The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-07 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander—P. A. Helpman, to study at the Royal Naval
College.
Lieutenants—W. Robson and W. P. Crozier to the Royal
yacht; J. J. M'Donnell, from the Coast Guard, to command
the Nautilus, vice Robson ; F. Lowe to command the Pluto,
vice Crosier; G. C. Fowler to the Calliope ; P. A. Halkett,
from the Excellent, to the Crocodile ; C. Sullivan, of the
Snake, and Lord Charles W. Butler to the Calliope ; R. D.
Fowler to the St. Vincent, vice Cheere, promoted.
Secretaries—J. A. Smith to Admiral Sir John West; J.
Grant (pro tem.) to Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker's office.
Masters—R. B. Graham to the Calliope; W. White to corn-
mend the Albion' Lowe, vice to the Pluto; vice Crozier, to
the Victoria and Albert; C. J. Polkinghorne (second) to the
Calliope; F. Wise (second) to the Queen; W. Osmond
(assistant) to the Hecate.
Chaplain—J. A. Hatchard to the Rooney, vice Cooper, to
Haslar Hospital.
Surgeons—J. Symes to the Crocodile; H. Baker, in charge
of Stratheden, and C. K. Nutt, in charge of Lloyd's convict
ships. Assistants—E. Walsh from Melville Island, to the
Penguin packet ; M. Burton to the Crocodile; C. D. Shep-
hard to the Vernon; D. Duigan to the Vernon; F. F.
Morgan and J. Philp to the Victory, for service at Haslar;
W. Ross, and W. H. Cameron to the Caledonia ; F. APAree,
C. Roberts, and A. Brown to the Vindictive; J. Campbell to
the Actaeon. _ _ _

Paymasters and Pursers—R. Parker to the Albatross ; T.
Dobbin to the Crocodile ; T. Harris to the Calliope.
Mates—E. H. H. D'Aeth to the Royal yacht; C. 0. Wood
to the Queen ; T. B. Hanham to the Excellent ; G. A. Balfour
to the Hibernia.

Clerk—G. C. Burney (in charge) to the Alert.

Naval Cadet—G. Go-olden to the Canopus.
ROYAL NlA.RlNES—Gentlemen Cadets—Wm. Pitt Draffen,
Charles Pyne, William James Kinsman, and John Bastable, to
be Second Lieutenants. . _

COAST GUARD—Appoinments—Commanders G. S. Dyer,
R. Mann, J. G. Dick, and M. G. Skinner, to be Inspecting
Commanders.
WOOLWICH, Juts s.—The Spitfire steam-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander Macdonald, with the officers and crew of the Lizard
steam-vessel, transferred to her, has had her compasses adjusted
by Captain Johnson, and left Greenhithe on Wednesday, for
Portsmouth, where she will be paid wages in advance, and is
expected to proceed to the Mediterranean.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Matter-Commander Petley,
left Woolwich on Saturday, for Portsmouth, for the purpose of
attending on the experimental squadron.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master W. Bryant, left
Woolwich on Monday, for Brighton.

The Swallow steam vessel arrived at Woolwich, on Tuesday,
from Dover, and the crew left again on Thursday, for the latter
port, in the Myrtle, to take the Swallow's place.
The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Abraham
Parks, is to be stationed on the coast of Scotland, to protect
the fisheries. Assistant-surgeon William Buie has been ap-
pointed to the Cuckoo.
The Equestrian, hired convict ship, left her moorings oppo-
site the Royal Arsenal yeste.rday, and was towed down the
river, and will proceed direct for New South Wales. The co.-
viet guard was selected, of sufficient strength, from the 11th
Regiment, and the detachment of Captain Turner's company
of the Royal Artillery did not go on board. It is expected the
whole of the company, with the addition of a collar maker,
shoeing smith, and wheeler, will proceed in a vessel expected
down the river next week direct for New Zealand, where the
company will be stationed.
CHATHAM, JULY s.—The Batt lighter sailed on the 3d
inst. for Woolwich. _ _ _

