The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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ALARMING STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
DUBLIN, Nov. 14.—A panic seems to have seized
upon the gentry in the disturbed districts of Tippe-
rary, Limerick, King's and Queen's cour.des, and
ROSCOMMOB. And it is no wonder that tenor should
prevail amongst them. The accounts of the progress
of crime which were forwarded yesterday—the dread-
ful murder of Mrs. Ryan, the wife of a land steward
in Limerick—the attempt to assassinate Mr. Bayly,
of Ballinaclogh, one of the most worthy men in North
Tipperary, and one of the most popular of its magis-
trates—the horrible murder of Smith, a deputy over-
seer, or " ganger," at the Ballybrophy station of the
Great Southern and Wfmtern Railway—this rapid
increase of assassination, evidently without much
consideration of the character or conduct of the
victims, is enough to strike terror amongst those who
reside in the districts, and who can possess no guaran-
tee that they may not also be exposed to the vengeance
of conspirators.
Ballybrophy, the scene of the murder of Smith, is
the last completed station of the Great Southern and
Western Railway. It is within the Queen's county,
but immediately on the borders of Tipperary, and
is distant about eight miles from Roscrea. We
have learned that another murder was perpetrated
there on Wednesday last, of which no account has
yet appeared in the newspapers. The victim, it is
stated, was a man who had been mistaken for some
other person.
The accounts received this morning state that Mr.
Bayly, who had been removed to his residence at
Ballinaclogh, was considered to be in great danger.
A special messenger having arrived yesterday for
medical assistance, Surgeon Cusack left Dublin last
night to attend the unfortunate gentleman. Mr.
Head, the gentleman who accompanied Mr. Bayly,
was wounded, but not dangerously. Mr. Bayly is
the chairman of the Nenagh Poor-law guardians, and
in that capacity has acted with much benevolence. It
is supposed that the refusal of the board to give out-
door relief, instead of relief within the workhouse, was
the cause of the attempt upon his life.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. HASSARD,

COUNTY TREASURER OF FERMANAGH:

In this northern county a commencement has been
made in the southern system of agrarian crimes. The
Evening Mail contains the following :
"ENNISKILT Noy. 14.—You will doubtless be
as much surpi *lied to learn as lam sorry to have to
communicate the painful fact, that Fermanagh has con-
tributed to the list of attempted assassinations which
havestigmatised so much the character of our unhappy
land of late years. Yesterday (Saturday) evening,
as the treasurer, Mr. Hassard (who had been in town
transacting some business), was returning to his resi-
dence at Garden-hill, on a jaunting car, he was fired
at when proceeding up his own avenue, within forty
yards of the public road, by some cowardly villain,
who had secreted himself in a young plantation for
the malicious purpose. I am happy to be in a posi-
tion to state that the deadly object of the assassin was
not altogether accomplished, the contents of the gun
lodging in the gentleman's right thigh, the charge
consisting of shot, slugs, and nails. One individual
has been arrested on suspicion."
COUNTY OF ROSCOMMON.

The state of the county of Roscommon is described
in the following letter :
" Nov. 14.—0 n Friday evening six armed men
from the Boyle district came to a house in Kilmanagh
parish, where the person employed to superintend the
works under the drainage commissioners at Lough
Gara lives, and swore him on his knees to leave the
country, as they would not allow any stranger to be
employed. From this they went to a farm of Lord
de Freyne's, Corroreagh, near French Park, and
forced the herd to swear, with a pistol to his head, to
give up his Marge at twelve o'clock the following
day, as they would not allow any person but the
man who was there before to herd the cattle. This
was not a prudent step on their part, as it brought
them into a collision with the tenantry of Lord De
Freyne, of whom twenty, well armed, were at dusk
last night stationed by Mr. Fitzstephen French in
different places, and patrols established between them,
an arrangement which will be continued all through
the winter. If any armed men venture into the dis-
trict the people declare they will break their guns
over their heads. We had two parties of police so
stationed that had there been any fighting they would
have been up speedily. No person ventured to show,
nor will venture during the remainder of the year.
They say Molly Maguire's mistress will keep Molly
quiet.' I cannot give you any idea of how pleased
the people appear at Mr.tFrench' being out with them,
and the confidence it gave them. If all the gentry
would turn out the people would support them, and
the Ribbon system would be at once put down. But
Major Mahon's death appears to have frightened
many of them; Sir Gilbert King has broken up his
establishment and left Charleston, and report says
others will follow."

Tha Ballinasloe Star thus reports progress from
that part of the county of Galway :—" A notice was
posted on the chapel of Creagh on Sunday morning
last, calling on the people of Moore and Creagh to
assemble on the ensuing Wednesday at the work-
house of this town, for the purpose of demanding
labour or food, and expressing a determination on the
part of the people not to become inmates of the work-
house while they were able to work. The notice
threatened vengeance to any person who would at-
tempt to take it down. The Rev. Mr. Coen, C.C.,
tore down the paper, and from the altar cautioned
the people not to assemble, or to take part in a pro-
ceeding which could be productive of no good, but,
on the contrary, might lead to much evil."
EVICTION OF TENANTRY.—COURT OF