The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-28 00:00:00

GROUP LXX.

This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual time ; pre-
sent, Sir George Clerk (in the chair), Colonel Peel, Hon. Captain Car-
negie, Hon. Mr. Smythe, and Mr. Tower.

The case of the -
DITIMIN AND ENNXSILIMIMN

was resumed by Mr, George Hall, one of the messengers of the
House, deposing that he had not been able to meet with the three
gentlemen of the nan e of Little, and another named Butterby, whose
attendance the opponents to the Bill consider necessary t.r substan-
tiate their allegation of fraud on the part of the promoters in the
sale of shares in London.

Mr. Sergeant Mutt!MY said that, if the Committee thought it worth
their while to inquire into the charge, he would undertare to say
that the witnesses would be in attendance to-morrow morning, and
the Committee might in the meantime proceed with the Dublin and
Sandymount Atmospheric.
Mr. MURPHY said that he was prepared to proceed at present,
without the testimony of the Litties and Butterby, and he hoped the
Committee would allow him to call evidence accordingly.
The Committee consented, and Mr. John Spitler, clerk to a law
stationer, was called to prove that the promoters had acted dis-
honestly In procuring signatures to the subscription list.
Mr. W. V. Bloxam gave evidence to the same effect. He had
" rigged" the market with the shares of this company under the
direction of Mr. Hemming, the London solicitor to the company.
Mr. MURPHY said he did not know whether, after such evidence
(and he had much more of the same description), his Learned Friend
would proceed with the Bill.
Mr. Sergeant JIMMY said this evidence had certainly come upon
him by surprise, and he hoped that the Committee would allow the
case to he adjourned till to-morrow, in order to afford him an oppor-
tnnity of communicating with the promoters as to the course he
should adopt.

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The Committee accordingly adjourned the Bill till to-morrow, and
proceeded with the

DUDLIN AND SANDTIVIOUNT,

which was briefly opened by Mr. Sergeant MCapia. The object of
this Bill, he said, was to construct a line from Brunswick-street, in
the city of Dublin, to the town of Sandymount, which, as the Com-
mittee must i.e aware, was about two miles and it half
distant from Dublin. Its terminus at Dublin would be
in Great Brunswick-street, close to the Bank, Trinity College, and in
fact all the principal buildings of Dublin. It *Mild accommodate
two class of persons—those who resorted to fittriVtliount lit the sum-
mer time for the purpose of healthftil Yeeftiltiou, and those parties
who were employed in banks cla public offices in Dublin,
and whose residences 'well andymount. The total cost of the
line would be 83,0001. s +.+,•hich would include stations and every other
expense. The Bill was opposed by the Grand Canal Company in the
neighbourheW, but he was of opinion that the Committee would,
after tkey had heard the case, declare the preamble to be proved.
rne usual formal proofs having been put in.
Mr. John Reynolds, an alderman of the Dublin Corporation, was
Called to show the disadvantages under which the people of Dublin and
Sandymount laboured, in consequence of not having such a communi-
cation as this line would afford. The people of Dublin and Sandymount
were in favour of the line, as also was Mr. Sidney Herbert, the pro-
prietor of the soil. The subscribers either lived in or were connected
with the neighbourhood.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. SKIT'', the solicitor to the
Grand Canal Company, and said that the Kingstown Railway Com-
pany did not afford the people of Dublin sufficient facilities for sea-
bathing. The Dublin Corporation were unanimously in favour of
the line. The resolution which they had passed to
that effect was proposed by the late Lord Mayor, who
was a promoter of the Bill. He was of opinion that the opposition to
the Bill, on the Tart of the Grand Canal Company, was carried on at
the instance of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company. He
believed that the promoters would be enabled to convey the people of
Dublin to Sandymount and back fbr threepence.
Major Palmer, Mr. George, and Mr. Walter also proved the de-
sirableness of the line.
Mr. John P. Morris produced the traffic lists, which he had been
employed to take on behalf of the company, He felt certain that
there was not a railroad in Ireland that would pay so well as this.
The erection of the station at Dublin would not Involve the destruction
of any valuable property.
Cross-examined by Mr. SMITII—The account of' traffic was not
taken by himself personally, but two individuals would be employed.
Property to the value of 12,000/. would have to be taken down in
Dublin for the purposes of the line.
Mr. W. It. Le Faith, assistant to Sir John M'Nell, the engineer in
chief to the company, det .iled the engineering features of the line,
the construction of which he said involved no difficulties.

This witness having been cross-examined at great length by Mr.
Sierra,

Che'Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve to-morrow.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION.HOUSE.

