Star. — London, England, 1821-11-29 00:00:00

^s LONDON. EVENING WAR. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1821. THE FUNDS. • • STOCK EtCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The inevitable consequences of carrying specula tion beyond the limits to which discretion and pru dent forethought would restrain it, were yesterday most strikingly exhibited in the distress and per plexity that so generally prevailed among the Bulls, and which were but in a very slight degree alleviated even by the increased continuation which they eagerly gave. The market could not sustain the immense weight which they had injudiciously allowed to remain upon it until this most i.uportant day; and, by neglecting to make a timely provision for carrying forward their accounts, many, who obstinsitely held out to the last, were compelled either to give a most enormous inte rest, or to close them with a very serious sacrifice. Our views of an ultimate and gradual rise to a price considerably beyond that which the Funds have al ready reached, have undergone no change by the depression of yesterday ; indeed, we are rather disposed to regard it as a circumstance which, by relieving the Market of a great quantity of Stock with which the machinery of speculation has long been clogged, will facilitate those operations by which this desirable object must be attained.—Current Prices : Bank Stock 239-3 per Cent. Reduced 76% y 8 S per Cent. Cons. 77% % VI per Cent. 87% 4 per Cent. 96 1 / 2 % 3 / 4 l ift 5 per Cent. Navy Anns. 110% th % 3 / 4 ludia Stock 24 1 240—India Bonds 665. 6Ss. pre. E x clicq. Bills £lOOO, Is. pre. par, ts. pre. Ditto (Small) 2s. Is. 3s. pre. Cons. lin Account 78% t ilt Vt. Every arrival from Ireland brings the details of some new outrage committed in that unhappy coun try. The cool, deliberate, and indiscriminate mas sacre of a whole family, is only one of the dreadful scenes which are every day occurring, though in atrocity it is almost without a parallel. The neigh bourhood in which this murder was committed is very populous ; and it is observed, as a proof of the demoralization of the peasantry, that they do not appear to feel any horror at this frightful act, nor to express the least sympathy for the wretched victims of their crime. So determined, indeed, were the sa vages who committed this deed of death, that they fired at some of the neighbours who came to the place to render assistance. The additional details on this melancholy event, given in another part of this Journal, will be read with deep interest; and although the crime was one which nothing can palliate, yet it is necessary for the cause of truth, as well as in order to form a correct opinion on the pre,ent disturbed state of Ireland, to ascertain the motives for such an act of sanguinary revenge. It appears that o"Goetwax, the tenant of a brother of the Mr. SPINA who was murdered, was not ejected for the non-payment of his rent, but for a defective title to the lands which he occupied. On the alleged written promise of a lease, he had built -some cottages, and made several other improvements, when a writ of ejectment was served upon him ; he defended himself on the ground of this written pro mise, which was produced in Court, when the unfor tunate EDMoND UNA was called to identify the hand writing of his brother, and gave his evidence against 0 . (10101AN. Such is supposed to have been the cause of this act I , of signal revenge: but it is not to acts of mere per sonal malignity that the present outrages in Ireland are confined; the evil is of much wider extent. The object of the peasantry is evidently to abolish rents and tythes ; which, in too many cases ate, through the avaricious agency of whit are called " Middle men," rendered dreadfully oppressive. Nor is the evil spirit confined to one district, for disaffection to existing usages, contempt of the laws, and a dispo sition to revolt, manifest themselves everywhere.