The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, A co. 18—It has been blowing a gale all rester-
day, last night, and to-day ; so much so that the London
Papers, due at half-past six, A. M., have not as yet arrived,
three, PM. The Liverpool mail- boat, due at six, P. M.,
yesterday, did not arrive until five, A.M., this morning;
and the mail for London and passengers were not for-
warded until this morning. Appearances arc, however,
somewhat better to-day.
We regret to learn that a considerable portion of the
heavy Oat crop has been prostrated ; but, if fine weather
should set in, the grain would ripen even in this position.
The Wheat crop has been more fortunate, having suffered
very little ii jury since the unfavourable change in the
weather on Sunday week. Reaping has commenced pretty
generally in the early districts around Dublin. Our re-
ports of the Potato crop continue favourable.
We have heard that two line-of-battle ships, the Van-
guard and the Rodney, are shortly expected at Cork, to
convey the 19th and 38th regiments to Gibraltar.
We learn that the Clonmel election is fixed for Friday
next, and that the Attorney-General has left town to-day
for the purpose of presenting himself to the constituency.
There will be no contest, nor show of opposition. It
ix almost to be wished that there were, so complete would
be the triumph.
This is a state of things exceedingly gratifying to the
friends of the Government. Here is one of the most in-
dependent popular constituencies of Ireland voluntarily se-
lecting the First Law Officer of the Crown as their re-
presentative, without dictation, without solicitation of any
man, wholly uninfluenced by any consideration or control,
save their own good sense of the honest claims of the Go-
vernment to their support, and their unbiassed approbation
of the individual who comes before them as the represen-
tative of that Government. We put the fact before the
public, with our emohatic commendation, as a proof of the
title the honest men of Clonmel possess to our hearty ap-
plause.—Dublin Evening Post,
T
onfear sthyeraesis a paragraph in the Evening Mail of yester-
day, relating to tile new Chief Baron, which contains
many lies as lines, invented for the purpose
'staining the audacious assertions of the Editor, that
the Lord Lieutenant favours and encourages political
agitation.
It is affirmed that the new Chief Baron is an out and-
out Rtheepn hiseale
Repealer. .That he " owes his advancement first,
a
promotion to, \Jr. O'Connell ;" and conse-
quently, that his elevation 4o the Bench is, on the part of
the Lord Lieutenant, a .direct act of encouragement to
the Repealers.

It is.scarcely necessary to do more than mention these
absurdities, in order to exposehastheir utter falsehood.—lbid.
icsor a
dm.
at
theelnecnegdt h
aroused
r o u operationssed to
on
The Ulster Association
the very stronghold of Oran '
the Northern Province have been,geThe Reformers of
combined and effective exertion, and
, as sueeesswhich has
already attended the movement, demonstratedth at the
preliminary meeting on Friday, has induced Mail to
treat it with such lofty contempt. The Assoetciiation is,
therefore, a humbug, a farce, and, moreover, i
and absurd ! We promise Jeremiah that he will soon
have to alter his tone. The Orange Magnates of Ulstereen
regard the Association with far different feelings...bids

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AuG. 20.

IN THE MATTER OF BENJAMIN LETTIS.

The insolvent in this case applied to be discharged
on bail.

