The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-08 00:00:00

DUBLIN, OCT. 4.

A Company of the Royal Artillery, arrived last
Tuesday in Cork Harbour from Plymouth, under
the command of Capt. EY A.NS.
Tire Triton Frigate, Captain CASHMAN, Ittnd LaFlethe ,
Sloop.of War, Captain DICOY, arrived in
Waterford harbour on Tuesday last, to convoy the
44th Regiment, quartered 'at Geneva, to England.
On Thursday last HENRY ALCOCK, Esq. was:,
sworn into the office of Mayor, and joliN
Bvx-
CHALL and JOHN SNOW, Esqrs. into the office of
Sheriffs of Waterford, for the e6suing year.
A very melancholy occurrence took place on
Thursday last in the County of Cavan :—As Lieut.
KERR, of the Portland Yeoman Infantry, was exec.
cising his Corps, a shot was discharged from the
ranks, which entered his body, and he instantly
fell. The astonishment produced by this dreadful
circumstance may be easily conceived, as Lieut.
KERR was a Gentleman much beloved by his Corps,
and highly respelled in the country. Upon an
investigation, it appeared that the brother of the
man who had fired this unfortunate shot, had been,
the night before shooting wild ducks on a neigh.,
houring lake, and that the innocent perpetrator
had borrowed his musket, and been suffered to
fall into the ranks without having had it properly):
examined. Lieut. KEaR survived but four hours.
A Coroner's Inquest was held on the body, and ,
after an accurate inquiry, a Verdi& was found of
Accidental Death; in consequence of which the
rnms, who hod caused .it was admitted-to
bail.

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' On Friday last, Lieutenant BROWN, of the Bar.,
rack .Divisione in consequence of. informatiotl given
to Mojor,,§llll2, appreheoled 'MAlachy' neldOY, Esc,.
late late of the Cuo'uty of Kildare..4 Mr. Deftly was
tried and,acquitted at *the' la t Siring A,siics. fol. the
Count.), 'Kildare. He was Ci4loo3itte4l by tie Major
to to Kilmainham gaol. '
T.,..mOrrw the .tiii'll -iii Redmond, for High re!:
Sono will 'Come 'on at:the:Commission Court. • 3'ohn, /1/4iNtash,' conyitted on Saturday last of
High "Treason, was xesterday executed it i YettFick-
street, opposite to his former residence. He ap.
geared truly penitent 114 his.erirnes, and particularly
lamented, that he had abandoned the doctrines of
the Kirk 'Of Scotland, in -which he had been bred.
for those! of she Chiirch of Rome, which he had
adopted since his coming to Ireland. He made seve.
rah important communications to Mr. bheriff Nitro-
DEN, in Consequence of which that indefatigable
Officer, Mail brag, repaired to M'lntosh's forme;
house, where he discovered a concealed dpr, art..
fully formed by bricks built into a frame,, plastered
over to resemble the rest of a wall, which was Co.
Vered with shelves, and turning otit upori hinges
and castors : upon opening this door a tier of closet
rooms appeared, eoramunwating by trap-doors and
scaling ladders through three stories of the house ;
they were spacious enough to conceal forty men,
and were provided with air.holes communicating
with the outer wall. In these rooms were found
from three to four hundred pikes of a very pecu.
liar 'llruetion, having an iron hinge in about
half their length, •by which they doubled up, and
though when extended they were six feet long,
yet by this contrivance it was possible to tarry one
of them undiscovered under a man's coat. A quan.
tity of sulphur was also found, and every appear..
ance of much mischievous preparation having gone
forward in the house. Major SIRR brought away
the door as a curiosity.
Al'lntosh acknowledged to have taken the house
in Pacrick.strect where the explosion was, for which
purpose Emmet liad`given him money. He told
Mr. Sheriff PoutlpEN there was no gunpowder
inanufaaured in the house in Patrick.street : the
explosion was of six or seven pounds, which
had been brought there' to make signal rockets
and fuses, and for which purpose was the ma.
chine found there to . pulverise the .. powder,
and the 'saltpetre which was also discovered ; he
could not account, he said, whii. occasioned the
blowing tip of the powder. Emmet and his'
comrades . had. :a ,doubt of treachery in him to
them from this circumstance, insomuch, that from
that time to the 23a of July, they placed seri ti.
nels on him, to watch his conduit ;• he declared
he had saved the life of Farrell, the, Witness on
his trial, who would have been put to death in
the dept in Mass-lane, but for his interference.
Ur. Gamble mentioned to this malefaClor in his
cell, that Etumet confessed to him, a while be-
fore he died, that he had but eighty men on the
Might of the late insurreaion upon whom he could
depend to aid him in his desperate designs. Mac.
intosh acknowledged that was a WI, saying at the
same time, '" o.ae If them .eishey 'was -1." He
acknowledged the.iustice of his sentence, and item,
ed to be much' deOressed in spirits, on going into
the cart.. -

On Wednesday last the 69th Regiment of Foot,
2000 strong, marched from Nottingham fur SilVer
Hill Barracks.
The two channels leading into Spithead arc equal..
IY to he guarded by a considerable Na v;il force ; and
We understand two second rates are to be stationed
in the Needles Passage, and look-out Vessels at the
h,,ck of the Isle of Wight, which will form a cur,
dun with the line of Battle Ships at St. Helens. Thus
every precaution will be taken to guard Portsmouth
from any danger of attack. The Princess Royal,
Prince George, and Windsor Castle, will, we believe,
he ordered upon this service.
IN trA NT trtntit E RS.--A party of boys, amount-
ing in number to about fifty, on Thursday made
their appearance in the Strand, in grand military
"ray—colours flying, drums beating, &c. The
Commander in Chief, abOut ten years of age, was
distinguished not only by the superior elegance of
his Uniform, but by his being mounted on a noble
Charger in miniature—(a beautiful poney)—
upon which he maintained his seat wit h all the dignity
aild gravity Of an exp•tiriencerl Officer.: The interior
Chneers, made a no labs tespeaable appearance.; and,
to do the 'privates jnsriec, theyLtnarched in ,slow and
(I.tiek time with 1 er'G' L.LC:4l,ptecigiqn. The drums
41iti fifes' were also excellect. novelty of this
Yl'ung band 4 Patripts colieded a vast crowd,- who
It4l"ied ihern throokh various Atreets in the neigh.
huilrhood of the Strand. •