The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-09 00:00:00

DUBLIN, Fin., 3.

TII RE P of the robbers and murderers of Mr.
Adair, of Sherlockstown, were apprehended c;,;
Friday, by the spirit and sagacity of Mr. WEST,
jun. of Skinner-row, Goldsmith. These villains
came to his shop to dispose of part of the plunder,
which Mr. W EST recoils tied to have sold a short
time since to Mr. ADAIR ; he amused the fellows
for a while with conversation, during which he
sent for Major Stag that Gentleman soon arriv-
ing, the ruffians were secured, and such disco-
veries made, that almost the whole gang have
since been made prisoners.

Nineteen sheep were on Wednesday night last
stolen from
.the Duke of Leinster, out of Carton-
Park. The outrages in that quarter of the coun-
try are highly alarming.
A curious robbery was discovered a few days
ago at Castletown, the seat of the Right, Hon.
Thomas Conolly. His steward having occasion
to get some corn threshed for dometic use, order-
ed' a.man to the top of a large rick in the haggard,
to throw down some sheafs for the purpose ;'when
behold, as soon as he. put his foot there, he disap-
peared'; another went up to see' what had become
of him, thinking that the first • had fallen inio a'
fit, or had been suddenly seized with illness ; but
the latter also'disappeared. It occasioned no lit-
tle consternation, that such a gulph should be
within the corn-rick, and gave rise to an opinion
that there must he magic in the circumstance. At
length resolution was formed to closely investi-
gate the affair, when it was found that the inside
of the corn-rick had been Most ingeniously gut-
ted of a vast number of the sheaf's, and the vacancy
was the pit into which the men had fallen, from
which they were immediately extricated. Suspi-
cion fixing on a person who had been in the em-
ployment of Mr. Conolly, his servant's repaired
to the man's- house at Cenbridge, where their
apprehension was increased on seeing it newly
thatched, about which they enquired from the
man's wife (who said her husband Was not at
home), but received a very unsatisfakaory answer.
Searching the place, however, they found in' it a
rake belonging to Mr. Conolly, and afterwards
the man concealed under a hed, who being
threatened and taken into custody, confessed the
filet of being the dextrous operator withinsicie of
the corn. rick.

M. FULTON, who introduced the Panorama at
Paris, has, lately made some experiments at
Ilasfre and at Brest, with his Fish-boat. This
boat is COnstrufied nearly. in the usual' manner,
only that the sides swell out more, 'and that the
bottom is flat. The latter has an aperture in
the middle for receiving a pump, by means of
which" the vessel 'is made to descend to the
bottom of the water. At one of the extremities
there is another pump, by the help of which it
ascends to the surface; and at -the stern it is fur-
nished with a rudder,-by which it is steered
when under the water. Over the boat, which it
closes like a box, stands alcind of cone, or dome,
which 'serves as a-hatchway for entering it.—
This cone is construged in the same manner as
those lanterns placed at the top of circular stairs,
in order to admit the light, anti is furnished with
several panes of glass, -well cemented, that con-
vey light to the ulterior of the boat, at the bot-
win of Which is a gfasg that reflects -the objeos.
By these means, a. person in the boat can see
every thing that passes above him. M. FuL.
row, in the course of his Experiments, remained'
several hours under the Water Without the' neces-,
sity of ascending to the surface. With this
boat, he Can_ set lire triobjeas' at a great dis-
tance, without bekg.seen. To prove the possi-
bility of producing this effel, fascines done over
With pitch were fastened to the end of the Pier ;
the Fish-boat then sunk down, and at the' end of
half an hour, the fascines were observed to be in
flames. M. Fe LTD suffers nobody to enter this
boat hut himself. lie 1)s invented also a kind
of arrows or darts, Which he can fix in any -Vessel
that he intends to set on fire.

The young lady of highly respe6table connec-
tions, who we lately mentioned to have bea de-
tette(' stealing trinkets from a Goldsmith's shop,
in Manchester, was at the late Sessions sentenced
to twelve months confinement in a solitary cell.
She fainted' on the•' judgment being delivered;
and has been in almost continued hysterics ever
since.

Two persons, (a chimney sweeper and a gar-
dener,) who have so frequently robbed the dif-
ferent Colleges, at • Cambridge, of plate; &C.
were last week apprehended, and most 'of the
property found concealed in different parts of their
houses; whiCh. are pulling .dOWn. for the purpose
f seaith. • -

There arc for trial at the next Chester Assizes,
six prisoners for forging- barik'notes ; one man for
murdering his daughter, and a woman for the
murder' ut her illegitimate infant c 1 ild, with seve-
ral for sheep stealing, &c.

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NEIM

GRAVESENu, FEB. 6.

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