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which period he would have completed his 25th year. The • another your, man agreed to relieve their unfortunate cue-
insolvent was likewise entitled to further property under his stymy' without troubling the firm, and they gave him ss. or
father's will, on which he had given a bond to his mother 6s. a day till the next smack sailed, when they furnishodbini
for the 7001. advanced in 1829. In 1830, he contemplated a with a note to the Captain. They had, et the prisoner's re.
marriage with a lady of considerable fortune, and had ordered quest, written a let er to his wife, and the first intimation
his then attorney (Mr. Catlin) to prepare a deed they received that thee had been hoaxed was from the letter
by which be settled 10,0001. upon her. He refused being returned, merited "no such person in the employ of
to state whether the marriage treaty had been since broken Mr. Carnegie." Sleeting him at Billingsgate yesterday
of. In August last, be purchased of Colonel Lyster, at morning, they gave him into custody.
Antwerp, by the urgent solicitation of that gentleman, Prisoner said the charge was true, and he war very sorry
a hone for 401. and gave his acceptance for the amount.— for it. He wu poor, and did not know what to do.
Shortly after the purchase he was obliged to leave the Ne. 11r. Alderman KELLY said that Sen.chmen, however
therlands, fearing an apprehension by the police on account poor they might be, were commonly esteemed as men of
of a meditated duel. He left the animal at Calais, having integrity, and lie regretted that the prisoner felt so little
raised some money on it. About the middle of last year concern for the good name of his countrymen. As per-
he contracted Mr. Jepson's debt, through the medium of a haps a stronger CM might be brought against him, if luta-
person named James Archdeacon Richardson. who was thou cient time were given, he would remand him until Sana-
a wine-merchant in Adam-street, Adelphi. Mr. Jepson dive day next.
counted for him two bills of exchange one for 1001. the other
for 501. For the former bill ha received 451. in cash, and a
picture, for which he was charW, 501. but which was after-
ward sold at Brookes's, in Bond-street, for 41. He ob-
tained nothing in lieu of the remaining 51. For the latter
bill he obtained 351. in cash, and a picture; he was to
have also a dozen of Burgundy wine,whicb he never received.
The bills were secured by a warrant of attorney. He owed
Messrs. Gillet 2651.155. 10d. for money borrowed and goods.
They discounted a bill of exchange for 661.165. but he only
received 501. for it, Mr. Gillett saying that he must have
101. for his wife to buy a tea.kettle, and the residue was to
pay for a bill of sale to secure the amount of the bill of
exchange. The name*, however, on an old bill of sale were
erased, and the insolrent's inserted instead. When the bill
became due, he applied for a renewal,which blr.fiillet con-
sented to give on the insolvent's agreeing to make it 701. in
place of 661. lag. He wished to get another bill for 2001.
discounted, and application was nitric to the same parties :
they consented to do it, if the 701. were taken up, and a
considerable quantity of wine received instead of money :
the insolvent agreed to the proposition ; he got 611. in cash,
took up the former bill, and had wine to the amount of 1251.
of which 961. worth was sent tollichardson by Slessra.
Miss Thompson was called for the purpose of being exa-
mined, but fell into violent hysterics, and was in that state
conveyed out of court.

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE AT CASTLEPOLLARD.

On Tuesday last, Hugh Dixon, Esq. Corona of West-
meath, proceeded to hold an inquest upon the bodies of the
unfortunate persons who were killed by the police at the
fair of Vastlepolliod on Monday, the il3d inst. Seven of
those unfortunwe iedividuals were killed on the spot, and
two others have died since the fair. There are two whose
cases are hopeless—they linger in the most excruciating
agonies. and a few days at moat must put an end to their
sufferings. Besides those dead and past recovery, there are
seven mote in the hospital badly wounded, and two or three
more slightly wounded, who 'virgin at their own houses.
The following is a list of the persons killed, and of those
wounded, who are now in the hospital under the WC of Dr.
Kenny, of Castlepotlard
I. Patrick Dignam, a native of Longferd • the ball passed
through thr right orbit, touched the brain, and went out be.
hind the left ear.

