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ALAKMIXG RIOT AT ENNIS . ( From , ihe Limerick Chronicle . ) The temporary prbstions of the labouring pcor a * this season uf tie ' rear . canted by the sodden advance o f markc-t prices , 233 general ¦ want of employment , have already , " Tfe r ? rret it siiicerelv , provoiert a collision ¦ with the -p-Mies authorities in their legitimate duty of nphsldmg tbe pabiie p ^ ace , and saving tee property of private iacividnils frcn : c £ - 2 ti ] t and repine . The first emcsi ' e ocnrrf . I at the vuiaee of Clare , " near Ennis , at a late hour on SAfcrriay r . iaht . A ciestins of th ^ m-gis : i \ itrs tras held in the Courthouse , Eanis . it three o ' clock en Monday . Affidavit ¦ were sm ? d by the Messrs . Bmnatjme , in ref = renc ^ - the attack on tbe ressel in Clare , and the exertions ; .- .-had nuds f . ; r ihe protection of the property . It v .- ^ . decided to fofsrard an n ' - . iircsa to L meile ^ for a
military r& : n- ^ rcemeEt , arid to call in from the ont-stationa the seTsr . il dctacbmeEts of t ; : e police , and to use eTery exertion to pteserve the per . es of the town . Daring tbe evenisg there were strops symptoms of an ayproachine disturbance , tuna , the apparent excitement-of the working classes , -who paraded the ssreets ia great force , and occasionally co lected in groups in various parts of tbe town . As is customary on snch occasions , the "wojnen "were mas ; Tiolent in tbeir demeanour , and evidentiy encouraging the men , by Tficc'and action , in their rio : ous intention . Tbe police were on the alevt from an early honr , under the orders of the resident xaigistr&tss , Mr . Smyth , Ciptain 3 > a Kuvyues , Mr . Bro-srn , and Mr . Fi'zduion , county and sub inspector . Atoat ten c ' ock a furious crowd coikctr-d
oppos . tb one of Mr . Bannalj-ne ' s stores , and eomnu-acsd an attack upon the gates and windows Tiio police \ Ft . re sho . ' t y on the spot and vni ' . i some diffi cut ; ttccstdeii in driyisg back the mob to some distance and e ' ecrin * thr ^ * psee in front- of the stores . There ~ zs extraordinary -xriituient thrcmjhf u : the town at this period , Iroiu the increasing symptonis cf turbulence in tbe craw « i , and the knowk- ^ e of the tr fl- ' r . g pol : c-3 f - -re-:- arii ] iibi » - for it 3 central protection . ¦ wLi : h , S 2 isil as it was , J-. si bten iuitntr wcakenri by fietiCinients placed in . the banks , in Mt Hariej" s pro-Tision stores ; and the mills . About half-past eleven O ' clock the iuob s ^ pe-aTid to be dispersing , and tba police retired fr . > m the store to patroi Mill-street . Tuis . bowtver , -was but a stratagem . In their abs . i ; C 6 a rash
¦ was again made , and the njob had j a ; t succeeded in treating one of tho cstts , kL ^ h the po . ics n turned and endtaTturtd to rfrive ths ^ back . Stones vrtxc now fcnrkci at th ? police from frost and tczt , one con . 'tible hanng hi'l his skuU fracture ;' . Sa !> -Inspector Brown and Captain 3 e Bavyne-s w * rra both iiit . The policr ¦ wvre c-rd-sTcd to fo : m two fruits back to back , an-. l to fire in sections upon the crowd , which continued to assail them un both sid < ss . This desperate alternative ¦ was adop ' ol , about tTre : ; tj-fi . 7 e shc ' . s wtre tLen fired and ahaest eTtry oro took effect ; but aa tha crowd snppose , l the diichargu ^ is bla ^ i c-utriiL ;? u : f . i the fill of ir . e tsvurided sur . ths ser ^ ams u : ' the Morrun too late convi ccj Uit-m of its fatal . 1 Sets , then enly the aisa : lania txcia t : > disptrst- umi-st tha tr ^ atest cproar .
11 u runic-urea thit tut ; autturiti ^ s were -precipitatij in giTii-2 orctrs : ;> £ re upon tee crowd , c < . i . si 3 : ing ia a great nie ^ nre ¦ f bjys ana ¥ umta , who certainly wtre moat actiTc in the attack , but such w , ^ s tbe critic-vi posi ; icn cf ILc poiice , Lt-nnird in at all tides by an txasperatcd multitude . ;> 3 to reader it almost impossibl-j for them to e-icape undtr any othtr circumstaucbs . It is abo alleged that tho K : ot Ast was not read , at leas : not he-ird cr obserTed r . y ar > y ptrson , but it is premature , in the tumult acd disor . tt-r that ptevaile . 1 , to form
an aHol&te conc ! usi' > n ou this material point , as ths mejanchoiy tccurr < . i . e * : « iil fviiu the subject cf icTfitlgstioa . Thtrs i 3 no coabt , hovTcTcr , thii the ex-. r ; ior > s o ! > ir . Bm : > -JZ . and al ^ o cf Captain de Kuvjues , were most mdcfi ' -iiable thr ^ u ^ bous the whole d ^ y in endtz-Touring tD persuade tLe crowd to disperse peaceably . Taey is ere ^ tU siccedtd by the IUy . Mr . Heunessy , Sonian Citi-i-iic curate , fcac without tfi ^ ct , nutwitn-8 tandiEg a'l Ihe prumisrs th ^ t t _ ese geniitsien couiU siake of speedy relitf being afforded to the dibtresaes ni tiie cLamorc-is poor . is the of the
The foUsvrj : ^ list casnalities . which we lamen- to tiad so extensive . The -wounded persons irers brcisLs to the c-nsty iifltmary , ani received evsrj attesSioa from the resist ni sargeca , D / . Q O'Brien : — Catharine T-llon , shot in the head , died since adlHiU-= d into hospital . Pt £ - £ y Kean ,. iroiinded in ths thij £ b , net dacgrruns ; P = ^? y M'G .-nnis in the lej . not likely to i ^ civt ; J . Bur > y , * hot in the arm , broken ; 5 f . Leary , id .-circd thr « e bills in the thigh , broken ; J . Tobin , fchct in . tae calf uf the leg ; J . ' Shaat ? . thet in dit-o ; Edward Sullivan , i ..,:. ia . the £ join ; J . Eenuesey , stot in tie taiib , r ,-t CTneerc ^ s ; F . Xejlan , sifajl ia the arm , not dasger- u ^ ; Slictari Hacna ; : iar . i , two shuts in caif of leg , fcrtkui ^ Thomas Darcy , trouoded in the ba&k ; T ^ uinas ilorony , in the- thigh , not dsngerens ; Jznus P ^ z ^ ibbon , a KLu ^ man , shot through both caivea cf the legs , ntt danferoua ; and D . Palioa . noii . - ' -ina . n . e ^ e > rokir . i by a stroke uf a at-one .
E . vsis , TcEsdat . —A mannamtdisary has just exp ired in the Oiiuty in £ . r : uiry f . cm the tffiCts of shots received during the riot- list evening . Eonis is in a very elsriai 3 itate . Tiia bellman has l )© en « ut toctkI Hie ti ^ n hy seme evil emissaries for the purpose cf collecting a mob at themailet before ' . ho tour cf two o ^ elcck tfcis ' day . Toe ptrpoK-vce havarefasefl * li offers of pacificit -ion , &patily ceciariug thit nothi :. g will gratify TSem pet blood I Toe cry throagii the town all tbe day is—" AssenoTa until ire £ ave bltod la > IoDd !" Lirse crowds had collected at the Market Place at two o ' clc-tk . ilr . Bri'j ? = nian , tie borough r ^ prefent&tiTe , accompanied by Mr . Coliinan , the loeai Crovm Eoiicit- > r , ilr . Knox , Mr . J . Magrath , ar . d others , - visited th * ground , in order to suppress the spirit of revenge , which pras evidently broodirsc orer the wonnd&d victims of last night ' s disastrous conflict .
