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gave in charge to two policemen, and they conveyed I it to Mr. Gore Jones, in Thurles . He did not open it at all. • Michael Mulgrew, a police-constable, merely proved the getting of the portmanteau from Mr. Cox, which he delivered to Mr. Gore Jones, in Thurles. During its transit from Cashel to Thurles it was not opened or interfered with. Charles Edward Bagnell, the engineer on the Southern and Western Railway, proved his having received a portmanteau in Thurles from Mr. Gore Jones, with directions that he should deliver it to Mr. Redington, the Under-Secretary, at Dublin Castle. He delivered it to him at his lodge in the:park, in,the same state as he received it from Mr. Jones. Thomas Henry Burke examined—He knew Mr. Redington, and held a situation in the chief Secre tary's office. He was at his house on Sunday, the 6th of August. While there a portmanteau came about eight o'clock in the evening, which was deli vered by the engineer of the railway. It was left in the hall, and was, he believed, locked. Shortly after it came he (the witness) went to the Castle, where he got a parcel rolled in a white handkerchief , which he found in Mr. Redington's desk. As soon as he re tnrued with it the portmanteau was brought into the dining-hall, and a bunch of keys being taken out of the parcel, Mr. Redington gave them to him, with one of which he opened it. On examining its con tents he found several papers, books, and clothes. He put the clothes back and took out the papers, some of which he marked, and then sealed them all up and put them into a trunk. The witness then identified the letter of Mr. Duffy to Mr. O'Brien, Mr. O'Brien's letter to the owners of the colliery at Ballingarry, and several other documents. When he put back the clothes he brought it to the gaol of Kilmainham, when he gave it to Mr. Allison, the Deputy-Governor. Cross-examined by Mr. WHITESIDE.—Mr. Reding ton, the Under-Secretary of State, was in Dublin, and would not, he believed, attend that trial. The witness did not know whether a correspondence took place between Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Redington on the sub ject of the trial. Mr. Redington did not take out the papers, nor did he ever touch any one of them. He thought there were some title deeds or marriage set tlements in the portmanteau, which he delivered to Mr. O'Ferrall, the Commissioner of Police in Dublin. They were not, he believed, given to Mr. O'Briee up to the present moment. Edward Allison,fthe Deputy-Governor of Kilmain ham Gaol, proved his having received the portmanteau from the last witness, which he handed to Mr. O'Brien. He told him he got instructions to deliver it up, and he thanked him, but said no more. Mr. Lowe examined—He knew Mr. Charles G. 'Duffy since 1843, and knew his handwriting ; the name at the end of a letter handed him was written by him, as he believed, but he would not swear dis tinctly it was. To the best of his judgment he be lieved it was in his handwriting. Cross-examined—He saw the letter that morning for the first time. He was found out by Mr. Ray, es clerk in Mr. Kemmis's office. Did you hold any employment under Mr. Duffy —I was the manager of his printing-officethree years ago, and was in communication with the Crown since last August. I have no doubt that the letter is in Mr. Duffy's handwriting. Wm. O'Hara, Esq,, examined by the ATTORNEY GENERAL—He knew Mr. S. O'Brien. A letter handed to him was in his handwriting. —(The witness here read the letter carefully, and refused to give it up until he had done so.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—That letter won't in dict you ? Indeed, it will not. Nor have I any fear of you, Mr. Monahan. The letter was written on the 4th of July, 1848. Ile knew Mr. John B. Dillon, and believed that when he wrote that letter he was in Meath. He knew young Mr. 0 - Gorman, but never saw him write, nor did he receive a letter from him. The witness resided in Killiney, in the neighbourhood of Kingstown, near Dublin, and recollected that on a certain Saturday evening he left the witness's house, Nvhert he lived with his wife. He came out from Dublin in company with Mr. Meagher, and dined there. The witness was ill in bed, and after dining, Mr. Dillon and Mr. Meagher left about half-past seven for a place called Laughlinston. The witness was aware that they were going down to Mr. O'Brien, at Enniscorthy, and before going they told him they had just heard the Habeas Corpus Act was suspended. He could not fix what day of the month that was, but it was the Saturday previous to the outbreak at Bal lingarry. The witness was here about to enter into ass explanation of the whole transaction, hut the Chief Justice stopped him, and said he would not permit him to make any statement which was not in evi dence. Cross-examined—Mrs. Dillon was his niece, and always lived with his family. Mr. Meagher was in the habit of dining with him twice a week. John Sharman deposed that he resided in Water ford, and knew Mr. Meagher's handwriting. A letter found in the portmanteau was written by him. He also identified ancther document, the contents of which did not transpire. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proposed to have them read. They were found in Mr. O'Brien's pos session, and as to Mrs. Doheny, with whom the portmanteau was found, it was impossible they could produce her as a witness. The portmanteau was given by a man named Norton to Mr. Cox, and was subsequentiv forwarded to Dublin, where it was re ceived by Mr. O'Brien after the papers were taken possession of. Under ail these circumstances, he submitted it was evidence for the jury that the letters were received by him. Mr. WHITESIDE contended that no evidence was produced to trace the portmanteau from Mrs. Do heny to Mr. O'Brien. That lady was not produced ; and as any document could be introduced into it be tween his arrest and trial, neither the portmanteau nor its contents could be, received as evidence against him. He further contended that Mr. Redington, who had the key of !the portmanteau, ought to have been produced. . _ . The CHIBY JUSTICE said the Court were of opinion that there was evidence to show the portmanteau was Mr. O'Brien's. Mr. O'Brien himself stated the port manteau was in Cashel ; it was found there; and all the witnesses proved it was in the same state when forwarded to Dublin. A parcel also was found on Mr. O'Brien, in which a key was, belonging to the portmanteau. It is opened at the Castle, and then returned to Mr. O'Brien, who received and kept it in his possession ever since. They would, however, take a note of the objection made by Mr. Whiteside. Wm. Franklin examined—He was the manager of the Provincial Bank of Ireland in Limerick, where Mr. O'Brien kept an account. He was acquainted with Mr. O'Brien's handwriting, and identified se veral documents handed him, as being written by that gentleman. One letter produced, the witness could not swear was in his handwriting, except the word " Cahirmoyle ;" and ;another, merely the signature. — Robert Walpole, an inspector of police in Dublin, proved that he purchased at Mr. Grierson's, in Dublin, the Queen's printer, a certain number of Gazettes, dated the 21st, 25th, 26th, and 28th of July. He remembered the 27th of July, having gone to a person's house named Keeley, in Eustace-street, Dublin. A sergeant named APCurdy, accompanied him, from whom he got the papers he now produced, and found by him in Keeley's house. When he was making the search he saw two women, whom he be lieved to be the daughters of Keeley. M'Curdy next deposed that he found the documents handed in by the last witness in Keeley's house. He found them in a cupboard or open press. There was no person saw him actually taking them out, but after he had done s o , h e went i nto a room where Keeley's daughters were. Cross-examined by Mr. WurrnsiDE—What autho rity had you for making the search ?—I had s war rant to search for arms. And so in Ireland when you get a warrant to search for arms, you search also for papers ?—I was desired to do so. Did you not get other letters, written by Catholic clergymen, and the first dignitaries in the Roman Catholic Church ?—I did not read them ; all I got in the house I banded to Mr. Guy, the inspector. Mary Ann Keeley, the daughter of Keeley, where the papers were found, was next sworn. She was the sister-in-law of Thomas Matthew Halpin, formerly the secretary to the Irish Confederation. The papers Rot by the policeman were brought by her from No. 9, D'Olier-street, to Eustace-street. Mr. Halpin resided in No. 9, D'Olier-street. He was not in the habit of frequenting her father's house. The papers got in the press in the shop were not brought by her ; but those found in the open press were. To the COURT—She brought the papers from 9, D'Olier-street, because her sister was going to remove to Dame -street. Mr. FITZGERALD.—IS Mr. Halpin here ?