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The following is the account given of the outrage pro-
claimed in the Gazette of Aug. 26. It is necessary only to
state that the report is copied from the Mayo Constitution,
an unscrupulous party paper, and a most notorious " State
hf the Country" organ
"1-10aittaLk Motinta.—One or the ttiost barbarous and

cold blooded acts of ferocity we have ever heard of, has been
perpetrated by some of the bloodthirsty emissaries dis-
patched through the country by the lay and clerical agita-
tors. As two Protestants, named Allen and I\l'Kenzie,
were proceeding by a mountain road to Sligo to vote, they
were seized upon by a large mob, who were evidently on
the watch for them and others of their description. After
beating the two men in a most inhuman manner, breaking
one of their arms, and inflicting other injuries upon them,
they dragged them to a lonely part of the mountain, where
they tied them in such a way that they could not move
hand or foot, and having bindfolded them, left them in that

terrible situation"far from the haunts of men, or the reach

of assistance.

There the unfortunate men remained six

days, exposed to cold and hunger, and suffering under the
savage treatment they had received at the hands of
their assailants. At the expiration of that period they
were discovered by their friends who had been making
the most minute search after them ; but melancholy to re-

late, one of them died in a short time after they were found,
from the combined effects of the beating, cold, and hunger,
whilst the other was at the verge of dissolution, and has

since died from the same causes! We understand that
M'Kenzie, the sufferer who survived the longest, disclosed
the names of four of the persons who were aiding and as-

sisting in the perpetration of the foul crime, for whose ap-
prehension warrants have been issued."
R. DUNN, ESQ.—We cannot find the objectionable pa-
rAgraph to which this gentleman has drawn our attention.
We can, however, have no hesitation in assurinc, him that no
paragraph whatever connecting his name withD Lord and
Lady Downs and family could possibly have originated with
us ; since we know nothing whatever either of Mr. Dunn

or the affair alluded to by him. In the absence of any
knowledge or proof to the contrary, we are bound to believe
Mr. Dunn himself, who, in his letter to us says, " I beg to

assure you that as I never have, so I never shall condescend
to adopt towards any lady any means or conduct un-
worthy of a gentleman and a barrister."
PUBLIC DINNER.—On Wednesday last a dinner was
given to the representatives of the county of Waterford,
borough of Dungarvan, and city of Waterford. Many elo-
quent and spirited speeches were delivered on the occasion.
The following is the list of the toasts which were introduced

and remarked upon with equal felicity and energy :
The Queen—(Nine times time.) Air—God Save the
Queen.

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The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family—
(Three times three). Air—The Duke of Sussex's March.
Lord Mulgrave and Prosperity to Ireland—(Nine times
nine). Air—The Green Little Island.
Lord Melbourne and her Majesty's Ministers—(Three
times three). Air—The Pilot that weathers the storm.
The Representatives of the County—Messrs. Stuart and
Power. Air—The Campbells are coming.
The Representatives of the City—Messrs. Wyse and
Barron. Air—Sweet Home.
The Representative of the Borough of Dungarvan—the
Hon. Cornelius O'Callaghan. Air—Welcome here again.
Our late Representative—Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart.
Air—Auld Lang Syne.
Our distinguished guest—Richard L. Sheil, M.P. Air
—A man's a man for a' that.

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Mr. Sheil, in returning thanks, proposed in glowing terms
the health of the Right Hon. Chairman, to which the
Right Hon. Gentleman returned thanks in a speech of
great ability.
The Right Rev. Dr. Foran, Bishop of Waterford and
Lismore.

Daniel O'Connell.
Conies.

