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    IRELAND. Ajs Affaib of Hoitoua.—Mx. John...

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    The Trtajl Of Ispoulen. The Trial Of Jar...

    for he eouldgiwno evM & nce respecting- it , an * yet he 5 S * £ StatJ 3 ? fe a positiomto identify th * two ^ anra « r ^ l ia thecottag « Suppese-for a moment , tfaafr Spol-^ had > committed ? the Hmrdtaj an * tha * the- Kwnmert ¦ wrBioh fitteA tfee woundfe was the- instrument of deattij would'h <* not hawsaid to > hfinself that he" would' not take Mb own razor with , hkn ?• HS would ; have- takstt a sttentge razor ; He was in > the habit of nuu & uig B » hammers bo- as to recognise them . Another matter o » which the Crown- relied ; wa * the periodical stoppage off ttoe < dam prior- to * but not since , the prisoner s- arrest . But ' was it not dear that whoever hid the money

    therewouldnofc go again when he found that the money was discovered ? ' Then , as . to the finding of the second razor , * 3 ouiaii * not be tha * the razor waa thrown- iiitotiie canal to-eke-out a case ? ' Who-gave the police information of its whereabouts ? The adfege said—< -Those > who . hide can find ; ' did tfaafc hold * good in- the- present ease ? ' Mr . Carratt was proceeding- tx * call attention to the bearing of ? " the-evidence of the children , to the effect that when Mrs . Spollen was Hi , some time beftre the arrest of the prisoner ^ he had > sworn to take the life of any- person who-would ! procure the attendance- of a physician or a -clergyman , when he- was- interrupted by the court

    Chief Justice Bfenahan , who said' that ? was at a loss . to understand how this evidence could be made relevant fro the issue . The Attorneys-General replied that , if such ^ was the feeling'of the court , he would withdraw the evidence . A long argument hereupon took place , the result of which- was that the evidence should be withdrawn , subject to the reservation of the prisoner ' s right to have the ; opinion of the . Court of Criminal Appeal as- to the legality of this- procedure ;/ Mr . Curran then animadverted on the fact that Spollen ' s clothes , which were given over to Dr . Geoghe . jan , were not produced , and that the said gentleman was not examined about the razor . " Was the towel' found in the murdered man ' s office Spollen ' s ? If : it belonged to ¦ him , would it not have been easy of identification ? And on this evidence they were asked to convict the prisoner of tire murder of Mr . Little . The real secret was they

    ware asked to convict him because there was an outcry in England and Ireland ' about this murder—an oblation ¦ was asked for , a sacrifice was- required , and James Spollen was arrested . " Mr * Brew & ter , Q . C ., replied for the Crown , and CMei-Justice Monahan postponed the summing-up till the next day . He then went elaborately over the facts of the case , and exhibited the discrepancies existing between the various statements made by the children . The jury retired ; taking with them tne hammers and razors . In ' about an hour and a quarter , they re-entered , and handed * in a verdict of . Nbr GurtTY .

    Spollen , who was standing at the time , suddenly lifted his right hand in a confused' manner above his head , then struck the dock rail , and , after one or t-vro convlsivc sobs , sanlc into the arms of the turnkeys , exclaiming aloudi "My children ! my children ! "' He was then seated ; when one of the turnkeys disengaged his neck-tie and shirt collar , and gave him a draught of water . Having in , some measure recovered , he thus addressed the court : — **• Well , my lords and gentlemen , I find that I am not escactfy deceived . My conviction -was fixed that I stood before twelVe of my countrymen—men of ago , experience * and that had happy firesides , and confidence in

    their family circles , I thought that they would impartially take my case into consideration , and thoy have done so . It is not for mo taaommonce to praise myself ; but I have beem brought hexa in a wrongful way/—- \ vrangfiudly by—JB will not condemn , the ; woman ; 1 dlvratyB liked , the man and . I lovaiL tha woman ; , but it isai dreadful , thing ' , to be in tha handaof . a > female , tigress I should have returned thanks , to tha two * gentkmen ,, the . hanounabla gantlemonv pillars o £ the law on tha > bench . I may ) be too sensitive when I . say the senvranta . of the Crowtt hawe lilackenad mjjr-character too much ini their addresses to the jury ., i . hanret . however , thanks be to God , escaped : ( raising hia /* awds)— -thanka fludpmi & ea , bo . to , God ! . AmenJ' Here ; he . aat dormnj oa tha chaw in ..

