The Press.
London, England, 1858-11-13 00:00:00

3rtlant.

THE PRIESTS AND THE RIBBONNEN do not appear
to be on such good terms as formerly. The Newry
Examiner states that the Very Rev. Dean Kieran
and his curates visited the suspected haunts of the
Dundalk Ribbonmen and " routed them."
ANOTHER DREADFUL ASSASSINATION has occurred
in Ireland, the scene of the murder being the Queen's
County, generally regarded as one of the most peace-
able in the country. The victim is Mr. Richard Ely,
who was unmarried, and about sixty-two years of age.
He resided in a picturesque cottage, which was close
beside Ballaghmore-castle, the residence of his
brother, Mr. Robert Ely. Those houses were not
more than two hundred yards apart, and a sister was
also an inmate of the castle. The deceased was in
the habit of daily taking his meals at their mansion
and returning punctually to sleep at his own house.
On Friday, about twenty minutes past eight o'clock,
after dinner, and passing the evening with his
brother and sister, to whom he was much attached,
he proceeded homewards, by a passage through the
farmyard, and while passing through a, stile into a
small shrubbery leading to his house he was fired at
by an assassin, who lay there in ambush. The con-
tents took effect in his left arm, a little below the
shoulder. On being wounded he returned to his
brother's house, and there became faint from loss of
blood. Next day amputation was deemed necessary,
since it was discovered that the bone was broken,
destroying the arteries, vessels, and nerves, but be
sank in two hours after the operation from the loss
of blood and the shock to the nervous system. He
underwent the operation with great fortitude. He
also frequently and with minuteness described the
particulars of the attack on him, and stated that he
distinctly saw the person who fired at him, and that
the assassin must have been within less than two
yards of him ; and be also stated that he distinctly
saw the flash of the pan. The authorities have taken
the most active measures for the detection and sp•
prehension of the assassin. The remains of Dr. Ely
were in the course of the day removed to Kyle, the
family burial•place, attended by a large concourse of
the gentry of the Queen's County, King's County,
and county Tipperary. The following is a descrip-
tion of James Delany, native of Rossbaun, who stands
charged with the murder :—" Thirty years of apt
51t. 7in. high, slight make, sallow complexion, thin
face, regular nose, dark brown hair; wore a grey.
tweed frock coat, grey tweed trousers, grey. tweed
vest. He had a piece of cord sewed on the right leg
of tr -users over the knee ; is slightly pockpitted; is
unable to state what kind of bat or cap he is likely to
wear, as the one he had on fell off after discharging
the shot. The man is likely to emigrate from either
Cork, Galway, Waterford, or Dublin."
A NORTHERN IRisH JOURNAL states that o.n Thurs•
day, the 4th instant, a body of about 200 Ribbo.
were seen marching four abreast, at midnight, 1.
the mountain districts between Draperstown and
in
Feeney, in the county of Derry, with what object
view does not appear.
THE TIPPERARY PRIESTS have held a meeting
ted, st
which a memoriall to the Executive was adop
praying for inquiry into the proceedings nnanecw"