The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-07 00:00:00

PRID Y VVENING, SA_NTAITY 7, 18441

Ennui, 5 yrs—Cardinal's Niece, 4 yrs—Wee Bit, 4 yrs
—Louisa Newell, 4 yrs—Remonstrance—Saddle, 4 rs
—and Bit Nibble, 4 yrs.
Entries for the Weston Stakes.
Syrup—Zarina—Hasta—Traitress (31b)—Thornhill
(31b)—Tommy (51b)—Cashier—The Broadway Se-tit,
14 by Thistle—Whiper, out of Mopsa—Rhesus, f by
Caesar, out of Emily (31b)—Hotspur and Lady Day.
Entries for the Cup.
Hornpipe, 3 yrs—Sutlej, 6 yrs—King of Kildare,
3 yrs ; Best of three, aged—Otterburn, 3 yrs—Cracow,
3 yrs—Sagacity, 4 yrs—Vaurien, 3 yrs—Mendicant,
5 yrs—Due an Durras, 6 yrs—g by Revolution, aged—
King, of Morven, 4 yrs—Premier, 4 yrs.
MANCHESTER, 1848.
Entries for the Two yrs old Stakps of 10 sovs. each,
h ft, with 50 added. T.Y.C.
The Iron Duke—Lammermoor—Sir Henry Hardinge
—Claymore. c by St. Martin out of Peggy Sands—
Priestess, f by Gladiator, out of Compensations darn—
Master Bustle—Skipsey—Quiver--Cigarette—Alders
e ate—Swaledale, Historian Mars—Prudence—Betty
Billinge—and Clothworker.
Entries fer the Manchester Cup.
Lady Wildisir, 6 yrs—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs—Plaudit, 6
yrs—Sultana, 4 yrs—Bust-of-Three, aged—Lightning,
aged—lnheritress, aged—Deloraine, 4 yrs— Otterburn,
3 vrs—Sharston, 5 yrs—Referee, 3 yrs—Giselle, 5 yrs
—Brandyface, 4 yrs—Vanish, 5 yrs—Snuffbox, 3 yrs—
Louisa Newell, 4 yrs—f by Tory Boy, out of Maid of
Monton, 3 yrs—Milliner, 5 yrs—Maid of Lyme, 5 yrs—
Burgundy, 5 yrs—Malt, 5 yrs—Glen Saddel, 3 yrs—
Intrepid, aged—Bingham, 4 yrs—King of Kildare, 3
yrs—Sheraton, 5 yrs—Black Dwarf, 4 yrs—Little
Mary, 6 yrs—Marlow, 4 yrs—Harry, 5 yrs—Prince
Charley, 3 yrs—Smuggler Bill, 5 yrs—Newcourt, aged
—Erin-go.bragh, 5 yrs—Foreclosure, 4 yrs—Tuscan,
3 yrs—Administrator, 4 yrs—Swiss Boy, 3 yrs—Con-
juror, 5 yrs—lonia, 4 yrs—Cawroush, 5 yrs—Keleslie,
4 yrs—Magnet, 4 yrs—Rowena, 6 yrs—Enchanter, 4
yrs—Meaux, 4 yrs—Executor, 4 yrs—Reminiscence,
4 yrs—Joc o' Sot, 4 yrs—The Idol, 3 yrs--c by The
Saddler, out of Campfollower, 3 yrs—Pantomime, 4 yrs
—Marietta, 5 yrs—Riesthorpe, 4 yrs—Miss Harrison,
3 yrs— Montpensier, 4 yrs—Blue Light, 5 yrs—Fitz-
wiliiam, 5 yrs— Morpeth, aged—Gaiety, 4 yrs—lnfringe,
4 yrs—Lady Hylda, 4 yrs—The Squire of Talton, 53 rs
—Chemisette, 5 yrs—Ennui, 5 yrs—Sally Maggs, 4 yrs
—Shyloek, 3 yrs—Grimston, 5 yrs —Comme-il-faut, 4
yrs—Pantasa, 6 yrs—Woodpecker, 5 yrs—Peep o' Day
Boy, 4 yrs—Chanticleer, 5 yrs—Maid of Motherwi 11,
4 yrs—King of the Forest, 4 yrs—Mariner, 3 yrs—All's
Well, aged—Tom Tough, aged—The Widow, aged—
Mathematician, 4 yrs—Good Boy, 3 yrs—Mirmillo, 4
yrs—Geraldine, 5 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs—
Sutlej, 6 yrs—Gannet, 6 yrs.
Entries for the St. Leger Stakes (handicap) of 10 soli&
each, h ft, with 50 added for three yrs old.
C by Robin Grny, out of Queen of Carthage—En-
chantress—Bellenden Otterburn Benincol Swiss
Boy—Snowball—Referee—The Landrost—Mrs. Caudle
