The Sun. — London, England, 1816-03-20 00:00:00

NAY_AL . NEWS. _ DEAL, MArca W.—Arrived, and remain, the Corttk%nllis, CHARILTON, from Culeutea"; Mary, frornditto; and several more home ward-bound,—particulars unknown. Caine down from the River, and remain, the Sovereign, for hdia ; Echo, HOWE, fur the coast of Africa. — Wind N.W. PORTSMOUTH, MARCHI9.---Arrived his IN.lajes 7 `ty's Ship Theoan from India, and the . Lark, . • • I.lLANcuAan, from Cork. The Theban has brought ,up outside of St. Helen's, and,it has becu blowing so hard all clay, that it was impossihie for . any boat to communicate with her. TwO other vessels, supposed to be outward-bound, have anc h ore d at St. Helen's--names-and parti euhrs unknown.--Wind PLYIIIOIITII, MARCH 18.—Came 111 the Garth- CAbSy , Master, trom London to Jamaica; Rate, CLARK, from L011( . 1011 to New York. FALMOUTH, MAleCit 17.-Arrived the John sou, Ast-tToN, from Gmlipoli, for OrderS.-Willil W. N. W. The Euphrates, Captain R. Pa r-Ir.c":, fitted nut at Sheerness for foreign service, it ,expeciell Jo ar• rive at Portsmouth in a le . tt , (lays, from t% he.tee bile will pi ocei (I to the Mediterri Ai! Cii4sgoly, thelion.A.slArrLAND, oht at Chatham, for the same destination. —T e ?almouth, Captaio.VEsTlNG, is ortkred round to Spithead from Woolwich, prepardtory to pro ' ceediug to the Cape of Good Ilope and St. Helena. lire have been tavoored with a letter from an .oflicer attached to Lord ExMoOTH's freer in the Mediterranean, eluted Malta, the 26th of January, MI6, from which we hare made the follovt lug extract , The Pirates of .Barbary have for some time past committed great depreciations on almost every Power in F. , irope. Their success had . male tlient'so iniolctit, that they at last attacked the '.Piglish flag, St. Maida._d, the -Cio% ernor of Mahn; iii ciitttltt,....f• embarked' in : the Boni itnY, to .. pitt r a . ste a l t eareir.' ceecled to all the: (i.,v0, , ,n f .,-,,p nb ed, and at T u ni s st •negociation saki ,:ctfteir eVery . thing The. Bey went on boAri e. J3onibic oil a visit, awl alter pal tak img of cuid. collation, returned. to the shore. The riches dispiArdnv•lli thelf and s:ite in their dress, ex. Was bryotid conception. Lie niade a present to the Governor of u lion, ostriches, horses, a beanti'A fmvlingTiece and stpair of pistol,, set in coral. • To the shipl.--htd locks, sheep, poultry af all sorts, coffee, sugar, nt . ,for a week's eonsuriiptioti; besides 1000. dollars, to be distribnted amongst the people., On •the return of nottibay to She iVas ordered to the lonian Islands,, money to pay. the troops, where the, plague' had began its ravages. A village not far from Corfu had been hurnt, and others were to share the same fate. In consequence of this, the Bom bny.returned immediately, and was placed under • the strictest qtiarantine." meeting took place in Hyde Park, on Monday evening, het weep late of the 50:11 Regiment; - and Lieut. M. It. N. in con sequence of a disputewhich occurred so long since • as 1811, at Which period the parties were bound over t o keep the peace since when nothing trans ' Tilted, until the latter', who is just returned to England;wrote to Lieut. B. demanding that sa. liiftieliott which circumstances deprived him of at tat; above 'period. 