The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-07 00:00:00

OUTRAGES IN IItEIiAND.

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LIMERICK, I\-Ov..- 30:— Last night. a detach-
ment, of Captain Waller's Yeoman Corps, came
up with an armed - party of ,nightly disturbers of
the Peace, who were going to attack ltOuses`in the
-neighbourhood of Balliuicariga, near Palace henry,
the fellows had the temerity to fire at the Yeo-
manry, which was returned, and it is supposed
with effect, as the military continued- firing in pur-
suit of the ruffians, who decamped in all direc-
tions. One of thent, who was ‘vountle-dpis taken,
dm! is on'his way to our county jail.
Yesterday morning three men attacked Michael
Doogan, at Sooty, County of Clare, and beat him
so dreadfully that he died last night.
The fellows lately, taker (and who are now. in
Clomnd Jail), for the outrages at Mr. Prender-
p§t's arxl Mr.
_Powell's, had,,it in contemplation
to make. similar attacks on the hc..tses of several
Gentlemen in this county, the county of
,Tippe-
rary, and the county of Waterford.

EXTRACT .OF A LETTER FROM YOUGHAL, DATED
NOV. 30, 1814.

The following violent outrage and robbery
were committed at the house of Gabriel Fisher,
Esq. Cherry-mount,. county of Waterford, and
within four miles of iroughal.. On the evening of
Tuesday, the 29th instant, about six o'clock, as
Mr. Denis Fisher,: son' of the above-mentioned
Gentleman, was returning into his father's house
by the back-dOor, from his owl, house, (which is
situate to the rear of his father's); he was seized
by titre-4 men, each armed with two pistole, slung
in a belt,, and a short gun—they, with two more
• armed in like manner, who now joined the former
meta, -immediately arrested a gun holt' Mr. Fisher,
Nvhieli he was then taking into his father's house,
and into which they forced themselves with him ;
when in the kitchen, they asked Mr. Fisher where
was his father ? who-replied, he was in the par-
lour •with his family, on which they rushed into
the parhtur, where Mr. and Mrs. Fisher, with twO
young ladies their daughters, and two of their
grand• children, were waiting tea for young Mr.
Fisher. These miscreants, on entering the par-.
lour, asked the elder Mr. Fisher for his arms ; he
replied, he had none ; one of the villains then ad-
vanced and presenting a cocked pistol to the head
of -this aged and most respectable gentleman, in.
the presence of his wife, daughters, and grand-
children, desired_ him to kneel down—this Mr.
Fisher resolutely refused, adding in a determined
tone, it you mean to shoot me, I shall receive it
standing;' the villain then turned the pistol from
the direction in which Mr. Fisher. stood, and dis-
charged it against the wall, What must have
been the sensations of the fiatily present at this
instant !

" The villains-at this period were observed in
the act of relieving their sentinel, of whom, as it
afterwards appeared, numbers were regularly post-
ed for a considerable distance about the,fiouse,
and especially on the road to youghal. They all
appeared to have .equal commands, and asked
*kith of the young ladies would make tea, the
father replied neither of them ; upon 'which one
of the gang'very.deliberately took up the'kettle,
'10111,1119,de tea, to which the whole party sat down,
eat large hot cake, then at the fire, besides all
the bread and butter at table. 'I hey then coma
manded Mr. Fisher to shew them the house, in
order,to see whether there were any more arms
exclusive of the gun which they bad previously
taken- front 'l.llr. Fisher's son ; this Mr. Fisher
complied with ; they then asked for spirits,
w):en they were informed by Mr. Fisher- that he
had none, except a little rum, which was contain-
ed in a :lecanter—this they divided amongst them-
selves, and wishing the family good night, tie
parted. It appeals they then Went to the house
of Mr. Power, a neighbouring gentleman, which
they plundered of arms, and set the House on
fire ; but by the proMpt activity of one of the fa-
mily the fire was_ happily extinguished. Mr.
Power and family were compelled to take shelter
at Mr. Fisher's for the it is unnecessary
for us to comment on this cold-blooded outrage,
.rtor recommend what a spirited and Magistracy a
loyal neighbourhood stiould do. I,i‘e are sure they
Will nip this insubordination in the bud, and pre-
serve our county from the visitation of scenes,
which would disgrace a fiord of Flotentots, and
as we arc fond of figuring off ottr national charac-
ter as types of perfection, to shew we know how
to appreciate the security due CO -a gentlemans'
fire-side, neither do'we -expect to hear the disgust-
ing cant of this outrage being the act of iuterest-
ed individuals to procure employment, by having
part of our neighbourhood proclaimed, and the
government and , loyal subjects thus vilified to
cover the crimes of factious villains, robbers, and
murderers."