—Matadore—Rexley Jest—Jock o' Hazeldean—Mari-
ner—c by Morning Star, out of Lady Frances.
Entries for the Salford Borough Cup.
Lady Wildair, 6 yrs—Neriss, 4 yrs—Godfrey, aged
—Sharston, 5 yrs—Brandyface, 4 yrs—Fitzwilliam, 5
yrs—Sir George, 5 yrs—Blue Light, 5 yrs--The Land-
rest, 3 yrs—Enchantress, 3 yrs—Princess Royal, 6 yrs—
Romance, 5 yrs—Glen Saddel, 3 yrs—Ths Premier, 5
yrs—Spithead, 5 yrs—Cawroush, 5 yrs—Keleshe, 4 yrs
—Magnet, 4 yrs—Jenny Lind, 4 yrs—Brown Fly, 5
yrs—Newcourt, aged—Kismet, 5 yrs—Betty Swipes,
4 yrs Deloraine, 4 yrs Jovial, 4 yrs The
Dal t, 6 yrs—Meaux, 4 yrs—Lecomte, 3 yrs—The Idol,
3 yrs—Marietta, 5 yrs—Lethargy, 4 yrs—Lyme, 4 yrs
—Bitter Pill—Swiss Boy,* 3 yrs—Sylvan, 3 yrs—
Louisa Newell, 4 yrs—Tuscan, 3 yrs—Administrator,
4 yrs—Lady Hylda, 4 yrs—Vanish, 5 yrs—Black Dwarf,
4 yrs—Ennui, 5 yrs— Sally Maggs, 4 yrs—Lightning,
aged—Mrs. Taft, 3 yrs—Grimston, 5 yrs—St. Helena,
4 yrs—Woodpecker, 5 yrs—Maid of Motherwell, 4 yrs
--Ring of the Forest, 4 yrs—Mariner, 3 yrs—The
Convict, 3 yrs—Foreclosare, 4 yrs—Joe o'Sot, 4 yrs—
Reminiscence, 4 yrs—Tom Tough, aged—Mirmillo, 4
yrs—Geraldine, 5 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 5 yrs
—Egrernont, 3 yrs.
Sixteen horses are named for the St. Leger in 1849,
and fifteen for the St. Leger in 1850. The Produce
Stakes for 1851 closed with forty-three subscribers.
DONCASTER, 1848.— TUESDAY.
Entries for the Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft,
for two years old.
Bolus—Eltheron—Flying Dutchman—Mars—Magi-
cian—Jeanie Woman—Bon-bon—Rai I lery—c by Charles
the Twelfth, out of Fury—c by Colwielt, out of Concer-
tina—c by Lanrcost, out of Alice Hawthorn's dam—
Rowland—Phillippa—Kensington—Cambric—f by the
Provost, d by Acimon—Honeycomb—t by Jereed, out
Rsodanthe Croagh Patrick Lucullus Langton—
Lady Middleton—c by Touchstone, out of Cest-Steel—
c by Touchstone, out of Garland—Hayton—Henry of
Exeter—Abbot of Meaux—Cigarette—Routh—Webtow
—c by Bay Middleton, out of Latitude—lnheritress.
THURSDAY.
Flntries for the Scarborough Stakes of 30 sore. each,
20 ft. for three years old.
Lucy Ashton—Matadore—c by Mustapha Muley—
King Cole—The Prime Warden or Charles the Twelfth,
out of Fury—The Fowler—Flatcatcher—Beverlae—
Assault.
Entries for the Gascoigne Stakes of 100 soya, each, 30
ft, for three years old.
Justice to Ireland—Matadore—Lucy Asiston—Blaze,
Besshorough—Flatcatcher—Beverlac—and Assault.
Entries for the Two years old Stakes, of 20 sovs. each.
T.Y.C.
Bolus—Eltheron—Flying Dutchman—Mars—f by
Thirsk, out of Zebella—Legerdemain—Bon-bon—Rail-
lery—f by Touchstone, out of Mickleton Maid—Baby
—Robert de Brus—c by Colwick, out of Concertina—
Rowland—Raby Alp—Philippa—Crucible—Ravensbone
—c by Charles XII., out of Emerald—Bright Buck—
Carlaverlock—The Cantate—c by Touchstone, out of
Cast Steel—c by Touchstone, out of Garland—Garrick
—Lammermoor—Abbot of Meaux—Skipsey—and bro.
to \Vinesour.
There were 143 nominations for the St. Leger, 1849,
and 34 for the Park-hill Stakes.

