The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY. CUFFE -STREET SAVINGS
BANK.—Yesterday Mr. John Emanuel Hughes was
brought up in custody before the magistrates of the
head police office, charged with having embezzled,
in July 1847, the sum of 7301. Is. Bd., from the
savings bank, in Cuffe-street, c f which he was
cashier. The informations on which a warrant had
been granted under which the prisoner was arrested
were read. From these depositions, two of which
were sworn by David Martin, Esq., and Samuel C.
Warren, Eq., who had been appointed by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer to investigate the accounts of
the savings bank, and the third by Thomas Dodd
Smith, Esq., one of the trustees of the bank ; it ap-
peared that the sums received by the prisoner on the
date at which the act of embezzlement was laid as
having taken place amounted to 1,1511. 35., but as a
sum of 4211. 15..41, for which credit was given by
the Bank of Ireland, where deposits were lodged in
the name of the trustees of the savings bank, might
have formed part of the whole amount, the sum un-
accounted for by the prisoner was charged as 7301.
Is. Bd.

Mr. T. A. CURRAN, counsel for the prisoner, ap-
plied to the magistrate to admit his client to bail,
which was refused; subsequently a communication
was made to the Attorney-General, but he refused to
consent to bail being taken, and the prisoner was fully
committed for trial at the Comtkission which com-
mences on Saturday.
THE LATE MURDER IN THE KING'S COUNTY...—.
The King's County Chronicle states that the police
have arrested two men charged with the murder of
Mr. Pike.
TRH ROYAL CUP AT CORK REGATTA..—The fol-
lowing strange paragraph appears in the Cork Ex-
aminer:—"Rumour speaks of a rather lengthened
correspondence having taken place between the ma-
nagers of the late regatta and the Right Hon. the
Home Secretary, the former positively maintaining
that the cup given by Royalty was not a cup at all,
and otherwise expressing their dissatisfaction at the
manner in which the wishes of her Majesty had been
carried out. Sir George Grey asserted, on the con-
trary, that the article in question, notwithstanding
certain peculiarities of form, which made it difficult
to refer it to any class of objects in creation, was
really and veritably a cup. However, he said, they
were at liberty to make ducks or drakes of it, if they
liked, but they might rest perfectly assured that they
would never get another. In this position the im-
portant controversy remains at present."
DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKET.—SaIes
yesterday :—Three per Cent. Consols, 961 3-; Three
per Cent. Consols for Accaunt, Aug. 12, 961 ; Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, O7i 98 ; Bank
Stock, 204 203 8.

CAPE of GOOD HOPE.
FATAL AFFRAY WITH KAFIR CONVICTS.
On the night of the 28th ult., the head constable and head
overseer proceeded to open the door of that portion of
the barrack in which the Kafir prisoners are confined,
for the purpose of putting out the lights. Immediately
the door was opened tho head constable was struck a
heavy blow on tne head with a stone by one of the pri-
soners; this was a signal fir a rush, and notwithstanding
the efforts of the constables, 12 Kafirs contrived to force
themselves outside the door. The constables on duty
immediately fired, and the sound of the shots seemed to
damp the courage of those inside, and the constables at
the door succeeded in closing it. One Kafir was
wounded in both shoulders white in the yard, and fell,
and a pursuit was then commenced after the remaining
eleven. Three were shot dead, three more wounded—
one of whom is since dead, and another was made pri-
soner on a subsequent night by Mr. Oostbuisen, of
Courney, while in the act of stealing a sheep from his
kraal, the remaining four are still at large, one of whom
is known to be severely wounded in the thigh. The be-
haviour of the constables and overseers is spoken of by
Mr. Superintendent White in terms of high praise. One
overseer, armed only with a bayonet, was engaged in
close conflict with a powerful Kafir, much above his own
size, tor some minutes, during which the Kafir contrived
to wrest away the bayonet; the overseer succeeded, how-
ever, in recovering it; but the Kafir would not yield
until he had received two or three thrusts through the
body. Sixteen of the most tut bulent among these men
have been brought under a strong guard to this place, for
the purpose of being forwarded to Cape Town.—Cape of
Good Hope, May 21.