The Rover, 16 guns, in dock. A number of hands have
again been put on this vessel to complete her repairs.
The Janus steam-sloop—The engineers have taken to pieces
the whole of the machinery of this vessel, and workmen are
now engaged making considerable alterations in the formation
of some parts of the works; but it remains to be seen whether
they will be attended with the desired success.
The Bull Dog steam-frigate—Some additional gangs of
shipwrights have, during the week, been put on this vessel, to
complete her for launching. She will be ready in the course of
a week to receive the painters.
Military Prisoners,—lt having been officially intimated by
the Secretary-at-War, that the district military prison at Fort
Clarence was ready for the reception of prisoners on the Ist
instant, the Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to direct
that, on and after that date, all prisoners sentenced by Courts-
martial in this garrison to periods of imprisonment above thirty
days, will be committed to Fort Clarence; accordingly, it is
left to the decision of commanding officers of corps to confine
prisoners in the new barrack cells. If under sentence for any
period beyond that, then the prisoners are to be committed to
the district prison at Fort Clarence. Since the above prison
has been opened, several prisoners have arrived from different
districts to undergo terms of their sentence.

War-office Circular—The following circular was received al
this garrison on the 4th instant, relating to the punishment o
soldiers :

" The 46th clause of the Mutiny Act has authorised com-
manding officers to order that a soldier guilty of an offence
which such commanding officer may not thing necessary to
bring before a Court-martial, shall be imprisoned for any
period not exceeding seven days, either with or without hard
labour, or in solitary confinement, and has further conferred
upon commanding officers the power which they did not pre-
viously possess, of ordering that a soldier so imprisoned by their
authority shall forfeit his pay for the days of such imprison-
ment ; the soldier having his right of appeal to a Court-martial
against such order.
" It has been brought to my notice that officers command-
ing regiments have interpreted the words of the Act as convey-
ing to them a discretion to award imprisonment either with or
without forfeiture of pay.

It was the intention, in proposing the clause, to confer the
power of awarding Imprisonment carrying with it the for-
feiture of pay, but not to sanction a discretion, on the part of
commanding officers, to award the imprisonment but remit
the forfeiture of pay.
44 The commanding officer has an undisputed discretion to
award punishment for an offence according te the circumstances
of the case.

"If of an aggravated character, he may bring the offender
before a Court-martial. If there are extenuating circum-
stances, he may determine whether any other, and what punish.
went, that he has authority to award, may be :inflicted. He
may order the imprisonment of a soldier for any period from
one to seven days ; but in no case ought a soldier, who has
been punished by imprisonment, to receive, when he comes out
of prison, the accumulated savings of his pay, after paying only
for his actual subsistence.

" By the 30th clause of the Mutiny Act, it is lawful for the
Secretary-at-War to withhold the pay of an officer or soldier
improperly absent from his duty ; and, to avoid any future
misconstruct►on of the intention of the Act, I am now to ac-
quaint you that whenever a commanding officer shall award
imprisonment, without distinctly ordering, that pay shall be
forfeited. I shall equally feel it my duty to disallow the pay
for every day of absence from duty, as if such imprisonment
had been awarded by the authority of a. Court-martial.
decision will not affect the authority of the command-
ing officer to allow the pay of a soldier, who shall have ab-
sented himself for any period not exceeding five days, and who
shall have accounted for the same to the satisfaction of his
commanding of ; but when the commanding officer shall,
by awarding imprisonment, have decided that the soldier was
improperly absent from his corps, and from his duty, the pay
for such day of absence must be forfeited.
" You will be pleased to direct that, from the date of the
receipt of this letter, no charge shall be made for the pay of a
soldier imprisoned as punishment.
" SIDNEY HERBERT."
The above circular has been forwarded to every regiment
and depOt in her Majesty's service.

