The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-05-22 00:00:00

FATALITY TO A ROOK-SHOOTING
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PARTY.

The Carnartssa Herald state++ that an inquest took
pla e, on Thursday in last week, at St. Asaph, on the
body of Mr. William Green, a native of Norwich,
who was accidentally shot dead in Pengwam Wood
(part of the domain of the Hon. Price Lloyd), on the
previous day. while sheoting rooks with a party of
friends from Liverpool.
It appeared that anumber of gentlemen from Liver-
pool, friends of Mr. John Jones, of Rhuddlan Foundry,
went over to St. Asaph to enjoy a day's rook shooting
on tee Pengwam eel ate. Amongst them were the
dece+oed. William Green, and Messrs. C. Hampson,
Moffat Walmsley, Ezra Williamson, and William
Wood. The party had been shooting about three
hours when Mr. Hampson broke the nipple of his
gun, and on his remarking that his sport was done
for the day, Mr. Williamson handed him Mr.
Vs almaley's gun, the latter having gone to lie down
as he felt fatigued. Williamson banded the gun to
Hampton from behind at full cock, and as the latter
took In id of it and swung it forward, it is supposed
that the nipple caught in his shot belt or his coat tail,
for the gun immediately went off, and the charge struck
deceased, who was only three or four yards off, in the
side, breaking through one of his lower ribs and tear-
ing out part of the intestines. Notwithstanding the
torrible nature of his wound the poor felts lived for
forty minutes after receiving it, and died just as two
medical gentlemen, who had been sent for, came up.
The verdict of the jury was "Death by an accidental
discharge of fire-arms, with no blame to any person."
The deceased was a fine young fellow, 26 years of
age. He had been ten years in the army, from which++
he purchased himself recently, and had come down to
Liverpool to see some friends, with whom he went over
to Wales on this ill-fated tour of pleasure. To intensify
the sadness of his fate it is stated that he was to have
been married in a fortnight, the banns having been
once published.

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,brated '

!Pall. remembered Incidents in Ma remarkable career.