Ur . Bridgemm said—Boys , I am come amongst you in const qurace of bavir-g heard the ¥ e ) lmaa call a meeting of the inhabitants ; that , in my opinion , was » n injudicious course , and I hope it -will not be persevered in . J promise you that you shall have a fell and fuir investigat ion of all the circumstances ; insitad , therefore , of assembling in any unlawful manner ,. collect what infer-J 23 ticn you cin , and Kt it t > :- produced at the inquest . "We will pr . jsecnte the this ? in a lt- ^ -al manner ; tie iaw ¦ wili protect you , and aepend uyoa it you sbaii have justice—( hear . )
Mr . Coliinan—^ Fellow-townsmen , it u not often that I addiea yc-u , but 1 beUtve you will a ^ iiait that ^ whenever yen put your confidence in me you a : e not bctra } ed . —I" So , ed . ") I ntTer gvre yon advice calculated to lead to bad consequence?— . hear . ) I am local Crown pro 3 ecut 2 r for this county , and it is my duty to punish yon if you offend , as-weil as thoss that offend yon , ani I promise that , as far aa 1 can go , you siia . ll bsve protection . There has been blood shed ; I don't iaow by whom , but I hc-ir it haa bsen shed -srsntonly , ttertfure get all the information " y < m can for the irqa-st A voice—TVe must have Mood for blood . '
Mr . Caliintn—Tbat is not the msnntr to proceed ; it is by qiis = nc £ 3 and Snimess ; we shall bring the casa before the Crown , asd tben , if TraTniitsd , cefore the Juice of a = K * ze- Appeal to the laws of year country alone-, for Is . itr . ighi ' awerk ^ ilifaily prove that you hs ^ s no recress to cst by facing an arme ; t party of police—{ hear ; . There is onefsct which I wish to menticin . anu by which it apptars ths crowd vrrrs offcring eo resijtar . o ? " when fired at- ilost cf thr . se ii . jurtd wtre \ rtnudtdi 2 tiis back—ihtar ) . Mr . Caliican , in conclusion , assure the psopla t ' :: at h--: would give every assistaiieo in inv-. stisaxing the tna-. tcr fsiiy . Mr . Kinx nvs " - aS . Atess * d thim , s . ad el vised tile people t j f-jrbcarac .-e , as b « that aljns thsy * v » ouM be suit to have vxsfce .
Tne tww- ' i then r . ;? p-:-rsed , but only to settle tliernfelves in otli-r p . iru if the town . Tiie escitenjfrnt inereasas every ni-iinen ' , and it now spp ? ars thai all tts magistrates d-nyhiTJrg given orders to tlio-poHco Vj fire oa the zJizbr . before . Tne icque ^ t has rot yet been held . Nothing cm equii tee ii 3 . nirn : t . 'ry txdtzmant ; the police sr- _ nnaer arms in barracks , and a party parading the town . Mr . C . OGonnell hns'jnst addresstd the people at the Curt-house , and tsprtsstd his intentiun of con-Tenicg a Hireling ait-. r ili = ir . qaeit . Tn ^ re ars f = » o g : tno snpposed rio ' ers dead in hosp : til , Z . 2 & m-jre j = a d } iz ! £ stats ; is fict , all the ' c 33 = s in hospital , esccjjt mrce or four , are considered iiangc . r « us .
TCESD-iY 2 \ igut , Eight o ' Clocs .. —The excitement ciustd by lasi unit ' s appalling citastrophe siUl coatinu s m . tbte < . i- This indiscriminate E : ansfct- _ r his created ac-. L-U ::: tu : cf L-jrror ia the public icuid , sis it is Lffinned that to ciuie t-xlstsdto warrant the ado ^ uon of such tstrtiiius—no niitter how connecting tlie accc-u : U given > n tto sid businvBS , en this point aii tppcir to : jrt =-A detr . cbr ; - ^ t 0 " the 85 : h , from L ? n ;? v : c ' k arrive ; : here about ihrte o'clock yesteroay , special Tcq-at > t hating bti-n ma e for th-vt pury'RS ; tL ^ y remain under arms , -t the police-bc ^ rack . in Gaoi- ^ tri-t . A short time previous to the opening of tbe inquest ,
Mr . C . O ' Concell addressed the ps-ople in the Gourthcase . He aenoanc ^ i , in r ; ost usqoaiiied terms , tht promoters of thi 3 ' base au-. i bioix-iy murder , ; ' an-J exhorted the people to forbearance , as by that aiont they could ebudn redrs ^ s . lie then itf-jraed the meeting taac 1 msmor-ai , prepared by tbfcir excsllfent chief magistrate , 3 Ir . SisTth ( police fanetionary ) , bad been just forwanied to Government , calling for an in-¦ vesiigation of the circumstances , " and urged that every act of oatr&ge committed in the interim Trcald on ' iy Bsne to clear those persons who vrere now charged with , tfle murder of isnoeent and uneffendine people ' .
He assared the people tha * . the guilty party in the present cos 2 iacrald not go unpunished , despite tbe perjary which ha felt assured would he strcn . gly mustered by O » b ^ b fqdresns , and by those paid ind pampered raJSana , the police . ( Cheers- / They" thonfhs ( coctinned Mr . O'Cor . nell ) that because their party Wrre in power they could do vrhst they pleased ; bat 1 ssy , taoogh thry are of a party with the present Government , that Govjjirae : it is not entirely so unjast as to desy fAtr , ia : partial—aye , retriButive jsistice , to bcr jJsjesty's faith *! ::, JGjal , pesctable , nnd ncofitading iubjectr . ( Chesr ? . ) There are aiieady t * ro victims ¦ £ ouj to tbeir accacat , " end » 5 Tenteen others iie vrith-
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out a hope of recovery . What heait can hear this uzjnwved ? What , blood thai will not run cold at the recital of these horrors ? I , tharefore . call en you , with all the solemnity -which the subject requires , to be qa : et and peaceable , in the hope- * f _ receiving redress through a f ^ ir and impartial investigation . ( Cries of " TVe will n If wo do not receive justice in this way—if quietness will not answer—I say , and I care not if btr Maje&tys Attorney-General beard me , that if we are d nied justice for this reekiess and barbarous mnrd&r , ^ e are ic-soived—nay ready—to justify ourselves ( Tremendous cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell tben wsnt on to say , that it was reported that others beside tbe police had signalised themselves in this cowardly at ' acir . " Gentlemen amatenrs , " who , now that the r -,-a for shooting grouse and partridge is over , turned litir mt ' . rderous wesprr . s on the destruction of their fellow-beints I . ¦ .. .
Strange as it rc ? . y appear , every person in authority , magistrals aa vr ^ -11 as police-officers , ileny having Siven orders to fire ; it is therefore cantsmplated to have every man v » ho was on duty at the time severally esMuined . The inquest , it is expected , \ rill occupy two days at least
THE INQUEST . At four o ' clock , the doors of the Record Court were thrown open , and in a few minutes every part ef ths bailding was crowded to suffocation . On tbe Bench were—Mr . R . G . Greene , coroner ; Mr . H . Bridgeman , M . P . ; Mr . P . Carrick , justice of the peace ; Mr . CuW . nan , local Crown solicitor ; and Mr . Brown , county inspector of police ; Mr . C . OConnell , Mr . L . C- Smyth , stipfniliary magistrate , and others , occapied different
positions in the cou U The Coroter—Gentlemen , "we are met for the discharge of a duty which involves an iuquiry into what , as a townsman , I most heartily deplore , but which , : is 3 pubiic officer , it will be my province to make a full and perfect investigation of . This 1 shall endeavour to Co fairly , uprightly , and impartially , and aa it is likeiy tLat the iuquiry will tafeo up a long time , v .- shaii merely swear a jury to-night , whose duty it will b « to view the body , and thtn sojourn to a fixed Lour uext day , when we Bhall proceed to take the
. Mr . Knox—Gentlemen , thare is a case which has just now come under my observation ; a boy is hero before ycu who receive . ! some smnll shot iu the affray of last night , but he can receive no assistance at the infirmary , as it is already over-crowded . The boy , whsss nanis is Andruw O'Neill , was then produced . Oa being stripped , the entire of his back nndltft siJe w ^ re rid ' . Ue . i with shot , which , from the s ze of the marks , must have betn what is commonly coiled ' double duck . ' The Jury then proceeded to the house of the deceased p .-rsun , Ca'hirintj Fahy , a ! ijs Shechan , und after viev > ini the body , sepamteii uutii Wectresday .
