The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUDLINi :Aram 1 I —TLIF. ROYAL VISIT—We believe
it may be now safely .stated that the . aimual report
respecting the intention of the Queen to visit
her Irish subjects is no longer a matter of
speculation, but that this long-t xpected met will
actually take place in the autumn of the present year,
'dr perhaps at an earlier period, if circumstances
permit. Indeed, from the signs. -of preparation
already making, there can be but little doubt that the.
authorities here have received •un intimation of her
Majesty's gracious intentions, in confirmation of
which it may be mentioned that a few days since
the Hon. and Very Rev. Dean Pakenham (brother-
in-law of " the Duke") applied to the Board of 14:c-
lesiastical Commissioners for a grant of money for
the purpose of d-corating the Cathedral of St. Patrick,
and putting the grand reception-room in a state of
thorough rei air, in anticipation of her Majesty's
honouring that ancient cathedral by her presence at
divine service. The application was immediately
ace. ded to, and workmen are now busily engaged in '
making the alterations suitable to the auspicious occasion.

PUSEYIsM IN ULSTEIt.
Several meetings are about to be; held in the diocese
of Down and Connor, "to protest against the innova-.
dons attempled to. be introduced into the Church ser-
vice." The great majority of the clergy of the diocese
are anti-Puseyite, and it is stated- that a petition to the
Legislature is in progress of signature amongst them,
praying for a revision of the Book of Common Prayer,
the Canons, and Rubrics.
DEATH OF WILLIAM HENRY, ESQ.•
This eminent Irish manuflicturer died this morning, at
his residence at. Wand-bridge, in.this city, %here he had
established an extensive calico-printing factory. Mr.
Henry was a most enterprising and successful manufac-
turer. Many years ago, he.failed in business; but he sub
sequently•paid every engagement in the most honourable
manner, and realised a considerable fortune. His-muslin
prints were highly esteemed in all parts of the empire.
• • DUBLIN STOCK AND SHARE MARKKT.
The following were the closing priCes at the Stock Ex--
change this afternoon :—Three p r Cent. Consols, 994 ;
Three-and• a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1024 ; Three. and •
a4lalf per. Cent. Deb., 95 ; Six per Cent. Red. to 41 ster
ling per ann., 724 ; Four per Cent. City Debentures
92L 6s. 2d., 971 ; City of Dublin Steam Shares, 1071 ;
Dublin and Drogheda .Itailwy, 83; Great Southern and
West. rn Ext. nsfon, 7 'to 74:- Dublin and. Befaat Junc-
tion Railway,- 6 54 6; Irish Great Western,- Dublin to
Mullingirand Athlone, 2i; Belfast and Ballymena 34;
Dundalk and -Enniskillen, 24 -.1; Waterford and Lime-
rick, 41; Kitigstown and. Bray, 9i

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held for the dis-
, patch of pub:in business.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Mr. LOTT having complained of a breach
.of the privileges of
the Court, involved in the arrangements made by the Presi-
dent and Treasurer of Christ's Hospital, for the reception of
her Majesty at Christ's Hospital on Sunday evening last,
The Loan MAYOR read the whole of the correspondence
on the subject, from which it appeared that although the chief
magistrate asserted his station as head of the City hospitals,
and claimed to he joined with the President and Treasurer in
the ceremony of receiving the Queen, the application was in-
effectual.
proceedings adopted by those who superin-
Some of tie members of the Court expressed much dissatis-
faction at the
tended the arrangements, and evidently considered that the
Corporation of Uncion were treated with indignity upon an
occasion on which it was most necessarythat so essential a privi-
lege as that of the violation of which they complained shou'd
have been acknowledged and respected.
The subject was ultimately referred to the Royal Hospitals
Committee.
The CITY RE.3IEMBRANCER announced that a Bill had been
brought into Parliament for the removal of Certain disabilities
under which the Jews were labouring.—(cheers.)
