The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-26 00:00:00

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bge. 2O.—A Mooting, agreeable tor
Publie notice, took place on Monday last at Lime .•
rick, for the purpose of considering the most Y.
feaual Means of preserving the peace of the County:
The Magistrates immediately chose a Committee,
Consisting of the Right Hon. Lord Clarina, Colonel
Prendergast Smyth, Colonel Vereker, Bolton Wal•-
ler, Esq. Edward Croker, Esq. the Mayor; arid Co-:
lonel Mansell. The obje& of this Committee is to
propose Resolutions expressive of the disturbed state ,
of the Country, the prompt exertions necessary fuc
• its suppression, the rewards intended for discoverief,
the fixed determination to co-operate with each
other and the General of the Distri&, and the res9=
lution not to lett ground to any person concerned id
such, a6ts of outrage as disgraced the Country. The:
Committee to receive secret inforMation consists of
the High Sheriff, Lord Clarina, the Mayor, Dilvara
Crokcr, Bolton Waller,. William Thernas Mouse;
and chatles.D. Oliver, Esqrs. three to be a quorum.
General ,Floyd, the Commander of the DistriFt, who

was present; has been authorized by Government to,
give rewards fur any useful public or private inforina.;
tion. . - .• •

.On Thursday the 16th, James Verguson, 14iiehaei
Grant, and James Connelly, were tried at Carrick
on-Shannbn, for associating under the, denorninat ion.
ofThrashers. _ After a trial which lasted .the whole
of the day, they were found.guilty, and sentenced
to transportation for life. On the I 7th James Do-
nolly. (the fourth person put into confinement during
the Commission) was tried. Mr. PLUNSET gave trp
the prosecution. This, man was a constable, who.
On serving. the Juteors with sumrhOnses, made use of
apressions favourable to the Thrashenc.
• Two'persons were also put on their trial for
mis-
demeanors ; • but ,the witness retriiaing or con triadi4it-
ing.what -he
.had sworn on his information, th•
were acquitted. He; however, was immediat y
indi&ed for rerklry, convi6ted on the dearest :v.-
dence, and sentenced • to stand in the pillory, an.i
to be 'transported for seven years. The first part of
the sentence was executed on Saturday.
'l.ist night; a person employed in facing up the
letters in the General Post °Kee, was taken up
under a charge of embeztling letters containing pro-
.„

- The Galway Deelion did not terminate so stun as
was stated in the Papers. It. continued 24 dad-,
wrieti the state of the POll stood as follows :

. • For Mr. Daly - - - 3317
Mr. Martin - 2:31t)
Mr. Eyre - 1831
. .
The successful Candidates were chaired thiongh
the town on Wednesday, last.
.Two then have been capitally convi6led for twice
attacking, as 'Thrashers, the 'house of a yeoman.—
One : man was capitally convieted f9r- supplying the
Thrashers with arms, and three for carrr-ing Thrasl:-
ing messages from them to the Roman Latholic Cha
pels, and deliveringth.em to the priest in the face of
the cong-regation.
Tne Mail frixn Athlone to Mulliugar was robbed
on the evening of Friday se'nnight by _three men,
who tookAcom the boy all the bagi with which he
was entrusted. The post-boy c.onyeying the sacce
Mail on the Sunday evening following, was Stopped
bv.two„rmn;wll6 robbed-Inm likewisk- of all the
letters in his custody, --;
The post-boy conveying the Mail from Tallow to
Fermoy was robbed on Tuesday se'nuight of the
bags which should have arrived in .15;d3iin on Thurs-
day.. The Mail from Boyle to Sligo was robbc..d on
the 11th instant.

The'Mail Coach travelling from Callen to Droghe
da Was attacked about twelve o'clock on Saturday
se'nnight, at a place called Water Under, by a num-
ber of persons, Who cat the bridle reins and fired
two shots, which being immediately returned by
one of the guards, and the coachman at the same
moment whipping- his horses forward,
,they made
their escape,
The post-boy conveying the Mail from Taamort
to Philipstown, was-stopped on the uth inst. by two
men, one of whoM knocked him off the mule on
which he rode, and carried off the Mail, but being
immediately pursued they were obliged to abandon
their prey, and the Mail was recovered.
The.Connaught.Mail, which ought to have ar-
rived in Dublin on. Saturday morning last, was stop-
pet! beyond Athlone, and the whole of the bags, 24
in number, were carried off. 'fhe mails of two
branches, connected with the same line of road, haw
also fallen into the hands of tliose depredators.

One Hundred and Forty Thousand Pdmids is the
amount that will be divided into Capital Prizes in
the present Lottery (that begins 13th of next month);
which consists of only 25,000 Tickets; instead' of
00,000, as formeily, when abodt 86,0001. was ap-
propriated for Capital Prizes the present is there,
fore a most singular opportunity to obtain a fortune;
the highest Prizes being of the magnitude of 30,0001,
each, 'small share of which (at a trifling expence)
will produce a sum sufficient to provide every com-
fort for a whole family.—HODGES and Co. Corohill,
Orford-street,
.and St. James's-street, are selling the
-Tickets and Shares on the best terms; and will pay
the Prizes on demand.