Mr. Mittel- is a Quaker, and is held in high es-
timation in this 'city, where hespent his earlicst,lite,
and we..knmV not a more worthy gentleman, nor
one whose conduct should have exempted bins
from such an outrage--(Cork Adcerliser)
We have just learned that another wanton and
barbarous' murder has been perpetrated between
Cumber,Claudy and Nn.-Liistavady, within a very
few miles of the place where the former was com-
mitted, by eight or nine villains* upon a roan
mhos: only offence was, his not joining a secret
association, and refusing to take the oath propos-
etl him ; he was in consequence threatened
‘engeance, to guard against which he bad
oht,ined sonic tire-arras front a gentleman in the
neighbourhood, he Wil3, however, taken off his
guard and butchered without resistance ; the
radians, carried oil two musguets. In short, we
hesitate not to declare, that this neighbour hood
is in a very alarming- state of .insubordination.—
Independent of the 'foregoing atrocities, several
outrageous assaults litve been committed on indi-
.yiduals returning hoone from our Market, by
snobs -of people
evidently collected for desperate
enterprises. Our present Chief 'Magistrate, M. S.
Mill, Esq. is iudefatigable in his exertions to
bring them to justice, and we sincerely hope he will
be successful. Supineness in the Magistracy, at
such a moment, calls for the'scvcrest censure; a
31agistrale should not consult his own ease, or
shrink from his duty in the intimcnt of danger ;'he
is-the only person upon ',liom the public huve'to
depeud, where crime rears its horrid head, and
be who, clothed with authority and suffers it to

sleep in the moment of peril, is equally _culpable
with themicreant who imprudently lords it over
the laws of his country.--(Derry Journal.).
On the afternoon of Monday last, between the
hours of four. and five o'clock, the house of the
Rev. Mr.. Averill, of Mothill, in the county. of
Waterford, was attacked by.a gang; of armed ruf-
fians, who had --the- now almost
.universally com-
bined objects in vcw, of obtaining money and
arms. It was not ascertained of how many they
con,isted; .but two:of' them entered the parlour;
one of -whom presented a pistol at Mr. Averill„
and demanded his arms and powder. When that
Gentleman assured them, that he had neither arms
nor •powder, he was compelled to -attend them
over the whole house, and to open for their in-
spection every drawer, desk, cupboard, &c. Dis-
appointed in their primary, though not exclusive
design, they demauded the price of powder, which
they thought they ought to have found, and rob-
bed Mr. A. of a small sum of money he had in..his
pocket-book.—(Jforford Chronicle)
_ _

•
• PL ND P, RING A WRECK. —We announced a few
days back, the melancholy wreck of the brig
Jubilee, off the Light-house, in our bay—since
that time, as we are informed, the vessel has been
surrounded every night. by a set of determined
plunderers, who Clime in boats from every quar-
ter of the Bay, flowth,-Clontarf, Bullock, Rings-
end, &c. and although various efforts have' been
made by the Officers. of the Revenue, Military
guards, &c.' these depredators. or pirates were out
from night•fall until day-break, actively engaged
in their work of 'plunder, in consequence of which
a melanchely event occurred, on Sunday morning,
between thsree and four o'clock, a man being 'shot
through the heart by some of the. artillery-guard
stationed on the wall. • The Coroner's Jury re-
turned a verdict of killed by a gun-shot wound ;
and the two artillerymen were committed to New-
gate; to abide their trial next Cominission, which
opens on Saturday, December 3.—(Satozders's
News Letter.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT Or• KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER 6.

RESCUING AN IMPRESSED MAN.
THE ZING 27. BAILER.

This was an indictment flied against the de-
fendant, for assaulting Lieutenant Deane, of the
Royal NaN.-y, while in the discharge of his duty,
and _resetfing from him a man whom he had im-
pressed agreeably to instructions received by him
.from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
It appe:Jled that Lieutenant Deane, in' the
month of June 1813, received instructions from
the Admiralty to impress all sea-faring men whom
he should find liable to be- impreSsed and fit for
'the service. . Agreeably to these instructions he
had proceeded' to Bow, in Middlesex, and
.had im-
pressed a man, when he was attacked by a number
of persons; at tht head of whom was the defendant.
The Officer on this sent off the impressedman in the
care of his party,' and himself turned upon his as-
sailants, presenting at them a pistol with the ex-
pectation of intimidating, them. In this expecta-
tion, however, lie was- diappointed. The mob
'seized upon the'Officer; and carried
shim by 'force
into a public-house, while part of. them 'pursued
the press-gang, and rescued the man whom they
had in custody. The defendant was the only one
of the party whom the Officer could identify,
,but
as to him he was able to speak positively.
The Jury found the defendant .Guilty.
cli3soN V. THE LONDON DOCK COMPANY.

