Births
Booth -- July 19, at Parsonstown, the wife of the Rev. Thomas Booth, of a son.
Butler -- July 18, at Holles Street, Dublin, the wife of James Butler, Esq., of Brownstown, Navan, County Meath, of a daughter, stillborn.
Richardson -- July 18, at Moira, the wite of R. Kingstone Richardson, Esq., of a daughter.
Marriages
Cos and White -- June 2, at Hagurabaugh, Bengal, Ormsby V. Cox, Esq., Lieut. H.M.'s 27th Regiment (Inniskillings), second son of William Cos, Newport White, Esq., M.D., L.R.C.S.I., &c., Downpatrick.
Graham and Herriot -- July 19, at Kirkcaldy, N.B., Robert Graham, of Wellington Park, Belfast, to Margaret Lockhart, eldest daughter of Robert Herriot, merchant, Kirkcaldy. No cards.
Gunning and Reed -- July 17, at St. George's, Dublin, by the Rev. Richard Barton, Samuel Cosh Gunning, Esq., of Maghera, to Henrietta Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Reed, Esq., of that city. No cards.
Jackson and Dempsey -- July 18, at St. John's Church, Pembroke Dock, by the Rev. George Fitzroy Kelly, LL.D., assisted by the Rev. George E. MacHugh, James Jackson, of Dublin, to Margaret, daughter of the late Richard Dempsey, of Mountmellick, Queen's County.
Longfield and Finnemor -- July 19, at Monkstown Church, by the Rev. Hickman R. Halahan, John Longfield, Esq., eldest son of William Longfield, Esq., of Dublin, to Lydia Louisa, youngest daughter of the late John Finnemor, Esq., of Ballard House, County Wicklow.
Deaths
Dunlop -- July 21, at 14, Dock Street, Belfast, Violet, the beloved wife of Samuel Dunlop, Chief-Constable of the Harbor Police. Her remains will be removed from her late residence, for interment in Shankhill Graveyard, on this (Monday) afternoon, at half-past four o'clock. Friends will please accept this notice.
Reid -- July 21, at Groomsport, Arthur James, eldest son of James Reid, Esq., Cliftonville. His remains will be removed for interment in the New Burying-ground, on to-morrow (Tuesday) morning, at eight o'clock. Friends will please accept this notice.
Walker -- July 20, at Magherafelt, William Erskine Walker, Esq., J.P. On to-morrow (Tuesday), at twelve o'clock, it is intended to remove the remains for interment.
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Bell -- May 21, at Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, James Trueman Bell, Esq., eldest son of the late James Trueman Bell, Esq., jun., Solicitor, Armagh, aged 31 years.
Campbell -- July 16, at Trevor Hill, Newry, Rev. George E. Campbell, ex-Sch. T.C.D., of Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, aged 30 years.
M'Cullough -- July 22, at Newry Street, Banbridge, Mr. John M'Cullough.
Milligan -- July 22, at 79, Regent Street, Belfast, the infant son of W. J. Milligan, aged 6 weeks.
Plunkett -- July 19, at Louth Hall, the Hon. Adelaide Constance Plunkett, second daughter of the late Lord Louth, aged 21 years.
Clippings
FIRE -- Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, a fire broke out in a dwelling-house in Sandy Row occupied by a man named M'Kibbin. The occurrence having been reported at the Boyne Bridge Police Station, Constable Fitzgerald and a small party of police at once proceeded to the place, and aided by the neighbors, succeeded in extinguishing the fire by the application of a few buckets of water, thus rendering it unnecessary to call out the fire brigade. The fire originated in a bedroom, and would appear to have arisen from the neglect of some of the inmates in not properly extinguishing the candle before retiring for the night. The damage was very trifling.
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ASSIZE NEWS.
COUNTY OF TYRONE.
OMAGH, JULY 19.
CROWN COURT.
ASSAULT.
David Ewings was indicted for assaulting Catherine Kelly. He pleaded not guilty, and was defended by Mr. Irvine. The case arose out of a dispute about a piece of bog. The prosecutrix alleged that the traverser had tried to bury her alive, but after being unearthed her first cry was for her "net," which had been somehow removed from her head. Her cross-examination by Mr. Irvine caused much laughter in court, owing to the peculiar way in which she replied to the questions of counsel.
The jury, without leaving the box, acquitted the prisoner.
RECORD COURT.
FRIDAY, JULY 20. -- The Right Hon. Chief-Justice Monahan entered court to-day at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the record business.
EJECTMENT.
WILSON v. YOUNG.
This was a case wherein the plaintif, Mary Wilson, otherwise Young, sought an ejectment for a farm in Tattykeel, County Tyrone, occupied by the defendant, Edward Young, who is her brother. It appears that the defendant got this property on the decease of his father, who left it to him in his will, but with the reservation that should he cohabit or live with any woman unlawfully he would thereby forfeit all the property left to him. The defendant took up with a woman named M'Cutcheon, in direct opposition to the reservation in his father's will, and consequently the present case arose.
