The National Register. — London, England, 1822-04-21 00:00:00

and justice, purMed those who were chargeable with the crime. Lvery thing had been done by Government to ascertain something to his prejudice. Government bad prosecuted a poor man named Fly, fur giving a Guardsman a slap in the face; but on an occasion of viol importance enquiry was retused.—lle (),I r. Waith man) had acted with forbearance at the inquest. The Coroner, and those of the Jury whose politics were dif ferent front his, would bear te,,timony to that aisertion, Was he, because he was Sheriff, to divest hints.. If of int. inanity ? Ile was officially bound to pursue criminals. 1 he saw a man shot, he was bound to pursue those who shut hint. Alderman Wallis Mall concluded am id s t cheers, with stating that enquiry would be advantageous to him. slr. OLnitau could not go the whole length with Alderman.Waithotan, whose conduct at the inquest was not at all justified upon legal grounds. lie condemned the worthy Alderman for not having finished the bust of the inquest as he had began it, and expressed a fear that great political teal had interlered with the judgment of that excellent individuai. Mr. Dritote said, the public wanted no more of the sultject, and moved the previous question. After suitor observations from lUr. Fayed and others, Alderman Biown withdrew his motign. IREL.4N D. NEWCASTLE, APRIL 8.-..(EXlract of a private letter ) —1 have the pleasure of imparting to you a most heroic and exemplary occurrence, which took place this morn ing, within two miles of Newcastle, in the apprehension of eight nuted insurgents, well armed, in lemafe cos tome, by the Rev. Mr. Pochford and his parishioners at About eleven o'clock, a.m., these eight insurgents, well armed, and dressed in female attire, appeared on the road of Rathcabill, having previously driven some cattle trout nit a farm, which was taken by a very hottest farmer contrary to the system of these lawless legislators; they then repaired to this mart's brother, Mr. Michael Ciee: , en, an holiest matt, which they broke open and entered for the purpose of plundering and setting it on fir,. The family being at chapel convenient, a private account was sent to the Rev. Mr. Rochford, who was then in the act of dismissing his flock, on which he in statitly called on his parishioners in the most spirited ❑tanner to co-operate with hins in the apprehension of the insurgents : accordingly they obeyed, and being sti mulated by the laudable example of their clergyman, sallied forth against the fellows with sticks and stones, and, although several shots were fired at them by these armed rutliaos, they succeeded in arresting five of them, out of whom discharged his gull at the Rev. Mr. Ruch. lord, happily without effect; the other three at this time made off towards the hills, but three or four young gen tlemen, who were coursing on the mountains, hearing the shots and perceiving the people running, instantly went to their assistance, and being well armed, they very soots put an end to the career of the other three rufliatta —as, after an exchange of shots, one of which struck the head of one of the winteboys, and wounded him slightly, they surrendered. Yesterday, at two o'clock, Edm. Fitzgerald, a school master, for attacking the house of Mr Morgan, at Disn tnoylan ; and George Walker, alias Colonel Walker, fur attacking Joists Shire's house, and demanding pewter to make balls, were taken from the county gaol to Ratli ke:de, from whence they are to be conveyed this day, to be hanged—the former at Shanagolders, the latter at Newcastle. On leaving the prison, they declared their innocence in the BAIRe manner as those that previously suffered, although convicted on the clearest and most satisfactory testimony. Fitzgerald is the person who wrote the letter to his insurgent friends in the country, requesting them to keep the boys quiet until after the assizes. John Kelly, who was also to be executed this day t Shanagolden, is respired. William Duttworth, William Nonatt, Jas. Callihan, and Patrick Nugent, all comfortable farmers, for robbing a detachment of the 40th regiment of their arms (which have since beets surrendered), remain under sentence of death, and are to be executed at Ballyagrau on;Sattuday. EITRAORDINARY DOCUMENT.—At ten °clock on the iiivitt of the sth instant, NV. Nash, Esq. chief officer of the police stationed at Roscrea, hatiog heard some shots near that town, proceeded immediately with a party to the quarter whence they were fired. At the distance of about a mile front Roscrea he met two ❑ten on one horse ; lie challenged, arrested, and searched Meal. in the breeches pocket of one, the sun of a very respectable man, was found a manuscript book, written with great cleverness, emblazoned with various devices, and cots. tairting the oath, password, and a complete system of insurrectionary organization, the object of which is truly diabolical. It would appear from this document that a general union and consolidation of the set erai systems which have for years back distracted various parts of Ireland, 'nee L.en effected. 