The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

KILKENNY,
Jas. Kelly, Lord Ormonde's wood-ranger, at Kilcash,
on w mini a brutal outrage was cu iiiiii and, is still living.
nom iffistanding the n her am l security of his womids,
Hopes are even entertained of his recovery. Kelly
fought gallantly. Although his aim was dreadlufly
shattered by gun-shot wounds, and bullets passed through
both his hips, arid knee, and he bravely kept off his
murderous assailants with a bayonet. 'lbis sanguinary
attack was made while he was in the wood, between the
hours of six and set en o'clock on the morning of Sunday.
—He was armed with a gun and a case of pistols ; and
even after he received the wounds described lie fired two
shots at the assassins, and then, with his bayonet, fur a
long time, held them in check. At length, the cowardly
ruffians struck him to the ground with stones, and then
only succeeded in disarming him. We understand,
that although this brutal violence took place in a ;mot-
km vicinity, and in the immediate neighbourhood of
of several houses, no assistance whatever was afforded to
Kelly. He was left to contend single.handed, and
under circumstances of unexampled difficulty, against a
band of sanguinary ruffians, who did not leave. their
victim until he was apparently lifeless. As soon as the
atrocity was generally known, an active pursuit com-
menced. and bout what we have learned, there is
Slilltlg reason to presume, that speedy justice will tiver-
take the perpetrators of this daring but unmanly outrage.
We learn that two houses were burned on the morning
of Sunday; one near Glenbower, toe other near New-
towft. The former place lies on the road between nine.
house and Cloninell, and the 4 i thee is situate still nearer
to the county of Kilkenny, on the verge of the barony of
lverk. Aimed parties oat peasantry are nut every ti ht
in the latter direction; and although military parties
from Carrick, Newtown, Callan, and Mullittalione,
on very active service, they have not yet eneounterep
these tincturnal marauders.
Threw more houses have been burned in the neigh.
bourhood of Doneraile, County of Cork.
On the night of Thursday, a farmer, named William
Mullane, of It uheenagh, within a few miles of New.
castle, was attacked, his house broken open and entered
by an armed party of insurgents, who instantly seias.d on
his daugfiter, and took her oil to the mountains.
The system of intimidation and torture is still in ope-
ration among the Whiteboys of Limerick.
Co ustrx OF aiLRRY.—A man (Ante name of Walsh,
a comfortable farmer, was assassinated on the high road
within a tattle of Listowel, on Monday last, by a single
ruffian, who aproached hian unsuspectingly, and drove
a brace of bullets through los body. Walsh was walking
from Listened its company with iris wife. A man has
been arrested, charged with the crime.
Oit the Og.h ult. Walter Coppinger, and his son,
Robert Comanager, were executed at the drop in front
of the new gaol, fur the murder of Major Collis. In half
au hour after, Jeremiah Gallivan, lur the same ofitmee,
suffered also the awful sentence of the law. He was not
executed at the time of the Copingers, as the drop only
admits of two persons lacing executed together. After
the Coppingers left the dock On the day of *hair coin it-
nun, they became fully and deeply impressed with a
sense of their awful situaion, and manifested, as well as
Gallivan, during the remaining mointaitsof tneis exist-
ence, the most exemplary contrition, and the deepest
abhorrence of the climes of which they had been found
guilty.
RATIIILEALE, APRIL 3.—Eleanor Galligan was put
to the bar, for having, on the 24115 day of March, served
an unlawful notice WI Thomas Ituddell. The following
is a copy:—
NOTlCE.—Thomas Ruddell, I totally forgot visiting
you along with the rest of your neighbours, and I do
hereby caution you to surrender in to your landlord your
holding iii Cutalriass, or you must quit your station. or he
used as the late Dennis Bowen. Your doing so will
spare me the trouble of visiting you in a few nights,
which you well know the diflllence of violating my
laws. (Signed) GENERAL ROCK,
Collllllallder in Chief of the Rwitan Race.'
She was found guilty.--Upon the atittooncement of
her fate by Sergeant "'wrens, she yielded herself up to
the most violent lamentations, which was kept in concert
by the ratio.; of the husband outside the dock ; and it
was a cousiderable time beliare order was restored.
'ie sentence of this woman had a very sensible effect,
as the peasantry Mulishly conceived that no female would
be punished under the Insurrection Act.
Ivltchael M'Carthy, Patrick M'Malitm, John Doolott,
and Michael Manahan, were indicted for exciting a nut
' on thr9th of March, and delivering an tri!awtul notice
to excite such riot.
Dennis Gorman was indicted for having given an
unlawful message from Capt. Rock to John Lynch, to
' carry to one Catrol, of Ballinlitia ; this man had been
tried beline, acquitted, and remanded for fresh trial.
They were all severally indicted for excitin4 a riot and
tumultuous meeting to attack the town ul Glin. Demos
Gorman and Michael M'Carilly were found guilty.

The King. George the Fourih, of 120 guns, is
speedily to be launctied at Cluitham. This fine ship
is built with a round stern, and said to be the hand-
somest:sine of the line in the Royal Navy.

THE 10N1.1.V IEtANDS.