Mr. Robertson, treasurer of Covent-garden Theatre,
is reported to have said at the Bow-street Police-court,
on Friday, in explanation of the departure of the Belgian
company from that theatre, that our Most Gracious So-
vereign would not honour by :ter presence any dramatic
representations at that how..e, in consequence of its hay-
ing been devoted to the T,Deetings of the Anti-Corn-law
League. Without pro:ke;sing to have any direct autho-
rity on the subjects we do, nevertheless, undertake to
declare that this Introduction of her Majesty's name was
wholl'thwarrant, whilst all must admit it to be
j wt.
ri)7ist unbecominc, and disrespectful.—Observer.
HOP, HAY, AND CORN CROPS IN WEST KENT...—
The hop bine in the neighbourhood of Maidstone, Yalding, Water-
ingbury, Mereworth, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, and Edenbridee, are
exceedingly luxuriant, but the fly has increased during the last few
days very considerably. It is, however, fortunate that the planta-
tions throughout the whole of the district are in so high a state of
cultivation that the strength of the stock generally will enable the
major part of the crop to outgrow the injurious effect of the vermin.
Haymaking is now general, indeed a considerable quantity is already
housed, and that in good condition. Wheat and barley look un-
commonly healthy, and there is at present every prospect of an
abundant harvest

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 4.—We have
had a fiat market for sugars this week, and the transactions since
our last are unimportant. So very little remains in first hands,
that importers will not sell unless they can obtain previous prices,
which the trade do not seem disposed to give,--Vrisivi Mercury.

IRELAND.
THE FATAL AFFRAY AT BALLINHASSIG.
THE INQUEST.

The Cork Ezaminer of Friday contains the following additional
particulars respecting this lamentable occurrence, and also the pro-
ceedings of the first day of the inquest :
"On Thursday, pursuant to arrangement, the inquest on the
bodies of the unfortunate peasantry, seven in number, who fell be-
neath the fire of an armed body of constabulary on the previous
Monday evening, took place. In consequence of the number of
summonses issued by the coroner, Mr. F. Baldwin, the number of
jurors was exceedingly large and respectable, consisting entirely of
the gentry of the county for many miles round. The attendance
of magistrates was also large.
" The inquest was held in a loft In the mill house of Mr.
Keller, Ballinhassig, close to the spot where the massacre took
place. The building was surrounded by crowds of peasantry during
the entire day.

" After some preliminary arrangements, the coroner, jurors,
aed medical gentlemen withdrew to view the several bodies ; and,
though it was then only 11 o'clock, they did not return before 6
o'clock in the evening.

" It had been previously arranged that the jury were to see the
nearest body first, and so on, until the whole seven had been
examined, in order that an opportunity might lse thus afforded to
the relatives and friends of the deceased to inter them as aeon as
possible. The first hovel before which the cavalcade halted was
that of the brother of Julia Callaghan, whose maiden
name was Holland. This was about two miles from the
scene of slaughter, at a place called Ballingromoola. As we ap-
proached this miserable habitation the sounds of wild lamentation
were heard issuing from the low door, the only aperture, except
the chimney, by which air and light were admitted within the
dreary walls. A group of men surrounded the door, and in the
midst ofthem we perceived the young husband of the dead woman;
and I shall not soon forget the desolate crushed-down look of the
poor fellow, who did not utter a word, but now and then gave vent
to his grief in a half.sigh, half•groan, that would move the hardest
heart.

