The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-03 00:00:00

IRE LAND.

ir`et autirada Pour--fin Tuesday morning (23.1 tlt.) about
Oirve o'clock, a flee took place in a cabin in Killarney, which has
been more *filleting in its consequences than any which occurred '
foe ....via years in that populous town. The pcniculars were int-
redo fomented to its by a respectable correspondent fur our
tuttlfration tin Wednesday, fint, through some inadvertence, they
Witt Twit Tench us in sufficient time. The following are the distress-
ing details:_" An industrious poor man, named Cotter, with his
f•usily mutilating of his wife, four children, an aged father and
lothir; and servant girl, occupied a thatched cabin in this town;
tne old ruin, whose health has Leen In a declining state for some
tame, was taken ill, and his wife dot up to procure him drink, and,
in lighting a candle, the fire communicated with some Ilan which
v s. dewing near the hearth ; the apartment was instantly enveloped
1 i a flame, and the old woman and her daughtenin-law, in en-
•imourr.r to get it tinder, awoke her son and husband, who had
nme to escape with the youngest child, who was in boil with
rs father. In • fow moments the entire house was in flames,
and the horrible situation of the parentr. and grandfather and
orrandmother at this awful moment, must have been terrible
On hearing the screams of the three wretched children, to whom
it . WAS impossible to atilml any relief front the devouring de-
rival. In this painful predicament the old woman's feeling ;.,nit the
lhouse,
otier of hr. reason, and she rushed into the hoping that she
'night he ship to af' 1 them some relief, but herefflirts were only
raletilaied to add to the number of the suffeters, as almost on the
instant the !oft fell in, and this world was closed for ever on this
lirme old woman' her there grandchildren, and the servant girl;
the greetchrti tither, mother, and grandfather have thus been in a
ym minute% rendered the most miserable of human beings; every
passible siondanc^ was afforded, but of no avail. At this moment
throe o`elockt, the wretched procession. containing the remains of
the aid woman, and her three grandchildren (two girls and one bey,'
the two eldest aged 12 and II), have passed the house in which I inn
wr'ring, far interment; the servant girl wee taken by her friends.
The trouser of these four children has been very much burnt, in
eflida to save them, and lies dangerously ill. it is a nielan-
choir fart, that this town, which is the most populous of any of its
a, IP in the kingdom, although it has the advantage of a branch of
an samrance company, has not a lire engine in it, notwithstanding
that many instances of lire have occurred here."—( Corsii..
snit.

DEM F RAII.I.

From the 31issionary Chronick.l

The Directors have at length the satisfaction of informing the
Members of the Socioty, that they have received a letter from Mr.
Elliot, dated October 18, enclosing a copy of one written to the
Treasurer on the 2.lth of September, but detained in the colony ;
besides communications from other persons.
The loner. of Mr. Elliot amen the innocence of the Miviionaries
of all runicipation whatever in the crime of the insurrection ; and
the Dimemrs entertain no apprehension of advancing that which
they shall have to retract, in saying the give full credit to the de-
elaiveion. They will quote the terms In which the assurances are
mule to themselves, convinced that the manly feelings of conscious
inietrity which shine .throigh them, will carry to the bosom ofd
irsey impartial reader a conviction of the veracity by which they
are dictated. - -

Nionereus false reports have been sent forth against Mr.
fsmith"--(Dlr. Elliot might have added againat himself also—
". but WNWre yourself and all the Directors, that whatever reports
you may hear, the only crime that the niissieraries have committed
is their zeal for the conversion of the Nogroes. They have neither
been so weak nor so wicked as to cache the Negroes to rebellion.
The missionaries went justice only ; they have no favour to ask ;
'they have nothing to fear. The missionaries have not degraded
their holy calling, nor dishonoured the society of which they are
members, by sowing the seeds of rebellion instead of the word of
hie. The read MUMS of the rebellion are far, very far, front being
the instructions given by the missionaries." He adds, "We are
not cast down ; the Lord our (foil supports us; and we are per-
madzd that He who protected Daniel in the lion's den, will support
aed protect us."
"Dr: Directors are persuaded that the friends of the Society will
approve of their not making larger quotations from these communi-
cations at present, and that they will accept the brief statement
Which they are about to offer, in the confidence that they will be
enabled. ere long, to present to them a circumstantial justification
.of the character and conduct of their greatly calumuiatcd mis.
aunaties.
The statement, brief as It i., will be sufficient to show the false.
limit of the almost innumerable reports which have been Indus.
trionsly circulated through the kingdom, and indeed through the
trotid. _