STATE OF THE COUNTY

     This great County enjoys at present the most uninterrupted tranquility. The calendar for trial at the next General Assizes is very light, and does not appear marked with any peculiarity as to enormity. Persons for trial, charged with Murder, 4; Rapes, 6; Abduction, 1; Bigamy, 2; Horse-stealing, 5; Cow, ditto, 9; Sheep ditto, 14; Robbery, 8; Minor Offences, 50; Total, 99, up to March.

DROPPED

     BETWEEN ORANMORE AND GALWAY, A BLACK POCKET-BOOK, containing Bills and Notes to a valuable amount. Any Person returning it to Mr. William Ryan, Oranmore, will be thankfully rewarded.
     March 1, 1824.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS
War Office, 20th February 1824

     2d Regiment of Dragoons, Charles Norman, gentleman, to be cornet, by purchase, vice Markham, promoted in the 9th light dragoons.
     10th Regiment of Foot- Major-General Sir J. Lambert, K.C.B. to be colonel, vice Sir Thomas Maitland, deceased.
     Lieutenant Richard Lane has been superseded, he being absent without leave.
     27th Do, - Ensign Edward Cerjat Spencer, from half-pay 24th foot (a gentleman cadet from the royal military college) to be ensign, vice James William Grant, who exchanges.
     28th Do.- Lieutenant John James Peters, from half-pay 1st West India regiment, to be quartermaster, vice Richard Reynolds, placed upon half-pay.
     63d Do.- Ensign W. Smith Sewell Doyle, to be lieutenant by purchase, vice Conroy, promoted in the 16th foot.
     Honourable George Spencer, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Doyle.
     76th Ditto- Lieutenant John Faincombe, to be captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton, who retires.
     Ensign Edward Kendall Champion, to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Faincombe.
     Francis Carr, gentleman, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Champion.
     1st Royal Veteran Battalion- Lieutenant Leeson Patterson, from half-pay 57th foot, to be lieutenant, vice Mayes, appointed to the 99th foot.

BREVET

     Major-General Sir Frederick Adam, K.C.B. to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the Ionian Islands.

STAFF

     Brevet Major William George Moore, of the 1st or grenadier foot guards, to be deputy quartermaster-general to the forces serving in the Windward and Leeward Islands (with the rank of lieutenant-col. in the army,) vice Popham, deceased.

HOSPITAL STAFF

     Assistant Staff-surgeon David M'Louhglin, M.D. from half-pay, to be assistant-surgeon to the forces, vice Henry Clifford, who exchanges.

TO BE LET
From the 25th of March Instant,
For such Term as may be agreed on, and immediate possession given,
The Neat and Commodious
HOUSE IN FLOOD-STREET,
Next to the Custom-House, lately held by Charles Costello, Esq.- Also the
HOUSE AND SHOP,
In Abbeygate-street, now in the possession of Mr. Timothy Murray, Pawnbroker.
Application to be made to James Costello, Back-street- who has for sale a CARGO of
BRITISH OAK BARK, FIRE BLOCKS, AND KILKENNY COALS,
Which will be sold on the most reasonable terms.
Galway, March 1, 1824

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TO BE LET
From the 25th instant, or 1st of May next,
CHERRY COTTAGE,

     Lately occupied by PETER WARD, Esq. a Good Garden and 14 Acres.
     ORAN HILL with 20 acres and Excellent Garden on the Woodstock Road, within 3 and 4 miles of Town. Turhary very convenient.
     Also, UPPER BOLLESKY, and DERRY RUSH, containing 846 Acres of Arable, Pasture and Good Mountain, on which a small FISHING LODGE has been lately built.
     The said Lands are situated within 9 miles of Galway.
     Proposals to be received by Edward O'Maley; or Mr. Austin Quin, Galway.
     March 1, 1824.

THE MINING COMPANY
     We believe there is no other portion of the Kingdom which would give a
wider extent to the above Patriotic Company, than the County of Galway. There is
scarcely any part of it which does not possess some peculiar advantage in this
particular, but more especially that long and neglected line of Country,
Cunnemara. In that place has been lately discovered a rich and valuable Quarry
of Marble of a light green colour, which is susceptible of the finest polish,
and can be wrought to great perfection. We have seen a few chimney-pieces made
from it, and we have no hesitation in stating it as our opinion, that it is
equal to (perhaps exceeds) the produce of any other Quarry in this or the Sister
Kingdom. Yet, we fear that it may lay by in rude and useless blocks, unless it
shall fall within the inspection and patronage of this useful Company, whose
attention we earnestly direct to this source of wealth and happiness to the poor
people of a miserable and peaceable district. In Arran, too, there are, we hear,
strong indications of a Mine of Iron; and, indeed, all along the Western Coast
we have little doubt but much good might be effected in this particular.

£2000 ASSESSMENT OF THE TOWN OF GALWAY.
     We regret extremely that the Board of First Fruits has not thought fit to
grant either as a Loan or otherwise the sum applied for by a late Vestry Meeting
of this place, for the repairs of St. Nicholas's Church-not even although the
application had been warmly seconded by his Grace the Archbishop of Tuam. Thus,
then must the Inhabitants of this place be assessed with the ENORMOUS SUM of TWO THOUSAND POUNDS, "Public money flying about in all directions and not one
farthing alighting in Galway!!!"

NUISANCE
     We are quite surprised that some attention has not been paid to the
disgraceful and disgusting state of the new street opposite His Majesty's
Custom-House. When the street  was opened, and when the old houses were taken
down, the public were emphatically told that the opening of this pass-way would
convey into that part of the town a wholesome current of air which would conduce
much to the health of the inhabitants. This was all fair and straight forward,
to be sure- but which of the tow will the public prefer--having the old ruin
standing, or suffering the present "new street" to being contagion into their
families, and, perhaps, visit that part of the town with a representation of
those melancholy scenes, the bare recollection of which makes one shudder. We
have no doubt but the worthy Port Collector must have observed and remonstrated
in the proper quarter about this filthy place; and yet Gentlemen will write that
the town is "excellently paved."- Truly and indeed the Gentlemen from the Board
who occasionally visit the Custom-House on his Majesty's duty, must have a
curious idea of Galway taste after viewing this part of our "ancient town." But
what can the good people do? Why, nothing at present.

