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THE JOURNAL MONDAY OCTOBER 5 1846 STATE of the country on which checked terms of Kent Roscommon Mercury Aberdeen 1 Yesterday a good lour in bond was active inquiry for of Mediterranean 8 0 8 0 6 10 DUBLIM Printed and Published lor the Proprietors at the Offic 5 street close to the General Post office by EDWAR DUY 61 Henry Monday October 5 1846 however generally held for business resu ted Other grain held for rather advanced the demand Cork fair which was held on Thursday was considered much inferior to those of former years At the fair of Abbeyfeale held on Thursday there was a great show of stock and many buyers in attendance Milch cows averaged from 61 to 121 fat cows 71 to 131 store heifers 51 5s to 81 bacon pigs 36s to 40s a cwt store pigs 11 to 21 each Mr Hewson of Ennismore sold a lot of bullocks 'at 141 each and Mr Cornelius Magner a lot of fat cows at 131 The annual show of the Nenagh Union Agricultural So ciety took place on Thursday last There were some very fine cattle exhibited but the quantity of stock was not in proportion to the extent of the district The Midleton Agricultural Society held its show of cattle green crops on Tuesday The show which was perhaps the best ever held by the society gave most satisfactory evidence of the great improvement which is rapidly taking place in the breeding of live stock in thet Midleton Union particularly on the part of the working farmers A ship of war is about to proceed to Madeira for the protection of British subjects there PUBLIC WORKS IN ERMOY DISTRICT (rom the Cork Examiner) A presentment sessions for the barony of Condons and Clongibbons was held in the Court house of ermoy on Wednesday last rom an early hour the town was crowded ny hundreds of unemployed people and at one o'clock the time of meting the approaches from the town to the Court house as also the square of ermoy literally warmed with the distressed residen of every district in this extensive barony At one the budycf the court was almost filled to suffocation and though every other portion of it was as densely occupied by famishing men the business was permitted to proceed with an activity and decorum worthy of the highest eulogy The attendance of the landed pro prietary was very large and in consequence of the effective arrangements of the various relief committees works of utility throughout the barony were adopted without interested opposition or angry discussion The Right Honourable the Earl of Moustcashel in the chair The Chairman wished to make a few observations in reference to he establishment of depots (hear hear) It was right the meeting should understand that the relief committees did not confine themselves to the making of roads but that they were exceedingly anxious for the es tabiishment of depots and for that purpose had recom mended her Majesty government to provide food as well as employment He had received a letter referring to the subject on the previous day and also a communication from Dublin Castle to the following effect: I am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to inform you that the representa ions contained in the memorial have been brought under the no tice of the Commi sioners of Public Woiks and also as regards the subject of provision depots under the notice of the Commissary General He wished that the government should know and the public should understand for he agreed with many that if the price of food could not be kept down it would be impossible to carry on the public works at the estimated cost of other periods for if the cost of food was at a starving price so high that the peo ple could not obtain it at the customary rate of hire they should necessarily increase the late of wages (hear hear) On the other hand if the people were enabled to procure food at a low price it would not ba necessary to increase the public expenditure as regarded wages After several presentments for the making of roads had been passed The Rev Mr Daly PP Kilworth inquired when those works were likely to be commenced for he need not inform them that there was the greatest distress destitu tion and misery prevailing through every portion of the barony (hear) He knew numbers of persons at present in his parish who were actually living at that moment on cabbage leaves their countenances were so altered their appearances so changed from starvation and wretched ness that he could hardly recognise them (great sensa tion) He wished to impress on them the direful neces sity that existed for commencing those works immediately as there were in his parish alone upwards of one thou sand labourers in want of employment Lord Mountcashel said I support every word that dropped from the Rev Mr Daly for that gentleman has stated facts which are undeniable the people are STARVING AT THIS MOMENT THEY HAVE NOT EMPLOY MENT 1 HEY REQUIRE TO BE ATTENDED TO LUX DtATELY OR STARVATION WILL NOT ACCOMMODATE itself TO any convenience (hear bear) So impressed have I been with this conviction that I have been addressing letters to Lord John Russell and the Lord Lieutenant detailing the circumstances of the country and telling them that the people could not possibly endure it any longer for something should be done I have received various communications from Lord John Russell and the Lord Lieutenant and I must say those from the Lord Lieu tenant are written in the kindest manner and I believe that nobleman feels as an Irishman ought for the sufferings of his fellow countymen I think the Lord Lieutenant would doanythiug in his power for the Irish people if he were in a position to gratify his wishes bu the fact is he has no substantial power the authority is vested in the parties a the other side of the ch mnel But at til events the go verument must know that the people are in want ('hear) As Ireland is connected with England on that ground she claims support and demands assistance if there wereo union between the two countries she might be placed in a different position but being connected they must not permit the Irish nation to die of starvation (hear hear) The people of Ireland call for support immediate support and assistance and they wi 1 be greatly disappointed and dissatisfied with the present government if they do not adopt speedy measures for affording extensive and general employment and make immediate arrangements for esta blishing depots of Indian meal throughout the The noble chairman concluded hia remarks amidst the en thusiastic applause of the meeting Captain Broughton said the necessary forms should tie forwarded to government that night He believed they should be ssnt to England and returned again but he would say that a fortnight at the Tbe speaker was here interrupted by the clamour of the meeting for it appeared the general opinion that the peo ple cojld not remain without employment during the present meeting Captain Broughton continued to say it was his interest and wish that those works should be commenced as speedily as possible The total amount of the presentments granted at the sea sions exceeded 160001 ef which 20001 was allocated to the improvement of the Blackwater navigation STORESHIPS The Madagascar 44 gun frigate 1100 tons Master Com mander Burney a depot vessel moored at the island of oynes in the Shannon The Andromeda a 44 gun frigate 1200 tons fitting as a depot at her dockyard Devonport and ready to receive the gear of the Madagascar to be navigated to Ireland The Andromache