The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-09 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Saturday evening a highly respectable jury was empa-
nelled before Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, at the Star and Gar-
ter, Kensington, to inquire into the circumstances attending
the death of Charles \Vebb, aged 31, who, with his wife
(who is still living) was struck by lightning during the severe
thunder storm on Friday morning.
Thomas Green said—l have some years known the de-
ceased, who lived in the service of Mr. Crickett, in the ca-
pacity of coachman. He was 31 years of age, and previous
to his death enjoyed very good health. He slept over the
stables. About seven o'clock on the morning of Friday last I
saw him in the hayloft adjoining his bed-room. He got up
to call me, as I slept in the loft, He then went to bed again
to his wife, who was with him. I got up directly, and sud-
denly a storm came on ; I saw a flash of lightning, and in-
stantly after heard a loud report of thunder, which appeared
to be close by. It sounded in the coach-house as if a double
barrelled gun bad gone off. It very much alarmed the horses.
The lightning ran quite through the stabling. I immediately
vtent up to call the deceased, ‘.114,11 I found him and his uiie
both on fire in bed ; their clothes and the bed-clothes and pil-
lows were burning. I burst the do'er opn, the room was full
of smoke, and neither of them moved. I gave an alarm,
when several persons came to my assistance,- put out the are,
and took the deceased and his wife out of bed. The deceased
was dead, but his wife, who was dreadfully burned, was alive.
The Jury returned a verdict that "the deceased's death had
been caused by the effects of lightning."

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ULSTER
ORANGEMEN.

(Abridged from the Dublin Evening Post of last Thursday.)
We have only space to refer to the following extracts, for
which we are indebted to two of our correspondents, and to
our Northern Contemporaries, particularly the Newry Exa-
miner. We have not even room to take the seditious para-
graphs of the Evening Mail to pieces :—.-
PORTADOWN, JULY 2.—Orangeism appears to be as rampant
here -as it was even in the palmy days of Tory misrule.
Maiming cattle; consuming by fire large quantities of turf;
burning houses; assaulting unoffending individuals; walking
in illegal processions, in which military men, belonging to
both the infantry and artillery, have taken a part, end for
which they will have to abide their trial at the ensuing assizes
at Armagh, are scenes of no extraordinary occurrence in this
neighbourhood. This description of facts may be looked an
by your English readers 'either as utopian, or, if real, as having
occurred in either the South or West of Ireland, but by no
means as being the acts of the supersanctified inhabitants of
the North of Ireland. However, I beg leave to assure these
sceptics, that these are some of the practical virtues for the
performance of which the Bible-reading Protestants of the
North have been conspicuous for several years past ; and should
any person attempt to deny that all or any of the above-stated
outrages have occurred in the Portadown petty Sessions
district in the course of last year, I will produce irrefragable
evidence to prove their reality. The acts of outrages com-
mitted in the parish of Tartaraghan and the adjacent districts,
equal if not surpass, in numberand atrocity, the most disturbed
portions of either Tiperary or Kent.
DUNGANNON, JULY 4.—Sunday morning our church had a
flag hoisted as usual on the spire, and a merry peal on the belle.
Next day (Monday) we had the bells going for some time,
they re-commenced ringing again about nine o'clock at night,
and continued until ten o'clock. About the same hour drums
and fifes were heard approaching the town, but, fortunately
for the peace of the inhabitants we had Captain Duff here, a
stipendiary magistrate, who most promptly ordered out a party
of police, with their officer, Captain Kelly, and prevented the
Orangemen entering our town. On the same night, at a place
called Donaghy, on the leading road from Dungannon to
Cookstown, a party of these disturbers of the peace assembled
to the amount of about three to four hundred, with fifes and
drums, playing party tunes. They had a bonfire and fired
shots. A police patrol came to them for the purpose of dis-
persing them, and to identify the ringleaders if possible. The
Orangemen completely surrounded the police, fired several
shots over their limb, and swore if they interfered with
them that they would murder every man of the party, and ac-
tually disarmed one of the police.
[With regard to the latter part of this letter—the attack
upon the Police—we should observe that the communication
is anonymous, but it will, no doubt, be confirmed or contia-
dieted in a few da) 5.]
ANOTHER CHAPEL WRECKED I—Whilst the Dublin Even-
ing Post is mulcted in some seven or eight hundred pounds
for declaring that a leader of the Orangemen is unfit to in-
terfere in the selection of jurcrs in the county of Monaghan
_whilst Robert Holmes declaims on the glories of the Revo-
lution of 'BB, and identifies with those glories the Orangeism
of Ireland—the brethren in the North are demonstrating,
most imptessively, the admirable consistency of their princi -
pies with the impartial dispensation cf justice, and the strength
of their claims to be set forward as the champions of civil
and religious freedom, by a Liberal advocate, who does not
scruple to name, in the same breath, the most wicked and
cruel of factions, and " the resplendent sun of American li-
berty." It was our painful duty to call public attention, some
days since, to the wrecking of the chapel of Carrickennsnia,
which is situate in one of the most Orange districts of the
county of Armagh. We have now to announce a repetition
of this most abominable sacri!ege in another district of the
same county I The " loyalists" selected an apprc.priate occa-
sion for the outrage. Whilst all the people of the realm were
engaged, peacefully and joyously, in celebrating the corona-
tion of their youthful Sovereign—forgetting for a time their
religious and political distinctions, and combining, with one
heart and soul, to offer her their willing homage', and raise
their voices in prayer for her health and happiness—the de-
mons in human form who still plague this miserable country
went forth, in the darkness of the night, to destroy a temple
consecrated to the worship of the Most High God I We
are sorry to say that no discovery has yet bzen made of the
destroyers of the Chapel of Carrickainania. A reward will
speedily be offered fur their apprehension, and we trust that
the Government will take prompt measures for the protection
of the Catholic people in the neighbourhood and in the dis-
trict of Tartaraghan. We thick ..bat it should institute a
public and solemn investigation into these dreadful occur-
rences, and prove, as well to the brutal Orangemen as to the
victims of their atrocity, that it is resolved to see justice done,
property preserved, and a reckless banditti reduced beneath
the dominion of the laws:
We pray the attention of the public and the Government to

