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

IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 14.—The most strenuous exertions are being made to bring public feeling and opinion to bear upon the Government, with the view of in clueing them to spare the life of Mr. Smith O'Brien. Radley's Coffee-room, where the memorial lies for signature, has been thronged with the citizens during the last three days. The memorial already contains the names of ten Catholic Bishops, the Provost of Trinity College and all the Fellows, several Peers, all the Members of Parliament now in Dublin, and some thousands of the most wealthy and respectable of the gentry and trading classes. Yesterday evening a meeting of the committee was held at Radley's ; the Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. JAMES HAUGHTON proposed that the secretary should write forthwith to his Excellency the Lord- Lieutenant, requesting him to appoint a day when it would suit his convenience to receive a deputation to present the memorial on behalf of Mr. Smith O'Brien. Mr. S. CRAWFORD, M.P., suggested that the letter should be written by the Lord Mayor. Mr. J. REYNOLDS, M.P., seconded the proposition, and a motion to that effect was accordingly adopted. It was then agreed that the public should be in formed by advertisement that the committee would still continue their sittings at Radley's, to receive signatures to the memorial. The LORD MAYOR mentioned that when he called upon the Provost of Trinity College for his signature, he was told that he had already signed a memorial to the Queen, which was forwarded on the previous night, but that, nevertheless, he would sign that ad dress also with the greatest possible pleasure.—(Hear, hear.) He understood that the memorial alluded to by the Provost was very extensively signed by the fellows and students of the College. The following is from the Freeman's • correspon dent, dated " Clonmel, Friday evening :—There is one Catholic on the jury, though it was stated in court yesterday evening that they were all Protestants. There was a Catholic on Mr. M'Manus's jury also, but the result of the trial was not the less satisfactory to the soi-disant exclusive loyalists and upholders of law and order. I understand that Mr. Murphy, the Catholic juror in this case, is a gentleman of intelli gence, and upright independent mind, who will judge for himself, and agree to such a verdict alone as the evidence will justify." I have just heard that Mr. Meagher's trial is fixed for Monday. He may be arraigned to• morrow, but the case will not be further proceeded with until Monday. His trial will occupy the week, and, from the course adopted in the case of Mr. O'Donohoe, it seems to have been determined that, if possible, nothing shall be allowed to interfere with the other, or prevent it from being proceeded with on the day fixed. Mr. O'Brien continues to enjoy excellent health. He is perfectly cheerful and composed, and in his usual good spirits, not in the least depressed by the circumstances of his painful and perilous position. Mrs. O'Brien, whose fortitude and strength of mind . . under her misfortunes are the admiration of all, visits ,„„.her,hushand each mbrninm nine o'clock, and re mains with him all day. None but the nearest mem bers of his family are allowed to see him. He s ill occupies the same apartment as before his con- v:ction. The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain W. 11. Hall, has proceeded from Waterford to Cork, and there awaits orders to receive on board the Irish p litietl convicts for transportation to any place " beyond the seas." An awful accident, accompanied by loss of five lives, happened yesterday morning in Cathedral-lane, from the falling of two of the wretched tenements in this neglected and impoverished part of the city. The houses were occupied chiefly by women of bad repute. The melancholy occurrence took place about eight o'clock, before the inmates were out of bed. The two buildings fell literally into one indiscriminate heap of rubbish. ANOTUER, MURDER.—A most cruel and wanton murder was committed on the townland of Drum hilla, between Cootehill and I3allybay, on the night of the Bth or morning of the 9th instant. The name of the unfortunate victim was James Conolly. Ilis body was found with the skull smashed into pieces, and it was evident that more than one person must have been concerned in the murder. An inquest was held on the body shortly after the discovery, and the jury found a verdict of murder againstsoine person or persons unkn , 3wn ; ailing, that strong suspicion existed against the son of the deceased, Philip Dr. Cooke, of Ballast, has resigned his ministerial charge ia that town, after nearly twenty years' ser- He has received the liveliest token of sympathy the c , mgreption and Presbytery, The Belfa,t pipers report a daring attempt of some co:1 v iets in Carrickfurgus gaol to malce their escape. The Wtempt proved unsuccessful. One of the gang was shut dead by a guard of the prison. vice fro,: THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. TRIAL OF O'DONOIIOE. CLONMEL, FRIDAY EVENING.—The Court opened at the a cal hour this morning, st which times great crowd of persons surrounded the building to catch a glimpse of Mr. AP.Manus, who, it was supposed, would be seri tereed to death before O'Donohoe's trial was proceeded with. This supposition was strengthened by the fact that the convict was taken down to the Court-house in the vnn with the other prisoner ; but, on the Judges taking their seats, evident disappointment was created by the Attorney-General telling the officer to put O'Do nohoe to the bar. M`Manus was afterwards taken back to prison. The public interest in the proceedings of the Commis sion S. eems to have almost totally subsided for the pre sent, but whether from the monotonous sameness of the evidence adduced in each successive trial, or from a diminished interest in the fat© of the persons yet to be tried, it is not easy to ascertain. Certain it is, how ever, that this morning the Court presented a most deserted appearance, there not being a single individual present with the exception of those who were obliged to attend in order to assist in the administration of justice, or discharge some business of a public character. The jury having answered to their names, the follow ing additional evidence was adduced on the part of the prosecution:— Timothy Sullivan, one of the Mallinahone police, re peated the testimony given by him on the former trials, and identified the prisoner, Mr. O'Donohoe, as having been one of the persons whom he had seen with Mr. O'Brien upon the occasion of his visit to the town of Mullinahone. Cross-examined by Mr. BUTT, Q.C.—I left the polico in May last. My sub-constable, Mr. Fitzgibbon, broke a report once. He did not suppress it, but he broke the real of it. The report contained a charge of drunken ness against Fitzgibbon in it. He did not forward the report alter he broke its seal. In fourteen days after wards I reported it to my superiors, and an investiga tion took place. I was not dismissed for keeping it secret, but I was deprived of a year's service for not reporting the matter in sufficient time. I went before Mr. Despard to give my informations of my own accord. Before I gave my information I sent a writtea statement to Mr. Despard of all I knew about the matters I have deposed to. That state ment did not contain all I stated here to-day. I told Mr. Despard all I knew of these transactions the first time I went to him. If any man swore that there was more than one person upon the car with Mr. O'Brien when he came into the town of Mullinalione he would swear falsely. About eight or nine o'clock in the even ing I was observing the movements of Mr. O'Brien in the town. Lost sight of him from one till three or four o'clock P Saw him go into Mr. Wright's, probably to eat his dinner. He could not have a meeting without his knowing it. Would swear that no speeches were made at the chapel gate. Mr. Cahill entered the town about an hour and a half after Mr. O'Brien came in. Mr. Cahill was as faithworthy a person as he was. Mr. Cahill said he was totally opposed to Mr. O'Brien. Mr. Despard was here callod and examined in refer ence to the depositions of the witness. He said that he forwarded them to the Castle, and produced a letter from Mr. Reilington acknowledging ,their receipt, and inti mating to him that Mr. Kemmis had directions to return them to him. Mr. Kemmis said he believed that he had forwarded the informations which he had received from the Castle to the Clerk of the Crown. Mr. BUTT, Q.C., gave the Attorney-General notice that if he did of examine Mr. Kemmis, he would call upon the jury to believathat the information was still in his possession. The Clerk of the Crown here read one of the two in formations sworn by the witness.—Witness—That was the information he swore at Dublin. Recollected a thing better sizr weeks after it occurred than at the time of irs occurrence. Meant that his memory was refreshed, but it was not a refresher in the shape of a fee.—ls it true that two persons came into Mullinahone with Mr. O'Brien, as appears in your information? No, only one; it was taken down wrong.—Are two or one persons named in the information sworn before Mr. Despard? Only one.