WED . NESDAY ilOHM . NG . S ! X O ' CLOCK—Tbe police pa ' rrlltd the Greets inr-ju ^ hout tLe r . iij . ht , and though cTo * r >' wtre to a l ; vte hour collected in different parts cf the town , no disposition to ri-: t or brcaeS of the prace iva * obsftrvable . E \ try other feeling seems to be It-it in Eiixiety for tha issue of the ivquest , anti a . t this eaTlj hour ? ronps of persons :-. re sanntefing tbrttugh the streets . The coroner will take his scat at eleven , and proceed to busin ? ss immediately . An express police man rode into thia garrison from Enn \ s yesteniay morning , and in half an hour after , Colonel Mansel had farwarJed on the toad to that
quarter a dettebment of tbe J . 5 th , from tb 3 Castle-barr 3 ckr , under command of Lieutenant Grey . At five o ' clock last evening , another pressing letter fcom the magistrates having b < = en received by the znaii-coaclt . denmiriiDe more reinforcements , Captain Bell ' s troop of the 5 tb Uwecon Guards proceeds hence at a erar . rt trot to the scene of danger In th 3 absence cf the police , who were called in from toe r station to Ennis , the country towns and villsgeB Were left expcseil to an idle rabble , "who at Newmarket en-Fennis had the imprudtEce to enter several private shops , and help themselves , without leave , to not only ntctsss . ries , but comfoits .
FURTHER PAKTICVLAES . ( From ihe Limerick Reporter . ) "Wednesazj , Jane 8 . On tbe conrt being opened this morning , a tremendous rash took place , and a popular outburst of indignation was raised against the police , who were ttationed at the several passages . Their officers ordered them to retire to tbe barracks . Tho list was now handed to Mr . O'Connell ; the numb » r of names on it was 42 . Mr . Carrick suggested that as Captain de Buvynes was about being iniplicate . 1 in this matter , it was right he should liave an opportunity uf bcini ^ presaijt . iir . O'Connell o > j cted , and said that being the professional advissr of tbe deceased ' s friends , ho was determined to accuse him of wilful murder . ( Great cbeerin ? )
Captain Di Rnvyr . es . —It is jast now I have come into cou : t ; I co not know the proceedings that have been gene on w th . Mr . O'Connell . —Tbe only proceeding is , that I am wsAer the painful necessity of charging yon with marder . Captain D * "Ruvy-iea . —So help rae God , 1 never ordered the police to fire 1 I swear I ani not guisty of ths charge . « nd I trus : thst I shall be able to rebut it . Mr . O Cvnnell . — I hold in my hand the depositions of a man who is in estTtinis , I would susgest that some magistrate shoni-J go with the R ; v . Mr . Henne--sy to the infirmary to have the informations taken by him . Mr . H . Bridfeman left tae court w < th the Kev . Mr . Htnncssy , to proceed t-j the county infirmary .
Mr . OCounriL—Mr . Coroner and gtutltrmen of tht > jury—You will bear with me a-while in performing a duty wh'ch devolves on me of putting before you the fuct > of the case . On Monday night last , a most want-.-n msssacrs took place , of which you are aware . I shall bring before you persons who will prove to your satisfaction that the firing was not regular , but what I may term platoon'firing . Yon will hear witnesses who cannot be doubt > d that tho police took deliberate aim aJ the people . ( Here Mr . O Connell went on te recapitulate tbe circumstances of the case a 3 they appeared in evidtnc * . ) Mr . O'Connell continued— If thftre was
a regular voiiey thsre must be some tscuse for it , owing to the excitement of the moment ; but , no ; it was a tegular piatODn fire th-y kept up <* u tV . 9 unfoTtnnate victims . * Gracious God . ' if J . be rightly instructed , a more barbarous murder was ni ? vtr p . rpetrated on an un ^ ff _> nd ' m : r people . I will not move your passionsyou saw the bloody wounds that called a ' . oua ft > r vengeance , and demand to investigate the case coolly and deliberately , and find a verdict according to the evidence produced . Mr . O'Conseli ceiled on the corocor to know would tbe police be brought up in custody , or w « :-e they in the barracks ?
Cor-jner . —It , ia ' viis . retionary for them to eome in if they pJi-ise ; my duty will reit on the Verdict , that will her :-aft < -r be found . ^ Mr . Browne , County Inspector , then sjJW , —I be ? to trespass ou you Ivt 3 short perio' ! . I feel the p liaful ta > k I have t ; i perform , owing to tbe way in which Mr . O'Cunncll has addressed you . I ha * B dischirged my duty without mnlice or envy . I will abi'ie by what I did , ? . s I did nothing to cali for your IH-wiJ ] , If I gave the police orders to fire it would be fcSLciu- ; j " and not by pht ^ n , as stated by O Com : tU I appeal to yjur fettli-. gSj no man deplores it snore than I do : it wn . 3 done without my sanctit n or approbation , and ; thertfore , I am determined to abide by the consoqueiiCrs . Mr . S : i : iih then said—Prom the observations that
hive r-al tn Jroin Mr . Browne . I feel c ? .: nd ou to r : ; e . 1 rrgret isctdingly he should jntroriuce my r . ame . It wouiU spp& ^ r \\ j -what he stated , Wnx mv pbsriice ¦ vrus tt :- ; cinsa uf thi occurrtnee that took place , &iU ; cuj ; h he hacj anolLtr magiEtrsitc with h ™ ¦ sho can ; e out dele niiutJ t < _ > eel independently of me ^—cheers . ) It -was not my in ' .. ntion to ba invidious . I am dra ^ iT ' d foivrard to drfeid myself . I went to Mr . B > . naat ? ne ' s store . I pl \ c-: ci tae men in a- position to protect his pro-vrty . Tne pol'co were not £ -Tru"k , but t -e people vrtre loud in tLtir exclanistioDs . I rftsired . Mr . Brovrr . e io be cool , = 3 ^ e appeared not to b& so , and to keep tha men quiet- I went through tbecowi ) , ^ d ' tressed them , and in- ^ nied them to go hom * with me . r . n < i promised , ii they should do so , to £ •> about t ' : e rrxt iioraiug t j ccU-.-ct subBCri ^ tions to pare base potat ma ijr th- ^ ir u > a— ( htar , hsaT ) . I indnc : d them to ret'ro , a . c-1 went hiuk v , -ith thtm about thirly yaxds , wlit .-i 1 b < r £ r i iGTcra ! shots £ rai . 1 th-, n turned ba < : k r , r > d n-v
absh ' . j froc : five or sis pan ? . I was a-. nca .-d , and in as iliac . : Ujigeras zny ono e'se . It could not , hoirever , be exr--cttd ihat . 1 could face thsTu vrith arms pr-sen : ed , cr niuke any effort t ? stop them thea T ; : e crowd tce : i lu-b-.-a : ' . c * 'jrd xind forced urn tr . tb them into Idill-E ' -rftfct . 1 then h ^ ard cries of "Vm shot , I'm shot " Several woman came up , a : id attempted to te ; iT me , ar . i they sa . id I caje orders to fire . Some nie . i ttiun c ^ aje up a- _ i said ' they vrouVi protect v-. e , and they fjrc-.-d we -TitLi them to D-.- * n OsiUiu t ; hn ( : s' -y '? . In a shoit t : iue i . f ^ r I left his house , accouipinie'i by Mr . M ' . ' -iiihon und searched the town for trie police , : i n ' . l
was FUi-prised- I couM cot find them . We then went round by t : ie bridge towards the mills , and mei the polies bttwetm ths hospital and the bridge When J cause up to thtm Mr Browne asked me where I had Been , en , ; -Ag £ d Li t&KiDg the per . pla away , and I said , " Whoga- » e OTJcr-s to fire ? ' . Mr . Browne sai-: l , " Nobody . " I tt-cn turned round tu Mr . Fltzjimon , who was leaning on me , and said , " this is strange , and places you in a very awkward position . " I have stated all tho ^ e partiealars to tho Governiueut , and bavv cailed ft > r an iiiVcitigation , which I am confident will be granted .
After Mr . Smith concluded , Mr . Browns asked him if when he made the reply ts him , that nobody gave order * , if ha did . not add , " 1 know I gave no orders . '' Mr . Smith said be believed he did . He had no doubt bat he did maks the observation . Mr . O'Cjnnell then proceeded to call witnesses . The first called was Pat Garraby , who deposed as follows : —I live in Eoniy . I recollect Monday eveniDg last . I was alongside the polica on the store road , about six yards fruni ilr . Arthur ' s gate , nearer to Mill-street . I cannot state positively how many polica were present , but think there were abcut forty . It was sbout twelve o ' clock v . hen" I went home . Thd police were facirg towards Mill-street , I eaw no moanted men , I saw > Ir . Brown at the right of the police , and Captain De Ruyynes at their lefs on the footpath . Beth remaining at their
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respective aides . I heaid Captain Da Ruvynea Bay " fire , " and Mr . Brown "not to fire . " I heard Mr . Brown a second time say , " Do not fire , boys . " The word was given by Captain Da Ruvynea before Mr . Brown desired them nos to flro . About two minutes after the word was given the firing commenced . The front rank of the polica was in a kneeling position , the rear rank were standing up when they fired . There was about two or three shots fired by the front rank . After they fired Mr . Browne said " boys , don't fire . " There was about two or three minutes between the firing of the front and rear rank , and it was after both
that Mr . Browne said , for the second time " boys do not fire . " I heard only about three shots when I ran away . Could not tell the namea of those who fired . When I get to the corn-market gate on the store-road , I saw the deceased woman brought away between people and she bleediDg . I saw M'Namara bleeding . 1 saw also tbe blind man Fitzgibbon walking down the road and he bleeding . Was standing for about two minutes near the police b « f <> re they fire *' . I saw the people that were between the police and Mill-street . I am sure every one cf tbe people could be dispersed without the police having recourse to firing .
