The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

iRELAND.

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There has been, it would seem, another change in
the Ministerial mind with respect to the propriety 1%,..1:
of appointing a third commissioner in place of
Baron Richards. It appears that in the course of
some proceedings yesterday in chamber Mr. Com-
missioner Longfield made a few casual observations,
troll' which, as well as could be collected, the
learned gentleman intimated that it was not the
intention of the Government to fill up the vacancy
created by the return of Baron Richards to the
Exchequer bench. This being the case, the other
commissioners will have but little idle time, as the
pressure of business is said to be on the increase
daily. The extensive estates of Mr. William Arm-
strong, situate in the counties of Clare and Galway,
were put up for sale on Friday in 22 lots, and pro-
duced the sum of 54,000/., or somewhere about 23
years purchase on the net rental.

THE BROADSTONE TRAGEDY.
Another pause in the unravelling of the plot ;
but the discovery of Thursday has completely re-
vived the painful state of excitement which, under
the pressure of continuous failure, had nearly died
out in the earlier part of the last week. There was
nothing newer in this morning's papers than the
following statement, copied from the Mail of last
night :
"The discovery of the money before alluded to is
likely to be productive of most important results. The
position in which it was found, taken in connexion with
the fact that the hammer with which the murder was
committed was one belonging to the same department of
the terminus, strengthens a suspicion which the polio.
have entertained from the day of the inquest with al-
most certainty. The bag has been clearly proved to
have been the property of Mr. Little by his sister, who
made it for the purpose of holding coin, so that no doubt
can be entertained that its contents formed a porti▪
on of
+he money abstracted on the occasion of the murder.
This will go far to show that the assassin was noi stran-
ger. As to whether the bag was merely dipped n water
for some unknown object, or whether it had remai▪
ned a
lengthened time saturated, is not easily determinable,
for a quantity of oilcloth on which it lay would have
conduced to the retention of the water. However this.
may be, every single coin bears marks of having been
wetted, just as if the mouth of the bag had been held
open and the water poured in. A moat searching in•
quirt' to ascertain the persons who had access to the
place where the basket was deposited, or who, not having
business, were seen in its neighbourhood, has been set
on foot, but it is said that this is merely a precautionary
measure, for the police are in possession of facts which
will go further than anything which can be elicited by
such an investigation to point out the guilty person.
Doubts having been entertained whether any money was
taken from the cashier's room on the evening of the
murder, it is now positively stated that by a document
In the handwriting of Mr. Little it appears that the sum
•if 3341. in gold and silver was carried off by the mur-
derer."

BANK Or IRELAND.
A General Court of Proprietors of Bank Stock
was held yesterday, agreeably to charter; Mr. J.
Ennis, Governor, in the chair. The court having
been formally opened, the Governor made the fol.
lowing report from the Court of Directors to the
Court of Proprietors

"It i, the opinion of the Court that a dividend of 41
per cent, be made to the proprietors of Bank Stock, free
of income tar, for the half year ending the 25th instant.
The Governor further stated to the proprietors that,
after making the d►vidMnd now proposed and providing
for the payment of income tax, there would remain,
ace ,rding to the estimate, a sum of about 12,0001. to be
added to the rest fund."

In reply to a question respecting the gross amount
of the rest fund, the Governor stated that after
adding the 12,0001., the rest fund would be
1,040,0001.