    tli « i dock , bat immediately rose and . bjagan . speaking again . ) " My character , I am afraid * must , remain triuiugiy . impaired—mjj- cirildcan , tha only onus . ; I love , I have ta provide . tox ~ ( jXbja prisoner hero , again waa overaomo hy his > £ sfilingeu ) i If I hod . means to , natdro tQ . 8 OJ » O . r ** -T- " Ghia £ Justice Mouahaaa " la than * any other cha « Ka agninafc tbe . pwaoJWB jj Gavernocof Ouj . GaoL : Mo , my load . " " Spojlea pnoaaoded . ; " Iff I can , and moan * of retiring to an , asylum , in < some . ailonA , colony whoca I can aon ~ tiuuovfor tha eemaindw ? of my ; life ; ta support , oxiatenco . and to , — - *" Chief Justice Lefroy : "Does the Grown iniand ta > pra-CQ « diwifch . ony afcJ » a » ohqcgf » against tUo prisoner ?" MruO'DonohQ ^ it " X , am nob . uiafcriwiiodth . « t the Grown ; intend * to , pmceodi wttb . ao # otU « ir vixnc & Q affainat Uw . Pfisouaii . "

    SdoU ^ o , again , nMutm « 4 l : " Tux . Uw ^ gentlomon of tha . prwa Ji rotunt nvy atouspm awI hawt ^ thoaUcs tax tk « t »> wnwr Lm y ^ at ^ tiw ^ nvnaUiadi ajfcpub dwAog ! m & s inom ~ ceration . JU fas aUnJOnc lumdnv . 14 would ta > fiwUaU , ink

    The Trtajl Of Ispoulen. The Trial Of Jar...

    meto do no . The- public witnessed tb # untiring energy and scrutiny- witfi which , as tlie gentleman himself said * ha-had grown old in the- service , your hon . friend M * Cut-ran , my eounser v and the- untiring- energy he dtephwed' But he is not so old in . the service- that he does not retain a large . fund of that w ^ lich will gato support many and many a , poor clLent-beneath his able hands , ilay he live many a day with a similar case as mine to defend ! " ' ' . ¦ Sounds of cheering outside the court-house became audible as soon , as- the uaws-qf the , verdict had passed . out . Mr . Cucran : "It would be well if the prisoner w « ra not discharged : immediately . There are .- great OEOwde outside ^ " This wo 3 ; agreed to ,: and . the case tecHUoatea ..

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    Ireland. Ajs Affaib Of Hoitoua.—Mx. John...

    IRELAND . Ajs Affaib of Hoitoua . —Mx . John T- Walker ^ Mr .. "VV . W . King ( 17 th Lancers ) , Mr . Francis . Edward . Thomas , and Sir E ,. Hutcbinson , have been , acregted , charged , tha first two with- , having ; intended , to fight a ^ duel , and the latter with aiding and abetting their intention . They were sat at liberty on entering into their own recognizances to keep the peace . Thlsksing the Wobkhodsbs . —Mr ; Chauniy an agent of her Majesty ' s Land and Emigration Goniinissoners , attended on Monday at . the Workliouaa for the purpose of selecting , fifty women to be sent , under the gcant recently made , to the Cape of Good Hope . The Home Government haa made arrangements with the- colonial authorities that they shall receive protection until provided for either by marriage or service .

    America* The Latest Intelligence From Ka...

    AMERICA * The latest intelligence from Kansas is ta the effect that the insurgents at Lawience have yielded , being overawed bv the strong force of FedaraL troops concentrated in the vicinity of the city . Governor Walker proposed very shortly to colleet the taxes . General Hai-ney and his troops were to-start again for Utah * , f txnn which , they were diverted , by the s-tate of things at Lawrence . The period for the departure of BIr . Cummiugs , the new Governor of the Mormon territory , was not fixed : at thelast dates ^ The President was about to leave the capital , fas Bedford Springs . " It is understood , " says the New York Tribune , " that Chevalier Wikoff holds a . commission as secret diplomatic agent in Europe . "

    After a lengthened interview with General- Cass , Mr .. Ilerran , the Minister of New Granada ,, has proposed the basis of a-n amieablo arrangement of the actual difficulties between , his Goverinneut and that of the United States . The Washington State- reports ; that the " Postinastep-. General had ordered , a . contract witli the Pacific Mail Staam-ship . Company for regular semi-monthly service from . San Francisco to Olympia , Washington . The extensive stabling and other buildings o £ the Brooklyn Railroad Company have been fired by incenrdiaries , and the whole was consumed . Seventy-five out of one hundred and niaety-seven horses were burnt or missing . Albany has been visited with one of the most terrific rain , bail , thunden , and lightning storms ever experienced .. It lasted about three-quarters . of an hour ,, and did considerable damage . Storms of a . similar character , have . been , experienced ) in several parts of tb . a

