The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-22 00:00:00

EXECUTIONS IN NENAGH.

The Tipperary Vindicator of Saturday contains the fol-
lowing account of the execution of Hayes, Rice, and Fogarty,
whose case, on a motion for arrest of judgment, had been re-
cently before the Court of Queen's Bench :
" NENAGII, FRIDAY.—At a very early hour the police, to
the number of 150, were marched into Nenagh. Groups of
country people, principally old women and children, gathered
about the place of execution. The convicts were greatly re-
signed. Since their return from Dublin they were constantly
attended by the Rev. Mr. Power and the Rev. Mr. Bowles.
They spent the entire of Thursday and the greater part of
the night and yesterday morning in prayer. They assisted at
mass yesterday morning in the prison chapel, and received
communion, and remained in constant prayer till the fatal
moment had arrived when the summons of the sheriff reached
them. As twelve o'clock approached a death-like stillness
pervaded the entire town. Few stirred abroad except those
who were present in front of the scaffold. The sub-sheriff,
Mr. Going, arrived about a quarter after twelve o'clock. At one
o'clock a body of the 72d Highlanders were drawn up in front
of the prison. The streets were filled with the loud lamenta-
tions of some female relatives of the prisoner Hayes, who were
present, as three coffins passed up towards the gaol some mi-
nutes before the unfortunate men made their appearance in
front of the scaffold. Thousands of persons from the parish of
Ballygibbon, R apla, Ardcroney, &c., waited in the fields outside
the town, in order to accompany the funeral procession of
Rice and Hayes, whilst thousands from Dunarrow awaited
the funeral of Fogarty, whose remains were conducted to
that district. At ten minutes past two o'clock P.M. the un-
fortunate men made their appearance on the scaffold, accom-
panied by the clergymen above-named. Their faces were
covered with white caps, and ropes were around their necks.
The executioner, who, it is said, is the same that hanged
Bryan Seery in Mullingar, made his appearance a few mi-
nutes before, for the purpose of adjusting the ropes, &c. A
thrill of indescribable horror pervaded the multitude, but
no expressions were used by the people, who conducted
themselves quietly. Those who attended to hear a declara-
tion from their lips were disappointed in their anticipations,
as the unfortunate men did not utter a syllable. Theycame
out one after the other, Rice first, and Fogarty and Hayes
afterwards. Rice exclaimed, " Lord have mercy on us," the
Rev. Mr. Power holding the crucifix before him. After
standing a few seconds on the scaffold, supported by the cler-
gymen, they withdrew, after affectionately bidding them fare-
well, and in a few seconds they were launched into eternity.
Their struggles were very brief, nor did they suffer much.
The assembled multitude then withdrew, whilst the bodies
remained suspended, a revolting spectacle in a Christian
land ; and it was after three o'clock. when they were cut
down, and deposited in the coffins prepared for them ;
and at half-past three the bodies were conveyed by thou-
sands to the residence of their respective friends, where
they are to be waked this day (Saturday), and interred to-
morrow.

SPORTING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUX

Sin„—At Newcastle next week, if the fine weather con-
tinues. a large attendance may confidently be expected both
of men and horses. I will en passuntmake a few remarks on
the principal stakes, leaving the analysis of the entire meet-
ing until Monday next. The North Derby will bring to the
post Fancy Boy, Dolo, the Brother to Sir Henry, Peri colt,
Malcolm, Banana, and Sir Tatton Sykes; at present fortune
favours Dolo and Sir Tatton, both in high fettle, but Fancy
Boy, if recovered from his shaking at Epsom, will be my
fancy. For the Northumberland Plate Glossy, Winesour,
and Pagan seem most favourably weighted, and with Curio-
sity and Tour de Force may be expected to manage the
stake among them. The nomination for the Orange Prize
and the Goodwood Cup have recently appeared ; for the
former forty-seven, for the latter forty-eight. For the
Orange Prize Wolfdog, Grimston, Jericho, Sweetmeat, Lo-
thario, and Alarm, must be taken care of; so must Alarm,
Lothario, Mendicant, Grimston, Faugh-a-Ballagh, and Wolf-
dog for the Goodwood Cup. I fancy Burgundy will let the
ring into a secret with respect to the Goodwood Stakes, but
out of 147 nominations, minus weights, it is not the easiest
task in the world to select the winner. The St. Leger is
now, and will be for some time to come, to all appearance, a
i very open race. The Newcastle Derby may probably " tell
a tale ;" if it should not the Great Yorkshire Stakes will. It
is my intention to analyse the merits of the St. Leger arrivals
early in the season, for the convenience of those persons who
are guided in their bets by the " prophet's remarks." To
those who take me for their pilot in the " stormy waters" of
the ring, I have to say one or two words; firstly, that not
one of the dozen prophets are more correct than I am; se-
condly, not one can have better information than I have, ex-
cept in rare instances, when certain animals are uncomeatable ;
thirdly, but one prophet has surpassed me in the number
of his successful prognostications during the last twelve
months.