Air—See the Conquering Hero

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The Rev. Mr. Sheehan spoke to this toast in a speech
which we shall give in our next. He took occasion to re-
view the political conduct of the Liberator.
The Port and Trade of Waterford. Air—See yon
barque.
Alderman Merchant Ardagh spoke to this toast.
Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World. Air—
Send round the Bowl.
The Press.
DUBLIN PETITION FUND.—The Mail denies that
either the Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, or the Right Hon.
William Saurin, are trustees to the fund—now in progress
of collection—for prosecuting the petition against the re-
turn of Messrs. O'Connell and Hutton, or that any ac-
counts have been opened in their names at the banks of
Messrs. Latouche or Ball. The Mail states this on per-
sonal knowledge, and by way of proving what it states, the
11 publishes the receipt of Messrs. Latouche, for the last
money lodged by our contemporary. Now, with great
respect for the " personal knowledge" of the Mail, we beg
leave to say, that the foregoing receipt does not prove any-

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thing one way or other.-11, conan.
DONNYBROOK FAIR.—An attempt is making to carry
on the joviatities of this once celebrated spot, but with little
effect. The police from College-street, headed by their
active chief constable, Mr. Henry Goodison, are every night
busily employed, as soon as the prohibited hour arrives, in
dispersing the drunken and disorderly multitude. No less
than two thousand persons were turned out of the different
public-houses on last evening as soon as eleven o'clock had
arrived. Too much praise cannot: be given to the police
for their mildness and forbearance notwithstanding the many
rebuffs they receive from intoxicated persons. We under-
stand it is the intention of Mr. Madden to bring an action
against the Lord Mayor for prohibiting the erection of
tents and other booths.—Freeman.
NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.—The friends of the
above Society assembled in great numbers at a tea party
given in the Rotunda last evening. The larger long room
up stairs was densely crowded by a respectable company of
male and female visitors, anxious for the promotion of the
objects of the Society. After the usual refreshments,
which were both excellent and abundant, had been served
up, the chair was taken by the Right Hon. Lord Cloncurry.
When the Chairman appeared on the platform he was
received with several rounds of applause. As soon as it
subsided he addressed the assembly.
At the termination of the noble Chairman's address, a few
persons in the back of the room commenced a volley of the
Kentish fire, but on the immediate interference of the
stewards and managers of the evening's meeting, it was
put a stop to.
CHARGE OF FORGERT.—TWO persons, named Smith
and Thorpe, summoned a Mr. Burke to answer a charge of
having forged a consent of the Court of Common Pleas, in
order to enable his attorney to draw n sum of 801., which
had been lodged there by the plaintiffs, and to enable him to
issue an execution against them, upon the fact of a verdict
had at the Castlebar assizes. The following were the facts
of the case :—Smith, Thorpe, and a man named Perkins
or Perkisson, attended the fair of Ballinasloe, with a rou-
lette table and other gambling materials, where Burke lost,
as he alleged unfairly, a sum of 1401. He brought two
actions against the parties, one against Smith and Thorpe,
the other against Perkins, and obtained two verdicts,
one for sixty pounds, against Smith and Thorpe, and
the other for eighty, against Perkisson. Previous to
the trial, Smith and Thorpe were obliged to lodge
a sum of eighty pounds in court in lieu of bail.
When Burke obtained his verdicts, he got his own at-
torney's costs taxed, which amounted to 2131.: and there
was an order of Court made that lie should get the 80/.
lodged in Court on account of those costs. Burke changed
his attorney, who refused to give up the papers, which
Burke wanted to enable him to issue execution against the
parties, until a consent was brought him to enable him to
draw the money. The consent was brought him by Burke,
pretending to have been signed by the attorney of the de-
fendants, who alleged that it was a forgery. The police
office was crowded by persons anxious to hear the result of
the charge. There were a good many Connaught gentle-
men of sporting notoriety present. A gentleman who ap-
peared for Mr. Burke stated that he hoped their Worships
would postpone the case until Thursday, to enable him to
bring forward a most material witness. It was pressed, on
the other side, to go on with it ; but their Worships post-
poned
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—On Monday evenine, about nine
o'clock, a number of' ruffians, to the amount of upwards 01
one hundred, marched from Cole's-lane, across Sackville-
street, and through Gregg's.lane, into Marlborough-street.
One of the party went into the house of Flood, a publi-
can, just opposite Gregg's-lane, and called for a glass of
spirits ; he looked about, and seeing some persons inside who
were strangers to Flood, he cried out, " Here they are—
come on boys." One of Flood's waiters observing some-
thing extraordinary in the conduct of the fellow, ran
to the doer and shut it before more than ten or twelve
of the party got in . those who got in commenced beating
all the persons inside in the most unmerciful manner, whilst
those outside were endeavouring to break in the door. In
the meantime a person went out for the watchmen and po-
lice, the first of whom that arrived were knocked down and
beaten in the most savage manner. The party inside then
thought to get out, but they could not open the door.
A reinforcement of police arrived and effected an entrance
by the rear, and after a most desperate struggle inside suc-
ceeded in securing' four of the ruffians. The others escaped,
and joined their companions outside in assaulting the crowd
who had collected. A dagger and a stick was taken from
some of the party arrested. No motive under heaven can
be assigned for this extraordinary and mysterious outrage.
Some of the persons assaulted have been grievously injured.
The four fellows, whose names were Deegan, Savage, Mur-
ray, and Flood, were fined 5/. each, or two months' impri-
sonment. Murray, although apparently nothing but a market
porter, instantly paid the money and wes lifrated. The
other three were sent to Newgate!