2. Name unknown ; believed to be a native of the county
Leitrim ; respect.bly dressed ; had a conslderablet sum of
money in his pockets, and was supposed to have come to the
fair as a cattle.dealer ; ass about 45 years of age; the ball
passed through the right loin.
3. Mary Reiman, aged about 50 ; wounded In the lower
part of the cetebellum, passing through the brain.
4. Mary Neill, aged about 30$ years; ball entered the
back of her head, and lodged in the brain.
5. John Slevin. aged GB years ; retire of Castlepollard ;
wounded under the left clavicle, penetrated the chest, and
palmed at the other side.
6. James Fegan, of Raheen, farmer, wounded in the
body ; the ball passed through the spine.
7. Patrick 51-Cormack, wounded in the forehead; the
ball remained in the brain.

Mr. Thomas Gillet was called On the book being ten-
dered, he refuted to be sworn, raping that he was a Quaker,
although he was not attired in the garb peculiar to tt‘c So-
ciety of Friends. He confirmed the insuivent's evidence as
to the discount of the bill for 661.

Mr. Couxx. in Me address to the Court, remarked upon
the improbabilities of the insolvent's story as to the advance ,
of money by Miss Thompson, and contended that he had I
fraudulently charged his property to the amount of 4001. if
in reality there was any deed in existence, which be ♦ery
much doubted.

Mr. WooDROP'S replied. He said he had endeavoured
to prevail on the female to give up the deed, but she said she
would sooner part with life. The learned gentleman pro.
ceded to argue with a great deal of ingenuity, that the deed
was given by the insolvent to Miss Thompson, by way of
reconvenes for past favours; and a deed given under such
citcum►tances, the Court of Chancery, he said, invariably
confirmed. He contended that none of the opposing credi-
tors, except Colonel Lynn, had a right to appear, foe he had
proved them guilty of usury.
The Court said they must see the annuity deed, and ad-
journed the case from Saturday to this day for Its pro-
duction. To-day the insolvent again came up, when Mr.
Cooke appeared as before ; but Mr. Creswell stated that
be had received no further instructions.

& Pat Keegan, of the parish of Street, fractured in the
left thigh. Would not submit to amputation—died on Si.
tunlay.
9. Bryan Mahon, wounded in the left groin : the ball
pawed through the abdomen.
The nine here enumerated are the person- who have died.
The following are dime who are now in the hospital :
10. John Hughes, of Beatty, left arm fractured; cue
doubtful.

11. Patrick Ledwith, left leg fractured in several places;
case hopeless.
1•L Tom Keirman, wounded in the left temple; case
hopeless.
13. Christopher Savage, wounded in the left arm; wW
moor.

On the pan of the Insolvent, it was stated that Mr.
Cross, solicitor, of Surrey-street, Strand, refused to pro-
duce the annuity-deed, having a lien upon it.; 'Toe carp
then stood over for a short time, in otder that the deed
might be produced, if possible. When it was again
called on,

14. Edmond M`Loughlin, wounded in the right arm ;
not mentally.
13. Peggy Leary, wounded behind the left scapula ; the
ball has not been extracted ; cue doubtful.
16. Thomas Divine, received two gun shot wounds; cue
hopeless.
17. Thomas Butler, wounded in the arm. _ _ _

Mr. Vioomorrt said that Miss Thompson had got the
deed into her possession, and refused to produce it. Happily,
however, for the ends of justice, it bad not been entoiled ;
consequently the Creditors could prevent her obtaining the
money fur which it bad been given.
Mr. Coors said there was • strong presumption of the
non-existence of the deed, or at least for the execution et
it by the insolvent in prison.
Mr. Thomas Jepson was then examined. He stated that
he bad never seen the insolvent before this day. He had had
many bill transactions with Richardson, who he was not
aware until now, bad been twice a bankrupt, or had twice
taken the benefit of the Act. He did not discount bills, but
he gave Richardson the difference it, money when be made
purchases of him. lie had sold Richardson two pictures,
and cashed on the same days that he sold them two bills of
exchange accepted by the insolvent, but he could not state
from mammy whether the pictures were given in part consi-
deration fur the balls s he should say they were nut so given
from the entries in his books.