'Lieut. B. expressed h ms6if much hurt at whit had taken place, and still more so that at so late a period as this the subjea , , snon. , u again O,C revived, but refnsed making any apiilogy ; upon'whteh they immediately took their Ootoul ; when the contents of Lieut. M.'s pistol through ihe'collar .of Mr B.'s coat and• . • neckelm ha. happily withont taking effect. The . • latter dropped his , pistol at the saute montvilt, say log he came to give satisfaction, and nut to `take away life, when the seconds hsterfering, cable reconciliation was etjected. Lieut. M. said • his only reason Idr reviving the above unpleasant _ tadr, rusts the reports in circulation at the time they were prevento executing their designs in 1811, and not on account of personal "animosity ▪ :towards Lieut. B. The pressure of the times, combined with other eireumstairces, having occasioned a very great otimber of defaulters in the payment of the l'oors'' Rates, at Arundel . ; the' Ovetseer of that town /Oio is ,celebrated for originality of thought) lilt ono') the tpilowing remedy : lie caused the bellmart to go round the town, and give public notice, that General SVitnaa, one of the Mem bers for the. Borough, had.accepted the Chiltern hundreds ; and as a new election must conse quently take place, all who ,?ossessed the right of voting would lose such right if it should appear . th.it they did tint regularly pay the Taxes. 'The expedient had the desired effect : the next day he wits , enabled to balance his books, with perfect satislartion'to himself ! Tire , Lottery Contractors attended the Ckart ettaLoa of the EXCHEQUER .yesterday at one o'clock, wh en t h e un d erment i one d !inklings were' iniitle for 20,000 Tickets, to be drawn in one or :•wo Lotteries, and Co finish on the 25th June. , 13isti - 1,17 3 3 Mitssis. gichartlstm Anti Co. and G. Carroll and Co. Its 15 11 1 - 13zard, und - 1 10 6 .1 3 1 I. Sieve wi pion was of course declared Contractor. PRO.PERTY T.X. A UST OC TUE MAJORITY THAT VOTED AGAiNST 'rue Pit)? :r ±. Abercrombylion.J. Gascrwne Isaac Althorp, Viscount Gaskell, flen. 'Anson, Hon. Sir G Gordon, Robt. Astril, Wm. Graham, Sir J. 'Adlerley, A. Grentell, Pascoe Ashurst, IR*. H. Grenville. !beat Atkins, John , lion. T. Allan, Alexander Guise, Sir Wm. 13abingtOn,Tho. Harcourt, John •Baillle, J. E. . `Harvey, Charles Barclay, Charles Hall, Ben. Baring, Sir 'l'. I lammersley, Hugh Baring, Alex., Hanbury, W. Bastard, F:. •P. I leathcote, Sir'G. Beach, M. H. Heron, Sir Robert Beach, W. H. • Hortiby, E. ' Bennet, Hon. H. Ge Holdswnrrh, A. H. Baker, John Horne, Wm. - .Birch, Joseph !inward, Hon.' W. 'Bullard, Jan • HOworth, glom. • Briughe y, - .Sir J. F. • 'Hughes ' W. L. Bram!, Hon. 'l'. Rohr. Brooke, Charles' Jeeitoise, J. litinighani, H. Jtineii, Jchn Browne, Ant. Ketki G.A. L. Erydges, Sir E. . Kerrison, Sir E. Burdett. Sir F. Kind, Sir J. D. Burrell, Hon. P. D. Knox, Thos.. Burrell, Sir C. Lambtoo, John • Burrell, Walter Langton, \V. G. Llackintrne, John Leader, Wm. Blackburne, J. L ' Lefevre, C. S. Butterworth, Jos. Le:!ton, Sir:Wm. Byng, George Le s ter, B. 1.. Caulfield, Hon. 11. Lewis, Frani:land Caliraft, John Lloyd, Sir E. • Carley, Thos. Linyd, J M. • • Calvert, Charles Lowndes, Wm. Campbell, Lord J. Lopez, Sir ',l. Campbed, Hon. .1. Air John ('amphell, General Lvtteltott, Hon. W. Cavendish, lal. G. Lyster, Richard 04vendish,I - lon. Macdonalii,James Civ-Mclish, Hon. C. Macdonald, It. G. Ch3;oner, Itobr. Mackintosh, Sir I. Ch- (mode, Sir J. Manning, Win. Cocnrane, Lord Madock , , W. A. Cocks, Tian. J. S. Maitland, Hon. A. Cocks, ;lames Manners; Lord C. Coote, Sir Eyre Marryat, Joseph Coke, Thomas Martin, Henry . Coke, E Martin, Joh.' C.••tes, John Methuen, Paul Crickrtt, R. A. 7I ills, Charles Curtis, Sir W Milt n, Viscount Ccitterell, Sir John Uinta, Sir C. Dickinson, Win. Mortgomery, Sir J. l)oveenn, - Moore,. Peter Dmii. la's, I Inn. F. S. Mord •unt. Sir C. Douglas ; W. R.. K. Morgan, Sir C. Dow.leswell J. E. Morean Chaeles Dammam!. O. H. Alorland. S D., 4 ale, D. S. Morpeth, Viscount cannon, , Vis. Moak, J. B. Dundats, Hon. L. 