The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-10 00:00:00

OtTTNAGS IN IRELAND.

(7'iaaa Me Mr:wick Herald, Nev. 5,1. -
On the evening of. Tnesday, the first of this
month, was committed ant of the most audacious
robberies' that we remember. Immediately after
Robert Piendergast, hsq. of Greentnount, and
i his. family had dined, and as the servants were
going to dinner, the house was siirrounded by a
gang. of plunderers, of whom six entered, and
bursting in upon the servants, hustled the whole
,groupe of domesticS into the dining parlour with
their master and mistress, and their children, and
Mrs. Heffernan, (Mrs. Prendeegast's sister,)
who is there on a visit. They placed 'a guard on
.the door, and the rest went back to the, kitchen,
where they regaled themselves on the servants'
dinner, taking care to relieve the sentries above
stairs, and give them also their share of the refresh-
ment. The whole body then re-entered thepariour,
and one of them puttinga pistol to Mr.Prendergast's
head, demanded his keys and property, promis-
ing, if he would give them up fairly, that they
would not injure any one. Mr. Prendergast ac-
cordingly
,gave them his keys, and the. villains
continued ransacking-every part of the house for
above five hours, not departing until nearly one
o'clock on IVednesday morning. The articles of
which they stripped the house and family are i
pretty correctly, though not at alt at large, spe-
cified in an Advertisment. Many of the jewels
were very valuable, and a great quantityrof weal-
ing apparel of every possible description was taken
by,those. raseali—shirts, and shifts, and shawls,
and coats, and gowns, and cravats—every thing ,
moveable and wearable that they could 'convey
away. The whole property lost . cannot well he
estimated at 'much short of a Thousand Pounds.
lilt the villains were •only rapacious—they of-
fered no further manner of violence, in word or
act, than what we have mentioned. On rtuntnag.
ing the drawers, they verydeliberately rejected se-
veral bank receipts of Mr. Prendergast, but took
the Government Debehturesand Bank Notes ; and,
upon guess, took also some documents of Govern-
ment Stock. One of them, left in guard of the
family below, while the ransack-Was snaking, in-
dulged his taste for music, and trying a couple of
flutes, an one of which he played -a tune or two,
not •at all-in the style of a vulgar musician, he
gave the preference to that which had four silver
keys to it,- Complaining of being fatigued at
going away, and wishing for some liquor., they,
at the same time, declined doing any mischief iu '
the cellar, (for they all along desired the family not
to be, alarmed, that they meant them no injury),
and were Satisfied with a glass of good old whis- j
key. Three only of them were disguised, and the
others took not the slightest pains at conceal, l
ment.

