The National Register.
London, England, 1821-12-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The following Letter signed " Moll Doyle" has
been addressed to the editor of the Deblin Evening
J'osl. It proves that the parties engaged in the
present outrages in Ireland, are assisted by some
who are not deficient in education, and it explains
the real grounds of the discontent now unfortu-
nately existing in that devoted country.
SlR,—Though I own that I neither love nor like
you for your continued persecution of me and my family,
in your paper, and your manifold schemes to rouse our
good friends, the landlords and magistrates, against us, I
am willing to follow your own example, and shake
hands with my enemy, so that there may. be no want of
concord amongst all classes of his Majesty's subjects;
and, as you are now such an advocate for conciliation,
and draw such glowing pictures of universal philanthropy,
benevolence. Christian charity, and the like fine things,
1 shall hope for your aid in behalf of my poor boys, than
whom, with a little kind treatment, his Majesty has not
better subjects. Very many lies have been told of us, and
'tongs laid to our charge that we know not of: we have
been insolted and abused by all parties, as it answeted
their purposes, with little advantage to ourselt es, the
great loss to the country, and weary, at length, of the
life we have led for years. But, in order to render the
reconciliation permanent, we must avoid all future
temptation : for this purpose prayer alone will nut be
sufficient, and, as open confessiou is good for the soul, a
lew lines occasionally to you, by way of inffirination, of
the inducements that may be held out to us to transgress,
111.1 y has e the &eel of keeping temptation from us, at
least it will assure you of out sincerity, and interspersed
watt occasional sketches of my birth, parentage, and
education, may be amusing, if not instructive.
•. Illicit distillation has been, of late, the main stay of
my faintly; it kit secured us friends among all elassts;
I.y it the farmer gets rather more fur his corn—the land-
lord la better paid his rent—the geotleniali is supidied
whir a cheaper beverage—and the peasant aflinded his
1-Jimmie cordial iii the manufacture, sale, purchase, and
keep 01 the potteen. All are concerned and liable to
penalties; ass informer is equally dreaded by all ; and
such effect has this community of interest and of fears oil
virtue districts, that every outrage of any of the inhabi-
tants is conniver, at by the others, and protection afforded
to them against every law process, by a call for some of
my boys, who are acquainted with the secret springs that
activate the magistrates, the gentry, the landlords, the
landiudders, the police, and the peasantry, who °oily
laugh at legal forms, proclamations, inwards, warrants,
sof CUIISLIbIes; and with what r,asan, the following
scene, at a late Warier Sessions,in a proclaimed district,
will, I trust, satisfy you, it beteg the first Session since
the introduction tit the Peelers. Myself and my boys
were anxious to know how the land lay (as we term it.)
His Worship the barrister was on the bench, with sonic
of our neighbouring magistrates; he made a long speech
about me and my children, and how he himself made
the Government proclaim the district, and that until lie
took 01l the Peelers they should remain ' What is his
worthy's name with the w hig ?' says I, and where
does he liver By my soul,' says my son I'tt, that is
snore than 1 can tell you, but I know he is trot an Irish-
man, and that it will not he an easy matter to find faint
any where for the next three months, as lie only steps
down once every quarter for three or four d lys, to earn his
bool. per year, besides pocketing the small fees.' • Paddy
(says I), the times are altered ; the time w. s when sonic
of our own worthy gentlemen, born and bred anioNst
us, would be silting in his place, knowing us all, and
giving us his advice ; and if he had any thilig haul to say,
or good to tell us, all the Alagistrates round him would
join in it ; so that even their punishments were all re-
ceived sod submitted to, it was a bad day for Ireland
that her magistrates gave up their true places; and until
they shall resume them again, they will not go right ;
and, indeed, I feel as I speak.' His Worship then ad-
dressed the Grand Jury about potteen whishiy. Paddy
(says I), that will ruin us; why don't these other Jus-
tices that we know take a pal tin the si-ceell ?'. Molt,
hush! mother, (says he), they are laughing in their
sleeves at him ; did not 'rim and I sell them a nice hall
barrel each, of good potteen last Monday; and did not
his Worship on the right sell me five barrels of run
malt, for which I paid his Honour at his own table, and
the exciseman by his side i His Worship, the Barrister,
may talk as he pleases ; them other Magistrates have iii•
terests enough to save us frotu all harm. Did not his
Worship on the left make the exciseman give back the
worm and pot that he took from Toni Corrogan last Soo-
day night, and hold his tongue about it? and as to the
Grand Jury and Petty Jury, the High Constable, and
the permanent Sergeant, don't you know every mother's
babe of them to be either potteen or malt-makers or
dealers; and did I not bring in the nice fivelaflon jar
this moiling, to his Worship the Barrister's own man,
the crier, with a promise of two more when he came
next, at 4s. tid. per gallon ? Sure it is time for its now
to know how things work; 'tis all palaver curs sla, as
his worthy Squire .---'s datialiter says in the little
song which she sings for us when we take her Honour
the present of ponce!) ; and as to the Peelers, do you
think they could do any thing against the interest of their
Worships, our neighbouring Magistrates, the Sessions
Juries, and our other friends? To tell the truth of these
same Peelers. they are decent fellows etioulOs ; and one
of them told me the Barrister ordered that they were not
to mind or ext cute any warrants for common offences;
so that as long as we keep Irons bunting houses, they
won't meddle with us ; and I suppose th s the reason
the Peelers allowed the big putteen-maker, in another
proclaimed district, to be rescued, and one of the
fired at and wounded next door to their guard-house, by
a large mob, because it was only a sheriff's warrant for
something shout a thousand pounds of a debt, without
joining el a hearty cause ci the bailiffs. To be sore,
s true of our magistrates do their business clumsily
enouli, ill so much as to °take it dangerous to accept