—At all events I have one falsehood in the information. Not from me; there is a mistake, but not a falsehood.—Witness continued—He did not swear he saw Mr. O'Donohoe coming iu with Mr. O'Brien, but that he followed him in about an hour after, or that he saw him on a car. Told Mr. Dunne in Mullinahone what Mr. O'Brien had said in his speech. The informa tions were correct when they said that Mr. Dillon re marked in his speech that the time was come when the people should arise and arm.—Did you ❑ot swear upon your direct; examination that the crowd hustled you so much that you could not hear what Mr. Dilllon said, though you heard his voice? I heard those words. I said I heard a few words.—ln your informations you swore that Richard Wright ordered the church bells to be rung, and did you not say to me you did not know who got the bells rung? I said I did not know who rung the bells. Doing and ordering to do a thing is very different. To a juror—There was only one person and the driver of the ear with Mr. O'Brien. Mr. Kemccis was here examined with reference to the information of Sullivan, sworn beti)re Mr. Despard .After Le made copies of all the original informations he Teturned them to the Clerk of the Crown. He did not recollect having received the informations of Sullivan, but was sure they had been cent to him, from the pecu liar and proverbial accuracy o f M r. R e di ngtoa i n for warding documents. Witness looked through a variety or papers, but could not find the informations. Michael Tobin examined—linew Thomas Kicken of Mullinahone. I heard of the " row" at Farrinrory. The prisoner, to the best of his belief, was one of the two men he drove to i Mullinahone. He was much like the man. On returning back he overtook a great number of armed men going into Ballingarry, but he could not see who headed them, as he was in the rear. When the witness got to the cross of Ballingarry, the two gentlemen came off the car. To a juror—Saw the two gentlemen whom he drove in Ballingarry, but could not say that the prisoner was one of them. After some unimportant testimony had been elicited, Dutton Mathew was examined—Lived in Killenaule. Identified the prisoner as one of the gentlemen he saw about Walsh's Hotel on the Friday. Saw Mr. O'Dono hoe go to the barricades along with Stephens, Dillon, and M'Manus. O'Donohoe was not armed. Witness detailed the facts connected with the removal of the barricades, the cheering of the hussars, and stated that an offensive word was not said to a single man. Did not see the car stir from the hotel door. Got a whisper to go home, and took the hint. Capt. Longmore and a private of the Bth Hussars were then examined, but their evidence was precisely the same as on the other trials. Sub-Inspector Trent was then examined in reference to the attack upon the Widow Cormack's house, the particulars of which have been repeatedly published. On cross-examination, the witness stated that Father Fitzgerald came to him to make peace between both parties. He replied that he would lose his life before he would surrender his gun. Did ❑ot know where Father Fitzgerald then was. Did not hear that he had died since the occurrence. Police-constable Moran identified the prisoner as one of the persons whom he saw outside the Widow Cor mick's house. He had a gun. The firing was not going on at the time. Observed him before the firing began, about five minutes after they got into the house. He was outside the wall to the right of the wicket. Cross-examined by Mr. MEAGHER—Did not see any person in the enclosure when they commenced firing. Witness fired the first shot from the gable window. Witness could not be mistaken that Mr. O'Brien used the words, " Slash away, boys, and slaughter them all !" Be!ore he used the words he shook hands with Mahony and Rafferty, police-constables. He saw the prisoner behind a wall pointing his gun towards the enemy where he and his comrades were. He (witness) desired them to take care or they would be shot. He, however, did not fire. I fired at a man that was certainly very near some women. There might be some one besides myself who could say that that the prisoner was at Farrinrory. I did not ask any question upon the subject. I do not recollect that the prisoner complained of the manner in which he was identified by me in Kilmainham gaol. Nor do I remember he remonstrated with Mr. Fitz- manrice on the unfair manner in which he was dealt with. The witness was not told that the prisoner had taken off his whiskers when he was going to identify him in Kilmainham, but ha made the remark himself ofter he saw him. Police-constable Ford was next examined relative to the same facts. The former witness told him that a man was presenting a gun at him and to mind himself. Witness told Moran that if he minded him he would mind him (Moran). Drew back his heal, and shortly afterwards a shot was fired. Chief Justice DonEnTY—You thought it prudent to keep you head out of the way? Witness—Yes, my Lord. Mr. SeoTT—llad the firing commenced at this time ? Witness—lt was nearly over.—Did you hear Mr. O'Brien use the words " Slash sway ?" I did not.—Are you not a little hard of hearing? lam not, sir. Police constable Robinson was preducfd for cross examination—He saw a man present a gun outside the wall when his attenion was called to the fact by Moran. Police-constable Cornelius Mahony examined—Was at the Widow Cormack's:house the day of the fight. Cross-examined—Heard Moran tell him and the rest to keep back, as a man was presenting a gun at them. Did not see the man, ncr did he hear the expression, " Slash away, buys." - Mr. Kenniais pioved the Order of Council to try the prisoner for high treason. Police constable John Carroll was next c xamined.— IL was the persoa from whom Mr. O'B.ie.i took the horse, and who had con:: from Kilkenny with dispatches for Mr. Trant. Ile detailed the facts i , f his detention as a prisoner, the rencontre with Mr. O'Brien, the meet ing with M'Manus, and his preserving him from vio lence by taking him into a fit id, and the interference of Father Fitzgerald with Mr. Trant to surrender his arms. Witness heard Father Fitzgerald say to Mr. Trani, " What if I take yourself and your arms, and protect you out of that?" Mr. Trant replied that he had seen clerical influence fail before, at.d he would r e ly u p on his own resources ; but h e asked him to protect him (witness). lle also stated that when Father Fitzgerald came back from the house after the interview with Mr. Trant he desired the peop4s to go home, saying, " As many of you as are here to-day, there will be twice as many of her Msj,sty's troops to:morrow, and if you injure the police the country will be left waste." Mr. BUTT—Am I to undt•rstand you that Father Fitz gerald dispersed the people? Yes.—After his exhor ts:ion the crowd was thinned? Yes. Sub-Inspector Cux was next examined, His evidunee was the same same as that given by him upon the two previous trials. Police-sergeant Madden examined— On the night of the 12th of August arrested the prisoner about eleven o'clock at night near to Holycross and Rathkennan. Mr. Meagher and Mr. Layne wore with him. Sent three men after them, who called them back. Witness Lteppe-d forward, and spoke to one of them, who turned out to be Mr. Th)mas Francis Meagher. Asked him his name. After :lorn; hesitation he replied. 1 .• My name is Meagher." Then he asked the prisoner his new', and ha replied that it was O'Donohoe. Told the persons whom he thus met that they should come with him to Ratheannon. They atikt , d him what steps he would take. He replied that he would bring them before a magistrate. Upon arriving at the barrack there was a short delay while the orderly was opening the door. Witness complained that Mr. Leyne would not tell his name. The others asked if they had not told their name. Ile replh.d that they had done so. O'Donohoe had a prayer book and a small bottle in his breast. lie (O'Donohoe) said he had no objection to go before Mr. Jones, but upon arriving at ITolycross be complained of being fatigued. Got a car for the party, and marched them into Tharles. At six o'clock, Mr. Burr, QC., informed the Court that as he had been retained late in the case, and his Learned Friend, Mr. Meagher, was more familiar with the evidence than he was, they had arranged between them that he would speak first, and after the evidence had been given be would address them. Mr. FRANCIS MEAGHER then asked the Court to ad journ to the following morning, and he promised them that he would be able to save the public time by con densing his observations. The CHIEF JUSTICE said that he and his Learned Brothers very much regretted that they were obliged to call upon Mr. Meagher 'to proceed with his address that evening. Mr. F. MEIGEIErt then proceeded ss ith his address. He dwelt upon the publicity that had been given to the previous proceedings, and the ri s k which his client ran that his case wou ld b e preju diced by the jury. As to the constitution of the jury, he said it was only reasonable for his client to have de sired that some persons who entertained his political opi nions would have been on it. He then undertook to prove that his client had not levied war against the Queen. Having referred to the circumstance connected with the enactment of the 25 Edward 111., and stated and com mented upon the law of high treason as