The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, June 13.
The Court of Queen's Bench has given)" judgment
unanimously in the case of " The Queen v. Colour-
Sergeant APCarthy," refusing the writ applied for
by Mr. Butt, Q.C., to stay the proceedings of the
Court-martial, and decided that it was the proper
tribunal to try the case, and had\ acted within its
jurisdiction. There were, therefore, no grounds for
the application. The Judges were the Chief Justice,
O'Brien, and Fitzgerald.

There are no fresh cases of cattle plague reported
from the North. The Ulster Observer states that the
farmers in the infected district persist in denying
that the disease which has appeared is rinderpest.
Dr. White, the city coroner, resumed the inquiry
into the cases of the victims of the late fire yester-
day, in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institute,
Lower Abbey-street. The jury having answered to
their names, the Coroner stated that Mr. Heron,
Q.C., appeared, by the instructions of the Attorney-
General, to assist in this inquiry. They might look
on him in the light of an assessor. Mr. Devitt ap-
peared on behalf of the Corporation, Mr. O'Hara on
behalf of Mr. Strahan, Mr. Coffey on behalf of Mr.
Delany, and Mr. Hone on behalf of the Ballast
Board. Mr. Heron, Mr. Devitt, and Mr. O'Hara
each said a few words, stating that their object was
simply to assist the Coroner in getting at the facts
.of the case, without blaming or defending any par-
ties. The first witness examined was Mr. William
Williams, hatmaker, who ccupied the shop of No. 19,
and in whose premises the fire was supposed to have
originated. He deposed that he had, besides the
front shop, a parlour and a cellar, which he used as a
workshop. He had occupied these premises about six
years, residing elsewhere. He left the shop at 20
minutes past 8 on Thursday evening to attend a
meeting of the Natural History Society at the Royal
Irish Academy ; but, being rather early, he saun-
tered along, and went to see some stock to be sold
by auction next day at Mr. Glennon's, South Frede-
rick-street. He ultimately went to the Academy-
house, and remained there till half-past 9, when
Prof. Haughton came in and said there was a fire
in 'Westmoreland-street. He then came out, met
his son, and saw the house in flames. The materials
of his trade are inflammable—spirits of wine, shel-
lac, and calico. There was a pint of the spirit and
about two stone weight of shellac. He used a stove
in which he burnt coal and coke. There was a great
draught when he left, and the fire, if not put out,
would be exhausted in 20 minutes. His son Edward
went down, locked the workshop, and brought him
up the keys. There was woodwork in contact with
the stone outside the bricks. The stock was small,
but there were shelves and fixtures. If the fire got at
the hats they would go like lightning. A fire oc-
curred in his workshop about a year and a half ago,
but it was soon put out by Mr. Delany's people,
and his claim was only £7 or £B. It occurred through
his son's carelessness in lighting a piece of paper.
He was then insured for £2OO. When he discovered
the fire he went about and spoke to Mr. Delany.
They
might imagine his state of mind. He then be-
came wearied, and went home about 11 o'clock. He
did not render any assistance. The partitionbetween
his shop and Mr. Delany's was of wood and paper.
There was but one stair, and Mr. Delany had to go
down to the basement story, in order to get from
his shop to the upper story. Edward Williams cor-
roborated his father's testimony, and said he left all
right in the workshop on the evening in question.
The fire was nearly out. There was a number of hat
boxes piled in the shop. There was no possibility of
a spark getting to where the naphtha was. The
origin of the former fire was not discovered. Stuf-
fing birds was a part of his father's business. Alex.
Williams, another son, engaged with his father in
the business, deposed that the former fire occurred
o n a Saturday night, and his father did not hear of
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