    Union . Another riot , accompanied by the use of fine-arms , in which one man has been > shot and aevecal injured , has occurred at Baltimore between two rival fire companies . Another questionable explanation has bean given o £ tho poisoning catastrophe at Cincinnati . The poisoned lozenges found , about tha streets ,, and eaten by a number of . children ( one of whom , has since died ) , wero ,. it ia now statodj tl * o stock-inrtrade of a drunken German , who pucsuad tha vocation oC selling them ; for the de ^ . struction . o £ rats . Ho had dropped them , while in a state ' of intoxication , Thia ^ however , does not account for tha story of the . lozenges having been , offered to 8 « v , eEa 4 paar sengota , who declined to tako thorn .

    Tl » a State Deparfeniuent at Washington ! haa , beon . ad " vised that tha pending difficulties between Spain and Mexico would bo arranged in a , manner eu-tiafaotony to all parties , and that tUo proposed naval dumonatmtkm against Vera . Cruz will , not tak / 3 nlaco ,. Tl » o Fxeiuou , Ministor at . Washington , and , tha United States Minister at Paris haa confirmed thoaa statements . LojuL NapifiR , tho British Mj . nistor , hn 4-an intorviow ,, oil ! the 80 th ult ^ wiih GonoruL Coas , with- r . eferou « o to the pracoedihtf ? token negardiiiff the , scijsuxflr of tha ba * l « PaocUita . on the coast of Afciciu , It was , aaid that General Cess's explanation * woro perJGoctly satiafaatory . The total loss o £ tlie ship . Carak and * , has cargo o £ cotton , both vdluad at 230 , 01 ) 0 daUags , ia reported from Key West ;; also , the prpbablo loas of tha bark Paoifict , from Now York for Mobile , »» J & uat Key shooj , on tUo 2 2 nd ; ult . Nq liv « a- woto Loab in oither Uiaaator .

    Aocounta . from , St . Paul ,, Mutaqsoito , to tha SiQtJii ult ., ropwaont tha Sioux Indiana , as dofying , the IXnitud StAtas Boldiora , and the aefctLqra « w flying t » ' t 3 * o fort * foe protsction . D ^ a ^ Aiohoa . froin . ObloneL AboraromJbio ,, th « commoadftT . of tlto troops ,, datnd , tha 25 tl » ,, staibo , on thxi countraryj , ibat * . tha Indlonfl Uitd boon , p . iwiiterty and thai tha tnoujbla . \* Uh . fehaai was at aim « nd *

    The Ustdiajst Kevolt.. Ajf Engli&Li. Gea...

    THE USTDIAJSt KEVOLT .. Ajf Engli & li . geafclcman residing in , Indite thilB de > gcribes what hercalls " the- battle : of Benaxe ^ " whiab took plaoft : on , Ihuraday , tiia 4 th . of June : — " Imaginea square , the nortai side formed : by . the huts of' th & 37 tto Native Infantry ; weatt , Sikh regiments ; south ; the -Irregjilar C & vaky ; east , three , hundred Eng < - lisb' and' three guns , the hope and last resources off Benares . Enter- English officer ^ rides up . to the- 37 th ' s lines , and orders , out the troopa ^ they come out , and : form ; line in front of their huts ; - then eachi ofiieer eaaplains to < bis- company that they are- to ; , disarm for the present till less stormy , days ; ©* ie officer * G—r , my informant , actually shook hands' with , the chief m « n of Ms comfiorwacdand

    pany , and than ordered them to step ' ) lagr down their-muskets ; Their answer eanie in the'shape of eighty-masketballs all' sound him ; but , not one ' hit him , nop were- any ofi tlie other- officers * kUtedi hx thi * first discharge . The men then , felt hackc into then ? huts , and ; commenced loading and firing- under coster of them at . tha English . Major Guise * of the feragularsi node in among the hutSj and was . killed almost immediately ; The English guns took up a raking position-,, and- peppered the huts with , grape at two . hundced and fifty yards .. One of our officers eamfi forward with a fewmen , and fired the roofs , ao the Sepoy * got rathec astonished . Meantime the Sikhs , left the east side of the . square andv formed a line parallel to and between tha Sepoys and cavalry , and facing- the former * The : cavalrylish officer to lead themand