it now exists, the Learned Counsel stated that the defence which he intended to submit to the jury on his client's behalf was that which had been put forward in both the trials which had been conducted, viz., that although the ge neral designs of an insurrection had existed in the minds of Mr. ('Brien and his friends, yet during the whole of the transaction alleged by the Crown to con stitute the overt acts of an actual revolution, no single step had been taken by any of the parties accused with a view to carry out the general object imputed to them. With respect to the allegation of the Attorney-General, that Mr. O'Brien and his friends could not, unless they intended a rebellion, have gone into such a wild part of the country, and called on the people to arm, under the circumstances set out in the evidence for tho pro secution, ho contended that the fact of their pre sence in such a situation was perfeetly consistent with the real object they had in view—namely, to protect Mr. O'Brien and themselves from arrest. What, let him ask, could have been more natural than that a num ber of gentlemen situated as these persons had been, ap prehensive of srrest, yet unwilling to be apprehended, should withdraw into some place, which from its inac cessible character, or some other reason, was calculated to afford them a chance of temporary concealment ? It was natural to suppose that if the object were the levy ing of war, an open avowal of the intention would be at once made; but the declaration was merely that the object was to escape from arrest. This was the avowal made by Mr. O'Brien, before a single act was done. He asked them would they think of acting on the evidence of the witness Sullivan, if it involved merely one week's imprisonment of his client, and pointed out discrepancies between his informations and his evidence, and the ab surdity of supposing that Mr. O'Brien, who was re presented as engaged in a revolutionary movement, sang a song about " Sweet Tipperary " in the open street, before a multitude of people. The Learned Counsel continued try argue with much ability on behalf of his client. Tho Court, at a 'ale hour was adjourned till next Torning, when evidence for the defence will be pro duced, and it is very probable that the ease will close in the evening. CLONMEL, SAT URDAY.—The proceedings in Court opened to-day with evidence adduced by the counsel for the prisoner to show that O'Donohoe was not at the fight on the Commons of Boulagh, but that he, Meagher, and Leyne had left Smith O'Brien on the Friday night. To prove this a respectable farmer was called, who pro ve d that these three gentlemen came to his house between three and four o'clock on Saturday morning, and stayed with him till eleven o'clock that night. A girl, who had been in the house at the time, was called in corrobora tion. Though the Crown used every exertion to in volve thes e r es p ec ti ve statemen t s in contradiction, they met with no success. Mr. BUTT was then heard for the prisoner, and the Solicitor-General rciled for tho Crown in a speech disfigured with several undignified squabbles between him and Mr. Butt. Admitting that the prisoner might have left Mr. O'Brif n on the Friday night, and gone to Nine-mile House, as the witnesses for the defence had stated, the Solicitor-General contended it was still for the jury to consider whether they had gone with a view to separate themselves from Mr. O'Brien's treasonable intentions, or whether they had gone to form another position for the rebel camp. Mr. Justice MoortE then charged the jury, confining himself scrupulously to the laying down the law of the case, and to a summary of the bets given iu evidence. The jury retired about seven o'clocz. [No verdict had been returned when this dispatch left.] RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OPENING OF THE NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE ACROSS THE TWEED. The opening of this stupendous structure for the convenience of public tratlic cannot but be regarded as an event of the highest importance in the railway world. Whether it is considered in a merely com mercial point of view, or regarded as a proof of the advancing skill and science of the age, it is equally calculated to excite our wonder and admiration. Temporary though it is, does it not excite unwonted ideas when we see the work of a few months produce what the continued labour of twenty years, two or three centuries ago, hardly sufficed to realise ? Another point which lends an additional interest to the opening of this great bridge, is the fact that it is the last connecting link in that mighty chain of com munication extending from the metropolis of the south to that of the north. London and Edinburgh, the capitals of two nations for centuries at enmity, now shake hands with each other. They are no longer separated—no longer divided. They are now united by a bond of iron which, the longer they flourish, shall render their connexion more indissoluble. Not less interesting are the historical associations connect ing with the situation of the bridge, but upon these we shall not at present enter. The bridge and viaduct were formally inspected on Tuesday by Captain Symonds, Government Inspector of Railways. He arrived at the Tweedmouth station by special train from Newcastle, about half-past two o'clock, accompanied by Mr. Harrison, the engineer of the line. Shortly afterwards an engine, with a first and second-class carriage attached, containing these gentlemen, Mr. Bruce, resident engineer, seve ral of the railway officials, and some ladies, proceeded at a slow pace from the station along the immense viaduct and the temporary wooden bridge to the North British Railway station, where a large assem blage had been some time waiting in anticipation of Captain Symonds's arrival. On the approach of the train three hearty cheers were sent forth, accompanied by the booming of three pieces of artillery, planted about the centre of the bridge, and which were fre quently fired i❑ the course of the day. Numberless flags were also hoisted at various parts along the line and the bridge. The wooden structure, as we stated a few weeks ago, was then completed, only a portion of the adja cent earthen embankment being unfinished. The utmost exertions have since been made, day and night, to complete this part of the line, in order that the bridge might be opened by the time specified in the contract, and it was so far finished on Monday morn ing that trains could have passed, a portion of the ballast only being required to be filled in. On Tues day forenoon, about twelve o'clock, a train of 14 trucks laden with coke, drawn by two engines, pro ' ceeded from the Tweedmouth station to that of the North British. It is estimated that the total weight of this train could not have been less than 180 tons. Beyond a very slight vibration, the train went as smoothly as upon the firmest rock. Several trains of the same kind, and one or two goods trains, subse quently passed over during the day, and the regular passenger trains commenced running along the bridge on Wednesday morning. The opinion of competent and uninterested persons skilled in engineering represents the wooden bridge to be perfectly substantial, anl in fact as trustworthy, and perhaps more so, than any stone structure. The names of the scientific men under whose direction it has been raised are a sufficient guarantee for its secu rity, and will put at rest any fears that might be en tertained. The bridge was commenced in the early part of this year, and the quantity of timber employed in its construction amounts to nearly 300,000 cubic feet. It is 39 feet wide at the base, contracting gra dually as it ascends to 13 feet in breadth. The bridge itself is 1,200 feet long, and the height frem the bed of the river 120 feet. Along the bridge is laid a double line of rails, the second line being within those on which the carriages run, and is raised two inches above them, which plan is adopted to pre vent oscillation, and render their passage safe and smooth. The embankment, extending from the bridge to the station at Tweedmouth, nearly half a mile long, is estireafed to contain 1,100,000 tons of earth. But while every exertion has Lem made to complete the temporary structure within the specified time, the permanent stone bridge, which is being erected on one side of the, other, has already made considerable progress. This bridge, which it is ex pected will be finished in July next year, will contaih twenty-eight semicircular arches, eleven of which, we believe, will be required to span the river—the others, on the Tweedmouth side of the river, are al ready nearly finished, and form a continuation of the present wooden erection. The whole length of the stone bridge will be 2,000 feet, and its extreme height from the foundation to the Broadway 134 feet. —Berwick Warder. Captain Binstead, R.N., general manager of the Lancashire and Yorkshire system of railways, has resigned. Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Wa terford and Limerick Railway, also resigns, and is expected to be suecee.led by Mr. Charles de Lacy Nash, known for his exertions in connexion with the late "railway robberies." GREAT NORTHERN OPENING OE THE LOOP.