a 26 gun frigate 700 tons also fitting: as a depot at Devonport for Ireland Thus we have twelve men of war steamers of 1756: collective horse power 5864 tons and 720 officersand men and shall have three depots of 3000 tons and men The above together with ordnance lighters also employed make 17 sail of nearly 9000 tons and above 850 men on the coast of Ireland HIGH WATER Al DUBLIN BAR Tiiic Morning Tide 00 mins 'past Evening VM" 6 2 POPULAR OUTBREAKS (rom the Galway Mercury of Saturday) We regret to state that the prospects of the people have become so alarming as to warrant the worst apprehensions for the tranquillity of the country On the evening of Sa turday last a quantity of flour purchased from Mr Regan of this town by a baker in Dunmore was taken away from the carman in charge of it at or near Killeen by a party of persons who said they would not allow provi sions to be brought into the interior of the country The entire of the flour was taken away and no trace could be had of the perpetrators of tbe outrage On Wednesday last several cars coming into Galway for provisions were stopped near Lougbgeorge and the drivers were ordered under pain of personal injury not to proceed to this town The circumstance was reported to the police but the party being absent at tbe races of Tuam the single constable in charge of the barrack could give no assistance and the carmen were therefore obliged to re turn home In the same neighbourhood on the following day a party of famishing and starving wretches attempted to prevent some carts laden with flour and meal passing towards Tuam Thia occurred a little beyond the four mile stone and we understand that in some instances the assailants principally women and children cut the bags and let the contents fall upon the ground This conduct is highly re prehensible At an early hour yesterday morning about forty loads of flour and wholemeal were about being taken into the coun try and on their arrival a little beyond the college a crowd had assembled by whom their further progress was prevented Mr Kernan' the efficient stipendiary magis trate was immediately on the spot and a party of police together with a company of the 49th regiment were ready to afford their aid to the authorities To such an extreme had tbe threatened violence of the populace proceeded that Mr Kernan was obliged to read the riot act but as he assured the multitudes of the anxiety of the government to afford all the assistance in its power and that in the course al that day measures would be taken for the relief of the people generally there was no further attempt at outbreak and the flour and meal were allowed to be brought to their destination ORANMORE (rom the same) A large concourse of people assembled in Oranmore on Thursday last the petty sessions day for the purpose of giving tbe magistrates formal notice of their wretched con dition and that matters had come to such a pass with them that they could not longer remain without relief Certainly any person could see from the wretched garb and haggard and careworn countenances of the greater number of them that poverty and starvation had laid an iron grasp upon them I have been told by several that they have been striving to subsist on one meal per day and that of wet and rotten potatoes appeared almost to be at deaths door gasping for breath have been so relieved in their breathing and so completely freed from their coughs their colds their Wheezing and their spitting as to astonish all their 1 tisementf LIVERPOOL CORN riday The Halifax packet arrived on Wednesday and the advices by her lead to the conclusion that we shall receive no material supply of produce from America before next spring and that the imports altogether will be much less than we have all been calculating upon The trade since Tuesday has been firm deal of wheat changed hands at full prices rather easier to purchase There was an Indian corn and several floating cargoes changed hands at 42s and 43s per quarter At our market this day there was a moderate sale for old wheat at full prices The little new Irish offering might have been bought on rather lower terms Oats were id per bushel lower both old and new Oatmeal was slow sale at rates The demand for barrel flour was not so extensive as we have of late experienced but there was no material change in its value Some choice new Irish flour brought 52s per sack Several thousand barrels of flour in bond changed hands at 31b 6d to 32s per barrel LONDON CORN riday At this market we had again a numerous attendance of country buyers for wheat There was scarcely any English on sale but a good extent of business was done in free foreign at 2s to 3s per quarter further advance over the currency oi Mon Malting barley comes sparingly to hand which sold steadily at former prices The reported arrivals of oats were mostly here on Monday The dealers bought old with more freedom and this descript tion al sed per qr more mocey while bur little progress can be made in new without yielding to buyers They were llMU'DVA A' wr prices and but little business has been resumed but it is hard to tell how long it will continue so What makes the attack ma Lord Stewart at Clashmore the more unaccountable is that his lordship has lately added 60 labourers to the number of those who have been heretofore engage employment Since writing the above I have een formed that a troop of hussars arrived at two oo oc night from Caher so that there is now a arge disposable force at the command of the authorities including Capt Sibthorpe's company of the 1st Dragoons which were en gaged in the conflict Two Up to this hour all remains tranquil with the exception of a slight affair got up by a number of women who assembled on the quay wheat was shipping on board a vessel called the Anne of Liverpool from the stores of Mr Donnell Having thrown the plank by which the men entered the vessel with the corn into the sea they refused to permit the shipments to be proceeded with STATE THE DISTRICTS ALONG THE COAST CORK (rom the Cork Southern Reporter) On Sunday night a notice was posted on the chapel at Carrigtoohill calling on all the labouring classes of that and the surrounding district to assemble in the streets on the 28th to consider their present state and prospects that there was a famine in the parish and warning all those who did not attend that they should be marked for that they should have either food or blood It also threatened any person who attempted to take down the notice that they should be marked and complained that the labouring classes were only paid a shilling a day wages when they should be paid Is 6d and that if it rained for half an hour that they were broken or put back in their wages a quarter day during those famishing times and that they would not be satisfied unless they got Is 6d a day wages As soon as it was ascertained that the notice was posted all the Ca tholic clergymen of the surrounding district warned their flocks not to attend and pointed out to them the evil re sults which were likely to arise from such an assemblage This had the desired effect and the object which was con templated by the promulgators of the notice was entirely foiled Since then the village is quiet and matters pro ceeding as usual In Middleton a notice was posted on the market house on Saturday convening a similar meeting but the same means having been resorted to by the indefatigable Ca tholic clergymen of district it had no effect on the people