— The city of Dublin itself is not free from alarm. Sir WILLIAM STAMM in his address to the Innkeepers on Friday last, said—" We do not mean to excite un necessary alarm in the minds cf the citizens of Dub lin c it is true, we have not detected conspiracy in this city, but when we perceive the extremities of the body to be convulsed, there are strong grounds for presuming that the vital parts are deeply affected." Various plans are said to be in contemplation for `suppressing these disturbances ; and though the most prompt and decisive measures should be taken for that purpose, yet we fear the evil is too deep-rooted to admit of a remedy but by a more extensive ame lioration of the condition of the Irish peasantry than will be readily adopted. The Insurrection Act hav ing expired, two other plans are said to be in cun templation—martial law, and a system of general police. Should the former be adopted, it will be carried into effect by the Yeomanry of Ireland, be tween whom and the Catholic peasantry the breach is already so wide that we should dread to see them arrayed against each other. The Editor of the Dublin Journal, after stating that regular troops are not the species of force best suited to reduce the disturbed districts to order ) has the following judicious remarks on the advantages of the police system : " The peaceable part of the community cannot be protected by any plan but s general measure equally affecting all, and on tlsu principle the Peace Preservation Act was ihtroduced, and carried through Parliament jsy Pen. When tame pro. d uces su ch powerful effects, that the relatives of a murdered man dare sot wise.' his body, that hundreds will quietly behold a set of rulllans, in broad day, beat or kill a single individual without, in the least, iliterfering to save him from their mur derous hands, when none will come forward to give inlbs► salon, or in any way attempt to cheek outrage, eau It be said tote expediese, were it practicable, to form a separation in such a society that would include the guilty only? If those who are really innocent and passive, found the means they pos sessed were made responsible for the conduct of their turbulent neighbours, they would anon devise measures for preventing out rages. They would unite to counteract the banditti, that they might be relieved from the expense of the Police Eitablishment, which, the more heavily it pressed, would induce proportional activity in removing the cause." New York Papers to the 3d inst. arrived this day. —A Proclamation from General JACKSON, in Pensa cola, dated the 29th September, orders the Spanish Officers to withdraw themselves, as they ought here• tofore to have done, from the Floridas, agreeable to the 7th Article, on or before the 3d day of October nest, after which day, if they, or any of them, shall be found within the Floridan, all. Officers, civil and military, are requived to arrest and secure them, so that they may be brought before him, to be dealt with according to law. FROM PRIIINAM BUCO. We havi seen a' letter from Pernambuco, of the 2Sd ult. in which it is stated that the Revolutionists were at one time within. three miles of ,the town,. which they might have easily taken, as their approach caused great consternation, and a large number of in habitants deserted the place. Their indecision saved the town, of which the Governor took advantage and fortified the parts assailable. As it is supposed the contest is now doubtful, business was dull, HURRICANE IN THE west' INDIRA. The American Papers furnish some further parti culars of the late hurricane in the West Indies. At Bassaterre (Gaadaloupe) it raged for twenty minutes only, and an earthquake - was felt at the same time. Those parts of the town which have suffered ' most are the lower parts, the streets Mon Repos, de Botogne, du Sable, and New Town. Eighty - eight houses have been thrown down, and 290 others more or less datnaged. Several persons were buried beneath the ruins, olwhich six (among them a Lady and her infant] were killed. Numbers have also been very severely wounded. Three sloops and an American schooner were in the Road ; one of them, with four meet on board, foun dered at her moorings; one of the men was saved, two were thrown upon Ance la Barque, and one perished. The second sloop was lost in endeavouring to get to sea, and one man only, of four, was rescued. The fate of the other sloop, with five men on board, is not known. Several public buildings were destroyed the Bar racks of the fort, the Artillery Barracks, the Hospital Barracks, which had only time to be evacuated before it was thrown down, and several Guard-houses. THE ARMY. A mull division of the 2d Rile Brigade arrived at Kilkenny on Thursday evening, and proceeded neat day fee the county of Cork. " COWMAN Nov. 24.