My remarks on the St. Leger I shall commence next week,
and continue them every week till finished. The utility:of this
proceeding is obvious; it gives the bettor time to " get on"
the particular animal or animals, and not as in the case
when the prophecy appears one day before the race, leaving
time for nothing, or next to it.—l am, &c.
June 21., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

THUNDER-STORM IN THE NORTH.—Man's memory
cannot go back to the time when there was such a terrific
thunder-storm as the one which visited the counties of Cum-
berland and Westmoreland on Thursday last, nor one of such
long duration. It commenced about four o'clock in the af-
ternoon, and continued with unabated violence till near eight
in the evening. When it began the lightning proceeded
from the south-east, accompanied with the largest drops of
rain ever seen in that part of the country, The atmosphere
was oppressively close and sultry, indeed, the very air smelled
of fire, and flash and thunder- clap succeeded each other in
rapid succession until about a quarter past six, when most
portentous omens presented themselves in the heavens, and
the storm then increased to a most frightful pitch, and the
stoutest heart quailed from its effects. At this period the
electric fluid and lightning, which was of the forked descrip-
tion, literally darted in igneous streams of various co-
lours from the south, at the rate of eight or ten flashes per
minute, while there were continuous claps of thunder of the
most sudden, loud, and startling kind, like the mighty fall of
houses falling one upon another, and the rain at the time
falling in waterspouts, and which continued with little abate-
ment till near eight o'clock. The loss of life and damage
done have been frightful and considerable. On the moor,
near Shap Beck Gate, in Westmoreland, the wife and
daughter of Benjamin Grisdale, a labourer, were gathering
tufts of wool from the fences on Knife Scar, when the
daughter, a fine young woman, was struck by the electric
fluid, and killed on the spot, by the side of her heart-
broken mother, who most fortunately escaped destruction,
but was slightly injured. A man named Hinde, of Harden-
dale, was also struck dOwn, and is so much injured that
faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. The family of
Mr. Thomas Dawson, yeoman, of the village of Stainton,
near Penrith, had a most miraculous escape from instant
destruction. It appears that the electric fluid entered the
kitchen, and drew the iron crooks out of the ceiling, on
which dried hams were hanging; it then appeared in the
direction of the clock, the case of which it shivered into
more than a hundred pieces, and did other damage; but
the window being open, it escaped thereout, none of the in-
' mates, most fortunately, being injured, they at the time being
in another apartment of the house. In a field, near Penrith,
eleven sheep and one lamb, the property, of Mr. William
Robinson, were killed by the lightning, while lying under a
tree, which was shivered to splinters. Large trees on the
estate of Lord Brougham, at Brougham Hall, were struck and
shivered; and so was the large poplar growing at the door of
Mr. C. Jackson, of the village of Yanwattle. There was
another awful thunder-storm in the same localities on Friday
afternoon, but it caused no other damage,
TEE FOREIGN MAILS.—On Saturday the following
notice was posted at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-
le-Grand :—" The Peninsular mail for Lisbon, Portugal,
Cadiz, Vigo, Oporto, Gibraltar, Spain, Madrid, and Corunna,
will be dispatched on the morning of the 27th inst. The
overland mail for China, Hong-Kong, India, Ceylon, Madras,
Calcutta, Egypt, 'Malta, Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean,
via Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the evening
of the 24th inst. The next mail for Gibraltar, Malta,
Greece, the lonian Isles, Egypt, Ceylon, India, China, and
Hong-Kong, will be dispatched on the 3d of July- The
West Indies, the Tweed, with the mails of the 2d of July,
colonies
for the British colonies in the West Indies, foreig°
in the West Indies, Venezuela, Aladeira Mexico,
The Thoinas
Sydney, New South Wales, and New Xellanto • a, Braziis,
Horifluras,
Lowry, for the mails of the 30th inst.
and Buenos Ayres :—The next mail will bli;1 cl;
X'e Cambria,
Falmouth, on the 7th of July. America .:—,..
Madeira,
via
1' North
with the next mail, on the 3d of July, for Britis.
America, Bermuda
sr and the United States. Rotterda ):` ._
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A ship-letter bag made up and forwarded by the Bati:vi
every Saturday evening."
PINE APPLES AND NEW POTATOES.—On Friday a
sale of 1,000 of the former fruit, being the third for the pre-
sent season, took place in Monument-Yard. The prices which
they realised were less than on .the previous occasions. Along
with them were 151 casks of new potatoes from the Bermudas,
which did not appear to be infected by the prevalent disease.
At the same time there was an importation of orchidaceous
plants, for the first time, from Rio Janeiro, and through the
introduction of which the luxuriant plants, as well as the
fruits of the tropics, are likely to be added extensively to our
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