One of the " great guns" of Orange-Toryism in Dublin
is the Dis- senting parson, Johnny M'Crea. A few days ego, he harangued- a meeting of the Confederation Society, consisting- of two thousand members, in the following terms : we wish his party joy of such all ally- " of the Tory papers I de:dare, tint, although the best of them, the Pache u,, l ii enough. I know that the Mai/ is in the pay of O'Comiell. know that it renders him important services. It is in the pay of Government. I know it; and if O'Connell be popular, or po:•.c..s influence with the Co ecru- mem or weight in the Legislature, he may thank the note-taut ;Vizi/ for it. I have proofs of this, and will lay them shortly heron.. you, my hinds. 1 have beffire time saved Protestantism three times in Dublin during the list :.,evele years. The Protestant cause is mismanaged in Ireland. The leaders do not know how to go to work. Mr. Smoky, Mr. Lefroy, and the Recorder, have injured it. 'Hwy are certainly attached to it ; but they evince 'nothing of that by their contributions for its funds. Still they are honourable mem So are we all honourable nuetu. One of the *Members for the city—not Mr. llamas. ton—is not a good Pi °test:tut : I mean J. IL West, who never contlibuted to a Protestant charity. No. Son-in-law to a Judge, he condescends not to attend a Protestant meeting. He subscribed five pounds to Father Crotty's chapel; I will see if he will subccribe to the National Confederation Society of Ireland., and this house. I will scare the reporters from belying me in the press. I proclaim a late article in the Mail a lie. Only for my professional station, I would tweak the editor, Mr. Itemlity Sheehan, by the nose. The 1Varder editor is a dotard."
The Lord-Lieutenant disapproved of Mr. Duff's conduct in arrest- ing Mr. Delany ; and, by the direction of Mr. Secretary Drununond, that gentleman was allowed to preach, under cover. He preached ac- cordingly; but it appears from the statement of a correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post, that great disturbance in Ballyeennell was the consequence. "At three o'clock (on Friday last) he proceeded to the Protestant school- house; and at this time, notwithstanding time wetness of the day, between two and three thousand persons hail assembled, all yelling at him and acconipanying hint to the school-house. Immediately after he entered, the rush for admittance was tremendous ; and after a fruitless opposition to exclude them, they burst in the house, dashing aside the clerk of the church, who had a pistol in his band, and. menacing each other with the most determined hostility : some scuffles took place, which were checked by influential persons in the house; but to proceed with the preaching was quite impossible. At this period, force was applied for to clear the house; but three of the Magistrates having entered, expostulated with the people, and induced them to desist, having first promised that two persons suspected of having arms should be snatched. One of them was the reverend preacher.; and, will it be believed, this man of God, this messenger of peace, would carry about with him engines of death, and force his religion at the point of the bayonet or the muzzle of the pistol ? And so it was; for from the temporary pulpit, at the demand of the Magistrate, he reluctantly withdrew a pistol and handed it to him. This attempt at preaching turned out a failure; it was resolved to repair to the church ; and again escorted and pro- tected by Magistrates, two of whom, front their local influence (Captain Beni-. son and W. Enery, Esq.) kept the people in awe, and supported by dragoons and police, succeeded in entering. The church-gates were ordered to be closed, and several policemen placed there to prevent any entering who were not recog- nised as Protestants ; but the opposing party were not to be put down, for, rushing forward in a body, they forced the gates and took possession of the churchyard. The church-doors being by this time closed, stopped their pro- gress; and it is gratifying to me to be enabled to state, that although flushed with success in expelling Mr. Delany from the school-house, and in gaming un- disputed possession of the churchyard, the few that were permitted to enter the church conducted themselves with propriety ; and the only interruption was their occasional retiring, whin expressions dropped from the reverend preacher irritating to their feelings and insulting to their religion. The closing scene now arrived; and he left the church amidst time shouts and imprecations of their people: but ins order to get him sakout of the towa, a cou,Aatioa was held,
and the dragoons ordered to occupy the bridge, and permit none to pass. In the mean time, the police wets drawn up in a line, and he rode accompanied by the Reverend Messrs. Lefroy and Sandetson. A volley of stones followed him, with the most tremendous yelling ; and thus closed the drama."
Mr. Coote, the Protestant Rector of Doon in Limerick, was fired at on Sunday last, between two and three o'clock P.M. The reverend gentleman, we understand, was riding down the avenue of a lady whom he bad been visiting in that neighbourhood, when two men attacked him, and one of them fired, but happily without effect. The other as- sailant was also about repeating the murderous attempt, when the arrival of a funeral prevented him. The cause assigned is, we under- stand, the interminable ones of tit/es; Mr. Coote having been serving rebellion-writs in that country, which has produced the greatest excite- ment amongst the peasantry.—Limerick Star.
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