" The jury then proceeded, over a rugged road, to Adamstown,
where, in a filthy hovel, not twelve feet square, sunk in a lag, and
surrounded by fetid stagnant pools of slime, lay the body of John
Desmond. To say that the remains of this unhappy victim pre.
sented the most awfully hideous and revolting appearance that could
be seen by mortal eye, is only to give a faint notion of the reality.
It is horrible to think that this hovel was filled during the previous
night and during that day by crowds of country people, who must
have inhaled, for several hours, an atmosphere literally poisonous
-..,worse than that of the worst charnel-house. We shall not dare to
venture on a description; suffice it to say, that it was like a lifting
up of the awful veil hiding the mysteries of the grave.
" After viewing the other bodies, the coroner and jury returned
to Ballinhassig at six o'clock, after a long, melancholy, and pain.
ful journey of some sixteen or eighteen miles, and of seven hours'
duration.

" BALLINHASSICI, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.—The Court sat this
day at ten o'clock. The magistrates present were—Colonel Burke,
Captain Atkins, Lyttleton Leicester, Daniel Connor, J. Moloney,
Carew O'Grady, J. Biggs, W. Meade, Captain Roberts, M. Roberts,
and R. Knaresborough.

" The [coroner having called over the names of the jurors, and
they having answered, two of the medical gentlemen, Dr. M'Evera
and Dr. Wall, were examined; the testimony of the former was,
however, of little importance, he not being present at the conflict.
Dr. Wall's examination had not closed at post hour."
The Cork Constitution gives a very different account of the
affray from that furnished by the other papers which we have seen.
It is to the following effect :
" The party at the fair consisted of three constables, two acting
constables, and thirteen sub-constables, who had been marched in
from different stations, and who were under the command of Mr.
J. Kelly, first-class sub-inspector of Kinsale, who has been but two
months in the district. He was previously stationed in Wexford,
and has been in the force for ten years. The business of the fair
proceeded as usual up to four o'clock, when symptoms of hostile
significance began to be exhibited amongst the country people.
There continued, however, a temporary quietness, and Mr. Kelly
was enabled to induce the tentowners to level their tents before
half-past seven o'clock. The magistrates who attended the fair.
Mr. William R. Meade, Ballymartle, Mr, John Molony, Ballinaboy,
and Mr. John T. Biggs, Garryhankerdmore, then retired to
Mr. Molony's residence, at about a quarter of a mile distant,
to dinner. They were, however, but a short time gone, when
the leader of one faction, a man named Sullivan, who is better
known by the cognomen of Ranter,' threw up his hat in the green,
and, whirling his stick, gave the faction whoop, when his friends
and adherents immediately gathered about him tumultuously.
The police, however, interfered, and the men of the
opposite party, the ' Neills,' retired from the green.
Ranter and his party then left the green and took a different road
from the Neills. In a few minutes the latter returned to the
green to the number of about 200, and a large body of people
mounted the ditches around the cross in expectation of a fray. In
a moment after Ranter appeared on horseback and rode furiously
down the hill, followed by above 300 men. When he got to the
middle of the cross he pulled up, and, addressing his own party in
Irish, broke a new hat which he wore upon his horse's head. This
was the signal for attack; a yell followed from those on the cross,
which was answered by another from their opponents on the
green. Hearing this yell of defiance, Ranter leaped from his
horse, and rushed at the entrance to the green, which was a nar-
row gap. There he eves met by the leader of the Neills, a man
named Walsh. He grappled him, and when dragging him into
the green constables Pigott and Hannan dashed through the mob,
and laid hold of Ranter, who had his coat off at the time. He
struggled for his release, and called upon his faction to rescue him,
but the other policemen having come up at the moment, he was
lodged in the dispensary. The crowd then surrounded the house,
yelling in a hideous manner, and demanding the release of Sullivan,
which was of course refused by Mr. Kelly, who told them that it
was his duty to convey him before a magistrate. He implored the
people to be quiet. There was then a cry of buoileidh, which
means Strike them.' The attack commenced, and stories were
thrown. The police then got the order to fix bayonets. They did
so, but stones fell upon them so fast that they were forced to re-
treat into the house. When inside, Ranter told them that if they
did not release him every one of them would be killed. To this
Mr. Kelly replied, that he must do his duty, and that was to keep
his prisoner. The windows were now dashed in, and the order was
given to prime and load. This was quickly obeyed, but while the
police were in the act of doing so an attempt was made to force the
door, with a cry of Drag them out.' The police attempted to
keep the door closed, but it was forced, and one fellow—a very
able man—caught the top of it and tried to drag it into the road, so
as to expose the inmates to the fury of the mob ; but one of the
constables drove his bayonet into the desperado's breast, and he fell
back. Three others of the crowd then seized the door and dragged
