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Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 27 October 1863 -
DEATHS.
On the 21st inst., at her residence, Queen's Place,
Jane third surviving daughter of the late Richard Fitton,
Esq., of this city.
October 25, at Killucan, David, youngest son of Mr.
David Moore.
October 22, at 76, Capel-street, Dublin, after a short
illness, Emily, second daughter of the late Mr. Henry
Blundell, printer.
October 21, at Rathmines, Anna Bella Conry,
daughter of the late John Ardill, Esq., of Aungier- street.
On Thursday, the 23d inst., at Powerscourt, county
Wicklow, Ann Scott, the beloved wife of Alexander
Robertson, aged 41.
On the 29th July, at Rownhams, near Tannuda [sic],
South Australia, Catherine, wife of Charles H. Barton,
Esq., J.P.
On the 15th August, killed in action, on board H.M.S.
Euryalus, in Japan, Commander Edward Wilmot, third
son of Sir Henry S. Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden.
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From The Cork Examiner, 18 November 1881 -
MARRIAGES.
KINNEARS--CURRAN--November 15, at St Patrick's
Church, Waterford, by the Rev R Power, P P, John, third
son of the late John Kinnears, Queenstown, to Mary
Agnes, eldest daughter of Michael Curran, Esq., Kilkenny.
GRIFFITH--WRIGHT--November 9, at St Bartholomew's,
Sydenham, Arthur Gerald, elder son of Griffith Griffith,
MD, of Taltreudyn, Monmouth, and of Hyeres, Var, France,
to Mary Camilla Braybrook, only daughter of W Dumaresq
Wright, Ceylon Civil Service.
LENNON--MACKIN--November 15, at St Francis Xavier's,
Gardiner street, Dublin, Francis Lennon, eldest son of
Michael Lennon, Monig, Crossmaglin, to Julia, eldest
daughter of Peter Mackin, Cooley, county Louth.
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From The Cork Examiner, 16 October 1863 -
THE MAGISTRACY.
HIS Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has appointed
Henry Baldwin Olliffe, Esq., of Mount Verdon House,
a Justice of the Peace for the City of Cork.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 13 July 1861-
WANTON OUTRAGE.
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KILLARNEY, FRIDAY.--Another specimen of what I might
almost call a case of faction fighting though not altogether
originating from old family feuds, was heard on
Wednesday at the Petty Sessions before J. M. Bernard,
M. J. O'Connell, Henry Leahy and Daniel M'Carthy,
Esqrs. The particulars of what transpired in evidence are
as follows :--A number of women and boys were
proceeding home to Kilcummin on the night of the 4th of
this month in a common cart. Among them was a man
named M'Key, a national teacher in that parish. Having
proceeded as far as the hospital lodge, quite convenient to
this town, two men named Daniel Crowley and Daniel D.
Crowley were seen to walk by the side of the car. No
particular notice was taken of them as the night was dark,
but in a few minutes Daniel Crowley was seen to raise his
hand, in which was a hammer, and inflict a blow of it on
the head of M'Key, which cut him and broke his front
teeth, and knocked him senseless for about ten minutes.
No further attempt was made on any of the other parties,
and M'Key having reached home, had his wounds
dressed. Having stated that he would have satisfaction, his
words he carried into effect, and the result was that
Crowley was sent for trial to the assizes.
Daniel Denis Crowley was subsequently tried for
assaulting a respectable harmless man named Thomas
Healy, resident of the same parish. The offence having
been proved, Crowley was sent to prison for one month.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 5 October 1863 -
MARRIAGES.
On the 29th September, at Trinity Church, Ryde,
Major Charles Kendal Bush [sic], 59th Regiment,
eldest son of the late Thomas Bushe, Esq., of
Furry-park, county Dublin, and grandson of the
late Chief Justice Bushe, to Victoria, third daughter
of the late Arthur French, Esq.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 19 July 1861 -
FATAL ACCIDENT.--About seven o'clock yesterday
evening three or four men were engaged at the windlass
of a vessel lying near Robinson's Dock-yard, the cargo
of which was being discharged, when, as they were
raising a heavy weight from the hold, all the men except
one suddenly let go the handles of the crank. The other, a
man named Dorgan, residing at Blackpool, was no
longer able to retain his hold ; the handle which he held
was forced out of his grasp, and in the forcible and rapid
recoil, it struck the poor man on the head, and laid open
his skull. He was taken to the North Infirmary, where
prompt surgical aid was afforded to him, but he died this
morning.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 28 October 1863 -
THE REV. H. W. BEECHER v "THE IRISH."
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TO THE EDITOR OF "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH."
SIR,--I note that the Rev. H. W. Beecher has not
scrupled to state that the New York riots were the work
of Irishmen, and that the Irish were the only persons in the
Northern States who ill treated "the niggers." In other
words, he seems to have tried to bamboozle his hearers
into the notion that Yankees are innocent of rowdyism,
and rather amorous of "Uncle Tom" than otherwise. Any
man who knows aught of American manners must be
aware how far away from the truth the revered divine
strayed when he attempted to fasten upon Irishmen the
ruffianism fermenting in New York, and, into the bargain,
the nigger persecution too common in the Northern States.
I fear that this evil-speaking will prove of only temporary
advantage, viz., the raising of a few "hear, hears" ; for it
can hardly fail to disgust Irishmen generally--and what
race has fought so fiercely, bled so abundantly, as the Irish
race, for the very men whose reverend representatives so
glibly traduces them? If the Irish drop their arms, what
becomes of the Union, and her blatant talkers? Yes ; Mr.
Beecher is far too unwary with his tongue. When speaking
at Edinburgh, he affronted a very eminent French friend of
the North, by the acrimony of his remarks about France. I,
who have been as ardent a sympathiser with the North as
most men, must say that a few such advocates as the Rev.
H. W. Beecher--calumnating the Irish, and attacking the
French--will go far to damp the zeal of many thinking
men, for what they have hitherto imagined to be a good
cause. I hope that justice to that part of Great Britain
called Ireland may induce you to insert in your columns
this, or at least some notice of Mr. Beecher's slanders.
--I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
CO. TYRONE.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 25 March 1863 -
Richard Nunn, Q.C., has resigned the Chairmanship of
Quarter Sessions for the County Tyrone, in which county
he had presided more than thirty-four years.--Saunders.
Dennis Ahern
AHERNE (Cork and Mallow): On December 19, 2003, peacefully, at
Rosenalee Care Centre, Ballincollig, EILEEN (nee O'Donnell), Centenary
Row, St. Lukes, Cork, and late of Bathview, Mallow, beloved wife of the
late Chris, dear mother of Tom and Esther, and godmother and aunt of Dr.
Tony Ryan. Sadly missed by her loving family, daughter- in-law Mary,
grandchildren, nephews, niece, relatives and friends. May she rest in
peace. Removal on this (Saturday) evening at 5.30pm from O'Connell's
Funeral Home, St. James Avenue, Mallow to St. Mary's Church, Mallow.
Requiem Mass on Monday at 10am. Funeral afterwards to St. Gobnait's
Cemetery, Mallow.
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Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 21 October 1863 -
THE PORPOISE at the ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS.
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Mr. Frank Buckland writes :--"Mr. A. D. Bartlett
resident superintendent at the Zoological Gardens,
having been good enough to let me know that he had
just received a fine lively porpoise, I forthwith
hastened to pay my respects. I found our new arrival
(about 4 ft. long and 33 in. round the chest) in the
pond with the sturgeon, who, by the way, is well and
hearty. The sturgeon seems very jealous of the
porpoise being put into his pond, and swims about the
bottom, looking as savage as a fish can look. The
poor porpoise seems much fatigued by his journey.
He left Boston, in Lincolnshire, on Thursday morning
at seven o'clock, in a railway train ; he had therefore
been nearly eight hours out of the water. Mr. James
Wigtoff, near Boston, sent him down, carefully
wrapped up in a wet blanket, and surrounded with
wet grass ; plenty of water was also sent, and this
was from time to time poured on his back, to keep his
skin and blow-holes moist. At this moment he is
sailing round and round the margin of the pond with
his head half out of the water. Mr. Bartlett thinks he
does this because he is in a strange place, and that it
is the same thing as a wild bird or beast when fresh
caught, beating himself against the bars of his cage. I
hope, however, that the porpoise will soon find out
that he has come into good hands, and that he will be
well treated ; and I trust that in a day or two, if all
goes well, he will find this out, begin to feed, and take
example from the good behaviour of his comrade the
sturgeon--who, by the way, has so far got over his
shyness as to eat a quart of worms every day. The
respirations or blowings of the porpoise are something
between a cough and a sneeze, when an unfortunate
patient has (as the cabman expresses it) 'caught one
cold on top of t'other.' These respirations are about
five to the minute, and the jet of air he sends forth
from his blow-hole feels warm to the hand, like
breathing in ourselves. I have, however, only one
fear--the porpoise did not open his eyes once all the
time I was looking at him. I trust he had received no
injury ; but I did not like to bother and disturb him by
examining them. Our last porpoise died--he was too
long out of the water to have a chance of living ; the
present specimen has, however, no such excuse, and
I trust he will be good enough to make up his mind to
spend the winter with us. We shall be glad of his
company."
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From The Cork Examiner, 18 January 1864 -
TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER
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SIR,--Permit me to call your attention to the shameful
and almost impassable state of the Glanmire-road leading
to and from the tunnels of the Great Southern and
Western Railway, which latter company have a dispute
with the Corporation as to which of them should keep
that part of the great thoroughfare in repair. Surely,
pending the litigation in the Dublin courts (which may be
tedious and protracted), both parties might agree to keep
it in order for public safety, the expense thereof to be
born by the defeated party when the result is known. It is
doubly dangerous and treacherous by being covered with
a mass of unscraped mud at this wet season of the year.
--Yours,
A CONSTANT TRAVELLER ON THAT ROAD.
18th January, 1864
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 27 October 1863 -
LONDONDERRY, OCT. 20TH.--A few days ago a publican
named Peter Bradly, residing at Draperstown, in this
county, was stabbed in the right side by a man named
Denis Hegarty, while he was trying to put the latter out of
his house, who was intoxicated. The wound inflicted was
a severe one. Information was at once sent to the police,
who arrested Hegarty, brought him before a magistrate,
and upon the information of Bradly he was committed
for trial.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 17 July 1861 -
COUNTY CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
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The following is the list of prisoners for trial at the
ensuing Summer Assizes :--Edmund M'Swiney, aged
46, arson ; Denis Cronin, alias Bee, 20, stealing a gold
locket ; Richard Ahearne, 19, Daniel Strammell, alias
Flynn, 19, and Thomas Heffernan, rape and robbery ;
James Gallaher, 42, manslaughter of Andrew Doyle ;
John Neill, 34, assault and rape ; Patrick Healy, bigamy
; Michael Sullivan, 17, threatening to shoot Philip Cross
; Thomas Sullivan, 30, stealing from the person ; George
Delany, 19, assault and rape on Ann Frazer ; Charles
Wilson, aiding and assisting in same ; Hannah Barrett,
48, larceny ; Michael Kelly, 14, stealing workhouse
clothes ; Michael M'Carthy, 13, and Ellen M'Carthy,
46, stealing jewellery ; Michael Connor, 20, sheep
stealing ; Michael Carroll, 23, stealing a donkey.--The
Commission will be opened at one o'clock on Monday,
by Chief Justice Monahan.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 25 July 1861 -
CORK SUMMER ASSIZES, 1861.
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COUNTY COURT--YESTERDAY.
CRIMINAL BUSINESS
(Before Chief Justice MONAHAN.)
John Murphy and James Murphy, father and son, were indicted
for an assault on the police on the 9th of May, at Kilbrogan. The
names of the policemen assaulted were Alexander Saunderson and
John Foley.
The two constables were examined and deposed to the fact of the
assault being committed. The policeman Saunderson, however, on
examination, admitted that he took one of the prisoners into custody
before the fight took place, and although he did not see him do
anything.
Mr. Coffey addressed the jury for the prisoners in a very able
manner.
His Lordship charged the jury, who returned a verdict of guilty
against John Murphy, and a verdict of not guilty against James
Murphy.
His Lordship said as it appeared there was some indiscretion on
the part of the police in this case he would suggest to the counsel for
the Crown would it not be better to allow the prisoner found guilty
to go out on bail to appear if called on at any future assizes to
receive judgement.
Sir Colman O'Loghlen on the part of the Crown assented to this
course.
His Lordship then imposed a rule of bail on John Murphy, of
himself in £50, and two sureties in £10, to appear when called on.
Richard Aherne, Thomas Heffernan, and Daniel Strammell,
were charged with committing a rape on Catherine Dwyer, on the
25th April, at the racecourse of Fermoy--the two latter for actually
committing the offence, and the former for aiding and abetting.
It appeared that the prosecutrix is a prostitute, and was at the
races on the day in question, where she got drunk. She was lying
drunk on the road about twelve o'clock at night when the prisoners
came up and committed the offence.