Gibraltar papers to the 18th ult. contain the fol-
lowing instrument, issued by Sir Thomas Mait-
land:—

PJIIWI.AMATION.
" His Excellency the Governor having maturely and deli-
berately considered the important question, how tar the corn
monopoly, which has existed for centuries in these islands, shall
he (lone away with, and having called to hk Mil the opinions of
such persons in these islands who thought themselves competent
to give any opinion on the subject, lie feels himself disposed,
tlioikth with considerable doubt and difficulty on his part, to try
the experiment of throwing open the commerce of this most im-
portant article of necessity. His Excellency does it with doubt
and diiiiculty, becau.se he is convinced, generally speaking, tiat
the wisest system of government is to adhere to what has been
practically ascertained Ito be beneficial to the people, in lieu of
setting up novel theoretical speculations. Anxtous, however, as
Isis Excellency is to give a lair trial to what it is thought will
prove ultimately beneficial to these Islands, and equally alive to
the necessity at the present moment of stretching any point that
even hears the appearance of increasing either the commerce, or
of giving employment to the lower classes of the people here, he
is pleased to proclaim the general inhumation, that on the Ist of
July next, the commerce of grain of every kind shall be thrown
open in these islands.
llaving conic to this determination, his Excellency deers
it to be his duty to state, that it is not his intention that govern-
ment should interfere in any manner (beyond what is hereafter
mentioned) with the commerce of grain when once thrown open,
$4l Ling as the poorer classes of the inhabitants be supplied with
bread at a fair and moderate rate ; but as the government must
keep a stock on hand to prevent any scarcity, or any sudden or
excessive rise in the price of corn, and as it must continue its
assistance in providing for the inhabitants, should such high price
be of any amtinuation. lie deems it absolutely necessary, to se-
cure the interests of government on one hand, and to protect the
agricultural interests on the other, to adopt the following regu-
lations mid restrictions on this head :
" 1. 'flint, upon all wheat imported into these islands for
consumption, a duty of 4 scudi per saint shall be levied, if im-
ported in vessels under the BritiM or lonian flag, and 5 seudi
per saint, if imported in foreign vessels.
" Y. That, upon Indian corn in ported into these islands for
consumption, a duty of 3 scudi per salm shall be levied, if Mt.
per:eel in British or lonian vessels, and Z. if imported in foreign
vessels,
3. That, upon all barley, rye. or other kinds used in
making bread, a duty of 2i scuds, in British or lonian; and 3 in
foreigm
. All paste sour, ;email, or farsa, scudi.
ITlie remainder of the proclamation relates entirely to the de-
tails of carrying this important measure into execution.)
" By command of his Excellency,
(Sigma) " RICHARD PLASKET.
Dated Palace, Valetta, Jan. 24, 1t522."

1104.sTED WIIEd
LAM BEFORE THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

No particular instructions have been given by the
Commissioners of Excise to their officers respecting
the seizure of Roasted Wheat, or other substances
prepared or sold under the name of Breakfast Pow-
edr, or any other name, except the fbilowing
(CO I'Y)—VE N En LETTER.
Sin—The Commissioners order, that no seizure of the article
tailed Breakfast Powder be hereafter made twin persons who
are net dealers in coffee, without spechd directions for that pur
pose. 1 ant. Sir, your bumble servant,
Ekcise °Mee London W. WARPLEY.

zit March;lb2o.
And after a trial to the Court of Exchequer, the officers on the
town establishment having asked directions for their conduct in
regard to what was called Radical Coffee, they were °Mecca,
whilst other canal were depending, to seize all roasted and
pnwilored grain, manufactured fur the purpose of imitating or
resembling or serving as a substitute for (7offee, and kept or ex-
posed to sale, wherever it was found, and the, could aseertato
the facts. THOMAS litlll'lON, Secretary.
Excise Office, March f.'6, I b 24.

ESTIMATE OF TILE BEARINGS OF THE LEA-
THER TAX UPON THE PUBLIC.

The agriculturists being about half the whole
population, might be supposed to consume about
half the leather manufactured ; bat, as their shoes
arc made of the coarsest and heaviest leather, on
which the tax is the same per lb. as upon the finer
sort of leather of five times the value ; and as their
Fhoes are twice as heavy as those generally worn by
the ether classes, and various other leather goods are
more generally used by them, they cannot be sup-
posed to use less than two thirds of the leather ma-
nufactured. The whole tax iv 600,0001., therefore
they pay to Government 400,0001. To this is to be
added the expense occasioned by the Excise restric-
tions to secure the collation of the tax, which are
stated, by the most respectable persons before the
committees of the House of Commons on the leather
tax, to be at least the whole amount of the tax,
which is a real loss to the country of property to
that amount, and must bs paid by the consumers of
leather, making the amount so far paid, on account
of the tax and restrictions, by the agricultural classes
alone, 800,0001. (See Report of Isl 3, pages 26,
$9, 47, and 49, and Report of 1816, page 138.)
A s the tux is paid on the rough article, before it
goes from the tanner to the currier, or leatliut-
ter, the tanners must be supposed to have a prolft
their extra capital and risk upon 800,00C1., which
at 10 per cent. would be 80,0001., making the whole
amount which must be paid by the curriers to the
tanners 830,0001.; upon which sum the curricrs
ulso must be supposed to lay another profit of 10 per
cent. to the shoe-makers, tuaking 968,0001., upon
which the shoe-makers or the artificers in leather
cannot lay less than another 10 per cent., in..king
tho whole that must be paid by the agricultural
classes 1,064,8001., being more than twice the
amount of the late agricultural horse-tax, though
the gross produce of this part of the leather-tax
which is paid by the agriculturists to Goveronieut
a. considerably less Unto the tax last ukaltionod.