The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-07-20 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HORRIBLE FiiNATICISIf.
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with that unanimity which it generally does, and always oughtofl
(From the Wel:ford //mill TATTERSALL'S, Jr Le 19.
For several days it had been intimated, by written notices die-
acirlowthdeednitenie,lbeci,esoi,,tolntifiare,,atfi;
We are happy. to report that the business of the day went
ending day for the July and other Stakes at Newmarket last week;a
patched some miles round the country, that a Miracle was to have
been wrought on Friday last, by the Rev. John Cerro!, Roman prevail, oo the settlement at bets after a great race. The ir 4'
Catholic curate of Ballymore. On that day he visited a man of
the name of Henry Neale, of Nillir,ick, who was lying dangerous!y and although very heavy sums changed 'stereo every thine watt
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'slid out to the pcs•ril.• rsent ep bait in prayer, in order to 1 when some brisk betting began un the St. Leger and I) 1 e -"'
-hveeralsaidtintihme M1:111;
diniet,CA tile sick itian p
re the coil spirits. Such was the effect of 1 and left off as under : ere) (16/i),
his oi, 'rations upon tune of the liv-staders. named Peggy Denby,, DONCASTER ST. LEGEt.
that she fell to tic '.reined in hysterics; upon which Mr. Carol 4to I ages Brutandorr l3 to I eget Canteen
ju npvd oat iir LA, oil Neale's hisly, and seized the stein in a 9to I mot Swiss 16 to I ago Altieidom
vitoont 111:1:intr. alleging that he was full of devils, at the NUM !tll to I ages Mustachio Al to I attst Jer7y
time cellieg on Jesus to a.seio him in expel!ing them. Ile trampled ild to I apt Osmond 123 to i art any other.
on the utitiwtonat woman. !.rake seversl or her ribs and left her 113 to 1 eget Scrab
for dead, at d th.ni observed that he v•-uld go and bury the
devils which he had secured. The blast was gurglirg in the ;
o wnian's throat, arid sonic. of the superstitious wretches who I :
were laoking on, exclaimed that they " saw the devils come
out of her mouth !" The prime. proceeded to the bridge of
Assaily, uhJat etee yards distant from the scene of his operations,
land on his return said, " lie had buried theta reptiles cd. hell !"
He
then went to the home of Robert 'Moran. of some place,
and struck his wife so reratcdly and violently, that slim he
I left her she was scarcely elle to speak, and her load had swelled
I toa shocking degree. The next house he visited was that of '
I Thomas sinnot, nailer, also of Killinick, accompanied all this '
time by at least 50 persons, (some say by upvards of Dal, but this 1
is an exaggeration.) The devil-killer asked the scream for her ',
mistress, who told him that she was r.ot at home, hut that she 1' '
would go for her ; he desired her to do so. In a few nUnutes •
Mrs. Moran smeared. lie asked her for sonic refreshment, I' '
which she procerol far him. At this tiene r child (a tine little'
girl between three and four year.. of age), then in bed in the'
llLroom in which lie was, .gun to cry : he consuhed his Bre-1:
vilely, and immediately albino:a thot there was a devil in the 1
&lila. Pursuieg the same course which he did with Neale, he
I •
,ttuoped into the bed on the body of the infant ! The father of
I the hole innocent altered at time time—the child piteously cried '
; otd, " oh rave time ! save me !" which he was proceeding to do, ,
I but some of the miserable fanatics present actually held him '
1 back !! ! It may be asked who was holding the mother of the
1 child ?No one—she was IS free as any of the spectators, and,
, like them, had a full conviction that her child was,: as the priest
had stated, " poeseeed," and that he was performing a Miracle
to drive out the evil spirit ! 1 Nay, the infatuated mother was
not only without restraint, as to any relief she might have been
inclined to have afforded her infant, hut actually waisted Ow priest
in the performance of his horrible work! !! lie ordered her to get
a tub of water and some salt ; these she instantly maned. The
innocent little sufferer lay bleeding and insensible In bed ; he
poured the contents of the tub upon her ; and as the wiser mingled
with the stream of life, he cried ant with entftweistsm to those
around him, " Behold a miracle! I hare turned the water into'
blood !!!" He then turned the tub over upon his victim, the edge
of it doming upon the child's neck, mercifully completed the tragedy
by putting an end to its sufftrings !! Having desired the parents
of the child not to allow any one into the room, nor to touch the
child till ids return, he departed to Wt.:ford. His directions were
religiously obeyed, and the besotted parents anxiously awaited his
areveL Next day (Saturday) his (the primes) sister called to
Sinnott's, sines told them to he contented, that their child would be
quite well on her brother's return!!!
Dr. Devereux, who attended Mr. Carroll occasionally for the last
three years, visited him a few hours previous to the unfortunate
occurrence in question, and considered him inzane. The next
evening he found hint in a high state of insanity. About two hours '
after Doctor Devereux saw him, he was visited by Doctor Ren-
wick,and both concurred in opinion as to the unsettled state of his I
mind. Indeed it would be a waste of words to say anything upon 1
a subject so ult.-evident. No individual who peruses the above
afflicting statement can fin a moment entertain a doubt that :he un-
fortunate Mr. Carroll acted throughout under the influence of in.
sanity. Surprise, of course, vanishes as respects his conduct ; but
how shall we designate that of the crowd of spectators who sur-
rounded him, sonic of whom lent their aid to the furtherance of
his designs, and all of whom, to the last moment, full of that reve-
rential awe with which a Roman Catholic peasant looks upon a
clergyman of his communion, placed implicit faith in the propriety
and efficacy of the wild and dreadful proceedings of the unhappy
maniac ! Who would have thought that such fanaticism existed '
in any part of this kingdom, much less in a county which forms
such a contrast to all the others ? The peasantry even of the neigh.
bearing county of Waterford are a century behind the peasantry of
this county in pant of civilization, ant yet in such a county, in
