The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.

Yesterday the Solicitor-General sat at 12 o'clock
in the Castle, to hear any statements that might be
msde by witnesses relative to the occurrence at
Trinity College on Friday, the 12th of March.
Mr. Kemmis, Crown-Solicitor, attended on the
part of the Crown ; Mr. Hamilton, solicitor, at-
tended for the pt.ilice ; and at a subsequent period.
Messrs. Lynch, Q.C., and Lawson, Q.C., having
been sent for, arrived. The investigation was de-
clared to be private, and was conducted with closed
doors. The Solicitor-General allowed reporters
from the public journals to be present and
take notes, on the condition that no reports
should be published until after any criminal
prosecutions that might take place. Mr. R. Conway
Hickson, J.P., a gentleman from the county of
Kerry, attended and volunteered a statement of
what he saw occur at the college on the day in
question. Having made his statement, he was
examined by Mr. Lynch, Q.C., and subsequently
by the Solicitor-General. The examination did not
occupy much time. No other gentleman offered or
web produced to give evidence. The Solicitor-
Gencral remained until 2 o'clock, at which hour
the Court, adjourned. Col. _Browne and Mr.
O'Ferrell were present during a portion of the ex-
amination of Mr. Hickson.

No frtsh evidence being tendered to day, Mr.
Commissioner Hayes formally announced that the
inquiry was at an end.

CURIOUS WHITEBOY CASE.
The papers publish the report of a singular trial
which took place at the Kildare Assizes, before the
Lord Chief Justice. Tuomas Staunton, a shop-
was
keeper, and a man possessed of considerable means,
rcnitdse,d(r)
po
hsa
per osting
nryoi
net
iiiic,esaattluairNae
juror of Kildare, and agent over the estate
of Mr. Conway Richard Dobbs, in case he
dared to interfere wi h the ter:ants, and if he
and the land steward, Mr. M‘Dermott (whom
the notice also threatend to murder), did not
quit the country. The case had for some
time previously caused considerable excitement
and interest throughout the county, as until
a very recent period it has been totally free from
outrages of a Riband or Whiteboy character, and
it therefore became of importance that the prosecu-
timi should be vigorously and effectually carried
out. The prisoner was convicted, and the Chief
Justice, in the following impressive manner, pro-
nounced sentence upon him ;

°heuwee were
appear
construerrogp t-ittihtatyotoi f
have
iti :h eqbvue
ver-
dict. " Tn,tnas Staunton, you have been found guilty by
the jury upou evidenu:taeony:ol lu jsedv
doubtie
iryPwot
impossible f r any one who was present in court, and
.18.enet
your
tddir.eiec:ati.,`,PsBlBnotyow fihtathihrieuaYt:;aytrlho, the greatest generosity and kind-
ness. It appears that for some reason he wished to ex•
arcise towards you a right which, as your landlord, h •
undoubtedly possessed. You had acted in such a way
that he wished you to cease to be any longer his tenant.
At your own requTst a valuator was employed to value
your farm, and be valued it at a sum less than 1001. Yon
however, objected to this sum as not being sufficient,
and you eventually received a sum of 2001., together
with your clops, you paying the rent up to the t'rue when
you were dispossessed. You accordingly gave up po-
session of the land, and from that time to the present you
seem to be continually doing everything in your power
to worry and annoy the bailiff on the lands of 111`Dermott.
As far as I can judge from the evidence I have not the
f mallest doubt upon my mind that ytu. \-\ era endeavour-
ing to introduce into this county that Whiteb.y system
which is the bane of other counties. I have in a case
like this no discretion but to in pose upcn you as severe
a sentence as the law a lows. It is absolutely and iudis-
pensaVy necessary that every One intrusted with the
admitaistriAiin t.f Vie law should endeavour to put aft
end, in its commencement, to this deplorable sy,tmn. It
is mistrable —it is wretched, that a man in your positiono: s of comparative affluence for your class, should
now stand in such a position as you do bore toi-day.
Toe sentence of the Court is that you undergo seven
years' penal servitude."
Them anp,riaspopnaerre wasntly
aboutawel 41-droeysseeadrsaonf age
drespectable-look-
in g

TRINITY COLLEGE ELECTION, Dosux.—The polling
commenced on Tuesday root-wog at nine o'clock and
c!o:•,ed at five p. u., when tee uumbers for i
thefirsptoldiseyd
were declared as follows :—LEfroy, 294 • Gayer, 250
majority, 44. Dr. Gayer is underancl to have
all the members of his committee, as well aa the large
majority of electors resident in Dublin,