Star.
London, England, 1830-10-01 00:00:00

-111 JOIIW MILf.III DNYLN A:VD MR. LAWLESS.

Nothing could har, been more ab-nrd—more unjustifiable, than the
attempts lately made to extinguish the freedom of the Press, and stifle
the voice of public orinion. In the disgraceful discussion which fol-
lowed the recent Meeting upon the subject of the French Revolution,'
there was a vapourirg affectation of seeking to make that a matter of
private and personal feeling. which was nothing more than the fair legL.'
innate consideration of men's conduct in their public political capaci-
ties and we do not ccnsider that any individual filling the Chair at,
or taking a pan in, the proceedings of an open meeting, is bound to
obey a call of a hostile r attire made by an indignant Orator, or a de-
feated Patriot—'o long as such proceedings are confined to the conduct
of the persons in their public capacity. A report having been circu-
lated that Mr. Lawless had sent hostile messages to the Chairman of
a late meeting, as well as to the mover of a resolution in reference to
hi- propositions—and that in both instances themost ample "apologies"
had been made :—we feel bound to say that no such message was de-
livered ; and that the hostile movements were confined to a question
Acing asked to which an answer in the negative must have been the
cnly obvious nsult--namely, whether the parties "intended any per-
sonal offence to Mr. Lawless, or whether they spoke of that gentleman
in his public or private capacity ?" The Wowing letter from Sir John
Miley Doyle, who officiated as Chairman on one of the occasions M-
inded to, has appeared in the Morning and Evening Papers :
TO THE EDITOR.

Saturday, September 25, 1830.
`e Ft Having seen in the morning papers of yesterday, and in the
Evening Post of Thursday, a statement which seems to imply that a
hostile message, on the part of Mr. Lawless, had been delivered to me,
•' consequence of its being reported that I had used some expressions
personally offensive to him at a late public meeting, "however reluc-
tant I feel to intrude my name on public attention, a sense of the respect
due to the people of Ireland, as well as what I awe to myself, obliges
me to state facts. I received, on the 22d instant, a letter from Mr.
Lawless, commencing "My dear Sir John," and concluding with
•• Your's, my dear Sir, very truly, John Lawless." Not wishing to
press upon your columns, 1 shall not transcribe the whole of his letter,
which, I assure you, breathed any thing but hostility. Had it done so,
I beg leave to state I should not have answered Mr. lawless in the
manner I did, nor should I have commenced my letter with "My dear
Sir," or ended with " Your's, my dear Sir, very truly." Had any other
but a friendly tone of communication been adopted by Mr. Lawless to-
wards me, I should have pursued a very different line of conduct. Act-
ing as I was in a public capacity, and on public principle, I conceive it
would be highly improper and derogatory to that strict feeling of honour
which should animate the breast of every one who aspires to be con-
sidered patriotic, to view a public in the light of a private question. It
was rumoured through the city on Thurs&y, that an apology was de-
manded of me by Mr. Lawless, and that I had immediately complied
with that gentleman's demand. The words—apology and explanation,
iequest and demand, are very different in their signification, ill possess,
any knowledge of the English language. Mr. Lawless's letter, to which
I allude, commenced and was concluded in the most friendly and gen.
ticmanlike tenant, and I trust the answer which I thought proper to ad-
dress to him, and which I perceive was yesterday published, will be con-
sidered equally courteous, polite, and friendly. With a desire to sup-
port public principle, I attended the meeting, and consequently could
not have intended to give personal offence to any individual connected
with it. Had 1 done so, I feel I should forfeit every claim to the title
of gentleman, if I did not instantly come forward to atone in the most
:ample apology. This is the mode (to use an Irishism) which I con-
ceive a real gentleman should adopt, when he finds himself in the
wrong, to acknowledge his fault, and never feel ashamed of retract-
ing his error. This is what I conceive to be the true and proper
pride of a gentleman. I gave no personal offence to any indi.
vidual, consequently I could not be called upon to account for an act I
never committed. Public men have ever been considere4 fair subjects
of :animadversion ; " woe to our country when this is not the case," and
consequently I will never for one admit the right of any individual,
however exalted In rank or respectability, to cavil at this most just and
necessary censorship upon the public acts of men r it is the bridle b
which turbulent and unruly spirits are most easily curbed. It was, I
understand, reported that I had received a hostile message from another
V:Anly respectable quarter, which I beg leave to say, is without the
slightest foundation; and I think I may add, without fear of contradic-
t:on, no such intention: ever entered the mind of the gentleman al-
luded to. And in conclusion, Mr. Editor, I beg leave explicitly to
state, that had any person thought it expedient to solicit me to accom-
pany him with a friend, to that most beautiful, rural, and romantic spot
in me Phoenix Park (called the Fifteen Acres,) on this public occasion,
1 should have felt it my bounden duty to decline ; as I conceive no in-
,:ividual should be expected to hold himself responsible, and become a
target in consequence of advocating public principles, or condemning
the acts of public men, whose imprudent, intemperate, and injudi-
e;ous conduct may be conceived injurious to the public weal. Allow
me to recommend gentlemen who may hereafter be so situated as I was
stipposed to have been, to follow the plan I bad intended to adopt, had
slat been the case, viz. to solicit the friendly counsel and kind assist-
ance of Alderman Parley, or some of his Worshipful Colleagues, the
respectable Magistrates of this city. I have many apologies to offer to
you, Mr. Editor, and through you, to the People, for this long intru-
sion upon your and their patience.
I trust this will be the last occasion on which I shall be called on to
dilate on these unnecessary, protracted, and tiresome proceedings.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
J. M. DOYLE.

