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Badrick, 36 I), corroborated the evidence of the first
policeman as to the prisoner's offering all he had to be
let off.

Mr. LONG remarked that Bartlett ought not to have
suffered the prisoner to walk with him so long a time
as he did without any serious notice being taken of his
behaviour.

The prisoner, in answer to the charge, denied that
he had been guilty of the indecent behaviour imputed
to him.

The MAQISTRATE said that he felt bound to send the
case before a jury, but would take bail for the prisoner
being forthcoming to answer the charge at the sessions.
The amount of bail which he should require would be,
the accused in 5004, and two sureties in 2504 each, with
notice thereof.

The prisoner was then locked up.
SOUTHWARK.
Thomas Desnis, carpenter of the Margaret Hughes
brig, was charged with smuggling tobacco.
Mr. Pritchard, a landing surveyor, stated that he
went on board the Margaret Hughes, and on examina•
tiou of the defendant's chest, in the forecastle, he disco-
vered a quantity of Cavendish tobacco; the vessel had
recently arrived from Newfoundland.

In answer to the Magistrate, it was stated that the
tobacco in question was to be bought for one shilling per
pound in Newfoundland, and that the duty here was
nine shillings per pound.
The defendant said he made no secret of having the
tobacco ; that it was entirely for his own consumption ;
and that had he any intention of defrauding the revenue
he could easily have either brought the tobacco ashore,
or have stowed it away out of sight.
The officer said the seamen were in the habit of making
a similar defence when they got into trouble for bringing
tobacco into this country.
The MAGISTRATE said the defendant had incurred a
heavy penalty for the offence, but that under the circum-
stances he should mitigate it to 50s.
The defendant, however, refused to pay the fine, and
he was committed to gaol.

MLLI A RI. MONUMENT. - Mr. Richardson, the
sculptor, is engaged on tw•o marble monuments, ordered
by the officers of the 16th Lancers and the 31st Regi-
ment of Foot, to commemorate—in the nave of Canter-
bury Cathedral—those of their brethren who fell in the
recent actions on the Sutlej.
Mr. French, M.P., had an interview with Sir
George Grey, yesterday, at the Home-office.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Nov. 29.
CRIME IN IRELAND.
Sir GEORGE GREY (in continuation) proceeded
to say—The next case is one which was referred
to the other night by the Hon. Member for North
amptonshire (Mr. Stafford). It is thus described in the
police returns .—" Nenagh, November 14, 1847.—1 t is
my painful duty to report another dreadful crime to add
to the fearful catalogue so recently recorded in this dis-
trict. Last evening, about half-past five o'clock, Mr.
Richard Bayly (one of the most valuable and influential,
and I believe the most esteemed and popular resident
gentleman of the north riding of this county,) left
Nenagh, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Mr. Michael
Head. On their return to Mr. Bayly's residence, about
three miles from Nenagh, they had proceeded about two
miles, when they were fired at behind a wall which
fenced the left of the road. The shot took effect, entering
under Mr. Bayly's left ear, at the angle of the left jaw,
which it shattered in pieces, and all the teeth on that
side were knocked out. I proceeded to Ballinaclough,
taking two surgeons, immediately on hearing of the oc-
currence, and remained until I could ascertain the opi.
nion of the surgeons, which, I grieve to say, is very un-
favourable as to any hope of Mr. Bayly's life. An
express was at once sent off to Dublin for the Surgeon-
General. Mr. Head was also slightly wounded in the
head. I need make no comment on this outrage ; it is
but another illustration of the fact, which every infor-
mation we can obtain confirms, that there exists a
secret and diabolical conspiracy against life and pro-
perty. To demand the payment of rent, to take legal
proceedings for the payment of arrears, is to incur
a sentence of death, passed in deliberate convention.
I could same several gentlemen who, I am informed, are
already doomed victims of this fearful combination. No
means within the ordinary course of the law are efficient
against such a system of assassination." Extract from
Constabulary Report, Nov. 16:—" From the police re-
port of the firing at Mr. Bayly, it appears that he had
recently ejected a tenant of his brother's, who would
neither till his land nor pay rent; that most liberal terms
were offered to this man, but that he would not accept
anything but a restoration of part of his ferns, which
was refused." The next case to which I must refer also
occurred in Tipperary, to a man in the lower ranks of
life, named Quin:—" Nenagh-barracks, Nov. 19, 1847.
