The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

On Thursday night, the 22d, the house of

Patrick Battigan, of Clonsheen, in the parish of
Kilngefin, Barony of Ballintuhber, County of Ros-

comaion, was forcibly entered by a banditti. As

.e ow►►er of the house was preparing to resist
Lem one of the party snapped a pistol, which

fortunately missed fire. Ile gave up his gun, which

was the only weapon he had in the house, and
the banditti, after a fruitless search for more
plunder of the same kind, retired.—(Dublin Cor-
respondent, Dee. 1.)
We have-seen a letter from Newmarket, which

describes the inhabitants of that place as being in
a state of the utmost alarm. I t gives further
particulars respecting Capt. -Waters. We are
glad to find that his medical attendant does not
'consider the wound mortal. The miscreants who
attacked Capt. Waters proceeded to a house in
the neighbourhood, and took a horse from thence,
then went to Mount O'Keeffe, and commanded
Mr. O'Keeffe to saddle his horses' for them ; he
having refused, they performed that office for
themselves, and carried off the horses.—Most of
the gentlemen who resided in the neighbourhood
of Newmarket, have quitted their houses and
taken lodgings in the town.—(Cork Advertiser.)
The following is the verdict of the Jury on
Scully, who was murdered near Kanturk :
" That the said Jeremiah Scully was forcibly
taken out of the house of Owen Daly, at Clon-
geel, in said county, on the morning of Tuesday,
the 20th day of November, by an armed party
of men ; and we find that the said Jeremiah
Scully came by his death inconsequence of se-
veral gun-shot and other wounds, received by
the hands of some person or persons unknown,
one of which shots entered close to the right
temple, and passing out at the back of the de-
ceased's head ; and further find that the body
of the deceased was found on the high road near
said Daly's house, and much burned on the left
side, extending from the knees to the navel."—
(Belfast Chronicle.)
On Friday evening7 the 23d instant, two men
came into the public house of Patrick Keenan,
situated between the demesnes of Sir Edward
Bellew and Mr. M'Clintock, in the county of
Louth : soon after their arrival, one of them fired
a pistol at Keenan and shattered his arm. Some
of the neighbourinc, farmers and labourers, on
hearing the shot, rushed to the house, and imme-
diately seized the man who fired it, taking from
him a pistol and a carbine ; and then brought
him before Sir Edward Bellew—who having
aken tlw, informations of the wounded man, and
others, committed him to the gaol of Dundalk.
The other ruffian made his escape, having left his

hat and handkerchief behind him.—(Drogheda
Journal.)
At a meeting of the Magistrates and Gentle-
men of the Barony of Bunratty, held at New-
market-on-Fergus, on Monday the 26th instant,
the Earl of Mount-Charles in the Chair, it was
resolved unanimously to co-operate firmly and
heartily in opposing the progress of the insurrec-
tion ; and a strong appeal was made to the
tenantry of the Barony, on the propriety of their
bringing in and delivering up their arms. From
the spirit which has hitherto prevailed in this
Barony, it is hoped that the. appeal will not he
made in vain.

It appears that on the night of Tuesday, a
barn', containing au inconsiderable quantity of
corn distrained for rent, was maliciously burned
down, on the lands.of .Garryricken, part of the
estate of the Earl: of Ormotide, in this county,
and not far • distant from, Slievnaman mountain.
The corn had been previously seized by a person
named Shea, from' whoM a yOunger brother's fa-
mily held a•farm on the estate in question, but
who, himself, owed an arrear of rent to Lord
Ormonde.—\Ve have just learned, that a notice..
was sent within these few days, through our
Post-office, to a persmi of the name of Blanch-
field, a tenant on the estate of Lord Clifden, not
far from this city, commanding him to abandon
some land, of which he had succeeded to the pos-
session, on the surrender of two previous occu-
pants. This lawless communication which was
signed " Captain Rock," and" Lieutenant Star-
light," declared • that • the writers would treat
Blanchfield " in• the same way that the Sheas
were served," unless he gave up the land in ques-
tion within a week, and that, " if they did not
succeed in that way,tlnl would 44 settle him and
Marum together.":---(Kilkenny Moderator, No-
vember 30.)
GuNPownEtt.--=We 'understand, that yester-1'
day, Edward Newsom, Esq. our worthy Chief
Magistrate, received instructions from Govern-
ment on this subject, and Consequently called
upon the different venders of this article,in Cork,
and last evening • those gentlemen most readily
handed over to the Mayor and Sheriffs whatever
casks of gunpowder were in their possession, and
the whole, 'shortly after, was most prudently
lodged, under a proper military escort, in the
King's Magazine. The tranquil and • prompt
manner which Marked the whole transaction,
without the least alarm to the inhabitants, re=
fleets great credit on the Municipal Officers, the
gentlemen venders, and the army. We should'
however, suppose, that persons duly qualified
will not be' prevented from buying gunpowder,
for their protection, and for a proper use of it ;
but we trust we shall not, in this part of the
country, have the most distant occasion Tor its
use, in any thing like disturbance; at the same
' time, we must applaud this well-judged precau-
tion.—(Carl:Mercantile Chronicle, Nov. 30.)

