The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-13 00:00:00

STATE OF IRELAND.

( From the Dublin Evening Post, Aug. 9,)
The following extracts from the- Provinclo
Papers twill Shew that the country #s rapidly stilt:
siding into peace. One of the Cork Papers; it It
Olte,tnentionssetneW hi teboy ou tragesinCarberry,
and calls for, soldiers; and Mr.'l't'rrence O'Shaugh-
nessy, Grand Master of the Ribliesiiiien of Ire-
land, has issued in the name of the Grand Lodge,
to the " Sirs and Brothers" of the Association
Proclamation, much its the style if not in the
words of the Orange Circular, stating the neces-
sity of altering the system pursuant to Act of
Parliameni.
Kratni-.—On Monday evening last the Hon. Baron Penne-
father and Mr. Justice Burton arrived in, town ; the iatter int.
mediately opened the Commission in the County Court house,
when his Lordship addressed the Jury at some length. lie ex.
pressed Ms pleasure at finding that the calendar was not particu-
larly weighty, or marked with any crimes of great atrocity. His
Lordshipreconmiended strongly to the Grand Jury the necessity
of due caution in finding bills of indictment. They ought only
to be satisfied with such testimony as should in itself, if tincon.
traverted in open Court, be sufficient to establish the guilt and
Produce the conviction of the acensed. Bringing persons to
trial on defective evidence ultimately defettied the.eptig ofjtis:
tire. His Lordship spoke highly of the important advantages
derived from the practice'of holding Petty Sessions. What
placed the administration of the laws in these countries above
the level of all other nations was, that they were administered in'
open Court under the public eye, and subject to public serntitiY. 1
This was the spirit of our ConstitUtion, and under every practi.
cable circumstance shotild be adhered to.

TippEnanr.—At the Aisizes for this county, Thornai
AFC...rat/I was tried for the murder of William Dwyer, by a
blow of a stone, on the 14th of May last. The deceased in a
scuffle received a blow, which was the cause of his death,
There was but one witness for. the defence, named Sally Fo-
garty, to prove that neither the prisoner nor his party were the
aggressors. Mr. Lanigan turned her to good account in her
cross-examination. The Court was convulsed with laughter
when he asked her " if she e,ver,bled herself to death ?" mean.
Ing, we suppose? that she was, a witch. Site was quite indignant
at the insinuation; and answered Never." She was then
asked how many children she had had before her marriage,whell
she exclaitped in a loud sharp voice, "three 1" Mr. Lanigan,
" Oh! go down,_ go down." just as she was going ratite table
she turned rotind, and with considerable vehemence. cried out,
" that. she had the childer by an honest father and mother's
son, that she had neither ate them, killed them, nOr smothered
them, but had reared them up honestly; not so with other
people :" and snipped her fingers in token of triumph, tos,she
mingled with the crowd.--The prisoner was convicted of man-
slaughter.
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GALWAY.—The Comrade
:Journal says, we shall not pre
face die calendar of prisoners convicted at our Assizes.with any
remarks of our own; we shall merely give the words of the
worthy Governor of the County prison— that he never since
his appointment to the situation (twelve years ago) saw so slight
a calendar." . . •1,
. . .

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GALWAY Tower.—Three,tinfortunate persons Vere this day
convicted in the Town Court, on a criminal indictment Charg-
ing one of them with a rape, and the.two others with:aiding
and abetting in the same; and they wpre immediately sea-
tenced to death, sine die, by the lion. Justice Torrent+.
CiTY Or KILKENNY.—The criminal business in thii city
occupied the space of nearly . three hours b Ilia needless to
name the few persons who were accused of offences. 7:40.c
war not a single conviction of any description in the city ! a cir-
cumstance at once so highly creditable to a very impoverished
population of 30,000 souls, and 14 praiseworthy evidence of the'
activity of the Magistracy and police or the city. We defy all
England to rnduce such a return at the present Assizes rrom
any town of even half the population of Kilkenny.---( MCCeer
Journal.) . .

TOLL COLLECTORi.—On Saturday tast, at
Kington, Surrey, Major-General 13Lacitropn
urged.a complaint before the Magistrates against
Wir.t.i,6l Dacw, Tell-gatherer of Richmond-
bridge, for insulting him with abusive and scur-
rilous language in realsting a demand made by
by' the
.Toii;.man, who detained the Generall
carriage until three :Millings and iixperice
was paid by the driver (beYerid the usual
bridge toll, who had a pOst-horse ticket with
the horses from the Cekle Inn, at Rich-
mond. The Unprovoked conduct of the man
was sii butrageonii that General BLAcn.
FORD deternihied to bilrig the MOter liktere the
Magistrates for public exaMple, viewing the Case
liable to the prov6ions,of the General Turnpike
Act, which enacts a penalty on Toll Collectors
for abUsiva langtiage. The circumstances
hided to in General 13r.hcnvoriii's , deposition
were ably lidOcated by his COuniel; she -
hig that the cage fell within the jurisdictiort of
the Magistrates and intent of the Act; and, al-
though an ample exposition Of the letter and
spirit of the Act was pointed, out, the Mat's.;
trates were of opiniOn that they Could not take ceg.:,
niianee of the complaint, upon the ground that
the road over Richmond-bridge was riot a turn-
pike road, and that the case did net fall Within
the provisions of the Att. The .Complaint, how-
ever; will be laid before the CamMisSiouer,slor
the Richmond-bridge; at their :next Meeting,
when it is hoped so respectable a body, of gentle-
men Will take Op the miscOndtict of their toilman
for rensideration. If the General Turnpike
,Act
is defective, it beCemes important for the protec-
tection Of the _Public that it should be amended.
--- (Morning Post.), _

DISTU R 13.424 AT N IiWINGTON CHURCII.—On
4U11C10.31 "afternotin, about four o'clock, the con-
gregatioii assembled in the above church were
interrupted in_ their devOtional pursuits by the
intrusion of a Maniac, a men of very gentlemanly
appearance. At tip moment the clergyman en-
tered the pulpit to read the prayers; he pre-
sented himself in 'the aisle wish his hat on.. Mrs.
Mason, the pew-opener, assisted hini to a pew,
and in the middle of the prayers he jumped up,
saying, " Which road are we going ?" All was
Consternation; and the clergyman suspended his
duties for some time t many persons entreated
the unfortunate man to leave the church, but he
incoherently protested he would not. At length
snow, the bead lei after a severe struggle, ejected
him by force; and he was carried home in a, coach
to his friends.

It is now said, that the fire which broke out
at Madrid on the 20th ult., in, the Church and
Convent of the Espiritu Sante, originated in a
breyvery belonging to a German, who occupied
one angle of the building- for that purpose, and
for a coffee-house. Ile has confessed that he was
24 hours endeavouring to,exting'uish it ; that be
called in no assistanCe, nor mentioned it, on ac-
count of the heavy fine imposed, on all persons
in whose premises a fire breaks out. Agreat
many persons were arrested
on suspicion, all of
the. Constitutional party, to Whom it was at tirst
ascribed, but w ho are, however, not likely to, be
released, notwithstanding the discovery now
made.