'Alostyn, Sir Thos. Dnndas, (`haeles Molyneux, it H. Dualope, J , rases Newman, It. W. Ehringt-n,Viscount lon. It. Egerton, Sir. J. G. Newnor, Sir John Its Hon W. North, Dudley Ellison, Cu , Ithert . NOthey, William Evelyn, Lynlon Nugent Lord Fazakerley, .1. N. o.:barne, Lori F. Fellowes, Nora. N. Ossulston, Lord Ferguson, Sir R. C. Owen, Sir John F,lne J )hn Palmer, Colonel • Finl'y, Kirkman Patten, Il P. • Fitzz-raid; Ld. W. Peel. Sir Fitzroy Lor IJ. , Pekoe, I fenny I-ton. A. Pelham, Hon. C. A. Foley„ T. ' Pelhant, Him. G.A. Folkes, Sir M B. PAiew,t-lan. P. Forbes: Charles Phillips, George Frank. Frank Pechell, Sir 'F. Franco, Ralph e Pig . :ott, Sir A. Folkestone, Lord - Plunkett, Rt. lion. Fynes, Henry , ,• W. C. Pollingtou, Vi*t. Ponsonhy, Ponsonby, Hon. P. C. Powlett, Hon Proton, Illch'irt Price s , Richard 1140. F. A. Pyrn, Vranqti Hairpin, J. C. It ancliffe;liird.. ltashleigh, William Richardson, Wm. Hiilley, Sir M. W. 'Hominy; Sir S. Howley, Sir ttaissell, Lord W. Itti , sol, Lord J. latislell, It- G. Russell. M. St Paul, Sir H.l St Paul, H. H. Sehriglit, Sir J. Sculamore, It. P. Sharpe, It. Shelley, Sir 'l'. Simeon, Sir John . Smith, Johh. Smith, George Smith, Sant.. Smith,. Abel Smith, Christ. Smith, Milton ith , Willi flit Smyth, J. 11. Shaw, Sir J. Staniforth, John Stanley, I,eu Sriers, Arch. Simeon, George ' Taylor, ch. - 'l'a lor, A. -• Tierney,Ht.l.lop.G. l'owindiend, Lord C. Taw n4hend, I .ord J. ' Thompson, Thos. Thornton, Tyrwhii, O. Tawhit s Wyse, lt , W. H NVidlti rave Hn W. Walpo:c, Flon.Geti. Viarre, Jahn A. Wet-4er, Weciderburil,'Sir Wellesley. W. P.'l' Western, Ch. C. Whirton„ John W'Atni Th , ,s. Wilkins, Walter I)y{ett Williams, Sir H. . William'. It. Wilherti.rce, Wm. Wright. .1. A. Wynn Sir W. W. Wynn, Charles W. Wyatt; C. • • Tr GLIM, Freentantle, Wm. PAIIttD OFP. 11114 1„1.,5-plt 1111-,4*, Sir Th am as U'inninvon, Sir T. Itrad•haw. it. H. I tomer, Francis 1.00 (&M. Tsvi4tock, Marquis Dtvvninirt, allre4 Marktiam v iAlmiral Sti iw, Ettn. Hamilton, S!r H.l). Cleary. Sir OrusvpnQr, General .. 4 • A ',NT THE MINORITY , WIIO TOTED IN FAVOUR OF I' THa IIOPERTT TAX. ! Ahereromby.'R. Frazer,. C. M. Poe wk, IV, Miami. Sir T. Gi sdy, 1). role Rr.Tion.W.W. Addington, ttt. Glerlwly, Lord Pringle. Sir IV. 110-,. J. H. - Garrow, Sir W. Protheroe E. Alexander, J. ' • Ginpa.'E. - Pennant, ID. Ansley, Lord . Goulding. E.. Enid 11, Sir J. Arbuthnot, Et. Gooch, J, ,S. . 11 , 0 , 1ns •n, J. Hon C. ( , oulburn, li. • Itohinson, tit. Hon. Anstruther, Sir J. Gower,• Earl F. -•;. Beaumont, Col. Grant, C. , Rose, lit, Hon. G. 11.4 g well, Itr.lin.W. Grant, C. jun. Round, J. . Bankes, H. Grant, A. ' ' 11 - vder: lit; Hon. E. Borne, NI: - Graves, Lord • Scott. Sir W. Ilathurst,lit.Hon.C. G e ll, p.. .. , Scott, S: .. • Betearord, Lord G. Hart, General ' , Seymour, Lord IL Binning, Lord Hill, Sir G. She-herd, Sir S. Blachford, 11, P. Holford, J. P. . Singleton, Al. lihke, V. ' • Holmes. Sir 1,. Somerville, Sir M. Bloomfield, Sir B. Holmes, W. Spencer. Sir.ll Bourne, W. S. Honeyman, It. - Stewart. Sir W. - Bridport, Lord, Hope, lion. A.. `stew art, Hon. A. • Broadhead, T. H. Hope, Sir G. Stirling, Sir W. Brooke, C. li ouhl, )11, J. A. , Sutton. Right Hon. Duller, Hume, Sir A. C. M. "Buller, Sir E. Huskisson, Wait:in.- 'Sykes, • Sir'M. Bruen, —• . W. Sullivan, Et. Hon.'