The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-08 00:00:00

MURDER OF AN IRISHMAN BY

A WELSHMAN.

On Tuesday evening last, a party of men were drink-
ing at a beer-house, near Risca, which lies about six
miles from Newport, in Monmouthshire, and is in the
colliery district. Among them were two Iri,th pedlars,
who were well known in that neighbourhood. 'While
sitting there in quiet, a Welshman named Collings, left
his team of trams at the door, and entered the house,.
Without any quarrel, he selected one of the Irishmen,
named James Richardson, and cried out to him,
" Arn't you one of those h-y Irishmen?'!
and thereupon struck him with great violerce,
and knocked him down. He then turned to the
other Irishman, and said, " Re had sent one Irishman
to sleep," pointing to the man on the ground, "and how
he would send another," and thereupon attacked him
also; but he contrived to escape. Richardson was able
to get up in a short time, but complained very much.
He proceeded to Newport, whither Collings had gone,
and came up with him at the tram-road terminus.
Richardson there asked him his name, and complained
of his conduct, when Collings jumped out df the tram,
and with a Welsh oath vowed he'd let him know now all
about it, whereupon he struck the Irishman several violent
blows in the face, about the head, and knocked him
down, and while lying on the ground, in a state of in-
sensibility, kicked him violently about the head and
body. The poor fellow was taken home, and lingered
until Thursday forenoon, when be exp'red; Mr. Wool-
lett, the medical gentleman, pronouncing his death to
have resulted from the injuries he had received about
the head, which presented a frightful appearance. The
Welshman was captured soon after, and charged with
the wilful murder of Richardson, before the magistrates,
who, after hearing evidence, remanded the case until thiP
coroner's jury had held an inquest, which was to take
place immediately. The event has caused much new
sensation between the two classes of Irish and Welsh in
Newport and the district.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.

Assistant-Surgeons—George Gordon, of the Sampson
steam-frigate, to the Asia, 84, flag-ship, on the Pacific
station. S. Bowden, from the Nereus store depot at.
Valparaiso, to the Sampson. J. B. Forster, from the
Asia to the Nereus.

Midshipman—Thomas Smithets, from the Champion
corvette in the Pacific, to the Sampson.
Dockyard Appointments—Mr. Chace, inspector of
Chatham, to be superannuated. Mr. Carter, measurer
at Sheerness, to be transferred to Chatham. Mr. E,
Allen, inspector at Portsmouth, to be superannuated.
COMMODORE'S SHIP FOR THE COAST OF AFRICA.--
The Centaur steam-frigate at Portsmouth will be fitted
out for the new command on the coast of Africa, but it
is not expected she will be ready to hoist the pendant of
the commodore for a couple of months.
THE SQUADRON OF EXEECISE.—The St. Vincent, 120
guns, Sir Charles Napier's flag ship, the Prince Regent,
90, Captain W. F. Martin, the Powerful, 84, Captain the
Hon. Robert Dundas, C. 8., the Orestes, 14, Com.
Hawker, the Plumper, 12 (screw), Com. Nolloth, the
Reynard, 12 (screw), Corn. Craycroft, and the Strom-
boli, 6 (paddle), Commander Lord Amelius Beauclerk,
remained anchored at Spithead, and weather bound
yesterday. The Prince Regent embarked supernume-
rary seamen, boys, &c., on Wednesday, for conveyance
to Sir William Parker, G .C. 8., for distribution amongst
the ships of his fleet. Sho is intended to relieve the
Rodney, 90 guns, and will most probably be detached
from Sir Charles Napier's command at Lisbon. Captain
Dacres, of the St. Vincent, is sufficiently recovered from
his late illness to be enabled to return to duty in a day
or two; and as the Admiral is most unwilling to sail
without him, the fleet will, most probably, not weigh
anchor until he has rejoined.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—The Rosamond steamer, Com..
wander John Foote, arrived on Thursday. She wa
laden with coals, and took the mail on board. She
was paid wages yesterday, and will sail as soon as the
weather moderates.

The Amazon, 26, Captain Troubridge, went out of
harbour on Thursday last. She was mustered, inspected,
and paid advance on Saturday. She has embarked her
mail, and will sail as soon as the weather permits.
The Express packet, Lieutenant Long, arrived on
Saturday from Falmouth, and came into harbour yester-
day, to have her defects made good.
The Confianco st.iam-tug, Martin, having undergone
repairs, and shipped new boilers at Woolwich, returned
to this port on Monday.
The Cadet, female convict-ship, having been detained
in consequence of sickness on board, that sickness, which
was of an ordinary character, is now abated, and she will
sail as soon as the weather permits.
Woormicn, DEC. 7.—The William and Mary yacht,
formerly the flag-ship of the Commodores and Captains•
Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, was towed front
Woolwich to Deptford yesterday, and will be taken into
dock at the latter dockyard, to be broken up, having been
found unfit for further service.

The Hashemy, hired convict-ship, Dr. Brownie&
surgeon-superintendent, left her moorings, opposite
Woolwich Dockyard, this forenoon, with about 300 male
convicts on board, for Van Diemen's Land. Dr.
Dabbs, surgeon ion board the Unite hospital-ship, re-
ported on Monday last a fatal case of cholera of one of
the convicts belonging to the classes on board the
Hashemy.
The Llewellyn, Holyhead mail-packet, left Woolwich
on Monday, and after having her compasses adjusted at
Greenhithe, will proceed for service on the Holyhead
station.

