The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-12 00:00:00

Ported in the Galway and Dublin newspapers of the
day. Tee dinner took place on the 17th of March, St.
Patrick': Day, and being altogether of %festive nature, end
quite unconnected with politics, Mr. Daly was induct d to
preside on the occasion. On the toast of the Press
being given,
a Mr. Blake, the printer and publisher of a
local newspaper, rose to return thanks, and in the course
of his speech he did make use of some such language as
that referred to in this alleged libel, but Mr. Daly and
others repressed him for so doing there, and then he
was told that if he did not desist the company would
have no help for it but to turn him out; where-
upon Mr. Blake resumed his seat, and nothing
more was heard of the matter, nor was it
alluded to in the reports of the dinner that
afterwards appeared in the newspapers. Several per-
sons who were present at the dinner, including a Mr.
O'Flaherty, joined the reverend gentleman in swearing
that he never spoke any such words as those imputed to
him; and as the libel could not be the result of an error
or mistake in the reports of the dinner, there could be
no question that the intention of the writer in Punch was
to wantonly, grossly, and maliciously attack the cha-
racter of the reverend gentleman; and he had therefore
Come to this Court, at the earliest possible opportunity,
to seek that protection which the Court was in the habit
of affording to persons attacked under similar circum-
stances.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—Take a rule.
Mr. BADDELEY—WiII your Lordship be good enough
to make it returnable this term?
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—There is no point of law in-
volved in the case, and the rule may be made returnable
on Monday, to be argued on Tuesday. If, however, the
parties are not ready then the rule mast, of course be
discharge d.
Rue nisi accordingly.

, MARLBRO'-STREET---(THIS DAY )
GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENTS.—Josiah Robinson and
Thomas Bacon, described on the charge-sheet as gentle-
men, residing at the Bedford Hotel, Covent-garden, were
brought before Mr. Bingham charged with being arunk,
• and assaulting Police-constable Boyce 181 C.
The constable stated that about half-past twelve on the
• previous night he was on duty in the Haymarket, when
he saw a cab drive up amongst the carriages which were
• waiting to take up at the Opera. He told the cabman
- to drive on, and not obstruct the way, when the de-
fendant Rubinson, who was in the cab, called out, "Leave
him alone, you —, stop till I pay him." Witness then
took hold of the horse's head for the purpose of removing
the cab, when Robinson got out and collared him;
a scuffle ensued, and Robinson fell to the ground. Wit-
ness then took him to the station. On their way there
the defendant Bacon came behind him and annoyed him
so much by treading on his heels, that when they ar-
rived at the station-house he was locked up also. They
were both very drunk. -
Mr. BINGHAM fined Robinson 103., and the usual
drunkard's fine of ss. was inflicted on Bacon, with a
caution as to their future behaviour.
MORE GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT,—Thomas
• son and James Litton, two gentlemen from the country,
at present staying at Peele's Coffee-house, Fleet-street,
were charged with being drunk and creating a dis-
turbance at Mr. Geneso's Coffee-house, 125, dermyn-
street.
Mr. Genese stated that about five o'clock this morning
the two defendants came into his house with two others,
and called for some refreshments. Seeing they were in-
toxicated he refused to serve them, and desired them to
leave the house. They declined doing so, and Litton
sparred up to him in a fighting attitude, and struck
- him, and said he would stop there and fight him. Com-
plainant then ran out for a constable, and when he re-
turned Wilson took a seat in the corner, and swore he
would not leave until he had some coffee. Witness then
took him by the arm, and again requested him to leave,
and as they both still persisted in remaining, ho gave
them in charge.
The defendants, who denied the charge of drunken-
ness in tote, were ordered to enter into their own recog-
, nizances to keep the peace towards the complainant for
three months.
THE TICKET-SHOP NUISANCE.—This morning a lady,
whose name did not transpire, made an application to
Mr. Bingham for advice under the following circum-
stances:—
Applicant stated that yesterday afternoon she was
passing a draper's shop in Oxford-street, when she was
attracted by seeing some alpacas marked ls. 11d. per
yard. As she wished to make a purchase, she entered
• the shop and, after looking at the goods, had them mea-
sured, and as there were 224 yards, which was more
than she required, the shopman agreed, if she took the lot,
to let her have it at ls. lid. per yard. She consented to
that, and gave the shopman a sovereign and a half, re-
ceiving in change 7s. ld. The goods were subsequently sent
• home to her residence in Ely-place, but the servant
would not take them in in consequence of 2s. more, in
addition to what she had already paid, being demanded.
This morning she went to the shop and saw the shop-
man, to whom she complained of the imposition; he then
said she had, made a mistake in the change and had
given him 2s. too little. This she denied, and as he
would not give up the parcel she wished to know how
she was to act.
• Mr. BINGHAM said he would send a constable to the
shop to tell the party that unless the parcel was given up
he should grant a summons to compel him.
' The lady thanked the Magistrate and left the court.
About half-an-hour afterwards, Crosbie one of the war-
rant officers attached to this court, wh9o was sent with
the lady, returned, and informed Mr. Bingham that after
some little trouble he had succeeded in prevailing upon
the shopman to give up the parcel to the lady without
her paying the 2s. demanded.
Mr. BINGHAM thought the shopman had adopted the
wisest plan.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
(THIS DAY.)
At twelve o'clock this morning, notwithstanding the
unpromising aspect of the weather, 24,815 persons had
been admitted into the Crystal Palace, of whom 11,375
entered in the first hour. There was no perceptible
change in the class of visitors, who all appeared to be
sons of toil, who had brought their families, many of
them from a distance, evidently to inspect the congre-
gated products of industry from all nations of the earth.
