The Sun.
London, England, 1806-02-22 00:00:00

DUSLIN, Fin.. 17.

Mr. HENRY PARNE'LL •will be returned, .to-mor-
row, for the Queen's County ; and ..Mr. ROMILLY,
the new Solicitor. General for England; will be re-
turned for the Borough of Portarlington, vacated by
Mr. PARNEL., We .are looking forward, with great
expe&ation, to the Viceroyalty of the. Dike of BED-
FORD. All our Agriculturalists exped to find a trea,
sure in the Duke; and all. our elegantes, a model of
fashion in the Duchess. A shOCking murder was
committed lately at Baltinglass, County of Wicklow,
on the body of an unfortunate female, whom three
soldiers of the Roscommon Militia had enticed into
a public-house to drink The party retired to the,
hay-yard, where her body was found.next morn-
ing, quite naked, and with upwards of fifty.bayonet-
wounds. Some Soldiers have been since arrested,.:
and sent to Wicklow Gaol on-suspicion: .'

.
An alarming fire broke out in the evening of Wed-
nesday sc'nnight, in a Inge double barn, at Great
Totham Hall, near •Maldon, in the occupation of
Mr. PeotE, which raged so furiously, notwithstand-
ing every effort to impede its progress, that in a
short time the barn *as totally consumed, together
with a large quantity of grain it contained ; nor was
it completely Subdued, till a cart-lodge adjoining, a
bean-stack, several waggons and carts, and various
'implements of husbandry, were also destroyed. The
amount of the damage sustained is estimated at one
thousand pounds. The stock only was insured.—
There is great reason to setpea this unfortunate cir-
cumstance-was wilfully occasioned. .
The following circumstance lately occurred at
Mr. Melville's farm, ,of Newbigging, near Ceres, in
Fife :—,Cone morning seven, of Mr. Melville's cattle
were found apparently stabbed in the side, two of
them so dreadfully that they died in the course of,
next 'day. SuspeEting, it was .done by some malici-
COS person,
.a precognition was immediately taken,
before ithe Procurator. Fiscal and Shei ill* Depute of
Fifeshire, 'when ,a servant maid (who had been late-.
ly.disrpissed . for :some minderneanour,_ and who
had been heard, to. yaw reves,ige against her Master),-
and several, other persons were taken up and ex-
amined ; but Aothing,appearjng against any, of them,
: they 7.:-/ere all;liberated, at that time.--Stronger evi,
deece tending. to erimiitate the,m,,they were a second
time called.kfereihe Court, who were proceeding;
iri,:theirexaniinatipp, when, information was brought
that five more of the. farmer's ;cattle were, found out
ie 'a similar,M?pnepl,.sltch a yery singular ease Caused,
a is ore stri4iinvestigetion -to be made) . whee; it, Was
i fund that the-,w4olie inischief had been Lee by- a.
large boaF., ..viliel'i.,hfid 4cep.iliacivejtott left amoeg;
tie cattle in night:ho. time.- , ,
()n tlie,l3 414.. -was executed before the Sheriff,of
iftafet'ordshire, a Writ of Inquiry of damages in an
ail ion breitglit by; James Vere, Esq.
,against one of
the Proprietors efthe.Mail from Carmarthen through
Brecon. to Gloucester,: for the loss of three parcels
co*inieg game, ned other articles sent to London
by- that coach some - time ago. The
•Jury,, gave, fill',
44mages,. 44;4 costs. -of course will follow t. 40.
verdict. , .
T,ast week a Coroner's Inquest was held at Ply-
.
' Mouth Pock, ,on - the body of a Seaman, who had
been ashore from his Ship in ilatnoaze, and having
spent'all.his money, was, as usual, turned out of the
public house where he had spent it; and, from irt•
tosieation,_ it is supposed, became deranged, as he
was found iti a bye place with his throat cut dread-
fully, and dead ; and from the circumstance of a
broken rope,, with a noose, lying by him,, it is sup-
ppsed 4e attempted to hang himself first, and the
rope breaking, he finished the business ill the above
shocking ma n n en---;:Verd i et---=•Lunacy : ' • -
On an estate called Tursdon, in the parish of
Liskeard, in the county of Cornwall, more than 2,-0
apple trees blossomed just before:Christmas ,`last,
and twotrees have got very fine apples on therm now;
as large as French nuts.