— This company will open, on the 17th instant, the principal portion of the loop line, extending from Peterborough to Lincoln. This, in conjunction with the East Lincolnshire line, lately (as noticed in our last) entirely opened, and the Eastern Counties line, or the London and North-Western line to Peter. borough, as well as by that part of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire from Great Grimsby to New Holland, opposite Hull, furnish a new route from London to Hull, no less than forty miles shorter than the present route, and effecting a saving in the fare of about 33 per cent,. It will be, doubt less, very satisfactory to the shareholders of the Great Northern to find that their directors have so far ful filled their promises nearly to a day, notwithstanding the pressure upon them of adverse circumstances.— Herapath' s Railway Journal. SOUTH DEVON.— file key-stone of the eastern end of the arch in the tunnel at Mutley-plain was fitted in on Saturday last, and the timbers will probably be removed in the course of the present week. The directors on Thursday passed a resolution reducing the salaries of all the men employed on the line. The policemen and porters are to have 14s. a week, in stead of lis., and those of a higher grade will be re duced about twenty per cent. A great number of hands have recently been discharged all along the line, and a further reduction in the number of porters, policemen, and clerks is c on t em pl a t e d. The reduction that has been made in the salaries of the officials i s in accordance with a suggestion that was made at the is sued notices half-yearly meeting. The secretary has notices for the sale of GSO tons of atmospheric railway iron pipes, averaging about S cwt. each, now lying at Bristol ; also for the sale of about 1,600 tons Scotch pig iron, and about 1,000 tons of Welsh cold blast iron, deliverable at Bristol and Bridgewater. CORNWALL.—Mr. W. H. Bond, the secretary of the Cornwall Railway, has issued a letter to the share holders, in which he says :—" The board of directors having had under consideration the propriety, in the present circumstances of the company, of paying the interest in respect of the calls paid up, have, for the present, resolved to suspend the payment thereof." The works on this line in the neighbourhood of Ply mouth have been entirely suspended fir some time past. EXTENSION Or THE IRISH GREAT WESTERN INTO GALWAY.—A meeting of the nobility and gentry has just been held at Ballinasloe, to take measures for the extension of a great arterial line into Galway, so as to provide the people with reproductive employment during the winter. The Earl of Clancarty expressed his conviction that great advantage would result, not only to Connaught, but the e n ti re ki ngdom, from' this extension; and the Marquis of Sligo was of opinion that every man should exert himself to promote it as a means of providing reproductive employment for the people. Mr. Reynolds thought that Government, if properly applied to, could not refuse a loan of 500,000/. for the purpose, and the majority of the landowners would give their land free of charge. IRISH SOUTH- EASTERN.—The works on the above line, from Bagnallstovvn to Kilkenny, were discon tinued on Saturday last, by order of Mr. Darman, the contractor, and it is not prqbable they will be resumed before next year.—Carlow Sentinel. SCOTTISH CENTRAL.—After a good deal of nego tiaton, we understand that the details of the arrange ments for leasing this undertaking to the Southern Companies are now finally concluded, and that the agreement has been signed by the chairmen and other officials of the companies interested therein. The Scottish Central is now guaranteed in perpetuity seven per cent., and half surplus profits by the Edin burgh and Glasgow, Caledonian, Lancaster, and Carlisle, and Ltindon and North-Western. The agreement between the same parties and the Scot tish Midland, with six per cent. guarantee and half profits, has also been ratified.—Perth Courier of Thursday. THE CITY SEWER COMMISSION. —During the whole of Saturday the Select Committee helongirg to this Commission were engaged in the reception and con sideration of proposals for the ventilation of the sewers. Some of the plans were of an elaborate character, most of them contained propositions of considerable merit, t h e Evjority being much admired by the Committee. At the close of the pry ec.edi ng Mr. Deputy Petcock, the chairman, announced t o t h e several parties that a writ ten answer would be sent to each of them iu the course of a few days. At a recent meetng of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce a resolution was agreed to, on tha motion of Mr. Cowan, M.P., to attempt to get Government to allow a higher rate of int erest to depositors in the Na tional Security Savings' Banks. In all quarters these institutions are suffering from the minimum rate of in terest presently allowed. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1848. FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of Saturday]:— The trial of the action for defamation, brought by M. Ledru Rollin against several persons, and the particulars of which have been given in the Messenger, carne on yesterday before the Tribunal of Correctional Police. On the first charge, against M. Canoby, a verdict of acquittal waa pronounced; the second charge, against MM. Bignon, sen. and jun., Paullin, Trouessart, Basset, and Laroche, on the ground that M. Ledru Rollin had laid a previous complaint be fore a Juge d'lnstruction, and which was in the course of inquiry; and, as regards MM. Bassett and Laroche, the defamation being against M. Ledru Rollin in his character of a public functionary, and therefore not within the range of a correctional tribunal. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. B.—" The Diet, by virtue of a reso lution passed yesterday, bas prohibited the transport of all military troops by railway. In order, however, to render practicable the transmission of provisions to the city, as the usual road is rendered impassable by the damage done to the bridges, the Diet is induced, for the attainment of the above specific object, to em power the railway directors to grant the transport of provisions, and for this purpose to repair and make passable the railway from Vienna. " The Director of the Diet, " FRANZ SMOLICA, "First Vice-President. " Oct• '7, 1848." RUSSIA. FROM THE POLISH FRONTIER..—The private cor respondent of the Voss Zeitung says :—" The incor rectness in the statement inserted in many of the German newspapers, that by the new Polish political code the property of political offenders is to go to their relations, and not to the fiscars, as heretofore, is unhappily of constant experience, inasmuch as almost every week cases occur in which the property of political offenders is confiscated by the fiscars. Confiscations, indeed, are now again the order of the day, and it seems as if they would never cease. A new Imperial ukase commands that after the Ist of January, 1849, the weights and measures used in the empire are to be adopted throughout the kingdom of Poland, both in public and private. The Stadtholder has issued a command to all the Government authorities, by which it is strictly enjoined upon the possessors of estates, that they shall no longer employ their peasants in the feudal service on the mornings of Sundays and holidays. The number of troops stationed in Poland is being gradually decreased, and very large reductions are to be gradually made.— Wiener Zeitung, Oct. 8. THE DANUBIAN PROVINCES. MOLDAVIA FRONTIER, SEPT. 25.—1 t has been affirmed here, during the last few days, that through the mediation of France and England, Lombardy is to be ceded to Italy, and to be compensated by Wallachia, as far as the Sereth ; Moldavia, 'as far as the Sereth, is to fall to Russia. General Luder has received orders from the Emperor Nicholas to enter Wallachia, and cross the frontier at Fokscham on the 27th, with 30,000 men. We hear from Bucharest that the Wallachians took the book of the Nobles and Reglement Organique on a bier to the Metropolitan, who was obliged to pro• nounce a curse over it, after which the bier was taken away in procession and publicly burnt with great ceremony. In all the Isprawnitschien circles the same ceremony took place, and all the official Acts of the country were consigned to the throes. The Turks are still standing quiet in Grierschevv, being probably afraid of attacking single-handed so large a body, as the Wallachian army consists of 36,000 men. These demonstrations of our sovereign brethren may have given rise to the intervention of Itu:;sia. After these proceedings, the government of Count Michael Stoudza will probably not be of long continuance.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 9. PIEDMON T. The Opinione of Turin, of the 9th, states from Alexandria, Bth instant, that the warlike preparations are proceeding with more alacrity than ever. The fortifications are nearly completed. At Turin on the 9th a grand review of the National Guard was held where the King was greeted with long cries of " Death to the Austrians! Long live Charles Albert, King of Upper Italy !" STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, OM 13.—Only a very limited business has been done in foreign wools during the past week, prices being without apparent variation. