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From: "Carol Granville" <>
Subject: THE CAVAN OBSERVER - FEBRUARY 13, 1864
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:39:08 -0500

THE CAVAN OBSERVER FEBRUARY 13, 1864 THANKS Mr. Matthew LOUGH, jun., treasurer of the Cavan Young Men's Association, begs to acknowledge the receipt of £1 from F. GAHAN, Esq., and Mrs. GAHAN, for the above society. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEATH OF LIEUTENANT WALTER LANDOR DICKENS--Mr. Charles Dickens has sustained a painful domestic affliction in the sudden death, in hospital at Calcutta, of his second son, Walter Landor, a lieutenant in the Indian army. RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT MONAGHAN--On Thursday morning, a man named James COMBS, a ticket clerk at the Monaghan station of the Ulster Railway, while jumping off the engine when the train was moving, fell between the carriages and the platform. One of his legs was caught by the train, and the carriages passed over that portion of his body, inflicting such injuries that his life is considered to be in danger. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LOCAL NEWS INQUEST--On Monday, William POLLOCK, Esq., coroner of the district, held an inquest at the Workhouse, on the body of a man named Peter GORMAN, aged 65 years, who had been admitted on the previous Saturday evening. It appeared that the deceased was conveyed to the workhouse on an ass and cart from Cong, parish of Ballytemple, a distance of seven miles; that he had been previously suffering from dysentery, and that the day was bitterly cold. Edward FINLAY, the porter of the workhouse, deposed that the deceased came there about four o'clock on Saturday evening; got the deceased off the cart and put him into the probationary ward; The Rev. Mr. M'SHERRY, R.C.C., happened to be in the house at the time, and he told him a man had been admitted who appeared unwell; Mr. M'Sherry went to the probationary ward to see the deceased, and on his return said there was no fear of his dying; saw deceased about a quarter to nine o'clock on that night, and in reply to his question as to how h! e was, he said he was "middling"; next morning the wardsman, Hugh CURRAN, reported to him that the deceased was dead; there was a fire in the room he was in; the Doctor did not see him.......The jury, after some consultation, returned the following verdict:--"That the deceased died by the visitation of God, accelerated by cold and want." ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CAVAN PETTY SESSIONS MONDAY, FEB. 8 (Before Theophilus Thompson, Esq., J.P., Chairman; Nathaniel Montgomery, Esq., J. P.; William Babington, Esq., J.P., and Captain Erskine, J.P.) ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION OF A PASS Mr. George CARTWRIGHT summoned Mr. Edward CORNWALL for obstructing a pass to his land by the erection of a gate. Both parties are tenants to the Right Hon. Lord Farnham, and reside in the townland of Drummelis. The complainant deposed that the defendant erected a gate which obstructed him going to a portion of his land....Mr. Cornwall stated that the gate was erected on his own land....When he erected the gate he offered to provide Mr. Cartwright with a key for his own use.....Mr. Thompson considered Cornwall's proposition to provide a second key a fair one....It was very unseemly to see two respectable neighbours quarrelling about so trifling a matter.......The Court "nilled" the summons and allowed the gate to stand as it was; but recommended the parties to submit the matter to the Hon. Mr. Maxwell. The Court then rose. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DEATH OF THOMAS COURTENAY, ESQ. It is with extreme regret we announce the death of Thomas COURTENAY, Esq., Registrar to the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. He died on yesterday at his residence, Fitzwilliam-street, after a lingering illness. In addition to his office as Registrar, he was Clerk at the Consolidated Nisi Pruis Court, and was recently appointed Clerk of the Crown for the County Down. He was a most efficient public officer, and the announcement of his death will be read with sincere regret. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OUTRAGE IN ROSCOMMON--On Thursday night last as a farmer named Mark FALLON was returning to his house at Laragh, and when near it he was attacked by three men relatives of his own, and of the same name. He was knocked down and beaten most unmercifully with sticks, inflicting no less than nine wounds on his head, from the effects of which little hope is entertained of his recovery. It is very probable that Fallon would have been murdered by his cowardly assailants were it not that a servant girl was passing, who flung herself on his body and saved him from further injury. All the parties were arrested, together with a man named FARRELL, and having been brought by the police to Fallon's house he at once identified them, and P. H. O'CONNER, Esq., J.P., being present, took the injured man's informations, and committed the prisoners. