The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-21 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY.

Between 'the hOtrrs of two and three o'clock,
on the morning of Thursday, the 15th inst.. an
armed mounted party of White 'Boys, to the
number of aboUrforty, attached tiye.hOuse of Mr.
JOHN BLAKENEY KITSO.NS, of Kerry, county of
Kerry, Chief Constable for the Barony of ir-
raghtyconnor (who has long•been an object of
their vengeance, in consequence of his continued
and unremitting exertions in. causing the appre-
hension of a number of their as"SOciateS, (and de-
manding his arms, accompanied with a threat, if
he did not comply, to burn his house and his family.
His reply to their demand was a shot, having•takeii,

deliberate aim from a window, owith afow ling-piece
heavily loaded, • at three of the party, who were
in close.conference within about fifteen yards of
)he window, when he perceived one o!'therri
fall. The -party then retreated, after firlnggOreyeral
shotsinto the house.. Mr. KITTSON kept up 3
constant -fire as they crossed his windoWs. lit
about ten minutes they returned again, and put
their threat in execution, by setting tire to the
habitation, which
:being thatched, was Mune-
diately in a blaze, and burned most
Mr. KITTSON and family, consisting of his wife,
six children, and two maid-servants, continuer:
in the house, but at Jength were forced there-
from by the alarming progress of the fire, when
he pushed out in his shirt amongst the assailants,
who were still firing shots at the doors and
windows. Being armed with a gun and a case of
pistols,The party retreated from him,to the rear
-of the house? .and Mr. lit'ursoN' , having pursued
in that direction, fired upon them, when the
whOle party 'fled ; he, however, continued the
pursuit a lone distance, when he perceived theme
taking off one dead body, and leairing a horse
behind, covered with blood. 'lt is to be hoped,
that the Meritorious conduct so'evinced by Mr'
KirrsoN will not pass unnoticed by those whose
peculiar province it is to reward merit., Info.'
Illation of the above transaction having -beet`
'sent by Mr. KITTSON to PIERCE' LESLIE'
Esq. a Magistrate of the County, he'
with several - Gentlemen, • and the Tarbert
Volunteer Corpi of Yeomanry, immediately re'
paired to the spot, and being -.joined by a ser:
jeant and six privates of the 78th foot, made di'',
gent•search iu every direction they traced .the
blood of tile wounded for some miles. tpwurtis, the
County of Limerick, hut could not succee4
discovering any of the party : he, however, foul!
cd
several horses much wounded and two saddles 33
potatoe gardens, covered with blood. --7_(
Chronicle.)

was proportionately ti9e:11;0.
There was a radical row at Astley's ThPa7
SllocKl\o
a few evenings since. The conduct of the.ttati
ale orderly -
cals was of the most disgraceful description, 3117 i
suicide Was committed in Dodbrooke, neztr
bridge., on Friday,'the 14th inst. Mrs. Iticharus/
a very respectable widow, who' had :for h°'l',e
time past been in .a desponding state• of fri9(:;
put an end to her existence by cutting her 010'4'
awful instance of
she divided both carotid arteries, and died befcr';
assistance could be procured.. She NV LIS 011,:
weltering in her htood. What makes this
cir-
cumstance the more melancholy is, the same Pc
son, on Wednesday, the 22d of August last, cu
her throat from. ear to ear, With a clasp 10'e'
completely dividing•the windpipe and part of
°f
; but, through the skill and assidcit9.be
the
.IViedical Geutleman who attended hn
er, ,5 r
perfectly recovered. Being thuS baffled.i
first attempt, but determined on self destruct.ll.lll;
she procured a razor on Thursday, whicl,'
ed
carefully concealed until an opportunity ofier;t
for her purpose, and on the following d4tY we:
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into a lodging room at the upper part of the lous
and perpetrated the horrid deed a second tiulte,
No real cause can be assigned for it, but rePtir
say it was a love affair.—( Exeter Paper.)
come
NW A AWIc.ARD Tilltr.-A. fee days ago, --
robbers broke into the hou4e.of a Gentlewan:„
Everfon Breck, near Liverpool, and took 8
plate, linen, and other articles to a .considers ft
amount. FOrtunately one of the depredator: I a.
behind him, in the hurry of their proceedingsc/e.
letter which contained his name and residetn
-By this he was succeisfulLy traced, taken bel°
a Magistrate, and finally committed to pris'ili;ii,
Wm-Amu nALL, a. pilot of Deal, havillg.o'ic,
cautiously overcharged a swivel, at the rid, it
lugs for his MAJ Lsry's arrival at, Of°. der
burst, and a piece of the barrel struck ilja' v• tiocl
the arm, and killed him,on the spot. A Pet-1 be-
having been prepared by some gentlemen, ii_der
'half of Hall's iiidow,"and time cfreumstoce:o%/
Which the poor man (who had served .1701,
years in the Navy) met his death, haYil“,4 red to
please, to
ed his "'Majesty, he was graciously
order 20/. to be paid to the poor witI"A„FP
which the officer added a guinea, and the bey
to have her husband's pension continued t°
—(Hereford Journal.)

yeNterclay, at No. 7,
Dari.%,•-hidurGseraeye,n;eo,nfnaigs
i‘'fiiiiltbc,Tnil.lS.
~ vire• stm I..rstcr, I) 1 l'''
%-street, -
been married twenty'-four street, Glasgow, was delivered of a daughter. re '
c Novetuocr, w
n the
this is their first child. r OP
- add,. ,
On Wednesday, the sth ' ay, inst: John DaintrY,J',s+ 0,•ko-,
of John' Smith Daintry, of Pod-en-bank,
, in tlic ofcounty. loot f
ter, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter.of John 116c.t,1%g,(1-
serf
niel-park, Cornwall. • -
,^I.OIY, 0
On the 17th inst. at Pinkston, M ti nder LT— Or
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chant
~Glasgow, to Janet, daughter of John tjouf.:..„/"'
Cowlairs. i,„
Johint:hinL,
7t:hiileir.,,,u6pireini;ei

FlSirttatcladoe,nlzsq, n—Tb—'---7--" 1 Melo.
a,frettedrar nti.awSn°sbvatthiS.
the celebrated piano forteiplaVer, .ag • I Lo• , c co'irithlt; siXt'l
On the 2'il .July last, at his residence in I"Pir‘f f•ee t'-nr thi6
Mr. Robert Thomas, aged 107 years... Ile -li\"4,'-':e.°nilants,, i.:sbiti
.generation, anti perhaps the number of tlie,t4ools',' 1:5 bit,
manin is unequalled in history.. Although' N.ll' I -over"' lica}
ye-wereunrestrained, complying with the olt re:ii in We' ele
'drink, and be 1 • " nary, he was never knOwa- to, ors to
13'
aid Burin r 1 • life,
.., his and retained his intellectual • bi 4
last moment.' pa 6r3te' ze
• A few days ago, at IVarsop, George IVrog, a Oat td”."
witilin tile
wife, aged about 00. .They both expired
of half an hour of each other !
the
anragnaitee
0,
f.rb_rni.atesi, a rti,kra.:

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