The Sun.
London, England, 1814-06-09 00:00:00

MELANCIIOLV AFFRAY.

A transaction, peculiarly lamen!lhle in its
causes, and to be publicly deplored in its eiTects,
took, place at Shercock, in the county of Cavan,
on Monday last, the 30th, and has (K sta.ed
to the Public in The Dublin Journal, 91111 The
Freeman',: Journal, after the following manner
". At the fair of Sberc ,ek, in the county of
Cavan, on-Monday last, 30th May, 1814, several
trifling disputes took phee n tile Protest-
ants and Papists ; but, at six o'clock in the even-
ing, the matter became more serious, and there
.was a general cry, as usual, of five „pounds for au
Orangeman ; n iew of whom being recognised,
were severely beaten, and 'with' difficulty made
(heir escape into the house .of one. Carrol, where
an,Orange Lodge is held : the doors and windows
were assailed with stones, but the Popish mob did
not succeed in getting in. They then paraded the
Street in great force, and sent a message to Lieut.
Wimp, who resides in the town, to give up the
arias and ammunition which• he had ;. but he de-
clineddoing so, and they attacked his house most
furiously, breaking the windows, and attempting
to force the dcors. Fortunately for him be pre-
vailed on some of his Yeomanry to remain in ids
house from the eaely part of the day, as well to
protect himself from attack, as to keep them frcnu
the consequences of rioting ; and, at the in.unent
the mob were just forcing open the door, they
fired out a volley of blank cartridge, but this
seemed to irritate the rioters the more, and they
attacked With redoubled fury ; wberr the Yea-
- marry, driven to extremity, .were obliged, is de.
fence of their lives, ,to fire hall-cartridge. Un-
fortunately thirteen of these deluded wretches fel),
victims to their folly, and a r9st number of them,
between 40 and 50,. have been wounded."—(Da6-
1M Journal.)

' Melancholy elects of Orangeism
"`'We have seen a letter from the conntyVavarto
which intimates the horrible and melancholy fact,
of four and twenty men and two women 'flaying
been massacred, in an Orange a& iv Unit Occurred
at ' Shercock,, on .Monday last ! Vreemait's
Journal.) , • ,

The Athlone aertacl of Thin: Hay. states the fol-
lowing •
'" JutEh.--1t is with the deepeit regret we
hare to announce another to►inter in this twigii-
hourhood, as atrocious in its :,atiire as that of
J. Council, which was perpetrated in November
last.

" On' Monday night fast, between.one and writ,
o'clock, a knocking was heard at tht2 home of one
Meares, a wealthy farmer, lives nem. Dor-
ringtou, about seven miles from hence,: in the
.Coutity pf.. Westmeath, On the road to Mnllit:vr,
which being answered by one of the old
sons, he wos told that his father must immediately
Make his appearance, and that, if he complied, no
intjury would be offered to his.persOri.-=-Thc• de-
crepid old man, himever, had no sooner come
• to the door, than the villains tired a 'soot at him,
which rpasi3ed through hiS Chin.—The macaw-
nate Man then.,staggered d little, and fell back
into the arms of his wife, when the murderer
foltowed him, and, finding the first shot'had
not killet! him, fired again, by plichag his pistol
close to his side, which immediately pat an end to
his existence.—Two of the party remained at the
door, while somi others, from the sotind, of flick
VOices, must have
.been at band,-as one of iIiVM
was distinctly hard to say, in a threatening tone,.
'' If you do not stand to your posts, I 'will
your brains oat."

Her MAJESTY was grdeiotisly pleaso to sent
a liberal benefaction to .the Society of Friends'uf
Foreigners in Distress, at the late Concert.
We have received accounts that th price o-
horses; cattle, and sheep, are now rapidly deelir.-
ing at all the fairs and plat kets throughout the
country.

