The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals.

( From time Times,)

cry for next session ; and that it may be a loud
cry, let the people begin it now. Weknow what we
have to expect from our representatives in the
early session of Parliament. We know how soon
they forget their hustings pledges, their many and
glorious promises, their protestations of immaculate
purity and sturdy patriotism. But when the pros-
pect of the hustings comes once more in view, we
may expect that for their own sakes they will do
something popular, if only to pave the way for
their re-election. Now, if ever there was a Parlia-
ment which had the credit of being renegade from
the faith it professed at the hustings, it is this.
Others may have been quite as bad—in fact very
probably they were so ; but none have had the ill-
luck to:get the same credit for their dishonesty.
What" chance have the men who compose it of
being re-elected ? They have the chance which
their votes during next session will give them.
The last week at school is universally the week in
which master and matron overflow with affection
for their pupils—the week of cakes and wine and
smiles, instead of frowns and short commons and
the birch. For the first six sessions of this veteran
Parliament we had plenty of the latter; now let
us hope we shall have a little of the former. And
in order that we may succeed, let us make up our
minds to ask one thing—relief from this odious
burden in its odious form.
And let us ask in a tone which will show that we
are determined to have it. The iniquities of this
tax are positively untold; no language can describe
the disaffection they have created, nor the extent
to which they have loosened the ties of morality.
We do not for a moment sanction or excuse the man
who makes a false return of his income ; but we
can quite understand howjit comes that hundreds do
make false returns. The fact is that, right or
wrong, men will take the law into their own hands,
if they can. If a law is manifestly unjust they
will evade it by any means in their power. They
are to be blamed ; but the temptation and wrong
under which they mislead are not without weight
in the scales of Justice. Let the Government bear
some portion of the blame of actions to which they
have urged their subjects. But at the same time i
let the people remember that this is a considera-
tion which will sit very lightly on the consciences
of our rulers ; and that, if they would be free from
this immoral and extortionate impost, they must
win their freedom by their own determined resolu
tion to submit no longer.

costs."

IRXLAND.

DUBLIN,— SATIIRDA:r MORNING.
THB TIPPZHARY BANB..
I The dreary arguments, in the cage of " O'Fle-
herty v. Dowell,' were at length brought to an
end yesterday, and the Lord Chancellor has inti-
mated the probability of his being prepared to
give judgment on Tuesday next. In the Court of
Bxeliequer yesterday the Chief Baron delivered
the unanimous decision of that Court in the long_
pending case of " Carroll v. Kennedy." The judg-
ment is considered very important, as bearing upon
the case which has just been argued in the Court
of Chancery
" The Chief Baron said that the case came before the
Court upon a demurrerjaken by the plaintiff to the plea in answer to the scire facias filed by the plaintiff. The
plea, the subject of the demurrer;stated that the co-part-
nership known as 'the Tipperary Joint-Stook Bank' w
a banking company, and its members bankers within the
meaning of the old statute, the 33d of George IL,
and that it had stopped payment, and was at the time of
its stoppage largely Indebted to divers persone, and
therefore its affairs became liable to be administered in
the Court of Chancery, and were, in fact, then under the
administration of that Court ; and that by reason
thereof the provisions of the act of the 6th Goose IT.,
known as the Joint Stock Companies' Winding-up Act,'
were not applicable. Ills Lordship observed that it was
net stated in the plea how the affairs of the bank came
under the administration of the Court of Chancery, and
that Court could not assume that they were taken under
the provisions of the 6th George IV., and, therefore,
they did not, and (lonia not, express any opinion as to
whether the statute of the 33d George IL was repealed
or not by the 6th George IV. There was nothing, as
appeared to the Court in the proceedings of the old act
of George IL to prevent a proceeding by action at com-
mon law until that act was put in force; and the same
principle, as to allowing an action to be brought at com-
mon law, was applicable to the proceedings under the
remedies given by the late act. Stich being the opinion
of the Court, there was nothing to prevent the party
from proceeding in the present action and issuing execu-
;sa" The demurrer should therefore be allowed with

THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE.
Although no very striking facts calculated to in-
crease the chances of the discovery of the murderer
have publicly transpired since Thursday, there is
ample reason for believing that the dreadful affair
will, ere the lapse of many days, celiac) to be the
mystery that has so far almost set speculation at
defiance. The police authorities seem to be quite
sanguine of the ultimate success of their exertions ;
but from the very proper secrecy with which all
their movements are shrouded it is impossible to
say what foundation there may be for the hopes
thus entertained. The following particulars are
compiled from the papers :
"From the pertinacious and almost unheard of at-
tempts at secrecy which are being made by those employed
in prosecuting the inquiry it is generally surmised that
they are at last in possession of some clue to the party or
parties implicated in the fearful deed. Up to a late hour
on Thursday night Mr. Kemmis, the Crown solicitor,
was engaged in holding a private investigation at the
terminus, when Bernard Gunning, clerk in the locomo-
tive department, and who also resides in the house ;
Catherine Campbell, Fervent to Mrs. Gunning, the
housekeeper ; Robert Phayre, an audit clerk ; and one
or t‘to others were examined at great length and with
the utmost minuteness, and their depositions committed
to writing. The key has not yet been found, and ft
would appear as if the police either despaired of its re.
covert' or entertained hopes of coming upon something
more important, and had therefore abandoned further
search, as the canal has been permitted to refit its bed
by means of the syphon. We have heard on good au-
thority that but for the peremptory remonstrances of
the police the canal would not have been suffered to re-
main dry on the second day, when the razor was got,
and it is thought that the key is still in the same place,
and that if a proper search had been made it would, in
all probability, have been also recovered. It has been a
subject of remark to many that the search in this quar-
ter was conducted with considerable carelessness, some
of the workmen being often engaged in killing eels, in- •
stead of working steadily under the guidance of compe-
tent officers, such as the company might be naturally
supposed to have at their disposal. The smallness of the
reward offered has also been the subject of general ob-
servation. There are good grounds for believing that
the remains of Mr. Little were privately exhumed this
day and again examined by the medical men in connexion
with the instruments lately found, to see if the injuries
were such as they would be likely to inflict, and the
Crown Solicitor, with the superintendents of the detec-
tive police, subsequently entered the chamber in which
the murder took place, and were engaged for some time
in closely inspecting its appearance, size, and general de.
tails, with a similar object. The resu t has satisfied the
police that beyond doubt these were the actual instru-
ments used in the commission of the crime. The most
positive instructions have been given to exclude stran-
gers, and more especially the representatives of the pub-
lic press, from the scene of the occurrence, and should
the inquiries new making lead to the immediate errata'
the supposed guilty party there may be some show of
reason in the precaution ; but the hope of keeping from
the few what must be known to the many is simply ab-
surd, not to say mischievous. Nothing that has yet
appeared can be considered as in any way calculated to
defeat the ends of justice and all attempts at enforced
secrecy in a case of the kind are altogether futile.
"It is now well ascertained that no stranger to the
railway terminus perpetrated the murder. Thin conclu-
sion has been arrived at after an examinatien of the vari-
ous facts and incidents which have come to ;he know-
ledge of the officers charged with the investigation. One
of these facts is the mode of procedure of the assassin
after the committal of the murder, including his egress
from the car-gate, at the west side of the terminus, be-
traying an acquaintance with the locality impossible to
be obtained by any person who had not been either con-
nected with the company, or %es° had not familiarised
himself with the various details. Westated on Wednesday
that suspicion had fallen on some person of this class, and
we find now that that statement was fully justified by the
circumstances which have since transpired. The police
are fully satisfied that the murderer still lurks on the pre•
mixes of the company, or has bees till within a re-
cent period in their employment. No reasonable doubt
can now be entertained but that the hammer, the
discovery of which we announced in our last impres-
sion, was the instrument with which the assassin be-
gan his work, and from the fact that the head of
that weapon was in store, and unapproachable except
by parties properly authorised, it would seem that '
those suspicions are well founded. Notwithstanding,
however, all the difficulties in the way of the officers
in their efforts to bring to justice the party concerned
in this foul crime we have good reason to think that
those efforts are continued as unabatingly as ever, and
with more prospect than ever of a suecessful result.
From information which has corns to their knowledge they
are at present engaged in an investigation of the where-
abouts
connexiono nt h e evening
w iwith
th
eo f
facts the
amurder,lready
aanbdoutsthiegfp
known to the public, lead to the belief that ere long the
suspected person will be in custody. With reference to
ctaerkteaniniPneto rs
the parties brought Wore the sitting magistrate at
Capel-street police-office it is but just to say that the
melee are of opinion that they had not any band in the
crime. Respecting the razor, it is now ascertained that
the blade was set in a white, not a black haft, and it
appears to be such a one as might have been taken out
of a dressing-case, the property of a gentleman. It
bears the name of ' Reid,' the celebrated cutler, as ma-
nufacturer. No trace of blood is apparent on the blade
or handle ; but from its having remained in the water
for, as is presumed, some few days, all appearance of
blood, must, no doubt, have been washed away. I t
will, however, be subjected to a microscopic examination."
THE RECENT RAILWAY COLLISION.
The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate
victims of the collision on the Kilkenny and
Waterford Railway was resume:: yesterday, and
the following verdict returned :
" We find the deceased persons were killed at Dunkitt-
siding, on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, by the
Kilkenny midday mail to Waterford coming into colli-
sion with the ballast train in such siding, in consequence
of the points of the siding having been unlawfully and
improperly left open ; that such points were in the par-
tioular care of Michael Brien, gauger, in charge of the
ballast train, who neglected to see them olesed. Our
finding is that of Mans aighter against the said Michael
Brien, through whose wilful and unlawful neglect the
deaths have occurred ; that no blame can be attached to
any of the officers of the traffic department on the line,
whose driver and fireman used every effort in their
power to prevent the catastrophe."
The prisoner Brien was removed in custody, aid
the ensuing assizes.
will be committed to Kilkenny Gaol for toal at

