Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-07-20
Foreigs, E,asellsg eaice.
RIoTs I'M IRELAND.

The ACCOUNTS from this part OF The
Queen,s do,niniona afo Of distressing
characier. cfising chiefly from the high
-psien. .oi provisions.
Jls5iin. June 4.-The accounts from
che country are really of tho most alarm,
;ne character, with regard to the price ant:
scarcity Of provisions. The Galway aud
Cas,lebar papers aiaie that famine has ac-
,ually Sc, ia in tho Nest aud accounts
reached Dublin yesterday that several
ahousand persons had attacked m,il ana
ilonr Store in the heighborhood OF Ennis,
county Clare, and that the military and
uolice having been called out, and coz
i,ict took place between them and the peo-
pic, in which eighteen of the latter were
Killed.
.sbridgsd from he Limerick Chronicle.
Fatal Riots in Clare and Ennis,-The
temporary privalioas Of the laboring poor.
al this season of the year, caused by The
sudden advance of markc, prices, and gen.
eral want Of employment, have already,
we regret it sincerely, provoked collision
with tho police authorities in their leeiii.
mate duty Of upaoldins the public peace,
and saving the property Of private indl-
viduals from assault and rapine. The trst
ereuie occurred at the village nf Glare,
near Ennis, at a late hour on Saturday
night (,he particulars Of which have al.
ready appeared!
A meeting Of magistrates vas held in
the Court House, Ennis. att o'clock on
Monday. Afidavils were sworn by the
Mcssss. Bannoiyue. in reference 10 the at
tack on the vessel in Glare, and the excr-
,ions they had made for the protection OF
the property. I, vas decided 10 forward
and express TO Limerick for military re-
enforcement. and to call in from The ou,
s,atious the several de,achments Of the
police. and 10 use every exertion 10 pre-
serve tho peace Of the town. During The
evening there were sirong sympiomsof OF an
approaching disturbance, from the aPpa-
rem, excitement Of the working classes,
who paraded the streets 10 great force, and
occasionally collected IN groups in various
parts Of the town. As is customary on
such occasions, The women were mest vio-
len, in sheir demeanor, and evidently en-.
courasing the men by voice aud action in
their rio,ous intention. About 10 O'Clock
a furious crowd collected opposite one Of
Mr.. Banuo,yne's stores, and commenced
an attack upon the gates aud windows
The police were shortly on the spot. aud
with difficulty succeeded in driving back
the MOB TO some distance. and clearing the
space in front of the stores. There was
extraordinary excitement through the
towu a, this period from the increasing
SYMPTOMS of turbulence in the crowd, and
the knowledge Of the ,rilins police force
available for its general protection.
.Ai,oui half pas, eleven O'Clock the mob
appeared TO be dispensing, and the police
relited from .he s,ore to patrol Siill street
This, however. was but suataeem. In
their absence a rush was again made, aud
ihe mob had just succeeded in brcaking
cue of,ihe gates. when the police returned
aud endcavorcd TO drive them back
Ss.--cs vSera now hurled AZ the police from
.r...!t and cal, one cor5i IT. having had
", .s..gl 'rrc.at.d Il, uatCe ere or