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of their friendship, however, well intended ; for bless
the mark,' common sense and many of them might be
married, inasmuch as there subsists no relationship; but
my boys are grown sufficiently intelligent to distinguish
between ' a sheep's head and carrot,' as the common
phrase goes.
" This little session scene will show you that our
course are as faulty as ourselves ; and now that I have
determined in good earnest to reform, let the gentry and
the authorities of the country respect the laws, as I shall
serve them as they would am; (if it answered their pur-
pose)—expose them to your view."

DISTURBED IMSTRICTS.
( From Mc Clowns! Herald.)
NVe can scarcely recollect an incident of more horrible
atrocity since the hurtling of Scullabouge in the last Irish
rebellion, than that which occurred on Monday night the
19th inst., at or near, " The Seven Acres," a farm so
called, between Thorny Bridge and Clogheen, at the foot
of Shvvenaman, in this county. The place was the re-
sidence of a better Lind of farmer named Shea, who had
recently put out some under tenants at will, as they are
called, who hold without lease, by civil bill process, and
had possessed Mansell of their lands. For this, he was
served with a notice, th it unless he restored the old oc-
cupants, he should suffer for it ; and being determined
to preserve his property, and to resist the attack with
which he was menaced, he provided himself with fire-
arms in sufficient number, for a good defence, and got
into his house two or three neighbours, of resolute cha-
racter for his assistance. These precautions, it seems,
were fatally rendered useless, for on a late hour on the
night above-mentioned, he and his numerous family,
consisting in all of eighteen, men, women, and child-
ren, found the dwelling;house in flames around them.
Shea the owner, appears to have been the first to burst
oat out his assailants, but was instaittly shot, and thrown
back into the flames; another making a similar attempt
shared the same late ; and before the murderers departed,
every soul in the house was burned to death I This is
the pith and marrow, as far as we can learn from eye-
witness of the ruins, who has taken out Mr. Thompson,
the coroner, to bold an inquest on the bodies. The
conflagration, which continued until a late hour on Tues-
day morning, was seen at a great distance: and one gen-
tleman, asking a COUntryin3ll, whom he met on the
road, two or three miles from the place, what could oc-
casion such a fire, was answered with perfect sangfroid,
" Nothing, I suppose, but 11.11!slaction they are taking
fiir the poor people that were turned out of their houses
Cot her day."
QUEEN'S COUNTY.—WedrICSday night last, the 21st
instant, a 'tarty of men attacked the house of a person
1/iluied Morphs+, near Cullahill, in this county, within
four miles of Johnstown, county Kilkenny. 'l'lte party
having succeeded in breaking in, dragged Mogul, and
beat him so cruelly with spades, that in a short time they
deigned him of life; after which they nearly sf:verea
his head from his body with a billhook. The reason as-
signed for this atrocious outrage is, that Al orphy pro.
seemed two persons who had stolen sheep loon him, and
who were convicted of that offence at Om last assizes.

