The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-14 00:00:00

SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Share Railways.

FOREIGN.

Paid. Closing I Business
Price. Done.

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Share Ra Closing 1 Business
ys ilwa . P aid• Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 54 54
20 Ardennes all - - p
12.10 Anther g•., Notting. Bost. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 4 d 4
and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1
50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - 20 Beziers to Graissessaa all 7
13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 71 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21 24
Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 3 24. i
Junction lOO 66 68 66 6 Eastern of France ...... all 27 28
25 Blackburn - - p
25 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31 20 Great Central of France all - -
Stock Bristol and Exeter
Stock Caledonian
10 Italian Junction ....... 8 - -
Stock Chester and Holyhead'. 100 431 44/ 45 44 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - -
50 Cork and Bandon all - 20 Lierre and Turnhout.. all - -
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 3i 14 p
20 Cornwall
10 Do. Aall 41 41 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - -
10 Do. 13 `all
.ii - - 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 244 251
f A rcves. no div.
334 Maria Antonia all - -
until6p.c.per an.
hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Do. do. New - -
50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 20 Namur and Liege all 91 91 94
25 Dun.,Perth.& Abr.Junc. all 74 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 214 72
Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 16 Northern of France .... all 394 401
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 631 614 631 20 Do. New Shares - - P
' • 19 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 84 91
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 46 48
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 131 33 , 20 Ottoman, g,ua . 6 per cent 7 3 1 4
25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 - - 20 Paris Lyons, and Medit. all 35/ 3.54
25 East Kent all 12 13 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 55 56
Stock East Lancashire lOO 95 96 Itteife& S. Fran. (fern.) 9 1 *
20 East Suffolk all - - 20 f
1 gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... )
10 Do - - 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - -
1 Stock Edinburg and GlaSgow 100 67 68 67 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - -
Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dunce. 100 274 281 20 Royal Danish all - -
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all • - - - 5 Royal Swedish - -
Stock Furness - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - -
Stock Glasgow & South Westn ld) 92 94 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 71 8
10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref.:.. all 94 91
Stock Great Northern lOO 1084 109
20 Southern of France .... all 23 231
Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO H 96 951 84 West Flanders all 51 61
Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 134 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all 9 9
Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 104 105 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24
Stock Great Western - -
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all - -
12 [rish South Eastern all - - 6 Wiesbaden - -
50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 86 90 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - -
161 Do. Thirds - -
1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 984 99 984
16 Do. do. F 216 6 / d BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
9 Do. do. 29 shares 7 4 1 d
3 Do. West Riding Union /- - • Share i Railways. 'paid. Closing I Business
20 Do. Southport - - Price.: Done.
11.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 f 4
11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 44 - -
Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 114 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all --
Stock London & North Westn 100 96 964 96 1 1 Leased at 6 per cent..
124 Do. Eighths
Stock L.ondon& South-Westn lOO 95 96 94 . 5
18 go all - -
25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - -
25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 par
18 Do. Do. B 41 1 par 44
Stock Man., She., & Lincoln.. 100 38 39 384
10 Metropolitan 3 - -d 20e Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 7
Stock Midland lOO 1024 1024 1014 2 201 Do. New l6l 141 131 d
Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 74 76 100 j Buffalo,Brant. &Godrieh 1 109 78 82
50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - . 16p. ct bds. 1 Allg., 1872 )
25 Do. 4 Shares all - - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 78
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 73 76
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25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 114 12 20 Clcutta.&S.astrn.Lim. 1. - - p
10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 - - •
20 Cape,Eastn. EProv.(Lim.) 2s. - - -
s all - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. - - Pm
20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros
Stock Norfolk lOO fit 66 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - -
50 North. Counties Union 3/- 31 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 4 Ip3l 4
Stock North British lOO 581 594 594 174 Demerara - -
Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - -r2O Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 par 1P
Stock East Indian
Stock Do. A Stk.- Arec.no div. 20 Do. C Shares , gu. sp. 0 lOO 1081 - 1081 1084 1
-
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - -
-- 420 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 all 1
11p
Stock Do. B Stock lOO - 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - -
Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 911 O5 941
25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1/ 4 d d 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - -
Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 49 20 G eelong& Mel.g-ua.s p. c. all 174 181
sto Geelong Corporation 6 1 100
Stock Do. York lOO 771 77/ • 1 per cent. Bonds - -
Stock North, London lOO 100 103 Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 38 37
10 N. &S.Westn., Ham std 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 78 79
and City Junction £3 is. - -
20 North Staffordshire 174 4 31 d - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref..... 100 92 £4
20 Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. all
.211 21 214
20 North-Western
10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 84 20 Do. do 4 P
Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 32 • Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip
10 Peebles all - - 20 1 2L
par 4p
guaranteed 5 per cent.
20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all
10617
10817 i
10 Rhymney lO - -13 34 3d 94
Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112201 Do. New c
Do. Bonds pay. '76,with J all
Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 274 28 100 1 opt. till '6O
Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 47 86 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 106 108
Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt. all 105 107
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 99 100
Stock South Devon lOO 361 371 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c. all 18 1
Stock South-Eastern lOO 75 7a4 751 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 201/
Stock South Wales
20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 12 14 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.o. 5 Id Ip 5 1
20 Do. do lB - -,...! 20 Do. Fourth do.
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok.. all 9 1.. „,„, tock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - -
25 Stockton & Darlington. all- 324 641 wz Newßrunswick&Canda.
25 Do. do. 1854 224 --- 20 / Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 ild
25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - Class ACapitl.Share..
- Stockton & Hartlepool 164 - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... ..
Stock Taff Vale lOO - - 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 4 3 d
Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - .. Do. do. Land d 0...
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 1 Northof India Tramroad _ -
Stock Vale of Neath lOO 85 90 20 Limited, Scrip 2B.
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - 2 O 2O Oude (Limited)
50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Scinde .4 15 1 llp
20 West Cornwall
10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. Newr 1 p
5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub
p , 5 4
7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 (34 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bk,;" 5 d 1 P
5 Do. B all 61 20 Qt. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
20 West London all - - 10 rinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 4p
10 Do. lst Class all - -
20 Do. 2d Class all - - -

