The National Register. — London, England, 1822-02-03 00:00:00

I BELA ND. (Prom the ro-k (naelli,ge,,err of 77hu►sday ) BANTRY, J AN. 21.—We are 311 in a state of alarm here; my Lortl nanny has been obliged to retreat again from the Glen of Cooleagh, under extremely unpleasant circumstances. lie this morning with a detachment of the 39th under the command of Major Carthew, con sistina in all of about 60 persons. They had a despe rate affray, and every toot took care of number one.— They fired, on an as craw, twenty rounds a man ; and 1 am told there is but one of the rebel party (Lad, and three or four wounded. His Lordships party left one of the 39th on the fiid of battle wound.d, who has been since, cut to pieces; and 1 have it rival authority, that those ruffians took off his head with them in triumph.- 1 suppose the unfortunate nian's bady will be brought in r RIP to-morrow. Upon being informed of what had occurred, and that a large party were collecting in the neighbourhood of Lichegela, James Barry, Esq. the active magistrate of that place, immediately proceeded express to Macroom, to communicate with Mr. H. E. Eyre, who, accompa nied by some other gentlemen, and a small detachment of military, i f ia-,e and loot, tinder the command of Captain Fitzelarence, instantly set out out for the place. tan their arrival, however, at a short distance from it, they observed the people assembled so numerous, and the position they occupied so inaccessible, that they con sidered it better not to advance without a reinforcement, and until a communication could be had with the gene ral of the district. Accordingly, a gentleman was dis patched, who arrived in town on Tuesday evening, at five o'clock; and, %from the prompt measures adopted by the general, no daub.- the loyal and pcacable itt lrobitants of the disturbed districts will fled protection and security, while those deluded miscreants will speedily meet the punishment they deserve. On Sunday last, Captain Krappock and Lieutenant Cr;en, of the 22d Regiment, surprised a fellow swear ing in some people at a public-house in Newmarket, and, after a long struggle, succeeded in taking sonic pipers from them, which they attempted to destroy. We understand that those papers are of a most treason able kind, and plainly show that the insurgents aspire to objects of a much more impottant nature than the aliolition of tithes. This morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Thomas Millen, of Raheen, six miles N. W. of us, in company with another gentleman, walked about half a mile from his house, and was astonished to see all the adjacent hills for miles round, towards Macroom, covered, and to hear horns sounding in all directions ; his family, with seve ral others. arrived in town. Yesterday a Privy Council was held at the Castle, which was numerously attended, and at which the Ba rony of Fermoy, in the County of Cork, and the Pariah of (iiarristowo, County of Dublin, and the Parishes of Arced), Clonalvey, and Piercetown Lindy, and Belle*. nova Hill, in the county of Meath, were proclaimed to be in a state of disturbance, and to require an extraor dinary eatabliatiment of Police. Ou Thursday night, the Rev. Le Poer Trench, his Lady, and two other members of his family, were pro ceeding to the rectory, near Carlow, when within a mile and a half of the town, they were attacked by a numer ous armed banditti, who fired into their carriage, and whose intent was manifestly more than plunder. The reverend gentleman lied from the carriage with his fa mily, to a school-home near the spot, whete they se cured themselves, though in extreme alarm, until the morning, when they proceeded on their way home. (From the Cork Morning A:elle:enter, of Saturday last.) DESPERATE ArtAci: ON THE KERRY MAIL COACH BY THE WHITEBOYS. Ey the arrival of the evening Cott...lliad coach, we have received several letters, by which are are enabled to lay the follow ing statement before the public : On Thursday last, the Killarney coach, on its way from Cork, was attacked, between Mill-su eet and Macroom, by a patty of those persons in arms, tbat have lately been tied : mated the unmeaning name of White-boys, who til ed upon the guard and coachman, both of whom they wounded severely. The numbeis and the tctocity of the assailants made all resistance fruitless ; and the smitten nets of the attack would have overpowered, at once, a stronger protection than the guards of mail-coaches could pretend to make. Twee of the horses arc stated to have been killed by tile first fire, and the fourth to have been taken away by the insurgents. While this occurrence was taking place, another of a more serious nature happened in the same quarter. A detachment of the Rifle ltti e ade, under the command of Colonel Mitchell, raarched from their quarters at Fes may, for Macruom. In consequence of some concerted upe ratite's, as is supposed, between Colonel Mitchell and Mr. Hedees Eyre, an active and exemplary