The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-20 00:00:00

AGAINST THE QUEEN.

On the argument of the writ of error in this case it
will be contended that the judgment should be reversed,
for the following reasons:—
• Fret—That the caption is insufficient, as it does not
show that the jus:ices before whom the special session
of oyer and telminer and general gaol dellvery for the
county of Tipperary was held had due nut hurity in that
behalf to 11(,1d said sessions to take and try the indict-
ment on which the plaintiff in error was convicted.
Second—That the five counts .en which the plaintiff in
error was convicted are insufficient in law to suppoit the
judgment thereon Ova in, as 'that the offences therein
stared are not treason in Ireland. • •
Third—That if they be treasonlyet the sad several
five counts are insufficient in law to support said
judgment, for not charging_the offence' in the words of
the statutes,' for not expressly averring that the war
therein respectively mentioned was levied in Ireland, and
for concluding " against -the form of the statute," in•
•plau of "against the -form of the statute," &c.-
Fourth—That the judgment on the demurrer to the
declinatory plea, pleaded by the plaintiff in error, should
have been given for him, and not for the Crown.

Fifth—That there was a mis-trial, inasmuch as it ap-
pears from the recbrd that the plaintiff in error had not.
delivered to him a copy of the indictment, and atlist of
the witnesses, ti n days before his trial, pursuant to the
statutable enactment in such case made and provided.
Sixth—That the process under which the jury was
returned who tried tfie case was insufficient andinforrnai,
as the writ of venire facicts Juratores, under which the
jury was returned, appears to have been issued by virtue
of a bare award, and not, as it ought to have been, by
virtue of a particular precept; and moreover, said writ
appears not to have been in the form directed by the 3
and 4 William IV., chap.' 91, sea. 10.
Seventh—That he challenge to the juror Southcote
Minsergh should have been allowed.
Eighth—That the " allocutus" before judgment en-
tered on the record is informal. and insufficient in law,
inasmuch as it does not appear thereby that the plaintiff
in error was asked why the Court should not proceed to
judgment and execution against him upon the verdict
therein mentioned.

FRANCIS A. FITZGERALD.
ROBERT POTTER, Attorney.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TOURS AND POITAERS.—A letter from Tours states,
that the works on the line between the above towns,
which had arrived at an unexpected degree of advance-
ment, would be partially suspended during the Winter.
The reports which had been drawn up by the-engineers
charged with the construction of a line assigned a period
not far distant for the commencement of traffic over a
space of 120 kilometres. By the beginning of next year
the company would receive from the state, and com-
pletely finish, that portion of the line which passed
Nerpuy, la Yalu, and la Folie, and the whole section
would be terminated by September next. The 80 kilo-
metres which separated Chatellerault from Tours might
be opened for traffic by the end of winter.
THE WORKS ON THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD,—
We have it on the best authority that the report lately
circulated that the works on this line were stopped is
without foundation; on theLcontrary every exertion is
being made to finish the stupendous tubular bridge over
the Mensi straits by the middle of next summer.
The Gazette pf Friday night Contains a grant from-
the Railway Commissioners in favour of the Birming-
ham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, extending the time
for the completion of the railway over • two additional
years.
BASINGSTOKE • AND SALISBURY. Proceeding from
Basingstoke to Andover, through Whitchurch, Overton,
Monxton, and Thruxton, to Appleahaw fair, on' Tues-
day, we found the works all standing still, and every
man discharged on this day week (Friday), by, orders
received from Mr.,Brassy, the contractor, although the
line'appears to be in a very forward state as far as
dover, the rails down a great part of-the distance, the
embankments finished eff, and the bridges across the
cuttings commenced. It is said that the South-Western.
Company do not intend to carry this branch farther than
Andover for the present, and to that town it-is expectatt
the Ilite vim vr vpou bi--oh., 2_4 1 10.---nCtlatilg
Mercury.
GREAT WESTERN.—This company have presented a
donation of 401. to the 2001. fund subscribed by the in-
habitants of Cheltenham for the relief of the fan:tilles
who suffered by the late acident at Ilatherly Bridge.
GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR.—We understand, the
day after the Parliamentary notices of this company
were published, that 1,000 additional glans were ap-
plied for, although the subscription list for the neces-
sary amount of capital—the proof which the East India
-Company required of the ability of the company to
carry out the undertaking—had been sent into the India
House. With reeptct to tho nature of the guarantee,
upon which so much discussion has recently taken
place, we have heard, from .a source in which we are
disposed to place: confidence, that the Court of Directors
have all along considered their terms substantially a
guarantee of five per cent. to the shareholders; and fur-
ther, that so fir from their-being any disposition On their
part to throw over the railway. company, they have inti-
mated that, in the adjustment of the details between the
railway company and the Court, such arrangements may
be Made as will remove the contingence which, at pre-
sent, is considered to attach to the dividend. We are
happy to be able to state this, because we hale heard
doubts expressed of the sincerity of the East India Com-
pany's desire to have the railway system introdubed into.
'lndia by private companies. This company having com•
plied with all the conditions of the India louse, it will
not be long, we should hope, before active operations
will be comtneneed.—fierepatit's Journal.

