The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-13 00:00:00

IRELAND,

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
MOST REVOLTING AND INHUMAN It7tittohn.--E.Early 011 Mon-
day morning last, a young woman who was a stranger to that
part of the country, was most in harrow I y murdered,' and her
head severed from her body, .bet Ween Dunmore and Carl an-
trilla. .After the murder wascoithilitted she was dragged from
the road to the river, about a quarter of a mile through a field,
and thrown into it; the tiunk fioated,and was carried to on eel-
weir at some chstunce, but the head sunk where it had' been
thrown M. A. Ilus;y. Esti coroner, was holding ma inqueston the body when odi coriespendent wrote to us. Pour per-
sons have been arrested oil stripielon; and every exertion is
beiug made to find oat. the prepetrators; the deceased was a
rather decent young woman. When found she had on a new
stays, a brown stuff gown, shoes and silk stockings, a bonnet,
lace cap, and a pair ofgloyes, with a pair of side combs, and a
crooked comb was found in the field.—Galway Advertiser.
MALICIOUS BURNING ON THE ESTATE OF GEORGE LANE
Fox, ESo.—At a place callad Ballypordrea„ on the 'l'raissore
road, within about two miles of this city, oti Wednesday night,
about twelYe o'clock, some incendiaries set fire to a barn, in
which were-deposited a quantity of wheat, straw, and farming
utensils. The barn and every article iii it were entirely con-
sumed.. Two men were employed to watch the property, us the
premises were at a considerable distance from the farm-house.
rite first intimation that tha place was on fire arose from a
quantity of smoke issuing through that part of the house in
which the persons were stationed, when they immediately Pro-
ceeded to the part wherein were placed the straw and wheat,
and on opening the door they found the place completely en-
veloped in flames. The men' who were eon the watch ran in-
stantly towards the farm-house, to obtain . assistance to ex-
tinguish the fire, when they observed, hut not distinctly, as the
night was very dark, a person running away; and it is supposed
he was just inane act ofsetting fire to the thatch of the dyllittg-
honse, as a piece of lighted oak and two sheavei of.corn.straw
were found close by ,• the incendiary; or incendiariei effected
their escape.—Watelfor d
A,npActouS ATTACK UPON THE REV. JouN, Mtheux.—On
Mondiy last, about three o'cleek in theafternoon, as the Rev.
J. Murphy, rector of the union of Kittenish; Was' oflidiating at
a funeral at the old church of liiigarylapiler, three miles to the
west of Castlemaine, some attempts were made by clamour,
and other intimidating movements, to prevent the service being
regularly proceeded with, These interruptions, however, by
some exertion on the part of the relatives and friends of the de-
ceased, and a few other peaceably disposed persons, were soon
put au end to. So matters passed off -tolerably well until, as
the rev. gentleman was returning by an avenue that leads from
the burial ground to the high road, he•feund himself very closely
pursued by a crowdef rut-Daus who, by their shouts and yellings,
in which the name of O'Connell got a very prominent/place,
gatve him reason to apprehend that he was now exposed to con-
Si derahir danger. I hat his apprehensions were not groundless
he was showy made to feel by having received a stroke of a.
:tune, which was thrown at him with such deadly force and tin-
ertirip; aim that, having laid open a very strong new hat, it in-
flicted .a wound on the back, part of his head. These cowardly
assassins, supposing, froth the manner in which Mr. Murphy
staggered upon receiving, the blow, that they had successfully
accamplished their murderous design, immediately retreated in
every direction ; but we are happy to be able to state that,
through the interposition of a kind Proiidence, the reverend
gentleman received nu other injury than the loss of a little
bleed.-Kery.Po.t.
THE LATE CONTEST IN KERRY.
The Knight of Kerry has just published the following.address
to the gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders of that county. This
remarkable document cannot fail to excite considerable atten-
tion at the present moment:—
" 'to those amongst von (Says the right hen. gentleman)
who supported .me in the late contest E owe no ordinary mea-
