The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-20 00:00:00

MEL4I..VD

EXTRACT CP A LETTER FROU GAT...VA!:

" We are again called-upon to noti..e the law-
less and atrocious otdrages tit the pirapical banditti
of the fishermen s 4 ho the Clodda4li in this
town. The deter,runed and obstinate perseverance
of ilre:e infatulted inonopiai•ts,- in then miett.pt:i to
ruin the lucrative and abundant fishery iri this bay,
appears likely to be productive of the moa tre-
mendous consequences, not birch. to tho,e imme-
diately interested is the prosperity of the fishery,
but even to toe community at large, and loudly calls
for, and, we conceive, well merits, the imtneditte
attention of the Govetibment. We mentioned in
our last the intetriou of Captain Morris, of the
Townsbend Revenue- cutter, to atlord protection to
such industrious persons as may be disposed to, fish
• for herrings. With this intention he went into the
bay on Wednesday evening, 'when immediately,
upon observing his movement, many hundreds 01
the Cloddagh &berme') put to sea for the purpose of
opposing him, and in a most alariiring manner
threatened himself and crew with destruction: Cap-
tain Morris, however, not intimidated by -their des-
perate temerity, persevered in his *purpose, -and
after having tired several shots, stwereded iu disi:ers
hag then), thereby affording encouragement to such
persons as were inclined to fish, to do so. The op- •
portunity thus afforded, lem only availed them-
selves of—sso considerable; was' the appreliensioti
excited amongst them by the previous menaces of the
Cloddagh men ; and of the few, one boat incauti-
ously, anti without the knowledge of Captain
Morris;- proceeded b,-yond the reach of. 116 assi,t-
atice. This boat was earsued and overtaken, and:
at midnight (Captain:Morris having some hours pre-
viowiiy returned to harbour) she was boarded, w ht
with characteristic barbarity, the Cloddagh tineit put
3 gag into the mouth of every person on board, for
the; purpose of prevewing. any, pos4bility of alarth.
In this deplorable situation one or tlie Unhappy then,
whits had Mien attacked, • was laid hold of by the
heels, by one of the 'assailants, who intended, and
1 actually attempted, to have thrown him over:board !
In the exertion, one of his 'shoes, which the moo,
;ter lidd, having been pulled off, fortunately saved
his ; for a second attempt to drawn' loin Was de-
feated. by 'the interference. of thii miscreant's 'own
associates in eriine, who all declared in the hearing
of the agitated iictioi of their cruelty, "that it he was
made' 'away svith they'd all be hanged. ,• The'boat
crew _had been thus ill-treated had 'taken'
above 10,000 herrings, everyone of which, together
with the nets, Scc. &c, on board, it must ),pear
entirely unnecessary to add, underwent a most
stitu-
naaty and discretionary mode-of confiscation. •
Such were the proceedings ox Wednesay night ;
and reproachful as they no doubt are, they wet e not
more disgraceful nor more ink-411665' th-i the
occur-
rences of the tollowiog day ; for, on l'hursiay, the
disturbers not .only tuaniested a rehketaure
cline a repetition of the contli:.i, but went tie tay
*to ptavoke it,by hating violently 'arid wantonly at-
tacked'- and- ill-treated Capt. Morris's' men. 'He
himself having accidentally been absent .from .the
vi-ssel at the mumept the attack was made upon the
crew, the men supposed it prudent tint to retaliate
the-injury, anddechned firing upon -the assailants.
-Upon 15--iniOnfortnecl of the assanit,which had been
committed on his men, Captain Morris immediately
-proceeded to ilia 'vessel, and' went in pursuit of the
offenders, three •of the ringleaders of whom were:
identified to him, and spiritedly taken by him- from
.amongst the cellectederews of above 500 beats and
.put on board his own vessel, whe*re he kept them
confined fur that night. The following morning he
applied to the Mayor for a party of the army to con-
ey them to jail, which, having been ordered, was
marched to the beach in order re) take charge of the
prisoners. • After the. Military had taken -the delin-
quents into custody, and while escorting them
through the Cloddaghi.to jail, the contest assumed
a new•shape. Attire end,of Dominick-street, Capt.
Morris, the Guard,, tic. were, opposed by a phalanx
' of Amazonian heroines from 4 to 600 strong, who
- having upon this occasions laid aside the oratorical
weapon, of woman's warfare, which though- it Often
wounds, seldom kills, so beset the party with
showers of lapideous bullets, that they conceived it
prudent' to march' in double -quick. time, until their
• retreat was luckily covered by theguard at the West
Bridge guard-room, who turned out for tlie.pnr-
p•ose. During this short sculile, Captain Morris re-
ceived sbine severe contusions, as also did the soh
dieis,*a few of whom findingit impossible, notwith-
standing thei•r apparent danger, to divest themselves
of the' characteristic gallantry of Irishmen, prevailed
upon saute of the fear combatants to taste the
'" Aromatic Lozenges of Steel." The prisoners are
'now lb jail and •will'we suppose be tried at the pre-
sent Quarter Sessionser-Ttre manner tit which they
shafhe treated, and the so.y(irity with which ,they,
shall be. ptinished, (if evidence be addUced against'
tlieii stifficient to warrant a Oouiictis.m) will, we,
siik2erelyhope and trust, prove the •deterniination of
itie Tho;Sel.Magistraey to repeal the statures of the
f Cloddaill legislators, as well as their intentioiis to
toalesCe With Captain Morris, in that. gentleinatt's
spit-tied, becoming,, and e?ttremely praise-worthy
exertions to. beuefit the poor, to enrich the town,
,o punish the. monopolists, and to obviate evils
• of the most alarnaing magnituoe.—(luia.:9 Chiy-
nick.