PUBLIC DINNER AT SUNDLRLAND,
to H. LAMDTON, Esq. and SIR W. CLAYTOR.

(Abridged from the Durhdm Chronicle of Friday.)
On Friday last, the electors of the Northern Division of
the county of Durham, resident in the Sunderland Dis-
trict, gave a public dinner to Mr. H. L imbton, the newl -
elected Liberal Member of Parliament fir the division, and
Sir Wm. Chaytor, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in thr
late contest. As the first public meeting of the Liberals
since the election, it excited considerable interest, and about
1.50 gentlemen of the highest respectability assembled on
the occasion. An invitation was sent to the Earl of Dur-
ham, who wit= expected to attend ; but both his Lordship
and Sir W. Chaytor were absent, from causes explained it:
the very ample Report of the proceedings which we sub-
join. H. J. Spearman, Esq., of Newton H dl, the Glair-
man of the United Reform Central Committee at the elec-
tion, presided on the occasion.
The cloth having been drawn, the usual toasts were
given, after which,
The CHAIRMAN said—l now rise to propose to you the
health of the two Hon. Gentlemen under whose banners
we have recently been fighting, though I am sorry to say
with only partial success, the battle of Liberalism, in the
cause of the independence of the electors of North
Durham. In taking the poll now, as lam about to do
and in calling for your voices and votes, I know the re-
sponse will be " Lambton and Chaytor !—(Great applause.)
The toast was drunk with tremendous and long-continued
cheers.
Mr. LAMBTON rose to address the company, and was re-
ceived wish several distinct rounds of tumultuous applause.
He said—You must bear in mind that the success of our
cause depends on the individual exertions of every elector
in his own particular sphere. If I might be allowed, re-
spectfully and with every kindly feeling, to advise you, I
would say this—let every elector be most watchful and anx-
ious to co-operate with others with regard to the registra-
tions.—(Loud and continued cheering.) Let them be
anxious to keep alive amongst others the pure spirit of poli-
tical consistency. Let them be ready to explain the nature
of the sacred trust of a vote where ignorance of it may pre-
vail. And above all, never let them allow any difference of
opinion that may exist on local subjects to interfere with the
active duties of representation when the great cause of the
country calls for his co-operation.—(Cheers.) I say that
the man who so acts—who allows such differences of opinion
to interfere at such a moment—is a traitor to himself—l
say he is a traitor to his cause and to his country.—(Cheers.)
Was it " re-action" that enabled the Tories to make 4,000
faggot votes in Middlesex, which turned out Mr. Hume?
—(Cheers.) Was it " re-action" that turned Sir Rufane
Donkin out of Berwick ?—(No, no.) Can it be said that
" re-action" in public opinion turned Mr. Carmichael out
of Peeblesshire, when it is perfectly notorious that he was