NOTICE.
     Take Notice that I, the Undersigned, have surrendered myself to, and am now
in the custody of the Governor of the Courts of Galway Prison, for the alleged
charge of the Murder of EDMOND BERMINGHAM, which took place at Curbally, in the
county of Galway, on the seventh of September eighteen hundred and twenty-three.
           JOHN COYNE.
     To the Right Honourable the Attorney-General for Ireland and all others
concerned.
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COUNTY OF GALWAY.
TO BE LET.
     From the first day of May next, for such Term of Years as it may be agreed
upon, the Lands of
                        CLOONAHANE,
As lately in the possession of John Fahy, containing about 150 Acres with a
Large Tract of Pasturable BOG.- Said Lands lie within three miles of Headford,
near Loughcorrib.
    Proposals to be received by W.H. Carter, Esq. Newpark; Blackrock, Dublin and
by John Kilkelly, Esq. Messfort, Tuam.
     March 8, 1824
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TO BE LET,
     From the Twenty-fifth MARCH instant, or the INTEREST SOLD.
     The House in Back-street.
     Where Anthony Martin resides,
     For Particulars, enquire at said House.
Galway, March 8th.
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COUNTY OF GALWAY
TO BE LET
     From the first of May next, and immediate possession given, if required.
              THE FOLLOWING LANDS,
in the Barony of Clonmacknoon and Parish of Clontouskerl:-
     The Farm of BOGPARK, about Eighty Acres, on which are two good Farm Houses
and Offices.
     Part of the lands of LOUGHTUSKE, Fifty Acres.
     LOUGHANBRANE, Thirty-three Acres.
     There is a considerable Tract of Bog and Waste attached to those Lands.
     Seventy Acres of the Lands of CARROWKEEL, there is a new House and Stable
on this Division; this Farm would be well adapted by the Dairy Business, (a
thing unknown in this part of the Country) being but four miles from
Ballinalsoe, and one-and-a-half from the New Line of Canal to that town.
     All of the above Lands are of a superior description, well watered and
plentifully supplied with Turbary and are well known to return from twelve to
fourteen successive crops; they lie about four miles from Ballinasloe, and two
of the New Line of Canal.
     Proposals will be received by A.J. McDermott, Esq. Ramore, Loughrea, where
they are to be Sold, and now ready for transplanting, a few thousand ASH, ELM,
BEECH and OAK;-they are from ten to fifteen feet high and would be most
profitably applied in hedge, row planting, being completely out of the reach of
Cattle and strong and well-rooted.
     Ramore, March 8, 1824.
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TO BE LET,
     From the first of November last, or the 25th of March instant, the HOUSE,
OFFICES and WELL WOODED DEMESNE of
PROSPECT HOUSE,
Situate in a Sporting Country, within half a mile of the Shannon, distant from
Eyrecourt one mile; Banagher, five; and Portumna, six; - the Offices are in good
repair, and all slated. Attached to the House is an excellent Garden and an
extensive Orchard in full bearing; the Ground is in good heart, with some Winter
Graze.
     Application to be made (if by letter, post paid) to George May O'Malley,
Esq. Prospect-House, Eyrecourt; or to Charles O'Malley, Esq. Hawthorne Lodge,
Castlebar.
     The Furniture and Stock to be Sold by Auction, if not taken by the Tenant
at a valuation.
     March 8, 1824.

    In 1487, a dreadful war was carried on in Ulster, between the Chieftain
O'Neal and the neighbouring Chieftain Tyrconnell. This war had nothing more
considerable for its immediate cause, than the pride of O'Neal who demanded that
his enemy should recognize his authority, by paying tribute. The laconic style
in which it  was made and rejected would not have disgraced a nobler contest:-
          "Send me tribute, or else-"
was the message of O'Neal. To which was returned, with the same princely
brevity,
          "I owe you none, and if-"

MR CLINCH AND THE ANTIDOTE.
     Police Office, College-street- An interesting case came on before the
Magistrates of this Office yesterday, the facts of which were shortly as
follows: A complaint was preferred by Mr. David Lithgow, M.D. against Laurence
Clinch, Esq. It appeared that Mr. Clinch had called upon Mr. Lithgow, at his
house in French-street, for the purpose of ascertaining whether an extremely
offensive and personal pointed paragraph in the last number of The Antidote was
written by him, and, if not, by himself, whether he would give up the author?
Mr. Lithgow declined giving any kind of satisfaction, on which he was instantly
satisfied with several blows of a stick. A summons was subsequently issued from
the office for the assault; and the parties having attended, Mr. Lithgow
preferred his complaint. Mr. Clinch having been called on to reply, briefly,
candidly, and determinedly admitted the charge, without expressing the least
regret for the course he had taken. He declared that he would make no
concession. The consequence was, that informations were taken against Mr. Clinch
and he entered into bail to abide his trial before the Recorder.--Freeman's
Journal.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
     It is quite foolish to pretend as the Orange Prints have still the
confidence to do, that Munster is not subsiding into tranquility. The last
papers from the South do not supply a single paragraph in the way of facts,
which we should deem it necessary to transcribe. That terrible insurrection act
appears, at length, effectually, to have discharged its duty. There has been in
Cork a Session under this act, in which one man was found guilty of being out
after sunset-all the rest were acquitted. These truths, we know, are quite
distressing to our Ultras-but they are truths upon which we congratulate the
country. If, as we are tolerably certain, the peace of Ireland shall continue
during the spring and summer, the partisans of the Orange system, and even the
Grand Lodge itself must find out some other measure to annoy Lord
Wellesley.--D.E. Post.

DIED
     At Sandymount, near Dublin, on the 5th instant, of a typhus fever, in the
16th year of heritage, Miss Ellen Leonard, second daughter of Joseph Leonard,
late of Rock Lodge, near this town. This young and amiable creature was snatched
off after a few days illness, being the third victim of this truly afflicted
family to the unsatiable tyrant, Death, within the short period of a few weeks.

