The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

[FROM
.FREEMAN'S DUBLIN JOURNAL OF THURSDAY.]

LORD MAYOR'S DINNER.

A most splendid entertainment was given yes.
terday by the Lord Mayor to his Excellency the
Lord' Lieutenant. There were present about
120 persons of the first rank and character.in- the
country.—The Lord ,Mayor took the chair .at a
few minutes before seven o'clock.

On his right was seated his Excellency the Marquis Welles;
ley, Lord Powerseourt, Lord Mount-Charles, the Commander.
in-Chief, Lord Norbury, Mr. Blake, Mr. Gregory, Sir A. B.
King, &c. On his left, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Frankfort,
Lord Fosse, Lord Castiecoote, Mr. Plunkett. There.were pre-
sent besides, -Mr. Secretary Goulburn,
,the Solicitor-General,
the Recorder, Board of Aldermen, &c.
'After dinner, the LORD MAYOR gave—

" Our revered Sovereign, George the Fourth."
" The Duke of York," &c. followed ; and afterwards, " Our
illustrious Countrywan, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant,
and Prosperity to Ireland."
The loud and continued plaudits which ac-
companied • the announcement of this toast, can
only be regarded as adequately expressive of the
feelings of respect, admiration, and gratitude,
which the whole country entertain towards this
distinguiShed -Nobleman. As soon as silence
restored, his Excell'ency rose, evidently under
strong emotion, and, spoke nearly as follows i

•" My Loa Mayor, my Lords and Gentlemen—l sincerely
thank' you, for the honour you li.ave done me, and I hope
I shall merit it—(Applause.)—That honour is considerably
enhanced in my estimation by the gratifying sentiment with
which your haSe accompanied it—the prosperity of my native
country. Devoted as I am to this country, by affection—by in-
terest—by the earliest attachment, I have ever endeavoured'to
oniote the 'welfare and prosperity of Ireland. But, my-
Lord Mayor, by your association of that sentiment with my
health, I conceive I am to understand that prosperity which
you contemplate as :the- effect resulting from my adminis-
tration of the governthenf of this country. In zeal, in anxiety,
and in diligence,:-. I feel that 1 shall not be wanting. In my
efforts to give effect to these my intentions, it is but natural,that
I should-mainly rely on your co-operation. Upon the support
of the' learned of the land, of the Noblemen and Gentlemen
who surround me, do I place my chief reliance to tranquil-
lize the country, and cultivate its happiness. In affording me.
this desirable, aid, I cannot too strongly inculcate upon your
minds the necessity of promoting, by every means in your
power, those wise, those constitutional, those truly loyal prin-
ciples, conveyed in the admonition of our sacred and beloved
Sovereign, when he was pleased to honour this country with
the presence of his sacred person. This admonition pointi out
to you a right iule of conduct: it'breathei the spirit of my in-
structions, and ;:t is the bounden duty of us all to revere and to
cherish it. It is not by putting together phrases, or by mere
effusions of sentiment, that'benefit can accrue to the country
but by a steady pursuit of the conduct that has been recom-
mended, and an earnest endeavour to conciliate our fellow-coun-
trymen. These are the sentiments which I entertain, 'and
haying expressed them, I would beg leave-to propose the health-
of the Lord Maybr and Corporation of Dublin, and may: they
cultivate the affections of the people, and ever act in conformity ,
to the -wishes Of their King."
The Loft!) MAYO a briefly retuned thanks on the part of the
Corporation.. . ' , .•

At twelve o'clock, the Marquess Wellesley retired.

On Monday next, Alr. George Ness will moves
-in-the Guild of Merchants, for the ,admission of
several Roman Catholic Gentlemen of this city
into that branch of the Corporation. It is said
that his motion will be seconded by a member of
the Latouche family.-- (Dublin Correspondent,
Jan'. 10.)
It is officially; announced in the Limerick Chro-
nicle, that the Special Commission is to be spe-
daily adjourned to Feb. 16.

[FROM TILE LIMiRICK CITRONICLF. OF WEDNESDAV.]
This morning, Captain Cunningham, as also
Peter Oliver, Matthew Day, and Edmond Con-
nelly, were ,fully committed to gaol, under-an
order from Carew Smith O'Grady, Esq., for be-
ing with a party in arms at night.
Mr. Kennedy, commanding the Hope, on the
river Shannon, apprehended Thomas Carroll,
charged with the murder of Major Collis. He
was on Sunday last transmitted by Lieutenant
Bindon to Tarbert, and thence committed to the
gaol of Tralee, by Captain Robert Leslie.
On Sunday last, Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson
lodged in the county gaol twelve men, for un-
lawfully assembling and cutting down an orchard,
on the lands of Beabus.

[FROM- THE LIMERICK TELEGRAPH OF TUESDAY.]
On last Friday night, or rather on Saturday
morning, several houses were attacked in the
neighbourhood of Bruff, in this county, by a gang
of midnight mauraders. The houses of two far-
mers, named O'Donnell and Lee;on the lands
of. Ballygrennan, were among. the number, from
which two muskets were taken. The houses, also,
of two other farmers, named Leary, were at-
tacked by the same party, but no arms were
obtained. This gang visited several other houses
in the vicinity, iiut were still unsuccessful in ob-
tailing arms ; in lieu thereof, they extorted from
the owners contributions in money, of sums of
from 7s. Gd. to 1/.

Last night, the military stationed at Herberts.
town, in this county, went out to patrol the
neighbourhood. They had not proceeded far,
when they came up with a large party of ma-
-rauders, who had fired several shots. We are
informed they. have taken six of them prisoners.
LEII.OM THE ". CLONMEL ADVERTIZER.I
• On Monday *night, an armed party, of about
thirty called at. the house of Mr. James Bushel,
at Ballyvaughan, pear Clonmel, where they left
Orders that he shoUld not demand more than forty
shillings per acre for his ground, or-to mark the
consequences ; from thence they proceeded to
.several of
.his tenants,- commanding them not to
Pay more ; scarcely. a house between Bally-
vaughan and the mountain that they did_not visit
on the same night, giving similar notices.
_.- On Wednesday might last, a party of mounted
gun-mongers, midnight legislators, &c. traversed
the country at. Moorestown, Magenstown, Bally.
nattan, and Graigue, lying between Clonmel,and
Cashel, where they gave . notices to the farmers,
charging them not to pay more tithes than two
shillings an acre for tilled or untilled ground, till
they should . receive further notice. The night
following, a similar party appeared in the neigh-
bourhood of Lowe's Green,
_much in the same
direction, joined by numbers from the New Inn
side, who acted in a
_similar manner. A few
nights previously, they took arms from the house
ofMr. Denis Bates, living near Clerihan, as well
as from others. They take. the farmers' horses,
in. almost every instance, to mount their parties ;
Which horses are generaly found the following
morning, on the roads, greatly fatigued and in-
jured from excessive riding. •

TRE COflE INTELLIGENCER 'or THURSDAY.)
Even the Most indifferent must feel alarmed,
and tlre ..,most sceptical must feel convinced of
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