it into the road. The doorway was now defended by constables Pi-
gott and Hannan and acting constable Dawson, while the number of
stones thrown increased every moment. A cry was raised amongst
the mob, and they were exhorted to tear down the house and
kill the police. A body of the people then rushed to the back of
the house, and with tent sticks began to strip off the roof. The
police now perceiving that their lives were in imminent danger,
called upon Mr. Kelly to permit them to defend themselves ; but
he answered by saying ' No firing,' and came to the door to implore
the people to desist, but before he had uttered many words he re-
ceived a blow of a large stone on the right side of his face, which
drove him back. The roof was now opened, and large stones were
thrown into the house, and the police again called upon Mr. Kelly
to give them the order to fire, and he then said, Fire, but fire
steadily.' Instantly a fellow rushed at the door and threw a large
slick at constable Pigott, which struck him on the head ; but the
stick had no sooner left his hand than he was shot from the
window on the right ; and, reeling for a short distance, he fell.
The mob now became more violent, and dashed forward, yelling
hideously, and as they closed in at either side the ringleaders
were shot. The police saw that retreat was their only safety, the
stones fell so quickly upon them through the aperture in the
roof, and even Ranter's courage left him, for he ran to the
windows and implored of his friends' not to murder them, and,
while doing so, received several wounds from the stones.
The 'police then deterinined on retreating, and acting-constable
Damon led; but no sooner had he left the threshold than he re.
ceived the blow of a stone on the mouth, which split his upper and
lower lips, and knocked out two of his front teeth. He fell, and
his carbine was wrested from him by a fellow, who struck Dawson
with it on the head while he lay ; but this man paid dearly for his
barbarity, for a shot from the window at the same moment
stretched him alongside his victim. Dawson again got up, and
1 being separated from his comrades by the crowd which surrounded
him, and which had prevented them from leaving the house,
stag-
gered along the road in the direction of Mr. Keller's house. He
was overtaken, and beaten into the ditch. Dr. Stewart J. Tresi.
lian at that moment came up and cried out,' Run, run, here come
the Dragoons,' which caused the fellows to fly from their victim.
Dawson then got up, and staggered to the house of a Mrs.
Oakes, but her son drove him off, and he reeled to the house
of a man named Barrett, but the door was shut against him.
He stood there for a moment, but, seeing his assailants return-
ing, he got to the other side of the road and went into the
house of a man named Lacy. Lacy closed the door and pushed
Dawson into a pigsty at the other end of the house and concealed
the aperture. The mob, coming to the door, demanded to have It
opened ; but, there being a moment's delay, they drove it in, and
searched for Dawson. During the search, Dawson contrived to
force himself through a small hole from the pigsty into Mr.
Keller's meadow, and crawled through the high grass up to the
house, where he was secreted by Mr. Keller's man in a loft. The
mob, finding that Dawson had escaped, wreaked their vengeance
upon Lacy, by breaking his windows and door, and beating a woman
with stones until they left her apparently lifeless. But to return to
the scene at the dispensary. At the moment Dawson was sepa.
rated from his party, constables Pigott and Hannan followed to try
to protect him, but were obliged to retrace their steps, and imme-
diately after the entire body were compelled to leave the house, it
was so dilapidated, and stones were poured into it with such mur-
derous determination. The police then left the house, and, forming
in a body, charged up the hill, in the hope of gaining the police-
station, which was about a mile off. In the confusion attending
this movement, the prisoner Sullivan escaped. In the course of
their retreat they were met at all points by dense masses of people,
yelling and throwing stones, but were fortunate enough to gain the
top of the hill alive, though very much bruised. Having got into the
station-house, they made preparations to defend themselves against
any renewed attack, and were shortly after joined by the magis-
trates. Mr. Meade, fearing an assault upon the station-house,
sent off a special messenger to Cork for a reinforcement. Within
two hours from the time the messenger was dispatched, forty
police had arrived from the city, in jingles, under the care of
Sub-Inspectors Walker and Green, and head-constables Condon
and Moylan, accompanied Dr. Harris, physician to the con.
stabulary. The affray having subsided, Dr. Tresilian paid every
attention to the wounded, in. andwhich he was occupied during the
night, assisted by Dr. HamsDr, M`Evers. The firing of the
police was remarkably accurate,hi there being thirty-four shots dis-
charged, every one of w must have taken effect. Thirty-
two shots were fired whilech they defended themselves in the house,
and two during the retreat. Each policeman had twenty rounds
of ball-cartridge, yet no man fired more than four shots—in
fact, the time during which the quick firing continued would not
permit of his doing more. It is up to
the present moment im.
possible to know accurately the number killed or wounded, as
they have been removed to their abodes for miles round the
country.'

