The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-20 00:00:00

IRELAND.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
CARRICK-ON- SHANNON, WEDNESDAY. —The greatest
excitement prevailed in town this morning respecting the
trials of the Riband delegates, arrested a few weeks since
in this county, the particulars respecting which have been
already fully detailed in the Register. Bills of indictment
were sent up from the Grand Jury against 14 men for
Ribaudism. Two of the prisoners were first put upon their
trial, and after the case for the Crown had closed, pri-
soners' Counsel advised that the plea of " Not Guilty"
should be withdrawn, which was accordingly done, and the
prisoners pleaded Guilty.
The remaining twelve prisoners then, following this ex-
ample, pleaded Guilty.
DUNDALK, JULY 15.—The case of Patrick Callen, for
Ribandism, which was settled yesterday for this morning,
was commenced at the sitting of the Court before ten
o'clock, and occupied the day.
Tire Jury at half-past five o'clock agreed upon a verdict
of Guilty, ~nd the prisoner was sentenced to transporta-
tioa fur seven years.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—It affords le
considerable pleasure to be enabled to give so favourable a state-
ment of the Noble and Gallant Duke's health, that should his
Grace continue as well as he was last evening, he will attend
to his duties in the House •f Lords this alto nom. _ _

Tile preliminaries of the marriage between Lord
Leveson Gower and Lady Acton are, we understand, now en-
tirely arranged, and the union will take place within a short
period.

APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.
—We understand the marriage of Lady Elizabeth Howard and
the Hon. Frederick Grey will be solemnized on Wednes4,ay,
the ?9th instant, at Castle Howard, the scat of the Earl and
Countess of Carlisle, in Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of
Carlisle leave town on Thursday or Friday next, accompanied
by the Ladies Howard, to snake the necessary arrangements.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Duke of Devonshire,
Marquis of Stafford, Ladies Levescn Gowtr, Rail and Countess
and Lady Georgiana Grey, Viscount Morpeth, and a numerous
family circle, are expected to Be present on the happy occasion.
It is circulated in the upper circles that a marriage is on the
tapis between a Noble Marquis, son of a ducal Scottish family,
and England's wealthy heiress.
METROPOLITAN WOOD PAVEMENT.—We
have beard that this Company hail applications for 80,000
shares, having only 9,000 to dispose of ; 700, we understand,
were refused, though the money was tendered the next morn-
ing after the closing of the list.
CORONER'S INQUEST. SUICIDE OF A
FATHER AND DAUGHTER, &c.—On Saturday, the inhabi-
tants of Hoxton were painfully excited, in consequence of the
self-destruction of a man, of the name of William Brown, a
shoemaker, who was many years an inhabaant of Hoxton,
who drowned himself in the Regent's Canal ; a few days pre-
vious to which rash act, his daugter, a favourite child, in con-
sequence of some family difference, poisoned herself with oxalic
acid. The jury which was impannelled to inquire into the
eircumsta.iees attending the death of the father, assembled at the
Victory, in the Kingsland-road, when Mr. R. Jones, commis-
sion agent, Heston, said that on Thursday forenoon, about
eleven, he was passing by the side of the Regent's Canal, near
the Kingsland-road, when he observed the deceased sitting by
the side of the canal, at a short distance from the bridge. He
was smoking a pipe, and appeared not to notice any one.
Witness returned in a few minutes, and saw the hat of the de-
ceased, in which was the pipe that he had been smoking, close
by where lie was sitting. Not finding deceased, he sus-
pected that he was in the canal. He then felt for the body
with his stick, and found it. Having called to some persons,
the body of the unfortunate man was taken out and conveyed to
the Victory. Verdict—" Found drowned."