. Cockerell. Sir C. .Iloward, Greville Sumner, G. IL C avert, J. Jackson, Sir T. Swann, IL Calvert, Nich. denkioson, Hon. C. Tavler,__J. , • Canning, G. Jolliffe, H. Teed, J.. ,• Cartwright, W. It. Irving, T. Thornton, S. Cristlereath, Viset, Jocelyn. Vkcoune l'hvone, Lord J. Chute, W. Kirkwall, Vistount l'onslitie; E. Chaplin, C. Lacon, E. K. , Townse.yd.Hon.W. Clement.., J. IL Lamb, I'. P. - Trefusis, Hon. C.R. Clerk, Si.' G• Leigh, R. H. Tremayne - , J.ll. •' Clive, Viscount Leigh, C. ,Vansittart, Eight 'Clive, H. Littleton, E. J. lion. N. Coltitihoun, A. Lockhart, .1. J., Vanderhei dinlr 1). . Courtenay, W. Lockhart, W. E.; , Vernon, C. OV. Courterray, T. P. Lofting, W. • Vinton, G. V. • Crsnhourne, Lord . Long. lit. Hon. C Wallace, Itt.flon.T. CrAter, 1. W. Loyalne, Lord Walpole, Lord ' Curzon, Hon R. Lowther, Lord Ward, R. Cawthorne, J. P. Lowther, 1. Warrender. Sir G. Dashwooil, G. Lowther, Hon. H. Wemyss, General Davies, H. Lushirigtoli, Sir It. Weatherall, C. Davies, H. jun. Macniughten,E.N. • White, M. Dawkins, H. Magin, Sir It. Wigram, R. • Dawson, G. Marjoribank a, SirJ. Wilbraham, E. B. De)garno, ..... March, Earl Wilder, F. Douglas, W.' May, Sir J. Wilsonn, T. - Drummond, .T.' Meade, Hon. J. Wise. A. • . Dufferin, Lord Mellish, W. • Wocid, T.. Diiigenan, P. Moore, Lord U. Wrotresley, H. Dundas,lit.Hon.W. Morris, R. Yorke, Et. lion. C. Duncombe, C. Moorsom. It. Yorke, Sir J. De Roos, Blundy, E. M. Tr.LLIII. Denys, Sir 0,.. Neale, Sir H. Long, Et. Hon. C. Egerton, W. ' Naper, .1. - . ......... Ellison, R. Newark, Viscount ?AMID ore. Elmley, Viscount ' Nichol', Sir .1. Fitzhugh. , Esteourt, 'l'. G. Onsiow, T. C. , Keene. Pane, Sir H. Oshorn, J. Clive. Farquhar ' J. Paget, Hon. E. Leslie, Farmer, S. Paget, Hon. C. Banker. Faulkner, Sir F. Paget, Hon. 11: Beutinck. Ferguson, J. • Painter, J. Worcester,. Featherstone, Sir T. Palmerston, Vise. Desborough. , Finch, Hon. E. Peel, Right Hon. IL Sicilian. --, Fitzgerald, Rt. Hon. Percy, Flon. T. Compton. • W. Phipps,. Hon. E. . Milne. Foster, T. L. Pitt, W. M. Neville. ~ Foikes, E. Pitt, T. Sunning. The Magistrates of Westminster have resolved to clear the streets leading from Charing-cross to the Parliament floase, of the stick-sellers and ballad-mongers, fruit dealers, &c. th 3 t have so long infested that part of the metropolis, espe.: cielly on SttudaYs, much to the disgrace of the PGEIa V. TIIE All6muaEs . To Tl3ila THE EMPI,II.OIt. From Par...boos,: to Play-house, ‘ye'ye seen ev e ry sight, V'e'to ,tray'ti, like liouirr, ' And tindthat - no lawyer can Londo'n indict— Ekich street, every lanes a thisnoukr. ' tlud hrosel tiaiut tilles's a poor ;sorrow nook; All copper, nu gold, Goltien-square is ;, Duke-street cannot tuuster the host of a Duke; Su Lowlon's out link of contraries; We went to Cornhill fur a sample of wheat, And staislit it in rain er'ry shop in; The Hermitage (deed a tranquil retreat Fut the jolly Jack.Herniits of Wapping. , No caralry's quarter'd iu ilur3enionger-lasie; Milk•street is denuded of dairies; The Serpentine K;ver's nisiraight as your cane, And Loudou's one link of contraries. SWIFT'S Gulliver seems hack to life to advance, And Louthin's the spot he has hit on ; Our Lilliput Monarch may awe petty Prance, Another command Little Britain. .Battle-bridge cannot boast of its mattial frays; 'Cliange-alley, we're told, never varies; Quality.cutitt not a Nobleman stays, 4u Lundoa's one link of cJotratics. .a Spring Gardens, all wintry, appear in the wane; Sou-alley's nn übsoiute • bliudet•; And the belt of the joke that Bearbinder-laini. 