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London, England, 1846-12-14 00:00:00

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IRELAND.
Alil'.l7G STATE OF THE COLTNirRY.
DUBLDT, DEC. 10.—The accounts received to-day are
rabst afflicting-,--destitution increasing, Crime -atending
ti) a most alarming degree, and the conntry rapidly
i Acing into a state of utter disnrganisation. More
'..atbs from' starvation are reported; and we grieve to
njurders of the most daring and wrocious character
::eve been perpetrated, one of them in the .Ll)(fra day, in
-treets of a populous town hitherto considerc-d re-
laarliably peaceable.

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,KING'S COUNTY.
PARSONSTOWN, DEC. 9.—Antociou3 MMIDEP..—Tbe.
King's County Chronicle of yesterday contains fol-
regietexcoedi.,gly to report that again
has blow beenTed—.4.'ir.)Lher victim 1-1:s fallen. Out-

:age at!er °int-Lige, murder atter mutter and crimes in-
numerable.di>grace. and pollute the ant.als of our comity.
Yesterday (Tuesday) evening, about halt- past six o'clo, k,
Air. William Llo3 d, when standing at his hall di.ors, in
CThureh lane, within a few doors of tilt: post-office, in
~his town, a shot was fired at him, the cont. nts of which
entered hiS body. Mr. Lloyd *as heard faintly to cry
Murd, r, m,irder,' and itnmcdiately he f ll to the
iTound a lifele6s corpse. Doctors t.S. 4i:A and lie. La'
or, iannedately in tv:,entlanee, but the it i,erviees
r: quifed, as dearh was inst-,,,ntancoi .11e must .hare lieu-, quite close to the un'•
inan. Some of the police who were.-.
i,iard the sho!: and went io pursuit, but with
-Ara:, a Leartrentling sight to behold six orehana
over the lifeless body of their beloved parent, who but a
ti.ce previously had left them in the possession of
life and health. The perpetration of. a sac4e.murrler
has thrown the town and neighbourhood into a state of
'earful excitement. .1,-!e assassin in his flight dropped a
hat, which is in the possession of the police. Mr. Lloyd
was the'nwner of a small property, Whicji is situate at
3allough, in the county Tipperary, within three miles
of this town. De has htid the niisfortune of
having a very refractory set _of tenants, who very
eldom, if-ever, paid him rent without his having been
'bliged to resort to law to compel them. his ct•,-,--Maker
s bean beat,:in, tbr.:!atcning noti&s itinamerable.
- a anti some wceks ago he

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to time, have, a posted,
distrained for the relit of these lano
.re considerably in arresr. On the day of
srge mob assembled, and he was camper'
he sale. -Mr. Lloyd was a very quiet
It appears that after diliner he w'
absence one of his tenants, 1
told his son that he wanted to settle
was sent for Mr. Lloyd, but returned
Watkins then left the house, and it less than h...
hour. afterwards the unforturiato geOlornan was mur-
dered. Sub-Inspector Duncan had Watkins._ and his
wife arrested, both of whom were hnigA in g-atel. Mr.
Duncan. ace;Anhanied by constable Finn and party,
proceeded to the county of TiPprrary, and returned
with four men, who were charged with being im-
plicated in the murder. At an early hour this morn-
ing James Dillon, Esq., senior coroner of the county,
arrived to bold an inquiry into the melancholy
circumstances of the case. The following magis-
trate 4 were present at the inquest, viz.;—John Warbur-
Thotuas Hackett, J. Persse Grome, Eso., and
Captain Kelly, R. 111.; John Duncan, S.L., was also in
attendance. A respectable jury was sworn, and after
the examination of some witnesses, the jury recorded a
verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown."

