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The dinner which was to have taken piece at the
Vice-regal Lodge on the 12th of August, in honour
of our most gracious and beloved Sovereign', birth-
day, was unavoidably postponed, in consequence
of the sudden and lamentable death of our late
gallant and venerable Commander of the Forces, Sir
Samuel Aachrauty. A must splendid entertainment
was given by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant,
at the Vice-regal Lodge, Phoenix Park, on Satur-
day last, the 31st of August, on which occasion was
used his Excellency's superb and beautiful service of
plate; also for the first lime, a complete new set of
table linen, on which were most beautifully worked
his Excellency's coronet, crests and supporters, the
Collar and Star of the Order of the Garter, the Cul-
lar and Badge of the Order of St. Patrick, the Sham-
rock and the Harp of Erin, the Imperial and Royal
Turkish and Persian Orders, with beautiful wreaths
or flowers of She most exquisite taste and workman-
ship. A fter dinner, his Excellency gave The King,
lorig life, health, happiness, Isolionr, awl glory to
his Miesjesty," after which the usual loyal toasts were
given, and appropriate sirs played hv the excellent
band of the 7th hnssars. The following distin-
guished personages were present on the occasion
Right How. the Lord Mayor, Duke of leinster, Arch-
bishop of Dublin Earl of Moab, Earl Of liatelaff, Lord
Viseouot Allen' Lord Killeen, Right lion. the Bishop of
Kildare, Right Mc hfr.Gutaibure, Right Hon, the Attorney

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The Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the
county and city of Dahlia closed ate sittings yes-
terday. The holiness was unusually light. There
were altogether but six trials, two only of those were
of • serious nature, and not one of • description to
affect in the least degree the peaceful character of
the metropolis or the country which surrounds it.
ARRESTS FOR HIGH TREASON.
The Proitiouers, whose names were given in The
Freeman's Journal of Monday last, were discharged
yesterday on the motion of Mr. Wallace, K.C.
and Jr. Hamilton.
Mr. Seely Townsend, who appeared for the
Crown. required bail fur Carr, himself in 1001.,
and two sureties in 501. each. Bail was also re-
quired from the other prisoners, who were slated to
be qf the very lowest class (one being a coal-porter,
and another a discharged watchman), themselves in
50/., and two sureties of 25/. each.
These unfortunate people hid been in confine-
ment, we believe, during a space of two months.
We copy the following from the Has and Cry of
last week. The transaction to which it alludes
must have occurred within eight miles of the metro-
polis, yet we never heard of it before. Whatever
wrong is done in Ireland by the constituted orbits-
rities is too frequently kept secret, and if at length
the people, in despair of legal redress, take the law
into their own hands, their crimes are attributed to
innate depravity and incorrigible wickedness, and
new laws are proposed fur their punishment. We
shall make inquiry into the affair of Saggard, mod
lay the result before our readers:—
a COUNTY OF DUBLIN.
" One Hundred Pounds Reward.
"Whereas I have received information on oath, that on
the night of the fair day of Saggsrd, the 6th of June last,
between the hours of lea mid eleven o'clock, a party of
police, horse and foot, did eater the village of Seggard, sad
I. the houses thereof sod the roads adjoining, did with their
swords cat and wound wryest persona :—and whereas Pa.
trick Connolly has died of • wound inflicted, as be said, by
a horse police man; being desirous therefore, as far as in
me her, to bring to justice the slayer of the said Patrick
Connolly, I heruby promise • reward of Ono Hundred
Pounds to the person who will prosecute him to coavietioa ;
and if the prosecutor be as accomplice, not having actually
struck the fatal blow, I will recommend him to the merry
of his Excellency the Marquis Wellealey.
" Lyons, August 20,18t2. " CLONCURRY."
Oil Monday night lost, between eleven and
twelve o'clock, some person, at present, unknown,
walked up to • sentinel doing duty at the Spa in
the Phatiiix Park, and after a few words conversa-
tion, he gave the sentinel a blow of a stone, by
which he fell to the ground, and while down the
ruffian seized the fiteluck which fell from the sol-
dier's hands, and discharged its contents at him
while lying on the ground ; the ball entered his
shoulder, but lie is still alive. A man, servant to
a person of rank, has been taken into custody on
suspicion of being concerned in the abominable
affair. as lie passed 'gear the sentinel about the time
it occurred. The wounded auldiir is • private in
the 86th regiment, now at Richmond Barracks—
his name is David M'Caul.
We regret to find, that about the hour of one
o'clock on the morning of Friday last. a large range
of offices belonging to Lieutenant-Gen. Saunders.
at Golden Fort, County Wicklow, were maliciously
set on fire, stud the entee with every thing in them,
including • carriage, tilbnry, &c. &c. consumed.
A meeting of Magistrates took place in conse-
quence, and a reward has been offered, which we
hope will lead to the discovery of the offenders.
The Leahy's and their accomplices, who were
concerned iu the abduction of Miss Gould, and
who were tried at our last Assizes, but owing to an
irregularity in the proceedings were not finally dis-
posed of, will be tried again at the adjournment no
the 4th of September.—( Limerick Tekgraph.)
Since our last the list of ;trimmers for trial at the
adjournment, independent of those for the abduc-
tion of Miss Gould, have increased to forty-three,
forty.oue of whom are for capital oftences.—(/Lid.)
DUBLIN, SEPTVMBER 4.
THE COM M ISSI ON.--M UR D ER.
Lord Noaauav and Mr. Justice BURTON took
their seats ni the Bench nt half-past ten o'clock,
when the following Jury were sworn:—
William Morgan, Joseph Browne,
George Moore, Robert Lodge,
John West, Jame, Le MIN
Ndliam Duero., Joseph Little,
Henry Smyth, Patrick Kavaaagh,
Henry Holcroft, Henry Savage.
James Birmingham and Mary Anne Kirwan,
otherwise Birmingham., were indicted for having,
on the 25th August, in the parish of St. Michan,
Wilfully, feloniously, and with malice propense,
thrown John Mullawney out of • window, by which
he cone to hls .death.
Miry Mellowney, examined by Mr. SEALLY
TOW/ISEND....-le widow of ibe late John Mullom-
mey ; any him last alfi'e about three o'clock on Sa-
turday, 311th Anus', sod afterwards at half•past
Ivor o'clock so Sunday morning after ; at that
time he was dead, and lying in Bull-lane.
Croft-examined by Mr. CAlll.—Her husband
was a straddletree-plater, had been warmed for 17
years; he was not in the habit of staying out till

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