One of those extraordinary deviations from the
order of nature, which often puzzle Philosophy it-
self, occurred last week at Crosslands, the lion:e
of Mr: John Hartley, near Huddersfield :—A cat
had by accident lost her kittens ; and a heir, about
the saute time, had deserted her newly-bucked
brood of duckg'i thus 'circumstanced, the duck=
hugs were put among some straw in a stable,
where the kittenless cat adopted thein„hus become
their matron or protectress, lying upon, and
clinging round them ; and, when they stray
.to
their natural element, she stands by the side or
the water, watching 'them with the most fear:CA
solicitude, and, as they return, takes them indi-
vidually in her month, carrying them with the
most tender 'caution
.to her warm retreat in the
stable. No dog dare approach her, when with
her web-footed charge.:
Last Week, A eart,L•r, driving through the villlge
of Crtiznsuiin; !,ear Douse, top behind his cart,
and calling ost Lo a tine boy, about 11 years of age,
.to step thr
.horse, he ran forward ; but, Unfortu-
nately, in L;;,asping the reins of the bridle, the ha'r'e
took fil-711t, by which means one of the shaf.ts
•
pr tl?Nttt't
'Struck the. boy on the head, who
!.!fl, end the cart passed over him. Medical aid
")eing ;immediately obtained, it was found that
boy's-,Scull was severely fractured ; he linger-
ed a few (lapin great agony, and we are sorry to
state, that he is since dead,-leaving a diSeonso:we
lather and mother to bewail the unhappy fate of
flair son.- . .
A fatal duel took place early on Saturday morn-
ing, on the Hoe; near the:Cit Adel, Plymouth, be-
tween Lleta. rAuET, of (lie North Mayo Regi-
' melt of Irish Militia, and- Surgeon FrsExcit, of
the saute regiment. The latter was shot.throhglt
the body. at the first fire, and inyt2ntiy expired.
MuttnEa.—An Inquest has *net) held, two
days, at Titchfield, by JAMES Gl:t6Gy Esq. on the
body of Sarah Beavis, who ryas )nurtlered by
her husband, James Beavis, bu ,thl.; 27th uk.
after having breakfasted together rzr3-.
by cutting her throat with a root* he had
prepared two for the horrid purpo,e• When
the poor woman screamed tout, a woOri, who
I s'ept in the same roomy, flew to her a:isktance,
but the wound was instantly fatal. 'the mur-
derer was committed to take his trial at %Vin-
t c.hc•ster.—lt has been said that I3eavis was intlitue.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

}MUSE OF LORDS, WEnNic,"tir. 'NNE $

. rions..l were heard at f.r,Kott length respelcting- the Scots
Ca •,e or" Maxwell v. Welsh." To proceed ag,sirr on Friday.
~. ri.' e 7.rnit) CFlANCtLLCilties'arle ,:one observations riport
..c.,:.Ai11,,_,T, (If'‘ Smith v. 'ltobiftS,M," an insurance ca'c, and
is .e..,.. ,ted the pronrfrty of hear; iii: one (.'onnsel on- each ride,
io ,i•c kres,fnce sifithe Learned J dges, to whom certain toe.—
I'.-O;,s nrisizig thereon!. might . referred. Tie would soon
pror,;.re-a particular-day for .pnrpose, Which might suit tire
ccnvenierfee Of tt:ese Learned Personages to attend.
Lard STANTIOIIF shortly expressed his Sense' of the pro-
rpriety of 'lit...Noble and Learned Lord's sticrostions.
Petitions we..re presented. from Leeds, in Yo,lisl.ire, sixned
liy ,ill i,1111t07..e nutalter of person's f -from tic ''.';',.,rd of 'Far-
Iringdon - Without, by •Earl/S-rion-tivri:: - and frttri' certain
other.plact.s, hy others of their Lords)4s, praying., thatt he
propsll.l alterations in the Corn Laws may not tube ,place ;
'Or Ifklcalst that the di-etts4ions' for ptirpOSes of in' crutectial c
iniktnrr, May be deferr.-d to the nett ,Ses4.:An of, Parliament.
Orde4d to lie on the table. , I
..

:., The Lottery Bill was read aileconil time.; and sever:.l of
thc other Bills forwarded in the repectiwe stages.

PUSH C ATHOL' CS.

