[Tsxt.]—The Reverend Mr. Coote, in the course of last week,
took a large party of the military and police to the town land of Our- tavalla, county Limerick, for the purpose of holding a tithe sale. The first thing brought to the hammer was a stack of oats, belonging to a poor farmer of the name,of Burns, which the worthy incumbent had knocked off for one shilling, and instantly after doing so, he had it set on fire. It may be right to state here, that the tithe-money due by poor Burns, according to the quality of his land in the composition-book, was but one shilling.—Limerick Evening Post.
LCommENTARY.]—We are informed that the Reverend C. P. Coote, of Doone, and family, are exposed to great annoyance by the peasantry of that district and for several miles around, who constantly hoot after and obstruct their progress, in whatever direction they may turn. The grown females and little children in this respectable clergyman's family are not exempt from this systematic persecution, and we would suggest to the magistrates of the neighbourhood the absolute necessity of a meeting to discountenance this disgraceful crusade against the Reverend Ca P. Coote, because he, on failure of every other remedy, claimed the Protection of the law for the recovery of that provision [one shilling, to wit, as aforesaid] which the Legislature has assigned to the Minis- tea of the Gospel.—Limerich Chronicle. Mr. Pierce 07Shee, a respectable inhabitant of Thomastown, in the county of Kilkenny, was keeping his bed, suffering under three broken ribs and a broken collar-bone, when four armed policemen entered his bed-room, and insisted on his leaving his bed to be dragged to gaol for tithes, alleged to be due in 1831. Mr. O'Shee has since made an affi- dmit that he owed no tithes ; he assigned away the land in April 1831; the year before, it lay fallow ; and not being under composition, was not liable to tithe.....Kilkenny Journal. "Daniel-filaloon rent:liffilt .11-. Esq., of hoaey- glen, near Donegal, left Mr. Babington's on the night of Friday the 2d, in company with three men who had been paying rent that day. The three men had horses, but M'Aloon had not ; they kept together until they came within a mile of Glenties, when M'Aloon, being tired, mamed a short distance in the rear ; the night was very dark, and. M'Aloon being suddenly attacked, called out to the horsemen to "stop, that he was a murdering." The men went to his assistance, and aawr about eight or ten persons, who attacked them with stones, so that they had to make their escape to a neighbouring house, where they were reinforced, and went in search of M'Aloon, but could not find him : they then rode into Glenties, where they informed the chief constable of the circumstances ; he ordered out the lice, and after searching for some time they found the bodyof M'Aloon lying on the road dreadfully mangled ; his skull was laid open, it is supposed with a hatchet ; wounds were inflicted with hay- forks, and one by a sabre ; a rope was fastened round his neck.—.Dab- tin Paper.
Captain Skinner, commanding the Escape Post Office steam-packet, sailed from Howth, on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, with a fair wind for Holyhead. Between two and three that day, about five miles from the head, the packet was struck by two very heavy waves follow- ing each other ; the second dashed Captain Skinner and his mate William Morris (a stout and able seaman), through the bulwarks over- board, carrying away binnacle and compass, and knocked down the man at the helm, who fortunately got entangled in the chain of the wheel which was broken, and by this means he was saved. It is supposed, Captain Skinner and the mate were killed on the instant, as they were seen for twenty minutes floating with their faces downwards, arul no ap- pearance of life. Every exertion was made, and several times they were caught with the boat-hook by their clothes, which gave way.— Dublin Register.
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