The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-26 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AUOUST 25.
Another unfavourable change has taken place in
the weather—a light rain, accompanied by a sultry
air, having fallen all day, foreboding, it is feared,
nothing good to the ripening crops. The change is
looked to with anxiety and apprehension.
Before the close of the Agricultural Exhibition at
Galway, it WY arranged that the next annual show
of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland should
be held at Killarney, and the necessary preliminary
steps were taken by Mr. Pierce Mahony, in conjunc-
tion with Mr. Dugan, who volunteered to give the
necessary indemnity of SOU on his own account to
the society.
It is strongly suspected that the Irish government
has " funked in the affair of the Clare priests at Six-
mile-bridge. It now appears that no informations
have yet been tendered against those gentlemen, that
the whole story of the scene in the stipendiary ma-
gistrate's office, wherever it originated, was untrue,
and that, as the Dublin Express, the morning organ
of the government, observes, " such a step might
have been injudicious and premature." The Limerick
Reporter states that Mr. Murphy, the solicitor for
the soldiers of the 31st, denies positively that he
tendered informations against the Rev. Mews.
Burke and Clue, or that he has any intention of
doing so ; but such a course may be taken with refe-
rence to some of the peasantry engaged in the riot,
and it is added that a copy of the depositions taken
by the coroner has been forwarded to the Attorney-
General, that that functionary should ascertain
whether a cue can be made out against the afore-
said priests. It is not thought very probable that
Mr. Napier's opinion will be in the affirmative.
The Dublin Express mays :
We are enabled to announce that the depositions in the
Sizmile•bridge east have been returned, and were this day
submitted to the attorney-general. We may add that many
of the statements published, and the observations made on
the matter in the press hitherto, are premature, as no direc-
Hens could be given by the Irish law oaken until the depo-
sitions were submitted to and read by them. It is probable
that informations will be directed to be taken against the
leading parties implicated in the riot, and the proper pro-
ceedings thereon will follow in due course.
It le understood that Judge Crompton will sit in
chamber to-day, to hear the motion to admit the sol-
diers of the 31st in Ennis gaol to bail.

MIBB MARTINEAU IN BELFART.—Thia eminent
autborewi ♦isited Belfast last week, and, on Thursday, pro.
°ceded to Dublin on her way to the west of Ireland. It is
now twenty-one years since Miss Martineau paid her last
visit to this country, having, in the meantime, travelled in
the East and America, giving to the world, as usual, instruc-
tive and entertaining accounts sther wanderings.

DEPARTURE OF THE Altenn.—Yesterday afternoon
at half.past three, the United Statesman steam-ship Arctic,
Luce, commander, left the Mersey for New York direct,
with the semi-weekly mails, a full general cargo, and 124
passengen. This was the only ship that left Liverpool for
an foreign port during the day.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDE-PARR:Dtuing the last
few days a large number of workmen hare been busily en-
gaged by the C'ommirsioners of Woods and Forests in wi-
dening the • e way which rune by the side of the
Berpentioe,:sad other improvements and alterations.

Raw iintelltaentr.

:ki II )I)LESKX 828SIONS.—YEISTERDAT.
Wass M.. WiTNAN.
CAPTAIN SHPPHIARD, R.N.

James Holism:my, • ret,retthle-loolting lad. 17
yew. o: qte, indicted fur stealing • cloth coat. value
Si. IU,. the property of Captain tßopiteard, R N.,
lie s •••• r. Mr. Payee appeared fur the prowler.

