The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-21 00:00:00

I EEL/IND.

[From the Cu-1- Cuitaital'oa of Friday.)
ATTAR,: o' M. rom's Horst; AT STRI•rroRT. AND
DLNTKVCTIIPN (IF Il le P.,,WE.11f V.—lt iS a iilrlailcholy re
ileetion that the examples of public justice, or the etereise of
benevolence, Wilit:ll 6ay.l been alternately in operation during
they eat, rap elleet no rrfurtno;inn in the o, a wicked and
to.ssnided peioiantry, and that scarcely a day paste which
cues not us with fresh instances of their relentless de•
p: sully.
'1131.1 following partiettlr.rs of the occurence have been sent
by Air. Fuel, cud the gallant defence wade by the lushly will
Le read with satisfect.uu.

" Springfort, Oct. 9.
•• Stn,-1 send you the fallawing particulars of the attack
and outrage committed upon me lAst bight at the hour of twelve
o'clock, by as armed banditti, some of whom broke open and
entered my porter's lodge, et the gate of my avenue, and swore
him to infis m ti 1.111 of the quantity and particulais of the arms
in my house, and whether I would he Lkely to drliuer them
up quietly.

The poi ter states he declinedgivingthein any in-

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fornaktrou, lot toed thou the muss would ant Vb,. giveirup ;
whereupon they required him to give them a kettle, or any '
thing that wood carry lire. He denied bating arty article that
would suit their purpose. They thee asked fur the : teward's
/souse, to whom they went, and from whom they took lire, and
posted sentinels on the doors of each of these men, commanding
team, us they s :deed their lives, not to stir out of their bowies.
They theseprodeeileil to a haggard in the rear of my dwelleig-
house, winch contented upwards of sixty tons of hay, sixty
Imes of who al in stand, and 20 barrels of oats in staid, sod '
act all en lite. They nest anauked my do riling-house, with
yell., ale outing, and whistling to the Dent and rear, and at the
64:11e time de: wiling my • 1116, which I peremptorily refused,
leading that 1 would only lent with them with my life. They
easel tied vs try gentleman in the country gave up their anus,
and thrt if I did nut give up wine, they would bunt my house
roe, (Alice!, and a second haggard of mine—one but titer re-
moved than that which vs as on Ore. They then mended the
wirelowe of my house with a mixed discharge of Lie-arms and
Mears, at the smote others of the patty set lire to the out °dives,
during all which time a smart lire was kept op upon them by
ruyae.f, 31r. James Foot (my father), 31r. Joules Atkin (my
L. other in law), and • faithful sett aid.
•• The attack. centisined for about an hour, the haudil ti at in-
terval* demanding the arms. which wits as repeatedly answered
thy a diachar:e of mine trout the house. I am, however, story
to nay our lire was without tdeot, except in one ituitsiace :
during the conflict one wan clone to the end of the husise with
a dam:seat: ; I tired et and messed hint : he then ran to the half
alien eita the fia.olreaa and some straw, and attempted to set
it on els,u a act front Quo of our party wouaaed him in
one neci, as he was a eu to sta„ger away, rail was ear, bed olf
by b., cumpauimis, who thereupon lied. 11y father, tea, old
r.a- r, upeards of ..es euty years of age, narrowly escaped a hail,
it having razed his head, and lodged in the ceiling user the
place whet e he stood.
" All the corn and hay has been entirely consumed, as have
also the offices. consisting of . cuscli.lauuse, burns and potato
house, on one site, in which 6/1111 were contained shout !meets
bags of wheat threshed ; sad on tlor other ride, consisting of a
laundry-house, a turf, and a foal-huase. In another wise:, a
tour-her. e stable and a eider-house, containing fourteen
sheeLis of cider, sad ill the iiii.ilinucuts um:ens:try fur making
cider.
" Sir Hugh Cough, with a party of the 22d regiment, from
pottevaut, and Captain Heaviside, with a party of the 37th
regne arrived about titter o'clock thin morrung, but maw:-
tuttte•y too late to renJer assi tattoo.
'• Tue whole loss by this outrage wily he estimated et from
litldf. to GOW. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
" T. W . FOOTT."
The dwelling of a fanner of the name of bonovan, near the
residtuce of Itielend OVoauvan, of Donovan's Cove, in the
west of this county, wan toreiby entered on thin aieht or the
Ist inst. by a part, consisting of fate or six armed men, with
their feces Idatesested. Atter slamming l)onovau for leaving
letr:y taken • farm, they snaltrinited lien and leas wife in the
most cruel manner, end afterwards whited the house of SW.
and pa operty: We regret to add the man lies since deed of his
wouods, and but little Lopes are eaten:need of his wile's re •
rover,.
On the morning of Sunday 'set a notice was found posta on
the chapel door of umit.uning persons out to pay tithes
wa pare of death.
Orr Site night of Sunday last, the lumen of William Park, in
the pariah of Drum, couuty uf Roecoonsiose was set oar Gre, cud
the Jute:nor of it emseumed. Tee male omens to which we ran
trace Cita atrocity_ la, teat tins tens Bent wan designed for a
police stctiam.
Toe dwelling-hoax of Ms-. Joseph hicks, in the parish of
imenty of Roscommon, w.s at on lire- together with
two *leeks of turn, in Isis La: gore!, by anaie tallioious 113C611..
tii tries. The Iwuse, however, wee only coummesel in part, hut
the rues rod • prey to the flames.
A spirit of outrage we*nn manifests itself in part of the
14rosiy of Clentuerris. OnToeraday night • horse was
aid A !prmit:- of c..ui 13.J16i6ti 41y ovotroyett at the &Aimee et
taleure• catl• Isom tde•ipown of C: rte.
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