From the charges of the Judges, we perceive that the
number of crimes in Ireland is decreasing. At Antrim, Chief Baron Joy con- gratulated the Grand Jury on the state of the calendar : but it is not merely in the North that the improvement is remarkable : at Tralee,
in Mr. O'Connell's county of Kerry, Baron Foster said to the Grand Jury- " I am happy to congratulate you upon the state in which the Judges find the county of Kerry. The calendar which has been handed to me dues not seem to call for any particularity of observation from me. I am happy to per- ceive that it is totally free from any thing like insurrectionary outrage. I observe upon it the names of 33 at present in gaol, with an equal number out on bail ; so that on the whole there are about 60 persons likely to stand trial. This number, though great with reference to the extent of the county, is, when we consider the state of the calendar on former occasions, comparatively trifling."
On Tuesday sennight, Archdeacon Ryder took his seat on the bench at the Rathcormac Sessions, for the first time since the Rath- cormac massacre. It so happened that one of the persons having business an the court was William Ambrose. This person was shot
in the spine on the day of the massacre, and is now deprived of the use of his limbs. He crawled into court, on crutches, to receive justice at the hands of Archdeacon Ryder ! He is the father of seven children, the eldest of whom is only twelve years old ; and the youngest was born on the Sunday after the unfortunate man received his wound, disabling him for life.—Dublin Pilot.
The Dublin Evening Post gives the following account of the pro- ceedings, one day last week, of some " Rebellion ruffians" employed to arrest tithe-defaulters in Kildare-
" The hills all around the line of march were densely crowded with people, laa commenced sounding horns on the approach of the police. All has gone
off quietly for the present; but if this day's wor k be persevered in, it is hagl. to say what may occur. There are upwards of fifty poor people obliged to Sk from their houses. All business is at a stand, and the women and children ate driving what cattle they have to the county of Meath, a report being prevaleet that they are to be seized upon. The Police were under arms at five in the morning ; and, after scouring the country (in torrents of rain), they at hat succeeded in arresting a man of the name of Hill, living at Grange Castle, with whom they marched back." It is added, that Hill was the wrong man.
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