7h• materi facts of the ease were them: The prisoner
bail bees for some months in the employ of the prosecutor,
who t surly resided at Woodbine-cottage, Ealing, and
laths, at 102, Jermynatreet, as messenger and genera!
errs, .and at was part of his duty to convey articles to and
from 8, nior United Service Club, of which the prosecu-
tor is a member. On the 22nd of July he went to the club,
mid Ism • portmanteau or carpet bag, which wee lying in
the lin,. Lind which belonged to Captain Shepheard, he took
a mos s sat, just seat hues the tailors, end valued at 61.10 e.,
and • iit away with it. On the same day he pledged it fur
a.. I on the 28th be was given into custody.
l'e a Shepheard said the portmanteau from which the
Coat a •s taken, was at the time, if he might borrow a
Ara.. i!, espreMios from his learned friend on the right
(Mr. 1' yoe), is transits. (laughter) When the coat
was ..maen there was pissed to it an artificial sprig of
:ornished to him by a sweet young lady in the
Burli..eton-arcade. (The east was produced.) Why, said
the c • ! sin, is answer to an inquiry whether he could iden-
tify . cost, here is the very pin pot in by the young lady
beta I. but the myrtle is sot here. Oh, yes, the coat is
mine My lord she is a very pretty young lady but mar-
ried. Loud laughter.)
Mt I' sue—Mad ! why then there's& good pair of you.
TI l'aptain—Wh . said she was mail. I said she was
marro sir. Uod forbid that I should my she was mad.
Oh, i: -he's not mad. (Laughter)
N' Payne—Well, captain, you burrowed the phrase in
Inns-.is Now are you yourself not always in a state of
tram:wit ?

I, k: I lUD not always in tran►its, I wish
I ws•
. .

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Mr P .yne—Why, you are never more than a fortnight
witli.wt being is transits' to a statioes.house.
TI,• Captain—Yes I am, if they let me alone.
Ni. P..yue—Are you sot very often at station-houses
t'aptain—Yea, indeed 1 am, but that's not tranaitu;
that's durance you knew. (Laughter.) I wish you to
know that no man over yet shook the imperturbability of
my g0n.,1 huu mar, mad therefore you need not try it os
sow Hut you m,y. Yes, do. Try, and you will lee.
(Lau. it. r.) I've given you warning, you know.
•,n.—Well, are you not the celebrated Captain
She.. . ud who learn so often at the pollee courts ?
it Coptain—Yee, I am ; but recollect I'm not respon-
sible • r all the nonsense they put in the papers about me.
Allo • to, to ask if you hare seen the Morning Herald of
to-d... ;A laugh.)
; I have not.
Ti, l'aptain—Well, then, I wish you had, for it contains
in a - 'ter of mine a complete refutation. It dots, indeed.
(A lo ugh )
Nr I*.iy ne —Were you not fined at Brentford for stabbing
• ma,. watt • fork.
_ _

_ -
• Captain—Yee, 1 wu. 1 wu fined 10s. by the
16101514
M 'yet—And confined, too, by the magistrates, were
you .1
• ,plain—Oh, no; you know that well enough. I
wa. • Tined by the police, not by the magistrates. they
Stud tug 10s., bat very improperly, you know that.
(Lau • id. c)
M. i'..yne—And thus you summoned him for detaining
a teen. end he proved you owed him money.
r.l.'7!n
.i ptain—Yes. that was so.
N. Pique—And you proditxdu a witness the lady with
the I loot, the shape of which was gent to China as a
MO, a. and which you wanted the magistrate to look at,
but Ise refused—(loud laughter)—the "Exhibition foot,"
Copt ?
1?-• Captain (with glee)—That is precisely so. Ab, my
friend, oow delighted the magistrate would have been had
he se, u it. 1 wish you bad seen it. You would not have
laugl,l at it—no, I'm hanged if you would. (Much
r.)
Mr. Payne—But you used to shoot airows into her leg,
did y a tot
To. captain—Ah, so she said. (Rebore made use of as
*ton •••011 too indelicate to be repeated, and excused him-
eel' u.iug it by assuring the court that it was a common
litho r.. 1 phrase in the profesaion he belonged to.)
Mr Puy u—And you amused yourself sometimes by biting
ofd i. •ails? (Laughter.)
C.iptain-1 tried the thing ones on • puppy, but
did se.t.ueeeed. No, 1 did not succeed, so 1 did not try
the I, I. amens again.
MI I...vim—And you used also to pull flowers out of
ether people's gardens ?
Th. C..p•ain— Oh, yes, hollyhocks; it was only holly-
/socks _ _

r. l'Ayne—And you wire taken before a magistrate for
beating two boys, and fined ?
Tb. C.ip.uio—Yes, I wee fined U.; I was indeed ; and
I was ',eked up. But, as you ask the, question, I most ex-
plain hr eircurnstances. I was fined U. It was on a
flatimi..y, and I had but 24. ; and as I could not get the U.
ow tin z.unday, why, I was in Cold-bath-fields till Mon-
day. I .ummoned the officers for what they had done, and
shall asuin. most certainly. I've put the whole thing be-
fore hit Majesty's Secretary for the Home Department,
sad sh. ll have the oMcen up again, assuredly, though the
assists ate improperly, as you know (winking at the learned
seems. IL dismissed the summons.
. _