His LORDSHIP ordered a verdict to be entered for the plaintiff, with liberty to be turned into a verdict for the defendant, should the construction put upon the reservation in the will, when it would be argued before the Lord Chief-Baron in the Court of Exchequer, admit of such a course.
The jury handed in a verdict in accordance, with 6d costs.
DONNELLY v. CASSIDY.
This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover damages for alleged false imprisonment.
The evidence was of an unimportant nature, after the hearing of which
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of £60 damages and costs.
This concluded the business of the Assizes.
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COUNTY OF DOWN.
[FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.]
DOWNPATRICK, SATURDAY.
THIS morning, at nine o'clock, the Right Hon. Baron DEASY entered the Crown Court, and resumed the business of the Assizes.
RULING THE BOOKS.
Michael Pie and Margaret Pie, who had pleaded guilty to an aggravated assault on Wm. Straney, at the Course, near Downpatrick, were put forward to receive sentence.
HiS LORDSHIP, addressing the prisoners, said that the assault they had committed was of a very serious character, and one which, under other circumstances, would have compelled him, in the discharge of his duty, to pass a very severe sentence upon them. There were certain circumstances in the case which it was necessary for him to take into consideration, and he had come to the conclusion to allow them to stand out on their own recognisances in £50 to appear when called on. They were also to find bail to keep the peace towards Wm. Straney and all her Majesty's subjects. His lordship said he regretted to see persons of their apparent respectability in such a position. They had violated the law, and the female prisoner had committed a very aggravated assault, indeed. If there had been a claim on their part to the use of the stile, and if they had wished to assert that right, they should have done it in the ordinary way in a court of law, without resorting to a breach of the peace. They should have permitted the prosecutor to use the stile and footpath as he had hitherto done, as it could not possibly have injured their property.
Catherine Reily and Mary Lytle were next put forward for sentence.
His LORDSHIP said that no previous convictions were recorded against the prisoners; but they appeared to be persons of loose character. They were each to be imprisoned six months, and kept at labor suitable to their sex.
William Ginn, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of the manslaughter of a person named Daniel M'Ardle, was then placed in the dock to receive sentence.
His LORDSHIP said he had read over the informations sworn in the case, and he felt it to be his duty, in consequence of the prisoner having used a deadly weapon -- namely, a large pair of tailor's shears -- with which he wounded the man, to pass a severe sentence upon him. The prisoner was evidently a person of respectability in his position in life, and there were extenuating circumstances in the case. The weapon had been used under circumstances of provocation, and only that there were certain mitigatory circumstances in the case, and that the prisoner had received an excellent character from the clergyman of the church to which be belonged, he would have sentenced him to a much longer period of imprisonment than he now intended doing in the exercise of his discretion. The sentence of the Court was that he should be imprisoned for six calendar months, and kept to suitable labor. Directions were to be given to the doctor to have regard to the state of his health in the assignment of the labor.
THE CHARGE OF ARSON.
In the case of Francis Byers, who was charged with arson, Dr. M'Blain put in an affidavit, sworn by Mr. Dunn, assistant to the Crown Solicitor, to the effect that he was unable to proceed with the case owing to the absence of a material witness.
His LORDSHIP adjourned the case till next Assizes.
RECORD CASE.
MAGEE v. THOMSON.
In this case, which was an action for damages for an assault and forcible entry, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on the first count for assault -- damages, £15; and on the second count, for an alleged breaking and entering of the plaintif's premises, the jury found for the defendant.
Counsel for the plaintiff -- Messrs. Joy, Q.C., and Falkiner. Attorney -- Mr. J. Murland.
Counsel for the defendant -- Messrs. Harrison, Q.C., Fraser, and Hamill. Attorney -- Mr. R. J. Crawley.
This concluded the business of the Assizes.
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COUNTY OF ANTRIM.
GRAND JURY.
On Saturday, at half-past one o'clock, the following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury for the County of Antrim, before W. T. B. LYONS, Esq., High-Sheriff of the County, and H. H. BOTTOMLEY, Esq., Under-Sheriff, by H. M. M'CORMICK, Esq., Deputy-Clerk of the Crown:--
1. Sir EDMUND WORKMAN MACHAGHTEN, Bart., J.P., D.L. (Foreman).
2. Edward O'Neill, Esq., M.P.
3. Colonel Robt. Alex. Shafto Adair, J.P., D.L.
4. James Edmund Leslie, Esq., J.P., D.L.
5. Captain Robt. James Montgomery.
6. Henry Hugh M'Neile, Esq., J.P.
7. John M'Gildowny, Esq., J.P., D.L.
8. Charles M'Garel, Esq., J.P., D.L.
9. Robert Thomson, Esq.
10. Thos. Morris Hamilton-Jones, Esq., J.P.
11. John Young, Esq., J.P.
12. Sir Edward Coey, J.P.
13. Montague Edward Wm. Dobbs, Esq.
14. James Chaine, Esq., J.P.
15. William Coates, Esq., J.P.
16. James Owens, Esq., J.P.
17. Anthony Traill, Esq., LL.D., F.T.C.D.
18. Alexander Murray, Esq., J.P.
19. Edmund M'Neill, Esq., J.P.
20. William Gregg, Esq., J.P.
21. Thomas Verner, Esq., J.P., D.L.
22. Gustavus Travers Brooke, Esq., J.P.
23. Alexander M'Donald, Esq., J.P.
The HIGH-SHERIFF having thanked the Grand Jury for their prompt attendance, they retired to their room for the transaction of fiscal business.
