The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-29 00:00:00

T~ • I, PIRACY. New TORII, OCT. 7.—Arrived the brig Mechanic, Pureington, in 14 days from Matanzas. Capt. B. bate politely furnished us with the following account of an inhtiman and cruel.piracy committed op board his yes :6l in the bay of Matanzas:— , 'An the 2.othltipt.' last, I sailed from Matanzas, in company with the- schooner Milo, of Bath.—About I o'ckck; p.M. being then in the Bay about 3 leagues from land, saw a boat coming from the shore towards tn. • Apprehending that they might be pirates, I al tered my course and stood of the land—soun after they came up 'With and boarded the Milo, immedi ately after they made fur the M , as soon as they be gan to file, knowing we could not escape from them we hove the vessel to, and in about one hour they came up with and boarded us, seven in number, threat ening as soowas they got within hail, if we did not stop 'the vessel's way wore, they 'would shoot us, pre smiting their •muskets. They came on board armed with pistols, swords, dirks, and long Spanish knives, threatening to take the live, of all the crew, and driv ing them all below, and securing them there. 'They then made sail stindieg towards The land, demanding of me to send up the'utan that was at the helm, when they hoarded; to . steer the vessel—they presented a pistol down the sky-light at me, and demanded my watch, which was given them; four of them then came into the cabin, armed as they came on board, demand in my money. I told them I bad none ; they asked where my money was , time cargo sold for. I told ' theca the cargo was to be paid for in crop time— rho* said.they did, not believe me, and that the stoner was on fiord. They then demanded the .told them it was in my desk, which they broke °pot's—they could not read, and com pelled me *tareeil . it to,them; they then told me to op n my intik and libist; there they found 4 dollars, a nil tOoir - 41 my valuable clothes, leaving me with one shlit : onl,p—ihey then searched my pockets and found ten dollars---they then compelled me to strip off all my clothes, searching them for money—they took all • the mate's good clothes and about 90 dollars in money. all be had. They then took the man from thy helm, drove him forward, and asked where the money for the cargo was—he told them it was left behind— they Arm told him if he did not tell they would hang Ilium. Ile persisted there was none on board,they hung . his up by the neck as long as they thought he could bear it, tutting him down and repeating the qnestion, and hm , ging bins again three times in the same manner. They then called far the mate, and made the.same de mand of him, his answer was the same ; 'they told be lied, for they were in Mataoaas the day before :tad saw him taking money on board, and if he aliff out WI where if was, they would hang him "tor true;'' they then hung him in the same manner, hut . kept him hanging longer. When they let hint down he was serseliss and appeared to be dead indeed, then they eat his clothes from his body with their sword., and beat him with the same ; they then run him up again, but be wag 'lever sensih!e of being up the se cond tiati?; they then left him for dead on the wind lass. Thy then hung.up the took in the satnelnan net, beating him shamefully. As they could not make any of the people tell, they returned to we again in the cabin, threatening to take my life, brandishiug their swords, &c. about my head, and that they would tie the people, run the vessel on shore, and burn her, if I did eat give up the money, and began to cut and rip up the cabin, and compel the people who bad not been hung to throw overboard the ballast, threaten ing them if they found one dollar to kill them on the spot. They broke open all the ship's provisions and emptied a barrel of sugar among the ballast in the Uhl. They then ordered me on deck, showing me the mate, and said if I did not tell where the money wns, they would serve me the same. I told them they . had got all the money and every thing valuable on board; for they had every thing prepared to carry away. They then ordered me forward and attempted to stab inc when I hail got forward ; they again asked me where the money was : I told them again they had all uu board ; they then made a pass with a dirk at my side, turning partly round, it entered my arm a