—I don't know, Sir. Nor do I know whether he is to be exa mined as a witness. Jas. S. Dobbin examined.—He resides in Dublin, and was a member of the " Red-hand Club," a branch of the " Curran Club." It held its meetings on Con stitution-hill, The Curran Club met in Capel-street. When he became a member of it he resided in Linen hall-street. He had been at one time an engineer, but was now an attorney's clerk. There were about thirty members connected with it, and about the 27th of July the " Curran Club" had about 500 members. rfe knew Mr. F. F. Meagher, whom he had often seen at the Curran Club. Mr. WHITESIDE objected to the evidence, for he was instructed to state that Mr. S. o'l;rien was not connected with any of these clubs. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL observed, in two or three minutes they would prove him to be intimately con nected with them. _ _ Examination regumed.—On the evening of the 15th July he attended a meeting of the Council of the Confederation, according to summons, at 15, D'Olier- street. He saw Mr. O'Brien there, and Mr. Halpin. There were about 100 persons present. 'prien's ..'as anything said to you in when you got in ? Witness—What took place was this—Mr. O'Brien was sitting at the head of the tab l e with a book in his hand, in which the names of all the clubs in Dublin were registered. He called out the name of the club, and the representative of each came forward and answered. He then asked the number of it, or its numerical strength, and got the required information. The " Red-hand Club " was not called out that even ing. Mr. O'Brien next asked each representative was the club organized ? wa s it divided into sections and sub-sections, with an officer to each ? and was answered in the usual way. This occupied about three hours. Witness was in the habit of gong to the Council room;,:..vi he occasionally, and on the evening in quest ,' saw several of the leaders. The room was exceed ingly full, and he could not, therefore, see them all. It was then about eight o'clock. Mr. Meagher was not there. The meeting took place on a Saturday, and was only held to make arrangements for a meeting to be held next day in Mr. Ennis's yard, at Kilmainham. A difference of opinion prevailed, as to the number of the clubs, among the leaders. Some said they were composed of five, some six, and others 7,000 men, and the meet ing was called for next day, to satisfy Mr. O'Brien, and that he might see if they were in good condition. He also asked if the walls were high, that none but clubbists might be admitted. In the course of the evening he talked of accomplishing the independence of his country by force, and gave directions that they should go to the place of meeting in sub-sections of five, in order to avoid coming in contact with the au thorities. The meeting, however, was not held, as the authorities heard of it, and the ground was occupied by the police. In. the course of conversation on the same evening, Mr. O'Brien spoke encouragingly of his visit among the country clubs, and particularly marked out the Cork club, as being for its organisa tion and discipline equal to any of her Majesty's service. They also spoke of arms in a sufficiently loud tone, that Mr. O'Brien could hear it, and, indeed, he took a part in the discussion. A per son named Troughton also gave an account of his tour through England, and stated that in two towns alone, there were 500 armed men ready to come over when the insurrection commenced, and that they had two swivels there ready to come over. It was not a conversation, but an address, delivered in so loud a voice that every person in the room could hear it. The great difficulty, however, which he said lay in getting over the swivels, and Mr. O'Brien replied to his statement, by saying that he had been in Bantry, where the people gave him a hearty cheer, particu larly a boat's crew in the bay, and that the clubs of Dublin should also get boats, which would answer for that and other purposes. Kl.r. O'Brien spoke for a considerable time of the organisation necessary to effect the objects they had in view, and said he had not inspected Ireland in order to have proof positive that organisation existed. When Troughton asked the date of the insurrection, Mr. O'Brien replied that he would rather ascend the gallows than to cause the loss of life of one on his account by a premature movement. The rescue of per sons in gaol was also spoken of, and in case they were convicted, it was unanimously re solved that they should be rescued. He knew Joseph Brennan, and remembered a midday meeting held in the same place on the 19th of July of the representa tives of clubs, and the council of the confederation. He (witness) attended as representative of the Red hand Club, but the room was so full that he could not see who occupied the chair. The meeting was called to defeat the proclamation of the Lord-Lieutenant respecting.arms, and Brennan proposed a resolution that the insurrection should commence at once, as the people would not be in a better position in harvest, that they would be dispirited, and that the Govern ment would take up all the arms they could. To that resolution Mr. Dillon -enoved-as an amendment that the people should conceal their arms, and give passive resistance to the proclamation, and Mr. O'Brien said that to breakout then would be premature. He knew T. D. M'Ghee, who made a speech advising them to cast lots as to the person who should tell the people at the Music Hall that night to resist the pro clamation. Mr. Richard O'Gorman was also present, and told Mr. Dillon that his resolution about passive resistance was too indefinite, and it was said that Mr. Doheny was organizing in the country. A di vision took place on Dillon's amendment, which was put twice to the vote, when there was a very small majority for it, and the minority were quite dissatis fied. Mr. Brennan also said that they had the elements of strength within themselves—that if they waited for aid from France or America, they might do so until rifles were forged in heaven and angels drew the triggers.—(Laughter.) The witness often saw the members of the Curran Club and others armed with muskets and pikes. He knew a man named Lawrence Hanlon, who was a member of the Red fiend Club, and saw him often cleaning arms, both muskets and pikes ; preparing them and cleaning them. He was what they called a " handy man." He used to provide the materials, by buying a lock in one place and a stock in another, and furnished them to the members of the club for 14s. 6d. Ile attended a meeting on Friday, the 21st of July, when Mr. Dillon was in the chair. It was called in conse quence of a resolution come to on the 19:h, that an executive council should be formed to govern the clubs, or some important business. Mr. WurrEsinE here contended that, as Mr. O'Brien was not present at the meeting held on the 21st, he ought not to be bound by it, and that it was, therefore, inadmissible ; but the Court ruled that, as he was a member of the same body, and present on the 19th, he was clearly bound by what took place. On the 21st, Meagher, M‘Ghee, Lalor, i%l'Dermot, Halpin, and others of the leaders, were present, but O'Gorman was not. When O'Gorman was called to the chair, Mr. Leyne and several gentlemen were pre sent, not members, and the business would not be proceeded with, or the election for the executive council commenced, until they left the room. Mr. Dillon called out the representative, who, as' they answered, went into an inner room, where they re mained until the strangers went away. After ths sitting was resumed, Mr. Lalor produced a letter written by Mr. Duffy, from gaol, and then they elected the "executive council." Some proposed seven, some three, and some five, by a regular motion made in every case ; but a council of five were at last agreed to. To Mr. WHITESIDE—The resolutions were not taken down in a book. Examination continued—The election was by ballot, and " they all" agreed to elect Mr. O'Brien ; but it was said that it was much better to have him organizing the country than confined to a council. The witness himself voted in the usual way, and the persons elected were Dillon, Meagher, O'Gorman, and M`Ghee ; and there being an equality of votes for Devin Reilly and Lalor, another election took place, and Reilly was elected. Mr. WHITESIDE having asked if the papers used on that occasion were to be given in evidence, the At torney-General produced the identical balloting pa pers used on the occasion. The witness continued—Mr. Lalor wanted them, on that occasion, to give a pledge that the insurrec tion should take place on the Bth of August, but Mr. Meagher declined doing so, stating that he would do all that in him lay to excite the people, and Dillon exclaimed, "So help him God, that he would do the same." M‘Ghee said also that he would, by writing and speaking, excite the country to on insurrection as soon as possible. The balloting papers were here produced and identified by the witness, as well as the handwriting of M‘Dermot, Lalor, O'Higgins, and several others. The papers were kept by Halpin, and he neither saw nor did he know what became of them from that night until he saw them in the hands of the Crown Solicitor, a few days ago. Cross-examined by Mr. WHITESIDE—He took no interest in the political matters of this country, and was a member of the "Red Hand Club" from the 18th of June until its dissolution. The rules of the club, handed him, as inserted in the Nation news paper, were, he believed, the correct ones. They in cluded all Repealers, whether members of the Confe deration or not. He was positive such a club as the "Red Hand Club" existed, but he knew not if another man in court would depose to the same fact. The as sertion that resolutions inserted next morning in the newspapers, passed at the meeting of the 19th, was a falsehood, or they rnust have passed before he went to the meeting. Hi s Dlme, or that of his club, did not appear in the list of tho clubs called over on th e 15 t h of July, but both appeared on the 21st. lie had a book in which he kept .16 tes, or original reports, of all that occurred, but th•ai.