The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-25 00:00:00

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OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.

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1.114/tRICK, Nov. 14.—A report was very prevalent yes-
terday that the eutire County of Limerick, with the Liberties,
were immediately to be placed either under martial low ur
the insurrection act. On enquiry, we fiud, that neither of
these strong measures y ill or could be resorted to at present
but we hear from good authority, that a pruehtmatiou is
daily expected to appear, extending the provisions of the
peace preservation act, which is at present in operation in
the comity of Limerick, to the City and Liberties, in which
case there will he an additional magistrate and an extensive
police stationed here.
At two o'clock yesterday morning Milford House, within
one mile and a half of this city, an the Dublin road, wait
visited by an armed banditti, who dashed in the !owes
sashes of the too oindows, said with sledges attempted to
break the hall-door—the family being aroused from sleep,
the radians %ere asked what they wanted, they answered
" fire arms," flOa being informed that there was but one
fowling piece in the house, they required it iu it peremptory
munner.—Mr. !Rummell not being prepared to resist them,
the gun was handed nut,--after consulting se ith each other
for ten minutes, they returned and desired more arms, but
MI Mr.. Matnisell assuring them there were no more, they
retired firing shots. The party nos most numerous, ►horse
outside the hall exceeded t hit tr, well armed, with either
muskets o• launderhusses, exclusive of u vast number iu the
demesne.
The same banditti also entered the turnpike house at
Grandy, and succeeded in securing one blunderbuss ;—t hey
also plundered a farmer's house, as Ballystmun, and obtaiued
one musket.
Threatening letters, signed " Captain Rock," have been
sent 10 different persons in this neighbourhood, desiring, in
erase they should not have fire arms, to be p..epared to pay a
certain sure, to nimble the captain and his corps to purchase
ammunition—they also threaten destruction to certain per-
sons retaining any crown witnesses in their protection.
Extract of II letter received at the office front a gentleman
residing:it Kilflyan parish, in the county of Cork t—
" Au armed party consisting of thirty men, most of whom
were mounted, attacked the houses of six respectable far-
mers, mid took from them their arms to the amount of II
►tand. From the route taken by the banditti, after they
had finished their depredations, it is supposed that they came
trout the West of the Country. In this opinion I am in-
rimed to concur, front the peaceable disposition and general
good conduct of the inhabitants of this parish. 1 ant eon-
!Heim that the peace of this immediate neighbourhood would
he fully preserved, were u few soldiers or policemen stationed
in the village of Ballyorgan. The inhabitants (whose pro-
priety of conduct and loyalty have been proved in the re-
bellion, when acting under the ordersof the late Mr. Silver
Oliver) would most willingly co-operate with auy military
sent to their assistauce. The village of Ballyorgan is situated
close to the high road to Ferinury, seven miles south of Kul
mattock, There is not it magistrate, policeman, or soldier,
nearer than three miles.
On Sunday night nearly eighty men, uncommonly well
mounted, nutteked the houses Of John Speeriug, miller, and
Williain Davis, at Beisbus, within it short distance of Adore,
and succeeded in getting Intl guns. Toe villains demolished
the windows and doors, and, on retiring, fired several shots.
On Sunday night, a large party, supposed to be the sans',
attacked the house of John Buse, L,q. at Gramm k, near
Adore, and demanded his arms. air. Ruse said lie would
out give them but with his life. They offered to leave him
Li, own double-hurrelled gun, provided be mould give them
a single gun and a bluialethuss, which they knew he had io
his house, On finding him determined to resist, they retired,
after firing two shots into the house, sad breaking all the
windows and several of the doors.
The house of Bartholomew Gibbings, Kai. of Oitthings
Grove, was attacked on Sunday night last, by a large parts
of marauders, %Ito broke the hall door with a sledge and
pick-axe and fired several shots into the windows, They
were, however, most gallantly repulsed, and driven .4r in
great confusion, leaving behind them a sledge, a pick-axe
and spear, and blood wits found in I irge drops near the
house. Abt Mk fire was kept up flout the house by Mr.
Cibhily mid his patty, which must have done executiou.
This gang broke into several houses in that neighbourhood
osi the saute night—amongst others, the house of iidenond
Burry, Esq. of Kilhulane, whose door and windows they
broke, and ill-treated himself and family. Mr. Ilarry being
in a delicate state of health, had sent away his ;mins, and is as
not prepared for resistance.
Ou Monday night a large party of fellows :Mucked the
house of Lieutentan Molurty, R. N. at Outikerroo,
Yerryisisithey were completely repulsed by Lieutenant Knott,
R. N. (the only male person in the house). One of the
villains is supposed to he mortally wounded.
On Thursday evening, between seven and eight n't la.
the house of Lieut. Henson, It. N. at Longhill, iii this
county, was surrounded by a large party, who haring planted
ceutiuels in the cabins convenient, plundered it of almost
every portable article they could find—they then retinal,
firing shouts. Mr. liewson was at Mount Trenchard wtwo
the attack was made, otherwise he would have given them
a warm reception. It is pleasing, however, to find, that Ow
♦illains did not obtain fire arms.
The house of Julio Grady, of Darringslnwn, near K Bitu-
men, was again assailed on Sunday night, and forcibly cirered
by a very large party. They succeeded its entering the liuus.i
by means of a sledge, and threatening hint with Outwit
death took from him two guns and some anonnuition. He
hadheat them off on the Friday before.
Contributions were levied by the same party on several
ouses where they did nut find arms, and paraded in peat
umbers near the town of Rational).
Oil Sunday night the house of Thomas 11111, Esq. of Bal.
Isbonethehigh, in this comity, was broken open and some
■its taken, _ _

