The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 30.—A special meeting of the Corporation
has been called for to-morrow, in order to give Mr. O'Connell
an opportunity ofstatine• his views in reference to the borough
rates. The Hon. and Learned Gentlemen leaves town on
Friday evening for Killarney.
THE CORN MARKET.
There was a further decline of Is. 6d, to 2s. per barrel on
wheat, at this day's market. The provincial papers received
this morning contain very favourable reports of the harvest
in the late districts. The potato panic has nearly subsided.
THE DETECTIVES.
The following report of a case at Henry-street Police-office,
yesterday, will give our readers an idea of the lengths to
which the Dublin detective police are permitted by the autho-
rities to carry their irresponsibility :
Two very well-dressed and handsome-looking young men,
who gave their names as Joseph Fisher and Thomas Phillips,
were brought up in custody of the detective force, under the
following circumstances:—
Mr. Frank Smyth appeared as counsel, with Messrs. C.
Fitzgerald and Edward Fulham as agents, for the prisoners,
who were taken up on suspicion of having committed a felony
in the Bank of Ireland on Friday last, when some money was
stolen from gentlemen win, were transacting business in that
"establishment.
Brennan, one of the detectivepolice, stated that, from infor-
mations which he had received, he arrested Fisher in Sack-
ville-street on Saturday. He took the prisoner off a car,
where he was with some other persons. He (Brennan) knew
the prisoners had arrived from England, and were going to
the fair of Ballinasloe, and he suspected they would commit a
felony if they could, and he had also reason to suspect that
they belonged to the swell mob, and therefore he arrested
them. He got thirty-one sovereigns and 51. 10s. in notes on
Fisher, with a gold watch, chain, &c., and, in fact, every-
thing that a person might expect to find with a gentleman of
property.
On cross-examination by Mr. Smyth, Brennan admitted
that he neither saw nor knew of the prisoner doing anything
wrong—in fact, he knew nothing about him, except that he
(Brennan) suspected he would commit a felony if he got an
opportunity, and therefore he arrested him.
Mr. Bardin wai examined to show that he lost money in
the bank, but he could not tell who stole it; he never saw
the prisoner before.
Mr. Smyth produced Mr. Beckley, of the Sheffield Hotel,
who proved that Mt. Fisher was in the habit of stopping at
his hotel, and that he always had plenty of money, and was
a gentleman who kept his horse and gig; he had the highest
opinion of Mr. Fisher, who on one occasion ordered a suit of
clothes, which were sent to the hotel after Mr. Fisher left, and
he (witness) paid for them, and the property remained in his
house for a long time; and on Mr. Fisher coming to Cork,
some months after, witness sent the clothes, and Mr. Fisher
remitted the amount at once.
Mr. Smyth said it was monstrous to take up a gentleman
on such a charge, and he urged that he must at once be dis-
charged.
Mr. Tyndall said there was no case made against the pri-
soner, and at once set him at liberty.
Thomas Phillips, a very fine and intelligent young man,
apparently about sixteen years of age, was then put forward.
The evidence against him was the same as in the last case,
and Brennan said he got four sovereigns on him when
arrested.
Mr. Smyth (to Brennan)—Was there not a large paper
placard put on this young 'gentleman's bat, with the words
" English thief and swell mob" written on it 2—Yes, but that
was not done by me.
Mr. Smyth—Was he not marched through the streets with
that paper on his hat, in order that the public might see
him ?—Yes, he was.
Mr. Smyth—And was he not taken through the streets to
Pim's, in George-street, and paraded before the customers in
that house, with the placard on his hat ?—Yes, he was.
Mr. Smyth—And you brought him there to try if he had
purchased a pin which he had, and which he told you he bought
there for 14s. ?--Yes.
Mr. Smyth—And his story was found to be perfectly cor-
rect ?—lt was.

Mr. Smyth—And he was then taken through the streets
to the Lower Castle-yard to the office of ➢ir. O'Connor ?
—Yes.
Mr. Smyth—And he was brought through the streets with

five or six detective policemen jeering at-and pointing ...
out to the people ?—Yes, he was.
Mr. Smyth—And I believe you took him to almost all the
chapels and churches in Dublin on Sunday with the placard
on his hat, and pointed him out to the congregation, and
asked if any person bad lost anything, and if so, could
they, identify the prisoner ?—Yes, that is true, and I was or-
dered to do it.