` was at home, and the memorandum he had in his . ,hand was an account - of the dates merely when all these proceedings occurred. Did you ever see or speak' to Mr. O'Brien ?—I have seen him and heard him speak. Mr. O'Brien, in a loud determined voice—Speak up, Air. Did you ever speak to him ?—Never. The witness, who was exceedingly nervous, pro ceeded to answer the questions put to him by the Learned and able Counsel, to the most important of which we are obliged necessarily to confine ourselves. The prisoner did not say that were he Mr. Duffy, he would rather lose his life on the gallows than have any one else lose his life for him. At this period of the proceedings, Mr. Whiteside, seeing the Learned Judge not taking a note of the proceedings, directed Sir Colman O'Loghlen to do so, upon which Mr. O'Brien said, " My Lord, I am not certainly familiar with proceedings in courts of jus tice, but as it occurs to me that you have taken down everything that was unfavourable, you ought to take a note of what is favourable to my case." Chief Justice BLACKBURNE—And how do you know that we have not ? Mr. O'Brien—l have not seen you do so. Chief Justice BLACKBURNE—We are taking all that's necessary, and you are better not to in terfere. LIaIIIIII2LIOII reBllMeli—rle WOULU 110 L Len LLle UAW, of the person who told him the meeting was going on, because if he did so they would be assassinated by the clubs in Dublin. He put himself under the protec tion of the Court, for he had seen and heard the clubs of Dublin planning assassinations. Mr. WurrEslDE—You are sworn to tell the truth, and you must tell me who sent you to the meeting, or who told you of it. Witness—l decline to answer that question. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL submitted that on grounds of public policy, and as he had sworn that assassination might take place, the Court would ex ercise a sound discretion in not insisting en his giving an answer. Mr. WHITESIDE contended that as he was not an officio; 1 -- zgon, or Secretary of State, he was not pri vileged. Neither his ciielit,, his attorney, or anybody else knew anything of the man, and, for his own pe“, he believed the statement he made about assassination was a gross and unfounded slander. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed that he really knew not himself the party the witness alluded to as being in danger of assassination if his name were disclosed, but he thought he ought not to be com pelled to answer a question which would endanger the life of another. Mr. WIIITESIDE—Bat you forget, Mr. Attorney, that Mr. O'Brien's life is in danger. The AT TORNEY- GENERAL—Indeed I do not. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then quoted a passage from Starkie on Evidence, to show the communica tions made to Government were privileged, particu larly in cases where the peace of the country was concerned. A long consultation then ensued between the Learned Judges, after which, Chief Justice BLACYBURNE said that they did not feel themselves called on to compel the witness to make a disclosure of the name. The cross-examination was then resumed.—The person who told him of the meetings was met by him in Sackville- street. He was a gentle man of rank and respectability, and of heredi tary loyalty. At the election of the Executive Council Father Kenyon was not the second man elected, nor was ho elected at all. Mr. Duffy wrote through Lalor from prison, requesting that Fathers O'Maley, and Kenyon, and Hughes should be elected ; but all present refused unanimously not to elect them because they were priests, You swear that P—l do. Whose name is that ?—(handing the witness a ballot :paper.) Witness—Father Kenyon's ; but it was said among them without going into a division, that no clergyman was to be placed on the Council of War. Father Kenyon may or may not be in his parish, whose name was proposed at the war-council, while Mr. O'Brien, who re fused to have anything to do with it, was in the dock. The Secrettary of the "Red Hind" Club was a person named O'Callaghan, who escaped to America, but it would not be prudent to tell the names of others. He received no payment whatever for his evidence, nor did ho expect to be obliged to leave the country ; he did not see Halpin since he was arrested, nor did he know whether he was in Clonaiel to give evidence for the Crown. Thomas Griffin, a police-constable, examined— He deposed to his having arrested Mr. J. F. Lalor at the 'notice of a Mr. Kennedy, where he found a roll of papers in a black bag, of Mr. Lalor's. The witness then identified the ballotinf , papers. Mark Fender proved that he was on duty at the Felon newspaper office, on the morning of the 22d of July, when he saw Mr, O'Brien on a car, apparently leaving Dublin. A guard of the Wexford coach next deposed to his having taken up Mr. Meagher aad another gentle man, at Laughlinstown, on the morning of the 231. Another witness proved that he gaw Mr. Smith O'Brien at Enniscorthy, and heard him say to about 500 people, that he way glad there was a club formed in the town, but regretted ita numbers were so few in such a place. A club, he added, should b© formed in every place, and that parish clubs should also be got up: With regard to the police, he was glad, he said, to see so many of them present, and that they ought to be treated as friends until they proved themselves enemies. He said he was treated with great kindness in many parts of Ireland by the soldiers; then alluded to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and called on the people to be prepared for any emergency. He then introduced Mr. Meagher, who said he always was, and ever would remain, the unrelenting enemy of the British Govern ment; that he had the honour a short time before to address 50,000 Tipperary men, who said or swore, he could not say which, to join him. He then alluded to the difference he had with the late Mr. O'Connell ; but added, that the best way to make amends, was to bring the flag of liberty, and place it on his tomb. Mr. Dillon was next brought forward, who declined making a speech, but said he knew the Wexford men were all brave and determined, and that they kept a gun in the corner, and their powder dry. They then left the town in a car in the direction of Kilkenny. John Dowling, another policeman, was next ex amined, and deposed to his having seen Mr. O'Brien with Ir. Meagher and Mr. Dillon at a place called Graignamanna, in the county of Kilkenny. They addressed a crowd of persons at the residence of a person they called General Cloney, when Mr. Meagher said be was a young man just entering political life, And turning round to the General, who was an old insurgent of 'PB— submittedthat, the last words of the witness, in describing a man as an old insurgent in 1798, incapacitated him from being a witness, for he had proved himself a partizan. The witness then proceeded to state what Mr. Meagher and Mr. Dillon said at the meeting, the last of whom asked the people if a warrant were is sued for Mr. O'Brien, and that a number of police men came to take him, would they let him go P and the answer was No. Sub-Inspector Blake deposed that he saw Mr. O'Brien in Kilkenny on Monday, the 23d of July, in company with Dr. Kane, and saw him accompanied by two others who appeared to be gentlemen, leaving them in the direction of Callan. Edward Stevens examined, and proved that he saw Mr. O'Brien going up in one of the round towers in the church in Kilkenny to take a view of the country, and another policeman, named Robert Mahony, de posed to the prisoner having made a speech at Callan, similar to that made by him in Enniscorthy, with re spect to the military and police. Patrick Coghlan deposed that he was stationed in Carrick-on-Suir in