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LAW .INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr).
PHILLIPS V. AHHAHAms.--This was a judgment
summons against a married woman who is living
with her husband, the facts being probably of an
unprecedented character.—Defendant and her hus-
band are living together, he carrying on a public-
house, and she conducting a clothes business in
another place. Some dispute arose between plain-
tiff and Mr. Abrahams in reference to a particular
transaction, and she was sued personally. At the
time of the trial it was decided that although she
was a married women, she could, in accordance with
a well-known statute, be stied as a
.fenie sole, having
carried on trading in the City of London. his
Honour found a verdict for the plaintiff, aad
as
Mrs. .Abrahams had not paid the money a judgment
sununons was issued.
'[his morning Mr. Abrahann appearelas the agent
of the defendant, his wife, and informed his honour
that defendant, was unable to appe:tr in consequence

Plaintiff said that defendant was well able to pay
he money.

The husband—She does not owe it.
His Honour—lt is too late to say that now. A
verdict has already passed for the plaintiff.
Plaintiff—Why Mr. Abrahatns can well afford to
pay ; he has a publichouse.
Tho husband—All my people are paid at the
publichouse. I can pay 20s. in the pound. I have
nothing to do with this debt.
His Honour—ls your wife so ill that she cannot
leave the house?

The husband—She is, and any of the bailiffs can
soon be satisfied upon the subject.
His Honour—This case must be adjourned—too
ill to attend.

Plaintiff--The husband can pay and so can she.
His Honour—You should be careful how you
,rust married women.'

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

FATAL ENCOUNTER.—WiIIiam Mahoney was charged
with causing the death of. Edward Evans.
William Williams stated that ho was in a publichouse
in Herbert's-passage with the prisoner, Evans being there
also. Evans had been drinking at different publiehousos
during the whole of the day, and was therefore in a state
of intoxication. A short time before the quarrel com-
menced the deceased was lying asleep on the bench near
the bar. On Mahoney waking him up he said,
"Why, Ted, I thought you was dead." lie then
ordered some beer, and having paid for it offered it
to Evans to drink. He had no sooner done so than
ho soomerto take a sudden dislike to Mahoney, and after
some violent abuse, he (Evans) called Mahoney a
monkey, and said he would fight ton such as he. Mahoney
treated the matter with the utmost indifference until
Evans began pushing him about, and finally bonneted
him. Mahoney told him not to destroy his hat, but Evans
continued to act in such a vicious manner, and to provoke
Mahoney so much, that at last they went to the Thames Em-
bankment with the intention of fighting it out, Mahoney all
the time saying he did not want to fight. Evans wouldinsist on
Sighting, and, taking up a position, he attempted to strike
Mahoney, but he rather warded off the intended blows
than to return them. Evans, finding ho could not roach
Mahoney's face then made a run at his legs, and succeeded
in throwing him down. On attempting to repeat it a se-
cond time, Mahoney struck out at Evans, knockod
hint down, and then went away, leaving him lying
on the embankment. A number of the bystanders
went up, and, on raising the man, found him, to
all appearances, so helplessly drunk as to be quite
incapable of walking. The police then arrived, when a
stretcher was sent for, and ho was conveyed to the Station-
house, where it was discovered ho was dead.
Mr. Flowers, on hearing the evidence, remanded the
defendant until Monday next, in order that the Coroner
might hold the inquiry into all the circumstances connected
with the case.
The prisoner was liberated on his own recognisancos.
UNDER THE BED.—llobert Spencer, of Compton-street,
was charged with being found in a
Soho,bodro
oiNsn'aatethtmhealru'r
residence of Mr. Johnston, the proprietor
of the Morning herald and Standard newspapers, 31,
Montague-street, Russell-sqare, supposed for an uula w-
ful purpose. Mr. Abrams, defended.
It appeared that between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, leaving boon out for the evening,
returned somewhat unexpectedly, and discovered that
there was a strange noise iu the house. The bedroom of
ono of the servants was found locked, and it was with
some difficulty that Mr. Johnston got the door open. The
prisoner was found undressed, and concealed under tho
hod, upon which his clothes had been placed. The prisoner
stated that be had come to visit ono of the servants, who
asked him to stay, as the master and the mistress were
out for the evening, and who were not expected home
until late. They camp, however, sooner than sho antici-
pated, so she told him to conceal himself in her bedroom.
Mr. Abrams said there was no doubt that the young
man had no right on the promises, but ho was a very re-
spectable tradesman, and had not been in the house for
any unlawful purpose in the moaning of the Act, but
simply to visit the servant.
Mr. Flowers said that was often the way with servants,
that they no sooner got into a good place than they did
something wrong or foolish to get themselves out again.
Probably the excuse was true, as far Gs' it wont ; but if
servants began by letting mon into their masters' houses to
visit them, it was natural to apprehend that they might
end by admitting them for other purposes. At all events
he should adjourn the case to ascertain the truth of the
statement as to the defendant's respectability.
Subsequently the prisoner's brother attended, and con-
sented to become bail for his good behaviour.
Mr. Flowers (to the prisoner)—Then I will take your
own recognisance for £lO, and your brother's for £2O, for
your future good behaviour. At the same time what you
have done is very serious. Many robberies aro committed
in that way, though I don't say that you had any such
puaposo. The girl, of courso, will lose her situation.