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS nt
THE CIVIL BERVIOE.--The Foreign Department.—There
otThAereChamingsuell,
are three principal diplomatic posts at present vacant--
that of Minister to Ranover,salary 3,0001.; thrst of Min.,
inter to Washington, salary 4,50 a ; and that of Minis-
terynsti3OisOhOird.
ent. Th
to the Two
oSdeicsioalie,
Generalship
and several vice consulships in the Turkish. territory are
Legal Department.--The Recordership of
vacant. Leg
Bristol becomes vacant by the elevation to the bench of
6'tlißealGoar
_There •
erB is
aSirraAcalenxcayufdoerr
aCojcukubiourrocierkStiantitohniesryd-eopuflt
Mint.—Mr. Robert Anderson Hill has been appointed°
junior clerk on the establishment at a progressiveSala ra‘i;
commencing at 100/. per annum ; Mr. Creorfts F. -
has been appointed a supernumerary clerk in jthsell
the coin.
ing department; Mr. Joseph Newton, late weigher, bas
been appointed a junior clerk at a fixed salary
per annum. Customs.—A landin gwait of 220/.
erAki at PSouth-
ampton bas become vacant by the death
of Mr. Henry
W. Mfor
iall. There are six vacancies
boatmen at Hartlepool. Mr. Frederick
and
Ashton has
been appointed a clerk in the London Docks. Mr. G.
M. GUM], has been appointed a clerk
office, London. Mr. H. Lloyd;
Controller at Shoreham,
has been appointed Controller at Gal MJ. Hatt,Controller at Whitby, h way. r.•
J as been appointed Controller at
Shorehaus. Coastguard. Mr William Bailey, chief
officer of the Greenbithe station, h s been appointed lieu-
tenant in command of the Brighton station, vice Lieu-
tenant Williams. Mr. Nr d • k Williams, f the Brigh-
tone eric .
station, has been appainted lieutenant in command
of St. Catherine station, vice Mr. Rose. Mr. Frederick
E. Rose, of the St. Catherine station, has been ap-
poiuted chief officer in command of the Gretzhithe
station vice Mr. Bailay.civa .s.orvi" ckg°°'
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