The house of Mr. Martin, Fenre, of Ballyhught, was also
attacked, and two guns taken from him.
The following farmers' houses in the same neighbourhood
were also attacked on Sunday night :—Patrick Marti's,
Michael sPAuliff's Patrick tileeson's, and three 011111-,
whose names we have not learned; from such as had out
anus, money was demanded to purchase ammunition; this
in some instances was gladly acceded to by the owner:,
and where the money was handed to theta to any extent,
it was immediately returned by the marauders, who stated
that in order to make the contribution equal, they bad
agreed that the demand should nut exceed a stivereiii at
every house.
On Sunday night, the house of Mr. James Hill, at Grainue,
Was attacked, and sonic lire arms taken.
Mr. Leahy'. house, at Suppleton, was likewise attacked,
and two guns taken.
Several gentlemen in this county have deinel 1111 l ods of
pale(' and isailltary ;tritium:ll in their 1 s, to re•er th••
expected vi.its 'rota the nightly marauders.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

This day, the entire of the comity Limerick police
were inspected at Rathkealc, by their Chief Magistrate,
Richard Wilcorks, Lsq. who assumed the command on Sa.
tardily last.
The chief police-officer stationed at Castle Connell, and
all the detachments under his command, passed through
this city, this day for Ratlikeale.
An action far breach of promise of marriage, in which
Miss Margaret Adams of Ki!finnan, was and the
Rev. Mr. Cozens, defendant, was disposed or ou Saturday,
in the county cuurt-house, judgment having gone by default,
and a writ ismued to the Sheriff to assess damages. The Jury,
after hearing evidence, returned a verdict of 2251. with
costs. The damages were laid in the pleadings at 1,0001.
The barracks al Templemore were robbed last week of
thirty six pair of blankets; some of them mere recovered iu
this city.