one so improved seal respectable, and, above all, in the Barony of
Forth, that such a scene should hare been exhibited, no reader
can let pass biro without his " special wonder."
We now proceed to report the evidence on the Corona's
Inquest.
On Monday, Arthur Meadows, Henry Archer, Luis N'an
Wilmsdarf Richards, Esqrs., and the Rev. William Hughes,
desk, Magistrates, met to hold an Inquest on the body. The thl.
lowing persons were sworn on the Jury :
Richard Bennett, James Kelly, William Bennett, William
(odd, James Winters, Patrick \Fatah, William Higginbotham,
William Canby, William Walsh, John Fender, John Coronet,
and Richard Sylvester.
Wm. Furlong, braes duly sworn, recollects Father John Cerro',
on Friday evening, the Bth inst. going into the house of Thomas
Sinnot, father of the deceased. Went in after him. Heard the
Priest say there was an evil spirit in the child. lie (the Priest; got
• too, pot it over the child in the bed, tool danced on it. He made
use of the words "Jams. Jaalia, mist sac !" and " Father, '
father !" lie then sat dowel en the tub, and repeated the same
words. The child cried to its father and mother to save it, life-
times to being put under the tub; never heard the child cry after
the tub was placed over it. Did not see any thing done to the
child previous to its being put under the tub. Is certain the child
Was alive when the tub was put on it. The priest first began to
sing and then to whistle. He unbuttoned his gaiter, and took off
his stocking. Ile whistled, and beat time to the tune of a horn.
pipe on the side of the bed. Witness believes the priest remained
about three hours sending and sitting on the tub. The priest took
the tub from off the child; saw the child, and believed it to be
dead. The father and mother were present, to the best of wit.
moms opinion. There were several persons in the room ; does
not at present recollect their names. Believes the priest called for
water and salt, which he put into the tub. After witness sus-
pected the child was dead he went home to Ballysheehan, and left
the father and mother and Priest in the room, and several others;
to the best of his opinion, the priest's sister was in the room
during the whole transaction, whom witness desired to go home.
There was no interference on the part of the persons present to
save the child, except what was attempted by witness and its
father. Recollects Paddy Parle prevented him (witness) from
endeavouring to save the child, and asked him "wit he mid?"
—Nicholas Wickham, of .esmily, was present during part of the
transaction, and held a candle for the priest. He (Wickham)
made no exertions to save the child. Witness recollects his
brother-in-law, James Sinnott, and his (Sinnott's) wife, being in
the room while the priest wait singing. Cannot say he saw the
priest on the tub.
From a Magistritte.--Ceuld the people have prevented the priest
from killing the child P—Ves, certainly.
Thomas Sinnott, father of the deceased, recollects Friday the
9th instant ; did not send for the priest; was not at his house when
the priest came there ; believes the priest was half an hour in the
house before him; the child was three years and a half old, and
was not sick at the time; when he came in he heard a noise ; went
into the room where the child was, and the spoke to him; the
priest was ill the room ; the child said, " 0 daddy !" the priest
and tie child were in the bed together ; witness attempted to take
the child away, but tome persons prevented him; he tried again to
take the child ; lie saw nothing more except the child dead as the
priest was going ; never saw the priest deranged before at any time;
witness resides in the parish of which the priest is curate; can't
recollect any person, but thinks there was a great number is
the room:
Catherine Doyle saw the child on Friday, 9th /ay, and saw its
mother undress p and put it to hot.
Patrick Parte recollects the evening of Friday la•t ; saw the
priest (Carrot) at Sinnott's, who ordered them sill out at the room;
thinks be did so in a wild manner ; heard he had beaten a woman
that evening; thinks he saw the priest sitting on the tub Lthere was
a candle in the room.
Philip Walsh was present about eleven o'clock on the night of
Friday, the 9th; lie went into the room, and saw the priest,Carrol ;
saw hem and the child in the bed--the priest sat on the Mild t ht
then stand upehend the child cry, anff thiriltsfetilled '''' 'femme !"
saw the priest on the bed several times; he (the Phient) danced and
sung over the child ; there were present Nicholas Wickham, the
father and masher of the child, the priest's shier, Nicholas (knish,
of Balleetheehan, Walter Seallan, of Killinick (carpenter) and
others ; heard the priest order in a tub, and it was brought in by
Janie% Devereux, of Bollyrann, and witness; the priest desired
the tub to be settled before him ; he then called fur some salt, and
threw it into the tub, with the plate; the tub was nearly full of
water; he (the prier) overturned the tub on the child: witness
i
havirg seen the leg outside the tub conceived the body to have been
undo. t : he hood the people say they thought the child had an
evil spirit, but witness could not tell what to make of it except
when the priest upset the tub : he (the priest) said " bury him in
the depth of the sea !" no person tried to save the child, except the
father when the child was in the bete
Peggy Kenyan saw the priest the evening of the 9th (Friday),
at the house where the child was killed; beard him order the
people out; saw a tub, and the leg of a child appearing from
usoler it, and the priest sitting on the tub; he was pulling his hair
and stamping with his feet ; heard it mentioned that the child had
an evil spirit, and that he was casing Win out.
Donn Devereux examined the child, Catherine Sinnott; there
was a large contusion on Cie head, a.%1 great marks of violence OD
I the abdomen; the child might have died from either of the above
! causes, or from sulfocatton when untier the tub.
Doctor Renwick e,rrobneated the above evidence.
k'runice.—" Sic agree that the child, Catherine Sinnmt, de-
ceased, rattle by her drays in coesequetice of the violence she re.
ceivcd ftoitt the Rev. John Carrell, es adduced by the evidence.
" Signed for self and fellow Jurors,
" Riciteun Svevesr tot, Enemas"
The Nfag;stratea have. in pureuance of the verdict of the Jury,
committed tee Rev. Mr. ('.atoll to gaol.