LOSS OF THE AVENGER.
FURTHER INTELLIGENCE.
In addition to what appeared in our paper cf yes
terday we have gleaned from authentic sources the
following, which, although confirmatory of the worst
forebodings and conclusions as to the total destruc-
tion of the ship and the frightful loss of life, is en-
titled to publicity.
It appears that the Avenger left Gibraltar for
Malta on the same day as the Pacha, Peninsular
.and Oriental Steam Company's steam-ship did—
namely, on the 17th of December. The Pacha over •
took the Avenger some hours after she had started,
and on coming up with her both ships kept company,
shaping their course for Malta, until the evening of
the 20th.
At the close of that day it was blowing a heavy
gale of wind from the westward, with a tremendous
sea, the wind having gradually freshened all the way
from
Gibraltar,
m
the
course,
the Avenger under a close-reefed
At that time both ships were steer-
ingwhen the Pacha, being a faster vessel,
maintopsail, with steam, going between nine and ten
sae
knots an hour.
It was on this night that the wreck of the Avenger
is supposed to have occurred, and that, too, within a
few hours after the Pacha had left her. The latter
vessel, however, heard nothing more of the Avenger
until the morning of the 25th of December
(having left Malta the day before), when she fell
in with the Lavoisier, French war-steamer,
that had come out from Tunis, the captain of
which ship informed the4Facha that the French and
English Consuls at Tunis had heard of the wreck of
Avenger, and had requested him the moment he
th e
arrived Tunis, from Algiers, to proceed to the
place
a
of the wreck. The Pacha then determined to
that day and night, and arrived at the sup-
accompany the Lavoisier, and, accordingly, they kept
company
posed scene of the destruction of the Avenger on the
morning of the 26th ult.
It was at this time blowing hard, with much sea
on, and only one boat was lowered from the two
vessels, and that one from the Pacha. There could
be no doubt that some ship had been wrecked, for
the sea was strewed with numerous fragments, and
all doubts as to the character of the ill-fated ship
were soon set at rest by the Pacha's boat picking up
several pieces of the floating remains, and discovering
that
comprised remnants of the cabin doors and
l 0
gs of the ship, the condition of which was
enough to were all marked with the Queen's broad
wttoin
the ship so wreaked could have been left
induce the impression that no two bulky
obi
for
6rvtahEi nnThe two steamers now looked about on the south
shore of the
aptori:rgroo,etueitr goth,huh:es andrt
ofisland of Geleta for any of the crew,
living
; and the Pacha, having
England, was now obliged,
, after remaining all day in
the neighbourhood, to proceed on her course to the
westward; but the Lavoisier remained there, with
the intention of examining the north side of the island
of Geleta the next day, in the hopes, however faint, of
finding sesame of the survivors there.
We should add that the Lavoisier understood,
before leaving Tunis, that the news of the wreck of
thenthe
malls
the or
irs
nightdn endead,
b,
of aurtdthe
the Avenger had been brought there by three
officers of that ship and five seamen, who had suc-
ceeded in landing on the coast of Africa, opposite to
the island of Geleta, and who had there obtained
horses to convey them to Tunis.
We stated yesterday that the Avenger was com-
manded by Captain C. G. E. Napier, stepson of
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., the
commander-in-chief in the Tagus. The other prin-
cipal officers stated in the Navy List to have be-
longed to her, were Lieutenants Hugh M. Kingman,
Frederick Marryat (a most gallant young officer,
son of Captain Marryat, who was wrecked in the
Sphynx, steam sloop, at the Isle cf Wight, and who
used to make nothing of swimming through the surf
there), Francis Rooke ; Master, William Archer ;
Second Lieutenant Marine Artillery, H. S. Baynes ;
Surgeon, James H. Steele (one of the officers said to
be saved); Paymaeter and Purser, Valutile A. Harle;
Assistant SurgeOit, Bernard Deb, nY ; Second Master,
William Betts ; Clerk, H. J. S. Walker, &c.
It is believed that the Avenger must have gone to
pieces immediately she struck. How she got in that
locally, so far out of her course to Malta, is one of
the important questions which a statement from a
survivor alone can solve

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

The following letter has been addressed to the
Secretary of the Treasury, by the Chairman of the
East India and China Association, regarding the de•
tention of the mail from India now due :

"East India and China Association, Jan. 4.