    On Wednesday night, at the early hour of ten o'clock, a number of
dwelling-houses, the property of Mr. J.D. Croker, were set on fire and totally
consumed on the lands of Upper Quartertowe (or Quartertown)?, near Mallow. The
houses were all occupied, and being  situate in the Manor of Mallow, were
Freeholders. Several men have been taken up on suspicion, but no clue had been
obtained that would lead to the establishing the guilt of the parties.
                       Cork Paper

     Dublin, March 6- We regret to have to state the loss of his Majesty's
cutter Dwarf, commanded by Lieutenant Gould, in the tremendous gale of Tuesday
morning, on the East Pier. She was lying at the Shamrock moorings, from which
she parted at 8 A.M. She had one anchor down, and immediately let go the other,
and rode by them until nine o'clock when she parted her small bower anchor and
drove on shore. The sea was making a break quite over the Pier, when she drove
alongside of it; the men all got safe on shore, except one, who fell overboard,
and was crushed between the vessel and the pier.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS
War Office, 27th Feb. 1824
     6th Regiment of Dragoons-Surgeon Colin Allan, M.D. from half-pay 7th West
India Regiment to be Surgeon, vice John Bolton, who exchanges.
     10th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Ensign Anthony Mackdonnell, from half-pay
35th Foot to be Cornet, vice William Battier, who exchanges, receiving the
difference.
     12th Ditto-Brevet Major Alexander Barton, to be Major by purchase, vice
Erskine, who retires; Lieutenant Thomas Reed, to be Captain., by purchase, vice
Barton; Cornet Francis Anthony Morris, to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Reed;
George Marryall, Gent to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Morris.
     1st Regiment of Foot-Captain Thomas John-Harvey, from half-pay 66th Foot;
to be Captain, vice James Gifford Cowell, who exchanges.
     2d Ditto-Ensign James Littlejohn, to be Adjutant, vice Jones, appointed to
the 96th Foot.
     3d Ditto-Lieutenant John Cooke, to be Captain, vice Rylance, deceased.
Ensign Daniel Gardner Freer, from the 60th Foot, to be Ensign without purchase.
     16th Ditto-Peter Bernard, Gentleman, to be Ensign by purchase, vice
Colqultoun, promoted.
     29th Ditto- Ensign Robert Percy Douglas, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Browne, who retires; George Browne, Gentleman, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Douglas.
     40th Ditto-Major Michael Chamberlain, from half-pay 80th Foot, to be Major,
vice Sempromius Stretton, who exchanges.
     49th Ditto-Lieutenant Edward Robert Rundie, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice R.H. Reardon, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
     96th Ditto-Surgeon William Charles Callow, from half-pay, 20th Light
Dragoons, to be Surgeon. Assistant-Surgeon Alexander M'Andrew, from half-pay 62d
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
     Royal African Corps-To be Lieutenants, with permanent rank-Lieutenant John
Swanzy (with temporary rank.) Lieutenant James Jackson (with temporary rank.)
Lieutenant Thomas Mollan (with temporary rank.) Lieutenant Herbert Mends (with
temporary rank.)
               HOSPITAL STAFF
    Doctor Robert Calvert, from half-pay, to be Physician to the Forces, vice
Adam Neale, who exchanges. Assistant Staff Surgeon Samuel Hill, M.D., to be
Surgeon to the Forces, vice Burmester, deceased. Assistant Surgeon John
Williamson, M.D. to be Apothecary to the Forces, vice Burrowes, deceased.
     To be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces-Hospital Assistant James Low Waren,
M.D. vice Hill. Hospital Assistant John Perkins, vice Williamson.
     To be Hospital Assistants to the Forces- James Murray Drysdall, Gentleman,
vice Warren. George Tower, Gentleman, vice Perkins.
                   Office of Ordnance, 25th Feb. 1824
     Royal Regiment of Artillery-First Lieutenant William John Stokes, from
half-pay to be First Lieutenant, vice Dalzell, retired on half-pay.


MARRIAGES
     James Bannatyne, Esq., of Limerick, Merchant to Harriet, third daughter of
the late Edward Fitzgerald of Ashville, Esq.
     Sunday morning in the Church of Ardnaree, by the Rev. C. Buston, Edward
Howley, Esq. of Ella, County Mayo, to Miss Atkinson, daughter of the late Thomas
Atkinson, Esq. Ballina.
     At Corrofin Church, the Rev. John Westropp, rector of Rathbourney, in the
Diocese of Kilfenora  to Anne, youngest daughter of the late Augustine
Fitzgerald, of Tuoreen, Esq.
     In Limerick, Mr. William Joynt, to Arabella, daughter of the late Doctor
Lane.
     At Mulavilly Church, Anna Louisa, fifth daughter of the late Henry
Clendining, Esq. of Wheatfield, to Mr. Richardson Dalzell, of Armagh, Merchant.
     By the Right Rev. Doctor Marum, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory, John
Brennan, Esq. of Mayhora, County Kilkenny, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late
William Sullivan, Esq. of that City.
     At Cove, Mr. Michael Fowlue, to Margaret, daughter of the late William
Maher, Esq. of that town.

MAGDALEN ASYLUM
     We feel gratified in announcing to the public of Galway the grant of 100l.
British, made by the benevolent London Tavern Committee, to be applied for the
Magdalen Asylum. This grant was made on the application of the Rev. Peter Daly;
but we are desired to say, and we do so with pleasure, that it was chiefly
effected through the humane and earnest exertions and representations of William
H. Hyatt, Esq. the late Agent of the Committee to this Country. This is but a
small item in the long account of benevolent efforts made by that Gentleman for
this Country; and wherever he may be placed hereafter, be taken with him the
gratitude and good will of every friend to charity and humanity. We hope and are
sure the money will be well applied, and that the successes of the Institution
will gratify its English benefactors.

SERMON ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY
     We understand the Rev. Joseph Kirwan is to preach the Panegyric, in the
Parochial Chapel of St. Nicholas, on the above most interesting occasion. It is
in vain to say that this is an exhausted subject. The longer we live, and the
more anniversaries we behold, the more pregnant do we find them with matters of
importance.