Michael Haire deposed as follows : —I saw Captaiu D- ; Ruvynes and Mr . Browne standing Bide by , side when the police baited ; the greater part of the crowd had dispersed before the police charged ; about five minutes after I got into the ruin , I heard Captain De Ravynes say , " Ready , present , fire ! " Mr . Browne repeated the same words after tfce captain , and the men fired . I heard about forty shots fired , th-.-re were about nfceen minutes between the firing of the first and last shot . I did not go home all morning ; after the firing WES over , Mr . Browne ordered the men up towards the mills ; it was about one o'clock then ; the police were forced towards the old market . To the Coroner . —It was Captain De Ruvynes and Mr . Browne gave the orders to fire ; there were persons in the ruin with me , a boy of the name of Moit M'Inerncy . and three women .
Doctor George O'Brien being sworn , was examined by Mr . O'Connell—1 examined the wounds in the deceased Catherine Sheehan , the came by her death from a gun shot . MaTtin M'Guane sworn—I live in Ennis . I was at the firing . It commenced on the road . I was standing near the store when Mr . Honnessy walked on with the mob . I remained with the police . I heard C . iptuiii cto RMvynes gay , he got a blow of a stone ou the numtU . There were ovtr twenty policemen present . The policamcn had their bayonets Berowed upon their carbines at thia time , and in a charging po .-. tion . Mr . Browne colled out to Captain dvs Ruvynes , and inquired what was he to do ? This was five niiiiutes after the captain complained of being
struck in the mouth . He ( the captain ) said he coulii do nothing , as Mr . Smyth was uot there . Mr . Browne replied , I now give yon ; the authority , and you miiy do as you please . Captain Dti Ruvynes then caid that thu men must fire ; then Mr . Browne desired tbe men to firu ; the word wag scarcely out of his mouth when tbe ram fired . Befoie tho word was given , I heard Mr . Fiziinion say , " In the boncur of God , do not fire , hut charge upen the mob , and close them up , and they will make away . " Between tlieso words and tho firi 1 g three minutes did not elapsa . It was after Mr . Fi ? z injon spokii that Captain I ) a Ruvynes said , tbe men must fire , and Mr . Browne gave the word instantly ; the- police ni ? gbt have put five times the number of persons presi-nv away without firing if the advice of lir . Fitzs ru .-n was taken .
To Mr . OConnell - Captain m Ravyn » ss real no paper before tho order was given , neither did Mr . Brow-ce . If any thing h : ul been Tead I muBt have heard it . There was no light to read without getting a candle . fo the Coroner—I heard tho Captain give no word of command . I ^ aw no stone thrown immediately previous to the firing . The police were in 110 danger at the time . I got ni ) Bb , f a blow on the hoad , but it neither hurt nor cut Kie . The police fired first towards > Iill-3 treet , and then turned back and fired on the opposit 3 aide . When I was bit there wero no other stones thrown . While the people were running away the police continued firing at them . Tbe police walked fjrward after the people every Bhot they fired . The police - came eight or nine steps from where they were plaoud , and then turned back and fired hi the opposite direction . I did not see Mr . Smith after until the bodies were carried to the infirmary . The mob did not return .
The R ; v . P . Hennessey sworn—I recollect the night in question , when Mr . Smith and I were stationed near the store . I found him addressing the people , advi-B ng them to retire , and promising that in tho csurst ; of the week he would solicit subscriptions from the more opulent inb . abitar . ts to procure cheap provisions for those who were in want of them . I joined in the same appeal , and in the promise . Ha brought forward a iarge body of the people , and I followed with another , until we came to the height of the . street , we repeating our promises , they expressing tb . 6 ir confidence in us ,
and he pressing en them tbe necessity of keeping their word ? . We came round by Jail-Btreet , lest the people should follow u ? . When we came up wo found different persons ttrapgling by the walL Mr . Browae said that the people wero throwing stones . I drew a large number of the raowd with me . Whtn th « shots commenced I cried out , We shall all b « shot , ' and I w : is Urbsd ' nlly annoyed to flud that Bhovs should be fired promircuously while I was co-operating with the authorities for the preservation of the ptace , thus endangering the lives of myself and other innocent persons . 1 : m confident that there were no stones thrown in tbe
direction from which the shots proceeded . 1 perceive ;} something like tbe effect of a shot in my leg , but I felt no apprehension of daDgcr . I heard the peoplo m \ y that Captain de Ruvynes promised to assist in the subscription . To the best of my judgment I am quito clear that tiie crowd might have been dispersed without the police firing a shot or even screwing on a bayonet . In . point of fact , we were all running away when the police commenced firing , and during the run they ( the police ) continued firing . Mr . L Smyth , resident magistrate , sworn—From my experience as a magistrate , I am qu » te persuaded that if the police remained stationary as I directed , I could
have taken away every man in the crowd by my smglo tx ^ rtions . On retiring after Bending off one batch I returned and saw the flashing of several carbines , when I , of course , retired in dread of my life- If they had not proceeded to fire , I am confident I wouM have arra ged all in ba ; f an hour . On my return I found Mr . Browne addressing the people i : i an indiscreet manner I did not approve of . I was forced along the road down Mill-street , he told them to stand hack or he would be obliged to fire upon them . When I heard that , I Kiid , " Bo ocol and steady , and I wiH contrive to disperse them myself . " I hsard him give no oTders . I went accordingly , and did as I before stated . I had do further conversation with Mr . Browne
until it was all over . C . iptain Da Ruvynes—Gentlemen , I have already ma- ! e a declaration of niy innocence—I leave my case in your hamis . I went out amtng my ftliow-towusmen , not as a magistrate , but as a p . ivato individual I \? as always anxious for their welfare , and I now givo my oath that on that iiigLt I did not direct tht police to fi e . Mr . Smyth , in answer to a question , said , that on nvking ii-quiry of Mr . Browne , ho taid that no person dtsirtd linn to fire ; on meeting that night , he turned routid and said , '" Mr . Smyth , wntre were you ? " I said , You might well it . quiru , when you directed the police to- fire on tha peyule , ' and I would wish to know who gave you ord-.-rs to fire ? " Mr . Brown :: said , " nobody . '* I ordered 'be party out , auil I conceived tfcr .: C ; ip : ain D < Jluvynes canitf to ttu place ) as a M : agistraty , from an observation he made at a meeting of waKir-trates lie ' . d on thai day , that he wuulii give every assistaiicc ; in his power to preserve the peace .
To . Mr . Browne—I am 'a ' . Jsfied as that lam standing : here that th ^ linswt-r yo u made ^ as * ' nobody . ' Perhaps you said ' I did not give tho order , " r . nd I have no ckuot bat wi ; at you say ia true , and that you said sc . iir . O'Conntll said that he h « d close'l , and inquired if t ! : e gentlemen concerned intended to produce any Viimesscs ? Captain De Ruvynts—Conscious of my innocence , I wiil eiittr on no defence . Mr . Bro * ue—I am placed in bo dim ; nit a position th . it I rfciliy know not how to act . If I wore oniy persoaally concerned I should not he « it . iU ' , but I aia ho totally ignorant of liiiiLknowlsdgo uha .: I know not how I shall proceed . ; hut luera are tho-: o of whom I have the superintendence v ,-bo are resp-. ctabio men . aua therefore without legal assittinco I cannot say what I snail do .