The jury found the prisoners not guilty.
RIOT.
Michael Gallaher, Edmund Noonan, John Coaghlan, John
Barry, John Heffernan, John Walsh, Edmund Kiely, and others,
were indicted for a riot at Kildorrery, on last fair day, 27th June,
1861. It appeared from the evidence that this was only a row
amongst a lot of young men belonging to the town--divided under
two heads of "the three year olds" and "the four year olds."
In the course of the case the judge suggested that since the case
was of the trivial nature it was, it would be the best course to let
the prisoners plead guilty and let them out on bail to appear when
called on.
The Counsel on either side agreed to this, and the prisoners were
each bound in £20, with two sureties of £5, to appear when called
on, his lordship informing them if they behaved themselves
peaceably they would hear no more about the matter.
The prisoners were then discharged.
The prisoners in the rape case of Catherine Dwyer were then put
up charged with a common assault on the same woman. Sergeant
Sullivan, however, on the part of the crown proposed to take the
same course as was followed in some of the previous cases, and let
the prisoners out on bail to appear if called for.
The court consented and the prisoners were then discharged,
having acknowledged themselves bound in £10 to appear if called on.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 1 March 1864 -
MARRIED.
On the 31st December last, at View Mount Berea,
Natal, by the Rev. J. B. Sabon, James, third son of
William Forder, Esq., of Nutville, Nursling, to Heloise
Virginie, youngest daughter of Claude Marcel, Esq.,
Kt. Leg. Hon., of Bois de Colombes, near Paris, late
French Consul at Cork.
Feb. 26, in St. Mary's Church, Dublin, Robert
Cooke, Esq., of Kiltinan Castle, county Tipperary, to
Henrietta, youngest daughter of the late John Cornwall,
Esq., Rutland-square.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 24 January 1863 -
MARRIAGES.
Jan. 20, at the Church of the Conception,
Marlborough-street, by the Rev. Denis Keane,
R.C.A., Tullow, assisted by the Rev. Wm. Purcell,
C.C., Patrick Cleary, jun., Tullow, to Ellen, only
daughter of the late John Whalley, Tullow.
Jan. 21, Mr. Edwin Harper Dumain, second son of
the late Edwin Dumain, Esq., Devon House,
Teignmouth, Devonshire, to Frances, second daughter
of Mr. P. G. Symes, of Dublin.
Jan. 22, at St. Mary's Church, Haddington-road, by
the Rev. T. J. O'Reilly, St. Paul's, John Kearney, Esq.,
to Martha, daughter of Saml. Reddy, Esq.,
Donnybrook, and relict of Luke Hayden, Pembroke-
quay, Dublin.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 4 July 1862 -
RECORDER'S COURT--THIS DAY.
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(Before the RECORDER and a jury.)
Ware v. Meade.
THIS was an action brought by Mr. N. W. Ware, a teller of
the National Bank in this city, against Mr. Meade, publican,
Barrack-street, for a sum of £10, which plaintiff alleged to
have overpaid defendant in the course of a business
transaction.
The jury found for the plaintiff.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 10 March 1864 -
EMBALMING IN THE UNITED STATES.--The business of
embalming the bodies of deceased soldiers is increasing
in Washington. The cost has been reduced to ten dollars
each subject, and at the Armory-square Hospital all who
die are embalmed, whether their friends request it or not.
When the friends are too poor to pay no charge is
made.--New York Sun.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 24 December 1863 -
DEATHS.
On the 22nd inst., at his residence, Surmount
House, Ovens, in this county, Richard Donovan,
Esq., a gentleman greatly esteemed for the urbanity
of his manners, he was an affectionate parent, a
gentleman of strict integrity, discharged the duties of
a Magistrate for over 40 years, and was the poor
man's friend in the true sense.
On the 18th inst., at 49, Woburn-place, London,
after some days of intense suffering following a
surgical operation, the Rev. Josiah Forshall, F.R.S.,
formerly Fellow and Tutor, of Exeter College,
Oxford, late Keeper of the MSS, and Secretary at
the British Museum, in his 69th year.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 15 October 1863 -
MALLOW QUARTER SESSIONS--MONDAY.
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(Before Mr. D. RYAN KANE, Q.C.)
THE business of this sessions commenced with the hearing of
undefended cases, which lasted all day.
TUESDAY.
The following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury :--John
Williamson, Castleview ; James Gardiner, Mallow ; Charles Harris,
Mallow ; Thomas Plowman Mallow ; Wm. Howe, Kilbrack ;
Andrew Anderson, Drumcorbett ; John Bolster, Egmont ; George L.
Balwell, Sandy Park ; Richard H. Crofts, Ballyhoura Lodge ;
Christopher Crofts, Clogheen ; Thomas Clancy, Rathgoggin ; Henry
M. Daly, Burton Park ; George Crofts Harris, Spitalfields ; Maurice
Magrath, Egmont ; Philip Purdon, Egmont ; William Rogers,
Bregogan ; Kingsmill Bredy, Quartertown ; Frederick Creed,
Clogher ; Maurice Magrath, Ballyadam ; Wm. Hennessy, jun.,
Kilmacoom ; Christopher Langley, Ballyellis ; Wm. Lavers,
Ballydoyle ; Wm. Lysaght, Hazlewood.
His Worship stated that he was happy to inform them that the
calendar of this Session presented a very favourable contrast, to that
which came before them this time twelve months. At that sessions
there were a large number of cases of violent assaults arising out of
drunken squabbles, none of which were now on the book. The
number of cases for their disposal, consisted of twelve cases, one of
which was a charge of cattle stealing ; but on looking at the
informations he found that it would probably resolve itself into a
family dispute--the party charged being the sisters [sic] of the
prosecutor. The other cases were charges of rescue, and an assault
between two women.
The spirit license applications were next taken up.
The following magistrates were in attendance: Nathaniel Webb
Ware, John Harold Barry, James Gallaher, M'Carthy O'Leary,
Pierce Purcell. The following were granted :--Ellen Ahern, Milford ;
John Cronin, Nad ; Michael Hickey and Mary O'Connor, Buttevant
; Michael M'Carthy, Denis Reidy, John Cremin, Johnson Sheahan,
and Michael Staunton, Mallow ; Ellen Cahill and Michael Foley,
Doneraile ; John Finnigan, Pallas ; Eliza Foley, Killavullen ; John
Geary, Droumihana ; Catherine Hanagan, Martin Griffin, Patrick
Higgins, Kanturk ; Catherine Riordan, Beeing ; William Sheehan,
Kippaugh.
The following applications were rejected :--John Linehan and
Richard Bush, Buttevant ; Patrick Higgins, Green Hill ; Jeremiah
Mullane, Toureen.
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MALLOW QUARTER SESSIONS--MONDAY.
[continued]
APPEALS FROM PETTY SESSIONS.
Daniel Daly, appellant ; Daniel Riordan, respondent.
This was an appeal against a conviction for two pounds two
shillings for trespass in pursuit of game.
Mr. O'Callagah appeared for the plaintiff.
Mr. H. H. Barry for the respondent.
Several witnesses were examined in support of the conviction.
Mr. Gallaher believed that the conviction was wrong, inasmuch as
it gave an imprisonment of two months instead of one month, which
was all the law awarded.
Court--There is no doubt that it is a bad conviction.
Mr. O'Callaghan--I have the petty sessions book here also, your
worship, and the order is not signed by any magistrate.
The book was produced, and the order was only initialled by the
magistrate, not signed.
The Court directed the conviction be quashed.
Mr. O'Callaghan applied to the court to have bills of indictment for
child desertion sent up to the Grand Jury against a gentleman near
Kanturk (whose name was not mentioned).
Court--Why did you not apply to the magistrates, Mr.
O'Callaghan?
Mr. O'Callaghan--We did, your worship ; but they refused doing
so. Mr. O'Connell was in court at the time and told them that they
ought not take them.
Mr. O'Connell--It appeared that the mother of the illegitimate
child left it with the alleged father some days previously, and he took
it to the guardians of the Kanturk union, the parties legally bound to
take the child, and they directed the master to put the child outside
the workhouse, and I advised the magistrates not to give
informations in such a case.
Mr. Waters--An indictment in such a case would not lie unless the
child was left in such a place that its life was in danger, and I
believe Mr. O'Connell thought the only danger of that was, its being
carried to the Kanturk guardians (laughter).
The Court did not think any indictment would lie against the father
in such a case--that the proper course was for the guardians to take
the child and sue the father--under the provisions of the late Act, the
very act done by him being fully corroborative evidence against
him--and refused the application.
Mr. Waters, as counsel, with Mr. Riordan, agent, resisted the
application.
Mary Kenny and Bridget Quinn were indicted for stealing a purse
containing two pence from the person of Johanna Keeffe, at Cullen.
Mr. Wynne defended the prisoners.
The prosecutrix examined by Mr. O'Connell, the Crown
prosecutor, stated that she was at a pattern at Cullen. and there saw
the prisoners ; she could not, however, depose to their having come
up to her ; a policeman came up to her and spoke to her ; she then
missed her pocket book containing two pence ; she could not say at
what time she had it ; she was taken by a policeman to a house
where he searched the prisoners, upon whom he found some pence ;
never saw her purse afterwards.
The witness was not cross-examined.
Constable Morrissy deposed that he saw the two prisoners going
up and down through the people at the pattern, knocking them about
very rudely. The prisoners went up to the prosecutrix about 4
o'clock ; Mary Kenny moved in to the prosecutrix and put her hand
under her mantle in the direction of her dress ; she then squeezed up
to her, and the other prisoner also squeezed her ; took the prisoners
into a house and searched them ; got eight pence half-penny on one
of them, and one and eleven pence on the person of the other ; saw
them before at the fair of Kanturk.
Cross-examined by Mr. R. Wynne--Never had them in custody
on any charge before.
The jury retired, and after some deliberation found them both guilty
of the attempt and not guilty of the felony.
The Court sentenced them--Mary Kenny to nine calendar months'
imprisonment at hard labour, and Bridget Quinn to six calendar
months' imprisonment at hard labour.
Ellen Connors was indicted for stealing 30s., one envelope, and
one collar, the property of George Phillips, at a place called
Ummerabun [Ummeraboy?], near Millstreet.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was the niece of
the prosecutor, and had access to the box in which the money was,
from which it was shortly after missed. When arrested a collar and
an envelope were found with the prisoner, but no trace of the money
; the prisoner was, however, in possession of new clothes, which the
Crown insinuated were the produce of the money so taken.
Mr. O'Callaghan and Mr. Wynne defended the prisoner.
The jury acquitted the traverser.
Cornelius Nowlan was indicted for rescue in a distress for rent,
and committing an assault upon a person named John Connell.
The prosecutor, John Leader, deposed that he made a distress on
the lands of Glounalacha on the 7th of July last, for arrears of rent,
and that he left a person named John Connell, a bailiff, in charge. It
appeared that a sum of £10 15s. was due to the landlord, and that
two cows were seized as a distress. A notice was regularly served
upon John Clifford, the tenant in possession.
John Connell deposed that on the 7th July he went with Mr.
Leader to the lands ; took charge of the cattle, which remained in his
possession till the 21st, when the prisoner came and told witness he
had better go home, as he would take them in spite of him ; he had a
stick, but did not use it ; witness was afraid of him.
Mr. O'Callaghan appeared for the prisoner, objected, that as the
lands were held by Clifford under a written proposal ascertaining the
rent, and as this was not produced, the rent was not proved due,
and, therefore, the prosecution should fail.
The Court was of the opinion that the objection was a good one,
and, accordingly, a verdict of acquittal by the jury was directed.
This concluded the criminal business, and the Court then
proceeded with the civil business.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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December 29, 1863.
ARRIVED--Tribune, Irvine, Callao, guano ; Atlantic,
Williams, Magador, oil ; Budua, Marassa, Ibrail, barley ;
Star, Stothard, Alexandria, wheat ; Favourite,
Sanderson, New York, wheat ; Edwin, Smith, Quebec,
timber ; Balaclava, Callaghan, St. John's, oil ; Edward
Oliver, Winter, Callao, guano ; Thomas and Mary,
Jobling, Alexandria, wheat ; Lincluder Castle, Hawtor,
Callao, guano ; Regent, Hamblin, Callao, guano ;
Marienetta, Choizzo, Monte Video, bone ash ; Jane
Hackett, collier.
SAILED--Margherita, Cafiero, Cardiff, ballast ;
Liberty, Jones, Plymouth, oats ; Infanta, Irvine, Hull,
ballast ; Balaclava, Callaghan, London, oil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
December 30, Wind N.W. fine, frosty
ARRIVED--Annie, Varna ; Ernst August [sic], Harbour
Grace.
SAILED--Nil.
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From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
BIRTHS.
On the 29th instant, at Sunday's Well, the wife of
Edward Sheil, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 28th instant, at 89, Grand-Parade, the wife of
Mr. James Thomas, of a daughter.