ORANGE PROCESSIONS.
DuaLIN, JULY s.—The Earl of Roden has published the fol
lowing address :

J
" Brother Protestants—The Ist of Jul y y
is p
as u
T h3e,
.1 804.55.
ter
meeting which the Repeaters threatened to hold on that memorable
anniversary on the banks of the Boyne has not taken place. Hap-
pily, for the peace of Ulster, we have been saved from that insult.
I hear that the Repeaters are now endeavouring to induce our
brethren to celebrate the 12th by processions with banners and
flags. It cannot be for our advantage that such advice from them
should be followed, much as you value the events commemorated
on that day, much as they should be honoured and regarded by
every loyal subject in the land, I would not gratify these wishet,
expressed by the Repealers of Down, Armagh, and Tyrorve. I
should rather that you quietly met in your respective n'.lighbour..
hoods, determined to maintain true Protestant principles among
yourselves and your children—rejecting alike the insidious snares
of a false Protestanism within the Church., and :the errors of Ro.
manism, from which we have been. happily delivered, under God,
through the means of that Prirlee of glorious and immortal memory,
King Wiliam the Third.

"I could not let this opportunity pass without tendering you
my opinion as to your proceedings on the approaching 1264. You
already know I can have but one object in doing so, which is
your welfare, and consequently the prosperity and happiness of all
denominations of our fellow.subjects in Ulster. I have the honour
to be, brother Protestants, your faithful friend.

" RODEN."

DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—SATURDAY.
A favourable change has taken place in the Share-market. The
following is from the official list :

Government Funds—Three per Cent. Consols, 99 99h—Three-
and-a Quarter per Cent. Stock, 101 ._Bank Stock, 210.
Miscellaneous—City of Dublin Steam-packet Shares, 102.
Railways—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 2—Belfast and
Ballymena, 41 6i.....8e1faat and County Down, 3i—Bandon and

Bantry, Ik—Cork and Bandon, s—Cork and Youghal,
3—Cork;
Blackrock, and Passage, 2—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 6i Sk"
Dublin and Drogheda, 110—Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3b 31";
Great Southern and Western Extension, 10i i—The Midland
Great Western Railway and Royal Canal Company, 34 #:
Irish Great Western (Dublin to Galway), 3I—Killarney Junk"
tions, 2i—Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction, 4i—L°n:
donderry and Coleraine, 3}—Waterford and Limerick, 51 uff
—Waterford and Kilkenny, 21—Wexford and Carlow, 9i ><'-"Ngfr
terford, Wexford, and Dublin, If 4.