The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

in a wcod about three miles distant
hostile collision with these santruinat

with the intent

of travelling another

of persons who were concealed, and had let us pass them
unmolested for some purposes of their own, now simulta-

-.y started from 'their lurking-places, and salutec
with a wild yell of fiendish exultation, seconded by r
of stones, which wounded several of the police

Still we

were desirous to effect our retreat without resorting to the
extremity of fire-arms. We pressed forward, but our ruffian
assailants poured in on us every perch we went well-directed
volleys of stones. When we arrived at Shevevry, the mob
on our rear, and each side of us, could not be composed of

less than 5,000 persons
in, and cur destruction seemed inevitable. The carriage in
front was under the protection of constable Lyndon and six
sub-constables, while the vehicles in the rear were under the
escort of head-constable M•llman and six sub-constables.
This latter officer, when the mob attempted to close on him,
left his post, and ran to the carriage, to be, as he said, under
the protection of the magistrates, alleging that he could not
fire, as the capsules of his detonating double-barrelled gun
were too large. Constable Lyndon was now ordered to take
charge of the rear party, and to his coolness and intrepidity,
under Providence, may be attributed the preservation of
many lives. The wild whoop of " Carrickshock, Carrick-

shock !" now echoed
startling reverberation

:11 a fear

We liad now to toil up a steep eminence, and the increa-
sing multitude got within less than a stone's throw of us ;
and assailed us in a most ferocious manner. One of the ma-
gistrates read the riot act, but such a proceeding had no
salutary effect, for John Parker, of Ballycollion, and Mr. J.
Short, were that moment struck in the head and badly
wounded. Constable Lyndon, and three sub-constables were
also injured by stones. Orders were now given to fire, which
was promptly obeyed, and the mob instantaneously fell back
a few paces ; but they as suddenly rallied again and renewed
the pursuit. Being again pretty close to the rear of our
cavalcade, Mr. Shepherd, who was an inside passenger in
one of the carriages, happening to put his head out, was
struck with a stone which knocked off his hat. Constable
Lyndon now leaped down and secured the hat, though ex-
posed to a heavy volley of stones. The mob again closed in,
but were repelled by another discharge of fire arms ; and in
this manner we fought our way for the distance of four miles,
until we found our progress impeded by a wall across the
road, upwards of four feet high. We were now all obliged
to alight; and while some remained to protect the carriages
and remove the wall, the magistrates, with the rest of our

centre and on each side

The wall being removed we remounted and proceeded, ex-
hibiting the most stern resolve. The multitude deeming, I
suppose, any farther attack useless, withdrew to look after
their dead and wounded.

So infuriated at their disappointment were the blood-
thirsty monsters thatiay in ambush for us in Holford Wood,
that to make up for their loss of slaughter they subsequently
fired on a party of dragoons and constabulary that were
coming to cur rescue, and compelled them to retire. The
dragoons and police were unable to act with any effect upon
those miscreants, on account of the very favourable position
which they occupied.
The man who so nobly braved every danger to apprise our
" intrepid" band of the ambuscade which had been laid for
our destruction, subsequently conducted us a different route
to Dundrum, where we were hospitably entertained. At
about half-past eight p.m., after being exposed to several sa-
vage attacks, we arrived at Clonmel, where we were received
with buzzes and hearty congratulations by our southern
brethren.
THE NENAGH CONSERVATIVE VOTERS ON THEIR