144 millirem bear nor a binder. - • . From Baker-otreet 'North all the hnliori have fled, , • And Green-Arbour-court bleak and hare N.ny, Mother, we think w•e have proy'd what we ciid, That London't one link of contraries. FASHIONABLE /3.ItItIVALS. ARRIVAL!. The Martinis of Headfort, .from Brighton 1 , . Lord and Lady. Devesci and Family, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Ircl► ; General Sir William and Lady Jaue Hotpiton, at Miller's Ho . . tel;froMStissex; Duke of Norfolk, front Arundel Castle; Lord Rolle, from - Detonsliire; Lady Hyde Parker, front Paris ; Major Biisto,s, frunt Paris; Sir. J. D. Dalrymple,l - tay, - Bart. at Jordan's . Hotel ; Chlrles Chaplin, Esq. - M.P. at ditto; CaptainPereival, at ditto, from Paris; Captain . Leratt, at Fenton's Hotel; the Archbishop of York and family, from Brighton; Lord and Lady Huntingfield, fro►u Hevening Hall; T. Courtney, Esq. M.P. and his Lady, at ditto; T. T. Drake, Esq. at ditto; Robert Newman, Esq. ALP, and his Lady, at ditto ; General Wetbral, at ditto., , • DEPAUTU ItES. Ludy Colthnrp►, returned, to Windsor' Castle, on a visit to the Princesses ; Sir William Parker, Burt. fur his seat in Suffolk. Tilt MARKETS; CORN-IaCHANGE, NiAtOrr eo. In consequence at the boisterous state of the weather, we had no ties!) arrivals, and but very little business ,doing, The few stiles made in Wheat mid -Oats were on full as good terms as on Monday. 'ln Other kinds of grain there is no var. l cation. Foreign Wheat - 465. 555. Fine Grey Pease • s.is. —s. Fiat: ditto .-• its'. -As, rieleßeatis , • . gas. y 44. Eaghsh Wheat - 455. Ps. Old ditto - • 28s. Us. Fine ditto • - -71 s. —s.. hula(' Tiek Buns Otis. 32c. Rye - - 2F3s. SBs. Fine'ditta - 345. Feed pats 161, Barley - 2us. 241. Fine ditto - - Fins:ditto - - 171. 19.. Poland ditto - - 1.75. 19s. New ditto - - - --S. fine ditto - - -19 s, Malt: - - - - 508. 355. 1 1 ,44tt0c ditto - Pim; ditto - - Whitacuse (boilfts) 3,15. 3:55. Fine ditto - - - —s. Grey Pease - -128 s. 3is. Halle Seed 261. 5271. pet last. Fine Floor -50 s. bss. Set:Q:Ws - • 401. OW. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK., AlAitcn 18.—There were some sales of Hops made last week to a tolerable ex.:: tent, particularly far middling Kent. lidgs, but ,it such prices as we had not belore heard of; the holders are Si) preshig tb have sales aacomplish ed, that the Pactors are placed in the mu s t ward.,,situation, avid sometimes accept such otters as they should Otherwise ,reject were it lets to their judgnient.---Bome very good growths of ilig3 were sold 'from 61. to . 61. 10s. , CO:11, NI I 1..1) li.mtcH L. Yl,i • '7l nt Mader. ' Price. ' Newcastle 7 . to 455, ad. 9. Nutatlerlatsd....•..... •• , 4...OVENT- GARDEN fIIRATRE.-141st night Miss O'NEILL, rtinatted the i part of Lady Teazle to a • most brilhant and overflowing 'louse. She me riten And received great applause. All the other . parts were so well' sustalued as to render the School - for Scandal, as now performing at this Theutre, one of the best played Cot»eilies ever exhibited, even on the bottid, of t 1116 great empo. ritnn of theatrical merit. On Friday night last,,as. the seryant of C,lptain SAUNDEits, of Stamigate Crgel:,i was prt:crc.ding froth that place to Chatham; on horseback,' he was stopped butween Rainhath and Chatlottn, by two desperate footpads, who not only robbed hint of his watch and other property, but dragged hint inf the horse, which one of the villains immedi ately mounted and set full gallop towards Lon don, and afterwards at Chatlk , near CirtiVeSCPl4, st9ppefl and robber! Captain .MuitTort, of ~ the Royal. Marines, taking front hint a gold watch and s ea l s and a sum of money, with which the fellow got clear off, and has not since been discovered. . MANSION•HOUSR.