The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-22 00:00:00

IRE LANIi.

UEJ I.IN,JULY 20.
MILITARY BEPilkillSsal, IN CARLOW.. —FRIGHT-
FUL I N TIM 11,ItTION.
The following very remarkable and iiilpottant statement I '
appears in the Dublin Evening Post. Mr. SyriTc'ef the gen-
tleman Who risked his life on this occasion, in order to ram!
Ifs Vote at the Carlow election, is a solicitor, and the princi-
pal in lint 8f did Mott fespectable firms of that class in Ire•
land. His character will tie italmittalf by all parties here, to
be a sufficient guarantee fer his prtldericg and, correctness :
" The temporary triumph obtained by the forA in Carlow
vraa the result of open violence and the most flagrant violation
Nf the sigh!, of election, A very remarkable instance of de-
votion to the gddd elitsg h*s been mentioned to us by our
Carlow correspondent. On Friday, the fourth day of poning,
Mr. Symes, the conducting agent for Mr. Grattan, at Wick-
low, arrived in Carlow, and by din• of exertion, made lin way I
Bite the botah for the barony of Carlow, at five o'clock, just in
time to record ilia vole ter O'Connell and Yates. Mr. Symes
rode across from Wicklow, forty-tat-0 Mil et*, in three hours and
twenty minutes, having obtained from a Maki, en the way, a
fine Viilted horse. which, we regret to hear, halt time died
front oter-eaertion.
" The reception of Mr. Symes, by the military, on his ap-
pioakii id the !moths, is vrosthy of notice, as an illustration
of the frightful systetti Of military intimidation by which the
people were coerced and overborne. When that gentleman
arrived in front of the military lines, the streets being
tiroficigd +tith dragoons, infantry, and artillery, he was corn.
Tinkled, in a Mast peremptory manner, to keep back, as (K-
-ars hatA been given by Colonel Jackson that no person what-
atiefef plat to the booths. Air. Synays, however, in-
" Thereupon he rushed forward,
sisted upon his fipit to past upon the Queen's highway, to
exercise a legal right.
pieces Of artillery, at each of which a bombardier was placed.
ready to appiy the Match to the gun. At this moment the move-
ment ainofigst tile attracted the attent:Pn of Colonel
fiavitf?t
Jackson, the officer in comniand,ittio, perceiving that a gentle •
lea pass between two
man was obstructed, gave directions that he Might be atioved
to go on. If a peasant elector had been in the petition of Mr.
Symeg! he *veld, doubtless, have been sabred; but probably that
gentleman ovreSh;§ §afety to an impression amongst the Tories
that he was an out-voter, come upto note for Bruen and Banbury.
When the people observed Mr. Symes alighting at the Liberal
Tally-redm, neat the Court-house, they at once recogni§ed
him
as a friend, ttnd a tremendous cheer arose from the assettibled
ffieltitiide; idle *ere at title time, as throughout the entire day,
forced by the military tipcili the Aurrovnding walls and houses,
for the people were not even alloyed Id remain in or pass
through the streets. This natural ebullitiofi of feeling pro-
' dotted another demonstration ucon the part of the atilffiety,
and the troop!f amounting to about 1,500, were placed in bat rid
idly, with fixed bayonets: At this moment the soldiery far
outnumbered the populace, and there can be no second opinion
that the entire display was made to carry the election of the