Mr. Smyth—Good; and then after marching him about
the town all day on Sunday, you took him to College-street
station, where he was confined ever since ?—Yes, sir.
Mr. Smyth said perhaps the present was the most outra-
geous act committed by the detective police. Life or liberty
was not safe in Ireland while such a system was permitted to
remain, and he would certainly make a representation of the
facts to the Government, for if this horrid system of espionage
was permitted any longer, there would be no security to the
person either by law or national liberty. He submitted that
Mr. Phillips must be instantly discharged.
Mr. Tyndall at once set the young man at liberty, as he
had no case against him.
REPRESENTATION OF KERRY.—It is said that Mr. Hirbert,
of Mucross, is to start for Kerry on the repeal interest.
AGRARIAN OUTRAGE IN ROSCOMMON.-011 the night of
September 5 six heifers, the property of Mr. John Goldsmith,
were houghed on the lands of Ballyoughter, near Elphin. On
the morning of the 22d Mr. James Nolan's herd, on the lands
of Castleplunket, found sixteen of the heifers in his charge
stabbed in the flanks; three were dead, and the others
mortally injured. A bayonet was found in the body of one.
The value of them before the injury was estimated at 15
guineas each. We find, on looking over the county books,
that at the last spring and summer assizes the sum of
2991. 13s. 6d. was presented as a compensation for malicious
injuries, as follows :—Athlone barony, 108/. 13s. ; Ballintobber
barony, 601. 10s. ; Frencbpark barony, 121. 12s. ; 3loycarron
barony, 33/. 6s. 6d. ; Boyle barony, 211. 10s. ; Roscommon
barony, 63/. 2s.—Total, 2991. 13s. 6d.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF IRE-
LAND.—RALLINASLOE, MONDAY EVENlNG.—Notwithstanding
this being the immediate eve of the great agricultural meet-
ing and annual cattle show, the town is filling but very
slowly. A mighty influx of strangers was this day con-
. fidently expected, but the arrivals have, however, been upon
a very moderate scale. The proprietors of lodging-houses--
many of whom have gone to much more considerable ex-
pense than for the ordinary occasion of the great fair, in the
hope, of course, of reaping a golden harvest in proportion—
will, it is anticipated, suffer serious disappointment. There
remain at this moment, as I have been informed, 500 beds to
let. The coming in of the cattle and other sorts of stock for
exhibition is progressing steadily, and every preparation to
render the show itself in the highest degree effective is com-
pleted. A trial of agricultural implements, comprising
ploughs, harrows, rubbers, scarifiers, &c., took place this
afternoon, in a:field in the neighbourhood. Judges appointed
to this department were present to test, by personal observa-
tion, the merits of each "newest invention," so as to be
thereby better qualified to discriminate between the respective
characters in making their awards.
THE DETECTIVE POLICE.—Mr. Inspector O'Connor, of the
detective police, has just made his appearance here, and half
a dozen of his corps will be down from Dublin in the course
of the evening. He has been taking a quiet survey of the
town, peering about with his hawk-eyes, and innocently
observing all that is going on. In the course of his ambula-
tions he was observed " measuring " some characters whom
he conceives to be fair game for his detective powers. Those
lads" evidently knew the detective, and " measured " him.
Indeed it was most amusing to witness the little by-play
between O'Connor and the swell mob "gentry," for sucl
they are.

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.
The Council met to-day at the Agricultural Hall, for the
purpose of appointing judges and stewards.
The Earl of Clancarty presided.
Among the members present were Lord Ashtown, Wood-
lawn, Kilconnell ; Lord Clancarty, Garbally Park ; Lord
Viscount Clements, M.P., Loughregan, Mohill ; Lord Clon-
brock, Clonbrock; Lord Crofton, Moate Park, Athlone
the Duke of Leinster, Carton, Maynooth ; Lord River.
ston, Flower-hill, Killiman ; Lord Walscourt, Oranmore ;
Robert Archbold, F:sq., M.P., Davidstown, Castle-
Dermott ; Major Bole, Henry-street, Dublin ; William Blacker,
Esq., Market-hill, Armagh ; Thomas Bermingham, Esq. ;
Sir Michael Dillon Bellew, Bart., Mount Bellew; Robert
Bodkin, Esq., Thomas IL Grandon, Esq., Ballinasloe ; Pro-
'fessor Kane, Dennis Kirwan, Esq., Castlehackett, Tuam ; J.
