The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-31 00:00:00

APPREHENSION OF MR. VOLLANS.

' We stated last week that active measures had been taken
for the apprehension of Mr. Joshua Vollans, who had ab-
sconded to France, it was supposed, with a considerable sum
of money belonging to his creditors ; and we likewise men-
tioned that the French Government, at the instance of the
Duke of Wellington and the British Ambassador to that
Court, had sent a telegraphic order to the authorities at
Lyons, to apprehend the pseudo " Alexander Beaumont "
on his approach to that city. Our readers will be glad to
learn that advices have been received from France, stating
that the fugitive was captured at the gates of Lyons on the
evening of the 17th inst. According to the custom in that
country, he was forthwith interrogated by a Commissaire de
Police. In the first instance his name was demanded, and
he gave his assumed one. He did not deny that be was an
Englishman, yet said he had not come from Leeds, but
from a place called Holmfirth, in Yorkshire. Subsequently
he changed his story, and said that he had come from
other places, and eventually he said that his name was
" Alexander Beaumont Vollans." This admission of his
identity with the man who was " wanted" led the police to
search his person, and they found on him five notes of one
hundred pounds each, and about sixty pounds in other
notes, all of the Bank of England. He was then further
interrogated. At first he seemed much alarmed, and he
ended by confessing that his name was Joshua Vollans ;
that he had run away from his creditors, and said that if
they would deal leniently with him, he would tell them all.
As an earnest of his sincerity, he mentioned a bill for 7001,
upon a firm of Scott and Bull, which he said might be ren-
dered available for the creditors, but which, unknown to
him, had been discounted in Leeds by the house. He made
some allusion to a letter he had written, which he said must
not be seen by the creditors upon an) consideration what-
ever. At length Mr. Watson dropped some obiervations
which led Vollans to infer that the letter had fallen into
other hands than those for whom it was intended, and there-
fore the delinquent wept. He appeared to be greatly con-
cerned, and said he would do anything if they would pre-
vent exposure. It is believed that th letter about which
he expressed so much concern is the one dated from Paris,
December 8, which we published last week. An estafette
was despatched to Paris with news of the capture, before
the officers at Lyons had had time to search his trunks, and
therefore it is not known whether he had any money but
that found upon his person ; it is, however, the ()Dimon of
the active creditors in Leeds that he had no more, as the
amount found upon him, coupled with the sum found at
Sanderson's by Mr. Robinson, agret,s pretty nearly with the
amount which he is known to have received in London
shortly before his disgraceful flight. On the arrival of
Ruthven, the Bow-street officer, Vollans would be sur-
rendered to him, and would be conveyed back to Paris, and
from thence to London. His arrival in England-may be
shortly expected.—Levis Inteltigencer.

IRELAND.

(From a Morning Contemporary.)

MELANCHOLY AFFAIR AT RATHCORMAC.

We have reason to know that the following is an exact
statement of the facts connected with the late lamentable
affray at Rathcormac. It should be remembered that this
occurrence took place before the new Government bad
issued any directions with respect to Ireland. The blame,
if blame be imputable, certainly does net attach to the pre-
sent Ministers :

" On the 4th of November the lay improprietor of
tithes in the parish of Castle Lyons represented to the
Irish Government the ill-treatment experienced by the
persons whom he had employed in serving notices on the
landholders of the parish, for the payment of the sums due
to him. _ _

" These sums consisted partly of the tithe due to the im-
propriator for the year 18334, and partly of the one-fifth
of the previous arrear of tithe, on account of which an ad-
vance had been made by the Government under the 3d and
4th William IV., which latter was, under the provisions of
that Act, to be paid over to the Government.
" He also asked for an order for troops to accompany the
civil power in protecting the persons employed by him. This
request was repeated on the 11 th of November by the Ma-
gistrates assembled at the Petty Sessions of Rathcormac,
and they were informed by Mr. Secretary Littleton, in re-
ply, that the officer in command of the troops in that neigh-
bourhood would be requested to order the attendance of
such a body of troops as might be necessary on the requisi-
tion of any one
or more magistrates. On the 17th of No-
vember, in consequence of a more serious outrage upon a
person employed by the impropriator, the Magistrates re-
peated their request to the Government, and on the 25th of
November, it aPpearing to the Government that the case
was one in which assistance should be given, the Magistrates
were informed that troops were ordered to attend.
0 14 consequence of tlleso orders, a party of troops was

furnished, on the requisition of the magistrates, on the
:.sth and 18th of Dec.

. .
On the former day every disposition to resist was shown
by the country people ; but although it was necessary to read
the Riot Act, the persons employed in the collection of
the tithe succeeded in levying part of the sums due with-
out any serious injury being sustained by any of the pea-
santry.

" On the 18th, however, a large number of persons as-
sembled, and attempted to obstruct the progress of the ma-
gistrates, and of the civil and military force which accompa"
nied them.

