The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-03 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MINE 3, 1859.

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OODS.7IED IN TIME OF PEACE.

(From the X clectic Review.)

It has been beautiftilly said by Chateaubriand,
" The earth drinks In silence the blood of battle
fields, but petteefra blood spouts groaning towards
heaven. God 'receives and avenges it" If so, a
fearful reckoning is yet in store for the Heine of
Hapsburg.. General Pietro Colette tells us that,
during thirty years, "100,000 Neapolitans have
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the official records show a total of 981 capital
sentences, regularly pronounced and executed
against Lombardo-Venetians. In the autumn of
1848 the steward of Councillor Rampini and his
eldest son were shot at Milan, while the younger
son, being under age, and not being convicted of
any crime, was beaten to death with sticks. In
October of the same year three Milanese were shot
!'or having responded to the provocations of three
Hungarian soldiers disguised as police. The Abbe
Pulcina was shot at Brescia about the same time,
and another priest at Mantua, merely for having
expressed liberal opinions. • To have a weapon of
any kind in the house or on the person was certain
death. At Brescia a butcher was sent for outside
the town to kill an ox, and went, bearing along
with him the implements of his trade—a mace,
knife, &c. On his return he was arrested by the
patrol, and, in spite of his protestations that he was
a butcher, and that there was no order against but-
chers carrying their implements along with them,
was fortwith tried, condemned, and shot. At Lodi,
28th February, 1849, a native of the place was
beaten to death for having allowed some insulting
expressions to escape him when maltreated by an
Austrian officer. But the most disgraceful and
flagrant instance of tyranny remains to be recorded.
On the 18th August, 1849, the anniversary of the
birth of the late Emperor, which was kept with
great pomp by the Austrians in Milan, a courtesan
named Oliver]. had attached to the balcony of her
house an Austrian flag. This house was m one of
the most frequented streets of Milan, opposite the
Cafe del Mazza, and the crowd hissed in passing it ;
upon which several patrols and a number of
officers, who had apparently been lurkinr, in the
neighbourhood, instantly rushed to the, spot.
seized indiscriminately on the passers by, and
carried them off to the castle, where a mili-
tary tribunal was quickly assembled, which first
released the foreigners and public functionaries,
and then proceeded to try the rest of the crowd of
prisoners, all, be it observed, Italians. They, were
speedily condemned, seventeen to the bastinado,
from twenty-five to fifty strokes each, and three to
various periods of imprisonment in irons. Among
the former class were an advocate, a painter, two
landed proprietors, and two students, and Ernesta
Galli of Cremona, and Maria Conti, of Florence, both
opera singers, the first twenty and the second
eighteen years old. They were sentenced, the
former to forty strokes of the stick, and the latter
to thirty. All the sentences were immediately exe-
cuted in public, in the open air in the court of the
castle, the Austrian officers looking on and laughing
the while. The punishments were carried out to
the letter; all the sufferers were severely injured,
and the two poor girls especially were a long time
before they recovered from the effects of Austrian
brutality. The military commandant of Milan
subsequently sent in an account of 191 francs to
the municipality " for the expense of ice" (applied
to the mangled flesh of the victims in order to pre-
vent gangrene) " and of rods used and broken in the
punishment of the seditious of the •18th of August."
Finally, the marshal ordered the town of Milan to
indemnify the courtesan Olivari by a gift of 30,000
livres. The melancholy necrology of this gloomy
chapter of judicial murders and use of power is
closed by our author with the case of the Count
Montanari, and five of his relations, accused, as
usual, of conspiring with Mazzini, and summarily
condemned to be shot. Moved apparently by the
frantic entreaties of the wives of these unfortunates,
Marshal Radetzky promised " that not a drop of
blood should be shed." He kept his word by hang-
ing the whole of them.
The Austrians have sedulously endeavoured,
especially since 1848, to set the rich and poor among
the Lombards at enmity, and thus prevent that
union which might render them dangerous. When,
in March, 1849, the French minister at Turin went
to the camp of the victorious Radetzky to solicit a
change of system towards Lombardy, and
the proclamation of a general amnesty, Ge-
neral Hess, the chief of the staff, thus
answered him—" Never ! It would not be con.-

formable to Austrian politics to pardon rebel sub-
jects ; their punishment ought to be not death but
misery. The people love us ; the nobles, the rich
proprietors, detest us; they must then be annihi-
lated."