—Yesterday a wagon, laden with china; plate glass, tea, &c. was brought to this Office. - .Ray, one of the Officers of Aldgate, stated, that hating received information that such goods were on their way to town, he stopped the waggon, when the driver said be was employed by a stranger to drive the waggon twin Grays, in Essex, to an inn at the west cad of the town. Proper Officers from the Custom-house attended, and the articles being sworn to' as contraband, were ordered by the Lord Mayor to be sent to the Csistom-house. The property is estimated at about 20001. DISTE7III3A-NCES IN IRELAND. A letter Pram a Gentleman in Drtimerereceiroil yesterilnyby friend in this town, says We are in a very disturbed state in lIiI nvigiihourhotnl. There are tt party of people who calt , th"mselves Levellers, and who send kite's in allno t every wan who had land set, .informing hint t;iat if he does not lower his rents, they will pay Unit a'etsit; and this visit IS to break his u indow4, him his houses, and firing sl:ors into lf.ia dwelling house, to kill one or other of the tanoily. This pr,“ tice is gaining ground, and where it may end On wily ktiows. The timci bail.---43eljost.News Letter. Accounts Irom the tieign.ho,rhOoti of Car tog. tord convey information of similar proceedings carrying on there. Various cepredatio t i's have been perpetrated.—Aid. We have heard of vat ions depredations having been perpetrated in the course of last week ‘vittritt a few miles of this town. The nott•guideil men who are, following up such desperate measures, may be• assured that tiley cannot long escape with impunity. The steps that are„now taking mhtst suLceed . in detecting them, every good, mail its interested•in bringing them toinstieu, and the arm of the law will fell heavily upon them. I s he outrages they are perpctratingtnust ultimately prove ruinous to themselves and their farnilies, because, as a Amoral consequence, no man Of• 'wealth - wilt venture his capital in business whei is ex'posett . to such turbulent .proccedings. unprove ments of the country. will no longer be carded on, trade will decay, and the loom will he ititecoft ployed. What then will become of toe likt.,,nrer and the artii io ?—their families wilt he tedweed to poverty, resiulting from their ow n in ,run ia i nis . Such was not formerlY the character of the North of Ireland.—/bid,' On 1. - edi,esday morning, some .ottlie . p.etroles, in execution of their duty, when in -,. era alarmed by the report of a gun or pist(i, section of Smithfield. They went iminedi:it ely there, and on crossing Sinitlideld-strare, towards a door they - observed open, tvutta two men finder the market shade, named 111,'Kullan and Kctittcdy, who were soon joined by - others Trout the hontin were the door open. ~They began vi,deutly to assault the patrole by abusive languag, and on ad vising them them to be quiet, they swore they ‘yould take the life of any person or &sand any soldier that would approach them. The pu.t rule returned tor a reinforcement, and then three of theth were taken into custody, viz. 411:11tillan. Kennedy, and Law, armed with two sw. l o4rds. and a loaded pistol. ,They were afterwards linlited‘ with the °dicer of the guard at the barraeks, and a proper repre sentation of their conduct having been made to the klagiOttates, .they took examinations against them, to stand, their trials at the approaching . • On the night Of the 4th instant, as Plitrick Thornton, 'tither, was returning from the market at Dundalk, lie 'ivas way.:laid at Castietpwn„ and murdered. Hit head and &mi." Were so dread. fully mangled