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London, England, 1857-08-08 00:00:00

t ONDON, NAIURDA Y EVENING-, AUG UST 8, 1857.

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LIFE AND" ITS REALITIES
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at description. The musical department, under the direction of Mr.
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1141 R. W. S. WOODIN'S LAST NIGHT IN
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W. S. Woodin as Madame ROtori, in her most famous tragic cha-
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in the Gar 'ens.—N.B. Children in arms will not be admitted into
the Concert Boom.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.
THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE.

The anxiously expected trial of James Spollen,
the railway servant, charged with the brutal murder
of Mr. George Samuel Little, in November, last, at
the Broadst one terminus, commenced this morning
at 10 past 11. Chief Justices Lefroy and Monahan
took their seats upon the bench, when the Oerk of
the Crown directed the prisoner to be produced.
He wAlkecl up the steps leading to the dock with
great deliberation. No visible change has taken
place in his exterior • except in dress ; the white
haragon jacket which he wore hitherto'has been ex-
changed for a neat blue frock coat. His gaze sel-
dom wandered from the bench, but when the jury
were being called he scrutinised each gentleman
closely as his name was announced.
Spollen's counsel exercised the right of challenge
to 19 jurors. The Crown set aside five gentlemen.
The jury having been impanelled, the Clerk of
the Crown gave the prisoner in charge on the in-
dictment for the murder.
The Attorney-General then in an able address,
which occupied three hours in the delivery, stated
the case for the prosecution. In the course of his
speech the learned gentleman called attention to
the incidents connected with the draining of the
canal and the weapons which would be produced
to the jury. The larger of the hammers would be
found to have read lead imbedded in the interstioes
of the wood at the head ; this was the one recovered
in the canal. The other had been used by Spollen's
children in driving nails and for household pur-
poses, and they would give evidence to the fact that
it had been taken from them. It was now smeared
with red 1-ad, as if to convey the impression that
tt was the hammer regularly used-by the prisoner
and it has not been in the children's possession since
the murder. Alluding to the discovery of the money
after the arrest of Spollen, the Attorney-General
said that a witness would prove that the dam in the
privy could easily be stopped, and whoever placed
the money there, if he did not wished to be splashed,
would stop the dam ; and this witness would swear
that after the murder the dam was out of order
frequently on Saturday evenings, that it was stopped
by human hands, and that since Spollen's arrest it
had not been stopped.
A. great, number of witnesses were examined for
the Crown, but the evidence scarcely varied, at
least in any material respect, from that given f:„'„
the police investigation.
It is almost doubtful whether the
prosecution will be brought to case for the
!. conclusion before
Monday.

THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND

AT VALENTIA.

We abridge fr 'in. the Dubin Freeman's ilournal.
a repott of the entertainment at Valentia, on Tiles-
! day last; given by the Knight of Kerry to the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland and a party of gentlemen as-
sociated with the great enterprise of laying down
Vie submarine Atlantic telegraph, which commences
from that point on the western co rst.
Tll9 KNIGHT of KERRY presided, the vice-chairs
being occupied by Stephen Fitzgerald and William
T. erosbie, Esqrs. Gr.tce was said by the Lord
Bishop of Kerry, and the elegant. r,fection supplied
by the hospitab'e host having been partaken of,
and the name of her Majesty dull honourPd,
The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Health of the
Lord-Lieutenant," thanking him for his kindness
in coining to that very remote district and putting
up with the rough reception that :.rould be afforded
him,

