The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-27 00:00:00

'FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1848.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY,

(From the Caledonian Mercury.)
As some doubt seems to exist in regard to the I,ast.
of this line, we hay..?, made special inquiry on the sub
jeet, and are authorised to state, that the original agree -
merit for leasing the undertaking at 7 per cent. and huh
surplus profits to the London acd North-Western, Lan
caster and Carlisle, and Caledonian, as approved by the
shareholders of all the four at their respective meetings
--is still in force, and cannot be resiled from. The only
difference now is, that the three companies have offered,
with consent of the Scottish Central, to give the Edin-
burgh and Glasgow an interest in this lease to the extent
of one foul th. It is, therefore, the shareholders of the
latter Hho alone have the right to repudiate what their
directors have done, and if they do so, they cannot object
to the lease, as it now stands, being carried out by the
other companies on a working agreement. Under the
terms of the arrangement, the dividend of 7 per cent.
commenced running from the 22d May, the date of
opening the whole line, and will become payable in
February next.

SABBATH TRAVELLING.
The following letter has been addressed by Mr. Camp-
bell, of Mot zie' to Lord Duucan, the chairman of the
directors of the Scottish Central Railway:—

William,-Oct. 21, .
"Dear Lord " Duncahn,t—AsFort I bad the honour tolB4B pro-
pose the resolution adopted by the shareholders of the
Scottish Central Railway in reference to Sabbath tra-
velling, I.feel called upon to address you as chairman of
the directors of that company, in consequence of a para-
graph, which I assume to be correct, and in which
it is stated by the Scottish Reformer's Gazette, that
the Duchess of Sutherland, hastening to attend the
deathbed of her father, reached Perth on Sabbath morn-
ing, just as the mail train for the south was about to
leave that city; that her Grace stated her object in
desiring to proceed by that train, but that, neverthe-
less, she was not allowed to do so. I attach no im-
portance whatever to the circumstance of its being the
Duchess of Sutherland who was so treated, or to the
fact that even had she been carried forward it would
still have been altogether unavailing, seeing that the
Earl of Carlisle expired on the previous day—but I do
wish in a few words to say—and I believe I speak the
sentiments of those with whom I have the honour to
act in these matters—that it is all provision for unne-
cessary travelling on the Sabbath, or anticipated cases
of mercy which may never occur, that I am opposed to,
and that I do trust that in future, and so long as you aro
compelled by Government to carry the mails on the
Sabbath Day, you %ill leave a discretionary power with
your secretary, and others in whom you can place con-
fidence, to forward by the mail trains, any one, whether
peasant or peer,freho can satisfy them, that his is, indeed,
a case of necessity and mercy, as the one in question
most certainly was.
"I beg to remain, yours faithfully and respectfully,
" ALEX. CAMPBELL, Morrie.