Tiie C T ^ r . cr then iledared tbe Cjurt ailj-jur ^ ed ttn o ' clock , n-x ; t ' a / . TuunsuAV , Juse 9 . —The Coroner took his seat this day at ttsi o ' ciocL . Afit-r a protracted examination of Mr . F . ' z ; i ! iioa , and eviuer . ca being & ivon by Mr . William Kaan aud burgeon Greene , Mr . O Conueil addressed the jury for the prosecutian , wht-n t : ; cy retired fur nearly an iiour , and then returned with the fo !! ovring veruict : — " We fiud that tha deceased , Catharine Sheelian , came by her death in consequ ^ uce of a gun-shot wound b flicted by ono of a party of police or . duty in the town
cf Ennis , on tho nh ; Lit of Modiay , ' the 6 cn of June , cr morning of Tuesday , xfct 7 th of June instant , called out to protect ttw property i ^ f Mr . Bauna'yne , and thas that party , by the return mule to us , by Mr . Firzjimon . subinspector of police , consisted of tto foilovring persons : [ Here tbe li » t of the police on duty was insetted , j And wa , the Jurors aforesaid , further find tbat that party gf police did not receive suIScent provocation from the people , who were tniuuHuously assembled , to warrant them in at all firing upon the people ; and we further find that those belonging to tne police force , as previously named , fired not alone without orders froni any magistrate , cr any tfficerB , but in opposition to the positive orders of their officers . "
Ten o ' Clock , p . m . —Sinee the finding of the verdict Ihe town is in a great state of txcitemenfc , so ' much so that it was considered nvcessary to have tha dragoons called out;—they are still patrolling the htrutts The people had a great triumph here this eveningthiity-eight policemen were-inarcLod to priaon , strongly guarded by soleitrs ( cavalry and infattry ! amidat the groans and execrations of the populace . The town is new xetfe ' eyy quiet .
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Mr . T . B . C . Smith arrived here to day on the part of the Government , and opens an inquiry into the matter at ten o ' cleck to-mprrow mornina ; .
GOVBENMENT INQUIRY IN ENNIS . The inquiry ordered by the G » vernment , in consequenoo of the memorial of Mr . L . C . Smyth , Btipendiary magistrate , at Ennis , is still in progress before Mr . Smith , Q . C ., who has been instructed to investigftte and report all matters relating t » the late fatal affray in that town , bo far as the conduct of the-stipendiary magietratea and the police ia concerned . One of the first acta of the commissioner / was to order the thirtyeight policemen , who had been committed to gaol
under the governor ' s "warrant , t © be brovight up , and to remain in court dating the investigation in which they were so deeply interested . The fi fit and principal witness was Mr . L . C , Soiyth , the sHpendiary magistrate , who gave a detail of the afflicting circumstances . The Rev . Mr . Htnnessy wns next examfned . Several other witnesses were to follow . The police , on their -way to the court , and on their return to the gaol in the evening , were assailed with the most bitter denunciations of the populace .
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Pleasing Trait . — -A . n incident occurred on board the Viscount Sandqu , :-. irbioh sailed on Wednesday from Gravesend with the last detachment of the ^ lant 9 th lancers on board , which deserves record . It is thus described in The United Service Gazette * — "A volunteer from the 15 thHHSsars , named Fano had'r «! MUy .-aaiTied- ; Iug ; i ^ to ' ftgfromteB - wifo ^ v ? . -wso painfully affecting that his comrades clubbed amongst themselves and raised the funds requisite Jo delray the expense of her paseage to Bengal , rather than eevpr her from her husband . This ffeneroue act came . to ,. the- knowledge of the owner of the Heulab , Mr . Laidinan , who happened to be on board at the time , and who was so much pleased with the men s disinterested generosity and the attachment of the ne-rly--redded couple , that he paid the woman ' s : passago-mpney cut of his own pnrse . for which he was chaired , nolens vcktis . round the Bhiobv"the men . ' r J "
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Mathicipe bit a MADHAW .-rSnnday evenfne *»» 29 ch of May , a most awtul ocenrrence took place ofr the Jslaad of Cape Clear . A pew on named Mfcha 3 Cadigan , put an end to his mother ' s existence b » beating out her brains with large Btones , aad -matt , lating her body in a most shocking maniier . Aa inquest was held on the body of the deceased , on tS 2 od instant , at Cape Clear , before MrvH . LawtWu and Mr . S . Townsend , two of her Majesty ^ justices of peace , and snb-Inspeotor R ^ G . Brew . TJie fol * lowing particulars were ascertained , Viz . : ¦—That the unfortunate
man { being a lunatic ) was followed b * his axe 4 mother out of his house , and look » he o » portunity of putting an end to her existence m stated , and then threw her bod y orer a precipice at least 200 feet pfcrpendicular , into the sea where it was found next day . The Jury brought in a yerifirt of " Murder against Michael Cadigan , 8-mit-rthi deceased , he being in a state of : insanity . " , Han * peared that thw unfortunate matricide had been twice in confinement , once in the Lunatio Asyluia , whence he was discharged as cured . —Irish pnper . ¦
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From the London Gazette of Friday , June 10 . ';/' : '¦ :- ' BANKEDPIS . Robert Bennett Thompson , Wood-street , Cheapside warehouseman , to surrender June 17 ,. at half-past twelve o'clock ,, July 22 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . ; Solicitor , Messrs . Reed and Shaw . Fri-- ay-street , Cheapside ; official asBignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lanc . -.-. ' '¦' : Henry Steyens , Wiiliao , Hertfordshire , aud John Stevens , Ciophill , Bedfordshire , builders , June 17 , at two , July , 22 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy Solicitors , Jdessra . Stevens , Wilkinson , a-. d Sa * - ch ' ell , Queenrstreet , Cheapside ; official assignee , " Mr . Pennell . - " , r ;;_ . . ; ' - .:, . : ¦ ' , " . ::-. .- / . ,. ; : ¦ ' ; ¦ . " ; : } ¦' ! .. "¦' . . Wm . Grey Smyth , yauxhail-walk , Lambeth , aurgeon , Juiie 21 , July 23 , at eleven , at the Court pi Bahkriiptcy . v Solicitor ^ Mr . Binris . Esaok-atreet , Strand ; official assignee , Mr . Green Aldermanbury .
Osmond 'Johnson , llalden and Great Braxstead , Essex , corn-dealer , June 21 , at twelve , July 22 , at onp , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Messrs . Stevens , Wilkinson , and Satch ' bU , Qaeen-street , Che ^ iside ; pffisial assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basinghall street . , ' . '¦' ¦ ¦'¦'¦ . ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ . , - '¦¦ " ' . •• ¦ "¦ . ¦¦ : : [ " . ' . ' . _ .. ¦ . John Mills , Clapbam , Surrey , shipowner , June 23 , at half-past eleven , July . 22 . at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Messrs . Dods and Linklater , St . Martin's-lane ; official assignee , M . Tarquand , Cop . thail-feuildings . ^ ^ ; Wm . JKempster , Sduth Weald , Essex , innkeeper , June ; 25 , at half past one , July 22 , at eleven , at tae Court of Bankruptcy . . Sblicitor . Mr . Bawlings , " Bom > ford , E- 'strX ; official assignee , Mr . Ed wards / Frederick ' splace . Old Jewry . ; ¦
James Atkinson , Leeds , joiner , June 17 , at twelve , July 22 , at ten , at the Commissioners'Rooms , Leeda Solicitors , Messrs . Bitty , Fisher , and Sadlow , ChiHicery-Iane ; Mr . Shackleton , Leeds . . . David Whatley , Cirencester , scri ? sner , June 20 , July 22 . at ten , at the King ' s Head Inn , Cirencester . Solicitors , Mr . Crouch , Southampton-buildings j Mr . Lediard , Cirencester . ! ' Ben Parkin , David Camm , and Joseph Fiirrar , Bh--Btfll , Yorkshire , cotton warp doublers , June 25 . July 22 , at two , at the Comissioners Rooais , L ^ eds ; Solicitors , . ' Messrs . Makinson and Sandsrs , Elm ,-court , Teriipe ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Sajinders , Jdincb ' estd ' r . ¦ ;'" , " \ ' . - . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : ¦¦ . ¦—• ' : ¦ ' . ¦ '¦'" ¦ " . ' ¦^ ' : Robert -Russell , Bradford , Yorkshirev provision , dealer , June 25 , July 22 , at twelve , at the Commis sioners' Rioms , Lseds . Solicitors , Messrs . Walter and Pdmberfcon , Symond ' e-iim ; Mr , Xolson , Bradford . ¦" . ¦' " ¦ - ¦ ¦ " ' - '" '¦ ¦ ' . ' . -. ;¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦" ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ -. - ¦"¦ : ' . ¦ ¦ - ' : '" '
