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The Sun. — 1848-10-21 (London, England)

SATURDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 2l, 1848.  whose head 5001. had been offered was force 3d to accept the office of Attorney-General in the colon ies. All the rebels were furnished with the best situatioi is they could get; and when Mr. Meagher anticipated the return of Mr. Mitchel from transportation he had v. perfect right to do so; and from beginning to end, however wrong it would be to rescue any man, it was not :high treason; and even if they had rescued him on the quay, and dragged him out of the van, he could not have been prosecuted for treason. The Learned Counsel then read the letter written by Mr. Meagher in reference to his visit to Cork, and his intention to go to America. In that letter there was a passage pregnant with treason— namely, that "he forgot what the day of the week was!" His client, no doubt, was a lean man, plotting, like Cassius, the ruin of the Republic; and his treason consisted in his forgetting the day of the -week. Then the writer said that they had made a flat sing speech. The Attorney-General hated such speeches, but had they not lived on them in Ireland for twenty years, and were they not their food and drink for years ? Then he announced his intention of going to New York; and hero was the grand levying of war on the field—a contemplated trip to America. This to be sure was to be held by the force of construction as an intention to levy war in Tipperary. The Attorney-General inninaated, or stated, that the object of Mr. Meagher was to invoke the sympathy of America in favour of Ireland. Had not the American people given the Irish their sympattiy when they were bowed down by famine; had they notfluitg provisions upon their shores—and was the Attorney-General justified in saying that he intended invoking the sympathy of the Americans to support an insurrectionary movement in Ireland? They had a law book which said that "et ceteras " wore full of meaning. Lord Coke had said so, and he presumed that the profound wisdom of the Solicitor-General would prove that the "et ceteras " in the letter of Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher meant that he designed to kill the Queen, murder Prince .Albert, and destroy the eldest child of her Majesty, and if they believed him, the jury would, of course, find his client guilty. The letter written by Mr. Meagher to Mr. Smith was written in 1847, when he was ill .at Belleville, and it had as much reference to the insurrection in Ireland as to Ispahan. Was it then justifialite in the Attorney-General to rake up that letter and bring it forward as a proof of treason? The Learned Counsel then explained the words used by the prisoner in his letter to Mr. Smith, " don't forget France and the Revolution," and represented them to have been used in reference to the " History of the Girondists," by Lamartine, a copy of which he had given to Mr. Smith, and not to the revolution which took place in the present year, and consequently the passage could not have applied to it. At half-past six o'clock, Mr. WHITESIDE, addressing the Court, said—My Lord, haring finished the written evidence, may I ask you to adjourn, as I feel myself to be much exhausted?
The Sun. — 1848-12-09 (London, England)

MURDER OF AN AGED FEMALE.—A singularly atrocious and cool-blooded murder was perpetrated on the night of Saturday last, at Taphouse, in the parish of Tedburn St. Mary, Devon. The victim of this unprovoked and wanton outrage was an old and decrepid woman, named Grace Holman, who, it appears, for many years past, bad been a servant or nurse at Great Fullford House, but had been lately residing in a cottage at Taphouse, without any attendant or means of defence against the attacks of those to whom her unprotected state might be an incentive to crime. It appear:, that she was last seen on Saturday night, about half past six by a man of the village, a thatcher, who, having taken tea with her, left her in her accustomed health, nor was there any knowledge of her having been murdered until, upon her not being seen at her usual time on Sunday morning, suspicions were excited, which led town entrance being forced into the house, and the truth ascertained. The deceased had evidently been smothered, by the pressure of a trunk or chest, in the room, on her bosom. The perpetrators of this deed of darkness, whoever they were, were very systematic in their method of proceeding, for they had taken the precaution, in case of an alarm being raised, to obstruct, by means of a gimblet pieced through the door-post and door of an adjacent cottage, all egress from it. Up to this time, no clue has been found .as to the culprits, although all care !is being exerted for their discovery. In the same parish, the night before, the farm house of Mr. Wellington was entered by five men, who having paid their respects to the various rooms and cupboards, loaded.theinselves with spoil, and well nigh murdered the inmates, took theni selves off and have as yet escaped undetected.