" The end of a lane which led to a farm-house Was
blocked up by a car, and a body of about six hundred men
resisted its removal, and the further progress of the party.
" Orders were given by the magistrates to clear the pas-
sage ; the violence of the people became greater. The
Riot Act was then read. The troops were assailed by vol-
Les of stones, many men and the officers commanding the
troops were knocked down, and after every attempt by ex-
postulation on the part of the officers to persuade the people
to disperse had failed, the Magistrates tblt it necessary, for
the protection of the troops, to order them to act—with
what fatal effect is already known.
" It is not undeserving of remark, that the persons who
composed the crowd were not inhabitants of the parish, or of
the immediate neighbourhood, but were collected from other
parishes, some at a considerable distance and that the
person for whose protection this resistance was professed to
be made, did not either permit a seizure to be made of his
property, or deny the propriety of the demand, but paid at
once, and without difficulty, the amount to which he wag

Extract from Mr. Sheil's Speech at the Lowth Election
" Gracious Heaven ! (exclaimed Mr. Shell) how long are the
men, to whom the destinies of this country have been com-
mitted, to remain insensible to the frightful evils, which, in-
stead of diminishing, are daily swelling into more alarming
magnitude, and which have recently produced scenes at which
the feelings of men the most destitute of sensibility must be
appalled? I hear men speak of " the blessings of pure reli-
gion" in vindicating the support of the Establishment. The
blessings of pure religion I For the last four years what tor-
rents of blood have been shed—how many human victims
have been offered up at the altars of legal orthodoxy? 110
blessings of pure religion I Where are they to be found?—
Is it in that bloody field—that Aceldama in which a trophy
had recently been raised to the victorious ascendancy of the
establishment. You who call yourselves Protestants, and under
the pretence of Protestantism, which you degrade, violate the
precepts of Christianity in all its forms, turn from that Bible
whose texts are for ever on your lips, and after you have rota
the divine precepts of your Redeemer, go and see how well
they are fulfilled in the achievements at which even the
sternest amongst you must find it hard not to shudder. Four-
teen men had been laid dead by repeated vollies of ine,-
ketry. The ground covered with the bodies of wretchei
persons, who fell before that force, which churchmen invite
as their auxiliaries—the groans of the dying, mingled with
the moans of the wretches who strove to fly, and dropped in
their effort to escape across the ditches that separated then,
from the soldiery—the shrieks of the unfortunate women,
who saw their husbands, their sons, their brothers, fall
before them—and when the slaughter had ceased, and the
troops, with their reverend companion, had retired, the scene
of ghastliness almost as terrible which succeeded—the tolling
of the chapel bell, the gathering of the dead before the altar,
the prayers of the devout, the imprecations of the revengeful,
the cries and sobbing of the miserable widows and orphans,
left without sustenance or hope ; and it is in the name of reli-
gion—it is in order that the blessings of the gospel may be
diffused—it is in order that the precepts of a God of mercy
may be more profoundly inculcated, that all this has been done-
-(Loud cheers.) Insulting mockery, abominable blasphemy,
impious and execrable outrage upon Heaven I—( Loud cheers:)
Of the alleged necessity which produced this event I say no-
thing. I know not what degree of provocation the soldiery
may have sustained—l do not inculpate the reverend gentle-
man—from whose hands I should not, I am certain, desire to
receive the sacramental chalice, lest my imagination should
tinge the wine with an ensanguining hue.—( Hear, hear.) HI
may, for aught I know, have been justified in point of law.
only regret, as far as he is concerned, that he did not wait
for his November tithes a little longer. (Oh I how much
blood would have been spared 0"

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, DEc. 29.

JOSHUA VOLLANS, JUN.'S, BANKRUPTCY.

The bankrupt in this case was a partner in a firm carrying,
on business in Leeds, and in consequence of the discovery 0'
some extraordinary transactions, which have created a consi-
derable sensation in Yorkshire, a fiat was issued against i
Vollans, jun., who decamped, taking with him as was sup'
posed considerable property belonging to his creditors. Th°
liabilities of the bankrupt are estimated to amount to ahOL4
17,000/. The bankrupt having left England, application was
made to the Duke of Wellington, who immediately forwarded
iustructions to the British Ambassador at Paris, whence
Vollans had proceeded, in order that he might be detained.
The bankrupt, however, had proceeded to Lyons, having as-
sumed the name of Alexander Beaumont. At the instance, e,
the British Ambassador a telegraphic despatch was forwt";
to Lyons, directing the arrest of the party referred to on D.
reaching that place. At this place the bankrupt was arrested,
there having been found on his person about 560/. The
bankrupt will shortly be brought to this country. In the
meantime active measures were adopted to secure property
which it was understood had been removed from the bank'
rupt's possession, and the result of these efforts has been 0,
discover bank-notes to the value of 5,5501. It is expected that
further assets will be discovered. A considerable reward w 3-4
offered for the apprehension of the bankrupt.
The first meeting of the creditors was appointed to be held
this day, for the proof of debts and the choice of assignees.
The COMMISSIONER having been informed that the bank-
rupt had been captured, expressed his gratification at the
prompt manner in which the authorities in France had acted'
and hoped that there would be a dividend of fourteen or fifteeo
shillings in the pound for the creditors, the assets secured
being very considerable.
The choice of assignees was postponed, in consequence 0r
i:s being intended to work the fiat against the firm, in eCP
junction with that issued against the bankrupt.

BROWN, DAMSON, AND CO'S BANKRUPTCY.
The bankrupts in this case were extensive merchants. rrbef
first meeting of the creditors was held to-day, for the proof of
debts and the choice of assignees.
The
Debts were proved to the amount of about 20,0001.
total amount of the liabilities of the firm are estimated at
about 130,000/., and the assets about 50,0001. or 60,0001;
Mr. Charles Walton and Mr. John Greenwood were appointed
assignees.

BENTLEY, DEAR, AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.
A private meeting of the creditors of this firm was held ta;
day, to consider matters of importance to the creditors. The
proceedings being of a private nature, and as the publicati o,
of such meetings is held as being contrary to the orders
Cie Court, and in fact in most instances might tend to in.l"7
the interest of the creditors, it is impossible to furnish ac,
particulars of the business of the day.