COURT OF EXCISE, NOV. 22.
Mr. G. Douadieu, a grocer, was charged upon
in-
formation with having manufactured stone blue and
Queen's blue from pipe clay, flour, meal, and other
articles, instead of starch and the necessary colouring
matter, whereby he incurred a penalty of IOU!. There
were other counts in the information on which penal-
ties were also sought to be recovered. To all the charges
the defendant pleaded Not Guilty.
IVilliarn Dorsey, an Excise officer, stated, that on
the 6th of June last he went to a house, Nu. 4, Corn-
court, Whitechapel, in company with a brother oflicer,
where they discovered a complete manufactory of stone
blue, and seized on the premises a quantity of materials
for compounding all article resembling stone blue.
There was a very small proportion of starch, pipe-clay
being the principal material.
In consequence of information the officers received
from Abraham Bennett, the person in possession of the
house, they went to Mr. Donadieu, who is a grocer, re-
siding at No. 31, Swan-place, in the Kent-road, and on
searching the 'itemises they found 731bs. of adulterated
stone blue. Mr. Domadien,upon bring asked where he
got the blue, said he had bought it from Abraham Ben-
net, and being asked for the bill of parcels, he fur some
time searched his tile for it, but at length said he had
not received any, as Bennet could not write.
Abraham Bennett stated, that he was a journeyman
stone blue maker, and had been employed by Mr. Dona-
dieu, with whom he had once lived as journeyman, to
manufacture stone blue from materials which were sent
to him. There was but a stone of starch in the whole
quantity that was seized ; the rest was pipe-clay, and an
article called British smalt colouring. British smalt was
sometimes used by the regular manufacturers. Mr.
Dunadieu thought it legal, and desired the witness to
cutter the manufactory at the excise-office in his own
name, which he declined doing, lest, if the article were
illegal, the consequence of using it might fill on htmself.
Mr. Reeds, a stone blue manufacturer, examined the
samples of the articles that were produced, winch he
proved were not the proper materials fur making stone
blue.

I lie defendant's soli,:itor made a most 111V11.10US de-
fence. He said the matetiak had been fallen in payment
01 a bad (kb! how a person who had ahsconded, and he
deprecated the intllction of hea%y penalties on the de-
fendant, who was at present under a commission of
bankruptcy, and who was also aged and infirm.
The Court, in pronouncing Judgment, expressed their
fears that the fratulu:ent manufacture of spurious stone
blue had been Carried on to a considerable extent, by
which nut only had the revenue been detrauded, but the
purchaser had paid five shillings for what was scarcely
worth nue. In the present instance, however, they
should not press the payment of the full penalties, but
should fine the defendant 51. and condemn the whole of
the apparatus and goods found in the manufactory.

Extract o!" a letter trout Mancnester, dated Nov. 20 :
" 'rite following shocking occurrence took place at
Sallied fair, in this heighbournood, last night. Two
young men and women left this place yesterday for Sal•
iord ; ss hen about to return from thence iii the evening,
one of the soling women proposed calling itpim a rela-
tion, who c...-eps a public house in the town ; they ac-
cordingly did so, when, after a short time, on calling for
supper, finding nothing in the house they liked, the
viimig men went (nit to procure something better, It
was now rpproocning 12 o'clock, and the young men
were returning, when they perecised a man and woman
in a very iodelieate situation in the public path. One of
theta, Warned Rath.' ty, was so indignant that he expressed
himself in anory terms to the Mall, who iMlTlVili:ltyly
advance l towards hini,and opening a penknife, plunged
it into Ratterty's left side. Rafferty uttered a groan,
rushed into the house, fell down, and soon after expired.
The unfortunate person who inflicted the wound Buffeted
himself to he taken, without making any attempt at
escape or resistance. lie did not appear to be conscioos
of what he had done, but stood completely stultified,
looking on the body as if nothing had !witched. These
are all the parti ulars 1 have been able to ascertain the
truth ul.=l'hc inquest is to be held on the body of the
deceased th-morrow."

