The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-16 00:00:00

v.ll 1:4 E SUN,

IRELAN

THE GREAT NATIONAL CATTLE SHOW.
DUBLIN FRIDAY.—The proceeding connected with
the annual catch? show commenced on Wednesday,
when the grounds of the Royal Dublin Society's
honse, in Kildare-street, were thrown open for the
exhibition of cattle, farming implements, &c. At no
former year was there so fine a display of stock of all
kinds, but, owing to the dreadful state of the weather,
the number of visitors WAS comparatively limited.
Yesterday matters presented a more cheering aspect,
and from an early hour to the close of the day the
yard was perfectly thronged. The banquet came off'
in the Theatre Royal last night. At half-past five
o'clock about 150 guests sat down to dinner. The
Duke of Leinster presided; and the various toasts
v.tre responded to by Lord Naas, the Earl of Clan-
carty, Mr. Naper, of Loughnew, the Earl of Erne,
Lord Ebrington, Lord Talbot de Malabide, and
others of less note in the agricultural world. In the
course of his able speech Lord Clancarty thus
touched upon the state of Ireland and her future
prospects :
" Viewing the country g nerally (said the Noble Earl),
he could not say that within the last five years there had
been a course of agricultural improvement, for there had
been entirely wanting that evidence which was alone to
be found in the amelioration of the working classes. He
hoped, however, that the coming harvest would indicate
a change for the better.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that
the ark in which they had been permitted to float amid
the desolation which surrounded them had reached its
Ararat, and that the lanris which had been once thickly
peopled, but were new desolate, though fertile, would
again be populated by an industrial people, and that they
would henceforth be seen evidencing the effects of real
industry and economy, and all other circumstances
which would tend to attach the peasantry to the soil,
and gladden the eye of the beholder.—(Hear.) He was
sanguine of the future prosperity of Ireland. They
had gone through much suffering, the recital of which
had produced wonder and astonishment, but he trusted
the chastening hand of the Divine Thing, who had
seen it fit to afflict this country, would not be dis-
regarded.—(Hear, hear.) They had heard the re-
sources of Ireland often boasted of, and he had him-
self often heard, in popular assemblies, the Irish pea-
santry called the finest in the world. He was one of
those who believed both those statements. He had per-
fect faith in the industrial resources of Ireland, which
his Learned Friend Sir R. Kane had so ably placed
before the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He had
Also faith in the disposition of the Irish peasantry to
become the finest in the world, but they should be
established by bringing them practically to light.--
(Hear, hear.) A great deal of attention was fixed upon
Ireland at this moment. Foreigners, Englishmen,
Scotchmen, and Americans, talked of investing capital
in endeavouring to develop the resources of the country;
hut the question was asked—why did not the capital
flow re? The reason was, because Irishmen, by leaving
those resources untouched themselves, raised a doubt of
their reality;—(Hear, hear.) He therefore trusted that
in future Ireland would take the lead in developing the
resources of their country, and that they would take
Agriculture as their commencement. L was essential
to the existence of their people ; it was essen-
tial to their comfort, and it would render this
country fit to take its proper place in the coin•
merce of the world.—(Hear.) In the recent circum

star.ccs of the country they had learned a lesson of self
reliance. They had been all ambitious for communica.

tion with America, and were recently very much
stricken with the idea that the Government would corm
a picket station at Galway—a*, upon an impartial view
or the facts, he thought they should have done—(Hear,
bear)—but they were disappointed. They were then
attacked with the idea that their American patrons
would enforce the claims of Ireland, but were again
disappointed. i‘ hero then were they to look? Let
them turn to thern,elves.—(Hear.) He rejoiced that
that sentiment was concurred in. Let them learn to
plough the land, and they would not be long until they
ploughed the sea.—(Hear.) If they desired to be a
great commercial or manufacturing nation, to turn the
,2rPat water power for which Ireland was celebrated

to proper aLcouut, they E hould first produce the material,
and when they had done that, they might depend upon
it they would have the manufacturers to work them up;
the it trade with foreign countries would follow as a

matter of course, and-Ireland would take the proper
position to which she was geographically entitled among
the nations of the earth.—(Cheers.)"

