The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

POOR-RATES IN IRELAND.

Francis Long, of Carlingford, ex-collector of poor-
rates in the union of Dundalk, who stood indicted at
the late quarter-sessions in Dundalk on several
charges, for unlawfully obtaining money under false
pretences, assuming to be a poor-rate collector, and
against whom there was a magistrate's warrant and
three bench warrants, was arrested after many fruit-
less attempts, on the night of the Bth inst., by head-
constable Patrick John Cullen, and constable Chris-
topher John Murray, of Carlingford, having eluded
their vigilance for nearly six months. This delin-
quent, although his act was notoriously injurious to
the country, was nevertheless, from that natural and
national characteristic feeling of sympathy prevalent
among the people, joined to their hostility of every-
thing under the name of police execution, carefully
secreted by them, and every expedient used for his
concealment ; in many instances they supplied him
with horses for escape, when intimation was given
that the police were in search of him, and so success-
fully, that although the latter went frequently on
cars, and disguised in coloured clothes by night and
day, they were as repeatedly foiled, the object of their
search scarcely ever remaining in one house the
second night. It appears, however, that Mr. J.
Cullen adopted an ingenious plan, he and his men
having for some time particularly patrolled the
eastern (where Long was in the habit of residing),
and carefully shunning the western district of the
parish where his house was situate, to give him thus
an opportunity of settling there. This proved success-
ful on the night in question ; the head constable
abruptly posted men near the house, at different
places adjacent, and at the lanes and leading roads,
and, in the event of failure, intended to search every
suspected house in the district. On approaching
Long's house they perceived, at a short distance from
the house, Long escaping from the mountains. He
was, however, after some trouble immediately cap-
tured by these active officers, who have, as well as the
commissioners and board of guardians, experienced
great annoyance and trouble by him. Last Satur-
day he was brought before A. M. Rutherford, Esq.,
J.P., Carlingford, and committed to Dundalk gaol to
take his trial at the next quarter-sessions. Long was
bailed as collector of rates, by Joseph Anderson, of
Alullatee, and one Robert Ross Gyles, of Castletown
Cooley. The Carlingford constabulary, particularly
the two officers abovenamed, are certainly entitled to
particular consideration, not only from the official
department with which they are themselves con-
nected, but from the commissioners and the board of
guardians of the Dundalk union, for the zeal and tact
manifested by them in the discharge of their duty on
this occasion, attended as it was by considerable
trouble and difficulties invidiously thrown in their
way up to the moment of the arrest.—Drogheda
Conservative.

GREAT MEETING IN CORK TO
ADDRESS THE LIBERATOR.
We have just received an extraordinary edition of
the Cork Examiner, published on Monday evening,
containing a report of the great meeting held at one
o'clock that day in the city of Cork, and presided over
by the Mayor, for the purpose of adopting a congratu-
latory address to the great Liberator of his country
and his co-sufferers, upon the recent decision of the
House of Lords.
The meeting was held in the City Court-house,
which was crowded to excess.
The Mayor having taken the chair,
Mr. HAYEs proposed, and Mr. O'SULLIVAN se-
conded, the following resolution :
"Resolved,—That having already recorded our de-
liberate opinion that the charge of conspiracy against
Ireland's Liberator was false—that the persecution by
which it was sustained was unjust, and the course
adopted to obtain a conviction illegal—we now hail
with satisfaction the decision of the House of Lords,
as fully confirmatory of this our deliberate opinion,
and conclusive of the facts, hereby charged against an
oppressive and persecuting Government."
Upon which Mr. KEMP, a Conservative, proposed
the following amendment :--
" That the contents of the resolution which has
been moved and seconded, are not founded in fact, and
therefore is altogether unnecessary."
This resolution was seconded liy Mr. Hanenn, and
both gentlemen were attentively listened to.
Mr. HAYES then replied, after which--
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was
lost, none but the proposer and seconder voting for it.
He then put the resolution, which was carried.
No further attempt was made at opposition,. and the
remaining resolutions were carried unanimously.
One of the resolutions was to the following effect
:
" That the proceedings which characterised the
State trials, if justified by the decision of the House
of Lords, would have rendered trial by jury a