    said they wanted an Eng , - Dodson , of the 37 th , who hadi just , escaped ; the first fire of- his-owJi corps ^ cam e forward ,. andwa & immediately received with one or two rifle balls ffcom > tbe « a . valry Upon this ^ the Sikhs faced round and fired a > volley , but whether intended for the officers-or . the cavabsy is not . told . Certain it i * they shot , dowri . three ; of th & fonmer andinone . of the latter . When tha other oflicers found themselves thus bec \ veen tyvo ficea , they galloped out and .-joined the Europeans , and made them turn their guns on Sikh & and cavalisy alike , until these two gallant regiments found , out their mistake , and once more turned their fire on the 37 thi " Was not this- a nice ; battle ? The sum total was-that the-37 th were ufctenly smashed-,, and the Sikhs and : cavalry frightened out of their wits > . and made sensible that they were mistaken . "

    A letter ; dated June 1 ' 7 th , has appeared m the Aug . sbu . rg Gazette from a German residing in . Calcutta . We here read : — " The troops have been on the point of mutinying here , and the inhabitants of the city are in a terrible fright . At the outbreak of the revolution , the Europeans ( foreigners ^ , oflfered theijj serviced ,, but . they were declined , and that ! almost contemptuously Many persons were , howevej ' ,. much alarmed ,, and took navalr-eia with them wheathey went to obuiich ; and to balla . The . Government considered it advisable tn coax the . rebels * and when the 70 th Regiment , lying , a & Barraeknore—a few miles from this city—offered to mauch against their comrades , the . Governor went ia penaoa to- thank , them .

    When it was decided that the regimen * should bogia its mamjn ,. ifc became evident , that its pnofessei loyalty waa a merO ' mask .. At three o ' clock during the night , be * tween tha . 13 th and 14 tU insb ., we wewe suddenly awakened , and informed that the outbreak w , ae- about to , take place . A messenger who Had , fallem into- the hands of the authorities had confessed that the two regiments at Burvaekpora and the txoopa . in Calcutta bad , ugreed to mutiny during the night w question . Thef commander of the city sent about everywhere and had th . « people roused . The expi < essipn of people ' * faces was » sight worth seejnffi . Dr . G « orgo von . Liebigy , who- was . armed

    to tho teeth , called us up ,, and © . u 4 > -wo & ftJHe 4 ,, clothed , ' and . armed in a sufflicientJiy pictu ^ esqHft maouor . The liepoes , inn on quarter of the city were * ow , and only eleven men ' offered their bjraasta' t * . the . attol mornma brqeze . ' As the sun rose ,, our apprehensions diminished , but still , many gcatlonaon woro ia despair , that only women and children worn admitted into the fort . . . . Terrible atrocities have boon committed , and ,. wUo » tho English soldiers gat alongside of the wiscals , Uttia morcy will bo shown . At iCJIiazoo , wUolo platoons of rebels fell oil . their kneea ,, but tho soldiprs wore , deaf to tUo voices of their officw « , aftd not a Soppy , vratk \ a . ft . "

    Mr . Sfcocqiuelojr , ooj Monday QvanMXg ) gavoalooture at WUli »>' * liponia On . the Qovepniwaat o * India , with rqftiFeaco in the recent mutinies ., tla t ) m » . inair ca 4 ; ed , wnat ho concqived to bo the pritfjui Qf iiUftQUtbrealR ;—•? Ab tlw end ofl last oon * uny , tho- Drltisfc -wore in po * . sosion of a . very ooneiderable natiro army , oftlcero * by Englishmen . ; but in- tho y « ar 1824 tiM > - torrltorioa ofi tho East Ittdia Company had so much inaweased thai ) it w « a still furtherand

    found' necessary to augment the army , on this being-dono many of tho ofncor * of tho old aorpfl woro taken from thorn and established' in tho new . rat » . was tho first blow whioh woe stnwte «* *»» wnnwt oa which existed befcwoeu tUo Europoans « n * tlio , ««<» VO tw > op * j and from thit * JnoMonb tUo wholo oauso oB the mudny mlffUO bo fcraood atop by > sWp- * w . « " * Porf < £ frequent acts of insubordination woro " , "J «* * J ^ . ^? nativottZop *} and on » ovor 4 0 fl « wlP »» ^ J ^ SSSL w ^ roobUged to . prqq « ed . wxtMWltim , M & «?«« S"W » t * * W «

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 15, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15081857/page/7/