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

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SECTARIANISM 1N ENGLAND

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human absurdity,

it perished by -
?ÜBLIC ACCLAMATION,
leaving, like felons, its only
ATONEMENT,
D f its fate, and the abhorrence of its example!

27th February have been received frc
.I;..brsrartrir rse V.-A-- .—.

,ion Commissioners, si-iii-1"- 3 "IS'
continue to
I pare of the public attention, and some
known
on his conduct are made.
yet lter
its of the large sum which is n to
o the Treasury there have
-.ding £200,000, exclusive of the pub_
.....,,,g upon England to the extent of
.ainurn, and over which the council has exer-
.,ontroul. He had. in communicating the circurn-
officially to the council, announced the singular fact
he had received no communication either from the Co.affle° or the commissioners on the subject." No fear
'tertained that the prosperity of the colony would be
-tly affected by the refusal to honour those bills, it
-P:rted, rich in its own resources, wit 4 a revenue
using, and having produced in the first year of
~,,it governor's administration £lB,OOO, and in the
a'u
fl £2l;Q°o' subsequently to which no accounts have
been
~.urnis ed. The price of fine flour was £25 to £3O,
tnuashr:4ld
:£22' to £24 per ton 41i/heat 10s„ to 12s. per

lisped, an amount,.excec

pennar

rapidly intr(
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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. They were gradually hemming us
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 lie could not
fire, as the capsules of his detonating double-barrelled gun
Constable Lyndon was now ordered to take
arty, and to his coolness and intrepidity,

were too large

;e of the rear

nadir Providence; may be attributed the preservation of

The wild whoop of " Carrickshock, Carrick-
shock !" now echoed from hill to bill, with a fearful and
startling reverberation.

We had 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
brave band and gallant escort, kept the mob at bay at the
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 further attack useless, withdrew to look after
their dead and wounded.

So infuriated at their disappointment were the blood-
thirsty monsters that lay 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 Dundrnm, 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 huzzas and hearty congratulations by our southern
brethren.

THE NENAGH CONSERVATIVE VOTERS ON THEIR

RETURN FROM CLONMEL

Having duly recorded our votes for the conservative candi-
dates, we prepared for home via those regions of bloodshed
and slaughter the " Rag" and " Borrisloleigh." From the
road, in every direction, we could perceive country people
pouring down, and straining every nerve to reach one point,
which was some distance in advance of us. We drove on
and left them behind, which caused great disappointment
and mortification. The different streams of persons now
mingled into one body, and pursued us hotly ; and from the
circumstances of our vehicles being heavily laden, and our
being frequently obliged to dismount to reconnoitre the
passes between the hills, our pursuers reached within the
range of a stone's throw of us, and occasioned us considera-
ble annoyance.

At thew` were attacked by one of the most savage-
looking hordes of villains that ever it was my fate to lay my
eyes on. They pursued us into Borrisloleigh, yelling and
hooting at us like devils incarnate, and keeping up a conti-
nual discharge of stones. At Borrisloleigh they were joined
by the mob of that village, and it was with the greatest diffi-
culty that we kept our rear clear of them, although it was
brought up by two jaunting-cars laden with police. We
several times warned the mob to keep back, or that their
lives would pay the penalty of their temerity.. Notwith-
standing all this they persevered, until we reached the cross-
roads, one of which leads to Coughlan's mills. You are
aware of the situation of this road. On your right the bar-
ren shaggy mountain impends threateningly over you, as if it
would the next moment topple down upon your devoted head ;
on your left a hoarse stream brawls along, whose opposite
bank is precipitous, and hilly in the distance. Having en-
tered this gloomy deti:e, we paused for a moment to recon-
noitre the path of danger.
Up to our right, and stand out in bold relief between us
and the blue heaven, we could perceive the shapes of savage
men, armed with every sort of weapon of offence. We then
divided ourselves into an advance and rear gaurd, leaving the
main body to proceed along the unsightly ravine. A party,
well armed, clambered up the hills, which had in a great
measure been already in the possession of our wild and
ferocious-looking enemies. At this moment a huge rock
was sent bounding from the top of the mountain ; down it
swept with almost inconceivable velocity, like an overwelm-
ing avalanche, and would have smashed one of our carriages
to pieces, and crushed its passengers to atoms, had not the
merciful hand of Divine Providence interposed in our be-
half, by giving a contrary tendency to its course. When we
ascended the hills we routed the guerillas with levelled guns,
and the cowardly scoundrels scampered from one rocky
shelter to another, hurling down stones on the passengers
below as they fled along. In spots from which we chased
groups of them, we found piles of large rocks and barrows
full of paving stones, just in readiness to be showered down
with deadly and fatal effect upon the devoted electors.