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ANOTHER MURDER.—Mondny night an armed •party
visited the house of a poor man named Wm. Renehan,
at Ccolinsrney, near the Blue Ball. They beat th, poor
tutu, took 1/. from him, but the wretches were not con-

tent with this, for before leaving they
.placed him behind
a fire. The unfortanate man was so dreadfully _burned
that he died last night.
Nlur.DEn.—On Saturday last, a poor man, returning
.home from Borrisokane, was murd,r(d, and robbed of
the money. be had obtained tor a pig.
OPPOSITION TO TDB PAYMENT OF RENT—APPEAR-
ING IN ARMS.—We regret to record the following out-
rage, which proves how daring is the conduct of the

people, and that a wide-spread conspiracy exists for
resistance to the payment of rent. A sale of core and
eattle, seized fir une,and a half year's rent, due to Mrs.

Ellenllaslam, of Ballyboy, was advertised fer Thursday
last, at Kiladrown, within two miles of Franktord, where
a very large mob was assembled. Mrs. Hailam and her
assistants were driven off the land, and severely assaulted.
Several of the mob were well armed with guns and
pistols in excellent order, and fired upwards of twenty
shots. One of the ruffians discharged his gun at Mrs.
Ffaslam's head, but fortunately without effect. Mr.
Drought Haslam was very badly beaten, he received five
severe wounds in the head, and now lies under the care
of Dr. Thornton. On the following day an investigation
was held at Frsnkterd, by Andrew Stoney, Esq;, J.P.,
nil John Duncan, Esq., sub-inspector, Parsonstors-n ;
,veral witnesses were exattitheed, and subsequently five
men-were arrested, charged with being of the party, and
•!.anmitted to abide their trial.
PLUNDERING PROVISIONS ON THE ilionwAy.--,Some
flour carts belonging to Mr. Boyd, of Ballinaslee, were
attacked yesterday, at Lemonaghan, in this county. For-
tunate), some police came up at the moment, and pre-
vented any property from being taken away. At, a lati.•
period of the day several lose-inat were in
..r te.o.e.le from this town to Clara Mills, were
also stopped at Lemonaghan, and two sacks of wheat
carried off. •

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—On the night of Friday last
Mr. Wilson, of Verdant hill, near Roscrea, was attacked
by two robbers in his own yard, who were armed with
loaded whips or sticks, commonly called skull-crackers,
one of whom struck, him a severe blow on his head, which
knocked him down ; they then robbed him of a band-
some gold v,atch, some silv4r, and a pencil case, with
which they walked deliberately away.
•ROBBERY.—A most disgraceful act was committed in
this town on Thursday night. The soup kitchen esta-
lished by the relief committee was broken open, and a
quantity of bread and several trifling articles stolen
therefrom.

The King's county Chronicle contains a further list of
ou'rages, including highway robberies, violent assaults,
and plunder of provisions by armed parties.
COUNTY OF GALWAY.
BARBAROUS MURDER.—On Monday evening last
John Browne Lynch, E,sq., of Clonkeely, near Tuam,
formerly an officer in the Gth Regiment of Foot, was
barbarously murdered in his own avenue, returning:from
the fair of- Ballindangan. A pistol v‘as, found near his
body. It is supposed he struggled with the murderers,
as his skull was fractured, and his throat cut and dread-
fully mangled, as if with a reaping-hook. The shot
was heard in the unfortunate gentleman's house, and his
horse ran into the yard immediately after. The Galway
Vindicator states that the object of the assassins was
plunder, as Mr. Lynch was supposed to have had a large
sum of money on his person.

