The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-25 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FEB. 23.—1 n the case of " Smith v. Yeates,"
which has attracted so much attention, the jury were in last
night till eleven o'clock, and then, there being no probability
of their agreeing, were discharged. This is equivalent to a
triumph for the defendant, at the former trial a jury having
given a verdict against him with 300/. damages. On the
present occasion, the great majority of the jury were for find-
ing a verdict in his favour, but there were one or two recu-
sants who obstinately held out, and thus there has been no
verdict. The action was for alleged seduction, accomplished
through the defendant's position and influence as a magis-
trate. The defendant, in applying for a new trial, positively
swore that the whole business was a conspiracy against him,
and utterly destitute of any foundation in fact whatever.
He put himself, consequently, on trial in the second instance
not only for the alleged seduction, but for perjuiy. It is
very fortunate that he has thus succeeded. Mr. 1 eates is
a gentleman of fortune, and has been high sheriff of his
county.
The Cork Constitution says, that the reduction of the glass
duty has already induced parties to seek for premises in Cork
in which to carry on the manufacture extensively.
Mr. Blake, paymaster of constabulary at Carlow, is sus-
pended as a defaulter in his accounts, and committed to Car-
low gaol, at the suit of the Crown.

THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INDIA MAILS.
—The mail just arrived is the first under the bi-monthly
arrangement. The Hindostan left the Sand Heads, Cal-
cutta, with it on the 10th of January, and arrived at Suez on
the 4th of February. A detention of twenty hours in Egypt
occurred by the vessel on the Nile getting aground. The
Great Liverpool departed with it from Alexandria on the
morning of the 9th inst., arrived at Malta with it on the
morning of the 13th, from whence the portion of it ad-
dressed via Marseilles was forwarded the same day by her
Majesty's steamer Acheron, and would, in ordinary
course, have arrived in London on the 20th—leaving
four days interval for replying to letters by the
outgoing mail of yesterday, 24th, notwithstanding the de-
tention of nearly a day over the usual time in Egypt. The
snow and frost in France has, however, prevented the mail
getting through from Marseilles as usual. In ordinary cir-
cumstances the direct mail may be expected to arrive in Lon-
don
about the 20th of every month, or four days before the
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patch from that place of the homeward mail for England.
It seems not to be generally known that letters from Bombay
may be forwarded by this intermediate or direct mail, by
way of Madras. The mail dispatched from London on the
24th will reach Madras on the 29th of the following month,
and the steamer will leave Madras on her homeward route
for England on the 14th of the month following, thus giving
an interval of fifteen days between the arrival of the outward
mail and the departure of the homeward mail. The dawk
post between Madras and Bombay occupies six days,
conse-
quently a letter can be sent from Madras to Bombay, can
be answeredfrom thence, and the reply be sent to Madras in
sufficient time to meet the homeward bound steamer for
Enhristopher Tower, of Huntsmoor-park, near
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mr. dn e
Iver (one of whose ancestors is said to have represented
this borough about s century ago, if that be any recom-
endation), was on Friday elected knight of the shire
or Buckingham, the vacancy having been created by
e retirement of Mr. C. S. Murray. Mr. Tower was
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proposed by Sir John Dashwood King, Bart., and se-
conded by Grenville Pigott, Esq.; and his election was
I unopposed.