The general cry in this town is the inadequacy of the ministerial measures to meet the wants of the country and they comp'a'n that the movemints of the present go vernment are so dilatory that the patience of the people will be exhausted and that a sudden and fsarful outbreak will be the consequence all over the country At present there is a large military force consisting of the 67th 33rd and 55th regiments billetted in the town entailing avast expense on the shopkeepers rom the large and extensive distilleries and mills in the neighbourhood a great quantity of labour is given to the towns people but the wages given six shillings per week though a tair average in ordinary seasons is a poor pittance under present circumstances for the support of a family rom Midleton to Youghal the failure of the crop has been more severely felt than in the district between Midle ton and Cork for many were induced from the facility of procuring sea manure to plant potatoes which in every in stance have been a failure At Castlemartyr there may have been a few demonstrations by the unemployed la bourers of the distress under which they laboured but no outbreak or disposition to riot It is true about hundred unemployed labourers paraded the town last week but they used neither threats nor violence and I have been informed that whatever provisions they got possession of were vo luntarily given them by the inhabitants of the town who commiserated their destitute condition A similar demon stration took place at Cloyne but without being attended with any evil result not a person being offended or insulted or the least violation offered to personal property At Kil leagb there seems to be the greatest amount of destitu tution and large numbers have assembled in the streets not however to commit any acts of violence but to ascer tain what could be done for them by the resident gentry and government Several meetings have taken place of tbe magistrates and independent persons of the neighbourhood to devise some means of relieving the people but the destitu tion is so wide spread that they are really puzzled to know what to do In passing through on Saturday the 67th left a detach ment of 40 men in command of a subaltern in Killeagh as well as a similar detachment at Castlemartyr A practice was in full operation in this district of stop ping the farmers from taking their produce to market but at present it is not persisted in It was carried on for the purpose of preventing the shipment of provisions from the country for it was calculated that with the short crop of oats and barley this season and also the indifferent produce of the wheat plant there would not be a sufficiency of food in the country for eight consumption and that the shipment of any quantity must materially lessen the supply particularly as heretofore there have been no extensive ar rivals of Indian corn In consequence of arrangements entered into by the re lief committee there are at present two houses in the town selling Indian meal at Is 2d per stone the committee having guaranteed the payment of the loss which they would sustain by disposing of it at that price After mass on Sunday the people were addressed at the chapel by Mr John who promised them immediate employment Mr Benson the county engineer also detailed to them the measures which the government were maturing for their relief after which the Rev Mr Smiddy exhorted them to peace and quietness and informed them that everything which it was possible to do for them would be done to en sure them relief Since then the town has been most tran quil All the shops are open and business proceeding as usual PIER HEAD DUBLIN Oct 2 Arrived Ben MCree steamer Douglas Dove Wexford malt Hibernia steamer Liverpool Sailed Vanguard steamer Cork Tiger steamer Glasgow Britannia Queen Victoria Royal Adelaide and Royal William steamers Liverpool Paroquet Liverpool general cargo Ness Liverpool bones earnot and Bal timore Memel ballast Unia St Newfoundland ballast tnree vessels in nailast October 3 Arrived Duchess Leeds Mercury and Shamrock steamers Liverpool Jane Arkniye tar and ma a Mercury Aberdeen sleepers Eneghiden Dram timber Duke of Cambridge steamer John and Susan Wexford malt Joseph Cork oats Mrry Magdelen Glasgow freestone Isabella Carnarvon slates Mary Allen Newport iron three colliers Sailed Ben steamer Douglas Roscommon I Leeds Albert Duchess of Kent and Mersey steamers Wicklow genal cEo Jane and Sally Newry and: George and Jane and Mary and Jane Liverpool cargoes Devonshire steamer London THE famine and naval force on the COASTS IRELAND AND SCOTLAND (rom the Morning Herald) Last week we gave exclusively an account of the vessel placed by the Admiralty at the disposal of the government for the relief of the distressed Irish Since then the Ad miralty have added to the former number steam vessels em ployed in the surveying service on the coasts of England Ireland and Scotland and have made such arrangement for carrying into effect the propositions of the government that whilst the vessels will be employed in the conveyance of Indian corn meal and other provisions they will pre serve their character and efficiency as men of war and will thus be always at hand to assist the civil powers in pre venting outbreak and in the protection of life and property The prompt manner in which so many vessels have been made available for tbe service required of them affords a striking proof of the condition of our naval resources and of the judicious application of them without in any way distressing or interfering with the regular Admiralty ser vice Were the surveying vessels not required very soon they would have been ordered into port to be laid up for the winter As it is the captains commanders and other specially engaged in the surveys will bring their drawing on shore whilst their steamers will be more usefully em ployed than they have hitherto been By the number of men of war steamers now available the operations of relief can be extended to the western coast of Scotland where t'e distiess it is reported is pressing equally hard on the poor population The government victualling establishments are we uh erstand to be all set to work to grind corn and to manu acture bread Some of them are already io active opera tw" grinding so many as 100 quarters a day The following is a list of the men of war steamers em ployed in the above service on the coast of Ireland together with th hulks fitted for depots Men of War The Stromboli sloop 280 horse power Commander isher employed on the general duties of the station The Rhadamanthus 220 hone power Ma ter Com mander Aylen employed in conveying meal to various parts of the coast and in the movements ol troops when required The Dee 200 horse power Master Commander Driver ditto ditto 9 The Myrmidon 150 horse power Lieutenant Com mander Jenkins the Pimo 100 bone power Lieutenant Commander Lowe and the Alban 1 20 horse power being of smaller draught of water are employed jq thefionvey ance of the cornmeal to the several ports from the larger ships and also to places up the rivers to which the larger teamers could not proceed The Swallow 70 horse power Master Commander Bryant tender to the depot ship Madagascar in the Shannon The Comet 80 horse power Lieutenant Commander Johustone conveying specie for several ports iu Ireland The Tartarus 136 horse power Captain Wolfe now surveying to be employed in the general duties of the station The Lucifer 180 horse power Commander