The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-23 00:00:00

A "BLACK SHEEP OFFICE. 7

About three years ago a "Black Sheep Office" "las
established in the county of Kilkenny where a scale
.of
charges for murder, arson, beating &c., was strictly
acted upon. Several murders were perpetrated under
circumstances similar to those of the present day, and
for a considerable time the authorities were at fatilt.
At last an accomplice turned Queen's evidence to
save his life and get the large rewards offered for the
conviction of his companions. A snug farmer was
put upon his trial. Mr. Hyland, attorney; defended
him, and on that occasion out came the whole history
of the " Black Sheep Office."
It appeared there was a mile stone outside Kilkenny;
and any tenant who wanted to get a landlord or agent
shot, maimed, burned out, or only frightened, pro-
ceeded thither on a Saturday evening, and placed be-
hind the stone a docket with the name and description
of the man to be shot. If he were a gentleman SI.
was the lowest fee ; a poor man's value was as low as
30s.—and this money was laid on the paper. The
requisitionist did not give his name—neither did he
know the party who was to execute his order—the
strictest honour, was observed by the murderers. If
the murder was done, there was an end of the matter ;
butt if not, a note was left at the mile stone on the
following Saturday night, to the effect—as was actu-
ally proved—that " the order could not be executed
for some time, as there was much business on hand,"
or " the party cannot be found." In the latter case
the !money was honourably returned. Well, the
farmer alluded to procured the assassination of his
landlord, through the agency of the Black Sheep
office. Presuming his servant boy knew nothing of
his design, he employed him to place the fatal scroll
with the money at the mile stone. The ser-
vant was himself one of the confraternity, Bed
when the blow up took place very candidly told the
part he had performed. The farmer was hanged-
Mr. Hyland early ascertained how matters stood, and
in a short time frightened nearly all the desperate
gang out of the country. A list of intended victims
was produced at the time of no less than thirty land-
lords, agents and incoming tenants. Mr. O'Connell 's
brother in law, William Francis Finn, Esq., M•FA"
was on it, with W. Francis Reade, J.P., and several
leading men of the county. Mr. Hyland not will
saved the lives of those wretches, but he in all proba-
bility was the means of saving the lives of several of
that doomed list.—Limerick Reporter.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKET&
LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 22;
&rock EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, 146,1119:„,
shire, and Cheshire Junction (late C. and B.}, 18—m,
22/. Shares, st/2 dis.—East Lancashire, New, 11,4dt
cashire and Yorkshire, 32/. Shares, 6 dis.—Ditto, Friths
(late West Riding Union), 2% dis.—Leeds and Dews-
bury, 4 dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, lb dis.—London and not"-
Western, I,s3li:2—Ditto (Manchester and Birmingham), 6(!
—Ditto, Quarters and B), 4 p.— London, Brighton, 50u
South Coast, Man42—chester, Sheffield, and .Liucolnshire,
Eighths, 31,4 dis.—Midland, 40/. Shares, 42—Ditto, Hal,vesN'
I% dis.—North Staffordshire, t dis.—North Union 113h12
140—Shrewsbury, Oswestiy, and Cheshire, 6% 4,
Eastern and Dover, New, No. 1, Mil dis.—Ditto, IN°' ~,
23 dis.— York Newcast'e, and Berwick, Extensien,
p.—Ditto (U N, E. Purchase), 1 p.—York and /iota
Midland, 150.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead,
cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% dis.—Eastern Counties*
IVA—Great Northern, 5% dis.—Hudderstield and Ma;
chester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1 dis.—Lancashi:e gd"
Yorkshire, Quarters, 2.13 di,.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Man-
chester, 5 die.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lancolnshir;
Preference, IA c. p.— Ditto ditto (Grimsby Dock). 6 in-
chestDit (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 51% re
r and Southampton, 1 13-16 dis.—North Staffordsil
546 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 2 5.16 die.

LEEDS, NOVENB-ER 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, Net
dis.—Ditto. Quarters, 15e. die. —Lancashire and V°,
,
shire (West Hiding Union), 50s. n. dis.—Leeds and Thirsii
163. c. dis.—North British, Halve., 12—DittiN
Thirds, Is
dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 6s. 3d. c. di-s.—Ditto Extension, le.
dis.—North_Staffordshire, 3s. 6d. dis.-LlCorth- Western.
4% c. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (Self
p Berwicks), 345.
• _ .

SIiEFFIELD, NOVEMBER 22.
&mac EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern. Counties
(York Extension), 2 dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, a.,,,fld;AiLanind,
colnshire (Sheffield and Lincoln), Preference, 1A311—'1"--
40/. Shares, 413/4—Ditto, New, 14 6s. 3d. dis.
field and Rot' erliam, 30—North British, Thirds, Is. dis'it,
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks),
13s. 9d. p.
HULL, NovEmnitrt 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE —gorth British Qllarters, which
—Ditto, She
readily realised 7s. 6d. discount on Saturday, showed some
tendency to go back during the morning,
discount, but at the close of the market again fetched 7a• ba,:
discount. York and Newcastle (G. N. E.) were also in ire%
request at the price of to-day. The sales are--Lirre•
Northern, 40s.—North British, Quarters, 7s. 6d• dis. a
Ditto, Extension (Scrip), lig dis.—York, Newcastle, on
Berwick (G. N. E. Parch.), 20s. p. being done at _9.
EDINBURGH, NOVEMBER 20.
STocx ExcirANGE.—The sales are—Dandee and Perth'
New, 13%—Edinburgh and Northern, 171. ex int.
Newport, New, Iteg., 235. 6cl. —Great Northern, 87s. 6d.
North British, Quarters, 85s.—Ditto, New Quarters (scLiP)
10s. 9d.—Ditto, Thirds, Reg., 38s.—Scottish Central, 1375.
ex bonus—Shrewsbury, and Cheater 10/. Share (8 per cell'
guar.), 90s.