MILITARY OBITUARY
[From the Army List for March]
     General Roberts, late 111th F. Bruxeiles.
     Lieutenant-General Right Honourable Sir Thomas Maitland, G.C.B. and G.C.H.
10th Foot, Malta.
     Major Brunt, half-pay 4th Ceylon Regiment, Cape of Good Hope.
     Captains-Rylance, 43d Foot on passage from Gibraltar; Sir J A Gifford, Bt
half-pay, 24th Dragoons.
     Lieutenants- Corton, 4th Foot, Jamaica; Stephenson, of late 5th Veteran
Battalion, Plymouth; Clavering, half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards; Howard, half-pay 33d
Foot; Maepherson, half-pay 77th Foot; Sir B. Boothby, Bart, half-pay, 90th Foot,
Bologne; Besserer, half-pay 104th Foot; Pope, half-pay 5th Garrison Battalion;
Cane, half-pay 8th Garrison Battalion.
     Second Lieutenant Hay, Royal Engineers, Trincomalee, Ceylon.
     Ensigns-Holt, 2d West India Regiment, Bathurst, Saint Mary, Cape of Good
Hope; Fraser, half-pay, Glengarry Fencibles.
     Paymaster Humphreys, half-pay 48th Foot, Trumpington, near Cambridge.
     Quartermaster Blair, half-pay 21st Dragoons.
     Commissariat Department-Deputy Assistant Commissary General Corlett,
Barbadoes; Deputy Assistant Commissary General Pierce.
     Medical Department-Surgeon Burns, 18th Foot, Malta Assistant Surgeons
Gordon, half-pay 1s Garrison Battalion; Apothecary Burrowes, Jamaica; Hospital
Assistant J. Blair, on passage from Africa.

DEATHS
     In Dublin, Mr. John Matthews, of Bridgefoot-street.
     In Dame-street, of the measles, on the 5th instant, aged six years, Peter
Muntfort Archer, son of Alderman Archer of the City of Dublin.
     In Portarlington, Mr. Charles Cary, son of the late Henry Cary, Esq., aged
20 years.
     At Cheltenham, Bryan Sheehy Keating, son of the late John Sheehy Keating,
Esq. of Cork.
     At his residence, Sneed Park, near Bristol, aged 50 years, George Webb
Hull, Esq., late Secretary of the Board of Agriculture. His death was occasioned
by an injury to the head, received in a fall from his horse.
     At the advanced age of 75 years, William Copleand, Esq. late of Marybrook,
County Down.
     At Broomville, County Carlow, in the 77th year of his age, William Paul
Butler, Esq., granduncle to the Thomas Butler, Bart.
     In Limerick, Rebecca, wife of Phillips Cosby Lovett, Esq.,
Inspector-General of Excise.
     At Carrick-on-Suir, on Saturday morning, Pierce O'Donnell, Esq., aged 85
years.
     On Monday last, in Anger street, Dublin, Mr. James Rainsford, formerly an
eminent Cabinet-maker in the city, aged 97 years.
     On Tuesday, sincerely and universally regretted, William Harding, Esq. one
of the Ordnance Department, Dublin.
     On the 29th of February, at Annagassan lodge, of a few days' illness, in
the eleventh year of his age, Arthur Henry McClintock, son of William Foster
McClintock, Esq.

PROVINCIAL NEWS
(From the Limerick Chronicle)

     About three o'clock this morning, a party of men attacked the house of
Lieutenant Millwood, at Courtbrack, within about a mile of this city; they
entered by breaking the front door, and demanded arms, which not being
forthcoming, they proceeded to search the house and broke open a writing-desk,
in which they said there was a case of pistols concealed; they then entered a
closet where there was a valuable and curious dressing case, which they
destroyed; they afterwards demanded money, and Mrs. Millwood handed them five
tenpennies, with which they were not satisfied, they searched the bed and Mrs.
Milwood's pockets, from whence they took some silver and halfpence, and then
left the house. It appears that plunder was not their object, as they returned
Mr. Milwood's watch which they had in their pockets.

ASSIZES INTELLIGENCE
     The Assizes for the county of Wicklow commenced on the 4th instant, at ten
o'clock in the morning. The Chief Justice presided in the Crown Court, and Baron
Smith in the Record Court.- After the Grand Jury having been sworn, his Lordship
addressed them briefly. He dwelt very forcibly on the appearance of two
different charges of Ribbonism for administering secret and unlawful oaths, and
called upon the Magistrates of the County to act with vigilance, and check the
evil at its commencement. He drew a very striking distinction between the state
of tranquility in which the County was placed, and the disturbed state of many
of the Southern Counties.
     Having explained the meaning of some new Acts of Parliament, and the Grand
Jury having retired, the following prisoners were successively put on their
trials:-
     Abraham Cooper, stealing. Acquitted.
     John Burne, stealing wearing apparel. Guilty.
     Bridget Foster, stealing a silver bowl, the property of Bernard Rogers.
Guilty.
     William Marcey, stealing fowl. Guilty.
     Richard Lyons, for stealing a horse, the property of Michael Dunn. Guilty.
     William Heron, stealing a cow, the property of James Dunn. Guilty.
     The only case of importance in the Criminal Court was the trial of a man of
the name of Rickards, who was tried for administering the oaths of a Ribbonman,
and convicted on the clearest testimony. The Secrets of the Society were, upon
the trial, fully disclosed, and their objects exhibited to public view, which
were to effect a separation between this Country and Great Britain, and a
general assassination of the Protestants of Ireland.
     The Chief Justice, when passing sentence (which was transportation for
life) delivered a most beautiful and impressive exhortation to the prisoner.- He
reverted to the scenes of bloodshed in the year 1798, the effects of which he
said, left many a woman a widow, and many a child as an orphan.- He pointed out
the madness of the attempt to separate the countries that were held together by
firm and constitutional ties, and which were governed by the best laws which any
nation upon the earth was blessed with. Laws, as he said, that the prisoner
himself was then enjoying the benefits of, for until a very few years ago, had
he been convicted of the same crime, that offense which was now only accompanied
with transportation, would have been stoned for at the gallows.
     The next trial of any interest was that of Colonel Whaley, who was indicted
for sending a challenge and using disrespectful language to John Colthurst Lees,
Esq., in his capacity as a Magistrate, by declaring that he (Col. Whaley) could
not get justice from Mr. Lees, but rather injustice. Colonel Whaley was found
guilty, after a most patient trial; and in passing sentence, the Chief Justice
told the prisoner that had not Mr. Lees, by an incautious proceeding, given an
excuse, whereby the feelings of Colonel Whaley were roused, he could hardly tell
what measure of accomplishment would be sufficient to inflict; but taking those
circumstances into consideration; he would sentence Colonel Whaley to one
month's imprisonment, and to pay to the King a fine of twenty pounds.
     Several other cases were tried, when Wm. Headen, John Hellehan and Dominick
Bolger were put to the Bar, and charged with robbing Joseph Byrn of 3l. sixteen
shillings.
     The prosecutor gave a most accurate description of the manner he had been
robbed by the prisoners, who were fellow-travellers with him to Wicklow, to
purchase herrings, when two respectable witnesses were produced to prove that he
had told them he had fallen asleep and lost his money, and that he did not tell
them of his having been robbed.
     The Chief Justice here called up the prosecutor, and told him that he was
shocked at such a horrible conspiracy as it appeared he had entered into, to
take away the lives of these innocent men, for the purpose of getting back the
money he had lost, and that he ought to be prosecuted for perjury.- The
prisoners were acquitted and discharged, to the satisfaction of a crowded Court.
     The Magistrates of the county of Wicklow have voted an Address to John
Colthurst Lees, approving of his conduct in prosecuting Colonel Whaley, for his
disrespectful manner to him while sitting as a Magistrate.

