The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-26 00:00:00

OUTR4GES IN IRELAND.

Lin rat lot, Nov. I4.—A report was very prevalent yes-
tut day that the entire County of Limerick, witl, the Liberties,
were aliately to he placed either ;miler martial law or
I lie iiisiteseet. act. On enquiry, we find, that neither of
I hest st rung measures is ill or could be rebutted to at present ;
iiiit we hear from g I authority, that it proclamation is
daily expected to appear, extending tile provisions of the
peace prebervut. net, which is at present in operation in
the county of Lime' iek, to the City nail Ltlv!irtiev, in which
ease !here will he an additional magistrate and an exteitsive
police stationed here.
At two o'clock yesterday morning Milford House, within
one mile and a half of this city, an the Dublin road, was
via led by an armed banditti, who dashed in the limes
of the tali a Mika's, nod a jilt sledges attempted 10
hreok the hall-door—the family being aroit-ed from bleep,
the rutbaus taete asked what they a anted, they whit ered
" rite arms," and heilig informed that there wits hut tine
10 a 4 I tog pi, ce in the hume, they required it in a permitptio y
manner.—Mr. Matnisell not being prepared to resist then.,
the gun was htlitdrd out.—after consulting a ilk each other
fur ten minutes, they retained and desired e arms, hut
tin yin. Nlaunrell assuring theist there were au more, they
petard Ming shut,. Tim party ails must insineruus,
',mode the hall exceedvid theta, well aimed, atilt either
anu-kept or blunderbuszes, exclusive of a vast number hi the

Tile same banditti also entered the turnpike house at
and succeeded in securing one Minnie' Ini.s ;—they'
4lso plundered a farmer's illithet at Ball) and obtained
musket.

Till ..itirning letters, signed " Captain Rock," have bred
seid In dillerent pec•oolis is this hood, desiring, in
they should nut have fire arias, in be prepared to 'pay a
certain sum, to enable the clitain nail 11111 corps to purchase
ainintioition—they also tiireaten destruction to ceitain per-
tains retaining any crow.. witnesses in Iheir protection.
steact a • letter received at the oilice front a sentleinan
residing. at iu the county of Cork 1—
" An armed party consistiii,; of thirty him, most of whom
%ere inutrailed, attacked the liou,es of six respectable far-
mer-, and took trout them their arms to the amount of it
trod. From the route taken by the banditti, after they
Iced rinished their depredatiutis, it is supposed that they tunic
i I i/11l tile West of the Country. In this opinion 1 am
iu-
nl,ae.l to concur, from the peaceable dispositiou arid general
goad conduct of the inhabitants of this purists. I out eon-
&dent that the peace of this lllll••diate neighbourhood would
be fully preserved. were a few sokliera m pidleelllell Si atioi,ed
iii the village of I)4llyo4guii. The inhabitants (whose Imo.
part of conduct mill totally have been proved in the re-
bellion, when acting under the orders of the idle Mr. Solver
Ol.str) would most willny,ly co-operate with any militory
will to their assistance. The village of Ballyorgan es shunted
chute to the high road to Fennoy, seven wiles south of hill
mattock, There is nut u snagrarate, policeman, or soldier,
Leaner than three miles.

Omm Sunday night nearly eighty men, uncommonly well
mounted, ni:ackeul the houses of Simei iog, miller, and
iliam Dacia, at Bealuus, within a shunt d.r•uuce of Adair,
had succeeded in gelling lon glllll Time walnuts dental:shed
IIN• windows and door:, and, on retirimr, fi.ed several shuts.
On Send my slight, a large Iraq, suppommeil to he the same,
attacked time honi,• of John Rose, L-q. at Grimm k, taut
Adam, and dettia.;tted his arms. Mr. It:m.e cuid he would
hot give them but is ids his life. They idlerrd to lay,• him
1111, Una double-harrelied gun, provided he y.ould ptvt• 111‘111
It single gun and a blunderbus,, which the, kayo lie haul i
houie, Out fi:ltl3ll4 him determimmed to me,ist, timml retired•
utter firing t•an milmuls into the house, amid tneaking all time
mudo%6 and several of the (1411113.