July last, when he heard Mr. O'Brien address the people. He said the best way he could judge or test the feelings of their hearts was by calling them at once to the field ; that he was about to be made a victim of English misrule and domination ; there was a time gone by, when, if any of my blood or ancestors were to be seized, there were strong arms and stout hearts to defend and protect them. He then asked them, would they allow it ? and they replied, No, never. He then said that all of them had strong nerves and stout hearts, and he stood there to tell them that he wanted neither place or emolument—that he sacrificed near and dear family ties, and was with them determined to sacrifice his life. But that was not the time for,speechifying. Mr. Meagher next came forward, and made another speech in which he said that when last he appeared amongst them he came on business con nected with the country, but now he was on Govern ment business. It had advanced a step lately, in the conviction of Mr. Mitchel, and that there were five others equally as guilty as Mr. Mitchel. He then said that the Judges were either corrupt er bloody, he did not know which, and that every step the Government took he would be prepared to meet it. They could only punish him with death ; but he was ready to meet it in defence of his unhappy country. He observed that Ireland only sunk for a moment in order to rise again into a glorious republic, and hur rahed for a republic. The time was come when they should strike the blow. John O'Mahony was there, but he did not mind the others. He was cross-examined by Mr. Whiteside, when it turned out that the extracts from which he read pas sages of the speeches was a copy of the notes he took, and not the original notes themselves, and that not a word about the republic, or bloody judges, was found in the original informations sworn by the witness. John Hamilton corroborated the evidence of the last witness as to the speeches at Carrick. After which the Court adjourned, at seven o'clock, to Monday morning. DOVER, MONDAY, OCT. 2.—Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians arrived at Dover by the Belgian steamboat, at half-past 11 o'clock this morning, en route from Ostend to London and Claremont. A special train was in waiting, which conveyed her Majesty from Dover CO the station at Bricklayers' Arms, whence her Majesty proceeded in ono of M. Van de Weyer's carriages to Claremont. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Baron Moerkercke, and the Countess Van Stratten. Mr. James M'Gregor, the Chairman of the bouth- Eastern Railway, . received her Majesty at Dover, and was in attendance n , ring the journey. • Voomsit AFFAIR.—On . Monday forenoon, between t e n and eleven o'clock; • a man observed to leap into the Tay, at the Dundee Railway-t,:idge, and proceed, ,swimming, down the current with all bib clothes and a heavy great-coat on, e.s if the water constituted a part of his natural element. People, however, began to get alsrmcd for bis safety, and two boats were manned to rescue him. On coining up with him the crews imel< 2,. diately collared him, against which p;oceeding he most lustily protested, kicking and pl u n g ing at the same time with desperate determination, stating that ho 'vas swim ming to the Friarton-hole for a heavy wager. Os n; monstranees and exertions to keep the water were of no avail ; and he was pulled into one of the boats, and put upon terra firma. It is believed that the amphibious biped had no wager whatever, but being a good swimmer, had, under the common potent influence, thought he would be none the worse of a little relaxation in the other element, and we are happy to say that he was no worse.—Perthshire Courier. _ ge4 are e x t rac t e d OF THE DEAF AND DUMB . [The following remarkable PAssa from the Leeds Mercury of Saturdaylast, September the 30th, and we have great pleasure in recording the continued and brilliant success of the philanthropic efforts of Dr. Turnbull.—En. Sun..] We have this week had two opportunities of wit nessing the remarkable success of Dr. Turnbull's treatment of the ;Ica and dumb, and we feel it a duty to express our sense of the value of the discovery which that gentleman has made for the removal of one of the carious afflictions to which flesh is heir. We have already stated that Dr. Turnbull, the aurist and oculist, of London, has made a discovery by which, for the first time since the age of miracles, hearing is communicated to those born deaf and dumb. He has been for some time at Man chester; and is now in Leeds, with the view of establishing his method of cure by an amount of evidence that shall place it beyond the possibility of doubt. He does not profess to care cases of malfor mation, or of absolute disorganisati on o f th e ear; h e states bat his method succeeds with about forty per cent. of the cases submitted to him ; and he is able to pronounce within a quarter of an hour whether the case is curable or not. It is a great recommendation of his mode of treatment that it is the simplest possible, and altogether unattended with pain. The first case which we saw operated upon was that of a boy 1$ years of age, from Bradford, who had been deaf and dumb since he was three years and a half old (according to the medical certificate), from an affection of the brain, induced by cholera. In this case the process entirely failed, and Dr. Turnbull pronounced it to be hopeless. The next case was that of John Clayton, of Kirk stall, aged 16, who had been six years in the York shire Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, at Don caster, and whom we had ourselves recommended to Dr. Turnbull. The boy had been examined by Dr. Macturk, of Bradford, and Mr. Ramsbotham, of Huddersfield, who attested that he was deaf and dumb. His mother states that he lost his hearing from scarlet fever when six months old. The boy had gained the sense of hearing under Dr. Turnbull, so as to have heard the singing at church on Sunday. He was tried by Dr. Turnbull's secretary, who stood behind him, and repeated a variety of sounds, monosyllables, and dissyllables, all of which the boy imitated, though imperfectly, as deaf mutes, when restored to hearing, require to be taught to speak in the same manner as infants. The case was satisfactory, and the boy ap peared much delighted with his new acquisition. John Ward, of Leeds, cabinet-maker, aged 24, had been five years in the Deaf and Dumb Institution, and four weeks under Dr. Turnbull's care. He was attested by Mr. E. Morgan, the surgeon, to be inca pable of receiving information thr oug h he ear. In this case the hearing was more perfect than in the preceding one ; the patient heard every sound made behind him, repeated it instantly, and made some progress in speaking : his countenance expressed great pleasure. L 1,, 1-4 ti 7 it-r/Al SENT Thomas Lee, of Knottingley, aged 16, born deaf and dumb, had been six years in the Deaf and Dumb Institution, and only twelve days under Dr. Turnbull's care. This boy heard more quickly than ordinary persons; he not only imitated every sound, but heard a watch tick at the distance of seven or eight feet. A little girl, three years old, born deaf and dumb, was accompanied by her mother, who expressed the liveliest pleasure at the progress which the child had made in hearing. The child imitated all the sounds made by its mother in an ordinary tone, but did not so readily catch the tones of a strange voice; it showed decisively its power of hearing by blowing repeatedly through the Doctor's tuning pipes, and appearing amused with the sound. A married woman, aged forty, 'whose name and residence we did not lioarn, but who wa§ the sistsr of William Darnley, of Sandal Magna, near Wakefield, in which family two brothers and a sister, all born deaf and dumb, have received the power of hearing under Dr. Turnbull. This woman w4s tried in the ordinary modes, evidently heard with Ccilerable quick ness, and was learning to speak. The following cases we saw operat44o .