RIDER'S RAILWAY BRIDGE.—DEATH OE THE IN-
VENTOR.---We regret-to announce that we have just re-
ceived intelligence of the death, at New York, of Mr.
Nathaniel Rider, the inventor of the iron railway bridge
bearing his name, which he had succeeded in getting into
extensive use on several lines in the United States. Mr.
Rider was a man of great integrity, and much esteemed
for the amiability of his disposition, as well as for his
mechanical genius.—Mining Journal.
KILLARNEY JUNCTION.=The• works on this line are
to be suspended during the winter, for want of the ne-
cessary funds. T _ •

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BELFAST
SAND BALLYMENA.—In consequence of some
grave charges having been brought against the manage-
melit, such as a want of civility on the part of the officers
connected with the line, and of, money borrowed at six
when it might be had at five per cent., an extraordinary
meeting has been convened by the directors to give the
proprietors an opportunity of making a full investigation
into the-matter.

WATERFORD AND. LIMERICK RAILWAY COMPANY.
—(Twenty• five miles open.)—Tratlic for the week end-
ing Saturday, the 11th of November, 1848 (exclusive
of the mails), 3011 10s. 10d.
DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
, week ending the 16th instant :-673L fis. Corresponding
week of last year, 7161. 13s. Bd.
ROUEN AND DAVBE RAILWAY.--;,The following is a
return of the receipts on the Rouen and Havre Railway,
for the week ending the 11th of November, 1848:
Passengers, 19,406 f. 75c.; luggage, parcels, &c., 1,334 E
80e.; goods, 33,355 f. 10c.; carriages and horses, 165 f.
20c.; miscellaneous, 3,985 f. 95e. Total for the week,
58,247 f. 80e.
DIEPPE RAILWAY.—The following is a return of the
receipts on the Dieppe Railway for the wet k ending the
12th of November, 1848:--Passengers, 2,957 f. 75c.; lug-
gage, parceli, &c., 90t,. 25c.; goods, 10,8921.; carriages'
and horses, sf. 15c.; miscellaneous, 555 f. 05c. Total
for the week, 8,500 f. 20c.

NORTHERN (OF FRANCE) RAILWAY.—The following
is a return of the receipts on the Great Northern Rail-
way for the week ending the 10th of November, 1848:
Passengers, 137,125 f. 78e.; goods, &c., 202,493 f. Bc.
Total, 339,618 f, 86c. For the corresponding week of
1847, 346,3331. 30d. Total receipts since Ist January,
1848, 13,168,676 f. 17c. For the corresponding period of
1847, 13,260,4811. 17c.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18
STOCK EXCHANGIL—The transactions. which took place
at our share market this morning were very few, at the fol-
lowing prices :—Caledonian, Preference, 6s. 3d. dis.—Great
Northern, 1314 dis. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths,
dis.—Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), 998 c. dis.—Ditto,
101. Shares, Preference, !4 p.--London and North- Western,
1 WA, c.—Ditto Quarters (A and B) 3 p.—Midland Stock,
79—Ditto, New Halves, 10% c. p.—forth Staffordshire,
6718 c. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 23 c.—Ditto, No. 4,
Thirds, 61. 13s. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G.
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E. Purchase), 11/2 dis.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 32 dis.

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• BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was flat to-day, and
little business transacted. North Staffordshires were quoted
at 61.65. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), i/. Bs.
9d. dia.— Shropshire Unions, 3!. 35. 9d. dis.—Nurth Mid-
lands, 52.
YORK, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business transacted to-day was
as follows : —Great Northern, 5% n.—North British, Thirds,
3Y9—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension), No. 1,
1216—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 12—Ditto (G.
N. E. Purchase), 6%—York and North Midland (East and
West Riding Extension), 22. .
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Nov. 18.
STOCK ExcnAsos.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
12%—York, Newcastle, and Barwick (Extension), No. 2,
11%.
GLASGOW, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCITAKOE.—The sales are—Caledonian, Prefer.-
ference, 903.—ClvdesJale Junction, 561—Edinburgh and
Batbgate, 80s. —tdinburgh and Glasgow, 79—Edinburgh and
Perth, Halves, 409.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves,
No. 1, 46s.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 50s.—Great Northern, 6,-
North British, Thirds, 758, York, Newcastle, and Berwick
(G. N, E. Purcheie), 7.