The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-01 00:00:00

IRELAND. 1 Mr. Hodges, the Government reporter •, left for Lime-
Doi- -," Aria 29.—A large majority of the rick by the mail of last night.
magistrates of the county and city of Dublin has de- Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher are to appear in the
-clared in favour of coercion. Nothing less than the Queen's Bench on Monday morning, at ten o'clock,
proclamation of both will satisfy " the great unpaid" to be charged with the information at the suit of the
(If the county of Dublin, for it is a remarkable fact, Queen, the Attorney-General having entered a nolle
tihat of the city magistrates present when this sage. Prosequi on the indictments, and .tiled ex officios
determination was arrived at, nine-tenths were me - instead.
f avourable to the proposition, and, whit is still mor e SHARP SHOOTING IN CARLOW.
remarkable, very many of these gentlemen heretofor e The Carlow Sentinel, a Tory paper, contains the
professing high Conservative politics. The meetin g following very gratifying statement, proving at once
was convened by Lord Brabazon, the county Sherif ft the powerful influence of the Catholic clergy, and the
and was called on requisition to him, in his capacit, y salutary manner in which it is exercised, as in the
of Vice-Lieutenant. present instance, by that most admirable priest and
His Lordship having taken the chair, right-minded citizen, the Rev. James Maher :
The Hon. Mr. PRESTON, a county magistrate, pro- "We omitted to notice the rifle practice which took
posed the following address to the Lord Lieutenant - place a few days since in Carlow Graigue, believing
" We, the undersigned magistrates and Deputy- that the misguided youths who assum ed a warlike air,
Lieutenants of the county and city of Dublin, having would, on reflection, consider it prudent to evade the
witnessed with horror and disgust the traitorous penalties of the law. We refer to the matter merely
advice lately given at certain public meetings by evil to express our satisfaction at the course pursued by
designing men, with ir tent to excite the ignorant and the Rev. James Maher, P.P., who, on Sunday last,
mors necessitous of the poorer classes to acts of in - denounced those persons engaged in the practice of
subordination and rebellion, are anxious to approac'n J rifle shooting on the Sabbath, and warned them of
your Excellency with the strongest expression of ou r the consequences of a repetition of such conduct.
detestation of such proceeding, and of our determines We learn that the Rev. Gentleman's observations
tion, under the blessing of God, to use every exertion were attended with effect. The rifle corps is dis-
within our power to assist your Excellency in the banded, and the neighbourhood will be no longer dis-
maintenance of order. turbed by the disciples of Mr. Mitch ell, who appear
"We deeply deplere that an insignificant and tur- to be fewer in number than Falstaff's battalion of
bulent party should have been able, by their seditious ragged recruits, and could only be formidable in the
exhortations and the sanguinary violence that has event of a sudden descent upon the ben-roosts of the
characterised their harangues, to create so much alarm neighbourhood."
amongst the great body of the community, as ma-
THE PROSECUTED PATRIOTS.
terially to paralyse the operations of trade and com-
osted through the city of Cork,. calling
la on
the
Large placards of variously googeous colours are
merce, and consequently to entail such calamitous P
results on the industrious classes; and though we are People to assemble on Monday, at Sydney-p?e,in
trades to march from their rooms Inc prodcession,
aware that your Excellency has succeeded, by the oprosaeveute patriots."
judicious and vigorous exercise of the powers en- order to sympathise with the
trusted to you, to suppress all insane attempts at out- The placards conclude with " God.nss on a the People."
n extensive
break, we conceive it to be of the utmost importance We have heard that preparations
that the loyal and well-disposed portion of the people scale are being, made to renderrtnon the demonstration
ured that some of
should stand forward to assist your Excellency in sufficiently effective. It is u
maintaining peace and restoring confidence. the magistrates have already got a little nervous on
" We therefore feel it incumbent, under the sir-
the matter, conceiving there is no necessity for an
cumstances, to give assurance to your Excellency of
open air meeting, and will prohibit the assemblage in
eur affection and loyalty to the Crown, and of our 9 Sidney-place.
The magistrates met yesterday, but they did not
firm determination to exert our influence, and, if
consider it necessary to come to any resolution to put
necessary, to place our rersonal service at your dis-
down the meeting or procession. They strongly ob-
posal for the preservation of peace, the support of the
the ject to banners ; and trust. that the rural population
throne, and the maintenance in its integrity of