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Blythe and Tyne 1( per
c. pref. (issued at 250)
& Exet.4p.et. Stock
Do. do. do. Shares
Caledon £lO, 44 per cent
Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
Chester & Hoiyhd, 54 pc
Do. do. 5 p. ct.
Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c.
Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun.
E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc
Do. do. Class B 6 pc
Do. do. Class C 7 pc
E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l
Do. do - No.2
Do. New 6 per et. Stock
Eastern Union, 4 per ct.
East Lane. 6 per ct
E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths
Edin.&Glas. spc shares
Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.
Furness, 5 per cent
Glas. &S West. ,r a, spc
Great Northern, 5 p. ct
Do. 5 pc r,edm.,lop.c.pm
Do. 44 p. c. do. do.
Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm
Gt. 1\ h. of Se,otld Ist pf
Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4
1 p. ct. pref. Stock
Great West. (Berks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. .
Do. Redeemable, 44 pct.
Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct.
Do. Irredeemable, do. .
Do. sp. ct. Redeem. Pref.
Do. Birm. Pref. Shares
Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf
shares
Do do. 5 p. et. pref
Do Birming.guar. stock
Do. Chester guar.shares
Do. do. do

Paid.

Closing I Business
Price. Done.

49 M
96 98

1103 105

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100 103
112 115
109 113
115 117
113 115
131 133
184 86

72 73

113 115
122 124
113 115
105 107
Cl 60
101 111

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Do. do. do.
Lan. & York 6 pm. stock
Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l
Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2
Do. -New gua., 6 p. ct
Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4
Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun-

Stock

eaton, 5 p. ct.
Lon.StS. W, 7 p.ct. stock,
late 3d shares
ILondondy dr Cole, she
Londondy.& Ennis sh
& Lin., 6 p. ct
Do. £6

all
1 100
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100
100
100
100
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Sentence deferred.