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, OCT. 13. — Sales have been quiet this week, and have been limited to the immediate wants of the manufacturers. We do not quote any change in prices. LEEDS.—There has been about an nrerage quantity of heavy winter goods sold at the Cloth Hall since this day week, but almost every other description of goods have been duller than for some time. Prices rule steady. There has also been a fair quantity of goods sold in the warehouses, the late period of the season considered, but the principal demand is by the drapers from the country. The shipping trade has rather fallen off this week when compared with what it has been doing lately. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is no change for the better in the wool market, and prices for all descriptions continue unaltered. The quota tions from the country show that farmers are not more disposed to make sales except at remunerating rates to themselves, which would not meet those cur rent in this market. Yarn—There is a shade more doing in the yarn market, and for some sorts a small advance in price has been obtained. Piece—There is no alteration in the piece market, either in price or demand, the manufacturers are still working to order and stocks are low. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNINO —During the whole of the last week our filoth market has been in a languid sickly state, with a number of needy sellers pressing goods on the market, which has caused a par tial, though not a general d ec li ne on most ki n d s o f goods. If there is any ex cep ti on, i t i s i n l ow shut- ings adapted for the India and China markets. Do mestics for home use are not so brisk as might have been expected, considering the low figure at which they might be purchased. There are very extensive orders for the United States, and, from last advices, likely to continue for some time to come. The silk trade continues very buoyant, and our printers mode rately busy. The fustian branch continues steady, but prices low. Yarns without much change ; if any, the buyer has the advantage. LEICESTER.—We have no alteration to report, a steady trade is doing in all branches. Workmen are all well employed, and as a corollary, Chartist agita tion is defunct. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 13.—The market has been extremely flat the whole of the week, and the transactions scarcely reach one hundred hogsheads West India, at rather easier rates. In foreign no sales are reported.—Bristol Mercury. WALEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.--The sup plies this week are again large of Wheat, and good of other grain. There is not much animation in the de mand for Wheat to-day, and new declines Is. per, , quar ter. Old f e tch e s l a st w ee k' s pr i ces . Oats and Shelling are the turn cheaper. Barley sells slowly at late rates. Beans are in retail demand w ith o ut alteration in value. REPRESENTATION OF TUB WEST RIDING. We li hear of no movement to bring forward a Liberal candi date for the %Vest Riding; but a pretty general rumour prevails that Mr. James Brown, of Harehills, Leeds, and of Rossington, will be the candidate. Mr. Brown is a Whig and a F ree -Trader; he is decided friend of the Church and th e G o vernment aid to Education, but declares himself opposed to the endowment of any other Church. He was the unsuccessful candidate for Hull at the last election.—Leeds Mercury: Mr. Green and his companions descended safely on Monday morning, about five o'clock, near Vichy, in the department of the Allier, about 90 leagues from Paris. After having disappeared onSunday afternoon in the direction of Corbeil, the balloon continued its course over the plains of the Sologne and the forest s o f the Nivernai s . D ur i ng the night Mr. Green kept at but a little distance from the earth, and more than once shots were fired at the balloon by the peasants, who prob a bly knew nothi ng o f aerostat i c navigation. At last, when daylight had well set in, Mr. Green descended as st a t e d above, and was mos t h os pitably received. NOVEL GIRDERS.—Very considerable additions and alterations, at a large cost, are being made at Middlesex Hospital. In the course of the works some girders have been put up, the arrangement of a working m an , J. Alderson, which deserve illustration. The main point in the arrange men t i s the introduction of a contin uous thin wrought-iron tension-band. The truss is formed of oak, secured at the foot to the tension-band, and has at each side a flitch of deal terelve inches by four inches. the whole very ingeniously strapped and bolted together. Tho span of the girder is twenty-seven feet six inches and the height of it in the centre twenty-two inch es We are told that they were tested by means of the hydraulic press. When the pressure was laised to nine tuns two cwt., the deflection was inches. The pres. sure being taken off, they sprang back to their position. The same pri nc ipl e h as b e en applied t o b r i c k arches ' where there is no abutment, and they are intended to carry landings. Two pieces of stone are introduced to form abutments, and these are bound together by a thin wrought-iron band.—Buihier. EXFERIMENTS WiTII GALVANIZE D WIRE AND ITEM? Roees.—An experiment was tried last week at the testing mac hi ne i n W oo l w i c h D ockyard, to ascer tain the comparative strength of wire andhemp ropes. A wire rope three inches round, n;.d a nip rope of three strands, hawser laid, common make, seven inches round, were spliced together and placed in the testing machine, and on th e h y d ra uli c p ower b e i ng applied the hemp rope broke in the middle on the strain reaching 111 tons, the wire rope remaining apparently as strong as when the experiment commenced. A wire rope three-and a-half inches round was then spliced with an eight-inch hemp shroud rope, and on the power being applied the hemp rope broke in the middle with a strain of to tons, the wire rope continuing apparently un injured. THE NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) The gallant, distinguished, and highly-respected Vice- Admiral of 'the United Kingdom, Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.8., has paid a visit to Portsmouth during the past week, on account of the arrival of his younger son, the Captain of the Grampus, from the Pa cific. Sir Byam has now the great satisfaction of seeing two of his family commanding two of the finest ships of their class in the navy, and who are now at Portsmouth, namely, Captain William Fanshaw Martin (1824), of the Prince Regent, 90, and Captain Henry Byam Martin, C.B. (1827), of the Grampus, 50. Sir Byam has been staying at Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott's. THE LIEUTENANTS' LlST.—Another lieutenant's out pension of Greenwich Hospital has become vacant by the death of retired Commander Wharton. By previous deaths Lieutenants Curtis, Reid, and Robert Barker, and E. G. Palmer (1809), have succeeded to the seven shillings a day half-pay list, and now, by the decease of Retired Commanders Wharton and Bissett, Lieutenants Charles Grantham and Henry Mason become entitled to seven shillings per diem half-pay; and since the " Navy List" has been published the following have become en titled to be placed on the half-pay list of six shillings per diem:—Lieutenants David Gam Davies, John Ellis Knight, John George Francillon, James Reynolds, and Francis Harris (1815). A NAVAL VETERAN.—Among the octogenarian offi cers of the Navy is Captain John Simpson (seniority 1809), who is in his eighty-third year, and in the full possession of his mental and physical faculties. This officer went to sea at a very early age, but was after wards placed in the Upper School of Greenwich, which be left, having undergone the regular educational course, in 1781, being bound out as an apprentice to Captain Robert Man, afterwards Admiral Man. After long and active service, in ihe course of which he served as Cap tain to three flag officers, Lord Gardner, Sir Richard Bickerton, and Sir Graham Moore, he was appointed a Captain of Greenwich Hospital, in which he is the Se nior Captain, having belonged to the Royal Navy for a period of seventy years. THE COAST or AFRICA.—The Cyclops, it is under stood, has taken out to the coast of Africa an offer on the part of the Admiralty to Commodore Sir C. Hotham, to return to England if he should so prefer. It is re ported that the lion. Captain Denman will ultimately succeed to the command of the Coast Squadron. It is quite time that this important appointment should be entrusted to an officer who, having served success fully as a subordinate on the coast of Africa, has acquired the necessary experience for efficiently superintendiag and directing the operations of a squadron there. It was altogether a mistake to appoint an officer like Sir C. Hothant to such a service. Captains Butterfield, Adams, Denman, &c., would do double the work, and with more satisfaction to every one. TIE PACIFIC STATION.