The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.

During the late contest for the representation of
Mayo, the stipendiary magistrate (Mr. Kirwan), to
whom was entrusted the charge of preserving the
Queen's peace, had the indiscretion, to use no harsher
term, to address in his official capacity a letter to the
Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese, thanking that
right reverend functionary atitfertain of his subor-
dinate clergy for their " heroic' exertions towards
the maintenance of order at a period of great public
excitement. This, considering the position which
Mr. Kirwan occupied, naturally caused some asto-
nishment ; so much so, indeed, that on the first ap-
pearance of the letter the
Nation newspaper pro-
nounced it to he a hoax. The document, however,
was perfectly genuine, and, the attention of the Go-
vernment having been directed to it by a memorial
presented on behalf of the gentry, magistrates, and
inhabitants of Ballina, praying
that the Lord-Lieu-
tenant would be pleased to grant an inquiry upon
oath into the charges preferred against Mr. Kirwan,
an answer has been returned by the Under-Secre-
tary, stating that the prayer of the memorial shall be
complied with. The investigation will take place im-
mediately.

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Abbey," in the county of Waterford, which took
place on Monday last. The ,g Lord Abbot" pre-
sided, and, in the course of the proceedings, the Very
Rev. Dr. Fogarty, of Lismore, read the following
extract from a letter which he had received from his
friend, the " noble Catholic Earl of Shrewsbury,"
dated from Palermo, in which his Lordship, speaking
of the system of collegiate education sought to
be
established in opposition ' system,
to the Catholic
says—
As to the academical plan of education for Ireland,
I am more averse to it than ever very natu-
rally lead to all the mischief whi for I't may
c h a
system professing
utterly to train the intellect, but disregard' the dis-
cipline of the soul, did in Christendom some six centu-
ries ago. You may remember an account of this given
in a few words in the early pages of the Life of Cardinal
Langton, by one of the Oxtord school. It was an
admirable illustration of the present godless scheme.
If you have not the book by you, do get it. You
should have all the lives of the '
English saints by the
Newinanito divines. They are admirable works,
full of knowledge and religion. The writers are every
one of them become Catholics, and the publisher into
the bargain. How different is the stem he" (Pa-
lermo)! The Jesuits have, and so have other collegiate
establishments, betides the pensioners, a gratuitous
school of 800 students each. They live with their fami-
lies and friends, but they are obliged to go every day to
mass, and on Sundays to mass, sermon, every of the
blessed Virgin, and Catholic iestruotioes, and to go
through l' -
a re igious retreat of at least eight days an-
nually Moreover, they are recommended to go to con-
ression once a month. They may choose their own
confessor anywhere, but they must bring a certificate of
having been at confession. Besides these, they have a
sodality..
of the most pious, who are encouraged to
attend extra religions exercises. With such helpslraes
these the system might answer well enough, -
There are
land there will be none of these advantages.
90 Jesuits in the establishment, yet not sufficient to
carry it on as it ought to be. We are much pleased
vfith th© people hero. It is really a treat to lire in a
Catholic count. There are 64 convents in Palermo,
all inof men—per
good order-23 of women and 41
humanity, and
forming extraordinary works of charity,
are
civilisation among all classes ,by whom
the
land. sur-
rounded. I wish we had some ;by
them in Engy
YEEDIhCT.
THE SIXMILE•DRIDGE INQUEST--1"
_ The long-enduring patience of the public as at
waste of fourteen
length been rewarded, and, after s
days, the most exemplary of coroners deemed that
the esterda de-
ends of justice were satisfied, and y y
livered a rather elaborate charge to the jury, who
retired shortly before three o'clock, and at twenty
minutes to five the foreman caused it to be announced
in open court that twelve of their number had agreed
to a verdict. At this time the court was densely
crowded, and the utmost anxiety was evinced to learn
the result of this most protracted inquiry. The jury
having come into court, the foreman announced that
twelve of the jurors had agreed to a particular finding,
and they resolved to have the verdict drawn up in a
legal form.
The CORONER then read the finding, as follows :--
" We are satisfied that John C. Djlmege, J.P., John
Gleeson (first), James postings, Witliam Barnes, John
Thompson, John Dwyer, James
Tho Share, Thomas Clarke,
and John Carter, soldiers of the Ist Regiment, are
guilty of the wilful murder of Jeremi Frawley."
Five jurors dissented from the. verdict. Their
names are—John Holmes, Be B. ;Walton, William
Mahon, William Morris, and Patrick Mahon.
Mr. William Mabon stated, that although they
had not agreed to the above verdict I,hey did not ac-
quit the soldiers of all criminalitSi, and that they
would all have agreed to a verdict of manslaughter
by soldiers whose persons were noti identified. The
five dissentieut jurors also acquitted Mr. J. C. Del-
Inege of having either fired him4lf or given any
orders to fire.
The jury were thel requested to ' again retire and
consider their verdict as to the eatise of death in the
other cases,—namely, Michael Connellan, Michael
C°lnian, Thomas Ryan James Casey. and James
Flaherty.,
Mr. Graydon applied to have the eight
teen
soldiers admitted to bail. In eonsepuence of the
extraordinary and incredible verdict which had been
given in, against even the opinion intimated in the