PA It OCH IA L ELECTI em.—On Thursday 12st came on
the election of a Matron to the Workhouse for the pa-
rish of St. Luke, Chelsea, iti the place of Mrs. Cade,
deceased. The candidates were a Mrs. Davis, widow,
who for upwards of twenty years has been a housekeeper
in the parish; and a Mrs. Bintenbury, spinster, who is
appto iching towards 50. The latter was supported by
tae Rector, Curate, Church NaRICIIS, Overseers, and a
conNi:ietable number of the Parochial Connni lice, in
opposition to whom, and after a blimp contest, which
abtul arum tco in the morning till seven at night, the
widow was elected by a laNe majority; the numbers
being—For Mrs. Davis, 869—Mrs. Rattenbury, 699—
Majority, Mt.
On Tuesday evening last about four o'clock, a thief
endeavoured to get through the shop into the parlour
onperczived, of the house of Mr. Browne, tobacconist,
No 102, Broad-street, Ratchtle, and during the
tcmlxt-
rary absence of Mrs. Nowise, stole from off the mantle-
piece a valuable watch and appilidagps, with which he
o.ettled.

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nrisi-
CoRONER'II INQUEST —On Tuesday latt an i
lion was taken at the house of Mr. Edwards, the Cross-
keys tavern, in Thenbald's-road, before, T. Stirling,
coroner, on view of the bony of Sarah Juicy, aged 40
years, who was found dead in her bed on Saturday last,
at her lodgings, No. 42, Theobalt's-
filled roail. with The jsjury.room, and the passage leading to it, wasl
pec.
tators, whose curiosity had been excited by the many
reports that had gone abroad about the death of the de.
teasel. The Jury having been impannelled, took a
view of the body, which was still in bed, and presented
one of the most horrible sights we ever witnessed. It
appeared that the deceased had formerly lived servant in
most respectable families at the West-end of the town,
and bore a most exemplary character. She had left her
last situation with the Intent of getting married to a man
of small fortune, and, taking an apartment, she had
purchased household furniture previous to her marriage,
when the attention of her lover began to diminish, and
subsequently the match was set aside, and the cones.
pondence ceased. She ever after apppenred to be always
to a state of itlejection. She would absent herself day
after day, and no one knew where she resorted to. For
the last fortnight she had not been seen, but her absence,
although long, caused no uneasiness, as she was so fre-
quently doing so, nil last week the inmates of the house
where she lodged were annoyed by a most infectious
smell, and finding it issued from the apartment of the
deceased, they caused the door to he opened on Saturday
last, when she was found dead. The hotly was in such
a shocking state that no surgeon could approach it, in
order to anatomise it; but, from the circumstance of two
empty vials, which hid contained laudanum, being found
under her, it was the surgeon's opinion she drank the
contents, which caused dissolution. The jury, therefore,
returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed herself by
taking laudanum, in a state of derangement.
On the night of the Ist instant, the house of Mrs.
JOhNson, of Beertoni near Liverpool, was entered by
four men, and robbed of a large sum of money and other
property. The singular circumstances under which the
act was committed are worthy of record. In order to
obtain admittance, they scratched at the door, after the
manner of a dog. It was unsuspectingly opened by the
female servant. They entered, and declaring that they
did not purpose any violence towards her, they put her
in the pantry ; and while one of them remained below
to keep watch, the others went up stairs. They found
Mrs. Johnson in bed : told her not to be alarmed, no
personal injury being meant, her money only being
Iwhit they sought. The lady, with much presence of
mind, on observing their intentions, secured unperceits
ed a gold watch, which she had at hand, under her
night clothes. They handed her to an arm-chair, and
asked for some wine. In going for it she contrived to
pass the fire-place, and throwing tne watch among the
shavings in the grate, she preserved it. They then sat
down, and conversed freely with her for some time.
One of them of genteel dress and manner, showed her
a number of false keys, and described to her their seve-
ral uses. lie remarked that a person of her rank must
hire a watch ; for which they searched her bed, but
djd not offer to search her person. After robbing the
house of money to a large amount, including a Bank
ImA-bill of 501. specially endorsed, the, politely bade
sirs. Johnson good night, and departed. They soon
alter returned, saying at the door that they b id forgotten
something ; but the servant denied them admittance.
They were detected at Birmingham, upon presenting
the bill alluded to; brought to Liverpool, and fully
committed 1)t.

