The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-09 00:00:00

ATTACK ON THE MAGISTRATES AT

FERMOY.

(FRom OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

FERMOY, OCT. 6.

Ever since the unhappy occurrence here last July,
. when one individual lost his life and several were
wounded, this town has, more or less, been in a
very troubled state; and so great has been the in-
subordination displayed by the populace against the
authority or presence of the police, that the mem-
bers of this body have hot dared to go into the street
without taking the precaution of being well armed.
The butchers have shewn themselves most forward
to provoke "and assail them. It was one of them,
named Duane, who first commenced the riot of
July 20. A warrant was out against this indivi-
dual, who was charged with an attempt to violate
the person of a young female. This was given to
the police, who went to take him prisoner. On
Thursday information was received that Duane was
following his calling in the market, whither the
police proceeded to arrest him. The butchers rose
en masse, closed up all access to the market by bar-
rieadoing its sates, and dared the police to attempt
41‘ii.4; the prisoner; un a short time the gates were
uneloaed, and the butchers appeared armed with
their cleavers and other weapons, and used every
endeavour to provoke the police, four in number, to
attack them. Some of them conveying Duane away
to a place of safety, the police finally retired. On
Saturday the butchers were brought before the
Petty Sessions, and informations of a rescue and
threatened assault having been taken, were ordered
to find bail for their appearance at the Assizes ; in
default of this, it was intimated to them that they
would be committed to prison. They either, were un-
able or unwilling to find bail, and the police proceeded
to handcuff them. .They resisted this, refusing to
allow themselves to be put into the dock. The
mob, who had assembled around them, joined them
in resisting the police. In the. mean time, one of
the Magistrates called out the military to aid the
civil authorities--and the Magistrates, calling in
vain for assistance, were obliged to handcuff the pri-
soners tlarhselves. Several of them were used in a
very disgraceful manner. General Barry was thrown
down, and trampled on by the mob : the Rev. Mr.
Edgar was as violently assaulted ; and, the frenzy
of the people being quite excited, bloodshed might
have ensued, were it not for the arrival of the mili-
tary. One of the prisoners drew a dagger, with
which he attempted to cut off the hand of the po-
lice-man, Levins ; he . failed in his purpose, only
cutting off a part of his thumb, but at 'the same
time almost severing his own hand from the wrist.
The prisoners, eight in number, have been transmit-
ted to Cork gaol, and will be tried for an assault on
the Magistrates. The Liberal Club here, it is said,
will defray the expenses of their legal defence.— .
Troops are hourly arriving, and the town is quite
crowded with military, who patrol the adjacent en-
virons day and night.

A person observed that the rustic amusement
of cudgel-playing ought to be abolished, as it affected the
security of the crown.

It seems pretty certain that animal food is not
necessary to sustaiu either the health or vigour of the
human body. The Arabs of the Red Sea, who live, with
little exception, on dates and lemons, carry burdens of
much greater weight than can be borne by Europeans ; and
.the Afghan, whose sole aliment is bread, curdled milk, and
water, and who inhabits a climate which often pro-
duces is one day the extremes of heat and cold, undergoes
as,much fatigue, and exerts as much strength, as the Lon-
don coal-heaver, who lives on beef and porter.
We had lately occasion to NOtice the remark-
able produce of a akep of bees kept by 111 r. EDGAR, at the
Windmill ; and last week we were put in possession of the
following circumstance, unparalleled, think, in
should think in
the history of these wooderfedirese cs :we For a number cnf
years, Mr. SAMUEL HaCHELL' in .the Isle of Buittle, has
kept a few skeps of bees; in the latter. end of June last
oaeof the skeps cant, and the necessary precautions
observed to preserve the swarm. AbOut eight days Were
city of honey which the skep yielded amounted, when
the revolting process of smoking
ti r ies took place, andg tlie(i naagno.
un
v're;rtißifil:astob.ielePthsr.e—rnarketl that the iappearance
year Much earlier than usual, when
liis,:4sttto'all)le°o:bosiliesrctyvie:;(9lpliaeisvttili,ornfluo,isnetekosasbvveoteittin,egfonr:nirateenudypsr:. weeksthiassembleei
ra after
the present p4trioil•
sintinectailvieeni,d,oe'ryage, and a straggler is now hardly toile :wen.
In addition to this indication of earlylwviint
lc ninogwind,esewret
unwary
might instance the 4011,185 l urfkessineag4 their way southy travellers, lured to the
-
fo
the shores of the Forth,
w
Moorlands. Himdreds of tie
by the glare of light reflected from ,the Carron works, and
supposing it the dawn of morn, are seen eying around the
furnaces with -wad screams, whore they either dash down
and meet " instant death, like moths at a candle, or are
found next morning by the work inem—P umfries Cour.
AN AWKWARD DILEMMA.,,,,— Some caution
is requisite, in passing our opinion upon strangers—a cau-
tion, however, which new of us adopt. At a public levee
at the Court of St...James's, A gentleman said to. Lord
CIIRSTXRFJELp,..." Pray, my Lord, Who is that tall, awk-
ward woman yonder ?" That lady, Sir," replied his
Lordship, is nay sister I" The gentleman reddened with
confusion, and stammered out, N 0...-119, my Lord-r-I
beg your pardon—l meant that very ugly woman who
Stands next to the Queen." " That la ly, Sir," answered
Lord Criesrsvist.o, calmly-- that lady, Sir, is—my
wife !" •