The toast having been drunk will' enthusiasm,
His EXCELLENCY, on rising t
respond, was
loudly cheered. -He sa'd—Mr. Chairman, ladi-s
and gentlemen, I beg to return you my very hearty
thanks for the honour you have done-me in kindly
drinking my he slth. I believe,
as your worthy
chairman has already hinted, that I am probably
the first Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland who ever ap-
peared upon this lovely strand. At all events, no
Lord-Lieutenant could have come amongst you on
an occasion like the present. Amidst all the just
pride and,the stirring hopes which cluster around
the work of this weele"'lre ought still to remember
that we must speak with the modesty of those who
begin, and not of those who close, an experiment
—(hear)—and it behoves us to remember that the
pathway to great achievements has frequently to
be hewn out amidst risks and difficulties, and that
preliminary failure is even the law and con.lition of
the ultimate success. (Load cheers.) Therefore,
whatever disappointments may possibly be in store,
I must yet insinuate to you that iu a cause like
this it would be criminal to feel discouragement.
(Cheers). In the very design and endeavour to
establish the Atlantic telegraph there is almost
enough of glory. It is true if it only be an attempt,
there would not be quite enough of profit. I
hope that will come too; but there is enough of pub-
lic spir;t, of love of science, f r our country, for the
human race, a'raopt 0 suffice in themselves. How-
ever, `upon this rocky frontlet of Ireland, at all
events to-dry, we will presume upon success. We
are about either by this sundown, or by to-morrow's
dawn, to establish a new material link betweek the
old world and the new. Moral links there have
been—links of race, links of commerce, links of
friendship, links of literature, and links of glory ;
but this new link, instead of superseding and sup-
planting the old ones, is to give them a life and an
intensity which they never had before. (Cheers.)
Highly as I valuethereputatiots of those who have
conceived and those whe have contributed to carry
out this bright design—and I wish that so many of
them had not been prevented from being amongst
us at this moment—highly as I estimate their repu-
tations, yet I do not compliment them with the
idea that they are to efface or dim the glory of that
Columbus who, when the large vessels in the har-
bour of Cork yesterday weighed their anchors, did
so just on that very day 365 years ago—and set
sail upon his glorious enterprise of discovery, They,
I say, will not dim or efface his glory, but they are
now giving the last finish and consummation to his
work. (Cheers.) Hitherto the inhabitants of the
two worlds have associated perhaps in the chilling
atmosphere of distance with each other—at a sort
of bowing distance; but now we can be hand to
hand, grasp to grasp, pulse to pulse. (Cheers.) The
link which is now to connect us, like the insect in
the immortal couplet of our poet, while

Exquisitely fins,
Feels at each thread, and lives aloug the line."
And we may feel, gentlemen of Ireland, of Eng-
land, and of America, who may happen to be pre-
sent, that we may take our stand here upon the
extreme rocky ledge of our beloved Ireland—we

may, as it were, leave in ourrearbehind us the wars,
the strifes, and the bloodshed of the elder Europe,
and I fear I may say of the elder Asia ; and we may
pledge ourselves, weak as our agency may be
imperfect as oar powers may be—inadequate in
strict diplomatic form as our credentials may be—
yet in the face of the unparalleled circumstances of
the place and of the hour—in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of the mighty vessels whose appearance
may be beautiful on the waters, even as are the feet
upon the mountains of those who preach the gos-
pel- of peace—as a homsgo due to that serene
science which often affords higher and holier les-
sons of harmony and goodwill than the wayward
passions of man are always apt to learn—in the
face and in the strength of such circumstances let
us pledge ourselves to eternal peace between the
old world and the new. (Loud cheers•) Why,
gentlemen, what excuse would there be for misun-

Ciers tan di ng—wb at justification could there be for
war, when the disarming message, when the full
explanation, when the genial and • healing counsel
may be wafted even across the mighty
Atlantic
quick(-r than the snn.l)eain's path or the lightning's
flash. (Cheers.) I feel, gentlemen, that I shall
best embody the sentiments which I am sure per-
vade this entire meeting—the sentiments most akin
to this company and this hour, if, after having drunk
the health of the gentle mistress of the British
islands, I now call upon you to drink with conge-
nial honours to the lasting friendship of the British
Islands and America, and to the health and welfara
of the President of the United States. (Cheers.)

