The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

MOST DARING ROBBERY.

On the night of Monday last, about the hour
of nine o'clock, a number of armed villains went
to Mornington, the seat. of James Brabazon, Esq.
Mr. B. was in the habit of visiting his stables
every night, about this hour and on returning to
his house, he was seized by a party of the robbers,
and tied, the rest having gone to secure the men
• who were-in the stable. They entered the house
with Mr. B. and first secured his arms, after
which' they locked up Mrs. B. and her servant in
a room, but not before they took her watch,purse,
and some trinkets. Mr. B. was then obliged to
conduct the robbers through the house, and they
having collected his plate, money, and some
house linen, they ordered cold meat and whiskey
to be laid before them, and ate and drank
heartily. Some of them got intoxicated, and swore
if Mr. B. did not instantly skew them where the
rest of his money was, they would roast him. The
de'claration of this worthy and venerable Gentle-
man, of his having given all, (about 2201.) had
no effect on the. merciless villains, and they stripped
him naked, laid him on the hearth stone, and treat-
ed him in a brutal mariner. Having collected the
booty, they again fell to the whiskey, and search-
ed the house a second time. After remaining until
near one o'cloCkih the morning, one of the party
observed, that unless they departed, they would
not have time to rob the houses of two other Gen-
tlemen in the neighbourhood, whose names they
mentioned, and shortly after left the house..
Early on .Tuesday the account reached town,
.and immediately every exertion was made by the
Alagistrates and Gentlemen to search for and ap-
prehend the robbers.
_ , _

Last 'night Mr. Taylor, High Constable .of Po-
lice for the Barony of Duleek, accompanied-by a
party of his men, went to the house of James
Farrell, of Lunderstown, and there succeeded in
apprehending the notorious John Hickey; and in
the haggard of said Farrell they found concealed
almost all the plate, arms, and other articles that
had been robbed from. Mr. James Brabazon, of
Mornington. Hickey made a reeistauce, and Mr.
Taylor was obliged to use violence before he se-
cured him. Farrell and Hickey have been cam-
mitted for trial. And on the same night Mr.
Armstrong, of this town, apprehended Patrick
Cawlin, At the turnpike On the Dublin road, who
was also concerned in said robbery.—(Drogheda
News. Letter.)

ENNIS, JAN. 2.—For a fortnight past, two fac-
tions,
_amounting to at least one thou Sand men,
were collecting, toltedide sonic feud; and, per-•
haps to have it act-as a stimulus for exertion on
each side, yesterday, Sunday) and the first ,day of '
the new year, was .
appointed fin• the day of en-
gagement. •It appears, that through the exer-
tions of the Rev. Mr. Murphy, those men were.
prevented from rioting at different times, but so
determined were they to celebrate the new year,
that they sent word to their worthy Clergyman not,
to interfere; but with his charateristic zeal for
their welfare, he again endeavoured to peisuade
them to disperse, bat in vain ;. 11;id. indeed, the
wickedness and depravity -of those fellows, must
be extreme, when siteh a Clergyman as the Rev.
Mr. Murphy, loses in any inr,tancen controtd over
them—for we may venture: to say, that a Clergy-
man more esteemed, or
ce:lnyo,rehorens,epi,ercrt,edi,oirs
ttitioetiain
the country.—Fort .
ate men, unr Vice-Prevost,
t
Jln.Jli.esF(iifztgleiersae uld,llEf°;l4l. received intimation of their
intention, and ePaly in the morning, apprebended
in town, one of: the rioters, sent for the express
purpose of collecting the perjured stragglers ;:for it
is a fact, that at a funeral somedaySSince at Bearfield,
where the scene of outrage was to, take , place
they
swore .each other to be punctual to :.he day ap-
pointed, committed him to prison, and then ac-
companied by Thomas Crovie and Franck Sweeny,
Esqrs. as Magistrates;, repaired to the spot with
a strong detachment of the 88th regiment. Robt.
Kean and James Crowe, Esqrs. accompanied
those Magistrates, and through their united exer-
.
tions.succeeded to apprehending nine of the most
active of the Ik/A ers, and dispersing the remainder;
one of those fellows came. a distance of 12 mileS,
accompanied with. nu less than one hundred men,
which he led into the field in regular order,
mounted at
.their head, and armed with a ease of
pistols. The conduct of the Magistrates and
Gentlemen on thii occasion was most active and
praise-worthy ; and indeed, where disturbance is
apprehended, or riot threatened, their conduct is
in every respect conspicuous.l--Since the above'
was put in type, we have heard, that after the
military left Bearfield, a dreadful tight: com-
menced, and that a Gentleman of respectability
has been severely wounded in the head by a stone;
many besides were dreadfully wounded.(Dub/ik
Journal.)

REDUCTION OP RENTS.--.Mr. MASSEY., of the
King's County, Ireland, has made an abatement
Of ss. in the acre,to his tenants on the lands of
Scart, in the County of Tipperary—and promised to
reduce.ss. more in May next, unless the prices of
prodnce'should then be inliiroved.—Mr. RoE, of
Roe's Borough, has made an abatement of 10_ s.
per acre to some of his tenants on the lands of
Granstown, in the same county.