ho would kill all of them before the' night was out. He
immediately struck her in the face, and knocked her down.
She was cut and bruised about, and ho struck her with a
chair. Her other son then assaulted her, and when her
husband and daughter came to her assistance they wore
likewise badly treated. The youngest son (Thomas) fre-
quently beat her, and between them they broke all the
things in the place, and they were broken now.
In cross-examination she denied assaulting either of
them. She knew nothing about the half-sovereign.
Thomas declared that they often stole his money. He
never assaulted anybody, but only took the shovel away
from his mother.
The father would not appear against them, and the sister
was not present.

They wore ordered to find each a surety in £lO to ap-
pear on Thursday next.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Aug. 12.
The coroner's jury in the case of the Bray accident
have achieved the rare distinction of completing in

one day an inquiry which it was thought would
be protracted. Their verdict is substantially a
confirmation of the judgment at which the public
had already instinctively arrived—that the disaster
arose from a defect in the permanent way. They
were unable to offer any opinion as to what the pre-
cise- nature of the defect was, and this renders it the
more desirable that a full investigation should be
held by a Government officer unfettered by local
interests and responsible for the efficient discharge of
his duties. The history of the accident was quickly
disposed of by the evidence of one or two respect-
able witnesses. Mr. Henry Ebbs, solicitor to a
grand jury of the county of Wicklow, deposed that
before the train came to Bray-head the pace was
slackened, as is usual. About three perches from
the bridge he felt the first shock, and the first-class
carriage in which he sat, which was in the middle of
the train, got off the rails after bumping for a little.
He looked over the bridge and saw what had hap-
pened. He recognised Murphy of Tinahely, lying
quite dead beside the engine. He remarked that
the new T or flange rail had been laid down,joining
the old rails, and that while both rails were per-
fectly even at the top the old railway projected fur-
ther at the bottom. He believed that the engine
was off the line before his carriage, but was not
sure. Daniel Smith, a signalman, saw the train
coming on very cautiously, and gave the signal "All
right." Some repairs had been made the previous
evening a little beyond the bridge. He could not
say if the men did anything with the repairs that
evening. The night mail from Enniscorthy and
two other trains had passed over before the acci-
dent. The men were at their breakfast when the
accident occurred. The down train to Enniscorthy
passed over the line ten minutes before the acci-
dent occurred. He had not examined the rails,
because that portion of the line was not in his
charge. William Cosgrave, a platelayer, deposed that
he had been putting rails down at the place on the
previous day, and dideverything that was necessary
to be done. Was there on Friday night, when an
engine and another train ran off at the same points.
In reply to Mr. Clay, attorney for the next of kin,
the witness stated that he did not put new timbers
under the rails which he had laid. Simon Carty, a
" gaffer," or milesman, who was in charge of the
" length" in which the accident occurred, said he
had inspected the place before the train came up, and
that 11 trains had passed over from the time the
rails bad been relaid. He examined the line for the
passing of the first train in the morning, but not
afterwards until after the accident. In cross-exa-
mination, he said that since the accident the rails
bad been lowered at the place where it took place.
That had not been done by direction of the engi-
neer, but by witness and the " walking gaffer."
They found out that the rails were too high, and he
thought it was likely that was the cause of the acci-
dent. If they had been properly laid it would not
have occurr ed. He had received instructions from
the engineers not to disturb the rails after the acci-
dent, and had been suspended in consequence of
disobeying them. Edward M'Donnell, the signal-
man in charge of the place, swore that he had in-
spected it 15 minutes before the accident. He did
-not think one side of the rails was higher than the
other. Police-constable John Hans gave evidence