---Paame--Tosamer. The Com mandant is directed by the Adjutant-General to express to the Troops in Garrison his high approbation of tke appearance and performance of the different Corps in the leld to day, brigaded under the command of Colonel Carmsnow, of the 3d Guards. And he requests that the Commanding ()Keen of the Royal Engineers, Ist Battalion of the 3d Guards, the 49th, 55th, and detachment of the list Regiment, will assure their respective Corps that he will consider it Ms duty to make the most favourable report of them to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. i The Commandant has also received the Adjutant-General's cons mends, to repress equally his high approbation of the Royal Marines, and that he will deem it his duty to report their merit , to the Lords of the Admiralty. " By Order of Colonel Sir ASCII/BALD CHAIM!, Command ing. " C. BENTLEY, Staff Captain.' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Detract of a letter from Ancona, dated the 9th instant • hist less than SO vessels, of one sect or another, went on shore en this toast on the night of the Sth ; and there are accounts of 1111 or 30 more the following night, and since. It has continued So blow a gale since Monday night." Pisannotren, Nov. is —Arrived the Feminist, Law, from Sunderland. We have bad a smog gale again this day from the W.S. W. which still madames. Dam.. Nov. 4s.—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the lUver and remain, the Reward, Ilau.sa, for Jamaica ; West Indian, COOl4 for Aatigua ; St. George, Soong, for Grenada; Jupiter, Anwar, for Gibraltar ; Magnet, Too, for Naples; and essina, —, and Briton, Romany for Dublin. It came on to blow again about noels to-day, and has continued ever since, front the W.S.W. The Milham, Bona, front Tao for Bristol, env from an anchor and cable, and proceeded to e ; also two other brigs passed through the Downs for the same place, one with loss of anchor and cable, the other her fore-topmast ; the two latter supposed to have cat from under Dungeness, at which place, we are informed, nearly 100 sail of outward-bound vessels are detained by contrary winds.--Savau eases—More moderate: another brig has cut from an anchor and cable, and gone to Ramsgate the remainder of the ships are all well DOORS. Noe. 11110.-The William and Mary, Penn, is so leaky as to be obliged to discharge, and it is feared the wheat Is damaged. It haa blown a strong gale the whole day, mamma stied with rain and thick weather. Passed by the Robot, Xs w.aans, for London, in 2S days from New York. Hasincar, Nov. 216—Wind W.S.W. blows bard.--The Do than, Hoes, has ran on the Gorden Sand, and been brought in here by three salvage boats. Sailed the Princess Charlotte packet, with a Mail for Cuxhaven. Itraaccon., Nov. 270—Arrived the Four Brothers, Rum; keen Waterford for London, damaged; she has thrown over board 41 firkins of butter, one barrel and eight half barrels et rrisstovr, Nov. 24.—A topsaillard sloop, sopposel an be dr *access, of Abetdovay, Molten, from Limerick for Loss. din, was spoken yesterday off this place by a pita. bat sufuseg is take a man on board; she appeared to homier her firmell, jib, and topsail ; she steered her course up Mend. Baavuaats, Nov. in.—The Richmond, of New Task Ar, Liverpool, with cotton and tar, came an shore hi Caitlin Ray,' yesterday morning, and there is no probsbillty of her patina s she had lost her rudder on the Wicklow or Milker beim_ . TA SUOMI, Nov. 4s.—The Ezpress Maim, of Warren, from Boston for London , was run on b oard of by the Ilia Seawe,q, awe, of Inverheithing, this morning, and must come into bear to repair. Cusson-Hooss. Nov. 211.--Ships Entered Inwards :—The Blessing, from Anoint ; Kingston. from Petersburgb; Joshua, from Onega ; Catharine, from Minnie; Frederick, from ditto; Amphitrite, from Memel; Trade, from Archangel; Trader, from pen is; Speedwell, front Stangate Creek; Rosebill, from Petersburgb; Harriet, front Malaga; Leeds, from Petenburgb ; Susan,from Cork; Prompt, from ditto • Mary, from Water fOrd Resolute, from Dublin. Cleared O utwards :—The Chris tiana, for Amsterdam; Three Sisters, for Cork; Peter, for lAs bon ; Lady Harewood, for Grenada; Edward, for Bedfast; Messenger, for Rtionl ; Carshalton, for*Jamaice; and the New Thomas, for taw& DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. • r ROM TUE DUBLIN JOURNAL Or MONDAY. The arrivals from the South this day furnish addi tiohal instances