The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

OP THE WEAPONS.

Some excitement was c rused yesterday by the an-
nouncement that three persons were arrested at Kelison
suspicion of being concerned in the horrible `murder of
Mr. Little, the cashier of the Midland Gra:t Western
Railway, but, in the course of a minute investigation,
nothing was elicited to connect them with that crime.
Two of the parties turn out to be persons who were seen
ins public-house at Stoneybatter on the day after the
murder, and heard disputing about money ; but, instead
of having 3001. in their possession, as was currently re-
potted, the sum found with them amounted only to one
sovereign, and eights and sixpence in silver. The search
in the canal for the weapons used by the assassin was
resumed yesterday morning, and ,continued throughout
the day with great diligence, but for several hours with.
out any success. Shortly after four o'clock, however, a
shout from one of the workmen employed in sifting the
lifted mud announced that some discovery had been
made. Numbers rushed to the spot where the workman
stood, when it was ascertained that a razor had been
found slightly imbedded in the find.. The, razor, on
being examined,
was recognised as being of superior ma-
n ufactu re. The blade, which is of fine steel and well
finished, is fitted in a black handle. It appears to
have been part of the toilet appointments of some re-
spectable person. The razor was found within a few
feet of the spot where the hammer was found on Wed-
nesday ; and there appears to be no second opinion as to
the fact thet it is the weapon with which the assassin
completed his work of death, by cutting the throat of
his victim, after having first knocked him senseless by
the already fatal blows of the hammer.

Mr. Kemmis, Crown solicitor, was actively engaged
during the day investigating every particular connected
with the murder, but his inquiries were of course strictly
private. The hammer which was discovered in the canal
en Wednesday has furnished an object for the exercise of
the tact and ingenuity of the police as a means, however
remote, of tracing out the assassin. No doubt whatever
is entertained of its being the weapon used by the mur-
derer. On, examination it was ascertained that the in-
strument was a " fitter's" hammer, and made in the
workshop of the company. One of the smiths stated that
he had made it, and added that it was a new one, and
had never been weed in the work for which it was in-
tended. The face of it had never been ground, and it
must have been taken out of the store, where there were
many more of the same description ; the handle, as we
have already stated, was a temporary one, and put in
loosely. A rumour obtained general circulation yesterday
that the man who had taken the hammer from the store
had.been found out and arrested. The story turns out to
be pure invention. No person had been arrested up to
twelve o'clock last night. Much surprise has been ex-
pressed at the Government having hitherto declined to
offer any reward for the apprehension of the murderer
or his associates, if any. This refusal was given, not-
withstanding the very strong representations which were
made to the authorities for the purpose of showing them
the wisdom of exertion in this case.

It is now assorted positively that of, the amount car-
ried away 2001. was in silver and over 1501. in gold,
which would constitute a weight of over 4 stone, a cir-
cumstance that would argue the participation of at least
more than one party in the crime.

Patrick Callen, Catherine Cullen, and Hugh Collins,
were yesterday brought before Mr. O'Donnell, having
been arrested upon suspicion, or rather in the hope that
something might arise from their examination tending
to show that they had been in some way concerned in
the recent atrocious outrage at the Broadstone
nus, but nothing decisive was elicited.
John Halligan, a servant in the employment of Capt.
Hartley, identified Catherine and Patrick Cullen as two
of the parties with whom he had seen a large bag of sil-
ver and a roll of notes on Friday, the 14th inst.
The prisoner, Patrick Cullen, said—Everything he has
stated is quite right, except about the five-shilling pieces.
I had three pounds of my own, and my wife had some

Mr. Chamberlain, the assistant of the deceased Mr.
Little, was asked if he could identify either of the male
prisoners as having been the party whom he had seen at
the terminus inquiring for Mr. Cabrey, prior to the com-
mission of the murder.

William Chamberlain looked about the office, and.
pointed to a person present, not either of the prisoners,
and said he bore a resemblance to the man in question.
Edward Williamp, clerk in the employment of Mrs.
Brady, Stoneybatter, said that Patrick Cullen had some
notes rolled up in his hand, but not many, and he bad
advised him to give them to his wife, as he was then in-
toxicated.
To Superintendent Finnarnore—l did not change any
notes for them, but Mrs. Brady gave them change of a 11.
note, I think, which the female prisoner gave to pay her
husband's fare and her own to Navan, amounting to 43.
The car-office is at Mrs. Brady's.
Michael Smith stated that he drove Patrick and Ca-
tb.erine Cullen from Stoneybatter to Danshaughlin.
They went from that to Navan with another driver ; he
did not see any money with them, nor did he hear them
speak of any.