as to deprive him (while he stirvived) of the power 'of giving any informatiop whereby his brutal murderers could be traced. He, .was ,brought to the hospital on Tuesday morning, and died about three o'clock. An inquest was held on the body, by Lennox Biggar, Esq, and the Jury having no evidence b e f ore t h em , returned a vernieg of wilful murder against some person or Persons unknown —(Drogheda Journal) . New !loss, 111,i,itcrt 10.;-=NTr. John Ta p ylor, Sorieyorof Excise, : and Mr. N.ii;per, Onager, having obtained information that illicit, dis• tiller) , was at work at io the county of Kilkenny, within live miler' of 1024, repaired thither on Friday, the Bth inst. assisted by a It er jetint and six of the 4th Dragoons, lettere they de tected a large still at. full work, with upwrods of b1:10 gallons of potale and siriglings, wbich they effectually destroyed, mid lodged the still partior the worm,and utensils, in t heKi'ng's storey. RILICENNY, Wcdnilday last, us the family was, preparing 'to g , o to bed, it gang of robbers, about 15 in number,' att4eked the house of Peter Louglinan, Esq. near Freshford, eoonty. They first made their 44:draftee in the rear of the house, and were attacked by a dog, which they shot, ',lntl then c;ttne 'te the . ..... , front, Which they tried to klee by brcoking the: 'windoivs. Mr. 141,iii,141ttiari no%i' Opeoed ;he door, and some of them entered, when - the Captain, a, latgc and athletic man, placed two ot; hiA nyn as sentinels 00 , two male servants, who lay in the house, and two more to watch Mrs , . 14qnghnan, whose situation may be more,easily telt.thati de scribed. The rotliatis were well armed and without soy-disguise whatever, and.thrcatened with hot.- rid intprectoions, that any person 41(tempting the resistance should share the I.ltc of the dlog, which they had dragged in f rom ( h e yard,and placed upon the floor weltering in his, blood. The leader now began to search fir arms, of which he fonnel non', and rifle the .house'; anti utter breaking a desk arida cloCk case., and taking about G. iu"uonay and notes, tw . Q silver cream ewers, and 60111 e Silver • __ spoons, together with all the wearing apparel in the house, they .departed about twelve o'clock, having remained three hours. No pot sonal injury Ivo suffered. We have just heard that some of thou villains have been taken, who have given 1u• fonnation ; we trust . we ;hall have to coniirm ;his account. On ‘Veilnesday the Gth inst. there was a dreadrul thunder storm, attended by a hail shower, the Lit Acts of which were felt by many in OA neighbourhood of Drinuara, county Down, but especially by o family of the name of Nelson, in the townland of Beglq, contiguous to Drumara Miltown. The family, fur some dine after the thunder Commenced, had been gathered about the fire, and when the mo- Owl' thought that' the thunder was nearly over, she went out to see what was the appearanem of the clouds and,:as she returned into the house, she was attack by a flash' of lightning, which threw her down i n th e S treet ;: her husbautl,,who at that time was standing.at the door, WaS lifted up, dashed against the door head, and thrown back-, worth oh the tloor ; several of the children were litnt by the same shock, and a goat which was about four paces from the door was 0,. the spot. We are happy to add, that there has berm no ma terial damage suffered by the family, Aboni five perches from the house on the east side, the grotind MIS furrowed in several • directions, and even the very rooks vrcrc torn in pieces by this tremendous shock.--(kitifirst ,Fete Letter.) b. i .