Hansel Baird , Gloucester , grocer , Juae 17 , July 22 , at eleven , at the office of Mr . Lovegrove , Gloucester Solicitors , ' Mr . Nichols , Cook ' s-court , Lmcohi'sTinn ; Mr Lovegrove , Gloucester . ; Thomas Tatham . Thornton-ir .-Lonsdale , Yorkshire , lime burner , June 18 , at eleven , at-the Old Gwige' Inn , Gisturn , July 22 , at twelve , at the Golden Lion Inn , Settle . Solicitors ,. Messrs . Cragg and JeyeE , HarpurrEtreet , Red Lion Square ; aad Mr , Cowburn Settle . ; -.. . ; : " .. ' ¦ ¦ . /;; ., - - , . , ' ¦" ' . :- ¦¦ . '¦¦'; -:- ' . - Stephen Forster , Gatesbead , Durham , iron-founder , Jnly 6 , 22 , at one , at the Bickrupt Commission Room , NewcasUe-upon-Tyne . Solicitars , Messra . Me ^ sison , Pringle , and Co .. King's-road , Bedford-row ; Mesara Brockett and Philipson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
Solompn Davis Moss . R-jchdale , Lancashire , draper , June 21 , at twelve , July 22 , at two , at the Commia sioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . iliine , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Temple ; Mr . Sutto . , Mancheater . ' - . ' ; : ¦¦ . ¦"¦ ' ¦¦ ¦• '¦ . - -. ¦ ¦ - "¦¦¦ . ' - ¦ ..- ¦• ¦ ¦;' ; ' - . ¦ . ¦ ¦ :- - Manoah Bower , Birmingham , Rilt toy-manufacturer , June 20 , July 23 , at eleven , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr . Bigg , Southauiptdnbuildings , Chancery-lane ; Messrs . Haywoodand Webb , Birmingham . James Triggs , Sonthampton , upholsterer , June 26 , at two , July 22 , at twelve , at the Dalphin Hiitel , Sotitaampton . Solicitors , Mr . Bar&er , Farnivars-inn ; Messrs . Sharp and Harrieon , Scuthampton . John Pearson , Kingswinford , Staffordshire , maUsterj June 21 , at three , July 22 , at twelve , ab the Swan Hotel , Wolverhampton . Solicitors , Mr . Church , Bedford-row : Mr , James , Birmingham .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Atkinson and Rumney , Manchester , common-brewera I . Taylor , and / W . ' .. V . Hope , York , chemi ^ ta T . yi-Turk and R Spenca , Klngaton-upon-HuU , weolien-merchanta Jarvis and K ^ nip , Rotherham , Yorkshire , meteers . Laird , Kitson , and Co ., Hunslet-lane , near Leeds , engineers . Hudson and Linfield , Waketteld , Yorkshire , ironmongers . Huffman and Woadbury , Manchester , men ' s mercers . Child , Whitley , and Co ., Bradford ^ Yorkshire , machine-maketa .. . .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , June 14 . BANKRUPTS . Charles Dannis Bowers , eomb-maker , Cannon-street , City , to surrender June 23 > at eleven , and July 26 . at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Belcher , official , assignee ; Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row . / " ¦ ¦' .. _ , ' ¦ ' : Htnry Ferdinand Delamain , wine merchant , Saint Mary-at-Htll , June 23 , at half-past two , and July 26 , at one , at the Court of BankTtiptoy . Belcher , official assignee ; Hill , Clement ' s-lane , Lombard * street . ¦ ¦ " ' - . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ " ¦ . - ' .. ¦"' - . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ William Kerrison , glass and lead merchant , Southampton . Jane 25 , at three , and July 20 . at twelve , at the Djlphin Hotel , Southampton . Plews , Bucklers ^ ury , London ; Randall and Eidridge , South * ampton . ; :
Thomas Downing , miller , Bransford , WorcfsJershire , June 20 , and July 26 , at eleven , at the offices of Messrs . Gilla-n and Son , Worcester . Cardalls and Iliffs , Bedford-raw , London ; Qillam and Son , Worcester . ^ ' ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦¦' ; ' . ' . ' ' : ¦¦ ¦¦' ; " ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ " . '¦ ¦;¦ .- - Tristram Ridgway , wool merchant , HnddersBeld , June 24 , and July 26 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; Wright and Smith , Golden-square . Thomas Mewle , ironmonger , Brynmawr , Brecknockshire , June 28 , and July 2 C , at one , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol . Clarke and RIcdcalf , Lincoin ' s-innfields ; Harley , Bristol . , V : " ' ¦ William Brown , cotton manufacturer , Manchester , June 27 , and July 20 , at ten , in the Commissioners ' RoomB . Manchestar . 'Stater ' and Heely , Wancbes * ter ; Milne , Parry , Mt' . ne , aud Morris , Teuiplej London . ¦
William Webb , Watch-maker , Northamptonrterrace , York-street , City-road , June 21 , at one , an- { July 26 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Green , o / Gcial assignee ,, Aldermansbury ; Lloyd , Cheapside . - . ' . ' . Tbomaa Long , coal merchant , Biaufort-placo . Clielsea . June 21 , and Juiy 26 . at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Groom ..- official assignee , Abchurchlane , Lombard-Btreet ; .. . M'Lsod and Stenning , Billisterstreet , City . ¦' . .. ' . ' ¦' - ¦ ' V , ¦ ; . _ : : ' - ¦' . ' - ¦' . '¦ . ' - ' " .. Richwd Wi'ilan , draper , Boldington , Cheshire , June 28 , and July : 2 S > at one , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-iunfields , London ; Sale arid Worthington , Manchester . Thomas Turpin , innktepeV , Wiver-hoe , Essex , June 30 , and July 26 , at twelve ,. at the Waggon and , Horses Inn , Colchester . Birnes , Colchester ; Wire and Child , St . Swithin ' s-lane ; London . :
Henry Merridow , ribbon manufacturer , Coventry , June 30 , and Jul y 26 , at eleven , at the Craven Arms Hotel , Coventry . Austen and Hobson , R iymondbuildings , Gray ' a-inn , London ; Trouahtan and Lea , Coventry . ¦ . ' .-.. , \ : : : ' John . Jackson , plumbsr . Nottingham , June 22 , st ten , and July 2 G , at twelve , at the Georfio the Fourth Hotel , Nottingham . Taylor an- ! Coitfr . sprt , Great James-street , Badford-row , London ; Sjllory , NottiDaham .: : - William Beards and George Beards , maltsters , Bilston , Staffor-lshire , June 25 , and July 26 , at eleven , at the Swan Inn , Wolverhampton . Hunt , New Bosweil-eburt , Lincoln's-inn , London ; Wiilim . Bilaton . ¦ : .. /¦ "
Mary Johnson , and William Johnson , gtccen Cheadle , Staffordshire , June 25 , at three , and July 26 , at twelve , at the Royal Oak Iiin , Cbeadlft Gough , East-street , Red Lion Square , London ; Bli | gi Che ; idle . ¦" - . ' /;' - ' . . ' -. '¦ '' ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦ ¦ . ; -. . - ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ' ¦ . ; . ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ; ' . : . ¦¦ -:- ^ o ' ma 8 - -HiU , ; -8 pirit ' merchft-iit f ' - ; attet'DHffield , Votk shire , July 5 , and July 26 , at one , at the George InD » Kiugaton-ujion-Hull . Walmsley , Keightley , and Parkin , Chancery-lane , London ; ( shepherd and Ton « e » . Great . Drifttald . ' --. ' . ¦ . ; . ; '¦ , . ¦ ¦ : ¦;;; ¦ . . / ,. : ¦ : ; . ' ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ . \ - "" : ' -V > ; --Abel . Ccom ' ptohr' grccer , Manchester , Lancaster , June 24 , and July 26 . ateleYen . at the Commissioners ' RooOf Manchester . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , TtmV ^ t London ; Hitchcock , Manchester . WiUiam Houlding , cordwainer , Salforf , LancaitOi June 24 , and July 26 , at twelve , at the Coomissioners' Roams , Manchester . Rowley and Tajlotr Princes-street , Manchester ; and Sharp , Stap le-ion-London ^ ¦ ¦ :. ¦ .. ¦ . ;
John Swann and James Kelly , bricklayers end buiiders , Fleetwoodon-Wyre , Thornton , Lancashire ; July 5 and 26 . at ten , at the Town-hall , P / estoB . Alger , Bedford-row , London ; and Pitt , FJtietwoW upon . Wy » ,: Lancashire .
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MURDER GF A CHILD IN LIVERPOOL An investigation of a very serious and horrible character took place on Monday before P . F . Carry , Esq ., the borough coroner . The inquiry , was held at ihe coroner ' s ofai-e , at twelve o'clock , befwre a very respectable j ury , and was touching the deash of a male child , supposed to have been destroyed hy its mother , an unmarried woman named Elzibeth Russell , who : watfin cuaibdy . She was apparently about thirty years of aKe , an < isc « raedia a very feeble and nervous srate .
