The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-06 00:00:00

FETING A GRAVEDIGGER.

Broughty-ferry, near Dundee, has been for some
days the scene of considerable uproar, in conse-
quence of the resistance made by the population to
the attempts of the authorities to close a favourite
old burial-ground. On Wednesday a funeral under-
taker named Deas, and Wm. Skirving, a grave-
digger, both belonging to the Ferry, were brought
up in the Dundee Sheriff-court, charged with
illegally assisting in the interment of human re-
mains in the old burying-ground, after the latter
had been closed by order of the Privy Council.
Sheriff Smith found them both guilty, and sentenced
the gravedigger to pay a fine of £5, or go to prison
for two months, while Mr. Deas was mulcted in the
sum of £2, wish the option of thirty days' imprison-
ment. On the result of the trial becoming known
in Broughty-ferry, a subscription was organised for
the payment of Skirving's fine. The necessary
amount was speedily raised, and the popular sexton
liberated. The public honours showered upon the
gravedigger's head are thus described by the Dundee
Courier :—" Yesterday, about mid-day, great ex-
citement prevailed amongst our fishing population
in consequence of intelligence having arrived that
William Skirving, the gravedigger, had been fined
£5 in the Sheriff-court, Dundee, for digging graves
in the old burying-ground, after the latter had been
closed against their will. Shortly after the word
arrived, some persons commenced to gather sub-
scriptions for raising the amount of the fine, and
thereby securing Skirving's liberation. In about an
hour and a half the whole of the money required was
made up, and a person appointed to go to Dundee
and fetch Skirving home. The money, we believe,
was chiefly gathered from among the families of the
fishermen. A large number of the fisherwomen and
children assembled together in the afternoon,
and, preceded by three girls carrying large flags,
marched up to the station, to await the train which
leaves Dundee at 5.45 p.m., and with which it was
thought Skirving would arrive. On the arrival of
the train great cheering and singing commenced,
but subsided a little when it was found that Skirving
had been left behind. Before the arrival of the next
train the crowd increased to a very large extent.
An arm chair was brought on which to carry Skirv-
ing in triumph through the town. As the train
halted, and William hove in sight, the singing
commenced with renewed vigour, the vocalists al-
ternately singing something like Skirving has won
the day ;' and We'll all feel gay when Skirving
comes marching home.' On reaching the gate,
Skirving was put into the arm chair and carried by
six of the strongest fishermen present. The pro-
cession then marched down the street, the flags being
carried in front as before. At the time the crowd
left the station it was supposed that there were
three or four hundred present. The procession tra-
versed Gray-street, Brook-street, Fort-street, and
the beach, where they halted, a number of them, the
' hero of the day' among the rest, going into a
tavern there, where we suppose they had something
to 'strengthen their nerves.' On emerging from
the publichouse William again mounted the chair
and was carried as before along the beach, up Gray-
street, and down King-street until they arrived at
his house, where he got down amidst great cheering
and uproar. During the whole time William was
being carried aloft the crowd continued singing,
and the ' carriers,' when they got tired, placed the
chair on the ground, when its occupant got out and
commenced waving his hat and bowing to the crowd.
After the chair was emptied of its burden one of the
women got it upon her head, and, followed by the
girls carrying the flags and by a crowd which at this
time had swelled tremendously, they again pro-
, ceeded up Fort-street until they arrived at the
house of Mr. Matthew Deas (who had also been
at the court in reference to the burying ground
case), where they gave three ringing cheers. They
then went singing and shouting through West
Brook-street and various other streets until about
8 o'clock, when they halted in front of the Victoria-
buildings, Gray-street, where they gave three ironi-
cal cheers and sung the four lines which they made
use of at the time of the last effigy burning, and
which have grown quite popular since that occur-
rence. They then went their way singing aril
shouting as before, but not the way to their homes ;
and we cannot say at what time they broke up, as
they were heard long afterwards. During the time
they were at the beach several of the women ex-
pressed themselves in rather strong language, one
of them proposing that they should gather all the
dead dogs between the Black Rocks and the Stan-
nergate and hang one of them, minus its head, on
the handle of the door of every one of the police
commissioners."

CHILDREN KILLED BY LIGHTNING—During a
thunder-storm which prevailed in the neighbourhood of
Lessingham, in Norfolk, on Sunday afternoon, the light-
ning shuck Smallburgh parish school, where several chil-
dren were assembled preparatory to attending afternoon
service at the church. Two little girls, aged respectively
eight and seven, were killed on the spot, and four more
were injured, one of them seriously, in addition to which
the school-house has sustained considerable damage. The
bell tower of the school seems to have attracted the elec-
tric fluid.

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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Sept. 5.

