The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-03 00:00:00

COUNTY OF CORK ELECTION.

The Cork Examiner contains the following accouait
of the polling yesterday (Wednesday) :—" The contest
was renewed this day, when considerably more activity
was exhibited in the different booths. The repeal elec-
tors were coming forward thickly and polled with all
possible dispatch, while amongst Mr. Leader's adherents
the want of men was apparent. The following was the
state of the gross poll at eleven o'clock :
For Dr. Power 3OB

For Mr. Leader

237

Majority for Dr, Power --71
" At 12 o'clock the Repeal majority had advanced to
85, or 64 upon the day's voting alone.
"The Assessor's Court was almost totally unoccupied.
At this period so few of Mr. Leader's immediate friends
and principal two!, ters
_to bs_ agenj en me,. at,
"At two o'clock, four of the booths were cleared and
idle, scarcely an elector of either party appearing.
State of the gross poll—
For Dr. Power
For Mr. Leader 306 _ _ _

Gross majority for Dr. Power —ll6
" The following is the state of the poll, as declared by
,he sheriff yesterday morning:—
Day s Poll. Gross.
237
148

Power .
Leader .

Majority fNosrALE._
Power
BOROUGs The Liberal electorsiol°f"this
borough assembled on Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Murphy,
P.P., in the chair, and adopted the following resolution,
so that Mr. Watson's re-election is a matter of certainty:
—" That with a view to secure the return of a Liberal
representative at the approaching general election, we
consider it desirable that all persons should unite in
supporting Mr. Watson, who so ably represented us for
the past five years."
COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—At the county meeting in
Cashel on Tuesday, Mr. N. Maher consented again to
be put in nomination. We believe that Mr. Francis
Scully, the second son of the lamented James Scully, of
Tipperary, will be chosen as the second Repeal candi-
date.—Tipperary Vindicator.
BOROUGH OF YOUGRAL. One of the Ponsonby
family is announced as a candidate for Youghal, on the
Duke of Devonshire's interest.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—YESTERDAY.
WALL V. WALL AND ALCOCK.
This was an issue, directed by an order of the Lord
Chancellor, bearing date the 20th day of February,
-1847, to inquire into the legitimacy of the plaintiff, Mr.
James William Morris Wall, son of Mr. James William
Morris Wall, late of the 18th Dragoons, and grandson
of George Morris, of the county Waterford, deceased.
The case occupied the Court from Monday morning
until five o'clock last evening, when the jury found a
verdict for the plaintiff, thereby establishing his legiti-
macy and right to the possession of the property in
question, about 1,3001. a year, now enjoyed by Sir Ben-
jamin Morris Wall, his uncle.
The Poor-law Commissioners dissolved the Ballinrobe
guardians, and have appointed paid guardians, selected
from the office in Dublin.—Limerick Chronicle.

---iliii-iiiii.;;YAcClDENT.—Saturday evening we
were informed of a fatal accident which occurred on the
Limerick and Waterford Railway, at the cross of Bober,
by which it was stated two men were killed on the spot.
Upon inquiry, we are happy to add that only one man
James Curtin, of New Pallas, met with the untimely
fate ; but two others, Hayes, of Grange, and Ryan, of
Castle Connell, were so severely injured, that they were
removed to the county infirmary, where they continue in
a very precarious state. While the workmen were at
dinner, it appears that some vile miscreant, knowing
that the engine would traverse the
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placed a broken iron chair upon the rail, which was
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off the rail, and precipitated b a out a height of 12 feet.
Fortunately the engineer was enabled to check the speed
of the engine before the last
consequences might have waggon turned over, else the
been truly awful. We under-
stand two persons have been arrested on suspicion of
being concerned i
thought, n the atrocious outrage, designed, it is
through feelings of revenge consequent upon
the reduction of labourers.—Limerick Chronicle,

LONDON DOCR.S.—The half-yearly meeting of the
proprietors of stock in this company was held yester-
day, to receive the report of the directors, and for the
declaration of a dividend. It appears from the state-
ment read that the number of loaded ships which en-
tered the docks from foreign ports during the six months
ending the 31st of May was 548, and the tonnage
150,570 tons. In the corresponding period of 1846 the
relative numbers were 593 ships, and 142,533 tons,
being an increase this year of 8,037 tons. The3lesatrno-f
earn-
ings of the company for the six months, to the
ondin
May, were 198,6261. 11s. 5d., and in the corredsSure fof
period of 1846, 191,246/. 12s. 7d. The expo
tax, wans 108,1141.
3s. Bd.,
1846, 98,082/. 18s..
and
x duringths expenditure arose from the
3d. Part of the increased inctlhu:isnagmethpeeiriod,7
a
heavier payments for taxes, especially poor-rates. The
to the.credit of the company was 294,5081., out
of which the directors recommended a dividend at the
rate of 2i per cent. for the half-year. The balance in
favour of the company was 203,0651. 16s. 3d.; but of
this amount 173,403/. 13s. 7d. was due upon goods in
the warehouses, being for outstanding charges, &c. The
stock of goods in the warehouses of the company on the
31st of May was 103,106 tons; and at the same date in
1846, 105,276 tons. The cost of the additional ware-
houses and vaults, which the direct6rs had no doubt
would prove remunerative, was 84,0001. After a few
remarks from the proprietors, expressive of satisfaction
at the report, the dividend was agreed to, thanks wore
voted to the directors, and the meeting adjourned.
THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MES‘E,R6.
MAUSDLAI(6.—Th•2 to replace the tools of
forty of the workmen, which were all destroyed in this
terrible fire, goes on prosperously, about 300/. being
already contributed towards the amount required to
replace them viz., 6004