With regard to the paramount influence of Aus-
tria in the affairs of the whole Italian peninsula,
there can be but littlo doubt, and as little of her
disposition to interfere with an armed hand on the
slightest and most trivial pretexts. At the smallest
semblance of political liberation she at once steps
in, superseding in the most nonchalant and inso-
lent way the sovereigns of the country; hangs,
shoots, flogs, and exiles, at her pleasure, occupies
places of strength, and levies forced contributions,
until she has reduced everything to the state of
passive and unreasoning obedience most approved
of by her "paternal government." Her conduct
in Tuscany on the restoration of the Grand Duke ;
the sack of Leghorn, in the summer of 1849, by the
troops of Gen. Astre ; the judicial tortures and
murders at Ferrara and Bologna, in 1853.4, by
the Austrian military tribunals, and many other
cases which might easily be cited, furnish most
convincing proofs both of the extent of her power,-
and of its withering influence upon political free-
dom and intellectual progress.

711 E IRO X TRADE.

(From the Wolverhampton Chronicle.)

There has been no marked improvement in the
position of the iron trade since our last report. The
demand from America and the continent continues
to be very limited, but the demand for home purposes
is rather buoyant so far as relates to first-class iron,
and though the leading members of the trade have
not a large amount of orders upon their books, suf-
ficient are daily coming in to keep their works in fair
operation. The ultimate effect the war in Italy will
produce upon commerce cannot very readily be fore-
told. It cannot be questioned that up to the present
time it has operated unfavourably. Some of the
large foundries in the district are short of orders,
and in small castings there is little business doing.
Consumers of merchant iron at home are still order-
ing rather sparingly, probably in the belief that
prices must go lower, but there is no probability of
this, as it is a somewhat remarkable fact that the
manufacturing trades using by far the largest
quantity of finished iron have been the busiest all
through the season—busy even when trade gen ex ally
has been reported as slack. What the condition of
the trade may be in a few months hence it is
impossible to conjecture, predictions having so
far this year failed to be realised. It is an acknow-
ledged fact that both at home and abroad there is a
bareness of itores of all kinds of Staffordshire iron,
which leads some to suppose that orders cannot
longer be withheld, whatever turn affairs upon the
continent may take. The coal trade is rather brisk,
arising in a great measure from the large quantities
being sent to various parts of the kingdom by rail.
Gubbin and white ironstone, the yeld of the district,
is realising from 16s. to 17s. per ton, according to
quality. Arrangements have been made for Messrs.
Crcsswell to go on for the present under inspection.
Their first meeting under the arrangement
clauses of the Bankruptcy Act will take place on
the 4th of July, when it is stated an opposition will
be offered. Whether, however,it will be of a sufficient
nature to bring their works to a standstill remains
to be seen, considerable sympathy having been
manifested for them by many of their creditors.
In the South Wales district the demand for iron
is steady, and railway descriptions arc disposed of
without difficulty. For home consumption a good
deal has been lately sold, while orders from abroad
have not been scanty. Complaints are, however,
made in many parts of the district of slackness.
The continuance of the impression which existed last
week that coal would be considered contraband of
war has tended to depress the market to a consider-
able extent. At Newport the docks are by no means
full. At Cardiff a more satisfactory state of affairs
exists, and at Swansea considerable activity pre-
vails. The coal trade there is quite brisk. It is
anticipated that the new docks will be opened in
July next, when much better accommodation for ,
vessels will be providede than
theretofore.
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state of affairs on the continent, is dull and inactive,
and orders, whether for home censumptionr or for
exportation, are limited to immediate requirements.
Trade in Lancashire particularly is very ;in
the
Yorkshire district, where several firms are ex-
tensivelyi a
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better trade, though much want of
confidence
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Yorkshire coalowners have made a determined
stand against the coal trading system adopted by
the Great Northern Railway.

THE MURDER AND SqI;CIDE IN
GALWAY.'

