The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-04 00:00:00

UST 4, 1851.
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lingering three days in great paine4ipd op the 26th from
the effects of the blow. The mad* Witness who bad
attended the child, and made the post-mortem examina-
tion, described the injuries as very severe.
The prisoner said, in his defence, that he was very
drunk (as was the fact), and that halad no intention cf
injuring the child.
_ _ _

It seemed that be had been engaged to be married to
a young woman who was lodgingin the Dudlestons'
house, that she had discarded him pd that Mrs. Duffles-
ton's refusal to admit him to the walled exasperated
him beyond endurance. ;4*
The jury found the prisoner itiotititpsitation,
and *
His LORDSHIP said that as o 4ia prisoner
had no intention of injuring the •0: Considering
the other circumstances of the case, .4 patience would
be comparatively a light one. Still tbc:,stAtug of a
woman in that way was brutal and cowardly, whatever
provocation be might have received. His Lordship sen-
tenced the prisoner to one year's imprisonment, with
hard labour.

Great progress was made in the criminal business to-
day, as several prisoners pleaded guilty to charges of
larceny; and Mr. Whateley, assisted in trying
prisoners in a third court.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT, t astle,Aug. 2.
Mr. Baron PIATT came over' here'on Thursday after-
noon (the commission day), and opened the commission,
leaving Mr. Justice Williams to finish the civil side bu-
siness at Durham.

THE FREEMEN AND STALLINGERS' OF SUNDERLAND V.

THE BISHOP OF •DIJ AM.
This case, which was cOmMe., .d on Thursday
morning at Durham, and action to try the
right to the soil of t .r •of Sunderland,
claimed by thei3l4ti prApteta_ry
rights over frior—a to . e . ;it h
fendant as lord of the manor, was not terminated until
mid-day yesterday, and the jury did not return their
verdict until five o'clock, when they found for the de-
fendant.

Another cause remained in the cause list to try, which
was made a remanet.
Mr. Justice Williams arrived here yesterday about
two o'clock, and proceeded all day with the trial of
prisoners.
The town calendar contains a list of twenty prisoners,
one of whom was charged with murder. The grand jury,
however, in this case, threw out the bill. The calendar
for the county contains the names of twenty-seven
prisoners. The great majority of these eases are charges
of larceny and minor offences.
The cause list contains an entry of threo causes for the
town and three for the county, two of the latter being
marked as special jury causes.
One of the chief topics of conversation here has been
the mode in which the High Sheriff (Sir Horace St.
Paul) has thought fit to receive the judges. On this
Occasion, instead of the very handsome equipage with
which former High Sheriffs of this county have usually
escorted the judges, a very plain, if not shabby, clarence
carriage, without any ornament whatever, and having a
rumble behind, in which were two footmen in plain live-
ries, was the only parade, if it ca❑ be so called, which
was afforded to the judges. After commenting on the
cases in the ealendar, his Lordship said:—" As I have
the honour to address those whom I see before me, and
in the presence of so many respectable individuals, I
cannot leave you without expressing my great regret that
in this great country, and in this great county of North-
umberland, the gentry are so reduced as not to show the
ordinary respect and loyalty to the Crown. It is not
merely as judges that we come here. We are ministers
under the Royal commission. We have the honour to
attend before you under the commission or sign manual
of her Majesty; and in this country, where any disloyalty
or any disregard to the administration of justice is con-
sidered a slur, I do regret that the usual and ordinary
garniture by which that loyalty is displayed should not
have been exhibited on this present occasion."
The HIGH SHERIFF, rising in considerable perturba-
tion, said—l have been directly charged with disloyalty.
I publicly declare that the accusation is unjust and un-
founded. lam as loyal a subject as there is iu any
county in the kingdom.
His LORDSHIP--I must certainly say that, as a gentle-
man of ample means, that loyalty to the Crown and re-
spect for her Majesty's commission has not been ex-
hibited.