razer now surveying the Saltees between Wexford and Waterford to be appropriated to the generalduties of the station The Blazer 120 horse power Captain Washington now surveying at Harwich to be dispatched to Ireland imme diately for the conveyance of provisions The Dasher 100 horse power Captain Sherringhaw now surveying the Southampton Waters to be sent from Portsmouth to Ireland immediately for the aamn purpose Wheat Irish red Barley Irish distilling Londonderry Newry and Clonmel feeding oats Limerick Sligo West Ballina do Cork Waterford and Youghal black Galway SMITHIELD London riday The supply of beasts on sale to day being large and 'iSe weather somewhat unfavourable to slaughtering the beef trade was in a very inactive state at barely the late decline in the quotations There were in the market 500 foreign beasts J57 ditto sheep and 48 lambs in full average condition The numbers of sheep were small ytt the mutton trade was rather dull at prices Lambs were in short supply and heavy inquiry at late rates Pigs moved off slowly without alteration value Milch cows sold heavily at from 161 to 181 IQs each includ ing their small calf Per 81b to sink the offal One of the cemmunications from which the preceding account has been extracted adds that while numbers declared they had not tasted food for two days so melan choly a scene it had never fallen to the lot to wit ness KERRY (rom the same) Killarney Monday It being understood this morn ing that a muster of the labouring classes would take place with the view of making a demonstration Mr Murphy a gentlemen ever vigilant over the interests of the town counselled the groups of men who were ga thered in detached squads through the streets against carrying out their intention Mr Murphy represented to the people what was in contemplation to be done for them and that the rate of wages which was the principal cause of their dissatisfaction would be regulated so as to suit exigencies However about twelve clock a bellman was sent out preceding a person carrying a flag on which was an inscription indicating the distress of the population Mr John O'Connell promptly interfered and seized the standard bearer and the bellman In this step he was ef fectively supported by Mr Carter sub sheriff Mr Bannon SI and a few of the police The crowd mean while began to increase and assume a determined demean our using expressions of defiance and refusing to allow the prisoners to be conveyed to bridewell Mr Conne however fearlessly commenced separating them while Mr Carter and Mr Bannon undertook to convey the ring leaders to prison The people rallied and attempted a res cue which the Rev Thomas assisted to resist and warded off a blow aimed at Mr Connell The men after a struggle were secured in bridewell and order re stored but sentiments of disregard for the authorities were openly promulgated by the people Still they did not pro ceed to any further acts of violence The clergy of all de nominations have been untiring and ceaseless in their exer tions in behalf of the poor and are the fittest agents to control the popular mind in dangerous difficulties of this nature (rom the Kerry Examier) Indications of Disqiuetude On Saturday night last a hungry and excited crowd assembled at Mr Russel) store in this town and it was necessary to send lor tho police to preserve order The scene was really affecting and alarming for we may say with one of the crowd tis terrible to see people starving in the middle of harvest On Wednesday there wns danger of a serious riot iu this town A croyvd collected around cars laden with corn and'songht'to drive them back to the districts' whence they came and In some instances proceeded so far as to ent the bags containing the corn thinking thereby to prevent ex portation But upon being remonstrated with by Mr Denny and several other gentlemen they permitted the corn to proceed to its destination Arrival of Government Money On Sunday evening her steamer Comet anchored at the Samphire Island having on board 50001 in silver for this town and 100001 for Galwey Under the semblance of a guard the money was conveyed in two small boats seven miles by water to the Bason and thence to the Bank of Ireland where it was deposited for the payment of la bourers to be employed on public works SKIBBEREEN On Wednesday a number of labourers who had been employed in this town during a few days appeared in a state of considerable excitement and protested in a body against the remuneration they received at breaking stones for the purpose of macadamizing the streets Mr Gaynor assistant to the county surreyor appeared in the crowd and seemed dissatisfied with the quantity of work done and said it should be done in future by contract The men de dared it was totally impossible for them to do more work as tbe stones they were breaking were as hard as anvils (large field stones) They were unanimous in saying that death by starvation was preferable to what they were suf fering They then ceased to work and joined a number of unemployed persons who were patrolling the streets in search of employment forming a very large party Tbe only magistrate residing in the town is Mr Michael Gallwey whose steadiness good temper regard for the people and great influence with them is a guarantee that nothing of the kind will occur except under the most ex treme circumstances but the conduct of the government to the people is heartless They are detested here and a meeting is about being called praying her Majesty to dis miss Lord John Russell and to call in Sir Robert eel (rom the Limerick Chronicle) The landholders and merchants have applied to the com manding officer of this district for protection of corn and provisions coming to market as the farmers are now at the mercy of any idle group upon the road Thursday several cars with corn from the vicinity of Nenagh were stopped near Birdhill tut were permitted to proceed to our market under a police escort Two cows of Mr Dundon or' Annaholty near Castle connell were killed on Thursday night and the carcasses taken away A horse and car laden with corn of Mr Edward Maun sell of Meelick for the distillery was stopped yesterday morning on the road by several countrymen who ordereu the driver to go back but Mr Maunsell insisting that he should have a free passage one of the party presented a gun and shot his horsedead upou the road Upwards of 100 carloads of corn for this market were arrested yesterday morning on the high road at cross and ordered to return home Thouias Grady of Grange Esq hearing of the interruption and disturbance likely to occur repaired to the scene where a crowd was assembled and after frequent urgent remonstrances upon the absurdity and danger of such lawless acts they were reluc tantly induced to suffer the corn to pass into market where it arrived late and only for the great local influence of Mr O'Grady and his very popular character this tady indulgence would not have been conceded without mili tary aid A body of men nearly five hundred marched through Mallow on their way to the workhouse where the master endeavoured to appease the poor creatures who scaled the walls exclaiming We want something to eat we are This multitude obtained temporary relief out side the workhouse The contractor for India meal to the workhouse of this union having failed in sending the usual supply on Thursday tbe Master was obliged to go into the market and pay 141 for a ton of India meal to satisfy the wants of the house (rom