December 26, the wife of Patrick R. Norton, Esq., 8,
Lower Dominick-street, Dublin, of twin daughters.
December 27, the wife of D. O'Callaghan, solicitor,
Dublin, of a son.
December 27, at the Pigeon-house Fort, the wife of
Mr. R. Rigny, of a son.
October 12, at Hobart Town, Tasmania, the wife of
Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. Chesney, of a son.
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From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
FOOT AND DONKEY RACES AT CASTLETOWNROCHE.
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A SERIES of foot and donkey races took place at Castletownroche on
St. Stephen's Day, which gave great amusement to a large number of
persons attracted from the town and neighbourhood to witness them.
The Castletownroche brass band was on the ground, and, by its
efforts added considerably to the liveliness of the scene. The foot
races came off first. The first consisted of two heats over about 800
yards, for which ten started. Only two, however--Daniel Sullivan and
John Lombard--contested the race with any closeness, and the prize,
12s. 6d., had to be divided between them. For the second race eight
started, and the winner, John Sheppard, received a silk hat. The next
was a donkey race, which excited much amusement, the prize being
carried off by F. Reynolds. A series of athletic feats followed. At
throwing the half-cwt. James Redding carried off the prize--10s.--
having thrown the weight 16 feet. At a running hop, step and jump,
James Roche covered 34 feet of ground, which was the longest jump ;
prize 5s. The pole and leg of mutton concluded the sports of the day ;
but as the ascent of the pole proved too difficult for the most expert of
the competitors, the leg of mutton had finally to be run for, and was
won by John Foley. The sport was altogether very pleasant, and
reflected great credit on its organizers.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 3 July 1863 -
THE GREAT EASTERN.
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WE incorrectly stated yesterday that it was to remove
portion of her cargo that the Great Eastern was detained
at the mouth of the Mersey. It was to take on board more.
It was also incorrect to state the number of passengers
sailing from Liverpool as a thousand ; the number was
about 800.
Dennis Ahern
TWO unwilling voyagers proceeded in the Great Eastern to
America from Queenstown on Wednesday evening. One
was the pilot who brought the leviathan into port, and who
had also to guide her out ; the other was a young
gentleman in the employ of Messrs. N. J. Cummins,
Brothers, agents of the ship and owners. They proceeded
to the ship, with a large number of visitors, in the
steam-tender Willing Mind ; and it was not until the latter
was a considerable distance on her return from the Great
Eastern, which was then steaming away on her long
voyage, that their absence was discovered. The Willing
Mind immediately turned around and went in pursuit of the
Great Eastern, and after some time, the latter having
purposely slackened speed, came up with her on the
leeward. The sea, however, was so rough, it was deemed
impossible to make fast alongside, and two involuntary
voyagers were left to experience the pleasures, or, it may
be, discomforts, of a passage in the Great Eastern.
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From The Cork Examiner, 18 January 1864 -
AT the Police-office, to-day, a very ill-looking man was
put forward by Detective Carson, who stated that he
arrested the prisoner in the Cork Workhouse on
yesterday, on suspicion of his being a person described
in the Hue and Cry, as Michael Buckley, alias Michael
Leary, and charged with burglariously entering the
office of Mr. Charles Haynes, of Mallow, on the night
of the 8th ult., and stealing therefrom two £5 parcels of
silver, £20 in new sovereigns and half-sovereigns, a
guinea of George the Third's, a gold American dollar, 2
French coins value 8s. 4d. each, some odd silver,
including old coins of Elizabeth and Henry the Eighth,
and some coppers. The night before the burglary the
prisoner was in Mallow, but not having money for his
lodgings left some of his clothes in lieu thereof. He
called at the house on the following day to redeem his
clothes, and by mistake pulled a sovereign out of his
pocket. He put back the sovereign on discovering his
mistake, and paid the money in coppers which were
subsequently identified as portion of the money stolen
from Mr. Haynes. After the robbery the prisoner was
traced to Wales, from which he returned on Sunday
week. Before the robbery the prisoner was very badly
off for clothes, as he has been discharged from jail for a
burglary at Counsellor Hewitt's only on the 5th
December, and since the commission of the robbery
the prisoner had been seen with a gold watch and
chain, silk scarf and a very good suit of clothes. The
Bench remanded the prisoner.
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From The Cork Examiner, 1 March 1864 -
COUNTY KERRY.--Francis Blennerhassett Chute, Esq., of
Chute Hall, Tralee, has been appointed to the Commission
of the Peace for the county of Kerry.
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From The Cork Examiner, 16 July 1863 -
THE HISTORY OF A NOTE.--In April last Mr. Martin
Sinnott, jun., of Courtclough, Castle Ellis, a respectable
farmer, of upright and unimpeachable character, lost a
half note of the National Bank, of the value of £1, out
of his pocket, coming from the fair of Enniscorthy. He
presented the remaining half at the Bank here a few
days afterwards, when he was directed to make a
declaration before a magistrate as to the loss of the
missing half, and to call back in three months, when he
would receive payment if the missing half did not turn
up. He accordingly made the necessary declaration
before Mr. Greene, J.P. (Mayor), and on Saturday last
he again called at the Bank as he was desired, in order
to receive his money. Just as he entered the Bank he
was followed by Sam Wade, a process-server, and a
person named William Hamilton. Sam Wade pulled a
half £1 note, partly burned, out of his pocket, and
demanded cash for it in a tone of confidence and
carelessness that betokened an honesty of purpose.
"Where did you get this half note?" inquired one of the
officers of the Bank--"Be dad," says Sam, "I got it in
my pocket"--and what became of the other half?
--"Shure it was burnt," says Sam, "and its well that this
wasn't burnt, too." "You must swear all this before a
magistrate," adds the bank official. "I'd swear it on a
pack of Bibles, for right is right," rejoins the officer of
justice. The denouement was, that Sam's partly burned
half-note was the half-note that Mr. Sinnott lost ; and
what adds to the mystery is, that Hamilton, who
accompanied simple Sam, was present when Mr.
Sinnott stated in another place that he had lost the
half-note, which Sam ingeniously endeavoured in three
months afterwards to convert into a whole one, after
putting it through the purifying ordeal of fire. When the
matter was explained, the process-server and his
confrere Hamilton abandoned their claim without a
murmur, and Mr. Sinnott got value for his note.
--Wexford Independent.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 July 1856 -
AUSTRALIA.
All the private letters from Melbourne by the Oliver Lang
complain greatly of the want of labour. Trades had
combined and refused to work more than eight hours a day,
and employers had been obliged to submit, pay the same
wages for eight hours as for ten. Mechanics were getting
from 15s. to £1 a-day, and labourers 10s. to 12s. Women
servants were much wanted, and could readily obtain £40
per annum.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 24 October 1863 -
THE VICE-CONSULARSHIP OF FRANCE.
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THE Imperial Government has appointed HENRY BALDWIN
OLLIFFE, Esq., J.P., of Mount Verdon House,
Vice-Consul of France for Cork.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 15 September 1862 -
The following appointments were made on Thursday at
the Admiralty :--Augustus F. Mugford, master, additional.
to the Colossus ; Dr. W. J. Hamilton, surgeon, additional,
to the Severn ; Mr. J. Bance and Mr. Barton Rose
Bradford have been nominated to naval cadetships.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 November 1863 -
POLICE OFFICE--THIS DAY.
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(Before Captain TOOKER, Colonel WOOD, and J. L.
CRONIN, R.M.)
THE number of persons in the dock was forty-eight.
A decent-looking young man, named Daniel Carey,
was put forward charged with stealing a quantity of
working tools from buildings at Ballintemple, being
constructed by Mr. Richard Burke.
Mr. Aherne, carpenter, identified some of the tools as
his ; he left them in the unfinished house at Ballintemple ;
on Saturday morning on returning to the house they found
it broken into and the tools taken from it.
Several proprietors of stalls in the Bazaar Market
proved buying the goods.
Mr. Burke said that a very considerable quantity of
goods had been stolen from the place since last June.
The Bench sent the prisoner to jail for three months.
A young woman named Margaret Ryan was put
forward, charged with cutting the pocket off a lady's
dress.
Constable Cantillon applied for a remand s the lady
whose pocket had been picked could not attend until
to-morrow.
The application was granted.
Mr. Blake appeared for the prisoner.
Three countrymen named Denis Horgan, Michael and
John Mahoney were put forward charged with assaulting
two men named Allen, of Carrigaline, at the Corn
Market, on this morning.
Denis Allen was sworn and stated that he and his sons
were driving two cars into the Corn Market this morning,
when the cars got tangled in Dorgan's car ; Michael
Dorgan struck witness's son ; witness struck Michael
Dorgan ; they all attacked and beat him frightfully on the
head with their sticks.
To Mr. Blake--Witness's son was not rushing in to try
and get before the Dorgan's ; witness's son was in his
right berth ; he did spill some of Dorgan's corn ; it was not
to the same scales at all that witness's son and Dorgan
were driving their cars.
Thomas Allen, the other complainant, deposed that he
was son to the last witness ; it was by accident his car
touched Dorgan's ; it broke Dorgan's bag ; the Dorgan's
attacked and beat hiim ; he did not return the blow ; his
father came to save him ; the prisoners then attacked and
beat his father, and would have murdered him if some
men who were standing by did not interfere. Young
Dorgan had a whip in his hand.
In the course of cross-examination Mr. Blake asked
witness where was his fist during the row?
Witness (after a pause)--Upon my arm (laughter).
John Saunders, scalesman, proved that he separated
the combatants, but could not identify any of the parties.
Mr. Blake asked what case there was against Mahony.
Mr. Cronin--none.
Mahony was then discharged.
Mr. Blake submitted that the whole business was the
fault of young Allen. He (Mr. Blake) would call a witness
who would, without criminating himself, prove that young
Dorgan did not strike old Allen.
Mahony (who had just been discharged) was then
called and said that old Dorgan struck young Allen first ;
Allen returned the blow, and old Allen also struck Dorgan
; young Dorgan then came to the rescue and struck old
Allen ; young Dorgan had no whip in his hand.
The two prisoners were sent to gaol for a month with
hard labour.
Mr. Blake applied to have the punishment increased in
order that he may appeal.
The bench refused to do so.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 28 October 1863 -
"THE IRISH BANKRUPT AND INSOLVENT
ACT, 1857."
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I N I N S O L V E N C Y .
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In the Matter of THOMAS O'LOUGHLIN,
late of Mallow, in the county of Cork,
previously of Lismore, in the county of
Waterford, and formerly of Grenville-
street, in the city of Dublin, Inspector
of National Schools, An Insolvent.
THE JUDGES of the COURT of BANKRUPTCY
& INSOLVENCY will sit at the said Court, No. 3,
Lower Ormond-quay, Dublin, on WEDNESDAY, the
18th day of November, 1863, at the Hour of Eleven
o'Clock in the Forenoon, to Audit the Assignee's
Account, and make further Dividend of Insolvent's
Estate, of which sitting all Persons concerned are to
take Notice.
Dated this 23rd day of October, 1863.
THOMAS FARRELL, Chief Clerk.
JOHN MORIARTY, Attorney for Assignees.
CHARLES HENRY JAMES, Esq., Official Assignee, 30,
Upper Ormond-quay.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 2 November 1863 -
SALE OF PROPERTY.--Mr. ROGER B. EVANS held a sale of
property at his Mart, South-Mall, on Saturday. The
lands are denominated "Lands of Rerour," and contain
601a. 2r. statute measure, situate in the parish of
Kilbolane, barony of East Muskerry, held in fee. The
property is let to nineteen tenants, eight of whom hold
from year to year, the remainder for periods varying
from 21 to 100 years, portions of which are expired.
The nett rent is £251 19s. 4d. A good attendance was
at the sale, and the bidding was spirited. It was stated
by Mr. W. R. Copinger, solicitor, who had the carriage
of the sale, that none of the tenants owed anything. The
following are the bids:--Mr. T. Babington, solicitor,
£2,000 ; Mr. James Payne, Upton, £3,000, £3,600,
£3,720, £3,760, £3,820, £3,860, and £3,920 ; Mr.
Walter Ronan, solicitor, £3,500, £3,620, £3,700,
£3,750, £3,770, £3,850, £3,900, £3,930, and £4,000
; Mr. Thomas Burrowes, George's-street, £3,810 ; Mr.
Abraham Thomas Chatterton, solicitor, £3,650,
£3,730, £3,800, £3,950, and £4,010, at which figure it
was knocked down, in trust.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 16 July 1863 -
THE IRISH ABROAD.
The military journal, the Moniteur de l' Armée,
announces the appointment of General O'Malley, to the
command of the subdivision of Constantine, vice
General Saurin. General O'Malley is the son of an
Irishman, who emigrated to France some short time
after 1798, and who entered the French military service
under the Consulate. The present General was
educated at La Fléche and St. Cyr. He went at an early
age with his regiment to Africa, and served for years in
that country. On the breaking out of war in the Crimea
he sought and obtained permission to serve there.