COUNTY SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
ALEXANDER TATE, Esq., County Surveyor, read his report, as follows:--
"To the Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of the County of Antrim, assembled at Summer Assizes, 1866.
"GENTLEMEN -- The schedule of applications to be submitted for your consideration at the present Assizes is moderate in amount, and is mainly made up of existing liabilities for unexpired maintenance contracts and of instalments for works heretofore presented. This will appear from the underneath classification, which is presented under the usual divisions:--
| Presentments for road repair and maintenance now awaiting approval, | £3,996 | 14 | 6 |
| Still continuing contracts for road maintenance, | 11,084 | 9 | 4 |
| New roads, | 4,280 | 0 | 0 |
| Hill cuttings, | 1,144 | 5 | 6 |
| Special works of a minor class, | 1,071 | 11 | 9 |
| Instalments and repayments of loans, | 2,030 | 5 | 0 |
| Special levy, | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| Total, | £23,682 | 6 | 1 |
| Withdrawing the amounts for new roads and hill cuttings, the total of the other items would be | £18,528 | 0 | 7 |
"The works which were certified at the last Assizes, and which received approval at the recent Sessions, are as follows:--
"No 1 Upper Belfast -- For making 296 perches of a new line of road from Belfast to Lisburn, by Suffolk. Cost not to exceed £1,400.
"No. 1 Kilconway -- For making 351 perches of a new line of road from Cushendall to Clough, in the townlands of Skerry East and West. Cost not to exceed £450.
"No. 1 Lower Toome -- For making 146 perches of a new line of road from Ballymena to Castledawson, in the townland of Kilcurry. Cost not to exceed £430.
"No. 2 Lower Toome -- For making 730 perches of a new line of road from Cullybackey to Portglenone, by Killyless, &c. Cost not to exceed £2,000.
"No 1 Upper Belfast -- By this application it is proposed to substitute an almost level line for the very steep hills on the Falls Road which adjoin Mr. M Cance's residence at Suffolk. With his knowledge and assent the approval at Sessions was made subject to the conditions that he should contribute £200 towards the cost in abatement of the £1,400, and should give the land for the road without charge so far as his own property was concerned. The present road has gradients as steep as 1 in 8½, and takes the traffic unnecessarily over a vertical height 66 feet greater than would be necessary by the new line. A considerable improvement would, therefore, result from the change, and one which, upon a road of its character, in such proximity to Belfast, it would undoubtedly he desirable to have effected, if not at too high a cost, and if the state of the taxation in the district rendered it convenient to undertake it.
"No. 1 Kilconway -- While I think that the road is deserving of approval, even for the short distance now contemplated, I am of opinion that an extension of it through the valley under the town of Clough, to meet the improved road which passes Springmount, would very much enhance its utility, and would deserve attention at a future time. The line thus indicated, besides giving a level and easy communication westwards from the Ballymena and Cushendall, and the Glenariffe new lines, for general purposes, would greatly facilitate the supply of lime to a considerable district from the Newtowncrommelin, the Knockany, and the Glenariffe kilns. The present road through Newtowncrommelin and Clough, over which the cartage has now to be taken, passes at a high elevation up and down over very steep hills, which greatly impede and inconvenience the traffic. In laying out the line which now comes before you for consideration, I have kept this possible extension in view.
"No. 1 Lower Toome is a short line of even road to avoid a very steep hill on the road leading to the ferry across the River Bann at New Ferry. The general gradient of this hill is as steep as one in seven, and the new line would be one in thirty. This improvement is, I think, entitled to your sanction.
"No. 2 Lower Toome applies for a continuation towards Portglenone of improvements, recently completed, on the Killyless end of the road, from Cullybackey to Portglenone. At Summer, 1864, separate projects, in regard to two nearly parallel lines, were under consideration at the Ballymena Sessions. After a lengthened discussion, in a fully attended court, the improvement of the line, of which the present forms a part, was determined on, and two applications for presentments, embracing between them the entire line, were approved of. One of these, No. 55 Lower Toome, Summer, 1864, has been completed; the other, not being tendered for within the amount then approved, re-appears in the present, No --. I beg to refer to my previous reports at Summer, 1864, and Spring, 1865, as expressing in detail my opinion in regard to this work, and have only to add that I consider it deserving of your approval.
"The hill-cutting works now applied for are not numerous, and are not of such importance as appears to me to call for special reports. They are for useful local improvements; and, in regard to them and the remaining applications, I am prepared to supply any detailed information you may require.
"WORKS IN PROGRESS.
