The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-02 00:00:00

JANUARY 2, 1852

1 IRELAND.
DUBLIN, THURSDAY.
PROGRESS OF RIBBONISM.
The murderous Ribbon conspiracy thrives apace—
even in the presence of an increased constabulary
force, backed as it is by a strong party of soldiery.
Dundalk has been the theatre of another bloody tra-
gedy. On Monday evening a bailiff was shot, and, it
is apprehended, mortally wounded. Dr. Brunker, the
medical gentleman who has charge of the wounded
Mr. Eastwood, was called to the aid of the unfortu-
nate bailiff. This last atrocity was perpetrated in one
of the proclaimed districts of the county Louth, in
the immediate locality in which the attempt to murder
Mr. Eastwood was committed, and but four days after
that atrocious deed. The tenant-right paper of the
district gives the following details :--
`• On Monday evening, as a respectable man named
John Overend, was returning home to the village of
Louth, from the market of Dundalk, he was met by two
men at a place called Knockbridge. Having passed by
him, they suddenly turned round, when one of them
discharged a pistol at him, lodging the contents (slugs)
in the small of his back. Overend fell to the ground
immediately, and the miscreants, believing they had
taken his life, decamped. We understand that ho had
a pistol in his pocket at the time; bat from the
suddenness of the attack he was unable to use it. The
slags have since been extracted by Dr. Brunker, and we
are happy to state that Overeud is not very dangerously
wounded. He was employed as a bailiff on the estate
of the Rev. Arthur Clive, in this county, of which Gra-
ham Johnston, Esq., of Dundalk, is agent. Two persons
have been arrested on suspicion by the Louth police, and
lodged in Dundalk gaol."
Three persons have been arrested on suspicion of
being concerned in the attempt to murder Mr. East-
wood.

The Newry Telegraph calls upon the Lord Lieu

tenant to issue a special commission for the counties
of Louth and Armagh, to try the prisoners already in
custody charged with Ribbon offences.
HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1852.
The following complete list of the High Sheriffs
for Ireland for the present year, is from Thom's Al-
manack, just published:—
ANTRIM.—Robert Smyth, Esq., of Gaybrook,
lingar.
ARMAGH.—Marcus Sinnott, jun., Esq., of Ballymoyer
House, Newtownhamilton.
CARLOW.—Clement Wolsley, Esq., of Sandbrook,
Tallow.
CARRICKFERGUS TOWN.—William K. Martin, Esq.,
Carrickfergus.
CAVAN.—Samuel Winter, Esq., of Agher, Summer
Hill.

CLARE.—Edmund John Armstrong, Esq., of Willow
Bank, Ennis.
CORK.—John Courtney, Esq., of Ballyedmond,
Middleton.
CORK ClTY.—Francis Bernard Beamisb, Esq., Cork.
DONEGAL.—Thomas Alexander, Esq., of Ahilly,
Bunarana,
DOWN.—Samuel Delacherois Cremmelin, Esq., of
Carradore Castle, Donaghadee.
DROGHEDA TowN.—George Harper, Esq., of Killi-
neer, Drogheda.
Dunum.—John Edward Venables Vernon, Esq , of
Clontarf Castle, Clontarf.
DUBLIN ClTY.—Thomas Wilson, Esq., of Temple-
street.
FERMANAGH.—John Gerard Irvine, Esq., of Rock-
field, Enniskillen.
GALWAY.—Thomas A. Joyce, Esq., of Rabasan Park,
Craughwell.
GALWAY TowN.—John Ireland, Esq., of Eyre-square,
Galway.
KERRY.—The Hon. Deyrollee B. De Moleyns, of
Burnham House, Dingle.
KILDARE.—Robert Borrowes, Esq., of Gilltown,
Ki cullen.
KILKENNY.—George Bryan, Esq., of Jenkistown,
Kilkenny.
KILKENNY ClTY.—Edmund Smithwick, Esq., of Kil-
creene, Kilkenny.
KING'S COUNTY.—John Gilbert King, Esq., of Bally.
lin, Ferbane.
LElTRlM.—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wm. Story, of
Riversdale, Ballinamore.
LIMERICK.—John Low, Esq., of Rockbarton, Bruff.
LIMERICK ClTY.—William Gabbett, Esq., of Strand
House, Limerick.