When peace was made with Russia, he returned to
France, and was fortunate enough to be employed
during the war in Italy, where he greatly distinguished
himself, and obtained his promotion as Colonel. When
the expedition to China was resolved upon, O'Malley
asked to be sent out under General Montauban, whom
he had long known in Africa. There, too, he served
with much distinction, and was promoted to the rank of
General of Brigade ; and when Pekin fell and General
Montauban returned home he was left in command of
the troops. He returned to France last year.--Times'
Paris Correspondent.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 13 September 1862 -
DEATHS.
On the 9th inst., at Everton, Liverpool, aged nine
months, Mary, daughter of J. Gunning Plunkett, Esq.
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From The Cork Examiner, 27 November 1863 -
A BOY SMOTHERED IN A CHIMNEY.
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A BOY named Patrick Tansion [Tonson], about 14 years
of age, was smothered in one of the chimneys of the
County Gaol yesterday. He was apprentice of a sweep
named Andrew M'Mahon, who has the contract of
sweeping the chimneys of the gaol, and was on yesterday
morning sent up one of the chimneys in the tower for the
purpose of cleaning it. The chimney was rather narrow
and when within some distance of the top the boy
became jambed in it so he could neither go up nor down.
In this position he was smothered, by the soot falling
around him, before those beneath were aware of his
danger. After he had been a short time in the chimney, his
master became alarmed at his not returning, and called
out to him. He received no answer, and on getting up
found the unfortunate boy dead. The body was at once
got down, and the police at the Victoria station were
informed of the unhappy occurrence. Constable Real
immediately proceeded to the gaol where he found
M'Mahon, the deceased's employer. He asked who had
sent the boy into the chimney, and on M'Mahon saying
that he had done so, the constable took him into custody.
M'Mahon was then carried before Mr. Leahy, J.P., and
was committed to gaol until an inquest on the body of the
boy should be held. This inquiry is appointed to take
place to-morrow.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 17 July 1861 -
THEATRE ROYAL, GEORGE'S STREET.
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THE pieces produced at the Theatre last evening were
Kotzebue's play, The Stranger, and Tobin's fine
comedy, The Honeymoon, in both of which Mr. and
Miss King appeared. In the first piece Mr. King's
performed the well-known character of The Stranger in
a manner which left nothing to be desired, while Miss
King's acting as the Countess of Wintersen, was most
pleasing. The part of Mrs. Haller was borne by Mrs.
Leigh, whose careful rendering of it added much to the
completeness of the cast. The striking difference between
the two pieces afforded a strong proof of the versatility of
Mr. King's talents, and the minor characters were very
well performed. A great merit in the performance was
that the comedy, though a second piece, was given fully.
It is much too good a piece to be spoiled by curtailment.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 4 December 1861 -
DEERFOOT AT LEEDS.
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LEEDS, MONDAY.--Deerfoot ran to-day at Victoria-grounds,
Leeds, against four competitors ; Mills, of London, Brighton, of
Norwich, Barker, of London, and Cliffe, of Leeds. Fifteen
thousand persons were present. Mills, after a splendid running,
gave up at six miles' distance. Barker had an accident and was
thrown over for two laps, but Brighton gamely ran on with
Deerfoot to the close, and was distanced by only two yards. The
Indian put on a tremendous spurt at the finish and arrived at the
post by that distance ahead of his opponent. The time occupied in
running the ten miles was fifty-three minutes and ten seconds--the
shortest time on record.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 July 1856 -
The Sultan has remitted through the Ottoman Bank
£1,000 as a contribution to the Nightingale fund.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 5 October 1863 -
DEATHS.
On Saturday, at her residence, 23, South
Terrace, Caroline, youngest daughter of the late
George Davies, Esq.
On the 21st Sept., in New York, of apoplexy,
Daniel Madden, a native of Doneraile, county
Cork, aged 47 years.
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From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
PEDESTRIANISM.--A very large concourse of spectators
assembled at the West London Cricket Ground
yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of witnessing a
five-mile walking match between James Miles of
Brixton, and William Hatley of the City, for £25 a-side.
The men started at twelve minutes past four o'clock,
Hatley completing the first quarter of a mile in 1 minute
44 seconds, with a lead of about two yards. The first
mile was finished in 7 minutes 45 seconds, Hatley still in
the same position. On the completion of the second mile
(time 16 minutes 9 seconds), Hatley broke away from
his opponent, but they again closed together, and so
continued until they entered the straight to complete the
third mile, when Miles passed the post with a lead of
about a dozen yards (time 24 minutes 37 seconds).
Hatley struggled on, but could never get within fifty yards
of Miles, and at the conclusion of the fourth mile gave up
the contest. The four miles were done in 33 minutes 8
seconds, no time being taken for the last one.
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From The Cork Examiner, 18 November 1863 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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November 16, 1863.
ARRIVED--Marcella, Pacher, Monte Video, hides, &c. ;
General Garibaldi, Avinguies, New York, wheat ;
Carmonia, Williams, Umguay, hides, &c. ; Maria Voss,
Taganrog, wheat, to Cork ; Celesta, Cattannich, Cardiff,
coals, to Corfu, windbound ; Margaret, Evans, Newcastle,
coals ; Choice, Sullivan, Newcastle, coals ; Cumberland,
Pearle, Richabucto, deals ; Ann, Pearu, Carnarvon, slates ;
Kate Davison, Sheehan, Crookhaven, ballast ; City of
Limerick steamer, Liverpool, to New York.
SAILED--Presto steamer, Thomas, Bermuda, ballast ; Mary
Ann, Flavan, Newport, ballast ; Mary Taylor, Drewing,
Bristol, oats ; Ingaraina, Bowe, Glo'ster, bones &c. ;
Admiral Blake, Kenward, Bristol, hides ; Marcella, Parker,
Liverpool, bones.
November 17, 1863.
ARRIVED--Talisman steamer, Russell, Port-au-Prince,
general cargo--put in short of coals ; Kaffirland, Stephens,
Callao, guano ; Picton, Jones, Palermo, to Cork ; Robin
Hood, Jones, Tenez, barley ; Agnes, Maurice, New York,
wheat ; Great Republic, Limeburner, Callao, guano ; Excel,
Lister, Mazagan, wool ; Rising Sun, Orr, Callao, guano ; Try
Again, Power, Quebec, timber, to Cork ; Guiseppa
Autoria, Degaspere, Berdianski, wheat, to Cork.
SAILED--Cumberland, Parle, Belfast, deals ; Pearl,
Watson, Drogheda, grain.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
ARRIVED--(Wind S.S.W.)--Sailor's Bride, from Sulina ;
Nicolina, from Odessa ; George Raynes, from Callao ;
Arolus, from Dantzic ; Artic, from Callao.
SPOKEN--November 2nd, Jane Herbert, off Vincent, from
Cardiff, for Palermo, by the Pictor [sic], from Palermo ;
October 11th, 12.20 S., 31.6 W., Bremen Brig, from Rio
della Plate (68 days out).
BELFAST, THIS DAY--ARRIVED--Guild Mayor, from
Alexandria ; Beta, London.
A large brig (name unknown, as no boats got aboard) was
ashore this day on one of the Maiden Rocks, where she
remained a few hours, but, being flood water, came off and
proceeded before any assistance got off to her. The vessel
must have received damage, and has probably gone to the Clyde.
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From The Cork Examiner, 23 July 1861 -
KERRY ASSIZES--TRALEE FRIDAY.
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RECORD COURT.
Judge Keogh sat this morning at ten o'clock, and having disposed
of all the remaining civil business, rose before one, and subsequently
proceeded by train to Killarney, where he will remain until Monday,
and then go on to Cork to open the assizes there at noon.
The following is the only record of the three tried deserving any
notice.
M'Carthy v. Kennealy
This was an action brought by the representatives of the late Mr.
M'Carthy, of Tralee, against the defendant, Mr. John Kenneally, a
corn dealer, and also an inhabitant of this town, to recover a sum of
£1,400, which they stated had been lent by the deceased in his
lifetime to the defendant.
The defendant alleged that the deceased was a partner of his in the
corn trade ; that any money which was advanced was advanced by
the deceased as such partner, and that there was a partnership
account between them which could only properly be taken in equity
court, and that therefore, the present action was not maintainable,
&c.
Messrs. Clarke, Q.C., Barry, Q.C., and Nelligan, were of counsel
for the plaintiffs ; and Messrs. Brereton, Q.C., Leahy, Q.C., and
Wm. Hickson, for the defendant.
The case of the plaintiffs was, that the defendant and a son of the
deceased, Maurice M'Carthy, who bore the same name, were
partners in the corn trade in Tralee, and carried on business under
the name of "Maurice M'Carthy and Co." --that the deceased from
time to time advanced money to carry on the business, amounting
altogether to a sum of about £1,400, which was now due and owing
to his representatives.
Upon behalf of the defendant, it was admitted that the deceased
advanced money for the purposes of the trade, but it was alleged
that he did so as a partner of the defendant, and not in any other
capacity--that the son of the deceased was never a partner of the
defendant, and only acted in the business on the part of his father.
After a lengthened investigation, the jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff for £700 and costs, thereby holding that the late Mr.
M'Carthy was not a partner of the defendant.
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KERRY ASSIZES--TRALEE FRIDAY.
[continued]
CROWN COURT.
Chief Justice Monahan sat in this Court, and resumed the trial of
prisoners.
MURDER
John Mason, against whom bills for wilful murder were found at
last spring assizes, and who has been since detained in custody, was
admitted to bail to stand his trial at the next spring or subsequent
assizes, if he should get a fortnight's notice to attend, himself in
£60, and two sureties of £30 each.
Bridget Sheehan (aged thirty), who was convicted on one charge
of larceny, and pleaded guilty to another, was sentenced to twelve
month's imprisonment with hard labour.
Mary Sheehan (aged twenty-five), an old offender, convicted on
seventeen former occasions, was found guilty of larceny, and
sentenced to five years' penal servitude.
Daniel Driscoll, a respectable-looking man, about thirty years of
age, was indicted for the larceny of the sum of £9, the property of a
man named John Dee.
Messrs. Henn, Q.C., and Barry, Q.C., prosecuted for the Crown
; and Mr. Coffey appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
The case was somewhat peculiar in its circumstances. It appeared
that the prosecutor had a sum of £12 in his possession, which he got
from the agent of a Cork butter merchant in Listowel, in one £10
and two £1 notes, and having attended a fair and bought some
young pigs from the prisoner for £1, and being an illiterate man, he
asked the prisoner which was the £1 note, and the allegation was
that the prisoner, who could read and write, took from him the £10
note, for the purpose of defrauding him. The defence was a total
denial that the prisoner got the £10 note, and it was also relied on,
that it was not traced in any way to the prisoner.
The jury convicted him, and he was sentenced to four month's
imprisonment, upon his lordship being informed that the prisoner's
friends had made up for the prosecutor the full amount of his loss.
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KERRY ASSIZES--TRALEE FRIDAY.
CROWN COURT.
[continued]
BRUTAL ASSAULT, &c.
Daniel Ahearne, Edward Cushion. Richard Raymond, and
Michael Kelihan, all young men, not more than twenty years of age,
were severally indicted for having on the 12th of the present month
(this day week) feloniously assaulted Mary Hickey, at Coolnalee,
near the town of Listowel, in this county.
Ahearne was first charged with the felonious assault, the other
three prisoners with being present and abetting him ; and there was
another indictment in which the prisoner Cushion was charged as the
principal, and the others as aiders and abettors in the crime.
(This is the case in which an application was made on the previous
day on the part of the prisoners to postpone the trial until the next
assizes, owing to the alleged absence of a material witness, but his
lordship having directed affidavits to be made to the Crown, and by
or on behalf of the prisoners, ultimately declined to accede to it.)
Messrs. Henn, Q.C., Heron, Q.C., and Barry, Q.C., appeared
for the Crown ; and Mr. Coffey defended the prisoners.
The facts of the case are so unusually revolting in their details that
it is impossible to do more than state the substance of the evidence
very briefly. It appeared that the prosecutrix, who is a very fine and
pretty young girl, about eighteen years of age, was a servant residing
with a family named Gallavan, near the town of Listowel, and was
going to milk some cows on the evening of that day, when she was
most brutally attacked by some of the prisoners, and forcibly violated
by two of them, whilst the others held her. The unfortunate girl,
when first produced as a witness, from fear, or some other cause,
said, she "forgave the prisoners, and did not want to prosecute
them," and subsequently altogether refused to give evidence, and
when compelled to do so, most positively contradicted the
statements in her informations sworn before Mr. Alexander Elliot,
J.P., on the day after the offence was committed. So determined,
indeed, was she not to prosecute, that the Crown counsel were
obliged to ask his lordship to discontinue the trial, and to permit
them to enter a nolle prosequi on the present indictment, and
remand the prisoners for trial to the next assizes, and also to commit
the prosecutrix for trial upon a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury.