defeated by the manufacture of fictitious votes?—(Cheers.)
No, gentlemen, their great weapons are money and intimi-
dation.—(Cheers.) They are fast undermining the Re-
form Bill by money and intimidation ; and it is the bounden
duty of the people of this country to meet that, without loss
of time, by the countermine of the ballot.—(A loud burst
of applause and clapping of hands from all parts of the
room, which continued for some seconds ; when it had con-
cluded, the whole company rose and • gave three times
three astounding cheers, and " one cheer more.")
Mr. HUTTON CHAYTOR next addressed the company.
It was the duty of the Liberal electors to prepare for ano-
ther contest ; and though his father might never again
be their leader in such a conflict, he would always be
found contending with unabated zeal in support of the cause
they all had so much at heart.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. GRANGER 'gave " The People, for whose benefit
Kings, Lords, and Commons were instituted," which was
drunk with three times three.
The CHAIRMAN—Mr. Vice President and Gentlemen,—
My Hon. Friend, Mr. Lanibton,having proposed the Liberal
Electors of North Durham, I now rise to propose the health
of a Nobleman between whom and not merely the Liberal
electors of North Durham, but of all Durham, there has
been a connexion of long standing and peculiar cegency,
amounting on the part of the electors, in times pact, to en-
thusiastic attachment.—(Cheers.) lam sorry—a feeling in
which all of you will deeply participate—that the Noble
Earl is not now amongst us to receive that expression of our
thanks and gratitude, which, had he been present, I am
sure would have awaited him.—(Cheers.) And with your
permission, I will now read a letter from the Noble Earl,
explanatory of his absence on this occcasion :
" Lambton Castle, Aug. 14, 1837.
" Six—l feel very grateful to the electors of the Northern
Division for the signal mark of their esteem and regard which
you have been kind enough to communicate to me. They will
not be offended, however, if I respectfully decline the invita-
tion with which they have honoured me.
" The contest for the representation of the Division has
commenced and proceeded without my having personally par-
ticipated in it. In my humble judgment it is advisable that it
should terminate in the same spirit. I trust, however, that they
will give me credit for the motives which induce me most re-
luctantly to decline availing myself of an opportunity which
in other circumstances, I should seize with eagerness, that of
meeting the Liberal electors of this county.
" Allow me, at the same time, to express to them, through
you, my heartfelt gratitude for the powerful support which
they have given my brother.—(Cheers.) It is indeed but a
continuance of the same confidence which they so often ex-
tended to me when I had the honour of being their represen-
tative—( Cheers)—but it is equally precious, as being the
most convincing proof that these feelings of attachment, which
for centuries they have shown towards my family, and the
principles they have ever supported, are in no degree altered
or diminisked.
"Be assured of this—that in all circumstances—at all
hazards—be the personal consequences what they may—l will
ever respond to their call.—( Loud cheers.) Whenever my
aid to the cause of Reform and liberal principles is required,
it shall be fieely and cordially given.—(Renewed cheers.)
This may be called Dictation.' If so, I plead guilty to the
charge—(Cheers)—and have only to pray them to make such
arrangements as will enable me to give, at the earliest mo-
ment, the best and surest proofs of my determination to merit
that accusation to the fullest extent( Loud cheers.)
" I have but one political object in this world—to serve my
country. I hope, I may say, without presumption, that I have
done so already to a certain extent, but never by indirect or im-
pr'oper means. It is my intention to pursue the same course.
This may be called Ambition.'—(Cheers.) If so, again I
say, I plead guilty to the charge, and request my accusers to
be assured that if life and health are spared me, their malig-
nant feelings will be amply gratified by the repeated opportu-
nities which I shall endeavour thus to afford them for the ex-
ercise of their chief weapons of offence—calumny and misre-
presentation.--( Loud cheers.)
" I remain, Sir, your obliged and faithful Servant,
(Signed) " DURHAM.
" H. J. Spearman, Esq , Newton-hall."
The toast was drunk with loud, enthusiastic and long-