—A private letter from Callao, says, the Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Hornby, left Callao in the Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Hen derson, for Valparaiso, Aug. 7th. The Admiral's flag ship Asia, 84, Captain Stopford, was at Payta, and WA S expected to join him at Valparaiso by the end of Sep tember. It is reported that the able and efficient Master of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Mr. John M'Donald, will be appointed Assistant-Master Attendant at Ports mouth Dockyard, vice Bellamy, promoted to Woolwich, Mr. Flynn, who is acting at the pre3ent time, returning to his old ship the Illustrious ; and that Mr. John Penn, now Master of the Illustrious, and late of the Coiling wood, will succeed Mr. M'Donald as Master of the royal yacht. The Admiralty have signified their approval of the erection of a new Battery at Sheerness, to flank the Queenborough- embankment. The Ordnance Depart ment is to supply tho funds fur its constructiora THE IRISH POLITICAL CowvicTs.--The Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain W. H. Hall, has proceeded from ‘Vaterford to Cork, and these awaits orders to receive on board the Irish political convicts for transportation to any place " beyond the seas." The Admiralty have ordered their salicltor to take legal proceedings against the Waterman's Steam Packet Company, for the purp,lse of ejecting them from a lodg ment which they have for some time allocated to them selves at a place called the Grove, Woolwich. FOREIGNERS VISITING OUR DOCKYARDS.—TIIO Ad miralty invariably give p,rini,sion to every foreigner, who visits England, to take the run of all our dock yards ; but, during the past week, not only have they order, d Lieutenants Lymnigsted and Sasso, of the Swedish Royal Navy, to bo shown over the various establishments, but they are to be allowed to take notes on the spot of anything they may inipect. This is rather too good-natured even for kind and silly John Bull. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (BeoreAr. Srgeant ADAMS, Assistant• Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) LORD ALEXANDER RUSSELL'S BLOODHOUNDS.— On Saturday, George Hochley, a celebrated " dog fancier," John Jones, and Edward Wilkinson, were indicted—under the 6th clause of the Act for the Prevention of Dog Stealing, which runs as follows : " And be it enacted, that any person who shall cor ruptly take any money or reward, directly or indi rectly, uneer pretence or upon account of aiding any person to recover any dog which shall have been stolen, or which shall be in the possession of any per son not being the owner thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and punishable accordingly"—for a misdemeanour, in having wilfully and corruptly taken six sovereigns for the purpose of restoring to one Alexander Metcalfe three bloodhounds of the value of 300 guineas, which had been §tolen from Lord Alexander Russell. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecutor ; and Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Payne, Mr. Parry, and Mr. Mellor were engaged on behalf of the several defendants. Mr. BODKIN said, this was a proceeding under the provisions of a very important and very useful Act of Parliament, which had been passed in 1845, with the view of putting a stop to the offence of dog stealing, in the pursuit of which, as was well known, a system most nefarious and most extensive had been carried on in the metropolis and its vicinity. Valuable dogs were stolen, and afterwards large sums were extorted for their restoration. With regard to the present case, it appeared that the noble prosecutor, Lord Alexander Russell, who held a commission in the Rifles, was at the moment when this transaction took place sojourning in Scotland. His Lordship's groom, Alexander Metcalfe, it seemed, arrived in London, on his route to Scotland to join his master, by the Great Western Railway, having with him three young bloodhounds of an unusually rare and valuable breed, which had been preserved in the Russell family for upwards of two centuries, and a box of ferrets. He proceeded to the Mint Tavern at Padding ton, where he proposed to sleep, so as to be nearer to the station in the morning, and before he went to bed he caused the dogs and the box of ferrets to be locked up in one of the stables attached to the house. During the night, however, the stable was broken open and the dogs were stolen. The landlord of the tavern instantly rendered effective aid in tracing out the parties and the dogs, and eventually, with the assistance of two of the police, the animals were dis covered to be in the possession of the defendants. The groom was very desirous to Iseep his appointment with his master in Scotland, and therefore he adopted a plan to facilitate that object, which, strange to say, ' was sanctioned by one of the policemen who was employed, although it was an illegal proceeding-- namely, he gave the defendants six sovereigns and a ' written agreement not to prosecute them, whereupon the dogs were restored to him. No sooner had this trans action been accomplished than the other policeman said he should do his duty, and at once took the defendants into custody. In due course the parties were conveyed before the magistrate, who after hearing the detail of the matter, refused to recognise the agreement which the groom had made, although a solicitor who appeared on behalf of Lord Alexander Russell urged that it was the desire of his noble client that the under taking which had been given by his groom, that the defendants should not be prosecuted if they returned the dogs, should be acted upon. The Magistrate eventually sent the case to the sessions, as he con sidered it to be one of importance to the public, and that a public investigation should take place in re spect of it. The Learned CHAIRMAN here said, that before the evidence was entered upon he would take that oppor tunity of stating that this agreement, which had been given by the groom, was altogether an illegal agree ment; and therefore that if the defendants intended to make that document a portion of their defence, and it happened that they were subsequently convicted, the Court would feel itself called upon to visit them with the fullest penalty that the law would allow. The defendants Hockley and Jones, upon this, under the advice of their counsel, retracted their for mer plea, and now pleaded Guilty. Mr. BODKIN then said, that with respect to the other defendant Wilkinson, that person appeared to have been less guilty than the others, and, therefore, as they had confessed their guilt, he would not press the case against Wilkinson. He was assured that Lord Alexander Russell would be satisfied with that proceeding, the more so as his groom had, in the out set, given a promise that no steps should be taken against the parties, and therefore, if the Court would now bind the defendants over to come,up for judgment should they be called upon to do so, that was all he would ask. The Learned JUDGE remarked that this important Act of Parliament was especially directed against these compromises, in order to put a stop to a system which was most pernicious in its effects. The Learned Magistrate at the Police-court had done per fectly right in declining to act upon the agreement which had been entered into by the servant of Lord Alexander Russell, and he must also say that his Lordship had acted in a very high-minded trimmer in expressing a wish that what his groom had undertaken to do should be fully carried out; but, however de sirous the Noble Lord might be oa that subject, the law did nut allow it. The COURT then sentenced the defendants to pay a fine of ls. each, and to enter into their own recog nizances in the sum of 401. each, and find two sure ties in the sum of 201. each, to appear .to receive the judgment of the Court when called upon to do so. It was intimated to the defendants that they would not be called upon to come up for judgment unless they had recourse to their old trade. John Dolby, a practical chemist at 298, Strand, was indicted for a misdemeanour, " by placing certain noxious matter near the door of a certain room occu pied by Sarah Wild and her children, whereby they were rendered ill," &c. Mr. Prendergast conducted the prosecution, and Mr. O'Brien appeared for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant had succeeded to the business, as a practical chemist, of a Mr. Maclachlan, at the house in question, in which the prosecutor, a wood engraver, and his wife, with their family, took apartments in the month of June last. In the early part of the past month some differences arose between the wives of the respective parties, in the course of which it was stated Mrs. Wild had applied the epithet " scum" to Mrs. Dolby, which, coupled with causes of a pecuniary character, determined Mr. Dolby to endeavour to get rid of these lodgers. Finding that no other means succeeded, the defendant caused his apprentice to put some chemical matters into a pot, and having set it on fire, then to place it close to the door of the room which was in the occupation of the prosecutor's family. The result was that a gas of the most obnoxious character was evolved, so that in a very few minutes, not only Mrs. Wild, but all the children were nearly suffocated. They remained very ill for some days, and Mrs. Wild became ex tremely so, as she had not long been out of her con finement. Dr. Ryan and Mr. Miller, professors of chemistry, had examined the matter which had been used by the defendant, and stated that it was the phosphuret of calcium mixed with muriatic acid. The effect of the litter was to decompose the former, and thereby to evolve a gaseous