The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-03 00:00:00

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(FROM. O,UIV;DWN COROSPONDENT.)
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY
TRIAL OF 'MISS CANTWELL.

.t the sitting of the Court, Mr. Fitzgibbon,
the jury for the defence. The tenor of his

speech was, that Dudley having in the first place made an
indiscreet charge, then endeavoured to support it by disre-

putable Means.
Miss Ellen O'Neill, the first witness for the defence,
sworn and examined by Mr, M‘Donough, Q.C.—Resided at
Carrick-on-Suir previous to her father's death, and was re-
siding at the house of the Misses Cantwell, in Dublin ; left
that house on the 14th of October last, m'company with
Miss Cantwell, and proceeded to Moorestreet, where sho
bought some fish, and' froM thence she and Miss Cantwell
proceeded to the 'house of Messrs. 'Cannock and White ;
witness required a pocket handkerchief,- and Miss Cantwell
wanted to buy some black ribbon ; witness left Miss Cant-
well at the ribbon counter, whilst she went to buy the hand-
kerchief, for which she paid one shilling, and got no bill ;
on her return to Miss Cantwell she found•Duclley in the act
of seizing a bit of velvet ribbon, and upon Dudley accusing
her with having: stolen it, Miss Cantwell said, "No—l
bought it and pad for' it." One of the young men stepped
forward and said to Dudley that the lady had bought ribbon
from him,upon which Dudley said to him to "go aside ;"
she asked Jeffreys what had occurred, and he replied that he
did not know, but that he had sold her some ribbon—
The Witness was here about to be examined by counsel as
to the conversation she had with Dudley at the time of the

occurrence in the shop, when--.
Mr. Whiteside objected. •
The Chief Baron-referred to his notes, after which
Mr. liTonough was heard in support of the line of exa-
mination he was . pursuing. The learned gentleman said
that if Dudley's version, and Dudley's version alone, were
to be admitted, and the version which he intended to produce
from the lips of Miss O'Neill, was to be suppressed, it would
be'an insult to common sense which 'every man in court,
whether lawyer or not, would indignantly repudiate.
Here there was some cheering and clapping of hands in
court, and one of those who created the interruption having
been seen-by the Court, the two learned Barons at the same
instant, ordered the police to take him into custody.
Peter Macquaid, the offender in the case, a man far ad-
vanced in life, was forthwith taken into custody, and con-
ducted by the police in front of the bench. He said he was
by the splendour of the language used by
impulsively gave way to his feelings by

Cctunsel that -11,

creating the interruption.
The Chief Baron ordered him to be committed, and to be
brought up for judgment at the rising of the court.
This case was the second of the kind that occurred during
the day_; but in tht first case the offender apologised and

was not committed.
The Court ruled in favour of Mr. M'Donough's line of
examination.
Examination of Miss O'Neill resumed—Mr. Dudley. asked
Miss Cantwell to step aside, and not let the matter become
public ; she said " I'll not go—you'll regret this business—
take care what you are about;" Dudley asked witness seve-
ral times to leave the shop, and not mix herself up with the
business ; Miss Cantwell walked into the carpet-room, and
witness followed, and remained with her all the time she
had a full opportunity of noticing her move-
emb, aud whilst hi the carpet-room Miss Cantwell did not
take her purse from her pocket. It was quite impossible
that Miss Cantwell could have thrown a piece of ribbon
behind the oil-cloths, without witness observing it.
Mr. Joseph Sullivan, a silk-velvet manufacturer, was then
produced. His evidence was to the effect that the appear-
ance of the ribbon produced, was not such as could be pro
'1 by friction, as Dudley sworn

was there

ble people were then produced, who

Several most res

A. num-

nmmpeachable character
) swore that she had been a constant
1 that they had never known of any

dishonesty on her part

then sworn in to take charge of
ie jury, ,s adjourned to half-past ten
o'clock this morning. Previous to the adjournment, how-
ever, Mr. M'Quaid, the person charged with applauding. in
court, was placed at the bar, and the Chief Baron having
read him a severe and elaborate lecture on the impropriety
of his conduct, and the necessity of controlling his feelings,
directed that, in consideration of his advanced age, he should
be discharged from custody.

