The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

IRELAND

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.

The Daily Express announces the death of Dr.
Mulcahy, professor of mathematics at the Queen's
College, Galway, which occurred on Sunday. The
deceased was one of our best mathematical scho-
lars, having been a gold medalist of Trinity Col
lege, Dublin, where for many years he held a res-
pectable position as a resident master. Being a
Roman Catholic, he was not eligible to a fellow-
ship.
LORD CLEMWSTS.—The spirit of outrage would
seem to have taken her flight across the island
from Down to Leitrim ; Lord Clements, who for-
merly represented the latter county in parliament,
has, it seems, become the object of dislike, whether
personal, or political, or social, does not appear.
A few days since, a person named Hugo Reynolds,
was arrested and lodg-d in prison, for having, it is
said, offered a price—X 5, to procure his lordship's
death.

Proceedings have been taken, at the instance of
government, against two Roman Catholic clergy-
men of Kerry—the one for abusing the magistracy
from the altar, and the other doing the like by the

police.
FATAL AFFRAY,—The Evening Mail contains a
statement of an affray which terminated unhappily
in the loss of one life, and the endangering of seve-
ral, from wounds occurring out of the unhappy diffe-
rences so frequently arising between tenant and
landlord in Ireland. The following are the circum-
stances :—Peter Kelly, a publican, who resides in
Moate, holds an extensive farm from W. H. Magan,
Esq., M.P., at a place called Gaulstown, about three
miles from the town, a part of which poor Kelly had
sub-let by consent of his landlord, to a man named
Green. Kelly, during the late election, was a warm
supporter and agent of Capt. Magan, keeping open
house for his voters, for which service Kelly fur-
nished a bill of £74. This sum the Captain de-
clined to pay, put offered the half, which was re-
fused. Kelly commenced proceedings against his
landlord for the recovery of his claim ; and the
latter distrained Kelly's crops for the rent due the
Ist of this present November, and the produce of
the distress was sold on Friday, the 18th instant,
Captain Megan being himself the purchaser. The
corn was removed to the premises of Kelly's under-
tenant, Green, who, it appears, is in Captain Ma-
gan's interest. Mr. Magan having brought a num-
ber of people to carry off his purchase, a large body
in Kelly's interest resisted, and in the affray a man
named Moylan was killed.
USURY —0 VERMARKING AN EXECUTION.—A case
was tried in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin,
on Monday, in which a Mr. Patrick Molloy, a
Dublin money-lender, was defendant, for usury
and overmarking an execution. It appeared he
had lent a small sum of money, deducting 3s. in
the pound interest for three months, and taking a
bond for the amount—instead of a bill—with stay
of execution for three months. Several payments
were made during the time of stay, but the whole
was not cleared off, and execution was levied. The
excess arose from the rule followed by Molloy, in
charging six per cent. interest on the whole sum,
but not allowing for the several payments made.
The jury gave damages, which were tripled by the
court. Counsel designated the usurers as " the
curse of Dublin," and it would seem that in this
case Mr. Molloy's aid was certainly no blessing to
the plaintiff.
LINEN AND FLAX.—The Royal Flax Society held
their annual meeting in Belfast. The following is
a resume of the results of their exertions, as appear
in the report :—" The best fibre exhibited was
furnished by Mr. Cummins, county of Cork, and
the specimens scotched in the mills of the Messrs.
Norris Russell, Limerick, attracted much attention.
The rapid increase of flax culture has been
astonishing. In 1848 there were only 53,833 acres
under cultivation-in 1852, 137,008 acres. In the
present year there were 175,495 acres, being an
increase of 29 per cent, over last year's crop, and
of 220 per cent. over that of 1848. The
increase in Munster, Leinster, and Connaught,
as compared with last year, is 22 per cent.,
and with 1848, 436 per cent. The growth
in the provinces increased steadily from 2663 acres
in 1848 to 14,279 in 1853. We understand about
151. per acre is the fair value of an average flax
crop. If so, the value of this year's crop will con-
siderably exceed two millions sterling, whereas
the crop in 1848 was only worth 800,0001. The
share of the south in the general product will for
this year approach a quarter of a million sterling—
a large accession to agricultural capital, and the
more gratifying because there is no fear that the
market will descend from excess of supply.
SEDUCTION.—The scandal-loving public in Dub-
lin have been on the qui vine for -the last few days,
in expectation of an action of the above nature,
which was expected to come on against one of our
city celebrities. The gentleman is Mr. William
Dean Butler, the government architect He is a
sort of Hibernian Chesterfield, and having already
buried two wives, it might have been thought that
his day for such failings was gone by. Unhappily,
however, he did get himself into a scrape, and as
the case was to have come on in the Queen's
Bench yesterday, the court was crowded to suffo-
cation. The purient fancies of the spectators
were, however, ungratified, Mr. Whiteside, Q,C.,
announcing on the part of the plaintiff, a Mrs:
Callaghan, that the matter had been settled for
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