of outrages and murders. It appears by the report of the Coroffer's Inquest on the bodies of the SKEA family, burned to death on last Monday night at Mullinahone, barony of Middlethird, county of Tipperary, that sixteen persons, in all, perished in this sanguinary conflagration. On Saturday the Privy Council assembled, and issued a Proclamation, offer- ing a reward of Two Thousand Pounds for the dis covery of the persons concerned in the murder of the &ma& Of this sum, three hundred pounds are to be given for the conviction of each of the first five, and one hundred for each of the nest five, concerned - in the outrage, as perpetrators or accomplices. In the county of Kerry, another victim has been immolated to the fury of the savages. On Thursday night, a large party entered the house of Major Cows, I which is situated within a mile and a half of Tralee, the capital of the county. They robbed the house of every portable article, but they required blood to satiate their revenge. One of the assassins struck Mijor CoLim on the head with a musket, which de prived him of life, and aftkrwards several shots were fired into his body. The same party attacked the house of the Rev. E. NASH, who had arms and assist ance, and they were beaten off, but it is said that Mr. Nests has beeu wounded in the breast. Sunday night, a large party attacked nine or ten houses betv►een Iledcharr and Castle Oliver, County of Limerick, in two of which they got arms. Another band searched the farm-houses of Ballintubber for arms, but were not successful. On the , same night a large party paraded through Cush and Baltinvana, firing musketry and sounding horns. The Kilfinan Police heard the noise, but being only ten in number, they did not deem themselves strong enough to pur sue the banditti. Tuesday night, the insurgents attacked the house of Mr. MARK LYNCH, of Ballyfruta, for Arms. He resisted them until his house was actually on fire in two places. Thursday night, six armed men attacked the house of &worm HINCHT, at Ballynecounty, near Kilhnand: --He is wood-ranger to the Countess Dowager or ORNOND, and he declared that he had no arms but such as belonged to her Ladyship, and he would only surrender them with his life. They fired into the house, which he returned, and they departed, but in about two hours came back with increased numbers, and again demanded his arms. HINCHY gave the same answer, when the banditti attacked the door with a sledge, and fired through the window shutters —they divided into two parties, one attacked the rear of the house with crow-bars and sledges, while the other occasionally fired through the door and win dows in front. But HINCHT kept up a brisk fire on the assailants, and•finally they departed after a4king for half-a-crown to purchase powder, which he also refused them. Although the murder of the SHIM family proceeded from a particular cause, yet there is reason to believe that the system of combination is extending to Tip perary. In the parish of Sallahead, unlawful oaths have been administered. In the county of Waterford also, some outrages have taken place. A tenant in Old Parish was distrained for rent, and a keeper sta tioned to secure the produce. A party entered the house, and after beating the keeper, carried off the corn. Informations being lodged, the landlord, with six armed men, seized one of the accused persons, and as they were conducting him to prison, a nume rous body attacked them and rescued the prisoner. The object of the deluded peasantry is evidently to abolish tithes and rents. In the disturbed districts, the system of' intimidation is paramount, and carried to an extent almost incredible. As a striking in stance of this fact, we are assured that the burned remains of JaaalilAn SCULLY (an account of whose murder appeared in the STAR of Tuesday) were lying on the side of the road, and not one of his relations or friends would venture to .remove, or any way interfere with them. This circumstance shews the tremendous influence of the banditti, who can thus overawe the strongest feelings of our nature. While she Government is pursuing the most ener getic measures to suppress the insurgents, we are sorry to say, that, in some parts, the Gentry are not seconding their efforts in such a manner as might have been expected. A Meeting of Magistrates and Gentlemen was held at Buttevant to the number of fifty-six, on the 22d