The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-05 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

A BEDS FREEHOLDER.

IRELAND.

[FROM THE DUBLIN CORRESPONDENT, MARCH 2.]
FRIGHTFUL OUTRAGES IN THE COUNTY OF
LIMERICK.
I'Ve have received letters this day from New-
castle, in the county of Limerick, giving an ac-
count of one of the most alarming outrages that
has yet occurred in any part of the disturbed
districts. On the 28th of February, at the hour
of two o'clock in the afternoon, an armed party
of the peasantry, consisting of upwards of two
hundred persons, attacked the house of Thomas
Furlong, Esq. of Ilallydaniel, near Newcastle.
Their first object appears to have been the de-
struction of the Gentleman and his family, but
as they were fortunately absent, the wretches
directed their vengeance against his property.
The Insurgents accordingly set fire to the house,
which was entirely consumed. All the furniture
of the house, and the farming implements, were
burned.—On the night of the 27th, thirty-one
cows were stolen from Mr. Cart, of the county
of Limerick ; and on the same night, a large
quantity of bacon, about 40 cwt., was forcibly
taken away, by a party of Whiteboys, from the
house of Mr. Hayes. It is supposed in those let-
ters, that the Insurgents intend to encamp on the
mountains, and that the cattle and provisions
which they have taken away are designed for
their subsistence. It is stated in one of the let-
ters,that the cattle had been killed and salted.—
A party of sixteen Insurgents went, on last Wed-
nesday night, to the house of Mr. T. MuWay,
near 'Waterfall, which is distant about four miles
from the city of Cork, and demanded fire-arms.
They got one gun.
The twelve Judges sat yesterday in consulta-
tion upon Roger Heffernan, convicted at the
Commission at Cork, of selling powder to the
'Whiteboys. The determination of the Court of
Appeals was not made public.
Since the appearance of the Requisition for an
extraordinary Session of the _Magistrates, to
which the names of so many individuals of the
first respectability are affixed, the spirit of in-
subordination has been manifestly discouraged
throughout those districts, for whose tranquillity
the most serious apprehensions were entertained
—(Kilkenny Moderator.)

[FROM THE LIMERICK NEWS.]
This morning, thirteen military parties, (horse
l and foot), accompanied by Captain Drought and
the whole of his police, left this city, at an early
hour, to make a simultaneous search for arms
throughout the south liberties.
A t one o'clock Serjeant Torrens proceeded to
the City Court, and, after the Lord Lieutenant's
Proclamation, and his Commission under the same,
ere read by the Clerk of the Peace, the Learned
Serjeant addressed a very crowded Court at con-
siderable length, adverting to the very lament-
able state of the country, and the necessity of
resorting to extreme measures to restore tran-

quillity: lie then explained the various clauses
of the Insurrection Act, and stated, that its pro-
visions should be carried into effect in that Court,
with all the mildness and determination of Bri-
tish justice. A man named Patrick Naughten,
in whose house bullets and a powder-flask were
found this morning, was put to the bar, and not
being ready for his trial, it was put off, and the
Court adjourned till ten o'clock to-morrow. The
Serjeant then proceeded to the County Court.
The following was yesterday issued by Capt.
Drought :

" Police-office, Limerick, Feb. 27, 1822.
" All persons in the proclaimed part of the Liberties of the
city, are hereby ordered to affix on the doors of their houses,
(both outside and inside), lists, containing the christian and
surnames of all the inmates of said houses, over the age of
twelve years, legibly written."
[FROM THE CORK MERCANTILE CHRONICLE, MARCH I.]
EXECUTIONS NEAR MACROO3I.
The nine unhappy men ordered for execution,
under the late Special Commission, who left this
City on Wednesday, arrived between four arid
five o'clock the same evening in Macroom, and
were immediately lodged in the Bridewell, front
whence the four convicted of the affair at Carri-

ganimmi, were taken at an early hour yesterday
to the place appointed for their execution, about
five miles to the west of Macroom, and after un-
dergoing the awful sentence of the law, theit
bodies were then placed in coffins, and broughr
back to the Bridewell in Macroom, where they
were deposited. The assemblage collected to
witness the melancholy scene, we are given to
understand, was by no means numerous. For
the state of the public feeling, on this appalling
occasion, we refer to the following letter, which
we have this moment (two o'clock) received from
a highly respectable correspondent :

TO THE EDITOR.
Macroom, Thursday Evening, Feb. 28.
DEAR Szn.---The heart-rending scenes that have occurred
here, for the last two days, almost deprive me of the power of

CAMBRIDGE COUNTY MEETING.
MR. EDITOR-The Whigs do not appear in-
dined to give any notoriety to the proceedings
of this Meeting—neither do the Radicals seem
disposed to exult in their victory over the for-
mer; but as a very important letter is stated to
have been read at that Meeting, from the Duke
of BEnroan, avowing- sentiments on the present
state of the House of Commons, which his
Grace's friends in town disown, it is desirable
that a copy of this letter should be given to the
public through the medium of the Cambridge
paper.—His Grace could not with any propriety
use the language attributed to him, when it is
recollected that he is the Patron of so many Close
Boroughs, and might set a more brilliant exam-
ple to his brother reformers by using his best en-
deavours to obtain an Act of Parliament to put
an end to occasionality in these places—hut
having invariably opposed every attempt of that
nature, His Grace's sincerity in favour of Parlia-
mentary Reform may be justly doubted, and many
people now think it will fall to the lot of Lord
LONDONDERRY to bring in and carry a measure
of this nature, The principle of it his Lordship
acknowledged in life Seditious Meetings' Bill of
December, 1819, and the necessity of it is felt
throughout the Empire.—That the rule of elec-
tion in Close Boroughs is not the same as in
Counties and Cities is a monstrous anomaly, and
creates that improper influence in Parliament
which the Whig Press is not inclined to avow
Bletso, 3d March, 1822.