The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-12 00:00:00

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: Tuesday the. Assizes for tie county of Cork com-
menced ; and aver the Grand Jury were sworn, the
Ctl7Este IiAKON 'addressed them in- a few words,
pregnant with useful admonition, and delivered with
leis useal pet spicuity., He complimented the coun-
ty upon its happy state of trausnility, which, vvith sip
much evil example about them, bore evidence to the
moral habits oft heliumbler ct sses, and plainly implied
that the gentry, upon their side, could not have been
inattentive to their public duties. The Calendar
- Was- comparatnely very light,. His. Lordship found
it unnecessary to.enter into minute details of. their
public duty to Gentlemen, whose intelligence, rank,
and ,experience, were so considerable. His Lordship
recommended it, strongly to the Grand Jury to lay as
few burthens as possible upon the public, iind to en
tertain no presentments not strictly and
,absolutely of
public utility. He informed them by an' ACt of the
last Session of Parliament, which however would ,
not be in force until, next January, that all present-
ments in future must set forth specifically the
statute, authorising
,them to be preferred and passed,
with a minute reference to the clause and section.
This he said would be a better check over an undue
btrthening of the public, than the customary mode
of referring presentments to a Judge ofAssize,-who,
under the pressure of still more impOrtant.public bu-
siness, ba.d little leisure to consult Acts of Parlia-
ment in open Court, and was often obliged _to trust
to recollection uport,tuatters of .very spec.iftc enact-
ment. Althciugh the law adverted to was not to
,ihave!operatrlgt:. sooner•than, Jaurtary, yet his Lird-
ship advised the. Grand Jury, to 'adopt at once the
principle upon whichit Was-founded, and to form
no presentments not referring with equal distinet-
ness to the precise law which empowered it. •
On Wednesday last Cornelius Kantystood indieled
for the, wilful murder of Daniel Criannin, at a place
called Srilagh, in the year 1804.
lye appearedday the testimony of a brother to the
deCeased, that hesaw, at some distance, the Prisoner
-.with, a great club---when he approaChed he -per-
ceived his brother lifeless,' and saw a. bill-hook in
the bosom of the Prisoner, who was entertained the
preceding night at the house of the deceased, where
he slept. The cause: was supposed to be a wish on
the .part of the prisoner to avoid being importuned
for a debt. This horrid fail was corroborated by a
number of witnessses, who saw the body ,of the de-
ceased, and heard the well-founded rumours that she
murder waSperpetrated, by the prisoner, who fled the
country,. and narrowly escaped- hanging,for horse-
.stealing last Autumn Assizes, in T-0 lee, -where he,was
apprehended for this murder,, of which the Jury
found him Guilty. -
The CHIEF BARON prefaced the sentence of death
with a most impressive remonstrance to the. prisoner
to mike the best.use of the -short time he bad to
live, and prepare for an awful eternity. He was on
Friday hanged, at the, ustial place of execution, and
his body delivered to. the county surgeon" for dis-
section.

Cornelius Rabilly was found guilty of an atrocious
murder, on the body of Cornelius Sheer, an 'itine-
rant poor pedlar, in the month of February last.—
This murder was traced by a variety of strong cir,
eumstances, suchas finding iii the house of the pri-
soner a hammer, which applied critically tQ the di-
mensions of a fraEture in the skull of the-deceased;
also a wallet, to one end of which remained sus-
pended part .of a, kather: belt, which answered cri-
tically the broken end ()Oh,: remainder, which re-
_mauled round the body of,the deceased.
TR ALE e, JULY 29.—This day .Michael Murphy
and M. Mulvuhill were executed opposite the gaol.
The criminal and unfortunate Murphy unequivocally
confessed his guilt. He declared, that he, accom-
panied by another, sallied forth on the morning of
the day (Palm, Sunday) on which the murder was
committed, for the sole purposeof robbing the first
they might meet ; that they had met the Rev. Mr.
Tindall, and on resisting their outrageous purpose,
had barbarously taken away his lite, but not by
firing at him, 'and plundered his Corpse of every
valuable then about him. Duri►g the entire of this
transaaion, his companion remained an idle spec-
' tutor. He was executed this day opposite the gaol.
Darby Scanlan, John Mane, and Timothy Law-
ler, found guilty of a riot, under the Insurgent Act,
to be whipt on the 29th September, at Ballynagara,'
through the village and back, along the road for
half a mile ; on the ISt January, 1810, fron
Us-
towel-bridge to the Church and back ;
,on the 23d
of June, through' the village of Irrimoro to the Cha-
pel and ba.ck-agaih.

•
The following curious and novel occurrence took
place at the late Alsizes for Clonuiell :-:—One Tho,,
nuts Cleav was brought to trill for a rape, on 'the
prosecution of Eleanor White, who, as it appeared,
had been a fortnight in his power; the girl seemed
totally, averse, to prosecuting him capitally, but wish-
ed that be should not escape without some punish-
Jnent, lie joyfully agreed to make her the mistress
of
,his destinies, and a Clergyman being at hand,
-they were instantly married in the Court-house.
• The atinu;al competition for, pnzes, given by the
Highland Society of London, to the best perforMers'
°on the Highland blgpipe,. was held. in the Theatre
Ito} al, at Edinburgh, on Tuesday last, in presence of
a Committee of 'Judges, 'appointed by the Highland
SoCiety of bcotland,and a very numerous and brillant
audience: - Vort be• more effectual encouragement of
performers on this ancient warlike instrument, the
Judges resolved, that, instead at three 'prizes, as for-
merly allowed, five prizes should be•given On this
occasion: The improvement made by the different
candidates, -in consequence of the encouragement
given by these annual competitions, was very conspi-
cuous on this occasion The -andienGe were like-•
wise highly'entertained with the Highland reels and
st rat lineys introduced between the acts. • The com-
petitors, to this sport, having displayed great agility
end neatness, met with much applause from the com-
pany, and received suitable premiums from the
.•
Committee.
• •

An Irish Chairman was backed yesterday evening
by a Gentleman of some celebrity -in the sporting
world, to throw a pound Weight to the distance ,ot
60 yards in the Park', for the sum of 20 gtlineas. He
pitched' it Go y'ard's and' a half, and • consequently
Won his wager. • • • ,• •