Reilly, the " tithe-martyr," (whose death was announced in the
Dublin papers before it took place,) died a few days since upon his way to Longford. What feeling did the event excite ? Within one hour after the miserable victim had breathed his last, his body was carried in funeral state towards Ardagh, followed by a mourning procession of full five thousand people ; and on the arrival of the cortt)ge—a simple one, but deeply fraught with feeling—opposite the residence of Dean Murray, the air was rent for the space of five successive minutes with yells of execration, which were heard through the country for miles round. Arid this lamentable tragedy the organ of Irish Toryism has the audacity to call a " farce ! "—Dublin Correspondent of the Courier. The rebellion-ruffians have been carrying on the crusade in the neighbourhood of Six-mile Bridge this week. On Wednesday, they seized upon a., old man Trained James Malone, aged 75, and dragged him into the County Gaol amidst the execrations of the people. Poor Malone is, we understand, in a wretched state of health, and it is thought he will not survive many days in gaol.—Limerick Star.
There was an immense assemblage of farmers and peasantry on Monday, at Monagrena, the most Protestant district of Wexford, at an abortive attempt to sell goods seized for tithe. After the sale was ad- journed, a fox, which had been bagged for the occasion, was let loose, and a regular hunt commenced over the open country.
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