The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-12 00:00:00

IRELAND

(From the Correspondent of a Morning Paper. )
DUBLIN, Apßiz 9.
Government has divided the county Clare into
four police districts, over which a stipendiary Ma-
zistrate has been appointed. These gentlemen are
Colonel Osborne, who has for some years been an
active Magistrate' in the county Westmeath ; Cap.
tain Warburton, formerly a Chief Constable, and
nephew to the Inspector-Gentral of Connaught ;
Captain Vignol!es, formerly an Aid-de-Camp of
the Marquis of Wellesley; and Mr. Hill Wilson
Rowan, the late Governor of the Richmond Ge-
neral Penitentiary, and brother to Colonel Rowan,
one of the Commissioners of .your New Police.
These gentlemen are ordered to repair forthwith to
their respective stations, and are 'to have under
their command, a considerable additional force of
military and police.

I was quite surprised yesterday at seeing a gen-
tleman w:..ose features I thought I recollected
coming out of 'a druggis 'a shop, carrying a small
parcel. " Pray," said I to the shopkeeper, "iq
hat gentleman's name Hunt ?"-•," Yes, S'r'," was
the reply; " he has been here making arrangement a
for the sale of his blacking, and we have given him
krge.otder.": If. appears the Hon.. Member ha;
been in Dublin these few dais receiving orders, and
I observe advertisements in some of the_ Anti-Union
Papers, headed " Henry Hunt, Esq., M.P." set-
ting forth that the advertisers have received large
quantities of his "matchless," 33 and one-third per
rent, cheaper than Warren's or Day and Maitin's.
The presence of Mr. Hunt, in Dublin, unacknou,
ledged by a cheer, and the quiet departure yester-
day for England of our " Liberator," without a
tail, are pleasant proofs of returning good sense in
the " operatives."

•1110 UNTR A TH, Amur. S.
(From another Correspondent.)
About one o'clock on Tuesday night a body of
anti-Union desperadoes, upwards of twenty in num-
ber, knocked at the door of a blacksmith, at Knoc-
kerne, within four miles of this town, and demand, d
admittance,alleging that they were policemen. Their
leader announced himself as serjearit Dobbs, and his
dress resembling that worn by the police, the door
was immediately opened, arid they all rushed in.
After searching the house, and knocking about the
furniture in a ruffianly manner, they demanded arms.
The blacksmith still supposing them to be what
they represented themselves, although from their
great rudeness he suspected that they were drunk,
without any hesitation gave them a pistol which he
hail concealed under the head of his bed. The
leader of the gang then ordered him to kneel down,
and clapping a blunderbuss to his breast, whilst an-
other villain pointed a gun against his side desired
him to prepare for death. With much entreaty,
however, and Hot ithollt a struggle, they were pre-
vailed upon to spare his life. Having threatened to
visit him again if he should presume to mention
what occurred, and also abused him for prosecuting
some c f his neighbours who had assaulted him, they
went acro-s the road to the house of a substantial
farmer, named Brophy, who holds some ground
under the Duke of Buckingham. Into this house
likewise they obtained an entrance under the same
pretence which had imposed upon the blacksmith,
and ordered a young man, Michael Brophy, a son of
the owner, to strike a light. He did so, and then,
at once perceiving the real chara,ler of his visitors,
cried out to his brother, slho was putting on his
clothes in another part of the house, " Torn, they
are not police.'' Tom instantly alarmed his father,
and a servant boy who lay with him, but before he
could come down stairs he heard two shots, and
when he reached the kitchen the sillaina had fled,
and his brotiur was lying dead on the floor.
An inquest was held this day on the body, anti it
was truly frightful to see tie reluctance and alarm
with which the witnesses doled out their testimony,
as if each word they swore were to be inserted in
their own death-warrant; so complete is the terror
inspired by theSe sanguinary lawgivers, %vim hare
an agent in every meeting, and a spy in every Comt.
A number of the neighbomieg peasants were con-
gregated about the doors; but, although the mur-
dered • man must have been personally known ta
them all, I could not detect tire slightest mark of
grief or indigMstion in the looks or conversa-ion of
any one amongst them. In such cases the escape
of the as assins commonly engrose.es all the gene-
rous sympathies of my " fine" countrymen, v.lea
" love justice" too well not to acquiesce in all its
dispensations through the hands of Captain Rock.
When the melancholy fact was made known yes-
terday to‘he labourers of a gentleman Who resides
at some distance from the spot, instead of express-
ing horror at the deed, the fast question with every
man in the field was, " What logs his crime?" Anti
though they were assured that the poor fellow bad
done welting to provoke his fate, they all insisted
that he must have done something "against the
people" Two companies of infantry, and a large
body of police, are at Castledutrow, assisting the
Churchwardens to levy the parish cess.

The Lord Lieutenant slept at Lough Coot( r
Castle, the seat of Lcrd Gort, on Wednesday night,
t and on Thursday a numerous cavalcade proceeded
from Galway to meet him, Arrangements were.
made for his reception at the house of Mr. Lynch, a
merchant, residing at about a mile distant from Gal.
way. The band and a company or the 28th. Itegi-
ment were stationed on the lawn, which, with the
road leading to the town, Has crowded with gen-
. tlemen awaiting his Excellency's arrival. At six
o'clock in the evening he made his appearance, on
horseback, attended by his two Aisles-de-Camp,
and was received with loud cheering from the po-
pulace, and a salute from the Nimrod sloop of war,
which was at anchor in the bay. It was his Ex-
. celleney's intention to visit the town of Galway yes-
terday, and receive the several addresses which bad
been prepared for the occasion. The Assizes of
that county, which is adjacent to Clare, and is also
in a state of great disturbance, have terminated
with the conviction of four persons for administer-
ing unlawful oaths connected with the mischievous
confederacies in which the peasantry have so exten-
sively engaged. Two of these men had committed
the offence of which they have been found guilty so
recently as Monday last. On Wednesday night
they were convicted, and on Thursday they, with
two others, were sentenced to transportation for
life,. and conveyed immediately from the dock, un-
der an escort of fifty men, on their way to the place
of embarkation. The sensation thus created ex-
ceeded any thing that could have attended a capital
execution. The cries of their friends were heart-
rending. One of the prisoners was not more than
eighteen years of age, and all were men of other-
wise
good character. In company with the eseert
was also the executioner, who was proceeding un-
der its protection to Ennis. The prisoners would
not allow him to Mt on the same car which ccn-
veyed themsolves, and having already either from
fatigue or laziness consider.bly delayed the march
of the detachment, he at length sat down on the
road side, exclaiming, that he could not proceed fur-
ther, when he was armcst immediately attacked by ,
one of the peasantry, and would unquestionably
have been murdered had not the commanding officer,
at great inconvenience, stopped his solditrs, and
again taken him under his protection. In a lit,le
time after the party was met by the Lord Lieute-
nant, who was proceeding to Galway. The ft iends
of the convicts threw themselves on their knees,
and supplicated for mercy; but his Excelleecy
course refused to interfere, and passed them. t
anticipate some benefit to the tranquillity
counties which I have mentioned are bake:lw
• country from the effect f this example. 'llloefitnia‘e'
deplorable condition. The Lord
.Liftloti:
witnessed it with his own eyes; ainOLg
hand, he has been coriviiredharn;.gos
of ouler,
are essentially
erate in time. .
.leput4tions with addresses.
on the other rac-e:ifsrvbfine.2.lulll;)::3-aospsured that the
landlords Anglesey received at En!' is thr. e