The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal fligh-
tless the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence,
Clarence House, St. James's.
Lord Portman had an interview with Sir George Grey
hyesterday, at the Home. offico, and delivered to thelti..:ht
on. Baronet loyal Addresses to the Queen from sixty-
four
parishes in Sornersetsh ire.
Mr. Mark Boyd and Mr. Samuel Browning had an
interview yesterday with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere,
at the Board of Trade.
The Duke of Ruxburghe had au interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Baron de Goldsmid, Mr. J. Bailey, and Mr. Maynard,
had an interview yesterday with the Commissioners of
her Majesty's Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place.
Mr. Richard Henry Jones and Mr. John White
Welch, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Pro-
vident Clerks' Association, had an interview tvith the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, at the offic of the Board of
Trade, yesterday.
Sir William Herries, the Chairman of the Commis-
sioners for auditing the Public Accounts, had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of Hong-Kong,
Ceylon, Aus-
tralia, Mauritius, the lonian Islands, Malta, and Gib-
raltar.
The Lords Committee of the Privy Council for Trade
and Plantations, had a meeting on Saturday, at the office
of the Board of Trade. There were present the Right
Hon. H. Labouchere, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, Lord
Campbell, Sir James Stephen, and Sir Edward Ryan.

THE COBDEN FUND.
An account current of this fund has been published
within the last few days, from which it appears that the
subscriptions received amount to 76,7611.6.. 6d., and
that there are subscriptions yet outstanding to be col-
lected to the amount of 2,0001. The credit part of the
account stands as follows .

£ s. d,

B•y cash, as per receipts of R. Cobden,
Esq. ...
•.• 58,488 0 7
By expenses on subscriptions received in
Manchester, consisting of salaries,
weekly wages, agents' travelling ex-
penses, postage, printing, stationery,
stamps. advertising, rents, taxes, gas,
coals, &c. 4,027 17 0
By balance in Messrs.
Jones Loyd's Bank ... £2,206 11 1
By balance in the hands of
the cashier
By balance of ;petty cash

269 17 8
5 11 2

By amount paid R. Cobden, Esq., per
London treasurers ---

2,481 19

... 11,763 9 0

£76,761 6 6
The accounts have been audited and declared to be
correct by Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Turton, near
Bolton, and Mr. Salis Schwabe, of Manchester. The
greatest portion of the fund was raised in the manu-
facturing districts of the north of England. Lancashire
contributed 46,9441. 6s. ; Yorkshire, 3,8984 15s. 9d. ;
Cheshire, 2,799/. ; Nottinghamshire, 525/. 7s. ; and
Warwickshire, 1,284/. The other English counties
subscribed comparatively small sums. Of the Scottish
towns Glasgow was the largest contributor, the sum
received from that place amounting to 4,206/. The
London subscription amounted to 11,763/. The receipt
of the entire subscription is acknowledged by Mr.
Cobden in the following letter ;
"TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL
FUND.
"My Friends,—The treasurers having placed at my
disposal the amount of the Cobden Testimonial Fund,
particulars of which are given in the accompanying
pages, the agreeable duty now devolves upon me of
offering you my grateful acknowledgments for your mu-
nificent contributions.
"At the time of the dissolution of the Anti-Corn-law
League, circumstances had determined me to withdraw
from public life, and devote myself, for some time, to the
exclusive care of my private affairs, when the proposal
which was unexpectedly made to raise a fund for me by
public subscription, and the generous response with
hich it was met from all parts of the kingdom, induced
me to abandon my determination. Since my return
from the continent I have, by the advice of my friends,
withdrawn altogether from the risks and anxieties of
business. By this arrangement I have incurred some
heavy sacrifices, but through your liberality I am left in
possession of an ample competence.
" Whilst acknowledging that it is by your bounty
alone that I am placed in a position to be able to devote
myself to public business, I think it fair to guard you
from being held responsible for my futuro political ca-
reer. I accept the testimionial at your hands with the
understanding that it commits the donors to an ap-
proval of my free-trade principles only, and that it
leaves the at liberty to take an unfettered course on
all other public questions. Having secured my inde-
pendence, you have a right to expect that in all other
matters affecting the public interest I shall act up to the
dictates of a conscientious conviction—that I shall not
become the slave of a party, the parasite of the great, or
the flatterer of the people; and in these expectations you
shall not be disappointed. Happy indeed shall I be to
find that my opinions generally have the sanction of
your approbation.
"I have entered upon this explanation solely to pre-
vent any attempt hereafter to place you in a false posi-
tion for want of a frank understanding upon our future
political relationship. Let it not be thought for a mo-
ment that this candour is incompatible with the most
profound and grateful sense of your generosity. I feel
an inexpressible pride in owing toy fortune to the spon-
taneous contributions of my countrymen. To be thus
exalted by you, as a successful labourer
in the pieaceful
cause of free trade, is a distinction which I would not re-
linquish for all the honours or rewards which have ever
be,e,nllbeitshtotwhee sincerest d
good wishes for your happiness,upon successful conquerors.
"I remain, my friends,
" Your obliged and faithful servant,
".RICHARD COBDEN.