" Sir,—The overland mail of the 7th ult. reached
Malta via France in her proper time—i. e. the 15th
—but in consequence of the Pacha, which replaced
the Erin from Southampton, not arriving there till
the 22d, the entire mail was detained eight days,
whereby the service of the outward and return mails
have been deranged. By the contract with the Pen-
insular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, the
mails ought to have been dispatched on the 15th or
16th at latest, and the committee of this association
are of opinion that her Majesty's Government should
cause sonic notice to be taken of the delay in this in-
stance, so as to prevent a recurrence of such a loss of
time. The consequence of the delay in the outward
passage is, that the homeward mail via France will
not reach London before Saturday, after the mail of
the 7th has been dispatched. This, it is conceived,
might have been obviated had the agent at Alexandria
been directed in such cases to forward the portion of
the mail via Marseilles by the French steamer (in
accordance with the existing convention) which sailed
from Alexandria on the 21st of December, the India
mail having arrived at that place on the 19th.—I have
the honour to be, Sir, &c.,
" GEORGE LARPENT, Chairman.
"C. E. Trevelyan, EF.q., Treasury Chambers."

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—The Hecla steam-sloop,
Commander Starmer, arrived this morning from the
Mediterranean. She left Malta on the 16th of De
cember, and had two days very fine weather, when it
came on to blow fresh, with a head sea, which com-
pelled her to put into Carthagena; where, being
Christmas time, she had some difficulty about procur-
ing a supply of coals. She got some, however, and
left on 25th for Gibraltar, where she found the Poly-
phemus steam-sloop, Commander M'Cleverty. The
Porcupine steam sloop, Lieut.-Commander Roberts,
arrived at Gibraltar from England the same evening.
The Erin sailed in company with another packet from
Gibraltar on the night before the Hecla arrived there,
having been there 14 days overdue. The Hecla left
Gibraltar after coaling on the evening of the 28th, cn
which morning the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's packet Jupiter arrived front the Tagus and
England, and left together with the Hecla, on her
return, the same night. On the Ist of January the
Hecla put into Vigo for coals ; the affairs of Por-
tugal, she learned there, remained in state quo. Sir
Charles Napier was still cruising. The Alert brig,
Commander Dunlop, the Jackal iron steamer, Lieut.-
Commander Western, and the Comet steam-vessel,
Lieut.-Commander Rigge, were at Vigo.
The Hecla left Vigo on the morning of the 2d, and
encountered strong southerly gales all the way across
the Bay of Biscay, with a very heavy sea, hut fine
overhead. She has brought a mail from Gibraltar,
66 invalids from the Mediterraneon squadron, and a
few prisoners. She would have completed a term of
five years in commission on the 23d proximo ; has had
two commanders, her first having been promoted in
July, 1846, and has gone over about 80,000 miles of
ocean during her commission ; her officers give her a
good character as a comfortable and efficient steamer.
She heard nothing whatever on her passage home of
the loss of the Avenger, and as the Jupiter left Gib-
raltar at the same time she can bring no later intelli-
gence than that brought by the Pacha. If the
Avenger was fitted with Captain Smith's paddle-box
boats, it is considered that. a large number of lives
may have been, by their use, saved, and great reliance
is placed on this feature ; but whether the Avenger
was so fitted with those indispensable appliances to
the salvation of life at sea we have not at hand the
means of positively stating—we think she was.
The Hecla came into harbour this afternoon to
discharge her supernumeraries, and will leave the
first thing to-morrow for Sheerness, to be paid off,
taking to that port Mr. Charles, master, and the
other officers and men of the Ocean, flag-ship at that
port, who navigated the Cyclops to this port for com-
mission.