e its separate meeting. Cork
will not come into the city, as, if necessary, each
constitution of the United Kingdom.
" We would respectfully but earnestly submit to
alcalinHohaa-la.rd is returned for the county of
Examiner.
her Majesty's Government the absolute necessitf of lm'saiiirt3rß
following is the account of the last
taking the most prompt and vigorous measures to i
N 4:: i ckly ~.s. . p
.The.
prohibit the organization of clubs, and put down all i
d of the election :
seditious proceedings, whether by meetings, speeches, y
OCRTH AND LAST DAY'S POLLING.
or pubiications, and to restore confidence to the well-
At hallc.-
disposed by enforcing obedience to the laws--by 1
'B ab past six o'clock the High-Sheriff, Lord
preventing the manufacture, sale, and indiscriminate r azo.n., declared the poll this day :--
possession of arms, and by repressing, with a strong Sir R. Howard ... .
nand, those traitorous and seditious efforts which are Mr. Monck
now being openly made to excite a people, suffering Majority -4
under severe privations, to sanguinary rebellion, and GROSS POLL.
to subvert all law, order, and
~government in this
portion of the United Kingdom.
Colonel CONNOLLY seconded the motion, to which
the following amendment was moved by C. Firzsi-
MON, Esq.:—
" That while we are prepared to assist her Majes-
ty-3 Executive in maintaining peace and order, we '
feel we should be wanting in our duty to the Crown,
if we did not inform Government of our conviction
that distress and discontent pervade society in Ireland ;
that large and generous measures are necessary to
restore this country to permanent tranquillity."
ity -9-. "
Mr. REYNOLDS, M.P., seconded the amendment,
which was supported by Lord Cloncurry, the Hon.
• South
well, Sout;i
well, Mr. George Roe, Mr. Wallace, Mr.
'l'. Hutton, Alderman O'Brien, M.P., Cantaiu
Lindsay, Mr. George Pini, Sir John Power, Bart.,
Alderman Keshan, &c., &c., all of whom testified to
the good disposition of- their respective localities, and
protested against the injustice of subjecting a well-
disposed city like Dublin to the operation of an arbi-
trary and unconstitutional law.
On a division, the amendment was negatived by
a majority of twenty-six, twenty-two being in favour
of it, and forty-eight against it. On the division
being taken,
Sir JOHN POWER said Before your Lordship
leaves the chair, I beg to protest against the whole
proceedings of this meeting.
On the motion of Mr. HAMILTON, it was then re-
solved that the address should be presented to his
Excellency by their chairman, the Vice-Lieutenant
of the county.
Mr. Rey:comes entered his solemn protest against
the
county magistrates recording their votes upon
any subject affecting the city.
Alderman KrfPIATI, on the part of the city magis-
trates, also protested against the proceedings. He
was one of the humblest magistrates present.—(Cries
of " Question," and interruption.) He had not
troubled the meeting before, but he would not be
deterred lay clamour °from giving expression to his
opinions.
Sir ROBERT SHAW—Order, order. There is no
question before the chair.
Alderman KESEIAN—The Lord-Lieutenant has been
humbugged by designing persons, who were concoct-
ing reports detrimental to the character of the people.
There was no more danger of an outbreak in the city.
of Dublin than there was of one amongst the magis-
trates themselves. As a proof that he for one enter-
tained no apprehensions on the subject, he might
mention, that the preceding day he offered twenty-
five years' purchase for a limited estate.
Sir ROBERT SHAW (interrupting)—There is no
question before the chair.---(Order, order.)
Alderman KJ:OMAN—No matter ; you shall not
libel the people of Dublin with impunity. I deny
emphatically that the people are on the eve of rebel-
lion ; and I am sure there is not a Roman Catholic in
Dublin who is not ready, if necessary, to shed his
life's blood in defence of the throne. I, for one, am
prepared to do so.—(Cheers.) I regret to say that I
perceive a disposition oa the part of the magistrates
to coerce the city and keep the county free.—(No.)
Mr. FITZSIMON then moved that the Lord Mayor
should take the second chair; but his' Lordship de-
clined to do so, as he would thereby commit the City
of Dublin to an approval of the addresses which
had been adopted, and from which he totally dis-
sented.
The Hon. Mr. Preston was then called to the chair,
and a vote of thanks having been passed to Lord Bra-
bazon, the meeting separated.
Whether Lord Clarendon will adopt the sugges-
tions of the rural Dogberries, and proclaim the
city, remains to be seen. It is more than pro-
bable,..t however, that his Excellency, aftersuch an
'unequivocal expression of opinion
on the part of
the city magistracy, long _ will hesitate
resorts to such a measure, and the more especially
when he must be convinced that the great majority
of the citizens have no sympathy
the few hot-headed and recklessvit.b the ravings of
have found prating and printing seditionr individuals who
al)le employment during the last few montshuseh profit-

