The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-26 00:00:00

DUBLIN, J.A.“.; AttY

SATURDAY-evening last, about the hour of six
o'clock, a number of armed robbers entered at the
back of the Rev, Flums's House, near Ardee,
and having proceeded to the parlour where the family
were, demanded all the fire arms and money in the
house. After they-had regaled themseles with wine
and a snack, they took from Mrs. Humtc' her gold
watch and a guinea and a half note. The villains
fired a pistol at Mrs. HUME, which fortunately did
not injure her. The Dodor dreading the destruction
of his whole family, rushed out of the house, made his
way to Ardee, -and called on the Yeomanry, "who in-
stantly mounted-their•horses and proceeded ‘slith him;
but before he reached his house, the robbers had
plundered it of various articles of value and fled.—
They afterwards went to Fenshog, and robbed
several people of their money, watches and wear-
ing apparel. A patiole of the Colon and Ardee
Yeomanry were out ,rtiost past of the night, •and
took up several 'suspicious fellows ; one of whom
we understand .Dr. ..HIJME has identificd as oncof
the villains who robbed -his house. , It is said that
Mrs. HO-ME'S watch was found,on him. •

Wedoesday, 'three men were brought up to. town
prisoners on\a car, and lodgedinKihnainham Gaoi.
It is supposed they ire some of the tail of that
banditti, to which Dwyer was leader.

STRANGFORD, AN. 8.

A few days ago was seized by Wr Lt. I AM BEERS,
F.Sti. Coast Surveyor;:and brought- into the River
of Strangford, a large smuggling Cutter, called the
Maria, pierced for sixteen carriage'guns; wiili a
consider-able part of her cargo on board, consisting
of tobacco and brandy.
The manner in which she was seized should not
be concealed from the public, as such ari enterprize
hasinot been attempted on any of these coasts, in
the memory of the oldest inhabitant : ort the night
of the z9th ult..the Maria was discovered, lying
at anchor near the mountain foot
.(of Mourne)
which was communicated ‘to Mr, BE E RS, who
assembled some of his Coast Officers and a party
of his Yeomen, and formed the resolution to board
her before day-light : he dispatched a party, who
,were posted in different places along the -shore, to
prevent any person from approaching to give either
alarm or signal-to the Cutter's reople, whilst Cap-
tain B.E tits, with twenty men, pushed, fOrward to
the Cutter in three Boats, none of.his party appear-
ing at the same time, but those that were roving
the Boats, as the rest were lying down concealed
and when within pistol-shot, were discovered to be
hostile to the Cutter's people, who were alarmed.
by those upon deck ; but Capt. Be ERs, with' his
party in the Boats, kept up such a rapid fire of
small arms, and boarded her with. such resolution
and determined bravery, that all the hands- belong-
iog to the Cutter,- twenty.five in number, were
drove below, and the seizure of her completed..
There were blunderbusses, and several .stand of
small arms, and ammunition in abundance, found
on board. -

Last Friday morning, at the Bay I-16rse Inn, in
Blackburn, a trAveller, from Colne, g ,t up in his
Sleep,went out at the window, and. fell into
.the
yaradjoining; a descent of about seven yards.-:-:-
A person who lay in the same room, observed him
the
.window-curtain, and deliberately open
draw ing
the window, but naturally supposed it was to see
what kind of a morning it was ; his sudden disap-
pearance, however, obliged him to alarm the house,
when on discovering the wanderer, it was found
that he had hickily alighted on some very • small
coals, which in a great measure had broken his fall,
and he had received no other hurt than having the
small hone of the left arm broken, and the right leg
rather stunned: on the morning after he set off home
in a way of recovery.
On Saturday se'majght the body
of a man was
found in the Great Canal, about a mile East from
Kirkintulloch, Scotland. On being carried into the
Town, it was recognized by some of the inhabi-
tants-to be that of a man who had travelled the
country for some weeks pait, seeking employment
as a mole-catcher. His watch and, a shirt -were
found in his pockets, Widisome papers, from which
it appears his name was SAMUEL "TAYLOR. It' is
supposed be had lost his way while travelling in the.
night.
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