At this stage of the proceedings the Chief Justice most feelingly
addressed the prosecutrix, and informed her that he would feel
obliged to commit her for perjury if he was satisfied, on reading her
informations and hearing her evidence that she had been guilty of
that crime, but stated that he would give her another opportunity of
considering her position, and answering truly all the questions put to
her. The unfortunate girl when this occurred became convulsed in
tears and hysterical, and fell in a faint off the witness chair, and
remained for a considerable period wholly unconscious, so that the
Court had to adjourn for more than half an hour before her
examination could be proceeded with. On her return to Court she
appeared more calm and collected, and in reply to the learned Chief
Justice, said she would tell the whole truth. The prosecutrix then
detailed all the facts set out in her informations, and fully implicated
Ahearne and Cushion as having committed felonious assaults upon
her, and Raymond as being present aiding and assisting them. Her
evidence went wholly to exculpate the fourth prisoner, Kelihan. The
case sought to be made for the defence, on cross-examination, was
to the effect that the prosecutrix had misconducted herself with the
prisoner Ahearne during the earlier part of the day, and otherwise
conducted herself in such an improper and unbecoming way as to
almost encourage them to the commission of the crime.
His Lordship in charging the jury, said that in the whole course of
his experience as a judge, or at the bar, he never heard of a more
brutal and unmanly assault, if the evidence in support of it was true.
The learned judge highly complimented the prisoners' counsel on the
ability displayed by him in conducting the defence, and also that the
case for the Crown was most efficiently conducted.
The jury having, without a moment's delay, convicted all the
prisoners but Kelihan, who was acquitted and discharged, his
Lordship sentenced them each to penal servitude for a period of
twenty years.
This was the last Crown case, and the Court then rose.
The Chief Justice subsequently proceeded to Killarney, where he
will remain with Judge Keogh until Monday.--Saunders'
Correspondent.
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From The Cork Examiner, 6 June 1863 -
ICE IN THE ATLANTIC.--The Daphne, which reached
New York on the 22nd ult., reports having been amongst
field ice and icebergs from the 4th to the 6th of May,
during which time she saw 11 other vessels entangled in
the ice.
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From The Cork Examiner, 1 June 1863 -
INJURY TO MONT BLANC.--We regret to say that the valuable
race-horse (the property of John Hubert Moore, Esq.) met
with a serious accident on Thursday, in a horse box, at the
Limerick Junction. He travelled in good health and prime
condition, after walking over for the Tipperary stakes the day
previous. He was put into a box at the junction by his owner,
and the boy with him. The servant of the company shunted the
box over upon the Limerick line, and the train coming up
came into collision with the box. From the sudden concussion
the muscles of the neck and hinder quarters of the horse are
most materially injured and prevent him from running in his
engagement at Mullingar, where he had an excellent chance of
winning. Though Mr. Moore was himself in the train, the
company's servants took the horse out of the box in which he
received the injury and put him into another without ever
informing him of the occurrence until he went to take out his
horse ; Kildare, when he found him lamed and mutilated. The
boy was very much injured.--Saunders.
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From The Cork Examiner, 23 January 1864 -
POLICE OFFICE--THIS DAY.
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(Before Capt. TOOKER and Mr. CRONIN, R.M.)
A WELL-DRESSED young girl, about 20 years of age, was put
forward by Sub-Constable Cantillon, who stated that he
arrested the prisoner on the previous evening, on the
receipt of a telegram stating that a young woman, named
Mary Noonan, of the prisoner's description, had lately
absconded from her parents who lived in Drumcolliher,
county Limerick, and stolen from them a considerable sum
of money, between £20 and £30. On searching her the
Constable found on her person 19 sovereigns and a £5
passage warrant to New York. Her brother arrived on this
morning, and identified the prisoner.
Mr. Cronin asked Noonan, the prisoner's brother, if he
intended to prosecute.
Noonan--No, sir.
Mr. Cronin--What made you change your mind? You
ought to have considered this before you put the law in
motion.
Noonan--I only wanted to have her detained, and to get
back the money.
Mr. Cronin said that it was stated in the telegram that the
woman had no hoops. He supposed that it was by that the
woman was identified, for ninety-nine girls out of every
hundred wore hoops (laughter).
The Bench directed the prisoner to be discharged, and
the money given back to her father.
Ellen Russell, Barrack-street, was summoned for not
opening her public-house to the police.
Acting-constable Conroy stated that on a night during the
week he rapped at defendant's door, and immediately
afterwards heard dispersing inside. The door was opened
after about a quarter of an hour, and the witness searched
the house, but found no one there. One of the rooms in the
house was locked, and the people said they had not the
key.
Mr. Blake, who appeared for the defendant, alleged that
the woman opened the door in a reasonable time, and
called witnesses to prove this.
The Bench imposed a fine of 10s. and costs.
Mr. Qunilan, Main-street, was fined £1 and costs, for
having her [sic] public-house open at nine o'clock on last
Sunday morning.
The court soon afterwards rose.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 27 October 1863 -
BIRTHS.
On the 26th inst., at Patrick's Place, the wife of Capt.
Hickie, 7th Fusiliers, of a daughter.
At Queenstown, on the 25th inst., the wife of Thomas
Curran, of a son.
On the 25th inst., at Glountane Cottage, near Mallow,
the wife of R. Newman Townsend, Esq., M.D., of a
daughter.
October 23, at Parsonstown, the wife of John R.
Brereton, Esq., of a son.
On the 21st inst., at Ashburnham House, the Countess
of Ashford, of a son.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 23 January 1864 -
CORK HARBOUR--SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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January 22, 1864.
ARRIVED--Astoria, German, Swartwig, general to
Melbourne, leaky ; Lauro, Budicich, Monte Video,
bones.
SAILED--Nil.
(By Magnetic Telegraph.)
January 23rd--Wind W.S.W., fine
ARRIVED--Incomparable, St. Ubes, to Cork ; Atlantic,
from New York.
SAILED--Compagne, for Clyde.
PUT IN--Schooner Sharon, from Liverpool to Harbor
Grace, leaky.
WATERFORD, THIS DAY--ARRIVED--Rhoda (s.), Burrell,
from Nantes, and sailed for Liverpool.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 15 April 1863 -
THE MAGISTRACY.--The Hon. Gerard Dillon, of
Clonbrock, Ahascragh, has been appointed to the
commission of the peace for the County of Galway.
William Magee, Esq., of Fern Hill, Wicklow, has also
been appointed to the commission of the peace for the
County Wicklow.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 19 July 1861 -
CASE OF STABBING.--At the police office this morning,
John Burns, a sailor on board H.M.S. Immortalité, was
charged with having stabbed a painter named William
Mahony. It appeared that about ten o'clock last night,
the witness was in a state of semi-intoxication at
Barrackton, and commenced chasing a couple of girls
with a knife in his hand. The girls got away, and he then
stopped to talk to some old women. A party named
Edward O'Halloran, having observed his previous
conduct, drew near and looked at him, on which Burns
exclaimed "what are you looking at you ----," using
some opprobrious expressions towards him. O'Halloran
stepped back towards the door of a public house, and
William Mahony, seeing the prisoner excited said to him,
"what is the matter, shipmate?" "Take that, you bloody
Irish b----," said Burns, and he made a thrust of the
knife at Mahony. The knife penetrated the jacket and
shirt just over the heart, but fortunately it went no
further.
The prisoner on being questioned by the magistrates
said he recollected nothing of the circumstances.
Informations were ordered against him.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 18 November 1881 -
THE LATE ARCHBISHOP OF TUAM.
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In the disposal of his personal property, his Grace,
the late Archbishop of Tuam, has made provision for
handing over to the Trustees of the College a small
estate, in the neighbourhood of Tuam, which had
come into his possession many years ago, and had
since then enabled him to contribute with a generosity
plainly in excess of the narrow resources of an Irish
Catholic Bishop to so many acts of charity and
religion. Available, of course, in the first instance,
within certain limits, for the students of his Grace's
Diocese of Tuam ; then for stundents of the other
dioceses of the ecclesiastical province over which for
so many years he had ruled as Metropolitian ; and, in
fine, within the reach from time to time of some
deserving students from the three other ecclesiastical
provinces of Ireland, the "MacHale" Burses or Prizes
in Maynooth will form one of the noblest and no
doubt the most enduring monument ever raised to the
memory of a Prelate of the Irish Church.--Freeman.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 19 June 1863 -
MARRIAGES.
June 16, in Dingle, by the Rev. Daniel J. Sullivan, P.P.,
V.F., Catherine, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas
M'Kenna, merchant, Quay House, Dingle, to Mr.
Maurice O'Donnell, shopkeeper.
On the 18th inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, by
the Rev. William R. Mangan, M.A., assisted by the Rev.
James Mangan, L.L.B., Charles D. Cooke, to Jane,
eldest daughter of James Mangan, both of this city.
On the 17th inst., at St. Anne's Church, Dublin,
Osmond De Lancy Priaulx, Captain 94th Regt., to
Isabella Jane, widow of Ralph P. Gore, Esq.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
A RATHER novel cargo came yesterday to this port by the
Newfoundland steamer Ernest August, 90 tons. In
addition to a quantity of oil, she brought 40 barrels of
fresh salmon packed in ice, and the quality of the fish is
said to be excellent. The schooner made the passage
from Harbour Grace to Queenstown in nine days.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 11 August 1863 -
BIRTHS.
On the 8th inst., at 42, North Great George's-street,
Dublin, the wife of Henry Bruen, Esq., M.P., of a
daughter.
On the 5th inst., at Seggleden, Perthshire, the wife
of Lieut.-Colonel H. M. Drummond Hay, of a son.
On the 5th inst., at Highgate, the wife of Lieutenant-
Colonel Leach, R.E., of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., Lady Gardiner, of Roche Court,
London, of a daughter.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 March 1864 -
DEATHS.
On the 30th inst., at her residence, 77, Grand Parade, in the 28th
year of her age, Mary, the beloved wife [of] John Lynch.
On the 25th inst., at Killura Glen, Myles Linehan, Esq., youngest
son of the late Cornelius Linehan, Esq., of same place.
On the 19th inst., at his residence, Rainsford Lodge,
Newtownbarry, county Wexford. William Ryland Rainsford, Esq.,
aged 88 years.
March 26, at his residence, Dollymount, Mr. Thomas Keiran, of
153, Great Britain-street, aged 41 years.
On Easter Sunday, Mr. Patrick O'Hanlon, Assistant
Superintendent of the Waterford and Limerick Railway.
On the 10th March, at 32, South-street, Boston, United States,
William, son of Mr. James Gleason, formerly of Cork, aged two
years and nine months.
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From The Cork Examiner, 27 October 1863 -
A SAD END.--An inquest was held yesterday at
Queenstown by Mr. H. Barry, coroner, upon the body
of a middle-aged woman, who was found at an early
hour of the morning lying dead in a part of the island
called the "bush." The circumstances attending the
woman's death were of a peculiarly horrifying character.
She was one of those unfortunate women who infest the
town, and had been for a period of twenty years in that
condition. She belonged to the very lowest and most
miserable class, and in common with a number of others
in a similar position, who were too poor to obtain even
the worst kind of shelter, she inhabited a part of a small
wood near Midleton Park, where they had an
encampment. There, without better protection from the
weather than a ditch of the trees can afford them, shut
out from every aid, isolated from all around them, they
suffer miseries and privations which might be deemed
more than adequate punishment for their offences against
society. Such are their lives, and the episode of
yesterday was enough to show what will be their end.
This wretched woman was attacked a few days ago with
illness. Of course, no care or succour for her was at
hand, and she lingered on until she expired, alone and in
the open air, yesterday morning. Her body was found
while yet warm by a policeman who had entered the
place to arrest one of the women against whom a charge
had been made. On looking about the wood he found
some of the dead woman's companions, who took
possession of the corpse, and as if in mockery of her life,
laid it out for a "wake." Candles were lighted around it
on the ground, and all the formalities of obsequies were
imitated. The ghastly spectacle was, however, put an end
to soon by the police taking possession of the body to
bury it, funds for the purpose having been obtained,
partly from the coroner and partly out of the fees of the
Town Commissioners Court.
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From The Limerick Reporter, 19 June 1840 -
The brig Energy, of this port, Captain Irvine, arrived
at Quebec on the 7th ult., after a prosperous and
speedy passage of 35 days, and landed all her
passengers in perfect health, who were so highly
pleased with the kind conduct and attention of Captain
Irvine to them on the voyage, that they unanimously
presented him with an address upon their arrival. We
perceive by our advertising columns that she is to sail
again, with emigrants, in or about the last of July, and
we would strongly recommend her to those persons
intending to emigrate, as she is well known to be a
regular trader, fast sailer and fortunate vessel.