"The Viscount Duncan."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENTS, OCT. 26.
Edward N. Troubridge, captain, Amazon ; Charles
Bromley, lieutenant, ditto; Robert Craigie, ditto, ditto;
F. H. Nublett, master, ditto ; James Kiddie, second
master, ditto ; A. J. Dewar, master's assistant, ditto ;
T. S. Gilpin, ditto, ditto; G. P. Rickord, purser, ditto;
E. M. W. Milman, clerk, ditto; Frank Ramsden, ditto,
ditto; Frank Jenkins, clerk's assistant, ditto ; William
Davis, gunner, ditto ; Hugh Dick, boatswain, ditto ;
Abraham Kingston, carpenter, ditto. E. G. Fanshawe,
captain, Daphne; Edward Lacy, lieutenant, ditto; John
Murray, ditto, ditto; Francis Hall, master, ditto; F. B.
Henwood, second master, ditto; C. G. Grady, master's
assistant, ditto; Thomas Ogler, ditto, ditto; J. R. Bluett,
purser, ditto ; John Seldon, clerk, ditto ; J. B. Water-
field, ditto, ditto ; William Plummer, clerk's assistant,
ditto ; Richard Wall,. gunner, ditto ; Thomas Smith,
boatswain, ditto ; Tucker, carpenter, ditto.
Henry S. Ilawktr, commander, Orestes; John P. Luce,
lieutenant, ditto ; F. J. Whinier, master, ditto ; John
Molloy, master's assistant, ditto ; C. W. Eales, purser,
ditto; G. A. Wclch, cleric, ditto; A. G. Hillyer, clerk's
William G. Seeger, acting gunner,
assistant, ditto ;
ditto; Thomas Turner, boatswain, ditto; Peter Famish,
carpenter, ditto. William Charles, gunner, Medina.!
Lieutenants—G. 11. Clarke (1843), to the Sidon steam-
frigate, in the Mediterranean ; J. J. Kennedy (1841),
from the Excellent to the Powerful, 84, at Portsmouth,
as gunnery lieutenant.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. Fisher, M.D., and W. B.
Christie, to the Powerful.
The Ajax screw-propelled lino-of-battle ship, 55 guns,
has had her defects repaired at Portsmouth, and will be
tried again in a day or two.
MALTA, OCT. 19: DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITER-
RANEAN SQUADRON.—At Malta—The Ceylon, 12, re-
ceiving ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Harvey,
second in command, and Superintendent of Malta Dock-
yard; Hari( quip, 16, and Wee Pet steam-tug. At
Naples—The Hibernia, 104, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart.; Howe, 120, Queen,
110; Rodney, 92; Frolic, 12; Terrible and Sidon steam-
frigates. At Castellatnare—The Vengeance, 84, and
Bull Dog war steamer. At Palermo—The Vanguard,
80, and Odin steam-frigate. At Messina—The Gladia-
tor war-steamer. At Leghorn---The Thetis, 36, and
Porcupine steam-slodp. At Trieste—The Spartan, 26,
and Mutine, 12. At Venice—The Locust steam-sloop.
At Cephalonia—The Spitfire steam sloop. At the
Pima of Athens—The Volage and Research surveying
vessels, and Volcano steam-sloop. At Constantinople—
The Tartarus steam-sloop. At Gibraltar—The Poly-
phemus steam-sloop; and on her way to Gibraltar and
England, from Malta, the Superb, 80.
The Superb, which arrived from Naples and Palermo
on the 3d, sailed on the 7th for Gibraltar and England
with military and naval invalids from the garrison and
fleet. On passing the forts she received the usual cheers
from the men of the sister service, who had ranged
themselves on the batteries, and which we believe were
joyously returned.

