Parties in Ireland have q...
The Times, 1824-08-12T00:00:00

Parties inlrlndave--~~ Ireland have quite enough to answer for on thieir own accoun, vithout being loaded with the addi. tio.nal sins which ingenuity or mnalice may impute to them Some London journals have seemed to countenance a tale which first saw the light in Liverpool, and was allcged by tile " Afe;-cur?y" of that towII, to have come to it fromn 'respectable" authiority. The story was n"o other than that an indiscriminate massacre had been perpetrateil by the military in the church of ?Tempo, to which the sutj lerers hadl fledl for reftige, after vainly endeavouring to rtsist their murilerers. It was further stated, that a-tn7a giNtrate lnd au thorizel the dleedpf liorror; and all this on tile woid of all eye-ivirness-" ja zespectable eye-witness," said the' Liverpool.Pferc.nsj. IVc should .uph rejoice to hear the worthy gentleman s name, inasmruch as CGOitiel DICXEN,S, of the 34th Regiment, the aeting csrps m i, llf . sulpposiedoccasion, has thc hardihood to come forward wt a letter to th e,ditor, declaring the whole;'ccount to be,rom: ust to last, stri of the gyossest falsehood. The Colonerstats distinctly, that on the day specified as that whereon the bloody occurrence had taken place, not a sin- gle soldier of the 34th Regiment was at Tempo; and that on another day, when a captain's guard did attend there, utider the orders of Sir HENRY BROOKE, a Magistrate, 110 mischief whatever was done, and the troops retufined to their barracks, wvithout having .ven founid it necessary to load their firelocks. We cannot condemn in too serious ternms, the blockhead, or inecndiary, or both, who, by imposing upon a respect- able paper, induced it to circulate intelligence so revolting and inflamimatory; nor do -ve feel that the Liverpool editor would discharge his dluty to the community at large, with- out exposing the person who has thus abusedl his confi- dence. The foUllowing is the letter addressedby Colonel DTCKENXS to the editor of the paper abova-mentioned : -' Eniniskillen, August 7, 1824. "Sir,-The London Courier of the 3d instant, having published an article in which your paper is quoted as its authority, containing an aspersion of the most serious nhture on thc Alagistracy of the county of Fermanagh, and the 34th Regiment acting under their orders, I consider it my duty, as Cormmanding Officer, to contradiet it in the most public and dlistinct manner. It Is from first to last one strain of the grossest falsehood, and withal so absurd, that my brother officers anL3 myself would treat it with the contempt it dc- serves, and has met w ith ftorm the Couric', were it not that the world in genernl, and our friends and connexions in particular. might otherwise suppose there was some foundation for it. On the 18th Junethere was notone soldier of the 24th Regiment in Tempo; and on the 30th 'lMay, when a Captain's party of fifty men attended at that place, tinder the directions of Sir Henry Brooke, a most respected Magistrate of the county, so far from any mischl ef hav- I ing been done, not a single man was committed, and the party re | turned to t,heir barracks at 'his plac, witicut ha,ving had occasion to I load tieir firelocks. t' To say you have been unguarded in publishing this statement, on the bare assertion of a person who does not openly declare him- self; is but a mild expressron ; and the only reparation you can make is to acquaint me with his name and address, which you ac- knowled,ge yourself to be in possession of; and it is expected you will (lo so without delay. (Signed) " I. C. DICKENS, I JAieuteriant-Colonel Commanding 34th Regiment. " the Editor of the Liv-rpool Mfcrcary." To~ ~~