Alderman Hughes Hughes was engaged during a great
part of Saturday in examining witnesses in the following
serious . eases of robbery by a servant, and receiving the
stolen goods by the brothers of the accused.
William Slater, aged between 15 and 16, was charged
with havin stolen a quantity of silk handkerchi4s, the
property of-Messrs. Keen, Tebbutt, and Rippin, of Wood-
street, Cheapside, and with having embezzled several sums
of money, which he had been intrusted to receive tor the
tirm ; and his brothers, Thomas and John, aged severally 17
and 19, were charged with having received the goods and
money, knowing them to have been stolen.
Mr. G. E. Radford, cashier to the firm of Keen, Tebbutt,
and Co., stated as follows :—lt was the duty of William
slater tat account to me for the several sums of money
which he had collected. I gave him a list of the debts to
collect on the 10th of July, but he did not account for any
money ; neither did be return to the warehouse, and was
apprehended the following day. This morning he told
me that he had been persuaded by his brothers to steal
the money, that they had previously wished him to
steal on several occasions, and on the morning of the
10th he met them at their lodgings. The arrangement was
then made that he was to rob on that day; that he met them
accordingly in Whitechapel-road, and gave them the whole
of the money he had received up to that time, cheques and
all, and that they went together to Tottenham ; that he had
no portion of the money himself, nor had they, when he left
them, spent so much as a sovereign of it. He also told
me that he had, from time to time, stolen various silk hand-
kerchiefs front his employers, having been persuaded by his
brothers to commit the robberies, and he received only a
small portion of the proceeds, one or two shillings at a time;
that he took the property early in the morning, during the
time he was sweeping his portion of the warehouse, and he
carried it off the premises in his hat or cap ; and that he had
stolen a gold pencil-case, the property of a young man then
living in the house, which pencil-case a pawnbroker named
Cotton detained. About 12 months ago I observed one of
the prisoners, whom I believe to be John Slater, walking
cuti•ide the warehouse, and whistling for his brother to come
out ; and in consequence of that William was prohibited from
holding any intercourse with his brother John.
After some further evidence in corroboration of this state-
ment, •
William Slater, upon being asked whether he wished to
say anything, said, "All that Mr. Radford has stated is quite
k:oireet."

The two other prisoners said, "We have nothing to say
at all."

The prisoners were then committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.
. WQRS'HIP-STREET.

Hannah Barker was brought up for final examination be-
fore Mr. Broughton, charged with having feloniously admi-
nistered a quantity of oxalic acid to her husband, George
Barker, a journeyman shoemaker, with intent to murder
him.
The facts of the case were fully detailed in this paper.

The prisoner was fully committed on the capitaicliarge.
WHOLESALE SWINDLMG.—George Rose Keale, alias Kean,
ard Richard Haggard, who stood charged with having ob-
tained from various tradesmen a vast quantity of property
by false representations, were placed at the bar for final ex-
amination.
The depcsitions in several charges, including two cases of
forgery against Keale, having been completed, both the pri-
soners were committed for trial.

SUICIDE OF AN ANTI-PREDESTINARIAN. —An in-
quest was held on Saturday evening at the West London
Union workhouse, West-street, Smithfield, before Mr. J.
Payne, the deputy-coroner, on the body of George Clayton,
aged 62, a butcher. According to the evidence of the wit-
nesses, the deceased was very fond of metaphysical or philo-
sophical argument, and not long ago, while engaged in a
controversy of this kind, one of the company argued in sup-
port of the doctrine of " predestination, a doctrine which
the deceased strenuously opposed with the principle of " free
will." The discussion growing warm, and the deceased
becoming excited, he pulled out his butcher's knife and
stabbed himself in the side, in order to gain his point that
man was a " free agent." He had been for a long time past
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then taken to the workhouse, where he died on Thursday.
Verdict, " Temporary Insanity."
AN IRISH NOTION OF ROGUERY.—Edward Lonergan
was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years' transporta-
tion at Waterford, last week, for burglary and robbery. The
prosecutor, a poor farmer, stated that two men, the prisoner
and another, broke into his house at night and demanded his
money. One of them went over to the bed where his wife
lay, and took a spraneen (a little purse) from under her
head ; but riot satisfied with what it contained, fell to beat-
ing the prosecutor with a' stick to force him to discover
where the rest of his money was concealed. The other thief,
who was armed with " a blunderbusb," went"mouthing
about" till he found in a bole in the wall 51. 55., with which
they decamped, telling the lawful owner that he was " a devil
of a rogue to hide his money in that manner."
TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN EDINBURGH.—An aged
couple disabled by disease from supporting themselves, re-
ceiving 3s. a month for their support, applied for an in-
crease; their case being recommended by a clergyman in the
district well acquainted with the destitute condition of the
people. On next pay day the petitioners were surprised to
find that, in place of getting any addition to their money, a
reduction was matte of Is. On getting the diminished sum,
they expreesed a f-ar that some mistake had been com-
mitted. ,'Bat they were given to understand that there was
no mistake, and that if they made any complaint on, the sub-
ject their pittance would perhaps be wholly withdrawn. In
this way the poor • are deterred from complaining of the
adequacy of their allowances, and the inspebtonl of some
parishes do as they please with the miserable 'creatures on
Tr%::)._ll nh,c97,UsacloastalshtHheernaelwd. law affords so small re-
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