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against the opening of these gardens on the Sabbath.

Mr. STIRLING tendered his thanks as a Scotch mem-
ber to the hon. gentleman who brought forward the motion,
and stated he had good grounds for believing that, while
the petition for opening the gardens had been signed by
35,000 adult males, the petition against the opening had
been signed by men, women, and children, and constituted
one of the most scandalous instances of getting up a petition
he had ever heard of. (Hear.) It would be most ludicrous,
if it was not most painful, to see how people in Scotland bol-
stered up their int3rpretation of one Divine commandment
by the breach of the rest. (Laughter and cheers.) As to
the public opinion of Edinburgh being adverse to the mo-
tion, he would challenge the Lord Advocate or any one else
to produce a list of petitioners against the motion of equal
eminence to those who had petitioned in its favour. Ho ad-
mitted that the clergy of Scotland were against it; but he
would ask the house to consider what took place in the As-
sembly of the Free Church only a few days ago. A certain
rev. gentleman brought before the Assembly the fact that
her Majesty the Queen had erected upon a high ground
near Balmoral a monument to the late Prince Consort.
(Cheers.) Upon that monument her Majesty had inscribed
a few touching and thoughtful words taken from the "Wis.
dom of Solomon," words which had some tender associa.
tions with the illustrious prince whom it was intended to
commemorate. (hear) The rev. gentleman in a long
speech brought these words before his brethren, interpret-
ing this proposal in a way that would not meet with
much respect in that house, namely, that, because the
words in question were taken from the Apocrypha, her

Majesty thereby implied a belief in the equal authority of
those books with the Holy Scriptures. (Cheers.) And

he was sorry to say that the speech of that frantic divine
(cheers and laughter)—was met with signs of applause;
at all events, he departed from the Assembly without re-
ceiving that rebuke which his language and logic deserved.
(Loud cheers.) Certainly tha hon. member for Greenock
rose immediately afterwards, and declared that he
did not endorse such sentiments, but no one else made a
reply. (Renewed cheers.) But were they to understand
that a meeting such as that spoke the fair sentiments of the
laity of the Free Church of Scotland ? Mcst unquestim.
would opinion upon the
he hoped that public
ably not. (Loud cheers.) The fact was that in Scotland, as
large share all
evolve
and
aother countries, the clergy were obliged to do a very
a eof the public speaking, and consequently to
dßut
annually change, subject
large share of public nonsense. (Loud laughter
cheers
and that the apparent

minority of to. day would shortly be converted into an over-
whelming majority. (Cheers.)
Mr. G. DUFF said there was only one way of settling
the question, and thst was the way adopted in every capital
of the world except Edinburgh. For the sake of peace and
quietness they were bound to open the gardens. (Hear,
hear.)
Mr. BLACK, while opposing the motion, said he would
offer:no apology for the opprobrious language used by the
clergy of Scotland on the question.
Mr. A. KINNAIRD condemned the application of the
term "frantic divine " to Dr. Candlish—(laughter)—and
likewise opposed the motion.
Major HAMILTON, as a resident of Edinburgh, pro-
nounced the opinion of the inhabitants, both high and low,
to be against the proposal.
Mr. SCULLY supported the motion.

Lord PALMERSTON said : If I was to act up to my
own opinions with respect to the merits of the question
itself, I should support the motion of the hon. member for
Galway—(loud cheers)—because in the abstract I can see
no harm, but rather good—(renewed cheers)—in doing that
in Edinburgh which has been done in so many other capi-
tals, that is to say, in opening places, be they ever so small
or ever so large, for public recreation. (Cheers.) But upon
the present occasion there is another consideration to which
we are bound to attend, namely, to that which is the sincere
and honest feeling of the people of Scotland. (Hear, hear.)
Now, I hold that we ought not without some very grave
and important reason to do violence to public feeling; and
that public feeling in Scotland is against the opening of
these gardens on Sunday evenings is, I think, an indisput-
able fact. (Hear, hear.)

The house divided. The numbers were—
For the motion .. 107
Against it
Majority —l6
VOLUNTEER ENGINEER FORCE.