HIGH SHERIFFS-1824
[From the Dublin Gazette of Saturday]
Dublin, Castle, March 5, 1824.
     His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to appoint the
following Gentlemen to be High Sheriffs for the ensuing Year-
ANTRIM...........Francis Turnley, of Cushindall, Esq.
ARMAGH........James Johnston, of Knappa, Esq.
CARLOW......John Alexander, jun. of Milford, Esq.
CAVAN............John Hazard of Bawnhoy, Esq.
CLARE..Right Hon. John Ormsby Vandeleur, of Kilrush
CORK..Robert Uniacke Fitz-Gerald, of Lisquinlan, Esq.
DONEGAL...........George Knox, of Prehen, Esq.
DOWN......William Montgomery, of Grey Abbey, Esq.
DUBLIN............Sir John Ribton, of Woodville, Bart.
FERMANAGH..Michael Jones of Lisgoole Abbey, Esq.
GALWAY.........Robert French, jun. of Monivea, Esq.
KERRY.......Richard M'Gillycuddy, of Whitefield, Esq.
KILDARE..Captain George Burdatt of Loughtown House.
KILKENNY.......William Ponsonby, of Bayswell, Esq.
KING'S CO.......George Minchin, of Bushertown, Esq.
LEITRIM......Loftes Anthony Tottenham, of Manorhamilton, Esq.
LIMERICK..........Joseph Gubbins, of Kilrush, Esq.
LONGFORD........John Thompson, of Clonfin, Esq.
LOUTH............J.T. Townley Tisdall, of Bawe, Esq.
MAYO......Colonel George Jackson, of Enniscoe, Esq.
MEATH..........J. Charles Preston, of Swainstown, Esq.
MONAGHAN......E?? Shirley, of Carrickimacross, Esq.
QUEEN'S CO.......Henry Smith, of Mount Henry, Esq.
ROSCOMMON...Thomas Coury, of Strokestown, Esq.
SLIGO............John Frederick Knox, of Ballina, Esq.
TIPPERARY....Sir H.R. Carden, of Templemore, Bart.
TYRONE.....William Steward Richardson, of ??om, Esq.
WATERFORD...William Christmas, of Whitfield, Esq.
WESTMEATH........T.J. Fetherstone, of Bracklin, Esq.
WEXFORD....J.G. Richards, of Owna Varra, Esq.
WICKLOW.....Robert Holt Truell, of Clomannin, Esq.

(From the Clonmel Herald)
     On Sunday the 29th ultimo, in consequence of information received of a
murder being committed at Carrigeen, near Fethard, on the body of a man named
John Hackett; that very efficient Chief of Police, with a mounted party of his
men, repaired to the spot and succeeded in apprehending a young man named Ryan,
who was charged with the murder, and has since been committed to the County
gaol, under the Coroner's warrant, an inquest having been held on the body the
following day, when a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against Mr. Ryan.
     The same day, after his return home, Mr. Morgan, aided by his son and the
police under his command, dispersed a riotous and tumultuous mob, that assembled
in Killen?ule and were pelting stones in every direction, and secured five of
the principal rioters, who were since committed to the Cashel Bridewell, by that
very active Magistrate Nathaniel Taylor, Esq. to await their trial under the
Insurrection Act.
     On the night of the same day, the above mentioned officer in pursuance of
directions from F. Despard, Esq., Magistrate, after a night's severe fatigue,
succeeded in apprehending three men for the burning of Walter Skehan's house,
who were transmitted to the county gaol by Francis Despard, Nathaniel Taylor and
Richard Millett, Esqrs.
     On Tuesday evening last, a miler in the employment of Mr. Murray, of
Clogheen, was robbed of a pound note and a few shillings in silver, at a place
called Gapp, situate on the road from that town to Lumore, by two armed
footpads, who subsequently attacked and robbed another poor man, named
Prendergast, of about two pounds; as also a third, from whom they took a few
tenpennies.

    One of the alleged murderers of the late Major Going will be tried at the
present Assizes of Limerick.- His name is Bridgman.

PROVINCIAL NEWS
(From the Limerick Chronicle)
    Two stocks of corn were maliciously consumed near the lands of Friarstown,
in this county, on Monday night.
     On Wednesday night, at the early hour of ten o'clock, a number of dwelling
houses, the property of J.D. Croker, Esq., were set on fire and totally
consumed, on the lands of Upper Quarterstown, near Mallow.
     On Monday night last, a sheep, the property of George Hastings, Esq., of
Killaloe, was maliciously killed, on the lands of Ballina, and the carcass and
fat taken away. We regret to add, that several similar acts of outrage have,
within the last fortnight been committed in that neighborhood.