LONDONDERRY CITY AND COUNTY. —Leslie Alexan-
der, jun., Esq., of Foyle Park, Derry.
LONG/ORD.—Henry B. W. Slator, Esq., of Whitehill,
Edgeworthstown.
LOUTEL—J. Murphy, Esq., of Castletown, Dundalk.
MAYO.—J. Knox, Esq., of Greenwood Park, Ballina.
MEATH.—Edward Rotherham, Esq., of Crossdrutv,
Oldcastle.

MONAGHAN.—CapeI St George, Esq., of Dromore,
Omagh.
QUEEN'S COUNTY.—William Kemmis, jun., Esq., of
Kildare-street, Dublin.
RoseostmoN.—Christopher , French, Esq., of Clene-
quin, Tulsk.
SLIGO.—John Irwin, Esq., of Raheen, Elphin.
TIPPERARY.—Sir Thomas B. Dancer, Bart, Modreeny,
C loug j ordan.
TYRoN.—William L. Ogilby, Esq., of Tirkeenaghan,
Donemana.
WATERFORD.—Thomas St. John Grant, Esq., of Kil-
linurry, Fermoy.
WATERFORD ClTY.—Charles Newport, Esq., of
liam-street, Waterford.
WESTMEATH. John Malone, Esq., of Darlington
Lodge, Ballymore.