"The exertions which have been made since last Assizes in forwarding the new works have in general been fairly satisfactory. I regret, however, I am still obliged to report that there are some cases in which the contrary has been the case. In these I am hopeful that the measures which have been and are being taken to secure early completion will lead to all the works now in hands for the improvement of old lines being in a satisfactory state of completion before next Winter arrives.
"I have the honor to remain, Mr. Foreman and gentlemen, your obedient servant,
"ALEXANDER TATE."
On the motion of Mr. JONES, the report was approved of, and ordered to be printed.
THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY.
Colonel ADAIR said it would be recollected by the Grand Jury that, at the last Assizes, it was resolved to present a resolution to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant with reference to the measures adopted by him for the suppression of the Fenian conspiracy. The resolution, which was printed in the Grant Warrant, was as follows:-- "That the Grand Jury of the County of Antrim have observed with satisfaction the judicious measures adopted by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant for the repression of the conspiracy unhappily existing in this country. That we feel full confidence that the temperate vindication of the law by the trial and punishment of the persons engaged in treasonable attempts against the Constitution will produce the due result. But, while giving expression to our approbation of the course taken by his Excellency, we cannot refrain from recording our regret that such steps were not taken earlier." That resolution was forwarded by him (Colonel Adair), as foreman of the Grand Jury, to the Lord Lieutenant, and in due course he received the following reply, which he had no authority to make public until the Grand Jury would again meet:--
"Dublin Castle, March 27, 1866.
"SIR -- I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst. and accompanying resolution of the Grand Jury of the County of Antrim; and I am to acquaint you that his Excellency is glad to learn that the Grand Jury approve of the measures taken for the repression of the Fenian conspiracy. -- I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"THOS. A. LARCOM.
"Colonel A. Shafto Adair, Foreman of the Grand Jury of the County of Antrim, Belfast."
He (Colonel Adair) had forwarded the above letter to the Secretary of the Grand Jury, accompanied with the following letter:--
"7, Audley Square, W., March 31, 1866.
"Sir -- I have the honor to enclose a reply from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to the resolutions passed by the Grand Jury of the County of Antrim at the late Lent Assizes, in reference to the Fenian conspiracy, and, as the Grand Jury has separated, to request you will place the document amongst the county papers. -- I hve the honor to be, Sir, your faithful servant,
"ALEX. SHAFTO ADAIR,
"Foreman Grand Jury, County Antrim, Lent Assizes, 1866.
"The Secretary to the Grand Jury, County Antrim."
THE BELFAST PETTY SESSIONS.
The FOREMAN read the following communication on the subject of providing accommodation for the Belfast Petty Sessions:--
"Belfast, July 21, 1866
"GENTLEMEN -- I wish to notify to you the purport of certain communications which took place in April and May last with the solicitor of the Town Council in relation to the County Court House.
"Mr. Bruce, on the 5th of April, addressed a letter to the Under-Sheriff stating that the old Court House premises, in Howard Street, had been sold by the Corporation to Mr. Dickson, and adding, 'a meeting of the magistrates was held last Saturday, at the instance of the Mayor, to consider what would be the most convenient place for holding the Petty Sessions until a new Magistrates' Court is built by the Corporation in connection with the proposed Town Hall. You are, doubtless, aware that, under the provisions of the Petty Sessions Act, wherever there is a public courthouse provided by Grand Jury presentment at any place fixed for holding Petty Sessions, the Petty Sessions are to be held there, if not inconvenient to the public. The magistrates, after maturely considering and discussing the several other places suggested. have resolved that the County Court House is the most convenient available building for the purpose. The court-keeper is ready, in consideration of additional wages, to undertake the opening, closing, and cleansing of the building. These additional wages and the cost of fuel will be duely provided. It will not, I am glad to say, be necessary to transfer the sittings of the magistrates there until after the ensuing sessions, but I hope the High-Sheriff will make the necessary arrangements to enable the Petty Sessions to be transferred there as soon as the Sessions are closed.'
"The High-Sheriff having consulted with me on the subject, we found the application to be one of a very important character, and one which should not then be complied with unless strictly legal.
"The Court House property in Howard Street had been made over by the Grand Jury to the town for a nominal sum, and had been long used for the purposes in question, but recently sold by the Town Council at a large price; and considering, also, that the Council derived a large revenue from fines imposed at Petit Sessions, and that the business arose almost, if not entirely, within the borough, and also that the Council had power, by their special Act, to provide and build such public offices as they might think necessary, it seemed but reasonable that they should at their own expense provide the accommodation they now sought for, instead of seeking to resort to the County Court House, which was built for the Courts of Assize and general county purposes, and which could not be used as a Petty Sessions Court House for the borough of Belfast without being very seriously damaged.
"Under these circumstances, I wrote to Mr. Bruce, asking him for a copy of any resolution passed by the magistrates in reference to the necessity of resorting to the County Court House. To this he replied to the effect that no formal resolution had been passed by the magistrates.
