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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



man's Journal after the following 

 manner : — 



" At the fair of Shercock, in 

 the county of Cavan, several tri- 

 fling disputes took place between 

 the Protestants and Papists ; but, 

 at six in the evening, the matter 

 became more serious, and there 

 was a general cry, as usual, of five 

 pounds for an Orangeman ; a few 

 of whom being recognised, were 

 severely beaten, and with difficulty 

 made their escape into the Tiouse 

 of one Carrol, where an Orange 

 Lodge is held : the doors and win- 

 dows were assailed with stones, 

 but the Popish mob did not suc- 

 ceed in getting in. They then 

 paraded the street in great force, 

 and sent a message to Lieutenant 

 Wimp, who resides in tiie town, 

 to give up the arms and ammuni- 

 tion which he had ; but he de- 

 clined doing so, and they attacked 

 his house most furiously, breaking 

 the windows, and attempting to 

 force (he doors. Fortunately for 

 him, he prevailed on some of his 

 Yeomanry to remain in his house 

 from the early part of the day, as 

 well to protect himself from at- 

 tack, as to keep them from the 

 consequences of rioting : and, at 

 the moment the mob were just 

 forcing open the door, they fired 

 one volley of blank cartridge, but 

 this seemed to irritate the rioters 

 the more ; and they attacked with 

 redoubled fury ; when the yeo- 

 manry, driven to extremity, were 

 obliged, in defence of their lives, 

 to fire ball cartridge. Unfortu- 

 nately 13 of these deluded wretches 

 fell victims to their folly, and a 

 vast number of them, between 

 40 and 50, have been wounded." 

 Jiiibl'm Soumal. 



" We have seen a letter from 



the County Cavan, which intimates 

 the horrible and melancholy fact, of 

 24 men and 2 women having been 

 massacred, in an Orange affray that 

 occurred at Shercock, on Monday 

 last !" Freeman's Journal. 



On the lOth of May, at two 

 p. m. a singular phenomenon took 

 place in the province of Tscher- 

 nomorsk, near Aliemrjuk, oppo- 

 site to the Salt Marshes, in the sea 

 of Asoff. The weather was calm 

 and serene, when a tremendous 

 noise was heard issuing from the 

 sea, at the distance of about 200 

 fathoms from the shore, and the 

 bottom of the sea was seen to rise 

 above the surface of the water. 

 Flames, accompanied with a sound 

 like the discharge of cannon, burst 

 fiom it, and large masses of earth 

 and stones were projected into the 

 air. The first ten eruptions, 

 which followed within a quarter 

 of an hour of one another, were 

 the most violent ; the succeeding 

 ones were more distant and w eaker. 

 This phenomenon continued till 

 after night. A smell of a peculiar 

 kind, but not resembling sulphur, 

 was diffused to the distance of 10 

 wersts. The noise was heard at 

 the like distance; and a subter- 

 raneous motion, attended with a 

 hollow rumbling, was also per- 

 ceived. Hereupon an island ap- 

 peared at the above-mentioned 

 spot, with several springs, which 

 threw up a fluid mud which gra- 

 dually became dry. 



On the 20th, people began to 

 examine the island. It seemed to 

 be inaccessible, as it was com- 

 pletely surrounded to the distance 

 of five fathoms by a slimy mud ; 

 and it was only in one place that 

 they succeeded in reaching the 

 middle of it, Its length, from 