This course of proceeding which we had adopted was a
truly fortunate circumstance, for after chasing the mountain
assassins from rocky lair to rocky lair, we paused for a mo-
ment to see how our brave comrades were getting on in the
deep depth below us. The cavalcade had halted, and so well
it might, for their progress was impeded by a barrier of im-
mense rocks, which must be removed before they could
proceed. To retreat was out of the question, even if they
were inclined to do so, for our rear was covered by an immense
mob, who had calculated with a seeming certainty on our
immolation, or who, by their savage gestures and fiendish
yells, seemed to be exciting the others on to the work of
bloodshed and slaughter. Having removed the rocky barrier,
our cavalcade again proceeded : the excitement of the mob
now knew no bounds ; they seemed regardless of their lives,
and rushed to the charge like devils. I have been in many a
bloody conflict. It was mine to see death in many shapes,
and to behold the lips of brave men turning as white as that
of a timid maiden, but never before did such overpowering
sensations come over my spirit as there did at this awful and
trying moment. We looked into one another's faces, and
we became desperately resolved to do or die. I must con-
fess that I never saw a steadier or a braver band of heroes
than I beheld at this crushing moment in the noble gentle-
men of Ormbnd. One fine old veteran, upwards of eighty
years of age, and who is obliged to go on crutches, sat on
one of the carriages as undaunted and unconcerned as if he
had been in a " lady's bower." He was armed to the teeth,
and dearly would his life have been purchased, If destiny
had doomed us to terminate our earthly career in this savage
place. We fired ! Think you our fire was ineffectual ? The
best answer to that is our being all now alive and merry.
When every bullet finds its billet, the bullet-masters generally
pass unmolested. Having cleared this fearful defile, the
mob became stationary, and we left them the enchantment
of the distance. Whatever other interruptions we met,
after such scenes as the foregoing, must be but insignificant.
We were, it is true, hooted and pelted at by the degraded
rabble of our own locality; and if we showed any symptoms
of annoyance, it was only such as the chafed lion would
evince at the stupid and senseless obtrusion of the ass.

THE NEW POOR LAW.-DESTITUTION IN
THE BRENTFORD UNION.

A correspondence of considerable public importance has,
within the last few days, been carried on between the Com-
missioners of Police and the Poor Law Commissioners, re-
lative to the refusal of the board of guardians of the Brent-
ford Union to receive into the union workhouses persona in
a state of destitution who were picked up by the police wan-
dering in the open air at nights. The circumstances are as
follows :—A short time since an Irish woman was found
wandering about at night by a policeman of the T division,
who, on being questioned as to the cause of her being house-
less, stated, that she was without the means of paying for
a bed; that she had been to the overseers and relieving-

officers to request assistance until the next morning, (Sun-
day), when she could obtain an advance from a person for
whom she was going to work on Monday morning. On her
being taken to the station-house, she repeated her story to
the inspector, who sent the policeman with her to the union
workhouse for shelter for the night, but the master refused
to admit her, because it was past ten o'clock. The in-
spector made a report of the circumstance to the superin-
tendent, by whom it was reported to Scotland-yard, and
thence to the Poor Law Commissioners at Somerset-house,
in consequence of which a special meeting of the hoard
of guardians was called to take the subject of the admission
of destitute persons into consideration, when, after a
lengthened discussion, contrary to the advice of the clerk
to the union, the majority of the board rescinded the rule,
which previously existed, of not admitting cases of destitu-
tion after ten o'clock at night, and passed another resolution
not to admit such cases at all. On the result becoming
known, the inspector forwarded information through the
superintendent to the Police Commissioners, who again ap-
plied to the Poor Law Commissioners on the subject,
urging the necessity of some place of refuge being provided
in the union for persons in a state of destitution, in conse-
quence of which another special meeting of the board of
guardians had been held, at which the last resolution had
been rescinded, and admission will now be afforded to desti-
tute persons at all hours. Before, however, that was done

the work-

)remises, and on being taken to the station-house

declared that they had applied for shelter and relief to the
overseers and relieving-officer, and they had been refused.
The next morning they were taken before Mr. Baillie, one
of the local magistrates, and an ex officio guardian of the
union, who took down their statement on oath in writing
and forwarded it to the Poor Law Commissioners, who have
directed a full inquiry into the whole affair.