"London, May 23, 1848."

CONFLAGRATION of the INDIAN
STEAM-SHIP BENARES.

DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
The fears entertained regarding the fate of this fine
Indian steamer have, we regret to say, been confirmed
by authenticated intelligence, announcing the almost
complete destruction of that vessel by fire, attended
with lamentable loss of human life. Tile steamer was
nearly 400 tons burden, and at the period of her return-
ing from Calcutta, had upwards of ISO passengers and
seamen on board. The catastrophe happened when the
vessel was about four miles below Rsjrnahal, on the 20th
of April, and is thus described by Lieutenant H. 0.
Mayne, who was among the fortunate passengers who
escaped from a horrible death:---
'' It was about half-past seven o'clock in the evening
when the alarm was given, the fire havintr, kindled in the
afterpart of the vessel, but from what cause it is impos-
sible to ascertain. The whole of that portion of the
vessel in one minute became a raging blaze; and so in-
stantaneously did it spread, that those who were right
mafatscteor, uldetnoontcceomapeprfoehrwenadedthe
forward. Captwaihe danger,nolTuwnsend the
and
called out to the man at the helm to run the vessel into
shallow water, which, luckily, was nigh, and shegrounded
close to the shore.
" By this time the whole of the steamer abaft the en-
gine was enveloped in flames; the upper or awning deck
had caught, as well as a number of carriages which were
placed beneath it. The scene on board was most heart-
rending, and enough to appal the stoutest heart, Shortly
before the vessel grounded the impression on every
man's mind was, that she would blow up every instant;
this was increased by the fear that directly the flames
reached the boiler it would burst, and also the danger of
some gunpowder on board igniting.
" This made every one expect the worst, and one
gentleman, thinking there was no hope, ran down to his
cabin, divested himself of all but his shirt and trousers,
and sprang overboard. He was never seen after. On
the vessel foundering it was discovered that the people
could stand in the the water up to their middles a few
yards from the vessel, and this led to fearful loss of life.
In spite of the entreaties of the captain, many got out at
the bows, and were seen no more. Those who were
handed over to a small rock, which was partly unco-
vered, imagining they were really on terra firma, got
into deep water, and were quickly swept away by
ttabe
current. Among them were Mrs. Hartley, Captain
Whistler, Miss Nash, Captain Sneyd, Mr. rose e
Mr •
Houlton (chief officer of the Benares), fir.
' lock, when it
fire continued burning till eleven o'clock, s
hbehda.n a hTahne,
and souse twenty others. All of them
after part of
the
ceased, after consuming the whole of th
cargo
gsoh ship, to
a,
se thehee
heavy
g losei n e•room.to The
the
owners,
at nearly 20,000/. et s
beingt rdu t i oens t omf a the