Mr. PEACOCKE called attention to the circumstance
that when he asked a question the other night upon this
subject, the noble lord the Under-Secretary for War con-
tented himself by replying that the question must have been
asked in ignorance of a circular that had been issued to the
commanding officer of every volunteer force in the kindgom.
He had now ascertained that no such circular had been re-
ceived by the commanding officer of the corps in whose in-
terest he asked the question, and he hoped that next time
the noble lord answered a question in that manner he would
have the courtesy to reflect that the " ignorance" he im-
puted might be owing to the lathes of the officials in his
own department.

The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that, as he had
only had notice this afternoon of the hon. gentleman's ques-
tion, he had not had an opportunity of ascertaining why
the circular to which he alluded had not reached its desti-

nation.
The house then went into committee of
SUPPLY.

A vote was taken for £B,OOO (balance of £10,000) for the
new Record buildings, Dublin.

A sum of £BOO was voted for a monument to Sir John
Franklin.

Upon the vote of £6,000 on account of the lions for the
Nelson column,
Sir M. W. RIDLEY said that, with all respect for the
talents of Sir Edwin Landseer, he could not help thinking
that when it required so many years to produce a model
of the lions, it must have been an error to entrust the
sculpture to a painter, no sculptor being employed.

Mr. COWPER said it was a fact that Sir E. Landseer
was preparing the models with his own hands, and was
alone responsible for them. He had urged Sir E. Landseer
to expedition in every possible way.
Mr. STIRLING defended the appointment of Sir E.
Landseer.

Mr. HANKEY complained of the delay in the produc-
tion of the models.

Sir J. SHELLEY said he believed the £6,000 asked for
would not pay half the expense. The bronze alone would
amount to that sam.

Mr. WILLIAMS censured the whole arrangement as a
disgrace to the country.
Mr. COWPER (in reply to Mr. Mitford) stated that the
lions would be 20 feet long, and of two patterns, and that
he had intimated that no further delay could be permitted.
The vote was then agreed to.

Upon the vote of £3-1,914 for lighthouses abroad,

Mr. CHILDERS objected to the item of £B,OOO for a
floating lighthouse off the Bassiz Rocks, in the Island of
Ceylon. The house would hardly believe that the first esti-
mate for that lighthouSe had been but 4500 ; that on sub-
sequent occasions no less than £54,000 had been taken in
supplementary votes—(hear)—that to this hour the light-
house had Elver been made—(hear)—that in 1861 £B,OOO
more had been voted for a floatiog light; that in 1862 an-
other £2,000 had been voted ; and, after all, nothing having
been effected, the house was now asked for another £B,OOO
for another floating light scheme. (Hear.) He thought
there ought tc be some limit to this kind of expenditure,
ancVas he beLevod, £B,OOO would not nearly complete the
works proposed, he would move the formal reduction of the
vote by that amount; so that (seeing a lighthouse of some
kind was no doubt necessary) the Government might pro-
pose a vote which should include the entire outlay.
Mr. A. SMITH supported the motion for the reduction.
Mr. M. GIBSON admitted that much money had been

wasted, but it was in consequence of the mistakes of the
engineers. The lightship had been ordered, and, whether
it proved successful or not, should be paid for.
An Hon. Member moved that the house be counted, and
there not being 40 members present,
The house stood adjourned at a quarter past 8 o'clock,

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, June 8.

It is only this morning that we have received here
the account of the close of the poll at Kinsale. The
numbers were :

