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of the Nhareholders are unwilling te avail them-
solves of it, and it is regarded as altogether doubt-
ful whether any'vdry large amount will be obtained
from.theru to satisfy the creditors, who under the
bankruptcy have received Ss. in the pound, and
who, it is eXpected, will receive about Is. more.

THE -TIPPERARY BANK.
After passing through an- amount of litigation
seldoni Stiipassed, and which will absorb one,half
of the assets, the affairs of the Tipperary Bank
have now arrived at the stage when it is necessary
to call the claims of creditors in, in order to ascer-
tain the amount for which the shareholdets on the
list will be liable to contribute in discharge of the
immense amount of liability in wbiCli the bank was
involved by the defalcation of the' late John
Sadleir. .

CRIME IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT'S,

It appears l3y the returns_ of the gaol of Newaate
preparatory to the commencement of the September
sessions of the Central Criminal Court this morning,
that there are 75 prisoners fot. trial on the first edi
tion of the calendar, the number, of the correspond-
ing session of last year beirigloo. This diminut7on
is no doubt to be attributed to the more eitended
operation of the Sunnuary.Jurisdiation Act, and it
is to be feared that it . does not in reality indicate
any actual decrease in crime. Although the nuirilkr
of prisoners for trial is rather smaller than usual,
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.e cases to be - disppsed of at this session are of a
very serious character, there being three charges of
wyul"murder, several of cutting and wounding
withintent to murder, burglary, and the other
higher classes of offences.. Tees of the charges of
murder are of a very serious character. A young
man named Cornelius Denny is charged with mur-
dering a young Italian in the Hampstead-road by
stabbing him in the belly with a knife. A second
case of murder is that of a man named Parsons,
who while .confined' in the infirmary of Horee-
monger-lane Gaol, in a sudden paroxysm of rage.
dostroyed.a follow-prisoner in that establishment,
and the defence to be set up for the prisoner will
be that at the time he committed the act he was not
in a state of mind to be criminally responsible.
The remaining case of murder is the paint-ill one of
the Italian courier, Antonio de Salvi; who stands
charged upon the coroner's inquisition with the
wilful murder of a parson named Robertson, in the
Queen's Benali Prison. This prisoner, it will be
recollected, was originally committed upon a charge
of wounding:the deceased with intent to -murder
him, and although it was known from the moment
the injury was inflicted that it Yeas one of such a
character that death was sure to ensue, and that
the case would resolve itself eventually into a charge
of wilful murder, Mr. Baron Martin, who presided at
the August session 'of the Central Criminal Court,
insisted upon trying the prisoner upon the indict-
ment then before the court, and he was convictedof
wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm,
and sentenced to 15 years' penal. servitude. The
prisoner, since'he has received the notification that
he will have to undergo the second ordeal of a trial
upon a charge of . wilful murder, has complained
b'tterly that he should have been tried upon the
other charge, as he and liTs friends fully expected
that the first trial would have settled the matter ;
but it is of course impossible for the court to decline
to take cognisance of a charge of wilful murder, and
particularly when committed under such very seri-
ous circumstances ; and Mr. Pollard, the assistant
solicitor to the Treasury, has, it is understood, re-
ceived instructions to prefer a bill of indictment
against the- prisoner for that offence, De Salvi,
who is a Roman catholic, has been constantly visited
bya Catholic priest during the last few days, and
on Saturd'y the-Rev. Mr. Goddard, his last master,
who appears to take very great interest in him, and
who, it is said, has provided the means for retain-
ing the able assistance of Mr. E. Jame;, Q.C., to
defend 11;m, also visited the unhappy prisoner. In
addition to what may be termed the ordinary cases
of the session, in which the parties accused are in
custody, there are -several charges of public inte-
rest, that will have to_be disposed of at this session,
in which the parties are out on bail, and the most
serious of these is the charge of manslaughter
against some persons employed on the South
Eastern Railway, arising out of the fatal accident
that took place at the Lewisham station in June I
last, when, it will be remembered, eleven unhappy
persons lost their lives. There is also a charge of
perjury aeainet two-.persons named Hastings and
Murphy arising out of a trial for the infringement
of a patent for making candles, in which it is said
there are- 90 witnesses to be examined for the pro-
secution, and Sir F. Thesiger is specially retained
as counsel, and which is expected to occupy three
or four days, unless it should be prematurely
disposed of by some technical objection.
There is also a case , to be disposed of which
attracts a great deal of interest in City circles,
and indeed among the community generally as
involving the sanctity of messages sent by the
telegraph. The case referred to is a charge of .libel
preferred by Mr. Cadogan, the chairman of the
Electric Telegraph Company, the • libel complained
of being an allegation that the messages of a politi-
cal character and calculated to influence the funds
were not despatched in due course, but were held
back in order that parties might make use of them
for stock-jobbing purposes. "Under this form of
charge the defendants have the privilege of plead-
ing a justification, and prothicing evidence to show
that the statements made by them were true, and
`.thiS if estieblished would exonerate them from . the
charge ; and it is understood that this course is
intended to be taken, and some singular disclosures
are .aiitic.ptited. Sir Alexander Cockburn, the
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Mr. Justice
Willes, and Mr. Baron Watson are the judges who
will'preside. The aldermen who will sit as second
commissioners are Farebrother, Huniphery, Earn-
comb, Sir F. G. Moon, Cubits, and Phillips.