D. H. Kirkaldy, Hernsbrook, Eyrecourt ; D. H. Kelly, Esq.,
Castlekelly ; Joseph Lambert, Esq., Brookville, Claremorris ;
W. M'Donagh, Esq., Ballinasloe ; John Ross Mahon, Esq.,
George Charles Mahon, Esq.; the O'Conor Don; Shar-
man Crawford. Esq., M.P. ; John Robinson Price, Esq.,
Westfield Farm, Mountrath ; tb Rev. Francis Rutledge,
Bloomfield, Hollymount ; Thomas Seymour, Esq., Ballymore
Castle, Ballinasloe ; F. M. Shaw Taylor, Esq., Castle Taylor;
E. K. Tennisson, Kilbona, Carrick-on-Shannon, and H.
Trench, Esq., Mounthenry, Ballybrittas. After a good deal
of desultory conversation, and some rather warm debating
relative to the capabilities of the respective gentlemen
named as judges, the following were appointed for short-
horned cattle :—Messrs. Hugh Watson, John H. Drought,
and Torr, an English gentleman. The judges for the other
section were also appointed, but as it has not been definitively
ascertained whether they can conveniently act or not, they
deem it the more advisable course not to give their names
Some routine business connected with the internal arrange..
ment of the show-yard having been transacted, the list of
toasts for the Council dinner was considered, and, after some
discussion, settled. There will be no less than fourteen sen-
timents, each to be proposed by a different speaker, and each
to be responded to, so that we AO have not less than 28
speeches. The principal speakers will be Lord Devon, Lord
Clonbrock, Lord Clancarty, the Duke of Leinster, Major
Bryan, William Blacker, Esq., Lord Crofton, the Marquis of
Downshire, and the Earl of Erne. Covers have been laid for
three hundred, and it is calculated that close on that number
will attend,

EDMONTON PETTY SESSIONS.
(Before Mr. BUSLIE, Chairman, and Mr. Ginsox.)
Henry George Hewlett, clerk, and John Marshall, porter,
in the employment of the Eastern Counties Railway, ap-
peared to an information laid by John Whitticomb, on behalf
of the Company, which alleged that on the 7th of Septem-
ber, while at the Tottenham station, by the negligent perform-
ance of their duty, they did not remove, or cause to be
removed, a certain horse-box and passengers' carriage off the
rail, to the obstruction of the passage of a train, by which
obstruction an engine, to which a train of carriages was at-
tached, was forced off the rail, to the danger of the passengers,
and whereby the said engine was greatly damaged.
Mr. Wells, counsel for the Company, attended in support
of the information.
Mr. Wells stated, that he appeared on the behalf of the
Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to
prefer the present charge, which was instituted under the sth
and 6th Victoria; c. 55, by which, upon any neglect of duty of
their officers (by which neglect passengers were likely to
have suffered a serious injury), such officers might imme-
diately be taken into custody and conveyed before a magis-
trate. In the present case the Directors were unwilling to
act so harshly toward the defendant, and were desirous that
they should have a reasonable notice, in order that they
might prepare for their defence. The Directors felt it their
duty to adopt this proceeding, in order to assure the public
that no efforts on their part would be wanting to ensure the
safety of those who go on that line. He would be able to
show, from the evidence he should produce, that the most
gross negligence had been manifested by the defendants,
while at the Tottenham station, on the day mentioned in the
summons. In the afternoon of that day the Cambridge up-
train, which leaves Cambridge about four o'clock, has to be
in London about 45 minutes past 6. -It would then pass the
Tottenham station about 20 minutes past 6. It was the
duty of the defendants to see that the up-rail was completely
clear: but it would be proved that at the]time the Cambridge
up-train was expected to pass, there was an obstruction,
which was caused by a horse-box and passengers' carriage,—
that a col'ision was caused between the engine of the train
and the horse-box, with the carriage, by the effect of which
the engine was forced off the line. The passengers were
much frightened ; but, had not the engine-driver seen the
obstruction in time, there is no doubt that some lives would
have been lost. Both the defendants had been dismissed.