The Earl of Dotstouotrt,,rentr, rose, in order to
"iiresenf, porsuant to his -t-t.otice, certain Petitions.
•to their Lordships, Oil the part of his' Catholic
'Fellow-subjects. in Ireland. Ile observed,_ that
'his" iipinior, respecting tile policy -and instice
-of. Cdrieeding to -the Catholics -that which: they -
Vravt:it. for, was every ~hq-becollting 91ronger 'tout .
decisive; though; wider the Circumstances,
eertaini-v•was of opinion, it ternild wt.eferahle,
will a view to the 'di-Unite --sucees their ,
-plif'ations, to abstain-tram pre-ssing.f.- •ni At pre-
sent to the eg;ii;itieration c.t Virliinnent. Ilea;!-
_
;rep4,!,l t, t_......ourrartety Of 4tritiioll 111,41) pre-
(i.lited upon t'; is ; nut only on..che J:trt of
reTifioners flien.i.stlv'e, hut i.onoft,-; ulatly ofi
their Parliamentary Advocates, and the varinils
causes arisirecrliiellY *.firini.eiremlistanees Pt rt•
:cent 7becurretlee, which .intinced.that contrariety.
bf ..enfintelit...of.tirese,.the recent and auspicious.'
-changes %Thiel' ,elicitudion .the'Continent, and the,
restoration of-the tioNtreign Pontiff_to.the chair of,
t.St.,Peter„Av-eneitheprontinent_eafusitterations—alui.
the circumstatice of the Papal Rescript,f,addre...*.sed'.
to the Catholics, was---nityre particularly dwelt up-
on by thie .Noble -These .eoMillerations,
joined to others ti' snore reeent oecorrettee,intlaced"
no to deem itimpgssbl.e,, tinder_sr‘ch cireorn-
stioic! s, too bring,forwarif theAue4tion at present
with the smallest:AmpeP-f success.. He vea,s the,
more confirmed in thinking .that the ,present
'would In'A' be a T'avonrable time, at leaSt for alv'tn-
.
4e,rate di.,eussion of the subject, :from whatihad.
very I .telvliassed at ailinner,p4rty, wiikic Iris 114-
lesty's Ministiers's,etriked inclined to dii,Hose of rise
question with very liule troub!e. alluded_to the
di inking .0f a short but very in-; nres;,ive toast
• "TheProtestani Ascend:they in 4elancl." .This
was at the eelebration-of the birth-day of their
late :Political "Leder, and. byy the disciples of 'Mr.
The Meeting was grAce.cl by the presence
.. . • -
f his :•41;jc,tv's 11-I.lm6ters., who thei e seemed .to,
renew the solemn, praessions of their:faith, at the
drar of their cauonised Saint. Flie.expre,siou
" Protestant Aseendne.v" was one of ve.ry serious
import. :Here, 'indeed: it sigtfifiedlittle, it was
" el preterea nihii ;" hut, in Ireland, it was a
watch-word, ;we of an offeni-iye aiid iiinini:itory
nature, Find a sort of signal for.liostiLt feelings.
With respeet to the reScript, some degree of this-
, Understanding seemed to prevail; but, in his sense,
it amounted to this, that the Catholics were told
• by it, in the name cif the Sovereign Pontiff, they .
held not entertain those appreheesions in future;
thai there 'vas nothing contrary to their reli,..;ion
to receive the-Bill itiquestfon and" its provisions ;
but a very different sentiment prevniled with re.'
stiect.to it among the Catholics. 'rhe tplestion,
be" tl-ought, Could not he finally settled without
rfuttial-coneessiims on the .side of .both partie-S.
;The; u-lind3 of the Cathoiies and the kiovernment
. should' be drawn close together, and it „would be
preferable that the Jiberality of P..frliatn,ent should
eppear in the -itljustment. He then attverted to
the mew nochimatioznot the Trio.l Government,
and the Addieses of several -Gram{ apd
towards his
.einielusion, ohserved, that he felt,
tinier all the eireamstauces, the -pre,ent nionlent
worad be unfi'vourable f6r. a IliSCUSsioil of the,
mensure„ yet, betweenthis•ands the 110-.. t SessioD•
Ae iirmed" it • may be so eprisWered as to indtice a
vidien•the subject should
..rret be brooglat before Ile then
presented the" loon', 'etiCon of his iNqesty's
hionlanCathOlic ti, is iflit:el iilti,. wbos.e 'lathes.
undersignol; hotAl.ilf of themselves and
others of the ,Catholicr'eli,:7-.ion, priiying dolt the
• disabilities urine, hi.. 211 they 10,0i:red, which were
tso notOrious and to reader detail
unnecessary, may be ta:en , .
The Petititm.. to the eihove pnrpk;rt, WaS read by
the Clerk ; and on the .iiibtion for its lying on tte
table, -
c'lc :Earl of LONIGIORD rose, and said, he should
not have ti-pfght-. of troubling their lordships on
" the pres.ent occasion, were it not from .something
which fell from the .Noble Earl on a particular
point. " "tie alluded# to what he said respec-tint; the
Yrotcstant Asceodancy, and in the _WtMia which
cliar-IcteriSel its meaning. tie, hoverer, t"clt
Jiimself warranted in saying, that the Nfbie Earl
was tlecidetfly ktriiitn• a mistime,: He could tell the
that i i I ciatid the term "Prvestunt
Ascen.Liney'' nothing .of a hostile diaposi-
tion,' on the pail of the. :\lernbers of the lsta,
blisbed Church, a:.;rtinst the Catholics, or
o)thitr,P"lrof bitt, it iniportetl the I
desire of taw fortak i,y,preserve their own Church,:
their own religion establighnients. This Ire -
thoug,tit was."perfeetly particularly- at
'inch moments as tile present. The PrPtestant
Ascciiihnn), bad in view the maintenance of the
Established n Costitution, the 'rcal welfare of the
Country, --nod it was deemed by ifs supporters. as
essential to the .collocetion or; Ireland with .this
Fart of the United
The F.,111 of DoNouoitraotin said a few words
in the way of explanation,
The Duke of •Noßror.k took occasion to ex-
presw4 leis" opinion, that in overy state founded cu
Ike .1ia.515 Of civil liberty, every subject in idle-
, riaty-e. to the state had a tight tioitiolested to
wm; his as he t houglit proper.
.Ad-
verting to the proceed:o4;S of the • Irish
.Goverti-
uent, t...:tpfeiSeli-his that the proceed-