Suiclue,—A melancholy circumstance took place at
the Greyhound Jim, Newmarket, last week. Two
young gentlemen, E. M. Esq. and his brother, arrived at
the above house, from Cambridge, and spent the day
there. Between seven and eight o'clock in the evening
they prepared to return ; the waiter brought in their box
coos, when the younger gentleman desired him to he
careful how he handled them, as they contained loaded
pistols. The man put the coats down, and retired, when
the gemleman who had given the caution took the pistols
from the pockets of the coats and bid them on the table.
Mr. M. then requested of his brother to see if the gig
was ready; he had scarcely retired for the purpose when
he was alarmed by the report of fire-arms. Hs instantly
ran back, and on entering the room found his unfortu-
nate brother stretched on the floor, a corpse. Ott ex-
aminmg the body, i was found that the ball had enter-
ed the cheek, and passed into the head. Both candles
were extinguished. An inquest was held on the body,
and a verdict of insanity was returned. The unfortu-
nate gentleman appeared about 22 years of age, was
highly respected, and was allied to a family of the first
respectability and property, The rause of the melan-
choly catastrophe is said to have been a love affair.
Providential escape from drowning of one of the Deal
loatrnen--11 appears that after the two men from the
D.2al boat got on board the vessel wrecked upon the Cod-
win Sand on Friday last, from their own boat, which
remained in attendance upon the vessel, every exertion
and effort were used for the preservation of the ship and
cargo. One id these brave boatmen was unhappily lost
with the slim's CICIN ; the Other boatman, named Wan.
Dawes, now miraculously restored to his wile and family,
gives the following account :—About four o'clock p. m.
on Finlay, the vessel became a complete wreck upon the
sand. She remained upon die sand until three o'clock
the ensuing morning, doting which time the whole of
the ship's crew and the other Deal man were either
washed °vet board or perished upon the deck of the ves-
sel. After three, the vessel parted, and this poor fellow,
securing himself upon part of the wreck, was thus
floating in the ocean until Sunday, when he was picked
up by a vessel at sea, about nine leagues (soot the north
sand-head. He was most humanely treated b the mas-
ter of the vessel, and landed on Tuesday atNew Rom-
ney. Tnis intrepid and peculiarly hardy boatman is
now safe at home at Deal, with his family.
A (awl days ago a gentleman near Tetbury, in Glou-
cestershire, killed three wild geese flying, at one slyri;
whey were of the light grey kind, and weighed iii 'IY
blb. each.

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/Police.

MANSION HOUSE.

FRAUD BY A B gOKER.—As soon as AlderlDaDT3rOWOe,
who sat for the Lord Mayor, bad taken his seat on Fri-
day, an elderly woman, very poor in appearance, applied
for a warrant to apprehend a stockbroker, whom she had
employed to receive her dividend of 51. LongAnnuities,and
who, having brought her to the Batik for the purpose, as
he said, of signing a book to authorise him to receive the
dividend, had, under that pretence, caroled bins to sign
an actual transfer of her stuck to a third person.
A clerk from the Bank accompanied the complainant,
and corroborated her statement as far as the transfer of
the stock. Ile said, that the Batik being no sufferer by
the fraud, would not prosecute the Broker, but were
desirous to give the poor woman all the assistance in
their power for the recovery of her stock.
In answer to an inquiry from the Alderman, he said,
that the Broker who committed the fraud was regularly
licensed.
The poor woman said, she had no other property in
the world.
Alderman Browne said, the best way of dealing with
the Broker was to complain to the Court of Aldermen,
before which he most be bailed to the 11111011 Di of 20001
and if the Court found that his conduct had been frau-
dulent, they would immediately come down upon the
sureties.
ROBBERY OF THE LONDON TAVERN.—Elizabeth
Kendall and Jane Clarke were charged by Mr. Bleaden,
the proprietor of the L•nulo Tavern, with having robbed
him of various articles of plate, china, sheets, blankets,
quilts, curtains, table cloths, napkins, knives, forks, Ste.
to a great amount.
Mr. Bleaden stated, that for a considerable time past
a great number of the above articles were missed at the
Tavern, and on Monday one of Ms potters told him he
had seen some of them at the house of a friend of the
prisoner Kendall's, in Little Britain. Mr. B. in conse-
quence went there with an officer, and found several of
the articles, and also a greet number of duplicates of ar-
ticles of his that hnl been pledged. From theOCC he
went to a house in Jewin-street, where the woman's
daughter lived, and there he found some of his knives
and forks in use. The prisoner Kendall, on being ques-
tioned by Mtn, admitted that she had taken the things
that had halt found, but said she only lent them to her
friends for a christening, and meant to return them.—
Mr. Bleaden went again to the house in Jewin-street,
and by promising the woman not to prosecute, prevailed
on her to make a full discovery, when she gave up two
large boxes filled with his property, and a great number
of duplicates for more, part of which had been pawned
by the pristmer Clatke.
This womait's evidence being necessary to the com-
mittal of the prisoners, they were remanded, to give time
for her attendance.