Mr. ANnenT.,t, gave notice that he should move, at the
.Court,
to that
ien Act to regulate the interment of. the dead in
churches and church-yards, in large towns and cities, and pre•
ntasspetitions
en he presented to both Houses of Parlia-
vent the violation of graves.. Also to pass an Act to prevent
nuisances arising from the smoke of steaiilndsitner, and steam-boats on the
steam-engines and fur-
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THE JEWS.
Mr. A snurtsT moved that the Court should petition Parlia-
ment to ext. nd the relief given by the Ist and ?d Victoria, c.
5 and 15, by which Q rakers,rakers,Aioravians, and Se aratists were
enabled to make affirmations consistent with their religious
persuasions, to all her Majesty's subjects.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Deputy . STEVENS,... and,
after a ,hort discussion, agreed to unanimously.
Sheriff SIDNEY presented a petition from the Committee
of the Society for,the Cure of Consumption and Diseases of
the Chest, for a grant in aid of the funds. He ably supported
the Prayer of the petition, and stated that the hospital, although
a very rew institution, had already relieved 2,'00 cases:
Mr. BOWER seconded the motion that the petition be re.
ferred to the Coal, Corn, and Fnance Committee. :
After a few observations from Sir PETER LAURIE and
Deputy CoaNEY, the motion WB9 agreed to.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—lVorcester, March 13.
THE CROOME MURDER.
The trial of the ten men for the murder of Thomas Staite,
at Croome, on the night of the 19th of December last, was
resumed this morning, before Chief Baron Pollock. At the
adjournment of the Court List night, the jury were locked
up for the night, provision being made for their accommoda-
tion at the county Courts. The trial was resumed at the
early hour of eight o'clock this morning, at which time, on
the Court being opened, there was again an awful crush for•
places, and •the Court was crammed to excess throughout
the day. '
The day's proceedings commenced with the examination
'of witnesses called for the purpose of showing that several
of the prisoners had, during their incarceration, expressed a
desire to make confessions to the officers of the gaol. Mr.
Stables, the clerk to the county .prison ; the Rev. W. Ad-
lington, the chaplain ; T. G. Curtler, Esq. one of the visiting ma-
gistrates; and one of the turnkeys were called for this pur-
pose, and separately examined. These statements by the
prisoners were, under the direction of the magistrates, subse-
quently taken down in writing, and were now produced as
evidence against them.
The Prisoners' Counsel (Mr. Godson, Q.C., and Mr. Hod-
dlestone) objected to theadmission of these documents, on the
ground that the statements were made in the hope and ex-
pectation of pardon..
Mr. I.7CE and Mr. Witrri.norsz argued contra, and a good
deal of dicussion ensued,. which ended in the Judge ruling
that the statements might be read.
They were accordingly read by Mr. Bellamy at length,
and being of a very voluminous nature a good deal. of time
was occupied therebk." It would be impossible to give any like a sketch of these statements within reasonable
limits; suttee it to say, that the several confessions impli-
eated the whole of the prisoners in the transactions of the
fatal night of the 19th December.
The examination of the other witnesses for the prose-
cution was then proceeded with.
Joseph HoOper,, a gamekeeper, regularly employed on the
Earl of Coventry's estates, and who was out with the
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Mr. (near Croome), who
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watchers on the night of the affray, provedthat the unfor •
tunate deceased was brought to his (Hooper's) house about
midnight, in an insensible state, and ("s he described it)
with sPritchett, beaten all
surgeon,
evidence was followed by that of Mr. Pierpont, one of the
surgeons to the Worcester Inflimarv, whore the deceased was
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afterwards taken, who minutely described the nature of the
was called up to the deceased, was .next examined, and his
injuries which the deceased had suffered, and which caused
his death. The chief. of these were severe fractures of the
skull, through which the brain protruded. The operation of
trepanning was performed at the infirmary, but Staite died
a clay or two afterwards, without an interval of semibility, -•
This, with the testimony of R. Temple, Escri 0120O1' the
trnsteeS of the infant Earl of Coventry,. who was \ railed to
prove Hooper's appointment under the trust, competed the
evidence for the prosecution.
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