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING.—The adjourned
coroner's inquest, to investigate in the deaths of Jane
and Ellen Hughes, was resumed at the Masons' Arms,
Swathling, before the county coroner. F. Cooper, Esq.,
surgeon, of Southampton, was called, and said, both the
deceased lived with him as servants, but left his service
about three weeks since. He gave the oldest warning
to leave, because she did not come home one night till
impertinent.
The twelve o'clock, and was afterwards
The younger said she would not remain without her
sister. Did not know of any immorality in their con-
duct.—The uncle and cousin of the deceased were ex-
amined, who deposed to having seen them after they had
left Mr. Cooper's service, on the day of Southampton
fair. One of them complained of having been beaten
by the man who lives with their mother, and showed
the bruises on her arm and back. They were re-
spectably dressed : one of them had a velvet bonnet,
and the other a straw-plait bonnet, and the gowns
which they wero found. They were fond of dress—Mrs.
Hughes, the mother of deceased, was re-called. She was
a widow, but lived with a man named Harry V--
, and
she would not light the fire,
recollected his beating her daughter on Sunday, because
and was impertinent. She
was surprised at seeing them in her garden one morning
since the lair. They told her they came home at ten
o'clock the night before, but did not like to call her, as
3.1"' Was gone to bed. They said they had got another
~Jtuation in Southampton, at Mr. Lintott's, a lawyer.—
.This last statement proved to be untrue, as their cousin
afterwards deposed to their having said to her " they
hnd ad
ttold their mother a lie, as she was so queer to them,
ahey would rather drown themselves than go home."
The coroner then summed up, and said, although there
was strong reason to believe they had drowned them-
selves, yet they had no proof of the fact, as it might have
been an
"'lieut.—The jury then returned a verdict of
Found drowned."