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From The Cork Examiner, 13 July 1861-
AN assembly of Council will be held, by adjournment
on Monday next, 15th July inst., at 1 o'clock, p.m., at
the Council Chamber, City Court House, to consider
the following Motions, notice of which have been given
:--By Alderman M'Carthy, that the Council request the
Mayor, the City Members, and the member for
Dungarvan, to constitute themselves a deputation, to
bring under the notice of the Parliamentary committee
of transatlantic communication, now sitting, and of the
government, the capabilities of the port and harbour of
Cork. By Councillor O'Flyn, that the regulation, or
order, obliging manure to be drawn and shipped at
night be rescinded. By Councillor Julian, that the
resolution of Council, of the 8th of January last,
transferring the management of the Pipe Water business
to a committee of the whole Council, be rescinded, and
that the former committee, consisting of fourteen
members be appointed. By same, that the order or
regulation of Council, continuing the payment of £40
a-year to the warden of Blackrock Castle, be
rescinded. By Councillor Keane, that one o'clock being
the hour fixed for the Council to meet, should the
number required by law to proceed to business be not
in attendance at fifteen minutes after that hour, the
Council should there and then adjourn. By Councillor
Hegarty, that the engineer and law agents be dismissed,
for the non-performance of their duties, but which the
rate-payers have been sadly disappointed and put to
much unnecessary expense ; to pass accounts and for
general business.
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From The Cork Examiner, 24 October 1863 -
THE UNITED STATE.--The Messenger Franco-
Americain of New York, publishes a notice which has
been issued in Iowa, signed by Dora Macomber, of New
York, and Wade Ilsley, of the State of Massachusetts.
They state that, finding the system of marriage in America
totally bad, and being unable conscientiously to unite
themselves according to the rites of the law, but
considering that every couple are perfectly free to enter
into such contract as may seem good to them, they make
known to all that they have made the following
arrangement :--"We propose to live as husband and wife
so long as that union shall be mutually agreeable to us."
This precious document is countersigned by eight
witnesses.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 July 1852 -
DEATHS.
At Larch-hill, in this county, on the 27th inst., aged 76,
Ellen, the beloved wife of Patrick Hassel, Esq.
July 23, in North Great George's-street, Ellen Mary,
second daughter of Bryan O'Donnell, of Hill Cottage,
Kilmallock, Esq.
July 24, at 6, Mountain View, North Circular-road, after a
short illness, taken whilst on circuit, Edward Howe, Esq.,
Barrister-at-Law.
On the 24th inst., in her 14th year, Maria, second
daughter of Thomas Swanton, Esq., of Crannliath,
Ballydehob.
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From The Cork Examiner, 30 July 1852 -
WRECK OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.
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We (Constitution) have been favoured with an extract of
a letter from Australia, conveying the following very
melancholy intelligence :--"We have had news of ------'s
arrival out. The ship, the "Isabella Watson," was wrecked
on Port Philip Head--missed stays and struck, stern on, on
a sunken rock. The first boat, filled with young married
women, was swamped, and all lost. The rest held on by the
vessel and were all saved. Mrs. ------ would not go in the
boat, and escaped the sad fate of those who did. The
surviviors hoped to recover most of their property."--The
"I.W." sailed from Plymouth about November last, with
respectable passengers only.
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From The Cork Examiner, 18 November 1863 -
Bailie Blackie has been elected Lord Provost
of Glasgow for the next three years.
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From The Cork Examiner, 1 November 1847 -
PRIEST HUNTING.
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THE Rev. Mr. HEALY of Kilcatherine, one of the poorest Priests of
the poorest parishes in the poorest districts in Ireland, has been
again dragged before a court of justice for an imaginary assault
--as a convenient set off against an outrageous violence offered
to his person by an ignorant and malevolent creature, the poor
tool of some clerical zealots, who torment themselves and the
country with their real or affected zeal, and their absurd antics.
From his wretched parish and his starving flock, the Priest has
been dragged all the way to Bandon, and overwhelmed with
expense--all to gratify unworthy malice, and be made a show of
for the enjoyment of illiterate boobies, who call themselves
gentlemen, but are in reality only the most contemptible section of
that very paltry class known to public ridicule as Irish shoneens.
Let one incident connected with the farcical trial give an indication
of the rantipole frenzy and outrageous disregard for decency into
which a stupid bigotry is apt to betray the very idle and very
contemptible class to which we allude :--
Mr. O'Connell--In your great anxiety for the promotion of
religion, will you tell me, Mr. Coen, did you happen to address
any of the Rev. Mr. Healy's congregation, when they were
coming from mass?
Witness--Oh, most certainly ; any of them I meet on the way, I
make a point of speaking to, and showing up the errors of
Popery.
[This reply was followed by loud cheers through the Court,
which appeared to be most enthusiastic among the individuals
in the space immediately behind the Bench.]
Take this incident, as detailed by our reporter, in connexion
with the fact sworn to by the ex-carman and now expounder of
the Scriptures--that all the expenses of the prosecution had been
borne by Mr. COEN--the Evangelical Curate of the Priest-hating
Parson of Berehaven--and then form an idea of the true nature,
character, and object of the trial, the details of which we give at
such an extraordinary length. We may however express our
surprise that the Court did not at once commit to the dock some
of the more prominent of the little bigots who thus desecrated
what the law assumes to be a temple of justice. Had they been a
Papist mob, how awful would have been the frown, how stinging
the rebuke, and how prompt the punishment! But they were only
shoneens ; and the pleasant ebullition of feeling was mildly
repudiated.
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: From his wretched parish and his starving flock, the Priest has
: been dragged all the way to Bandon, and overwhelmed with
According to local legend, the gates of the 17th-century walled town of
Bandon were inscribed with the words "Turk, Jew or atheist may enter here,
but not a papist." to which some graffitist supposedly added "He who
wrote this wrote it well, the same is written on the gates of hell."
-dja
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From The Cork Examiner, 25 November 1862 -
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS
The Duhallow (Viscount Doneraile's) Hounds will meet
on Wednesday, November 26th, at Twopothouse ; Friday
28th, Castle Hyde ; Saturday 29th, Altamira. Hour --
Eleven o'clock.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 25 March 1863 -
BIRTHS.
On the 25th inst., at his residence, South Mall, the wife
of Richard Callaghan, M.D., of a son.
March 16, the wife of James Lennane, Esq., Feale
Cottage, Listowel, of a son.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 3 July 1863 -
THE steamship Scotia, Captain Danby, commander,
belonging to the Greek and Oriental steamship Company,
arrived in the harbour yesterday from Selina, with a cargo
of Indian corn. Her main shaft, having been broken in the
Mediterranean, she was obliged to sail for the remainder
of the voyage. The cargo is consigned to Samuel Coventry
& Co., of this city.
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From The Cork Examiner, 22 November 1847 -
STATE OF THE COUNTY KERRY.
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(From the Tralee Post)
As already announced, there was an attack on the Tralee
Workhouse this week.
At Killarney, on Monday, the Guardians were obliged to
call in the military to preserve the peace and prevent
violence.
In Dingle, the Relieving Officer was obliged to receive the
protection of a police force.
Threatening notices have been served on the best
landlords and most attentive guardians in Irraghticonnor.
On Wednesday last, some persons went to a tillage field
near Blennerville, out of which the crop had already been
dug, to turn it up for the sake of any small potatoes that
might have been left in the ground. The owner of the field, a
man named Kean Mahony, came to prevent them, armed
with a loaded gun, and some hot words arose, during which
a young man named Flynn raised his spade--he says to put
it on his shoulder, preparatory to going away, but Mahony
asserts that it was to strike himself--on which Mahony fired
at him, and shot his right arm to pieces, just below the
shoulder. Poor Flynn was brought in to the County
Infirmary where the wounded limb was since amputated by
Dr. Crumpe. The young man still continues in the most
dangerous state. He bore the character of a most inoffensive
lad.
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From The Cork Examiner, 19 June 1863 -
DEATHS.
On the 14th inst., at Cheltenham, Mrs. Theresa Lynch,
widow of Andrew Henry Lynch, Esq., a Master in
Chancery in Ordinary, and youngest daughter of Charles
Butler, Esq., Q.C., in the 78th year of her age. R.I.P.
Thursday morning, at the Augustinian Convent, New
Ross, after a lingering illness, the Rev. Terence
MacMahon, O.S.A., late of Limerick.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 22 October 1863 -
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT--CORONER'S
INQUEST.
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ARDFERT, CO. KERRY, OCT. 21.--An inquest was held
here to-day by Mr. R. C. Harnett, district coroner, on the
body of James Bogue, a land steward in the employ of
Mr. Wm. Crosbie, of Ardfert Abbey, who met his death
under the following circumstances:--Bogue, for some
business or other, on the previous day, had occasion to
ascend the top of an old abbey which is situated near his
own residence, and by some incautiousness was
precipitated from a height of 120 feet. On the top of this
old ruin there is usually a flag flaunting in the air, and it was
noticed this day that the flag was inclining from its old
position ; and it is supposed the unfortunate deceased
went up to adjust it. A respectable jury--foreman, John
Dwyer--having been empanelled, they proceeded to view
the body, and, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
according to the foregoing facts. Bogue was for a long
time a resident of Clonakilty, county Cork.
--Correspondent. [see also 24 October 1863]
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From The Cork Examiner, 24 October 1863 -
==> On Thursday we published a paragraph announcing
the holding of a coroner's inquest on the body of Mr.
DANIEL BOGUE, killed by a fall from a ruined tower on the
estate of Ardfert Abbey. Last evening we received a
telegram from Mr. BOGUE himself, asking us to keep the
manuscript of the paragraph containing this statement,
which, it seems, was a hoax. We have the manuscript
both of the paragraph and the private note with which it
was accompanied as an authentication, and shall of
course place them at the disposal of the gentleman in
question, in hope that he may be able to trace the
authorship. No doubt, the writer has already the
satisfaction of knowing that he has spread a great deal of
unnecessary pain amongst Mr. BOGUE'S numerous friends.
It is hoped that he may in addition meet with something of
the punishment such blackguardism deserves.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 22 November 1847 -
KING'S COUNTY.
On Wednesday night two men named Larkin--father and
son--were badly wounded by a gang of ruffians, while
defending their house, which they had assailed in search of
his daughter. The scene of this outrage is about two miles
from Banagher.
Dennis Ahern
BIRTHS.
July 10, in Limerick, the wife of Charles Simmons, Esq.,
of a son.
On the 3rd inst., at Farnham, Surrey, the wife of Major Bligh,
41st Regiment, of a son.
On Wednesday morning, the 10th inst., at 73, Eaton-place,
London, the Hon. Mrs. Pakenham, of a son.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 23 April 1863 -
FERMOY UNION--WEDNESDAY.
Mr. RICHARD CARROLL, J.P., chairman.
THE other guardians present were :--John George Nason,
J.P. (vice-chairman) ; John Peard, D.V.C., John Barry,
George K. Bourke, M. C. Hendley, J.P. ; James Kent,
Major Lucas, J.P. ; John W. W. Nason, Denis O'Brien,
John O'Sullivan, Thomas Rice.
STATE OF THE HOUSE.--Remaining since last week, 424 ;
admitted since, 23 ; discharged, 26 ; remaining, 421.
FINANCE.--The balance in the bank to the credit of the
Union was £1,560 8s. 10d.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 22 November 1847 -
DEATHS OF EMIGRANTS AT GROSSE ISLE
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We take the following list of deaths of parties belonging to Cork
from the Quebec Morning Chronicle of Oct. 28.
From the 3rd to the 9th October--Mary Kelleher, 18,
Saguenay ; Pat. Daily, 7, Albion ; John Taylor, 61, Maria Somes,
Eliza Taylor, 22, do. ; Ann Lynch, 50, Asia ; Marg. Taylor, 24,
Maria Somes ; Elizabeth Hickey, 5, do.
From the 10th to the 16th October--John Donaho, 27,
Saguenay ; Mich. Murphy, 24, Avon.
A Return of Money and Effects left by Emigrants who died
without relatives, at Grosse Isle, from the 16th May to 21st
October, contains the following respecting passengers by vessels
that sailed from Cork :--
Denis Courtenay, Agnes, 4s. 6d. ; Francis Mournie, Bee, 1s. ;
Charles M'Kenzie, Gilmour, 10s. ; Pat. Crowly, £2, £1 note
brother James, Ballinally, county Cork ; John Berry, Free Briton,
16s. ; James Dwyer, Wakefield, 14s. ; John Regan, Jessie, £3 in
£1 notes, Don, Bantry, county Cork ; Michael Greenock, do. 2s.
6d. ; And. Shannon, Lady Flora Hasting, 2œd. ; Martin Sullivan,
Sir H. Pottinger, 8s. ; Michael Sullivan, do., £44 10s., mother,
Mary, Tiernatialta, Casson, county Kerry ; Peter Walsh, Free
Trader, £1 6s. ; Mary Flanagan, Ganges, £1 ; George Gordon,
Saguenay, 9s. ; Denis Burns, Covenanter, 2s. 6œd. ; Ellen
Curtain, Saguenay, 12s. 6d. ; Catherine Casey, Covenanter, £1 ;
Johanna Laughlin, do. 8s. 6d. ; Anthony Manley, Ganges, £1 0s.