95 97
86 28
87 89
99 101
93/4 10
161 17
10 10
72 74
18 19
9 91
131 14
143 145

1120 122

1163 168

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Do. 31 per cent.
(Do.
& Car., 4 p.c.
IDo. 4 per cent .. .
Do.
Hid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock
Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et
Do. 41p. c. pref. stock
Do. with option till 1860
Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. et.
Newport, Aber,&c. pref.s
p. c. redeem, ats p. c. pm
Do. Perpet, 6 p. C. with
option till 1866
Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares
Do. ss. c. Ext. Stock.lB46
Do. 5 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do. pv.V al. Ex. Sk 1847
North British, 5 per cent
Do. New, gua. 5 per cent
Nth.Dev.Rail.& 11)6k.C0.
N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb.
Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref.
Do. do. do.
Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters, 1846
80. York, H. & S. Pura
North Staffordshire . .
Ox. Wr. & wol. 6pc.
Do. do. do., 2d gua
Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk. in perp
Scottish Central, new pi
Scottish N.-Eastern deb
Do. 31 per c. pref. stock
Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pe.
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock.
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 41 percent.
South Eastern (Beading
Ann., 1.0.6.)
Do .41 per cent
Do. Fixed 41 p.c. lst is .
Do. New do., 2d issue.
South Wales, gua. 4 p.c.
Do. 41 per cent
S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua.
Stockton and Par. 5 p.e.
Do. 6 per cent
Waterford & Kilkenny,
6 per cent.

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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1858,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.---( THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)

APPEAL-SCOTT V. THE MAYOR, &C., OF LIVERPOOL.
Mr. Karslake resumed his argument in this part-heard
appeal for the appellants.
The contention arises on some intricate and complicated
disputed accounts for work done for the corporation. The
arguments will occupy the entire day.

APPEALS-WELLESLEY V. MORNINGTON-MORNINGTON
V. WELLESLEY.
These causes were compromised yesterday.
(Before the Lords Justices.)

APPEALS-RAWLINS V. WICIEHAN-WICKILANI V. BAILEY.

Mr. Malin, Q.C., resumed this morning his arguments
for the respondents in these part-hard appeals. The argu-
ments will continue the entire day.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.)
JUDGMENT.-IN RE POWELL'S TRUST.

His Honour the Vice-Chancellor, in delivering judg-
ment, said—This is a short matter, which relates to the
estate of the late Mary Powell, the testatrix. The sum of
£676 16s. 7d. has been paid into court as the amount of the
residue of the testatrix's estate, and the question
raised is on a bequest of a sum of money
bequeathed to the legatee—whether it is payable
out of the funds in court, or the funds in hand of the tes-
tatrix at the time of her death. A sum of £5OO was
secured by note of hand, and £lOO was also secured by
a note of hand in the savings bank. By her will she gave
£95 16s. sd. and £l9 13s. to her relative, Mary Powell,
payable out of the ready cash in her house at the date of
her death. The testatrix, by her will, declared—" After
my funeral ant testamentary expenses are paid, I
leave and bequeath to Mary Powell, at North Wood,
these sums out of all my ready money. The bequest
is confined to "ready money," and the question is, what is
ready money? His Honour, on the authority of decided
cases, considered that the money in the savings bank, of
whichshe had given notice of demand before her death, was
ready money, and the sum of £l9 16s. of money in the
savings bank and £95 16s. sd. on the promissory notes in
the bank passed to the legatee as ready money, and that
the sum of £175 must be paid out of the funds in court to
her. The general estate shall bear the costs of all parties.
Decreed accordingly.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (This Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.

Henry Belcher, 33, pleaded guilty to three indictments
charging him with larceny and obtaining money by false
pretences.

