The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-16 00:00:00

IRELAND. DISTURBED DISTRICTS. Extract of a private letter dated the ad instant, from Rathkeal, in the county of Limerick :—" Last night has added to the dreadful catalogue of assassinations which disgrace this country. There is a Mr. Raymontl,son-in law to Col. O'Dell, the late member, who livrsat hinny wood, within a few miles of this town ; his house was attacked a short tune since, and all his arms taken away. He was absent at the time, and on his return declared before his servants, that if he. had been at home he would Lave given up his arms only with his life. One of the servants, whose name it appears was Murphy, told his master not to tumble himself, as lie (Murphy) knew the whole party. This declaration of his became public, and the consequence was, that a secret tribunal set upon the life of the unfortunate man, and doomed him to assassination. A party appointed to execute this horrid sentence went last night to Hollywood-house, broke into it, and took nut the wretched man, and shot him as if by sentence of a court-martial. 'There is no escaping their vengeance for the man who is marked out a victim. AVe are in hopes that the Special Commission, ,which sits in Limerick on the lOth, will do some good. It is a melancholy hope. There are !24 wretches to be tried, the greater part of whom will probably be hanged ! Three pr;soners have been brought its here this morning; I have not heard for what crime." a'rout the (,Yunmel advertiser.) On Sunday a servant man, supposed to be a prosecu tor at the ensuing Special Commission for the county of Limerick, was shot dead near Adate. On Saturday evening a pour Kerry labourer was se verely beaten and wounded in various parts of the body, its the west suburbs ; ii states that he Was robbed of 30s in change. (From the Cork Intelligeneer.) The following,oilicial order for cuModying the yen• marry corps under the command or Sir W. Stainer, Bart. has been just issued by authority:— " Dublin Castle, Dec. 7, 1621. " Sia,—l ant directed by the Lord Lieutenant to ac quaint you, that his Excellency has been pleased to approve of the Barrack Emps of Yeomanry, tinder your command, being augmented to eight companies of 10 men each. llis Excellency, at the same time, diteets me to obsei we, that it is to be distinctly understood, that 110 exclusion is to be made nu account of religion in the per sons forming the augmentation, loyalty and guud culiduct being the qualifications FI:(11111 ed. If this is not ate lett) , maintained, the Lord Lieutenant must decline sanctioning the angmentation. " A blank form of roll is enclosed, which you will have properly filled up, and forwarded to this depar tinent, with the attestat;ous of the men ; and when the same is re ceived, the necessary kite's of.service will he issued, and the other official steps taken to place the corps in an state.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, " Your must obedient humble servant, " C. GRANT." We understand the barriers arc :about to be replaced round the city of Dublin, as in 1798 and 1803. It is better to err on the side of caution than its opposite. (From the Clonmel Advertiser.) A few days since, three special bailiffs, under a war rant from the sheriff of the country of lA'atertord, came Cloglitem a fans near Putir.mile-water, to execute their olliee on the property of a Mr. Power living there, hut were very suddenly surrounded by a vast multitude of the country people, who thought the legal process was for tithes. They drove off the bailitls, who look rjugc at one o:mond's, a policeman of the barony of Lilena heirli, where again these officers were assailed, and com pelled to give up their arms. Against such an outrage so deliberate and systematic, and accompanied by a pretty undisguised avowal tat these misguided, mistaken, and infatuated people, that they would not suffer any man in their district 10 lie molest ed by law process 01 any kind. Al r. Matinsell, the sub sherd", determi tied opoo that species or which is universally successful against a disorgatused rabble— having taken out an officer's party, 20 infantry, to the place. In the spot where a few days before every thing seemed to be at the foot of the mob, and their number was almost countless, the appearance of twenty soldiers served to have depopulated the district of its male in habitants. We have learned from different persons who went I. attend the auction, to which Mr. Maunsell immediately proceeded, on the defendants goods, that there were not ten men to be collected, so completely were they terrified at this small but effective appear ance. The auction went