Mr. Pa) rue—And you said, When the winds southerly
I kn.,. a hawk from a handsaw—hem-Bbakspeare ?"
Till C..ptain—And do you never quote Bhakspeare ? I
beg you 'anion when you do, you should quote correctly.
Just tern to Hamlet," sad see what he says on the sub-
jeH ot the southerly wind, and hawks and handsaws, and
you a,ll see you are wrest in your quotation. Aiwa!
• wither here to srove it.
Mr Psyne—What, the lady with the lovely foot, who
nand to live with you es your wife ?
Thi Captain—Not the tame. It's • lady, though. Would
you lie to see her ?
Mr. Psyne—No, thank you, captain. How many them
have y been locked up in statios.houses ?
Th. Captain—Whieb stator-house? You know I meat
is particular in answering that question, aa I'm on oath.
Let me see, twice at Vine-street, once at Westminster.
Now, mind, I give you this information gratuitously ; st
his not yet appeared in the papers. (Laughter.) It was
Mee for throwing an oyster-shell through a fanlight.
Mr. Payne—Were you ever in a lunatic asylum?
The Captain (to the Court)—My lord, to that question I
must caw a very discursive answer, if 1 am to answer it at
all. Hit can be considered that such a question has any.
thing to do sift' the caw, I will reply with pleasure; but I
must go so at length if lona begin.
Mr. Psyse—Oh, very well, I will sot pram it.
The Captain—Well, I'm sorry for it. I wish you had.
In sassier to further questions, the gallant captain said
he bad never had conversation of a loose immoral kind with
the pmo..r .He might have asked him to pay a cabman
Ike that, as any gentleman might desity kis servant to do,
but h. had never asked him to pay he lie dinners. He
was si.a in the habit et cony* mosey about with hiss, be
mime the last lime he did he was robbed 0! 18 sovereigns,
end now he carried sot more than as may shillings. As
is the state of his mind he coed refer to Sir W. 5=
Dr. Richardson, and Dr. Amlerson. He bad said he
lake to have the prisoner transported, bat it wee ell out of
Madness to nini—(a laugh)—as be (the eeptain) had
lallueuriel friends at the antipodes, who wadi take care of
hint and bring him on is the world, while HY went to the
Howe of Correction he would be corrupted MI ruined.
Mr. Payne ia his address to the jury, tiqpid that the
prisoner had intention of stealing the Net. The mot of
*dein' was not necessarily an mad dna The pelmet
had o t sold the coat, and by doing se pima lt gut et bit
restoreit toth: bathe bed thoghj. Ibmdue
the w terms on
Stseph. erd, although be was his mute that be might Oahe
lb. coat and ramie apes it a email sem (11 was pommel lir
about une.seventk its value) to =ebb rim le go Me the
country to see his doer. It was • dempelets lo
lay down ft lib men' to servants ; bat, es-
traordioary ameba of the captain who be thought wee
Creek brainedus mid es • March hare, red the terms
of familiarity be bed bees on with the peimmir, who as-
dir that be bed Md Y. lo Pay hr
nners, it might be inferred tat he no in-
tention of actually maim coat.
Mr. Oakley, • perinea i the home of Tookom mod
Marie, gee, the prisoner • cad ohs ho lemeity. The
primmer hod hem Ise yore la the eingdey el rose bob
end lets of W ems emerd.

The jery . sili; a dirt masellstiss, Aersided ft* put.
1101Itr.

The prosecutor them went to Mr. Payne, mad medially
81110 A bun by the hand, laughing heartily. He enne•A•ims
siderablt mirth among the counsel by saying to "Na
learned friend," " Ab, my Jeremy biddher, have re sudi
• thing u half a crown about you ?"