This little episode created quite a sensation in the
court, and was the subject of conversation and remark
during the course of the day, and in accordance with his
Lordship's desire it is said the trumpeters were sent to
herald Mr. Justice Williams to the court on his arrival
and to-day they preceded the carriage to the court.
They, however, by no means mended appearances, as
they were not put in livery.
In the course of yesterday Mr. Bliss, Q.C., sat and
tried county prisoners, as did also Mr. Justice Williams
on his arrival. Mr. Baron Platt tried the town prisoners
at the Guildhall.
To-day Mr. Baron Platt sat at Nisi Prins.

SUSPECTED MURDER IN HULL.
(From the Hull Advertiser.)
About six weeks ago a report was prevalent in the
town that a young girl had left her mother's house, in
Chapel-lane,-for the purpose of taking a walk, and that
she had never returned. Murder was spoken of at the
time, but the report, it would seem, never reached the
ears of the proper authorities, and therefore no investi-
gation was made into it. The girl's name was Mary
Harland, who was about eighteen years of age, and who
had been living as servant with a Mrs. Lamb, residing
on the' Hessle road. She went home to her mother's on
Sunday, the 22d of June, to spend the day; went out
from there at night, and was seen no more alive after
midnight. On the sth of July the body of a female,
which had been picked up in the Ouse, was buried at
Whitgift. It had a stab apparently completely through
the neck, and a shawl was also twisted very tightly round
it. From some circumstance or other, the fact of this
body king picked up became known to Mrs. Harland,
the mother of the missing girl, upon which she went
over to Whitgift, when the body was exhumed, and she
identified the remains as those of her daughter. Singu•
Italy, however, still no steps were taken to discover
the perpetrator of the murder—for it was evident mur-
der had been committed—and it is probable the affair
would never have been brought to light had not the
Rev. W. Williams, perpetual curate of Whitgift, written
to the mayor (T. W. Palmer, Esq.) the following let-
ter:—

" Reedness, near Goole, July 22, 1851.
" My dear Sir,—Will you permit me to inquire whe-
ther any inquiry is being carried on in your borough
relative to the sudden disappearance of a daughter of
John Harland, King's-entry, Chapel-lane, Hull? I buried
a body on the sth of a young female, washed on shore
at Ousefleet, in my parish, which was identified on the
16th by the mother, with other parts of the family, as
that of the missing daughter, when wounds were clearly
perceptible in the neck. lam surprised that the super-
intendent of police, to whom I addressed a paper by the
mother, has not written to direct a further investigation,
or to say that the magistrates in your town, where the
deed is supposed to have been done, were endeavouring
to ascertain whether the young man suspected of the
murder was in custody. The mother, on identifying the
body, said that on her return' the police promised im-
mediately to proceed in the matter.' We have seen the
deputy coroner, who so strangely overlooked the neck,
and neglected to have any proper examination of the
body, but he says that ho received and recorded the ver-
dict of Found drowned,' and can do no more.' To-
day I have seen G. S. Lister, Esq., of Ousefleet-grange,
under whose direction the overseer has appointed a
medical examination, as the body is fast tending to de-
cay, when I will write again; but perhaps you will
kindly favour me with your thoughts on the subject, as,
if a murder has been committed, it is not right to pass it
over with indifference.
" Believe me to be, yours most truly,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS.