SUSPECTED POISONING IN ESSEX.
Another case, suspected to be connected with that
hideous system of secret poisoning which has thrown so
dark a shade over the moral character of the county, has
occurred at Vange, a small rural parish lying upon the
water-side, near Stanford-le-Hope. At present the mat-
ter rents wholly on suspicion, acd that of a slight kind,
but rumour, as usual upon such occasions, has been busy,
bringing forth and colouring a variety of circumstances
to give strength to the charge, and as consequently pro-
duced no little excitement in the neighbeurnood. The
supposed victim is Isaac Jervis, a labourer, about thirty-
six years of age. and the circumstances upon which a
suspicion has been founded that his death has been pro-
duced by poison are these:—On the morning of Mon-
day, the 26th of May, he left his cottage at Vange,
apparently in his usual state of health, to follow his
occupation at the farm of Mr. George Hilton, of Cor-
ringham, by whom he was employed. In the course of
the morning he appears to have been seizsd with sud-
den illness, and about eleven o'clock he returned home
complaining of great pain and thirst, and was
attacked with sickness. He lay for nearly a week in
excruciating agony, and died about noon on the follow-
ing Saturday. The body was in due course buried.
Other circumstances, which it would not be judicious at
the present stage of the inquiry to detail, connecting
themselves with the nature of his illness and death, pro-
duced dark suspicions end general whispers of foul
play; and these rather strengthening than diminishing
as time went on, some parties in the parish applied to
fir. C. C. Lewis, the coroner, to have the body ex-
humed and hold an irquest. That gentleman, however,
from the nature of the information first conveyed to him,
did not feel justified in adopting this course, thinking in
these days of economy it would be better not to incur
the expense on such slight grounds; but a requisition
reaching him signed by many of the respectable inhabi-
tants of the parish, he felt it his bounden duty
to proceed, and accordingly issued his order, ad-
dressed to the minister, churchwardens, and over-
seers of Vange, for the body to be disinterred.
This was done on Tuesday last ; and at six o'clock
in the evening the coroner attended at the Five
Bells public-house, and a jury having been sworn and
having viewed the body, which lay at the church, the
evidence was proceeded with. Witnesses were examined
to prove that the deceased, after he was seized with ill-
ness suffered much from sickness and was in great pain.
T. M. Parrot, surgeon, of Stanford le-Hope, who
had attended the deceased during his illness, described
the symptoms and the sufferings of the deceased, and
said eince the body had been disinterred he had made
I post mortem examination, but from the appearance he
was unanie co discover sufficient to account fair death;
he was of opinion, however, that the deceased died
from fever, with pneumonia of the left lung, but he did
not feel perfectly convinced of the cause of death.
This being the case the jury, as reports were still in
general circulation that the death was the effect of
poison, expressed a wish that the stomach should be
analysed. .The coroner felt it right that the wish
should be complied with, and he accordingly adjourned
the inquest, and the stomach and its contents, together
with the liver, were forwarded to Professor Taylor for
analisation.— Chelmsford Chronicle.

AN UNREHEARSED STAGE EFFECT.—A circum-
stance provocative of hearty and general laughter took place
on Monday, during the performance of the last and most,
impressive scene in the play of Julius Casco-. Mr. Vanden-
hog sustained the character of Brutus. He was at that
passage where, after his army had been defeated, he re-
quests his freedman to kill him, and resolves to commit
suicide. At this juncture a venerable looking goat, with a
long beard, made his appearance at the side scenes, and
took a deliberate survey of the house. The audience, at first
surprised, at this novel apparition, burst into roars of
laughter, to the evident horror and astonishment of the
tragedian, to whose ears the unlooked-for sounds were a
novel urofanation. The cause of the merriment walked de-
liberately down to the foot-lights, and sta ed at the audi-
ence, whose roars of laughter soon startled him, and drove
him once more upon the stage. In the maantin3a Brutus
stabbed himself with as much tragic dignity as possible
under the circumstances, covering his face with his robe.
The goat seeing his
fall, walked over to the prostrate Brutus,
took a sniff at him, and was then, amidst louder roars of
laughter than ever, in which the actors joined, removed off
the stage.—Livelpaol Tunes.

