The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-20 00:00:00

IRELAND.

[Prom the Dublin Morning, Post of Jan. 13.1
The following letter received in town yesterday
communicates a most unfortunate and fatul occur-
rence:—

" MALLOW, JAN. 1 have this moment heard
of a most shocking occurrence which took place in
the neighbourhood of this town last night. I am
so hurried that I cannot now be circumstantial. The
short account is this :—'The Rev. Mr. Chester, of
this town, a magistrate, took a party of the 22d
regiment patrole the country to the southwest
of and having sent out an advanced guard
he was informed by them that he heard the trampling
of horses coming forward. Mr. Chester and the
military officer placed their party on each side of the
road, behind the ditches. The supposed marauders
advanced—the two first that appeared were fired at
by at least ten or twelve soldiers. They fell: but,
when the main body came up, it was discovered that,
instead of Whiteboys, they were King's troops, and,
to the utter consternation of all parties, it was found
that the individuals who fell, were the Rev. J. B.
Lowe, and one Law, a constable, who were both of
the party mistaken by Mr. Chester for Whiteboys,
and had accidentally preceded them fur a moment.
The Rev. Mr. Lowe was perforated by five or six
balls ; he died instantly. The constable is in the

infirmary wounded, and past all hope."
Sill:lAL COMMISSION.
LIMERICK, JAN. 13.—This day, ut two o'clock,
the Hon. Mr. Justice Moore arrived in this city,
shortly after proceeded to the County Court, which
being opened in the usual forms, his Lordship stated,
that he had come to Limerick, under the directions
of the Government, to adjourn the Commmission ;
and he thought it right to observe, that on the day
to which it will be adjourned, such persons as re-
mained untried, should be brought Jim-ward for that
purpose, and made amenable to justice.
The Court was then adjourned pro forma, to Sa-
turday the 16th February next.
Some application was made to take off tines im-
posed on Jurors for non-attendance at the opening
of the Commission, and his Lordship stated that it
was totahy out of his power to listen to any such
applications—that Baron M•Clelland had signed the
estreats, and that such matters were now to be in-
terfered with by only the Commissioners for Ile-
ducements.

'From age Cork Intelligencer of Jan. 15.
DtIiPERATE ATTACK AT BANTRY —On Friday
morning last, at tour A.M. a body of men, consistirg
of between 500 and 700 wed armed and mostly
mounted, attacked the house of D. 11,2Ilefont,
and also the houses of Messrs. Doyle and I'otterso:l,
from all of winch they took arms. The Earl ..f
Bantry, with that promptitude and gallantry which
mark his character, hearing of the circumstance i.t
about three hours after, proceeded with five or six of
his friends, with a hope of cutting some of them off
befine they separated, and made tor the glen road
leading tc Macron, where they overtook them abe;:t
day-light, beyond the chapel at Ballingearing, cross.
ing a mountain ro d leading to Lackavana, in Kerry,
about 14 miles from Bantry. The insurgents have
taken to the heights above the road, gave them a
full view of bislordshp's little band, and they thereby
were encouraged to make an attempt to surround
their pursuers, and they commenced a regular attack,.
shouting from every hill, and firing, after quittin4
their hors,:s. The party of his Lordship retreated-
back on the Glen road, finding themselves unequal
to contend with such superior numbers, • firing
slowly to cover their retreat; the insurgents Is-
' charged their arms, and rolled and threw down
stones into the Glen. Lod Bantry had a fortunate
escape, for one stone was particularly thrown ut
him, but Mr. White, his Lordship's brother, was si
successful as to shoot him, and two others are sup.
po.e.tt to have been wounded; the party of his Lord-
ship maintained their ground as long as possible
before they returned to Bantry, with a view to bet
possession of the killed and wounded, which, we are
sorry to say, they were not able to effect--had the
account reached his Lordship in sufficient time to
have enabled him to collet his neighbours, a got4l
account would have been given of these desperadoes

Sir Francis Burdett is announced among the last
arrivals at Cheltenham. We hope tke worthy Ba.
ronet will lay in a sufficient stuck of health, to b!
able to encounter his parliamentary duties 11CX: ses-
sion, which is expected to be one of the mo,t inte-
resting, if nut luuorious, at least for the atten.:ing
members, that has occurred fir years. The electors
of Westminster, and every other ci:y, county, and
free-lairough in the kingdom. expect that every
member will do 66 duty.

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