9d. ; Michael Murphy, Avon, £1 2s. 6d. ; Cornelius Jeffy, Free
Trader, 18s. ; Honora Callacher, Sir H. Pottinger, £1 10s. 1œd. ;
Alexander Sutherland, Agnes, £2 2s., seaman ; E. Connell and
sisters, Urania, £4 13s. œd., Denis Courtenay, Agnes, Mr.
M'Mahon, through the Rev. Mr. Sax ; Denis Courtenay, Agnes,
£10, sent to the Rev. B. O'Reilly ; John Morarty, Sir H. Pottinger,
£5, sent to the Rev. Mr. Degas ; Ann Mylan, Free Trader, 4s.,
do. ; Rd. Mehan, Covenanter, £3, sent to the Rev. B. M'Ganran ;
John Brien, Avon, £5, to be sent to Mr. Buchanan, for orphan
children ; Sarah Hayes, Jessie, £8, do.
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From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
A PARTY of convicts were yesterday transferred to Spike
Island from Mountjoy prison, Dublin, under an escort
from the Constabulary depot, Phoenix-park. Another
party were removed from Spike Island prison to
Mountjoy, to complete their term of imprisonment, now
nearly expired.
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From The Cork Examiner, 13 July 1861-
DEATHS.
Suddenly, on the 11th inst., at his residence, No. 12,
Hardwicke-street, Isaac Biggs, Esq., of this city.
On the 9th inst., at Templenacarriga, Midleton, in the 99th year of
his age, Patrick Cull. He retained his faculties to the very last ; and
so unexpected was his death, that on the previous evening he took
his usual walk, a distance of nearly two miles. He was considerably
the oldest man in that part of the county.
On the 7th inst., at his residence, Grace Dieu, Waterford, after a
protracted illness, George Saunders, aged 67 years.
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From The Cork Examiner, 24 March 1863 -
The Marquis d'Andizus has arrived at the Imperial
Hotel, from the French Embassy, London.
Sir Charles and Lady Watson have arrived at the
Imperial (per City of New York), from New York.
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. P. Fielding, Coldstream Guards,
has left the Imperial for Killarney.
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From The Cork Examiner, 24 March 1863 -
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COUNTY COURT--SATURDAY.
(Before the CHIEF BARON.)
THROUGH inadvertance the following portion of the business in this
court was omitted from our report of last night. In justice to Mr.
Wallis we now publish it.
Before the rising of the Court,
Mr. Wallis, solicitor, said--My lord, before your lordship leaves
the court, as being a matter of importance to myself I am sure your
lordship will allow me to refer to an observation which I am
informed dropped from you to-day. Your lordship would not, I
know, allow anything that dropped from you to have any effect that
would tend to injure me with the public-- --
The Chief Baron--Certainly not.
Mr. Wallis--And therefore I address you, my lord. There was a
prisoner of the name of Lynch, whom I am concerned for, and I am
told that your lordship said to-day that an action could be brought
against me--against the prisoner's attorney--for not having taken
measures to secure a proper defence. I think it right to tell your
lordship that, in the first place, I am greatly afflicted with a very
bad leg, which prevented me from attending the court to-day, and which
compels me to remain under medical treatment. But as regards the
prisoner, the very moment I got the meagre instructions his brother
was able to give me I put them together in as good a manner as I
possibly could, and sent them immediately to Mr. Coffey. Mr.
Coffey had that brief yesterday, but he was at the time defending
another prisoner of the same name in the next court. I did everything
I could to get into communication with the prisoner and his family
but none of them ever came near me, and under these
cirucmstances I think your lordship will perceive that I am
undeserving of the remark your lordship made.
The Chief Baron--I did not make at all the observations you
suppose, or say I would advise the man to sue you. I said if his
attorney had not communicated with him and if his witnesses did not
go to the attorney, I would appoint an attorney for him and I would
advise him to sue the attorney for neglecting his duty. I said it only
supposing the other thing occurred. The man was asked if he
required any witness, he named one, and the fact of this witness
being in town was communicated to some person acting for him. It
was the business of the attorney to see that man, or send his clerk
for him. Don't understand me to say you have done that, Mr.
Wallis, but if I found that it was done I would certainly have
assigned the man an attorney and recommended him to bring an
action against the first solicitor.
Mr. Wallis--And what you say was done, my lord, but the public
take it for granted when they hear what was stated to-day that the
contrary was the fact. I assure you every instruction I could give
counsel was given to him and at the proper time. But never a single
witness went near me.
The Court then rose.
[to be continued]
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 24 March 1863 -
CORK SPRING ASSIZES
[continued]
YESTERDAY.
John Sullivan and Patrick Finn were indicted for having set fire
to a part of the Cork Union Workhouse building, on the 4th March,
1863, the occasion of a riot occurring in the establishment. They
pleaded not guilty, and were tried by the same jury as was sworn in
the last case.
Messrs. Copinger, Q.C., Barry, Q.C., and O'Hea prosecuted on
behalf of the crown.
Mr. Copinger, Q.C., having briefly stated the facts of the case.
His Lordship asked whether the Crown intended going into the
transactions antecedent to the arson with which the prisoners were
charged.
Mr. Copinger said they did not.
Michael M'Carthy deposed--I was an inmate of the Cork
Workhouse on the 4th march ; Sullivan and Finn, the prisoners,
were inmates at the same time ; between 7 and 8 o'clock in the
evening of the 4th I saw the two prisoners standing together in one
of the yards, and one of them, Finn, said to me--"If you want to get
yourself transported you had better join us" ; I said I did not want
to be transported ; they then walked up to the window of the
shoemaker's shop ; this shop is on the ground floor ; some of the
infirm men sleep on the floor above it ; there is a wire screen outside
the window of the shoemaker's shop ; the prisoners pulled this
screen from the window, and shoved in the sash with their hands,
when they had opened the window, they got into the shop ; I went
in after them, and I saw Finn take a large knife from under his
jacket, and cut the gas pipe with it ; both then caught the gas pipe,
and pulled it out from the wall ; when they had the pipe loosened,
Finn lit a match, and applied it to the gas to see if it were escaping
but it was not ; he then recommenced cutting the pipe again, and
continued at it until Sullivan told him the gas was escaping ; when
Sullivan said that the gas was escaping, Finn said that it was not
escaping strong enough as he wanted to burn the building, and he
went on hammering for a few minutes more, and then applied a
match again, when the gas lit ; there was a beam just above the pipe
upon which the flame played ; when they saw the beam taking fire
they came out of the shop and went away ; I went to bed and
remained there ; some of the paupers were still in the yards.
To his Lordship--I can't say whether there was a moon that night
; Finn or Sullivan did not tell me they were going to burn the house ;
I did not know what they were doing ; I don't think I ever stated
what appears in the information--that Finn said me--"We are
going to burn the house, won't you join us."
Jeremiah Desmond, examined by Mr. O'Hea, deposed--I am
assistant schoolmaster in the workhouse ; on the evening of the 4th
march I, while walking with another of the assistant schoolmasters,
Mr. Ring, noticed light in the shoemaker's shop ; I went to the shop
and found the lattice of the window broken ; I went in the window,
and saw the gas pipe broken, and the joint on fire ; the flame was
playing on the joint ; I came out immediately, and turned off the gas
pipe ; by the master's directions water was thrown on the joint ; the
men's infirm ward is over the shop ; there were over a hundred
inmates in that ward ; most of them were in bed at the time ; it was
after their bed time ; some of the men were blind ; the building in
which the shop is has been constructed fourteen of fifteen years ; it
is chiefly built of wood plastered outside ; there is a slight
foundation wall of stone, about six feet high, and the upper portion is
entirely of wood ; the wood is old and dry.
The prisoner Finn said there were no blind men in the ward over
the shop.
The witness said he knew of his own knowledge that there were
blind men in the ward ; the only outlet from the ward was a narrow
staircase leading into the men's yard ; the ward is 20 feet from this
yard.
Mr. J. Ring, assistant schoolmaster, deposed to having seen the
joint in the shoemaker's shop on fire ; he went on the first alarm into
the ward above where some of the boys were to prevent them from
attempting to get out of the windows.
Patrick Connery, gas fitter, deposed that on the 5th March he
inspected the gas pipe in the shoemaker's shop ; it was cut near the
joint, and was torn from the wall ; there was a large crack in it from
which gas might escape ; the pipe was of iron ; it was not cut ; did
not see any marks in it ; the pulling out of the pipe would cause the
fracture in it ; a knife would not cause it.
Edmond Nagle, the shoemaker employed in the workhouse,
deposed that the gas had not been lighted in the shop for a fortnight
before the 4th March ; on that day he outed the fire when leaving at
six o'clock, and fastened up the shop ; saw the gas pipe broken the
next morning and the beam burned ; saw a fracture in the pipe ; it
was at the side next to the wall.
J. L. Cronin, R.M., deposed that he took the deposition of the
witnesses in the case, and committed the prisoners for trial ; gave
the usual caution to the prisoners ; after giving the caution to the
prisoner, Flynn [sic] made the following statement--"I have nothing
to say in the matter, only that M'Carthy is as deep in the mire, and
as far in the matter as I am, I am sure Johnny Sullivan will say the
same. It could not have been completed without his aid."
His Lordship then charged the jury. He said that it was clear from
the two or three words that he had asked him that M'Carthy was an
accomplice in this crime. There was not the slightest doubt but that
M'Carthy joined these men, well knowing what their design was. It
was perfectly plain that it was the intention of those parties to do
this very mischief ; and from his own evidence, it was clear he was
an accomplice. The result of that was that although the law allowed
a verdict to be given on the uncorroborated testimony of an
accomplice, he would advise the jury not to act on that evidence
alone, notwithstanding that in strictness of law it was admissable.
The judges were in the habit, for the protection of those who were
charged by persons tainted with the ignominy of the transaction
themselves, to direct the jury not to act on the unconfirmed
evidence of an accomplice ; and he would therefore advise them not
to find against the prisoner Sullivan, the case against whom stood on
the evidence of the informer alone. As to Finn, he had plainly
acknowledged that he was engaged in the attempt to set fire to the
workhouse.
The jury then retired, and shortly afterwards returned into court
with a verdict of guilty against Patrick Finn and a verdict of
acquittal in the case of John Sullivan.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 24 March 1863 -
CORK SPRING ASSIZES
[continued]
His Lordship--I cannot allow a moment to pass without
pronouncing sentence in this case. I am desirous that those who
have heard the trial should also have the opportunity of hearing the
sentence. I don't know, Patrick Finn, whether you happen to be
one of those who think it better to have what is called a sentence of
transportation pronounced against you than to remain the inmate of
a workhouse. If you are one of those misguided men, allow me to
tell you that you are under a grievous mistake in so desiring. You
will not be transported--you will not be sent to another country
where you may gain your liberty after some period of confinement,
and go at large to pursue some business or industry. You will be
consigned to the punishment which is now called penal servitude,
and the effect of that penal servitude is to make you a serf and slave
for the period of your life for which this sentence is awarded. You
will be subjected to close confinement, to strict discipline, to labour
that may or may not be of use to you hereafter, according to your
own conduct. It is a most severe privation. It is combined with pain
and suffering, and it is one that few who ever suffered would desire
to suffer again. The sentence which I will be obliged to pronounce
upon you will withdraw you for a considerable period of your life
from any hope of resuming any habits of industry, or of getting back
even to a workhouse. I feel bound to pronounce a severer sentence
in your case than has been awarded for a similar transaction in other
places. It was difficult to contain one's feelings while hearing a
portion of the evidence that was given in this case. A number of
helpless old men had allotted to them the room over which it was
intended that this conflagration should take place. The ceiling of the
room where a number of old men were harboured, at the hour at
which they had to retire to rest, when probably, in consequence of
their age, many of them were actually sleeping--that was the spot
and the time selected to burn the workhouse. How was that room
circumstanced? Now, I am endeavouring to speak as plainly as
possible, so as that you and all in court will understand me. That
room was only to be entered by means of stairs that led from an
outside yard, these stairs being made of timber ; the walls were
timber ; the roof was timber. It was fourteen or fifteen years old. It
was calculated to burn like matches upon fire being applied to it.
How were those old men to escape if the flames had extended to
their part of the building, and if Providence had not brought persons
near who extinguished the fire? The door was six feet from the
outside, still it might have led to many being maimed if not killed. It
is frightful to consider the consequences that would have resulted if
you succeeded in your object ; and, indeed, it is difficult to conceive
how such heartless, barbarous cruelty could enter the mind of any
man, no matter how depraved he may be. I cannot restrain myself
from expressing my sentiments very strongly on this subject ; but do
not understand that the sentence I shall pass on you is the result of
any resentment on my part towards you. I am merely speaking the
language of the law, which denounces the crime, and accords to it a
severe and exemplary punishment. I am only performing a pressing
and imperative duty. It is not pleasant to me to consign any one to
penal servitude, but the law, for the protection of life and property,
awards a heavy sentence, and I am bound to pronounce it. The
sentence of the court is that you be kept in penal servitude for a
period of six years.