substance termed phosphuretted hy drogen. This last-named gas was one of the most obnoxious and offensive of all the gases, and if used in any quantity was decidedly injurious to health. There could be no doubt but that the symptoms which the family of the prosecutor had exhibited had been caused by the step the defendant had taken. It was not chloride of calcium, but phosphuret of calcium ; for if it had been the former it would not have acted as a decomposing agent, as it was in truth an " inert salt." Mr. O'BRIEN made a powerful speech to, the jury on behalf of the defendant. The Learned JUDGE, in leaving the case to the jury, said he must ask them to say whether, in their opinion, the defendant had by himself, or another, by his order, placed this mixture at the door of the prosecutor's room with the inten tion of doing an injury to their health, or whether it had been placed there simply as an annoyance, with the view of getting rid of the family from the house. The jury having consulted for a few minutes, said that the defendant was guilty of having placed the mixture at the door, but that he had not, in their opinion, done so with any intention of doing the parties harm. - Mr. PRENDERGAST said, that :virtually this was a verdict :of not guilty, for he could not, upon such a finding, move for judgment. A verdict of not guilty was therefore entered. Madame Emily de Souza, alias Elizabeth Taylor, was indicted for keeping a house of ill-fame, 10, Bury-street, St. James's. She was convicted on the evidence of the under butler of Viscount Alford and one of her Majesty's " gentlemen porters." The Learned JUDGE sentenced her to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and at the expiration of that period to enter into her own recognizances in the sum of 2001. and to find two sureties of 201. each for her good behaviour for five years." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday, William George Flynn, a man who has been in the habit of putting advertisements in the newspapers headed " The Sea, the Sea," " To Pa rents and Guardians," &c., "Midshipmen Wanted," intimating that " vessels of the larger class, corn • mended by captains who would attend to the moral and nautical education of the parties entrusted to their care, were in want of app ren ti ce s," appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer the charge of two brothers, named George and James Cargyll. Mr. Pelham, who appeared gratuitously for the pro tection of the boys, stated, that for some time the newspapers contained advertisements under the above heads, and that numerous impositions had been prac tised by persons who pretended to be authorised to engage apprentices to be bound under the Merchant Seamen's Act. Inquiries were to be made of certain parties, who, it was found, employed a number of crimps on board vessels in the docks and river, and ascer tain win they any and what ships required apprentices, in accordance with the number required by the 37th clause of the 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 112, which regulated the number according to the tonnage. The next thing to be ascertained was the amount of pre mium. That appeared to be from 2/. to 20/., and when the premium was obtained from the friends of the poor lads who applied the outfit was demanded, and after that demand was answered the business was so manoeuvred that the applicants were left without ship and without redress of any kind. The present complainants were the children of a poor widow at Leeds, who had seen an advertisement in the Leeds paper, promising everything for apprentices, and re ferring to Mr. Flynn, and the two lads were supplied with all the necessaries, and Mr. Flynn was paid the sum of 6/. 63. to provide them with the situations. After having waited in town, however, for a length of time, the poor boys were regularly thrown upon the town, and subjected to all the casualties of the lowest parts of the metropolis. The LORD MAYOR desired that the evidence in so atrocious a case should be produced before him as soon as possible. Flynn declared that he had been applied to by a man of the name of Smith at Leeds, who advertised in the way described, and that he :undertook to get employment for boys in ships upon commission for that person. He declared that he had no dishonest intention, and that he had situations for the two lads, but that they were unable to take them on account of the want of outfits. He hoped the Lord Mayor would take his ignorance of the law into considera tion, and not proceed to extremities. Mr. Pelham (the case having been postponed for evidence as to the conspiracy) stated to the Lord Mayor that, under all the circumstances, and con sidering the great expense a prosecution would occa sion, he thought the offer of the defendant to make complete restitution might be accepted, especially as there was a prob a bilit y t h at they would soon betsro vided for. The LORD MAYOR said, that if evidence of so ne farious a c ase were brought forward he would un questionably have committed the defendant for trial, and he believed there could be little doubt as to the result. He considered Mr. Pelham was entitled to great commendation for having thus volunteered to serve the poor boys who had been subjected to such treatment as might have made them vagabonds for life, and he advised Flynn to look to himself, for the eye of the police would moat certainly be upon him. Flynn thanked the Lord Mayor for his lenity, and said that his Leeds correspondent was alone to blame for " The sea! the sea! " BOW-STREET. A woman named Charlotte Smith, and James Smith, her husband, were charged with rubbing Mr. Thomas Smyth, a barrister-at-law, residing at 49, Chancery lane, of books, china, &c. It appeared that the woman had been employed as laundress at the chambers for two years, and some short time back Mr.' Smyth was induced, on her representations of poverty, to take a lodging for her husband and herself in the same house. He had been out of town for some time, and on his return received an anonymous letter telling him to look over his property, as some of it had been stolen. He did so, and discovered that a pair of blankets had disap peared ; and on questioning the female prisoner, she acknowledged having pawned them ; this caused him to make further search, and he then found out that a number of valuable china plates, books, shirts, and other wearing apparel, had disappeared during his absence. He gave information to the police, and the prisoners were both taken into custody, and dupli cates for nearly all the property were found upon them. The female prisoner said, if it had not been for distress she would not have done it. The prisoners were committed for trial ; and Mr. HENRY remarked that he could not help re peating an opinion he had expressed en various occa sions, that a great many persons in the prisoners' situation were induced to commit robberies from the facility with which they were enabled to dispose cf the property at the pawnbrokers, who did not ques tion them properly as to how they obtained it. WORSHIP-STI?EE7'. James Hampton, a well-dressed person, who was stated to be the son of an extensive carrier at Hackney, was charged with having falsely assumed the character of a policeman, with a view to extort money from two young gentlemen named Cockrell, residing at Dalston. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner went up to the commplainants, after they had dis charged a fowling piece on Hackney-downs, and de manded their license. They said they were not shooting game. The prisoner told them they had nevertheless committed a crime for which they were liable to be punished, and he should take them into custody unless they gave him some money to let them off. This raised a suspicion in their minds, and having promised to go for the money, they went instead to a police-station and got the prisoner taken into custody. Ills excuse was that he had only done it for a lark, and did not conceive that he had com mitted any legal o&nce. The MAGISTRATE said, the prisoner had rendered himself liable to a penalty of 20/ for falsely assuming the character of a policeman ; but, taking into ac count that he had already suffered a week's imprison ment, he should reduce the fine to 3/, and in default commit him for one month to the House of Correc tion, TVANDSTVORTa Frederick Smith, a respectably dressed man, wh stated that he assisted his mother, who was a cattl dealer, residing in Acre- lane, Clapham, surrendered to his bail to answer a charge of stealing a terrier dog, the property of Mr. Samuel Sidney. The case was clearly proved against the prisoner, who had been seen by a girl nine years of age to entice the dog towards him with something white, and then to snatch it up and run off with it at full speed. The prisoner cross-examined the girl, who' had given her evidence in a very clear and intelligible manner, but was unable to elicit a single fact favour able to himself, but on the contrary, brought out some facts that strengthened the case against him. The prisoner said that the evidence was altogether false, and that he was innocent of stealing the dog. The policeman who took the prisoner into custody said, he found in his pocket two cords with slip knots, such as dog-stealers used. Mr. PAYNTER, said, that he had considered