THE LATE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR or TOBAGO.—
Mr. Ross was born in 1797, at Rosstrevor, on the family
property', in the county of Down. The spot' is one of the
m,ist beautiful and picturesque residences in the world. His
family were of Scottish descent, and settled in Ireland,
at
Portlaw, in the reign of James I. In early life heentered
the
the army, and served in a dragoon regiment. His family
name has won a place in the historic annals of the kingdom,
a near relative of the
in
, General Ross, having lost his
life at Bladensburgh, in his victorious contest with the
and, in the year
Ame-
rican riflemen. The late
.Lieut.-Governor of Tobago, on
county. At the
coming of age, in 1819, married. Miss Harriet Anne Knot,
second daughter of the late Bishop of Limerick. H, was a'
deputy-lieutenant!
8 37,e fi ll e dthe office
ethe o countyf e
rr of
for Down,that
special invitation of the Liberal electors of Belfast, he con-
sented to stand for the representation of this borough in 1841,
in conjunction with the Earl of Belfast, and, after a petition
had been lodged against his return, a compromise was en-
tered into, and he continued Member for the town with Sir
J. E. Tennent, till the dissolution of Parliament. At the
request of the electors, who, no doubt, thought they would
be better represented by Mr. R. J. Tennent, whom they fixed
on in his stead, he resolved not to contest the representation
of the borough at the general election of 1847, and retired
from the field. Shortly after this, he went to reside at Edin-
burgh, where he remained till the beginning of this year,
when he accepted the appointment at Tobago. His lease of
office was, alas! a short one; but it was yet long enough to
win for him the fullest respect and admiration from all who
came within the influence of his kind and amiable nature.—
Belfast Whig.
ST. ALBAN'B BRIBERY COMMISSION ACT.—Yester-
day the new Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire
into the existence of bribery at St. Alban's was printed.
The Commi sioners are Mr. Slade, Mr. Forsyth, and Mr.
Phinn. They will proceed to St. Alban's, or near thereto,
and hold meetings, examine witnesses, and make a searching
inquiry into the existence of bribery for some time past in
that borough. The reports of the Commissioners are to be
laid before Parliament. Persona who have been implicated
in bribery, but who attend and make a faithful discovery,
are to be indemnified by the Commissioners from penalties.
The expenses of the Commission are to be paid by the Trea-
suy.

THE APPLE CROP.—The orchards this year are
yielding in abundance. There will be plenty of prime cider,
and we should imagine at a moderate cost.—Bridgewater
Timer.

LONDON,

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CON-
SPIRACY AND CIMATIIVG.
BRIGHTON, FRIDAY.—John Broome, an ex•pugi-
list, John James, of London, and Charles Staden, of
Brighton, were examined before the magistrates of
this borough yesterday, upon a charge of conspiring
to cheat and defraud William Hamp, a young gen-
tleman, 21 years of age, from Herefordshire, of 15
sovereigns, ten half-sovereigns, one half-crown, and
three bills of exchange, value 1001. each.
Mr. Sill, attorney from London, attended to con-
duct the prosecution ; Mr. J. G. Lewis, also from
London, was engaged for the prisoners Broome and
James ; and Mr. Kennett, of Brighton, for the prisoner
Staden.