- It affords us no little gratification, on taking a final
leave of this vessel, to declare, that it will be a matter
of difficulty to find any ship leaving the station enjoy •
ing the best feelings of our public to a greater extent
than do the officers and men of the one of which we are
now speaking.
The püblic of Malta,
if not entirely (at least as far as many classes are con-
cerned), on the arrival
of strangers, ships of war, and
means of support—and when offi-
cers go away in debt they inflict as much injury almost
as does the squadron sailing a day or two before the
blue printed papers,to
3 clept quarterly bills, become due.
say, that with a trifling exception or
two (and for these the creditors are alone to blame for
trusting), everyidouueslbyyptahide
ooffffi.cers and men of the
Superb has been debtrelig
Perhaps, as regards her internal order, she ranks se-
cond to none on the station—for
m
ing crewefficient
actc e uolfd net be together—nor could a more
,returned officers
be found to direct them.
The Antelope left
Patras, and on
the 3d for the lonian Islands and
on the 13th, bringing intelligence
of an insurrection at
reinforcement of the Cephalonia, which had called for a
of the Lord garrison from Corfu, and the pre-
sence United States High Commissioner in person. The
screw
from Trieste on theew7 steam frigate Princeton arrived
The Secret th, and left for Messina on the 9th.
Liver-
pool and Gibraltar screw-steamer, which came in from
to Constantinople aontid the Bth, proceeded on her voyage
noon. The Euxine, __ the Black Sea on the same after.
steamer, which l'eninsular and Oriental Company's
on the 10th, left arrivedforC from Southampton and Gibraltar
Constantinople on the same evening.
We regret to announcethe decease, from congestion of
the brain, of her
commander, Captain Wilson, four days
after leaving Southam
Captain Wilson Walton. an officer of considerable merit,
and acquired a reputation for gallant bearing and decided
courage whilst serving under Admiral Sartori
Taken prisoner with 's%
many others during the Miguelite
war, he had the pain of
seeing several of his companions
led from the chapel '
n which they were confined at
Lisbon to execution, and
dwire inh hourlyver wasdread that such
a fate would also be his.and
after reaching England, entered the spare!:l, service in
which, with so much credit to himself, ho continued
till he died.
His remains were consigned to the deep on the 3d
instant, the whole of the crew and almost all the pas-
sengers on board the Euxine having assembled on the
solemn occasion.
Captain Gardner, of' her Majesty's steamer Oberon,
during his lato visit to the fleet, was severely repri-
manded, and has, it is said, since applied to be super-
seded. The reason is that he had sent one of his engi-
neers on shore on duty under the care of a marine; the
engineer not satisfied that he merited such a degredation
applied for a court of inquiry into his conduct, and, it
having been granted, the captain's charges were found
to be untenable and frivolous.
A singular occurrence took place on Saturday night.
A merchant captain, John Richards, of the brig Eliza-
beth Hughes, who had got himself into difficulties, which
were under examination by ono of our courts, got nnder
without his regular papers, leaving behind 1 •
way wi him se-
veral debts, which will Lot be covered by 5001. The
vessel was at the time under arrest, or, as our legal
phrase terms it, an impediment° di partenza had issued
against her. How the marine-police emitted to take the
necessary measures to prevent such an event remains
yet to be seen. Certain it is, that Rear-Admiral Harvey
had he had a steamer at his disposal, would have dis-
patched her in search of the runaway.
Her Majesty's sloop Hark quin, from Trieste, arrived
last night, and saluted the Rear- Amiral's flag. She is
not ordered home yet, as was repodrted.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Driver,steam. sloop,
Commander C. R. Johnson, was paid two months' ad-
vance to-day. She remains at Spithead under orders
for immediate departure, with the " blue peter" flying
at the fore.
The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, left
last evening for Chatham, where she is ordered to be
paid off.
The Fairy royal yacht was docked to-day for some
necessary purpose.
The Reynard screw-schooner, Commander Cracroft,
is stripping iu the basin, h to -c properly refitted for sea.
The Rifleman screw-schooner, Lieutenant-Commander
Crofton, was unniasted to-day, also for a refit.
The investigation of the Committee of Revision is
beginning to excite some alarm among the adherents to
obsolete usages and abuses. They are much annoyed
by the searching nature of the inquiriis. The commit-
to be of opinion that there are
tee appear too many
officers. It is said, also, they contemplate introducing
Mr. Murray's system of paying wages, by which both
time and money will be saved.
The Eucounter steam screw-the
was tried again to-
day by Captain Austen, C. 8., the superintendent of the
steam squadron—before reporting her ready for com-
mission, it is supposed. Captain Austen; Commanders
Stevens and Cracroft, Srl. Murray, &c., were on board.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE CAPE
SQUADRON.
"The Dee returned from Natal on the 20th of August, ‘