Tories by military force.
" 114 there is etiother fact, still more decided with regard
to the deterininition of the fitetion to secure the return of the
Tory candidates, at ail hailatcl4, abet b}'means the most reek-
lest and atrocious.
tiWhiph•Mr: Symes proceeded to the entraned tlf the Court-
houge, itt Willeh the booths were placed, he found the rublic
erittince dosed and locked; ittid he had actually to wait some
minntes ditt.il the key iitas iirottired iretn the High Sheriff, or
settle iiergoti tti tThihtt he hitd deputed hit authority Was.
anything so monstrous ever heed of in the atinal2 of election,
eten in the worst periods of our history? If t frObt fartrior,
iti4tedd cif ageptleftiftn, had demanded admittance at the Cottrt=
house, he would, tie tied*, hive been drivcn back at the point
of the bayonet:
" The fictA atiti Well, of them-
selves would be suilicignt Id get as'i'de the dectiOn es the result
of official artifice and military desptni4nt; Hnr.Ot —dee not be
denied; for a gentleman who witnessed the throteedings
rvc
haCh described is, we understand, ready to verify this Statement.
Mr. Byitit3 dotibtless, be ready to give his own
testimony Upon the stibjedt, aid ntledi scarcely add that no
Man of sny party in this city would question his veracity."

ClitauLAti.
wtril3oll, WEDNESDAY.—The and Prlnee
Albeit walked this morning in the grounds of did
Pniti *hidl ilnvd tegently been laid out, and in the
lief Iltfal ilighnes4 the Princess Royal was taken
airingS both morniiig and afternoon, with her usual
atttsptiatiti:. ,
Hi;t: boiioihA tif:,*i 6. Rosa, ARA., with
arfurthei sitting to-day, for the fit?? 4 solyliction of her
miniature portrait.
Eterhazy, the Austrian Attli.o
HIA flirjthesi
bassador, is expected td ttitlts toy day at the cl4tle on a
visit to her 11f4jesty,
His Itqat Highness the Duke de Brabant is somewhat
beti'efs

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
and the Print e 56 Aticrustd, diti Mr. Hftyter the honour
td sit to him yebteday rtir the pidinie Of her Majesty's
Marriage.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke. and Duchess of
Cambridge had a- dinner party last evening,
WO
at Cam-
bridge
O. The cninpany consisted of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Bavarian' Minister
and Baroness de Cetto, Baron de Huzel, the Wurtem-
burg Minister ; Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister ;
the Duchess of Inverness, the Duke of Rutland, the Earl
and 'Countess of Tankerville, Viscount Duncannon,
' Lord Yrederick and the Lady Augusta Gordon,
TiOrd and 'Lady Levekm, Hon. Willittin Cowper, Hon,
Charles Gore,. Sir Archibald Macdonald, and Mr. and
Mrs, De Burgh:
Major-General Sir John Harvey transacted business
'at the Colonial-Unice tin Tuesday,
Despatcht4i tedni thOlUivtior of Malta were received
yesterday at the Coloni;ol'Ne,

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for Nth ielht'abset"!6til: CoAhitm.nniQttl:o?litioiSri::''",4l;ht2Cal4tittifjB,46lelti:64..
cued by 111, Lerriairei of ValeuCiennes, and .111. Bra, Of Denial,
nre now !icing rlac.td: 1116 itipiittraltien of thii monument if
axed for Atigust 15. M. Attain; mkyox 4 Pot'lognef has.
published a notice, that the ceremonies *ill tie Ittft*Md
with a sueetsSicin of fetes corrilnetzeing o
tinuiiio till flit I lith: They will consist
procosBiofis, cdfieefti, iltittiatle repregentations, in which the
ofr theevill 3 1 and
ai con
tt;
first actors of Paris will appear, public exhibitions of paint-
ings, reviews, three days races, balls, and a banquet given by
the National Guard of Boulogne to those of the surrounding
CoMmtitte:
DEATH OF LADY DES VcEux.—Her Lady-
ship died on Tuesday last, after a short illness. The deceased,
who was daughter:of the late Mr. Richard Hird, of Rawdon,
B r Bart., Yorkshire,
,b y wwh- aosmmsahrer i eld in e a
v es 1:0
fl a,
inti ol y So
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severalCh arl e se
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herx ,
eldest son, Mr. Henry William Des Vmux, born in 1806,
having married Lady Sophia, relict of [Sir Roger Gresley,
Bart., and daughter of the Earl of Coventry.