The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-16 00:00:00

DUBLIN, MAY JO.

Sunday evening last, a desperate affray took
place, we are informed, at Black Rock, between
seven and eight o'clock : a person who is a Yeo-
man, was attacked by several ruffianly persons,
overpowered, and his sword taken from him; and
severely abused ; another of the Yeomanry, one of
a Corps in this City, who interfered, was also mal-
treated, and wounded with his own bayonet.- Some
others who came out of houses in the neighbourhood
to quell the riot, so iminecous was the mob, were
obliged to retreat, and the houses they fled into,
the whole of the night kept in a state of siege by
this outrageous mob. The most part of this des-
perate rabble were composed of the Drivers of the
abominable vehicles which ply upon the Rock-road,
who are chiefly most ruffianly vagrants, and some
other persons of the lower class of society, num..'
bers of whom of a very suspicious kind, besides de-
cent persons, go down in jingles every Sunday to
Black-rock.

Two Gentlemen of Cork, a few days' since, had
the curiosity to open • a vault, belonging to the fa-
mily of the GRANTS, in Lower Shandon Church-
yard, which had not been disturbed for about 22
years, and to their astonishment discovered a cof.
kn empty, with the lid removed, and the corpse
lying prostrate alongside of it. From the in-
ascription on the coffin, it appeared that the body
it contained was that of a Mr. GRANT, who was
interred in the year 5782. "As many instances of
premature interment have occurred in this Coun-
try, it is highly probable that this Gentleman had
been only apparently dead, and might possibly have
recovered, but for the culpable haste of his
inliu-
maticn.

A curious trial came on at the DenbighshireAssizes,
held at Ruthin, a few days since, before the Judges
MANSFIELD and BURTON : It was an action brought
by Mr. ROBERT WILLIAMS, Attorney-at-law, of
that town, against Messrs. RICHARD Hoc:its, and
WILLIAM ELLIS, twoof the Aldermen arid Justices
of the Peace of Ruthin, to recover a compensation
in damages of moot. for an assault and false impri-
sonment. In consequence of a meeting of the inha.
bitants, called by the Defendants, as Magistrates,
in July -last, several hundreds of persons, it appear-
ed, enolled their names as Volunteers, who assem-
bled on the 2oth of August, for the purpose of tak-
ing the oath of Allegiance, which was administered
in English and Welsh, by Mr. ELLIS, to 270 per.
sons. The Plaintiff Was present, but did not offer
to take the oath ; and, at a parade on the following
evening, he placed himself in the front rank ; the
men who had not taken the oath on the preceding
day, being direaed to advance a few paces, .and
form in the centre, in order to their being told to
attend on the morrow to rake the oath, they all
cheerfully obeyed, except the Plaintiff, who, on be-
ing desired so to do, not only refused, but behaved
very insolently : upon this the Defendants ordered
their Constable to turn him out ; which was done,
and this was the ground of the anion. After the
evidence had been gone through, the Chief Justice
;MANSFIELD) proceeded to sum up, and, in an im-
pressive address to the Jury, he ridiculed the-charge
of imprisonment, enforced tl necessity of im-
plicit obedience on the part of Volunteers, as in- •
u')ordination would produce destruction, and was
of opinion the Aldermen had done no more than
they had a right to do, and what he should have
done in a similar situation. The Jury Withdrew
for a few minutes, and, on their return, gave a
ye:dia. for the Defendants, to the satisfadion of a
very crowded Court; upon which the Judge certi-
fied double costs to the Defendants, according to
the statute.