"I then inquired from Mr. Bruce on whose behalf he made the application, and he replied, after adverting to the want of court house accommodation felt by the Corporation, &c., that it was the wish of the magistrates that he should communicate with the High-Sheriff.
"On the 3rd of May, I wrote to Mr. Bruce that no legal or formal application was before the High-Sheriff respecting the County Court House.
"Meantime, a special meeting of magistrates had been called, and was held on the 4th of May; and, as their resolution did not support the application in question, the High-Sheriff did not comply with it.
"The correspondence can be referred to more fully, if desired by the Grand Jury. -- I remain, gentlemen, yours faithfully,
"JAMES TORRENS.
"To the Grand Jury."
Mr. YOUNG -- The question is, whether the Grand Jury will support the determination of the High-Sheriff not to allow this court to be taken for the purpose of a Petty Sessions.
Mr. COATES -- It is wanted for a time, until a court house is built in connection with the Town Hall.
Captain BROOKE -- Why didn't the Council look for accommodation before they sold the old house?
The HIGH-SHERIFF said that the magistrates had not made a request of him to give the Court House for the purposes of a Police Court, and he therefore refused to give it up.
Mr. COATES thought that the Council should endeavor to make some arrangement with Mr. Dickson, who had purchased the old building, to let them have the use of it until a court house was built.
The further consideration of the matter was postponed till Monday.
CRIME IN BELFAST.
Mr. BAILEY (Town Inspector of Constabulary) prescribed his report of the amount of crime in the town of Belfast since the previous Assizes. There were but twelve cases altogether to report, and all of these had been accounted for. The first case was one of firing at the person; but it turned out that the person who complained was not fired at at all, and must have been injured by some blunt instrument. The case had been sent to the Quarter Sessions, and the Grand Jury ignored the Bill. Several cases would come up at the present Assizes; but every case of crime reported to the constabulary had been accounted for.
INQUESTS IN THE JAIL.
The FOREMAN read a resolution passed by the Board of Superintendence, in which they requested the Grand Jury to ask the opinion of the judge on the point, whether in case of a death in the jail the county coroner or the borough coroner was the proper person to hold the inquest.
It was agreed to ask the opinion of the judge on the question.
Some unimportant business was then disposed of, and the Grand Jury adjourned till this (Monday) morning.
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ANTRIM SUMMER ASSIZES.
Tur following is a list of the appeals to be heard at these Assizes:--
1. Thomas Strahan, appellant; William S. Bell, respondent. Warranty; decree for £5, and 5s witnesses' expenses. Attorneys -- Mr. Caruth and Mr. O'Rorke.
2. Arthur Morwood, appellant; Thomas Sherlock, administrator of Alexander Sherlock, deceased, respondent. Case dismissed on the merits. Attorneys -- Mr. O'Rorke and Mr. Caruth.
3. Jane Blair, appellant; John Blair M'Connell, a minor, by James M'Connell, his next friend, respondent. Ejectment on title; decree, with 10s witnesses' expenses. Attorneys -- Mr. Rea and Mr. Seeds.
4. Mary Davis, appellant; Gilbert Vance, respondent. Maintenance; dismiss on the merits. Attorneys -- Mr. Rea and Mr. M'Lean.
5. Edward Savage, appellant; James Savage, respondent. Decree for £7 4s 2d. Attorneys -- Mr. Harper and Mr. Dinnen.
6. Isabella M'Bride, appellant; Joseph Baron Black, respondent. Loss; decree for £5. Attorneys -- Mr. Caruth and Mr. O'Rorke.
7. Edwd. M'Cormack, appellant; John M'Givern, respondent. Goods; dismiss on the merits. Attorneys -- Mr. D. O'Rorke and Mr. Dinnen.
8. John M'Cune, appellant; Hugh Black, respondent. Damage; decree for £3. Attorneys - Mr. Rea and Mr. M'Lean.
9. John Johnston, appellant; Thomas Ward, respondent. Money paid; dismiss on the merits. Attorneys -- Mr. Rea and Mr. Seeds.
10. Jane Dougherty, appellant; Thos. M. Keogh, respondent, Assault; dismiss on the merits. Attorneys -- Mr. Rea and Mr. Seeds.
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COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF CARRICKFERGUS.
GRAND JURY.
[FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.]
CARRICKFERGUS, SATURDAY,
This morning, at half-past ten o'clock, SAMUEL GREAME FENTON, Esq., High-Sheriff of the County of the Town of Carrickfergus, and HENRY H. BOTTOMLEY, Esq., Under-Sheriff, attended at the Court House, Town Hall, Carrickfergus, when the following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury by H. M. M'CORMICK, Esq., Deputy-Clerk of the Crown:--