having landei the 731 Regiment. She is at present in
Table-h:ly, embarking stores, &t!., for the likthiliouze
en
'tivg Ct.re A;.-;;1i13,1,% She is to leave Table bay
11,asday next (the 7th). The Arab, 12, srrtvcd
here on the 31,t of ituvu.it, from Nat...l. She expe-
rienecd .erg Lad weather on lax passage down, and
sprat g her mainmast so badly as to require a new one,
which is being made, and she is expected to leave this
for India in about a mouth. The Eurydice, 26, leaves
this on Saturday, the 9th, on a five months' cruise in the
Mora anbique, Zinzibar, Comora Islands, &c. Captain
FulforJ, recently posted from the President, goes home
passenger in the Rosamond ; also Lieutenant Dash wood
(acting), from the Nimrod. No commander is likely to
be appointed to the President until after the Rosamond
has sailed, when Lieutenant Von Donop, it is expected,
will be appointed acting. The Nimrod has received
orders to day to hold herself in readiness to proceed to
sea in a day or two, but where is not known—the Mau-
ritius or Natal, most likely."
Wind, S.S.W.; moderate breezes and fine weather.
I'Lvm.:llTH, OCT. 25.—Her Majesty's ship Inspreg-
nable,-104, will be taken into dock to morrow to have
her copp r cleaned and examined.
The revenue steam-vessel Vulcan sailed yesterday for
the westward, and the Nautilus, 6, tender to flag-ship,
for a cruise in the Channel.
Wind, W.S.W., blowing strong.
Woemvlcn. Oct. 26.—The Arrogant steam-frigate,
46 guns, fitted for a screw-propeller, was taken out of
dock to-day, at Woolwich, having had her engines put
on board, and also her boilers. She will be towed to
Deptford to-morrow, by the Monkey steam-vessel, to
have her coal bunkers put in by Messrs. Penn, who
have made the auxiliary engines for her of 360-horse
power.