little below the shoulder, it was struck with such violence la went to the bane and broke the dirk, leaving a . Piece in arty arm—the same time a fellow' drew out hialong.knife, and was about to stab the with it, at the .sistua dine demanding the money. I told him the ob ligation was all.l bad of the cargo ; when the chief of the gang ordered ma to - bring it again, which I .din ,and read it again to them, they appeared to be .very angry, and were about to destroy it, but the chief . ;ordered it to be given black to me. They thetrealled ttp two.of -the sailors from the hold, who had been •. ',heaving over ballast, called them Spaniards, and ' stabbed them, but not mortally. While they were on - board they compelled the Gook to cook some fowls for them and because he did not suit their delicacy, they beat him again with their swords, and made him eat part of a raw fowl. They robbed the people of all their good clothes apd.ay their money to a single cent. It had now got to hi...nearly night, a sail in sight, awl they lefts* hastily and went alongside the blilo, to receive the Vest of their gang and plunder. About 9 o'clock:the Milo came up with us, learned our situation, and • kindly olfeied to stay by us until it . was aseertaiaed if my niate and people would recover from their wounds and • abase; which they fortu pately did, tor the neat day I told Captain Cushing I tbvught they were getting better. The boat was partly full of trunk% and bundles, and other packages when she came abingslde. ' lIUMPIIREV PURRINGTON." S;NGULAR XSCAPE. (meow Ins FRENCH IPAPBIIB4 • Captain Driamothe. sentenced to fire years' impri sonment. having been summoned to give evidence 0i) the trial of Malian, ellreted his escape from the custody of iris condactors on alighting from the carriage at the' entrance of the Cpurt. and has not since been heard of. " A Journal." says the _Orrisq(inctfounel. s' has stated ' .that Captain Delanioute 404c:wed the vigilance of ! :the Police. We.u, rtriblott 1 61.6iee the following Per ... ;...41iculars of thatriatiPirdiSeeproticarrence: - b " "be thipteiot joielightiog from the lucre. and in the act of.liaateciap tits•Prisoo lg. St. Pelugie, trim* • ContS- irate 'Wimp :oitaerved. the traitpir s ordered his dinner with the geostestinstpotgrli, and thin shutting the curinp door upon the two gendarmes. iostaatly took to his heels as fast he could. The is ~ ~~ • l.:O . "ediateriepodisiOruplis whose custody the Captaii lie had gene. Into Court ; Fitton. being awakened, they juwerieds . ., vehicle, and found to their astonishment hat 44teif• prisoner had taken a very ditterenedeettnattivc. T;rey stared at each other, and during* their .etitharraestnent the fugitive had got clear off. • The kith:kr, wlris was not, like . hlt companions, encumbered withiroge !Myatt,' and a ponderous sword, set out firit, aitd the soldiers hobbled.after him. They had no( proceeded many yard, before a curious mistake occurred. The soldiers asked an itinerant fruit-woman, if the had not just seen a person drer.sed in black running aiong the street. " Yes!" replied the female. " he goes —there"•—pointing to the Rne St. Victor. The gen•. dames immediate; set up the hue and cry against the poor hviszier, who was hunted down by thespopulace like a wild bract, aryl got very roughly handled before his sluggish ro•npah:oils c.ould get up to rescue him hoot: the peilhous situatiur, in which they had inadver tently placed Hill." The Police are making domiciliary visits for the ap prehension of Defauicithe; but they have hitherto proved fruitless. ~ •• .~ 5T,411; OF IRELAND. (FROM TUE LIMERICK CHRONICLE.) MURDER OF MAJOR COLLIS, NEAR TRALEE. Lrxc.^.scst; Nov. 21.—0 n Thursday night, the, house of Major Collis, within a mile and a half of Trak?, was entered by a large party, and robbed of every ar ticle which the villains could lay hands'on. Not con tent, the murdering gars:: struck Major Collis a blow of a gun on the head, which deprived him of life, and afire, wards fired soase shots into his body The house of the Rev. Edward Nash was also at tacked on the same bight, bat the fellow, were beat cY, as be had aru.s and assistance in the . house. Mr. Nash was - reported to lab wounded in the breast. Our, correspondent concludes his letter by aitatinT, that " God only knows where this business will end," The clime alleged - against Mr..ScuTht (Murdero,ot Kasiturl,,) was, his having - distrainert souse tenants about a week .ince for rent due to him. Wv have so en a letter thisanorning, cotrohnr.stiig the above dreadful act, saki' adds, that the cinders or rather ashes of the unf:irtunate man lie on one side' of the road, and hot one of his friends would dare look at or interfere with them. • GU Wednesday night last; a party of men attacked the; Louise of a person named Murphy, near Coll.:hill, in tboQueen'sVounty,and within four miles ofJohns towirteoutsey Kilkenr& >The party.havlog succeeded' in breskingin, drugged:oile',Blisfitliy!; (lied - *treat - bins so cruelly with silisOce, that in Ili shOS:ilikisaZers7.43 . prived bins of life iraitisciehichs they ueaillr his head from his body with *tibia:l:o6k. The reason, assigned for this atrocious elitriVie iii"th4t Macphy prosecuted two persons who had Stolen.,Alsepti liener bins, and who were convicted of that offence at • the• last Assizes. On Thursday night, the houses of John O'Brien, Patrick Hayes, and Matthew I.ll•Naissara, at Coonagh, in the North Liberties of this city, bordering Ow county of Clare, were attacked by a large !mintier of persons, who took from each house a gun. The t sled searched other Isonses in the same aeighbourboOd. The country mails of this morning, have- furnished us with the following particular`, wiricit in ail in stances are received from ungitestionafile sources:-- On Thursday night last, at eleven o'clock, the house. of Edmond Hinchy, wood-ranger to the Countss . Dowager of Ormond, at liallynacourty,- near Kansas, was assailed by six armed men, who, in a moat 1)e -reniptory manner, demanded his arms, he declared he had none, but those belonging to Lady .Ormond, which be would surrender only with his life. On this, they fired into tibe.house, and were very near shooting his wife, who was in her confinement. He returned the fire, on which they departed, but returned in about two hours, with an increased party, and again de manded his arms, when he gave the same answer as be fore. They then attacked the door with a sledge, and fired in through the window-shatters. Hinchy re turned the fire, when they went to the rear of the house with crow-bars and sledges, to ;sake. an inlet there, while another party fired occasional shots through the 'loons and windows. Hinchy still con tinued firing, and after some time they thought lit to depart, asking him for 2s. fid. to buy powder, which he also refused. -- --- On Sunday, as a party of the dragoons passing through Kildorrery to Kilmalloa, were refreshing I themselves at the former village, two of their carbines and one sword were taken from the car. The same night a large party traversed from Kildor very into this County and broke open nine or ten houses between Red-Chair and Caitle-Olivee, - in. Iwo of which .theg.got arms, and swore theildriB4thilta of ' the other houses as to the place where their, arose Were concealed, and where they knew any whets to be. • Another party also atteeked the faro' fiebsies •of Ballintubber for arms, but not succeed is getting any there. • On Sunday night, a large party also !minded through Cash and liallinvans, tiring abuts, and sounding horns ; the Kilfinan Police, ten llenumber, heard them, but were nut of sufficient feta? to pursue them. On Tuesday night, thangh nine Maiaftrates and • MajorlVilea!ks had met at Elton that d*v is consider the best meaneof traninillising that part 140'conoty; the. insurgents had the audacity to assemble in a large body,.and atteek the , house of Mirk Lynch, of Ballyfrnia, for hist arms,. which for a long tithe he re fused; though repeated shots were fired into the house he did not , surrender until T the hoolitssifi , ally on fire 19.two.places 7 . • • On. Thursday night last, •a party oflir o rikenck police spprabendad, •near. (Made, in this i(minty. Carnes ..lOurdenv charged. with . taking ; 1 . 