The Press.
London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

THE PRESS, NOVEMBER 20,5 1858.

The penalty was two years' imprisonment, and for the
full period of that time I remained an inmate of the gaol at
Clonmel, while from the windows of my lonely apartment
11 looked out upon the hills over which, in happier days,
I had so often ridden in company with her into whose ears
I had breathed vows of attachment which, on my part, I
have maintained inviolate.
He then d:tscribes an interview with Lord Gough
At last I determined to force au interview with Lord
Gough himself, and, proceeding to Loughcooter for that
purpose, I surprised him in his own demesne. Lord
Gough's reception of me was that of a soldier and a gentle-
man. Every amends that words could convey I made for the
insult offered, as he said to his family, and I received his
entire forgiveness. I then informed him that I had
obtained the most positive information as to Miss Arbuth-
not's state of mind; that when she heard me abused by her
friends she would burst into tears, and then retire to her
room for the rt.mainder of the evening, where she was left
without notice or remark, with other details of a similar
nature. Lord Gough said that the hearts of young girls
were deceitful; but that, assuming my supposition to be
true, which his did not by any means admit, the world
would not allow Miss Arbuthnot to marry me. That
appears to me a remark of deep import in relation to the
late proceedings ; but my opinion is that the world cares
little about the affairs of two humble individuals, who ought
to be allowed to settle them in private and without being
subjected to a species of interference which results in
public scandal. Finally, Lord Gough advised me to
pursue an open, not clandestine course, and, acting upon
this suggestion, I went to Clonmel, and not finding Mr.
Gough at home, I wrote to request a meeting with him.
Mr. Gough, after an interval, refused tilt interview, and 1
found, through Government officials, that it had been re-
presented that I had requested a hostile meeting, and that
my communication was of a threatening character.
Mr. Carden concludes with the following promise:—
In conclusion, I here renew no longer to individuals, but
to the public, the assurance that, in regard to this young
lady, I can never again be guilty of conspiracy or violence
of any sort ; and if my heavy recognizances are estreatvd,
as some predict, it will not be by reason of any original
aggression of my own. From her whose weakness is the
foil of virtues, which, under different circumstances, would
place her name among those on which the poor and the
lowly love to dwell, I crave forgiveness, should these lines
ever meet her eyes, for having taken a course which
nothing but the extraordinary nature of the case could
have induced me to adopt. My feelings of regard and
devotion to her remain unchanged, and will continue until
that great day when hidden mysteries and far-spread delis.
sions stall be revealed and corrected in the light of Omni-
science.

A SHOCKING MURDER has taken place in the
C.unty Cork. A young man, named Burke, was
returning home from the fair of Goleen, and when a
little way out of the village he was set upon by a
party of miscreants, who knocker: him down, jumped
on him, and fractured his skull in five places. He
lingered in great agony since the occurrence, and
died on Friday last. No cause has been clearly
asssigned for this wanton attack. Some say it was
about " fortune," the sister of a man named Minehan
being married to unfortunate Iturke's brother. Others
say that it arose from a long-treasured vengeance,
for a beating Minehan received some time ago, but
which gss," unfortunate deceased had no hand in.
coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " way.
laying and murder" against six persons, all of whom
are in custody.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION iS reported.
On Monday afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, as
Samuel Murray Gason, Esq., D.L., J.P., who resides
at Littleton, in the vicinity of Nenagh, was returning
home he was fired at from behind a hedge by a
blacksmith with a piuol, containing a charge of
slugs, which perforated his coat and vest and grazed
his side. Mr. Gason lost a good deal of blood, and
has had a most wonderful escape. It is not believed
that this outrage hat) any connection with the Ribbon
conspiracy.
THE QUEEN'S Co us= MURDER is thus referred to
by a local correspondent •—" It is now certain that
the murder of Mr. Ely did not come by surprise on
many persons in that locality, and that, though the
act of one man, the villainous intention was no secret.
No stronger proof of the existence of Ribbonism can
be evinced than that occurrences of a similar nature
have often b•!en reported in anticipation, as, in the
present instr.nce, the discharge of that murderous
weapon was known to be for the death of Mr. Ely.
That Jamer. Delany is the murderer, and that he is
still in the ,district, no one attempts to deny, but there
the matter for the present ends. It is a matter of
surprise that, though a week has elapsed, the Govern •
ment have neither offered any reward nor taken any
active steps to put down with the strong arm of the
law a conspiracy that is fast taking deep root in the
country. The local magistrates have not been
equally inactive. Three gentlemen, Messrs. Henry
White, Robert Palmer, and John Lyster, have
formed a provisional committee to raise subscriptions
to a reward fund. Large sums are being contributed.
Almost all the landed proprietors of the district now
carry firearms, and the position of some who have
already been, to use a well-known expression,
marked men' is very trying. It may be some eon.
solation to them that, when mischief is really in.