The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-21 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AUGUST 20.—The Dublin Express, which
is looked upon as an organ of the Government, as-
sures us that proceedings will be taken against the
Rev. Father Bourke, and others, as ringleaders of the
populace in the proceedings which led to the unfortu-
nate loss of life at Six-mile Bridge. The informations
for that purpose have, it is added, been. either already
sworn, or will be drawn up immediately.
The soldiers of the 31st, against whom the verdict
of wilful murder was returned by the coroner's jury,
were lodged in Ennis gaol yesterday, greatly to the'
satisfaction of
.the peasantry. The sapient jurors by
whom the verdict was. returned have signed the fol-
lowing resolution, which is
.obviously aimed against
Mr. Delmege, jun., the magistrate who accompanied
the escort, and who also acted as an agent for Colonel
Vaudeleur at the election :
"In delivering our verdict we feel bound to express
our strong disapprobation of the practice which commits
to magistrates (members of a committee of any candi-
date at a contested election, or in any other matter con-
nected with rival candidates) the conduct or control of
an armed force, and we strongly recommend that when
such a measure shall be deemed necessary, that the
guidance of troops shall be only entrusted to stipendiary
magistrates, directly responsible to the Government and
the public for their acts.—Dated at six-mile-bridge this
18th of August, 1652."
The Cork,Reporter mentions an afflicting
L report,
that at two o'clock yesterday morning, ismore
Castle, the princely seat of the Duke of Devonshire,
was burned to the ground. Fortunately the records,
&c., of the family were saved. The fire is supposed
to have originated in the servants' hall. It is also
stated that the man who was in charge of the Castle
has been burned to death.
The members of the council. of the Gal way Cattle
Show and their friends dined together yesterday.
Contrary to expectation, the proceedings were not of
a public character.
The Down banquet to Mr. Sharman Crawford has
inst. been fixed for the 30th The banquet to be given
to the tenant-right leader in Dublin will take place
during the conference to be held here at the beginning
of next month.
The Lord-Lieutenant, accompanied by the Countess
of Eglinton, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Mayo,
and other persons of distinction, paid a visit yesterday
to the Queen's College at Galway; and appeared
much pleased with the various departments of the in-
stitution. Their Excellencies proceeded finally to the
Examination Hall, where an address was presented
to them.
Lord and Lady Palmerston have been for some
days at Lissadell, on a visit with Sir Robert and Lady
Gore Booth. The Noble Viscount and Viscountess
will pass the present week at Markree Castle, the seat
of Edward J. Cooper, Esq.

THE MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.
In The Sun of yesterday an account was given of
the horrible murder of a child at Sheffield, by its
father, Alfred Waddington, and of an attempt by the
murderer to assassinate the mother of the child and
another young woman. Yesterday the case under-
went investigation before T. Badger, the coroner,
and a highly respectable jury, Alfred Waddington,
who had given himself up to the police, being pre-
sent in custody. The body of the murdered child
was brought into the room in a basket, and viewed
by the coroner and jury. It presented an appalling
spectacle. Sarah Slater, the mother of the child, was
first examined, and detailed in evidence the circum-
stances narrated in yesterday's paper, how the pri-
soner had called her out of the evening school at the
Lyceum and told her that he had murdered her in-
fant, and then attempted to cut her throat with a
knife, the same with which he said he had taken the
life of her child. About four months cgo sbe
had the prisoner before the magistarte for an assault,
when he was bound over to keep the peace for
six months. The child was affiliated to him in 1851,
and be was ordered to pay 25. a week, but he had not
paid it regularly, and she had taken out a warrant
against him on Monday to appear before the magi-
strates on Thursday last. Subsequently to the war-
rant being taken out the prisoner reproached her with
having done so, swore at her, and declared he would
not pay a halfpenny. Several witnesses were exa-
minedin corroboration. William Jackson, a night
constable, stated the circumstances under which he
bad found the child, with the head severed from the
body.
.Mr. Rayner, superintendent of police, detailed
to the jury a confession which the prisoner had made
to him when in custody. He admitted having mur-
dered the child, but was sorry that he had done so.
He said he was much attached to Sarah Slater, but
she had taken up with another man, and he wished it
bad been Sarah rather than the child whose life he had
taken. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful
Murder," and the prisoner was committed to York
Castle for trial.