The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-10-24 00:00:00

STATE or THE COUNTIM

From a Correspondent in the county er West.
toroth, we learn that outrages of n senons nature
have again commenced there. On 'Friday evening
the tith instant, between seven and eight o'clock,
a large and well armed perty of fellows, without
disguise, entered the house of Mr.:John Belton,
Demenes, Bartray of Moyceehel, near Kilbeggan,
forced Mr. Belton on his knees, and while in that
situation, presented • cocked piatol to his breast,
and made him swear upon a prayer book, which
they took off the dresser, that he gravid not
sitdrry again, or put any one in the place of his
last deceased wile; they then swore the versants,
and a horse rider, named Kelly, who happened
to be in the house, not to divulge what they
had seen. mid departed saying, on leaving the
how, •• You had not better bring us again, but
comply with the directions given you, and yon may
leave your dour open night and day, fur you will be
safe."

And on Thursday night, the 10th instant, •bout
nine o'clock, a large party of ruffiana, also well
armed, attacked two houses at Benalbet, same
bloomy, and near Kilbeggsn, belonging to two
poor farmers, named Bryan Scanty ■nd Patrick
Maloney, broke in the doors and windows, and
succeeded in robbing them of too watches, • piece
of new made flannel, • piece of Prize, • piece of
linsey-woolsey, and all the best articles of male
and female wearing apparel in both houses, total
amount in Moe ■bout 20/., with which they de-
camped, after firing three %hots (by way of triumph)
when • short distance from the houses. Before
they commenc.d the outrage they placed sentinels
on a barn in which two of the faintly lay, and at all
theavenues approaching to the housts. It is worthy
of remark, that one of the fellows stationed over
Scalby's eldest inn, in a room, to keep him from
observing what was going on, repeatedly a►ked him
•• Are you up to the times ?" Au active and expe-
rienced Police, under the direction of Mr. S. 11.
Martin, chief constable, are diligently employed
searching for the stolen articles, and, it is hoped,
will shortly give an account of some of the offen.
dere ; hut there is too much reason to fear that
these are but the beginning of outrage and spats-
tiou, that will gradually increase during the winter.

CABTLEBAR. OCTOBER 17.

On Tuesday last the Members t,f the Central
Committee of this county re-astetnbled at the Court
House. i►► this town, for the purpose of carrying
into effect their former Resolution, to establish a
County &sings' Bank in this town.

KILKENNY, OCTOBER 10.

The Special Sessions under the Insurrection Act
were held on Thursday at this city. A large por-
tion of this county has been under the operation of
that unconstitutional law for six months, and the
product has been—much inconvenience to innocent
men, an enormous tax on latiellioldeis, and the
transportation of one poor boy, the support of a
helpless widowed mother, in which boy's mother's
rabin two small bits of lead were found, that lie
said he had picked up when the roof of the church
(which adjoins the cabin) was repaired two years
ago ! We shall not make a single observation on
this method of governing a distressed people and a
peaceablecounty, but we may remark tha', as the
curfew law is in force among us, its administration
could not have been intrusted to more attentive,
humane, and constitutional lawyers than Joint s.
Townsend, Esq. the King's Counsel, and Ceivuse
P. Buahe, Esq. the Assistant Barrister of the county
of Eilkenuy.—( Leisasfer Journal.)

In recotaing, iu our last, the downfall of the
greatest portion of Ethelbert's Tower, of the once
magnificent monastery of St. Augustine. we rx-
pressed a hope that its remaining portion (the east-
ern side) tuight yet, ■fter having so long resisted
the rude hand of time, defy that of the destroyer,
and still be permitted to stand the monument of its
former grandeur ; k,, it is evident, that had it been
firmly joined to its connecting flanks, weight
would have involved it in one common ruin. It
would seen, therefore, that this flick of the tower
has remained nearly in its present state for many
years, rather giving support to, than 'reviving it
from, its ►ately connecting angle, and hence the
failure of those efforts which as yet have been used
to destroy it. After hating been frustrated in the
attempt at a partial demolition by ropes and other
futile means, it is now contemplated to baiter it
down by a piece of timber shod with iron, but in
the event of the failure, then to relinquish all fur-
ther prosecution of the object—and it is devoutly
to be wished that such may be the result,(Can-
ferbary Paper.)
On Saturday last as the Captain of a north coun-
try collie►, the William and hlary, of Sunderland,
Captain CARR, which lay at Harwich. was proceed-
ing up the river Orwell in a sail boat, to 'putsch,
to sell his cargo, • squall upset the boat, and the
Captain, together with a young man named 11'IL-
-I.IASI CLARICE, Rod an Ire-etch lad of the name of
BUD, were all drowned.