1. JOHN BORTHWICK, Esq, J.P. (Foreman).
2. Andrew Forsythe, Esq., J.P.
3. James Alexander, Esq., J.P.
4. James Mehan, Esq., J.P.
5. Wm. John Campbell Allen, Esq., J.P.
6. Charles Arthur Wellesley Stewart, Esq.
7. Samuel Davys Stuart Cunningham, Esq.
8. James Wilson, Esq.
9. Wm. Johns, Esq.
10. Snowden Corken, Esq.
11. Wm. Rowan Legg, Esq.
12. James Gamble, Esq.
13. James Taylor, jun., Esq.
14. Robert Kelly, Esq.
15. Robert Alexander, Esq.
16. Wm. Hamilton, Esq.
17. George M'Auliffe, Esq.
18. James Kingsley Burleigh, Esq.
19. Wm. Larmour, Esq.
20. Nelson Boyd, Esq.
21. Wm. Gorman, Esq.
22. Geo. M'Murray, Esq.
23. John Legg, Esq.
The HIGH-SHERIFF thanked the Grand Jury for their prompt attendance, and said he should be happy to meet them in the Court House, Belfast, on Tuesday, at twelve o'clock.
The Grand Jury then retired to their room, and proceeded to take up the fiscal business.
COUNTY SURVEYOR'S REPORT.
The following is the report of Alex. Tate, Esq., County Surveyor:--
"To the Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of the County of the Town of Carrickfergus, assembled at Summer Assizes, 1866.
"GENTLEMEN -- The only application in the present schedule of a special character is that for the widening of the Lower Woodburn Bridge on the Shore Road.
"At the recently held Sessions, two applications in connection with this work were made -- the one for widening, now under consideration, and another for a new bridge, which you will be called on to certify in the usual manner at the present Assizes, with a view to its being returned for further consideration to next Spring Sessions. My recommendation was in favor of the new bridge, on the ground that, at comparatively little additional cost, it would provide a much more desirable improvement. In approving of both applications at the late Sessions, the object in view was to ascertain, by actual tendering, the difference in cost between the two modes of effecting the improvement. The different works passed at previous Assizes, which have been in hands, are in a forward state of completion, and have been satisfactory executed.
"I have the honor to remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
"ALEX. TATE.
"Belfast July 21, 1866."
The report was approved of.
The fiscal business before the Grand Jury was possessed of no public importance.
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LONDONDERRY ASSIZES. -- These Assizes will commence on Thursday next. The Commission will be opened at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The Grand Jury will be sworn in on the Tuesday previous, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when the fiscal business will be proceeded with. The following prisoners are for trial:-- On bail -- Patrick Henry, Hugh Henry, assault. In custody -- Daniel Diamond, assault; Hugh M'Ginley, obtaining money by a forged ticket; Patrick M'Manus, larceny; Patrick Boylan, stabbing and wounding; George Doherty and Michael M'Grath, violent assault. -- Derry Journal.
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FORGERY AT NEWCASTLE. -- On Wednesday, at Newcastle Assizes, James Wilson, formerly confidential clerk and manager of a bank in Newcastle, was charged with having forged a bond for £2,551 18s 4d. Owing to the respectable position held by the prisoner, and his connection with various religious associations, the case was watched with considerable interest. Pleading "Guilty," the prisoner was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.
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THE MURDER OF MR. JEPHSON. -- At the Clonmel Assizes, on Friday, John Buckley was convicted of the wilful murder of Lorenzo H. Jephson, Esq., Poor Law Guardian, on the 31st of March last, at Carrick-on-Suir. The accused appeared to have entertained a grudge against Mr. Jephson, and on the day above-mentioned he lay in wait for that gentleman as he was leaving the workhouse, and threw a stone at him, which caused such injury that he died in a few hours afterwards. Buckley was sentenced to be hanged on the 2lst of August.
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WAYLAYING AT NEWTOWNBUTLER. -- On Sunday evening last, a young man named Hopkins, a news-vendor, was quietly taking a walk, when he was murderously attacked by four men. His skull is broken, and his recovery is considered very doubtful. One of the ruffians is in custody; two others were taken, but they were liberated, as the evidence against them was not sufficient to warrant the magistrates in imprisoning them. Hopkins was a well-conducted, inoffensive young man; but, being a Protestant, he, it is supposed, incurred the anger of certain parties in the neighborhood. -- Correspondent of Fermanagh Mail.
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SCICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN EIGHTY TEARS OLD. -- Much excitement was created in Ballinacurra on Thursday by the announcement that Mr. Powell, a well-known resident of the neighborhood, had hanged himself. On Thursday, during the absence of the coachman in town, he contrived to get at the key of the stable, where he found a new halter. This he appears to have fixed to one of the joists, and, mounting upon the manger, he thrust his head through it, and then flung himself off, in this manner but too successfully accomplishing his purpose. -- Cork Examiner.
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ARMAGH ARCHERS. -- The monthly badges were shot for on Saturday sen., and carried of by Capt. Paton and Miss Hardy. There was a very large and fashionable attendance of visitors on the grounds, including the members of the Grand Jury of the county and those of the North-East Bar. The next prize meeting will be held on Wednesday next. -- Ulster Gazette.