For Sir George Colthurst .... .... 63
For Mr. Fitzgibbon

Majority for Colthurst —l2

The new member has promised to give a general
support to the present Government, and the mem-
ber for New Ross will be likely to do the same.
These two elections, therefore, make no change in
the relative forces of the respective parties; but
had the two ultramontane candidates succeeded, it
would have been so much strength added to the
Opposition. The elections are, besides, important
as indicating the decline of the rabid sectarian feel-
ing which carried the Longford election.
I sent you on Saturday a brief account of the
murder of a landlord and a magistrate, near Ne-
of Tipperary. It was one of nagh, in the county
the most frightful tragedies that ever stained the
annals of that county, so notorious for the mur
derous propensities of its peasantry. According to
the Nenagh Guardian, Mr. Jackson was " gene•
rally esteemed and beloved by men of all classes
and creeds." It is stated that he had four tenants
who had paid him no rent for several years, and
that he had served them with ejectment processes.
Two of them were brothers named Peters; the
names of the others were Cummins and Kennedy.
morning Mr. Jackson rose from his
On Thursday
breakfast table about ten o'clock, and, having
ordered his car to be ready immediately to
proceed to Nenagh, he lit his pipe, and went out
in his slippers, as he was accustomed, to take a
walk in the shrubbery, which is close to the house.
He also gave directions that his little son, four years
old, should be got ready to accompany him on the
car. Hours passed, and he did not make his ap-
pearance; yet Mrs. Jackson was not alarmed, sup-
posing that he had walked across the fields to his
brother's, or that he had gone into town with some
friend who was passing. She sent to his brother's,
and to her father's residence, but nothing was
heard of her husband in either place. The idea of
murder did not occur to her mind during the day,
but during the night she sent the coachman,
steward, and herd to search about the grounds, and
about daybreak on Friday morning they found the
body under a cluster of laurels in the shrubbery
within a few yards of his house. The slippers were
first discovered a few paces from the body, which
was lying with the face downwards. The head was
covered with blood, but as there were no marks of
violence on the rest of the body, they feared he had
burst a blood•vessel. Dr. Calahan was sent for, and
speedily arrived. He found the skull broken in two
places by a blunt instrument. The blow must have
bem struck with a bludgeon behind, and the effect
was instant death. The assassin seems to have been
lurking behind a tree, and to have come stealthily
behind him as he sauntered quietly along the
gravelled walk smoking his pipe without a thought
of danger. At the coroner's inquest, which was
hold on Saturday, John Smith, the coachman, de-
posed that, his master not having appeared, he re-
mained with the horse harnessed in the stable till 6
o'clock in the evening—an extraordinary circum-
stance, which struck his mistress, who ordered him
to unharness the horse, as his master would not go
to Nenagh at that hour. There were two dogs in
the place, but they were tied up during the day.
There had also been a small terrier, a favourite of
Air. Jackson, but it had been stolen about a month
before. The pockets of the deceased were searched
by the steward, but the coachman was so shocked
with the sight of the blood that he could not see
what was taken out of them. Ho had been robbed,
but it was supposed this was done to divert atten-
tion from the real motive of the murderer which was
not robbery but agrarian vengeance. The jury re-

turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some
person or persons unknown."
Among the magistrates at the inquest were Lord
Dunallv, Sir William Osborne, Couat D'Alten,
Major Dundas, Captain Holmes, Messrs. Going,
Poe, Middleton, &c., with Mr. Fleming, resident
magistrate. The magistrates held a meeting in the
court-house at Nenagh, at four o'clock the same
day, when they agreed to offer a reward for the
discovery of the-murderer, and subscriptions for
that purpose, amounting to £5OO, were announced
before the meeting broke up. The steward of the
murdered gentleman, a man named Madden, and
his son have been arrested since the inquest. The
Freeman's reporter supplies the following addi-
tional particulars :—" At the inquest some mem-
bers of the jury expressed a wish to have Madden
examined, hut Mr. Anderson, the county inspector,
declined. He was not examined, and after the
inquest Mr. Reamsbottom, sub-inspector, and the
head constable took Madden into custody, and de-
sired him to conduct them to his room. He did so
without any apparent disinclination, and a close
search was made of the apartment. I❑ a small
wooden box Mr. Reamsbottcm found £lO3 10s.,
consisting of £9B in notes, four sovereigns and a
half, and one pound in silver. He was brought into
town last evening by a strong escort of police, and
lodged in the county gaol. Madden also held land
under Mr, Jackson, and is said to be also in arrear.
At a late hour last evening a son of Madden's was
taken into custody, and committed to gaol, being
the sixth person now under arrest. The cause of
his detention is that on the evening of the murder
he was seen drinking at a publichouse in company
with one of the Peters, and their conversation on
that occasion was so remarkable as to attract the
notice of several persons in the place, some of whom
remarked that they seemed as if they had been
after doing "something desperate."
Another murder, not less atrocious, is reported by
a correspondent of the Daily Express :—" On Wed-
nesday, about the hour of 9 o'clock, a woman named
Butler missed her daughter, a little girl of seve❑
years of age, who had just partaken of her supper.
The mother supposed she might have strayed into
the plantations of Mr. Burn, of Corville, near Ros-
crea, and spent the night searching for her, On
the following morning the child was found in a
tillage-field quite dead, her face and skull literally
smashed to pieces, and some stones besmeared with
blood lying near. No cause whatever can be as-
signed for the gross outrage. The police are on the
alert. Suspicion has fallen upon an idiotic boy."