1013*- i ts de middle of the day, on the 11th instantacom Sperling 4 . there were about two pounde stf gunpowder found concealed in the house, being 1110M111481 the up parrit rinkaft.tbc rest of his propefip.. And on tba saitt day, one'ipdividgal Of that *typo succeeded. l inap - prehentllig, hi 'a house in Neernouttle, tisanes flincby, charged with the murder of James Beckley. on his return from the last Anises, where he was • . • as prosecutor iin'the' put of the . It name of Hurrey, a native of Cap guard-house of Rathkeale, transmit ted by Major Warburton, iiiirged with the murder of the late Mr. Acting. He was apprehended in Galway. Wo are authorised to. state, that the stabling 4- . eupied by the Police at Tipperary, was maliciously set tre to and cosutned, and not accidentally, as here 4ofore stated, and that Mr. Alleys, the proprietor, in tends applying for a presentment at the next Assizes for !the damage sustained. A written notice was posted on the Chapel door of Rockhill, near Brury, on Sunday laF.t, which was, jut- Mediately torn down by the Rev. Henry Bevan it cautioned all persons from paying rents, and particu , lady not a fraction to be paid to the Rev. Mr. Bevan. fur tithes—no landlord to attempt destraining cattle or goods for rent, if they do, they are to suffer the .death of Major Going. It also commanded Mr. Be van to retarn the sledge to William Kelly, add to -alkviatt* froin his promise made the night be *as • visited. • This promise was to supply them with powder and ball, part of which was given thew, and the remaitrder is ready when they call for it. Captain Drought, appointed to command the Pio under the Peace' Preservation Act for this City, and Liberties arrived here yesterday ; Lieut. Goslett, late of the 82d, is appointed his Secretary, and Mr. Dames, Chief Constable. Major Warburton, commanding the County Clare Po• lice has nosed his head quarters to Ennis from Kil rush, Where his departure is most sincerely and deeply regretted by the inhabitants. All our country letters agree on - one point, that there is no such thing as getting .rents from the peasantry. It is stated that the County of Clare Militia will be forthwith embodied. - ' • • The Field Officers of the 79th Regiment, stationed in this Garrison, have received the Cot 1111 l ission of the. Peace for the Country at large,—(limerick Chronicle.) • the / minds ba d:ts ippear a in had just eseabed, as, at Crown: :•?'" but iii-evrovitinr A pima* of tblt thee 'unwed 'dist ref the pegh, is in the gu COUNTY. OF.cpRK. "At a Meeting of Magistrates and Gentlemen (to the number of 76) held by adjOurnment, at . Buttevant on thy'22d . instant, William Stilwell,' Esq. in the Chair; after - voting thanks to the Lord Lieutenant for the troops, _under Lord Aylmer, sent -to the disturbed dis. tricts•for their protection, it was . ouanimously. resole- . ed, That a Memorial he presented to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, humbly praying that the Govern ment will not for the present put in lore a the provisions of the Peace Preservation Art,ty sending.the Police into the Baronies lately proclaimed in this County, as they consider the injury that would arise, would far out weigh any benefit that may be derived e from it, being deiidedly of opinion, that excessive Taxation in times like the ,present, when tint price of Agricultural pro ,!keprossed,. toajr tit ivc *lima,' at present 4reaceably..eliepesedtpersonsfrtito the raekir'OftWinsur •- . . . . ITERDER.'OF MVOR POLLLS. • ,fettcpt• Tor vtinuti stOßNl*l4l . :l;,l4ifir.i The prde cta<f `lll FrA:l l4 s 6 Ted. Ffs!o.r.tine‘l contain fresh details of oinks , that hi:ie. coareetated ' - the disturbed districts, of which the most pretninent' is theitturder of Major. Collis; a Magistrate, in his even house, which is situate withiu a utile • and a half of Tralee.. In another part of our paper, we insert from The Limerick Chronicle, the account of. this murder. It would-fippear from the folio wingletter, which reached tie yesterday, that this atrocious crime was.perpetrated by robbers, and wholly unconnected with the disturb ances which agitate other parts "of the country : " Tralee, Saturday, Nov. 24, 1821. "Mv Dean--, I have to communicate to yon the melancholy fate of Major Collis, who was murdered and robbed yesterdaymorning, about three o'clock, by three or four ruffians, tivho enteretl•throu:o one of the windows neat the ball-door; there were three or four wore outside in the laa , n. They lit two candles, and strewed hay on the stairs. One f..110w with the candle, went to the maid servants, and cautioned•them, upon pain of death, not to stir from their beds. Three en tered the Major's room, after breaking the door with a sledge; they immediately required the keys of his desk and chest of drawers. Mrs. Collis was about to get them the keys, when