The Directors, however, in taking out these proceedings,
were desirous that it should be known by their servants, as
well as the servants of all other companies, that, by the Act

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FURTHER GLANCE at EVA--
RAILWAYS.
(From the Railway Chronicle.) Ae
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If
In a former number we presented our readers With a 510.
of some of the principal Continental railways snook
that there existed, or would soon exist, a gran} We
extending from Lisbon to the Russian frontier' upoc
propose to take a further glance at these; andad, 'll' or
view we perceive that, in addition to the one ala 50ocer
of
tioned, there are two other trunk lines, destine t sPiiittbs
later to traverse Europe, under the auspices of ths„ of r
enterprise which will one day make the different
,f47;rslPl
world as accessible to one another as now are the sal
vinces of individual States.
lled the g r Old
The first of these achievements may be ea-- • r froO
line from the mouth of the Tagus to the Baltic, ee
tut i
Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Finland, when, at sons the WI
day, it shall be continued to St. Petersburg,ll
of the Neva. t the lei's
The second of these European highways, and I);
„°.fitiiu important, will be the centrat line, which, beginn',Phle,./
mouth of the Loire, touching at Paris, crossing,.t"erel°„•,ii,
Mayence, traversing the interior provinces a ling S!'1,10,
that is to say, Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony, vista:o'ooe,
and passing. Breslau, wilt find its goal in Polantl, tcre"est
and join on, at Petrickau, to the Warsaw and Chia
now in the course of formation. From Warsti,,olllllol
line will, in all probability, be extended into 1,"" es,' •
White Russia as far as Moscow, and even further, bt,, dosa..
meeting the great navigable artery of the Auteera „d,
nions, the mother of Russian rivers, the Wolga. , coOny
Let us inquire what parts of this line are alreanYe,t
what parts. have their execution assured,and what; the spa' s,
in project and speculation. Imprimis, in Franc cielqi-iiss
comprised between Nantes and Saarbruck, enlereot
ng
is conceded, or about to be. The formation of d' otitu`,ol
has commenced upon an extent of 553 miles, r brad; '0
more than half of the grand whole. Between S3ariiiied a,„.Pof
Mayence there is a gap of 75 miles, but it will be
an early period, if the declaration of the French ~', Goce
Public Works in the Chamber of Deputies, tbat freorbra'c ,
ments of Germany were willing to prolong the Ve°
line, on the one hand to Manheitn, on the other to iriatfoi.
is worthy to be believed. Between Mayence and a incho
there exists a line, called Mont-Taunus, 25 miles 100°' f
ing the branch to i uistaL
Between Frankfort and Leipsic there is ancthercluded
141 miles; but after the treaty that has been ,e4turingiaat
tween the German principalities of Saxony ana
1844, the formation of
truesrailwy to supply the f OPpanting "
i•
is tolerably certain. Its s that the execution et to sittic
portant section proceeds but languidly which nt,a,
buted to the absence of unity of action, resulting aiii r
piecemeal character of the territory ; nevertheless' pat 1111;
will connect, by the most direct route, the twochsate.:g
portant commercial towns of Germany, where nt,e,,irs,r Detr
nually congregate at the greatest of the known 1—
dsd lit
and Frankfort.
The district between Leipsic and Dresden is P;""
0111.
a railway about 77 miles long. ia 141. d
Between Dresden and Breslau the distance_,.„—,
A railway betwixt these two points is now 113a.,,;'i0
far
completed at one end as far as Friburg, at the ,
Liegnitz. the polish
From Breslau to Warsaw only the part between etlon,oo
capital and Petrickau is in the course of constrtl•. td)
opened for public traffic. The part completel ifi'rogre;
twenty-five miles in length, and that which is n 'need
about a hundred. The total length of railways
fined
1.0
nearly 250 miles. • t 4l
We shall forbear to speak of the section betw'Llt hete"j
and Moscow, which is nearly equal in length W t", fool.