- The Flamer steam-vessel was taken into dock to day
on the Arrogant being taken out.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TRURSDAY.—The following letter appears
in the Ifail of last night :
" GORT, OCT. 24.—There was another attempt yester-
day to levy a ss. rate, but it was a total failure. A force
of 50 police and 45 military, infantry and cavalry, ac-
companied by three officers, left Gort at ten o'clock, to
distrain for poor-rates at Kinvarra; they were there met
by Mr. Davys, the stipendiary magistrate; they had not
proceeded above a mile, when they found walls or barri-
cades, some six or eight feet high, built across the high
road, from which the party was assailed with showers of
stones. The police were ordered to prime and load, but
this had no other effect than bringing more volleys of
stones, which injured some of them very much, and
broke four or five of their &elocks. The magistrate re.
ceived several blows, and finding he could make no im-
pression, upon consulting his staff, thought it more pru-
dent to retire."
The Freeman's Journal gives more ample details :
" On Monday last a detachment of the 4th Light Dra-
goons, headed by Captain Brown, and another of the
89th Regiment of Foot, commanded by Lieutenant
Skinner, 40 men in all, left Gort, for the purpose of
collecting poor-rates in the parish of Kinvarra, eight
miles from Gort. There were also 50 of the police-force,
commanded by T. M'Mahon, 5.1., and J. Davys, sti-
pendiary magistrate. On passing through the village of
Kinvarra, the cars that were to convey away the corn,
being at the rear of the military, were laid hands on sud-
denly by people there, who upset the horses and the cars,
but assistance was immediately rendered by the force at
hand. They went on for the distance of a mile
and a halt; until they came to the district they w ere
to distrain on, when a barricade obstructed their passage.
They then got on another road leading to the same dis-
trict, when a barricade, partly formed, met their view,
protected by about 300 men and women. They refused
to let the armed force pass, arid said they would rather
sacrifice their lives than permit it. They were told re-
sistance would be useless, but they persisted to maintain
their ground. The Riot Act was read three times, and
still they would not give way, when the police were or-
dered to charge with fixed bayonets, and also the 89th.
Stones were then thrown by the people, many of whoni
received severe wounds in the charges of the police.
They then commenced a guerilla warfare from behind
the walls, and severely injured some of the police and
military. One of tho police gut a most severe cut in the
face, and Mr. Davys and his horse was struck two or
three tithes The police drove the people for a quarter
of a mile into the fields, but they were as certain to be
back again to the scene of action, Mr. Davys did not
wish to shed blood by ordering the military or police to
fire, and in being late in the day he ordered them to turn
round and proceed home. Much praise is due to the
forbearance of the authorities, as among such a deter-
minded people there is not the least doubt but much
blood would have been shed. There was a greater
number of people further down towards the sea coast,
protecting another barricade, in case the people above
should be scattered. 01 course there will be a greater
force brought down there in some few days. This union
is in a wretched way, the poor-house, built for 590, with
sheds, is now holding 2,000, and a ss. rate, which now
makes Bs. in the pound this year, and 1,0001. due of the
union, leaves u. in a poor way indeed."
MURDER OF A BAlLlFF.—Further indications of
the winter's pastimes are shadowed forth in the fol-
lowing paragraph, extracted from the Limerick
Examiner of yesterday :
"An atrocious murder was perpetrated yesterday
near Muegret. The corn of a matt named Flanagan
was seized by the landlord for rent, and a bailiff,
named Michael Donoghue, appointed to take charge
of it. Ile arrived at the premises about one o'clock,
and in about an hour after, while he was engaged
with the owner of the corn in scutching it out, a
man having a handkerchief over his face, and armed
with a gun, entered, and, without uttering a syllable or
delaying an instant, lodged the contents in the unfortu-
nate bailiff's body. The bailiff survived but a few mo-
ments. He was the father of eight children. The
murder took place within forty paces of the police bar-
racks at Ballinacurra, in which, however, there were
only two constables at the time. They heard the shot,
but were unable to institute an immediate pursuit. In a
short time after a search was instituted, and two persons,
named O'Neil and Flanagan, were arrested on suspicion.
Some witnesses who, it is said, can identify the party by
whom the daring and atrocious deed was perpetrated
have been brought into Limerick. The gun was found
this morning in a field near where the murder was com-
mitted. A man of the name of Mulqueen has been
this day arrested by the police. Ile is hilly committed.
He has, it is said, been identified as the person who
actually fired the shot. An inquest has been held by
Mr. J. Bennett, coroner, and a verdict of Wilful Murder
returned against Mulqueen."
Lae FUNDS.—There was a slight rally yesterday in
the prices of Government securities. The Three per
Cents, were done at 84; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent.
Stock, 84+ i; Bank Stock, 190; Royal Bank Shares,
10+; British and Irish Steam Company, 39; Dublin and
Belfast Junction Railway, 31; Great Southern and
Western, 21Z-; Midland, 161; Belfast and Ballymena, 16;
Dundalk and Enniskillen,