Mr. Alderman Musgrove, we understand, was on
Tuesday last unanimonsly dieted chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' and General Fire and Lifo Assu-
rance Company, in the room of Charles Bleaden, Esq.,
who has resigned.
FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. William
Andrews, accompanied by his wife and child, were pro-
ceeding in a light chaise along the Kennington-road,
when the horse, having taken fright, darted off at a
fearful pace, Mr. Andrews losing all control over him.
The screams of the female were truly frightful, as she
held her baby forward, imploring that it might be saved.
Several men who attempted to stop the affrighted animal
were knocked down. On arriving opposite Newington
church, where there is a well-known sharp and dan-
gerous curve in the road, the animal fell. The un-
happy woman was found under the horse, quite insen-
sible, and was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where
she lies dangerously ill, having sustained serious internal
injuries. Mr. Andrews and the child were much in-
jured, but not dangerously, the latter having escaped
being crushed to death by the presence of mind of the
mother, who threw the baby forward from her arms.

REDUCTION OF WAGES.—The workmen employed
at the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr, received a
month's notice on Saturday that a reduction of ten per
cent. would take place a month hence. Reductions are
about to be made in other places.

SUNDAY SHAVING.—The curate of Upton-on-
Severn has laid information against the local barbers
for following their calling after the hour of half-past
ten o'clock on Sunday morning. The informations are
laid under the 29th Charles 1., and the case came on
for hearing a few days ago. Mr. Holland, solicitor for
defendants, in addressing the bench, stated that he re-
gretted that in the 19th century, an act of such a nature,
passed 200 years ago, should be attempted to be enforced.
Were the magistrates aware that men for wearing brass
buttons in place of cloth ones on their coats were liable
to a fine of 501.? or that under that very Act of Charles
no butcher was allowed to go into bis own house on the
Lord's day, under a penalty of 20s.Y—or that no baker
could bake a joint of meat without being subject to a
penalty ? The defendants were discharged with a cau-
tion.—Cheltenham Examiner.
THE ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLlEL—Yesterday,
a quarterly court of the governors of the above asylum
was held at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-
street, to receive the report and to elect six additional
boys on the foundation from a list of twenty-four can-
didates, the children of soldiers, sailors, and marines,
natives of Scotland, who have died or been disabled in
the service of their country, and of indigent Scotch
parents, resident in London, not entitled to ptsrechial
relief. George Lindsay, Esq., in the chair. There are
at present (including yesterday's election) 79 boys and
49 girls. The report stated that, with a view to accom-
modate and maintain
toward
d Matheson,
thist h es females,pEecsliuio object
eoccOht/a.
ut
hhneya t,l been ex -
munificentM.P.'ha
James
During the past year the directors
dcpoconnntdaretiidbo.untejodfamtlo,
have had to encroach upon the vested ca.pital of the cor-
poration to the amount of 2,950/ , leaving, with former
encroachments and the current- expenses, a funded pro- - perty of 16,777/. 12s. 11d. The institution is under the
especial patronage of her Majesty.
SEIZURE FOR CIIVRcu-RATES. —yesterday morning
Mr. Thomas Pierce, one of the churchwardens of St.
Martin's, Ludgate, attended by the agents of the law,
entered the premises of Messrs. Miall and Cockshaw,
printers, Ilorse-shoe-court, Ludgate-hill, and carried
off two tables, three chairs, a piece of drugget, a box of
type, four reams of paper, a portrait of Mr. Edward
Miall, and several small articles, to bo sold for the benefit
Of the vicar and churchwardens of the parish, for church-
rates, amounting to 3/. 135.10 d., which the above gentle-
men had refused to pay. The goods are to be sold by
auction in the course of a few days. This is the second
distraint which has been made upon the goods of Messrs.
Miall and Cockshaw within the last eighteen months to
meet the demands of the church.
THE CONDUIT IN CORNHILL.—On Wednesday, a
pump, bearing the following inscription, was placed at
the south-east angle of the Royal Exchange, on Corn.
bill:—" On this spot a well was first made and a house
of correction built by Henry Wallace, Mayor of London,
in 1282. The well was discovered, much enlarged, and
this pump erected in 1789, by the contributions of the
Bank of England, East India Company, and the neigh•
bouring fire-offices, together with the bankers and trade's
of the ward of Cornhill." Round the head of the pump
are the emblematic devices of the fire-offices. The well,
which is of considerable depth, is situate in the centre of
Cornhill, fronting the south entrance to the Royal Ex-
change.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT MURDER AT CARDIFF.--•
On Tuesday the town of Cardiff was again the scene of
another diabolical attempt at murder. The victim, on
this occasion, was an Irish woman. It appears that she
had been fetching sand down by the wharfs, and whilst
returning with it about three o'clock P.M. some one sud-
denly pounced upon her from behind and stabbed her
under the right arm with some sharp instruthent —pro- '.
bably a knit,. It entered about two inches and a half
deep, hut, fortunately, by coming in contact with one ef...
tier ribs, it was prevented penetrating any further. The
poor thing was immediately taken to the infirmary,
where her wound was dressed, and we are happy to find
that she is considered out of danger. No clue can be
had of the villain who inflicted the wound, although se-
veral parties have been taken up on suspicion. •
The last report from the lluvre cotton- market
istates, that bin,lnet.s was more animated, although no
essential change has occurred in quotations,