as to the engine of the second up train going off the
lino at the same place on Friday evening. It was
stopped in half a minute, and he observed that the
two leading wheels were off the rails at the lefthand
side.- This closed the examination of witnesses, and
the jury, after deliberating for 20 minutes, found
that the accident which caused the death of the de-
ceased " occurred from some defect in the perma-
nent way," adding, " but we have not sufficient
evidence to show what that defect was." No addi-
tional deaths are reported, but the fate of two or
three of the sufferers is trembling in the balance.
Airs. Williams, of Streamtoun, Newcastle, lies in
the International Hotel in a very precarious state.
She is in a condition which renders her case
the more distressing. Mr. Jordan lies in the
Loughliutown workhouse, with but slight hopes of
her recovery. Corney, the butler of Mr. Acton, has
suffered severe spinal injuries. Miss Cummins, J.
Kavanagh, J. Keenan, and Mr. and Mrs. Bloven,
of Armagh, are in the International Hotel, danger-
ously hurt. All the others, including Murphy and
Lane, the driver wad stoker, are doing well.
The adjourned assizes of Kerry, specially devoted
to the trial of Fenian prisoners, terminated on Sa-
turday. Three of the principals in the February
movement were brought up to receive sentences.
The first put forward was Captain Moriarty, as he
called himself, but whose real name is Mortimer
Shea. He was arrested on his way to Cahirc iveen
with despatches from O'Connor, the Fenian General,
whosince escaped after shooting the policeman. The
captain was tried on Thursday, and found guilty.
Ur. Justice Kheogh, in passing sentence, denounced
with characteristic vigour and earnestness the
cowardly and abominable conduct of O'Connor and
his confederates. He observed that those who came
over from foreign slioras to disturb the tranquillity
of the country, and delude the unfortunate people-
who were simple-minded enough to be seduced by
their misrepresentations, were entitled to no sym-
pathy, and he felt none for them. They must be de-
terred by adequate punishment—punislim3ut that
will certainly be inflicted—from engaging in similar
enterprises. Ho sentenced the prisoner to 10 years'
penal servitude. Noonan, who took the desperate
leap from a railway train to escape from custody,
but was recaptured and convicted on Friday last,
was next placed at the bar. He had been recom-
mended to mercy on the ground that he did not ap-
pear to have been a ringleader, and the learned judge
stated that on consideration of that circumstauce he
had reduced his punishment to seven years' penal
servitude. The fact that ho was in a comfortable
condition of life, with the prospect of independence
and wealth before him, and that he bad abanne
it to take part in the conspiracy, made
his gudoilt, in
his lordship's judgment, the more heinous, and if it
had not been for the interposition of the jury be
would have imposed the same punishment astwo iothern the
case of Moriarty. Reilly and Golding,
0.
Fenian convicts,who were concerned in the February
outbreak, were sentenced to five
years' penal ser-
vitude. In pronouncing judgment his lordship com-
mented forcibly upon the insane folly of
etchuoisssea
wriehso,
had listened to the advice of foreign
who kept out of danger themselves and left their
red
dupes to suffer, and who app
ea at the table to
give evidence against them..
Western Railway,
A few facts mentioned by Beldr. Haughton, chair-
man of the Great Southern
theare
in his statement to the sharehaold.ers ornoS,camtuenrdtaiYi;
worthy of notice, as indicating
circumstances of the counh ll'ilrloPm the 1s t March
when ;he half-year's
eeacichouthnet
until the end of June, w
was made up, they bad a steady increase
traffic on the line. Hegoods,
goods, cattle, sheep,
and pub
reasonably inferred from this that the parties who
had been engaged in
the trad the insurrectionary movement
e or commerce of
had no influence to affect
The cattle traffic, which had fallen off
the country.
in former years, had suddenly sprung up
to nor-
mal condition. The goods traffic bad never been so
large. In pigs and sheep there was an increase in
the former to a very large extent, the latter in a
lesser proportion.

ANOTHER REP RIEVE .—A communication has
been received by the Governor of Maidstone Usher had bee Goal to the
effect that the condemned convict Sophia
rdspitatlurins her Majestfo PleaPurc•

AGRICU.

ISPEC TS.