The intelligence of the death of Mr. Richard
Burke, of Ballinamore, and of Captain R. Thomas
Wrench was but too correct. and the painful in-
terest which the knowledge of the tragic event
created in the first instance-has been increased im-
measurably by the facts that have transpired since
the .discovery of the bodies, showing almost con-
clusirely that Mr. Burke met his death at the hands
of Captain Ffrench, and that the latter subse-
quently destroyed himself. The inquests on the
bodied of the ill-fated gentlemen were held by Mr.
J. M,Doncn.tgh, coroner. The first inquiry was as
to the death of Mr. Burke, which occurred at
Ballinamore. The second, as to the death of Capt.
Ffrench, was held at Clonbrock, about three miles
from the spot where Mr. Burke, was slain. From
the evidence given at the inquest, and from other
sources of iliformationf we are enabled to supply the
subjoined narrative :—" Capt. Ffrench, it appears,
was seen in Dublin on the afternoon of Monday, at
5 o'clock. He arrived at his lodgings, 59, Dawson-
street, with his wife, to whom he was only two
months married. They had only recently come
from Loudon, where they spent the honeymoon.
He left his lodgings, stating to Mrs. Ffrench he
would go to Mitchell's to get a cigar and a glass of
soda water. He did go to Mitchell's and there
drank a glass of brandy with the soda water. This
was between five and six o'clock. The Hon. Martin
Ffrench, his father, was stopping at the hotel at
Malahide, and it is stated that Captain Ffrench,
when leaving Mitchell's, asked it he would be in
time for the train to that place. He went away,
but not to return to Dawson-street, nor yet to pro-
ceed to Malahide, for his wife and other friends
saw no more of him ; and Mrs. Ffrench, being
alarmed at his absence, searched for him in various
quarters of the city. He must have proceeded
direct to- Ballinasloe by train, for at 11 o'clock that
night he got out of the mail train at the Ballinas-
loe station, which leaves no doubt that he left
Dublin at a quarter past seven on Monday evening.
From Ballinasloe he went on a jaunting car with
two gentlemen, Mr. Cruice and Mr. Lennon, to the
village of Ahascragh, distant about six miles,
where he arrived about one o'clock on Tuesday
morning. At this place he hired a car for himself,
and, unaccompanied save by the driver, proceeded
to the village of Ballygar, which is within two
miles of his father's estate. He applied
unsuccessfully for admission to the hotel at Bal-
lygar, and then directed the driver to go to
St. Brandon's, one of the residences of the
Ffrench family, in the occupation of the deceased
Mr. Burke,.who, it had been arranged, was to re-
move from it, as it was intended to be the residence
of Captain Ffrench and his bride. The car reached
St. Brandon's at 3 o'clock in the morning. It being
then daylight, Captain Ffrench, having knocked at
the door, was informed by Mr. Burke's steward
that his master was at Ballinamore, three miles
distant, and intended to go that morning to Balli-
nasloe. Captain Ffrench then entered the house,
called for writing materials, and, having got them,
wrote a note couched in the kindest terms to Mr.
Burke, desiring him to come to St. Brandon's at
once, as he wished to see him on important busi-
ness. Mr. Burke received the note and, without
delay, hastened to St. Brandon's. When the par-
ties met, their greeting, as described by the car-
driver, Rochford, was most cordial. It should be
stated that Mr. Burke was the land-agent of
the Hon. Martin Ffrench, whose confideme
he enjoyed. He was also, it is said, regarded
with affection by the deceased Capt. Ffrench. After
a brief interview Mr. Burke and Captain Ffrench
journeyed tcgether on the car to Killyan, the resi-
dence of Mr. Michael Cheevers, J.P., the captain
stating that he had business with that gentleman.
On arriving at Killyan, Captain Ffrench got off
the car and inquired for Mr. Cheevers, but was un-
able to see him. The captain said it was of no con-
sequence, as he would write him a few lines, and
then rejoined Mr. Burke on the car, and directed
the driver to proceed to Ballinamore-park, the seat
of the Hon. Martin Ffrench. They arrived at the
park, it is supposed, shortly before 11 o'clock. Hav-
ing discharged the car they went on foot together
through the plantation towards the garden. From
the moment they entered the plantation all certain
knowledge of their movements ends, but the dread-
ful catastrophe that followed is elucidated by the
subsequent discoveries. It was known in. the vil-
lage of Ballinamore during the afternoon, that Cap-
tain Ffrench and Mr.° Burke had come there that
morning on a car, and that they alighted at the
gate entrance to tke park, on the high road, to pro-
ceed through the grounds. A good deal of surprise
was manifested by gentlemen who heard this at the
prolonged absence of the parties. At 5 o'clock in
the evening, Madden, the gamekeeper of the Hon.
Martin Ffrench, while passing through the planta=
tion, discovered the dead body of Mr. Burke lying
face on the ground, pierced by two bullets, one of
which had entered on the left side, and passed
through the breast ; the other through the centre of
the back. Where this bullet entered the coat was
singed, indicating that the muzzle of the pistol was
close to the perso,n of the deceased when the dis-
charge took place. The alarm was at once given,
and the authorities hastened to the spot. Inquiries
were made for Captain Ffrench, but he could not
be found. The scene now changes to Clonbrock
demesne, four miles distant from Ballinamore.
The demesne is thickly wooded, and bounded on
one side by an extensive bog, at present studded
by a number of turf clamps. One of Lord
Clonbrock's labourers with his gamekeepers was
on the bog between one and two o'clock in
the afternoon, and they saw at some distance from
them the figure of a man moving in an ex-
cited manner among turf clumps. They were
unable from the distance to recognise him, but he
appeared to be a gentleman. They soon lost sight of
the figure. At 2 o'clock, or shortly afterwards, the
labourer heard the report of fire-arms, but felt no
surprise, as he thought the gamekeeper was firing.
This labourer, whose name is John Crehon, left off
work at 7 o'clock in the evening, and proceeded
homeward. His way was near to the place where the