Head Constable John Keatings proved the arrest of
the parties, and stated that he had on a former occasion
seen Patrick Cullen in company with a notorious gang
of pickpockets at Bells. He had heard from a grocer in
Reds that some days since the male prisoner wanted to
get 251. in notes for gold.

The prisoner—I never had so much money in my life.
Sergeant Kavanagh deposed that the prisoners when
tested gave contradictory statements. The male pri-
soner stated that they left Kelly's together on Thursday
morning, and slept the same night at her mother's iu
Peter-street, Drogheda, and that they left on Friday
morning for Dublin. The woman alleged that she had
not seen ifer mother fora fortnight, and that she only
met her husband on the way. She could not tell what
street The slept in whilst in Dublin. And the statement
of the male prisoner was that he never slept in Dublin in
his life, and the onlyrailway terminus in the city he bad
ever been at was the Drogheda.
Superintendent Finnamore applied to have them re-
manded.

Mr. O'Donnell ordered Collins to be discharged, and
said he would remand the others on the simple charge of
having money in their possession for which they could
not account satisfactorily. . . _

The case was then remanded generally.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The parade-ground at Chatham Barracks presented
an animated appearance on Thursday in consequence of
an order having been received from the Horse Guards
by the commandant of the garrison, Colonel Eden,
directing that, in consequence of the 40th Regiment
being considerably over its war strength, the troops
belonging to that depot would be permitted to volunteer
into any of those regiments of the line under their pie-
scribed establishment. The whole of the depot of the
40th Regiment, which is about 400 strong, under the
command of Captain M. E. Smith, of that corps, having
accordingly assembled on the general parade-ground of
the Provisional Battalion, Colonel H. Jervis, command-
ing the depots at Chatham, read the order which had
been received front the Horse Guards allowing the
volunteering, and directing that each of the volunteers
should be paid the sum of one guinea. Immediately
after the order had been read nearly 200 men stepped to
the front and offered themselves for various regiments,
the 11th and 99th, both, of them being colonial regi-
ments, being the most popular corps, there being 71
volunteers for the 11th Regiment, which is now On its
passage home from Van Diemen's Land, and 69 thefoer.sad
99th R9giment, which has recently returned to ft 'the
from that station. There were also volunteers
nd 81st
sth Fusiliers, 22d Regiment, 62d, 69th, 7001
Regiments, As the depot of the 40th Regiment
-to be removed to Templemore, the who
regiments,
volun-
teers will be sent off immediately to their new
guinea.
on joining which each man will receive oner '
The invalid establishment at St. m, s:'s Barracks,
invalid troops, there
Chatham, is very crowded with
of
f tthe
ei s about
the service waiting at this establishment being upwards of 1,500 men belonging
number discharged
discharge. In addition to tha g
illgtot to all
receive ebereainvehtehseoi their
ebeexent.orderedto
be discharged at Chatham
invalido troops to the number of
Yesterday afternoon
on Thursday last, nearly 400 e
Thursday
fficers and men, belonging to
100 non-commissioned
.
under the command of
detachment was
eainirrsi‘adavye
Malta. The
47th Regiment, and, on reaching
Brevet-Major Hunter,
who were found to require further'
different corps, arrived at the Strood station, from
Chatham, those men
invalid depot await their the
medical taken to the
remainder
treatment were ordered into hospital, and
Majesty's ship Hannibal, 91, Captain C. J. D i
UT demonstrated the new system of paying off ships in
....ay,
the navy somewhat unfavourably ; she commenced pay•
her crew at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning and
complete the task until 2.30 a.m. yesterday.
chHartgeroef.
troopship Urgent, Commander Phillips,
ldrneifdeTtunhiotsrcttesammouth yesterday afternoon for Queenstown
30th, and other regiments for
where she will take on board draughts of the
let, 14th, 28th, 48th, 55th, 57th, 71st, 91st, and 92d, for
teat with
depot, draughts
Gibraltar and Malta.
The service pension which reverted to the gift of the
Admiralty on the death of 'Admiral Watkins has been
conferred on a Vice-Admiral.
The Catissa and Olinda, hired transports, in the
tiler-
vice of Government, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday
ich on
evening, laden with Tower stores from the East.l T
transport Darien likewise arrived at
ni-Lnd 400 tone
East—
namely, 20 tons of junk for,the dockyard,
Thursday night with a cargo of stores froiNV°t°h: 1
the Victoria, docks to discharge.
of miscellaneous stores. The three veo. s have entered