The memory' of Brennan's gang is pretty re-.
cent : and. many are living who remember Freney's,
This petty system of robbery, therefore, which is
not unknown to all periods and distriCts, should
not
.be suffered to mix with- any consideration of
those more public and diabolical outrages that at
present appear to. be subsiding. But the time end
the manner of the attack ; the number of the ban-
ditti, and the discipline of the plan, ought to put
every country Gentleman around u* on the alert,
in pursuing every means fur the detection of the
robbers,. and in keeping a close watch for his
own protection.—(Dublin Correspondent.)
A Cork Paper states the attack on the Cashel
Mail in the-following manner : • •
wet have just learned the particulars of a daring outrage
committed last Hight upon the coach which left this city yes-
terdays for Dublin; and, befiwe we detail themove cannot but
express 4 hope, that the desperate miiercants concerned' in
it may be discovered, and brought to that punishment which
they so eminently merit. It is the worst sprciy, deprayFtv
that the human mindis_suseeptible Of, to kill for thesake of
killing—to murder in 'cold blood, and without an coject.
At about t 1 o'clock, as-the-coach was proceeding up a slight
ascent, leading ton place called Rockwell, in the Barony of
Middlethird, and within about three wiles of Cashel, it was
discovered that the road was blocked up, cars being- placed
at each side and a large tree resting upon both. The
coach had scarcely . arrived at this spot, when two shots
were fired, both of -which utrhapptly took effect; one upon
the coachman, who-received the ball in his breast, and the
other on a gentleman, the Assistant Surgeon of the 38th Re-
giment, who sat immediately behind hith and who was shot in
the grail Notwithstanding the wounded state of the coach-
man, wh 'se name is Luke B.irchfort, he, with great presence
of mud, held his horses iu hand, and though' the road was
very narrow, dexterously turned thew round, arid drove back to the last stage he had left, New Inn: In the mean time one
of the Guards descended from his seat, and run to the place.
where the shots proceeded from, but the miscreants could not
be discerned, and all that remained for him, was to fire in that
direction which he did. Upon the -arrival of the Coach at
New Inn, an Express was sent off to Cashel for an Escort,
which having come the Coach proceeded on its way. The
Gentleman and Coachman were removed to Cashel, where
they lay this morning in a very dangerods state.
• On Saturday evening last, at the early hour of
six o'clock, ten or eleven fellows, armed with
blunderbusses and pistols, entered the house of
Thomas Powell, Esq: late of the City Limerick
Regiment, at Sallymount, near Castle Connell (to
which he had just removed his furniture), and
robbed it of almost every article of value. Mr.
Powell being from home, the robbers demanded
from Mrs. Powell the keys of the Gardaviue, which
they knew right well contained time family pike,.
but she not complying, they removed the box to
the garden an'! rifled it of its contents ; they then
took from. Mrs. Powell her gold watch and gold
trinkets, also two suits of new mourning clothes,
and various other wearing apparel, and threaten-
ed to take away her life if she alarmed the neigh-
bourhood.—One of the villains finished their pro-
ceedings by removing a shirt of Mr. Powell's,
which was airing at the fire, and deliberately
put it on, whilst the rest retreated from the house,
through the fields, in the direction of Newport.
There is no doubt but the perpetrators of this
during and extraordinary outrage were well ac-:
quainted with the interior of Mr. Powell's house,
and we trust, that from the exertions making, they
will be brought to punishment.-r(Linzerick Chron.)

In the Ecclesiastical Code of Iceland, the
Bishop, or even the interior Clergy, are invested
wiih authority to prevent any marriage, where
the female is unable to read. This law provides.
a powerful pledge. for the instruction of the rising
generation.

Saturday night, a melancholy accident occurred
in Northampton-street, Clerkenwell, some boys
had a Guy Faux bonfire, and were throwing squibs
and fireworks, when the horses in a waggon took
fright, and ran off; a young man, in endeavour.
ing to stop thew, was ran over, and trampled to
death.

IMPERIAL- 14.1 i R. LIAM MT.

ROUSE OF commoss, wzpvLsDAY Nov :)
Mr. Serjeant ClNgt.olligave noticv, that he E huW
22d -move tor .ctive to bring iu a I.lill.for':ae 4", c.
seturing. the L herr,' of
Lord p.iLm:LitsroN laid on the table an Arcou:,t
Established k'orce consisting of cavalry,
farltry, in theyearg 1788; 1739, 1790, 1.4' •
Mr. CriOKER gave naticc, that he should tu-::.c; ,-;v:
a matittn for the further Reutuueratiol of h`..tty
the Nary, 'anti for the Consolidation of the tThe,'.
Greenw.ch.
The Standi:4 Orders were then read a•tO agreed

