The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-27 00:00:00

IRELAND.

SPECIAL COMMISSION.

LIMERICK, DEC. 22.-At the hour of eight
o'clock, the following persons—John Lee, Pa-
trick Brown, Morgan Creagane, George Darcy,
Patrick Enright, Thomas Keeffe, Daniel Keeffe,
John Finn, and Patrick Creagane, are on their
trials for a misdemeanour and riot in N.,wcastle,
and for assaulting a woman named Catherine
Basset, who had given her testimony last Assizes,
The Court was crowded by all the rank and re-
spectability of this part of the country, and not
a Juror absent when his name was called.
There are now from seven to eight capitally
convicted under the White Boy Act, and it is
expected they will be sentenced to-morrow.—
(Friday .)
ExEcuTios.—Michael Fitzgerald and Michael
Halloran, were hanged this day, for the murder
of Manning, the Policeman—Fitzgerald died
per tent. llalloran declared his innocence.

On Sunday evening, at a quarter before six
o'clock, the car, with the mail from this city to
Bruff, was stopped by three armed fellows, near
Six-Mile-Bridge, who, having placed a cocked
blunderbuss to the head of the post-man, caused
him to deliver his case of pistols and ammuni-
tion—they offered no other violence to the man,
nor attempted to take the mail bags.
On Sunday night, at twelve o'clock, Quarry
Lodge, near this city, belonging to Mr. O'Hara,
was attacked by a gang of armed men—they dis-
charged a pistol at the herdsman, without effect,
and departed, not procuring any fire-arms, which
they said wag the object of their visit.

FOR THE SUN.

STATE OF IRELAND.

11r.. EDITOR—Every good man must admire the motives
orthe Writer on Irish Affairs, in your excellent Journal of this
day, who signs himself " An Irish Landlord;" but, when we
consider that the Canal of which he recommends the cutting
will only employ about 20,000 people for about three years *, ,
while the balace increase of Population in Ireland is nearly
130,000 per annum, and one million of its fine people are de-
moralizing for want of -mployment, nothing can prove their
wretchedness siore than their offering to work for 4d. per day,
when their potatoes are nearly as dear as in England. I there-
fore submit to the consideration of this good gentleman and the
public, how £m something more than the above-named expe-
dient is not absolutely necessary for the employment of the peo-
ple of Ireland, and how far the production (in our Colonies, by
our people) of the corn, hemp, flax, cotton, tobacco, the cutting
and carrying of our timber, and the building and navigation of
ships for their cariage, to do which, we now employ foreigners
and which keeps idle in the British Empire one million or more
9f our people, and from 3 to 500,000 tons of ships, would not
he a permanent relief to the distresses of the British Empire.
These measures would not only relieve the charge on our
• Poors' Rate and Charitable Funds, and our Criminal expendi-
ture, of some millions per annum, and make us independent of
Foreigners, but would create a greater market for our Manu-
factures than the Foreigner now gives us, and increase our
Revenue, wealth, and power, equal in value w the State about
40 million pounds sterling per annum, while it would give
every man in the Empire now unemployed profitable employ-
ment. This would also make our increasing population a
blessing in lieu of a curse.

I remain, your obedient Servant,

A TRUE ENGLISHMAN,

Dec. 25.

• Our Correspondent, "An Irish Landlord," however,
justly estimates that the Canal would prove a source of further
and continued profitable employment, and he only recommends
this as one measure of improvement, amongst many others which
may be devised.—ED.

Great agitation prevailed yesterday on the
Exchange, to which place the transactions in the
funds (the Stock Exchange having been shut for
the holyday) were transferred. All the bargains
were of course what are termed private ones,
but they were to a greater extent than is usual
on the days of ordinary business. Seieral causes
combined to produce a panic. Orders from
the country arrived to sell stock, and ex-
presses were received by different speculators
from Paris, announcLig a material decline in
the French funds on Montbfl which encouraged
them also to make very large saes for the ac-
count. The consequence was, Jai coosols, which
early in the day were at 77-f, began io decline
rapidly, and in a very short time were as 10,w as
Every species of rumour,however absurd, t%:4-5
at the same time put in circulation, and obtainer.
belief. Late in the day some re-action took
place, as many persons, who bad equally good
means of information, considered the panic to be
in great measure without foundation, and under
that impression made some large purchases.
Confidence was then partly restored among the
dealers in stock, and the transactions closed at 77
in consols for the opening. In the midst of this
alarm, every kind of foreign stock also declined
in value, with the exception of Spanish bonds,
which, on the contrary, evinced signs of improve-
ment.—(illorning Paper.)

As a proof of the improvement of trade in
Birmingham, it is stated in Aris's Gazette, that
in the course of the last year, 271 boys have left
the Lancasterian school in that town, the greater
number of whom have been removed for the pur-
pose of being placed in situations of active em-
ployment.
A Requisition is about to be presented to the
High Sheriff of Norfolk, requesting him to call a
INleeting of the County, to take into considera-
tion the present most truly alarming state of
Agriculture. A similar Requisition will be
shortly presented to the High Sheriff of the
County of Suffolk. To the list of Public Meet-
ings already held on the same subject, we have
to add a Meeting of the Ilarleston (Norfolk)
Agricultural Association, held on Tuesday, the
18th inst. w hen a series of resolutions were una-
nimously adopted.