Magistrate of that county, the troops advanced on the northern road, be• tweeti Macroom and al ilfstreet. Ail armed party, which Inuit also moved ender the guidance of the Magian ate just mentioned, were encountered by a vast body of men, armed with various weapons, anti a regular battle coin meueed. The detachment of the rifle corps were able to take a part in the conflict. and in a manner in which this description of force could be employed with its charac teristic effect. The consequeuce was, that a considerable number of the insurgents were killed un the spot ; some of the private le tiers slate, to the amount or 40 ; others Ito not make the n ttttt her more than from 23 to So, and that se veral prisoners were made. Tiiough the conflict was tenni liated,the insurgents were not dispersed when the last ac count ot which we have any kno., ledge, were sent forauril from (1 c room. They iier.li F .ed the hills immediately near the scene of actimi, in considerable numbers, and their horns were sounding, and replied to the con espoilding sound- from more distant hills. Formidable as the force was, in nil ore diauryucceptatinn, which was employed WI this occasion, I the attack mom it was made with uncommon confidence, nod was muiataitted anti extraordinary obstinacy. The women are stated to have had a share in the a ff ray, in en couraging the icenhatents of their side. The like eircum maces occurred in a confllet between Lord fluidly mud aeother putty of llMlTgri.llllli the glen of Caoleagh, a fee dap. before. Of those who fell b) the fire of the troops, and the loyal and intrepid yeomanry, and other noxilliaries entrgeti nub them, molly we oblierved to have be: 'rased THE NATIONAL REGISTER in white flannel jackets, and w itl,ont shoes or stockingut, to render their movements over tic mountains to the place of the general muster more light :Lod expeditious. It may be observed that, among those who were shot, there it fro scarcely any straNu is Generally they were all lecogniaml as persons who kid lived at uo gr. at distance, and many of whom a cre comfortable farmers. This we assert upon in. duluitable authority. The roads from Killarney to Cot k not having arrived nt the regular time of its destination, some alarming surmises, natural to prevail at a juncture like the present, haul gained ground at Cork in the early part of the night of Thursday. As cowers; events thiow their shadows before, there were several rumours in that city in the morning, of same out rages, which our eorrespoiiileots location to Nave been traced to carriers w ho had been bringing butter to the merchants' stores. The matter, hots ever, was put licyu.nd all doubt try a despatch from Colonel Mitchell, which vs as received by Sir John Lambert, the commandiag o:licer of the CIII k dis trict, at three o'clock on Friday muircil;, uilMg those circumstances which we have communicalcd in a general way. Sir John, immediately on receiving this despatch, sent off two companies of the I ILI' Bum. and proceeded himself at the hend of a troop of the Cal Must,, fur Macroom, leaving., of neeessit3, the city, a very weak garrison. FURTHER M. TRAG ES. From Tipperary, says the 'Moths Roaming Post, we have a detail tit souse outfaces perpetrated in different parts of that country. We add the following letter, which was received at our office this morning. We can vouch for the respectability of the quarter whence A has been derived : " NENAGIt, JAN. 10 .—This town is in a most dreadful state at present, last night's transactions are more fright ful than any that have yet occurred : a party of the yeo men went to the turnpike to take Horan: Horan heard dogs hark in the yard ; came out at the back door, and was instantly secured by two )T01111'11; the remainder of the party were in the limit, or streetn arils ; Horan seeing lint two, then:shook himself from one, and whipped the bayonet off the gun, and /stabbed Rea, a yeoman, through the back, gave the oilier a box, and made oil; at this time Horan's father, a man 89 years of age hearing some noise in th street, opened the front door, put out his head, partly exposing at the same time his body, to see what was the matter, when one of the yeomen levelled his piece and stint him through the abdominal viacora, which protruded from the wound. This is the account in substance that the old man gives of the taansaetion, so fat as he was con cerned. Fite wounded yeoman was taken into the house of one Carson, and taken care of, but certain persons being itteliamd to think that they were ill-disposed peo ple, arrested old Carson and his daughter, and lodged them in gaol without a warrant, or bi high% them helots Magistrate. The people in general are now driven to desperation, and we expect a general engagement with the yeomen. If you were to hear the language of them, as they now think they can get no law—what a town to live in ! " P.S. The old matt pronnunced mortally wounded " A LETTER FROM LISTOW Et., DATED JAN. 211..