Sir R. Howard 368
Moncic
Majority -13
The High-Sheriff then declared Sir R. Howard
duly elected. Both gentlemen returned thanks.

LAW IN TELLIGELN CE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 29.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Lord Chie;
Justice WILDE and a Common Jury.)

"MALEY 7/. WAKLEY.
This action was brought to recover damages for the
publication of a series of alleged libels in the Lancet, of
which the defendant, Mr. Waklev, ALP., is the proprie-
tor, reflecting upon the character of the defendant, Mr.
Thomas Pease Healey, who is a barrister, and the pro-
prietor and editor of a rival publication called the Medical
Times.

Mr. Sergeant Wilkins appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd for the defendant.
It appeared that the plaintiff was appointed secretary
to a Convention of Poor-law Medicai Officers, which
was formed in 1847, for the purpose of agitating some
reform in the law as affecting them ; soid the libels
complained of consisted of articles published in five num-
bers of the Lancet, commenting upon the move-
ment, and deprecating in general terms the con-
nexion of the plaintiff with it. Oa the 9th of 1
October, 1847, the following passage appeared in the
publicatioe, which was spoken to by several witnesses
as referring to the plaintiff, and a medical gentleman
named Ross:—" When we wrote last there was only cne
party of a suspicious character attempting to obtain
the management of the Poor-law Medical Officers' Con-
vention for selfish purposes. Now there are two quacks
in the field, one offering gratuitously the vacant rooms
of the institute for its meetings; and the other, attempt-
ing to levy contributions upon the poor-law medical
officers. If the medical officers suffer these parties to
have the management of their affairs, their cause will be
inevitably injured." On the 15th of October the plain-
tiff was alluded to as a person not belonging to the ,
pro-
fession, and likely to bring the Convention into ridicule
I and contempt, and as a " quack lawyer, a mountebank,
and an impostor." The other libels contained assertions
of a similar nature, and the counsel for the plaintiff
stated that they were calculated to damage his reputa-
tion, and as he was but a young man in his profession,
might greatly retard his success in life.
Proof was given of the publication and proprietorship
of the papers, and the application of the libel to the
plaintiff.
For the defence it was contended that the character of
the plaintiff was not in the smallest degree affected by
the articles, and that the plaintiff was the last person in
the world who ought to have brought such an action,
having been himself, at the suit of Mr. Wakley,
found guilty on two previous occasions of libelling.
The action had no doubt been instituted for the purpose
of giving an opportunity to the plaintiff's counsel of
puffing the Medical Times.
The jury retired, and soon after returned into court
with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s.

COURT OF 13ANKRUPTCY, April 29.
(Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.)
IN RE CARROLL.

The bankrupt, Alexander Carroll, jun., was de-
scribed as of the Strand, newspaper proprietor. He
came up to pass his last examination. The bankrupt
had been proprietor of the Satirist newspaper. His
balance-sheet, commencing 9th of November, 1846,
and ending 12th of August, 1847, shows debts to
creditors 1,638/. ss. 6d ; ditto holding security,
200/.; liabilities, 951/. 195.; profits of trade, 631/.
Bd.; gratuities from his mother, 631/. ; gift of
creditors under former insolvency, 5001. ; credit
debtors, good, 421. 7s. 4d., doubtful, 90/. 135.; pro-
duce of gift of creditors, &c., 6.50/. 19s. 4d. ; pro-
perty, 800/.
His HONOUR asked how a gift from the creditors
came to be put down as due to the bankrupt ?
Mr. Maynard, the accountant, said that the money
had never been received. . _

The bankrupt said he was insolvent in 1844 for
about 10,0001. In 1846 became possessed of some
property on the death of his father ; but some part
was entailed. The creditors then met and proposed
to make bankrupt an allowance of 5001. if he would
join in cutting off the entail, which he did, and the
property was sold LI- 9,400/. and 1,0001. deposit had
been paid, but he had not received the 5001. The
Satirist newspaper, which cost bankrupt 8001. in
October, 1846, had been mortgaged for 2001., but the
trade assignee had allowed it to lapse.
His LioNoua said it W 23 possible the 5001. might
be recovered for the present creditors, but it ought
not to be put down as property ; the losses were,
consequently, 1,036/.
Mr. DUNCiat addressed the Court on behalf of the
bankrupt, who wag allowed to pass.

THE JACOBIN YREss.
" The Gagging Act" has had a most salutary effect
upon the venders of sedition. The Nation 8
and
stale United
Irishman of this day are as insipid
water. The Nation has published a new confession
soda
of political faith, which many even of the Conserva-
tive party will regard as orthodox enough, seeing that
Mr. Duffy most religiously eschews Communism,
Socialism, and various other isms, including Ribbon-
ism and Republicanism. The United Irishman
laving an antipathy to Norfolk Island and the hulks,
has become so wonderfully discreet, that he has em-
ployed a " counsel learned in the law " to revise his
Ii
roofs. To he sure, this new feature in journalism
bas been adopted to quiet " the coward fears" of the
tradesman who does the presswork of the papers ; but
it is such an evident improvement on the ancient
practice, that Mr. Mitchell might persevere in the
course with great advantage to himself. He says—
" All we shall say to-day is—First, Every man, in
all countries, ought to possess arms, and understand
Hie use of them, and not part with them upon any
consideration.