'Die poisoner was torwaded on SJ turd37 to Captain Wilson, the magistrate at Turks, who awaits the directions n; Government relatit e to him. For this discovery the public are indebted to the prompt exertions of Mr. Nash, whose ability and activity have been conspicuous since his appointment. About a week before the above occurrence, he succeeded, by a well laid plan, klenry Martin, a principal in the cruel der of Joseph (limy, a meritorious constable of Siiitirone, in the Kong's comity, about a year ago. Coax ASSIZES.—NIary Stanley, a woman of respect able appearance, and William Leary, a servant, were charged with the 'nuttier of David Stanley, by shooting hem with a loaded gnu, and giviti k t loin a mortal wound, by which he died on the 4th of Nov. last, at Old Court, iu this county. Counsellor Connell (+envd the case for the prosecti cotton .\lary Stanley, the prisoner, was the wile, and and. William Leary, Ihe other prisoner, was the servant of the late Dip ul Stanley. The decease() was a farmer in condonable eneutustaucts. '!'here were 110 Fatiollb TIIE NATIONAL REG ISTEtt living with him at the time but his wife and servant.— LLC WJS seen at Ills house on Sunday the 4th ; he was not seen there or about the farm on the M lay after by any of his neighbours, and it was not till Tuesday that his body was found in an old house Contiguous to the dwel ling. A criminal connection was subsisting between the pri,om rs before the murder. The Jury, after an absence of an hour and a half, re turned into the Court, bring in a renlict of guilty .I,ttiobt Leary, and not guilty against Mary Stanley ; but the foreman accompanied the issue by saying, it was merely on account of a deficiency, as they conceived, in the chain of evidence, and not from any doubt of her parti cipation in the guilt of the other prisoner. Hls Lordship then passed the sentence of the law in the usual manner, Exacunost.—On the I Itlt inst. at Cirk, William Leary, for the murder of D. Stanley, to wi;rn he has, been servant, underwent the awful sentence of the the law at Gallows-green. lie was taken from the county gaol a little after twelve o'clock, and walked with a firm Step to the place of execution. fits conduct since his sentence was extremely penitent. When the melancholy procession had arrived at the gallows, the Rev. Mr. Eng land said, that he had been desired by the prisoner to ac knowledge his guilt. lie was the murderer of David Stanley, and no person had aided him in the commission of that dreadful crime. lie was not led to it by any per sonal enmity or hatred to Mr. Stanley, who hail always been a kind and indulgent master, but entirely at the in stigation and desire of the wretched woman, Mary Stan ley, with whom the prisoner had been induced to lead a criminal life for a long time. Various modes of destroy ing hint had been suggested by her: at one time it was proposed to cut his throat with . razor; at another time to poison hint; hut this latter mode she feared would lead to detection by the appearance of the body. The gun with which Mr. S. was shot belonged to himself, and the powder and balls were furnished by the wife, who retired to bed whilst the murder was perpetrated.— After hanging the usual time, the body was taken down and conveyed under a guard to the county infirmary fur dissection, agreeably to the aentence. 17.—The Kerry newspaper announces the arrival at Tralee oldie Sandwich Day schooner, Capt. Lavice, from Devonshire, laden with one hundred lons Of potatoes. This is, perhaps, the first importation of pota toes into Ireland (for the purpose of immediate consump tion) known to any of our readers. SIIERIFP DINN William Smith, the Beni r High Shelia, entertained the Corporation yesterday at a public dinner. Various ellUt is wet e made to prevail on him to give the toast which had been so long a watch word of division in this country—but he constantly declared that his resolution against it was inflexible. He was resolved to regulate his conduct by the " parting admonition and injunction" of his venerated Sovereign, and while he obeyed the commands of the King, he had no apprehension of being taunted as disloyal. Finding the determination of the Sheriff was not to Ise shaken, a few " bar k bone men" had a table prepared is another apartment, whither they retired to consume the Sheriff's wine, in celebrating orgies offensive to their Sovereign, his di.tingui•hcd representative iu this country, and their