the Limerick Reporter) Meeting of the People at the Race course On Wednesday pursuant to notices posted calling a meet ing of the people at the race course near this city to pe tition for food large numbers of the populace assembled The police authorities being cognizant of the matter sent a party of police under command of Sergeant Phillips who remonstrated with the people and advised them to separate Information having been conveyed of the in tended meeting to the Rev Mr PP St that gentleman proceeded to Newcastle On his way he was met by a numerous party of men who were coming into the city He immediately addressed them ad vising patience and pointing out the futility of endeavour ing to obtain their desire by force He also assured them that in the course of a few days there would be plenty of employment He was several times interrupted by the crowd who said that they must get work that they were starving and that unless food and work was given to them they would take the first cattle they could get for they might as well be transported as die of hunger The Rev Mr endeavoured to combat their feeling by ad vice and so far succeeded that they promised that no meet ing should be held for a few days till they saw what would be done for them but that unless food was speedily ob tained they would be obliged to take it by force During this time large numbers of persons had congre gated at the appointed spot but the men whom Mr had addressed turned back and persuaded them to separate But for this timely interposition of one of the faithful clergy of the people there is no knowing what might be the consequences Lives would probably iav6 been lost and a scene of fearful confusion have taken place in this city Can the government after these alarm ing indications hesitate one moment as to the course they ought to promptly pursue (rom the Kilkenny Journal) The Marquis of Ormonde This excellent nobleman has through his agent Henry Lloyd Esq issued direc tions for a reduction upon the rental of his tenantry for the present year in consequence of the failure of the potato crop By a judicious arrangement this reduction is so ap portioned as to give the largest amount of relief to the smaller landholders who from cultivating a proportionally greater quantity of potatoe have become the heaviest sui ferers (rom the Anglo Celt) Burglary and Robbery On last riday night the night after the fair of Cavan) a party of armed men four in number entered the house of a poor man named Philip Skelly residing in the townland of Crim lin (about three miles from this town) and robbed him of seven pounds It seems that poor Skelly had sold' his cow on that day for the sum of 7i 5s of whiah he laid out the five shillings for a quarter cwt of meal and of course used the honest fervent entreaty to dissuade them from deprivi him of his only wealth but all to no purpose a they threatened to blow out his brains if he attempted to use any resistance or make the least alarm On the following night about a mile from the above mentioned place 'another (or perhaps the same) party entered a barn belonging to a poor woman who sold milk and as they could find nothing more valuable in their way they drank the milk and decamped Robbery of irearms two clock in the open day on riday last three armed ruffians entered the house of a farmer named arrelly residing in Ennisconnell and finding that he and bis son had gone to the fair of Cavan with cattle they closed the door and demanded of I Mr arvniiv three cuns and three pistols she replied she had none to give them but not satisfied with this theyearched the house and found three guns and a flask of po i der which they took with them Previous to leaving they (rom the Kerry Examiner) Trughenackm An extraordinary presentment ses sions for the barony of Trugbenacktny was held in the court house on Saturday last The business of present ments was proceeded with and tne sum of 650001 was granted to supply tbe urgent demands for employment in this barony Clanmaurice At a sessions for this barony on Tues day presentments were granted to the amount of 300001 Killarney At a sessions for this barony on Monday presentments were passed amounting to o5U00L Kenmare A sessions for this barony was held Wednesday and presentments passed for 300001 (rom the Anqlo Celt) Lower Loughtee The adjourned sessions were held at Belturbet on Tnursday The magistrates agreed to pre sent tne sum of 45781 to meet the destitution for the next three months Tullyhunco On Tuesday the parish of Killishaudra was disposed of amount eranted 35601 (rom the Louth Advertiser) Upper Orier Tbe extraordinary presentment sessions took place on riday in the court houe of Bally bot Newry lor the barony of Upper Orier At the hour of twelve the chair was taken by the Earl of Gosford Pre sentments to the amount of 7500: ivere agreed to (rom the Waterford reeman) Clashmore At the adjourned presentment sessions at Clashmore on Wednesday works to the amount of 60001 were passed for the Clashmore district Tbe next was the Ringauouah district in which works to the amount of up wards of 40i0i were passed The Villierstown district in which orksto the amount of about 5 0001 were passed Lastly the Ardmore district to which 80001 was ap propriated of which sum a balance of nearly 3 0001 re mained unappropriated for which no works could be made out During the sitting of the bench on the 10th int a notice of the most threatening nature was served on tbe magistrates containing deadly threatsshould immediate em ployment not be given To sub inspector Roney the utmost credit is due for his immediate apprehension of the party while serving the notice It appears that Mr Roney's suspicions had been previously awakened by perceiving a group of persons evidently in consultation and having kept a close eye on their movements he was enabled to arrest the offender iu the act of handing in the atrocious docu ment before he could have effected a retreat Waterford Mail On Wednesday a plumber named Sargent was killed by falling from the roof of Eton College Dried ruits The season for the importation of dried truii has commenced at an unusually early period and the supplies now taking place from the south of Europe are of the most extensive character The enumeration of some of the arrivals within these three days will be suffi cient to bear testimony to the correctness of this statement One vessel the Eolus from Denia brought 2641 boxes and 1557 half boxes of raisins and several of melons toe Ellen Gilman from the same place 4000 large boxes and 2000 half boxes of raisins and another the Romp froin Malaga a most extensive cargo of fruits comprising 3252 boxes 2307 half and 2300 quarter boxes of raisins 19 cases 25 barrels and 100 half barrels of tbe same kind of fruit 70 packages of almonds 14 ehests and 26 boxes of lemons 200 barrelsand 75 half barrelsof grapes 8 chests of pome granates and 500 melons the production of that fruitful place Another called the Lady Rebow also from Malaga in addition to 497 1 packages of raisins and other fruits the large number of 3000 pomegranates with others from the same places with equally extensive cargoes which we have notspace neither is it requisite to enumerate The same remark mado a few days since with respect to the importa tion of grapes and of their excellent quality this season will equally apply to tbe dried fruits now imported to so great an extent Owing to the fine summer for the pro duction and ripening of