—This neighbourhood continues in the same disturbed
and unsettled state; scarcely a day or night passes with-
out some outrage or other act of violence prevailing.
On the evening of the 16th inst., at seven o'clock, not
more than two miles from this town, two men, unknown,
with blackened faces, entered the house of Thomas
Quin, whilst himself and family were at supper; one of
them fired a shot at Quin, which fortunately missed him,
but struck a candle close to him; the villains then went
away. The cause assigned is Quin having paid rent to
his landlord." The next case is a very shocking one;
it occurred in King's county:—" A party of four-
teen or fifteen men attacked the house of Patrick
Larkin oa the night of the 17th, at Newton, with
the view of shooting his daughter, the widow M'Neal,
who occupied a farm which her husband's brother en-
deavoured to turn her out of in vain. Larkin and son
having resisted, the assailants fired and wounded them
both. Larkin fell covered with blood, when the mis-
creants fled, thinking they had killed him." Let us
hope, for the sake of human nature, that the suspicions
entertained in this case may prove to be incorrect.—
(Hear, hear.) On the 17th of Navember the following
offence was committed near the city of Limerick. These
are the facts of this case :—"Limerick, Nov. 19, 1847.
I have to state that about eight o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, as Ralph Hill, under-agent to Mr. David Fitzgerald,
was proceeding to the laads of Raton, and within one
mile and a halfof this city, accompanied by four assistants,
and several carmen, he was fired at and shot dead ; two
of his assistants wounded, one of them dangerously.
The party were about to remove some corn and hay sold
on the previous day for rent and arrears due by a man
named Quaine ; the assassins fired from the haggard of
Quaine, close to his dwelling-house. The daring
atrocity of this murder is not surpassed by anything that
has occurred, even in this county. The place was actually
within view of the new infantry and cavalry barracks.
I have placed a large police force in the house of Quaine,
and propose to leave them there until the corn, &c., are
removed, and this it is intended to do to-morrow. The
state of this county and the part of Clare adjoining
the city of Limerick is most irighCal and alarming.
—T. W. Barron, R.M." I must remark with
respect to this ease, that information has been received
by the Government, which shows that, either from
sympathy or terror, such a disinclination to aid in the
carrying out of the law exists, that when some hay was
seized under distraint, not ono cart or horse could be
obtained to carry it off, and the consequence was, that
the Lord-Lieutenant ordered the ordnance carts to be
put in requisition, an operation which was attended
with complete success, so tbat all that was seized was
carried off the fields. This had the effect which it ought
to be the object of all. Administrations to secure, namely,
to coevince the misguided people that the objects they
had in view could not be attained by tbe:r atrocioas acts,
and that in the long run, instead of impeding the en-
forcement of the rights of property, it would only
bring down upon them the strong aras of the law, a law
which would be enforced to the utmost.—(Hear, hear.)
What has been the result of that course ? I have before
me the report of the constable employed on the occa-
sion, from which it appears that a landlord, in applying
to the Government to assist him, knew that the parties
who owed him rent, and refused to pay it, were able to
pay it. The Lord-Lieutenant accordingly gave him the
assistance of the ordnance carts, the military, and the
constabulary, and when they succeeded in carrying the
law into effect, and that the other tenants saw all further
resistance was hopeless, when they saw the overpowering
force that was present, not acting, but ready to act if
necessary, not one sheaf of corn was sold, not one beast
was sold, but all the tenants came and paid to the utmost
farthing, and the tenants on other properties in the
neighbourhood also came forward and paid their rents,
thus showing they withheld them, not from poverty but
from a desire to resist by unlawful means the payment
of their just debts. From the loth November, the day
on which Parliament assembled, up to this day, the ac-
counts which we have received, that the avowed inten
Lion of the Government to adopt further means for the
suppression of crime in Ireland, has had its effect in giv-
ing a degree of confidence to the well-disposed which
they had not before, and of striking terror into the
breasts of ill-disposed ; and I sincerely hope that Par.
liament will rot disappoint the hopes of those well-
disposed persons in Ireland who expect to be protected
in the maintenance of their just rights.—(Hear, hear.)