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GENERAL ROSS. •
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sai,!, 11:
should on Friday move for the erection of a is1,;;,..11::',•r;:.
General Ross,—(Hear! hear !)
Mr. WHITBREAD rose to put. two (ie-lions r
first, whether any fresh- provocations had beee,
given by the Americans after the engagement
tered into by Sir G. Prevost, that lie would r;o
further pursue the barbarity Of retaliation. The
atrocities which had been mentioned tie justifying
the burnifig at Washington had happened two
years ago.. Could these cruelties justify severities
exercised two years afterwards, and after such.
an engagement on'the part of -the British Gene-
ral ? • :The next question was, whether any in-
quiry had yet heen instituted I-Into the matter
which be had mentioned last night, of the Spa-
nish Refugees being surrendered to their Govern_
meat by our Officer at Gibraltar. The name of
the Officer evasSmitir. He4SiOped, if inqeiry was
not already making; that-no further delay would
Occur.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExdettOen-antyer-"
ed to the first spiestiOns Mitt it wog only one yeer
since the atrocities in Canada were committed,
and that although Sir GeOrge- Prevost 'had sub-
sequently to his engagement applied for means of
retaliation, it ►vas because furtien• barbarities had,.
been committed brthe Americans.. As to the.
second question, inquiry should imincdiately be
instituted.
Mr. WHITBREAD still insisted that the diffe-
rence of eoodaer-between Sir G. Prevost and Sir
A. Cochrane was Mysterious, and requi.ard
planation.
Mr. FREEMANTtn rose to move for the convert-
tint) under Which our troops were serving eeeer
Holland. He wished to kithw what circonstaitces
had prevented its- rat,neation. There was no
power which Ministers possessed which earthd au-
thorise them in maintainining an English aline
in Holland, without giving notice to Parliament.
It was unprecedented atri unconstitutional. These
troops Were under the: command of his.Sereue
Highness the Hereditary prince of the Nether-
lands : for that Illustrious Personage he felt the
highest respect ; he wasnn excellent soldier, and
had gained the admiration and affe-ction of the
army of the Duke of Wellington, .by his courage
and humanity but there was no precedent of an
English army being put under the absolute con-
trout of a foreign General who was not amenable
to our laws h was true that Prince Ferdinand
had the chief command of the Allied Forces; but
the Marquis of Granhy had ou dint occasion the
direction of the British forces ; and under his aue-
therity alone were cohrts-martial held or punish-
ments inflicted on British soldiers. But in this
case the Prince of the Netherlands 'night exercise
whatever nets' of alatiolity lie pleaied over the
English army, and.yet -seas not hiniseif
trolible by any English authority. The inconve-
nience of employing an Officer not under Our
controullad been seen in the recent instance of
the Duke de Guiche, who had teftlseds to come
over to attend -a court-martial. rt wlis an im-
portant sehject, and call ;for inquiry; and no
reason had been given fur such a deviation from
the Constitution, except that the Peace or Paris,
which was stated to be such a hippy and glorious
event, could not be maintained without this armed
force. He should therefore move that `an humble
Address be presented to the Prince Regent to lay
before the House a copy or copies of the engage-
ments'entered into for the maintenance of foreign
troops in the Low Ceuntries.
The CHANCELLOIi of the rim-mitten allowed,
that it was natural, that the Honourable Geetles
man should enquire for the Convention ; but it
could not be produced, as ,it was as yet an impel-
fect document, not having been ratified on the
part of the Allies. It. was not surprising that.
such ratification had not, taken place, considering
the number of journies, and the important busi-
ness, which had occupied, the time of the Minis-
ters of the different Allied Severeigns. The I-lon.
Gentleman had made sonic mitouthied observatious
on the employment Of the British troops in Hol-
land. Such employment was in fact founded on
the treaty of Chaumont, when the Allies had -
formed a compact to overturn th'e overwhelming.
domination of France : it was thee agreed that a •
Congress should he afterwards held for the de-
finitive arrangement of all matters hi dispute,
and, till that tine,„ the Contracting Powers
should keep on foot a certain number of
troops for mutual security. The troops in the
Netherlands were sent there in consequence
of that Treaty ; but even independently of
such . stipulation, he could see no reason whr,
foi the protection of Holland, troops should not ,
remain there at the disposal el the sovereign of
that country. It was certainly unconstitutional
and illegal to employ a British" force in this man-
ner, without the consent of Parliament ; but when
that force had been raised and its eapeuces pro-
vided for by Parliament, he appreheuded that the
mode:of employing them rested with Majesty's
Oovernment.
there was one place i;efore au-
other in the world where there could be less ice-
' lousy of Ocir being misemploved, or lelos:e it
could be more politic to send them, that. place
was the Netherlands. The, importance oe the
Netherlands to this conntry'seeined on all hends
to be allowed ; and he conceived, that on gc- -
neral principles the employment of our trooiis
in Holland would meet with the popular appro_
bation, even if it were not justified by the treaty
of Chaumont. As to the Commander of those
forces, they could not be placed under a more
qualified Officer than his Serene Highness, who
had distinguished himself so much in the Penin-
sular campaign. It was scarcely possible to ap-
prehend any iniscoaduct from such a person : hit
if he misbehaved, he would be the loser both in
licenour and profit ; the command would be taken