The Plover surveying vessel, Lieutenant Com-
inaLder Moore, anchored last night at St. lielen'z, for
shelter, and sailed again this morning for Plymouth,
the wind having during the night become more fa-
vourable.

The Birkenhead iron steam troop-ship, Commander
Ingram, was ordered yesterday to be. paid off. This
is the second iron vessel which has been found useless.
The Birkenhead is a new vessel of 1,400 tons and 500
horse power, built at Birkenhead in 1805, by Laird,
of Liverpool. She is found a very expensive un-
manageable vessel.
The Avon steam• vessel, Commander Otter, was
docked to-day for a refit ; and the Cuckoo steam-
vessel, Commander Dumaresque, taken out.
The Firefly steam-sloop, Lieutenant Commander
Ponsonby, was removed from the basin to-day, and
went out to try her engines. She will take the
next mail to the coast of Africa at the end of the
month.
Wind north, moderate breezes, and hazy weather.
Mr. Hen wood, of this dockyard, received his ap-
pointment this morning as master shipwright of
Malta Dockyard.
Captain Sherringham has this day been appointed
to the Havannah (Sheerness).
Captain George Goldsmith (1841) will be flag-
captain to the Earl of Dundonald.
Woomicrt, JAN. 6.—The Garland steam-vessel,
Captain Smithett, embarked the Alarchioness of Nor•
manby and suite on Tuesday morning, at Dover, at
eight o'clock, AM., for Boulogne, and landed her
Ladyship at Boulogne in time to save the eleven
o'clock train at Neufchatel, which enabled the
Marchioness to reach Paris in eleven hours from

Dover.
The General Palmer transport• ship, which left
Woolwich on Tuesday, is under, orders to call at
Portsmouth to take out to Gibraltar, Malta, and
Corfu, detachments of the line; and in consequence
of her accommodation being preoccupied, two non-
commissioned officers and 70 gunners of the Royal
Artillery, under orders to proceed to Gibraltar, will
leave the garrison to-morrow, under the command of
Lieutena-it L. Martineau, by railway to Portsmouth,
to embark on board the Terrible steam-frigate, Capt.
Ramsey, for conveyance to Gibraltar, to join Captain
Desbrisay's company and the other companies at that
station.
It is gratifying to learn that the wound inflicted
by the sentry at the New Royal Marine Barracks
upon Lieutenant and Adjutant Peebles, of the 59th
Regiment, when he was running for assistance on
Monday morning last, is not of a serious nature, he
being quite convalescent; and that on an inquiry into
the circumstances the young and gallant officer, in
the most complete manner, absolved the sentry from
any blame whatever. Lieutenant Peebles, in the
haste to obtain assistance, ran out with only his shirt
and trousers on, and, being breathless with running,
although still impelled onwards to obtain assistance
in the hope of saving his father's life, he was unable
to answer the sentry, and having no dress to distin-
guish him, the sentry had no alternative but to stop
him by force, in obedience to the duty he was placed
there to perform.