From the evidence of ' -several witnesses , some of whom had derived their . knowledge from , a * missions of the prisoner , it seemed that , llussell , hjid beehfor about so-ven years in the service of Miss Mary Goie , a Jady residing in Haadon-strcet . Oa the evening ot 'i'hnreuay wet-k , Miss Colo , who had " bacn ous for some time , returned homo , and the ; prisoner , then complained of being unwell , and was told by her mistress to go to bed . It appears that , about . '/ this lime , Russell was delivered of a male ohild , ' a'lth'ou- ( h no suspicion had . beea entertained- tniv she' was pregijaut . She was excessively ausipua to conc-al tho fact , so much so that , according , to her own statement , she aid not Htop to ascertain whether the infant was living or dead ; but , beiiu >; . ' tearful kit it
should cry ana alarm . the'family , she wrapped it up in linen , conveyed it to t lie privy , aad threw i « in . Several days elapsed without any suspicion - .. being entujtaineti that a crime so UBnatural had bren committed by the prisoner . One day , however , aiioJe girl narned Mary Bruce , who occasionally assisted in the house , perceived in the miqden a bandit ; ,. ' tha shapa of which was . - something . 'like that of a child , and being desirous of obtaiuing tho clotlits to sell as old rags , she meutioiied tde circumstance to the prisoner , and at-ked whether phe mijiht hu . ve the bundle ? Russell's reply was , "Oh they are soaia clothes which the men ( probably meaning- ' ' tho .. night-men ) have thrown ih ; never mind ' theui ; you wi | J dirty yourself if yourfry to get them . " The girl mentioned
thia occurrence to her parents , and was told by them > o make the same statement to her mistress . She did bo , and this , coupled with other trifl . ng incidents , which then assumed a suspicious aspect , caused Miss Gole to ' send . for Mr . Thomas Biackburn , the surgeon , in order that she might have his advice and instruction . Mr . Blackburn ' -proceeded '' . to ' the ' house . . on Thusday eveniug , and questioned the prisoner as to what had happened , bhe confessed-that she had given birth to a child . O ; i henriiis this acknowledgement , Mr . Blackburn thought it his auty to retrain from pressing her any further ; but af er having cautioned her , told her mat she was at . liberty to make any statement the liked . She only added that the infant was about a seven month's child . Mr .
Blackburn then gave iaforiaatibn to the police , and constables Ha ' sall"and Aim worth went to thehouso . On searching the privy , they found alinea wrapper , containing the dead body of a male child . On the following morning , Mr . Blackburn made a minute examination of it , , in the presence and with the assistance of Mr .: Batty and Mr . ' Biuw . or , surgeons , and the result showed that tho child had been more barbarously dealc with than tho mother had admitted . Mr . Blackburn said— " The ch Id , I have no doubt , had ' arrived at its full period . Tho general appearance of the body was that of one born alive and in health , "with the exception of the head , which was very tauch injured—the box 1 . cs all loose , and the whole aspect thas of a loose bag filled
with a fluid or semi-flaid substance . Oa a moro minute inspection , an opening in the cavity of ihe head Was discovered on the tight side , a little above and behind the ear . It had all tho appearance of a wound inflicted by vio ^ noc , and probably with a sharp , or , at least , a pointed instrumni . t , such as a large pair of ecisaors , or a kitchen skiver of aflat form . The wound was nearly half an inch in length , and penetrated between the upper edge of the temporal and the lower edge of the parietal bone , and there was a corresponding perforation in the dura mater , with a ragged edge , indiciting that , force had been used . The dura was torn opeii ver j extensively , an < i tho inside oi' the cranium occupied with grumous blood , and the substance , of the brain
mixed together in such a way as could not , in my opinion , have been produced , except by external- , violence and force . The frontal borie waa fractured , and tho'bones generally were loose , and separated from each other at the sutures . The integuments of the head were not in a state of puu-esoence . but firm , though black and bruised , and every other part of'tho . body was perfectly free from any approach to decomposition , haying all the appearance of recent death . The neck was carefully examined with a view of ascertaining whether strangulation had-taken place ; but there was no trace of extravation or echymosrs v nor was the tongue at all black of discoloured , as would have been the caaa had tho child been strangled . The chest was opened and examined . The ? lungs fully occupied the cavity ; and had tho usual appearance of luuga that had been
distended by air . They were fully expanded iu every part , and I have therefore no doubt that ihe child had breathed fully . Upon removing the lungs from the chest tliey floated on the ; sur / ace of water . The state of the abdomen was perfectly natural , and the bowels contained the meconinm . " xVJr . Currie then inquired from Mr . Blackburn , what , in his opinion , was the cause of dcat / h ? Mr . B . replied thai after a very careful examination , hia opinion ( and painful as it was he was bound to st-tte i t ) ' was , that the child was born alive , and had been destroyed by the injury done to the . brain , in the way he had spaced . The prisoner , on her yolantaiy examination , said that she did not hear the child cry . After a few momftnts'coiisultatioa . the jury returned a . verdict of "Wilful murder" against Elizibath Hussell , and she was committed to take her trial at tho next a = siz 2 s . ¦
SHOCKING MUTILATION OF AN INFANT . . The Corouer and Jury thon proceeded to the Workhouse , to hold-an inquest touciiina ; the death of . a female child , ' tybich had beea horribly mangled , and whose severed members had been found in a privy . A . fomale , calling herself Mrs , Babbington , who was about twenty-five years of age , and who wore a wedding-ring , was iu custody , awaitiag the result of the inquiry . , Af ' er hearing evidence as £ 0 the finding of the body in a mivy ,
Mr . Andrew M'Clellan , surgeon , said—On Sunday , I was sent for to tho house of Stephen Fttel , in Crooked Lane , and saw ' there the hear ) , trunk , ¦ . legs , and arms of a female child , full grown . The head had been sovered from the . body at tha lower part of the neck , the arms at the shoulder j ) iat !? , and the thighs at the hip joints . I afterwards made a ' caireful examination of the body , und am decidedly oi opinion that tha child was not born alive . 1 was directed to make an examination of the person of the prisoner . She was asked when she had been confined , aud appeared not to understand the question ; ° but in the afternoon sho admitted that , the louhial discharge had existed since Thursday . From my examination I am quite certain that she must have recently been delivered of a child . '
Tho Coroner obssrvartthst frorn tha evidence of tho surgeon , it rf'as plain . fiat the child had been Rtiil-bom , and therefore- there was no criminal ofFVuce for their decision upon . The prigouer , however , might be indicted for a misdemeanour ; bu ; the quHstion of concealment of birth wa . 9 one with which uioy had nothing to do . The 'depositions' would be hauikd over to the magistrates , who would then go into the case , if they tliought proper to do so < ' The duty- ' ^ f the Jury , in the present instance , was a very easy and plain one . Tho Jury returned a verdict that the cliild .. was " . tiii-born . The Coroner then ordered that theprisoner should fco kopt in the workhcuse until Mr . * JR ^ ahton had seen the depositions . : .
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ARRIVAL OF FOOD IN ENNIS . Thfi Limerick Chronicle of yesterday contains the following : — "A larg : a number of cars , laden with rueal aud flour , sent by J . N . Russe 1 , Esq ., from this cityrorrived in Ennis aud caused a happy change in tbe state of popular feeling there . On passing through the streets they were hailed with shouts of joy , pipers and fldiers playing before and behind the cavalcade . " ( From the Dublin Monitor . ) COMMITTAL OF THIRTYEIGHT POLICEMEN
. , TO GAOL , FOR FIRING ON THE PEOPLE . In another page ¦ will be found the full particulars of the Coroner's Inquest , held on the body of a \» oinan shot by the polico in Ennis , on last Monday ni ^ ht The verdict of tho Jury is tantamount to a verdict of manslaughter against tbe police , and thirty-elgbt of them have been committed to gaol . / The Jury , by their verdict , found that the police did not receive sufficient provocation to warrant them in firing on tiie pe « pla—they also found that the police fired on the people , not only without orders from any magistrate , or from their officers , but In opposition to the pooitive orders of their officers .