The toast having been duly honoured,
Dr. PALMER, of the Niagara, having been loudly
called on, returned thanks tbr the manner in which
the toast had been drunk. He observed that the
great work they were inaugurating would form a
bond of union between this country and America,
and he believed every American was most sincerely
anxious that the union should be firm and lasting.
Every message that passed along the Atlantic tele-
graph would serve to cement the uuiou between
the two countries. He could assure them, on be-
half of Captain Hudson and the officers of the Nia-
gara, that they took the greatest interest in the un-
dertaking—that nothing would be left undone to
promote it, and that they were sincerely anxious
for the success and prosperity of the company. He
trusted he wouldlae permitted to say, that not the
least interesting feature in the day's proceedings
to him was the pretence of the nobleman who now
administered the affairs of Ireland, and who, be
might say, was the very first English gentleman
who spoke and wrote of the United States of
America with the fidelity of a philosopher and the
bene,volence of a philanthropist. (Hear, hear.)
After several other toasts had been disposed of,
The CHAIRMAN again rose and said that the
next toast was " Success to the Cable." (Loud
cheers.) He would couple with that toast the
name of Mr. Brooking, one of the directors of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, and at th. 3 same
time he must exprois the regret which they all
felt at the unavoidable absence of Mr. Cyrus Field
and oilier gentlemen connected with the great
w w at n
work which the
tune not easyhadmett to drinkoinangu i
inaugurate, (cheers.)success
to
It
the eLle. Its friends not long 140 were hoping
against hope, and labon,ing against enormous
difficulties. Now they were happy to say. that
the task, though they accepted the wise senti-
ment of his Excellency, that they must not be
too sure of success, was rapidly approaching
completion, Temporary disappointments Might
occur, yet nobody who considered this ques-
tion could doubt of 'its ultimate success. (Mar.)
When they remembered that for a temporary
purpose—to facilitate the operations of the war
with Russia—a submarine telegraph was laid from
Varna to the Crimea, a distance absut one-fourth
of that which is now Icing attempted, could any
one doubt, when the magnitude of the interests
now at stake were considered, that this proki.ct
would be successfully carried otit It was impos-
sible to exaggerate the importAlm, of
work, from whatevef. igent of view. they tegartbd
iftl.llll7aappitriecTaitillede atuhcilt"itlldWeati
to dwelt at any length %lon it. There was one
consideration, however, to which he wished to
allude. The gentlemen AO had nalertakeu this
work had done so ilk ho sbiaish spirit of money
making, ThOy seemed to have und-rtaken it with
a nobler motive. They had looked to those con-
siderations so well pointed out by his 'Excellency,
and had sought the blessing of Providence ou their
leacr,aiost:lrb:sw4igrerheittsii;
labours. When this question was discussed 0401403
its promoters it was laid down that the first mes-
sage between the two countries should be a mes-
sage of kindness and amity between the Queen of
this country and the President of the United
States ; but one of those who had been most active
in promoting the undertaking
it, and on earth
ndejertsakingsaid, ‘'thepfierasctemaensd-
sage conveyed by this telegraph ought to be, 'Glory
to God in the il
good will to men."' (Loud cheers.) He gave
them, " Success to the cable, and may it be an en-
during symbol of peace and friendship between the
old world and the new."
• Mr. BRooiaNd, in returning thanks,.said he had
the honour of presiding over the finance committee

of the company, and up to the present period they
had proceeded full of • trust and hope that they
would succeed in the great work which they had
taken iu hand. The consummation of that work
'would bring about a new era in science. The Go-
vernments tof the two countries, whose love of
liberty and zeal for religion were proverbial, were
united to assist in carrying out this great enterprise,
and supported as they would be by alt the great
and good in the wort 1, he felt embolderied to speak
with some degree of confidence in hoping that their
undertaking would be crown-d with success.

Cheers.) It had been said that the prom ten 0:

this great enterprise had not (-nib irked in it from
any se►fish or sini'ter motive, but in the lope thal
they would establish an honrurable fame in en-
deavouring to bring together the two greatest
countries in the world by a rope made with the
magnitude of strength with :the minimum of
weight. It was exceedingly encouraging to him-
' self to find their motives wera thus appreciated ;
and he was sure he spoke the.sentirnents of his
.colleagues, of whom there were five or six
present, who had come there from a desira to
visit Ireland, and pay honour and respect
to their distnguished host. The po=sibility of
failure had been intimated ; but he thought.