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ LAW INTELLIGENCE ROLLS COURT--SATURDAY, FEB. 6 A FERMANAGH MARRIAGE In re Susannah QUINTON, a Minor In the case, in consequence of it being stated to the Court on a former day that Susannah QUINTON, a young lady entitled to a fortune of £1,000, and who had been recently made a ward of the Court, was about to contract a marriage with Mr. Daniel PETERSON, his lordship commanded the attendance of Mr. PETERSON, who was in the employment of Mr. DANE, solicitor, and also of his father and mother, as well as of the young lady herself. Miss QUINTON, the minor, and Mr. PETERSON attended on the last day, and an order having been made providing for her safety, and directing that she should hold no communication with any of the PETERSON family, the further hearing of the matter was adjourned to Saturday. At the sitting of the Court on Saturday, Mr. WALSH, Q.C., who appeared for the guardians of the minor, intimated that it was proposed to examine witnesses, and requested that all the witnesses, save the one under examination, should be excluded from the court, which was accordingly done. Mr. SHERLOCK, Q.C., instructed by Mr. RAMSAY, appeared for the PETERSONs. Mrs. Bridget Peterson examined by Mr. Exham, Q.C.--I am the mother of Daniel Peterson, jun.; my husband keeps a hotel in Enniskillen; I have known Miss Quinton since last Tuesday week; on that day, at the suggestion of my son, I went to meet her; I met her on the road and brought her to my house; on the following Wednesday she went on a visit to the house of Mr. M'ILROY, just opposite to ours; she came back on Thursday, the 28th, and remained at my house that night and the next day; my husband did not know she was in the house; on the Friday following marriage was solemnised in the house between her and my son; I was the witness to it; the Rev. Mr. M'LOUGHLIN, the Roman Catholic curate of Whitehall, was in the house at the time the marriage was solemnised by another person in the garb of a clergyman; my son brought that person up; after the ceremony was over Miss Quinton asked me who he was, and I said I did not know; I did not ask who he was--it was supposed that we were no! t to know--I did not get the opportunity of seeing him after the ceremony was performed, for he left the house; on a previous night my son had told me that he went to Mr. M'Loughlin to see if he would marry him, and refused to do so; he told me on the day of the marriage that Mr. M'Loughlin was to get somebody else to marry him, and he led me to believe that it was not to be known who that person was; the clergyman who officiated at the marriage had no vestments; I and my son knew that Miss Quinton was a Protestant; Mr. M'Loughlin also knew it; Mr. M'Loughlin told me that the stranger was a priest, and that he had brought him there to perform the ceremony; Mr. M'Loughlin dined with us that day; my husband was not at home at all that day..... Daniel Peterson examined by Mr. Exham, Q.C.--I am a Roman Catholic; I was in the employment of Mr. Dane, solicitor, until Thursday week, when I left it; I have known Miss Quinton for upwards of six months; on Thursday, the 26th of January, I sent my mother for her; I directed my mother to get a car, in accordance with Miss Quinton's note, and to go and bring her to my father's house; she came and remained on Tuesday night; the next day I heard she went to M'Ilroy's...On Wednesday I went to the Registrar of Marriages there, named REID; a person named James GREGG showed me the way; I went there because I wished to be married in Clones; I knew the lady was a Protestant...... Miss Susannah Quinton, examined by Mr. Exham, Q.C.--I recollect going to Mrs. Peterson's house on Tuesday last.....I slept there that night; next day I was told about a ceremony of marriage; Mrs. Peterson and young Mr. Peterson spoke to me about it after breakfast; they said a person was coming to perform the ceremony....they said nothing to me during the day or before about my changing my religion; a person dressed as a Roman Catholic clergyman was introduced to me that day by Mrs. Peterson.....I had no conversation with either M'Loughlin or the other priest before the marriage; at the ceremony I saw only the one priest; after it I had some conversation with Mr. M'Loughlin in the drawingroom about baptism; we were alone; I don't exactly remember what it was; he asked me did I wish to become a Roman Catholic, and I said I did; he then went through a ceremony; I think this was before the marriage; he baptised me, and a young man named M'MANUS, by my wish, was sent for to act ! as sponsor.....I think it is a mistake in the affidavit I made since, where I say that Mr. M'Loughlin assisted at the marriage; the baptism took place in the drawingroom...he then told me he would receive me into the Catholic Church; immediately after the confession, which took place in the bedroom, the marriage ceremony took place. The Master of the Rolls--For obvious reasons I shall make no observations on this case at present. Of course, Mr. Daniel Peterson is aware that I have already made an order prohibiting him from holding any communication with the minor, and if he attempts by letter or by any means whatsoever to hold any communication with her, he shall be lodged in gaol forthwith. Mr. Exham--I presume that order applies to his father and mother? The Master of the Rolls said the order included them. Mr. Walsh, Q.C., who appeared for the guardians said, that Miss Quinton, the aunt of the young lady, had come to town, and it was desirable that she should have some female relatives staying at the hotel with her. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ County Cavan Newspaper Transcription Project