tee following statement of a correspondent, whose faithwortni-
•
ness we can avouch :
" CEIARLEMONT, JULY 2.—At an early hour yesterday, the
inhabitants of this town were disgusted by a ragged and dis-
orderly crowd desecrating the Sabbath, by erecting an Orange
4 id Purple Flag--Orange Lilies, &c., on the spire of Charle-
ne mt Church. On the flag, is the appearance, of a man on
ho-seback, intended to represent " William 111. of Glorious
Memory." Many persons, on going to the usual Church ser-
vice, turned away when they observed the manner in which
their place of wo.-ship was polluted by the exhibition cf tho
emblems of a party which had caused so much bloodshed and
in our native land. It is cause of wonder that the
Clergyman who officiates in this Church, and who is also
Chaplains to the army here, and consequently paid officer of
the Government, should not interfere to have such party
o nblems removed. There is blame also attached to the
c'turchwardens, one of whom is a retired Government officer,
and the other a public officer, holding his situatidu by authority
of the Lord Lieutenant.
ARMAGH —We learn from a gentleman who travelled to
Markethill on Monday, that he met, upon the highroad, near
Lou.ghgilly, some five hundred Orangemen, marching in pro-
cession, displaying flags, heating drums, and bearine. fire-a-ms.
They kept up constant shouting, drumming:, and yelling..
They were a wretched mob, hut, on that account, only the
mere dangerous. Four or five policemen were sent out of
Markethill to take down their names.—"a mete mockery" ob-
serves our correspondent, " and a miserable protection to the
terror-stricken people of the country." He adds,__" the
authenticity of this statement will, I fear, be verified, in the
loss of life, before I return to Newry." We have no doubt
that similar demonstrations have been made, in other districts.
Will Lord Glengall, or some of his noble supporters, who en.
tertain such horror at the peaceable and constitutional meeting
in the south, to petition fur the redress of a public grievance,
be consistent with themselves, and call for inquiry into the
tumultuous and illegal gatherings of the Orangemen of Ulster ?
MONAGHAN.—The faction iii Sam Gray's own county, which
has been made classic ground for the Orangeists, by the
slaughter of the innocents at Mollyash, were scarcely more
quiet than their mates in Armagh, on the first of July. A
large body of them decked out in the insignia of the order,
marched through the town of Monaghan, whilst the Catholic
congregation were returning to their homes, after the religious
services of the day. They were allowed to pursue their way
without disturbance, but Sir W. Lynar, a stipendiary magis-
trate, having heard of the procession, ordered out the police;
and, when the Orangemen were returning in the evening, he
met them at some distance from the town, and compelled them
although with much difficulty, to separate. He was obliged
to read the Riot Act before they would submit to his directions.
happily, no mischief was done ; and we are bound to say,
that for its prevention the people of Monaghan are indebted to
the activity and decision of Sir W. Lynar.
NEWIEY.—For several evenings, and especially on the eve
of the first of July, the Orangemen have been disporting
themselves in Newry, as is their custom at this season. Their
party tunes and discharges of fire-arms at the wall which sur-
rounds Mr. Turner's property, and at the head of Canal-
street; have much disturbed the quiet people of the neigh--
beurhood. The Magistrates and constabulary ought to keep
watch upon these gentry, and take c ire that their frolics do
not lead to breaches of the peace.
THE COMING TWELFTH.--The Government should be
wakeful. The peace of Ulster requires that they be so. The
settements which we are enabled to make to-day abundantly
demonstrate that the Orangemen arc not at all disposed to
obey the laws. Experience is lost upon them. They have
been deaf to remonstrance. Punishment has not made them
wise. It is absolutely necessary that they be kept down with
a strong hand. We know that they have been making prepa-
rations to celebrate the twelfth—and if our information were
not sufficient to satisfy us as to the fact, the statement of Sir
Robert Bateson in the Ilouse of Commons, when opposing
the Processions' Bill, would render it indisputable. We aro
well assured that these preparations will not be lightly aban-
doned; and on the part of the Roman Catholic and Liberal
Protestant population of Ulster, on the part of all the friends
of peace and order incur province—wc implore the Executive
to take such measures as may carry into effect the benevolent
purposes of the Legislature, and prevent those deplorable col-
I isions which must be apprehended, if the insensate minions of
Orangeism he allowed to insult their unoffending neighbours,
and trample on the authority of the laws.