be regarded-as those of natzt-veho had been long
destitute of their constitutional ryits, excluded
not only from Parliament, but even from pttrtici-
paring in the smallest Corporations.;
.and, in that
view, should be considered with some degree of
allowance. Their rights were long withheld, and
were likely to he withheld some time longer. lie
continued in the same opinion, that an acquies-
cence izt wliat they claimed was intimately con-
nected with the safety and prosperity of the em-
pire at large.
.The Earl of DCINOVCEMORE, in Teferenee to
the remarks of the Noble Earl who followed him
in -the discussion, repeated what he had advanced
in the fir t. and-on the. point of Protcs-
tantAszenclencv; and the words were, he thought,
calculnted only to give offence to great numbers
in Ireland, whatever they may do elsewhere.
The Earl of LaiiG7o,l{D•Spoke shortly in expla-
nation.

Earl Gitsy. profiessed his cotctinuancc in the sen-
timents. he 'had always -entertained respecting the
-Catholic Question. Their claims were foundetl in
the inontitable,principleS,of truth and justic, and
mecessarily in those of sound policy aka.. Though
be concurred with his NOble Friend as to the ef-
fectof Agitating. the question under the present
cireunistances, yet if it were regnirtri.yhronght
fOrwar4l, it should have his decided support. I{c-
lig:on anti Civil' liberty he regarded as resting nn
-the =Saine. foundations, -and these natural rights
eoultl !not 110-infringed withitistice, finless it were
shnsv.n that 01. restraint Was liecesiar)' to the ge-
neral safety. The proceedings and language 4)f
these: persons, with a view to au exercise of the
powers of the law, should be consideLed-with.a
de.:4-ree of lenity and indulgeirce, when it was re-
.theAnag, and
,severe oppressions Ilierti-
houretr under, oggriAvated.by repeated triSkippOikit-
-111(1. •

--.E:O-I.STA-Nyorn adverted more especially to the
recent proceedings of the Irish •Governuient, and
-read part of the,,proclaniatiim issued by the Lord
'1.41e-otenant and-Council' of Irellind, with respect
Co the c6ntlitet And proceedings Of the Catholic
Board, and. ruferred to the provisions of the
Irish -Act of the -33 d or his Majesty ,''in deeming
Hie: said Assetably to an unlawful one. Ile
then read part. of tine Act
e reterred to;.and -Con-
tended, from its --tai.i..;tiage and import, that the
AFOggillly iottld not h.: deemed -an wskwittl
Wiscoitat ,911%)icar-ift reMindefl the Noble
Ont the itistritruent .whiell deemed-the .Assembly
alluded to an illegal one, Was signed by no. let:ser
authorities than the Lord Chancellor and theAt-
torney-Geaeral of Ireland.
...ior,clititt.cxr, expressed his twe,inion,' 'that
stlie
.argirinent used by the
,Noble -Viscount, to:prove
thg,Assembly.in question illegal, was a very ex-
.traordinary 'one. He meant not to offer airy
upon ttiay pliint of 'legality ; but he believed
there bat!' been .aprocccdiug attempted under the
very :one :let which had the sanction of similar
authorities, -but:was not follovired up. '
Tisttonet SIDMOUTH explained, that he had not
made the reference in the.way of argument, but
increlY•to shrW•there were liig!! law authorities
who.de'emed 'the •assembly ; and with re-
spect to.whoni he would not pay' the Noble Earl
that sort !if-compliment which it would be, to slay
that- his'aptildtity upon the subject was equal U
those he bad efeyred to.

Earl STANII.O6: replied. Ire did not set up his
Own authority to that of those Law °Hirers, but
the authority, cif the Act of Parliament itself. •
_ _

After a' few words from the Doke of Norfolk,
the Peti; ion was ordered to lie on the ; as
were one or two others to the same-etfect; pre-
svnle!i icy the •Eiol of -Donaughtnore.---Adjourn-
td till to-morrow.