- for the first time - - aged twenty-tvro, born deaf and dumb, had been in the Deaf and Dumb Institution from her eleventh year till within six months of the present time, for some years as a pupil, and for the remaining period as a laundry•maid. She recognised, and was recognised by, the other patients who had been in the Institution. The simple process having been per formed, after waiting a quarter of an hour she was tried, and her hearing was found to be wonderfully restored. She imitated with considerable accuracy all the sounds made behind her ; whilotcher married sister, who had accompanied her, sat iaughing with joy and wonder at the miracle which had been , per formed. A man, aged 28, born deaf and dumb, accompa nied by his mother, had the sense of hearing conferred in the same way as the previous case, and exhibited the same evidence of hearing. He heard the ticking of a watch at the distance of about three inches. This was the first time of performing the operation. Such is a brief statement of the cases we ourselves witnessed. They leave no doubt whatever on our minds as to the reality of the cures, or as to the great importance of the discovery. We trust the cures will receive the candid yet full in►estigation of the medical men in this town, and will receive the same frank acknowledgment here as they have dine in Manchester, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and other places. THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS. G-LAscoses—Before daylight on Wednesday last the delightful weather which we have so long enjoyed was interrupted by rain, which fell heavily till noon on that day. The watery clouds then passed away, and we have since had weather dry and beautiful as before, and a fine mild tem perature. At night, however, the air is sharp and frosty. Harvest work goes on briskly, and scarcely an evening now passes in which harvest home is not celebrated by many agriculturists on the lowlands of this and neighbouring coupties.—alas .—With the exception.' of Wednes day,rote Herald. STIRLINGSIHRE we have had another week of excellent har vest weather. The consequence is that the greater proportion of the white crop in the carses has been secured in first-rate condition. The farmers are now busy cutting and stooking their beans, and in a short time as favourable a harvest as we have had for many years will be concluded. Of the potato crop little can be said in addition to what is already so well known. The disease seems not to be spreading rapidly, although it generally exists.—Rtirling Ob. eerier. Trn BORDERS. — Harvest operations, have been prosecuted during the past week without interrup tion, and, with a few exceptions, the fields have been stripped of their produce, which has been carted to the barnyards in the best possible condition. The quality of the grain has not been surpassed in any previous year, and it being generally admitted that the crop will be much more. productive than was at one time anticipated, it is only reasonable to expect that a reduction in the price of the staff of life should follow, and that to a considerable extent, in a short time. We are glad to say the po tato disease has not increased since our list publica tion, and the extent to which it has hitherto spread in this quarter is so trifling as scarcely to be thought of. Potatoes are selling at a very moderate price, viz. Is. 3d. per bushel, not in consequence of the disease, as has been stated in some papers, but from the abun dant and prolific crop.— Kelso Chronicle. PERTHSHIRE.—The weather for the last eight days has been everything that could possibly be desired for the furtherance of harvest operations. Through out it has been dry, and generally breezy, and in consequence of these winnowing qualities, a vast amount of victual has been safely stored in the barn yard in the finest condition possible, whilst cutting down in high and later districts has been going on with great alacrity. In the Highlands shearing is far advanced, and a great quantity already secured, while the crop is admitted on all bands to be decidedly the best that has been seen in these quarters for a great number of years. About the middle of last week, most of the farmers in the neighbourhood of Perth had the whole cut down; and from all we can learn, the crop is still regarded as a good one. On Tuesday, the thickness of the atmosphere for some time boded rain, but it ultimately cleared up into a fine day. Wednesd ay , however, was gloomy for some time, and about mid-d ay a f e w drops fell, when the sky again brightened up so mewhat, hut not to such an extent as to all ay t h e d re ad of a speedy shower. The reports of the rural constabulary for this county, up to Saturday, the 16th i ns tant, state that at Aber feldy the disease still p rog ressed, but not so rapidly as it was ten days ago. At Alyth , the disease w as progressing on some farms, while on others it is said to be abating. At Bankfoot the disease was general all over the district. At Blair- Atholl the disease had commenced, but not appa rently to any extent as yet in the fields. At Black ford the disease was still progressing, but not rapidly. At Bridge of Earn the disease still pro gressing. It is considered that nearly one-third of the crop is already lost. At Connie, the disease has not progressed rapidly during the past week. At Crieff, the disease was progressi ng , ;gut eek. not rapidly. At D u nkeld, Dunni ng , and Dunblane, the diseas e h a d ma d e but littl e progress c lueing the past week. A t Ki ncar di ne an d C ulross, th e disease has partially appeared in almost every be about kt Y, the potato crop is consider e d t o half i lost, particularly on low gro un d. Disease less revere on t h e B raes ; h as progressed s P itloeur mare slowly during p ast year t h an f ormerly. —Perth Ad v ertiser. AllEepeENsuntE &c.—For the last fortnight, the weather has been exceedingly favourable for harvest operations, and great progress had been made. In L ;- very early situations the bulk of the crop is already cut down, in others one-half, and in higher and later, distlicts'aliout a third. Generally speaking, two or three weeks _more of the same kind of weather would close the gates of the stack-yards. As to the crops having lately had occasion to travel over a good part of the northern -district, our impression, from what we saw and heard, is—that from the riVer Dee to John O'Groat's it will prove a fair average. There certainly are failures on cold damp lands,' and the crops after turnips are generally light; but on good free lea-breaks, they are splendid, and will, *e think, fully make up for the deficiency on the other soils and situations. Barley is complained of, in many instances, as thin on the ground ; but as it has not been lodged, and is well ripened, we scarcely think the return will be under an average one ; while from the colour of it in the field and stook, we would expect the ireight to be good. ' Wheat, both in Moray and Ross, looks uncommonly well. As to potatoes, little can be said about them ; it is quite true that the disease has not progressed very sensibly for the last fortnight ; but it is universally more or less present, and all our past experience tends to show, that where it exists at all there is scarcely a chance remains for .preserving them orer winter, by any care or means yet devised by the ingenuity of man. The owners are, therefore, using them very freely, and, where within reach of a market, selling them off as fast as they can. Turnips have improved very materially during the last fort night, but are still far from promising such a return as we had for the last two years.—Aberdeen Journal. INVERNESS-SHIRg, &c.—.lt is very gratifying to be able to state that as September advances the weather seems to improve, and that during the whole of last week it has been of the finest kind. The days have been warm and unclouded—not a drop of rain of the slightest moment has fallen. Few are the fields and far behind which now remain uncut ; and every available moment—in our lowlands at least—the farmer employs in the removal of stooks from the wheat, oat, barley, and bean fields, and in the building of those comfortable looking stacks which form such interesting appendages to a feria steading. Undoubtedly, in the hilly parts the farmers are farther behind-,the weather there having been of a less genial kind, but we trust they are now in the thick of the harvest. People are now busy lifting their potatoes, and the gloomy anticipations are not realised. The crop is found to be almost unexpectedly great, and although the slums have been completely withered, the insidious frost came a stage too late to do serious injury to the tubers. We have yet, then, the promise of plenty in the land, although we fear that many of the hill crofters, from the nature of this wet and windy season, will find their oat crops deficient, a t l eas t in quality. Our friends to the east of Inverness are far on with their labours. We regret to learn that the weather in Skye for some time back has been unusually wet, and that the corn crops as well as the potatoes have suffered se verely. In Caithness shearing may now be said to be general, or nearly so.—lnverness Courier. CUMBERLAND.—Another week of glorious harvest weather. Reapers have been busy, and an immense quantity of grain throughout the county has been safely placed under " thack and rape." The brunt of the harvest may be said to be fairly over, and it is on all hands agreed that the crops, when completely gathered, will turn out at least a fair average.—Car lisle Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct, 2. