The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

STotts4,,-On Saturday this port of the country
was'visited by a most tremendous storm of wind
and rain. Many chimney Inns and slates were blown
down—the ships in the roads kept their stations
with great difficulty—and in the country several
large treeshare been torn up by the roots, We have,
not heard of more serious damage; bnt greatly
fear our accounts from the set-parrs will inform
us of many disasters 'among the shipping, on the
coast.---(Belfast Commercial Chronicle.
A ,dreadful tire broke out in Lord
,Bauty's house,
•at Bailey, on. the night of Motils.,, and thounli
no lives were lost, the damage stistahied by the
.building is very considerable. His Lordship had
returned public thanks to Major Howard, and
the detachment of the 30th, whose exertions in
the flames were trnly.meritorions.
suppressing
• .A most daring attempt was made to break into
the houSe of Colonel Grogan, r i Celbe:dge, on,t hr
morning of the 27th ult. Abont two o'clock
on that mottling, John Donut., steward to Co-
lonel-Grogan, was disturbed by.t he barking of the
dog. On going to the window, he sow a man in
the yard, on which he asked who was there ?
reply was given, but a large stone was thrown it,to
the window,' which struck against the wall behind
hint where he stood. Dunne immediately fired a
loaded pistol in the direction the stone came from,
which was 'instantly returned by three musket shots,
tise'balls Own which I.,(lged in the Wall of
room. Donne again fired two shots at one of
the robbers who.tvas visible to him, which he
thinks ,must have taken effect. As he beard no-
thing more for some time, he conceived the place
was cleared of these ruffians, and Went up stairs ;
As he. passed a lobby window, he observed one
of the men an his knees, as if presenting a gnu ,at
; he snapped his pistol again at the fellow,
but it rui!,Sed fire. The robber fired at the win-
dow without doing any serious injury immedi-
ately after, another man came un and joined, the
first, when Dunne fired at them again, oiler• which
the two men tel In a short time after-
words, Dunne, having obtained the ns3istance of a
labourer; sallied out in seat ell of the robbers, but
he could not
,snake, them out : near where they
stand they found anew (lbw, some balls, and several
ohargra of powder, and it hen daylight appeared, a
quithtily of blood was traced from the spot across
a wall, to a considerable
.distanee along the road,
leading to Lord Leitrim's gnte,:
,After all was
over,- °mole perceived that his shirt was perfo-
rued undrr his arm-pit, by one of ttie

BENJA'MIN \VEST, I?.stj. the venerable President
of the Royal Academy, has just received a Di-
plnina from the Academy pf Painting at Rome,
electing him a Member of that Body. Mr. WESt
has been seriously indisposed fur some days past,
but is recovering.

Early in the morning of Christmas-t 1 y, up-
wards of thirty men, women,,and 'children, be-
longing :o the Westleyan Chapel, in Bury, dress-
ed in white, accompanied by a band of music, pa-
raded the streets of that town, singing carols till
day-light.

THB DUKE OR WBI.LINGTON ! !---"The unex-
pected arrival of his Ortice has . given rise to v.k.
nous:Conjectures as to the object of his speedy
nap), are of opinion that his late short re-
turn is connected with events highly important to
this Country 3 but the Quidnuncs of the City are
generally agreed that the chief motive of the
renowned Field Marshal's journey was for the pur-
pose of securing some of the Great §terling Money
Prizes, comprised in the truly popular New Year's
Lottery, by g personal application at the well-
known lucky ()Mice of Maßsmatt., No. 1,, Hol-
born 13:trs, corner of Alitidie now.