such articles they are very abun dant are of unusually fine quality and in first rate con dition and will probably ba obtainable at a reasonable price throughout the coming season for the consumption of such kinds of fruit London Paper Growing Own Coffin Died on Saturday Mr William Whitehead farmer Eleswick aged 82 In early life he planted an acorn in his garden which grew to a full grown tree A few years ago the treae was cut down preserved and according to his own request has been ap plied for making his coffin in which his remains are now deposited Plymouth Times Sub marine Railways Mr De la Haye after the reading of a paper On Ancient and Modern Modes of at the Liverpool Polytechnic Society on Mon day in which he expatiated upon the advantages of railway transit and expressed his belief that by and by a daily com munication would be established between China India and London by means of the electric telegraph alluded to his invention of sub marine railways We have before given full details of Mr De la Haye plan which is to construct au immense iron tube to be lu we ed from above and rivetted together by means of the diving bell When completed rails are to be laid down and locomotives unaffected by external influences are to career beneath the bosom of the deep His theory is that the violence of the most violent storms is not felt lower than twenty feet below the surface and that the pressure of the water together with the accu mulation of sand would retain the tube the position in which it might be placed Mr de la Haye is a Brtish subject of rench extraction and is very enthusiastic in his hope ai to the adoption and success of his invention When his assertions have been doubted or disregarded he comforts himself with the assurance that nearly all great a av rvrxipri riHiptilo Ttnem'OOl inventions nave oeeo at Standard eha rhnst Shortness of Breath Asthmas UCCAllJga vm a 9 Coughs and Colds however bad are effectually cured Dy 1 Liverpool Athloue steamer Belfast Wexford Packet 4lx lhaf fhaaa ii i garding their treat arrelly very properly ssvore imforma tions to the foregoing effect on the following day The house of a farmer of the name of Lynch living at Raheen near Castlepollerd was broken into aed robbed of 251 the course ot last weeK Seven barrrel of wheat threshed and ready for market were stolen a few night ago from the house of a farmer living in Urney (rom the Tipperary indicator) Destitution in the Mountain Nothing can surpass the dreadful state of misery in which the inhabitants of the great mountain range which divides the county of Tipperary between Tipperary town and the Ormonds are plunged A person who travelled the Anglesea line of road in that direction within the last few days from Tipperary to Nenagh states a fact which we publish as an instance of the want of food in those dis tricts: Passing near the sixteen mile stone' he saw three men kill a bullock and having asked them why they did so they said they had nothing else to make use of The bullock was the property of one of the persons present They said also that the inhabitants of the cabins in the neighbourhood had no food whatever on which they could live for more than a few days and that they were determi ned to share the bullock as far as it would go with them Our informant is a man of truth and respectability and he sajs it is quite impossible he could describe the fearful condition of the people in the mountains Attack by Terry Alts An armed party consist ing of seven or eight men proceeded on Thursday night about twelve to the residence of Miss Gleeson of Newtown within four miles of Nenagh in the direction of Portroe after very considerable exertions they obtained an entrance into tbe house by breaking in all the windows and then thrusting in and exhibiting their fire arms which so alarmed the inmates that a male servant of the house and the brother in law of Miss Gleeson a man of the name of Mara abandoned the position they occupied in endeavouring to keep the door closed when the Terry Alts immediately secured an entrance on which they beat Mara very severely broke every article of furniture and delph in the house and observed that if Glee son did not deal fairly by her brother they would kill all when next they They then decamped It appears that Miss Gleeson and her brother Mr Michl Gleeson have not been on good terms for some time in consequence of the lat'er having been ejected from a large farm which the former at present tenants Highway Robber Birr Octobeb 1 Mr Ne ville clerk of petty sessions was meton iWednesday night as he was driving into town accompanied by his wife by three men who demanded that he should stand and deliver what money he had in his possession He gave them all ho had about him namely seven shillings They then demanded his watch which he also handed them when the fellows decamped There is but one opinion entertained here that if the government do not hasten on the execution of public works that have been pre sented for at the late sessions and employ tbe people the laws will be set at open defiance and property will lose its value Attack at Capparue An armed party attacked the house of a man named Dwyer at Capparue on Wednesday night and after posting sentinels on the doors of two houses in the immediate vicinity effected an entrance when they searched for Dwyer who it seems has become ob noxious on account of land he has been warned about but not finding him they fired a blunderbuss at two men who were in the house one of whom they wounded in a shockig manner the other partially escaping After leaving ames sage for Dwyer which it were difficult not to understand they went off Banaoher Assemblage of the Populace An immense gathering of the populace amounting to between five and six thousand men assembled in the neighbourhood of Banagher on riday last and had determined to proceed in a oouy into tbe town for the purpose of making known their distress to the authorities and to demand that either food or employment should be provided for them as they were resolved not to starve But their intention having become known precaution was taken to prevent so far as pcssible such a formidable concourse from entering the town and although they stated that their object was peaceable yet much apprehension was felt that an attack would have been made on the commissariat provision store There was a strong body of the copstabulary under com mand of Sub inspectors Duncan and ortescue with Neal Brown Esq who arrived here from Tullamore that morning Nir Brown rode out and met this immense crowd of people about two miles from the town ENNIS EXTRAORDINARY SESSIONS A special sessions for the barony of Island was held at the court house Ennis There was an immense concourse of apectators and th greatest anxiety as to the proceed ings was apparent Magistrates and cess payers in Bindon Blood in the chair William itagerald Robert Daniel O'Grady James Mahon John Luke Brady John Crowe Crowe jun Charles Gore James Richard Stackpoole and John Enright Cess payer Thomas Pilkington Michael inucane Mi chael Naylan James Cullinan Keane Thoma Cullinan Timothy Cullinan Gibson and John Callinan The following sums after considerable discussion were voted Clare Abbey parish 28431 Clondegad 50501 At an early part of the meeting Mr itzgerald stated that previous to the ordinary business being entered upon he had a very important motion to bring forward It had reference to the new railway from Ennis to Limerick He