continued cheers.
Mr. HEDWOItTIi LAM3TON—Gentlemen, Little do you
know my brother, if you think he does not feel deeply the
honours that have been conferred on him by every part of
this county—the warm and enthusiastic attachment ex-
pressed to him by every part of this county. I can as-
sure you be does, and that 13 the highest reward he seeks
for any malignant attacks that may proceed from the pull
intellects of his assailants.—(Cheers.) He looks to the
praise of the public opinion of the country ; and of course
he cannot but look back to the moment when he first stood
forward in public life, when Isis talents were not developed,
and he came forward as a candidate for this county—when
in 1820 he fought the battle of liberty in this county, a
battle in which many of you were engaged, and the younger
of you have heard of—it was you who in this county
roused all his energies, and brought into action those
talents his possession of which is now admitted by the
country at large.—(Cheers.)
Mr. RAMSAY—I am about to propose the health of a
gentleman, whose name, I am satisfied, only requires to be
mentioned to call forth the enthusiastic cheers of all pre-
sent. The gentleman to whom I allude is a worthy friend
of mine—Mr. Hutt.—(Great applause.) lie has fought
for the cause of Reform nobly, steadfastly, and devotedly.
—(Cheers.) If you examine the Lisi; of Divisions in the
House of Commons, in the last two ParliatOnts, you will
always find the name of Mr. Hutt conspicuous .;:nongst
the friends of Reform and good government.—(Cheers.;
His brilliant career has shewn him to be one of the most
honest and talented representatives that the people of this
,country could boast of.—(Cheers.) That such a man could
lose his election sevmed almost impossible. But the most
barefaced and unprinciple I bribery and intimidation were
employed to defeat him. This stamps his value.—(Cheers.)
He was selected by the Tories to be turned out, because he
was a straightforward and honest advocate of the rights of
the people.—(Hear, hear.) He lost h's election through
the corrupt practices of a venal constituency, which will
always do mischief till it is reduced in numbers or counter-,
acted by household suffrage.—(Cheers.)
" Hr. Hutt, and the Liberal electors of Hull," was then
drank with three times three hearty cheers.
Mr. HCTT, after the cheering had subsided, spoke nearly
as follows :—Gentictnen,—l thank you for these marked
expressions of your kindness. I sincerely asure you I wish
I could feel I deserved more than 1 do your kindness and
the obliging compliments of my friend Mr. Ramsay. lam
sorry I cannot congratulate you on the success of that elec-
tion in which we have recently been engaged. Already
the Tories gloat over their anticipated return to power and
the enjoyment of opportunities to do mischief again. They
seem to imagine that the time is approaching when they
will restore that system under which before they sustained
despotism on the Continent, and established ignorance, ser-
vility, and bigotry at home.—(Cheers.) But are we to
suffer this ? Are we to see all the consequences of past
exertion—all the benefits we imagined we ha dobtained by
the Reform Hill—pass away, and
" Like the baseless fAhrie of a.vision
Leave not a wreck behind ?"
(Loud cheers.) I trust it will not be so. I trust our efforts
will not be stultified and overcome, as has been described

