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This article first appeared in
the The Times,
- Saturday, Jul 31, 1824; pg. 4; Issue 12405; Col C
Horrible Fanaticism
The
Carlow Morning Post
gives the following account of the unfortunate maniac who destroyed the
child lately, under a notion of casting a demon out of it: - “The Rev. Mr.
Carroll had been refused ordination in our college here, an objection
having been raised at the time he offered himself, if not to the sanity of
his intellects, at least to the general correctness of his religious
impressions. He removed afterwards to a neighbouring dioceses, where, not
being so much known as in Carlow, whatever was defective about him
unfortunately escaped observation, and he was ordained. He now exhibits to
the world a melancholy proof of he extreme danger which may arise to
society from the appointment of an insufficient person to exercise the
functions of a Christian clergyman.”
The vehicle now so much in fashion, called the
Stanhope, takes its name from the Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, of well-known
celebrity, and who; we are unfortunately obliged to remember, had his foot
and instep amputated, in consequence of being upset in a gig, -
Sporting Magazine.
Yesterday morning, as early as seven o’clock, the
family of Mr Wharton, bookseller, near the turnpike at Walworth, were
violently alarmed by a large dog; of the Newfoundland species, rushing
into the shop, foaming at the mouth, and making its way upstairs. Great
fears were entertained, not only for the safety of the other inmates of
the house, but more particularly for the alarm it might have occasioned to
Mrs Wharton, who has but recently been confined, and to whom any sudden
fright in her present situation might have proved fatal. For some time no
person could be prevailed upon to venture up stairs, till one man, more
courageous than the rest, seized a poker, determining to face the enraged
animal, and followed by another armed with a large spade; by their united
efforts the rabid animal was destroyed. We understand that the dog, which
was a very valuable animal, belonged to Mr Groom, who is a nurseryman
residing in the neighbourhood.
On Thursday afternoon an inquisition was held at the
London Hospital, and continued yesterday, before J. W. Unwin, Esq., upon
the body of James Wales, who came to his death in a battle with an
Irishman named Henry Neary, with whom he had been drinking, and had
quarrelled in a public-house. Though it appeared in evidence that the
deceased had been the aggressor, the Coroner, in charging the jury,
remarked, that it did not justify the act that followed; they had mutually
agreed to fight what is termed a pitched battle, and as the deceased had
come to hid death in consequence of the injuries he had received fro Neary,
it was, in his opinion, a clear case of manslaughter. The jury concurring
in this opinion returned a verdict accordingly. Neary, on hearing of the
death of the deceased, attended voluntarily, and was committed to prison
on the Coroner’s warrant, where he must remain until October before his
trial comes in. He has a wife and four children, and the deceased a wife
and three children, both of whom depended on their exertions for support.
THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Monday, June 14, 1824
CARLOW, JUNE 10 1824 - The Fair of Orchard, in this
County, held on Tuesday last, presented but a poor show of Cattle, yet
the supply was fully equal to the demand. Pigs were a complete drag,
owing to a considerable number having died on the Fair-green from the
scorching rays of the sun!! On Monday last, apple potatoes to our market
advanced to the enormous price of fifteen shillings per barrel.
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