—Sherborn; Journal.s been rumoured during the past week, that t in consequence of the daring pitch to which the pirate on the coast of Morocco have carried their lawless avos cations, as specially evinced in the seizure of the British merchant vessel, Three Sisters, Majesty's steam. sloop Polyphemu:,ectahpeturßerdi tisbhy naval Commander.in-Chief in the Mediterranean has been instructed to visit Tangier, for the purpose of demanding satisfaction from the Emperor of Morocco. Now, at the present juncture of affairs on the Italian coasts, we cannot see how it is possible that Sir W. Parker can quit the neighbourhood of Naples and Sicily. for even so short a time, without seriously perilling British interests; and we trust, therefore, the Gallant Admiral will have discretion enough to take upen himself the responsibility of remaining where be is. We would, however, suggest, as it is imperatively necessary a check should at once be given to the piratical expeditions of the Moors, that it would be more advisable that the squadron under Sir Charles Napier should be dispatched from its snug anchorage at. Spithead by the first fair wind, or by the aid of the steamers attached to the squadron, to call the Emperor of Morocco to an immediate reckoning? The daily aggressions of ' the piratei on our merchantmen admit of no delay.—Herald. [
The Sun. — 1848-11-02 (London, England)

RADETZKY. The first is addressed to the soldiers of the garrison of Vienna, the second to his own army :  " Milan, Oct. 16.  "I em not your Commanding General. You are not accustomed to the sound of my voice, or to follow me to battle ; but as Field•Marahal, and as the oldest soldier of the army [Radetzky is nearly eighty years of age], I feel that I have a right to address you. Unheard-of events have taken place under you eyes! Austria's spotless banner has been tarnished by treason and blood. Your Emperor has been compelled a second time to fly from his capital. The War Minister, Master• General of the Ordnance, Count Latour, has been barbarously, scandaloualy murdered, and his corpse dishonoured. A brave General fell, as they say, by the hand of a grenadier I A grenadier battalion forgot its duty in the midst of orgies and shameful drunkenness. It refused obedience, and—oh, eternal shame l —fired upon its faithful comrades. Soldiers of the Vienna gar.rison ! in the name of your comrades of the Italian army, I call upon you to tell me—have you done your duty ? Where was the guard that ought to have defended the murdered General Latour, who ought to have perishtd to the last man, at his feet, ere they abandoned him to the bloodthirsty fury of an excited populace ? Where are these traitors that have east shame upon our standards ? Have they met with deserved punishment, or do they drag on their treacherous existence, concealed amidst the ranks of the insurgents ? Soldiers I anguish overcame me, tears fell from my aged eyes, when intelligence of infamy, unheard of hitherto in the annals of the Austrian army, came to my astonished ears I One consolation remained, however, to me. It was only a small band who thus scandalously betrayed their honour, and basely forsook their duty. On you, ye true and valiant men, depends the safeguard of the throne of your Emperor, and the consolidation of those institutions which he, in his fatherly goodness, accorded to his people, and which an insurgent horde hat e shamefully abused. Soldiers, open your eyes to the abyss that yawns at your feet 1 Everything is at stake. The foundation of the social edifice is shaken. Morality, religion, and property ar, menaced with destruction. They seek to annihilate everything that men hold dear and holy—everything which constitutes the basis of general welfare and prosperity. That, and not freedom, is the ebject of these agitators, who seek to entice you into shame and destruction. Soldiers, in your hands rests the defence of the throne, the maiatenance of the empire! May Almighty Providence grant me the favour to live to see the day when it shall be proclaimed aloud, The army saved Austria.' Then, and then only, will the unhallowed days of the 6th and 7th of October he atoned for and obliterated —then will the army of Italy, now engaged in detending the frontiers of the empire, exte❑d to you the hand of brotherhood.  (Stned) "
The Sun. — 1848-11-02 (London, England)

RADETZKY. The first is addressed to the soldiers of the garrison of Vienna, the second to his own army :  " Milan, Oct. 16.  "I am not your Commanding General. You are not accustomed to the sound of my voice, or to follow me to battle ; but as Field-Marshal, and as the oldest soldier of the army [lladetzky is nearly eighty years of age], I feel that I have a right to address you. Unheard-of events have taken place under you eyes! Austria's spotless banner has been tarnished by treason and blood. Your Emperor has been compelled a second time to fly from his capital. The War Minister, Master• General of the Ordnance, Count Latour, has been barbarously, scandaloualy murdered, and his corpse dishonoured. A brave General fell, as they say, by the hand of a grenadier ! A grenadier battalion forgot its duty in the midst of orgies and shameful drunkenness. It refused obedience, and—oh, eternal shame —fired upon its faithful comrades. Soldiers of the Vienna garrison ! in the name of your comrades of the Italia❑ army, I call upon you to tell me—have you done your duty ? Where was the guard that ought to have de. fended the murdered General Latour, who ought to have perished to the last man, at his feet, ere they abandoned him to the bloodthirsty fury of an excited populace ? Where aro these traitors that have cast shame upon our standards ? Have they met with deserved punishment, or do they drag on their treacherous existence, concealed amidst the ranks of the insurgents ? Soldiers ! anguish overcame me, tears fell from my aged eyes, ashen intelligence of infamy, unheard of hitherto in the annals of the Austrian army, came to my astonished ears ! One consolation remained, however, to me. It ss as only a small band who thus scandalously betrayed their honour, and basely forsook their duty. On you, ye true and valiant men, depends the safi guarsl of the throne of your Emperor, and the consolidation of those institutions which he, in his fatherly goodness, accorded to his people, and which an insurgent horde base shamefully abused. Soldiers, open your eyes to the abyss that yawns at your feet I Everything is at stake. The foundation of the social edifice is shaken. Morality, religion, and property are menaced with destruction. They seek to annihilate everything that men hold dear and holy—everything which constitutes the basis of general welfare and prosperity. That, and not freedom, is the object of these agitators, who seek to entice you into shame and destruction. Soldiers, in your hands rests the defence of the throne, the maintenance of the empire! May Almighty Providetcc grant me the favour to live to see the day when it shall bo proclaimed aloud, The army saved Austria.' Then, and then only, will the unhallowed days of the Oth and 7th of October he atoned for and obliterated —then will the army of Italy, now engaged in defending the frontiers of the empire, extend to you the Land of ibrothrb,,nd  (Signed) "
The Sun. — 1848-02-03 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MURDER. The Cork Reporter contains the following :—" An inquest was held on Thursday last, at Doneraile, on the body of Johanna Murphy, a widow, by Richard Jones, Esq., county coroner, assisted by Messrs. Bayly, R.M. ; Creagh, J.P. ; and M'Cleod, S.I. It appeared in evidence that Richard Ryal, of Streamhill, who is only about sixteen years old, called on Benjamin Penn, a pensioner, in Doneraile, on last Monday morning, to say he could give information against the persons who stole Mr. White's cow, and asked his advice as to what he should do. Penn advised him to report the matter to Mr. White ; he said he would, and left the house to go there. Ryal called on Penn on the Wednesday after, and told him that he saw his father murder the widow Murphy on Monday, by striking her on the head with a shovel, and that he afterwards rummaged the house, and got but 7d., and that if his father were searched the key of the padlock on the widow's door would be found in his boot. Upon Penn's saying he would hot believe him, in consequence of his having told so many lies about the stealing of Mr. White's cow, he replied—" If you doubt me go up and you will see her sitting dead on a chair." Penn reported the matter to head-constable Bently, to whom llyal gave the same account. Both then proceeded to the widow's house, and found the door locked with the padlock. They broke the staple, and on entering the house found her dead in the position described by Ryal, and a gardener's spade, together with a bill. hook, near her. There were several wounds on the forehead and face. Bently suspecting that Ryal was the guilty party, afterwards searched him and found the key of the padlock in his pocket. " Catherine Collins examined.—Proved that on her way to Doneraile, about one o'clock on Monday, she went into the widow's house for a drink of water. The prisoner (whom she identified, and never saw before,) and the widow were the only persons in the I house at the time.  " Patrick Ryal, a boy about nine years old, deposed that about nine o'clock in the morning of the day of the murder he saw his brother, the prisoner, put a bill-hook (which belonged to his father) into his breeches pocket, and cover the handle of it with his coat. Did not see him after until late in the evening of that day, when he handed witness sevenpence to buy meat. His brother had no employment, nor any way of getting money. He did not see the bill-hook after until he saw it in the police barrack. " The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Richard Ryal, who has been transmitted to the county gaol, and the father, who was in custody, was discharged. " It appeared that the prisoner, having been supported as a Crown witness, prosecuted persons to conviction about a year ago for stealing milch cows, for which he got a large reward, and it is supposed he was induced by a similar hope to prefer unfounded charges in this case."
