The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, APRIL 6.
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL FOR, FORGERY.
A case came on in the Commission Court this day before
Judges Perrin and Crampton, which has created considerable
interest among the tanking and mercantile classes in this
city. The facts of the case are tr:efiy these :—Mr. John
Cluff, of the firm of William and John Cluff, extensive mer-
chants in the Manchester trade, William Cluff having also
an establi-hment in Manchester, was charged with having fe-
loniou,ly uttered a Bill of Exchange, drawn at three months,
for 2721. 165., bearing date the 3d of February, 1841, and
purprting to be the draught of Andrew Thompson.
bill was sent in with some others to the Bank of Ireland on
the 11th of February, and discounted. It was, however, sub-
sequently discovered to be a forgery.
At the trial this morning, Andrew Thompson, the fictitious
acceptor of he bill,, proved the signature as endorsed not to
be in his handwriting, and further swore that he had not au-
thoraed any person to sign it. _ _

Mr. O'CONNELL, wh"o appeared for the accused, found a
flaw in the indictment, which, after setting out the forged
acceptance, has these words,—" which said acceptance is as
follows" (the bill was then described and signed)---" Andrew
Thompson," whereas, on the bill it was "Andy. Thompson."
Counsel for the prosecution submitted that it was a case
which might be amended by the Court, under a late Act.
On reference to the Act, the SOLICITOR.-GENERAL said he
was bound to acknowledge it only applied to civil, and net to
criminal cases.

Mr. Justice PERRIN. directed the issue to be sent up to the
Jury, who at once acquitted the prisoner, and he was diseharg d
from custody. .

The Corninission adjourned to the 14th of June. The Court
was demiely crowded.

DUILIN SOCIETY.—The following official letter has been
addressed to the Commissioners by Mr. Norman Macdonald,
Under-Secretary :

" Dublin Castle, March 29, 1841.
" My Lords and Gentlemen,—From your known zeal for
the advancement of science and the diffusion of useful know-
ledge, the Lord Lieutenant is desirous of obtaining your advice,
in what form and under x hat regulations the Parliamentiry
grant of 5,3001., hitherto voted to the Dublin Society, might
be most effectually devoted to the above object for the benefit
of the Irish nation, as, in consequence of the refusal of the
Dublin Society to make, at the instance of Government, cer-
tain changes in its constitution and management, which were
strongly recommended by Parliamentary Committees, his Ex-
cellency has felt it his duty to intimate to that Society his in-
tention of declining to propose to Parliament a continuance of
their grant.
" Ihe chief points to which his Excellency wi•hes. to direct
your attention are, whether it would be desirable to form an
entirely new institution, either separate from or in connexion
with any or with all these societies now established in Dublin
for the promotion of science and the useful arts, or to assist
them severally in their present forms.
if It will be also for you to consider and advise upon the par-
ticular organization by which scientific institutions would seem
best fitted, in your opinion, to attain these objects, and which
ought, therefore, to be required by Parliament as the condition
upon which they should receive support from the State.
" His Excellency will direct that you shall be furnished with
the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, in
1836, upon the management of the Dublin Society, as well as
that on the Irish Estimates, in It#39, and the evidence taken
before them, which will afford you much valuable information
on the points above referred to.—l have, &c.

" N. H. MACDONALD."
To his Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Rosse, the
Viscount. Adare, Sir John Burgoyne, Sir William Hamil-
ton, Captain Larcom, Professor Lloyd, Professor M'Cul-
lagh."

One of our Contemporaries, in remarking upon the appoint-
ment of this Commission last week, entirely mistook its ob-
ject, inasmuch as he imagined that the duty assigned to the
Commissioners was to " settle the differences between the Go-
vernment and the Society." The preceding letter shows that
nothing of the kind is contemplated. The " differences"
arose out of the refusal of the Society to make changes recom-
mended by the Parliamentary Committees, and those " differ-
ences" have been terminated by the withdrawal of the grant.
--Atblin Evening Post.

ELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—At a late hour on
Tuesday evening an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley,
P. a and a Jury of gentl..men resident in Burton-crescent, at
the residence of W. Rolls Esq., No. 19, Mabeldon-place,
New-road, on view of the body
of Lieutenant-Colonel Thos.
Dorville, aged 66, late of the Grenadier Guards, who com-
mitted self-destruction under the truly melancholy circumstan-
ces below detailed:—Jane Gray stated that she was a servant
in the family of Mr. Rolls, and knew the deceased, who was
a relation of her master, and who was staying with his family
upon It v 1.44. th' had Mioyed good health and spirits until the
last few days, when he became very dejected and melancholy.
Indeed he had become so much so that Mr. Rolls deemed
it advisable that she and a fellow servant named Goodie,
should sit up with deceased in his bed-room alternate
nights. On Monday night last it was witness's turn to
sit up with him, and she did sc!. Pegeased slept very
well dwing the night. 4400 dye o'clock on that (Tuesday)
n orning, she was sitting close at the foot of his bed, when the
deceased suddenly sprang up and jumped out of it, exclaiming
" murder, murder I' several times, apparently in great fright.
Before witness could recover herself from her momentary
alarm, the deceased rushed towards the window, which is vou
low, and throwing up the shash bent forwards and precipi-
tated himself into the area heneltht carrying with him a
rnignienette be; stationed on the sill of the window. She
immediately raised an alarm, and accompanied Mr. Rolls,
having informed him of the circumstance,wound
.ern4atotheb in the
back area,
where they found deceased lying in his night-clothes, appa-
rently quite lifeless, and bleeding from a
head. The Jury. aft,r a short consultation, returned a ver-
dict " That the dcceosed died from mortal injuries caused by a
fall from a second floor window." The deceased was an old
Peninsular officer, and served at Waterloo, in which battle it
is stated he hid no less than three horses shot from under him.

EVENING- FM

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

BANBURY STEEPLE CHASES.—Tuasmor. to
Sweepstakes of 10 so vs. each, h. ft. ; with .50 athled blcoi
Town; the second to save his stakes ; l2st. each.-
miles. (6 subs.) .
ddan" in I
Mr. Brown's Challenger (I;r.. Co I
Mr. Root's Protestant .......................................... .. i
Capt. Burt's Grayling ................... .... ................. i
Mr. Cromwelling's Vivian ..... ...p." 1
Mr. Powell's Perfection
The Second Race, 3 sins. each, 20 added, I Ist ' bt 0'
was won by Mr. Raner's Pilot, beating four or five,'
and the Third Race by Mr. Page's Would-if-she-conh4

CHELMSFORD STEEPLE CHASES.--Tv0011:A.
A Sweep lakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added; Una) I
Mr. Davy's Gaylad
Capt. Price's Selim 0 .... i
Mr. Lamp'ugh's Aggravator
Mr. Tilbury's f. Goblin •. . , •""........ 1
Mr Barker's Sir William .......•»••'•".•
Lottery aqd three others also starter. - . fa
A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, %ith a parse Wei.
Hunters. • , l
Mr. Bishop's The General (oWrieri 9
Mr. Rose's Quilp
.......... ... .
Mr. Feake's Common Hall ...........
.
... . .......... i
Mr. Barker's Harkaway ... ..................•••
.................... ...... .
...........
Match, 50/. each. I
st '
11. r. Williams's Physician .................(Ms.. W. mar°IN . 1
Ir. Ba'.dwin's The Doctor

COURT CIRCULAR.

r
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and -gip'
Albert, and the Princess Royal, attended by the
suite, arrived at the Castb at a quarter past five °,G
Lift
this afternoon, escorted by a party of the
Guards, under the command of Lieutenant Sir ""-‘1
Kent. Isl'
The Duchess of K-nt, at.endcd by Lad,' ...nal
Dawson, arrived from town early in the afterde—
the Castle. ids/
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was ,P4e,116°
to the window of her carriage much to the grati":l°
of the assembled multitude. The bells rang -
merry peal on her Majesty's arrival.
The Queen and Prince Albert left town at a 4u oil
past three o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriarbis
four, with outriders in scarlet liveries, esekrte;`,.
party of Hussars, for Windsor Castle. Amcall;rtifiti
four followed, containing Colonel Wemyss, EqupThi°6
Waiting, and Colonel BJuverie, Equerry fd,,:intice°
Albert. The carriage of her Royal Highness tbeg',lrbate'
Royal followed, preceded by an outrider. Mibi
Lady in Waiting, Hon. Miss Pitt and net!' lilt'
Devereux, Maids of Honour in Waiting, and 'Perris('
quis of Headfort, 'Lord in Waiting, occupied a ce'clikl
and four ; and the Hon. C. A. Murray,
Household, and Vice Admiral Sir Robert CI:
Groom in Waiting, were in a chariot and four. f
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness vierre,,,,o
ducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamber,'','jlt°
Mistress of the Robes, nod the Groom of the
Prince Albert.- Ist9
The Royal Standard was lowered from the, Ihe „,
Arch on her Majesty quitting Buckingham Pa°t4-1,
Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked ia
den of Buckingham Palace'yesterday forenoon.,
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, ottended:ilot°
Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, Hon. CP,..eis:l
Hudson, Maid of Honour in waiting,Earl of S_APe th°
Sir Andrew Barnard, C:erk arshal, 3'4l'
Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain, left marlho'-rof
House at twenty minutes past. ten o'clock Y.,,,e'tetiof
morning. for the station of the London and Pl,' it'
ham Railway, near Euston-square, and left tnall
tended by her suite, by a special train, for ,
Hall. •
tide°