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD ) IN THE IitANKRUPTCY OF G. W. M'ARTHUR REYNOLDS. In this matter, which has been frequently reported, his HONOUR gave judgment as follows :—ln review ing the circumstances of the case I must advert to the number of occasions in which Reynolds has become either bankrupt or insolvent. In 1836 he pays a dividend on his debts of 6s. Bd. in the pound under e cessio bonorum in France. Consequent upon and in `cininezion with his inability to satisfy the debts then - due, he twice passed through the Insolvent Debtors' :Court in this country, I think in the year 1839. The fiat which is now in prosecution against the bankrupt on his own petition is the second bankruptcy in this court, and there were no assets under the former fiat. Now, without inquiring into the cause of the bankrupt's former difficulties, I cannot come to the conclusion that his present position has arisen from the frauds or losses of others, or from mis fortunes unavoidable by ordinary prudence. The world seldom turns wholly against a man except through his own fault. Now, it must not be supposed that because we have bankrupt and insolvent laws that the rights of creditors and the obligations on the part of debtors are to be diminished or relaxed, except in cases of accident or misfortune. But when I see a person in the situation of the present bankrupt, pos sessing talents which enable him to secure, as he him self has stated, 5001. a year by his pen, I cannot but attribute those repeat-d inabilities to meet his en gagements to a want of prudence or capacity for the trade which he attempted to carry on. I have no doubt the bankrupt would have found it more to his interest if he had employed his whole industry in a way where he bad some advantage over his neighbours —I mean in the practice and consequent improvement of his literary attainments; and having had warnings by his former failures of his unfitness for a trader, he should have forborne from what I must now re gard in him rather as a commercial gambling or speculation than a bonA fide trading, without either knowledge or capital to support it. I have considered the proposal made by the bankrupt to his creditors. [The proposal was to pay to the creditors who had proved their claims a dividend of 6s. in the pound, or, if the creditors preferred it, 1001. in six months and 1001. in nine months.] His Honour said he was by no means satisfied with this proposal ; and then proceeded to say—l must now observe upon what the bankrupt stated with regard to his expen diture. He thought he was justified in spending upon himself and his family the whole of his literary earnings, which were about 5001. a year, at the same time that his business as a publisher was a losing concern. The expenses of his trade exceeded the profits. Surely there was a call upon the bankrupt to be more circumspect in his expenses, and to en deavour in some way to curtail them. Whoever borrows money or gets into debt is bound in con science to repay it. " This," says a learned writer, " every man can see, but every man does not reflect that he -is in consequence bound to use the means ne cessary to enable him to repay it. If he pays the money when he has it, or ha s it to spare, he imagines he does all that an honest man can do, and all that is required of him ; whilst the previous measures which are necessary to furnish him with that money, he makes no part of his case, nor observes to be as much his duty as the oth er suc h as contracting his scale of ex p enses, laying down his equipage, reducing the number of his servants, or any of. thos e h um ili at i ng s acrifices which justice requires of a man in debt the moment he perceives that he has no reasonable pros pect of paying his debts without them." Now, in the present case, the bankrupt h a d ev id en tl y ; b een f or a long time straitened in his means of carrying on his trade of publisher. It seems that he was 1,1001. de ficient in January, 1847, but no mention appears to have been made [of app ropr i a ti ng any o f hi s literary gains to the payment of his trade debts. Then, what has been the conduct of the bankrupt 'towards his creditors with reference to the present bankruptcy ? When sued the two creditors, Mr. Wilton and Mr. Cuthbertson, being unable to obtain - any furth er as sistance from the latter, he gets time from Wilton, and at the same period he gives every facility to Cuthbertson to obtain possession, or rather title, to the greater . portion of hi s property (for the bankrupt himself still retained the possession). If the bankrupt by taking ad vantage of the liberty which the Legislature has giyou to enable a trader who is unable to meet his engagements to petition for a fiat against him self really meant to carry out the full intention of the Legislature, the property w hi c h Cuthbertson has or lays claim to, and which was valued at 1601., would have been availabl e f or th e creditors generally' . On this point Ido not think the bankrupt has behaved fairly or honestly towards his creditors • and besides, I think Reynolds went very far by his conduct, with regard to certain publi ca ti ons of which he had the copyright, to render va l ue l ess that which, if he had given proper assistance to his assigness, would pro bably have made a c ons id era bl e addition towards a dividend for his creditors. On these grounds I feel called upon to say th at the bankrupt must make a considerable sacrifi ce f or the benefit of his creditors. Having regard to the means within his power, I think he must now not on l y put hi s creditors in the same position as they wou ld h ave b een in if he had acted fairly and h ones tl y towards them both before and since his bankruptcy, but must also suffer for having been the main cause of depriving his creditors of their fair and just rights. Having taken all these circumstances into consideration, I adjudge that the certificate of the bankrupt be suspended until he has paid into the hands of the official assignee or into the Bank of England, for the benefit of his creditors, the sum of 5001.; su c h p a y men t, if th e b an k ru pt desire it, to be made by instalments of 1001. every six months, with protecti o n t o th e bankrnpt from six months to six months, so long as such payments are duly made. Suspended accordingly. Mr. DUNCAN complained that the bankrupt had, after his Honour's judgment was delivered, made use of insulting expressions to Mr. Moss, solicitor to the opposing creditor. The bankrupt did not deny the accusation, and His HoNoug reproved him for having acted so in. decorously. The matter then dropped. The Earl of Auckland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLERUNE. • Two determined looking fellows, named John Clarke and Thomas Carter, were placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with the following brutal conduct : Cocke 341 S, who, f rom th e li mp i ng manner in which he got into the witness-box, had evidently sustained much injury, deposed that on Saturday night last he was called to the Adam and Eve public house, New-read, in consequence of there being a disturbance there, and on his en t er i ng h e saw a man, whom the landl o rd was endeavouring to eject from the premises, put his hand into the pocket of the landlord, and at the moment of the hand being with drawn, two sixpences fell upon the floor. Witness took him into custody, when he was immediately surrounded by a great number of low characters, who closed in upon him, and after knocking him down, the man alluded to effected his escape. He shortly afterwards saw Clarke, who was the leader in the attack made upon him, re-enter the house, when he collared him and led him away to the station-house, on the road to which a host of his companions followed him, and in Munster-street some of them called out " Go it Jack I" upon which a rush forward was made, and witness was felled to the ground by two or three tremendous blows ; he was also kicked while lying down, and Clarke was a second time rescued. Moore, 58 D, said, that while assisting Cocke in bringing Clarke along he was struck more than once by the prisoner Carter, whose conduct was violent in the extreme. Witness at length succeeded in con veying him to the station-house. It further appeared that Clarke was ultimately captured a third time by Bow, 383 S, who sprang upon him suddenly in Brook-street, and held him securely until additional aid was afforded by the ar rival of other officers, who, hearing the spring of rattles, ran to the spot. The prisoners were, after a most desperate resistance, locked up, Carter having, while being conveyed down stairs to his cell at the station, again assaulted the constable Moore. Mr. LONG felt it his duty to deal with the prisoners as severely as the law would allow him, and instead of giving them an opportunity of effecting their liberty by payment of fines, committed them at once to hard labour in the House of Correction for a month. They were then locked up. Richard Greex, a youth about 17 years of age, was placed at the bar upon the following serious charge, preferred against him by his father, John Green, re siding in Brunswick-mews, Portman-square. Complainant's statement