Mr. Sill opened the charge by stating that it was
laid under the 17th section of the Bth and 9th Viet.,
c. 17, and then called his witnesses.
John Sherman, an attorney's clerk, deposed that
until lately he had been residing at 25, Chapel-street,
Oxford-street, London, but he had left that situa-
tion, and had resided with Mr. Hemp, the prosecutor,
at the house of the prisoner Broome. Witness corr-
tinued—l formerly resided at Ross, of which place
I am a native. Mr. Ramp's residence was within about
20 miles of Ross. Whilst I was staying at Broome's
I saw both the prisoners James and Staden there.
They appeared to be friends of Broome, who has
a parlour at the back of the bar, in which we took
our meals. It is a sort of private parlour. Broome
keeps the Rising Sun, Air-street, Piccadilly. I was
in that parlour at ten o'clock on the evening of the
6th instant. James, Broome, and Mr. Hamp were
also there, and Mr. Charles Probert was there.
After he left, cards were introduced by Broome,
who said, "Let's have a little amusement." James
began cutting the cards into five or six packs. Mr.
Hemp took part in the play. Mr. Hemp lost several
pounds to James and Broome. I do not know the
game they were playing, but they called it "Devil's
murder." After they left, Broome asked Mr. Hemp
if he was going to Brighton races. Saw Staden
at Broome's the previous Monday, the 4th instant.
Staden shook hands with Mr. Hemp, and said he
should be happy to see him at Brighton at the
races, where there would be some very good sport.
On the morning of the 7th, when I came down to
breakfast, I found that Mr. Hamp bad agreed to go
to Brighton races. Broome said, "I suppose Will
(meaning Mr. Ramp, a name which he sometimes
familiarly called him) will want some money. It will
be too late to go up to Charley's father; if he has
got his cheque-book with him and draws a
cheque, I will go over the way and get it
cashed." By Charley's father, I understood him
to mean the Rev. Mr. Probert, executor of the late
Mr. Hamp. Broome then said to Mr. Hemp that
if he would draw a cheque for 501. or 601, be would
get it cashed, and he supposed it would not be paid
into his banker's for a week. Mr. Hamp said, " I
think 301. will be quite enough," and he drew a cheque
for that amount. Broome got the cheque cashed, and
a party of us, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Broome,
Mr. Hemp, Mrs. Broome's sister, Mr. Probert, and
myself, drove to the London-bridge station. Mr.
Hemp took and paid for tickets for the whole party.
Mr. Hamp was going to pay for return day-tickets,
but Broome said he had better get single tickets, as
they might not return that day. He then got single
tickets, and we proceeded to Brighton. On arriving
at Brighton they proceeded to the races, and at seven
o'clock, by arrangement, dined together at Mutton's
Hotel. They agreed to lodge at 3, Dorset-gardens.
After dinner they drove out fora ride, and in the
course of their drive Broome recognized Staden on
the pavement, and took him up. They spent the
evening together at 3, Dorset-gardens, and at
Staden's house close by, in St. James's-street.
During the evening a knock came to Staden's door,
and in walked James. Staden and Broome expressed
surprise on seeing him at Brighton. He remained with
them. The next day the party drove to the Devil'i
Dike, and in the evening returned to 3, Dorset-
gardens. About nine o'clock, Staden, Broome,
James, and Mr. Hemp, put on their hats to go out,
and I asked where they were going. Broome said,
only to pay a bill at Boss's for the cab hire, and to
Mutton's to pay the bill there, and that they should
not be gone more than twenty minutes. I expressed
my intention of going with him, but Broome said
" You bad better stop behind, and take the ladies out
for a walk ; we shall not be gone more than twenty
minutes, and will meet you again at Staden's." They
then went away together, namely, the three prisoners
and Mr. Hemp, and in the course of the evening we
went to Staden's house, and remained there till past
one o'clock, when, finding the four did not return, I
took the ladies home, and we went to bed. I was
awoke about six o'elock in the morning with a knock-
ing at my door. I got up and opened the door, when
Broome, James, and Mr. Hemp came into my room.
Mr. Hemp was very tipsy. Broome was also very
tipsy, but James was not so tipsy. Mr. Ramp was
not able to undress himself, and lay down on my bed
with only his coat and waistcoat off. 1 asked them
where they had been, but they made no reply. The
next day we took our departure for London.
Mr. William Hamp, the prosecutor, was then exa-
mined. He said : I reside at Pacton Villa, in the
county of Hereford, and am of no business or profes-
sion. lam in possession of considerable property.
About a month ago I went to London to see the Ex-
hibition, and visited Broome's house. I met all the