SYMPATHY WITH MR. _MITCHEL.
For some titsio past meetings of Irishmen who are
advocates for the Repeal of the Union, and also of the
Chartists, have been held in various parts of the metro-
polis, and the resolutions carried have been to the effect
that, in the event of any punishment being inflicted on
Mr. John Mitchel, who has now been sentenced to 14
years' transportation, they would rise en masse to de-
mand his release from the Queen of England, and in the
event of that request being refused, would resort to phy-
sical force to revenge the insult which they consider
has been thrown upon the Irish people.
As soon ea the news arrived in town, on Saturday, of
Mr. Mitchel's conviction, the various clubs assembled at
their respective places of meeting, and at many of them
it was agreed that the members should arm themselves
for a demonstration yesterday evening. In those cases
where the poverty of the members would not admit of
all
revabeing provided with arms, but where a willingness
piled to contribute to the purchase of arms for a
portion of the club, rallies took place, so that muskets
and pikes were given to the
successful drawers; while
those who were unsuccessful were obliged to content
themselves with pitchforks and staves, or to rely upon
their unassisted strength.
It appears to have been unanimously agreed that a
powerful demonstration should take place, but in what
manner the proceedings were to be arranged, or how the
object they had in view was to be accomplished, most
of the " Confederates"
(such is the title they have given
ignorant,
themselves) were entirely
the whole arrange-
ments haring been entrusted to some 10 or 12 men who
have gained the honour of being the leaders of the move-
ment.
One resolution, however, was publicly proclaimed,
that a meeting should be 9convened on Clerkenwell-
green, and that a procession should be formed ;but
whither it was to march was a profound secret. Seven
o'clock was the hour appointed for the meeting, and
about that time the leaders of the arty appeared and
took their station in a van, there being froze 2,000 to
3,000 present.
Mr. IVuefelus was called upon to preside. He com-
menced his address by saying, "My friends, the bloody
aristocracy has done its work at last," a remark which
was received with unbounded applause. lie trested
that while the meeting, was on that green it would en-
deavour to keep the peace and to obey the in- I
junctions that would be given to them, for that course
would be the best one for them to adopt. All the
arrangements had been made. When he gave them
a signal he wished them to fall into marching order,
four abreast, and to follow him where he woud lead
them—no matter where; he would take them to a place
where they would meet ten times as many people as
were then assembled, and then they would be advised
what to do—(Cheers)—until then let them be obedient
to orders. He (Williams) was resolved—he had made
up Isis mind—on a course of action, and he feared banish-
ment no more than that brave, noble, and patriotic man
John Mitchel, who had been sacrificed by the Whig
Government, and who had been murdered by those
"base, bloody, and brutal" men, through the instru-
mentality of a packed jury and partizan judges.
Mr. MACARTHV was the next speaker. He also was
very severe on the "base, bloody, and brutal Whigs."
If they allowed Mr. Mitchel to be taken from his native
land many other brave men would fall victims to the
diabolical gagging Bill, and it was now the time of all
who valued liberty to strike the blow. Ireland would
rise in arms. If that country had been quiet, it was
only that it might recruit its strength, and make a bold
effort to release herself from tyranny at the proper time.
Mr. FUSSEI.L next addressed the meeting—A base
Government had, by means of a packed jury and sub-
servient judges, succeeded in obtainins, the conviction
of " honest " John Mitchel. John Mitchel had asserted
that the Queen had forgotten her duty to her country,
and be (Fussell) declared the same opinion. Govern-
ment, it had been said, had acted upon expediency; but
that was a ridiculous plea for conduct so arbitrary and
disgraceful. He (Fussell) wished to impress upon the
meeting that there was one safe way of getting rid of
rulers who forgot their duty to their country, and he
would openly avow what he meant—he meant by pri-
vate assassination. That it was that made the Emperor
of Austria fly, and that it was that should make other
bad rulers fly also.—(Loud cheers.) He himself had
five sons, and he would disown either one of them who
refused to assassinate any parties who were instrumen-
tal in banishing him from his native country for such
an offence as that for which Mr. Mitchel had been con-
victed.
The CHAIRMAN then shouted forth to the meeting,
" Now, my friends, fall to in marching order," an in
junction which was instantly complied with, and with
almost military exactness.
Williams and the other leaders then descended from
the van, and having taken their places at the head of the
procession, moved along St. John-street, Goswell-street,
down Old-street-road, and along the City. In the City-
road, on its way to Finsbury-square, the procession
received a large accession of strength, and on reaching
that point where the City-road and Finsbury-square
unite, the procession consisted of at least 3,000 persons.
Upon arriving at Finsbury-square they formed into
ranks twelve abreast, and continued marching around the
square fur about three-quarters of an hour, when they
were joined by a large body from Stepney-green; they
then formed into marching order, and a pass- word, " To
the west," being given, the immense concourse, which at
this time could not have numbered less than 10,000 per-
sons, proceeded up Chiswell-street, Beech-street, and
Barbican, into Smithfield. Here they were again joined
by a large number who had arrived at Clerkenwell-green
too late, and being informed of the route, had chosen
this spot to join the procession. From Smithfield
they proceeded down Skinner-street and along Holborn,
at every street adding numbers to their ranks, at
the same time causing the greatest alarm to the shop-
keepers, who expected a repetition of the window-
breaking scenes of February last, but nothing of the
kind, up to this time, took place. Having reached the
end of Holborn, the procession came to a stand-still,
and the leaders having again communicated a pass-word,
they proceeded to march at a very rapid pace through
King-street, Long-acre, Cranbourne-street, into Leices-
ter-square, where they again halted. After leaving Lei-
cester-square, the Confederates proceeded up Princes..
street, Compton-street, into Dean-street, Soho, to the
Chartists' Assembly Rooms, when they were addressed
from the windows by several persons.
From this point they proceeded down Crown-street,
Whitcomb-street, into Trafalgar-square, where it was
expected that some addresses would be delivered, and a
general impression prevailed that it was their intention to
go down to Buckingham Palace, but a strong body of
police, which had been sent out under the command of Mr.
Pearce, of Bow-street, refused to allow them to remain
in the neighbourhood; so that the procession wended its
way along the Strand, through Temple-bar, and down
Fleet-street, and in as direct a line as possible to Fins-
bury, where they were addressed by the leaders, who
intimated to them that having been disappointed in their
expectations that night by circumstances which it would
not then be prudent to explain, they had resolved on
dispersing the assembly, requesting at the seine time
that they would meet again on Wednesday evening,
The whole affair was involved in mystery. No clue
could be gained to the objects the leaders had in view ;
if indeed they had any beyond merely parading the
streets. Our reporter was informed that nearly every
man carried weapons of some description, but many of
them were concealed.
By twelve o'clock the immense assemblage was com-
aletely be
in the sroken up,t reets only
.a few stragglers remaining here
and ther
It is computed that at the time when the assemblag
was the largest there was not fewer than 12,000 person-es
present.

