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London, England, 1821-12-16 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DISTURBED DISTRICTS.

Extract of a private letter dated the ad instant, from
Rathkeal, in the county of Limerick :—" Last night has
added to the dreadful catalogue of assassinations which
disgrace this country. There is a Mr. Raymontl,son-in-
law to Col. O'Dell, the late member, who livrsat hinny-
wood, within a few miles of this town ; his house was
attacked a short tune since, and all his arms taken away.
He was absent at the time, and on his return declared
before his servants, that if he. had been at home he would
Lave given up his arms only with his life. One of the
servants, whose name it appears was Murphy, told his
master not to tumble himself, as lie (Murphy) knew the
whole party. This declaration of his became public,
and the consequence was, that a secret tribunal set upon
the life of the unfortunate man, and doomed him to
assassination. A party appointed to execute this horrid
sentence went last night to Hollywood-house, broke into
it, and took nut the wretched man, and shot him as if
by sentence of a court-martial. 'There is no escaping
their vengeance for the man who is marked out a victim.
AVe are in hopes that the Special Commission,
,which
sits in Limerick on the lOth, will do some good. It is
a melancholy hope. There are !24 wretches to be tried,
the greater part of whom will probably be hanged !
Three pr;soners have been brought its here this morning;
I have not heard for what crime."
a'rout the (,Yunmel advertiser.)
On Sunday a servant man, supposed to be a prosecu-
tor at the ensuing Special Commission for the county of
Limerick, was shot dead near Adate.
On Saturday evening a pour Kerry labourer was se-
verely beaten and wounded in various parts of the body,
its the west suburbs ; ii states that he Was robbed of
30s in change.
(From the Cork Intelligeneer.)
The following,oilicial order for cuModying the yen•
marry corps under the command or Sir W. Stainer, Bart.
has been just issued by authority:—
" Dublin Castle, Dec. 7, 1621.
" Sia,—l ant directed by the Lord Lieutenant to ac-
quaint you, that his Excellency has been pleased to
approve of the Barrack Emps of Yeomanry, tinder your
command, being augmented to eight companies of 10 men
each. llis Excellency, at the same time, diteets me to
obsei we, that it is to be distinctly understood, that 110
exclusion is to be made nu account of religion in the per-
sons forming the augmentation, loyalty and guud culiduct
being the qualifications FI:(11111 ed. If this is not ate lett),
maintained, the Lord Lieutenant must decline sanctioning
the angmentation.
" A blank form of roll is enclosed, which you will have
properly filled up, and forwarded to this depar tinent, with
the attestat;ous of the men ; and when the same is re-
ceived, the necessary kite's of.service will he issued, and
the other official steps taken to place the corps in an
state.-1 have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your must obedient humble servant,
" C. GRANT."
We understand the barriers arc :about to be replaced
round the city of Dublin, as in 1798 and 1803. It is
better to err on the side of caution than its opposite.
(From the Clonmel Advertiser.)
A few days since, three special bailiffs, under a war-
rant from the sheriff of the country of lA'atertord, came
Cloglitem a fans near Putir.mile-water, to execute
their olliee on the property of a Mr. Power living there,
hut were very suddenly surrounded by a vast multitude
of the country people, who thought the legal process was
for tithes. They drove off the bailitls, who look rjugc
at one o:mond's, a policeman of the barony of Lilena-
heirli, where again these officers were assailed, and com-
pelled to give up their arms.
Against such an outrage so deliberate and systematic,
and accompanied by a pretty undisguised avowal tat these
misguided, mistaken, and infatuated people, that they
would not suffer any man in their district 10 lie molest-
ed by law process 01 any kind. Al r. Matinsell, the sub-
sherd", determi tied opoo that species or which
is universally successful against a disorgatused rabble—
having taken out an officer's party, 20 infantry, to the
place. In the spot where a few days before every thing
seemed to be at the foot of the mob, and their number
was almost countless, the appearance of twenty soldiers
served to have depopulated the district of its male in-
habitants. We have learned from different persons
who went I. attend the auction, to which Mr. Maunsell
immediately proceeded, on the defendants goods, that
there were not ten men to be collected, so completely
were they terrified at this small but effective appear-
ance.