Phil Stevens
6 years , Or during ? , Or will it be in ' continued ' ? , Phil
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 24 March 1863 -
CORK SPRING ASSIZES
[continued]
Daniel Hilliard aged 19, John Ahern 16, Thos. Malone 16, James
Shea 18, Denis Murray 19, and John Sullivan, 22, were then put
forward charged with riotous conduct, at the Cork Workhouse on
the 4th March, [1864].
James Browne examined by Mr. Copinger--Is a wardmaster in
the Cork Union ; on the night of the disturbance in the Workhouse
he saw the prisoners Murray, Sullivan, Shea, and Flinn [sic] ;
between seven and eight saw fifty or sixty persons in the hall
underneath the board. Finn had something under his jacket ; asked
him what he had when he drew out a stick and made a stroke at
him ; the three other prisoners also had sticks ; Sullivan and Murray
attempted to strike him ; Finn said to the master, who was with him
at the time, that they were wronged, and that he was not the master
at all ; that was not the proper place for the men to be at that hour
at any time without his permission.
To his Lordship--There was sufficient light in the hall for me to
identify the prisoners.
George Larrymore, master's clerk, was examined by Mr. Barry,
and deposed that on the night of the riot he was in his office when
he heard the rush of many men and the bursting open of a door ; the
rush and noise proceeded from a body of the inmates who had
come down from their beds to the passage near the master's office ;
that passage was divided from the men's ward by a large gate.
His Lordship said that he feared the case could not go on without
a diagram or plan of the premises.
Examination continued--Believes that it was the gate between the
passage and the men's department that caused the noise ; the
passage and the cell are all the same, there are six entering on the
hall.
His Lordship said that it was really a most lamentable thing that a
case of this kind should be brought into court without a map, by
which alone the circumstances of the case could be understood.
Mr. Steele, master of the workhouse deposed to the assembling
of the paupers in a very large number ; they were crying out that
they wanted to get revenge on Larrymore, and Brown ; four of the
prisoners, Finn, Sullivan, Murray and Shea, were armed with sticks
; several blows were aimed at Larrymore and Brown, and witness
put his arms out to protect them ; none of the blows fell on witness,
or if they did he did not feel them ; three or four of the crowd
forced their way into the passage ; Brown for protection was
obliged to go into the hospital office, and Finn made several
attempts to get at him ; he caught the latch and tried to force the
door but did not succeed.
One of the prisoners accused the master of drunkeness on the
night in question, and said that there was a smell of drink from him
that would be sufficient to make him drunk, along with the master.
The Master said that he never got drunk, but particularly on the
4th he took less refreshment than other days.
This closed the case for the crown, and
The prisoners having been asked if they had anything to say, one
of them, the same prisoner who first spoke, said--I am very sorry it
is not worse ; twice worse, for the persecution I got. If I get back,
if it is for one year or two years, I'll do something.
His Lordship then charged the jury. He said the law on the
subject of riot was this :--If three or four persons, assembling
together with weapons and with demonstration of force to effect
some object, and with a determination to use force in resisting any
force brought against them--if those persons assembled together in
the manner he had described, and effected their object, that would
be a riot, but if they did not, although the law was broken, it would
not be a riot. The crowd of paupers who assembled together in the
workhouse confessedly had two objects, one being the liberation of
some of the inmates, and the other to punish Brown the
wardmaster, and Larrymore. It was clear that their first object was
not effected ; the second might require some explanation. Was
either Brown or Larrymore struck? The Master said that he warded
off any blows that were aimed at him ; at the same time he said that
he could not say that himself was struck. But in the eyes of the law
an assault was committed if a person raised a stick to strike another
while that person was within striking distance, and if there were
persons standing by aiding and abetting in that act they were also
guilty of assault. Now the jury should apply that rule to the case of
the prisoners.
The jury then retired, and in a few minutes returned into Court
and enquired of the Master whether any of the prisoners were
within striking distance of Brown of Larrymore when the blows
were aimed at them. The Master said that they were, and the jury
again retired.
Mr. Coppinger [sic], while they were inside, asked his Lordship
whether the indictments could be separated ; the unlawful assembly
from the riot.
His Lordship replied in the negative.
Mr. Coppinger [sic], Q.C., said that in the case of the Gavazzi
riots in Tralee his opinion was that if the indictment had been for
unlawful assembly, and not for a riot, that the persons charged
would have been found guilty.
The jury shortly again came into Court, with a verdict of guilty
against all the persons for riot.
His Lordship sentenced Finn, who was convicted in the former
case, to one day's imprisonment, and postponed passing sentence
on the remainder of the prisoners.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 23 January 1864 -
TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK EXAMINER
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Calcutta, 7th December, 1863.
DEAR SIR,--As a contrast and as an example of liberality
and noble-mindedness I herewith beg to enclose a copy of
an inscription on the tomb of a non-commissioned officer,
late of her Majesty's 43rd Regiment, which have just
embarked here in the Lady Jocelyn, steamer, for New
Zealand. The tomb I have seen here erected in the Roman
Catholic chapel of Fort William, Calcutta. The inscription is
as follows:--
Sacred to the memory of
Quartermaster Sergeant John Halloran,
of the 43rd or Monmouthshire Light Infantry,
who departed this life
on the 14th of June, 1863,
aetat 28.
To record his early death and exemplary character
this tablet has been erected by an Officer in
the Regiment under whom he served.
Your readers will be surprised and equally pleased when
I inform you that the tomb, &c., was erected at the sole
expense of a Welsh Protestant, the Adjutant and
Paymaster of the regiment, and reflects honourably to his
liberality and goodness of heart. Quartermaster Halloran
was the third Irishman who filled the post under the
Adjutant, and so well pleased had he been with the last
deceased that he raised the above memorial in the Roman
Catholic chapel, alike creditable to the gallant officer and
the respected deceased Quartermaster, which must be
gratifying to his friends in Ireland.
D. A. M'C.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
MARRIAGES.
December 27, at Westland-row Chapel, by the Rev.
William Mulhall, Hugh Sweeney, Esq., Thomas-street,
Sligo, to Mary Josephine Murphy, of 23, Aungier-street,
Dublin.
On the 26th inst., at St. Mary's Parish Church, Dublin,
Mr. Daniel Sullivan, 27, Marlborough-street, to Lizzie
Carleton, only daughter of Hugh M'Donnell, Esq., 52,
Mary-street.
Dennis Ahern
From The Kerry Sentinel, 6 January 1897 -
TO THE EDITOR OF THE KERRY SENTINEL.
January 2nd, 1897
SIR,--In your issue of the 2nd January, '97, a report has
appeared of a young man attempting to commit suicide in
Causeway, North Kerry, and was afterwards removed to
my house. I beg to give that portion a flat denial. The
occurence took place at his lodgings at Causeway.
By inserting the above on your next issue you will oblige
Yours respectfully,
EDWARD SOMERS,
Ballinarog, Causeway,
North Kerry.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 5 October 1863 -
The ship Hahneman, of Liverpool, reports having
been fired into and boarded by a Confederate
privateer on the 1st July. After examining the
papers of the Hahneman the privateer left her in
latitude 25 S., long. 36 W.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 18 January 1864 -
NEW ORDER RESPECTING PASSENGER SHIPS.--A new order
in council has been issued respecting the "Passengers'
Act, 1855, which revokes the order in council dated the
25th of February, 1856, and directs that another, now
published, shall henceforward be observed for preserving
order, for promoting health, and for securing cleanliness
and ventilation to be observed on board of every
passenger ship proceeding from the United Kingdom to
any port or place in her Majesty's possessions abroad,
out of Europe, and not being within the Mediterranean
Sea. It is specified amongst other rules that passengers
shall rise at seven a.m., at which hour the fires shall be
lighted. The breakfast hour is between eight and nine
o'clock ; and before that time all the emigrants, except
those under medical orders, are to be out of bed and
dressed, and the beds rolled up, and the deck on which
they sleep properly swept. Dinner is to be at one o'clock,
and supper at six ; fires are to be put out at seven o'clock,
and the emigrants are to be in their berths at ten. On
Sundays the emigrants are to be mustered at ten a.m., and
are expected to appear in decent apparel. The day is to
be observed as religiously as circumstances will admit. No
smoking shall be allowed between decks. The following
kinds of misconduct are strictly prohibited :--All immoral
or indecent acts or conduct, taking improper liberties, or
using improper familiarities with the female passengers,
using blasphemous, obscene, or indecent language, or
language tending to a breach of the peace, swearing,
gambling, drunkenness, fighting, disorderly, riotous,
quarrelsome, or insubordinate conduct."
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 16 October 1863 -
ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENTS.
Engineer--John West, to the Asia, as supernumary.
Assistant Engineer--Wm. Murray, to the Columbine.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 22 November 1847 -
COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.--On Wednesday evening
whilst John Quin, Carrigatoher, and his family were
sitting around their humble hearth, enjoying their rural
happiness, and resting their wearied limbs after the
toils of the day, they were started by loud knocking at
the door and the utterance of revengeful expressions.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 24 March 1863 -
MARRIAGES.
On the 19th inst., at Mount Juliet, the seat of the
Earl of Carrick, the Hon. John T. W. Massy, second son
of Hugh Hammon, fourth Baron Massy, to the Lady Lucy
Maria Butler, daughter of Somerset Richard, third Earl
of Carrick.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 18 November 1863 -
The Publicateur de la Vendee announces the
death, at the age of 107 years, at Essarts, in that
department, of Jacques Chevillion, an old soldier of
the Royalist army. He enjoyed excellent health and
the use of all his faculties till within a few days of
his decease.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 30 December 1863 -
THE paddle steamer Advice, tender to the Hawke, has
returned from Plymouth. The gunboat Magpie has
returned from the Shannon.
Dennis Ahern
From The Cork Examiner, 6 June 1863 -
Richard Bolton, Esq., Donaghmoyne, county
Monaghan, has been appointed to the commission
of the peace for the county Monaghan.
Dennis Ahern
LOSS OF THE SHIP FRS. SPAIGHT
From the Limerick Times
It is with the deepest regret we announce the loss of the ship
Francis Spaight, T. Gorman, Master, of Limerick, the property
of the eminent merchant of that name. Mr. Spaight received this
morning, the subjoined letter from his Captain, apprising him of
this most lamentable occurrence, which is more to be deplored
on account of the loss of seven lives! --The vessel was on its
return voyage from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Limerick, and
was upset in a tremendous gale, which had obliged her to lie to.
She was a first class ship -- one of several employed by Mr.
Spaight in the American trade--we may, perhaps, add, the finest
belonging to our city--and remarkable from her quick and
fortunate passages.
TO FRANCIS SPAIGHT, Esq.
Falmouth, 8th Janaury, 1836
DEAR SIR--It is with the greatest reluctance that I can bring
myself to tell you that your fine ship is lost, and which I am
heartily sorry for. We left St. John's on the 25th November, and
on the [night] of the 3d Dec. in lat. 46 N.--long., about 48 W.,
when lying-to, under a closed reefed mizen topsail, the ship upset
and turned bottom up. On getting the masts cut away, she again
righted, but with the loss of three of the crew--William Griffiths,
Patt Cusack, and Patt Behane, apprentice, and every article on
deck save the bare poop deck, not leaving us, the remaining
sufferers, fifteen in number, the smallest particle of provisions, or
yet water. We were then left in that dreadful state, such as tongue
could not describe until the 22d, when, not being able to endure
suffering any longer, Pat O'Brien a boy, John Gorman, cook,
Michael Behane, and George Burns, apprentice, died * * *
* * * * * * * [Here we withold, at the desire of
Mr. Spaight, and out of respect for the feelings of the public,
some shocking facts in connexion with the dreadful occurence.]
On the afternoon of that day were taken off the wreck by the
Angorona, Captain Jillard, bound from Newfoundland to
Teignmouth, and landed here this morning. Through Captain
Jillard's kind attention, we are getting quite recovered, for we
were in a most dreadful state when he took us off the wreck.
This, Sir, is a most dreadful account for you, but it cannot now be
helped.
I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant,
TIMOTHY GORMAN.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
It will be seen by the preceeding letter, that the master and
crew were nineteen days upon the wreck, without covering, or a
morsel of provisions, or a drop of water. How they existed
during fourteen days of that time, it is impossible to say ; but as
respects the other five days, the facts are harrowing--they are, in
truth, too painful to be just now told. On a reference to Lloyd's
List we find that twenty vessels are reported as having foundered
on the same night. It is somewhat gratifying to add that the
Francis Spaight was insured.
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