DETEC,TI6N OFCRIME.
Yesterday, and a considerable portion of Say,
Aldermen Sir P. Laurie and Gibbs, and subsequ aturdently
D. W. Harvey, Esq., the Commissioner of the City
police, were occupied in investigating a complaint
against some of the City po
communisation made b lice, in consequence of a
y Sir George Gre y the Lord
Mayor, and who requested the-inquiry to beto made, and
reported to the Homo-office.
The allegations made against the police were con-
tained in,a petition to Sir G. Grey for the commutation
of a sentence of transportation which had been passed
by the Recorder at the last sittings of the Central Cri-
minal Court, on a person of the name of Boxall, alias
Barrett, who was apprehended under the following eir-
cninstances, and convicted for having stolen goods, and
sentenced to be transported for ten years.
In the month of February last Mr. Healey, the landlord
of the King's Read, Old Change, lost nine billiard balls
and three swords, when some of the detective police
were employed. From circumstances which came to their
knowledge they went to Boxall's shop in Shoe-lane, and
there found the property. After some re-examinations,
the prisoner was committed for trial by Mr. Alderman
Finnis on four separate charges of receiving stolen
goods, and, from certain communications made by the
police, Mr. Alderman Finnis directed the police to take
charge of the premises, and which was not objected to by
the friends of the prisoner. The consequence was, that
the officers remained in possession for thirteen days; and
in examining the contents of the shop they were satis-
fied that a large portion of the property had been stolen;
amongst which was a large quantity of type, one portion
of which was identified. The police considered that by
the business being carried on as usual it might lead to
the detection of some of the parties. This opinion was
confirmed by there being taken into custody, within the
thirteen days, nine persons for feloniously being in posses-
sion of stolen goods. Out of this number seven were con-
victed and two discharged. As it was generally the latter
part of the evening when the property was brought to the
shop, the police, to prevent any suspicion, used the and in the memorial to the Secretary of gas ;
State, Boxall
complains that the police had been using the gas, which
he was compelled to pay for, and also that they had
consumed his wine and spirits while in possession, and
that they had also refused to give up the possession.
In reply to the questions of Sir P. Laurie, the men
stated that it was by the direction of Mr. Alderman
Finnis that they went in, and that the gas was used
only during the time the shop was kept open for
business.
Sir P. Laurie said, that with respect to the charge of
using the wine, &e., that came more under the control
of Mr. Harvey, but lie and Mr. Alderman Gibbs were so
satisfied as to the character of Boxall, that they could
not support the memorial for a commutation of the sen-
tence. On the second charge of consuming the wines,
Sze., t
the men most positively deny using them ;
an
while in the house one of the prisoner's men _ d.
his family had free ingress and egress into the place
On this point Itlr. Harvey will report to Sir a Grey.