. .
Sliocx.lNG A 114ckney-coach, in
which were Mrs. Pedqal,,ofNaddox-street, and her
two Childien,"witha youth of the name of Horner,
was turned over in Aford-sireet,.onTuesday by
the cdaehman negligently drivingagainst a brciad-.
SA' heeled waggon, whilst racing. with !inotht.r•hack-
ney-coachthan ; ;he coach was turned over with such
viulee that one of itie children, a firie. boy four
,years old, died'of his fiaciures; and the youth,
Horner, was much hurt, that hij le is in' a very
preca; ious stale. The coachwan leas' been secured.
Thursday .week, as .1.11i,s 131,iVistOn, of. Btinder7
laud, was coming. front Nu&. 3auks to:i\lewcastle,
her horse whiling 4way, with!Tbef, site was 11-own
"ott at G:teshead tthqpike-gate; and, so much hurt
tacit she dieda 'few minutes aTterwardg.

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TO TgE EDITOR OI TAIL SUS.

IiAIIVRST, AND DISTILLATION FROM GRAIN.

After . the gloomy firebodings which had been in-
dulged
re7p,•cting the harvest, and the prediCtions
of scarcity, which were so mdustaiously dissemi-
nated, it is a ; ertiliar satisfaMion, it it may not be
det-tned rt public duty, to notice the contrast which
is preseitteo from the contemplation-of the present
situation of the C,Allilry. The harvest has been
untisualty abiln‘lilt., and it has been principally
reaped during the most se,tsonably fine weather, in
greater plenty, and in liiglrtr pet fection than was
ever pi-I-Wilts remiembered. The information de-
nired through varions.channels, and from prernt
counties, nnitt-s in the most chfering account of ale
crop., and the constant .fall of the prices of grrin,
demons: rates, most unequivocally, that the bless-
ing of plenty is -amongst us. Not only are all ap-
pteltensions respecting the harvest entirely removed,
but the despondency which has been entertained re-
specting the discoetinuance of the importation of
foreign grain, is now proved to be altogether gro9nd-
less.• It- has been confiiently aiserted 'by many
.who deiight, in gloomy anticipations of Calami-
-ty. ;to their country, that the restrictions upon
commerce, which the measures of our enemies
have Unposed, or which it would probably be found
expedient to adopt, in their operations, de-
prive this county of those const,terableimport,itions
of- fbreign grain, which have begin usually received,
and oi on.which we have been accu-toinen to !lice
much dependence. It is, however, vety satisfaztory
to obseive, that so tar from any diminution of the
eustoitiary supplies' of lorelgu gran having been
expoienced, the importations from abroad utrring
the present year into the.; ort of Louden only, have
already amounted to the extraordinary. quantity of
one million of quarters, a quantity tar exceHing
the oidinary iMpo.takions into the whole em-
pire. Toth.- se foreign import at ions no interrupt ion
has been found ; nor is there the slightest t2,rourutof
• rational apprehension, that they will It discon.
tincrat.