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WEXFORD. —Wm. Jacob Blacher, Esq., of Wood-
brook, Enniscorthy.
WicKLow.—The Right Hon. James Grattan, of
Tinnehinch, Bray.
THE UNIVERSITY.—The Rev. W. Digby Sadleir,
D.D., son of the late Provost, succeeds to the Senior
Fellowship of Trinity College, vacant by the promo-
tion of Dr. M'Donnell.
THE LISBURN ELECTION.—The election for the
borough of Lisburn will take place on Saturday ;
Sir E. Tennent is pursuing his canvass. Although
opposition is threatened, there is very little doubt of
the success of Sir Emerson.
RIBBONISM IN KING'S COUNTY.--A party of five
armed men attacked the dwelling-house of Thomas
Hoolahan, a farmer residing at Ballywilliam, in
the parish of Eglish, near Parsonstown, on Friday
night last. All the family had retired to bed
except Hoolahan ; the loud barking of his dogs caused
him to go to his kitchen window, from whence
he observed five men approaching his house,
A shot was immediately fired through the window,
and be heard a voice say, "Have nothing to do with
William's land." A second shot was then fired into
a bed-room window, the ball perforated a tray which
was placed against the window, and lodged quite
close to the bed where Hoolahan's wife had been sleep-
ing. Hoolahan, and his wife and sister saw the five
men going across the yard into the fields, and heard
the leader of the gang, who was armed with a long
gun, " order numbers 1,2, 3, and 4 to naarch on."
On the following morning a notice was found in one
of the windows, ordering Hoolahan to have nothing to
do with either the widow Carry's or John William's
land ; a coffin was at the bottom of the notice, and it
was signed " Captain Fireball." The persons whose
lands were referred to in the notice have been evicted,
and their former holdings adjoin Hoolahan's farm. Sa-
turday night constable Wbite and a party captured five
persons, who were brought before Captain Pollock,
R.M., on Sunday, and remanded for examination until
Monday, on which day an inquiry was held at the court
house, by Captain Pollock, assisted by John Warbur-
ton, Esq., J.P., and John Julian, Esq., Crown solici-
tor. Several witnesses were examined; Hoolahan,
his wife, and sister, identified three of those arrested
by constable White—namely, James Duffy, Andrew
Carry, and John Carry, and they have been fully
committed to abide their trial at the ensuing assizes.
Duffy formerly lived as servant with Hoolahan, but
latterly he has stopped with a farmer on an adjoining
townland, in whose house two guns were found, a
long gun and a double-barrelled gun, the former ap-
peared to have been recently discharged, and one bar-
rel of the other was loaded, and there was an exploded
cap on the nipple. This (says the King's County
Chronicle) is the third time of Hoolahan being attacked
within the last few years. Sometime ago every per-
son in his neighbourhood refused to labour for him,
and the local magistrates sent their ploughs, horses,
and servants to till his farm under police protection.
The cause assigned for the last attack is, that it was
supposed in the country he would take the evicted
land.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL—Mr. Jacob Brett, whose
name is so creditably identified with the Dover andt
Calais submarine telegraph, is making arrangements
for introducing to the Irish public a plan for carrying__
out a similar mode of communication between Kings_
town and Holyhead. Mr. Brett had an interviewba
with the Lord-Lieutenant on the subject on Monday
at the Viceregal Lodge.
FIRE AT LIIKERICIC—The cornstores of Messrs.
Myles, at Limerick, were accidentally burned on
Tuesday evening. The store, which
destroyed. The
was filled with
grain to the value of 1,0001.,
wit?
_ompany. The
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property was insured in the Imperial
premises, which belong to Mr. Gabbett, were also
f England (Mice for 5001.
insured in the West C.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--An inquest was held at
Caber yesterday on the body of a young man, about
18 years of age, who was killed on the previous day
by a lorry belonging to the Waterford and Limerick
Railway, passing over him. The verdict was acci-
dentaly added that there was not
death, but the jury
proper care taken by the company to preserve the
public from injury.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the
monthly general meeting, held yesterday, at the society's
house, in Hanover square, Mr. Broderip, vice-president, in
the chair, Messrs. A. B. Hope, M.P., J. D. Gordon, and G.
H. Gray
were elected fellows, and Messrs. J. H. Gurney, T.
Lacy, G. Gillett, 14. O'Brien Jameson, and Miss Burdett
Coutts proposed as candidates for the fellowship. The report
of the Council stated that the total number of visitors to
the gardens during the year 1851 had been 667,243, and ex-
hibited an increase over 1850 of 306,841. The most impor-
tant additions to the menagerie during the last month con-
sisted of an apteryx, presented by Lieutenant-Governor
Eyre, which had been brought from New Zealand by Cap-
tain Erskine, R.N.; a weka (ocydroinus Australis), also
from New Zealand, which had been presented by Captain
Stokes, R.N., late of her Majesty's ship Acheron ; and two
specimens of boa diviniloqua, presented by Lieutenant For-
man/ of her liaje6ty'd 88th Begin:teat,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