—" The home of Mr. Ferdinand Lyne, of Itallyenesy, was attack ed for arms by a considerh:de number of White Boys. Mr. Lyne happened to have two of his nephews, Lien tenant Stipple aid his brattier, in the house at the One. They beat the party off in the must spirited manner, some of w hom must have been killed, from the quantity of blood seen in the yard in the morning, and one having dropped and being taken away by the tellows about hint. They left a fine blunderbuss. and some bats, shoes, Mc. after them." JAN. 27.—Another conflict took place 'Testes day between the military, commanded by Col. Mitchell, and accompanied by Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Hart. and a party of the Whiteboys, who had left the neighbourhood of Dutnnanway, for the purpose of joining the main body in the hilly country about Macroom. The result was, as may be expected, the complete dispersion of the band, after having two killed, several wounded, and a great many taken prisoners, who were brought into Ma croom,and lodged in the castle. Another engagement occurred between a party of the rifle brigade, who had charge of some cars laden with ammunition, which they were accompanying from Ma croom to Bandon, and a party of the same deluded peo ple, at a place called Clara Mountain, near Kilmurry, in which sonic of the latter were k;lled and wounded. 011 Tuesday evening, upwards of twenty men, armed with muskets, entered Curragh House, the scat of Sir A. Hunt, Hart. Ott entering the kitchen door, they called for the gardener, and having proceeded to the room where he was, about ten of the gang took him by the neck, and (bagged him out of the house into the yard, where others of the party had previously secured toe steward. The captain ordered them both to prepare for death; to take oft their neck-handkerchiefs, and place them over their eyes. The gardener, who is a Scotchman, requested to know what they had done, and begged for mercy. The captain replied, that they s ere too lo j al for their em ployers, in preventing the poor people in these hard notes from cutting the timber and takitig away turf, and that they should suffer death for such behaviour. After sonic time, however, a book was produced, and the gardener was sworn to leave Curragh by the Ist of February, or he should certainly suffer death. The ste ward, who is a native of the place, was more leniently dealt with, as lie was only reprimanded, and cautioned not to be so attentive in future. They were all disguised, some having white liand::erchiefs tied round their heads, and others with green and black veils tied close on their faces. Several house in Kilcullane and Ragainus were en tered and plundered on the night of Tuesday last, by an armed Laotian, who demanded arms and ammunition. The day following, Carew O'Grarty, Esq. attended by the police di% isn't) quartered at ilerbertstuwn, made an active search fur arssia, which ouniinued from 7 o'clock in the evening to I f the next morning, and succeeded Ist taking a blunderbuss, two muskets, a carbine, a pistol, three bayonets, and two powder-horns, together with a quantity of Hints, slogs, and bullets. Tile house of Mr. Ferditiaml Leyne, of Ballyhennesy, was attacked out Tuesday slight by a numerous banditti. Lieut. Kerry Supple, and Isis brother, Mr. James Stipple, were in the house with Mr. Leyne. The ruffians de manded the arias, awl received au immediate refusal from Lieut. Supple. A shot was in consequence fired at hint, which grazed his lip; a volley was fired in return from Mr. Leyne's party into the midst of the banditti, and a continued fire kept up for some lime on both sides. Two of the ruf. fisns were seen to fall, and a retreat speedily ensued. A blonderbier:, a great coat with blond on it, a pair of shoes, &n. were left ottlund by these mis ; miticd men. Mr. Leyne is sure that two of the assailants were killed, and several wounded, as many traces of blood were discovered on the road. On Thursday morning, at eleven o'clock, the house of Mr. Henry Oliver (within half a mile or the town of Castleisland, o here a military detachment is now sta tioned) was attached by upwards of 200 ruffians, who robbed it of 14 or If, stand of arms, whicn they carried off its triumph. In the neighbourhood of Listowel constant outrages are committed. A few nights since Ballyhorgan llouse, the seat of W. R. Hillard, Esq. was attacked, and arms demanded. The neighbourhood of Killarney is also much disturbed: on Monday night about 205) ruffians went through Lord Kenmore's demesne, and proceeding to the house of his Lordship's park-keeper, deprived him of sonic arms and about nine promisor gunpowder. its consequence of the non-arrival on Thursday even ing, in Tralee, of the mail coach from Cork, it was determined to send the mail irons Tralee to Cork, on Friday morning, by a special messenger. Accordingly a Mr. Brereton, head clerk to the proprietor of the mad coach, set out from 'crake on