I have nothing to complain of with respect to those
Honourable Members who expressed themselves, the
other night, in favour of a measure for suppressing
crime in Ireland, without pledging themselves to any
particular measure, for I am sure that the unanimity
which has been exhibited on the subject in this
House will have the most important effect in restoring
confidence in the administration of the law, and
I hope that on this occasion Parliament will
not be wanting in its duty, by refusing its assent to
a measure calculated to put an end to crimes fearful in
their character, appalling in their type, and altogether
disgraceful to the country.—(Hear, hear.) I regret to
say that the Government this morning received an ac-
count from the county of Roscommon, stating that a
poor-rate collector was fired at. This is the statement
sent to me:—" As Mr. Kelly, a poor-rate collector, was
returning from dinner at Woodpark, be was fired at
Bragbatazon ; the slugs passed through his hat ; this
occurred about ten o'clock of the 23d instant. No mo-
tive assigned, save his having enforced payment of the
poor-rates." It was feequently remarked in the debates
on the poor-law dui;ng the last session of Parliament,
that all felt it was the administration of that law in
Ireland which was to be looked to alone for its success.
At that time we called upon the Irish Gentlemen who
were members of the boards of guardians to assist to
their uttermost in the administration of the
hthweohad been poor-law—
we called upon the poor-rate collectorsc.,
charged with neglect of duty to o• operate with the
guardians, and collect the rates to the fullest extent ;
and I ask them is it to be tolerated that when one of
those collectors, in obedience to. our call, diligently and
resolutely does his duty, he is to be subjected to an
Hear hear)—that he is to be
attack upon his life—(
fired at because he attempts' to carry out a law
made with such a benevolent object ? (Hear,
hear.) I think I have shown sufficiently the ne-
cessity for adopting a measure with a view to suppress-

ing these crimes to which I have alluded. I have show*
examples of this necessity by instances chiefly from Li-
merick and Tipperary, partly from Clare and the King's
County, and iu two instances, Fermanagh and Roscom-
mon. I have shown the prevalence of crimes of a fear-
ful and appalling character, and I have shown that
grave ofences have, in numerous cases, arisen from the
reckless use of fire-arms on the part of those sent for-
ward by the secret tribunals ; but there is too much
reason to believe that other weapons are used by these
combination, besides fire-arms. I speak not of the axe
or the stone of the assassin, but such weapons are not
deemed necessary to be used in all cases. I hold in my
hand a letter which I recently received from London-
derry, but which has a direct relation to the murder of
Major Mahon, and to the counties of Roscommon and
Mayo. The letter, which bears the Strokestown post-
mark (Major Mahon's property), was addressed to Mrs.
M'Causeland, the wife of the cousin of Major Mahon,
and it contained another letter addressed to Mr. M'Cause-
land. This is the report which has been sent to foe,
with respect to those letters :
(Copy) " County of Londonderry, Nov. 16.
" I have to report that a threatening letter of a very
violent nature, with the Stroke stown post-mark was
received by Marcus M'Causeland, Esq., justice of the
peace and deputy-lieutenant of Fruit-hill, near this
town, by post on the 14th instant. Mr. M'Causeland,
who holds considerable property in Roscommon, Will
first cousin to Major Mahon, who seas so recently ninr"
dered near Strokestown. What marks this case with a
deeper atrocity is the fact that the letter to Mr. 31`Ceuse•
land was enclosed in one addressed to Mrs. M'Causeland,
and was, consequently, opened by her, causing her deep
distress and alarm. Copies of both letters are herewith
transmitted :
[Copy of a letter to Mrs. M•Causeland.]
" Madam,—As a token or gratitude, I write to yoll
these few lines, apprizing you of your approaching fate.
I am to inform you that, unless Mr. M'Causeland be'
comes a better landlord in this country,
be will share
the same fate as the demon Major Mahon did. There
are resolutions made in this country to Mike
down all the tyrannizing landlords. He (31r'
M'Causeland) is numbered amongst theca unless
i
he changes, and give a full remittance of
the arrears that is due to him, and bean.
ta
in the new with his tenants. As to think that be is 4-
from the rath of the country it is useless ; the CV;
' naught men are determined, and perhaps meet him law
own demesne. There is two men appointed for the exls:
dition, they are to begin their journey on the 11th ins"
I hope that you will not suffer yourself to be a widow,
the same as Mrs. Mahon. As to Ross Mahon, the crier
of the starved and desolated have reached the heaven°,
and, after shooting him, he is to be hanged and Vs"
tered, unless he quits Ireland. There is a fund at Pre.
sent in this country, the subscribers chiefly in Americas
for shooting oppressors. I take the liberty of informing
you of the fate of the oppressors.' Addressed on tua
outside—' To Mrs. Al‘Causland, Fruit-hill, New,t°w.