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by Mr. Hume, by the system of manufacturing fagg
I do yet believe the real heart and soul of the count, y is as
much attached as ever to the cause of Reform.(Cheers.)
And as one no longer in public life, but as one sincerely . t
tacked to that great cause for which, in public lice, I f er
contended, I say to the Conservatives, is the name of he
people of Great Britain and Ireland, that we will no more
suffer that system of policy which we know, from half a
century's experience, is inseparable from Tory domination.
No, we will endure no longer a taxation which is to enable
them to enter into a profligate expenditure for themselves,
and to afford them the means of effecting the people corrup-
tion and dishonour.—(Cheers.) We will never again, when
a public meeting is assembled for the discussion of public
grievances—a right which our forefathers won and main-
tained after ages of contention with arbitrary power—w.,
will no longer look on in silence when such meetings of our
countrymen are dispersed and massacred, and our women
and children trampled beneath the hoofs_ of yeomanry
cavalry.—(Loud cheers.) We will no mere permit them
to call in question the Crown of England : we will no
longer suffer them to enter into secret bonds and unions to
endanger the legal line of the succession of our Sovereigns,
as we know they heretofore have done, in their unconvicted
treasons of Orange clubs and Hanoverian plots.—(Entlin-
siastic cheers.) They tell us, as Mr. Liddell told you,
that they will preserve their religious ascendancy by the
sword. I tell them, in spite of all their machinations at
the elections—l tell them in the name of the three yet free
and united nations, that we will not have Ireland deluged
in blood—(loud and continued burrahs)—in order to gra-
tify, under the holy name of religion, their rancour and
bigotry. We will not have tithes collected by troops o
dragoons. We will not have Ireland so maddened by his
wrongs that Daniel O'Connell shall divide with the Impe-
rial Crown and Parliament of Great Britain the sove-
reignty of the Irish people.—(lmmense cheering.) Have
you forgotten the history of 1830 ? Have you forgotten
—do you not remember how
,the peasantry of the South
of England at that time—whch seemed the consum-
mation of Tory policy—Cries of " Hear, hear")—arrayed
themselves in an open insurrection against the Government,
and by a system of daily violence and midnight incendiar-
ism rendered life and property so insecure that many of the
1 fe-offices refused to effect insurances ?—(Cheers.) Hare
you forgotten the time when, in the populous towns of the
North, the people were openly organizing themselves to
overthrow the Government—when the King, in the zenith'
of his popularity, dared not go, in company with his falling
Ministers, to dine with the Chief Magistrate of his own
capital ?—(Loud cheers.) Have you forgotten the time
when, by your precipitate retreat from power, you hardly
saved the wisest, the most civilized, and the greatest people
that ever existed, frOm all the horrors of popular convul-
sion and dissolution ?—(Cheers.) Do you not remember
these things ? And do you not remember that, five years
ago, the electors of many places returned two representa-
tives to Parliament who were determined to uphold Reform
principles ? Gentlemen, I will no longer detain you, by
following a most exciting theme. Though I was de-
feated at the late election, I must say of the Liberal elec-
tors of Hull that they bore their part in that important
struggle zealously, faithfUlly, and well.—(Cheers.) But we
could not make head against the means Mr. Ramsay has de-
scribed. We could not fight them with their own weapons—
we could not match them in their perjuries, or the almost
indescribable wickedness of the atrocious outcries which
they raised against the New Poor Laws ( Hear, hear.)
And now, gentlemen, with what sentiment more congenial
to my own feelings, or more suitable to the situation in
whit h I stmd be:ore yob, can I bring my observafons to a
conclusion, than by asking you to drink the toast, " Vote
by Ballot ?"—(G:e it cheering.) You are all acquainted
with the hacknied arguments used against the system of
secret voting. I will only answer two of them. Two of
these arguments only do I think worthy of notice, and they
both tell in favour of it.—(Hear, hear.) The first was
advanced by Sir Robert Peel in 1833. "Do what you
may, or say what you will," exclaimed the Right Honour-
able Barone', " the real objection to the Ballot is, that,

it will vastly increase the democratic power of the coun-
try."—(Great cheering.) So said Sir R•)bert Peel, and so
say I. It is precisely on that account I advocate the ballot—
(Cheers)—because when no imperative order could be sent to
bind tenants, and voters would be allowed to act as they
thought proper, they would, like impanelled jurymen, give
their votes in favour of popular rights and die establishment
of responsibble government. You will never forget this ar-
gument of Sir It. Peel. It is valuable ; for it proves our case.
(Mr. Hutt then sat down amidst continued plaudits from all
parts of the room, and " Vote by Ballot" was drank, with
three times three. Other toasts were then given, and the
meeting broke up.