Mr. Sleigh, who appeared for the prosecution, informed
the Court that the prisoner had been in the service of
Messrs. Ridgway and Co., notaries, as conveyancing clerk,
and in that capacity he was intrusted with money to pay
fees at Somerset-house, and he appropriated that money to
his own use. He had also applied to various clients of the
prosecutors for accounts that were due to them, and he
kept the money so obtained. A mortgage deed belonging
to Messrs. Ridgway was also missing, and it was believed
that the prisoner knew something of it, and it was hoped
he would give such information as would lead to its restitu-

UTTERING FORDED RILLS.

James Bayles, 28, crape-maker, was indicted for felo-
niously uttering two forged bills of exchange for £2O and
£4O, with intent to defraud.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Robin-
son for the defence.

The learned counsel having stated the case to the jury,
called

Mr. W. Cribb, of St. Swithin's-lane, said I have known
the prisoner the last four years. Early in September ho
brought me a bill for £2O and another for £4O to discount.
The £4O bill was brought first. He asked me to discount
the bill, and he produced two policies of assurance, which
he said were worth £72. The bills produced are the docu-
ments he brought to me. The signature of the £2O bill is
in the prisoner's handwriting. The £4O bill I also be-
lieve to be written by him. The £2O bill purported to be
drawn by the prisoner and accepted by J. B. Marshall, of
Anderson-street, Chelsea. The bills were discounted, and
the prisoner received the money less the commission. The
bills were not paid when they.arrived at maturity. Mr.
Marshall, when he was applied to, said the acceptances
were not in his handwriting.
The Recorder said that, in his opinion, the charge of for-
gery could not be supported, as there was an absence of any
evidence to show an intention to defraud, the policy of assu-
rance being admitted to be worth more than the sum ad-
vanced on the two bills.

Mr. Robinson said there was really no pretence for the
charge of forgery, and that the unfortunate prisoner had
been the dupe of a Mr. Marshall, the cousin of Mr. J. B
Marshall, and from whom he received the bills in question,
and to whom he afterwards handed the money, he never
having the least idea that there was anything wrong about
the bills, as he fully believed the signature to be that of
Mr. J. B. Marshall.

The jury then returned a verdict of not guilty.
The prisoner applied to have the bills impounded, as he
intended to take proceedings against George Marshall as
soon as be could find him.
The Recorder said he saw no objection to the bills being
taken care of by the officer of the court.
The prisoner was then ordered to be discharged.

NEW COURT
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
The hearing of Mint prosecutions, which were all of
the most ordinary description, occupied the Court the
whole of the day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A DRUNKARD'S MORAL FEELING.—Peter M'Kinlay,
a tall man, and who spoke in a stentorian tone of voice,
was charged with assaulting Murrell, 80 C, and creating a
disturbance.

Murrell said that about four that morning he heard the
prisoner creating a great disturbance, and on requesting
him to move on he commenced abusing him in the most
violent manner, making use of the most disgusting lan-
guage. He became so violent that he was obliged to get
the assistance of another constable, when the prisoner
kicked him in the ankle and hurt his back very much.
The prisoner, at the top of his voice, said a more infa-
mous statement was never made by a man having any claim
to moral feeling than that by the constable. He saw the
constable, with another,
in solemn conclave, when they
ordered him to go along, and, wishing to get away from
them, he set to running, upon which he received a kick
from behind, and when he got to the door of his own house
the constable seized him and said "You don't lodge here."
Mr. Beadon—Was you sober ?
Prisoner—Oh, yes. I could find my way home.
Mr. Beadon—You have fallen into the hands of one of
the steadiest of constables, and I believe what he has said.
Fined 10s., or seven days.

Prisoner, as he was leaving the dock, said " Well, that's
a very heavy sentence, I think.,,

THIS DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 14.—Wind this day at noon, N. ;
moderate breeze, and thick, hazy weather.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 13.—Wind W.—Arrived—Anger,
from Moulmein for Sunderland.

