The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-05
Iti,k News

NJ. Horace Fyesrald h~ hoou appointed to
Il Judscsbip at Trinidad. Salary $1,000 per
year
Tho roy'tnmont have authorize an e,pcn-
oitufe OF ~ uo '.t additional alterations ia the
.lrmgsh Lunatic Asylum.
Tue trustees of tbs s myth Barry estate have
given to tho town commits toner's OF Tpporsry
u sits fer town hall.
The Marquis Of Clanfcardc is abont bulldog
a magnificent mansion at rortumna, IN the sty %
kLosn as French Gothic. Ino estimated cost
Ia 200.
sir John Arro,t, NJ =, /, elcstol chairman
Of the Cork ant Macroom Railway Company 49,
llo has subscribed ESQ coo TO tho line, snd Il is
expected the works will be shortly opened.
Tho Mc.t Roy. DIR. Gillooly, Bishop OF ri.
rlim in recent pastoral sermon 10 tho faithful
In hts diocese, makes urgent appeals on boha
OF tho suffering poor
A loan under the provi-on' Of Mr.. Miner
Gibson q bill, for thu construction OF pier and
break water at Galway, l. about 10 be solicited
hy tho Hathor Board Of that town, from tho
Royal Commissioners.
The late Mr.. Laurence Murphy Of Broad
street, Waterford, has bequoathed $500 to the
| Orphanags in Lady lane; $500 TO the society
Of ST. Vincent dc Paul; $500 to tho Brothers
OF tho Christian Schools, in that city.
Sir Robert Feel, tho Irish Chief secretary,
has introduced bill in the House Of Commons
for the better roRulai m Of fairs aud kots in
Ireland, and 10 remedy the evils Of tho presen,
tysioU. Tho bill provides for a uniformity Of
wolghis and measures, and abolishss tho col
lection Of toll on sales. Several Irish members
rpoke in favor Of the measure.
Tho Chief Secretary has also introduced q
iii r tho amendment Of the Irish Poor Laws.
II abolishcs the "quarter acre system affords
m,oic1l relief to tho out or p,Cr, and gives
.owor to relieve orphans aud destitute children
ou' Of the po,r house.
The corrtmartih on Captain Robertson, OF
The Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, assembled
| II the Royal barracks, Dublin, and continued
during ths entire week, when il was adjourned
over. The case excited great interest in mill.
| tafy and civil circles. Tho specii ,ations are
| Conduct unb' coming an officer aud gentleman,
| in not demanding redress On baing publicly in-
quilted by Lieutenant. Colonel Dickson, in Lon
| don, In October 1860 and for making a state.
ment 70 the War Department TO the effect that
ho had made his application for tho sale of his
commission through intimidation, knowing the
same to bo false. Tho prisoner denied tho
| charges. Tho testimony which was very
lengthy tends TO show the Low condition Of
morals prevailing among the officors Of the lii-
tish army. The trial itself proves this, as Capt
| Robertson, who received the insults, Ia charged
| with not resonting thom, while tbs superior
| officer Who commits the offence " not only un-
| punish d, but made a witness in the cVo to the
| prejudice Of Tho man 10 hal injured. hswhols
| proceedings were a bitter sarcasm on the terms
I" "holor' and gent sman.'
An amusing breach Of promise cisc was late
! " tired m tho Dublin Court Of kvchequor.
| Tue plaintiff, Miss Agnes Harrison, is lady
| who hss passed thirty five summers, and re-
| sides with her brother, near Blllyiclgh, county
| Of Antrim. Tho ungallant defendant, who
| rjoices in the suphonious name Of Hooks, is
one Of the ruling elders Of the Coyenanting
| congregation in the locality, and has gone far
| hoyun1 the allotted three score and ten. -
| The case was a forcible illustration Of the old
adaPs that " every eye foims beauty - for
so strange was the appearance Of tho re-
| luctant lover that the bag BOYS and lOungsra
| OF the -Four Courts are stated TO have mohbo1 him
| when walking about tho precincts Of the court,
and hunted hlm with cries OF " llOoks Hooks :"
| down the quays. The counsel stated that the
| defendant, who, when at home, wears the bost
| broadcloth and good clothes, ho being a com.
| Portable farmer, and worth over e. 000 Ap-
poAred thus ridiculously and tantasticslly
dressed, in wrotchedly poor clothes, with his
face dirty aud bis Appearance very squalid, in
order that the jury might bo led TO believe that
| he was in extreme poverty. Tho fair suitor
| laid her damal Oh a. tho sum Of t3OO ard The
| defendant pleaded denial OF the promise.
A novel iostuTe in the case wa', that both
| the parties wero examined by consent. Much
| laughter was occasoned by some Of the state
| monts made by the defendant, when in the wit
| nos.box, especially when, at the close OF hi,
examination, he turned 10 the Lord Chief
| Baron, ana ia a mysterious and confidential
| manner inquired Of hin, " Does your lordship
| think the case is going In my favor1' The
| jury returned verdict for the plaintiff
| dsmrgfs go.