Special constables WE
lnd the cm

Mn. DARGAN AND TILE EXHIBITION : —To-night the
great originator of our exhibition is to be entertained by the
exhibitors, in the King's Room, of the Mansion House.
There will be a most distingif eked attendance, as the Lord
Lieutenant, the Judges, and many. other leading notabilities
of the day have signified their intention to be present.
Meanwhile, as to the Exhibition, it is being emptied with
great expedition, and in a very few days it will be stripped
of all its glories. Professor Sullivan and others are, how-
aged in selecting specimens for the formation of a
national museum

ever, eN

THE WEATIIIa

—A fearful

gale blew from the south-

.ug.nt. The railway steamer Hercules left Kings-
town to assist some vessels which were reported to be
weathcr-bound in the Channel.
THE LATE LORD CLONCURRY.-ThiS esteemed noble-
man's funeral took place yesterday, and was largely attended
by the gentry Lyons. country. He was interred in
is
family vault at The present lord his successor, is
his eldest son, the Hon. Edward Lawless, whose name has
been so commendably mentioned as an assistant of the suf-

ferers at the late fatal railway accident.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE—ENNISCORTHY QUARTER SES.
SIONS.—At the last sessions at Enniscorthy a case was tried
which has excited much interest in the county WexfOrd.
The plaintiff was Michael Byrne, of Medop-hall, labourer,
and the defendant Colonel Owen, of Woodlands, both in
that county. The action was grounded on a civil bill pro-
cess, in which the plaintiff demanded £4O damages of the
defendant, for false imprisonment. The facts as deposed
have already been before the public ; but they may be shortly
re-stated. Some time in 1852 Byrne had brought charges
against Col. Owen, of having made overtures to him, soli-
citing him to murder Mr. George Glascott, the former agent
of the estate of which Capt. Owen had then become the
agent.. Byrne made depositions to that effect before magis-
trates of the county; and in consequence Col. Owen lodged
informations against him for perjury, and had him arrested.
Ire was brought to trial on that charge some months after-
wards, and was acquitted. The present action was to recover
damages for the alleged illegal imprisonment. In the evi-
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dence-n.ow given Byrne reiterated his charge of subornation
of murder against Col. Owen ; and that gentleman ern
nhatically denied it. The result was, that the jury found n

verdict for the defendant

SHIPWRECKS.—The Newry Telegraph says z—On Friday
morning a large vessel—bottom upwards—was observed
wrecked and stranded at Templeton Bay, inside of Cooley
Point. A boat, about ten feet long, had been picked up
convenient to the scene of the wreck, on the stern of which
was painted—" John and Anne—Pell." The wreck has
been left in charge of Mr. Baldwin, R.N., Coast Guard
officer of Cooley Point. No further information has yet

been discovered respecting the unfortunate vessel.
MURDER. A Ballinasloe correspondent of Saunders

writes as follows :—lt is to-night my painful task to furnish
you with the particulars' of one of those sanguinary occur-
rences which harrow the feelings of society, and cast a gloom
over the general aspect of the community. A number of
tradesmen, it appears, of different callings, have of late
been employed in effecting improvements at Lisduff House,
in this county, and on Saturday evening last, having ter-
minated their day's work, they came into the village of
Killimore, where, after drinking ardent spirits for a
length of time they quarrelled, and one of them, named
Richard Thomas, from the county of Cork, stabbed with a
knife Roger Redden,"a native of Dublin. The wound havinc,
been inflicted on the left side in the immediate region of the
heart, death almost instantaneously resulted. Thomas im-
mediately gave himself up to the police, who have him in
custody, but as yet a coroner's inquest has not been held.
I understand that three others have also been arrested, who
were present when the dreadful occurrence took place.
am happy to state that the perpetrators of this disgraceful
outrage arc not natives of the west of Ireland, and therefore
the reproach does not lie immediately at our doors.