figure was seen in the early part of the day. He had
not gone more than 100 yards or so when he ob-
served a man lying asleep, as he conceived, against
one of the turf heaps. He recognised him as the
person he had previously seen on the bog, but as he
approached nearer his attention was attracted to a
pistol which lay on the ground near the body.
Alarmed at this, Crehon ran away. He met another
labourer and gamekeeper, to whom he communi-
cated what he saw. The three men returned to the
body ; they were struck with horror at finding that it
was the corpse of Captain Ffrench, whose person they
knew; blood was oozing from the mouth, but at first
they could see no marks of violence on the body. On
closer examination they found a bullet wound on the
left breast. Captain Ffrench must have opened his
waistcoat and fired the pistol close to his breast. The
body was (removed to the gamekeeper's lodge at
Clonbrock. Captain Ffrench's dress consisted of a
black coat, dark vest and trousers, with light boots,
which were wet half way up, showing that he had
waded through some of the neighbouring streams.
In his pockets were fouhd five sovereigns and some
silver, a gold watch, a chain, a gold ring, a prayer
book, and some postage receipt and stamps. The
news of the dreadful affair having become generally
known in the district, the most painful excitement
was everywhere observable. The peasantry flocked
in hundreds to the place where the corpse of Captain
Ffrench lay, and during the entire of Tuesday night
the mournful lament in Irish of the poor people could
be heard for a considerable distance around. The cir-
cumstances attending these fatal occurrences, so far
as they can be gleaned, are now stated. It only re-
mains to state that Dr. Keeran, the medical attendant
of the Ffrench family, on his examination at the
inquest this day, deposed to the fact that Captain
Ffrench in his lifetime was subject to fits of tem-
porary insanity. About two years ago Captain
Ffrench had a serious attack of this malady at Bal-
linasloe, and the doctor then attended him. Dr.
Keeran also stated that the disease was of a nature
that, although it might be subdued for a time, was
likely to recur. The pistol found by the body of
Captain Ffrench was one of Adams's patent six-
chambered revolvers. It was quite new, and bore
the trade mark of William and John Rigby, of
Dublin. Five of the chambers were loaded with
b2ll, one had been discharged, three nipples were
capped. It would appear, therefore, that Captain
Ffrench, if he shot Mr. Burke, of which there
seems to be no doubt,, fired twice, and then reloaded
the two vacant chambers before he committed self•

destruction. The proceedings of the inquest lasted
some hours. The Hon. Martin Ffrench arrived at
Cloubrock from Dublin at 4 o'clock this evening,
accompanied by Mr. De Blacquire, his solicitor,
but, in compliance with the suggestion of his friends
he did not attend the melancholy inquiry. The
verdict of the jury in the case of Mr. Burke was,
that that gentleman met his death by pistol-shot
. .

wounds; that there was no direct eidence as to

the person or persons by whom they were inflicted,
but that the last person seen in his company was
Captain Ffrench, who had been at a certain period
afflicted with insanity of a type likely to recur. In
the case of Captain lefrencli the jury found that he
met his death by a pistOl-shot wound, inflicted lty
himself while labouring under temporary in-
sanity. The body of Mr. Burke was interred
this evening at Ballinamore; thut of Captain
Ffrench was removed in a hearse to the park.
He was a young gentleman of amiable disposition,
and was deservedly popular among the people of
the district. His interment will take place to-
morrow in the family vault. It is unnecessary to
state that the members of the Ffrench family are
plunged into the deepest grief by these tragical
events. Among those present at the inquest were

the Hon. Gonville Ffrench, A. C. Montgomery,
R.M: ; the Rev. P. Hobart, C.C. ; P. Sweeney, S.I. ;
Mr. D. H. Kelly, J.P. ; Mr. M. Cheevers, J.P., &c.

THE LEDBURY MURDER.

Yesterday the examination of John Isaac Jones,
the clerk in the office of Mr. Masefield, was resumed
by the magistrates before whom the prisoner was
first brought, and Mr. William Money Kyrie and
Colonel Grey.
The interest displayed by the inhabitants in the
progress of the investigation was undiminished, and
throughout the whole of Herefordshire and the sur-
rounding counties great anxiety seems to be felt by
persons of all classes to learn whether the officers of
justice have succeeded in tracing home the diabolical
deed to the person now in custody, or to any one
else.

