IRELAND.
The Military and Police experienced some resistance in enforcing the payment of tithe arrears in the county of Tipperary last week. On Wednesday, Captain Gun, Chief Constable, with a strong party, of- Police, accompanied by a field officer and a company of Infantry from' Carrick-on-Suir, and a party of Dragoons from Clonmel, proceeded to the parish of Kilmurray, where an unsuccessful attempt to get in the arrears was recently made. They commenced operations at the" resi- dence of Mr. P. F. O'Rian, the doors of which were strongly barri- caded. Captain Gun demanded admission ; but the inmates, male andi female, from the windows, not only refused to open the doors, but de- fied the party to proceed further at their peril. Captain Gun, finding. it impossible to prevail without force, caused some of his men to break. the hall-door with a crow-bar and sledge hammers. On effecting an. entrance, the Police proceeded to search for the defaulter ; whom they- captured in his shirt, in the act of retreating to a back-room. The Police force was divided into small parties, and went to the houses of the most wealthy of the defaulters in the district ; the doors of which they had to break open in every instance, with the exception of Messrs. Quinlan, who surrendered without opposition. Ultimately, the Police- succeeded in arresting every tithe-defaulter of any consequence in the parish, nine of whom they lodged in gaol.
The Reverend Mr. Torrens (uncle of Judge Torrens) was com- mitted to Kilmainham gaol on Monday, by the Magistrates of the Head Police Office, charged with maliciously shooting Patrick Walsh, his gardener. The reverend gentleman dined out on Sunday ; and on his return to his residence at Roundtown, near Dublin, discovered Walsh in a state of intoxication. Some angry words passed between them :. by Mr. Torrens it is asserted that Walsh struck him and threatened to shoot him with a gum which he held in his hand ; whilst the other party states, that, without any such provocation, Mr. Torrens seized a loaded pistol, which he discharged at Walsh, the ball passing through his jaws. Walsh now lies in a dangerous state.
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