The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-02-01 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

IRELAND.  DISTURBANCES IN TUE COUNTY OF LIMERICK.—The terrible examples made at the recent special commission have failed to produce any material improvement in this county. The Limerick papers, received this day, contain the following :—" On Sunday last, in broad day, between twelve and one o'clock, and while the judges were still in this city, an outrage, audacious as it is possible to conceive, was committed at Killonan, in this county, and only three miles from Limerick. While the family of Mr. George Scott, a respectable farmer, were at mass, his house was attacked by three armed men with their faces blackened, one of whom was placed as sentinel on the door while the two others entered, and their first act was to discharge a loaded gun, calling out at the same moment to the servant man and a young sou of Scott's, "heads down." The mandate being obeyed, the two ruffians broke in the parlour, proceeded- up stairs, and possessed themselves of two cases of pistols, a powder-horn, and shot-pouch, that hung over the chimney-piece' after which they dashed open every box and drawer in the dwelling. On Mr. Scott's return from chapel, he was informed that one of the fellows had been in his own service, and he immediately apprised the police of the outrage, when pursuit was commenced, and after a search of four hours, Timothy Teefy, Patrick Bray, and John Kelly were arrested, fully identified by William Keane, the servant, and committed to the county gaol."—" On Sunday last an armed party of four men, with their faces blackened, traversed the parish of Clonogh and part of Kilscannell, visiting several farmers' houses, and 'demanding, with threats, the contributions of each for the defence of the prisoners.' From each of three farmers they obtained contributions of £l, besides, it is supposed, much more from others, who do not wish to have it known that they were terrified into compliance with the demands of these lawless marauders.'" -  THE SPECIAL CommissioN.—At the special commission, in Clonmel, on Wednesday, John Lonergan was convicted of the murder of Mr. Roe, of Rockwell. The prisoner received the announcement of the verdict without observation, although he displayed deep anxiety of mind while the clerk of the crown was reading the issue paper. Upon being removed from the bar, he looked across the court, and cast a fiendish scowl in the direction in which the crown counsel and solicitor were sitting, and then stepped into the lower dock with a firm step. The information of Mary Lonergan, the witness who was so reluctant to swear against the prisoner, her uncle, not only went to prove that she saw him running from the plantation, immediately after the shot was Mary, Johnny has shot Mr. Roe." The fired that killed Mr. Roe, hut that his wife called her in, saying, "Come in, statement of the prisoner's wife was, of course, illegal evidence, therefore • it could not be laid before the jury. On Thursday Philip Cody and Henry Cody, brothers, the former about 20 and the latter 30 years of age, were indicted for having, upon the 9th of July last, 184 g, at Killerney, in this county, fired a gun at Edward Madden, and inflicted a wound, of which he lingered and died in two days. The AttorneyGeneral stated the facts shortly. He said that the most extraordinary circumstance in the case was, that the deceased was fired at within the very short distance of 100 yards from his fellow-workmen, some of whom heard the shots; and, as far as he (the Attorney-General) cyuld judge,m any of whom could have secured the murde principal evidence in the case murderers. The was the dying declaration of the deceased, which was corroborated by circumstances that would leave no doubt that the pri• soners were engaged in the murder. It positixely stated the prisoners were two of the party who fired at him, and that it was Henry Cody's shot which wounded him; the deceased mentioned that the third person he saw was named Kelly, and resided at Kelcaeli. The solicitor-general replied. The  case was fully proved, and the jury returned a verdict finding Henry Cody guilty of the murder, and the other prisoner guilty of being present, aiding, and assisting. The unfortunate men received the announcement with a spirit of indifference.—Timothy Hogan, Patrick Coonan, and Michael Whelan, all young men under 30 years of age, were on the same day convicted of attacking the dwelling-house of Wm. Haskett, armed, and stealing therefrom a quantity of wearing apparel in November last. A