THE ARMY
     The 95th Regiment, now raising, are to be faced with yellow, and no lace.
     The 94th Regiment of Infantry marched in two divisions, viz. on the 20th
and 21st ult. from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
     The last company of the 75th Regiment, of Foot has arrived on board the
Prince of Orange, at Portsmouth from Gibraltar.
     Major-General Sir Patrick Ross is appointed to the Staff of the Ionian
States, in the room of Lieut. General Sir Frederick Adam, near Lord High
Commissioner.
     The 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot, which marched on the 25th and
26th ultimo, from Brighton to Portsmouth, has embarked and sailed for Cork.
     The 94th and 95th Regiments of Infantry will shortly be ordered on foreign
service.
     Military Officers who accept of Barrack-masterships, forfeit half-pay
during their continuance in office.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY
[From the Irishman]

     We do not believe the memory of our Patron Saint was ever more honoured in
the town of Belfast than it was on Wednesday last. Parties of 12,20,30 and 40
met to celebrate the christian labours of our Irish Saint. A large and highly
respectable party, containing about 40 persons, dined at Falloon's Tavern, in
Sugar-house entry. The chair was filled on this occasion by James M'Clean, Esq.-
Vice President, John Lawless, Esq. It was a night of harmony, good humour, and
good sense; all appeared anxious to please and be pleased. Some excellent Songs
were spirited among the speeches, which were delivered, and the talents of our
Belfast Harper, (the first, by far, in Ireland,) crowned the feast. The dinner
was admirably served up by Mrs., Falloon. The following toasts were given
alternately by the President and Vice-President:-
     "The Memory of St. Patrick."
     "The King-may the unequalled hospitality be enjoyed in Ireland encouraged
his Majesty to revisit her shores."
     "The People-the only legitimate source of Royal authority."
     "Civil and Religious Freedom to all men of all climes and denominations."
     "The British Constitution, and a speedy reform of the abuses which now
obscure its beauty."
     "May the spirit of liberality which characterises the present Ministers of
the British Empire, with regard to Commerce, Trade and Manufactures, soon infuse
itself into their Political & Religious opinions."
     "The Friends of Freedom in Spain-may they soon resume the station they
deserve in their native land."
     "The People of Greece-may their great name be once more restored to the
world they have so long illuminated."
     "The Belfast Academical Institution, the offspring of public spirit, and
may its Proprietors never forget the duty they owe to the object for which it
was founded."
     "The United States of America-the unanswerable proof to mankind that their
peace and happiness are ever best secured by the participation of equal rights
and privileges."
     "The Institutions of Belfast-may they ever be as they now are, directed and
controlled by the voice of the people."
     "The Reformers of England and Scotland, and may their ranks be shortly
enforced by the accession of Ireland."
     "The Memory of William Drennan-the unbending and eloquent advocate of the
Rights of Man."
    "The Marquis of Donegall, and the Nobility of Ireland, who make their native
land their constant abode."
     "The Memory of John Hancock-the refuge of the oppressed, no matter what
their Country or their Religion."
    "A Free Press- the poor man's protection-the Tyrant's terror."
     "The Memory of Charles James Fox, the wisest and most benevolent Statesman
England ever boasted of."
     "The President of the United States, James Monroe-may the Country over
which he presides for ever be the terror of the Tyrants of Europe."
     "The memories of Grattan, and Curran, and Ponsonby, the eloquent and
uncorrupted advocaters of Ireland's Freedom."
     "Charles Sugrue, Esq., and the Chamber of Commerce of Cork."
     "The Independent Citizens of Galway."
     "Doctor Tennent."
     "The Stewards who regulated the present celebration of St. Patrick."

   The County of Kildare Magistrates have memorialled the Lord Lieutenant to
withdraw the Insurrection Act from their Balliwick.
     Kilkenny is again become the residence of a Collector of Excise, and the
Carlow district is to be placed under his care.
     All the corn tillage in the South of Ireland looks remarkably well.

    Two steam boats are now in forwardness to ply between Limerick and Dublin,
by Canal and from thence to Liverpool. The proprietors will engage to deliver
goods, during summer in three days at Liverpool, and in winter, in four days
from Dublin harbour.
     Steam trading vessels are about to be established between Dublin and
Glasgow.
     The Supberb steam packet is daily expected to ply from Cork to Lisbon and
Naples; the fare twenty guineas to Lisbon and thirty-five guineas to Naples.
     A small vessel, between forty and fifty tons burthen, was seen to go down
near Blackwater, in the gale on Thursday morning. The violence of the gale was
extreme, and no assistance could possibly be afforded. Unfortunately all the
persons on board perished. Another vessel about the same size was seen in
distress the same morning off the Saltees, and it is supposed met the same
fate.-- Waterford Mail.

MARRIED
     On the 15th instant, in Bruff Church, by the Rev. Mr. M'Cullogh, Rector,
Lieutenant Meyrick, Adjutant of the 39th Regiment, son of the Rev. Edward
Meyrick, of Bath, to Catherine, daughter of John White, of Upper Dominick
street, Galway, Esq., and cousin to Sir J. White Jervis, of Bally-Ellis, in the
County of Wexford, Bart.

LIBERALITY
     It gives us pleasure to hear that Robert French, Esq. of Monivea Castle,
our present High Sheriff for the County, has been kind enough to give a LEASE
FOR EVER, of an Acre of Land to a Parish in his neighbourhood, as a site for a
Roman Catholic Chapel about to be erected on it; and has also subscribed
handsomely towards the Funds of a School established on a liberal principle,
under the conduct of the Parish Priest and principal Parishioners. Such acts as
these may be naturally expected from a branch of this patriotic family, and it
is not for the purpose of bestowing well merited praise, but for the purpose of
holding up the example to others, that we mention the circumstances of this
evening.