There were about 12 witnesses for examination
on behalf of the prosecution, the result of the con-
tinued investigation into the circumstances attend-
ing the murder and robbery and attempted arson,
made by detective Williamson, of the metropolitan
force, and Superintendent Tanner, of the Hereford-
shire constabulary. As the inquiries of these officers
progress they find no occasion to direct their investi-
gations into another channel than that in which they
are now running. It is not true, as has been reported
in some papers, that the two cheques that were taken
with the money have been found near to the pri-
soner's lodgings. Neither those cheques nor the two
£5 Bank of England notes have yet been traced.
For Mr. Masefield and the prosecution, Mr. Piper,
solicitor, again appeared; and, as heretofore, the
prisoner Jones was defended by Mr. Gregg and Son.
The first witness examined was Mr. G. Masefield,
who deposed to its being known by his clerks, first
that there was a large sum of money in his office on
the day of the murder; and next, to their knowing
also that he hod gone to London. The witness gave
evidence relative to the position of his money and
the near proximity to it of a large number of post-
age and receipt stamps. Jones, he added, received
a quarter's salary (Xll 145.) on the 28th of last
March. Witness would think it impossible that the
man Freeman, who was at the office on the day
before the murder to serve a writ, should know
where the money was kept.
In conducting the cross-examination Mr. Gregg,
jun., approached with considerable circumlocution,
and with many apologies, a question respecting
witness's relatives, whether be had not a brother
in needy circumstances, and of bad character, who
had lately been in and about Ledbury.
The magistrates all urged whether such a ques-
tion was necessary to that investigation.
Mr. Gregg replied, that in his opinion, as advised,
it was.

Witness replied that the report was " a fabrica-
tion as diabolical as the murder ; he had no relative
who was not independent of him and the world."
Joseph Playstead, a plumber and glazier, who
lives next house but one to the office in question,
deposed to the circumstances immediately accom-
panying the discovery of the murder. Jones was
the first man who went to Mr. Masefield's drawer,
and said, " There has been a robbery here."
William Griffin, surgeon, who was called in on
the discovery of the murder, deposed that he saw
on the ground near the chips of wood that the mur-
derer had broken from the drawer in forcing it,
two penny postage stamps. Picked them up and
placed them on the table.
William Masefield, one of Mr. G. Masefield's sons,
and an articled clerk to him, was next sworn, but
his evidence did not throw additional light upon
the matter as revealed up to the close of the inquest.
John Palmer, clerk to Mr. Smith, solicitor, Led-
bury, was in the Plough at about 10 at night on the
day of the first inquest, when the prisoner came in.
Prisoner answered questions put to him respecting
the jurymen and the amount of money stolen, and
added that if the house had been broken open the
night before the booty would have been greater,
and spoke of Mr. Masefield having sent a large
sum of money to the bank. Jones had two glasses
of brandy on that occasion. •
John Brown, a tailor of Ledbury, sworn, said
that Jones now owed him £4 55., and paid him
D. 17s. on or about the Ist of April. The £4 ss.
debt had been incurred since that date. By a
mutual arrangement, Jones was to pay him his
account quarterly.
It was now about one o'clock, and Mr. Piper
asked for an adjournment for a half-hour, as the
prosecution expected some witnesses from a distance
by the coach, which was now nearly due.
The application was granted, and the Court ad-
journed.

On the investigation being resumed,
William Hampton deposed that he managed the
business of Mr. Chandler, a bootmaker. The pri-
soner owed him £1 Is. 3d. He paid his account up
to that date at Christmas last.
Charles Cooper, the master of the Birmingham
Workhouse, recognised the prisoner as John Isaac
Jones, who was first admitted into the workhouse
on the 10th of November, 1855, as a destitute per-
son. The order of admission stated that he was
destitute, belonged to America, and was an attor-
ney's clerk. Remained a pauper in the workhouse
until the 22d of August, 1856.
This witness was under examinat ion when our
report was despatched.

POLICE 1N TEL L ENCE—June 2.