The prosecutions which the Government have
felt it necessary to institute against the Orange pro-
cessionists at Bangor, county Down, commenced
yesterday, and excited no slight degree of interest in
that famous little town. So full a bench and so
crowded a court have seldom been witnessed at an
ordinary petty sessions. The magistrates who at-
tended were Major J. S. Crawford (chairman), Lord
Dufferin, Joseph Eglinton, R.M., Andrew Cowan,
H. Harrison, Robert Heron, D.L., and Major R.
P. Maxwell. Mr. Montgomery, sub-inspector of
constabulary, was also present. Twenty-six defen-
dants, headed by Mr. W. Johnstone, Ballykilbeg-
house, attended to answer summonses charging that
they and others on the 12th of July last " formed
an unlawful assembly and met and paraded together,
and had among them fire-arms and other offensive
weapons, banners, and symbols, the display whereof
was calculated to provoke animosity between the
different classes of her M tjesty's subjects, and were
accompanied by persons playing music, which was
calculated to provoke animosity between different
classes of her Majesty's subjects." The defendants
were William Johnstone, Matthew Skillan, Thomas
Dl‘Cling, James 8001, Hugh Garrett, William
Mawhinney, James Dixon, Francis Whiteside, Jas.
Morrison, Samuel Alexander, Samuel Scott, Robert
Moffett, James Reid, Thomas George, Thomas
Keatinge, -William Gibson, John Brown, John
Petherens, Hugh Cree, Hugh Dill, David Harvey,
William M'Eall, Joseph Spratt, William John Dill,
James M'Cully, and Thomas Graham. Mr. Magee,
Crown solicitor, conducted the proceedings on the
part of the Crown ; Mr. Kisbey, barrister, appeared
to defend 13 of the accused ; Mr. Maclean, solicitor,
appeared for Mr Johnstone ; and Mr. Crawley,
solicitor, for M'Cling and Scott.
At the close of the evidence the magistrates de-
cided upon receiving informations against all the
defendants except Reid and Skillan, and sending
the cases for trial at the assizes. This rapid de-
spatch of the business of an inquiry which it was
thought would be protracted for some days will
enable the Crown Solicitor to take up another link
in the series of prosecutions by attending at Ban-
bridge Sessions to-day to proceed against other
parties. By way of showing the spirit in which he
treats the action of the Government, Mr. Johnstone
selected the day of his appearance before the magis-
trates to issue an address to the electors of Belfast,
offering himself as a candidate for the representation
of that borough in the event of Mr. Getty retiring.
One of the peace preservers at the Reform meet-
ing on Tuesday night was charged at the Capel-
street Police-court with having violently assaulted
a Mr. Fredk. Guest, of Great Leeson-street, by strik-
ing him on the mouth with a stick, and cutting him
severely. The defendant, who stated that he was a
labourer on the coal quay, and had been employed
with others to keep order, excused himself by alleg-
ing that the complainant was interrupting the meet-
ing. The magistrate sentenced him to pay a fine of
55., or be imprisoned for 48 hours.
The investigation respecting certain irregularities
in the management of the South Dublin Union was
concluded yesterday. Mr. Horridge, the master,

was examined, and admitted that he had allowed

money to remain too long in his hands, but declared
that he had accounted for all he received, and he

repudiated the charge of permitting fictitious entries

to be made in the books. The clerk was also exa-
mined, and explained that he did not check the
accounts because he found it impracticable to do so,
owing to the pressure of business. The evidence
taken down has been transmitted to the Poor Law
Commissioners for their decision.

The annual shows of the Enniscorthy Agricultural
Society and the Wexford Horticultural Society were
held yesterday at Enniscorthy, and were substan-
tial and creditable.

The recent declaration of war against the Esta-
blished Church appears to have startled some of its
members from their apathy, and arrangements are
now making to meet the threatened attack. The
Church Institution held the first of a series of pro-
vincial meetings in Cavan yesterday with that object.
There was a numerous attendance of the clergy. Mr.
James Storey occupiei the chair, in the absence of
Lord Cavan, who was expected, but could not be
present. The Bishop of Kilmore made a few obser-
vations commendatory of the institution and pointed
out the necessity for refuting the misrepresentations
which were put forward by the assailants of the
Church. He called on the Rev. Dr. Lee to give
some information, and the rev. gentleman, in com-
pliance with the request, entered into a history of
the formation of the Liberation Society in England
to disestablish the Church, and of the Church Insti-
tution to counteract its efforts. Ile went into
statistics to show that there was but one single
benefice in all Ireland to be found in which there
were not several members of the Established Church
—that, in the general decrease of the Irish popula-
tion, the members of the Established Church had
been diminished in less proportion than those of the
Roman Catholic and Presbyterian Churches ; that
eight-ninths of the tithe-rent charge was paid by
Protestant landlords and only one-ninth by Roman
Catholics, and that a rent-charge was in the nature
of a reserved rent, which never belonged to either
landlord or tenant. Other arguments were adduced
in answer to objections. Resolutions in support of
the institution were adopted.

Railway and other Companies.

TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEAD JUNCTION.
rl fdayye aartl y
the offimeeting
eastreet ; Capt. Arro Westminster-chambers,
tttniiihilencschtoeamirpc. ha
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ihclyeereirashet-port stated that at the last meeting ofbwetrabsse
proprietors the directors anticipated the early com-
pletion of the line and of its opening for public
traffic, but untoward circumstances, arising out of
the financial difficulties affecting railway property
in general, had hitherto prevented the opening of
the line, which was now in all essentials ready for
traffic. The directors had, notwithstanding this
difficulty, reason to believe that before the end of
the autumn not only would the local passenger
traffic be accommodated, but that, by means of a
temporary connexion with the Midland Railway,
the vast traffic of that company seeking the Docks
would be also passing over the line. While those
important results were being secured, the directors
proposed to raise the authorised capital, and thus
relieve the company from heavily pressing liabilities,
and place it, financially, in a satisfactory state. Of
its future prospects there could then be little doubt,
looking to its immediate locality and the connexion
it formed between two great companies. The capital
account showed that £386,371 had been expended,
leaving a balance of £33,300 of Great Eastern 5 per
cent. stock.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report and
statement of accounts were adopted, and the meet-
ing separated.

COLEFORD, MON3IOUTII, AND USIA.
The half-yearly meeting was held at Newport;
➢Tr. T. Brown in the chair.
The report stated that the rent received from the
Great Western Company enabled them to recom-
mend a dividend for the past half-year at the rate
of 3 per cent. per annum.
The report was unanimously adopted, and the
dividend recommended was declared.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the
proceedings.