The Sun.
London, England, 1812-05-04 00:00:00

DUBLIN, APRIL 29.

On Tuesday night last, an outrage, (and one of
the- most diabolical description that can well be.
imagined) was committed near Sallyparrick. While
the family of a tanner there, named Patrick Keeffe,
were heavy asleep, the dwelling-house appears'' to
have been set on fire, and wii h such effea, that the
firs! :communication of the dreadful event was by

the falling in of the particles of the roof, and of the
burning' timber : Keefle, from former visitations
!wide upon him,, by the villainous banditti that
infest that country, had, sometime back, gotten
iron gratings to his windows, and a strong lock
to his door. On the first *rnu,. being awakened
the cry of " Fire" from his wife, they both
jumped out of bed, and, in the sudden agitation •
of their' mind.is- lost the few short moments that -
might have saved some of this unfortunate fa-
mily, in a distracted and ineffeEtual search for
the key. Missing this, K...effe recolleCted a win-
dow through which he might pais, and made for
it, the' burning timbers still falling in upon them
in increased number : and, while lie was making
this effort, his wife ran for the purpose of bringing
s,ime of their children froM an inner room, but out
of which neither'she nor they ever came alive.—
Out of a family consisting of nine persons, either in
youth or. middle life, within a few minutes, but ene
was' left to'relare thiS horrid story.
Patrick Keeffe was removed to the House of In-
dustry, through the humane exertions of the High
Sheriff; most dreadfully burned.
Mr. HILL, one of the Coroneri, held an inquest
at Keeffe's house on Wednesday, when the Jurv,_
after examining all the evidence (and little it war
that they could obtain) found,, that-eight persons
named came by their death by the house in which
they were being maliciously set on'fire by some per-
son or persons unknown.
Major Prendergast (the 'High Sheriff) went to
the place on Thursday, and made the most diligent
investigation in his, power, when from a very mi-
nute examination into a variety of minor circum-
stances, he found ample reason to confirm the ver-
di& of the Jury, and has offered a liberal reward for
the apprehension of the monsters by whom the hor-
rid ad was perpetrated. On going to -the" House of
Industry, he found Keeffe, covered' with ulcers,
from the fire; unfriended, . and, unattended;
and..no threat, or intreaty, nothing of reward 'or
punishment, that he could hold out, was sufficient

to procure from the surrounding savages, a car to
convey Keefe to this town. Determined at length
to use for,ce in procuring otle, he went for militaiy
assistance to the next station, and, on his way,
Meeting a return carriage from Nile Mine House,
he wade use of that for the conveyake of the un-
fortunate sufferer into town.

It is stated in a paper of Saturday, .that Mr. PER-
CRVAL has determined to offer to the Catholic Body
three of their principal demands :—" The removal
of every existing impediment to their prom:Minn to
the highest ranks' in the Army ;—a simihr exten-
sion of the opportunities of acquiring promotion
with respe6t to the Navy ;—the same advantages in
the profession of the Livv : but that he will not
concede, at least for the present, the right of- being
elected to the House of Commons, or of sitting,
as British Peers, or Representative Peers of Ireland
or Scotland."

The report of some persons having been sent to
the Tower, originated in the following circumstance :
—Four French piisoners who made their escape,
were
,taken in Hampshire; carried from thence to
Alton, and from that place condu6led to the. Police
,Office at'Wesminster, whenCe they were sent down
to the Thames Police Office. It is .understood, that
two 4armers are implicated in. their escape, after
whom inquiries are Making. It is said that one of
U prisoners is a French General.