the
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hßo:uiusiekhrievibeaeytisckearielmeledsc, electors OPPOSITION TO MR. KERSHAW.—Last night (Fri;
al-
date in the room of Mr. Cobden. After some discussion
it was unanimously resolved, that Major Marsland sboula
qte
brought forward as the second Tory candidate. -
return of Mr. Kershaw is considered quite codeine
Manchester Examiner. 'dent
the Rector
upon
fea c6s t
ato°recikan:
RESIGNATION.—Mr. Hamilton, the Vice-Freddie _
of 'the Society of Antiquaries, has resigned his situaol°'
PROSPERITY OF SEAHAM lIARBOUR.--Wre loaded
from authority that one day last week GS sail of leoe_.o3
vessels were dispatched to sea in one tide at S fo,D,
Harbour. This was the largest number every t ntich,
Such are now the power and means of this rt,7l,ord
was in early days traduced by the appellation pre.
Londonderry's duck-pond,' and which, it wasnantS
dieted, could never become a harbour. The ship
are from 20 000 to ;30,000 ehaldrons per month.---uw
ham Chronicle. a Pie°
CARRIER PJGEON.—Some days since
_s. _
alighted in an exhausted condition on boardi:lfi,:',..,:
boat, off Southwuld. On examination of the
_tires
_red
small scrolls of paper were observed to be Deady
would
one of its legs. These tiny
intelligence, (supposing them genuine') Y!'
'arrived at
have been of great importance had they du ,olloging
their destination: the pink papers bear the
manuseriLth
worild

" 7585:"
" 5.36."
" 394."
" Failure, Saint Petersburg, five
Paris Bankers loose [lost] five
millions, nut Rothschild." t the
The white paper quotes the rate of exchange 2-
B ,urse, from which the funds appear at a disceunt.:---
after a long list of prices, the MSS. says, " London ri""
not known."
" The fall was occasioned by a failure
at S'. I'etersburgh, by which Eve Paris
Bankers, not Rothschild, lost among
them 2 (?) million francs.
ItEwARDXFOR PROTECTING WRECKED
underwriter %
—The owners, insurance companies, and
interested in the barque Eliza of Liverpool, which WO
wrecked in the parish of Kilkhampton, in this cousitY,
during the severe gee in October last year, the vessel
being laden with a valuable cargo of general merchan-
dise, have very handt;omely sent Mr. Thomas Shepharel
214/. towards the damages and expenses he was Pet t°'
in an action brought against him by a man called Ilobbor
who was wounded by the discharge of a pistol, wheee'
plunder of the wrecked property was attempted. This
act of liberality on the part of the owners and under"
writers is gratifying to those who were active is
savinf
the property, as evincing an approval of their oeliac,:
under the judicious superintendence of Mr. J. Soarer
James, Lloyd's agent. It is an act of justice to Pi:
Shephard, wh6 was most zealous in ptotecting the ?f':
perty, as also an act of prudence on the part of the `)
derwriters themselves, for the more respectable porteio
of the community will with the greater readiness I nOter!
their aid at any suture wreck, satisfied that their
tions will be appreciated.
We understand that a battalion of the Gruiltds;is
to be
requiredhel in that part
din
fE
to thetnorthern d.e.
trier, in the event of an additional number of trooPs
being glanditided
Gazette.

IRTHS.
On
Req.,th of a
eBthinsdta„.ugathFtelr.oreßnce, the wife of B. lierchel 131117'
bage,
r.,. of g•
On the 14th inst., at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, the vii's. -
Wilbraham Falconer, Esq.,M.D., of a son.
On the 16th inst., at Guldington Lodge, near Bedf.°rd'otfli:
lady of Arthur Littledale, Esq., Bengal Civil service,
daughter. mod,
On the 19th inst., at Marlborough-place, St
the wife of Mr. William B. Minet, of a daughter. C.
On the 19th inst., in Russell. court, St. J awes% '''''
Ellis, of a daughter.
On the 19th inst., at Iver, Bucks, the Wife of John
Walker, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 19th inst., at the Parsonage, Great Long ,_„_
near Bakewell, the wife of the Rev. James Stephen fleas"'
M.A., perpetual Curate of Longstone, of a son.
MARRIED. 00
Cam onborllet
On the 18th inst., at St. Martin's Church,
Rev. William Price Lewis, jun ,
Basset, second daughter of the Re.v.olfitßi
it le
terrace,
la.
cb : r n,
A'
ill e x
antler
wife Galo;
g
Camborne, Cornwall. A,austils
On the 20th inst., at Kennington Church, Air' Davis'
Frederick Phillips, late of Bristol, to Miss Mary Elizi.4o, Cardiff'
youngest daughter of the late Edward Davis, <3.'-- r
Glamorganshire.
Iwo
10voo
akni
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:t3th:l:eesaq2go.l:t9dahtglien7dis. nat . , at LDa'ryftDo DIED.
,
i 1 I i ttra
Esq.. aged 73. inst., K. Aikin
On the 20th inst„ at Claremont George
ohs eloag era, hector Cecilia
0f
esmtreoeiti,t.
On the 15th inst., at Preston, Ellen Elizabet •
Robert Segar, Esq., barrister-at-law, R. 1. P. , „,,,. ,
On the 18th inst., at Dorking, Surrey, Mrs. AY a"--ifr. 1"
_ _oOn the 18th inst., at Park-side, Englefield-grew'
M slin, aged 64. of Fen,
On the 18th inst., Mr. Bernard Henington•
church-stet, aged 78 zed 55.
On t b • .
- _ .0 19011:1st.. George William Traill, E51•911f .-----"
At'
late

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