-----
BARRISTERS-AT-LAW, MIDDLE TEMPLE, MAY 27.
—The undermentioned gentlemen, called to the degree of
the Utter Bar, on Friday last, were published in the
Middle Temple-hall this day :—William Makepeace
Thackera)., Esq., Edward Harrison, Esq., George John
Strickland, Esq., John Balguy, jun., Esq.,
Sand Thomas
Cursors liansArd, Esq.

_EVENING, MAY 80, 1848.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
Pending the settling for the Derby and Oaks, there is
very little inclination to touch upon'future accounts; we
can, therefore, oiler only a brief quotation of prices,
none of which, it should be added, have been obtained to
any amount:—

THE EMPEROR'S VASE.
5 to 4 agst Mr. J. B. Day's The Hero
2 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle
G to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher
THE ASCOT STAKES.
10 to 1 agst Lord E,;linton's Plaudit
10 to 1 agst Sir R. Baliteley's Moraprnsier
10 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady 'Midair
10 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Mathematician
10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre
10 to 1 agst any other.

ST. LEGER.
400 to 200 agst Lord Clifden'g Surplice—taken
,000 to 100 agst War Eagle and Surplice winning the
Emperor's Vase and St. Leger—taken
500 to 50 agst The Hero and Surplice for the same
events
Offers to take 12 to 1 about Justice to Ireland.
DERBY.

,000 to 25 agst Mr. Macdonnell's Saucy Dick—taken
,000 to 15 agst Mr. Holmes's Montague—taken.
6

SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.
The following yearlings, the property of Earl Spencer,
were sold yesterday, by idessrs. Tattersall:—

Guineas,
Castanero, by Sir Hercules, out of Sequidilla 105
Aare., by Cotherstone, out of Allurnette
Humphrey, by Cotherstone, out of Conscience 260
Brington. by Cotherstone, dam by _Glencoe 235
Filbert, by Nutwith, out of Agnes
Judy, by Pan taloon, out of Maid of Fez
Amusement, by Cotherstone, out of Recreation 31
Hood, by Cotherstone, out of Clock 2lO
The Wren, by Cotherstone, out of Wryneck 92

. ,
AND
THE CASE
JOOHI;
time since published the case of the above-named DA WILLIAM
Is .
ions, in March
fortunate men, w-:ho were tried at the
sess
Our readers w ill no doubt remember that wed'etawsohuour_t
last, before Mr.. Montague Baker Bere, to seven years' t r,insportation, upon the single
robbed by
of the prosecutrix, who swore that she was
men
them of about 2:is., near Bideford, whereas the two
were several mil e.s distant from the scene of the alleged.e
and
testimonysentenced fenced
robbery at the ti rile spoken to by the witness. It will b
further remembered that the sentence under which they
were banished fboin their friends, was only the result
which might mont reasonably have been calculated would
be the reward c.f so hasty and unfavourable a trial as
it was their lot to suffer, inasmuch as they were com-
mitted from Bideford on the Wednesday, and tried on
the following day. without having had any,
time to get up
their witnesses,ciremploying a professional man to defend
them. Having., however, availed themselves of the ser-
vices of M We her Friend, of this city, solicitor, we are
pleased tor.nnouc his unremitting exertions in the case,
have been the cr teens of fully establishing the innocence
of the two men, :and the following letter received from
the Home-office by that gentleman has been shown us:—
Whitehall, May 20, 1848,
Sir,—Secrets: Sir George Grey, having carefully
considered your ;Application in behalf of William Davis
and John Davis, ,I have the satisfaction to acquaint you
that under all th e circumstances of the case, he has felt
warranted in advising her Majesty to grant the prisoners
a free pardon.