the Major got out of bed and took the poker, and waking a stroke at one of them, he was knocked down with time butt end of a carbine: which fractured his skull, and when down a shot was fired at him, by which he received about sixteen slugs , in his body. lie lingered in excruciating pain until two o'clock yesterday, when he died. They proceeded to unlock the press, tee. from whence they took out 2001. mostly in silver. If he had not got out of betl, it is very probable they would not have killed him, as thry desired him to stay where he was, and they would not molest him. What is very remarkable, they remained about one hour and a half in the parlour, or below stairs, supposed to be dividing the money, as they laitl Athisjoactioq on Mee:Collis not to conic out of het MIN or make a noise for an hour after they left the room, or she should meet the fate of her husband, By 'the watch.' when the hour expired, she rang the bell, and immediately they fired a.shot up the stairs, say ing, they were still below. " I would give you further particulars, but there s is hardly . s . doubt, that some persons in the employment of Poor Collie, were concerned, and there is every hope of their being in custody, perhaps, before this reaches you. It is but a melancholy consolation that it is not connected with Limerick crimes.", ... •. BORIUD MURDER OF THE SIIF.AS. PURTHSR PARTICCLARS. ' [FROM THE CLONMSL HERALD. `lt is with increased disgust and horror that we revert to the shocking murder committed on Monday night last. at Tubber, - a Subilenomi nation of Cloneen, in this tennty, and .of which we made an hasty note in last Wednesdays Herald. • • ' •M r. Thompson,nne of the Coroners, who went off to thi . spot the moment he received intelligence of the horrisl occurrence, was unable toprocerd on flit; Inquest until Wednesday, when be Obtained the following very respeitable Jury: (The names of the Jary were in- 1 serted in the Mos isg Post of gesterday.) • • Mr. Thompson Tad the unction also of several of ;the seiglthottring • Magistrate', vl2 .—Wm. Barton, 4,austo G. Jacob, s..lkobert Cooke. Francis Deemed.. %chard ch a iwiake, 'aladsalhae4Poe, Pure., and procded to _ inquire into the onlyfact, which could then be brought ,; 'r, l'Yf~~ ~~..[ L - iato question, there notteitig a single stt! left lir; • out of the unfortunate famity, intnates, and all who II:, been devoted as victims to the most savage atrocity th has disgraced this country within our inemory—natiteiv, whether the burning was n j;iciously of nefointl rae, quently, whether murders Lad been (outwitted. on bodies of Fdattind Shots, A2ary4iec3. hdroood 56 1444 . younger, Mary Shea the younger ; Nicholas Sh ea t:t ,. yonnger,Wnt : Shea,. Margatt:t.Sheii, Mich ae l It u;l4, Patrick Mashy, Michael Modally, (:ain-rin e :,11,11 Lilly, Margaret Shea, Margaret Power, and three usq,, whose names are unknown„by the burning. • - Nicholas Shea, of Seven Aeres, swore - that to brother to the deceased Edmund Shea: that he the bodies of Edmund and Mary Slte,t,trf Edsminti the younger, Mary the younger, Nickolas the yout. g ,• ; ; ' William and Margaret Shele(these last five were isstatet `children, from the age of: ten yenirtolOwn to two, * a4 'what adds; if - indeed Ziliy thing can adttio the Rack a ;,e 'insatiable blond thirstin'ess of the intiendiarits, :Nary !tea the wife of Edmund, was within 4 tew data o f bringing alive into the world an infant, that lit er g i . fell from her b, - nly while she was burning.) Nici o l,„ Shea further sivoie, that he was called out of b• d at aa midnight, between the lath and 20th, by John ge ol .. who . told him that his Lrotlser's was ou are; that he went to the place, and on arriving there, found tl:cp house on fire, the roof having fallen in, and Saw the bo dies of 16 persons, who had been burnt to death; takea out of . the .ruins, about nine o'clock on the Morain i c of the 20th. Wil'intim of Gutt Patticic, swore, that on tLc night of the 19th . , having got out of bed to look af,c a pig, be ea* Edmond Sheet's house in lianas.; that l went towards the house, but was afraid to appr o .,o, near, in consequence of hearing► several shots fi re d about the house; a man of the name of Philip Dill on; who was with him, tired shot towards Sisea's Louise:. the plate was se enveloped in pumice,. that they mit not iiistinguish the.persocs outside ; the