The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

SHANDRUNI.—The inquest on the body of the unfortunate
man, Sweeny, has, after a protracted inquiry of four days, ter-
minated in the exculpation of the police. We understand,
(says the Cork Constitution) that eleven of the jury concurred
in the verdict which was afterwards given, but it was not until
four o'clock on Sunday morning that the twelfth assented to
the opinion of the majority, and the verdict which we published
yesterday, was found.
The Reverend Mr. Beresford has addressed a letter to
the Mail, in which he complains of " a gross attack" made
on him by the Dublin Post. The latter journalist, in refer-
ence to the imputation, says :—" We deny that we have made
any gross attack on Mr. Beresford. We said merely that we
were not sure whether he had any Protestants-in his parish.
How he could construe such an hypothetical opinion as this
into a gross attack, we cannot say. We find now, however,
that we were in error, that their are Protestants in Inniscarra,
and that on field days and festivals, he earns his 1,2001. a-year,
by administering the Sacrament to thirty or forty communi-
cants. We learn further, that he never leaves his parish but
with the consent of his superiors ; of course not, we never as-
serted that he did, or that he was ever refused that permission
—and, finally, he assures us that the pistols were not at all va-
luable weapons, but almost useless, and borrowed from the
dusty shelves of a gunsmith's shop. But Mr. Beresford
ought to have recollected that we did not put a value upon his
pistols—we borrowed the news from the report of the evi-
dence on the inquest. But useless as the pistols were they did
their duty."

LEVEE AT TILE CASTLE.-Wednesday afternoon his Excel-
lency the Lord Lieutenant held his first levee for the season
at the Castle. It was attended by upwards of six hundred of
the principal nobility and gentry, at present in Dublin. It
was, in fact, one of the most splendid Levees ever witnessed
in the Irish Court.

• TITHES.NENAGH, JAN. 16.—This morning, at ten o'clock,
a company of the 27th Regiment and a body of police, accom-
panied by the Sheriff,. and Mr. Philip Ryan, tithe agent, pro-
ceeded to the residence of Robert Otway Cave, Esq. On
reaching the house, Mr. Ryan dismounted, and posted on the
hall door six notices ; when returning, Mr. Ryan distrained
several persons, most of whom settled. One gentleintm, a
Protestant, who had been previously applied to at different
periods, permitted his cattle to be brought into town and im-
pounded. Had the government afforded Mr. Ryan assistance,
he would long since have settled the tithe question in this
quarter.— Tipperary Constitution.
STOPPAGE .01, THE MAIL.—A very saucy and pragmatical
sort of contradiction has been given to the statement of a
gentleman, a passenger in the Cashel Mail, the night in which
it was stopped and robbed of its arms. We anticipated as
much—for we recollect that when a young gentleman tra-
velling outside on the mail which plies on the same line of
road to Dublin, had a bullet driven through his hat at night,
and his head grazed with a swan drop, the fact was disputed;
not as impudently as in the present case certainly, by those
concerned in the Coach Establishment. What was it that
caused the report to be made to Cork—(where it was not re-
quired)—or to Dublin, where it should be made of ineeessity ?
—Cork Evening _Herald.
Ma. O'CONNELL.—The Orangemen affect to be in alarm,
poor fellows ; and Mr. Cosby has fortified his house, in ex-
pectation of the dinner. Nay, a requisition has been made by
these loyalists to the Government for an aid of Military and
Police. Government, we have reason to believe, are not
under any apprehensions ; but they very properly, neverthe-
less, have ordered a squadroon of Dragoons, and an additional
police force to the'spot.—Dublin Post.
CARNARVON RAILWAY.—We are exceedingly pleased to find
that a meeting will be held on Saturday, under the presidency
of the Lord Mayor, on the subject of the Carnarvon Railway.
We understand that several respectable gentlemen have ar-
rived from Wales, for the purpose of assisting at the meeting.
It is likely, in fact, to prove a very important one to Dublin
end to Ireland. The first resolution, we hear, will be moved
by Mr. Sergeant Woulfe, and seconded by the Recorder.
Public men, of all parties, will, we are sure, combine on this
occasion.—lbid.
O'MULLIGAN.—This living lie—this embodied falsehood—
this itinerant calumniating vagabond, has addressed a long
letter to that journal that preached up and justified the murder
of his fellow-countrymen, on the subject of the present oppo •
.sition to blood money. We regret exceedingly that we cannot
make room for the letter of the Ananias of parsons to the pal-
liator of murder.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
DROGHEDA RAILWAY.—The Corporation of Drogheda have
unanimously given their consent to the coast line passing
through their estates.
THE " FRANCIS SPAIGHT."—The eleven surviving sufferers
of this ill-fated ship arrived in Limerick on Saturday night,
several of them frost-bitten, and in a state of such abject mi-
sery as to excite the deepest sympathy. They are in a state
of utter exhaustion, and without any clothing save the few ar-
ticles charitably given them by soma of the inhabitants of Fal-
mouth. Such of the poor fellows as arc mutilated by the frost,
are, of course, wholly unable to eArt themselves in any man-
ner to obtain a livelihood. It is the intention of several bene-
volent gentlemen to organise a subscription for them.—Lime-
Tick Times. _ _ _

The Orange gathering in Belfast was tile most recent sam-
ple of splendid display upon paper. Of that specimen of ro-
mancing amplitude, in which eight hundred men in buckram
were proudly displayed, we contented ourselves with an abridg-
ment, which, we dare say, gave more than truth warranted of
the proceedings. Perhaps we were wrong in publishing a
line on the subject, because, in all cases, where reporters arc
excluded, it must be manifest that misrepresentation and false
colouring are the objects of the getters up of such matters.—
Dublin Post.
A widow named Cavanagh was found murdered at Drangan,
near Kilmoyler. She was returning from Tipperary. No cause
is assigned for the perpetration of this brutal outrage.-7V-
perary Free Press.

- . -
The Strand Theatre is announced in our columns
for peremptory sale by Mr. George Robins. As the pro-
prietors intend to give immediate possession, a famous op-
portunity is presented to Theatrical Managers. The
situation is unquestionably the best in London, whilst the
Convenient size of the theatre, peculiarly adapted as it is
for the lighter parts of the drama, ensures success, inas-
much as all unnecessary, and generally. .uSeless, expenses of
theatrical management can be Avoided.