Dublin Sept. 25, 1830.
One hour after the differences between Sir John Wiley Doyle and
Mr. lawless. as well as those between the latter gentleman and Coun.
sellor Brady, were amicably settled, Mr. Lawless was arrested under •
warrant from the Head Police Office. He was brought before Alder.
man Dariey. who treated him with the greatest politeness: he then en-
tered into bail to keep the peace for two years, in the sum of 6001.

Tuesday forenoon, while a number of boys were amusing
themselves on the banks of the Leven, at Lumbrane, one of them fell
into the river, in the presence of his youthful companions,when a fleshes
belonging to Alexandria, leaped into the water towards the boy, and,
melancholy to relate, they both suddenly disappeared. The flesher's
body was found in the afternoon at Cordele Point, but the boy had not
been recovered on Tuesday night.—Greenock Advertiser.
Hon It IB LE ATROCITY.—It is with the deepest regret we
submit the following painful statement derived from evidence now in
our possession, taken before the authorities at Sierra Leone, ow the 22d
July last. Towards the end of last year our friend and townsman, Mr.
John Martin, as brave a seaman as ever stepped a deck, visited Sierra
Leone for the purpose of purchasing an oak-built schooner, was seised
during his sojourn with the fever of the tropics, and lay for months In a
critical State. At length he recovered, completed his purchase, chris-
tened his vessel the " Maggie Lauder," and embarked for England on
the Ist or 2d of the month already named. The crew consisted of eight
men, himself as master and owner; an English mate of the name of
Adam Turged ; two Spaniards, Peppy and Idorillo, the latter second
mate, and four freed blacks or negroes. Early on the morning of the 10th,
after leaving port, Thos. Cole and Geo. Thomas, another black sailor, had
charge of the middle watch, and while Cole was steering, Morino came
up, took the helm, and intimated they might go below. They accordingly
obeyed and retired to their hammocks, but had not been absent above
half an hour when Morino came to the forecastle and called them up. On
ascending to the deck they were taken into the cabin, which had be.
come the scene of a most atrocious murder, and there beheld, with
horror, the mangled corpses of the captain and mate, both deeply be-1
smeared with gore, the one piled above the other. The poor men, in
the simplicity of their hearts, inquired at Morino and his ruffian coon.'
tryman, " what they killed the mate and captain for P" and received
for answer" they were too saucy." This expression le repeated Ter.
batim by three witnesses. Previous to this state of the bloody tragedy,
another black sailor, of the name of Shaw, while sleeping on deck, un.
der the boat, along with the cook, was awakened by the sound of the
mate's voice, exclaiming in his extremity, " Oh, Lmd I oh, Lord 1"
He immediately ran aft, and on looking into the cabin, saw Morino
and Peppy with knives in their bands, standing over the bodies of the
captain and mate, which were then extended lifeless on the floor. In a
bnef space the sanguinary ruffians told the trembling blacks what they
had done, repeatedly threatened them with a similar fate if they refused
to obey their new Inkster. • and made them assist immediately in
throwing the bodies overboard. They then Imbed the cabin door, and
buried in the sea the captain's books, papers, and clothei—in short,
every article that might possibly excite suspicion, or lead to the de-
tection of the crime they bad committed. They nest altered the ship's
course, intending to steer for the Cape de Vend Islands, and told the
negroes that they would be better treated there than at Siena Leone ; or,
if they wished it, would obtain a passage home. They also instructed
them to soy, when they landed, that the captain had died after a long
illness, and the mate from the effects of excessive drinking. But there
is a Power above that sets all their villainous plans at nought--
that had seen them glide like ghosts to the chamber of their victims,
and their ruthlessly stab them to the heart, while asleep and unconscious
of the approach of danger. On the following day, Peppy went to the
man-head to look out for ships.—Morillo to the cabin, to rummage for
our murdered townsman's property; and, during the interval that en-
sued, the crew concerted how they could best regain the ship. Their
resolution, it appears, was speedily taken; and when Morillo re-
appeared on the cabin stair, he was struck. And stunned by Thomas
Cole, and while in that state bound band and foot. The next step was
to watch for Peppy ; but he, seeing the fate of his companion, leapt into
the open sea and was drowned, without an ale to pity him, or a solitary
arm extended to save. The crew, however,. seduced in number, said
altered the vessel's (*nisei set sail for Sierra Leone. and arrived (ha at
the 22d of July. Murillo, when ermined, admitted his share in the
bloody tragedy, was ordered for trial, and in all probability bas already
expiated his crimes on the scaffold. The news of the 'acyclic we have
recorded reached this town on•Yriday leas, and excited every where the
deepest regret. Mr. Martin was a young man in the prime of life, of,
great strength and personal courage; and had be been armed, or even
warned, those who knew him best believe he would have driven dr
assassins into the sea. In the circle of his Immediate Mends and Erik,
his loss will be long and deeply felt, and more particularly by his is.
plum sisters, to whom he has ever acted. not only a bomber's, bet
patent's part.—Dumjiies Courier. •