TIIR TROPICAL ITICIh'.

[Fromm Dr. Coke's a II istory of at Wed India .1

The tropical night keeps pace with the tropical day. Tbe
night• sr, urieoworeoalv height and serene. The stars which
spangle the ethereal vault, emit • rndia•ee which is unknown
In Eseitipe,.asol gild she hemisphere with an inconceivable
brilliancy. Constellations, which are invisible in England,
here display their beauties, and shine through all the summer
withal/I being intercepted with a shade. The asignitlides of
I these stars appear to be enlarged; and many, which, through
ohsltwedsig mediums, are invisible is the northern lati-
tudes, are here conspicuous through the purity of the air.
Adore stirs of the first magnitude, which the peculiar posi-
tion of the Heavens conceal from she higher latitudes, are
not only visible in these climes', but shine with a lustre pe-
reliir to themselves. The planets pot on a more resplendent
appearance, and display • refulgence which is exclusively
hpplieable tta the Torrid Zone. Their aspects are bolder
aid Shore striking than in other climates; and their mai.
mice increases as well as that of the fixed stars. They glow
With a brightneis which, in this season, is sullied wills no
obstruction and intermitted only by the periodical 'perdu-
tibas of the system. Ti increase the glory of this enchant-
ing serene, the moon makes her appearance, not in "clouded
majesty," but in resplendent brilliancy; diffusing • light
which seems to originate in native lustre. Is her presence
the stars, both rfratic and fixed, are sppareutly eclipsed, and
deprive of half their honours; while her light is sufficient
ter 1M fransactiou of almost any barium, is the open air.
me -it As lint may he read, without difficulty, by her
light, and distant objects may plainly be seen. By her light
the finest landscapes in nature are presented to she eye of
the spectator; be gazes wish aeltniraiion and wonder on the
beauties which swarm around him, and wanders into the
pathless regions of fancy without satiety or disgust. At the
same time the sir is tram:Veil and serene, and rontribotea
greatly to heighten the g I beauties of the night. Not a
single cloud hides any purtiou of the vast expanse, or inter.
►opts the contemplative mind in its pursuit of those medita-
tionr, which she solemnity of the scone and the millerss of
the tight bad conspired to ►ake. It is • season which invites
to serious thought, while it soothes the perturbations of the
heaving bosom, and spreads traiirtellity through all the
powers of the soul. It is • season which awakens the mind
to serious reflections; and carries. the iutellectual powers
beyond the horizon which ciresmarribes the scene. It is a
orison calculated to convey the soul into futurity; to ante.
'Spate realities which he beyond itre grave ; to connect What
is past with that which is to come, and to make the mind
deeply susceptible of 'consolation or remorse. In every
country Inhabited by man, the silence of sight has been
esteemed ascoogrnial to Meditation; h•t though "night has
been fair virtue's immemorial friend,' yet, perhaps, there is
no region on the earth of which it 'can be said with more
propriety, deal "the conscious moon, through every distant
age, has held a lamp to wisdom."
The beauty of the tropical sight, in the summer season,
impasses all the powers of desc►iptive. The lustre of t►e
planets teen.* to increase is propottios to that of the fixed
wars; the bodies of all appear magnified; and, cos account
of that appearance., they seem ro approximate towards the
earth. The brightness of Mn,., of Jupiter, and of Venus, is
so tranacendant as to outshine the mwt splendid appearance
that the Heavens ever presented to our view in this country.
Venus, in partieslar, oteasiosally appears horned like • little
moon, and her light is so tram-endow ly beautiful, as even to
east • shadow from houses, trees, and other objects, which
tend to offer obstruction's.

And whew, to these appearances, we add the moon rising
in solemn and silent grandeur to heighten She magnificent
scvnery,it brightens the prospect while it expands the mind;
and raises the sublime phenomena to the summit of more
than earthly grandeur. There are, perhaps, bus few places on
the globe to which shese liars of Homer can apply with greater
exactness; shin to a iVest Indian saantei's night:—
" As when she Moon, refalgest lamp df night,
O'er H ' clear azure spreads her sacred light;
iVbee not a breath disturbs the deep serene,
Asd not a clued u'ercasts the solemn scene.
Arnaud ►er throne she wield planets roll,
And stars adassaber'd gild the glowing Pole,
O'er she dark trees a yellower verdure abed,
And tip wish silver eery mountain's head.
Thee shine the wales; the rocks in prospect rise,
A Hood of glory bursts from all the skies;
The conscious swains, rejuieisur is the !led,
Eye the blue souls, and bless the modal light."