inst. After returning their du tiful acknowledgements to his Excau.excv for his prompt compliance with their wishes to send troops, they adopted the following Resolution : d. Resolved, That a memorial be presented to Ms Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, humbly praying that the Government will not, for the present, put in force the provisions niche Peace Pre servation Act by sending the Police into the Baronies lately pro claimed in this county, as we consider the injury that would arise, would far outweigh any benefit that may be derived from it, being decidedly of opinion, that excessive taxation in times like the presenhzisen the price of agricultural produce is so do. pressed, may dflie many to the ranks of the rannients." Two o'Ctocx.—A Gentleman connected with the County of Tipperary has just called at our Office, to inform us that the wretches who burned Mr. Snit and family have been discovered. We entertain no d doubt of the correctness of this information ; we feel rejoiced in the cei minty of speedy punishment falling on the guilty heads of the atrocious monsters. Some particulars have come to our knowledge re specting the late atrocity in the eastern part of the County sf Tipperary, which; although they by no means palliate the infliction of so barbarous an act of revenge, yet, as they tend in some degree to explain the causes of that contest, which now seems to be waging by the peasantry of that part of Munster, may not be unworthy of record :--O'Goastas, the tenant to Suit, a brother of the man savagely mur dered, was not ejected for non-payment of rent, but for want of title. Hehad only an alleged written pro mise of a lease, and thereon built the cottages, and made other improvements: He was ejected by civil bill, before the Assistant Barrister. From the idea that this title in equity could not p r e vent t h e d ecree at Sessions, the case was again tried at the Assizes of Clonmell ; and the late SHEA, on being called by the tenant to prove his brother' s ha n d- wr iting, denied die validity of that document. The tenant being thyreby defeated, SaRA was put in possession by his brother, who is himself only a lessee. Sating thu4 provoked the resentment of the paanatry, unfortunate family seem to have the savage notions of retribution legislators. It appears, therefore, however atrocious in itself, has no don with the disturbances in Lir not without frequent parallels , unhappy country ; and, we fear, more of the depraved state of among the poorer pellet:l*y, but of higher station. • COUNTY TYPPERA' INQUZST 011 THZ - The following evidence was ner's Inquest held at Tubber, the stated on Tuesday. The Jury ' Nicholas Shea, of Seven A. that he is brother of the deceased knows the bodies of Edmond mond Shea, jun. Mary Shea, jun. William Shea, and Margat called out of bed on the morniag of the .is h , by John Butler. about one or two o'clock, wh o * him that his brother's house was on fire: who p rived there, the house was on tire and the roof kii fallen in. Witness, about the hour of nine e c l ad that morning, went to the door and saw the b o di esi several persons lying on the floor, who had bee n b unt to death. Saw the bodies of sixteen persons ;4 4 out of the house that morning. John Mulcahy, of Ballywalter, farmer, d i p * that he knows the bodies of Patrick Mu11 4 11 3 , p chael Mu'laity, and Catherine Mu'lolly ; saw t h em lying dead at the house of the deceased E s i r ". 4 Shea, on the morning of the 20th instant William Williams,• t.f Gurtnapish, labourer, posed, that th o a p t o to n l the k n a i t h er t of a pSilon.dsaayw, tLeml9thdiass.ut; Ihouse g on fire; went towards tfse house, but wa s aIZ. to go on, in consequence of hearing several shots L I about the house. A man of the name of Philippi lon fired a shot towards Shea's house, which wa n! turned by one or two shots by persons ab ost o house on fire, who shouted, and desired Mk s , come on if.he Jared. Philip Dillon, of Gurtnapivh, farmer, depowdtk W lliam Williams called him out of bed on &pip between the 19th and 20th instant, who mid ti that Edmond Shea's house was on fire. He dela Williams to call some neighbours; he thenOtt —n o towards Shea's house, which was in a blaze, nod a shot, calling out, " Oh, you rascals!" which via turned by two shots, and he was desired to Au g if he dared. Heard several shots about Swish*. FURTHER PARTICULARS, YROM