The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY ,EVENING.
JAMES SPOLLEN.
This personage seems to think that jhe slight de-
This
of approb ttion which followed the an-
nouncement of the verdict of acquittal
on Tuesday
was intended as a public expression of sympathy in
his behalf and of belief in his innocence.. He would
probably form a more correct estimate of its mean-
ing if he attributei that gentle
. "buzz"—for it
amounted to no more—to the prevailing opinion
that there had not been given a sufficiency of legal
evidence to warrant the jury in coming to any
other conclusion. The verdict has C rtainly met
with general approval, but the public tanhot divest
their minds of the fact that Spollen was arrested on
the confession of his wife, and that it was she
who pointed out to the police ths place where
the bulk of the plunder was conc2aled. The in-
sinuation, or rather direct allegation, thrown out by
his counsel, that the unhappy wife had conspired
with some man unknown to have her husb sod exe-
cuted for a crime of which he was innocent, might
be deemed fair—" as all's fair in war"—for the pur-
pos. s of the defence before the jury, but the charge
is utterly repudiated out of doors. Spollen is now
doing the martyr.! Think of his expecting a public
subscription ! The following paragraphs on the
subject are from the papers of this morning :
Saunders states that—:" Yesterday James Spol-
lin the younger enterei the railway premises and
presented a letter from his father to Mr. Osborne,
the storekeeper, asking that a vontribution might
be made for his sent_ who he said Inauld_not be de-
serted, as he was -to accompany him-on is rung
journey.' The application was met with disgust and
a flat denial from every man in the establishment.
Shortly after he and his son James called on a car at
Mr. Kemmis's house in Kildare-street ; he, it ap-
peared, was not at home, but later in the day, about
four o'clock, they again celled, but Mr. Kemmis
would not see them, and they went away. The
motive of their visit is not known, but is supposed
to be either a solicitation for pecuniary assistance,
or in reference to his wife, with whom he strongly
desires an interview. She, however, resolutely
refuses to see or hear from him."
From the Freeman's Journal.—" For the last
two days, we understand, this man has been going
about in the most audacious manner, soliciting sub-
scriptions to compensate him for the loss he has
sustained during his imprisonment. Stories of the
strangest and most startling character are widely
circulated about him, some of which, we believe,
are not without foundation. The cottage in which
he resided is still occupied by his wife and yomiger
children, and is in charge of six police-constables."

COLLISIONS IN THF: CHANNEL AND
THE NORTH SEA.

_
PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY
The. Elizabeth Jane, screw steamer, of Glasgow,
on her way-down the channel last night, at about
11 o'clock, when between, the Eidystone and Fal-
mouth, was run into by a Spanish barque and
lost her bulwarks on her starboard side. The
barque does not appear to have been injured,
but the Elizabeth Jane put in here for repairs ; she
has a general cargo and some choice specimens of
agricultural stock, and is bound to Montreal,
Canada. Many of the stalls of the bullocks were
knocked down in the collision, but none of the
ca'tle or stock are lost or injured.
Information was received at Lloyd's on Satur-
day, per telegraph from Leith, of a most fearful
collision having taken place in the North Sea on
Thursday nigh, about ten o'clo.3k, which resulted in
the foundering of the Zouave screw steam-ship. The
ill-fated vessel was from Stettin, with a cargo of
grain, bound to Leith, and when some 150 miles
from the land she came in collision with the Elf,
another powerful screw steamer, which was on a
voyage to Stettin, from Grangemouth. The wea-
ther is reported to have been foggy, which would
account for the lights of the vessel not being seen
in time to avert the collision. Immediately on the
ships clearing each other, the Zouave was found to
be rapidly filling, and she shortly afterwards went
down in deep water. The crew had just time to
take to the boats, and were eventually picked up
by the Elf, which put back to Leith and-landed
them on Friday. The Elf has sustained consider-
able damage, and, considering the force with which
they came together, and the weather that prevailed,
it is providential that both steamers were not lost
with th-ir crews. The usual notice of the disaster
has been forwarded to the Marine Depot of the
BoarJ of Trade, and an inquiry into the collision
will be in-tituted by the Local Marine Board of the
port. The loss of the Zouave and her freight will
amount to some thousands.

CRYSTAL PALACE.

--
On Saturday the first annual fete of the Early Closing
Association took place at the Crystal Palace. Since the
gathering of last year this society has made considerable
progress, both with regard to the numbers connected
with the association itself and the gradual but steadily
extending support which it bas received from nearly all
the employers of labour. In fact, the early closing and
Saturday half-holiday movement is fast becoming a re-
cognised principle in large establishments, and one
which we are glad to see has been well advocated and
liberally responded to. The interest felt in the objects
of the association was evinced by the attendance at the
Crystal Palace, though the fete on that cccasion was but
a preliminary to the great display of Saturday next.,
when a large concourse of spectators is anticipated. The
weather, too, was by no means as propitious as the
lovers of out door amusements could desire. Through-
out the morning it was gloomy and threatening, and
during the afternoon it rained with that steadiness of
purpose which is peculiar to our climate on festive occa-
sions. One of the specialities of the day was a great
cricket match between 11 of the cl,rks and 11 of the
warehousemen of the metropolis, which was sharply con-
tested, and in the end (thanks to the rain) lelt unde-
cided. We need not enter into the minutia) of _this
sport, for cricket is but a dull game to the lookers on,
and its interest is by no means heightened in the narra-
'ion. The musical arrangements, which proved a great
solacs when all were confined by the weather to the
interior of the buildin were on the most liberal scale.
The bands of the Scotsg, Fusileer Guards and the Crystal
Palace Company played alternately throughout the day,
as d in addition there was a concert by the Vocal Asso-
ciation, conducted by Mr. Bsnedict, with some most
&lulls:1)1s performances on the great Handel organ by
Miss Stirling. Over and above all these, and the per-
manent attractions of the interior, the series of upper
fountains were set in action twice during the day, so
that the visitors were not suffered to pass an hour with-
out some fresh object to elicit their admiration. The
performances of the Vocal Association, instituted in
imitation of the Cologne Union, and which, though
formed as lately as January last, already displays con-
siderable proficiency, were met with the most hearty
applause, and the effect of the concluding national an-
them, in which All the mass of visitors joined and a welled
the chorus by 12,000 voices, was grand an 1 impressive
in the extreme. All the various fine arts courts were
thronged during the latter part of the afternoon, and the
Ceramic Court, which has been entirely rearranged in
the most tasteful and effective manner, was always
crowded. Next Saturday the great fete of the associa-
tion takes place, on which occasion there are to be
Scottish games and old English pastimes, after the style
of those gymnastic reunions whioh took place a few
e years ago.

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board the Indian mail packet Colombo, which leaves
Southampton on Wednesday next. He will arrive in Cal-
cutta in about six weeks from this time.
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