The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-08 00:00:00

THE DINNER TO SIR. C. NAPIER.

The committee of the dinner to Sir Charles Napier,
the hero of Sinde, which is to be given on the 16th
inst., have received the following letter from Lord
Hardinge

" South Park, Oct. 30.
" Lord llardinge presents his compliments to the
committee, and, in reply to their letter, regrets that
it will not be in his power to be present at the dinner
about to be given in Dublin to Sir Charles Napier.
He is consoled for his absence, which is unavoidable,
by the fact that he has already had the.gratification
of witnessing the reception of his distinguished friend
in the midst of his comrades of the navy and army
in the United Service Club; -and of there expressing
his sentiments of admiration for the great ability dis-
played and eminent services rendered by that gallant
officer, and which he is confident will be celebrated
by his fellow-countrymen in Ireland in a manner
worthy of the illustrious man whom it is intended to
honour."

CASE OF MR. MARTIN.
In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, counsel
applied in the case of Mr. John Martin (late of the
Felon newspaper) versus the Queen in error, that-a
writ of habeas corpus do issue that Mr. Martin might
be brought before the Court, and further, that thOr
Lordships would fix Thursday for the purpose of as-
signing error. Both applications were granted by the
Chief Justice. The point relied upon to- sustain the
writ rests solely upon an objection .raised during the
trial to the admissibility of a burgess" of the city of
Dublin to act as a juror _in a case of felony, inasmuch
as that by the charters granted to the Lord Mayor
aldermen, and burgesses of Dublin in the reign of
Henry V. and other Sovereigns, burgesses, as part of
the corporation, were entitled to the property of
persons convicted of felony, and that, consequently,
any burgess acting as a juror had a direct interest in
the conviction of Mr. Martin.
ANOTHER DARING ROBBERY.
A Queen's County correspondent of the Freeman
writes—

"On Sunday, between the hours of 10 and 11
o'clock, as a pensioner named Kearney was proceed-
ing from Mountmellick to Clonaslee, for the purpose
of lodging the second halves of 771. with the staff-
sergeant there, he was met near Mr. Sabbtier's gate
(two miles from MOuntmellick) by two armed men,
who knocked him off his horse and ordered him. to
deliver the pensioners'. money which he had about
him. Kearney, after some resistance, handed the pre-
cious bundle, which, upon examination, they found to
their utter disappointment to be but half notes ; these
they flung back in his face with curses, and proceeded
to rifle his pockets, in which they found Bs. 6d. After
taking this triflng sum they decamped without
offering Kearney any further molestation, 'tiring
him in possession of his bundle of -half notes.
Lieutenant J. 0.. Lloyd, the stall- officer of the
Queen's County, attended at - `Mountmellick on
Saturday, for the purpose of paying the pen-
sioners of that district, and transmitted through the
post-office there the first halves of 7'71. for the
Clonaslee district;,
,at the same time giving Kearney
the corresponding halves, with balance of Bs. 6d
with which he was to proceed to the staff-sergeant on
the ensuing morning. It is very probable that the
men who robbed Kearney were watching Mr. Lloyd',
movements on the previous evening at Mountmellick,
and expected that, as usual, he would have continued
his route to Clonaslee ; but in this, as well as in the
robbery, they were disappointed. The orders from
the Horse Guards are, that when staff officers appre-
hend danger in their tour of payment to out-stations,
they may call to their assistance a sufficient escort of
pensioners and allow them 2s. 6d. a day each. I have
just heard there is a clue by which the police expect
to efiiict the apprehension of one of the robbers."
The Evening Mail contradicts the reported retire-
ment from Parliamentary life of the Hon. Colonel
Westenra, one of the Members for the King's County.

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DEPTFORD, NOY. 'I.—DEPARTURE PROM TEI
EMIGRATION DEPOT FOR SOOTZ A trfITRALIA.--.-Yell•
terday the Francis Ridley, of 850 tons burden, received
300 persons on board; destined to settle at Port Philip
South Australia. They consisted of 210 adults and 90
children.
•••
A LANCASHIRE CANNIBAL.--Early on Sunday
morning last a police-officer of the C division observe d
a man, having the appearance of an excavator, busily
engaged searching in a field, off Store-street, for some
thing which he appeared to have lost. The officer weal
up to and questioned the man, who at first seemed re-
markably taciturn, and indisposed to answer questions,
but at last he gathered that the fellow he was addressing
had that morning been engaged in an up-and-down fight,
Lancashire fashion, and that he was looking for one of
his ears, which his antagonist had bit off t Commise•
rating the poor wretch, the policemsn assisted him $0 .
look for his ear, which, after a while, he found, when
the officer strongly advised him to appear at the Borough
Court next morning, to apply for a warrant against the
brute who had so maimed him. " Noa, nos," rejoined
the fellow, coolly depositing his stray car in his waistcoat
pocket, " aw'A do now't at soart; it war a fair gradely
stand-up battle, un aw want Bother law nor warrant."—
Manchester Courier.

On the sth inst., at Ashford-lodge, near Crawley, SUMS,
the wife of J. Johnstone Esq., of a son.
On the sth inst., at Johnstone,
Clapham-park,
Kincaid, of a son.
On the sth inst., :at Eastfield, Ryde, the- lady of S. W.
Clayton, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED.
On the Ist inst., by the Bev. T. Wilson, incumbent of
'
Farnley, T. Julian Adams Esq., to Miss Armitage, oldest
daughter of W. Armitage, Esq., of Farnley-hall, Yorkshire.
At Eyneabury, Hants, on the Ist inst., Henry Platt, Esq.,
of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, to Susan Elizabeth, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Mr. Somers, of North Audley-street, Grosve•
nor-square.
On the 4th inst., at St. George-the-Martyr, Bloomsbury,
Miss Mary Ann King, niece of the late Mrs. Benda, of
Hunter-street, to R. C. Turnbull, Esq., of Lancaster.
On the 4th inst., at St. Paul's, Deptford, H. L. Ilearsum,
Esq., of the Ordnance-office, Tower, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest
ciptieter of Mr. J. Bunnett, of the Upper-road, Deptford.