Such is the verdict of the Juryon which thirty-eight of the police hnve be « n committed to prison . It is quite clear from the evidence that the police did not receive sufficient provocation to warrant them in firing on the people ; but it is not so clear that they fired with « ut orders . Cnptain- Do Ruvynes , a magistrate * nnd Mr . Browne , county inspector , are implicated in this matter ; but , pending the investigation by > Ir Smith , CJ . C . ' i we shall not offer any opinion on the evidence given afifecting them before the Coroner's Inquest That the . Police force was in a most dlsorgauised and undisciplined state is shown by the evidence of Mr . Snh-lnsppctur Fi ' zsimon ; ho swore—as reported by the Limerick Chronicle , a Tory paper— as follows : —
" The men fired by the platoon and not by sections ; they continaed firing : right and Itft as fast-as they could load ; some of the men did not fire ; the men got no instructions with regard to flring at the time they left the barrack , as there was no anticipation that it would be required ; they loaded at the place they fired and not in the barrack . * ' A Juros—Who gave the police orders to prime and load ? ' Mr . Fitzsimon—Nobody ; on trie contrary , vfhen "we saw them do so , Mr . Brown , the head constable , and I
ran up and down the ranks cursing and abusing the men for daring to do su without orders ( sensation ) . " Here is a pretty picture of the frightful " state of insubordination in which ; the Police force wero ! What has conduced to this '?¦'¦ Did such insubordinatiwii ever take place under the Whigs ? or is it that the Police bavo become so unciiHciplined under the Tories that , when placed in any tryiBg ernergencf , their iusubordinaMin breaks put , and they load , and prime , and tire , not only without ordeiB , but cv « n in despite " tbe cursing and abusing" of their officers ?
The Clare Journal , a Tory print , has the following graphic account of this murderous assault on the people : — "Up to the hour of balf-past twelve o'clocfe , Mr . Smith , the Rov . Mr . Heunessy , the Rev . Mr . Al'Msihon , and several other gentlemen of the town , were using their influence anil exertions upon the people to return to their homes , but with very little effect , for however those they addressed seemed to agree to their request , the crowd again formed In other places . Stones began to-fly . pretty thickly about this hour , and several of the police were more or less injured . Captain de Ruvynes received a blow of a stone on the lip . Mr . Brown , C . I . of the police waa struck on tha head and chest , and one of the men received a dreadful blow on tha
eye , by which he whs totally deprived of the use of , and he now lits in ogony at the county infirmary . At the hour we reftr to , half-past twelve , the police , about forty of whom were on duty , divided into parties , and conniienced firing up and down the rond , and as the people retreated , continued to follow after them , loading aud discharging until they camo to the turn of the road into Mill-street , when , not finding any opponents as they looked upon the peoplo , they desisted . Therebultof this wauton and uncalled-for proceeding waa , that seventeeu persons were brought in a short time into the county infirmiry severely wounded . One young woman was struck over the eye by , we suppose , a spent bail , as it did riot enter the bead , but it unfortunately caused concussion of tho brain , and deprived her of life in ithe course of about four hours . A man named
i > ircy has been shot through the spine and lungs , aud his recovery is altogether hopeless . A young maa named Leary has been shot ia the thigh ; a man named Macnamara has been shot-in the calf of the kg ; a man named Fitzjibeon , stone-blind , strange aa it m » y appear , has bet u shot through one leg , and bad the second slightly wounded ; a man named Burley has been shot in the arm ; and for several others , Bee the report of killed and wounded in another page . " So little caution w . as observed by the poiicein their firin / tf upon tbe people , that the clergyman we have named , together with Mr . Smith j S . M , iinA several gentlemen of the town were araongat tho crowd whom
they lired upon , and their surprise is that they were not amongst the wouruted . One of bur respectable shopkeepurs had not tifno to get off the road iuto Millstreet , bat had to take shelter in . a shed to avoid the firing . Several providential escapes from balls had been ' experienced'by Borne of tl ^ oae present . We saw one youug man with ti small *|> fece of the . sleeve of his coat cut away from a bait after it had struck the w ; ill . ' There are several marks of balls upon those houses' and loose stones near them that front the miIIroad upon ¦ which tbe police were Btationed— and iri more places than these were largo marks of blood upon the road . '
We shall not make any further observations on this sad Srflgrdy at present . Tho investigation before Mr . Smith , Q . 0 , commenced on Friday . It is limited to an inquiry iuto the conduct of tbe Police , tbeir Officers , and the Magistrates who were present . From Mr . Smith ' s character we expect a full aad an impartial investigation . Ait ' gen Attrmpt to .-Shoot , a Priest in Belfast . —As the Roy . -Geargo OroUy , Roma . n Catholic curate of this to ' . vii , was walkiiiR up tha Ihibiin road , on Saturday last , iu company mcli one or two friends , a nuEi ' nor ot' boyd behind-a . house had a . saiall brass Cir . non , and were firing it off . The
reverend f-entleman , we believe , bocamc aiarnlpd 'at all events , hi 3 companion regarded u as ah atteiDpf to assassinate'his ' .. ' reyei-cnce . The report oirculaltd through the town on Monday , tha , t the heroes or Sandvrow had atttiapied to shoot a priest . Tne proper authorities kad the boys av tho police'i ffice 0 * 1 Tueisday , and expiietaiion was on tiptue as to the result of tho . interesting" . inyem'it-attou . However , his reverence did not choose to comu iorwaid , aud so tho matter dropped . One of the individuate wtio v- 'aa with the priest declared a ball had beeii firect at Mr . Crolly , aud that he saw the leaves falling ; from the trees from the effects of the ' shot . — Uiiter Times . : .
MuRDtn . —A King ' s ; County correspondent of the Pilot ^ irratcs ' the'foll ' o ' vv-ih ^ horr-iblo circumstance : — " Thia neighbourhood has be . cu thrown into a state of the most extraordinary alarm and excucnieiu for tho last week , in consequence of a , most horrible and brutal murder at 'Killceiir—near the demesne of Durr-ow , wriere tho late lamented Earl of Noiburywas uioat . mysr . o . rioui-ly , but , most barbarously , n uriiqredof Mary VVheelahan , on the night of Tu-: buay , the 31 st ult ., who was strangled to d . eatli by Waiter VViieelahau , her husband , who had her bod y concealed in a tillage field under ground , near the dwelling-house , until last Sunday . —The .. supposed c 3 luso of tiiid Hiurder is an unaceo'ih . table-hatrod of
tho wile , produced by , perhaps , a criminal attanh-Kient of the husband to another female-. This jf-ood and virtuous woman had been two tlays rinirdertd before sfco was missing by her friends . Upon inquiry they were told by the husband arid his relatives , that , as they did-not live happilytogether , ? he t ; nt , soni 9 mcuey aad went to America .- X ' h ' e statemt'iits of tha husband wore so unsaUsfactbry , that he produced a letter , to give them colour , said to b ^ v- 'rittcn by the wife , and conveyed through the p *> &toflice to the husband , iti whicli she accounts for her feu-ned intention of secretly leaving home tor America . This letter ' -contained - '" contradictory stater me ' nts ' ; it had no post mark of any post-officr , and
it was evidently a forj-ery . This circumstance impressed every miad with the conviction that Mary Wheelahan was murdered by her husband ; he and somo of his relations were consequeutly giyen into custody to the ' police till he had accounted for his wife . The exoiteraent of the publio beoamo so intense that fears were entertained for the personal saft ty _ of some supposed to bo accomplices in the tragical affair . On last Sunciay , at the chapel of Durrow . the Rev . Mr . O'ltagerty made *¦ ' most powerful appeal to the ' assembled multitude . He exhorted them to suspend for a ,-. few days their judgmeut , tiil it could be ascertained whether she wa 3 still living or dead ; he impressed upon her friends the justice and propriety ot' not offering violence or JBJury to
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any of her supposed enemies , but to give thernoTer to the civil authorities to be dealt ^^^ with according to law . He further exhorted the . people to make diligent search for the body , and that , if she was murdered , it must be secreted not far from the , place where the foul deed was pei ' pttrated . Uponse&roh being made on Sunday evening , tiie body was found in the tillage field s about fifteen perches from the dwelling-house . On Monday an . inquest washeld by Mr . Dillon , coroner , and a respectable Jury . 'After a long and minute examination of witnesses , in the presence of an immense multitude of people , ; the doctors in attendance giving their opinion that death was caused by strangulation , a verdict of ' ¦ * Wilftd murder' * was given , to the satisfac ion of tne public ,
against the unnatural husband , who , with his aged father as an accomplice , has been committed to the county gaol . This : murder has nothing whatever to do with the peace of the countryi or with party of any kind , both families having 'been remarkable for good and peaceable conduct at- all times . They are of a very decent class of landholders , ana are connected with most of the old families of that pariah . The murdered female was a robust , healthy , and most industrioHs person ; she was plain in her appearance ^ but Teiry agreeable , well-disposed , and charitable . The sensation made all over the country by the murrfer , in the minds of the people ^ will be long felt , as the deceased is deeply regretted .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 18, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1166/page/6/
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