was, that he had been con tinually plundered by the prisoner, but had many times forgiven him, in the hope that he would reform. In this expectation, however, he had been disap pointed, and as he could not endure to be robbed any longer, he some time ago forbade the prisoner to enter his house again. In spite of this he went to the house on Saturday evening last, during com plainant's temporary absence, and the complainant, on being informed by one of his daughters of his visit, hastened home, when the prisoner swore that he had come for money, and money he would have, or he would set fire to the premises before the morning. He actually attempted in the previous week to carry a threat of a similar nature into effect, but was pre vented by a policeman from doing so. 152 D said, that on the :way to the station the pri • saner said his intention was to rob and not to set fire to the house. Some other evidence was gone into, and the case was ultimately decided by the magistrate sending the prisoner to the House of Correction for one month for being on the premises g with intent to commit a felony. WORSHIP-STREET. _PrederickWaddelove, the conductor of a lloaton and Chelsea omnibus, was brought before Mr. Tyr whitt upon a warrant, charged with an aggravated assault upon Mr. Mark Gale, a cheesemonger, of K in g's- road, Chelsea. The complainant stated that on the afternoon of the 17th ult. he and his wife entered the defendant's omnibus in Sloane-square with the intention of pro ceeding to noxton, but they had only travelled a short distance when his attention was drawn to the offensive conduct of the conductor by some female passengers, who complained that he had grossly in sulted them as they were stepping into the omnibus, Witness was accordingly induced to watch him closely. and having himself seen him act in the manner de scribed to one or two respectable women as they were leaving the omnibus, he and other gentlemen present remonstrated with him upon such disgraceful conduct, when the defendant, who was evidently intoxicated, commenced swearing at and assailing them with a torrent of abusive epithets, which he kept up without intermission the greater part of the journey. Wit ness at length told him that he should not allow his wife's ears to be disgusted with such language, and that unless he instantly desisted he should be com pelled to leave the vehicle. He had no sooner made the observation than the defendant exclaimed with an oath, " I'll take care that you shall ;" and seising hold of his collar dragged him forcibly out into the road and there struck him a violent blow under the ear, which caused him to stagger back several paces. His wife, who was very much terrified, got out after him as quickly as possible, and before h e recovered the effects of the blow the defendant hastily mounted the stops of the omnibus, which was driven rapidly off. The complainant added that he entertained no vindic tive feelings against his assailant, who had since ex pressed great contrition and offered him an ample apology, and he therefore wished to recommend the case to the lenient consideration of the magistrate. In answer to the charge the defendant said that he had certainly been drinking rather freely, which rendered him unconscious of what he was doing. He hoped the magistrate would deal mercifully with him, as he had never been guilty of similar miscon duct. Mr. TTRWHITT said that it was a very gross case, and as the defendant was manifestly a most unfit person to be entrusted with a license, his only doubt was whether he should not withhold it from him altogether. He should direct it, however, to be sus pended for a time in the hands of the warrant officer, and order the defendant to pay a penalty of 405., or stand committed for a month to the House of Cor rection. THAMES. A well-dressed man, named William Hall, 14, Orchard-row, St epney , w h o was d escr ib e d a s a ma riner, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with making use of very foul language to a young girl named Eleanor Ball, and also to a respectable married woman named Broom, and exposing himself in an indecent manner to them. He was given into the custody of a police-consta ble, who found upon him a Bible and Prayer-book, and ascertained that he had been attending Divine service at Stepney, which place he had left only a few minutes before the offence was committed, and that he maintained the character of being a very religious man. On being taken to the station. house he asked the women he had insulted to be merciful to him for he had just l e ft S tep- Rey Church, of h a eprisn h n is er we. in if defence said, Rey Church, when the women, who were standing at the door of a coffee-shop, began throwing walnut-shells at him, and when he remonstrated with them he was given into custody. The witnesses denied that there was any truth in the prisoner's assertion, and Mr. YARDLEY said, he should no t b e di sc h arg i ng his duty t o t h e public if he did not inflict the heaviest sentence awarded by law for such an infamous and unmanly offence—which was, that the prisoner b e imprison e d an d k ept to hard labour ' for three calendar months. SOUTHWARK. Antt Kelly was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with stealing a purse, containing four 51. notes and two sovereigns, from the person of Mr. Samuel Gooch, of Larkhall-lane, Clapham. The complainant stated that on the previous even ing, as he was walking along High-street, he was accosted by the prisoner, who prevailed on him to treat her to some refreshments ; and after leaving the public-house he stood talking to her at the corner of the street. While they were engaged in conversation she thrust one of her hands into his trousers pocket and pulled out his purse, containing four Si. bank notes and two sovereigns, with which she ran away. He pursued her, and on coming up with her found her in the cust o dy of a policeman, who had his purse and money. Policeman 106 M stated, that he observed the pri soner running with great haste from the complainant, and that he saw her drop the purse on the ground be fore she got up to him, when he caught her in his arms. He added that the complainant claimed the purse, which was found to contain the exact sum of which he represented that he had been robbed. The prisoner said that Mr. Gooch was intoxicated, and that he was with another woman previously t o his having met with her, and that it was by the latter person he had been robbed. The complainant, however, contradicted this asser tion - and Mr. COTTINGHAM, in committing the prisoner for trial, said that these street robberies on the south side of the river had become so frequent of late, and many of them were of so daring a nature, that it was absolutely necessary to make an example of the offenders. FATAL ACCIDENT. —Last night Mr. W. Payne held an inq uest at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of William R. Blundel, aged 75, a fellowship porter. De ceased was engaged on the 22d ult., assisting a meter, measuring corn in the hold of the Sir Robert Peel screw steamer, which lay off the Tower. The deceased hid placed a rope, with a noose around the mouth of a sack, for the purpose of hauling it out of the hold of the vessel, when by some accident the sw2k broke away from the rope, and falling deceased, struck him to the ground, fracturing his right ankle. He was brought ashore, and conveyed to the above hospital, where he gradually sank, and died from the injury on Saturday last. Verdict; "Accidental death." • THE ESSEX POISONINGS. RAMSEY, ESSEX, MONDAY.—The adjourned inves. tigation into the mysterious circumstances attendant upon the death of Nathaniel Button, whose body was recently exhumed in consequence of the reports which had been circulated with reference to the sys tem of poisoning which has prevailed in this part of the country, was held this afternoon at the Nelson's Head, Ramsey, before William Codd, Esq., the Co roner for the Northern Division of Essex. Mr. CODD opened the proceedings by remarking that, in accordance with the wish of the jury, ex pressed on the last assembling of the inquest, the whole of the viscera of the deceased man, Nathaniel Button, had been taken by Mr. Bird to London, for the purpose of being analysed by Professor Taylor, whose report would be read to them. The first witness called was Mr. John Bird, surgeon, of Harwich. He deposed as follows:—On Thursday, the 21st of September last, I delivered to Professor Taylor, at his laboratory at Guy's Hospital, the contents of the stomach of the de ceased, Nathaniel Button. They were contained in four jars and three bottles. Professor Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, submitted a report of his analysis of the various portions of the intestines, but the result of his experiments was, that no trace of arsenic existed in any part of the body of the deceased. The conclusions to which Professor Taylor arrived were, that, although