DEA SY (1825)

12 to apt Rufus
14 1u 1 agst Ruler°

YS a I lbw the Duke of
C. by tietothaaver
2$ to I vet the Dukc of Yoret
e. by
.Phantom.
3/ARAET.f

CORN-EXCHANG6, AI9.I4DAT, JULY 19.

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We had but moderate supplies of last week, but (wily the
exception of the fine samples) it was mostly left unsold atthetln
of Friday's market. and three were but few fresh itainnles this
morning front Eotex, Kent, or Suffolk. the fine of which WU res.
dily taken off at full as good prices as this day whilst th.. in.
ferior continues neglected by our millers, th.sugh they were offered
at reduced prict.i. Barley prices ruled much the same as Fist Mos-
day. We have not to note any Terkel -in in the prices of Oats to-
day, but the demand was not so lively as on Friday. Wars and
Peas both heavy site and cheaper. Tto quotations of Rapeseed
roust be con-id. red quite munined, as More Is nothing doing is
this article at present ; there wits no aftemden in Limited vitas,
to-day.

WHEAT.

DRAWS.

K,nt & to 72.
Ditto (sliiie) :AM to 7.5.
Suffolk & Norfolk
(rrd) ilk to 70.
Ditto (u,ti,e) - ty 74.
North - 564 kV 72.
44; to 511.
RYE - _ 411* to 42.

