The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

THE LATE IVILLIA.V CABLETILV.

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among
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is,tidi:cliuna.sphetPerirrnarvilienstiGst,
authors, which had for some time ceased to i.
to pass away without a record. The death a u
LIAM CARLETON, at the age of 70, has
bablv of Irish peasant life who ever existi.;l.
novels, his a-orksmaynot rank with those of so::.
his better known countrymen and countrywon.
with the writings of Miss EnoEwonrit a:,•1 L .:••
Mottosx among his predecessors. or with ,
URI}YIN, BAXIM. LovEn. and LEVEI:. .
eciiteuipen aries and successor;. 11 l• if i • .
woiks of art. Lis stori..s : C..
rivals in truth of portraita:•..
writ. re whom we kayo
ptimant from ub !.r T:: :
toile the " •,. ,
the theatric and •.• ..r., .
Lima if simply a c r.... ~i
ing the pen —the vulware: 11 -
land. Born in a part of rr• !. :•. ! •
and traditions, not very f.-T .i: • •.• .1 I
Dire., the station to wt.': !I -h
Catholic peasantry- make their :•. •.; *:.
by thousands to the Purgatory of s:.. Pi:. • .
his boyhood an assistant in a helge-4. •••.
with the peasantry, and, indeed, one ei
silently absorbed their feelings and n
modes of life. Happily for himself and ::
of his works, he was not tempted into .. -
ship until he was some years over thirty :
therefore, accumulated a vast stock . •
vation and anecdote before begito.•.:
drew upon it. As might be expected. I.
work was highest. Nothing he wrote iiia.th
" Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry.-
whole man was put into those two velum -4. v•
he became author by profession, he beg•in : •
in a literary sense, from hand to mouth. Y, •
over, a spirit of political bitterness.
his first work was free, got hold of him.••: . . •
pears with vehemence in his novels of ••
tine Micelutehy," •• The Tithe Pr.,. •
and " The Black Prophet," in wILL'L
bandied the religious and social irrii.v
of his country, and especially the L..:
of the Churth question and the Land q l ••
Born in 1793. the year of the Irish reb,
growing up to manhood and maturity in -
period which witnessed the social eoneulsion: a.
agitations that preceded Catholic emancipation.
and passing to middle age during the suceetslM;
period of misery and disaffection which cu.-
minated in the famine of 1547 and tit,
rebellion of 13-13, Caatrrox bitterly felt
the wrongs and resented the sufferings of
his country. He was in sentiment a nationalist,
and an England hater. Whether his was right
or wrong politically. the temper which eul-
tivatid was unfavo.urable to art his first
work. as we bare said. was his best. lie had his
full share of the weaknessas both of the Irish an 1
of the literary character, and as he grew eld.r
these infirmities increased. But, after au deduc-
tions. he remains the truest painter of Irish:.:.
and manners. Ile appeaml at a seasonable slat:...
to catch the national character before the tr.ri4-
formation which English and official malair
ness has wrought in it had begun its work. 7..•
future historian who has the skill to make ti,•••
subserve reality will find more trustworthy ice::
rials for the delineation of Irish life is, t!:. •
mimes- in the sketches of CAUI.I:T,N .••
those of writers more in fashion.—Peaj X. •••

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FOX 1111fT1Ntl T:
evening a fox ;one of a number consign,'.!` I,r
in the etiskrus ware Louse at .•
in !car of sore I•oxes. from which bens •
the motnng. lie got outside. and rhos ii.• • •
&Air swam for Its life, closely pursued by use
hi.h. after a long chive, re:optuml tiim r. 1 •
hire afely in Isis former prison. and ile.p.it,•"l,•
71111 to the Landon market.—Kr-t,sl tt .01
Tilt: SMILEY COLLIERY EXrLi,,lt'N.
or 711 E Thu lEss.— I ate on We.lite.i.lay aft "
of searchers for the twain. of ChaVih:l7l All i
:-.. • 7:
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again entered the workings. they wen. a..coutp.e. •
the government inspector. Without niaeli '•
adrunced to a i oint about 100 yards f trete: chan
nel i•
reached on the previous examination: hero theyl
heavy fall of root and at an upthrust they c.llllO c.•uts..:
with some gas. Bratticiug was used to o'ost this out. And
the roof having been made secure the eipl..rers pesse,i thr
fall, and proceeded to make up some opetuns'illlteh
been blown down. The work had to he earriol yen
slowly, and with great care, but eventually they memos',
Inodtting to within 80 yards of the place where thr
L_ r_„•__,.l" 71= to be. dt this point the g,1"7
Poms. and after a consults:ie.!
the
was determined to return
until more cloths were bud. In I
the ventilation thoroughly restored if pos.ible.
flit ,"!
o'
not until half-past ten clock in the eventiv; that o
of the part returned to the surfaee. Soon ate, is'
011__flureday the explorers de:veal:l
e°4"--u•'•",'" uammauon. The work Was very .4µ.
to that of the previous day, and although the opeeitiit
were tedious, no very serious &Scuttles were en
eounti
It was not until afternoon that Shartork'S body sts. •
covered, and it was found to be much decompord
bad died near the slip at which be had been sent toe
*.
84misl boors elapsed before the remains of the tires?
'"
were found. They were buried beneath a fall of
s'.
which was of considerable length. Coffin. were
down the shaft, and the bodice were subs...
moved. It is intended that a further exploration
commenced this (Saturday) morning.
BtrIOLAHT NKAIt CARLIBL2.—On
samn'ng the office in connexion with Mr. Marl' .‘
woollen manufactory at Haven Nook. near this
broken into by thieves. The burglars had
unprotected window of the office. and moving the '.
bad stepped in. Eeriest desks were ransacked. l'•••••
thing of value was takes, the whole of the hooty
of being some three shillings in money, and a
simile
in stamps. They bad, however. attemPt'''
ob°11141:10101s prim fur when the workmen went •
manufactory in the MlOraillff. they found lying in
Joining field the Mica ask which the thieves ied tric
thp
with some chisels and hammers belonging l
to • s
M
sho connected will tlie manufactory. The safe. h.'s°.
hal hem too strong for their ollortn--Cornak