ANTRIM ASSIZES
Procession of Ribbonmen
     On Saturday morning some letters were laid before the Hon. Baron
M'Clelland, b some gentlemen of the Grand Jury, respecting procession of
Ribbonmen, at Toome & Cushendall, on Patrick's day. In consequence of this, the
Learned Judge addressed the Grand Jury, and portrayed, in very impressive
language, the evils resulting from party spirit and party processions. In the
course of his observations he remarked that on this subject he did not speak
theoretically, but from long experience in his judicial capacity. The mischiefs
resulting from these processions, as evinced in other counties where he had gone
circuit, are recorded (said the Baron) in characters of blood. It is your
duty-it is your interest, Gentlemen, to put a stop to all such assemblages of
people, in this county, whether of the Protestant or Roman Catholic communion,
as promptly and as efficaciously as possible. It is doubly imperative on you to
effect this, both as principal landed proprietors; and as Magistrates whose
office it is to preserve public tranquility. As you value the prosperity, the
peace, the and the vital interests of your country, I earnestly call upon you
toe exert yourselves to the uttermost to sepress the party spirit displayed in
such odious colours, on all these occasions. Let it not be tampered with, lest
it may become too strong and too general to be qualified by the ordinary power
of the law. Irritating procession of one religious party naturally produce
irritating processions of their opponents, and thus a spirit of animosity is
kept in continued action. Some time ago a procession of Ribbonmen had taken
place at Middletown, in the County of Armagh, and some of the parties having
been prosecuted, one of the witnesses for the prosecution who appeared with an
Orange ribbon in his waistcoat, was asked whether any attack had been made upon
his party. No, said he, pointing to the symbol on his bosom-they dared on assail
us- we were too strong for them. After the trial had closed, I exhorted (said
the Baron) the Magistrates to prevent the recurrence of a similar assemblage of
any party, in future, and cautioned the people through them, to refrain from
such meetings in future. Accordingly, the practice was discontinued in that
district; but a procession of an opposite nature having been suffered in a
neighbouring place, it was there resumed. This fact his Lordship urged in proof
of his position, that one illegal and irritating procession produces another
equally illegal and irritating, but of an opposite nature, and hence he inferred
that it was their duty to put an instant stop to all such processions, whether
of Orangemen or Ribbonmen. Magistrates, whether convened in Special Sessions or
acting individually in their local situations, were fully competent to effect
this object. For if, in any particular instance, any credible person were to
make affidavit on good grounds, before any of them, that he had just and
sufficient reasons to believe or apprehend that such a procession would lead to
a breach of public peace, the Magistrate would not only have power to prevent
the procession, but it would be his bounden duty to do so, as promptly as
possible, because the preservation of public order is committed to his care. If
(added his Lordship) in our private capacity, any of us hold different opinions
from others, either on political or religious subjects, these ought never to
interfere with, or bias our judicial or Magesterial acts, nor prevent us from
impartially correcting offences by whomsoever pepetrated - and we should
remember, that the processions on either side are equally illegal since they
equally tend to a breach of the peace.
     As to the opposing parties engaged in these processions, they altogether
mistake the mild nature of the religion which they respectively profess, and
whose benevolent precepts the clergy of every communion are anxious to
extricate. When they seek to make religion a cause of hatred to their
neighbours, they outrage the kind and benevolent spirit of christianity in all
its forms. Our pure religion would, in its natural operation, diffuse peace on
earth, and good will to man, and would, of course ,dissuade from every act that
ends to excite a spirit of resentment or revenge. A claim to exclusive loyalty
is not Protestantism, and they who wish to arouse painful emotions in the minds
of their fellow christians are not Protestants but a disgrace to the name of
Protestants, which they assume. On these subjects his Lordship expatriated at
considerable length, and then apologized to the Gentlemen of the Jury for having
so long occupied their attention in their discussion; but it was, he said, of
prime importance to the community that the processions which he had alluded
should be finally stopped, and he again entreated them, most earnestly, to act
with vigour and promptness in effecting so desirable an object.
     The Hon. Baron's address was delivered after the business of the Crown
Court was closed.

RIBBONMEN-PROCESSIONS
[From the Belfast News-Letter]
     In our last number we gave a sthort account of a procession of Ribbonmen,
which took place at Toome, on the 17th inst. (St. Patrick's Day.) We have now to
add, that in various other places there were processions of a similar nature at
the same time. A correspondent informs us, that during the night of the 16th,
and morning of the 17th, a body of Ribbonmen kept sounding horns through the
streets of Downpatrick. In the morning about 200 of them assembled on the
Course, about a mile from that town, into which they marched about 11 o'clock to
the music of fifes. In Bridge-street, they assailed some Protestants, who
resisted, and, after a severe conflict, compelled them to retire. The Ribbonmen,
however, got round to the Windmill Hill, from which eminence they poured down
vollies of stones on Bridge-street, some of which broke Mrs. Millar's window.
Her son, however, fired blank cartridges towards them, to intimidate them, which
had, in some degree, the desired effect. Meanwhile, Alex. Millar, Esq. J.P.
called out a military force, read the riot act, and dispersed the mob, some of
whom he imprisoned. An anonymous correspondent informs us that there was a
similar procession at Castlewellan.-We subjoin his letter:-
     To the Editor of the Belfast News-Letter.
     "SIR- It is with pain I have to inform you of the disturbed state of part
of this county.
     "Yesterday being the 17th of March, the Roman Catholics met in
commemoration of St. Patrick. About 11 o'clock great numbers of men marched into
this town in rank and file, with fifes & drums. They were generally armed with
pistols & bludgeons. At one o'clock they were all assembled. The number exceeded
2000, who marched in ranks which reached nearly a mile and a half, with music
playing, firing alternately, and threatening any person who might oppose them in
their unlawful proceedings. It was 3 o'clock when they left this place in a
state of intoxication. When these misled people could find no person of a
different religion to quarrel with here, they began to fight and beat each other
in a most inhumane manner.- If Government shall permit such mobs to assemble,
the peaceable inhabitants of this district will feel themselves deserted by the
State, which they were always ready to support, and in which, under Providence,
they place their dependence. I understand that those Ribbonmen shot a man on his
fields, about two miles from this, for no other reason than his being a
Protestant. I shall write you more fully on the subject. And remain, Sir, your
obedient servant,     "A LOYAL OBSERVER.
     "Castlewellan, March 18, 1824."
     We have also received accounts respecting assemblage of Ribbonmen at
Santera, Cushindall, and various other places, which at present we postpone
inserting, till we have received further information on the subject.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS
War-Office, March 12, 1824
     4th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Captain Thomas D. Burrows from the 8th Light
Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Brett, who exchanges.
     8th Ditto-Captain Richard Rich Wilford Brett from the 4th Light Dragoons,
to be Captain, vice Burrowes, from the 7th Dragoon Guards to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Weslenra, who retires; Lieutenant William Glanville, from the 7th
Dragoons, to be Adjutant and Lieutenant, vice Weslenra, who resigns.
     1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-Captain Harry Calvert, from
half-pay 52nd Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice John Madan Maitland, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
     3d Regiment of Foot Guards-Lieutenant John George Robinson, from half-pay
of the Regiment to be Ensign and Lieutenant, vice John Raymond Barker, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
     1st Regiment of Foot-Ensign Alexander Graham, to be Lieutenant by purchase,
vice M'Beath, who retires; John Beauchamp Kerr, Gent. to be Ensign by purchase,
vice Graham.
     4th Ditto- Ensign William Lonsdale, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Cotton, deceased; Henry J. Warde, gentleman, to be Ensign, vice Lonsdale.
     10th Ditto- Lieutenant Richard Lane, lately superseded, has been reinstated
in his rank.
     18th Ditto- Assistant-Surgeon William Lindsay, from the 36th Foot to be
Surgeon, vice Burns, deceased.
     24th Ditto- Ensign Edward Thurlow Cunnynghame, from the 82nd Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Buckley, who exchanges.
     41st Ditto- Captain Henry Vanspall, from the 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Crawford, who exchanges.
     45th Ditto-Lieutenant William Potts, from half-pay 17th Light Dragoons, to
be Lieutenant and Adjutant, vice J K Taylor, who exchanges.
     48th Ditto- Lieutenant Charles Campbell, from half-pay of the regiment to
be lieutenant, without purchase.
     49th Ditto- Captain Robert Bartley, to be Major, by purchase, vice Hill,
who retires.
     51st Ditto- Lieutenant William Timson from half-pay of the regiment, to be
lieutenant, vice Francis Kennedy, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
     63d Ditto- Major Charles George James Arbuthnot, from half-pay to be major,
vice Robert Martin Leake, who exchanges.
     75th Ditto-Assistant Surgeon Samuel Barry, M.D. from half-pay 25th Light
Dragoons, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice William Goodison, who exchanges.
     82d Ditto- Ensign William Henry Buckley, from the 24th Foot, to be
Paymaster, vice Makenzie, retired upon half-pay.
    1st West India Regiment- Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Eyre Browne, from
half-pay 6th West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Cassidy,
appointed to the Cape Corps Frederick de Daubrawa, Gent. to Be Ensign without
purchase, vice Miles, deceased.
     2d Ditto- Major David Joly from half pay 6th West India Regiment to be
Major, vice Sackville Berkely, who exchanges.
     Cape Corps- Lieutenant Colonel James Cassidy, from the 1st West India
Regiment, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice John Ross, who retires upon half pay
6th West India Regiment. Assistant-Surgeon Robert Turnbull, from half-pay Royal
African Corps, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Clarke, promoted.

