The Sun.
London, England, 1803-03-21 00:00:00

MARCH 15;

Saturd4y. night last, a most daring and des:.
Aerate aoaCk was made on the, !lodes of Mr.
James M'Donnell and Mt. Byrner near thiCanat.
bridge,' in Polphin!s barn.towni by a number of
villains, who robbed them of property to a very
considerable amount. These Gentlemen being
:next „door neighbours, and old acqu;ti,“ances, for
their mutual protation, since the soldiers were
removed"froin, that neighbourhood, agreed to stop
up tone of their hall doors, in order that they
might have a friendly intercourse, during the
winter nights, without a risle of epoiling their
doors, to. admit robbera.. Me. Byrne opened a
door way from his street parlour into Mr.,M‘Don.
nell's hall. Mr. Byrne is proprietor of a valuable
quarry', andemploys a great number of Cars to con.
'vey stones to different buildings in and about the
city. Between seven And eight o'clock, having
patd, almost. the whole
,of hiti men, his clerk, who
as 'a most powerfully strong man, and he, were
6itling in the parlour, and ):axing paid an old
woman her :son's wages, Mr. Byrne wee; to- the
hall door to let her out ; but on opening the dour,
eight ruffians forced her back into the hall, 'and
entered the house. Mr. Davis,, the clerk, hearing
a scuffle in the' hall, seized a pair of tongs,, and
4tiutk one of the fellows, as they entered the
patiour, but was soon overpowered ; three men
presented pistols at his head, while a fourth gave
hirn a thrust. of a pistol, by which, it feared, he
Will lose his eye ; another from behind struck
him on the head with the lock of a pistol, which
wounded him severely. During . this struggle,
Mr. and Mrs. M'Donnell were alarmed in thiir
front.parlodr; Mr. MgDonnell retreated into the
back parlour, intending to go up stairs for his arms,
but %iras stopped in the hall. by two of the party,
'who instantly seized him.- Mrs. MlDonnell rushed
into Mr. Byrne'S parlour, and threW herself on her
knees, beseeching they would spare his life. At

this moment a boy rapped at the door, but was
seized by 16ur felloWs, -on the outside, and pushed
into the house. So many persons havinediv itied
the attention of the robbers, and two of themhay.
ing gone into the yard to look foi two maid servants,
whom, they said, they knew were in the house, Mr.
Byrne, though severely wounded, had an opportunity
of rushing up stairs to his'bed-room, where he was
well armed.

When Mr. Byrne was missed by, the robbers,
they forced Mrs. ,M'Donrkell before them; up his
stairs, where a battle ensued.. Mr. Byrne fired se.
veral .shots at then, hut ihe'apprehension of wotind-
ing Mrs. M‘Donnell rendered ihein ineffeaoal—
as he fired he retreated, AM bcilted-' his door; they
fired six or seven sheits through his door, all balls
of a large pistol size.. They at length got into his
room, and overpowered him, but not until they
had almost deprived him of life; for he'now lies'
dangerously ill of several fraftures in his head, &c.
They then proceeded to rifle the house. They
took a gold watch, about tool.. in bank notes,
several
,bills of exchange, and many articles of
plate, and other valuables, from Mr. Byrne. They
took from Mr. M'Donnnell, a silver watch, a con-
si(fierable quantity., of plate, a great number of
bills, one of them for 25001. contained in a re.
marl ble bill.case, and many other valiiable
articles. They continued above an hour, in
the house, and four men were observed on the out.
side, but it is imagined several others were around
tie hciuse. Two of them wore masks, made of old
hats, with holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth, one
oC, which they dropped on going away ; 'they also
dropped an old hat; and on Sunday morning a hat
of Mr. M'Donnell's, which they carried away,
was found'in a field, a great distance from the' house.
Mr. justice Bell, who lives near the spot, attended
immediately, on hearing of the robbery, but little
hopes, we are sorry to bay, can be entertained of a
discovery, .as the persons in the house were either
obliged to cover their faces, or so much frightened
that they could not describe the person of any•of
them.