THE OLONMEL ADVERTIPIE Of MUTUAL A more horrid enormity was never perpetrated If monsters in the human shape I The whole ilholi tants of a house, sixteen persons, male and km* (one of the latter, Mrs. SHEA, in the moot adriscal state of pregnancy) burnt alive, of whom mire escaped to tell the mournful tale! In micros& their diabolical purpose, it is probable the ewes set fire to the thatch in several places at °wadi* the inmates, taken by surprise,in rushingtonektte door, created a fatal confusion which maid this progress till the roof fel in, and overwhelmed Cheat for the nemains of eleven or twelve of them werefoni near to the door, inside; the master of the house va one of these; he was distinguished by beinglarne oft leg, and having lost a tooth in the front of his mouth; he was found reclining with part of his bowels pro. traded from the belly, where many suppose ahall have entered ; and near one of his hands lay the barrel of a blunderbuss he was supposed to lumina carrying. Close by him, and by the door, lay am with the key of the door in one hand, and a pukesd near the other. It was a most unfortunate circumstance theta but one door to the house, or some of the pe* might have escaped ; and that they seemed tsis pond upon their arms and their strength in a timid building. It is mentioned they had ten midi arms within—this is very probable, as we smtk barrel of a large iron blunderbuss, the bandit fowling-piece, five shorter gun barrels, one pa barrel, and three locks of arms earned away fie the ruins by the Police stationed at Fethard. Eta the position in which Mr. Ennoso SHIA ON M prietor of the house) was found', as above reined is supposed he was in the act of drawing the from the door when he met his death. A child two years old was found placed in a pail of where ,it remained untouched from the fire ar only what floated above water. At each side di door there was a loop hole for small arms, three inches in diameter, which commanded :to trance; these, however, did not appear to hanks used, as the glass remained entire in one of these Wednesday, and the other was a little broken It does not appear that WILLIAMS or Dual , any of the monsters engaged in this havoc, as tal came in the direction of the smoke; but we ode stand that sir men were seen about the fire , byp sons observing from nearly three quarters of asi distant : and it is also mentioned, that so latesibi o'clock in the morning, a fellow, who remised , * ing in the straw in the haggard, adjoiningthessss of the conflagration, rose up, and ran off, observed by some women who came to view then. About two in the afternoon of Wednesday, the. mains of the sixteen sufferers were taken in taw coffins from the ruins--seven to Cloneen Choidera four to that of Kilvenmon, and one to Grasp 1k sight was mournful in the extreme. Several Chr men attended with hatbands, as did several oder., tlemen, farmers, and others—all evidently illfou as they should be on so melancholy an °miss Of the neighbouring Magistrates there on Wednesday, at the place of this most 6 1 4 and inhuman enormity, Messrs. Issas G. JO WILLIAM BARTON, JAMES PLIREPOY POE F. a° PARD, RICHARD CHADWICK , an d R. COOIL 01 r i g none. These Gentlemen opened a subscript., offering rewards for the discovery and roll of the Gorgtins concerned in the before-recited.: act, which was signed on the spot by numbels,' Magistrates then adjourned their rreeting 0.1 1 terday at Cloueen, whe n th ere w ere there arl Messrs. ROBLRT COGICE, BENJAMIN BENNETT ell! SHAW, JAMES FUREPOY Poe, WILLIAM BAlllh FRANCIS DESPA RD, RICHAR D CHADWICI, and s I mu) M tserr. These Gentlemen had suss neatly ' II E4 persons from the immediate vi o la the scene of woe, m an y o f w hom had Ta t dp nearest relatives or friends; and, at five okw" - S lad Tit d ova - - T Pelf Jun mid Go • Pert con cast JAN whe van A Roc inn it a cul In ted, Jac ton auk Ithic latel coat Till who WI am Gal be 1 the we 1 a t ai peasattry, he snd • terag e fallen a sacrifi ce o f th m of thee , • thsm ore, that t hi s a • Des no immediat e co mice .imerick. I t is am in the history c( aim ar, is only one sale of morals, not • log but even a mong sesP 4 MARY.-C, MARY. e SRE - sae MI. l ien adduced on t b e s Int the remit of which • 0 r having been mons, • ints icres, firmer,too ceased Unload Sim i aa Shea, Mary She A , t, jam Nicholas rtret Shea. Wi iuonF tness .• vl eh. ort.t. • I \ II \