The renewal of our intercourse' with the United
Staves •of • America has afforded further source of
;•aud the quantity arrive I from thence. to.
Livelpool, where the principal part of the trade
with that couutry is condUtied; arnounted;,Sinee.
January, to 80it547 barrels a wheat flour, and
14,01)0 qiiarteri of wheat. .-- • • .

Under,the consideration of these taiSls, and with
an almost enpreeedentedly large stock of grain ac-
cumulited-ifi- every direttion,- I shdold conceive'
that every person mt.aq be convinced that. the alarm
of scareity ..which was raised for interested purposes,
has at present no real foundation. It must un-.
questionably 'he atknOwledgek that it beltrAes *us
to exainine,' with •the m6si•Tcarefut attention, into
our means_ of national subsistence, before -we re-
pose with,confidence and security in the adequacy.
of the supply to our future.wards ; for where there
is even the distant prospea of a deficiency of grain„
'a retrenchment _and economy in its consumption..
'cannot be too early recommended. But when the
.investigation has'bean made into the 'state of the
harvest,. and our general stock, and when ..it . is
sari-factority and - incontrovertibly proved that,•
this happy country is teeming with an alien-,
dAnce of-the staff of life, we ought' ao dismiss
these idle. fears, and enjoy,. With gratitude,' the-
blesSing of plenty. , The abundance.. which we
at present possess removes, I conceive, every ground
of olajetlion to. the repeal of a Triestare, which on, ac-
count of its fated effeEts on the agricultural interests
of the cotintry, can be justified only by the certain
prospect 'of approaching: scarcity ; I• allude to the
.prohibition of distillation from grain.. This estric-
live and flueluating policy operates as a serious check
on the industry of farmers, who are not generally
capable of fully comprehending the motives 4/f IC.
gislative interference, and who are led to apprehend
a frequent recurrence of it ; nor eau they judge lot
how long atiiie it may be persevered in. If, how-
ever, this interdiction should be continued in a sea-
son of the greatest abundance, when moreover the
opening of the distilleries to corn is not prevented by
' the nature of the ACt, then indeed it as to be 'feared
that their confidence in the security pf the :cure
market must be abated, if not .entirely destroyed ;
and consequently that tillage must *give way to any
other system of husbandry that promises an 'exernia-::
tion from such ruinous restrietions. .Tue lath'ent-
able consequences of. the prohibittop Of coro,distil-
, Wien have been 'unequivoCally established by the
concurrent testimony of the not respetable 'persons
• who were examined upon oath before a Sole& Com-
mittee of the House of Lords. Impressed with a
firm conviction of the injury which it occasions to
Agriculture, as tending to the discouragement of til-
lage; to-the Revenue, '_as increasing illicit distilla-
, titer ; and to Comenerce, as producing great ling-
., tuations and insecurity
.in
.genera! trade. Some
of' our most illustrious Senators haVe reproba ed'
in the most forcible language, the -continuance of'
this policy, and nearly thirty, petitions have been
_ sent Iron, different counties for the reireal of the
Act, all exhibiting a melancholy' picture of the
baneful effects on agricultural industry and It'rospe-
rity..which: have. been: actually experienecl in ...coti•
aequefice of the prohibition. It has been suggested
by some who profess an SnxiOus concern for the
laededahterest, that hostility to, the -repeat of this
irreasutey that-it . would be wore advisable. to inter-!
dict the importation of.foreigngrain,. and at the
same time to prohibit corn distillation. Now:, with,
otit ladvertirtg toi he unanswet;able reasoning of ter
ly every writer on' pulttical economy, and partiou-,
.larly of ,Pr.A...4,taanii, by which tite great nat,iotial
.advantages of • unrestricted freedom .in the corn
trade have been eStablislied, the il9eapediency'of
,the PhitvpirOposedltaiill be apparent. /rein the censi
Aeration of the following circnanstances.„ ;It is well
ascea.tained,,t4 the: quantity of wheat grown in
this eitipire,' ears very 'n'ioderaie preportilat to
tire'gelleral VI. abe couniQ . It is allo.torind
in some years,.and :particular!}' tile. last year",
that English whvat, from i. 4 sot riatute, i.s
, most applicable to 'iv i ter
ore 'foitigri 'wheat of 'u'lrieti. is a a