A POLICEMAN FOUND DROWNED.—At one
o'clock on Sunday morning, as the night police (Pimlico dis-
trict) were corning off duty, it was found that John Husband,
26 B, was missing. The sergeant had seen him about four
o'clock, from which tune, up to four o'clock on Monday morn-
ing, no information whatever could he obtained relative to him.
Inspector Moran, with three constables, procured a boat, and
proceeded to Mr. Reed's wharf, Grosvenor Canal, Belgrave-
terrace; where, after dragging about half an hour, they disco-
vered the body of the unfortunate man, which was conveyed
to the Pimlico station to await the Coroner's inquest. It is
supposed that he fell asleep and walked into the canal, there
being no effective barrier to prevent the accident. •
DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT NA-
PLES.—Private letters from Naples bring shocking accounts of
an accident which took place on the 26th June, on the railway
constructed between Naples and Portici. Although the rail-
way was not entirely finished, notice was given that a journe,f
was to be performed on that part which was finished. The
public went in crowds to obtain tickets, which could ',lily be
obtained by a certain number of persons, most of v;nom were
of the first class of the people. His Majesty and the Royal Fa-
mily were anxious to join in the journey, but owing to its being
of a dangerous nature, were persuaded not to venture. The
Prince of Salerno was a'so prevented, having been taken ill an
hour previous to the staring of the train. The exact number
of persons who entered the carriages is not as yet ascertained,
' but supposed to be from one to three hundred persons. A
short tune after their departure, the conductor was seized with
apoplexy. The machine being deprived of its guide, went with
great rapidity to the end of the railway which was finished.
Unfortunately there was a bridge, not half covered, which went
over a torrent; where the carriage, with the whole of the per-
sons in it, were precipitated into the torrent. It is stated that
twenty persons were killed on the spot, and all the others dan-
gerously wounded.
YACHT FOUNDERED OFF TEIGNMOUTH,
Nrin FoUr. PERSONS DROWNED.—Saturday, last the lion.
Mr. Vanneck, Captain Clarke, Mr. Barrett, and a sailor, left
' Torquay in an open net-decked sailing boat, and off Tejo-
mouth, about four miles from shore, sunk, and all on board
perished. No one from shore saw the accident, but it appears
that Mr. Richard Wake, of lleavitree, was sailing in his yacht
from Labbicombe to Exmouth, and off Teignmouth he saw a
boat carving a press of canvass, and, as he thought, endeavour-
ing to outsail his yacht. The wind was of shore, and in
squalls, when suddenly Mr. Wake looked to see which way the
boat was making, and to his surprise could not see her, but one
of his sailors is positive he saw her mast a little out of the
water, and that disttppeared. There being no doubt the boat
had sunk, Mr. Wake. bore down immediately to rend:T as-