" To the Mayor of Hull."
" P.S.—The following is as nearly as I remember the
paper I gave to the woman, an I left immediately for
Goole to be in timo for an inquest in that town, and to
get an interview with the deputy coroner.
" I, William Williams, perpetual curate of Whitgift,
&C., do hereby certify that Harland has this day
identified the body of a young female, washed on shore
at Ouaefieet, as that of her daughter; and, further, that
there were what seemed to be two stabs in the neck.
A 3 witness my hand this day, &e. " W. Williams.
" To the Superintendent of Police, Hull.'"
This was the first intimation the mayor ever received
of the matter, and of coarse he caused immediate inves-
tigation to be made. Tho result was that on Monday,
at the police-court, (before the mayor, H. Blundell, and
G. Cookman, Esqs.), Thomas Jones, a young man,
twenty years of age, and a basket maker by trade,
VMS charged on suspicion of having murdered Mary
Harland.
Sarah Harland, mother of the deceased, deposed as
follows live in Chapel-lane. Mary Harland was my
daughter, and lived as domestic servant with Mrs. Lamb,
on the llessle-road. On Sunday, June 22 last, my
daughter came home for the day. It would be about half-
past two when she came home. She pulled off her bonnet
and shawl,and shortly afterwards she went out. There was
no one with her, and she returned about half-past three
o'clock. When sho came in she got something to eat,
and then went out again with my other daughter. I
know Elizabeth Anderson. She was standing near my
house on the Sunday in question with the deceased. The
second time my daughter went out she returned about
half-past seven in the evening. The third and last time
that sho went out she took her shawl and bonnet with
her, but did not bid me good night. She was talking to
the prisoner sometime between three and four o'clock in
the atternoon. They were at the street end together.
The prisoner had been acquainted with the deceased
about nine months. I never saw her alive again after
half-past seven at night. When my daughter was miss-
ing I went to the prisoner's house and saw his mother
and himself. I asked him where he had left the de-
ceased; how he had left her; and was she all right
when he left her. Prisoner replied that she was not
quite all right when he left her. He soon afterwards
said he did not know where she was, nor anything
about her. A day or two afterwards I met him in
the street, when he said that he had left her about
midnight. He had previously told me that it was half-
) past nine when he left her. I have been to Whitgift,

near Goole, and have seen the grave of the deceased
opened. When the coffin was opened I saw the remains
of my missing daughter Mary. In her neck wore two
large holes, into which I could put one of my fingers.
There was a hole upon each side of the neck, as though
some thing had been thrust through it. The shawl was
twisted so tightly rou❑d her neck that it was with great
difficulty that it could be got undone. There was a
slight cut also in the neck. Deceased was not raised out
of the coffin. My daughter was steady, and not accus-
tomed to remain out late at night. She was a spirited
girl, and was attached to the prisoner. She felt his ne-
glect towards her. I know - nothing of the prisoner's
character. They wore to have gone to Null on that
Sunday, and were to have met somewhere for that pur-
pose; but the prisoner did not keep his word. When he
said he had loft her at twelve o'clock, I said if he had
taken her to a bad house I would forgive him if he would
tell where she was, for I felt very anxious about her.
Fie said he knew nothing about her. Deceased had been
in service about two months. Prisoner lives in Chapel-
lane,inthe next yard to us. . _

Elizabeth Kelley deposed—l live in Hale's-entry,
Market-place. I remember Sunday, the 22d June last.
I knew Allry Harland, and also the prisoner. About
12 o'c!ock I saw them standing, together at the end of
Uowlalley lane. I spoke to the deceased, and asked her
what she was doing out at that time of night. The pri-
soner said ho would " bunch "me if I did rot hold my
tongue. He ran after me to do so, and I ran away. Pri-
soner then went back to deceased. They walked half
way down Bowlalley-lane, and then one went one way
and the other the opposite way, They were not quar-
relling. I have known the deceased about six months.
_Mr. hi'Manus—That is the last account we have of
the deceased, and closes the case for the prosecution.
There are other witnesses, but they are for the defence.

The prisoner,. who tossed his head very much, and be-
haved with the giFirsisT ft-thick:lance— and—levity In the
dock, declined making any defence; but the following
witnesses were called:—

Elizabeth Anderson—l live in Mabb's-entry, High-
street. I knew Mary Harland. On the 22d of June last I
was with her on the Chapel-lane staith. That was between
four and five o'clock. She said that Thomas Jones had
promised to take her to Paull, and he had broken his pro-
mise and not done so. She also said that she had
disagreed with her mother, and was very uneasy about
it. After she had stood some time, she said that if
Thomas Jones loved her as she loved him he would have
fulfilled his promise. She was unhappy, and would
jump into the mud. I soon after parted from her. I did
not see her afterwards, and I know nothing more about
her. I have had no conversation with Jones about it.