Friday morning, at six o'clock, on horseback, with the mail bags, and attended by one of the assistants belonging to the office. On their arrival at a place called Tockbeg, which is situate about twelve miles beyond Killarney, on the road to Cork, they were surrounded by a numerous party of the insurgents, who commenced their horrible outrages by mortally wounding the horse which Mr. Brereton rode. They then dragged the unfortunate man to the ground, and after having wounded him in several places with pikes and bayonets, finished the atrocious crime by severing his head from his hotly with a blow of a scythe affixed to a pole, or billet of wood. The person who accompa nied hint was taken prisoner ; but, in the confusion of the moment, he was so fortunate as to snake his escape. He brought the first account of this horrible act to Tralee. Du bLtkr, JAN. 28.—We learn, with great affliction, that there has been a most serious affray : .ween the military and the insurgents, near Kanturk. The troops were commanded by Gen. Sir John Lambert. it is stated that the insurgents had thirteen men, killed, and it is said that the army also suffered, but not so consider ably. The country between Millstreet and Macroom may be said to be in possession of the insurgents. We have just learned that an affair has occurred in the neighbourhood of Millstreet, betweeii the peasantry and a part of the rifle brigade. The pea-anrry attacked the house of a manor the name of Armit. While the attack was going, on, a party of the rifle brigade came up. The peasantry retreated ; but on a signal given, rushed down the hill. The military fired, and killed six—the remain der fled in disorder, and thirty are said to have been made prisoners. KILKENNY, JAN. 29.—We are concerned to state, that at six o'clock on Sunday evening, the house of Mr. Max, of Garreencreen, within a mile of this city, was entered ly a number of armed Well, who forced their way through the kitchen into the parlour, where the family (with the exception of Mr. Max, who has been for some time indisposed) were assembled at tea. One of the miscreants, on opening the door, without declar ing the object of his visit, or uttering a word, discharged a pistol, the contents of which, we regret to say, lodged in the erns of Mr. Max, jun. The elder gentleman, on hearing the report, immediately came down stairs, when he was isset by another of the villains, who, placing a pistol to his breast, peremptorily demanded his arms. !sere was no alternative but to comply, and the fellows succeeded in obtaitting two fowling pieces, with which they departed. Information of this injamous transaction was soon conveyed by some of Mr. Max's neighbours to Henry Wetnys, Esq. Mayor, who, its the most prompt and spirited moaner, accompanied by our High Consta ble and a party of tire rifle brigade, hastened to the spot, and commenced an immediate search, which was con tinued till towards morning, but without being fortunate enough to come up with any of the party. The ball entered Mr. Max's wrist, and is lodged near his elbow. We understand it will be extremely difficult to extract it. However, under the skilful treatment of Surgeon Pack, we have every hope of his doing well. TstaLza,JAM. 96.—We greatly lament to see that the wild and insurrectionary spirit of our deluded peasantry suffers no diminution whatever, and that the accounts of new and daring outrages succeed each other with little intermission. To what extremity their measures would proceed, if permitted with impunity, we know they would vainly design setting at open defiance the laws and authorities of the land, we would recommend them, with the most cordial concern for the happiness and welfare of our country, to refer to the History of Ireland, but a few years back, for a memorable proof of the folly and extra‘agance of such an effort, when she fatal and Await e experiment was tried, wit h a loss, it is calculated, of 80,000 lives, between the contending par ties; whether there was any thing sought for by the mal-contents in that barbarous strife which could, in any degree, compensate for such a waste of human blood, the most enthusiastic of the day would now, we hope, hate no difficulty in answering. 'lnc result, how. ever, was de.etu, ,ad, us might be expected, no small degree of misery or desolation to the rash and heedless insurgents. As the communication between this town and Cork is completely interrupted, we are principally indebted to the accounts through Limer ick this morning, fur what ever information we at present prissess As soon as it was known in Killarney that the arrival of the coach had been prevented by the assem bla g e of a body of In on the road, a detachment of ario tertd in that town,. body of 40 or I.ro St surgents ----•• ) ' •n i d i I ial 0° - • ..nntlllllll rue abgcm.mis , - chnient of the 39th regiment, year- and a small party of cfrJoors, with a ;codeine'', well armed, proceeded to- -Se ". • p• - ,