On the day after this melancholy and frightful outrage.
Mr. John Gary, solicitor, was brought down on the pan
0 the prosecution, in order to see that strictjustice should
be adhered to in the course of the examination of witnesses
during the inquisition.
At the instance of Messrs. Pollard and Deese, and some
other Magistrates, the Solicitor-General came down from
Dublin, accompanied by Major Tandy, to inquire Into the
facts relating to the case, and some idea was entertained that
he would be armed with the powers of a special commission
to try at once the case upn its merits, and being the mur-
derers, if such they should turn out to be, to speedy justice.
But the object of Mr. Crampton', attendance, it seems, was
for the purpose of receiving testimony from all those who
could give any account of the transaction.
On Tuesday an inquiry was commenced before the Co-
mer, and continued until Saturday afternoon. A great
many witnesses were examined, who deposed to seeing dif-
ferent individuals shot, and identified a number of the police
who' shot at them. Many of the witnesses stated that Assn
was no riot at the time; while others swore that per-
sons were throwing stones at the police—among the
ter was Arthur Bushe E.q. the eon of the Lord Chief
Justice. There had been rioting at the fair amongst the
people ; but It had ceased four minutes before the firing.
One of the witnesses stated, that after firing the first or
second round, the police stopped for a minute or two, and
then the chief cried out, in a loud voice, to load and fire,
and not spare either man, woman, or child.
The Coroner having charged the Jury, they redred, and,
after deliberating for neatly three hours, they returned a
verdict, that Patrick Dignant was killed by a gun-shot
wound, inflicted by Sergeant Mille, and that John Siesta,
, and Mary Keenan were killed in the same way by Sergeant
Mairs and John Todd ; and that the other persons demand
lost their lives in a similar manner by a pony of police, IS
of whom have been identified, with Chief Constable Blake
at their head, aiding and assisting. The following are their
names : Peter Blake. chief; James Mills. Sergeant Malts,
Jahr. Todd, Court Ferguson, Samuel Hall. Robert Sher-
wood, Slade Wilson. Thomas Patk.r. Robert Gardener,
George Lynam, William Brennan. Thomas (Allard, Robert
Codd, Thomas Hobson, John Costelloe, Sergeant Campbell,
and Thomas Rigney.
In the eveni-g the lot policemen were sent to Mellinger
gaol under a military escort. On Friday the Solicitor. Ge.
neral received the last of the informations tendered to him,
and on preparing for hie departure for Dublin, he expressed
, himself in terms of the strongest approbation of the praise.
I worthy conduct of the Rev. Mr. Burke and Rev. Mr.
Levy; he said he was of opini n that the peace and good
I order of that part of the country were in a great measure
due to their inflect:cc and ',tertian% amongst the people.. He
declared to the Rev. Mr. O'Dotiogh, that the people might
rest t.atisfied, that the uric justice would be done, and
that it was the intention of Government to sift the afhir to
the bottom, arid to have the real offenders posisbed. He
gave the 'need of his appr.tbation to the magistrates who
attent'ed duribg the Wiriest. but in par icular to Mr. Deese,
whose attention and anxiety to have the witnesses fairly ee-
-1 .mined during the inquisition were hevmid all praise.

