The Sun. — 1862-10-30 (London, England)

IRELAND.  P.' /  B LIN, .ek.• At the commission yesterday George„l*vir,,,, e-polieeman, was convicted of stealing atoms and chain from a gentleman whom he foNZAWLS-4: ing on the step of a door in the neighbour/ 44d on Granby-row, in this city. The gentleman stated in his evidence that he was :roused by a policeman, and when he had proceeded about 100 yards front the place be missed his watch, which, being produced, he identified. Mr. Green, a watchmaker, deposed that the prisoner brought it to him to get it cleaned and repaired, and he wished .bim to alter the number and the initials, that it m3gnt look " younger or newer." A pawnbroker at Belturbf't, County Cavan, proved that the prisoner loft the watch with him, and borrowed £6 on it. Acting Inspector Keegan and Sergeant O'Neill gave evidence which left no doubt of the prisoner's guilt. The jury foUnd him guilty of receiving the property, knowing it to be stolen. Baron Deasy sen• tenced him to four yeßrs' penal se,-vitude• Martin. Hough, alias O'Leary, a sc:rvant, was indicted for attempting to Ritader Mary Metcham, also a servant; by cutting her throat wig h a razor, on the 15th of July last. There had beet) some courtship between the parties, but the girl at last, following her mother's advice, refused to marry him. On the morning after she dismissed him he went to a house where she was visiting a sick child, and there made a most murderous attack on her, cutting her throat almost from ear to ear and frightfully mangling her hands. The charge was proved by' the girl herself and other witnesses, and the prisoner was found guilty of an attempt to wound and do grievous bodily harm. Before sentence vas passed he made a rambling statement. He was extremelyzorry that one of the Queen's men (he ,hia beet- ,;'.2.itildLr) should have committed such a crime,.as he had *been granted a pension when leaving the service in 1857_ He said, " I place myself in her Majesty's hands, to do what she pleases with me, and I remain her humble and unfortunate snvent, my Lord." An attempt had been made to show that he was insane;-but the plea was not admitted, . and Baron Fitzgerald sentenced him to penal servitude for life.  The Rev. J. Jebb Sargent has published a letter in the Cork. CoAtitutton, giving an interesting account of the death of the Rev. Mr. Harman at the reading-desk, while officiating with him in his church on Sunday last. He says:—  Mr. Harman came unexpectedly to my vestry room, just; before service to-day, and offered to preach for me,which offer I thankfully accepted. We had proceeded in the service as far as the first lesson, which he was reading. Having made a slight mistake, he corrected himself and appeared to falter, • which made me look up, when I perceived him apparently confused and stooping. I had scarcely time to catch him in my arms and lay him gently down. Though every effort was made to relieve him, and the members of the congregation hastened to his assistance, in less than five minutes he lay a, lifeless corpse, in face of the congregation to which he had been ministering. Calmly his spirit passed away from the midst of the congregation on earth to enter the general assembly and church of the first-born. His lifeless body lay still invested with the garb of the officiating minister while  the immortal spirit which lately tenanted it had been wafted by angels into Abraham's bosom. So solemn and impressive a scene it never before was my lot to witness—so awful an illustration of the truth, "in the midst of life we are in death." For that death his whole life was a preparation.  Some idea of the state of the County Tipperary may be formed from the fact that during the recent sitting of the Quarter Sessions Court a gentleman who was attending a', a witness was guarded during the day by two polictznen, who sat near him, with their muskets loaded and capped, all day. jlayes is still at large.