Sarah Jones, mother of the prisoner, deposed—l live
in Chapel-lane. I saw the deceased on the 22d of June.
Prisoner went out between four and five o'clock, and the
second time was about six o'clock. I was bedfast that
day, having just been confined the day before. My son
came home on the Sunday night, about a quarter past
twelve o'clock. He came into my room, and I asked him
what kept him out so late. He said he had been out
on the Hassle-road. He then went to bed, after getting
his supper. There is a man named Boylebit lives in our
house. The prisoner would have to pass through his
room to get to his own, and on the following morning
►he got up as usual, a few minutes before seven o'clock.
Ido not know whether Mary Harland regularly kept
company with the prisoner. I asked him if he knew
anything of her, as she had not been home since Sunday.
lie said, " Is that right?" I said, " So her mother says."
When he had got his work done he used to go out at
nights on purpose to seek for her. He seemed much
grieved.
Mr. M‘Manus said that was all the evidence for the
defence, as a man named William Holmes, and also an-
other witness, had gone to Leeds in a cheap train that
morning. Holmes's evidence was to the effect that at
half-past twelve o'clock on the Saturday night in question;
he saw the deceased alone, walking down the market.
place towards Lowgate. He spoke to her, but she re-
turned him no answer.

Mr. Ayre, the magistrates' clerk, said that the other
daughter might perhaps throw some light on the subject.
Ann Harland deposed—l am sister to the deceased. I
have had some conversation with the prisoner Jones.
One Monday night, after my sister was missing, I saw
Jones, and he said that he had a pretty job, for she (the
deceased) had trailed him nearly down to Hessle, where
ho had left her at twelve o'clock. I said that it was a
queer time of night to leave her. He said he did not
know what to say about that. He afterwards said that
ho knew nothing about her, more than that he left her
at Bowlalley-lane end, at twelve o'clock on that night.
Mrs. Lamb, the lady in whose service the deceased
previously was, deposed—l saw no alteration iu the
conduct of the deceased to lead me to think that she was
not in a eound state of mind, or that anything was
preying on her mind. She was an extremely steady
girl, and was not in the habit of staying out late at
(lights, but came in punctually at nine o'clock on a
Sunday night.
Sarah Lh.rland recalled—Deceased had a cut on ore
of her hands. The shawl was twisted tightly round her
neck, and not tied.
Mr. Blundell—lt is very curious that the jury should
not have called in a surgeon to have examined the
body to see whether there were any wounds, and if
there were, whether they had been caused by knocking
against the large stones in the river, or by some unna-
tural means with a murderous intent.
Sarah Harland—The constable of Whitgifc told me
that when the body was found the chest was covered
with blood, and that she had been murdered.
Robert Watson, police-constable, No. 45, deposed—l
went with Mrs. Harland to see the constable of Whitgift,
whom I understood was somewhere in the Hull Market-
place on business. He stated that he believed that the
girl had been murdered, because she had a quantity of
blood on her chest. He said no surgeon had examined
the body, and when the jury viewed it none of the
things were removed to see if there were any marks of
violence about it. The body was interred on the sth of
July. The mother showed the constable a piece of cloth
matching the gown of the deceased, and ho said he had
no doubt that deceased was her daughter.
Mr. Ayre—lf they bad had a surgeon it would have
cost the parish half a guinea more, and so they thought
they would do without.

The Mayor—lt is very evident that there has been a
great deal of neglect on the part of the parish authori-
ties at Whitgift. Mr. Ayre, our clerk, will write to the
Home Secretary, and no doubt a large reward will be
offered for the apprehension of the perpetrator of this
foul murder. The first I heard of this affair was from
the Rev. Wm. Williams. (The Mayor here read the
letter, which we have given above.) The mayor, after
consulting his brother magistrates for a short time, said
—We think that at present there is no evidence against
you, and you may therefore be at once discharged. As
tar as wo can judge at present, there is no suspicion rests
on your character.
Mr. M'Manus—lf there is any fresh evidence we shall
bring ytu up again.

