, when he was stopped by two men, answering the description of the murdered man. They asked him how they could get into the toll-bar, and Slater, not liking their appearance, went round the house on pretence of seeing if the inmates were up, and took the opportunity of escaping over the fields.—Manchester Guardian. OUTRAGE OF THE JESUITS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMiSPITIERI — French ship Arche d'Alliance, which, with its band of Jesuit missionaries, had been lying in Port Jackson for several weeks, suddenly sailed on Good Friday, the 21st inst., having taken on board about thirty of the South Sea Islanders who, for the last ten or twelve months, have been in the service of Mr. Boyd, by whom, as it is well known, they were brought from the Loyalties, and who had succeeded, beyond his expectations, in training them to habits of usefulness and industry. By various arts, and the aid of a plentiful supply of cocoa nuts, they were kid napped by the Arche d'Alliance's company of Jesuits, at whose instigation they took from Mr. Boyd's stores, the bedding clothes, cooking utensils, and various other necessaries, with which they had been supplied by him. Upon being apprised of this audacious act of the French mission, Mr. Boyd, through Mr. J. P. Robinson, requested the interference of Archbishop Folding, representing to his Grace that the men were useful servants, and that they were under engagements to Mr. Boyd, who would, however, have no objection to allow two or three to proceed with the Arche d'Alliance if their services as interpreters were de sired by the mission. Mr. Robinson further ex plained, that this " island labour experiment" had every prospect of success; that many of the Sydney householders had engaged, and been much satisfied, with the services of the men ; and that, as a very im portant step in the difficult problem of colonization, it was desirable that the attempt to interfere with, and kidnap the people in Mr. Boyd's employ should be abandoned. Dr. Folding declined to interfere in the matter, on the ground " that he had no control over the French Mis s i on ;" an d M r . R o bi nson thereupon ob tained, from the magistrate of the water police, war rants for the apprehension of the men who had been enticed on board the ship, then on the eve of sailing. Before these warrants could be executed, Captain Marceau set sail, waiving the usual form of' clearance, defying the authorities of the port. This officer's con duct will of course be represented in the proper quarters and, in so far as he is concerned, full redress will doubtless be obtained ; but as regards the audacious outrage by the Jesuit missionaries, it may be ad visable to consider the matter in some other form than a tedious and; but too probably, unsatisfactory official correspondence. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, gar. 4. _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a dull and languid demand at our market for shares this morning, W ith out, however, producing any change in prices. The sales ar e — Caledonian, Preference, dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 41 dis.—Ditto (late West Riding Union), Fifths, 5% 2 dis.—London and North-Western, 1091,4 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 18s. 9d. c. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Quarters, No. 1,9% c. dis. Ditto, Eighths, 71,4 dis.-. Ditto, 101. Preference, 91. 16s. 3 d.—Dlidland Stock, 83._ Ditto, New Halves, 101. 8s: 9d. c. dis.—North Union (A), 1971 /—South-Eastern and Dover, 23 1 / 2 c.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 6/. 16s. 3d. c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 1% dis. _ MANCHESTER, Ocr. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 95,& dis. — Caledonian, Pre ference, % dis.—East Lancashire, Preference Quarters, par— P• —Man- London and North-Western, Quarter s ( C) , 14 chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10t. Preference, 934 Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 13 3 4 dis.— North Stafford shire, 6 13-16 dis.—Shropshire Eastern and Dover, No. BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 4. 13ir-el6 Union, dis. 3721 dis.—South- STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been prostrate the last few days. The salesaret—a Sh rewsbury an d Birming ham (A), 71. 3s. 9d.—N ULL orth S O S taffordshire 6 1.25. 6d. dis. H, m 4. Half STO Shares, 48—London and Bri CK Excrtaxam—The sales are — H u ll and Selby, h Extension (scrip), 3s. 9d.—Ditto, ton, 27—N orth British, Thirds, Wales, 20s. 975.