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MEETING OF THE MUNSTER ARCHERS. -- On Thursday afternoon the adjourned meeting of the Munter Archers came off on the Archery Ground, near Albert Place. The weather was most favorable for the archers, and there was in consequence an exceedingly large and fashionable attendance on the occasion. The band of the 73rd Regiment, under Band-sergeant Troy, attended. The firing party comprised Miss Lyons, Mrs. Gabbett, Mrs. O'Grady, Miss Russell and Miss Murphy, the Misses Delmege, the Misses Gabbett, Miss Caswell, Miss Vokes, Mrs. and Miss Shields, and Mr. Keating, from Mallow; the Misses Massy, Stoneville; Miss Burke, Miss Blennerhassett, Miss Gubbins, Miss Rich, Mr. U. Burke, Mr. G. Burke, Mr. H. Lloyd, Mr. Delmege, Mr. White, Mr. Barrington, Mr. Myles, Mr. Keating, Mr. P. Griffin, Captain Charles Gabbett, Mr. Lysaght, Mr. W. G. Gubbins, Mr. Willis, Mr. Gabbett, Mr. Shannon, Captain Bailey. -- Limerick Chronicle.
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GENERAL NEWS.
THE merchants and shopkeepers of Omagh have agreed to observe Tuesday, the 31st instant, as a general holiday. -- Tyrone Constitution.
MR. GEORGE PEABODY has made another gift of 100,000 dollars to the Peabody Institute established by him at South Danvers.
A NEW invention for preventing sparks escaping from locomotive engines, as well as from engines working threshing machines, has been tried at Melbourne. The trial was in every way successful.
By order of the Secretary of State for War, Capt. M'Clintock, Royal Tyrone Fusiliers, has been directed to proceed to Hythe for musketry instruction.
The harvest has already commenced in the neighborhood of Windsor, and upon some early soil near Datchet, where a line drop of oats is falling before the sickle.
FOUNDERING OF A PRUSSIAN SCHOONER OFF THE OLD HEAD OF KINSALE. -- A Prussian schooner, named the Robert, foundered ou Monday, about twenty miles South-West of the Old Head of Kinsale, but the crew saved themselves in their boats. The vessel was bound from Ardrosson to Seville with coals. -- Cork Constitution.
CRIME IN TIPPERARY. -- The uniformly favorable character of the reports with regard to the state of crime in the country that have up to the present been received from the diferent circuits is marred by the report from the South Riding of Tipperary of the state of the calendar for the present Assizes. In opening the Commission on Thursday, Dr. Ball had to lament that there were several charges of the gravest character to be disposed of. One of these was the murder of Mr. Jephson, Poor-law Guardian, who was killed by the blow of a stone on the 21st March last, as he was leaving the workhouse. Another person named Lonergan had been killed in a drunken brawl. But, perhaps, the most important case was that in which a party of constabulary were fired on by some persons supposed to be implicated in the Fenian conspiracy, on the 17th Feb. last, at Longstone, near Glenbane. The trial of the murderer of Mr. Jephson was postponed on account of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of jurors -- a circumstance on which his lordship commented in strong terms. Thomas Walsh was subsequently indicted for shooting at Constable Quade, and inflicting on him a serious wound. The accused was found guilty, and was sentenced to ten years penal servitude. -- Daily Express.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AS BLAIRMORE, ARGYLESHIRE. -- On Monday night, Patrick M'Donald, coachman to Mr. Muir, Hunter's Quay, Argyleshire, went across to Blairmore, for the purpose of seeing his sweetheart, who is nurse in the house of Mr. L. B. Wingate, a Glasgow manufacturer, residing at Blairmore. He carried a bottle of whisky with him, and he and his sweetheart, and a party of her fellow-servants sat up all night joking and frolicking. Tuesday morning it was proposed that some of the company should row M'Donald back to Hunter's Quay, a narrow arm of the sea separating the latter place from Blairmore. James M'Master, coachman to Mr. Wingate, and Mary Henderson, a domestic servant, entered with him into a punt or small boat. They started, but had not gone beyond 20 yards, when one of the coachmen who was rowing unshipped his oar, and while endeavoring to seize it he fell into the water. His two fellow-passengers leaned to one side in order to catch hold of him, when the boat upset, and they also were thrown into the sea. M'Master was able to reach the shore by swimming, and ran back to Mr. Wingate's house for assistance, which was so promptly rendered, that the woman was got out while in life. She, however, died soon afterwards. The body of M'Donald was not recovered till several hours had elapsed.
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BELFAST POLICE COURT -- SATURDAY.
[Before E. ORME, Esq., R.M., and J. C. O'DONNELL, Esq., R.M.]
THE dock was crowded to-day, and presented a pitiable sight.
PARTY EXPRESSIONS.
Edward Moore, for cursing the Pope, and making some allusion to a certain historical event -- the Battle of the Boyne -- was fined in 40s and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment.
John Duff, for using party expressions and assaulting a constable, was fined in 40s and costs, with the usual alternative, and one month for the assault.
LEAVING CHILDREN DESTITUTE.
Thomas Lowe was charged at the instance of the Poor-law Guardians with leaving his children destitute. The little ones had been in the workhouse for nine months. The prisoner, who was arrested on Friday while he was employed at the Water Works, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.