GUILDHALL—ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY
A CLERK.—AllanlCullingham, an attorney's clerk,
was placed at the bar before Alderman Phillips,
charged with embezzling £2B and other sums, the
moneys of his masters.
Mr. Wm. Clark, of the firm of Clark and Morice,
solicitors, of 29, Coleman-street, said—The prisoner
was our managing common law clerk, and has been
in our service about three years. In April last year
we had some documents sent to us from Peter-
borough, with instructions to obtain a return of
probate duty at Somerset House. The prisoner
was entrusted with the papers for that purpose, but
from a memorandum in the prisoner's handwriting
in our draft bill of costs, it appeared that he could
not obtain the return of probate duty until the
succession duty had been paid. I have, however,
ascertained that he has since received £42 from
Somerset House, and by a letter which he wrote,
dated Nov. 23rd last, a press copy of which I pro-
duce, he mentioned the receipt of the return. That
letter he showed to me at the time, and I asked
what amount he had received. He said £l4, and I
filled up the blank in the letter for that amount.
The copy I produce was then taken, but I have
recently seen the original letter, in which I find
that my entry of £l4 has been altered to £42. He
accounted for the £l4, but not for the balance of
£2B.

Prisoner—Was I authorised to receive that
money ?

Prosecutor You were authorised to receive
whatever amount was due.
Prisoner—Was I at that time under notice •to
leave?

Prosecutor—You were, and your salary was paid
up to the end of the month of November, but I
allowed you to attend to some old matters which
you had had in hand. I discharged you in the
early part of November, prior to the date of this
letter, but I did not know then of this defalcation.
Alderman Phillips—What was the prisoner's
salary?
Prosecutor-0175 a year, Sir.
Alderman Phillips—A remand is applied for in
this case. (To the prisoner). Have you anything
to say against it ?
Prisoner—l have only to submit, Sir, that there
is no proof that I Was a servant of the prosecutor's
at the time, and that there is nq evidence that I
ever received this money.
Alderman Phillips—The object of the remand is
to get that evidence.

Prisoner—l have nothing further to say at pre-
sent.

Alderman Phillips—You are remanded then till
Monday next.
Remanded accordingly.

WESTMINSTER.—DESPERATE RIOT AT CRE-
MORNE GARDENS.--A gentleman, attired after the
latest mode, who was described on the police-sheet
as George A. Lake, of 3, Northumberland-street,
Strand, was charged, belbre Mr. Paynter, with two
assaults, under the following most disgraceful cir-
cumstances :

Frederick Kent, clerk of the works at Cremorne
Gardens, said—Between one and two this (Thurs'
day) morning, I had occasion to speak to this gen-
tleman. There was an elderly person upon a table
in the coffee-room haranguing those present. They
first of all had been drinking Mr. Simpson's, the
proprietor's health, but afterwards became very
disorderly. I desired the gentleman to get down'
from the table and be quiet, but he would not ; and
on my endeavouring to pull him doNl7n defendant
interfered, and said he should remain there. De-
fendant incited the crowd to make a very great
noise, and smash the tables, &c., and the riot at
lengei assumed so serious a character that we were
compelled to eject the defendant, who had become
the principal ringleader. Shouts rent the air in all
directions, persons hats were knocked off, whil„,
everything near at hand was demolished, and the
serving of peaceable customers in
the
theotinhep,
coffee-room
was rendered an impossibility,
Mr. paynter—Previous to ejectingdefen-
dant, did you order him to leave
Witness—Repeatedly; every means were used
to induce him to leave.
Mr. Simpson—l myself added my voice to that
of my servants. I used entreaties and threats, but

all were unavailing. I got upon the tale and endea-
voured to preserve order, but all to no purpose.
Mr. Paynter, to witness—Did ycru use any vic-
lence in turning him out ?
Witness—l used no unnecessary 'force whatever.
Mr. Simpson—Finding we could not keep order,
I ordered him and others to be turned out.
Mr. Paynter, to witness--If you had used great
force it would not have mattered.. Mr. Simpson
deemed it advisable to eject defendant, and you
acted under his orders. Describe what followed.
Witness—After I had ejected him he turned
round and struck me a violent blow across my ear
with a little stick he had. He ,afterwards struck
me over the head. The outer railings then sepa-
rating us, he said if he could get at me he would
cut my face to pieces. He, in addition, used
shocking and disgraceful language, talking about
what a— spree he and his friends had had, and
going on in that manner.
Joseph Johnson, assistant manager, said—l was
in the coffee-room. The accused created an alarm-
ing disturbance there, and when turned out struck
Kent as described. He then ran off, and as he
seemed to be endeavouring to get into the gardens
again I pursued him. He rushed at the coffee-
room window, and breaking some thick glass,
endeavoured to effect an entry, but I pulled him
down by his legs. When he was on the ground he
struck me several times with his stick, knocked me
down, and swinging me round, threw me belly
against some railings. The police had then arrived
and he was given into custody.
Mr. Paynter—Was the window broken ?
Mr. Simpson—Some of the panes were. This
was a most dangerous proceeding. Situated as the
window was, and the glass being thick, the chances
are that if he had got through he would have killed
himself, and my servant probably saved him from
that fate, or from being seriously injured.
Some of the articles broken were here produced.
Mr. Paynter—What is the actual amount of
damage ?