The house of Bartholomew Gibbings, r.• q. of Gibbings
(Ito v••, wits attacked on Smith's night last, by a large part)
of marauder', is ho broke the 'hall data want it sledge und
piek-axe and fired several shots into the is Onions. They
ere, however, must gallantly repulsed, and driven oil mu
toeot contusion, leaving behind them a sledge, ti pickaxe
cud spear, and blood wo. found m lirge .I..ips near the
Imee. A brisk tire was kept up from the house by Mu.
bbings and Ins party, ii hit II must hays dime execution.
Tnis gang broke into several bouts is that neighbourhood
01: tile same night :tumor.' others, the Route uf rminiond
I:.:1,), whose door and windows they
bloke, and ilhireatea himself nad flintily. Mr. Barry bum:4
in it delicate slate ot health, had sent away his arms, and was
not prepared Gar re.istatice.
On Mu day night u large party of fellows attacked the
h,a,e 01 Lieutenant Molarty, R. N. at Dank. nun, County
lierry.wahey were completely repulsed by Lieutenutst Kind I,
It. N. (the only male person in the house). One of the
villains is supposed to be mortally wounded.
On Thursday evening, between seven and eight lock
the house of Lieut. Rawson, R. N. at Longhill, hi this
c.mhty, was StlruoundAl by a large party, who having planted
ceallueli in the calling convenient, plundered it of almost
every portable article they could Lid—they then retired,
firing shots. Mr. Bewail,' was at Mount Trenchard when
the attack was made, otherwise be would have given them
a warm reception. It is pleasing, however, to find, that the
villains did nut uhtaiu lire arms.

The boa's of John (Wady, of prwringsloati, near hil:lu-
nar, altv again assaded on Sunday nisht, wad forcibly eirered
be a very large party. They succeeded in marring the 1104 d,
by means of a sled„ e, and threatening him with irotAnt
death took from him two nuns and some ammunition. He
b dbeat them carton lime Friday before.
Contribution, mere levied by the same party on several
houseb where they aid nut find arms, and paraded tti great
mirabets near the town of Kalman.

On Sunday night the hou,e of Thomas Hill, Esq. of Bal-
ly I,onedieltigh, in this county, was broken open and souse
gine, taken.
Tie house of Mr. Mat tin, Feore, of Bally Wight, was also
attacked, and two suns taken from him.
The follow lug fanners' houFes in the same orighhoterhood
were also attacked on Sunday night :—Patrick Bluets's,
Michael NPAulllT's Patrick Gleesoit's, and three others,
whose names at• have nut leas tied; from such as lied nut
arms, money was demanded to purchase ammunition; this
in iteut iu.taocc, was gladly acceded to by the owners,
and where the money was handed to them to any extent,
it was immediately Wanted icy the marauders, who stated
Mt in order to make the contribution equal, they had
ag+red that the demand should nut exceed IL sovereign at
every hook..
•Ju Sunday Might, the house of Mr. James Hill, at Grainue,
a as attacked, and same lire urn , taken.
Mr. Lcahy's house, at Suppletun, was likewise attacked,
and too gui..i
hei.eral et•ntlrmta in this county have detachments of
pane and military stationed iu their liothas, to mat the
e:isected visits Isom the uightly tuaraudels.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

This day, the retire of the county Limerick police
were inspected at Itathkeale, by their Chief Magistrate,
Richard Wilcocks, Esq. who assumed the command on Sa.
turday last.
The chief pulice-officer stationed at Castle Connell, and
all the det ac lustros under hi, command, passed tarougb
this city, this day fi.r Ratlikeale
An action for breach of promise of marriage, in which
Miss Margaret Adams of Kdfinuaa, w„s plaintiff, and the
Rev. Mr. Cozens, defendant, sew, disposed of on Saturday,
in the comity courthouse, mignient having gone by default,
alai a writ issued in the Sheriff to asscw damages. The Jury,
after hearing evidence, returned a verdict with 6.1.
CONDI. The damages were laid in the pleadings ut 1,0001.
The irurrackb ut Templemore wire robbed last week of
thirty sic pair of blankets; some of theta were recovered lit
this city.