entertainer! CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE. The four men who were capitally convicted at the last assizes of Naas, for a burglary and tottliely at to house of the Widow Daly, base had their sellieliCe Illeteiftllly COU 11111 l led by MI Execlleacy the Marquis . Wellesley, for transportation, COUNTY CORK ASSIZES. SMITII V. ALLEN, O'KEEIVE, ALAI) This was all action itss . assault and battery. The dm. Images were laid at 4,0W:1. The driendailts pleaded Not Guilty and the general issue. From the evidence it appeared, that in the month of July last the inhabitants of Newmarket anti the surround ing country resolved, as a mark of respect and gratitude, to celebrate the coronation of his Majesty by a public dinner at that village. Up to ten o'clock all was pertict harmony, and it was hoped all would separate with the same feeling. 'flits was interrupted, however, by Mr. Allen and his pasty refusing, on account of some old grudge, to pledge the health tut a Mr. Wool tit along with the rest of the company. Subsequently, a Mr. W. Lowe, also one of Mr. Allen's party, and his brother in law (who IMa since lied the countly), observing a reverend gentle man somewhat overcome with the festivities of the even ing, introduced a tumbler of whiskey punch instead of a wine glass on the table before him. This was resisted by the silaisititl, and an aberration ensuing, 111 r. Lowe first threw the punch in his twee, and afterwards the glass itself. The oilier defendants were not idle, indicting wounds on the plaint ill with jugs and uuldlestieks,ashich confined him to Isis bed fur upwards of three weeks its a very precarious state. Mr. Sergeant Lefroy briefly summed up the evidence, commenting On the law as to malice propense ; and the Jury, after retiring and consulting fur about malt an hour, retained a verdict for the plaintiff, with Gd. damages and Gd. costs. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. The Limerick Chronicle contains the followlitg front liatittirk On Friday and Saturday last there were several stand of arms given up to the parish prick' of Free. mount ; and on Sunday morning, while the priest was saying 111458, four or five men vitiate in wommes clothes, and carried the whole of them away, though their is a detachment of the military stationed in the chapel of that place. The military stationed bete have brought iu Mt prisoners this week." Comes KertitY.—We copy the following paragraph front a Tittle': journal of the Ilium iiist.--.. We have lint hail any report, nor have we heard even a rumour, of an act of 'intim ectionary outrage in this comity for many days past, and the Itingdunt of Kn ry is at this moment, to all appearance, as tranquil and as peaceable as ever it was within our nie y for the last 111'1 yea's." CIARL, APRIL 13.—Last night a man, employed by Mr. John Healy to watch sunny potatoes open die lands of Caluclk,gtvC IlUlice to the pollee on pat rule in this siri : tiny, by pi econcerted signal of firing a shut, that a pat ty of men lord come upon the ground for the purpose of tak ing them away. The police H:O,AM) , %scut to the spot, but, vi lit it observed, toe men titivated into boats, to %shirk they passed to the other side. They wet e fired atter, autl two of the boats lett behind woo t.4.vu pus- 111 weesion of by the polit 0. Two Melt we►e Made peisoners, one of them is owner oi' one of the bomx. W exeon Ds—About one o'clock on Friday morning, it firo was discovered at the chundling Louse, in the rear of the dwelling house, of Mr. Junes, in the Corn-market, IVelford. A violent storm from the east, which continued the whole of that night and the following 'lay, rendered every effort tosser the back conceit's ineffectual. Some thatched houses which woe in the neighbourhood were saved Item destruction by the terrified imitates—men, women, and children being mounted upon tile thatch, almost in a state of nudity, throwing down the flakes of tire as they tell, while others extinguished them below. — A strong detachment of the kfith hastened to the spot, and conducted themselves in a manner highly creditable In the regiment, zealously rendering all the assistance their power. The fire was ceased by some malicious person or persons, as no business had been done in the eliandling house for the preceding nine or ten days. A reward has been offered for their appi ehension. RIOTS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. We regret to learn that a serious inclination to insubordination has manifested itself within the last week among the colliers in the neighbourhood of NVednesbury and Bilston—a great number of them have left their work, and for several days have pro ceeded to slop all those pits in u hich the workmen were inclined to continue at their labour.—The fol lowing is the copy of a letter just received, dated April 17, 1822:—.