The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-04 00:00:00

THE MAYOR OF CORK.

The scene in the Cork Police-court on Saturday, iu
which the Mayor was the prominent figure, is described
%s unprecedented. The Mayor, it appears, complained
the conduct of a brother magistrate, Mr. Starkie,
reflecting on his worship's conduct in discharging soul.;
01 prisoners on his own responsibility. The Mayor no"
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he would bring the matter before the Corporation
apply to have all the magistrates superseded. Upon Oil
the following dialogue ensued :
Mr. Pollock : Ah ! go on with the business ; call the
first case.
The Mayor : The magistrates of this bench, I thing
are—
Mr. Pollock : Silence, Sir ! Silence, Sir ! Call the
case.

The Mayor : I will express my op:u'on, Sir.
Mr. Pollock : Silence, Sir ; conduct yourself.
_ 'Mr. M'Leod : This is very unseemly. Go on with Ole
business.

Mr. Pollock : Silence, Mr. Mayor.
'I he Arayor : I will try this with you. I will seek to
nave an impartial barrister placed on the bench.

Mr. Pollock : Call the case of Daniel O'Leary.
The Mayor (laying his hand on the sheet, which W 11:
the possession of Mr. Pollock): I am entitled to that
sheet.
Mr. Pollock (also laying his hand on it) : I won't gile
lt
to you.
The Mayor : I am entitled to the list, I say, fl chAil'"
man of the court. (Cries of " Order, order !")

Mr. Pollock : I won't acknowledge you as such. , t
This exchange of civilities continued for some time, 01
eventually the business was proceeded with. 511::
magistrates—exclusive of the Mayor—met subsecinsliZ
to consider the Mayor's speech at the recent banquet. '-i•P
meeting was strictly private.
As we have stated, the Mayor attended the police-O-rff
at half-past nine o'clock on Monday morning, eleven 1 el";
the usual hour, and, in the absercc of the police, wh° wer
the prosecutors, discharged the prisoners who were ;
custody for drunkenness. A charge of robbery and %
d assault were held over, and a fine imposed on a w°lD's
for using obscene language, though the offence was rj°
proved.
Subsequently at a meeting of the Council, the A-rd's9!,
presiding, it was proposed to ask the Lord Chancellor 7,
hold an inquiry relative to the conduct of the C°l.t.
magistrates. A few Conservative members were preseno
A suggestion for the postponement of the motion slr
agreed to. The Mayor denounced the Orangemen, f`tlif
said the magistrates were serfs and slaves of the 1,31;:,,";
He suggested a vote of censure on the magistrates, ""
the matter dropped.
Alderman Thomas Lyons, who brought the galtsl
conduct- under the notice cf the municipal council, P'o
received a letter through the post, informing him that bele
opposition to the Mayor has brought upon him a dec?.
that he will be shot in the public streets before the 13'1,t
this month. lle is warned in it of the fate of Brads"
who disregarled the notice sent him.

OT
WHEAT FROM RUSSIA.—Yearly the quanblv.7
wheat brought into this country from Lussia inerea'ceof
For instance, in February 1869, wheat to the v316e.,4
469,099 was imported against 368,060 in the correspouu'cl,
period in 1867. Of course it is well known that our 6,11 t
plies of wheat from Russia is much in excess of of
`-a,
countrieF, even the United States. —Chamber of Agri°
Lure Journal.
TELEGRAPHIC STAMPS.—The North Willa 01
Correspondent says that the bill for the introducti°llre
telegraphic stamps is:considered a goodpractical meal
and there is no doubt that it will pass. It will Oat y,
the public to deliver their despatches withouty.
and thus greatly facilitate the use of the telegri.l4o6
Besides this, much time and laboar will be saved
great stations ; thus it is hoped that the profits
increase.

A stabbing affray is reported from Preston•
night or two ago, about half-past 11 o'clock a soldier alleir
militiaman began to quarrel about some tripe, and elo'i
tually the soldier tcok the tripe out of the militiaoo4
band. The militiaman then gave Lim a Flish;,:tle
the soldier drew his bayonet and stabbed -bin' ';tye
band. Be attempted to stab him in different parts 0' pi
body, but tho militiaman secured Lim, so as to vowel:It:0o
further injury being done to him. The soldier hB5
icdol
taken tame the magistrates, who ordered him to he P"
over to the military authorities to be dealt with.
01°
THE MOUNTED CURATE.—A correspondent oio
writes to the Church Review on matters before the Ocie,
now, which, though not apparently connected with,
7i.: e,,crellf
siastical affairs, still may have some effect on the 011,
says : " Absurd though it may seem at first siPh;l)
should not wonder if the velocipede mania may have; 04
ficial effects in process of time by saving the country
mission clergy the cost of keeping horses—now a very ttf
tax on small incomes. If a mission priest or a &II of
curate is forced to keep a pony on his small inc°lll-
• some £lOO a year, anything that saves this expenditureod
important. What now seems a folly for the vilittnictY
frivolous may become a useful means of rapid comirlu-
tion."
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STRIKE OF THE MASONS IN WOLVERIIOIrTtoI
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-On Monday most of the masons in Wolverll3loo
joined the agitation of their brethren elsewhere wh°
turned out against payment by the hour, the settle old
of disputes by arbitration, awl the using up of arc°fiice,
1
stone. Two or three men, however, refuse to ttrt,ifs
although they belong to the union. As a result theY '0 el
been fined by the union. In return they have eN.PreTll°
their willingness to work overtime for their masters- hate
labourers in the building trades in the same toivil,ver
given notice of a demand for a rise in wages to 4-I`.,4"terd
hour. Their present rate is 4d. per hour. The
refuse to grant their request, but offer arbitration)
the labourers have accepted. 111
A NEW VELOCIPEDE.—The velocipcdoMalli`via
still spreading. Last winter an ice velocipede, 131' If
on steel slides, and propelled by means of a vvhe' ,irt;
nished with sharp points, was brought out at Stut!i it°
but it was much objected to by skaters on accowit Prieto
spoiling the ice. We now hear that a party of ":0
Napoleon's aide-de-camp have made a trip from Sic
Villafranca on water velocipedes. These machines clrt
of two miniature parallel canoes, which support $OB,
chair ; the paddle-wheel, placed between the c3ll°
,teddle:
propelled by the feet only, and is covered like the 13.-tet
wheel of a steamer to protect the driver from the ss.°l..-001
throws up. Their speed is said to be very great. .r
remains for the Aeronautical Society to adopt the
pede to travelling through the air. s
LOST ON THE MOUNTAINS NEAR DOwl'Aj-:toi.i
few days ago a strange occurrence took place at
tel'3.)° 0)
From one of the isolated neighbourhoods at the.
,o,cf
Dowlais a boy, G years of age, strayed, and, wander' g;Ade
the mountain, finally lost his way. Every search WO ij-TIO
for him as the night came on, but without success',
next day the searchers tried the mountain, but still ;isY
came and found them without the boy. On the rie ,arti
a more vigorous search was made, and this thre
of men came on the little wanderer lying in
his head resting on a heap of rushes.
for;
w 55 _gfact °
conveyed home, and medical aid sent but theoutoio
his having been two days exposed on the black rno reiAte!
left little hope of his recovery. Yet, singular t I've
remedies proved effectual, and he is now doing vre,lioseP
little adventurer states that he pulled the rusheo
to place under his head.—Soar of Gwent. a hellos
oici;.lf