on; previous to which Mr. Nla un sell apprehended three of the persons charged with the above outrage. The goods, such as they were, were sold, and the prisoners brought quietly away. Mr. Maunsell executed his duty with firmness and hu manity—and a painful duty it was. The night previous had been one of peculiar storm, and a part of the hiatt.e of Mr. Jackson, brother.in-1...v to Mr. Power, the de fendant, and immediately near Prwer's, had fallen upon a lovely infant, about four years old, whom it literally and instantly crushed to death in its cradle. "i'lie how l ing of the siortu„ the deluge of rain falling, the 111j1IA Corpse of the infant in the ruins of one b o os;, and the clficers of Jo lice sell:, g tie little furniture of the other, with a of soldiers keeping their prisoners in the ruin of the old castle at Postr.mile•water—altogether presented a scene of hot nu better felt than told, and fitter tor the invention of a ouvelist than the report of a news paper. Last night the house of l'ai. Carroll, at Ballisheeda, in the liberties of tins city, was broken into, and search ed for his servant man, who expressed himself unfa vourably towards the night!! proceedings of those de luded wretches; lortunately he was not in the house. Two field-pices and an immense quantity of ammu nitioti arrived yesterday in this city. (F,vm the Sokthern Reporter.) Between the hours of utte and two o'clock on Fri. day 11181111iDg, i MOINE 1.01 . WWI Dual int& 8 114 We ilia THE NATIONAL REGISTER Flag-lane, in this city, where a person named James Kennedy, a brougue-maker, occupies a room up stairs, several of whom pro..eeded to his apartment; and one of them 'lye him with a stick a severe Wow on the head. Tory then broke e%eiy article in the MOM; and Kennedy, IRing apprehensive, that they were intent on murder, crept tinder his bedstead. His wife was then attacked with brut it ferocity, from the effects of which she now keeps her bed. PRE; LT ['LUNAR Y MEASURES. Dust's, Dec. iu —lt was stated on Saturday that the orders witien had been issued by Government for the erecting of barrier at the Canal bodges, and other outlets of the city were countermanded. Yesterday, however, we heard that preparations for the barriers were again ITII The Lord Mayor issued a proclamation on Saturday, erdering all the public-houses within the police ilt-artet of Dublin mettopolis to be closed min the hour of eight o'clock every evening, Until the hour of seven o'clock in the morning, until further notice. Doubtless, it is proper that every necessary precaution sliou!d -be taken for the safety of toe public: we would oiler the meed of our applause to that vigilance an(lcats tion which should even go beyond what might appear to be sufficient for the protection of the peacoat le and well disposed. But disloya4 is the last thing we should now CXIPeCt to find in the ci:y of Dublin. Loyalty is hut cold a phrase to express the feelings of its population towards the ardent, devoted attachment to his Ma jesty, will be found amongst all descriptions of its inha bitants. At a meeting of the friends and and admirers of the late Right Hon. Henry Grattan, belch at the Royal Ex change, on Tuesday the 27th last, Robert Day, Esq. in the chair, it was :eaulved— That as the liti of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan was devoted exclusively to the public good, his immortal ser vices during half a century, as the first patriot of his country, and Wunder of her liberty, should be commemo rated by a permanent testimonial ; which, though unne cessary to transion hitt name to posterity, may be a no. influent to reemd the gratitude and admiration of the age, that witnessed those splendid exertions, in which he lived and died. The trls of Meath and Fingal, Sir E.4ward Bellew, Mr.l)l , inkett, mid several other gentlemen, were at the saute 11111 C alythoted a committee for carrytog the above resokotott into oleo. ATHLONS, DEc. 7.—On Wednesday last, in conse quence of an altercation that took place between them, a man named Cu n ningham was killed here by a thrust of a calla mord which he received through the heart, from one of the Roscumuton police. An inquest was held on the body 'text day, and a verdict of wilful mur der was returned against the policeman. He has been committed to Roscommon gaol to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes. KILKENNY, Inc. B.