Tievi

h anon

3N to 384
34, to 40.
{Os to 416

WALT.
Norf.( lk (vie) 544 to It
& Eire: (do.) 81% to 6th
Dino (brown) - 461 to 50t

!MANX.
%t to 2R.
24s to 21ts

:Halting
Uri Ming

3 to 37s
34s to 36s

OATS.

Feed, Essex 94 to 47.
Lincolnshire 24s to 27•
Yorkshire 2.54 to 28
Irish . 248 to 211.4
Poland, Lincolnshire 25s to 28a
Yorkshire . %s to S.
Potato, Lincolnshire 118 s to 29.
Yorkshire TA to 304
Scotch -29 s to 31.
Irish ltir to 27s

41;3 to
343 to 363

English (per lit)

YS/ tc 261

PEAS.

Hog
Maple Grey
M'hite
Boilers

341 to Vis
Xs to Ns
3s to 374
40s to 41s

GUILLFOI
Wheat per I. 13! Os to 171 Ss
Old ditto - 01 Os to 01 Os
Oats per qr. Il 5s to 1! 14*
Old ditto -0! Os to 01 Os

Ware

PRICE 6 Ok' HA'
IT. JAXE!.II. _

Hay •- 84% Ad to ISOs Od
Ditto (New) 8.6 Ad to llbs Od
Cb►er - Wrs Ott to 147 s Od
Straw - hi Od to 86.4 Id

PRICE Ofr"I'ALLOi
Town Tallow . 37s Ud
Yellow Russia . 34is Od
White ditto -34 s Od
Soap ditto . 33s okl
Melting Stuff 4tls Od
Ditto Rough -17 s Ud

PRICE OF R.IW F.IT, per Stone of Mb.
Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Mehers), 2s Od

.. __IDES.
Best Heiferand Steers, I ()aims, -es el aper stone •es24to 3s 4d Market Calf (earl) • bid
Middlings - Sts led to 3s Sd

RAW

FISH MARKET,
e. d. 1. d.
Turbots, each 4 0 to 12 0
Doreeqlarge)do. 6 0 to 12 0
Ditto (small), do. 1 0 to 2 0
Salmon ( beat), per
pound . 0 10 to 1 0
Do. (inferior) do. 0 8 to 0 10
Severn Salmon . 0 0 to 4 0
.SAlino.lll6ll.,do. 0 6 to 0 8
Do. (inferior), do. 0 4 to 0 5
Trouts, heat - 0 6 to 1 0
Live Whitings,
the 15 . 2 0 to 6 0
Haddocks. perdor.6 0 to 8 0
Do. (largo each 1 0 to 1 3
Saks, per pair 0 0 to 0 0

BiONDAY, J1.74T 19-
s. d.
Flounders, the 26 2 0 to 3
Plaice, the basket 4 0 to 6 u
Dabs, ditto - 2 0 w 3 0
Skate (crimpt ) per
pound -06 to 0
11 htte Bait, per
pint - 0 0 to I +
Perch, per pound 2 0 to 2 P.
Eels. ditto . 00 to I
Soles - 1 uto 2 0
Lobsters, each 1 6t03 11
Cuba, ditto - 1 oto •?.
Prawn*, per lb. 2 t; to 3 u
Mrimps, per galL 2 0 to 1 I

Last night between eight and nine o'clock a respectable
looking tamale, dressed in widow's weeds, was seen Po:-
ing and distributing hand-bills in Cut con-street, Ally-{air.
stating that her daughter, a girl of about 19 years of Az'
had beets sent a message the night preceding, flotn ire
house, No. '29, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, to
hoc l'
Nlolton-street, and had not been heard of since. It ale
pears that the girl was dressed in a striped. coloured !rod"
and petticoat, a coloured silk handkerchief', and a l!rk
I purple spotted bonnet. Plank, the Marlborough-str•`;
officer, is in search of the girl. Frcnt the lateness :In"
darkness of the night, those bills could not he read, but •e
hope that our cotemporaries will assist us in giving them
pultheity.

PA r. DE.—COMMitlel to the gaol of this connty, by
Pobort 11. Temple, of \Vatcnoewn, 1;,11., Richard Iteatle, charged
on outh with the munler of his noelicr. An iniptest was held on
the body of the deceased, Arms Heade, by Mr. Shea, Coroner,
%hen the follow ini.r verdict was tour-led:—•• We find that the de-
ceased came by her death by viol2nt blows of a tong., given by
Richard Heade, who is proved to be in a state of insanity."—
Ire:lowan Journal.

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