The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-18 00:00:00

IRELAND.

ALARMING OCCURRENCE. . .
On Sunday morning an occurrence took plia
in the North Roinan Catholic Chapel, Cork, which had nearly-
caused the loss of lives, and of being otherwise destruetiveau
its consequences. About the hour of eight o'clock, while
Feat concourse of people were at Mass, which the Priest was
in the act of celebrating, a drummer of the tit Royal Vete..:
ran Battalion, stationed in that city, rushed from the yard
into the Chapel, with his swbrd in hand, until he sr,
rived at one of the altars, where he.seized a crucifix and dashed
it tb pieces. lie then hurried through the passage to the maim
altar where the Priest Was officiating, and .immediately seized
him, an which a tremendous uproar ensued. •Ivta.llp-
prehended danger to themselves, rushed tf4arda thetitbors;
while others endeevoured to seetife' the Man; Who, heftsteiwietad.•
time to commit any act of Violence, laa•knoCked dowel with, w:
blow, and his sword taken .from him and broicen ; thAwreteliii.
man would, in all probability have paid the fOrfeit of hit rig, wit
for the interference of all the Priests: for itteqii teed' inoteeltettion
than they were able th accomplish to save him from the furyofthe
assembled multitude, as reports were circulate!' of the Orange--
men, the army, &c. ac., having shot the Pilest,rdid that'they.
Were abaft to demolish the Chapel. The Clergymen having sue=
ceeded in rescuing the man, they were obliged to close the gates
and doors to keep out the people, who were, now anertiblingyi
great numbers, and were ready to glut their'vengeance on the un -
fortunate maniac, for such was ascertained to be the feet; and
also that he was a Roman Catholic, and one .whoWasxeßirkalde
for attention to his religions duties. This the mob were Mille
acquainted with, but to no effect—they were' determined febta-:
brue their hands in his blood for hit temerity. Recourafi ;vots
. had to the gates.and windows of the chapel by, the mulittodc,
,in order to obtain admission, Which .the Clergymen pertelVldg
and finding all theit explanations and remonstrances uniti%B.
...bur. one of them, (the Reverend Mr. O'Keefe,) attended by,
a Roman Catholic Gentleman,. called upon his Worship the
Mayor, to requeit ,his immediate medium& to quell' a :lot
which had commenced in the North Chapel r the cause, of
which, he shortly stated, was, that a soldier of the Veteran
Battalion, under symptoms of deraiigement, had drawn a Sadra
and attacked the officiating Clergynian, which immediately,
caused a cry, that an Orr4genian had attacked the Priest, to
murder him, which enraged the people. to such a degree. that
four soldiers were obliged to he procured from the tilacOol
guard-hoifse, and were placed over the man who was sseitted
in the chaVel, bdt that they were quite inadequate to his pro-
tection, and fears were entertained that he would be torn to
pieces, as the number of people assembled amounted to four:
teen or fifteen thousand fetsons. His Worship immediately
proceeded with Mr. O'Keeffit to the bridewell, and dispatched
some of the peace-officers to the main-guard .for essistance,'
which having obtained, he proceeded to the chapel, and' was
joined by William I'. White, Esquire, who was accidentally
passing at the moment, MrHew:en-4, High Constable. Mr.
J. P. Mathis, and some peace-officers; they found an im:
Meuse crowd assembled, and all apparently determined' to.
wreak theit vengeance upon the unfortunate soldier, Who was
placed behind the Sanctuary, rotected, b'Y,the Clerkymais
and the four soldiers. The Mayor and the party to tis;-:
man under their piotectioe, amidst the violent threats of 'the
truly terrific mob, who assailed the party with stones and milt:
sites of every description. In vain did the Mayor and Gentle-
men pretient, remonstrate with the mob, who weep every
_mo-
ment gaining in numbers, and becoming, if possible; more vio:
lent and determined. All this time the party behaved With the
greatest coolness, which WAR admirably supported by the.
praiseworthy exertions of the Mayor; Who went in the midst
of the crowd to expostulate with them', but all endearount
proved abortive; the stones
.which were furnished by the
women and children, continued to be pOured on the-party,''
until they obliged thorn to retreat in double qUiek, time into
Mallow-lane, where die desperation of the mob' Was at its
height. The party having lost all patience, tvhi of them fired
00 the heads of the assailants to intimidate them.:.-this sad':
denly checked, the prOgresi of the Mob', and enabled the party
to lodge the unfoftunates hinatie, beaten and bruised is he was,
in the. gaard:hoiiie. But even then the vengeance of the
mob could not be restrained, fat the atones were continued
to be thrown at the guard without the least cessation; which
obliged the Mayor to dispatch a peace-officer to the barrack
for a party of the Lancere, and also to repair himself a se.:
cond tune to the main-guard tiir a reinfofcement, and though
during his absence the Soldierif were obliged to fire three shots
still over their heads, it. was not tilt the appearance. of the
Lancers, that they were compelled to disperse. Shortly at
terwards the unfortunate maniac was conteycd to the Lunatie
Asylum, *here at a late hour he was is a dangerotti state.—
As an instance of the abStracted state of mind die poor fellow
laboured, under; we have been informed that on the Sunday
preceding, he took his driim into the satnd Chapel, and while
the people were at their prayers, he began to beat it ; and
during the, affray, and while pitkeefiing it the gtiard, he was,
continually blessing himself, according to the form used mot*,
the Roman Catholics. The explanation he gave of himself
etas, that the Lord had ordered him to take his itnagepoff the
-Altar. It its; hut justice to the entire party Wit wire in in.:
feeler in nuMbets, to say, that they conducted *twelves in
a highly bee.Ortlirig ritdriner'r which, as we before remarked,
was chiefly owing to thq.steadineas eviqeeti by the Mayor, Mr.
'White, maul the peace often' 'Oho exerted themselves as nich.
as men could do for the preservation' of the peace: We have
also the satisfaction to butts that no serious injury haft been
inflicted on any individual, that we could learn, with the ex.'
ception of the unfortunate map who WAR Ab friaroaibly the
cause of time mischief.—(Cork Paper.)
moat blood=thirsty and *tithe;
roils murder was committed in the went) Clare, near the coon
fines of this city, On*Thilieday night—the object of assussihatioti
was a faithful steward, rirarked out by the itockite system for
destruction, solely 'mum* was honest. The occurrence is
detailed to us ail follow.:—" About the hard of 12 &chick on'.
Thursday night, thiee of four fe/lowa, under pretence of being of
the Police, stationed at Pitmen; went to the, bottles of ,filichael
Ryan, steward and manager of a tarn at Athloncard, Connty of
Clare, within three milesof this City, part of the estate of Thous at
Jackson, Esq. On Ryan getting out of bed, to admit, as hem
thought, the Police Constable, he was dragged out, tend beat
ao dreadfully with the laths of a gate and with stance; that he
died on the spot. The Police and Military at Parteeni being
appriied of the murder, made diligent search in thatneighbour.
hood, and apprehend ed two persons on Strong suspicion, The °illy
cause of this shocking Murder is attributed to Ryan acting
faithfully to his employer. The deceased has left 'a' widow and
three children:"'--his 'netting we are infotmeds that Sir it:
D. Massy, and the Magistrates in his neighbourhood, mann.:
bled yesterday at Ardnacrasha investigaung this horrid out:
rage :—their deliberations are adjourned to,ttris day;—six men
ate rn custody. •