The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-15 00:00:00

LONGFORD JUSTICE II!

The following statement will give the English
public some idea of the mode in which justice (as it
is called) is administered in Ireland :
On the night of the 17th of last November, a
parcel of Orangemen had been celebrating their
orgies, at one of their obscure haunts in the neigh-
bourhood of Ballymahon, in the county of Long-
ford. In the dead of the night, the Catholic pea-
santry were startled from their sleep by the firing of
shots along the road, which continued without in-
termission for several hours by an Orange mob. A
rumour had been prevalent amongst the poor de-
fenceless unarmed peasantry, that in a few days
there would be a general rising of the Orangemen ;
and when the firing commenced, and the stillness of
the night was disturbed by tlae horrible imprecations
of the Orangemen calling out for the " bloody Pa-
pists," the unfortunate peasantry were afraid that
the intended msssa,:re was about to be perpetrated,
and in the middle of the night women and children
fled into the fields and ditches for protection almost
naked in the depth of winter. This shocking out-
rage was communicated to the Government by Ma-
jor 1)onoghoe (whose exertions on the occasion are
highl..7 commendable), and an order was sent down
from the Government, to have the aggressors pro-
secuted. Accordingly, on Thursday last, steps were
taken to b ig the delinquents to justice at the Ses-
sions of Longford.
A bill of indictment was sent up to the Grand
Jury against five of the Orangemen, including two
policemen, for having tumultuously assaulted, in the
dead of the night, and fired shots to the great terror
and dismay of the King's subjects. After some
deliberation the bill was ignored ! ! This circum-
stance excited extreme astonishment in the mind of
every one present, upon which
Mr. Curems, leading Counsel for the prosecution,
rose and addressed the Bench. He said he had
been long resident in the county of Longfbrd, and
up to this moment he had never known a single
blemish or stain to be attached to the character of

the Juries of that county ; but he must say, that on
this occasion, he felt, as a Longford man, not only
utterly astonished, but deeply huinilated—he would
not 7say disgraced—by the conduct of the Grand
Jury. Here was an instance in . rast gross
and scandalous outrage had been c.,:,..natzd, of a
character so serious that Government had ordered
the prosecution. A bill of indictment had been
seat up to the Grand Jury, which was sustained by
the most unexceptionable evidence, (for more clear
and distinct informations he had never read,) and

yet, to his utter astonishment, the Grand Jury had
thrown out the bill. But what would the Bench of
Magistrates think, when he informed then) that on
that very Grand Jury there was the brother of two of
the principal agressors. (This statement tilled the
Court and spectators with amazement.) But what
would they riot have felt had they been informed
that on a question of a peculiarly aggravated party
character, there were eighteen of the jury Protes-
tants, and only five Cuthelies The learned Coun-
sel proceeded—He took some shame to himself that
he was not present when the jury was formed ; if
he had been, that man should never have been
sworn. Under these extraordinary and inexplicable
circumstances, he had only to request the bench to
send back the bill to the grand jury, for re-consi-
dciation.

Mr. Coffey, solicitor, on the part of the traver-
sers, resisted the application.
The Chairman and magistrates then withdrew
to consider the application, and finally sent back
the bill. The grand jury came into court in a few
minutes, and refused to tiud the bill
Mr. COFFEY—WeII, I suppose that is an end of it.

Mr. MuuTHY—Certainly not. They shall be
prosecuted at the assizes ; for justice must be done
to the aggrieved people, to prevent a repetition of
these disgraceful outrages.
Mr. CUMINS—if I am alive, they shall be prose-
cuted at the assizes.
Here the affair terminated; but the excitement
produced in the minds of the people of Longford will
not subside for many a long day.

A few days since the keeper of Lord Ash-
brook, meeting Sir John Cope's fox-hounds at the covert
near Maidenhead, offered for sale a bag fox at the price of
two sovereigns, which Sir John, deeming it unsportsman-
like to do, refused ; when the keeper immediately threw
the bag on the ground, cocked his gun, and shot the ani-
mal dead ; for which unsportsmanlike act, ou his part, he
received a sound horsewhipping.

THE ANCIENT ARCHIEPISCOPAL PALACE
AT CROYDOL-Yesterday the remains of this once splen-
did palace were sold at the Mart. This extensive Palace
once covered 13 acres of land. The principal remains are
the ancient hall, iwith its curiously constructed roof, the
chapel, the judges' chambers, and the old head of water.
There are now a number of modern buildings on the site,
which is bounded by the river Wandle. The whole pro-
duced 6,7001.

MYSTERIOUS.—A few weeks ago, a stranger
lady drove up in her carriage to the sequeitered village of
?lopeman, in Duffus, where she remained some days, and
again drove off in the same way, having been delivered of
a fine child in the interim. She has not since been heard
(A.—lnverness Courier.

A few evenings since, as a servant girl was
passing through the burying-ground opposite the Hospital,
in charge of two children, some mischievous fellow at-
tempted to frighten them by playing "the Ghost," for
which purpose he had covered himself with a sheet, and
when they had arrived opposite a grave-stone, behind whia
he had secreted himself, he started forth exclaiming, "I
am a spirit rising from the tomb." Fortunately the girl,
possessing more nerve than generally falls to the share of
females in her line, replied, " Then lie down again," and,
bidding the children not to bo alarmed, proceeded on her
way. We regret the felloiv was not effecttually laid by an
oak stick well applied by some manly arm. It is, no doubt,
in th, recollection of many of our readers, that about eight
years ago a young woman of the parish of the Holy Trinity
was frightened by the thoughtless folly of a youth who also
arrayed hini,;elf in a white covering; the unfortunate vic-
tim has been ever since in a state of idiotcy—a lamentable
spectacle to her friends; and an expence to the public !!-
1 Exeter Alfred.