Coo au(of CLa mt.—Saturday evening the 17th inst.
as a man belonging to Janes Creagh, Esq. of Carbane,
in the county of Clare, was returning home from Ennis,
at five o'clock, he was waylaid and murdered at Cratloe,
by some persons unknown. Suspicion is attached to a
man whom he had a dispute with some time back, at
the fair of Six-mile-bridge, by the said county. His
tkull was literally broken to pieces; he has left a %%lie
with five children to deplore his loss. An inquest was
held on the body by It •G. Greene, Esq. Verdict—
" Wilful Murder, saainst persons unknown."
The Clore Journal, of Monday the 17th instant, re-
asserts what it had formerly stated, respecting the death
of Gleeson, the unfortunate young man who hid been
wounded at SIX-Mile-bridge. It says, that the house was
enveloped in flames before the death of that person, but
still leaves it 3 matter of doubt whether the wretched
creature lost his hie by accident or design.

MURDER OP MAJOR COLLIS, NEAR TRALEE.
(I4om Me Limerick Clnonicle..)
On Thursday the house of Major Collis, within
a mile and a half ut Tralee, was entered by a large party
and robbed of every article which the villains could lay
hands on. Not content, the murdering gain; struck
:11.1jor Collis a blow of a gnu on the head, which de-
pmed him of hfe and afterwards fired some shots into his
body.
The house of the Rev. Edw. Nash was also attacked
on the same night, but the fellows were beat olf, as he
had arms and assist ince in the house. Mr. Nash was
reported to be wounded in the breast. Our corres-
pondent concludes his letter by stating, that—'• God only
knows where this business will end."
THE LATE ATROCITY IN Tuft COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.

From the Clowatel Herald.)
011 WAtiestlay last an inquest was held at Tubber,
in the parish 01 Clotieen, barony of Michllethird, county
of Tippeiary, betote John Tflonipson, El. one of the
coroners l'or the said county, on view of the bodies of
Eiloiond Shea, Nlary Shea, Edmund Shea, jun. Mary
Shea, jun., Nicholas Shea, jun. Win. Shea, Murttaiet
Shea, Mieliaid Butler, Patrick Mullally, Catherine Mid-
lally, Mary Shea, Nlargaret Power, and the bodies of
three men unknown.

The Jury been sworn, the following evidence was
utlticcd:—

Nichoii,s Shea, of Seven Acr,s, farmer, deposed, that
he is the brothor of tht: deceased Edmond Shea; knows
the bodies of Edmond Site', Mary Shea, Edmond Shea,
jun. Mary Shea, jun. Nicholas Stc a, jun. William Shea,
and Marg,rei Snit. Wai called out of his bed
on the nuiruing of the ;:lith iiibtant, by John Butler,
about one or two o'clock, who told him that his bro-
ther's house was on tire when he arrived there, the
house was Ott lire, and the rint had fallen in.—Witness.
about the ho„r nine o'clock that morning, went to the
door and saw the bodies of several persons lying on the
floor, vtio had been burnt to death. Saw the bodies of
persons taken out house that morning.

John Mulcahy, of Ballywater, farmer deposed, tha
he knows the bodies of Patrick Mullally, M. Mullah?
and Catherine Mullally • saw them lying dead at the
house of the deceased glinond Shea, on the morning
of the 20th inst.
William Williams, of Gurtnapish, labourer, deposed,
that on the night of Monday, the 19th inst. he got up
to look after a pig; saw Edmond Shea's house on fire;
went towards the house, but was afraid to go on, in
consequence of hearing several shots fired about the
house. A man of the name of P. Dillon fired a shot
towards Shea's house, which was returned by one or
two shots from persons about the house on tire, who
shouted, and desired Dillon come on if he dared.

Philip Dillon, of Gintnapish, farmer, deposed, that
William Williams called him out of bed, on the night
between the 19th and 20th inst. who told him that E.
Shea's house was on fire. He desired Williams to call
some neighbours; he then advanced towards Shea's
home, which was in a blaze, and fired a shot, and
called out, " Oh, you rascals," which was returned by
two shots, and he was desired to advance if he dare.—
Heard several shots about Shea's house.

The Jury found " that the above persons were
fully and maliciously put to death, by sonic persons, to
us unknown, setting fire to the dwelling•house of Ed-
mond Shea, the deceased, on the night between the I9th
and 2oth of November instant::
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A proclamation of his Nlajesty's Privy Council in
Ireland was issued on Monday, offering a reward of
'20001; the sante to be paid in the following anatiner-
-3001. for each and every of the first five, and 1001. fur
the next five persons concerned in the outrage, or ac-
complicet, who shall he apprehended and prosecuted to
conviction; and his Nlajestis pardon to any of the ac-
complices. who shall give information within twelve
months.