The Cater C•NNISSIOSIIII proceeded to pronounce the
judgment of the Court. Having observed that the evidence
adduced today for the purpose of proving Mr. Jepson a
meritorious creditor, bad, in his opinion, been any thing
but satisfactory, he said, the main question in the case
turned upon the annuity deed, alleged to have been exc.'
cuted to Mary Ann Thompson, under circumstances
which were sufficiently obvious. He did r.oe think that
the opposing creditors, with the exception of Colonel
Lyster, were of a meritorious character ; tor, on the rawer
hearing, Mr. Gillett was put forward to rebut the insolvent's
testimony, instead of which be confirmed it; the Court, there.
fore, considered that the observations made by the Learned
Counrel, who so ably supported the insolvent, were not mis-
applied. To day Mr. Jepson had been produced, who, it
appeared, had a very treacherous memory, for be recol-
lected scarcel any thing distinctly, and attached all the
blame to Richardson. The insolvent, it was evident,
had led a life of great extravagance, had lived with
this female, as had been proved, and was still liv-
ing with her. He had not dared to produce either her
or the deed, and whether that deed relsted at all was
extremely doubtful, as also that be ever received the money
stated to have been given as the considtration for it. As-
staining that the money had been advanced, and that a deed
really existed, which was *woe., to be the fact by the insul
vent, what, then, was the aspect of the ease 7 Why, that
the deed had been made in favour of one particular creditor,
to the great detriment of the rest. There were nut many de.
serving creditors, and in r.ensequence the Court would not
remand the insolvent for so long a period as they should,
were it otherwise. The learned Commissioner then sen-
tenced the insolvent to eight calendar months' imprisonment
for fraudulently charging his property.

The ezrenditure of the Ordnance Survey of 'reload, since
Septernb,r 1823. uhen It was eon nced, is 12,0081.
Twenl two counties have been travelled.

A cnnr•identiu!r nundkr of t• bete nun (ss white as drifted
rru,w) Aare rtr,n ly h.en discovered at Mr. J. Bentotee, at
tin sr Ni'lleloulteni Hat In t!,r• -Piing nut a barn of reheat
the thre.hing, e, pine, last reek, Leer:y an many adds
as of the cimunen 'pecks were destroyed. it is be.
licred Ord tLey were imirreted into this ceun•ry with foreign
earn. They incresecd In a very rapid ratio, some littera be-
ing at, nomerouc at: fourteen.
Exnaterion OF Nlscutpror FROM DISTIMS.•-•141
the ca .e. of Wad a. Clarke, the Lord Chief Baran decided
that lom% lint by the plaintiff to a ors% es to carry on his
ininireste which had been seised by the tletendant, his land_
torsi, were liable to di trete, aid could not claim triotaipsioa
iike the raw 'rat/Hain.

The Css law ham, no! saes : We sever beard of so
many applieatirm. for massages to Ami.rint, as are making at
nreocitt I.y crowds of the rasamry. who are daily doekirit
to town for that poreose. A sees.l which Led, left chi.
port, was excessively cmadtd weft, etornirising emigrants.
And if ships were now in wrath ess. car less also 14100 are
prepared to leave the land of their nativvy.
TrUPERANC6 SOCIETY.--o.t Tuesday. the
3d instat.t. the flee. .1. Meat sl. lit, reel So Impressive. ani.
mated discourse in the ‘Veslet an Nlethediat Chapel of
Metre. on the roin.-us conseq .ene.s of the habitual use
ardent spirits. The interest eto-itill en °Nett the audience
by this powerful daticourse was vety roosiderable.

11..j0r Carter has leen set upon and way kid by mese
ruffians in the ne;gl.lmintrhood of Thiele% Coup/ Tipper.
try, and find upon. The tini.appy g ittlernan waa waikitd
with hi. wife. when the Trains lerebed a musket at hie.
the content of which lodged abitve tle groin. Wbes Ste:
,'
es,reas was rent ofr it was not ateertsined whetber the
wound iira% mortal ..114111, Cat.et, it may be atcalary to
add, was one of the most prpulst stipri.disty aitggliesiess is
Irelasid.—Dublia Ecesaiv Amt.