81,101:LAR CAll.

birlynesin Awls y, 40, was indicted for haring stolen 20
peanut. ot urinted paper stud 200 prints, the property of
Georg.- Frederick Carden.

Mr. Parry appeared for the prisoner.
The pr.oecutor, who is a member of the bar, occupied a
seat in toot part of the court allotted to counsel, and when
the ease eras called on he adopted the unusual proceeding
as a piostcutor of conducting his own case, without being
attired 111 hie professional robes. This called forth a re.
sosistrance from Mr. Parry, between whom and Mr. Carden
there passed some personal remarks, and eventually Mr.
Parry slot him removed by insisting upon the witnemes
Bing ordered out of court.
The cow itself say be thus shortly stated. The prolo-
cutor had a house, Nu. 5, Hathbone-place, Oxford-street,
and occupied rooms in Searle's-chambers, Carey street,
Lamle's-inn. He said he had been for eighteen years the
sole proprietor and editor of the Court and Ladies' Mope.
rive, the publication of which, however, was sow sus
pearled, end the property the prisoner was charged with
steshog ems • quantity of the old numbers of that work,
together with a variety of prints published therein from
time to time. A large stock of them was kept at the house
in Its.t.tione.place, and from February to July the prisoner
and his wile occupied a portion of the premises. At the
sad of the prosecutor thought from appearances,
renew. d ly dust on the walls, that some portions of the
deck had liven removed, and eventually it was found that
the had been selling as waste paper quantities of
It, and he wan gives into custody. He sold the greater
perti., to a butcher in White Liessarsot. flaw Dials, and
when charred he gave the eddress,ll4, Dmoublot. Soho.
Oa proceeding thither both Mashaea swelpeamairienelswod,
sad the prosecutor now swore that be weer astbarbird the 1
prima la any way to sell, Dann Of mesas of say of

thus ; that h had been partimilarly cautious weer to sell
any of them an waste paper, so that his copyright should
not be interfered with, and in order that he vh•vdd be able
to know that if any person was found in possession of tie=
they had been unlawfully obtained.
The mode in whic't Mr. C■rden gave his evideLce, par-
tiPularly in cross•eaamination, elicited from the counsel for
the simmer the severest anienadversioi and 111,1,16.ti,n
from the court. He admitted, after a great deal of hesita.
tion, that them was s coafseUmsery bissimisa carried on in a
shop belonging to the bore is Rathboae-place on his ac•
haunt. The receipts were accounted for to him, but profits
there were nose, the outlay was not reimbursed. He did
not engage the prisoner to manage that business. The pel-
mets. wan not there an to do with his license, but Isis wife
was employed to serve. if the prisoner served, it
was without his (prosecutor's) authority. The prisoner's
wife was there as his servant. Ha paid her no wages be-
cause she paid herself by taking all she got. It was agreed
that she was to receives salary. (He refined to say what
the salary was until directed by the court) It wan 13s. •
weak, which sum was fined, an she said it was the moat she
could ever earn by sitting at her needle all night long.
From the I•ith of March to the end of April he never
west to the house. During that time he wagon the Oxford
circuit. . . .

Mr. Parry—Now, air, as you have mentioned the Oxford
circuit, allow me to ask yen if they know on that circuit
that you are &confectioner, and not • barrister ? (Loud
laughter.)
Mr. Carden—Confeetioner ! Oh, I'm a tailor, and •I
number of other things besides.
Mr. Parry—l ask you on your oath whether you went I
the Oxford circuit in the ordinary sense of the term; that
is, did you go with the members of the bar from town to
town, dine with them, and won ?
Mr. Carden-1 at.ended the courts, and dined with the
judges ; and once at St:Afford Mr. Baron Platt paid me the
compliment of toying that I was the most indefatigable
man he ever knew, and 1 intend to come to this court and
practise, and then I'll let yen we it. (Laughter.) In
I continuation, he did not go that circuit during the time of
the &heat Exhibition, as he was • subscriber, and his Mi-
liner engagessnts prevented his. The publication of the
Corr! and a' llograsiase was suspended at the time of
the French revolution of Feb., 1848.