HER MAJESTY'S TWELFTH CAKE This cake,
which has been manufactured by Mr. Mawditt, her
Majesty's first yeoman confectioner, and which was ex-
hibited last evening to her Majesty's ro) al and distin-
guished guests in the Green Drawing-room, at the con-
clusion of the banquet given by the Queen, is one of the
most elaborately-executed and tasteful specimens of fart
du confiseur ever perhaps produced in this country.
Around the base of the cake are a great variety of
Chinese figures, interspersed with allegorical devices,
birds, beasts, &c. On the top is a classically-formed
circular temple, properly ornamented, with openings all
around, the bottom being of glass, to represent water.
A great number of imitation gold and silver fish are
suspended from the roof, by means of wires, which,
when put in motion by a curious contrivance, ap-
pear, by being reflected in the glass below, to be abso-
lutely alive and swimming in water. Wo should observe
that they are not visible to the spectator, as they are
suspended, but only by being reflected in the glass
beneath. The temple is surmounted by some massive
rocks, in which is inclosed a large musical box. Placed
amongst the rocks are upwards of 20 Chinese figures,
several inches in height, playing various instruments,
and most skilfully executed. Upon touching a secret.
spring the music commences playing, and the whole of
the mimic band are set in motion, their heads bobbing
about to the tune, in a most life-like manner. The box
containing the music is hidden from view, beneath the
imitation rocks. The cake (which ;is more than three
feet in diameter), with its multiciplicity of curious and
classical ornaments, is upwards of four feet in height.
THE PRESIDENCY OF ST. BARTHOLOSIEW S Hoe-
PlTA.L.—Yesterday a deputation from the House
Com-
mittee of St. Bartholomew's Hospital waited upon the
Lord Mayor, in consequence of the death of Alderman
Lucas, the President of that institution, for the purpose
of requesting that his Lordship would consent to be put
in nomination for the vacant chai▪
r. The Lord Mayor
said he felt highly flattered by the application made to
him by the Committee c.f St. Bartholon?ew's Hospital, to
be put in nomination to fill so disti▪
nguished an office in
an institution so eminently useful to society, and so
creditable to the humane and liberal spirit of the olden
time. He should be highly gratified by such nomination,
and should, if chosen, accept the office and fill it to the
best. of his ability. We did not hear that there was
likely to be any other candidate.
PREPARATIONS FOR A RAILWAY STATION IN
WATERLOO BRIDGE-ROAD. —Yesterday the work of
demolition was commenced upon a range of houses in
the Waterloo-bridge-road, commencing at the Hero of
Waterloo Tavern, and extending to within a few yards
of the New-cut. These have been ordered to be razed
for the purpose of erecting the metropolitan station for
the South-Western Railway, the works in connexion
with which will be commenced forthwith. The station
will be of immense dimensions, with a magnificent facade.
It is calculated that the whole line and station will be
completed early in August next,

COMMISSION,
IRISH SPECIAL
LIMERICK, W.EDNESDAY.—''L'
t‘t, ,Ript Hon. the
In. the Lord
Lord Chief Justice, and the Right 11,
bench this
Chief Baron, took their seats upon the .
trial of
morning at ten o'clock, and commenced the
prisoners.
MURDER.—CAPITAL Ryan
(Puck), twenty-five years of age, was placed at the
bar, and indicted for having upon the 22d September,
1847, at Knocksantry, in the county of Limerick,
feloniously assaulted one John Kelly, with a blunder-
buss, and inflicted upon his body a mortal wound, of
which he instantly died.
The Attorney. General, Mr. Bennett, Q.C., and the
Hon. J. Plunkett, Q.C., appeared as counsel for the
prosecution ; and Mr. O'Hea acted for the prisoner,
having been assigned by the Crown to defend in all
the cases on the calendar.
The ATTORXEY- GENERAL proceeded to state the
case for the prosecution. The prisoner and his father
had been neighbours of the deceased and his family,
both families holding land under a gentleman of the
name of Biggs—the Ryans holding three acres, while
the Kellys held the nine acres adjoining. They held
this ground for several years, but the Ryans not hav-
ing paid their rent as they should have done, Mr.
Biggs took it from them and gave it to Michael Kelly,
a brother of the deceased John Kelly, who had it in
his possession for more than two years at the time of
the murder. It would appear upon •the evidence
for the Crown that the fact of Michael Kelly
taking the three acres of land held by the
Ryans gave rise to a bad feeling on the pri-
soner's !part, the result of which was, that he
not only murdered the deceased, but, on the 17th of
September, a few days previously, attempted the life
of Michael Kelly. It would also be sworn to by
several witnesses, who knew his person perfectly
well, that he came in, and without saying a word
shot the deceased, who was sitting at the fire sur-
rounded by his family, dead on the spot. After this
occurred the prisoner made off, and was not arrested
for a month or more, when a police-inspector came
upon him suddenly and by accident in the house of a
man named Fruen, concealed on the top of a bed, on
which occasion he had a loaded musket hi his hand,
with his finger on the trigger, and with which he
threatened to blow the inspector's brains out if he at
tempted to take him. •
Michael Kelly examined by Mr. BENNETT—In
September last I lived at Bunkey, in this county.
The deceased John Kelly was my brother. He lived
a small mile from me, and was killed on the 22d of
September. I saw him on the day he was shot, after
he was killed. I know the prisoner at the bar • he
lived next door to me. I saw him on the 17th of
September, between six and seven o'clock. On the
occasion he came up and fired at me with a pistol.
The prisoner and his father held three acres of land
next to me, and I had nine acres. We both held
under a Mr. Biggs. For the last two years I held
the three acres the prisoner held along with the nine
I had previously.
Mary Gleeson examined by Mr. PLUN KETT--I knew
John Kelly, the deceased; I know William Ryan
(Puck), the prisoner at the bar, as long as I know
anything; I remember the day John Kelly was
killed; I saw the prisoner that evening, shortly after
nightfall; I was going to my son's place, and I ob-
served William Ryan ar.d another man leap in off the
road, between my house and John Kelly's ; Ryan
passed close by me ; he almost rubbed by me ; after
he went past he went towards Kelly's house ; the man
rr ith Ryan had a gun or a blunderbuss with him ;
shortly after I passed by I heard of Kelly's murder,
and I immediately told the police what I saw.
Cross-examined by Mr. O'HEA.—I was not at the
inquest, although I told the police the next morning
what I knew.
Margaret Gleeson, the daughter of last witness
was with her when she met him, and corroborated
her evidence.
Michael Kelly examined by Mr. BENNETT—I am
twelve years of age. I remember the evening my
uncle John Kelly was shot. I lived with him, and
was in the house with him that night. Kelly's wife
and two children were there. They are very young.
One is ten years, and the other younger. There was
a labouring man there also. We were sitting at the
fire; it was a good one, and showed plenty of light.
I was sitting near John Kelly. I know Ryan
(Puck).
Mr. Bennett—Point him out.
The witness here pointed out a man sitting at the
table, and swore that he was Ryan, and repeated it
several times ; subsequently, however, he recognised
the prisoner, and swore to him as the aian who fired
at the deceased.