Mr. Wtionnorn, on the part of the creditors, op-
posed the application. In support of his opposition, he
read an affidavit by the attorney against the insolvent,
stating that the two persons named as bail—James
William Loyd and Martin Mahar—were insufficient se-
curity for the insolvent's liabilities, which amounted
to 210/.
James William Loyd, examined by Mr. Woon-
F.OFFE—I am a dairyman in Old-street-road. My
house and fiirniture is worth upwards of 2001. I have
also a quantity of plate.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—State to the Court
the several articles which you say amount to 2001. in
value.
The witness entered into a detail of the " plate" and
furniture, by which it appeared that the former con-
sisted of one silver cream ewer, and half a dozen
spoons ; and of the latter, although he enumerated
even the most trifling of the kitchen utensils, the amount
did not reach 60/.
The description of the several articles, and the prices
named for them, together with the cross-examination of
this witness, kept the Court in roars of laughter.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he would at once
reject this application, on the ground of the insufficiency
of the bail.
Loyd—But I have several houses besides.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—That will not do. The
insolvent is remanded.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Au.. 20.
(Before Mr. Commissioner MEttivALE.)
IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM CARROL.
This was the day fixed for the choice of assignees
in the matter of this bankrupt, who was described as a
wine-merchant, carrying on business in Finsbury-circus.
The bankrupt was examined at considerable length by
Mr. MaxoN (a barrister), who also sought to prove for
a sum of 6101, ; and the evidence in effect was that he
had given up all his books and papers this morning to
the official assignee, reserving only the private corre-
spondence with his wife and family, who had been re-
siding abroad for the last four years and a half.
Mr. AARON—Yon lent some thousands to your fa-
ther-in-law, Mr. Shea ; have you any letters or vouchers
for such large advances ?
Bankrupt—No, I have not, neither bond nor bills.
To what amount did you trust John and Joseph Shea?
From 14,000/. to 16,000/. ; several sums were repaid ;
and now, including principal and interest, they owe me
18,000/.
Have you no claim upon their distillery in Irelan i?
—I have ; and I have not. In 1831, Mr. Kerman,
myself, and another of Shea's largest creditors, agreed
to take a composition for our debts of ss. in the pound,
but not to enforce our claim until Mr. Kerman
should be first repaid the sum of 12,000/., with which
the distillery was to oe set at work. It ultimately
proved a failure, and Mr. Kcrma❑ lost the whole of his
money.
Was not Mr. Kerman a partner with the Sheas ?—I
believed him to be so, and thought to make him liable,
but I have since been informed that if I did so, ho could
take the benefit of the act. _ .

Did you not make an assignment of all the furniture
contained in your house in Eaton-square to a Mr.
Thompson, for 8501.? Pray who is Mr. Thompson ?
—He lives at Cheltenham, and I made the assignment
to him as far hack as three or four years ago. He had
become security for me to a Mr. Walton, who is now
one of my creditors.
When you called upon me to ask me to take a war-
rant of attorney at ss. in the pound, for the two thou-
sand guineas lent you by my uncle in Paris, did you
ever mention a word of that assignment, although you
now parade forth that furniture as a large item in your
assets ?—No, I did not, as I did not think it to be
necessary. The fact is, that about two years and a half
ago I fell into difficulties, and my creditors agreed to
take ss. in the pound. As, however, very shortly
after I found that I had no claim upon Kerman, I told
my creditors that I owed about 3,5001., and that I had
about 2,700/. to pay them, and they signed a deed, to
which Mr. Mahon was hostile ; and being asked by him
to show how I arrived at these amounts, I put down,
on the instant, the memorandum which he now holds in
his hand.
The Learned COMMISSIONER did not think that the
bankrupt should be pressed so much upon this point
until his last examination.
Examined by Mr. Walton, a creditor—l had 130
doz..Jl of claret in my cellars, and I'2 cases of cham-
pagne, but not to the extent of 230 dozen.
Mr. Walton—You told me you had 130 dozen of
champagne.
The Bankrupt—That I never did ; I spoke of the
claret.
Mr. Walton—From what has passed here to-day I
shall never ask the bankrupt again a single question as
I to a matter of fact. _

..._ .........
The Bankrupt—l am upon my oath, and I have told
the truth.
.. . ..

Mr. Commissioner NIEttivALE said he could not
prevent this altercation, but the bankrupt was bound
to answer such questions as a creditor might feel it his
duty to put to him.
Mr. MaxoN—Have you any wines elsewhere ?

Mr. Commissioner MERIVALE could not a:lotv this
examination to be further protracted, as this was not
the fitting occasion for it.
Messrs. Johnson and Co. claimed for a debt of 681.
under the deed of composition, but as they never ob-
tained any one payment, they put it to the Court if
they might ❑ot be allowed to prove for their original
debts.