On Sunday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock,
about 60 male convicts were removed from New-
gate to Woolwich in a large waggon provided for
the purpose. When the waggon game into
Blackfriar's-road, it was stopped by a gang of
fellows, many of• them armed with sticks ; and
it being apprehended that a rescue was intended,
the Dragoons who escorted the waggon imme-
diately rode up in front of it with their drawn
swords, and soon made these fellows retreat.
The latter then said, they only intended to make
presents to some of the convicts) who were their
friends.

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SOLEM QUIS DICERE FyILSUM AUDE_IT

LONDON,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1821.

On a close inspection of the authenticated
accounts of outrages in Ireland, there is reason t°
hope, that, desperate, wicked, indefatigable, and
active, as the insurgents are, they are not so very
numerous as might reasonably be presumed f►o"'
the extent and magnitude of their atrocities.---,
They are numerous enough, however, for the per'
petration of crimes at which the heart sickens.---
They are sufficiently numerous to strike terror

into the inhabitants of the disturbed districts,
and to bid defiance to any but the nine/
force of the State ; and the spirit of outrage,
which originated in Limerick, is too evidently
spreading With a rapidity, mhich, if not effec'
tually and speedily checked, must swell the
ranks of the banditti, and ultimately enable

them, perhaps, to take the field in open dap--
Even within ten miles of Dublin, many houses
and haggards have been burned down ; the
detection and conviction of offenders seems to be
almost impracticably, from the system of tcr;.or
which the wretches have succeeded in establipb:

ing, and which deters the sufferers from prose'
cuting, and witnesses from giving evidence, le`3
they should be sacrificed to the vengeance of
those miscreants ‘vho have set every divine alid
human law at defiance.

MEETING TO CONSIDER THE STATE OP 1115..
LAND.—This day a meeting of the Gentlene3
interested in the welfare of the Sister
was held at. the Thatched House Tavern, St'
James's-street, " to consider what are the beit
measures to adopt in the present disturbed state
of Ireland."—The Meeting was advertised for
twelve, and at one o'clock Lord DARNLEY wa'
called to the Chair, when a series of Resolv
tions were proposed, and also a Petition to the,
KING. After several Gentlemen had delivereut
their sentiments on the object of the Meeting It
considerable length, the petition to his MAJEsTiI
was carried unanimously.

It is somewhat surprising that though The
Morning Chronicle and The Old Times are oft°
contending that talents, and not birth and con'
flexions, should influence Government in the sr
lection of persons for high official situations, they
are both venting insinuations against the intro'
duction of Mr. PEEL into place, because he can'
not boast of the honour of a noble ancestry. If
talents were always hereditary, this arguineott
might have considerable . weight, because
might imply that the talents of the father
had been exerted for the advantage of the
State, and if the son possessed them in the
.same degree, he would be supposed to have 3'.
additional stimulus to inherit the parental reft,li
tation. But such arguments come with an
grace from The Chronicle and The Times, ""`:,
are professedly Whigs, (Jacobins would be
better. term), and who have so often ridicnit
the pretensions of birth and rank to the 114chel
Officers of Government, and maintained that.;
preference ought always to he giVen to men
known talents. As to Mr. PEEL, his powers
of a.transcendant kind, and they have been sic
nalizcd in tire most conspicuous manner in t
situation of the utmost importance in the Si3tcv
island. Without any temporizing policv, bat bl
a firm support of principles calculated to rev,
der the interests of Ireland consistent with 0:
interests of the Empire, he has manifested tl'o
qualities of a Statesman of the first order, and
evidently was it that his views had this high 0111
solid direction, that he was respected by ,
Parties in Ireland,-and was indeed one of
most popular characters that ever held his
tion in that country. 'The Protestants knew th'o
he would never make any concession injuriotis,,tie
the Religion of the Empire at large.
Catholics were persuaded that, if he wayll,3
not consent to any measure that might te't
to under Mine the foundation of a Protestal,'o
ascendancy, he would not lend himself 1•4
the least to a vexatious enforcement of 3"'.0.
restrictions upon their religiouS faith, but ic3so
liberal and 'exilightened"friend to a wise -and 53fo't
toleration. In addition to all these power
claims to the respect, , esteem, confiden
4
and gratitude of his 'Conntry, 'Mr. PEEL "1,
rendered too independent by the indnstr''
,prudence, rectitude, and wealth of his ve"o
rable father, for the advantages of , 050 00
have any influerie on his conduct, exeol't, to
the .score of honourable ambition and
employ his great powers in the service of to
Country. These observations have been
from us •
by the gross inconsistency or tbo to
Journals which we have noticed, not. from °t4
mean impulse towards worshipping the risite
Sun; and we may fairly. .conclude with cott'of
tulating the Country, hat while Lord Sfolne,t'y
retires to the enjoyment of that leisure whicilico
may well deserve, after a long life of active serttiii,
in various situations, • all of Which lie has
charged with honour to himself and•advantagetie
his country, he will be succeede by a Gelit
man who conies forward with all the vig,

Youth, all the firmness of conscious integrity)
all the lights of experience, and all the spirit of
independence.