GUILDHALL.
On Friday Nlr. lirowne, the keeper of the Rose Inn,
Smithfield, appked to the Sitting Jlagi•trate, Alderman
Ainsley, for his advice under the following peculiar cir-
cumstances:—

Mr. 13rowne stated, that on the 25. h of last month, a
servant man drove into the yard with live horses, which
he said belonged to his toaster, who would soon follow,
the toaster came soon after, and desired that his servant
should be accommodated, and also lived at the house
himself for several days. In the mean time the horses
were sold and taken away, all but flue, when he (Mr.
11.) presented his bill, which mounter(' to 91.
and WilS told it should Ise settled. The next day, as the
owner of the horses was sitting with another person, Mr.
Browne entered the room, and the stranger said to him,
" Landlord, tell me what I owe for the keep of any
horse ;" Mr. Browne replied he did not know he bad
ally horse of his. Both the gentlemen then stated that
the remaining horse was the property of the stranger,
who offered to pay for his keep, and threatened Mr.B.
with an action for refusing to deliver him.
The Magistrate thought, as all the horses were left
together, with Mr. Browne, as an implied security for
the debt, that he was jussified in keeping the one that
remained till lie should be paid.
The owner of the horse then came forward, and said
he had been no ',arty to the iocurring the debt—he hail
merely sent his horse at his frwod's wine:4, and was
yntly to pay for his keep, and thought it hard he should
not get him.
The Magistrate said, he believed the Lawyers nmst
settle it—he could not undertake it.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.

TkIEDUTRAPE IN CHARLES STREET, DRURY LANE.
—On Friday, Hannah Pethick, Nlaria Angel, and Mary
11 iggeriy, three prostitutes of the lowest description, and
a man named Burrell, underwent an examination before
Mr. Mainwaring, the sitting magistrate, charged with
being concerned in throwing a man, named Diallers
(who accompanied the prisoner Pet hick to a house of ill
lame, in Charles-street, Drucy-lane), out of a window,
aLont six weeks since.

Thay;rs was supported into the office, and presented
rather a melancholy apt etacle: he appeared in great pain
from the bruises on his body. He was allowed to sit
t bile giving his evidence. He stated, that about six
weeks since he met the prisoner Pcthick in Holborn,
and being in a state of intoxication, allowed himself to
he prevailed upon to accompany her to Charles-street.
On going into her room, up two pair of stairs, he gave
her some silver to purchase 51CJks, as he had not dined ;
she went out, and shortly returning, gave him the steak&
and keeping the change, which he wanted to have. Al-
ter smile aitereation between them, the prisoner, and a
roan and woman who came into the mom, he got back
his money, and was retiring, lvlien he received a blow
on the head from a candlestick—the blow was repeated,
and he fell senseless, and recollects no more of the trans-
action until he found himself in the hospital, The un-
fortunate man here looked very attentively at all the
prisoners, and declared he could only swear to the wo.
man Pethick, as be kticw nothing of any of the ()thus.