Last week opened with a breezy fine day, wind
N.W. Monday proved fine, but was thick at times,
and threatening. Tuesday was a very wet day, put-
iug a complete stop to harvest work ; wind S.IV.,
thermometer 65 deg., barometer -29.80 in. Our ad-
vices on that day were as under :—From the West
Riding of Yorkshire, " The weather on Saturday
and Sunday was summerlike and forcing, but yes-
terday and to-day have been dull and showery,
with a medium temperature, which will suit the root
crops generally, and not do much harm to standing
grain. The hay crop is nearly all secured. Potatoes
are complained of in this district, but I hope thi
disease is not wide-spread." From the East Riding
it was stated : " w.lier on the whole has been
favourable for the growing crops, but harvest is not
likely to commence in earnest for at least 14 or 21
days, under the most faveurable circumstances ; of
course early patches may be cut sooner, but we
speak now of general harvest. We again repeat
that the wheat, crop is not likely to turn out nearly
so productive as was anticipated some time ago,
although with favourable weather the quality may
prove fine." From Suffolk " Reaping has com-
menced in some fields of early white wheat ; but
harvest will not be general for 10 days longer. From
the best judgment wo can bring to bear upon the
question of the yield of the crop, we feel persuaded
our district will not yield an average crop, while the
quality will mainly depend upon the weather during
the next month. Barley is a full average acreage ;
at one time, it promised so badly that we feared it
would be lost. The rains of July greatly revived it,
and we now look for a moderate yield, say about
one-fifth less than on average seasons ; while the
quality, from the great bulk of it being laid and the
weeds growing up among it, will be coarser than
could be desired. Beans are a large crop, and
promise unusual abundance, a great fact for our
graziers, who consume.all they grow. Peas do not
promise so well as to yield. Potatoes are badly
spoken of, and disease has appeared in many places."
Some slight rain fell at 9 a.m. on Wednesday,
which was showery up to noon, with some smart rain
occasionally afterwards, and the night unsettled.
No harvest work, where such was the case, could
be accomplished. From the east coast of Scotland
it was remarked : " We have had a week of favour-
able weather for our growing crops." On the west
coast : " The weather has continued favourable."
On Thursday showers fell from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., but
afterwards the day became sunny and more promis-
ing, with a higher temperature. Our advices were—
From the coast of Suffolk : " We had fine weather
up to Tuesday morning last, when it was wet all day,
yesterday we had light showers, but to-day is dry,
although cloudy. Thus far, from the very dry
season we have lately had in this district, the rain has
done us good, but we have now had quite enough,
and shall rejoice to see bright, dry, w arm, -ripening
weather. A chance piece of Talavera wheat is cut
round us, but harvest has made slow progress, and
will not be general here before the 19th inst. ; even
with fine dry favourable weather we cannot look for
a moderate supply of new wheat before September."
From Warwickshire on the same day : " Until Mo-
nday evening, weather in this district continued fine,
but sunless. Monday night we had heavy rain,
Tuesday showers with more rain at night, Wednes-
day and to-day mostly fine. On the whole it is very
unfavourable for harvest operations, and sadly re-
tards the ripening of the corn crops, whilst farmers
are looking most anxiously for some hot sunny
weather." From Buckinghamshire : " The crops
are much laid in consequence of the heavy rains, and
on the deep heavy land much blight is to be seen,
and the quality and quantity must be very variable.
Reaping will be pretty general next week—little has
been cut up to the present time. Spring-sown oats
are very:green. The harvest will be a long, dragging
one." Friday was a fine day, although occasionally
threatening, and harvest work was proceeded with.
Our advices run thus from Devonshire : " The last
two days have been bright and sunny ; but I fear
the weather is not settled. Harvest is fully on, and
the state of the weather for the next two or three
weeks will be of the utmost importance. Considerable
complaint is now made by farmers as to the damage
done by rain and rust : the amount of 108.3 on
anticipated crop of wheat during the last fortnight
being from five to ten bushels per acre. lam by
no means sure that this will be found correct. I
am still hopeful for the crop of wheat, it it bo well
saved." From the West Riding of Yorkshire our
advices stated " Since Tuesday the weather,
though unsettled, has not been mischievous ;
a
few days of alnny weather would alter the
appearance of the crops materially and
has bring
un
on
harvest quickly ;in fact, wheat cutting beg
in this neighbourhood in an isolated case or
From Lincolnshire : " Harvest has not yet com-
menced in this district; but may partially begin in
a week, though generally we are yet a fortnight
off. The grain appears to be filling well, and with
fine weather a good quality may be looked for,
especially of barley. There are, however, sonic
casesof mildew in thewheat, which when they
hb occur
must do mischief." The Essex, in the neig
hood of Maldon : " weather since our last has
generally been cool and cloudy,with some days very
wet. Under such circumstances our grain crops
ripen slowly, and harvest is necessarily delayed."
From Norfolk, in the neighbourhood of Downham
Market : " We have had some rough weather this
week, and I fear our wheat crop is taking harm."
Saturday was a fine sunny day, and much harvest
work would be well accomplished in all the early
districts, farmers being most anxious to gat on now
that the time has arrived when great progress
should be made. The week closed with a good
prospect as regards the weather, thebarometer being
steadily rising, and appearances more favourable.--
Murk Lane Express of yesterday.