Simpson—Very considerable, but that is a
secondary consideration. My chief object in bring-
ing this case here is to protect my servants, many
of whom, besides these two, were cut about by
participators in the riot, and to preserve the
character which Cremorne has hitherto enjoyed,
that of being a well-conducted place of resort for
pleasure-seekers. For nine years I have had the
management of Cremorne, and never in my life
saw such a tumult as was created there last night.
I should have had at least twenty policemen
here, but being Derby-day the police had been
employed elsewhere, and consequently there were
very few at hand. I was harassed on all sides.
There were probably 10,000 people in the gardens,
and the ordinary rush to the coffee-room is very
great, but we could not serve people fast enough.
A drunken person proposed my health. Defendant,
and upwards of 100 people, got on the tables, and
shouted and incited the mob, recklessly destroying
everything, and I feared every moment that the
large chandelier would come down, and the place be
in a blaze. The quiet portion of the crowd en-
deavoured to quell the disturbance, but they could
not, and the business at length was at a stand-still.
The police proved that the defendant was under
the influence of liquor.
Mr. Paynter, addressing defendant, said—You
are put down on the sheet as a gentleman, but you
have forfeited that title by your shameful conduct ;
and the only way in which you can redeem your
character will be to make the fullest compensation
for what you have done. I cannot conceive that a
person calling himself a gentleman could so wan-
tonly be the cause of destroying property, and
could assault the servants of the proprietor, who
were obeying their master's commands in turning
him out. Cremorne Gardens are a source of
amusement and gratification to thousands, but will
not long continue to be so if disgraceful conduct of
this description is permitted. This is the first time
during my experience as a magistrate for twenty
years that any serious disturbance of this kind has
occurred there ; and it reflects great credit upon Mr.
Simpson that he conducts his establishment in a
most quiet and respectable manner.
Mr. Simpson—There are a number of persons
who attend the gardens regularly, and time after
time do their best to incite persons to create dis-
turbances in the gardens. I had rather be withost
the money of such parties, should I justified in
refusing to admit them. I threatened one of last
night's ringleaders with that course, and he told
me that I must admit him ; and I now seek your
worship's opinion upon the matter.
Mr. Paynter—Cremorne, like other places of
amusement, is open to everybody, and therefore I
am afraid you cannot refuse admittance to any one.
Mr. Simpson—Have I, then, any remedy ?
Mr. Paynter—Yes, and a very good one. If you
find out the names of last night's ringleaders, or of
any who may hereafter endeavour to promote dis-
order, I will grant you summonses. When they
are brought before me they shall be sent to the
sessions, and they will then be so severely punished
that they will never repeat their misconduct.
Mr. Simpson—l am extremely obliged to your
worship.
Defendant was ordered to find two sureties in
£4O each for his appearance next Thursday.
In the course of the afternoon he put in the ne-
cessary bail, and although he made no reply to the
charge an adjournment was solicited, on the alleged
ground that he had witnesses to call.

THAMES. CUTTING AND WouNDlNG.—Brid•
get Fitzgerald, aged 26, was brought before Mr.
Corrie, charged with stabbing Honora Hassett.
The complainant's face and clothes were covered
with gore, and although a severe wound on the fore-
head had been dressed, the blood was trickling
down her face when she got into the witness box,
and to make herself look still more horrible she
raised hei hands, which were stained with blood.
There was a large wound on her right hand. It
was difficult to obtain any coherent statement from
her, and she did nothinc, but moan and groan
between every sentence she uttered. She said
that Mrs. Fitzgerald had killed her outright,
and tried to stab her in the throat with a knife,
and 'she " put up her hand to prevent her head
being chopped off," and received the wound on
her hand. The prisoner and another woman,
called Peggy from Cork, then " beat her black and
blue," and the prisoner cut her about the head with
a flat iron nine or ten times.
_ _

Mr. Corrie essayed in vain to ascertain the origin
of the affray, but could obtain no information what-
ever.