- I, am, sir, Stour most obedient humble servant,
H. WADDI
Walter Friend„ Esq., 5, North-street, ExetNer. GTON.
A free pardon. for two men proved not to have com-
mitted au offene,a for which they have been sentenced to
seven years' trai isportation, hereby incurring the stigma
of the highvvayn tan, and have been incarcerated upwards
of two tnonths,, is indeed but a mean recompense for
their sufferings, tend the grief of their relatives. Such a
case therefore as this, fully exemplifies to our minds the
great necessity l'or an appeal in criminal cases, as well
upon the law as upon the facts, on which a conviction
may be considerel contrary to justice.—Western 7 imes.

MANSLAUGHTER.
On Friday atiornoon the inhabitants cf the neigh-
bourhood of Zoxteth Park, Liverpool, were much
alarmed by the: report that a deliberate murder had
taken place in Simpson-street. The circumstances of
the case are ,:bese :—The person charged with the
shocking crime is a respectable butcher, named Uns-
worth, residing in Simpson-street. About noon on Fri-
day, a man nam ell Valiantly came to the shop, and some
words took pla c(? between himself and the butcher. A
man, named Jolt') Clarke, who knew Vallamy, was pass-
ing, and succeed et 1, with the assistance of two other per-
sons, in getting him away from the butcher's door.
Clarke then, for ;some object or other which does not
appear, was in the act of going towards the butcher's
shop when the latter met him near the door, and, hav-
ing a large knife in his hand, deliberately plunged it
into the unfortu nitte man's right side. The deadly wea-
pon entered the man's bowels, from the effect of which
he died in a few minutes. The inquest on the body was
held on Saturd.s:.7 afternoon last. Mr. Blair, barrister,
appeared on behalf of the prisoner. The first wit-
ness examined was Michael Vallamy, who said that
on Friday, between twelve and one o'clock in the after-
noon, he was going along Simpson-street, and saw the
prisoner in his :shop. He bid him good morning, and
said, " I did not expect that your wife would go up and
prosecute those two lads who were fighting in the street
last night." l'he prisoner said he could not help it.
Whilst the conversation was going on the prisoner con-
tinued in his sh,al,, and he (the witness) outside. Just at
that moment tic deceased, John Clarke, came up, and
asked him what he was doing there. He answered no-
thing, only talking to the butcher a bit. The prisoner
then said, " There is another Irish scoundrel now."
Directly after using these words the prisoner lifted up
his knife and c. :me outside the door. He went towards
Clarke, and drove the knife into Clarke's bowels. Clarke
cried out, "Gc xl have mercy, I'm done." The prisoner
then went back into the shop. There was no altercation
between the deceased and the prisoner at all. The pri-
soner, without way provocation, took up the knife, came
out of the shop,, and stabbed the deceased in the way he
had described.
Several other witnesses were examined, and the jury,
after some deli.beration, returned a verdict of man.
slaughter against the prisoner.