This was an action by which the plainti:T sought
to recover, from the London Dock Company, the
value,of a pipe of wine which had been staved by.
their servants, in consequence of their unskilful
or careless conduct in the act of taking it frow
on board of ship.. Lt appeared that the Company,
who claird the exclusive privilege of unloading
vessels coming to their Docks, employing in that
operation only their own servants, to the-exclusion
ot'all others, sent a gang of their servants to unload
the vessel, on board of which was the plaintiff's
pipe of wine. In the' course of landing the cargo,
it was observed, that the particular pipe of wine
in question was elevated in. an unskilful-manner,
and so as to put it in great danger, which some
of the spectators perceiving, recommended to the
workmen to place some cork, or other soft sub-
stance, to break the fall, in the event of the pipe
of wine coming to the ground. Of this advice
the Company's servants failed to avail themselves;
and the.eonsequence was, that the pipe of wine
came to the .gronnd and was staved., -
In these circumstances, Lord ELLENBOROVGII
was clearly of opinion that the Company
.was
liable for the acts of these whonythey employed,
and the Jury found for the Plaintiff----Damages
1131. tis. 6d.

LAURENCE V. OBEE.

In this action of trespass the parties Were resi-
dent neighbours at the'corner of Weymouth-street
and Marylebone-street. The trespass complained
of was the erection. of a water-closet by the de-
fendant, as the plaintiff alleged, upon the wall of
the plaintiff's premises.
The defendant maintained first, that he had
not broken the tvall, and secondly, that if be had,
•the wall was a party •wall. This 'vas not made
out in evidence, and the plainti.f, having tailed
•iii three actions for the Mlle trespass, obtained a
verdict in her favour--Damages 40s. ; the Jury
baying' retired for au hour to A:onsider of it.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

lIORSE-DEA.LING.

N/ AG NA V. BURLEI'RI,•.

This was an action brought by Charles Magnay,
Esq. Alderman Of London, to recover from the
defendant GO guineas, the price of a bay gelding
which had been warranted sound and quiet. It
was clearly proved that the gelding in dues Lion
had hulled out to be what is called •a
'Crib-biting was described by one of the witnesses
to be a habit in a horse of dropping the corn out
of its mouth-while feeding, and then biting the
manger with violent and convulsive respiration.—
cLuestion was,. wiActher crib-biting could be
considered an unsoundness'.

Tbomas foreinan at Western's
.Reppsi-
tory, stated many crib-biting horses passed as•
sound, but that at the sales they always wen-,

ioned when horses were crib-biters ;- they spec i-
fied them to be sound except crib -biting. .
Mr. Marsden.; a veteKinary surgeon, stated, that
crib-biting was generally considered an unsound-
ness. lie did not know whether it was the cause
or the effect of a diseased state of the lungs, but
it was generally accompanied or followed both
with the rupture of the narrow vessels in those
parts, and with a weakness in the digestive or-
gans. It was a main and proximate cause of
horses being broken-winded ; the majority 'of crib-
biting horses became broken-winded ; there was
no remedy
,known for it ; they were not capable
of so great exerrionz as other horses.
Mr. Edward White had seen the horse in ques-
tion befo're the sale, and had perceived it to be a
crib-biter ; he had gone with a friend who had
wished to purchase it ; he shOuld have thought
the crib-biting no Objection to the horse if it had
answered in other respec.ts; crib-biting horses
were thought unsound, but he knew not why;
had been-conversant with horses for 20 years, and
bad Inn! many crib-biting horses which he had
kept'a long time, without their manifesting any
tendency to broken- windedness ; he had rode them
in very-long chaces with stag-hounds, &c. and
have never found them less capable of exertion
than other horses.

Mr. Beaver, keeper of a livery-stable, stated
that crib-biting horses were generally consiilerei
unsound ; that they Wasted half their corn, ani
consequently were never fat, and were less ca
pabie of doing work than other horses. The con•
vulsive motion of the body, he thought, tuns
arise from sortie peculiar state of the lungs; am
not merely from habit.
The CHIEV JUSTICE thought it had not beer
clearly proved that crib-biting was any thing be.
yond a tendency to unsoundness.—Plaintitf non.
suited.