Mr. Parry—You say the French revolution of '4B knocked
up your magazine ? (A laugh.)
Prosecutor—Come, let's have none of your nonsense. Is
your name Ballantine ? Is it? I should like to know.
(He had frequently addressed the learned gentleman as Mr.
P arryfu.)
In rther erossexamination, in answer to • question as
to the value ot the numbers of the magazine produced, he
said they were valuable, as coutainicg historical memoirs for
800 yesn,and the portraits atoompanying them were executed
in Paris, and that was the reason the revolution suspended
the work. He told the prisoner when he went to lodge in
the house to pack up the things lying about and arrange
them, and he paid him • guinea for hie services, from which
he deducted 12a. for rent. There was • young woman
named Chubb in the house. He allowed her to be there
out of kindness, as she had been with the prisoner and his
wife, and when they went to the house she had nowhere
else to go to. There was • young woman named Slitter
there to assist Mrs. Bailey. There was also a young woman
there named Orate. The Christian names of the two
Lerner young women were Sophia and Louisa. There
were no others there having those names. Never, to his
knowledge or with his permission, had these parties used
old numbers of the magazine as waste paper in the coafec.-
tionery business. He had heard that when the prisoner
was given is charge he had said it was done because his
wife had made complaints of his (prosecutor's) having made
improper advances to her. Mr. Bailey had never coon- 1
plaiaed, to his knowledge, of his having made improper
advances to his wife. He could not my that he did
complain, but it was mentioned to him that she was Mr.
Bailey's third wife, and that he was very jealous of her—
ersissively so. He was not aware that the prisoner had
ever complained to him.
Mr. Parry—Did he not complain to you that you had
made improper advance's to his wife, and did you not then
charge him with this theft ?
Prosecutor—l heard that such was the defence yesterday
in the robing-room of this court.
Mr. Parry—You had no tight there.
Prossestoe—Yes, I had. My wig and gown are these,l
and 1 mean to come and prunes here.
Mr. Parry-1 should like to know who you were with.
I am glad to say none of the gentlemen of the bar frequent.
rag this court were in your company. Now, sir—an answer ;
yes or no, to my last question.
The prosecutor continued—To his knowledge the pri-
soner never complained of anything of the sort; if he had
he would not have suffered him to remain in the house any
Mager. Hs would not swear that the prisoner had not
made that charge against him. He had heard that such •
charge was made. In March he heard that Bayley was
jealous, hut he did not hear in March that he had com-
plained of his (prosecutor's) esaniuct to his wife. He
heard of such • complaint until after the prisoner was taken
up. Never invited her to Ids chambers in Carey-street.
He did not think she ever we sham He did not believe
she ever was, but would sat wear that she had sever been
there. Reverting to the sishedurs7 beim% be said he
wished to say publicly that he lad me peseta trout it, so the
' Commissioners of Tense might make him pay. He paid
Satter 12s. a week to assist Mrs. Bayley. He paid the
latter 6s. a week. He had paid Oram 7s. • week and I'2l.
a year. lie gave Chubb what he pleased—no wages—just
what he thought fit, like he did to public institutions. He
kept the business on, sad he should be glad to let it at
say time to the learned counsel. (A laugh.)
Mr. Perry would user* the prosecutor, who was a
tolerably notorious character, that all attempts to insult him
would be futile.

The prosecutor said he believed he wu notorious, he wu
the founder of Bensal•green Cemetery, and the new system
of burials ; indeed, he was pretty well known. He was a
citizen of the world, and did, he hoped, his duty to God
and man. He had vouchers for the money he paid to these
parties. Mime &atter did nothing for her money. Bhe was
to help Mrs. Bayley, as she was represented as knowing the
business. •

Mr. Parry—Then you pm Mrs. Bailey 61. a week to do
nothiag, and Slitter 12s. a week to help her, is that so ?
(Load laughter.)
The prosecutor said he should put himself in the hands of
tke wart.

31.iiiiithava said he felt compelled to my that, for a per-
ms in hie station, of his education and eaperience, the
prosecutor had given his evideace in an exceedingly ill
seance?. _ _

Mr. Pury said he was very glad to hear that :ensure fall
horn the emit.