considered that this projected line of railway placed the baronies of Island and Bunratty in a peculiarly happy posi tion for affording employment without any expense to the baronies The sum of 160001 could be expended in em banking this line through these two baronies and he would therefore move that the sum of 160001 be now ap proved of this purpose he would also bring forward a motion to the same effect at the sessions for the barony of Bunratty and if he succeeded in this hit next step would be to proceed with a deputation to Dublin iu order to treat with the government relative to tendering the requisite security for the money which they should advance for this purpose There could be but one opinion as to the vast advantage resulting from the adoption of this plan as it would employ a great portion of the labouring population without a single penny of cost to the barony This proposition was received unanimously and cordially by the magistrates and cesspayers in attendance and Mr itzgerald then withdrew in company with Mr Russell an officer of the Board of Works and drew out the application which was attached to the schedule for the barony On tbe parish of Dromcliff being called on the sum of 118411 was granted Of this sum 30001 was voted for 1 finishing the new Roman Catholic cbapel of Ennis and 5001 for an enclosing wall around it The court then adjourned We perceive by the report that there were thirteen ma gistrates present at the sessions amongst whom there was only one Catholic The presentment for tbe'Ennis chapel of 35001 affords therefore gratifying instance of the progress of liberal opinions amongst Protestants in that dis" trict i BARONY ERMOY The magistrates and cesspayers constituting the court of presentment sessions for this barony met on riday at Castletownroche to pass works for tbe purpose of giving employment The total amount granted was 468461 of which one item 6001 was freely allowed for the building of a Catholic chapel in the town tbe Rev Mr itzpatrick engaging that it should be expended exclusively in labour as the materials had been already provided The proceed ings were distinguished by the greatest unanimity and libe rality evincing at once considerable degree of alarm and a determination tomeet the crisis with energy William Smith Esq was chairman of an extraordinary sessions at Rathkeale on riday when 400001 was presented for public works the two most ini portant being to make Askeaton navigable to Rathkeale and to construct a tramroad to Tarbert At an extraordinary presentment sessions for the barony of Ardee held at the oourt house on riday additional presentments under the present act were passed to the amount of 38471 including the'12301 of the former pre sentments under the 1st Vic thus making a total to be expended in the barony under the Board of Works 78141 ur from tl Cr supplied by a special reporter of that journal nr proceeding to de Dungarvan Wednesday to remark tail the occurrences of Mondayy that the extraordinary baronies To those sessions can exercise an influence over the wages to be i given the country and argue that as they got lOd per day last year when IndiM meal was selling at Is 3d per stone they should this year receive Is 6d a day wages when the med has risen in price to Is lOd Labouring under this er roneous impression that the sessions can influence the amount of wages to be given they have invariably made it a point to assemble in large numbers at the various baronial sessions for the purpose of intimidating tbe gentry there assembled to give the rate demanded Accordingly on Tuesday week when the sessions were held at Clashmore a course of them assembled there who were for a long time restrained from committing any aggression by a number or dragoons under the direction of Mr Howley RM How ever when the business was concluded and just as Lord Stuart De Decies had stepped on his car for the purpose of returning home a simultaneous attack was made on him bv a great number of persons who cried out in lrin Knock him and but for the presence of mind of his servant who whipped up his horse and for the inter vention of the dragoons serious personal injury mignt have been offered to his lordship As it was many of the saldiery received blows from stones and other missiles which were freely thrown at them they not having re sented any of the injuries which they sustained Knowing that on Monday a special sessions would be held at Kilmacthomas about fourteen miles from this printed notices were distributed tbe previous day by per sons employed for the purpose calling on the people to assemble in Dungarvan as the military would be away at the sessions the avowed object being to plunder the provi sion shops in the town This being communicated to the magistrates they took the steps necessary to ensure the peace of the countrv and at the same time afford protection te the shopkeepers' and while Mr Howley with a troop of dra goons and fifty fonr police started for Kilmacthomas Sir Nugent Humble Bart and Mr Boate were left in this town with about sixty cf tbe 67 th regiment and 54 police to ensure that order should be kept in the lacality The caairy however were not long left when about 5000 of the peasantry entered the town principally headed and directed bv a man named Power who it appears has made himself very conspicuous in all the disturbance which has taken place Seeing such a large number in tbe town the magis trates deemed it best to act on the defensive and not inter fere until an actual breach of the peace was committed Acting on this determination they remained passive specta tors of the proceedings of the multitude contenting them selves with cautioning them as to the illegality of their pro ceedings and recommending them to return quietly to their houses Those recommendations however were disre and the ringleaders of the movement went round to the different stores where corn was stored and threatened the owners of the concerns with summary punishment if they attempted to export any of the produce which they had purchased rom that they proceeded to the shops and stores where Indian meal was on sale and vowed ven geance against the proprietors if they attempted to exact more than one shilling a stone for it In the mean time Mr Howley having arrived with the dragoon at Kilmacthomas and having ascertained that the number of persons assembled there did not amount to more than about 500 he requested the magistrates assem bled to permit him to return to Dungarvan with the dra goons as he apprehended some disturbance there in conse quence of the notices which had been posted With some reluctance they complied with his request and having left 48 policemen for the protection of that place he posted off to this town where he arrived in about three hours On his entering the town the crowd who had concluded their preliminary proceedings were in the act of making a simultaneous rush on all the shops for the purpose of carrying off their contents Upon this the dragoons were ordered to ride them down and drive them off and some prisoners being taken amongst whom was a man named Patrick Power better known by the name of who was the leader of the riot at Clashmore and seemed to take a prominent part in the proceed ings they were lodged in bridewell Having secured the prisoners Mr Howley addressed those present and having forcibly pointed out to them tbe likelihood of their being materially injured by the course they were pursuing told them