The Dublin Packet contains a long letter from the Reverend
Mr. W. B. Surrey, Rector of Borrishoole, giving an account of a brutal outrage committed on the steward of the Reverend Mr. Stoney, of Newport, in Mayo, on the 16th ultimo, at Castlebar. The offenders were several Catholics, who kicked and trampled on the poor fellow in the most merciless manner, calling him a " new light, a juniper, and a Bible- reader." Mr. Stoney attributes this violence to the preaching of Dr. M•Hale and thirteen other priests, who, he says, have been exciting the hatred of the Catholics against the Protestants by violent addresses. This Mr. Stoney, it must be remembered, is the same person who behaved so shamefully to the Education Commissioners, and his state- ments are scarcely %worthy of implicit credit.
On Thursday week, sonic Orangemen, who had been sentenced to imprisonment at the last Armagh Assizes for an Orange wrecking affair, were let loose, the period of their imprisonment having arrived. It was determined to receive them back in triumph; and accordingly a numerous body of Orangemen, with drums, fifes, and flags, marched through Portadown to meet them. They returned at about seven or eight o'clock, and marched through the town, playing their party tunes,
cheering, and crying, " No Pope ! " But they were not satisfied with this; they proceeded to attack the houses of several Roman Catholics, whose windows they smashed.—Dublin Morning Register.
The fair of Castle Otway was a scene of the greatest rioting, a few_ dayssince, in consequence of two parties commencing to fight. The Police having interfered, a stop was put to the engagement, which, otherwise would have terminated in the loss of many lives. We regret to state that a man named Molougny was so beaten that he died a short time afterwards. On Saturday, an Inquest was held on the body of the murdered man, before Mr. James Carroll. The verdict was, " Wilful murder against four persons who are known."—Limerick Paper.
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