sistance, and traversed the spot for some time, but not a hat,
oar, or any vestige remained. The relatives and friends of the
parties at Torquay have since been endeavouring to find the
Indies and boat, but hitherto without success. This melan-
choly event will, we hope, op -rate as a warning to persons fond
of sea excursions not to venture with sails in an open boat.--.
Western Times.
—TIAOtNthOeFBiTnnHiEnghBamIRI‘QIIIIaNrtGerIIAseNI QII AR-
e e a s
sions held
on Saturday, the Recorder of the borough (M. D. Hill, Esq.)
announced that the present Sessions were the last which would
DSIESsSsiOoLNUs.
be held in Birmingham. Having taken a lengthened review
of the advantages which the establishment of the Session had
conferred upon the inhabitants of this borough, he said, that
in consequence of the contested validity of the Manchester and
Birmingham charters, much difficulty bad arisen in raising
funds to defray the expense of their local government. The
Lords of the Treasury had already advanced various sums of
money for That purpose ; but they had declared that no further
assistance need be looked to from that quarter. Thus, there
would be no funds in Birmingham to hold the Sessions ; and it
would be the duty of Birmingham to commit henceforth to
\Vase leis Sessions, and not to Birmingham. The present Sess
dons would, therefore, be discontinued. This declaration of
the Recorder came like a thunderclap upon the Radical party
here, as they evidently conceive it to be only as a prelude to the
dissolution of the charter of incorporation itself.
On Saturday last her Majesty the Queen and
his Ronal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland with a visit at Stafford House. The
Hon. Colonel Cavendish and Colonel Bouverie were in attend-
ance on her Majesty and his Royal Highness. The illustrious
visitors stayed nearly two hours, and during their visit inspected
the magnificent gallery, only just completed, and its valuable
collection of paintings. It contains some of the finest Mur.
rillo's in the world, and is particularly rich in the chef dirrurres
of the Italian and Dutch masters.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THZ PRINCESS Au-
o 17 STA.—Up to a late hourlast night not the slightest improve..
ment was manifested in her Royal Highness's health, and the
bulletin was of the same tenor as those of the previous
days, that her Royal Highness did not pass a good night,
but remained much the same. Her Majesty the Queen, at-.
teaed by Lady Barham and Hon. Colonel Cavendish, visited
her Rosa! Highness on Saturday last, and stayed some time
with the princess. The Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of
Gloucester, and the other members of the Royal Family,
waited on her Royal Highness yesterday and on Saturday. 'fl
inquires of the nobility are very numerous, for it cannot be
disguised her Royal Highness is alarmingly indisposed.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—A Clergy-
man (whose name we do not think it necessary at present to
mention, who is a tutor at a respectable academy in the neigh-
bourhood of this city) dined on Monday the 22d alt, at Sion-
house, Clifton, which he left about half-past seven o'clock, per-
fectly saber, intending to return to Bitton by the Bath three
o'clock coach ; as he was too late it is ;opposed he proceeded
on foot, but lie did not reach home that night, and has never
since been seen or heard of. Strict inquiries have been instie
tuted by the police amongst the men wor king en the railmact,
but hitherto without any effect. The missing gernlems:n was
about 27 years of age, bit. 7in. high, with long dark hair; and
had on a black frock coat and black stockings.—BntA Herald.
SOUTII or DEVON.—The wheat in some situ-
ations is rather thin, but on the whole is going on well, and the
blooming has received no check. The harvest on those lands
which were sown early, will commance in about two or three
weeks. Barley and oats look well, and since the rain for the
last three weeks, promise an abundant crop, with plenty of
straw. A great quantity of hay has been got in, but much roe
mains behiuu ; the crop in general is below an average one.:
The early turnips grow well everywhere, and the potatoes are
exuberant. There are many cherries, the same may be !'aid of
apples, but the pears are not so promising. There an im-
mense quantity of plums, and this will be the third. consecutive
plum sear, an event which has not occurred for long •
a period.
should the weather prove favourable for the next five or six
weeks, the farmers generally will hesee no cause for complaint.
Sheep shearing is ended.— IVes!ern Times.
ACCIDENT ON TH:r; LIVERPOOL AND MAN-
citr.sTEn. RAILWAY.—On Saturday evening a serious collision
took place on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, near this
town, between two trains belonging to the Grand Junction
Company. It appears that the train which left Birmingham at
five o'clock, haling made a quick passage, had overtaken the
Fecond •cl ass train which left at half-past three, and followed it
at a moderate and what was supposed a safe distance, towards
the town; but, on rounding the curve in the road, near Ord-
sall-lane, the engineer of the five o'clock train suddenly
came in sight of the other train, which had been com-
pelled to, stop, in consequence of a Liverpool luggage train
having previously stopped to discharge some pigs at the slip
near Oldfield-road-bridge. The engineer immediately reversed
the steam, and put on the whole force of his brake ; but he
found it impossible to stop the train before it came in violent
contact with the second-class train. Nearly the whole of the
passengers in both trains were thrown from their seats by the
we are
concussion, and a number of them severely, thougheit
seems
to
happy to say none dangerously hurt. Thistof
theaede engineers, or
prove, that greater precaution on the part
some additional arrangements by the Railway Companies, are
lace, and
p
necessary to prevent future accidents in
dentsn the same
resulting from the same causes. Manchester Guardran.
FRENCH POST OFFlCE—Arrangements have
been made by the French Post-office authorities for accelerating
England, b • special conveyances, direct
the overland mail for 3 _
from Marseilles to Calais. By this plan it is expected that.
the India mails will reach London 24 hours earlier than by that
hitherto pursued.
The engagements for the Hereford Aiusic Meet-
ing are progressing most favourably ; among those engaged for
the vocal department are Mad. Dores Gras and Signor
Lablaehe.—Hereford Journal.
So great is the decline of Public taste for thea •
trical exhibitions, that Mr. Mauley, the manager and proprie-
tor of the Lincoln theatre, is unable, from his severe losses,
to pay the poor-rates on thatbuildiniq, and is himself living
on a bare pittance at Derby. :qr. M.'s losses during the last
at 49 fAe@e<led 2,0001,--Lincoln Mercury.