the case proved at the last examination, but as the pri soner asserted his respectability he gave him time to prepare his defence, and, to facilitate him, he accepted bail. But what had been the result ? He had neither disproved the case nor brought witnesses to character. It was not, certainly, made clear that he was a dog stealer by profession ; and, therefore, treating this as a first offence, he should order the prisoner to pay 51., the value of the dog, and a further sum of 101., which was half the extreme penalty, and in default of pay ment he would be committed for three months. The prisoner was committed. CORONERS' INQUES FS. ALLEGED CASES OF ASIATIC CHOLERA IN THE POOL OF LONDON. On Saturday afternoon a long inquiry was insti tuted before Mr. Baker, at the Duke of York, Sal mon's-lane, Ratcliffe, on view of the body of Robert Scott, aged 50, a seaman on board the Magnet collier, of Seaham, near South Shi e ld s , w h o di ed from an attack of Asiatic cholera. _ _ Mr. Waters, mate of the Magnet, said that the vessel left Seaham with a crew of eleven seamen, on the morning of Monday week, and arrived at Graves end on Wednesday last, after a fatiguing voyage. On the following day she reached the Pool. The same day the deceased went ashore to see his wife% and family, who live near Bow Creek. He returned to the vessel about eight o'clock on the Friday morning. He was quite sober, and apparently in good health. He made no complaint, and went to his work till about nine o'clock, when he was seized with a com plaint in his bowels, which was accompanied with cramps. Colt . °Nan—What had he been eating that morn ing ? Witnes s —H e too k some coffee,but had no thing to eat. Witness in continuation said that he did not know what deceased had when ashore. About ten o'clock the deceased got worse, upon which he sent for a medical gentleman, and Mr. Cleland, sur geon, of Ratcliffe, attended. CORONER—Were the cramps violent? Witness —They were at first, but they were not so violent shortly before he died. He had every attention paid to him, and was perfectly sensible during the whole time of the attack. CORONER—Were h;s sufferings very great P Witness—Tiv,T were at first. There was a blueness about the skin after he was attacked. By a juror —He was not an habitual drunkard. Occasionally he would overstep the bounds. Mr. Allen Cleland stated that he saw the deceased between ten and eleven o'clock on Friday morning, and found him lying on the deck. The CORONER bserved that it was highly improper that he should have been placed in such a position, as warmth was so necessary. The mate said deceased was brought on deck for the sake of the air. Mr. Cleland remarked that he ordered him to be placed in his hammock, when he was wrapped in a blanket, and applied frictions to the bowels. Witness also administered brandy, with calomel and opium. CORONER—Just describe to the jury how the case was. Witness—Deceased was in a state of great de presion. He was parsing rice -water sort of stools every minute, and retched a kind of bilious matter. He was in very great pain, and the cramps were awful. Ile rolled himself about the dec!:. There was also a blueness on the skin. The CORONER—Did you administer the laudanum in the proportions as recommended by the Medical Board of Health? Witness—l gave deceased forty drops of laudanum for the first two half-hours, and repeated the dose afterwards every hour. The CORONER here referred to the circular issued by the Board of Health, and observed that it was very desirable a copy should be sent to every medical man, as it was most important that a treatment which was recommended by men of the highest medical science should be known by every practitioner. By the CORONER—I have no hesitation in stating the case to be Asiatic cholera. I have received a com munication from the police on the subject. The CORONER remarked that he ought to send report to the Board of Health. Mr. Cleland replied that he would not fail to for ward a communication there. The,. CORONER directed the attention of the mate to the necessity of having a spirit-lamp on board, is order that upon any future case of emergency it might be applied to promote heat. When the Asiatic cholera last visited this country in 1832, they w ere highly recommended; and found to be most beneficial. Mr. Cleland here informed the Coroner that the deceased, during the two days he was from the ship, had been drinking hard. A juror —Would drinking ardent spirits tend to cause the cholera ? Witness—Undoubtedly it would tend to promote it. The mate, in answer to the Coroner, said that all the rest of the crew were in good health. The CORONER remarked that it was a most extra ordinary disease, as it was remarkable that one only should be attacked out of a crew ; and he observed that he held the inquest as the death occurred on board ship, in order that captains of vessels might take precautions to arrest its progress. Verdict—" Visitation of God from Asiatic Cholera. A similar inquest was held by Mr. Baker on the body of John Abbot, aged 38, seaman on board the Ark, of South Shields. Deceased was attacked about half-past one o'clock on Saturrday morning with diarrhoea, which was soon followed with cramps in the stomach and all over the body. He was soon in s state of collapse, and although Mr. Cleland, the Bur geon in the previous case, was promptly in attendance, and administered the usual remedies, the disease ra pidly extended, and he died in six hours after the first attack. In this case also the rest of the crew are is good health, and no communication took place be: tween the vessels. A similar verdict was returnee' as in the former case. [AnyEam 11sEmENT.].--Diarrhces, St omac h or ...A"- Complaints Cured by Holloway's Pills..-• These diseases, so prevalent at this season of the year, are produced is many instances by suppressed perspiration, or by the too free use of acid fruits by which acidity in the stomach is generated, creating a deficiency of bile and consequent illness, often of a painful and dangerous nature. T o ob viate these results, the irritating causes must be speedily removed; let the sufferer then have immediate recourse to Holloway's Pills, as they surpass all other re medie in effecting a cure , an d permanently restore the impaire d tone of the complaining parts. They are equally en': cacious for disordered livers and bad digestion.—Sol d by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Estate blishment, 244, Strand, London. OUNDLE.-A dreadful incendiary fire broke out 11 Bythorne, at five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, or/ , the premises of J o h n G eorge, E sq., who is repute d !, sai d be the largest f a r mer i n N ort h amptonshire. It is sal that wheat to the amount of 4,000 quarters was (le' stroyed, besides beans, oats, &c.—Lincoln Mercury. On the 10th inst., at Londonderry, the wife of CaPt ai° Leach, Royal Engine ers , o f a son. On the 12th inst., a t B runswick-parade, Barnsbury-OA dr Islington, Mrs. Henry Walker, of a son. On the 12th inst., at Great Queen-street, Lincoln's i no ' Mrs. R. W. Tatnplin, of a daughter. On the 12th i nst., at Southrop, the wife of C. R. Srai •b tt Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Wharncliffe-terrace, SL John's-woo d ' the wife of Burton Archer-Burton, Esq., of a daughter. • On the 13th inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. R. Kinder, 01 daughter. MARRIED. h at On the 12th inst., at Croydon Church, Frederic Itc"'i; s Kite, Esq., 8.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to J 11 ,','," 0 Alice, eldest daughter of the late R. Brown, Esq., of b" Elms, Streatham, Surrey. On the 12th in s t., a t t h e c h urc h of St. Andrew the G r e at, Cambridge, th e R e y. J. P . P ope, Christ's College, Cambridg e to Eliza. da ug ht er o f t h e l ate Colonel D'Aguilar, of the 1 1° East India Company's Service. $, On the 12th i ns t., a t H u ll , M r. C . M . Broad, of Iligug -ate, Middlesex, to Mary A nne , e ld es t d aug h ter of G. Loc kiDD e I Esq., of the former place. fOn the 12th i ns t., a t Clapham N TIT O ew Church, W. Ty to Esq., of Cl a ph am - par k , to S arah, second daughter of the I'. Barton, Esq., of Aldersgate-street. T y,, t iter On the 12th i ns t . , at Bluntisbam, near St. Ives, the Rev. llpnry Allot), to Eliza, daughter of the late JoseP Goodman, Esq., of Wilton, in the same county. DIED. ie r "On the I7th ult., age d 2 6, J ames Dove, jun., Esq, of -- Pr lodge, Hammersmith. On the 2 lose Pl3 6th ult., at Thi s tl e - grove, Brompton, Baylis, Esq., aged 85, On the 7th inst., at Millichope-p ar k, th e R ev . Robert Pemberton, rector of Church Stretton, , p, aged 57 ,* „loth On the 9th i ns t ., at T unbridge, aged 19, Jernima uTh s q last surviving daughter of the late W. BrackenburY , of Us:zelby-house, Lincolnshire. On the 10th i ns t . , at Wi mpole, Cambridgeshire. th e real tt. dence of her son , Li eutenant Woodruff; H. DI" , .t e e orgd On the 12th i ns t., at West-square, I ,arnb'eth, sur• Lewis Hunt, age d 30 . ,ref On the 12th just, at Alf re d- p l ace, West, T hur loe-s4 ua Brotnpton, Eleanore Margarette, second. daughter of Fra o is Macdonald S c hn e ll, E sq. On the 12th inst., at Charlowood-?itreet, Belgrave'r°lld' Pimlico, Nlrs. Collins, aged 85. 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