Thomas M'Cord, a ragged fellow, was picked up in a state of intemperance on the Shankhill Road. When arrested, he kicked the constable severely. M'Cord had nothing to say for his conduct, and was sent to jail for a month.
Mary Dogherty, an old woman, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined in 2s 6d and costs.
FIGHTING IN THE STREETS.
Margaret Keys anil Bessy Travers, two little girls, were found fighting in Academy Street, as the constable framed it, "like a pair of dogs." They were each fined 10s and costs, or to go to jail for fourteen day's.
Two boys, James Murphy and Henry Webb, were charged with a similar offence. They alleged that it was "only fun." The allegation did not meet with the approbation of the Bench, and the hopefuls were each fined 5s and costs, or one week's imprisonment.
PARTY EXPRESSIONS.
Denis Toner was charged with being disorderly in Union Street, and using party expressions. He was fined in what Mr. Orme called "the usual thing -- 40s and costs."
FIGHTING ON THE STREET.
John Martin and Robert M'Minn, charged with fighting on the public street, were each fined 10s and costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment.
A RUDE CUSTOMER.
Henry Mullan was charged by Mrs. Corrigan, spirit-grocer, with an assault. It appeared that at half-past two o'clock in the morning the prisoner went to the prosecutor's house and ordered drink. Thinking perhaps that intoxicants at such an early hour would be injurious to his health. Mrs. Corrigan very properly refused to allow him to "liquor up." This excited his anger, and he thereupon struck the considerate landlady in the breast.
Prisoner -- I never saw her.
Mr. ORME -- I don't believe you.
The constable who made the arrest corroborated Mrs. Corrigan's evidence.
Mullan was sent to jail for one month.
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Lewis Williams was charged at the instance of the Poor-law Guardians with leaving his wife chargeable on the rates of the Union.
Mr. M'Lean appeared for the defence.
Mr. E. Gordon proved that Anna Williams, the wife of the prisoner, had been an inmate of the Workhouse since the 12th instant, and that the prisoner had been arrested by warrant in Glasgow.
Mr. M'LEAN, after remarking on the fact that the Board of Guardians ought to be represented by a professional man, urged that it was the wife who had deserted the husband, and asked the Bench dismiss the case. His client was quite willing to pay the Guardians for his wife's support during the time she was in the Workhouse, and he was also prepared to contribute a proper sum for her support. Mr. M'Lean said the Guardians ought to have communicated with his client in the first place before they brought him from his work in Scotland and placed him as a prisoner in the dock.
A witness proved that the wife left Govern while the prisoner was at his work.
Mr. ORME -- She wanted to get back to the Green Isle. (Laughter.)
Mrs. Williams expressed her willingness to go anywhere with her husband, but said she wished he would provide a home for her, as she could not live in the same house with his mother.
Ultimately the case was postponed for a month.
THE CATTLE PLAGUE.
Solomon Clyde, cattle dealer, was charged with travelling between this and Scotland without the usual cattle certificate.
Mr. COATES, who appeared for the accused, said his client, who left his certificate behind him in Scotland, wished the case adjourned for a week, in order that it might be produced. He would deposit £20 in court.
The request was granted.
BURGLARY.
James Cochran and Jane Mitchell were charged with entering a house in Talbot Street on the previous night.
The case was sent to the Quarter Sessions.
Mr. Seeds appeared for the prosecution.
CAUTION TO SERVANTS.
Mary Hardy was charged with misconduct in the service of Mrs. Coffey, Pakenham Place.
Mr. Seeds appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sheals for the defence.
It appeared that after Mrs. Coffey had retired to her own room on the previous night some person informed the servant that a person was ill in the next house. Mary, without thinking there was any impropriety in the act, attended the sick call, leaving the back door unlocked. The policeman on the beat, finding the door unsecured, entered, and soon made his presence known to Mrs. Coffey. The servant shortly afterwards returned, and attempted to justify her conduct.
Mrs. Coffey said she had no desire to see her servant punished.
Mr. ORME thought it his duty, and as a warning to other servants, to inflict a line of 5s and costs.
OFFENSIVE SEWER.
John Clarke Graham was summoned for not cleaning out the sewer of the house 1, Short Strand street, Ballymacarrett, after receiving due notice a do so.
Messrs. Norwood and Bolton, sanitary inspectors, having been examined,
A fine of 40s and costs was imposed.
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.
Mary and Margaret M'Cart were charged with using abusive language to Margaret Cochrane on the 15th inst. The details are unfit for publication.
Mary was fined 5s and 5s costs, the case against Margaret being dismissed.
A case arising out of a dispute with a carman as to his fare to Old Park was then heard. Harrison, the car-driver, summoned Mr. James Girdwood and Mr. C. K. Domville for assault. There was a cross case of Mr. Domville against the car-driver. After occupying the Court for a considerable time, all the cases were dismissed.
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SIR HUGH ROSE is raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Betwah, the scene of one of his Central Indian battles.