The Sun. — 1868-08-26 (London, England)

IRELAND.  DUBLIN, Tueslay.  Saturday was the last day for serving notices of claims for the franchise under the new Act. In this city the entire number of claims sent in, both of the claimants under £4 and of those claiming as lodgers, is for the Liberals 4,387. The Conservative claims amount in all to 1,600, giving the Liberals a majority of 2,787. Thus, if the Liberals only sustain half of their claims, and the Conservatives succeed in registering all of theirs, the former will still have a majority of 600 on the whole of the new votes. Of course it is far more likely that the voters registered on both sides will be proportioned to the claims. At the election for the city in 1859, when the highest number of votes polled was 4,251, Sir Edward Grogan had a majority of only 275 votes over Mr. Brady, and Mr. Vance a majority of 343 over Mr. M'Carthy, notwithstanding that 1,800 freemen voted for the Tory candidates. From this it will be seen that the new franchise will place the return of two Liberals for the Irish metropolis beyond doubt.  A meeting of the proprietors of the National Bank was held yesterday in the city of Cork, for the purpose of taking into consideration the revelations made at the recent trial of " M‘Kenna v. Usborne," in connection with the " floating " of certain unprofitable schemes through the agency of the bank. About fifty proprietors were present, and the proceedings lasted two hours. A resolution was passed pledging the proprietors not to disclose the business of the meeting. All that is known is that a committee was formed to organise the shareholders in Ireland with a view to the adoption of measures to procure a reform in the board of directors.  The following are the circumstances connected with the murder at Chapelizod, the fact of which was telegraphed yesterday. It appears that a Mr. James Metcalf was placed in charge of the " King's House," Chapelizod, by the Lord Chancellor, to take care of it for a Miss Lawler, a lady of imbecile mind, who is possessed of considerable property. A Mr. Peter Joseph Dawson, a near relative of Miss Lawler's, would seem to have taken umbrage at this appointment, and to have considered that he was better entitled to the charge. He visited the house on several occasions, and gave expression to threats against Mr. Metcalf, whom he ordered to leave the place. On Sunday afternoon, between the hours of four and five o'clock, he was seen approaching the house with something like a bludgeon in his hand. Mr. Metcalf immediately Mcked the doors and barred the windows to prevent his gaining admission. By some means he effected an entrance, and proceeded to the room in which Mr. Metcalf and his wife were. On approaching Mr. Metcalf he said, " What, are you here still " Yes," replied Mr. Metcalf ; whereupon Dawson raised the weapon which he carried, and struck him a violent blown on the head, felling him to the floor. He then left the house ; and Mrs. Metcalf, finding her husband still insensible, sent for medical assistance, and called for the police. Police-constable Ford, 129 D, immediately got upon an outside car and drove towards Dublin. After a short time he came up with Dawson, and with great presence of mind he waited until he was close abreast of him before he made any attempt to arrest himn. When he came close upon Dawson he leaped off the car, seized him with one hand and wrested the bludgeon from him with the other, and took him prisoner. The bludgeon turned out to be the lancewood butt of a fishing-rod of very considerable weight,' and about 2 feet 10 inches in length. Ford brought his prisoner to Bridewell-lane Police Station, and iu the course of an hour Mr. Metcalf came into town for the purpose of preferring the charge against him. At the station lie fainted, and had to be conveyed to Richmond Hospital, where he died during the night. Dr. White, one of the city coroners, held au inquest ou the body yesterday afternoon, when a verdict of wilful murder was returned against Dawson, who was consequently committed upon the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next commission. The funeral of the late Alderman Reynolds took place yesterday at G-lasnevin, and was largely attended by the members of the corporation and the citizens generally.