Limavady ; post-office, county Londonderrp Pest-
mark, Strokestown, Nov. 12, 1847 ; Longford.' iv T.
"'Nov. 12, 1847 ; Dublin, Nov. 13, 1847 ;
• r.
Limavady, Nov. 14, 1847.—(Copy of a letter to reo
M'Causeland, Roscommon.)—Honoured Sir—As $ tok d
of gratitude for a former kindness bestowed on ale "-of
my family, I write you these few lines apprising }better
your approaching fate. Unless
man than what you are at present to your tenants. 100
will share the same fate as your kinsmen the siesali.o
you become a 0
Major Mahon did. I am to inform you that town
are resolutions mrie in this country to take d°,,,s
ell tyrannizing landlords. You rre numbered amen
00
them, which I do sorely regret, unless )40
give a fall remittance of the arrears and bell
in new from the Ist of Augast last. As to thins', Y4;lloin
are far away, their vengeance will overtake y
not
the Connaught men are real determined. If you do of
comply to this, fly to England on receipt of this
the times mends, as you may depend on it I would $
give three farthings for your life before the 'sold
November. If it was known I wrote you this, I'. to
share the same fate as is intended for you, it
yourself'. As to Ross Mahon, any part of EueeP •
goes to he will fall if known where he is. There '_„„
fund at present formed in this country for shooti.ngl:s
pressors, the subscribers chiefly American ernigals,
from this country. There is two men appoinrted poa
so ho he
dgoing, to the northern counties to you and Mr-
ulls dulla, 'county of Cavan. They are to begin the'r•" fro*
on the 11th instant. Unless you change Your wair
oppression take heed to the contents of this. se.
make any effort to goodness ran will often bear from
—I remain, for your welfare,' &c."
cases have been addressed to te wives of Landow
usff
in order that should the gentlemen themselves.
tst
nerve to withstand, alarm and anxiety tnign oisfi
created in the mind of those most nearly connected
LettersinneTZ
them—that alarm and anxiety whioh could not flittf;o4
excited when such letters were addressed to the iwri
of those who are so marked out, and who mighti,Po go• o
hourly apprehension for the safety of those *IT into
dear to them lest such threats should be carried of
execution. Is it to be wondered at if, in consequeichlis
such a state of things, so many wee flocking to
ti";.,,
or this country, neglecting thefeare• of their proPtlrdutiai,
I will not say neglecting—but fly ing from their
_set
I should now wish, before enterir.g upon the other ysot
of the subject—and still with rc:ference to the star ,„1
the country—to read to the Hor ise the memorial ot i!i;f
magistrates assembled in petty session at Nenagb, !los
the murder of the late Mr. itayly, as giving theirite
count of the present condition of the district *Of
which they have to do. (The Right Hon°ll,r"o4
Baronet then read the memorial, which de"".. stO
at length the fearful state of society.) fiat'
it might be said that the)• were actuated by 1°,1"-1301
of alarm, and that their account is highly coloufe'l
me call the attention of the House to an extract if°"-tbe
remarkable document which I have received from bra
Lord-Lieutenant, cornpris edt in a letter addressed 10%
Excallency by Mr. Sergeant Howley, after rettilTah,
from presiding at the qua.-ter-sessions held at Nerl.e°ol
The learned gentleman said, "I have now stated soni•
the cases which you will h ave to investiga'e at the
sent essions, and numerous% us they are, and sac
.T./
them very serious, it would. still be satisfactory 101,,4
presented the full picture of 'the present conditiont_
etre
county. It is truly alarmines and none but...hvy—sr,
turbers are without appreh ersion and fear. Allll6 01
pears to be pushed aside, and threatening notninqo
the arms of the assassin g overn, control, and p duty,
most every exercise of right, of property, or °f
_d feet,
Those whom the blow has not yet reached knowd,Withat
from the written threats theiy.
their daily avocations tbey-
No courage, no prczau'lon, nolife,
w a t' havehthooweer ehraectlre shadow
of
blameless ae62.
saves the sictim irom his doom ; a __.f
lished it would aPP.„
no benevolence, however large and cuodmpwrhehea "
ensitrePho
bloody deed is is scoutu .
tarsa ifc e iist fowuansd , theno
iworknformont;
'hear.) Virba
the perpetrator of the crim s."—(Hear, mr.
oann g
lienavines b
ne
oheayned
coun y
ens
I
have just read is an extract from the address of
of lir
geant Howley to the grand jurors of the
f TM by pers
perary. -
" The acquisition and possession o
The letter to which I have referred a so Wis.-
of
the worst character was the subject of general rem W
01
would tra"-
and fgenerel reprobation. A general fear. aPP"
pervade all ; no person, if he could avoid it,
rnoo_, 0
after nightfall. Some of the gentlemen sum e‘,`,6o
grand jurors made private statements, which.