that any representation of their wants or the distress they were labouring under which they wished to lay before the executive he would most gladly forward for them provided that it was couched in respectful language and do all in his power to bave every reasonable request which they made granted Upon this they yetired and in a short time some of the party returned and presented him with a written detail of their grievances and destitution which he promised to forward to his Ex cellency the Lord Lieutenant So for matters were satis factory and the principal part of the crowd dispersed but they shortly returned in increased numbers and peremptorily demanded as part of the arrangement that the prisoners should be instantly released This request the magistrates refused as the parties had been arrested in the act of committing an outrage but promised them that if they dispersed quietly the punishment to be inflicted on them should be very slight They then refused to dis perse unless the prisoners were given up to them and used strong and violent language to the magistrates and when they perceived that there was no chance of their request being complied with they commenced throwing stones at the magistrates and dragoons Matters had arrived at this state when the magistrates deemed it advisable to clear the square which was imme diately done by the dragoons who drove the people into the adjoining streets but the stone throwing being continued an order was given to the police to advance and drive them off They finding it impossible to do so the troop of dra goons were ordered to advance upon which a shout was raised in Irish to kill them accordingas they moved up the streets they were saluted with a shower of stones scarcely one of the cavalry having escaped injuries in some way or other Things had arrived at such a serious pass tost toe omcer in command of the dragoons requested Mr Howley to give the order to fire but that gentleman de clined doing so He then requested Mr Howley to permit him to take the responsibility on himself and to allow him to order his men to fire but Mr Howley replied that there was an important trust reposed in him and he would retain that trust and would not allow any firing until he considered their lives were in jeopardy The infuriated people having continued throwing the stones Mr Howley read the riot act and then warned them of the consequence of persevering in the course they were pursuing but his advice was disregarded and a vol ley of stones was the response thereto The officer in command of the dragoons then said that he would retire from the town with his men if they were not permitted to fire on which the order was given forthem to do so with directions to cease the moment the populace dis continued throwing stones Immediately on the order being given the dragoons drew up in sections of fours each four firing alternately iu this way 26 shots were fired and each round was followed by a volley of stones After the firing continued some time the crowd desisted from throwing stones and retired from the town followed by the dragoons but as soon as they got outside the town they entrenched themselves behind walls at each aide of the road under the impression that the dragoon would follow them into the country and thereby become sure marks for stones thrown from behind those walls However it grow ing dark at the time and the parties being driven from the town the magistrates deemed it most prudent to withdraw the military which was accordingly done On the return of the military into town they ascertained that two persons had been dangerously wounded whom they took prisoners and that about 15 others had received slight flesh wounds and had gone home with their friends The two who have been seriously wounded received re spectively wonnas in tne groin and knee One of them is a carman who had been employed that day in bringing in baggage belonging to the troops stationed here and received pay for so doing bat immediately went drinking When asked what induced him to engage in a riot in which he had no interest he gave the truly Irish answer that when he saw the fun going on he could not resist the temptation of joining in it and he was further induced to do so from being under the impression that the troops had orders not to fire on the people and that if they did do so to fire blank cartridge and that he was confirmed in his belief by the circumstance that the first four or eight shots took no effect Since Monday an organised band of peasantry have visited the houses of many gentlemen and farmers in the country telling them that all they required was employ ment but that they would not work under Is 6d per day and on Monday night they pulled down the houses of four farmers residing in the neighbourhood of Cappa who were obnoxious to them The rumour rife in town yesterday was that the pea santry had gone to all the house in search of arms and were determined to return to the town to take summary veageance on the military How ever the magistrates have taken every precaution to preserve the peace and another troop of dragoons have been sent for to Clonmel whose arrival is hourly ex pected They have also taken the precaution that when eny large number of peasantry are seen together they be immediately dispersed and they will not allow a concourse cf people to enter the town under any pretext At present everything wears a tramjuU aspect and MACROOM rom the Cork Examiner) On Wednesday afternoon large bodies of men women and children presenting an awful appearance of destitution mustered together in that town The workhouse was the first place to which they went exhibiting nothing bordering on tumult notwithstanding their privations Work or was their cry A respectable inhabitant Mr Welply used all his influence to quell any disposition to riot which appeared with which view to show his sympa thies for their distress he marched himself in their centre The physician who happened to be present remonstrated with them and pointed out tbe approaching prospects of relief after which they returned as peaceably as they en tered Just as the crowd was separating the Rev Mr Lee who had been absent from town and returned addressed the congregated people in an eloquent and feelingly impressive manner calling upon them to return to their respective' homes quietly and promising ere the lapse of many day they would be restored to comparative comfort There was one man fell in the crowd who was kindly attended by Dr Croker He was removed into Mr stables where he received every attention Another strong and muscular looking young man was unable to move jrom Mr der which they tooK wnniumu previous iu waving zney Ashe'slstore until Mr Welply brought him some nourish I threatened Mrs arrelly with the vengeance of Molly ment Maguire if she should mention their arrival but disro YjULl 1 sm ULI 11 as Hollo Pills There is no longer any doubt that these wonderful pills are an effectual cure for any ot these com plaints even (hough trey may be of several years rtasding mere relief may be obtained in a few days 1 Such are the extraordinarv Dowers of these pills that many people who LUUOU fcv lai have been so relieved in their Dreaming ano au uuuipwwj 8 56 59 Whitt 57 63 27 30 Grind 26 28 27 29 Po 29 30 27 29 do 29 32 25 26 White 25 29' 21 22 Extra 21 22: Prime large oxen 36 3 Prime Scots 3 10 4 Sheep prime coarse woolled 4 6 4 Prime Southdowns 4 10 5 Large hogs 3 8 4 Neat small porkers 4 8 4.