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London, England, 1822-12-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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( From the Dublin Freeman's jOurnal Of 77221r8day1ISt. )
.SHERIFF THORPE.
We have received•thefollowing.letter, airsl
accompanying affidayit, from Mi.-MlLY,Titis, of
Grafton-street. The affidavit, it will-be• obseried,
has been sworn before Mr. Justice ButiToNi, pfie,
of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench.:—_"
TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.
"Sir—ln answer to a letter which I have seen in iot:Paper,
signed Charles Thorpe,' I beg you will insert the folloWing
affidavit. And I remain your most obedient,-
"RICHARD MILLIKEN.
" 104, Grafton-street, Dec. 18, 1822."
" Richard Milliken, of the city of Dublin, bookseller, maketh
oath and saith, that he, the said deponent, was the author of a
letter signed Veritas,' which appeared in the Freeman's
Journal of the 17th instant, in which it is stated that Mr.
Sheriff Thorpe used those remarkable words, That he thought
the evening passed off very well, all things considered.'
"This deponent saith, that with indignation and disgust he
heard the aforesaid expressions fall from this public Officer at
the Theatre, after the late outrage offered to his Excellency the
Lord Lieutenant, and that this deponent, considering the nature
of the insult offered to the Representative of his Sovereign, and
the office filled by the person who used these expressions, de-
ponent has felt it his duty to depart from the ordinary course of
contradicting the denial of Mr. Thorpe by letter, and preferred
verifying the contents of the letter signed Veritas' by his so-
lemn affidavit: and this deponent saith, that he is the more in-
duced to this decided mode of procedure, as . the statement
made by this deponent is capable of corroboration from three
other individuals, to whom at the instant lie communicated his
sense of indignation at the aforesaid expressions, and who have
signified their readiness to come forward and substantiate the
same in a similar manner.

" RICHARD MILLIKEN."
" Sworn before me, at my house, in Stephen's-greer,
this 18th day of December, 1822.
44 CHARLES BURTON."
In addition to the statement in the letter of " Veritas," and
his affidavit, Mr. Milliken informs us that Sheriff Thorpe ac-
companied the observation, " that the evening passed off very
well, all things considered," with a significant look and shrug,
at least as expressive as the words themselves.

LIMERICK, DEC. 18.—On Thursday night last, at a late.
hour, a party of robbers and insurgents attacked'the house of a
farmer, named James Barry. on the lands of Knockaderry.
After their entering, and beating Barry with the butt-end of a
gun, who,
_on the alarm, came to the door, four of . the party,
well armed, proceeded to his bed-room, broke open his desk,
took thereout 581. in bank-notes, which they carried off. The
above sum was the property of Thomas Darcy Evans, Esq., of
Bushy-island, which Barry had received from Mr. Evans's
tenans, as agent and driver, and was intended to have been
forwarded next day to Limerick, for the special use of Mr.
Evans. The night after, a very fine mich.cow, the property of
an honest farmer named James Murphy, was stolen from off
the lands of Gurtroe, within a mile of Newcastle. On
Sunday night a number of young trees, the property of
Richard Stackpoole, Esquire, were cut down and. carriA
away off the lands of Baurloughear, in the county of Clare.
—On Tuesday night, seven sheep were stolen off the lands
of Kilmaly, within five miles of Ennis. A reward is offer-
ed for Thomas and Mark Butter, who murdered Matthias
Cain, at Kilreacon, county of Galway, a few nights ago.—
Thomas and Patrick Cummins, who are charged with aiding
and assisting in the murder of John Cooney, of Cragg, have
surrendered themselves to the Police at O'Brien's Bridge, and
are committed to Ennis gaol, to abide their trials at the ensuing
Assizes.

UNLAW FUL G A.MBLIN G:---On Saturday, Willianz
Jones,Michael Holder, James Thompson, Francis
Thompson:, TV. Sanger, Samuel Page, George
Smith, Luke Hill, Samuel Pell, George Johnson,
John Reed Baverton, Win. Lambton, Frederick
Peters, John Paton, William Bachelor, Thomas
Redgstone, James Jones, Hugh King, and Thos.
Redsdale, were brought before the Sitting Magis-
trates at Bow-street, charged with unlawful gain-
ing, in the house, N 0.16, Bury-street, St. James's.
The prisoners had be 6 apprehended by the activity
of THOMAS HALLs, Esq. one of the Bow -street
Magistrates, who, on receiving information on
oath that unlawful games were carried on in the
house in Bury-street, repaired thither in person,
with a body of his officers, arid captured the pri-
soners. The evidence of WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
who had been a frequenter of houses of this de-
scription, who had given the information on which
Mr. HALLS acted, and who was in the house when
the prisoners were apprehended, enabled the
charge to be fixed against James Jones,
Thomas Redsdale, George Johnson, Hugh King,
Samuel Page and John Paton, who were accor-
dingly convicted of being rogues and vagabonds.
The first four were sentenced to four months ex-
ercise at the tread-mill in the House of Correc-
tion ;—the two others to the same discipline for
one month. The remaining prisoners were or-
dered to enter into recognizances and to find
sureties for abstaining from similar practices dur-
ing twelve months.—Mr. ALLEY, who attended
as Counsel for the prisoners, gave notice of appeal.

The following is an extract from Anecdotes
by the late ALEXANDER STEPHENS, Esq. :
BURDETT.—On asking this Baronet why, as
he was able to effect so little in Parliament, he
considered it worth his while to hold a seat, he
replied that It was a protection ; and that with-
out it a public man was not independent of power.
I once advised him to give dinners to his friends,
like other men of his consideration ; he complied,
and I was of his party, but I found it had been
served from a tavern ! and even in that way he
said, he found it so incompatible with his con-
venience that he would never give another. His
habits are too unsettled for the forms of society ;
he rises at all hours ; goes to bed at all hours ;
eats at any hour, and in any way ; and is, in
all things, from hour to hour, the creature of his
personal feelings. From this cause he never answers
letters—often does not open them, and in his
private connections is the most uncertain man
alive. He is steady only in his devotion, to the
principles of liberty, but unsteady even in his
measures regarding them ; the best of men, yet
from bad habits and personal indolence the least
useful rma❑ of his age.—(Devizes Gazette, Dec. b.)
VOLTAIRE.—When this great philosopher and
moralist was in England he was invited' to dine
with Lady WORTLEY MONTAGUE. Not being
acquainted with the habits of this country, he
came some hours before dinner time. The Lady
apologized for being obliged to pay some visits,
but left books to amuse him till her return.—
When the party ended, and site had occasion to
go to her scrutoir, she had reason to believe that
it had been opened during her absence, and that
all her letters had been read. On inquiring, she
found that nobody had entered the room, and
that VOLTAIRE had remained there all the time.
This story was related by the late Dr. iNIoNsEY,
of Chelsea College, who probably received it
from the Lady herself.
SIMPLICITY.—A countryman giving evidence
in a Court, was asked by the Counsel if he was
born in wedlock ? " No, Sir," answered the
mans " I was born in Devomhire!"