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party on that day.
It aopears that Carey, one of the murderers of
the late Mr. Cruise, in the county of Kildare, COW.
leased that his gun was all they wattled.
Extract of a letter, dated Limerick, Tutoday
Night.—The writer left Dublin in the mail on
Monday evening :
Immense quantities of potatoes are still in the
ground, on tire bells adjacent to the high road be-
tween the city of Limerick and Rrocrea. FroM
the late excessive rains it is thought the gremit• part
of them will be log to the grower. The prepared
wheat low hinds use entirely under water; so come
pletely is the west country inosidated at prtoent,
that on Sunday night, Jahn Mullens, hackney
coachmen to Mr. Ilrindley, vintner, Neaagh, was
drowned in the ford of the arm of the Saannon, it
Groody, on his return from Limerick. this arm
is still increasing- in height, and on Monday the
mail coach was met at some (bounce by a per.on
appointed to conduct it through the ford. Toe
mail horses were to their couttera in the water, and
the per-on above mentioned was obliged to take
the leaders by the head, himself immersed to the
middle. A boat also plied •longside, and the
chaise in which Mullen& was drowned served is an.
other buoy. The inside passengers, for comfort as
well as security, took the roof of the coact. The
travelling through this ford (about a quarter of a
mile from Limerick) is thought absolutely danger-
utis at present.
The Dahlia Evening Post of the 15th instant.,
contain, a letter signed " Vrrax Kerriemii.," the
writer of which has represented the Martinis
LsnsdoMn N. one of the worst landlords in the
county of Kerry ; we are ignorant of any thing
relative to his Lordship's disposition in Kerry, but
we are enabled to say. that his conduct (as well as
that of his father) towards the tenantry of the
Limerick 'estate, his been always an example to
absentee proprietor., by letting the lands to occu-
pying tenants, on lower terms- than laud jobbers
would offer, by building, or allowing the tenants
for building houses, by making and eepairing
rosil4, honks, watercourses, and other iniprovi-
mews. Several hundred -pounds were expended
this year among 'the tenantry in this tray ; and
we are happy to say, on behalf of the tenantry
of Lord Lansdowni Limerick estate, that tf*y
have sliest,' no symptoms of diaturhance thus year,
nor did they during the Rebellion of 1798.—
(Limerick Chronicle.,
Yesterday. (Nlooday) Mr. Nathaniel Keay*, of
Drumkeeti, was murdered by a blow of a spade,
given by • man of the same of John Connell,
known by the Pick-name of Shown Bairn. This
murder oceured within about a liiindred yards of
Keay'a lions,. Connell rented • quarter of an acre
of ground from him. A (*ter iht ruffian-had alecoln•
plished the deed he ran off; and although seen by
several of the neighbours with the bloody.opaile on
his shoulder, yet none made the least exertion to
stop hint. Several !showers were near the spot ;
but till affect to he quite ignorant of the horrible
t ra 'meet iuti.—( Limerick l'elegropk.)

THE COMMISSION.
LIMEtICX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18.
Michael Halloran, Michael Fitzgerald, and Mi..
chael Moran, were put on their trial for the mar.
der of Thomas Man ll ioo a police constable, at
Inchernurke, in the county of Limerick, on the
15th of August last.
The witnesses for the prosecution proved that, on
the night on which the murder was committed, •
detachment of the police were patrolling its the
district, and that they met a party of White Boys.
The Police called no them to surrender to the
King's authority, hut the others having immediately
tired on the police, one of the shuts took *ff.( t.
cud killed Mannino,- the policeman. Au engage-
onent then commenced, in the course .of which
Halloran and Fitzgerald were taken pri.oners,
dressed in white shirts. The offence was clearly
established; but only two of them were convicted,
the Jury having acquitted Moran, as it appeared
that he had been compelled by the White Boys to
leave his house, and join the party on the night on
which the murder was committed by them. H.I-
loran and Fitzgerald received sentence of death, and
they were ordered for execution on Thursday.
The twat was the trial of Michael Kelly and
Thomas Kelly, who were indicted for having taken
firm•artns from Mr. Christopher Spartnig, of
Rusheba, on tl.e 16th of last July. That Mr.
Sparling was the person who was afierwaris attack-
ed and mortally wounded by • party of the peasan-
try ; hut the offence fo► which the culprits were in-
dicted was folly proved by the testimony of his
widow, of hit daughter, Sarah Shire, and of a vet.
vast named Mary Anti Grouse, who was • very
telligent witness. Mr. Yokes, an active and intre-
pid Magistrate, also gave evidence.
The Jury found the Prisoners at the bar Guilty,
but sentence was not passed on theni on Tuesday.
James Jourdan was then put on his told, .for
having taken fire-arms from George Spading, on
the 11th of last November ; but, on the examina-
tion nit the first witness, George Sperling, he up.
neared to have some doubt whether lie could iden-
tify the Prisoner at the bar as the person who com-
mitted the offence. The Crown Lawyers instantly
interfered, and, with that humanity which charac.
tenses the Gentlemen who have been selected by
the Guvernment for cooducting the prosecutions,
rapiessed their determination to call no other wit.
loess. The Poisoner was scythed.
WEDER.DAY. DECEMBER 19.
The Judea sat at their usual early hour (half-past nine)
this morning, and motioned on the ltearh till nearly six in
the evening. The Courthouse is every day crowded to ex-
cess, so nod+ interest have the country trials, which are
still going on, exeited in the public miad. The fallowing
gentlemen were swarm of die Jury :
Thomas Dorbg (Maly. limo} O'Grady, Waller O'Grady,
Thomas Wilson, George Mammy, Thomas O'Grady, George