Mr. MAHON said he was in nearly a similar position,
the only difference being, that he had taken a warrant
of attorney for his composition, but had received nothing.
He therefore wished to know if he were to be excluded
from proving for his 2,000 guineas.
The Learned COMMISSIONER thought that Mr.
Mahon having taken a new security, was excluded ;
but that the Messrs. Johnson might prove for their old
debt, as the bankrupt had made them no payment from
the date of the execution of the deed up to the period
of his bankruptcy.
Mr. Walton said he had been induced by the bank-
rupt to discount a bill for a Sir J. Webster \Vedder-
burnc, who had lately died, and the bill was unpaid.
He therefore wished the bankrupt to give him up tile
note of introduction which certain solicitors had written
to the bankrupt, and who knew, from circumstances
which he could prove, that when they so introduced
him to Carroll, his bill was worth nothing.
The examination was subsequently directed to the
houses in which the bankrupt lived, and the disposal of
certain articles of furniture, in the course of which he
became violently convulsed, but, having been accom-
modated with a seat, recovered again in a few minutes,
when he said he had a painting in his possession belong-
ing to Colonel O'Malley which he wished to restore to
him, but—

The Learned COMMISSIONER said he could give no
directions about it, as it was at present the bankrupt's
reputed property.
The bankrupt asked if be might have an allowance
made to him, and also obtain his protection.
The Learned COMMISSIONER. told him the Court
would grant the latter, but he must apply to the assignee
for an allowance.

Mr. John Phillips Judge and Mr. J. Henry Price
were then chosen assignees.

CENTRAL CREVIINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Robert Fairbairn, the Captain of the Princess Vic-
toria, steam-vessel, surrendered to take his trial upon
the Coroner's inquest, for the manslaughter of John
Brister, by oversetting the wherry in which he was, end
thereby drowning him.
Mr. CLARKSON appeared for the defendant. The
Grand Jury ignored the bill that had been preferred
before them.

The first witness called was a person named Wilde,
and from his evidence, it appeared that on the Ist of
July, about eleven o'clock in the morning, the Princess
Victoria was on her way down the river, and when she
arrived off Greenwich, a boat, in which was a water-
man, two ladies, the deceased, and a boy, came off for
the purpose of putting the ladies and the deceased on
board the steamer. She was hooked on to the gangway
ladder, and while one of the ladies was in the act of
getting into the boat, the steamer went on, and the
wherry was dragged through the water and swamped,
and the deceased was washed out and drowned. The
witness stated that there was a sailing barge coming in
a contrary direction, which must have struck the steamer
if she had not gone on as she did.

John Welsh—deposed that he was mate of the barge
41ary ; and he was sailing with the barge up the
river, with the tide. When he arrived off Greenwich,
itwnehsesr,srybasirrigke:
anTdheshEenriaenralidntostheearmoen; washe saw the Victoria, and a wherry alongside her, and
ah set esranwo f thew
e
quarter, and carried away the barge's mizen mast. Ile
considered that if the Victoria had not moved on at
the instant she did, his barge would have struck her.
As the steamer went on, the barge cleared her.
Cross-examined--Did not think the barge would have
struck the wherry if the Victoria had remained still.
Thought she would have had her more astern.
William Thomas, the waterman who had charge of
the wherry, deposed that he was engaged to couvey
the deceased and two ladies on board the Victoria, and
she stopped to receive them, and the boat was hooked
on in the usual way. Just as one of the ladies
stepped on to the steamer's
.ladder, she went on,
and the boat was dragged into the water, and
sunk immediately. He did not hear any order
given for the boat to go on. He supposed the steamer
moved on, on account of the barge that was coming
towards them. The deceased was drowned, but the
other passengers, with himself, were picked up. It
was a spring tide, and there was what they call half a
gale of wind from the west,. He gave uo aig.iai to the
steamer to go on, because he had two more passengers