COMMISSION COURT—WEDNESDAY.
Judges Torreus and Crampton sat yesterday morning
at ten o'clock, and were engaged all day in trying the
following important case of assault upon a police-con-
stable in the discharge of his duty. No allusion what-
ever was made throughout the day to the pending pro-
secutions against the proprietors of the Nation and
Tribune newspapers, nor is it likely that the prisoners in
any of those cases will be brought to trial before Friday
or Saturday.
STABBING WITH INTENT, &C.—Throe young men,
between 25 and 30 years of age, named Michael Moran,
John Joseph Moran, and John M‘Cormick, were placed
at the bar and indicted for having, on the 25th of July
lass, in South Great George-street, wilfully and mali-
ciously stabbed Police-constable John Byrne, whilst in
the execution of his duty, with intent to kill and murder
him. Michael Moran was the person actually accused
of the stabbing, and the other men as being present
aiding and assisting. There wero several counts in the
indictment varying the precise nature of the charge.
Messrs. Plunkett, Q.C., and Smyth, were counsel for
the Crown, and Messrs. J. A. Curran and U. Armstrong
defeEded the prisoners, who having reltmd to join in
their challenges, the trial of one of them, Michael
Moran, was prod-eded with in the first instance.

The lion. Mr. Plunkett having briefly stated the case,
Police-constable John Byrne, 132 A, the prosecutor,
was examined. lie deposed that upon the night of the
26111 of July last, or on the morning of the 26th, between
one and two o'clock, ho was on duty in South Great
George street, when the prisoner, and the other two men
charged, passed him, making a great noise, cursing and
swearing, &c. Ile addressed them, and told them to be
quiet, and to go home; but the prisoner immediately
stopped and said, " Constable, %% ill we have a rebellion?"
Witness replied, that he hoped not; upon which the pri-
soner saiJ, that the time had come, and that they would,
and at the same moment pulled a pistol from under
his coat, and struck it against the shutters of a window.
Tho city having been proclaimed at this time,
witness demanded the pistol to be give❑ up to
him, or that the prisoner should bring it
himself to the station-house, but he refused to do
either, and when the prosecutor attempted to take it,
he drew a dagger and stabbed him in the groin most
severely, so that his life was endangered for a consider-
able time. Th 3 pistol, which was loaded with ball and
cocked, and the dagger were here both produced, and
appeared to be most formidable weapons.
On cross-examination the prosecutor positively swore
to the identity not only of the man on trial, but to the
other two prisoners, after which several witnesses were
examined in corroboration; and also medical witnesses,
to show the serious nature of the injury received by the
prosecutor. The Crown case having closed.
Mr. CURRAN addressed the jury for the defence, and
examined some most respectable gentlemen to give the
prisoner a character.
Judge CaAsirroN then charged the jury, who con._
victed the prl.oner upon all the counts in the indictment,
with the exception of the capital one.
It is probable that the other two prisoners will plead
guilty to a common assault.

INN.—The lectures on the law of real
propert)
•, &c., will be resumed in the hall of this society
on the evening of Monday, the Gth of November next,
when an introductory lecture will be delivered on " The
Law of England considered us a Science." A series of
lectures s‘i:l follow on the subject of " Covenants,"
which will be delivered as usual, on the Monday and
'fhursdsy evenings in each week, at half-past seven
o'clock; and the examinations anal mootiugs will take
place every Friday morning, at half-past
nine o'clock.
We are also informed that a change is contemplated, by
which members of the several Inns of Court may be
admitted to the lectures more freely than heretofore.
THE TRAITORS.---A correspondent at Havre
informs us, that Michael Doheny was at that port on
Wednesday, seeking a passage to the United States.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, THUITSDAY.
The Qlec=n and Prince Albert took their accus
tomed early walk.

The Royal Family to(ik walking and pony exercise
in the pleasure grounds around the Castle.

Prince Albert hunted this forenoon. His Royal
Highness was attended by General Wemyss, Colonel
F. 11. Seymour, and Captain the Hon. J. Denman.
her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe
left Windsor Castle, this afternoon, for the Priory,
Stanmore, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen
Dowager.
The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenham, and
Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, left the Castle
to. day.
The Queen's private band was in attendance in the
Castle yesterday evening, and performed the follow
ing pieces :
Overture, " La Barcarole."
Selection,

" Robert le Diable".. Meyerbeer
" Adelaide" Beethoven.

Cradzoudza.

Tunnel Fest Walzer Labitzky

General Wemyss has relieved Colonel the Hon. C,
Grey in the duties of Equerry in waiting to the Queen.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening,
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
her Royal highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caroline Murray,
Baroness de Speth, Dowager Countess of Mansfield
and Lady Elizabeth Murray, the Right Hon. Sir
Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. G. E. Anson, and Colonel
Reid.

The band of the Coldstream Guards attend during
dinner, and perform the following pieces :
Overture, "Leonora" ..Beethoven.
Glee, "Blow, gentle gales" Sir H. R. Bishop.
Selection 2d, " Foscari" (arranged
by C. Godfrey)
Waltz, " The Pearl of England"...Jullien.
Polka, " The Caricole"
Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend
in the Castle.

Sir John Pelly had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday at the_Colonial Office.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday. Mr. Macgregor, M.P., had also an interview
yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his offi-
cial residence, in- Downing-street.
The Earl of Clarendon visited several of the Cabi-
net Ministers yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
hope were received yesterday at the Colonial Office.
Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Go-
vernors of the West India Colonies.
_ _

The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) left
town yesterday for his seat Bowood Park, Wilts.
The Earl of Lincoln left town yesterday for Nune-
ham, Oxford.