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. attPlr
by Lady Anne Maria Dawson, left her residel
gestrie-house, yesterday, at half-past twelve o'o4
a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. 01
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Canthriet ref
Prince-George honoured Mr. Salter with A s's', tur6
terday, at his studio in Pall Mall, to inspect the, P;.jiol
of the Waterloo Banquet, of which ther ROY
nepcs were pleased to express their approbati°,%ooo
Viscount Melbourne left tows, yesterday 133'
for his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts.
The Marquis of Norman by left town )esteralo
the sear of toe Earl of Hardwicke, WiroPe'e
Cambridgeshire.
Lord Alolphus Fitzelarence left town yestJraa,
Portsmouth.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEs'

RIVIF
The Earl CaJogan, in PießcadAilly LS.
from Hants; ""%tree"
Lady Bridport and the Hon. Misses 'Hood in Wimpolelopel;
from Cricket Lodge, mar Chard, Somerset; Lord I,3iii'vor‘:
in Jermyn-street, from 13riffhton ; Mrs. Manning, at
11:,;
Hotel, Brook-street, from Devonshire', the I)"age
Garvagh, in Portman-square, front a viiit to Mrs. 15f°00.,
in Sussex ; the Earl of March., in Portland-plate' I,r•
visit to the Duke of Rutlr ,d at Belvoir Cast! ;_004!
Sudeley, in Dorer-street. Truro" his seat in Gloucestsruio.,
Sir Hus,ey and Lady 'Vivian in Pall-mall, from
Elbert ~
Lord Sonde in S. James's-square, from • port_frov,
Norfolk ; the Earl and. Countess of Cardigan!rr and
Misses_ Dundas, in Somerset-.
square, from Sussex ; Lerd and Lady Ca,tle, net
Edinburgh ; the Marquis of Saii' horY' Smith,
at Be
fi-o,r,mt Hatfield House, F./ —erts • Ai sCuilin6of nesuloe
t House, from a visit to the r. and Pueuer Boa
at Badminton ; Viscount Li- Duke
M.P., on Carlton m
terrace, from the Continen iwtsierrbhalesCoote, 13,31" E
in Connaught-place, from his seat in Ireland 'and
Place fr°ul Lie Ar rlingicie-stre;
borne, from Italy; the Duchess of Sutherland fateine,,
Stafford House, from Lillesham Salop; Lord Calths°4 pr'
GrosTenor-sqUare, from his seat' near Birmingbanl; :j
and Countess of Lichfield and Lady Ann Anson, in St: %,tlet;
square, from a visit to he Duke of Rutland at Belvoir
et- fro
Mr. and Lady Eleatfor Balfour, in Grosvenor-?quarp.'oo
Whittingham House, Dunbar ; the Earl of• „of&
tour; the Earl and Countess of Verularn, in Grosvenov:l4o
from a visit to Earl and Countess Amherst, at l(n°',.
Kent.