William Lowe, a police-constable, 152 IT, said
the_ parties lived in an Irish colony in Charles-
street, St. George's-in-the-East, and there had been
disturbances and fighting going on there since
Saturday night last. A young woman, the sister
of the prisoner, had, it was said, been committing
adultery with another woman's husband, and had
been shut up all the week in a room to save her
from the vengeance of her country people. That
afternoon a party of Irish women went to the
house in which she was confined to drag her out
and ill-use her. A riot was the consequence, and
the parties got fighting, but what commenced the
affray it was impossible to ascertain. The com-
plainant had only a wound on the head. It was on
her forehead, and she lost a good deal of blood.l
Mrs. Hassett—Och,: now ; you can't see all m thethe
wounds on my head. Sure I was coming from
sugar-house with a pail of hot water in my hand,
and both this woman and Peggy set upon me
and
bate me, and stabbed me, and kicked
The son of the complainant confi
knocked me about on the head with ad fiat
h me,
is iron.
rmes
statement.
The prisoner denied that
and alleged that all the viol
violence she
was
Mrs. Hassett. She then I was
0"
nt "to
thetli ep fore,"arto
called her sister, who
cou3,r.
11dgcivoerrnino—relayshoyn, you are the sister of the pri-
soner, account of the affair.
and are accused of committing
adultery
withU married man.
Witness—Yes, sir;
hawdasbemenosat very sav
about me.
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Mr. Corr d
fang, e.
the whole eraffaire
fight, and
He remanded the prisoner until Monday, and di-
rected the police to look after the other offender,
Peggy, and arrest her if possible.

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ARMS FOR OUR-lit-VOLUNTEER

RIFLEMEN.

(From the Ifechanics' Magazine.)
As the gentlemen of England have made a sudden
resolution to become riflemen, the lord-lieutenants
and deputy-lieutenants of counties have to perform
a very important duty in making choice of the
arms which shall be put into the hands of their
respective corps ; and as they run some risk of
being misled in this matter, we will make reference
to a fact or two for their guidance.
In the first place it is evident that, notwithstand-
ing the many and great improvements which
breech-loading rifles have lately undergone, their
immediate adoption cannot be recommended. Five
or six years hence, perhaps before, we shall doubt-
less have tested and modified them sufficiently,
and have so far adapted the cartridge to them,
as to enable us to substitute them on all desirable
occasions for the muzzle-loading arm. But mean-
while we must content ourselves with the latter
for general service. Turning, then, to the rifles
already in use, from which alone we can prudently
select a weapon for our volunteers, we find our
choice limited to two—the Enfield and the Lancas-
ter rifles—the comparative merits of which have
been put beyond all question by actual service in
the field of battle, as well as by the severest tests
of target practice. Under many circumstances the
Enfield arm fails utterly, often in the midst of the
fight; under all circumstances it is liable to refuse
the cartridge after a few rounds. The cause, or we
may say the causes, of this are now well under-
stood, and are known to be such as we have no
present hope of remedying. On the other hand,
the oval-bore Lancaster is entirely free from such
defects. In the hands of our artillerymen it has
repeatedly demonstrated its superiority to the
Enfield in point of accuracy, and in late campaigns
in India it has in no instance failed, although it
has been put to the severest duties. We need not
insist further upon this, because the oval-bore Lan-
caster is recognised as the one and only unfailing
weapon with which the ordinary service ammuni-
tion can be used. This being the case, and it being
manifestly desirable that the volunteer rifle corps
should be so armed that they may use the service
ammunition if called upon to act, it becomes evi-
dent that the Lancaster rifle is the best weapon
which such corps can adopt.
With these facts before us, we have to account
for the circumstances that in the circulars on
volunteer rifle corps, issued from the War Deptirt-
ment, the Enfield, and not the Lancaster, is the rifle
recommended. Why is this ? The reason appears
to us to be sufficiently plain. It must be evident
from what we have already said that General
Peeland his colleagues would gladly replace the En-
field by the Lancaster weapon throughout the
regular service. But then they have an im-
mense stock of Enfields on hand ; so many
that, notwithstanding the disparity between the
number of our troops and those of France, we Pr();
bably have eight or tett rifles for every one possessed.
by the French--a fact which has to a certain extent
resulted from the incapacity of French manufac-
turers to co:npete with our own in the art and mys-
tery of gun making. Under these circumstances!
what is to be expected but that an ingenious attempt
should be made by the War Department to dispose
of their present stock of Enfields to volunteer corps;
whose mere establishment will be 'a
against invasion, and therefore a security again, a;
their arms ever being brought to the test of battle.
In all this the officials of the War Department,t.
are doubtless acting wisely for their own interest.
And if it should happen that the volunteer move"e
meat should be so far extended as to include those,
classes who cannot afford to buy their own arni.s!es
guarantei.
legitimate means of disposing of the Enfield rifles
will be provided. That it will be
not
the Government can manage the matter, we
do not
doubt. But those volunteer corps who are about
to to
to purchase their own arms may surely
buy up the Enfield rifles, when the Lancaster arm,
which is in reality, the only model used in tn.!
Queen's service with complete satisfaction, 1:
so extended, if
equally accessible to them. A word to the wise 15
enough.