The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

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RESISTANCE TO POOR-RATEg.
DUBLIN, OCT. 16 —There are some indications of
a dogged resistance to the collection of the rates for
the support of the poor, even in some parts of Ulster.
" Tommy Downahire," the northern Captain Rock,
is beginning to move. It appears from a statement in
the Banner of Ulster that " Tommy" has fixed his
head. quarters in the electoral division of Tullylish, a
portion of the union of Lurgan, extending into the
county of Down.
In another northern county the same spirit of re-
' sistance is exhibited, as will be seen by the following
extract from the Monaghan Standard :
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" There is at present a wide-spread desire among
the peasantry and farmers of this county to avoid,
and if necessary to resist, the payment of the rates
Vl hich have just been struck in the various unions by
the respective boards of guardians—not, however,
that the people wish to escape the legitimate burden
of the poor of the county, but because they conceive
that the major part of the heavy rate struck is des-!
tined to repay the relief, such as it was, afforded to
this part of the empire during the late national
calamity."
A truly noble aid generous example has been set
in the Castleblayney unicn, in the same county of
Monaghan, where Lord Blaney has announced hisde-
termination to pay the entire of the landlords' portion
of the rate, thus relieving his tenants from the onus
of paying the whole rate in the first instance. In
the Castleblayney union, ako, steps are about to be
taken to disabuse the peasantry of the false impres-
sions about the payment of the relief advances.
It appears from the Tipperary Vindicator, that the
farmers in some parts of the IN enagh union are still
opposing the payment of the poor rate, and that the
collectors in the Templederry division have been
hunted off, and in some instances "compelled to eat
the notices." The guardians very properly deter-
mined at once to communicate on the subject with
the Codamissioners, and take their advice on the most
effectual means of compelling those heartless persons
to pay the poor man's rate.

ALARMING RIOT IN HAMILTON.
On Tuesday morning this town was thrown into a
state of indescribable alarm. Some hundreds of na-
vigators turned out and effectually took lawless pos-
session of it. They filled the streets, brandishing
clubs, picks, &c., broke windows, assaulted every
Scotch person they could meet with, jumped, yelled,
and altogether frightened for their lives the peace-
able inhabitants of the usual quiet town. All the
shops were shut, and the shutters put on. A gentle-
man, a J.P. who was formerly a magistrate, got a
gig and drove up to the barracks, where a portion of
the Ist Royals are at present lying, and they imme-
diately accompanied him. Mr. Sheriff Veitch and
the Procurator Fiscal were speedily at the scene.
The Riot Act was read by a magistrate. A number
of prisoners were apprehended, and marched up to
the prison by the military. On the appearance of
the soldiers, many fled, but were afterwards secured.
Thirty were eventually lodged in prison under the
charge of a party of the military. The command-
ing officer, Major Kerr, was very energetic, and
behaved in a most gallant and soldier-like manner
during the affray. While the streets were quite
wedged up by the unruly multitude, he sometimes by
persuasion, and smetimes with his flat naked sword
applied smartly to the side of their heads, sent the
rioters off. Such an unruly day has never been seen
in Hami'ton. The prisoners were examined by the
Sheriff in the prison office—ten were discharged and
twenty detained. There are several more yet to be
taken up. In the course of the day a number of the
respectable inhabitants were sworn in as special con-
stables, and some of them took duty the same night.
A party of the military were also stationed in the
town, as it was feared that another outbreak would
take place. All was quiet, however. The riot may
be said to have commenced on the Saturday night
preceding, being the pay day ; the disturbance con-
tinued to a greater or less degree during Sunday;
the navvies still remained in an unsettled state on
Monday, and their violence increased on Tuesday till
it was necessary to call out the military, as already
stated. They have too long got leave to do as they
like. If they had been checked with greater vigour
by the town authorities before, this would not have
occurred. The parties in the row sent notice to all
the navigators in the neighbourhood, and these
marched into the town armed with shovels, &c., in
great numbers, but by this time the soldiers had, as
before stated, got 30 lodged in prison.—Glasgow
Argus.
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AHIP EVER IN CANADA.—On the eve of the
departure of a mail for England, we desire, once more,
to draw the attention of the authorities in Great Britain
to the continued practice of shipping to Canada parties
in the utmost state of destituticn, and among whom
disease must have existed prior to their embarkation.