A PIRATICAL VESSEL.—The following report has been
picked up in a sealed bottle in the Downs :—" At sea off the
coast of Africa in a hard gale, June 1, 1841, lost three masts,
and got out of the gale under jury-masts, ship Murray. We
were pursued three days by a pirate ; we being a very. fast
sailer, soon got clear of him in latitude 42 47 N, longitude
42 50. Mr. Inksland, captain of the said ship., Dear friend,
whoever receives this take compassion on us. '
ANTI-MoNoPoLY.—That great Whig-Chief, Earl Fitz-
William, is continually boasting that he is an Anti-Monopo-
list ! But how is the fact ? Inquire in the West Riding of
Yorkshire ; the boroughs of Malton and Peterboro' ; the
counties of Northampton and Wicklow ! Some of these
have done their best to put this " Anti"-Monopolist in his
true position—and greviously does he feel degraded. It is
to be hoped that the retirement of Milton will bring the con •
viction that this boast of Anti-Monopoly is too glaringly
false to be tolerated any longer either in him or his beggarly
coadjutors.

At half-past four in the morning the prisoner was re-
moved in a cart from Braunsberg under a secure escort,
and arrived about six o'clock at the place appointed for
the execution.

A crowd of persons, exceeding 10,000, had assembled
by day-light from all parts of the diocese, and it is
worthy of remark that more than one-half of the col-
lected mass consisted of females. '1 he delinquent having
alighted from the car in a very low state, a restorative
drught was administered to him, after which he was, con-
ducted to the scaffold. '1 here, on his fetters being struck
off, he kneeled down with the accompanyiug priest and
prayed. '1 he chief of the Braunsberg tribunal then read
the sentence, which ordered the execution by breaking
on the wheel from below upwards, and closed with an
address to the three executioners present in these words :
" And now I deliver him to you for the due fulfilment
of this judgment."
On hearing this the malefactor looked round to the
priest, sank again on his knees, and ejaculated a short
prayer. Then rising he laid himself, with calm resolu-
tion on the scaffold, and, refusing the assistance of the
executioners, placed his limbs in the required position.
'1 his done he said with a firm voice, " God have mercy
on my poor soul !" One of the executioners covered his
face with a cloth. 'I he terrible operation by the wheel
now commenced. In ten minutes the wretched man was
dead, and the body was deposited in a coffin prepared to
receive it. The spectators looked on in a calm, orderly
manner, preserving a silence suited to the awful scene
before them and the crime of the sufferer. When all was
over, they dispersed quietly, but apparently under the
influence of deep emotion.

NARROW ESCAPE OF A VESSEL-DEATH OF
THE CAPTAIN.

