The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-18 00:00:00

THE MURDER OF SERGEANT BRETT.

Mr. Justice Lush has been occupied two days at the
Manchester Assizes in trying William Pherson Thompson,
28, and Patrick Mullady, 24, for having, at Manchester,
on the 18th of September last, feloniously,
,wilfully, and
of malice aforethought, killed and murdered one Charles
Brett. The facts of the attack on the police van, and the
shooting of the policeman Brett, will be remembered. The
prisoners were charged with complicity Vie affair.
The Attorney-General for the County Palatine (Mr.
Temple, Q.C.), Mr. Pickering, Q.C., Mr. Monk, Q.C.,
and Mr. Gully were for the prosecution ; Mr. Torr
defended Thompson. Mullady asked for counsel to be
assigned him, naming Mr. Ernest Jones, and at the
request of the court that gentleman took the prisoner's
brief.
A large number of witnesses were examined, and several
identified Thompson as the person who purchased re-
volvers.
At the close of the case for the prosecution,
The Judge asked if there was a warrant issued for the
apprehension of Mullady, and
Inspector Kirkland was recalled, and stated that a
warrant was issued on the Bth February. William
Graham, he believed, gave the information before that
warrant was issued. Witness received charge of Mullady
in London and brought him down.
Yesterday was occupied by the counsel for the defence,
who intimated that they would call witnesses to prove an
alibi. The prisoners were, however, found guilty and
sentenced to death.

The Oxford Commemoration Will this year he
held on the 17th of June.

The Honourable R. Bourke has been definitively
selected as the second Conservative candidate for Lynn at
the general election.

Mr. Samuel Carter, late solicitor to the London
and North-Western Railway Company, is a candidate in
the Liberal interest for the seat at Coventry declared v.i.l
through bribery by Mr. Jackson's agents at the last
election.

THE FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART.—Her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales has been pleased to pro-
mise her patronage to the proposed fete about to be held
in aid of the building fund of the above school.

ACCIDENT TO MR. WHATMAN, M.P.—Mr. What-
man, M.P., met with an accident about ten days ago, by
which one of his ribs was broken. The hon. gentleman i:
now almost well again, and has been out.
It has been intimated to Sir John Musgrove,
president of St. Thomas's Hospital, that her Maje.:ity
has been pleased to signify her intention to lay the first
stone of the new building to be erected at Westminster
Bridge. The ceremony is announced to take place in May
next.

Two royal commissions are now sitting in Dub-
in—that on the Irish Church and that on national educa-
tion. The former holds meetings also in London. Th..
primary education inquiry commences with the examina-
tion of a former officer of the national education system,
who has of late years been an advocate of " denomina
tionalism," and the investigation is likely to be protracted.
Mr. George Francis Train, who seems to be
suffering his incarceration with the patience of a martyr.
has made known to his fellow-prisoners that he intends to
deliver an address in his room for their especial benefit,
and as anything that will relieve the tedium of their con•
finement cannot but prove acceptable to them, he is
certain to have as large an audience as the Marshalsea
can afford:

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon and Lady
Emily Villiers are expected to arrive at their residence
in Grosvenor•crescent in a day or two from a tour in
Italy. The rumour that the noble earl has been suffering
from illness is devoid of foundation. From Rome the earl
accompanied his daughter to Naples, and, after witnessing
the volcanic ebullition of Vesuvius, returned to Rome.
After passing a few days at Florence, the noble earl and
family proceeded to Nice to participate in the amenities
of Engin society there,