The Sun. — 1848-02-03 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MURDER.  The Cork Reporter contains the following :—" An inquest was held on Thursday last, at Doneraile, on the body of Johanna Murphy, a widow, by Richard Jones, Esq., county coroner, assisted by Messrs. Bayly, R.M. ; Creagh, J.P. ; and M'Cleod, S.I. It appeared in evidence that Richard Ryal, of Streamhill, who is only about sixteen years old, called on Benjamin Penn, a pensioner, in Doneraile, on last Monday morning, to say he could give information against the persons who stole Mr. White's cow, and asked his advice as to what he should do. Penn advised him to report the matter to Mr. White ; he said he would, and left the house to go there. Ryal called on Penn on the Wednesday after, and told him that he saw his father murder the widow Murphy on Monday, by striking her on the head with a shovel, and that he afterwards rummaged the house, and got but 7d., and that if his father were searched the key of the padlock on the widow's door would be found in his boot. Upon Penn's saying he would Not believe him, in consequence of his having told so many lies about the stealing of Mr. White's cow, he replied—" If yo* doubt me go up and you will see her sitting dead on a chair." Penn reported the matter to head-constable Bently, to whom Ryal gave the same account. Both then proceeded to the widow's house, and found the door locked with the padlock. They broke the staple, and on entering the house found her dead in the position described by Ryal, and a gardener's spade, together with a billhook, near her. There were several wounds on the forehead and face. Bently suspecting that Ryal was the guilty party, afterwards searched hips and found the key of the padlock in his pocket. " Catherine Collins examined—Proved that on her way to Doneraile, about one o'clock on Monday, she went into the widow's house for a drink of water. The prisoner (whom she identified, and never saw before,) and the widow were the only persons in the house at the time.  " Patrick Ryal, a boy about nine years old, deposed that about nine o'clock in the morning of the day of the murder he saw his brother, the prisoner, put a bill-hook (which belonged to his father) into his breeches pocket, and cover the handle of it with his coat. Did not see him after until late in the evening of that day, when he handed witness sevenpence to buy meat. Ilis brother had no employment, nor any way of getting money. He did not see the bill-hook after until he saw it in the police barrack. " The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Richard Ryal, who has been transmitted to the county gaol, and the father, who was in custody, was discharged. It appeared that the prisoner, having been supported as a Crown witness, prosecuted persons to conviction about a year ago for stealing mulch cows, for which he got a large reward, and it is supposed he was induced by a similar hope to prefer unfounded charges in this case."