The last case in point is the ship Superior from London-
derry, now at Grosse Isle. This vessel left with 366
passengers. ller deaths on the passage amount to
twenty, and 120 sick (of typhus fever and dysentery)
have been landed at the quarantine station. Of the
number (not positively ill) sent to the sheds for the
reception of the healthy, the inspecting medical
officer is of opinion that not more than twelve can be
said to be free from disease. The whole of these
poor creatures are said to exceed in squalor,
wretchedness, fifth, and misery any that have arrived
from the old country during this season of misery and
death. One fact will suffice to illus:rate the wretched
condition of these poor creatures, and to convey a
fearful idea of the miserable position in which they are
about to find themselves. It is given in a few words:—
So destitute were they, that the captain had to cut up
the canvas bread bags for clothing tor some of them I
Is not this truly appalling ? What hearts must those
possess who could deliberately expose their fellow-
creatures to misery such as we now detail ? Man cries
shame upon his fellow-men for such cool, calculating,
and mercenary atrocity. A second vessel, freighted
with Higkland. era, equally as miserable and filthy in
condition as hitherto reported, is also at Grosse Isle at
this moment—the Eliza Jones, from Glasgow, with 369
passengers. She has landed 30 sick at the station, and
lost 30 during the voyage. What, we ask, will be the
fate of those poor souls arriving here at a time when
employment of every description is about at an end ?
fur winter seals up almost every channel of industry,
and winter is fast drawing nigh. Whence can they
hope for a subsistence ? Begging alone is open to them.
—Qu, bee Mercury.
DIABOLICAL ACT.—One night last week, some
mischievously- disposed person committed several de-
predations in the neighbourhood of the Bridge of Don ;
and, among others, the bridge being under repair, and
scaffolding being for this purpose suspended by ropes
over the parapet in the usual manner, they actually cut
the ropes, leaving only a few threads ; so that if the
workmen had not in the morning discovered the deed,
they must, on taking their places on the scaffolding,
have been precipitated into the river and lost their lives,
or at least rendered their escape almost miraculous. The
perpetrators have not yet been discovered.
EASTERN HARMONIC SOCIETY.—Last night the
Eastern Harmonic Society performed a selection of
sacred music in the Eastern Institution, Commercial-
road. The band and chorus were stated to consist of
about two hundred performers (Mr. Arthur conductor) ;
assisted by Miss Ellen Lyon and Miss Felton ; Mr.
Loekey and Mr. Farquharson Smith. Mr. Harper also
added to the attraction, and played a trumpet obligato,
in the second part. The first part commenced with the
National Anthem, after which the band played Haydn's
Symphony, No. 3, in a very creditable and effective
manner. " Haydn's Service, No. 2," followed, and the
second part consisted of " Handel's Dettingen Te
Dome," with additional accompaniments, by Mr. Perry.
The choruses were very well drilled, and the perform-
ance was altogether exceedingly gratifying to the mem-
bers and friends of the Society.
EDUCATION OF THE ARCHITECT.—OPENING or
THE ARCHITECTURAL A SSOCIATION.—On Friday even-
ing in last week the Architectural Association opened
the session, in Ly'on's-inn Hall, Strand, under pro-
mising circumstances. More than one hundred gentle-
men were present, and the walls and tables displayed
an interesting collection of architectural drawings, and
other works of art. Mr. Robert Kerr, the president,
took the chair, and Mr. Jayne, the Hon. Secretary,
read the report of the committee, setting torth the po-
sition of the association. Twenty-one gentlemen were
proposed as members, and letters were read from Pro-
fessors Cockerell and Hocking, Messrs. Angell, Bellamy,
and others, regretting their inability to attend the
meeting, but expressing their cordial approbation of
the objects of the association. The President then
delivered an able address ; after which Professor Do-
naldson and Mr. Godwin being called on, addressed the
meeting; and thanks having been voted to the visitors
and contributors, and to the President for his able
address, the. meeting was adjourned to the 22d, when
a paper will be read by Mr. J. D. Wyatt.—Builder,
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ployedNo
a cess-pool about ten feet deep, on
the estate of the Dowager Countess Hardwicke, at Tit-
t!nhangey, when the head gardened poured a large quan-
tity of vitro' on the soil, for the purpose of destroying
the unpleasant odour. Sulphuretted hydrogen gas was
thus created, and before it had ceased to ascend from the
pit, now converted into a reservoir of most deadly poison,
a ladder was lowered, andlthe under-gardener, Charles
Oakley, descended for the purpose of commencing ope-
rations. He was, as might be expected, rendered in-
stantly insensible; but unwarned by his fate, a labourer,
named William Emmerton, followed to rescue him, and
was likewise rendered instantly insensible. A third
labourer, named Allen, also descended into the pes-
tilential pit, and the three men lay heaped together
apparently dead. A man, named Green, was then
lowered by the means of a rope round his body, to fetch
up the others, but he had not got far down when he
called out to those above to pull him up. He remained
es
for three hours insensible. Ultimately ropes, with poles
attached, were lon ered, and the almost extpirsemsgistanm
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with scarce enough life in them to grasp atlhhennuas
offered, were brought to the top. 1
to resuscitate the
the spot, and did all that was possible as-
sistant, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Lipssic %re. were soon oa
en-
tertained.—Hertford Mercury
unfortunate men. of whose recovery some hopes are en-
and said belong;
to
been seized on suspicion of smuggling,
We are requested. to state that the yacht that has
to a Noble Duke, does not belong to a member of the
Royal yacht Squadron.