The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-02 00:00:00

DIABOLICAL OUTILA.GE.

It is with feelings of great emotion we an-
nounce another deed of aggression, which no-
thing but the intervention of a kind and merciful
Providence could have prevented from equalling,
in blood and horror, the murderous catastrophe.
of the wretched SHEARS. On the morning of
Friday, the 26th instant, the Lady of W.Usetvil
Esq., of the Barony of Lower Ormond, in the
county of Tipperary, was awakened from her
peaceful slumber at three o'clock in the morning,
by the shrieks of her eldest child, an infant
scarcely seven years of age, who, in terrified ac-
cents, complained of suffocation. The agonized
mother finding the fears of the little creature too
well grounded, by presence of mind almost incre‘
dible in her situation, succeeded in alarming the
rest of the family, and with the assistance of her
brother, Mr. J. PRICE, with difficulty effected
the escape of her six younger infants naked, and
helpless --at the most inclement hour of the morn-
ing—in such a season as this ! ! !—the house in'
veloped in flames—a crew of ruffians surrounding
the premises—and murder staring them in the
face! The family, redeemed from death, wry
ultimately assembled on the lawn, consisting :1.1
together of eleven or twelve individuals, all Pr'':
testants ; and beheld, in that forlorn and hopeir''
situation, the total wreck of their whole property'
Furniture, bills, notes, and cash, to a very consi-
derable amount—all, all fell a prey to the flames/
lighted for their destruction by the iron-hearted
murderous incendiaries ! It is not in the power
of language to describe the horror of the scene.
Scarce an article was saved from the general,
wreck ; hut, thanks to the mercy of GOD, the
wretched family succeeded in saving their lives,
the lives of their children ; houseless, naked/
shivering with cold and terror, they witnessed
the flames which were devouring their once happy
mansion ; beheld the total destruction of the pro'
perty which had long contributed to their com-
fort; and heard the heart-rending groans of
horses, cows, and other cattle, which remained a
tortured prey to the destructive element ! A
mare, a most valuable animal, whose celerity had
more than once rescued her owner from the san-
guinary attempts of those fire-brand assassins,
became a prey to the flames.—The letter an' s
flouncing the above melancholy but imperfect
particulars was written by the road side : the
family were ultimately revived and protected in
the hospitable mansion of RALPH SMITH, Esq. Of
Kilwarden Lodge.—(Dublin Paper of Monday
last.)

ADJOURNED INQUEST ON COUNT SOUL/LEX"
BERG.—Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the Jury assem-
bled at the One Tun, Chandos-street, to receive further evi-
dence touching the death of Count Ferdinand Schulemberg,
and Mr. thous opened the Court. One of the Jurors inti-
mated, that the name of the Gentleman, owner of the carriage
and horses, was George Garrow, Esq. (nephew to the Leart?ed.
Baron), and not Garrard, as incorrectly stated. Thos. Smith,
footman to Mr. Garrow, was called
.and examined, and it ap-
peared from his evidence that no blame attached to the coach-
man. The Coroner thought the case so simple a one, as to re-
quire scarcely any deodand, but that was for the Jury to con-
sider. A Juror said it was high time to prevent careless driv-
ing; accidents were almost hourly occurring ; he mentioned
one that occurred near Somerset House on Wednesday evening-
ing, through the rapid driving of a coachman. Mr. Skelton, the
foreman, said, it was a practice that would be checked, he
hoped; but in this case he really thought the the coachman en-
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some other conversation, it was decided, that as the carriage
pole first came in contact and knocked the Count down, it was
the primary cause of his death, therefore a deodand of Is.
was placed on it, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" teas
recorded.

FIRE, AND A CORPSE CONSUMED.—About two
o'clock yesterday morning as the watchman was calling the
hour in Cato-street (the street rendered memorable from the
Thistlewood treasonable conspiracy), he observed the second
floor at No. 12 to be in flames ' • he sprang his rattle and gave
the alarm ; many watchmen hastened to the spot, and the
neighbours were aroused from their beds. All the noise they
made did not rouse the inmates ;_ the door was forced open,
and they proceeded up stairs, and with great exertions and a
few pails of water they succeeded in extinguishing the devour-
ing element. It appeared that the corpse of a poor old woman
named Nelly Walsh, who used to sell fruit in the street near
the Yorkshire Sting°, was waking in the room, according to
Irish custom. The night being spent in smoking and drinking,
the visitors departed about twelve o'clock, and the persons in
the room being weary from three nights sitting up went to bed,
leaving a little girl up to take care of the candles. She soon
fell asleep, and whether a snuff from the candles or other acci-
dent, the sheets with which the room was hung round caught
fire, and were burned to tinder, and the corpse, with the table
on which it lay, was burned to cinders.

The LORD LIEUTENANT has directed surveys
to be made throughout the districts of Connaught,
by experienced officers in the Commissary De-
partment, to ascertain the quantity of provisions
absolutely on hands, and if necessary to send
supplies from other districts, in order to maintaia
en equality of price throughout the kingdom,
and to prevent the possibility of want, so much
apprehended in that district.—(Dublin Corre-
spondent, March 30.)

On Thursday evening last a most distressing
accident occurred in the house of the Hon. Mrs. F.
S. N. DOUGLAS, in Lower Grosvenor-street. Her
brother, M. HENRY WRIGHTON, having gone to
the top of the house in order to have a better view
of a fire, his foot slipped when standing on the para-
pet wall, and he fell through the skylight of the
next house to the ground-floor. The best assistance
was immediately procured, and he was conveyed
to the dining-room in Mrs. Douglas's house, wher,,
he now is ; and as from the concussion •of
brain the most perfect quiet is absolutely nece,-
sary, it is anxiously requested that those who ma
have the kindness to make inquiries do not
up to the door in carriages.