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OFF TORBAY, Dec. 12.—Arrived—Ingoha, from Memel
for Australia.
....
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FALMOUTH, Dec. 13.—Wind variable—Arrived—Eliza-
beth Lewis, from Algoa Bay.
PILL, Dec. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Eliza Lewis, for
New York; Sparkling Wave, for Boston; Venice, for
Alexandria.
HOLYHEAD, Dec. 13.—Wind W.N.W.--Arrived—Bo-
hemian, from Liverpool for Pernambuco.
WEST HARTLEPOOL, Dec. 13.—Wind W.S.W.—Ar-
rived—Alice Frankland, from Ricliibucto.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Wind E. ; thick fog.
Arrived, Dec. 12—Barcelona, steamer, from Havre ;
selia, Rose, and Clementia, from Newport ; Atalanta,
steamer, from Jersey; Mary, from Neath ; Cheshire Witch,
from Cardiff.
sailed, Dec. 12—Teviot, steamer, for Alexandria.
Sailed, Dec. 13—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Affiance,
steamer, for Havre.
The Wonder, steamer, for Jersey, did not sail till this
morning, on account of the fog.

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LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind S.S.W.
Arrived—Fortuna, from Caldera ; Crimean, screw
steamer, from Alexandria.
The Langdale, for Bombay, bas put back, havinc, been
in collision off Point Lynes, on the 12th inst., with an'Ame-
rican ship, name unknown ; damage slight.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Wind northerly ; two hours' ebb, thick.
Arrived—Lovely, Cruiser, Guernsey.
DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.N.W., moderate ; thick.
Passed—Marseilles, from London, for Marseilles.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.
THE ARRESTS IN THE'SOUTH.
The Cork Constitution states that the 15 Phoenix
Clubbites are all Roman Catholics. Other arrests,
it is said, will be effected in the course of a few
days. A branch of the society is believed to be in
existence at Clonakilty, and the authorities are
procuring information relative to the members with
a view of placing them under the surveillance of
the police. The Rev. Dr. Cahill, of Ultramontano

notoriety, occasionally dismounts the high horse he
has almost ridden to death, and condescends to

write plain sense. In one of his latest contribu-
tions to the Weekly Telegraph, the rev. gentleman
addresses, these words of warning to his " fellow-
countrymen" :

" As the Government of this country are gene-
rally well informed on the organisation, the plans,
and the very names of the leaders of secret socie-
ties in Ireland, it cannot be doubted that the pro-
clamation issued in the end of last week by the
Lord Lieutenant has been called forth by the strin-
gent necessity of the case. From a very long expe-
rience, indeed, I have never known a similar pro-
clamation founded on false information. The vice-
regal authorities may occasionally make a mistake
in the extent of the confederacy, or in individuals ;
but beyond dispute their knowledge of its origina-
tors, members, abettors, and silent friends, is most
accurate. You may rely on this statement with
implicit confidence ; and be perfectly satisfied and
convinced that the Chief Secretary at the Castle
can produce, at the moment I write these words,
the names of every individual who has administered
an unlawful oath, as well as the names, the resi-
dence, the parents, the character of every wretched
dupe who has defiled God's Gospel as he puts
his trembling hand to this blasphemous `pledge.
The The moment when the unfortunate new member
pronounces :the words of the confederate oath, in
that moment he places his life at the mercy of a
traitorous companion or a perjured spy, he ties the
hangman's rope on his own neck, he pronounces
his own sentence of death, and prepares him-
self, ill-fated wretch! to die on an ignominious
scaffold. If you wish to learn whence have the
Government derived their knowledge, and whence
have I assumed the tone of confidence with which
I speak, I reply,—The Government have their in-
formation from your own associates ; from the very
man who administered the oath ; from the villain
who perjured you into blasphemy, who received a
bribe for your death, and who makes a traffic on
your flesh and blood. The Government has this
accurate information within 24 hours of your san-
guinary oath, and I have this knowledge graven
on my heart from my intimate acquaintance with
the unfortunate history of the atrocious system of
secret societies."