The auction went on; previous to which Mr. Nla un-
sell apprehended three of the persons charged with the
above outrage. The goods, such as they were, were sold,
and the prisoners brought quietly away.
Mr. Maunsell executed his duty with firmness and hu-
manity—and a painful duty it was. The night previous
had been one of peculiar storm, and a part of the hiatt.e
of Mr. Jackson, brother.in-1...v to Mr. Power, the de-
fendant, and immediately near Prwer's, had fallen upon
a lovely infant, about four years old, whom it literally
and instantly crushed to death in its cradle. "i'lie how l-
ing of the siortu„ the deluge of rain falling, the 111j1IA
Corpse of the infant in the ruins of one boos;, and the
clficers of Jo lice sell:, g tie little furniture of the other,
with a of soldiers keeping their prisoners in the
ruin of the old castle at Postr.mile•water—altogether
presented a scene of hot nu better felt than told, and fitter
tor the invention of a ouvelist than the report of a news-
paper.
Last night the house of l'ai. Carroll, at Ballisheeda,
in the liberties of tins city, was broken into, and search-
ed for his servant man, who expressed himself unfa-
vourably towards the night!! proceedings of those de-
luded wretches; lortunately he was not in the house.
Two field-pices and an immense quantity of ammu-
nitioti arrived yesterday in this city.
(F,vm the Sokthern Reporter.)

Between the hours of utte and two o'clock on Fri.
day 11181111iDg, i MOINE 1.01. WWI Dual int& 8 114 We ilia

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Flag-lane, in this city, where a person named James
Kennedy, a brougue-maker, occupies a room up stairs,
several of whom pro..eeded to his apartment; and one
of them 'lye him with a stick a severe Wow on the
head. Tory then broke e%eiy article in the MOM; and
Kennedy, IRing apprehensive, that they were intent on
murder, crept tinder his bedstead. His wife was then
attacked with brut it ferocity, from the effects of which
she now keeps her bed.
PRE; LT ['LUNAR Y MEASURES.

Dust's, Dec. iu —lt was stated on Saturday that
the orders witien had been issued by Government for the
erecting of barrier at the Canal bodges, and other outlets
of the city were countermanded. Yesterday, however,
we heard that preparations for the barriers were again
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The Lord Mayor issued a proclamation on Saturday,
erdering all the public-houses within the police ilt-artet
of Dublin mettopolis to be closed min the hour of eight
o'clock every evening, Until the hour of seven o'clock in
the morning, until further notice.
Doubtless, it is proper that every necessary precaution
sliou!d -be taken for the safety of toe public: we would
oiler the meed of our applause to that vigilance an(lcats-
tion which should even go beyond what might appear to
be sufficient for the protection of the peacoat le and well-
disposed. But disloya4 is the last thing we should now
CXIPeCt to find in the ci:y of Dublin. Loyalty is hut cold
a phrase to express the feelings of its population towards
the ardent, devoted attachment to his Ma-
jesty, will be found amongst all descriptions of its inha-
bitants.
At a meeting of the friends and and admirers of the
late Right Hon. Henry Grattan, belch at the Royal Ex-
change, on Tuesday the 27th last, Robert Day, Esq. in
the chair, it was :eaulved—
That as the liti of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan was
devoted exclusively to the public good, his immortal ser-
vices during half a century, as the first patriot of his
country, and Wunder of her liberty, should be commemo-
rated by a permanent testimonial ; which, though unne-
cessary to transion hitt name to posterity, may be a no.
influent to reemd the gratitude and admiration of the age,
that witnessed those splendid exertions, in which he lived
and died.

The trls of Meath and Fingal, Sir E.4ward Bellew,
Mr.l)l,inkett, mid several other gentlemen, were at the
saute 11111 C alythoted a committee for carrytog the above
resokotott into oleo.