—We have been assured that the report, of a lawless confederacy' atzainst the payment of tithes having been formed in the parish of linrochurch, is wholly unfounded. A gentleman of the highest re spectability, residing, in that goat ter of the county, who would have been the first to ascertain the fact, and to defeat so mischievous a conspiracy, has given its audio r;ty to contradict the rumour. ire the most wisp dified terms. %Vs- should add, that the circumatance which it has been our pleasiog duty to discredit, was spoken of itt the most respectable circles, with a coufidelice of its truth, that would have justified a much more pcsitiv and unreserved statement. Our most recent information front different parts of this county, we are most happy to state, railcards no fresh instances of outrage or insubordination. On the con trary, some of our most intelligent correspondents, who proLss to speak front an intimate knowledge of rural awirty, furnish a very gratifying view of its present st te, in various districts. One of our informants, whose Aso cations open to hint an extended field for observation, ascribes what he terms—" the meliorated spirit of the peasantry," in an eminent degree. to the strenuous ex hortations and laudable vigilance of the Roman Catholic Clergy. We own we are disposed to rate the services of that influential body most highly, and we know they have been uniformly recognised by our magistracy as powerlully to contribute to social safety. We sincerely hope that this encouraging prospect of domestic quiet m.ly not ultimately disappow the public hope. Since writing the above, an account of a house nib. bery in the vicinity of Hallyragget, a few nights ago, was transmitted to its. The particulars we suppress fur the present, as they came unautheilticaterl by the name of our iolorosant. If, on further inquiry, the transaction .11)1w :us to have been correctly stated, we shall coolant'. ti.e ite the facts in detail. The a ff air, as represented to us, was obviously unconnected with any systematic scheme of insurrectionary outrage. We arc happy at being enabled to contradict the state ment which ai•peared in our I tst, relative to the firing on the set,uncl at Ardour. although it had been stated to its by several persons on Sunday last as a matter of fact. We can assure our readers and the public that we would be far from wish i ng to be the means of creating alarm, particularly at present, when none such exists in this cotin•y.—(Tactes Castile.) i Although this county continues free from acts of open viou lice, we regret to find that the system of adminis tering unlawful oaths is extending amongst the pea. sandy. It has now, we find, got into the barony of Tyrawly ; four persons, namely, John Carr, Peter Gil laspy, Lucas Farley, and Matthew Comber', of the parish of Crossmolitia, having been committed on Wed tiesilay to the county gaol, by George Ormsby, Esq. of Gortuer Abbey, charged with being xilaboinnen, and with aiding and assisting in ad ggg i g tisterin i ; unlawful oaths.—(Mayo Constitution.) The Clare staff patrol constantly in the neighbourhood of Clare Castle; parties of the 93d and the police are out every night its tins town and suburbs. It gives us great saushicdon in being ennobled to state that we en pay perfect trenquillity..--(Clurejourne) (From Ike Cork Mercahtile Chronicle ) A perms %situ .404:(1 as a ::011 of leadt.r :tutting the marauders, has been arrested by Robert Twice, Esq. an active magistrate of the County of Kerry, and conveyed to Dublin, where he is expected to give notch valuable information. He is a person above the ordinary rank, and has disclosed the names 01 nearly 300 individuals who were engaged in these nocuirnal ii snobaoces. He has also, we are informed, given information where up. wards of 30 stand of arms have been recovered. Much credit is due to Mr. Twiss for the address and prompti. tude with which he effected the arrest of this man. Mr. Twiss being at used, met hint in a solitary part of the country, and having reason to suspect his being engaged in the late disturbances, threatened him, unless he made ,1 disclosure of all he knew, which after some time he consented to do, Ile was then forwarded to the metro polis, where Mr. T. has also gone. We have no doubt but disclosures equally important with respect to these outrages will be male from oilier quarters. (From Me Limerick Chrwlick.) Oa Monday night, the house of Thomas Wilkinson, Esq. of Calietilly, was attacked in search of file-arms, and as it was impossible, in a thatched house, to make resistance, they succeeded in getting a gun, but searched the house very minutely for more. Store night the house of Mr. W. Mannan was also attacked, his windows broken, and one gun taken. On %Vednestlay night, about I I o'clock, the house of Mr. John Barry, near Ballineguanl, was visited by the nightly depredators, who, has tog tired a shot at the house, Mr. Barry opened an upper window, and de usauded what they