(From the Guernsey Star, July 12.)
Yesterday morning, between the hours of eight and nine
o'clock, during the prevalence of strong wind from the west-
ward, a chassemaree came round St. Martin's-point, and
stood in for the roadstead. Having, however, but little can-
vass set, she was, by the combined influence of wind and
tide, driven considerably to the eastward, and cast anchor
about a mile to the W.N.W. of the Ferriers Rocks. She
had not been long at anchor before the cable parted, and she
drifted towards the southernmost of the rocks. The crew
hoisted the foresail, but could not set it properly, and the
vessel, passing between the Ferriers and the half-tide rock,
drifted into the Great Russell. The crew then made a signal
of distress. Shortly after they lowered the boat, and aban-
doned the vessel. At this moment, Henry Rougier, sen.,
D. Marriette, sen., Henry Rougier, jun., Joseph Rougier,
Daniel Marriette, jun., and Henry Marriette, who had for
some time attentively watched the movements of the chas-
semeree, fearing lest the crew might not be able to reach the
land against the strong adverse wind that was blowing, re-
solved on going to their rescue in their boat, the Resolution,
of 20 feet keel. They steered for the passage between Harm
and Jethou ; on reaching which they observed another chas-
semeree that was coming down the Great Russell, which
took the crew of the abandoned vessel on board. The Reso-
lution then turned her attention to the vessel, which did not
appear to be in a sinking state. They reached her about
three miles to the north-east of Sark, and four of the Reso-
lution's people got on board by means of a small punt they
had in tow. She proved to be the St. Joseph, Jean Loreil,
of Vannes, in Britanny, from Bordeaux for Rouen, with a
cargo of wine and iron. If she were leaky, the water had not
as yet reached the cabin floor. She was drifting head to
wind, dragging her anchor. After cutting away the cable
ther poceeded to hoist the foresail; in doing which they
found the body of a man lying nearly under the windlass.
He was quite dead, but yet warm, and there was blood
round the mouth, and on the deck under the face. They
left the corpse where they found it, and, after great
exertions in clearing away the ropes and sails, which were
in a very confused state, got the vessel under canvass,
and reached Sark about one hour after. They moored
the vessel at the Laches off the harbour, and then one of
them proceeded lo the residence of Mr. Le Pelley, the Seig-
neur of Sark, to report the circumstance of their being a
corpse on board, and ascertain what course was to be pur-
sued. The constable of Sark and a medical gentleman re-
siding there went on board in the course of the afternoon ;
when a post mortem examination was made, and the latter
gave it as his opinion that that death had resulted from a
blow on the head, but whether from a fall or otherwise
could not be ascertained. At six o'clock in the evening an
inquest was held a Sark, the process verbal of which has
not been received, but which it is understood merely stated
that the body had been found as above-mentioned. The
corpse was landed at Sark, and has probably been this day
buried. At two o'clock this morning, the weather having
moderated, Henry Rougier and his companions left Sark in
charge of the St. Joseph, and arrived here a few hours after.
They found her crew, consisting of four men and two lads,
at Cadic's, the other chassemaree having landed them here
yesterday afternoon. From them they learned that the corpse
was that of the master, and that in their opinion his death
had been occasioned by apoplexy. He had, they said, ran
forward when the cable gave way, to assist them in hoisting
the foresail, and whilst so doing was dreadfully agitated,
wringing his hands, and crying bitterly, and before the fore-
sail was hoisted, he fell backward on the deck, striking his
head on a block. They endeavoured to raise him, but froth
and blood were issuing from his mouth, and he was insensi-
ble, and to all appearance dead.
They sounded the pump, and finding several feet of water
in the bold, they resolved on quitting the vessel to save their
lives. The statement respecting the water in the hold was
corroborated by the pilots, but with this excption, that it did
not arise from any leak in the bottom, but from seas that had
been shipped. The pilots pumped it all out as soon as the
vessel was moored, and she did not make more than four
inches of water during the passage from Sark to this island.
The St. Joseph is 74 tons burden, French measurement,
and her cargo consists of 344 hogsheads of wine, and 9
tons of iron.

TRADE WITH INDIA.—ARRIVAL OF THE SELMA.—The.
Selma, Captain Luca, from Calcutta, arrived here on Friday,
having on board an assorted cargo of jute, sugar, linseed,
rice, hides, and, we have no doubt, an assortment of pre-
serves and curiosities for the lieges. This is the second
time the Selina has accomplished a voyage between Dundee
and the East Indies direct,-and is the only vessel that has
ever done so.—Dundee Warder.
TESTIMONIAL TO COLONEL BRUEN.—We were delighted,
to find, on turning over some of the country papers received
yesterday, that the suggestions respecting Colonel Bruen,
which we adverted to in Tuesday's Packet, had been actually
anticipated by some of the provincial conservative journals.
In the last number of the Cork. Constitution, we are in-
formed that a strong
.desire prevails in that city and county
to present the gallant Colonel " with some general testimony
of conservative respect and gratitude." The generous
loyalists of the county of Tipperary, we are happy to perceive,
have even proceeded a step further, for the Tipperary Con-
stitution contains an advertisement calling upon the con-
servatives throughout the kingdom to come forward and
co.operate for the purpose of accomplishing so praiseworthy
an object. This is as it should be, and it is needless to say
that we hail both announcements with the most unalloyed
satisfaction.—Evening Packet of Thursday.
MUNIFICENT BEQUEST.—Mr. Thomas Moore. of Liver-
pool, New South Wales, a magistrate of the territory, who
came to a peaceful Christian end at an advanced age on
Christmas Eve, IS-10, has bequeathed his whole property to
pious and charitable uses for the service of the Church of
England in that colony. He has devised his late residence
and premies at Liverpool, New South Wales, to be the site of
a college, upon the model of those in the English Universi-
ties, and has endowed the same with 700 acres of land tow-
ards its maintenance.