COUNTY OF LIMERICK.
ATTACKS ON OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF WORKS.
—On a new -line leading from Croom to Dromcollober,
between the hours of one and two o'clock on Monday,
three armed men attacked Mr. Lindsay, an officer under
the Board of Works, and, after firing a shot over bis
head, wanted to swear him not to go on the line again.
This outrage, it is stated, occurred in the presence of the

men engaged on the works; but thi y appeared very in-
different about the matter. Mr. Lind-ay, notwithsumd-
ing, did not leave the works until he regulated his busi-
ness.—Limerick Examiner. •

[The Government, yesterday, as I apprised you, issued
aproelamation offering a teward for the apprehension of
the persons concerned in this outrage.]
Mr. John Fitzgerald, engineer of the Board of Works
in Ennis, eceived a threatening notice, telling him he
would get' the death of Mr. Carrick. Mr. Mahon, en-
gineer in Broadford removed to Tulla, received a
threatening notice for the second time, saying that
powder and ball would be the next ; and Mr. R.ehard
CatreSagmh:maisisie-sbtraindtgeen. gfie,r
onr;elftutsTi
ng
to rogsly
soared
full day's
wages for a half day's wcrk.—Linierick Chronicle.
county, has stated in o.nversations had by him with some
the highly Frß:pleSctTarlevApTalrOisti—p.l:ifeiest jOtfvEl. Mr. Hickey,
liinic4tehTs9
clergymen of this city, that seven sons died 1:1,4 week
in this parish, he believed from actual want.. he further
states the small farmers are rnuitly limited to one meal
in the day, and that priueiPally turnips-44h1AV seven
members of a family arc obliged. to live on the shilling
which the head member earns-a -ncl dirt Ihty phiai. the
one meal on themselves t,, irereast' t;lat of the Mivi-
duals that labour.—Limerich Examiner. •

In the district of Knockaderry and Ballingarry aloud
bands of peasantry are trayer-itg the couiltry ahuost
every nights and attacking zirolers' hoiiseA for money
and arms, firing shots in their progress, without upptrent
tear of detection.

SEVERE ACCIDENTS FROM TUE FROFT ON FRIDAY
MORNING.—The sharp, although not severe. frost which
set in after the foggy' rains of the preceding evening, had
the effect of incrusting mot of the metropolitan
thoroughfares with ice; and as such an effect was en-
tirely unexpected, the market carts and early morning
traffic was greatly impeded. As the usual hours of
business approached, accidents began to multiply, not a
little aggravated by the fact of its being Smithfield
morning. In the Camberwell-road Mr. John R. Aild,
who was driving to his house of business in the Black-
friars-road, nearly met with a very severe accident ; his
horse slipped when near the Elephant and Castle, and.
although thp,sbafts of the gig were broken,' be provi-
dentially escaped unhurt. On Blackfilai-s-bridge every
' c kta7e
lr di
theai officers,
horse of burden was brought
_to a standstill. 0111101-
born-hill the parochial luthiviiies thought it necessary
to strew the declivity with wet gravel, although not until
very serious damage had occurred. A valuable dray-
horse, belonging to Messrs. Mum and Co., had his leg
broken, and, in the endeaveur to extricate the poor
animal, the carman was severely hurt by a kick from the
suffering animal. Oa the wooden pavement, between
St. Clement Danes and St. Mary-le Strand, sevvral very
serious accidents occurred, and one poor fellow, who
slipped and fell, b,fore the driver could pull up, was run
over by a Blackwall omnibus, and so muci injured that
he was taken at oece to King's College Hospital.
THE LATE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON NOW HER
has
MAJESTY's) SHIP KESTREL.—This fast-sailing yacht,
late Yacht
t the e
Squadron,prLpe property o fhtahvei
Tliagmente latelyd Cuonradtne
r(g)dooliree oat the
thorough
Royal
.survey and examination by the di
been
neal
ilnista
siwietur last been purchased by the. Government, and
This act of Ville Government, no dougbr
the name of Kestrel will henceforth
great measure done to record its - ' s-use of the service
which that revered and patriotic
of Yarborough) has
roiia6ie nobleman (the late Earl
to this country, by en-
couraging the advancement and improvement of naval
architecture.—Hampshire Guardian.
. EAST WORCESTER F
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ON —A correspondent
informs us that the 4 ii,.- ' - ----no is about '
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a candidate would solicit tiwir buttiages in oaukiiion to
Mr. Foley.