The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-23 00:00:00

WILTON.

Mr. A'Court has addressed the following circular to
the electori of \\Tifton, on the occasicn of his retirement
from the representation of that borough :--
" Gentlemen,—Circutnstances have induced rue to restore
to you the trust which you committed to me at the last
general election.
" In looking back upon my conduct as your representa-
tive in Parliament, I am conscious of many defects which
greater ability and experience would have supplied ; but in
the course which I have pursued I have endeavoured
honestly to do my duty, and I trust that I have not for-
feited the confidence you so generously placed in me.
" I take my leave of you with unfeigned regret, and I
cannot omit this opportunity of expressing my grateful
thanks for the kindness which I have invariably experi-
enced at your hands. I shall over retain a warm interest
in all that concerns you, and I hope that the severance of our
political connection will in no degree diminish those feelings
of cordial regard which I am proud to think exist between
us.—l remain, gentlemen, your faithful servalt,
" London, March 20." " C. H. IV. l'CounT.

MARKET NEWB-(THI2 DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

There has been a decided increase in the arrivals of
English wheat up to our market tLia week, eoastwiee, yeti,
the show of samples here to-day was very moderate. For
most kinds there was a steady, hut by no means brisk
inquiry, at about Monday's currency.
Foreign wheat—the show of which was but moderato—
sold slowly. In the quotations no change took place from
Monday.
There was rather a firm market for barley, at full
prices ; but malt commanded very little attention.
The oat trade was tolerably firm, at very full prices.
Both beans and peas were steady, but not dearer.
The flour trade was steady, at full quotations.
ARRIVALS THIS WEER.
1 Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English .. 3,020 1,930 4,760 2,980 i 2,250
Irish •• 5,640 -
Foreign .. 2,460 470 1400 sks.

IREL AND.

lei KOLNIGALTLETT IT,ErUCT:
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The sr-con.lgt; ial in the exti::tordinary 2.-e of Pierce
SOrnerse` i ti- tv;.ainst Viscount Mouutgarrett was
brought to a conclusion at Kilkenny on Tuesday evening,
when the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. It was
an action on an ejectment, the plaintiff claiming the estates
of the late Lord Mountgarrett, on the ground that the
present holder of the title and estates was illegitimate,
and that he (the plaintiff) was the rightful heir. The chief
ground for this preposition was, that the father cf the
present lord had, according to the Scottish law, married
a Mrs. Colebroke, by declaring in the presence of
witnesses that sbe was his wife. During the lifetime
of this abandoned woman he was married to the mother
of the defendant, and the plaintiff is seeking to establish
the legality of the first alleged marriage. The former
verdict in his favour would have had the effect of declar-
ing the defendant illegitimate, and depriving him of the
estates, which are worth about 12,0001. a year. Lord
Mountgarrett is now restored to the position he held
prior to that adverse decision. He was ably defended by
Air. Napier, M.P., and Mr. Isaac Butt, M.P., to whom
this verdict is in a very great measure due. These
learned advocates argued that the jury could place
no reliance on the testimony cfSarali Stride, now de-
posing to a marriage between the Hon. Henry Butler
and Mrs. Colebroke in 1811, when in 1817 she swore
that no such marriage kad taken place, but that one
was solemnised between that lady and Mr. Taaffe on
the Ist of January, 1811. To use a popular phrase
—the jury would not hang a dog upon such testimony.
The learned counsel dwelt strongly upon the fact that
even if words sufficient to constitute a marriage in
Scotland had been used by Mrs. Colebroke in Northum-
berland-street, and that the defendant's father broke
into her house on the occasion in question, still her
object was only to get him away, to prevent Taaffe's
being discovered in her bed-ioorn, and that Mr. Butler
and Mrs. Colebroke having so soon afterwards mar-
ried other persons was cogent evidence to show there was
DO legal disability existing t 9 their so doing. That from
1811 to the hour of her death, Mrs. Colebroke never
made any claim upon the Hoe. Henry Butler, but dis-
claimed any such notion as early as the 17th July, 1811;
and although the jury might-by their verdict pronounce
the defendant's mother a concubine, and the concubine
now in her grave the wife of Butler, such a foundation
could only be built upon the evidence of Sarah Stride,
and the appropriate foundation would be based upon the
testimony of a perjured witness.
We have ample reasons for declaring that this verdict
has given great satisfaction to every unprejudiced man
who heard the evidence Jaimed, eLeee why 5,e4,1
it dispassionately must in justice come to a similar con-
clusion.