HOUSE OF. COMALONS, Juss:a.

MLSCELL'ANEOI/5.

A. new AVrit was orderoll-for The Election Of a•Menibei. to
serve in Parlinment for- th 4 -Borono of 'Woodstock, in the
Tonto of the Hon: George 4deu, now Lottl Auckland, called
to the Howe of

Mr. C: LONG presented a 'Report. relatiuF to the Purchase
of tlie sui:iller'CollectionA.ol"Townley Antiques •for the' Bri-
tisli it•wits-recominentied that leave shoplel
he gi.ffl to present aPeqtion to the House from, the.Trnsfees
of the'Mw,el.ll.l on the s`uhiget.
'Leavel haring, lyten;-git•en, •Mr. LONG" then presented a
Pefritipu
.from tbe l'Auktees, the Pritish Maseinu, 'recom-
mending the purchase of the Collection alluded to. The Pe-
tition was referred to a Select Committee of the ,flobse. .
Sir E.l4N.lti,l'lßXsLl;,haking Moved the third- reading of
.itto Kent Rates ttil I, the Bill tyai read a tbirdliate.

On the, question that it should pass,
Sir ‘V.':GENlVY•p.'opbsed-a c use as an'Amendment.
Sir E. BRYDGES spoke against the Amendment.
• Sir •E. TKNATCUBULL said a few ,words . apiest the
Amendment.:

SIT. CA LCRAFT suppprted the Amendment.
'; Vet the, Ameudnuen t • • 8
-Againstit ' • 62
.Majority

Maligi..having moved. the third reading of the
Podr Bili,
• '`M ktOII.N.ZII said)' that the innovation. -proposed by the
Bill was so very great, that a strong case of necessity ought
. to hr made wain- order to jhstify.tlo.House in Iwsing. such
an act. —The'ohject of the Bill was to make-the landlord,
stead ofthetenant,:iitible far pOor rates.. No stitEcient reason
+ad, :been. shown:for:this:great alteration on the:gine ;
.aud he, therefore moved as an amendment, that the Bill he
read a third time thiS dav three months.
' Mr.• Alderman 8114fTLI supported the Bill. -
- Sir E. IMYDGES thought that Ira special case had been
made out to justify so dangerous.an innovation on the general
laW ua this "Bill went to.. make. He would therefore vote
for:the Amendment. -• •

Mr;,,SHAW :crtrdially approved of the. Bill, front circurn-
; stances that had :come. to his-linowleclge relating to the way
in which the payment of the poor. rates iu this parish Was
s eVaded. s • . •
Sir S. R011111,1.1' thotight the Bill most objectionable. It
at< no reasnu .why thCßill should be. passed, .that. an adj,oiu-
iii p.irisli !man Act siniitar tb the provision of this Bill. .
Mr. MARRYAT approved of the Bill.
'lir. J. P. GRANT had expressed his approbation of theßill
in the Cot mittvi! upon it, and had. heard nothing since to
make him alter'his opinion. •
• WESTERN %cas against tire-Bill.
•Mr:BYNG- thought :that no-grounds had. been shown on
which the Parish• of Haeliney was entitled to sock a Bill.
Sir SAVlfigsfinAllANl thought th'at the Mitionersfor the
'-Bill had' ittadet out a most sati4actory -case- in- -favour' of the
'.-provislOhs.of the Bill. Within.the last two years,' 9.95, houses
bad bten built, of such a description as to. ev4de,t4ie poor
'rates. lle would therefore vote for the Bill.

Mr. COURTNEY approved Of the Bill, except one clause.
Mr. L'RESTON spoke very•sbortly in favour of tha Bill.

Mr. P. MOORE as for the amendment.
• Mr. M.ELLISH 'had no objection to withdraw the clause ob-
jected to by the' Cf`Lnitietualt (Mr. Courtney.)
.I•'‘4• the Amendment • ..52
•
For the Bill . 39
,Mrj ority -----1..

Mr. CROKEIt brought in a Bill ty enable 11;e Lora of the
'Admiralty to puretase the Isle of May, on which a .I;ght-
- bot,ie is situated. The ,Bill ‘‘ ticst time, add ordered
to be reml a second time to-morrow.
A Petition against cant -alteration in the Corn Laws Was
d 1.17.. c I -.44...v.0 fn

tht .katitt, tslTect, fro,ni plv..ett the flames of ul•icis, ebul~ syif
sva3"ortiereit Teftrreti to-fVe Goootsliteetsppokted
fot tht purpose of considering suds Petitions.