DEPARTURES.
Lord and Lady Frances Egerton, from Belgrave-squal for
e
Worsley Hall, Lincolnshire ; Lord Skelmersdale, Hosig:
Miss .Wilbraham, from Portland-place for Lathan' goo'
Lancashire ; Mr. W. Wyndham, 111. P., his seat in_yrsl:
the Marquis and Marchioness of Thumond, from tr;!to,,
square, for Taplow HMSO ; Sir G. Talbot, Bart.,me.
vart's Hotel, Brook-street, for Warwickshire; the oureo.oi
and Mrs. Peel, front ditto, for Wiiresby Hail, near Stsoof
Major Wildman, from ditto, on a visit to the Earl °f Sid $
pd
and Warrington, at Enville Hall, Cheshire; Sir ittciol;
Lady Bulkeley Phillips, from Portland-place, for Lee': op' ,
Mr. and Mrs. Williams, from Portland-place, fer,th 'for Clot
House, Berkshire ; Mr. Edward Stanley, 31.5 • ' flocs iv
der Abbey, Cumberland ; the Dowager t'uoai
fr
Sandwich, for Paris; Count and Countess ZichY: 14.; .tir,
Marquis of Hertford's, Dorchester House, for 1°1.; ;10.4
Countess of Westmorland, from tiond-,treet, on a t?: atilt;
R. Price, M.P., for Herefordshire ; Viscount and "100,
Sydney, from Cleveland-square, for From:tall L°dgei:„,e9o:l
Lord and Lady Stanley and family, from St. Jane's Est' o,
for Knowsley Park, near Prescott, on a visit to thecole'
Derby; Lady Mulcaster, from Hamilton.place, forPO'o
ham; the Earl of Devon, from Bryanston-square,
Sir R. Gordon, Bart., from Bond-street, for Warwi"
CHANGES. cO" I.lo'
The Dowager Lady Castlemaine, at Bromley, at g.
the family seat in the county Athlone ; Earl ConlP,w,rij of
_lv,
coin, from Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire ; the
lington, in Shropshire, from Leamington Spa; '„try'
Dunkin, on a tour of inspectinn in Wales, from Ct °treioserfavil
J. Walsh, Bart., M.P., and Lady Jane Walsh, at
Radnorshire, from Warfield Park, near Bracknell ; a /Obi.
lady Courteney, at Newcastle, county Limerick, fr°°,,,,, st
Viscount Ebrington, at Dublin Castle ; Lord 111°s-
seat in Surrey, from Brighton.
PAPS
BRUSSELS, and GERM AN Pl'ose
BRUSSELS, APRIL 4.—The only thing that we trae,liltY
respecting the Ministerial crisis is that it is not ittri'llir
serted by a Journal celebrated in Europe for its flo, )1?,101
nated intelligence, that the ordinance appointing e!,
tees will appear to-mor. ow in the Moniteur. Nottill Io
done before the end of the Session of the Senate, wLet
rnoned r the 6th of Apr 1. t ect
'We foresaw that the King's ordinance would °orb,"
precipitation in a state of things of so serious ft °le sor.fil
which require mature reflectirn. However desirsh. it s
cessary a speedy solution may be, it is better t° ::ertssaft,
days till people's minds have become calm, than tei!'-to JePlirs
on a course, from which it might perhaps be diffler chstl,;too
An address to the King for a dissolution of
,ilLicef 611e.'
was voted unanimously by the Municipal Conn" Jilt
the 2d, in the evening. SO° rd"
BRUSSELS, APRIL s.—Baron Honnenty the , ceste
nister Plenipotentiary at Paris, arrived at Bring° to
Wer
morning, on his way to Germany. re- tio
tbe
The Moniteur Belge does not contain anythingoioa
th
the Ministerial crisis, not even as much as an ell .
subject. is bu
Rome, Mancti 18.—The Russian Prince Gan„,"'i,ce
ing a splendid palace here in the style of the Gan„"'
Cansellaria, not far from the College i Clernetl; io Pilte
vrobable that the Prince means to fix his residenci,:uiy.
~ost
The accounts from Syria are very nada°, 'lll°-6rl
fresh murder (connected with that of Father thefrof's
is confirmed by letter from Aleppo, so that )her
man which the English and French agents e' the,. oier
the Sultan as a, declaration of the innocenee,,°4 of °,.
of Da.: ascus, respect to the clearly proved Innrrose 'eat rJI
Thomas, appears to be considered by them as 3 L;ctiativ'oore
perpetration of new atrocities against the Ch"; need 10,
events, the Christians in the East will praoffheorbffetrhoe%got;
powerful protection than the Porte can
Aleppo already they suffer severely under the ri„t. of ff
Ibrahim Pacha, and we hear the bitterest comp 1,0 ar
of property. On the whole, the representations WD:t roe
ceive of the situation of the Christians and of ths
ercised towards them are truly afflicting. It
DUTCH FUND3.—AmsTeav,ol, Aran12';
bi
ietual Debt, .234 per Cent 51
...... 9l f2i4
ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Amon Syndic,44 per cent 7.2%
Ditto, ditto, 3y4 per cent
Ccminercial Company, 4 per c.nt.
Ditto (MIS and 1837)5 per cent /1-y:A
Loan 5 per cent. ................. —..••••••• 1/
Exchange an Londex, (me mouth 9,
Two months ........
Dutch Papers, April 7.
t e c rik U
,t Up
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itiottischi'dlek. Immo !) pc:s o.ot. ................. •
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 pi,r Cent.... ......
----- riper Cent. ......... 7.5
Thirty Yuen ...... jco;l4
4,9 ... . ....... .....
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent... ... . .
p 7
National seciety .
Slire t'aylot City,Cor! Commerce, Cpee'rl Ci.-; ......... .......... ......
Exchange on London (Altai) ................. .
—Brussels Papers, April 6.
pe
Alluvia
C per COILS. Alctelliquce
Fear per Cents.
..... ..... w //ly F
NDS.—yiense, 2910 4
it 4
hr,:e par Cents.
.....
1;.0.1k
43prl/ 3
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PRUSSIAN FUN DS.-I.M.,RLIN, —F 11 3
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Biel'. jp:3
AUSTRIAN U
cent.
EXCIMAC OP landon, throe months ...0 ..,
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