BREVET
     To be Majors in the Army- Captain Anthony Lyster, of the 3d Royal Veteran
Battalion. Captain C. William Kerr, of the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion- Captain
William Forrest of the Honorable East India Company's Service, (Inspector of
Military Stores.) to be Major in the East Indies only.

HOSPITAL STAFF
     Doctor Thomas Putnam Macabe, Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, has been
permitted to resign his commission. To be Assistant-surgeon to the Forces.-
Assistant-Surgeon Michael Fogarty, from half-pay 19th Light Dragoons;
Assistant-Surgeon John Ross Palmer, from half-pay 30th Foot, vice Macabe,
resigned.

JAMES KELLY,
Land Surveyor,
     Impressed with a deep sense of gratitude for the Patronage he experienced
in the County of Galway since he came there to reside in 1815, and offered
himself to the notice of the Nobility and Gentry of that County-From the general
satisfaction he has had the good fortune to give, he is emboldened to say (but
with the humblest confidence) that he can refer such Gentleman of Landed
Property as he has not yet the honor of being known to, to EACH, of many of the
first respectability, that he has made Extensive Surveys for, and flatters
himself with hopes, on enquiry will be found to possess these essential and
indispensable requisites- ABILITY & INTEGRITY adequate to the Great Trust that
must unavoidably be reposed of a Land Surveyor.
     Commands addressed at any time to him, Post-Office Loughrea, will be
immediately forwarded, and duly attended to, or to Belview Eyrecourt, until the
1st of May. As Mr. Kelly is at present engaged in the Survey of the Estates of
Lord Clanricarde in the neighbourhood of Galway, any commands addressed to him
at Connolly's Hotel, until the 4th of April, will be attended to.
     March 20, 1824.

OPENING LETTERS IN THE POST-OFFICE
_____
ANTRIM ASSIZES
     James Donnelly was indicted for conspiring with Thos. Ashenhurst, of the
Belfast Post-Office, in August last, to secret a letter addressed to "R.
Marshall, Ayr," containing a £20 Note of the Edinburg Commercial Banking
Company; also (2nd indictment) for knowingly receiving the said Bank Note of
£20, which had been abstracted from a letter by Thomas Ashenhurst, who was
employed in the Post-Office, in Belfast.
     Thomas Ashenhurst (approver) proved that, in August he was in the
Post-Office, Belfast; he was about a year in that situation; his duty was to
sort and give out letters at the merchants' side; has known prisoner from the
third or fourth day after he went to the Post-Office; he was about the Office
with another Clerk; they were often together; Donnelly lived in an entry, off
William-street; prisoner told witness that the boys who were in the Post-Office
before him had been in the habit of opening letters, and were never found out;
and he encouraged him to do the same; witness opened several letters; in one he
found 5l. in another 10l. in another 3l. in another 2l. in another 1l; Donnelly
got one-half the money, by agreement; recollects one letter directed to Robert
Marshall, Ayr, which contained a 20l. Scotch Note, and a 1l. 1s. Note; gave them
to Donnelly next day, who proposed to go to Scotland to get the large one
changed, that it might not be detected in Belfast; he was to pay his passage
with the 1l. 1s. Note; he said to witness that he had his passage taken; this
was on Sunday, the 3d; he was to sail on the Monday following; when he gave the
20l. to Donnelly, the latter was to return to him ten pounds.
     Cross-examined-Does not recollect the directions of the other letters he
opened; the date of witness's indenture was September 23, 1822; witness went
with some of the money to the Theatre; he was before the Grand Jury, but was not
told that if he told the truth against Donnelly, he would get off; was told by
his father that if Donnelly was found guilty, he (witness) would get off; his
father told him he learned this from a gentleman of the Dublin Post-Office.
     Other witnesses were examined, whose testimony left no doubt of the
prisoner's crime.
     The Learned Judge summed up the evidence at considerable length. His
Lordship highly complimented Mr. Harday, the superintendent of the Glasgow
Post-Office, and the Police-Officer from Glasgow, for the perspicuity of their
evidence, as well as for their sagacity and promptitude. The Jury then withdrew,
and returned with a verdict of - Guilty.
     This awful result did not appear to have been contemplated by the unhappy
young man, who did not appear to be more than 17 years of age. He appeared
petrified for some moments, and afterwards retired to the back of the dock in an
agony of tears; he was finally carried to prison in a dreadful state of
agitation; his moanings being distinctly heard in Court while he was conveyed
through the adjoining passages to gaol, occasioning a thrill of horror which
pervaded a very crowded Court.