The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1847-12-08 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

IRELAND.  Donuts, Nov. 28.—The bare mention of the Mtention of the legislature to adopt measures for the repression of Irish crime appears already to have had a salutary effect in checking the conspiracy against life and property which has run riot for the last six months. Nevertheless, it would be dangerous to speculate over much, or augur too favourably upon this, it may be, transparent lull. Such calms are periodical, and argue no our in the disease, which is far too deep-seated to be eradicated by the mere prospect of a stringent arms I bill, or even by the enactment of martial law in the more disturbed districts. As it is, crime has not altogether subsided either in the south or west, the desire I to poisess firearms being still the primary object of the marauders. The following is from the Cork Comfit*. *ion : "A caretaker belonging to Mr Michael Russell, who resides within three miles of Charleville, went on Wednesday into a house in Mr Russell's wood, in which he found ten men armed with guns and having their faces blackened. On perceiving them, he retreated with all speed, but they followed and fired at him as he crossed toe lawn close to the house. Having got into the house, he barricaded the door, and, Mr Russell being absent, rang the workmen's bell as violently as he could to alarm the people in the fields. The noise of the bell appeared to deter the pursuers, and they went off, rob' bing every other house of arms along their route. Mr I Russell's house is within three miles of the police station at Ballybowra mountain." The Westmeati independent has the subjoined catalogue of outrages in the west:— "On Saturday last a letter was received through post by Mr Denis Daly, of Castle Daly, warning him to be more cautious in the discharge of his magisterial duties. At the head of the letter were drawings of a gun and coffin. On the subsequent Monday a letter was received by Mr J. T. Barlow. through the Moate post•office, threatening him with instant death if he evicted a tenant residing near that town, on whom notice to quit had been served by Mr Barlow, to whom he owes a considerable amount of rent. On Wednesday night ax armed party attacked the house of a man named James Naughton, residing within a short, distance of Moate, and demanded a case of pistols which they said was in his possession, on pain of having the house burned over his head. To this Naughton at once replied, that sooner than part with his pistols he would yield his life, upon which the captain of the band (they were regularly organic 11, it appears, grounded arme, eke., and paid the most marked military attention to the orders of their leader) desired one of the gang to fire into the thatch of the house, which the ruffian promptly did The arms were again demanded, and as resolutely and gallantly refused, at which another shot was fired, but in this instance into the room in which Naughton and his family were concealed from the murderous fire of their midnight assailants, but, fortunately, without taking effect. Naughton then fired through the window of the room, but failing in this to disperse them, he sallied forth, armed with a pistol, and assisted by his son, whose only weapon was a pitchfork, upon which the cowardly villians fled, but not, it is believed, before Naughton's aim had told truly on at least one of them. In their flight they waded over a heap of moist manure, collected in the yard, into which they must have sunk considerably, as it bore 'up to the waist' impressions in the morning. Intimation of the outrage having reached Sub-inspector N. Fallon next morning, he immediately proceeded to the serene of attack, but after the most minute investigation of the particulars laid before him, failed to slipcover any clue to the apprehension of the parties ooneerned. On Tuesday night a shot was fired at Mr John Kelly, of Woodmotett Obffeetteef pobr-tates ilittießallinselee union. Several tit theshigs entered Mr Kelly's bat, but did no ofillir tnittry.` The mit einrnerld like diabolical attempt has not yet been arrested." MIMI& 07 A PROTZSTANT CILIZOT/11 . Novexpber 20.—Unfortunately for all human hopes and speculations, the arrest of the progress of murdet has been but barely temporary, this morning's post bringing the sad intelligence that another victim has fallen to the spirit of Thuggee in