three prisoner's there. I went to Brighton races with
a party, and on Friday evening, myself, Broome,
James, and Staden left 3, Dorset-gardens, for the
purpose, as I understood, of paying our bills at Mut-
ton's and Boss's. I paid two guineas at Mutton's.
We had some cold brandy and water at first, and we
remained there three hours. Either Broome or James
pulled out some money and began to toss. One of them
said " Let's have a little amusement to pass the time
away." Broome pulled out a halfpenny, James half-
Jcrown, Staden a shilling, and I pulled out a shilling.
ames said, " Let's go the odd man." We went first
for half-a-crown at the time. We spun the coins on
the table. I lost. Broome then proposed we should go
for half a sovereign. We did so several times, and I lost.
I won only once or twice. Staden then proposed to spin
for a sovereign ; the result was I lost. Whilst we were
spinning there were a good many ties. Broome
said, " I'll stand out, and you three spin, when one
will be sure to win." Broome said he would stand in
with me. I had about 201. in my pocket when I
commenced spinning. I lost about 101. myself, but
kept on playing till I lost all my money. After my
own money was gone Broome put in for me, and
when I had done playing at Mutton's I owed Broome
501. It was about one o'clock when we left off play-
ing. The landlord did not know that we were
gambling. We drank American punch. After we
left Mutton's we went to Staden's house. Broome
said to Staden, "Have you got any cards ?" Staden
replied, he did not think he had, but he went out and
brought in what appeared to be a cleats pack. James
cut the cards, and Staden proposed to play. I,
Staden, and James, sat down to play. Broome threw
himself on the sofa. We played at what they call
" Wilful murder." We played a pound upon each
pack, and I continued to play till I lost 1001. Staden
then said, " You must give me some acknow-
ledgment for this." I replied, " Yes, I will ;
and if you will give me a piece of paper I will
show you that I have lost it." He then put his
hand into his pocket and took out a 3s. 6d. stamp,
and passed it over to James to fill up, and he did so.
After James had written, be passed it to Staden
again. He asked me to sign it, but I hesitated for a
moment, and said I did not wish to put my hand to
bills. Staden replied, " That won't do. I am a
straightforward fellow, and always like business done
in a straightforward manner." I said, "If I must do
it, I must," and then I wrote the acceptance, which
I made payable at Messrs. Barclay and Son's. We
then went on playing again, till I lost another 1001.
Staden then put his hand in his pocket and pulled out
another bill, which underwent the same process as the
first, and I accepted it. Staden then introduced ano-
ther game, by shuffling the cards, at which I lost, in
the long run, 1001. Although I did win 20/. or 30/.
at one time, I soon lost it again. After I lost the
third 100/., Staden put his hand into his pocket and
pulled out another bill, which I accepted, but forgot
to put my name to it. During this time Broome was
asleep on the sofa. The next morning Staden came
to me and got me to put my name to the last bill.
The prosecutor was under cross-examination for a
very long time, in the course of which he stated that
he had had about 4001. from his father's executor
since April last; that he should not have prosecuted
this inquiry if be bad not been advised to do so by Mr.
Watkins, knowing as he did very little about the law.
He did not know that he had been cheated till after be
had lost his money, and then it struck him that by
hardly ever winning he must have been cheated.
At nine o'clock in the evening the examination of
this witness closed, when the magistrates adjourned
the further hearing of the case till this morning, when
Charles Thomas Probert, the companion of Mr.
Hemp, was the first witness examined. He stated
that he was the son of the Rev. Mr. Probert, of
Becton, and that he went to the races with Broome
and his party. The witness proceeded to relate the
circumstances exactly similar to what Sherman had
stated.
William Watkins, a watchmaker, who resides at
Hereford, stated that he went to town for the purpose
of getting an interview with Mr. Hamp. He did so,
and after he had made an appointment with him he
did not keep it, and when he got to Broome's Mr.
Ramp was refused.
Constable Lang, of the Brighton police force, de-
posed that he apprehended James in Air-street, and
on his person he found a dice-box and dice, a pack of
cards, and some coins in a purse, two of the coins re-
sembling shillings with the exception of a head on
each side, and two coins resembling sixpences with a
tail on each side. He had also some loose silver in
his pocket, among which was a piece of coin resem-
bling a fourpenny piece, with the exception of a bead
on each side. Some loose memorandums were also