--North NOT A BAD REASON FOR ABJURING CHARTISM. —A Rev. Gentleman of this town, while in conversation the other day with an individual who formerly figured as a red- hot stickler for the six points, being struck with the subdued language in which his political ideas were now cloth e d, remarked, " Why„ I thought you were a Chartist." "So I was, sir," rejoined the other; " but " b—uialntdtwtohecoattnasgweesrv,is deeply significant—" I have lately Comment would be misplaced.— Lancaster Guardian. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The most obstinate Bowel Complaints are speedily cured by Woradell's Vegetable Restorative Pills, prepared by John Kaye, Esq., of Dalton-hall, near Huddersfield. Mr. Thomas Hughes, builder, residing at Rug, near Corwen, says, "I w a s troubled for upwards of four years and a half with a very weakening bowel complaint. The advice of several emi nent medical men, and the remedies they recommended all proved unavailing. I determined to give your Pills a fair trial, and to my great joy they effected a perfect cure. lam now as healthy as ever I was in my life." Similar testimonies have been borne by hundreds. See that John Kaye's coat of army, and a fac-simile of his signature, are printed on the directions for use wrapped round each box. Price is. 1/d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per box; to be had of all respectable Chemists and Medicine Venders. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A Dreadful Enlargement of the Knee, Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Abraham Banks, an elderly man living near the Dry Creek, South Australia, had such a painful affectio - a and enlargement of the knee, that he dispaired of ever recovering the use of his limb, the numerous remedies that he made trial of failing to banish or even to mitigate the disease. In this suffering condition he was advised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and he commenced a regular application of them, which in a short time effected a complete cure. The Adelaide Observer of the 25th March, 1848, publishes this as one among the many astonishing cures effected, in South Australia, by these invaluable medicines.— Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTH.% On the Ist inst., at Rochester, the wife of Captain W. R. Nedham, Royal Artillery, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Manchester, the wife of Capt. Messiter, unattached, of a daughter. On the Ist inst., in Moray-place, Edinburgh, the Hon. Mrs. Ferrand, of a son. On the Ist inst., at Twyford-lodge, Sussex, the lady of H. A. Harrison, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Beccles, Suffolk, the wife of the Rev. H. N. Burrows, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Harrington-square, Regent's -park, the wife of \V. H. Wyatt, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Bengal-place, New Kent•road, Mrs. F. Vink, of a daughter. AfRRIED. On the 19th u l t., at S t. Paul's Church, Halifax, Major William Robinson, of the Royal Engineers, to Ellen Martyr, daughter of James Walton Nutting, Esq., of Halifax. On the 27th ult., at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Robert IL Christie, Esq., son of the late D. Christie, EFT, of Montagu square, London, to Augusta Isabella, daughter of William E. Arnie!, Esq., R.N. On the 3d inst., at Little Portland -street Chapel, Edward Enfield, Esq., of the Royal Mint, to Honora, youngest daugh ter of J. Taylor, Esq., F.R.S., of Sheffield-house, Kensington. On the 3d inst., at Kingsbury Episcopi, Mr. J. Pullman, of Greek-street, Soho-square, to Anne, youngest daughter of R. England, Esq., Kingsbury, Somerset. DIED. On the 25th ult., at Bridgnorth, aged 73, Harriet, relict of the late Lionel Lampet, Esq. On the 28th ult., at Bath, John Templeman, Esq., aged 92. On the 29th ult., at Clevedon, T. R. Andrews, Esq., of Lark-hall-grove, Clapham. On the 30th ult., Mr. J. Boards, of Commercial-road East, and Ilford, Essex, aged 48. On the Ist inst., John Watherston, Esq., aged 58, at Rye lane, Peckham. On the 2d inst., at King-street, Cheapside, Mr. Edward Eglinton, aged 23. On the 2d inst., at Rvde, Isle of Wight, R. Walford, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Burgate, Canterbury, Mrs. Thomas Laslett, aged 47. On the 2d inat , Elizabeth Phillips, the only surviving child of Mr. E. R. Phillips, of Great Titchfield-street, Portland place. At the Angel Hotel, Edmonton, Frances Anne, the wife of Mr. T. Roche, aged 29. _ _ London: Printed and Published by AILTRDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, October 5,1848. l dro vet. Pre few hal hou htt has yen pat