he had not suc ceeded in detecting the trace of arsenic, that poison might originally have existed in the body. The pro duct of putrefaction is ammonia, and arsenic in all ita foams is readily dissolved by it, and the poison might easily have been drained away and lost. The chemical examination of the viscera afforded no ground for supposing that death had been caused by poison, and frotn their present decomposed state it was impossible to say if inflammation had existed, or to account in any other way for the death of the deceased. Pro fessor Taylor reviewed at some length the symptoms of the disease from which it was said the man had died, and in doing so gave it as his opinion that, in the absence of the most material proofs which che mical analysis should furnish, English cholera in a violent form might be sufficient to account for the symptoms immediately preceding death. Several witnesses were examined, whose evidence seemed to corroborate the suspicion that poison, as at first supposed, had been administered. A juryman said it appeared to him and his brother jurors that the cause of death was by no means satis factory. By Professor Taylor's report it was per fectly clear that arsenic might have been at one time in the body, but lost from putrefaction, caused by long interment. They did not therefore feel justified in coming to the conclusion that the deceased had died a natural death. They would like to return a verdict which would leave the case open, in the event of the coroner being able...to obtain any further evidence. The Conostan said, although no poison had 'cieen discovered, it was possible (he did not say it was probable) that death had been caused by that means. But as it would be necessary, in the event of going before another jury, to prove the cause of death, which had not been done at present (for, elaborate as Professor Taylor's report was, it failed in proving the cause of death), he could not therefore advise them to adopt Professor Taylor's report. He was ready, if the jury thought proper, to go further into the case, but he candidly confessed that at present he thought it would be useless. Several jurors expressed their entire concurrence with these views. After some conversation the room was cl and the jury, after about half-an-hour's deliberation, returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased, Nathaniel Button, on the 28th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1844, was taken ill with a violent retching and diarrhoea, of which he shortly afterwards died, but how such retching and diarrhoea was produced there is no evidence before the jury to show." The CORONER then took occasion to observe upon ~other eases of suspected poisonings, and said that as some - misapprehensions had arisen it would, perhaps, be necessary for him to say a few words on the sub ject. He had taken great pains to make himself acquainted with the cases which had been brought under his notice. The conclusion at which he had arrived was, that at present there was not sufficient evidence to justify him in goingat once into these cases. He certainly thought :that there was strong ground for believing that many of the children had been un fairly dealt with, but up to the present time no direct or positive case had been reported to him. lie wished it to be distinctly understood that, notwithstanding the result of the present inquiry, he should not be deterred from going most fully into cases of a similar description ; for he was determined to do all that lay in his power to extinguish the iniquitous system which there was every reason to believe had been for some time past prevailing in that locality. He hoped that every death that might occur without the inter vention of a medical man would be most narrowly watched, and he would also wish that medical men (and he spoke only of a few) would pay more regard to the symptoms of parties whom they were called upon to attend than appeared to have been the case in several instances which had come before him in kis. official capacity.—The proceedings then terminv:sed. __ -- .MONTHLY MILIFARY ORITUA.A'Y. Lieutenant-General—Si r C. W. Maxwell, C.B. and K.C.11., 3d West India Regiment, Broadstairs. Major—Carr, 38th Foot, Halifax, United States. Captains—Racket, half-pay 14th Foot, Corfu; B. a Hunt, Unattached; Folkes, half-pay Independent Cos.; John Campbell, retired full pay Royal Marines; Merckhel,, halt-pay Meuron's Regiment; Griffith, COU'llarvon Mi litia; Fellows, half-pay Ist Prof. Battalion of Militia. ; =Lieutenants—Turner, half pay 7th Foot; Shelton, half-pay 28th Foot ; St o k es , 'h a lf- pay 80th Foot; Mac. Royal 81st FootS.s- Perkins, half-pay arines• Loftin, half-pay Royal Marines; Arnold, Regiment. Alester m , Ensigns—Gardiner, 22d Foot, Youghal; Morrison, half-pay Am. Regiment; Riddle, half-pa y For. Veteran Battalion. half-pay Am. Paymastors—Tod, half-pay 38th Foot; Gem, Warwick Militia. Quartermaster—Page, hf.-pay 12th Foot, Birmingham. Surgeons—Dyce, 48th Foot, Fifeshire; Coates, half pay Staff; Sandharn, half-pay S ta ff ; M'Mullen, half-pay Staff. t a n y . g t h _ F a o l o e til o A ws r , gy h l a la lf h - i i z i Assistant- Surgeons Rankin, half-pay 84th Foot; M‘ V rj e a t i e n r e in h ar a y lf T Guards. Ist Dragoon ------- QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. Admiral— FLAG OFFICERS. Robert Honyman. Rear A dmiral —Mauritius A. N. De Starck. Retired Rear-Admiral—John Duff Markland. Captains—Frederick Marryat, C. 8., Charles Hallo well Carew, Osborne Foley, Thomas Warrand, Thomas Lyne. Commanders—John Chiene, Isaac Shaw, Edward Pitts, Thomas Phillip Le Hardy, Alexander M‘Leod (a), James Smith (b), John Lambrick, Walter Jameson, Thomas Ratsey, Frederick Welstead, Henry Rice. Lieutenants—Joseph Williams, Joseph Steele, Timothy Renou, Thomas Dynock Jones Dabine, Ward Evans, Edward Canes, James Crooke, Henry Cranmer Gordon, John Dawes Haswell, Peter Morris, Sir Nicolas H. Nicolas, G.C.M.G., Francis Aberd Murray, Henry Alexander Breedon, John Brunton, Henry Richard Glynn, Horace Mann Baker, George Hurd Thomas, Arthur Doyle. Masters—Thomas Wolfe, George Paynter, Thomas Elson. ROYAL MARINES. Cuttain—John Campbell. First-Lieutenant —Walter Burnett Haberfiell MEDICAL OFFICERS. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals—William C. Watt, M.D., Thomas Miller. Surgeons—James Lambert, Richard Davis Pritchard, Dodwell Brown Whipple, Richard Webster, John Ed wards, John Callan, henry Ellis, William Jones. Assistant-Surgeon —J o h n Speer. Paymasters and Pursers—George Brodie, Arthur Dawson, Thomas Ker r i gan , George Simmonds, James William Noble. A REBUICE.—Honour to the people of Liverpool, who have shown themselves both " merry and wise," both " just and generous!" In subscriptions they have raised the munificent aggregate of 6,0001, towards the re lief of the suffering passengers of the Ocean Monarch. Nineteen out of every twenty of these miserable emi grants are Irish, men, women, and children, and have no more claim on the people of Liverool than they have on any other section of the universal p brotherhood of hu manity. Yet how nobly has that claim been allowed! Meanwhile how have the gentry and shopkeepers of Dublin been engaged? They have been ravished with a fantasia by Grisi or a serenade by Mario! To our ever lasting shame, up to this moment, not even a penny sub scription has been set on foot to assist and comfort the live debris of the Ocean Alonarch.—Dublin RIRIE& On the 19th u l t., in Grosvenor-square, Viscountess Elating ton, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., the lady of Captain Kuper, C. 8., of a son. At Edinburgh, on the 29th ult., Lady Buchan Hepburr4, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., the lady Agneta Bevan, of a son. RRIED. On the 29th u lt., in Norwich Cathedral, the Hon. W' i main Wells Addin g t on , e ld est son of the Right Hon. a* d Rev. Viscount Sidmouth, to Georgians Susan, eldest dP.ughter of the Hon. George Pellew, D.D., Dean of Nornic.'a.. OIED. On the 30th ult., in Upper Seymo ilr - e ' creet, Portman square, Lieutenant- eneral the lion. Qeorr_,e Murray, second son of David, second Earl of Mansficikl, aged 69. On the 21st ult., Catherine Anr.., only surviving daughter' of Hear-Admiral Henry Bourchier. On the 2d inst., at his residence, Doris -street East, Lath beth, after a long and severe illness, Mr. Frederick John Duparcq, aged 48 ; for many years engaged upon this journal. On the 29th ult., aged 69, Richard Aldridge, Eq., Dalston-, place, Dalston. London: Printed and• Published by MIIRDO YOthiGi . No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The . 3 1;01 OLiee, No.' 112'; - Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county: of Middlesex, Tuesday, October 3, 1848. . :AU low wits eact the aasu and pan: ♦ide attai Is nc bet,r also Rana Corn 'void coat! In th E. tottr Post te►t aid Sal a dent dren 'are Mon E, Ilesl Pubi like has The, ate or ea let 1 u'el•