rORTSMOUTH, JAN. I.—The Champion, 14, Com-
mander J. M. Hayes, arrived at Spithead from the
Pacific and the Brazils this evening, at five o'clock,
bringing 668,273 dolls. on merchants' account, which
Messrs. E and E. Emanuel, freight agents and bul-
lion merchants, of this port, have the carriage of to
the Bank of England. She left Valparaiso on the
Ist of October, leaving there then the Portland, 50,
Rear-Admiral Moresby. The Thetis, 36, Captain
Kuper, C.B' and Gorgon steam-sloop, Commander
Poynter, had sailed for Coquimbo to blockade that
port, provided Captain Kuper thought it expedient.
The Driver steam-sloop, Commander Johnson, was
at Valparaiso, The Daphne, 18, Captain Fanshawe,
had been to Vancouver's Island with the Admiral.
The Amphitrite, 26, Captain Frederick, was off Cen-
tral America. The Cockatrice schooner tender,
Master-Commander Dillon, was about to sail for
Central America, and was going thence to the
Islands. The Daedalus, 20, Captain Wellesley,
full up with stores,.had gone to the northward to
supply the ships with necessaries which are
looking after the Franklin expedition. The
Swift, 6, Commander Oldham, had been left at
Honolulu by the Portland at the time she sailed for
Valparaiso. The Champion arrived at Rio on the
evening of the 4th of November, and sailed on the
Bth. Rate of exchange 291 to 29i. Rear-Admiral
Henderson, in the Centaur steam-frigate, had gone to
the River Plate to meet Rear-Admiral Reynolds and
to relieve him. The Cormorant steam-sloop, Com-
mander Chamberlain ; the Plumper steam-sloop,
Commander Nolloth ; and the Harpy, tender to the
flag ship, were at Rio. The Southampton, 50, Rear-
Admiral Reynolds, was then expected on his way to
England. The slave trade was to all appearance ex-
tinct. The Plumper, however, had started on the
same day the Champion left, in search of something
she had received secret information about. The Con-
flict steam-sloop, Commander Drake, arrived at Rio
on the 6th of November from Bahia; she bad been
blockading some time, but the day after the Conflict
left the spot the vessel she had been watching for
landed her cargo. The Virago steam 'sloop, Com-
mander Stewart, arrived at Rio from England on the
6th of November. Outside of Rio the Champion saw
the Grecian, 16, Commander the Hon. D. Keene,
going out on the 4th of November. The Champion
has been in commission four years, and will now be
paid off. She has proved herself a most comfortable
and wholesome vessel, and in a trial of sailing with
the Asia, 84, and Amphitrite, on a wind, the Cham-
pion had a decided advantage ; but off the wind, the
larger ships beat her. But she signally beat the
United States' corvette St. Mary, a fine new vessel of
1,000 tons.
The examination of the preserved meat in store,
supplied under 111 r. Goldner's contract, commenced at
the Royal Clarence Yard yesterday. Up to the
present time aboutl,42ocanisters have been examined,
of which 1,300 having been found to be bad were
thrown overboard at Spithead ; and the remaining 120
being considered fit for food, were given away to the
poor of the neighbourhood, as directed by the Lords of
the Admiralty.
DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY.--The Rapid, 8, Com-
mander Blane, which put back to this harbour on Sa-
turday last, has come into harbour to repair defects.
Her bowsprit will be put on board to-morrow ; the
other defects will be completed in a day or two, when
she will be again ready for sea.
Impregnable, 104, Captain Arthur ,Lowe, bearing
the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, ',Admiral Sir J.
A. Ommanney, was paid off to-day, and will be re-
commissioned to-morrow (Thursday), by the same
officers, with a complement of 208 officers and men.
Vesuvius, reserve steamer, has been taken out
round the Eddystone this day to exercise her engines.
The troops at present occupying Cumberland,
Frederick, and Ligonier barracks, have received notice
of removal prior to the clearing of the sites for the
proposed new barrack accommodation for the troops
stationed at this place.
DOCKYARD.—The. hired ropemakers and labourers
entered for the purpose of completing the store of
yarn in this establishment, having completed their
task, were this day discharged. The principal portion
of them, however, were retained to fill the vacancies
for labourers. Twelve ropemakers and six labourers
only are leaving the establishment.

APPOINTMENTS.

Woomvicu, JAN. I.—Clerks—Thomas W. Wells
(1848), to the Britannia, 120, at Portsmouth; Harold
Millett to the Queen, 110, flag-ship on the Mediter-
ranean station.

The Sprightly steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich
on Monday last, and went up to Deptford to land
about 60 old chronometers, which have been brought
round from vessels recently paid off at the eastern
ports. She also conveyed the party of Royal Marines
who had been serving in the Havannah, 19, on the
Australian station, from Plymouth, the port where the
vessel was paid off, to Chatham, to join the head-
quarters of their division. The Sprightly will leave
Deptford and Woolwich to morrow, and will take
round to the eastern ports a number of new chro-
nometers for the vessels now fitting at them for sea-
service.

The Dee steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander
William J. Crowder, arrived here at half-past three
o'clock P.M. to -day from the Cape of Good Hope, and
shortly after went down the river to show the state of
her engines to the engineers of the steam factory. The
Dee is to be paid off here, having been in commission
since March, 1848.