The Sun. — 1848-07-24 (London, England)

SPAIN.  Madrid journals of the 17th have arrived. Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA has been ordered to set out on his travels, accompanied by his daughter, the Infanta Josef's.  The Madrid Gaceta announces that the Commander of the Carabineers had defeated, in the valley of Erro, the united bands of ILZARBE and ZUBLRI with the loss of nine killed and thirty wounded., Another encounter had taken place between Brigadier EGUILUZ and the faction of ITURMENDI, in the valley of Ega; in which 17 of the latter were killed and many made prisoners. Notwithstanding the defeat of ILZARBE and ZuBIRI, the Montemolinist insurrection in Catalonia and the Basque Provinces is becoming every day more formidable. A letter dated Opeja, on the frontier of Catalonia, July 17th, says— "On the 11th, in the environs of Santa Maria de Borreda, a murderous battle was fought between the Carlists and the troops of Queen Isabella. The result was favourable to the Carlists, for they not only remained musters of the field, but took 51 prisoners, among whom was a lieutenant, with 70 muskets and a considerable quantity of ammunition. The Christino forces under the command of General Enna and Parades, amounted to 1,500 men, while the Montemoliniats were only 800, but Cabrera was at their head. The person who gave mo these details, an old military man who has made all the campaigns of the empire, assures me that he never saw a greater inveteracy in so smalls number of combatants. After the first volley the two columns rushed against each other with their bayonets, and in half an hour shed more blood than usually flows in an action lasting the whole day. Cabrera, at the head of forty horse, performed prodigies of valour, and broke his sword in the melee. This extraordinary man has been able, by himself alone, to change the whole aspect of Catalonia. After the battle of June 28, and this of July 11, the 40,000 troops of Isabella trust hold themselves upon the defensive, or they will be defeated by the Lion of the Macstrugo. According to the orders issued by Cabrera, there will be no more small parties. All the columns will amount to 800 men, so that they may be able to contend without too great a disadvantage with columns of 1,000 or 1,500 foot, and 50 horse." A letter from Rosas, Catalonia, of the 12th, says that a column of Government troops that went out from Gerona had been obliged to return, in consequence of the approach of 600 Carlists, who advanced and lodged themselves in the villages immediately round Gerona.  A band of thirty mounted Carlists entered Spain from the frontiers of Portugal, seized the public treasury of Villaneuva de la Serena, and retired with their booty on the approach of a column of the QUEEN'S troops. A band of mounted Carlists, under PEco, entered La Mancha, and occupied the town of Almodovar del Campo on the 14th, where a letter from Almagro states that they were enlisting men, and had already enlisted .:man' beforehand, to be ready to take the field as soon as PEco should present himself.
The Sun. — 1848-07-24 (London, England)

JOSEFA.. The Madrid ( aceta announces that the Commander of the Carabiniers bad defeated, in the valley of Erro, the united bands of ILZARBE and ZUDIRI with the loss of nine killed and thirty wounded: Another encounter had taken place between Brigadier EGumuz and the faction of ITURMENDI, in the valley of Ega, in which 17 of the latter were killed and many made prisoners. Notwithstanding the defeat of ILZARBE and Zumm, the Montemolinist insurrection in Catalonia and the Basque Provinces is becoming every day more formidable. A letter dated Opeja, on the frontier of Catalonia, July 17th, says— "On the 11th, in the environs of Santa Maria de Borreda, a murderous battle was fought between the Carlists and the troops of Queen Isabella. The result was favourable to the Carlists, for they not only remained masters of the field, but took 51 prisoners, among whom was a lieutenant, with 70 muskets and a considerable quantity of ammunition. The Christino forces under the command of General Enna and Parades, amounted to 1,500 men, while the Montemolinists were only 800, but Cabrera was at their head. The person who gave me these details, an old military man who has made all the campaigns of the empire, assures me that he never saw a greater inveteracy in so small a number of combatants. After the first volley the two columns rushed against each other with their bayonets, and in half an hour shed more blood than usually flows in an action lasting the whole day. Cabrera, at the head of forty horse, performed prodigies of valour, and broke his sword in the melee. This extraordinary man has been able, by himself alone, to change the whole aspect of Catalonia. After the battle of June 28, and this of July 11, the 40,000 troops of Isabella must bold themselves upon the defensive, or they will be defeated by the Lion of the Maestrago. According to the orders issued by Cabrera, there will be no more small parties. All the columns will amount to 800 men, so that they may be able to contend without too great a disadvantage with columns of 1,000 or 1,500 foot, and 50 horse."  A letter from Rosas,' Catalonia, of the 12th, says that a column of Government troops that went out from Gerona had been obliged to return, in consequence of the approach of 600 Carlists, who advanced and lodged themselves in the villages immediately round Gerona.  A band of thirty mounted Carlists entered Spain from the frontiers of Portugal, seized the public treasury of Villaneuva de la Serena, and retired with their booty on the approach of a column of the QUEEN'S troops.  A band of mounted Carlists, under PECO, entered La Mancha, and occupied the town of Almodovar del Campo on the 14th, where a letter from Almagro states that they were enlisting men, and had already enlisted many beforehand, to be ready to take the geld as soon as Pxco should present himself.