I our
grounds for believing to be correct„ that their lives "fter
be in danger if they attempted to return borne_ ails
the business of the day concluded, and earnestly
ea
exemption on this ground--they had received th.r..1301;„
ing notices." In another part of the letter he s
re rails ;the humble, the we
that servile tyranny now p
" But it is not alone over the better or wealthier clOssr,- _
l r_q
the defenceless, are subjecte d alike to its relentlessro
to observe that the repeated acts of at'
pes of this come before me. I was
Many exam
essases„
nation and murder which are now occurring
°
Tipp
merary tend iii some measure to 10
the
on n—
ofthrse perpetrators, not only b
of the well-disposed, but Pe
rating •
ipuittyhefears
degree by deadening the moral ;tense. There was Isiitlet,
when the felonious taking of hu man life was sans%
ing end painful surprise to those who heard it, 17
the feelings, rousing up the general indignatio.o,6,/
exciting an unsual activity to apprehend the crimino,' '
~,a
have latterly observed the account of r
the murder
best men heard without much emotion, and referred
n`
as topics of conversation, without any strong mc:wbuiob,
of the feelings. The sensibilities of the heart irapte
under other circumstances, lessen the channel: ofte d sta its
nity to the offender, and are, in a well l'egn otion
of things, no mean assistance towards the prerned int°
greater offences, are in danger of being t
ties es.bse
inactivity, unless the progress of unpunished crimes 0
speedily checked."—(Hear. hear.) Other pes"tf th:
this letter, in connexion with the reports givellnlissits,
murder of the man Hill, in Limerick, show she 111.0 es
and unrestricted possession of fire-arms by all el el shell
the people. It is stated that, in former times w"toi, se'
were beard the attention of the police were e.ttrsinc
there was some chance, if a crime had been c.O to Elio
of the arrest of the perpetrators; but now, ovungfieed st
indiscriminate possession of fire-arms,
shots sr° in the
all times of the day and right, and in all pl3scetis eon'
most reckless way. And the natural effect or cs'
tinued fusilade, within sight and hearing of, 1"006 is---••
valry and infantry barracks, and the police stall to tbe
that the report of firearms is now no intimatizted......
military or police that a crime has been coni,,,,trectiot!
'Hear, hear.) If they were to proceed in the would

of every report of fire-arms they heard, thel Ta our
literally have nothing else to do.—(Hear, bear.) 'Ace,
of the documents relating to the murder of 11;11,• 2,,P;Spot
constable states that the immediate vicinityof tPiourti
where the crime was committed, and within titr° "fav AO
after its occurrence, he heard and counted as 111111 of
or.
_A
forty shots—(Hear, hear)—fired, perhaps ss a
bravado, expressive of triumph at the deed which 01;
been done, or perhaps for the purpose of distracting the
attention of the police.—(Hear, hear.) Befell
again
to the letter of Mr. Sergeant Howley, I find this P
sage with reference to the subject:—" When ,4 Wbe
lately in Tipperary, passing gong the high Ns-
tween Clonmel and Caher, at one o'clock
that day Sunday—l observed a person, aee""Panie
roil
two others, present alarge horse pistol across the t
hisatid fire. He then passed across to see the effect
shot, and was reloading for another trial, just
in the daiv
as I drove up opposite to where be stood- I moat
say he obligingly me allowed to pass before be renevr_A
.h - practice. Every half hour shots may be bear.
in the fields, on the roads, in tho streets of the For-
in the suburbs, and this by day and by night- Ft
once
merly, when the report of a gun was heard, it a
attracted the attention of the police, and WBB some war:
ing, if at an unseasonable hour, that some act of viole_rec:
or outrage was being committed. But the noise of id
s_
arms no longer gives any notice, or at least operates
such. The police would be constantly running backwsrr.
and forward if they attende to every report of a,,..."3'4
The Right Hon. Gentleman continued—I think, ate'
have now laid before the House sufficient eridence.._.
show, that whatever may be the nature of the remeals
we shall propose, or whatever may be the WA"'