sure of gratitude. Your zeal, firmness, and spirit -can best be ,
estimated from the unprecedented atrocity of the oppoSition
you encountered. The demon of civil and religious discord had -
early attached to our election a notoriety which has eventually
drawn down the execration of .every. honourable and religious
m
man in the kingdom upon the infaous means by which all free-
r dim of election has been violated in Kerry.
" To those.of the humbler class of the constituency who have
had the moral and personal courage to resist the double despot-
ism wielded against them I owe not only gratitude but adinira-
tion. I trust that their virtuous conduct will obtain, as it de-
serves, every possible encouragement and protection from their
landlords.
"To you who are consious that in your ranks were arrayed
,all in our county who can command respect even from the
wretched victims of delusion, who were dragged to the poll
against you—to the ranks, property, and independence of Kerry,
I need hardly say that we feel more proud in our temporary
failure than any honourable mind could in a thousand such ad-
vantages as that which, by such means, has been obtained
against us.
" But we must seek and obtain redress. .If no legal remedy
be attainable for such outrages against the independence and
freewill of electors, the Constitution Of the State is defective.
" Amidst such proofs of generous and noble support as I have
experieuced it is impossible to select particular cases of obliga-
tion;. I beg my frienda, therefore, collectively to accept my
most ardent and grateful arn•your deVoted ann
faith-
ful servant,
. , M, FITZGERALD.
'LOSSES AT 'SEA.
MELANcitoLV CASE AT THE CLADDAGH.—Amongst the
many painful disasters at sea, which are recorded in this day's
journal, none is more 'affecting than One which has ruined
the hopes of a poor industrious widow, and of 'several fainilies
at the Claddagh. The husband of a woman called Hernon
died of a fever about eight or nine months age. Since that
period, by the greatest exertion and care, the widoW has suc-
ceeded in building a boat. Amidst the joy of the widow and
her friends, the new hooker put nut to sea a few days ago, for
the first time. It was manned by Stephen Heron, the widow's
sun, three men named O'Neil, Pat Moran, and John Connelly.
It was On Saturday night that they went out, and. on Monday
they were running down with a large take 'of herrings fur the
Galway fish market, when they struck on the rock called Cerrito,-
a-Wathul, and sunk to rise no more. The cries of the unfor-
tunate victims were heard on shore, but no assistance could
be rendered to them. .Nothing could exceed the intense
anxiety of the.widow for the return of her son, and their rela-
tives who comphsed the crew. She looked for their return, to
get from the hints of their labour the price of food. She and
her daughter were standing,at the pier, anxiously inquiring
afier their friends. With de.ay, their awful forebodings in-
creased, and it was melancholy to see the firsherinen us they
arrived, each turning his hack upon the inquiring widow, that
he might not be the first *Messenger of woe. At length the
tidings of sorrow were conveyed to the despairing Mother,
whose cries and despair knew no Wands. Two of the O'Nejls
were married, and have left their widows and nine children to
the mercy of their fellow creatures.
Some nights ago, some fisherman put out to sea from Rpund-
stone, but a shower of strew coming on, they could not make
out the land, and as far as we can leaf n, seven' lives have been
lost.

Since our last, a boat has been picked up at se.l with six min
on board, who state. that five other boats which were in corn-
panv with them, were lost, which statement corroborates that
wade by us last week—some of the Connaught boats have
reached the shore, but others have not been beard of—we hope
they may have got into some haven.—Ballayshannon Herald.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-011 the night of Thursday, as a
boat, which had been laden with oysters to this city, was
returning to Moillle, she upset in a squall at St. George's Quay,
when. a man of the name of Toner, from the neighbourhood of
fledhastle, was unfortunately drowned. The remaining hands
saved themselves by swimming ashore. The deceased has left
a widow and five children.—Derry Sentinel.