THE LATE FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE
ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

On Saturday evening Mr. William Carter, the Surrey
coroner, and a respectable jury, went into the protracted
inquiry at the Three Goats Inn, Wandsworth-road,
Lambeth, respecting the death of John Massey, aged 31,
who was killed on the South-Western Railway under the
most frightful circumstances, some particulars of which
appeared in The Sun of Saturday last.
The mutilated remains of the deceased were lying in
a shed at the rear of the inn, and presented a most fear-
ful spectacle. The several portions of the head were
tied up in a handkerchief, and the body was placed in a
shell.
Thomas Wright, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Hunt,
a contractor, deposed that the deceased, witness, and two
other men, were engaged, under the direction of Mr. T.
Nichol, the engineer, in repairing the bridge which
passes over the Wandsworth-road. About half-past
three o'clock on Thursday afternoon last, witness and
two of the labourers went to the blacksmith's shop
at the Nine Elms goods depbt, for some iron work,
leaving the deceased digging the ballast. When wit-
ness had got about two hundred yards down the line,
he saw the Richmond train coming in towards the
Waterloo-road. Witness went down the embankment out
of the way, when he heard the man on the engine sound
the whistle unusually long and loud. The train passed
witness, and, upon going back to the bridge, witness dis-
covered the deceased lying between the rails with his
head completely severed from his body. Deceased was
en his belly, and was perfectly lifeless, the head being
some distance from the trunk. There was another train
coming from the Vauxhall station, and was then within
forty yards of the bridge. Witness fully believed that
the deceased did not see or hear the up train, as his at-
tention was wholly directed to the down train. The
deceased was quite sober, and had been two years em-
ployed on the same line of railway.
By the Coroner—lt was not usual to sound the whistle
at that point unless danger existed. Did not believe
that there was any possibilty of stopping the train sooner.
The deceased had ample time to get out of the way.
They were supplied with time tables, but scarcely ever
looked at them.
The evidence of this witness having been confirmed,
Thomas Dowley, the engine driver, was next called
and said that on Thursday afternoon, he left the Twick-
enham station, in charge of the 2.5 P.M. passenger train,
for the Waterloo-road terminus, and on approaching the
extension or bridge which runs across the 'Wandsworth-
road, witness saw a man standing digging between the
rails on the up line. Witness instantly turned off the
steam and sounded the whistle with all possible power.
The stoker had put on the break, and witness caused
the guard to do the same; but the deceased never
heeded the signal, and was consequently ktnhoeckceadrrideges
own,
by the buffer of the engine, which, with
passed over his body. The noise of the train pasting
over the bridge, and the whistles, must have bewildered
the deceased, who was looking at the down train.
A juror asked if it was not usual to slacken the speed
of the trains when certain parts were undergoing re-
pairs?
The witness said it was not the practice to do so, as
it was not considered necessary.
The Coroner and the whole of the jury were of opi-
nion that the deceased ought not to have been left by
himself in such a dangerous position while the bridge
was under repair.
The inquest-room was then steered, and after the jury
i had been in conoultativia half an hour, they returned a

[PRICE SD.

verdict " That the deceased met his death accidentally;
at the same time they expressed an opinion that the im-
mediate attention of the company ought to be called to
the present system of leaving a man in such a dingerous
position, and that means be adopted forthwith for the
batter preservation of life."
Mr. Hunter, the contractor, said the opinion of the
jury should be at once forwarded to the proper authori-
ties.

At the close of the inquest the jury kindly raised a
subscription towards the relief of the unfortunate widow.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS

I.B4phas. rbaeseen.
hasnP-
commander, vice
coast-guard station to
steam sloop
Commanders—G. G. Randuosirip,ble-0.81(
ptbv,bo;:i. nnwit
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loon theonl
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aNavalfprpoomin district,ttheCollate;de
a Kilrush
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Majesty'sng
Styx; John Jervis Palmer to be inspecting commander
of the Kilrush district, vice Pasco, removed.
Lieutenants—John Appleby Pritchard has been ap-
pointed from the Whitehorse, Bantry coast-guard station,
to the Mullughmore district, as inspecting lieutenant,
vice Thomas Hamilton, deceased; J. W. Dorville (1841)
to Royal Naval College; H. St. John Mildmay (1844)
to the London, 92, flag-snip, Sheerness, as flag-lieute-
tient to the Hon.Josceline Percy, C. 8.; H. B. Johnstone
(1851) to the Waterwitch, 8, coast of Africa; Julian F.
Slight (1842) First, to the Centaur, flag-ship, for Brazils,
fitting at Portsmouth; Arthur Wilmsburt, to the Tra-
falgar, 129, vice Home, suspended.
Mates—William Simpson, to the Dauntless, screw-
frigate, Portsmouth; Henry W. Knox, to the London;
Robert F. Mercer, tothe Castor, 36, Cape; F. W. Wilson
to the Calypso.
We are glad to hear that the Vengeance, 84, Captain
Lord Edward Russell, is about to fill up her crew to her
'ltestioitig complement.- • She is a remarkably fine ship,
and her fittings and appointments are of a very superior
order, and reflect great credit on her executive officers.
The arrangements on her gun-decks are very perfect,
but her cock pits, orlop, wings, and storerooms, are cer-
tainly far superior to any that we have ever seen; there
is no thwartship bulkhead, and when lighted up appear
to form one vast, well ventilated saloon. Her spare haw-
sers and coils of rope are all on reels, and her spare
blocks and stores are all to be got at without the least
difficulty. Many naval officers have visited the Ven-
geance on purpose to inspect her interior fittings.
Lieutenant James H. Andoe (1815) is reported as
deceased. He entered the navy in 1804, and only served
11 years afloat.
Major Davis, of the Clarence-yard, with the dockyard
boat brigade, were out on Friday evening, and exercised
with ball cartridge at the target of the Excellent. The
target at short range, 500 yards, was again knocked to
pieces. The practice was altogether most superior.
All leave of absence to the artificers of Portsmouth
Dockyard to view the Exhibition is for the present
stopped, until after the annual Admiralty visit. The
Board are expected to arrive on the 11th instant, when
they will commence their inspection.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 3.—On Friday night, at eight
o'clock, Rear-Admiral Berkeley was joined by Sir F.
Baring, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir Charles
Wood, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer; and Colonel
Greene, C. 8., Director of Engineering and Architectural
Works; who all embarked in the Black Eagle Admiralty
steam yacht for the Channel Islands. It is expected
they will return thence to-morrow.
The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, dis-
embarked the Ist Royals yesterday morning in the dock-
yard, and they left at eight o'clock by special train, on
the South-Western Railway, for Winchester. The ship
will sail to-morrow for Chatham.
The Waterwitch, 8, Commander A. H. Gardner,
sailed from Spithead this morning for Plymouth and the
coast of Africa.

The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville, which has been
detained at St. Helen's since Wednesday last, sailed this
morning for the Mediterranean, touching at Lisbon.
Lieutenant Here has been superseded from her.
The Basilisk steam•sloop will be taken out on Monday
to try her engines, by Captain W. H. Henderson, C.B.
The Fairy royal yacht will embark the Court on
Thursday next and convey them to Gosport, en route to
London.

The steamers in the new basin have been removed,
and the water pumped out, in order that the works in
connexion with it may be proceeded with and completed
by Mr. Peter Dolt, the contractor.
The Acheron steam-vessel, Captain Stokes, arrived at
Wellington, New Zealand, on the 25th of March, from
the west coast of Middle Island, after a cruise of survey
and discovery of nearly four months. She left Welling-
ton on her last expedition on the 28th of November,
since which time she has visited nearly every port on the
south-east and south-west coast of the Middle and Ste-
wart's Llands. She encountered very severe weather at
the southward, and, having run short of provisions, ran
back to Wellington to revierual and refit.
PLYMOUTH, AUG. 2.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Styx, Commander Hall, having had her copper exa-
mined and repaired, was unlocked yesterday and towed
by the Pike to the Jupiter coal depot. She is appointed
to sail for the Cape of Good Hope on Tuesday or Wed-
ne2day.
The steam-vessel Avon was docked to-day for exami-
nation; and the Nile, 92, has been removed from her
moorings to the jetty for the same purpose.
In consequence of continued illness it is tne intention
of Commodore Superintendent Lord John Hay to obtain
leave of absence from duty at the dockyard for a short
period.
AuG. 3, 11 A.M.—The Express, 6, Commander Fead,
and the Devonport hoy, are getting under weigh for Ber-
muda and the West Indies.

IRELAND.
LIMERICK ELECTION.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY.—After a sham opposition and a
scene in which the renowned Father Kenyon, of '4B ce-
lebrity, figured as the most prominent actor, the Earl of
Surrey was yesterday declared the sitting Member for the
city of Limerick.