The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-11 00:00:00

THE STATE TRIALS.
DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—On Thursday the sum-
monses were served on the grand jurors of the South
Riding of Tipperary, ordering their attendance in
Clonmel on the 21st instant, under a penalty of 1001.
each in the event of failure.
The High Sheriff of the county of Dublin and the
Board of Superintendence visited Mr. Smith O'Brien
and Mr. Meagher yesterday, in Kilmainham gaol.
For the first time since .their imprisonment leave has
been given to both gentlemen to have free access to
newspapers, and whatever books they may choose to
call for, pending their transmission to the south to
take their trials. Notwithstanding all the reports to
the contrary, Mr. Meagher has not up to this day
had any consultation either with counsel or agent,
nor has he made the slightest preparation for the con-
duct of his defence.
There was a long conference held this afternoon, at
the Viceregal-lodge, between Lord John Russell, the
Earl of Clarendon, the Lord Chancellor, the Attorney-
General, and the Solicitor-General.
This evening Lord and Lady John Russell will
take leave of their Excellencies the Lord-Lieutenant
and the Countess of Clarendon, and, attended by Mr.
Grey, his Lordship's private secretary, in one of the
Lord-Lieutenant's private carriages, they will proceed
to the railway station at Westland-row, where, at the
appointed time, a special train will be in waiting to
convey the Noble Lord and suite to Kingstown. Her
Majesty's packet-steamer the Banshee will be along-
side the jetty -to receive them. The Banshee will
start direct for Greenock, where the Noble Lord will
land, and proceed to join the Queen at Balmoral.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The following is extracted from the report for
August, as read by the secretary at the meeting of the
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tThe time having arrived for calling in the tifferent
practical intructors in husbandry appointed under Lord
Clarendon's letter, they have been all paid off and
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dscnarged, and a full statement of all the receipts and
expenditure connected-therewith is hereby submitted to
1 the Council, to be duly audited and 'examined previous
to publication.
" In order also to ascertain the opinions of the gentry
in the different districts where the instructors were located,
as to the effect produced by their visits, a circular was
addressed to the grand juries, Poor-law boards, and
local farming societies in these districts, calling on them
to state their candid opinions on the subject, and to
furnish the Council with the result. To this application
numerous replies were received; and at a meeting of the
managing committee, held on the 17th of August,
" ' It was resolved,—That copies of such answers and
resolutions as had been received in reply to the above
circular by the grand jurors, Poor-law boards,, and ma-
gistrates in those districts where the instructors had
been located, should be transmitted forthwith to his Ex-
cellency the Earl of Clarendon, with the most respectful
assurance from the committee to his Excellency that they
consider those documents as satisfactorily conveying the
opinions of those gentlemen who, from local knowledge
and personal interest, are most capable of forming a
sound judgment as to the effect of such a plan as that so
humanely devised by his Excellency for the instruction
and improvement of the farming classes in those districts,
and to the effective carrying out of which the Council of
this society and its committees have devoted their best
attention. " CLANCARTY, Chairman."
PURSUIT OF " GENERAL" DOHENY.
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The Clonmel Chronicle says—
" During the last week or ten days there have been
some expeditions, within a few miles of this town, in
search of Doheny. We heard of one in the neighbour-
hood of Ballinamult, where it was supposed he was con-
cealed in a wood. The party in pursuit started some
man, evidently not a peasant, though dressed as such.
He was immediately hailed and commanded to stand, at
his peril, but succeeded in effecting his escape by a
plunge into a thick part of the plantation, being consi-
derably in advance of his pursuers. If Doheny is not in
Dublin Castle, we think he is in this vicinity still. It is
reported that Doheny held a moonlight meeting, a few
nights ago, on a mountain within four or five miles of
Carrick-on-Suir. The general belief is, that he is still
in this neighbourhood. Since penning the preceding
about Doheny, we received the subjoined information
from a source on which we can place the fullest reliance::
—The other day Doheny was very nearly pinned in
Dungarvan. A constable got his eye on him, and in.;
stead of arresting him, as he should have done, kept him
in view for some time to make the arrest himself, lad thus
obtain the entire reward. Doheny, ever awake, perceived
the bent of the policeman, and left Dungarvan in a trot,
crossing the country by Crotty's Rock, in the direction
of Coolnamuck Wood, in which, it is supposed, he is at
present kennelled. This wood, from its contiguity to
Slievenamon, Ballingarry, Mullinahone, and Carrick,
enables him and one or two others, who are generally
with him, not only to procure provisions, but to muster
as many armed followers as they may require. It is
reported that n few nights ago they had a. plan laid b.
entrap the police—that upwards of 400 men were armed
and posted at both sides of the wood between- this Own
and Coolnamuck, and that a scout was sent up by them
to give information to the police that Doheny would be
coming towards Clonmel at a certain hour. However,
the plan proved unsuccessful, as the constabulary here
are too well acquainted with persons and appearances to
give full credence to every whisper that may come .to
their knowledge."
