The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-26 00:00:00

AT D ONERAILE.
(From the Cork Reporter of Saturday.)
An inquisition was this day taken at Doneraile,
before Mr. JONES, Coroner, on view of the b6dies of
Thomas Cummins and Francis Canning.
Richard Giles, Esq.—Francis Canning applied to
him some time since to employ him as a valuator of
the parishes of Doneraile, Rossa, and part of Cahir-
duggan. Witness told him the country was in a
desperate state, and desired him to consider 'whe-
ther he would do so or not. Witness told him if
he had a good man to go with him, he hail no ob-
jection, he would employ him, but that there should
be no murmurs, and that the parish should he fairly
valued. Witness not considering him an expe-
rienced valuator, Ginning brought a man named
Thomas Cummins, of Doneraile, whom witness
agreed to employ. Witness agreed- to pay them
10/. each, on proving the debts arid completing the
valuation. Cummins said he would not go under
less, and stated that the priest recommended from
the altar that there should be no opposition given
to the valuators in the execution of their duty, and
that they were convinced, in consequence, that there
would be none. Witness told them, if the least re-
sistance was made, to come back, as he would not
have one of them hurt for the tithes. The first
day they went out to value, which was Friday they
told witness there was not the least resistance made
to them, and they were sure every thing would go
on quiet; they told him the same on Saturday, and
that the people were quiet also. Witness had not
seen them since.

CORONER--Are you the lay impropriator of the
tithes ? Witness—No, but I bargained for them
with my brother, who is the impropriator.
Joseph Arthur Dames, Esq., chief constable—
Having been informed, on the 19th inst., that Can-
ning and Cummins had been murdered near Castle-
poke, he went there, in company with four magis-
trates,—namely, Garrett Nagle, George Bond Low,
Admiral Evans, and George B. Creagh, with a party
of the 92d regiment, and several gentlemen, where
he saw two men lying dead. Cummins was lying
on his face, with his coat off, in a stream of water
about eight inches deep. His head was nearly co-
vered with the water. He had several wounds
in his head. Canning was lying with his feet near
the ditch, and from his knees up to his head in
the water. His nose was broken, and there were
several wounds about his head. The bodies were
then sent to Doneraile in a car.

By the CORONER—When you went out, did you
find any person about the place?
Witness—l found no person about the place but
two old women arid some infants ; arid also a man
standing at Castlepoke, looking i❑ the direction
where the military were, as if watching their move-
ments.

CORONER—Is it not a very thickly inhabited
country where the bodies were found ? Witness—
Yes; there were seven or eight houses convenient
to it.

CORONER—Did you search any of the houses ?
Witness—Yes, I found some women in them.

CORONER.—Did you find or see any men in any
of them, or make any inquiries about them ? Wit-
ness—l was informed there were men residing in the
houses, but did not see any of them. I heard they
were at the mountain.

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50 yards.
CORONER—Did you search and examine that
house carefully ? Witness—l did, and found an
old woman in it taking care of two infants. She
told witness she was in bed with them. Witness
asked her for a candle, and she then said she knew
nothing of it. She spoke to deponent of the mur-
der, before witness spoke to her. Witness thinks,
from the state in which he saw the men, they were
murdered.

The Jury having retired, a verdict of " Wilful
murder" was found against some person or persons
unknown.

A. little girl, about eight years old, and rather
intelligent, residing near the scene of slaughter, has
been taken up, for the purpose of giving evidence ;
and it is supposed some useful information may be
derived from that channel. She is now in Done-
mile, in charge of the police, and her parents and
friends are denied all access to her.

So strong are the feelings of the people against
every person connected with the tithe system, that
the friends of the deceased Cummins could not get
a man or horse to convey his body to Buttevant, the
place of interment, a distance of about three miles,
in consequence of which, Mr. Dames, the chief con-
stable, was obliged to procure a horse for the put-
pose. Cummins left a wife and eight children, the
other three.

Letters from Petersburgh of the Bth iostant
state that the house of Wm. BRANDT and Sons, of Arch-
angel, has equipped two ships at its own expense, com-
manded by officers of the Imperial navy, to sail on a voy-
age of discovery to the great gulf of the Icy Sea, between
the Government of Archangel and Tobolsk, to explore the
entrance of the river Jenissey. Should this undertaking
succeed, the attention of our merchants will be drawn to
the opening of a new and hitherto unknown course, nay,
of a great part of the long-desired north-east passage.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.—A Corres-
pondent of the Dublin Morning Times gives the follow-
ing account of an attempt to assassinate in the Queen's
County. We trust that the ruffians who would imbrue
their bands in the blood of a fellow creature will not
escape that chastisement which they deserve:—" Monas-
tereven, Sept. 18.—Last night, at
s,
aa (htaebotewtt snla t r,oilaft milesoscskiii,ga over
a„
M.
l,
this place), was returning home from his mothefs house,
where e AheNDhEandsdOiNnedo Fanidhe j
style into his own avenue, three men I ushed from und, r a
hedge where they had lain concealed, and fired at him.
The ball entered his breast and passed out at his shoulder ;
hut, as he did not immediately fall, the assassins attacked
him with a sword, inflicting several severe wounds about
his head and shoulders, and in the body. The poor vie-
lint, in putting up his hand to ward off the blows of his
ferocious assailants, had one of his thumbs nearly cut off:
it must be amputated. The murderers left him for dead,
and he remained insensible on the ground until he was
discovered by a person passing in the morning. But faint
hopes are entertained of his recovery. No cause has been
a signed for the inhuman deed.

TITHE OUTRAGE IN ENGLAND.—That a
Tithe struggle, probably not so deadly, but equally deter-
mined in its character, is approaching in England, is
perfectly evident to every man who is watching the signs
of the times. We said some time ago that Mr. RIDLEY,
of Hexham, had had the honour of flinging the first stone
at the system. Of course he struck it a blow for which
he can never be forgiven by the Church Militant. But
his legal resistance to what he considers an unjust impost
does not place him beyond the pale of the law, a fact which
it may be well for the Magistrates of his neighbourhood to
be taught with as little delay as possible, as, from their
conduct, they appear not to consider him entitled to that
protection which the law ought to extend to all alike.
The following facts have been communicated to us by a
correspondent :—" A field of wheat, near Ilexham, be-
longing to Mr. JOHN RIDLEY, which Was cut on the I I th
instant, was broken into the next evening by the tithe
proctor, who forced the staple from the gate, and carried
•,ff a quantity (not less than a tenth) of the corn. On re -
(relying information of this depredation upon his property,
Hr. RIDLEY applied to a Magistrate for a warrant to ap-
prehend the offender, but the " unpaid" refused to grant
one, although he admitted that the tithing-man had broken
'he law ! Mr. R. then gave notice that he would appeal
to the Bench of Magistrates at their next sitting." We
are curious to hear how their Worships will decide. Our
co:respondent adds, that the tithe-man has since boaste
that Mr. It. would have been shot if he had offered any
resistance to the seizure of the coin, for that fire-arms had
!teen carried to the field for that purpose.—Carlisle
Juurnal,