The CUIEF.JIISTICE—I cannot understand this.; who
is that man at the table ? Mr. Bennett—Re is the
prisoner's brother, my lord (great sensation).
A Juror—What is the prisoner's name ? Witness
—William Ryan (Puck).
The same Juror—And what is the name of the
man at the table ? Witness—Thomas Ryan (Puck).
Mr. Bennett—Are they both called "Puck ?"
Witness—They are.
A Juror—Are', they brothers ? Witness—l don't
know.

(The man sitting at the table, alluded to by wit
ness, was here made to stand up to be seen by the
jury, and he bore a most remarkable family resem-
blance to the prisoner.)
Mr. BENNETT—NOW, which is the man who came
in that night ? Witness—That is the man (pointing
to the prisoner) ; he came in without saying a word,
took a blunderbuss from under his coat and shot John
Kelly dead ; some of the bullets that passed thi ough
his body wounded me in the legs. Ryan came up
close to us before he fired, and the momeni he did so
my uncle fell dead.—(Great sensation.)
Cross-examined by Mr O'HEA.—I made a mistake
since I came here as to William Ryan. I can't tell
why I made it. There was a very bright fire that
night.
A Juror—When you mistook the man at the table
for the prisoner, was it owing to his name and like-
ness to him ? Witness—lt was.
Another Juror—Did you think he was the man
who shot your uncle ? Witness—l did.— (Great
sensation.)
Margaret Ryan examined by Mr. PLUNKETT—I
am a daughter of Daniel Ryan. I was in Kelly's
house when he was shot. I know the prisoner very
well, and remember him coming in and killing my
uncle with a blunderbuss. He said nothing before
he fired, but walked in at his back and shot him dead.
I was living with my uncle for fourteen or fifteen
years. I knew him when he had the land. After
the prisoner lost his ground they were not good
friends.
To Mr. O'HEA—I was examined before the co-
roner. (The witness's informations were read, in
which she swore that she " believed" it was Billy
Ryan who shot her uncle) lam sure it was the
prisoner ; I said I believed because I was afraid I
would be killed myself if I told what I knew; Mr.
Herd, the police-officer, told me I should tell who
was there, and then I said I was sure; I said it before
the coroner.
To Mr. BENNETT—I have no doubt as to the pri-
soner, and never had.
Michael Kelly examined by the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL—Knew the deceased ; I lived with him, and was
in his house the night he was shot ; it was the prisoner
at the bar. William Ryan (Puck) shot -
himfiz ;recl '.l- %thes
sitting at the fire when he walked in and
door was open, and he walked In, took ablunderbuss
from, underdae
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Kelly was shot before I had time to turn round ;
the prisoner then went away, and I followed him to
the door, and saw him pass through between two
houses ; I knew the prisoner for a month, and used to
salute him.
Mr. 0' MU—Did you ever swear you did not know
the murderer ? Witness—I did at the inquest, for I
was afraid he or his friends would NVoOulllndosthaofortairod
e.
Decem-
berllwr.he°:ii y -I. Eon madek—lV hT w
your information ? Witness—No;
because 'Mr. Tracey, the magistrate, told me I would
not be shot if I told the truth. There were magis-
trates and police at the inquest, and they could pro-
tect me as well then as now. I never heard of a
reward or of " blood money."
Mr. you ever hear of a reward, on
your o!ith? Witness—l did, Inkt did not know how
much it was. I don't know whitt lam to get, but I
will take anything I get. I expect nothing.
Alexander Herd examined by Mr. BENNETT—I
am a sub-inspector of constabulary. I remember
when Kelly was shot. I was in the neighbourhood.
I know the girl Margaret Ryan, who was examined
here to-day. She was examined at Kelly's inquest.
She was very much alarmed, and at first swore that
she " believed" the man who shot Kelly was Billy
Ryan, and afterwards she said she was sure. .1
told her not to be frightened. The coroner told
her the same thing, and she then said she was sure.
I went, on the 17th of October last to the houses of
persons of the name of Fruen to look for a book
which was supposed to be on the person of a man
named Nash, who was murdered a few days before.
I remained on my horse outside, and sent four con-
stables in to look for the book. When they were
going in I heard some one say, " Oh, Puck,"
ran in.
upon
which I immediately got off the horse, and
As soon as I got in I saw a blunderbuss on the top
of the bed, and constable Phillips asked the prisoner,
who was on the bed, to give it up. I.he” prisoner
cried out, " No, I will have a shot at him, meaning
me. 1 then rushed towards him, with my pistol
pointed at his head, and he had his blunderbuss pointed
at my head, and in that posture he called out,
" Will I fire ?" he asked Wr illiam Fruen, but he got
no answer.
He asked him no less than three times
the same question. I called on him not to stir, or I
would fire. He was all this time lying concealed on
the top of the bed—lying on his face, with the blun-
derbuss pointed at me. Ryan then called out, " Let
me fire about the house ;" but I said if he attempted