DUBLIN, SUNDAY MORNING.—Lord John Russell,
with Lady Russell and their children, reached Kings.-
town yesterday evening, at half-past seven, arid pro-
ceeded on board the Admiralty steamer Banshee,
where they remained during the night. At daylight
this morning the Banshee left Kingstown harbour for
Glasgow, from whence the Premier is to proceed at
once to join the royal party at Balmoral.

The sheep-pox, we regret to state, is still on the
increase in this county, and it is likely to continue' so,
while the farmers and flock deideri are not alive to their
own interests. Nothing can be pleaded in mitigatibn of
the gross conduct of a seller, who we are informed by
Mr. Smith, the active Norwich inspector, exposed be-
tween 50 and 60 lambs for sale on the 15th ult. This
person, after the animals were turned,off the hill as in-
fected, actually sent them to Kenninghall fair a few days
subsequently. Mr. George Bailey, of Caston, rasa,rWat-
ton, there became the unfortunate purchaser; the lambs
are now in a very diseased state. Such cases, we Under-
stand, are very common, and call for the most unquali-
fied reprehension. The name of the offender in this in-
stance is well known, and should the practice be re-
peated, the party will assuredly be exposed.—Norfolk
News.
We understand that John Taylor Gordon, Esq.,
M.D., has sent in his resignation as one of the physi-
cians to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
This gentleman, who enjoyed the same distinction from
his late Majesty, and the patronage of her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, has long retired from practice
on account of a severe illness, and which prevented his
election on a former occasion for Poole, as be took an
active part in reform, and was the bearer of addresses.
DELICATE SURGICAL OPERATION UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF CHLOROFORM.—On Sunday last the deli-
cate operation for cataract was successfully, performed at
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oßf riaidogne-
don, and one of the medical -offieers of the Providelar
Clerks Association, whilst the patient, Mr. James, was
under the influence of chloroform. It is a matter of
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rations as those appertaining to the eye, and must tend
to get rid altogether of the dread with which the opera-
tions are generally regarded by the sufferers themselves.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The North American
mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Stone, took her depar-
ture this afternoon for alifax and Boston, with the usual
mails and a fair number of passengers. 'The steam-ship
Cambria, Captain Harrison, which would leave New
York on the 30th ult., and Halifax on the Ist inst., with
the homeward mails, &c., may be expected to arrive in
the Mersey on Tuesday.
Ame-
ricanS bTa SOUTHAMPTON,
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of sugar, from Trinidad de Cuba,. arrived off Cowes yes-
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with 2T, sh 2e 0 boes
yes-
terday for orders. The. Prussian brig St. Paul, Captain
Schloer, with 912 boxes of sugar, 37 days from Matan-
zas; the American ship Massachusetts, Captain Samp-
son, 2,700 boxes of sugar, 40 days from Matanzas; the
American brig Corinth, Captain Smith, 2,500 boxes of
sugar, 42 days from Matanzas; the American brig Cro-
cus, Captain Sturdwent, 1,143 boxes of sugar and 326
bales of tobacco, 42 days from Matanzas; and the Spa-
nish brig Eulalia, Captain Goyetz, with sugar, 40 days
from Havannah, arrived off Cowes this morning for
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orders. The American ship Massachusetts sailed for
Antwerp.
END JOINT TENANT AESOCIATION..—at the
last meeting, held at 117, Edgeware-road,on the 7thinst.,
the secretary read the following important letter which
toe pn iannicoyn it'hS rr eiTe rAe ns oteo
tyootuhre iciniqat:lir(yolerne•--
he had received from Lord Dudley Stuart, on the sub.
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tioned in your letter) of obtainitfg Universal Suffrage, by
means of several .lodgers joining together to rent pre,
wises, it is best answered by reference to the Reform
Act, 2d William IV., 'cap. 45, " which provides that
joint occupiers shall be entitled to vote in respect of pre-
mises jointly occupied, in case the clear yearly value of
such premises shall be of an amount which, when di-
vided by the number of such occupiers shall give a sum of
noties; than ten pounds for each and every such occupier,
but not otherwise. An equally favourable letter from.
Sir Benjamin Hall was also read; indeed, joint-tenanc •
is fast becoming a question of the day.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—We are happy to an-
nounce, write Messrs. Hardy, of Malden, Out the potato
plague is stayed. We have plants just raised from old
sets, and seed in the open ground growing in perfect
health; a' week ago these were cut down before they
were an inch high. We: have also seen old plants bear-
ing a vestige of green apparently in a state of conva-
leseenoe.Chelmsford Chronicle.