scanted; the reply was "arms," upon which Mr. Barry fired out, when they instantly sweated to the end of the house. A buy was afterwards dispatched to Ballyneety by Mr. B. and in less than ten minutes Lieutenant Arthur, and a party of the 93 regiment ar rived to his assistance, but not the least trace of the vil kilns could be found, though the party scoured that part of the country till nay break next morning. Mr. Shaughnessy's house, of Ballybricken, was also attacked, and one gun taken. (From 1/ Clonmel Morning Post.) The painful duty has devolved upon us to record one of the most melancholy circumstances which has occur red in this neighbourhood within our recollection. On Wednesday evening, about six o'clock, a most promis ing young gentleman, fifteen years old, and highly ac complished, the eldest son of Major Lenon, who resides at Grange Cottage, in the Queen's County, within three miles of this town, got leave from his father to go out fur the purpose of killing rabbits. The young gentle to n wript himself up in a Portuguese cloak, with the intention of calling upon the son of a neighbouring far mer, of the name of Maher, some years older than himself, who generally accompanied hint on such occa sions. In a fatal moment, however, Mr. Lefton con ceived the idea of giving the young farmer a aorprise„ and concealing his face, which he did by elevating the cloak over his head ; on arriving at Maher's house, he assumed a feigned voice, and leaning over a hatch-door, demanded their money, arms, &c. Young Maher—the rustic friend and companion of Mr. Lenon's hours of recreation—struck with the supposed danger of the mo ment, seized a blunderbus loaded with slugs, which lay by the fire-side, and, horrible to relate, fired at the young man in whose &fence he would have died him self. We can scarcely bring our pen to perform its office, in describing the consequence—the t,/5f and a considerable part of the head was literally tor...;sway ! Doctor Bead and Surleon Byrn, of this town, were im mediately sent or, but they could only put earful to the torturing anxiety of the wretched parents of both parties, by declaring that hope had fled for ever I—Mr. L died on Thursday. Tho miserable young man who commit ted the rash act was seized with a delirium, and has gone off, no person can tell where !—Ou Saturday tune was a Coroner's Inquest held on the body. Verdict— " Accidental Death." ADVENTURES 01 A COUNTRY CONSTABLE IN LOX DON.--A warrant of bastardy having been granted to the overseers of a parish, about Ind tildes from London, against a young man who had absconded, the gentlemen 01 the parish deputed an inch. trims!, wh they consi dered to be the 6harpesi of their coustables, to proceed to London its order to execute it, and for this purpose :Ail. was granted him to pay his expenees. This the vigilant officer concealed snugly in his pocket-book, together with his warrant, and putting it in his breast pocket, he ar rived in London on Tuesday last for the first time in his life. On his arrival, above all places, he sought Charles street, Drury-lane, to take up his quarters, having heard that the object of his mission was a resident in that direction. He went into the Coach and Horses, and there sat down with some geniis:mess, who, with all the dexterity of versed thieves, contrived to cut out the pocket book from his coat, unknown to him, whilst he was intent in cons ersation. He at length discovered his loss, and immediately quitted the place in search of a man whom he suspected, lie having left the house. He thoughtlessly left his great coat behind hiin, and that was also taken during his absence. The enraged officer in stantly proceeovd to Queemsquare office, in order to ascertain whether they could grant him a fresh warrant to apprehend the man he had conic after, that likewise being stolen. He was refused a warrant, and was advised to go back to his own parish fur one, which he was com pelled to do. On Monday se'nnight, as Mr. Allcock, of Norwich, was I" in g up London - lane, a man afncted to stumble against hitn, and at the same uusoent snatched his watch from his fob, and ran off.—On the same evening, Mr. Powell, gardener, of that city, was rubbed sear Union-place, of some money, the produce of debts which he had been collecting.—About five o'clock on the same evening, a flail had the audacity to enter the house of a person in St. Benedict's, by the back chamber window, while the family was below, and was in the act of let ting a bed down from the window, when he was disco vered by a person passing at the time, who gate the alarm, and the thief dropped down from the window and decamped, leasing his booty behind him. 398