. At the Limerick Assizes two men were convicted
of being engaged in 'the late robbery at Col. Pour.
chier's, , and ordered for .execution.—Four men
'were capitally vonviaed of whipping Mr. Green's
Steward, and two othersiikewise ordered to be
hanged for whipping Mr. Rose's Steward.--Mar.
togh ifhirn•was convie,ted of the murder of Messrs.
john.Boland, James Boland, Mathew Boland, Edw.
Boland, and James Boland, Jun. on the night of the
7111 of March 1830. This man appeared to have
been a principal in that bloody 'scene; the Learned
Judge said, in pronouncing sentence, that he never
felt so little pain in discharging' this awful part of
his duty ; 'and a sentiment of satiseadion seemed to
pervade the whole Court, at seeing a Prircipal in that
massacre Convided, though ar the end of three years,
in so satisladlory a manner. ' Upon this trial a very
extraordinary :circumstance occurred : a 4nan, who
adinitted:to have been present at the massacre, ap-
peared as ,a witness for the Prisoner at the Bar; but
as this man's fate is yet undecided, we shall abstain
from comment as to him, Only observing, that we
hear his defence is, that he was forced to the massacre
by Patrick Ahern, who sought revenge against 80.
land, Olen a Tythe-Proftor, Bolatid having. sold
.a
'cow of Ahern's, under 'a Decree for Tythes, obtain.
edagainst him in the Civil Bill Court. Whether
this man was under coercion or not, may beteaftei
appear ; but it is now unquestioriably true, that the
dreadful, carnage of the Bolands was -occasioned by
the circumstances above stated.--,All the 'Gentlemen
of the County wire to attend the Executi,on of these
men upon-the call of the Sheriff..
As. Miss Butler, sole surviving *Niece of the
Wealthy and respeetalvie Mrs. Porter, of.St,,An.
drew's-street, Cambridge, was warming herself be.
fore.the fire, which seemed sufficiently guarded by a
screen, as chance spark communicated itself to her
muslin gown, and she was soon enveloped in .flames.
The Gentleman to whom she was betrothed, was
the first Who heard her -cries, but he arrived too
late, '.for before the flames could be extinguished,
she was so much burnt as to expire the
.next morn-
ing, in the greatest agonies. Our:, Correspondent
adds, that the intended'bridegroom has been deli ri-
'taus ever since.

An infant, Rt Higham, Suffolk, named R,ous,
last week, being allowed to play with some Leafed
wood ashes, his chit:tits caught fire, and he was so
severely burnt, as to die in a few hours after.
The daughter of Mr. Ward, of Stokesby, Nor.
folk, four years old, was, yesterday sennight burnt
to death, in consequence of the fire with which she
was playing communicating to her cloaths.
Last week died, at Ripston Hall, Lincolnibire, ,
In the zzd year of her age, Misa S. Bonner. Her
death was occasioned by a spark falling on her
.1
cloaths while asleep:

Saturday se'nnight, as Mrs. Green, aged $4, the
mother of Messrs. Green, of Sheffield, was standing
with her back towards the fire, a hot coal fell, upon
her gown, which! immediately enveloped her in
flames ; in this situation she rushed into► the street,
where some persons extinguished the fire, but not
before she was so dreadfully burnt, that her life is
despaired of.
An extraordinary robbery was effeCted at the
White Hart inn, in Bath, on Wednesday morning :
a fellow who had concealed himself in the house dur.'
ing the evening, entered several bed.rooms while
the guests were asleep, took from beneath the
pillows of three Gentlemen their watches, and rifled
their pockets. Every room which had not been se.
cured, was entered by the plunderer. - One of_ the
principal inns in Bristol was lately cobbed,in a si.
tnilar manner. ,

James Wright has been sentenced to be pillored
and imprisoned for twelve months, for indelicately
exposing himself in the church.yard of Saint Law.
rcnce, Thetford •he is afterwards to find sureties
for his modest behaviour for three years. If the
Norfolk. Censors were to extend their jurisdic.
Lien to our places of fashionable resort, how many
pretty females faces would adorn the pillory ?

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