INTELLIGENCE.
,Tones
anGdUEI Ll.
calledz
aHacAlaL
rLit.
POLICE
Amelia
were charged, the
and at various shops with in-
tento the latter with being in:
formerto cwomitehmihtaavifneglony
possession of a quantity'
appeared that
could not account. t black lace for which she
From the evidence of a policeman, it
he had seen the prisoners go innto,
several
draper's shops, and from their conducthe suspected
linen.
the nature of their occupation. He therefore took
them into custody, and at the station-house sixty-
three yards of black lace, an&containing
a purse -
7s. 6d. were found in a basket carried by Clark.
IVlr:Vaughan, of Aldgate, draper, identified three
pieces of the lace as his property, which he had
missed.
Another witness said that the prisoners had pur-
chased at her master's shop a quantity of narrow lace,
and that she had shown them some broad lace which
they did not purchase. She believed that two of the
cl on the prisoners were part of those
pieces found
which she had shown them.
The prisoners were
remanded for further evidence.
CL ERKEIV WELL .
Leverson, aged 18 years,
Mr. Montague Richard N
18, Queen-
son of M. W. Leverson, Esq., of i o. b
square, Bloomsbury, was charged
placed at the ar,
~
with having discharged a pistol at Priscilla Fitz-
patrick, and so seriously wounding her that her life is
despaired of.
It appeared that between seven and eight o'clock
that morn-
ing Fitzpatrick, who is a servant in the
house, was Cleaning
the front parlour windows when
her younglonc,in to '
master was playing with a rifle pistol be-
. his brother, Not knowing it was loaded,
he accidentally l *
off, the contentspu led the trigger, and the pistol went
and she fell lie, a bullet, entered Fitzpatrick's breast,
finding what he
enseless to the floor. Mr. Leverson, 1
agitation for Mr. had
done, ran off in a state of
Ormond- street,
w-holiugh,man, surgeon, of Great
him, and finding
theinstantly returned with
wound, sent for the polic.e serious nature of the
was conveyed to the 1
_Tnnd stretcher, on which she
where every attention Waiversity College Hospital,
certificate was produced fro P 416 to her. A medical
__ln th
in"'
°
, the unfortunate woman t e hospital pnonounc-
and without hope of recovery. be It was quite insensible,
that the accused did not know • further proved
It was loaded, and that

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na " Second, Constitutional agitation, voting at elec-
sa •
g, petitioning 'Parliament' or addressing ' the
Queen,' is utter delusion in Ireland ; and we repsat
ta¢r entreaty, that any of our readers who have been
so foolish as to register their ' franchises,' should burn
el ei r registry
"We have farthercattoesin.
Gr.gging Bill has already inform our readers that the
in an unexpectod manner.
ieu Thisn
newspaper
soperate i
is printed
t euds
by the proprietor, at No. , Trinity-street, and the
wess-work is done at a
evening last, the
Bachelor's-walk. On steam-pressWednes printing•office,
proprietors of the press sent :lay
eminenotrd to our office that
kishcounsel that they
they were advised by
could not allow the United
and
as
it
wasout incurring
to their establishment any longer nwltni to be pressed
the risk of an indictment;
to make any other arrangement for the present then
too late
present week
we have been obliged to submit to the degradation
of :flaying our proofs revised by a law in yer, order t
satisfy the parties before this number could appear.o
I'Ve have most heartily to apologise to our readers
fo • this, and can only promise them that no lawyer's
pi a shall touch our writings a second time."
WHOLESALE EXTERMINATION IN CONNAUGHT.
Dr. Brown, the Catholic Bishop of E!phin, has
actiressed a letter to Lord Shrewsbury, in defence of
the Rev. Mr. Nl'Dermott, accused of instigating
the murder of the late Major Mahon, in which he
3,yes a list of 60.5 families, including upwards of
000 human beings, ejected by the deceased from his
property at StrOkestown.
• MORE PROSECUTIONS.—It is rumoured to-day, that
almild any of "the persecuted patriots" put them-
selv.•:., within the meshes of the law this evening, or
car oxcited over their cups at the soiree to be given in
[..luierick to Mr. Smith O'Brien and the other patriots,
they will be indicted anew under the Gagging Act.