Principal contents of the Observer, May 28th Upwards of three folio columns of her Majesty's birth.
day, drawing-r aom, and illuminations; two columns and
a half of the Great Free-labour Meeting at the Lonlos
Tavern, on Saturday; Marylebone aad St. Pancras
vestry meeting near two columns; Convocation of the
Clergy, intend( .d Address on Monday to the Queen, near
a column; a c, >innsn and a half of Births, Marriages,
and Deaths; about one hundred useful advertisements;
and twenty-five columns of Foreign and Domestic
News. The extensive publication of the Observer corn
mences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Monday's
edition, best for the country and abroad, at four o'clock
en Monday afternoon
PENINSULAR- AIAILS.--SOVITIAMPTON, SUNDAY
NICHT.—The Pe ainsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
jCompany's ship, Iberia, C. F. Burney, Commander, has
ust arrived from the Italian ports. Her dates are :
Genoa, May 16 ; Leghorn, May 15 ; Civita Vecchia,
May 14; and Gibraltar, May 22. Tho Hiberia brings
forty first and sixteen second-class passengers, and the
following on fr sight-7 packages on specie, value 5,1001.
sterling; 78 packages of Italian works of art, 4 cases of
alabaster, 1 case of asphaltum, 6 cases of corals, 2 cases
of paste, 20 pipes, 10 jars, and 10 half-jars of oil, 19
bales of silk, 200 half-chest.; of oil, 20 cases of cheese, 2
casks of wine, 1; barrels of dates, 6 hogsheads of wax,
10 cases of leech es, and 36 packages of sundries. On
the 3d of May or t the outward voyage, in lat. 40 40 N.,
and long. 10 14 W., the Iberia passed a wreck, a
dis-
masted, apparent ly a barque with figure-head of
wo-
man, sides painted blue, and two bow timber ports. On
the 24th of May, at noon, in lat. 40.8 N., and long. 9.56
W., passed a steamer with two white funnels, supposed
to be the Hindustan, steering southward. From Cadiz
we learn that a number of Spanish troops had been dis-
patched to Seville, to prevent further outbreaks. The
Cadiz Comercios announces, that on the night of the
16th certain individuals attempted to excite several
groups of vagabonds collected on the old Alameda
of Seville, but they failed, owing to their not being
joined by any ra !spectable part of the pop ul ation. In
the meantime the Duke do hlontpensier again embarked
on board a Spani eh war-steamer for protection but re-
lauded in the mor ninfr,. Besides the Captain-General of
Seville, General .Montero had likewise marched out of
Huelva with a pre tty considerable force in pursuit of the
insurgents, but ha d not succeeded in overtaking them.
The rebels were supposed to be in much more consider-
able numbers than the Seville accounts represented; they
consisted of nearly 1,000 men and 400 horses, and had
marched past Huelva in excellent order, supposed to be
on their way to the Estremadura. A Spanish war-
steamer, filled with troops, passed Gibraltar on the 18th
instant, bound for Seville ; and the Teodsso steamer was
employed in the conveyance of troops from Cadiz to Se-
ville. Commercial matters in Gibraltar were dull. Ex-
change on London, at 90 days' date, 471 ; on Paris, 51.
30c.; Marseilles, sf. 32c. ; Genoa, sf. 30c. ; at eight
days sight on Madrid, 41. dir.; Cadiz and Malaga, dis.;
Seville and Barcelona, dis. ; Alicante, 1i- dis. ; Bar -
celona, l dis. ; Spanish pillared dollars, 2 to 24 per
cent. premium.. Freights to London and
outpaen rcs ,
10per
Bra-
zil, and River Plate, 14 dolls. to 16 dolls
per cent.
per cent. ; Meats, Leghorn, and Genoa, 4 d d
dolls. and 5

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CREMORNE GARDENS. - The season was com-
menced at this place of public resort last evening. The
attractions of fine weather and of the almost intermi-
nable list of amusements brought together several thou-
sand visitors. The grounds have been enlarged and
improved, and there are now, in addition to the walks
and grass plots of last year, several acres of ground in-
closed and laid out in terraces and parterres, close to the
river, affording a most commodious rendezvous for those
who delight in aquatic exhibitions, boat races, and such
things as are to be seen on the Thames. The orchestral
arrangements are of the best class; the,performers are
almost all old favourites of the public, and many of
are of the number of those who have been comThepgerlelaetd
at-
traction go somewhat far u-field from the fact of the theatres at
which they acquired their reputation being converted,
into exhibitions of foreign mountebanks.
of the evening was the ascent of Lieutenant
Gale in his balloon. The ascent took
n place a,vlaisttlaeccaofnater-
seven o'clock, and was a very fine one.panied by two ladies and three gentlemen.° Theobraivlleorona
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a titime,ng oowfge clearness of the
gardens were very brilliant and arranged
inalekxscoelfletinet
taste; the fire-works, &c., were on a scale of more than
usual magnitude, and some of the pyrotechnic devices
were exoeedingly clever,