shot was re. ,turned by two from the party surrounding the bousf; , who diktat! loud: and desired Dillan to come on if he eLiied, on whiCh IVilliatits and Dillon retired. This testimony. was confirmed by Phillip Dillon hire. self,-. and the Jury accordingly•firund, that the persgris before mentioned were ilfully and 'Maliciously lucu:' to death by some persons unknown, by setting; tire to the dwelling-house of Edmond Shea, ea the night of the - 19th of November. • instant. ••. The horror of this is nit to be exaggerated: The principle upon which it took place tuns' be diet, and unt.promptly, or no 111:111 in ibis country nill have a right to claim a title to common sense; and at the Mar, to talk of ownership iu Lou, or•expiration of intek e .o.4 in his tenant, cir ex pe - rtation of scot. , We.htxteheii . o that a meeting of the Magistracylt" . o . Eve g g t i. neighbourhood was appointed e for yesterday, far th putpose of adtiptingthe measures most likely to brie; the perpetrators to justice; and we take it for esker% that, 'before this time, the government has been ;4.- prized of an event calling moat loudly for its visilout attention. . . . Of the unfortunate stal!rers; annarned "victims sefore Re'qt /tied "by Ai% Out his 'potatoes. I here 'was. the perforation of a gnu shot wound through the elder Shea's body, entegag his chest ; but; by the best conjecture that calmest lw formed, from all the inquiry which has taken place, it would seem that no person had been permitted to come out gf the house.—(Clomoci Herald.) [FROM TUE WATERFORD CORONICI.E.I Shea received a threatening letter some time ago, and had since been preparing the house against an at tack ; and very possibly the means he mod to keep , out these monsters, kept himself and famile roofita.- ly in. A child, aboist one yeii and a half old, we+ found in a tub of water, supposed to have been plscrd there by the poor mother. Some time a l rn, lie (Shea), dispossessed of some lands a very bad set of teuauts.' Shea's house was thatched. BANK OF IRELAND. [FRO3( THE DCBLIN MERCANTILE ADYEUTISERJ The following very important Notice to the lereafr tile Interest has been issned by the Bank of Ireland. REGULATIONS RESPECTING TGE TAKING o: AN6LMO RILLS INTO THE RANK. DESCRIPTION OF BILLS ArrindstaLE. Bank of England Notes and * Poet Bills—R Cv cleawe direct on London, whether accepted or tura - cepted—Bills drawn upan any part of the United Kik; dom, made payable in London and accepted. No Eill admissible having more than sixy.:eren, nor less thin six, clear diys to run, nor under tue vs: lue of 1001. British. scaut OP PRICES OF BILLS. Bank of England Notes and Post Bills accepted, taken at the price of Exchange fixed by the. Bask, without deduction. Bank of. Ragland Post Bills unaccepted, and all other Bilk drawn after sight, and unaccepted, to be taken at the fixed rate of Exchange, with a ded.tetion of Disconnt fur the number of days at whi( h they are drawn, adding the three days of grace and three drys tor transit—the days of grace not to affect Minh of England Post Bills. Bills drawn at date, or drawn at sight and arrept o, to be taken with a deduction of Discount for the saw her of days they have to run , adding th e three (1371 grace. N.B.—The present rate of Exchange is filed ag pei cent. •• - • _ _ A sailor some time ago took his place, an Pa'd his fare to Hull, for a birth upon one of the " 4 ' l " s running hither ftuw York. Having arrived at 14 ' verlev, and taken an oliseectifion, our tar found hiu. self within a short distance of the village be sought , and immediately made application to the guard to refund a •Part of the nioney• which he had pa in York. not intending to proceed farther onwatd.. !king informed that this was impossible, he resume , his original situation, upon the coac h, in a stale irritation,, angrily obierving that be had been too fir North to be cheated, and viasdetermined, as he c on:d . not obtain his c4tlt, atheist to: have hisvidc; Is par mance of this determination, he absolutely; had his side, and being lie dowo.ut a-_short distance Win. oar Intirmany, tortoni. about,. - c OOll7 desircd guard End coachman to pot ; . pi? !' tricks Upon 1.2• vellers," and then with a look of ezeltaiion.nrit del / 4 1 "" his way again to Eeverloy..--(//ullßockiaghavi.) • 1 ' 1 • 1 .• . 1 E G 04 A O CI , . a • is 111 • t I 1 1 ~. ~~'' '~ 'WV'