ATHLONS, DEc. 7.—On Wednesday last, in conse-
quence of an altercation that took place between them,
a man named Cunningham was killed here by a thrust
of a calla mord which he received through the heart,
from one of the Roscumuton police. An inquest was
held on the body 'text day, and a verdict of wilful mur-
der was returned against the policeman. He has been
committed to Roscommon gaol to abide his trial at the
ensuing assizes.
KILKENNY, Inc. B.—We have been assured that the
report, of a lawless confederacy' atzainst the payment of
tithes having been formed in the parish of linrochurch,
is wholly unfounded. A gentleman of the highest re-
spectability, residing, in that goat ter of the county, who
would have been the first to ascertain the fact, and to
defeat so mischievous a conspiracy, has given its audio-
r;ty to contradict the rumour. ire the most wisp dified
terms. %Vs- should add, that the circumatance which it
has been our pleasiog duty to discredit, was spoken of
itt the most respectable circles, with a coufidelice of its
truth, that would have justified a much more pcsitiv
and unreserved statement.

Our most recent information front different parts of
this county, we are most happy to state, railcards no fresh
instances of outrage or insubordination. On the con-
trary, some of our most intelligent correspondents, who
proLss to speak front an intimate knowledge of rural
awirty, furnish a very gratifying view of its present st te,
in various districts. One of our informants, whose Aso-
cations open to hint an extended field for observation,
ascribes what he terms—" the meliorated spirit of the
peasantry," in an eminent degree. to the strenuous ex-
hortations and laudable vigilance of the Roman Catholic
Clergy. We own we are disposed to rate the services of
that influential body most highly, and we know they
have been uniformly recognised by our magistracy as
powerlully to contribute to social safety. We sincerely
hope that this encouraging prospect of domestic quiet
m.ly not ultimately disappow the public hope.
Since writing the above, an account of a house nib.
bery in the vicinity of Hallyragget, a few nights ago, was
transmitted to its. The particulars we suppress fur the
present, as they came unautheilticaterl by the name of
our iolorosant. If, on further inquiry, the transaction
.11)1w :us to have been correctly stated, we shall coolant'.
ti.e ite the facts in detail. The affair, as represented to us,
was obviously unconnected with any systematic scheme
of insurrectionary outrage.
We arc happy at being enabled to contradict the state-
ment which ai•peared in our I tst, relative to the firing on
the set,uncl at Ardour. although it had been stated to
its by several persons on Sunday last as a matter of fact.
We can assure our readers and the public that we would
be far from wishing to be the means of creating alarm,
particularly at present, when none such exists in this
cotin•y.—(Tactes Castile.)
i Although this county continues free from acts of open
viou lice, we regret to find that the system of adminis-
tering unlawful oaths is extending amongst the pea.
sandy. It has now, we find, got into the barony of
Tyrawly ; four persons, namely, John Carr, Peter Gil-
laspy, Lucas Farley, and Matthew Comber', of the
parish of Crossmolitia, having been committed on Wed-
tiesilay to the county gaol, by George Ormsby, Esq. of
Gortuer Abbey, charged with being xilaboinnen, and
with aiding and assisting in ad ggg i g tisterini; unlawful
oaths.—(Mayo Constitution.)
The Clare staff patrol constantly in the neighbourhood
of Clare Castle; parties of the 93d and the police are
out every night its tins town and suburbs. It gives us
great saushicdon in being ennobled to state that we en-
pay perfect trenquillity..--(Clurejourne)
(From Ike Cork Mercahtile Chronicle )
A perms %situ .404:(1 as a ::011 of leadt.r :tutting the

marauders, has been arrested by Robert Twice, Esq. an
active magistrate of the County of Kerry, and conveyed
to Dublin, where he is expected to give notch valuable
information. He is a person above the ordinary rank,
and has disclosed the names 01 nearly 300 individuals
who were engaged in these nocuirnal ii snobaoces. He
has also, we are informed, given information where up.
wards of 30 stand of arms have been recovered. Much
credit is due to Mr. Twiss for the address and prompti.
tude with which he effected the arrest of this man. Mr.
Twiss being at used, met hint in a solitary part of the
country, and having reason to suspect his being engaged
in the late disturbances, threatened him, unless he made
,1 disclosure of all he knew, which after some time he
consented to do, Ile was then forwarded to the metro-
polis, where Mr. T. has also gone. We have no doubt
but disclosures equally important with respect to these
outrages will be male from oilier quarters.