It will be remembered that soon after the opening of the
Exhibition, a pistol, exhibited in the Belgian depart-
ment, was stolen from the case in an . unaccountable
manner, and all trace of it disappeared until yesterday,
when it was offered for pledge at a pawnbroker's shop
in Knightsbridge. Information was given to the police,
and the boy apprehended, and we understand he is to be
brought up at Marlborough-street this day.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.--At the in-
stance of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, the six first articles in
the Dublin Gazette, of Tuesday, August 7th, 1849, have been
printed by order of the House of Commons. The return
principally consists of a copy of the formula of presentation
then printed in the Gazette, for the accommodation of those
who were to attend the Levee and Drawing•room, but a re-
turn is given of the persons to whom the entrée to the Castle
was given by her Majesty, in addition to those who had the
entrée at St. James's. They were as follows :—The Primate,
the Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Roman Ca-
tholic Primate, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin,
the Duke of Leinster, the Cabinet Ministers, her Majesty's
Household, the Lord-Lieutenant's Household, the Lord Chief
Justice of Queen's Bench, Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief
Justice of Common Pleas, the Chief Secretary to the Lord-
Lieutenant, the Chief Baron, the Attorney-General, the Com-
mender of the Forces, the Paymaster of Civil Services, the
Under-Secretary to the Lord-lieutenant, the Solicitor-Ge-
neral, the Commandant of the Garrison, the Adjutant-Gene-
ral, the Quartermaster-General.
ARRIVALS AT MIVART'S HOTEL.—His Excellency
Marshal Narvaez Duke de 'Valencia, from Paris ; his Excel-
lency the Count Coucheleff Bezborodko, from St. Peters-
burgh ;le Chevalier Andrea, Count and Countess Gerar-
diska, Baron and Baroness Vonverscheur, from the Hague;
Count Louvencourt, the Earl and Countess of Fingall, Mr.
and Lady Emma Anderton,
__ Marquis and Marchioness of
Waterford, Lord and Lady Farnham, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Gale Townley, the Earl and Countess of Charlemont, Colonel,
Mrs. and Miss Scudamore, the Marquis Pallavicino,
Marquis Fran?ois Balbi Senarega, Comte Come-Degli Ales-
sandri, Mr. Legh, Mr. O'Shea, M. Battaelle, &c.
On Wednesday a deputation of the Census Enu-
merators Association waited on the Registrar-General, at
the Census-office, by appointment, with whom they passed
upwards of an hour, and were highly gratified with their
courteous reception.
MONSTER MILITARY BAND.—The bands of the
two regiments of Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards (Blue).
the Grenadier, Coldstream, and Scots Fusilier Guards, with
that of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich, attended at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on Tuesday afternoon last, for the
purpose of rehearsing, as one band,
the several pieces of
music selected for performance at the Grand Military Mu-
sical Festival which is to take place in the grounds of that
establishment on the 17th and 18th of June. It was in-
tended that the bands should have played in the garden, but
owing to the inclemency of the weather, the rehearsal took
place in the pensioners' large dinner hall. The bands will
again, attend for practice on Friday and Monday next.
THE LATE FAILURE IN LIVERPOOL,-.-We perceive
that some of the London papers state the liabilities of Mr.
Richard Hyde, cotton merchant, of Liverpool, at something
like 200,0001. or 300,0004 ; a statement which, we have rea-
son to believe, is very greatly exaggerated. The precise
amount, we believe, is not at present ascertained, as there
have been some purchases of cotto
lat New Orleans, on
.
joint account with another party. tis believed that M
Hde's own liabilities will be paid in full ; and that the divi-
denyd on the joint debts will be large. —.3lanchester Guardian.
DEATH FROM LOCK ,JAW.--An inquest was held
yesterday, by Mr. W. Carter, at the Rising Sun, Old Kent-
road, as to the death of James Bagley, aged 44The evi-
.
dence went to prove that the deceased was proceeding to a
friend's house, when he slipped, and fell to the ground with
great violence, whereby he sustained a alight injury upon
the nose. He was placed under the care of a surgeon, but
symptoms of lock-jaw intervened, aird he gradually sank.—
Verdict—" Died from tetanus, caused by an accidental fall."
IIHPILOVEMENTS AT BILLINGSGATE MARSET.--The
first poi tion of the new market, namely, the architectural
river front and shell-fish market, constructed on the site of
the old wet dock, is nearly finished, and will in the course of
a few days be opened. The river frontage extends from the
Custom-house-stairs to Dark-house-lane; it is in the Tudor
style of architecture, built of Dutch brick, with dressings of
Portland atone and granite, and consists of a central or
clock tower, two wing turrets with an intersecting colonnade,
having fifteen distinct river entrances. The bed of the old
dock is reached by a double flight of stone steps; here shell
fish will be exclusively sold, and its surface will be covered
with stalls for the sale of other kinds of fish. On the open-
ing of this portion of the market the removal of the houses
in Dark. house-lane will commence, in order to complete the
new market. The amount which the Corporation are ex-
pending in this important improvement is 22,0901.
REFORMATION IN DUBLIN.—On Whit-Sunday four
persons renounced and abjured the errors of Popery under
the spiritual direction of the Rev. Thomas Scott, and re-
ceived the Holy Communion in St. Thomas's Church. One
of the converts is the Rev. Andrew Hopkins, late parish
priest of Kilmore, Erris North, diocese of Killala. He
presented letters testimonial to the Priests' Protection
Society from that diocese, and a bene decessit from Doctor
Feeny, Rowan Catholic Bishop of ,Evening
kleratd.