The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

TRALIRRi into. Va.
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We ere sorry to toy, that the tranquillity et thill ,
' county still' continues to be &Whet by night'
sisectil.go and sisocations of those iubataMhd
':weetches, Ailing themselves White Boo,' • Mate
111segrant and audacious instance of the truth ofilus
sAtemaesit, occurred on Friday id& last. at the
W6u.e of Mr. Thomas Halloran, at Protee, which
4ras attacked by a number of those r9lLals, oho
knocked sif Ins door, and deneindsd his tiro's,
which Mr: Halloran refused to deliver; and toll
them* that, coless they oithdrew, he and his ions
tionli.l, tirestes them. On hearing this, the fellows
jwiffiarew, threatening Mr, H. with severe punish:
inent. 'ltfahout two hours they returned. hating
!tnereosesAl their number to nearly 309 ; but Mr. H.
..,foreseeing their intent, during their absence, pru:
dewy retired with his eons, well armed, into en
Orchoord,near the house, where they awaited their
4rrivel. The villains, on eontinot moils, fired ses.
itree shots through the windows, drinolisliiiiit ; 'lie
NA% suiho* ste. after which they put tire to the
'latch, in order to consume the house.—lo the
memo time ?di} H. and his sons, who were in wait.
lag for an opportunity, suddenly discharged the
contents of their pieces, and immediately after a
nu!' tor:barge ; when the villain., ularnied by
tile 004, and not expecting so warm a reception,
r;t:ff in the gre,stest confusion. leaving behind
• t live horses, two of which were killed, which
were discovered to belong to people in that migh-
bourl.ond. They also left behind them a number
of muskets, pistol% swords. great-coat., 1..,t5,
shoes, tic. Three of the.ruffiana, it is solids were
shot; and. we are credibly informed. that it teas
warped Contra. who resided et Bellinelohir, and
Iwho was said to be Doe of the party, has since died
of his woupds.

Wednesday night last, a nerty of the above bona
tUtti went to the house of Mr. Feirtiosand Lyne,ef
Ahabeg, and took awsy it musket; end the night
following. they proceeded to the house of Mr. Phi!
lip Neely, of Ahucooragh, in search of arms, when*•
on being refused admittance, they set fire to the
haus?, and threatened to burn it to the ground, ma!
less be instantly delivered up whatever arms were
in his possession ; which (.sitor tiring at them foe
some time without any effect), he was reluctantly
compelled is do.
The houses of several fanners at
gota near this town, were attacked on Sunday
ni_ht by a party of White Boys, wise robbed them
of their arms. •

Last night. the Sheriff received directions front
his Grime the Lord Lieutenant, to respite lames
illessoix, who was sentenced to be hongeJ the talk
instant, for forgery, until further orders.

At the late Assizes for Setileiret. a (*use which
excited considerable interest was tried, wherein Mr.
hoots, featherseserrhant, of London, was OUIJA
and HENRY HUNT, Esq. of Clifton, and another,
defendants. The action was brought to determine
the long-contended Id to the Cilastottbury mince
nil water, end ave ict given for the Plaintiff
whereby Mr. ROOD has established a Clear and in-
disputable title to this valuable chalybeate, which
rises at the foot of the much-admired Turr at
Glastonbury, and is supposed to have been de
principal means made use of by the Monks, worn
by ' they perforated many miraculous curse, as a
subterretwous pass has, of late years, been traced
from this famous spring to my LORD A riot's apart"
meats in the Monastery.
The house of ROBERT ADAXiONT. Esq. in [tills
street, Berkeley-winery, was, cn Wednesday even-
ing best, during the &ismer of a w rvaiit. who was •
ft in care of it, entered by sortie villains, who
took away a feather bed and several articles of nears
ing apparel. They had parked up in a honor .
cloth a clock worth 300 guineas, which was iu the
hall : but the timely return of the servant pre-
vented them taking it sway. They rffectill their
escape, however, with the other articles. The
house is under repair, and the family are at their'
' seat at Htudan, Miaow& •