IRELAND.
At the Fermanagh Assizes, sentence of death was recorded against two young men and a young woman, all of respectable finnilies, whe were found guilty of the abduction of Catherine Hoey, a pretty girl of fifteen, with a fortune of 5,0004 Russell was to have married Min Hoe', but she positively refused ; and he "took no improper liberties 'with her."
The Irish papers contain accounts of great damage done by the flood and recent storms. In Dublin and the neighbourhood, all the low ground was under water to the depth of several feet, and the inbabitanti of several streets could not stir from their houses. Walls and trees wen carried away by the stream, and much injury was done to property
la Wicklow, the mountain-torrents rushed with destructive force, and swept away all within their reach. The Limerick Standard says—" We never fleet to have been visited with such heavy rain at this season of the year as fell on. Tuesday, and we regret to add that it has done very considera injuryble ury all over the country." The sad effects of the good were felt particularly, not only at the places above-mentioned, but also at Wexford, Cork, Donegal, and Kerry.
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