they had every reason to anticipate a sue .est,fel
result to tbe;r labours. All persons engaged in the
work were exerting themselves with the utmost
zeal ; and on board the Agamemnon and the Nia-
gara it was gratifying to perceive that every one,
from the highest officer to the lowest -boy, seemed
to be actuated by but one desire—to do everything
in bis power to carry out this peat enterprise to
_completion. The directors of the Great Southern
and Western Railway had placed at their disposal
carriages and horse, and done everything to pro-
mote their comfort and convenie7;ce. The chairman
of the junction from Mallow to Kllarney had also
given them his support, and he was b iund to re-
turn to those gentlemen leis cordial acknowledg-
ments. They were overcome by Irish hospitality,
and he assured them that they had a very serious
task to perform in endeavouring to work through
it. (Laughter.) It would ill become him to piss
unnoticed the name of a man who, whether they
succeeded or not, must ever be mentioned with the
greatest esteem and gratitude by all connected with
that company—he alluded to Sir C. Wood, First
Lord of the Admiralty, whose spirit had animated
them from the first day until their departure from
.London. It had even crossed the ghannel, and
entered into the heart of Admiral Chads, who bad
stimulated them to further action, and offered them
every assistance in his power. In conclusion, he
would express a fervent hope that the New Worli
would be bound to the Old with the cords of man
and the bonds of love. (Loud cheers.)
On Wednesday, as we have elsewhere announced,
the Lord-Lieutenant performed the ceremony of
attaching the end of the telegraphic cable to its de-
stined fixture on the beach. Amongst the gentle-
men present were Lord Russborough, Mr. F.
Howard, the Kinght of Kerry, Lord Dtmraven,
Mr. Brooking, Sir E. MgDonnell, Mr. Daniel J.
O'Connell, Sir W. O'Shaughnessy, Mr. C. Field,
one' of the principal projectors of the Atlantic cable,
Mr. Saward, secretary to the company, Dr. Pal-
mer, of the Niagara, and Dr. Hamel, member of
the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, who by
direction of the Emperor attended to watch the pro-
ceedings, and to report upon them to the academy ;
together with many of the local gentry.
The cable having been landed and fixed, one of
his Excellency's chaplains read a payer.
His Excellency here said—My American, Eng-
lish, and Irish friends, I feel at such a moment as
this that no language can be becoming except that
of prayer and praise. However, it is allowable to
any human lips, though they have not been speci-
ally qualified for the office, to raise the ascription
of "Glory to God in the highest—on earth peace,
and good will to men." (Cheers.) That, I' believe,
is the spirit in which this great work has been un-
dertaken and it is this reflection that encourages
me to feel confident hopes of its final success.
(" Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) I believe that
the great undertaking now so happily begun will
accomplish many great and noble purposes of ti ade,
of national policy, and of empire. But there is only
one view In which I will present it to those
whom I have the pleasure to address. You
are aware—you must know, some of you from your
own experience—that many of your dear friends
and near relatives have left their native land to
receive hospitable shelter in America. Well, then,
I do not expect that all of yon can understand the
wondrous mechanism by which this great under-
taking is to be carried on, but this I think you will
all of you understand. If you wished to communi-
cate some piece of intelligence straightway to your
relatives across the wide world of wa'ers—if you
wished to tell those whom you know it would in-
terest in their heart of hearts, of a birth, a mar-
riage, or, alas, a death, amongst you, the little cord
which we have now hauled up to shore will impart
that tidings quicker than the flash of the lightn ng.
(Loud cheers.) Let us indeed hope—let U 3 pray,
that the hopes of those who have undertaken this
great design may be rewarded by its entire success
—(cheers)—and let us hope further, that this At-
lantic cable will only in all future time serve as an
emblem of that strong cord of love which I trust
will always unite the British Islands to the great
continent of America. (Hear.) And join with me
in my fervent wish that the great Giver of all. Goo 3,
who has enabled some of His servants to discern so
much of the workings of the mighty laws by
which He rules the universe and pervades each
atom in it to accomplish this wonderful work, will
further so bless its operations as to make it ever
more to serve the high purpose of the good of man
and his own great glory. .And now, all my friends,
as there cin be no project or undertaking which
ought not to receive the approbation and applause
of the people, will you join with me in giving three
hearty cheers fur (loud cheers.) Three cheers
are not enough for me—they are what we give on
common occasions—and as it is for the success of
the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1 must have at least
one dozen cheers. (Loud and prolonged cheering.)
Mr. BROOKING, chairman of the executive com-
mittee of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, then
presented himself. He said—. After the e'oquent
and spirit-stirring address of his Excellency, I will
not delay you longer than to acknowledge, on the
part of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, our sen,•
of the kindness of his Excellency, not ouly for the
great compliment paid to us by his approval and
countenance, but for the trouble and inconvenience
he put himself to in coming here to-day to render
to us the great and important service of inaugurat-
ing this event. I beg to propose that three cheers
be given fur his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant.
The proposal was heartily responded to.
Mr. CYRUS FIELD, the projector of the Atlantic
Telegraph Company was then called upon. He sa'd
—I have no words to express the feelings which fill
my heart to-night—it beats with love and affection
fur every man, woman, and child who hears me.
I may say, ,however, that if ever, at the other side
of the waters now before us, any one of you shall
present yourselves at my door and say that
they took hand or part, even by an approving smile,
irl our work here to-day, you shall have a true
American welcome. (Cheers.) I cannot bind my-
self to more, and shall merely say, " what God has
joined together, let no man put asunder."
Time Lord Lieutenant and suite, the directors of
the Great Se uthern and Western Railway Company,
and several other gentlemen by whom they were
accompanied, then posted to Killarney, where they
arrived about three a.m. on Thursday morning.
Ilis txcellency returned by special train, leaving
Killarney at a guar er to nine o'clock and striving
in Dublin a few minutes after two.—Freerrian's
Journal.