At eleven o'clock the procession of clergy and students,
ho, with the prelates. all wore their ecclesiastical robes,
leas formed at the "o',lonnell circle," lathe enclosed space
was called where the remains lay, and proceeded to the crypt
lii a wit:Otte{ route, which unfolded he extent aid displa)ed
ita strangely picturesque elements as it moved through the
masses of oark foliage winch hung in mieruicholy beauty
around groups of stately monuments, a choir of priests the
while chaidieg the Miertre. The procession was composed
of members of the Cemeteries Committee, over 1,000
teachers and pupils of the Christian Brothers and other
schools, deputations from the municipal corporations
of Ireland, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Bellew, the Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron,
Judge O'Brien, Judge Lynch, Master Murphy, sir Dominic
termini, Sir James l'ower, Sir Percy Nugent, &a.
Next came the regular and secular clergy two atilt two, with
thurifers, aciilytes, and crofts bearers, and the Bishops pre-
ceding the Cardinal Archbishop. Alter these were tke fol-
lowing members of the O'Connell family :—Mr. D. O'Connell,
D. L., Darrynane-Abbey ; Mr. and Mrs. Morgan O'Connell,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O'Connell, Mr. D. J O'Connell, Mr.
John O'Connell, Mr. O'Connell jun., Mr. C. O'Connell Fit-
moron, Mrs. French, Mrs. O'Connell French, Mrs. John
tei mown, and Miss O'Connell, Mrs. P. Day., Dr. Redmond
M.D., Mr. Wright, Mr. J. Layne, Mr, It. Leyne, Miss Bloke:
and Mr A Coreve When they had arrived at the crypt and
taken the' •.ed places a grand Pontifical high maim
was celi oy the Most Rev. Dr. Whelan, Roman
Catholic Bishop of Bonibay, assisted by other clergymen,
the conclusion the benediction was pronounced by hie
Endneece, anti the Very Rev. Thom. Burke delivered an
eloquent panegyric upon the character of teConnell. In the
course of his addreer, after giiiing a sketch of the,' Libera-
tor's" career. he media the following &Bethel to the great
achievement of einaucipation and the crowning work of the
present day, which is the result of his first victory
" O'Connell led them egdest the strongest citadel In the
world, slid eeen as the walls of the city of old crumnled to
dust at the sound of Israel's trumpet, so, at the sound of his
mighty voice, who spoke in the name of a united people,
'the lintels of the doors were moved,' and the gates were
opened which 300 years of prejudice and pride had closed and
barred modest our people; the first decree of our liberation
went forth; on the 13th of April, 1e29, Catholic Emancipa-
tion was proclaimed, and seven millions of Catholte lesh-
men entered into the nation's Legislature in the person of
O'Connell. It wa, the first and the greatest victory of peace-
ful principle which our age hail witnessed, the grandest
triumph of justice arid of truth, the most glorious victory of
the gelling of one man, and the first great act of homage
which Ireland's rulers paid to the religion of the people, and
which Ireland's people paid to the great principle of peaceful
agitation. Ireland called him 'The Liberator.' For Ireland he
lived, and for Ireland he died. The people whom he had so
faithfully served, whom beloved with alone second only to his
love for God were decimated by a visitation the most terrible
that the world over witnessed; the nations of the earth trembled,
and men grew pale at the sight of Ireland's desolation.
tier tale of famine, ef misery, of death, was told in even
land, tier people fled affrighted from the soil which had
forgotten its ancient bounty, or died, their white lips utter-
ing the last laird cry for bread. All this the aged father of
hie country beheld. Neither his genius nor his eloquence,
nor his love, could now save hie people, and the spirit war
crushed which had borne him triumphabtly through all
dangers and toil ; the heart broke within him—that brave
and gemerous heart which had never known fear, anti whose
ruling pusher was love for Ireland. The man whose terrible
voice in life shook the highest tribunals of earth hi iniperines
demand.; for justice to Ireland now steight the Apostles'
tomh—Rome—that from that threehold of Heaven he
might put up a cry for mercy to his c iuntry and his people,
and offer up his life for his native land ; anti on the
shores of the Mediterranean the weary traveller lay down to
die. He, however, had led a mighty bat ion to the openiog
of 'the right way,' and directed her tint aud doubtf
in
steps in the path of conciliation and justice to Ireland. Thne,
which ever works out the designs of God, has carried the
nation forward In the glorious w•y. With firmer steps, with
undaunted soul, with high resolve of justice, peace and
cow:illation, the work begun by Ireland's Liberator pro.
greases in this our day. Chains are being forged for our
country, hut they are chains of gold to bind up all discordant
elements in the empire, so that all men shall dwell together
as brothers to the lend. If we cannot have the hlessing of
religious unity, bn as to be ell of one mind,' we shall have
'the next dearest blessing that Heaven can give,' the peace
that springs from perfect religious liberty and equality. All
this do we owe to the man whose memory we recall to day,
to the principles which he taught us, which illustrated his
life, arid which, hi the triumph of Catholic Emancipstion,
pointed out to the Irish people the true secret of their
strength, the true way of progress, and the sure road to
victory. The dream of his life is heing realised to-day. He
had ever sighed to be able to extend P. his Protest mt fellow-
countrymen the hand of perfect friendship, which only exists
where there is perfect equality, and to enter with him into
the compact of the true peace which Is founded in justice.
Time, which buries in utter oblivion no Mani, names and at,
manly memories, will exalt him in his work. The day has
already dawned, and is ripening to its perfect 1,0011, when
Irishmen of every creed will remember O'Connell, and cele-
Mate him as the common friend and the greatest benefactor
of their cm. try."
The Cardinal then performed the burial service. The
coffin war lowered into the crypt, while the friends clustered
mournfully around, and fair hands paid a transimit though
touching tribute of grateful remembrance by outlier flower.
upon it as it descended into the gen imy chamber 'llle crypt
is in the form of an altar tomb, with three perforated
panels through which the coffin can be seen. It is elaborately
ortiatuented with Celtic emblem., and reste on a slab of
Kilkenny marble. The outer coffin which had been decayed,
was replaced by anew one in Irish oak, which bore the fol.
lowing inscription:—