- 1 mn now writing amidst i or 6000 Colliers, the Batton, Stourbridge, and Motley troops sill amongst them, wills loaded pistols in their hands. A volley of cinders hum the the large heap here has just been showered towards the t r pa. The position of the colliers is too strong. Tue cilliers and troops are looking at each other, and Clod only knows what wry be the result before one hour is past. Four or live colliers fell into the Canal this morning, one of whom was drowned, the omen nearly so. No pits at work—all stopped. The colliers are desperate, and stand op to the noses of the horses in the most menacing manlier possible. The Lady Arabella packet has arrived at Pal. mouth, after a long passage, from Lisbon. The ad vices du not reach to a later date than the end of last month. An important crisis in the Brazils seemed to be looked for daily ; indeed some surprise had been occasioned, by the continuance of public tran quillity in the several provinces which had so often, since the revolution, shewn a strong disposition to renounce the authority of the mother country.— The King of Portugal is represented as being politi cally sick, having in view the loss of his South Ante. rican colonies, and scarcely any money to carry on the Government at home. Petitions similar to those presented to the King of Spain had been laid before his Majesty, praying him to adopt measures to afford rclief to the commercial portion of his subjects, by withdrawing the high duties imposed on foreign goods and manufactures. On this subject the letters are couched in the usual terms of despondency, and a very faint hope seemed to be entertained that any change would be made.. The King, it is said, has replied to the petitions, that it will remain for the Cortes in its wisdom to decide on those measures which arc most calculated to prove advantageous to the kingdom, whether of a commercial or political nature, and that he declines to take any step without the sanction of that body. LkItTithUALE.—A letter from Petersburgh, dated March 15, gives the following account t— .. At the hasten' boundary of Asiatic Russia, trig. at the Western extremities of North America, the inhabitants of the .peonies Isla (or Foxes) saw in the night of the Id of Match, lett, Ali the sips which precede the greatest db.• order of suture. The wind blew with impetuosity from the Sault, west. At the same time they feet shaking of the earth, attended with subterraneous anise. The atmosphere was iollained immediately after in all directions, and clouds of mad with eitideta, which obscured every object,, cesitinues fulling during the night. " At day break the wind chanced, the fail of volcanic mata ter ceased, and the tow became mote agitated. Whilst this was passing at unalaclika, A volcano burst forth at Oases wick, ;mother island upward; of ICAO %costs OR leagues) f eiialttchka. When the darkneas was dissipated, and the dust mot cinders ceased to fall, the rile -Is of a 11111CLIMI were woo perceived at Unalachk a, and colonials of smoke !nod We issued mail the 1114.11111 of A agitst. They then writ to examine the colter, but the foetid vapours, *Web ex • tended a a erst round 11, prevelited all semis " We are loomed, that the soil of the 1511111 d is increased. and the •i•l3 has receded a considerable distanci. The coma bust ible Ines aas thrown with such vialcace that it great part of tic island of Ounimack, three miles distant from the volcano, is covered. The 10/towing account is given in a letter 6 Copenhagen of the 561110 f March Time last post from Iccltwd brought news that they experienced on 20i li, and Ylst of December last, a considerable volcanic eruption, very near Ilea la, but in a spot which, never ',Own 1612, had exhiwied the least volcanic sy Imo ..... . They found, a nine from lime crater, shows or . the wtatlrt iii h 0 hall calcined. sit e I. tar nut yet beard I hat this ei Uplim, has produced Ully 1111-Chief. The mass of stilphureous *hick Cornell it 161ek crust swim the MC( Un& ground, has been swept away by u s totem kw skulk and heavy rah.. *rue explosiau all. ACC palsied by violent iletuustioas, and shocks of all Cal thquake: A circumstance of a very extraordinary na'ure lately occurred to Pembrokeshire. Dintel Evans, of Llatiow- Man, near Fismtuard, impelled by a &meta/era wish of providing a collie tor the interment of his wile (who was the it considered dangerously ill, but is now in a fair way of recovery), went to the above town for that purpose; hut so narrow and imperfect is human foresight, that after having completed the bargain lie became iiiioxicated, returned home that evening, and at ten o'clock the next morning he himself storm to need of the Simile a rtICIO wlacxt was kitidly intended fur his beim esl sp ,use.