The preaseatet reelda• judge would permit the course
takes by the Isseeed emmeel.
Cross-examiaesise teemsed—He did not go prowling
about the ernes ft mks charges. He summoned two
oaken the ether day be wee sworn and put his evidence,
but the Waage was dlsaslaed. The Miasma of the coofee-
timer was acrid as la the maw of Hoffman ; that
was the same am the due It had been for 16 yean, but
there bed been se Hama there darisf that time. There
wakaa sand Child is Child • banking house.
He *imps es ellen as it wu necessary. He had not
authorised*, gielmear to provide for the young woman
Chubb.

During the pester part of his evidence the proee-
enter was continually referring to books and papers, and at
last be was dividable put them away.
Mr. Parry thee adhered thejury. lie did not far one
esemeat Easy *albs Wisest bad sold the waste=
ponieseb, bat puseaslisa wee • viedictive awl
as we. the passesther reskiai Os sithe its victim Os ma
whin Is had sought to LIMO thmthrh his with; but he
when the Jury looked at the pow immeggeby of •
biped
ma Wan h bawl, out to the wadi as • rather at the
bar Jthilet he wee ia reality ezabift as • sealeotiorse
wader • Yrs wee, sad the other ths dississed Is his
evidethe, they would receive hie testhnieng with
cat.tion. The prosper, item well that W
the thwart rirt
were aware that he we. sripged i• that bail= be would
be disbarred, sad he pretended to the rherecter of
• guars's'', and leis • sarsabse sir • liberal
problisies. without - L, sae elersast of the heart or
any right title es to the halls,, and with swag ft his coa-
-1 dart is Mein may ed the judges would bath emitted
him far ati sornausa with the hexes is Bath-
laute-plass, and II laving • slumber of yews men
there; thew the eirthateteaese stated, ma one of those '
mystsries if Lai= which a certain class of writers could
dressy its esiarthing exciting. Kr. Carden erm no
doubt as assaleis sea ; he wee a nea of means, and chess
to inhibit his eseerthicity in this way, sad, though in some
reapers he might net be quite responsible for what he did,
there was an animus of malice and vindictiveness about this
ems whisk justified all that he could say of him. The
learned ersasel commented on all the statements of Mr.
Carden, and concluded by steiag, with great severity, that
the prisoner's ease was, that he sold the paper to supply
funds to tarry on Mr. Cardea's business of a confectioner,
and not to appropriate the proceeds to his own use.
The proseentor interrupted several times, and was threat.
sized with expulsion from the court.
The Jury retired, and, after an absence of about an hour,
returned a verdict of Noe Urilty.

Sta GEORGE GREY.—The working men in the
principal towns in the eounty of Northumberland are col-
lecting penny subscriptions, fur the purchase of a suitable
testimonial to be presented to Sir Oeorge Orey as • snack of
their regard to his high personal character and political in-
tegrity. The right hon. baronet is at present lapin. a visit
to Lord Prnmute, in the north; and we believe that his
present intentions are, not to offer himself as a candidate
fee parliamentary bonoure, but to seek the quiet of the
country, and in all likelihood to make a tour on the Conti-
nent, for the establishment of his health, which is not
strong.—Leeds Mercury.

81NCAILA6 CIRCUINTASCP.-011 Friday, just after
the parliamettary train left the Chelmsford Railway Ste
Lion, the attention of the passengers in one of the carriages
was drawn to a respectably-dressed female, and from her
demeanour it moon became visible that the unfortunate lady
was labouring under a tit of temporary insanity. Ere the
train hail proceeded a mile on its journey she took her gold
wet' h and guard from her neck, and threw them out of the
window on to the line ; and subsequently she as summarily
ejected her purse, containing, it is said, between 201. and
304. By the time the unfortunate lady arrived at Ipswich
she had become partially convalescent, and the articles,
which have been since picked up, have been restored to the
owner.—Ernes Mondard.
ORZAT NORTULIIN RsiLwaY.—Return of traffic
for week ending August 15, Ib42:—Pareruiers, parcels, car-
riages, horses, dogs, and mails, 8,190 i. 12e. 7,1; merchandise
and minerals, 6,2741. la 2d. • cattle, 3081. 9s. bd. Total,
' 14,0731.35. 6d. Correspondiniwisek, 1861, 14,7831.7 s 6d.