Paris and Warsaw, for no company has as yet bee for fit
with the intention of bestowing a railway uPcn hahle *er
rest, its execution is an event that is not at all pro.„
the present, and one which no coal temperament 70,eut
look for, so long as Russia remains under a Gahaverbsr°l
which has no desire to bring its ignorant and 'esti°ll",
subjects into contact with freer and more enlighteneu i.r,
• int witi
The third European trunk railway, which, in P° ots,
portance, we place on a level with both its sister wo.oia oa;
start from Bordeaux, traverse Central Fgance, antitir..
at Dijon and Beaune, to another line, which will
at the Rhine, at Basle; from Basle it wl proceed,
Lake
as
Chi'
hausen, to the Lake of Constance; from the it01:17ot
stance it will descend into the valley of the Dann,—i.
rive at Vienna, taking on its way Ratisbon and Lh,an,
leaving Vienna it will turn towards Presburg,
Bude, and afterwards be continued to Debreczyn,
Hungary on the one hand, and on the other tefictl7l ems'
and Bucharest, to the mouth of the Danube' g
we may hope, as far as Constantinople, by Varna', .nceA; for
But this is precisely the line which is least au/7140 o_4
in France, through the whole extent between 13nt—The ?"-",„,r
Dijon, not so much as the plans have been taken, chow—
between Dijon and Basle has been presented to the
,„„noner
of Deputies, and will most likely be voted at the en"-
ment of next session. Bails
In the Grand Duchy of Baden, the line between otitt:
the Lake of Constance, by Schaffhausen, will be PlYS,on
the Legislature during the autumn of this year; b1"'„ of and
Lake of Constance, as far as Ulm, there is no certatro);-,o,,ern;
railway for the present. Further on the Bavarian dour
meet refused to see any necessity for supplying t.,ll,..ilonrce;
the Danube with the incomparable advantage 0111.radyan.,
The section of this line which traverses Alist'ont
with even less rapidity, for the Imperial Govern_ ow Or;
tematically opposes the construction of the line from that
Persons who are well informed upon the subject se., tht4,o
reason for the stoppage at Vienna is, that before turlzioas
attention to the Upper Danube, Government are a with t
ba
bring the capital into communiesttion, by railways' Baltic, the Adriatic, and even the Black Sea. long
From Vienna, in the direction of Hungary, there feted!
line, the Vienna and Raal, which has been conigosth an
some time, and which they are now extending to
Debreczyn, over a space of nearly 300 miles. Dan°
We do net know whether any line for the
is yet projected. To carry such a project into en'
old$1;
among the different Governments of "Wallachia, thlit t
and Servia will be indispensable. Let us licTe 0 the
iil-
liberal-minded princes who now sway.the destinies a hone lt
habitants of these regions will recognise the imrfloi'd tbor
of railways towards the enriching and civilisinof the toee
people. at us hope, we say, that the monarchs, leasaretf.
kingdoms we have just named will take suel, the int!,ll
will be requisite for bringing their territories ivitnrorkey 011.01:i
ence of our third grand European high road' It • rumoured
has to be brought to reason on this eet- Ys
subj
.„d
that the young Sultan has a strong aversion to railway
has declared that he will tolerate none in his rather an
truly the snorting of a locomotive engine wouldy". But
ow°
ill-mannered sound under the walls of the Seragnao the l 3 sr
do not yet despair of seeing a railway andstation_
phorus, spite of all obstacles; and if we were U
reCOMinen'L
to his Ottoman Sublimity, we should strong.Yrn his atteni
him to leave off toying with concubines, and tnhappineel °,l
tion to the improvement of his country and the
worthy an
its population, as being pursuits infinitely Mere
respectable.

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Thße
sEtaA:INGS IN NATURAL HISTORT.--TON Sclorpi.oll
is a railway ruminant, and belongs to a dOf
herd that may be seen loitering about the neighbourlw°,, 4"
the Stock Exchange. T railw• tag has his head fat;
branches, but he sheds anew branch directly there ish7fa
premium. He is exceedingly fleet of foot, and when_ are
once off there is no catching him. Some railway stwaf_thm:
however, distinguished by a sort of waddle, like that
will .
lame duck of the Stock Exchange. There are s t.ravoriTy
stories told of the various forms assumed by the 011 report
et a gn, ft 0.,, ru ts
eh
muses
g ran i a 1 is exceedingly cunning, and
otofteany artifice to keep out of danger. 'The raihrsq En
neighbourhood eoaft
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