it I would shoot him. I did not like to shoot him:
William Fruen came over to the bed and put up his
hands as if to take the blunderbuss, but he was pre-,
vented and we seized it. It was capped, and loaded
to the muzzle with eleven balls (the balls were here
produced). I drew the charge after I arrested the
prisoner. On searching him I found powder, some
and eleven more balls of the same kind.
'li-12(= witness was not cross-examined.

Dr. V,eardon examined by Mr. PLUNKETT —I saw
the deceased John Kelly after his death, and found
eleven bo-.llet marks in his body. The wounds in-
flicted by ti. ose bullets caused death instantly.
Constable William Fogarty proved having met
Mary Gleeson oi: the morning after the murder, and
deposed that she toi.:l him on that occasion that the
prisoner William Ryan (Puck) shot her uncle.
The case for the proseCni:lion (having here closed,
Mr. O'HEA addressed the jury' on behalf of the
prisoner.
Mr. BENNETT having replied on be, half of the pro-
secution,

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICH charged the. jury.
The jury, without leaving the box, found a verdict
of Guilty, which appeared to have mole a. greater
impression upon every one in court than it- did on the
prisoner, who heard it perfectly unmoved.
Their Lordships immediately put on the bl.:vk cap,
and were about sentencing him to the utmost pg. ‘nalty
of the law, when
The ATTORNEY GENERAL applied to hare sente. oce
postponed until the following day, on the ground th at
the prisoner was named in an inlictment in which
three men of the name of Fruen were charged With
harbouring him.
After a short consultation on the subject,
The COURT granted the application, and the pri-
soner was removed from the dock to the county gaol.
This occupied the Court until four o'clock.
ASSAULTING IN A DWELLING-DOUSE. Patrick
Burke, a man of about forty years of age, was in-
dicted for having on the 3d of May, 1847, with
others, assaulted the dwelling-house of Christopher
Millar, at Coollybrown, in the county of Limerick.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL briefly stated the case,
from which it appeared that on the day in question
the prisoner went to the prosecutor's house in search,
for arms, forced an entrance, and assaulted him se-
verely with a gun he had in his hand.
The prosecutor deposed to this statement, and his
wife also identified the prisoner.
Mr. O'HEA was addressing the jury for the defer'
at post hour. His defence will be an alibi.