The Morning Chronicle prides itself this day
on having contended that there must have been
some secret understanding between Persia and
Russia, otherwise the former would not have
Commenced hostilities against Turkey, declaring
that it has been always of this opinion, in oppo-
sition to that of a paper. which -it Styles demi-
official. But is it reasonable to suppose that,
if demi-official, it would not have some informa-
tion, or at least some hint, that would have pre-
vented its 'persevering in .a
wrong course ? The
truth is, that from ,all the information which has
arisen on the designs of Persia, it was to be in-

ferred, by the commonest understanding, that had
directed its attention to the subject, that the
event now stated to have_ happened was naturally
to be expected, and therefore The Chronicle
ought rather to
.be surprised that doubts should
arise in a quarter,. which it holds out as demi-
official, than to triumph upon what was a matter
of obvious inference and general expectation.—
The Paper alluded to by The Chronicle certainly
affected to speak "from authority," when it
scollted the idea of a war between Russia and
Turkey, and between Persia and Turkey,
as ridiculous. It more than once declared,
that there was no foundation for the apprehen-
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.of war, which was so prevalent, and
it SO managed its assertions, as to have it inferred,
that they were authorized by Government. We
knew better, The same Paper, however, now
says, " The situation of affairs in the East of
Europe, has assumed a very dWerent apect
from what we expected. Persia, according to
private letters, has not only declared war
against Turkey, but has actually commenced
hostilities in Asia against the Turks. "1 he
fact is stated positively ; and, it is inferred,
that this would not have been done without some
previous concert or communication with Russia,
and that Russia will put her armies in motion
against Turkey, as soon as military •-operations
curs be undertaken fronz the banks of the Pruth!"
Thus, the supposed annunciations of the British
Government are blown into the air by the autho-
rity of cc private letters!" To the Readers of
THE Sox, " the aspect of affairs in the East of
JArrope," is, we hope, not very different
from what they have been led to expect.—
It is upwards of a month since we first al-
pounced that the Persians were to attack
Turkey : and in our paper of the 12th of No-
vember is the following passage :—" Every man
conversant in modern politics must know that
Persia would not have dared to send a man
against Turkey, unless she had. previously ob-
tained the permission of Russia."—From the pro-
gress IA rich the Greeks have already made, there
is little doubt that the diversion effected in their
favour by Persia, and by the warlike attitude of
Itassia, will enable the Greeks to expel the
.I"bur3/4-5,- without its being necessary that Russia
sstrike a single blow, openly, in the field;
and her objects will thus, perhaps, be more
theeLLectually accomplished than if she appeared•in
contest, since the other European Powers
have sufficient grounds for opposing her
-11eWs.and thwarting her objects.

We received this morning the French Papers
Of Saturday, from which we gave extracts in a pre-
ceding column. No business of any importance
has been transacted in either of the French
Chambers since the last accounts. The intelli-
gence from Constantinople is decidedly of a war-
like charfrter, and it would appear that the pro-
spect of, war gains ground at Petersburgh, in
which city the course of exchange had fallen,
Producing a corresponding sensation at Frank-
fort. `D ere is no doubt of the actual commence-
ment of hostilities between Persia and the Porte,
and as it is well known that the Court of Russia
Possesses very great influence over that of the
Schah,.we are disposed to consider the Persian
movements as the prelude to the long dreaded
war between Russia and the Porte.

[Extract of a Letter from Leghorn, Nov. 20.]
" On the sth instant, during a very strong hur-
ricane, a number of fishing boats sunk on the
-coast of Rimini and Portofirmo, in the Gulf of
Venice, besicles two polaccas and a Sardinian
brig that had sailed from hence, and upwards of
00 men, were lost. By the last vessels arrived
"re in 20 days from Constantinople, we
.learn
that the Ottoman fleet had entered the Darda-
belies with about 30 Greek vessels taken at
.411elior Galaxis. The Neapolitan brig Nep-
tune, was robbed off the Island•Of Cassia,
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' the Archipelago,' of a quantity of gold dust
and cash, by two armed Greek boats, and also
of several bales of wool and silks to the amount
of about 8,000/. sterling, the major part belong-
ing to two Morocco Jews, who were passengers
on board, the remainder to Merchants established
here. The Master was also plundered of seven
.cannons and other articles."

[From the Noticio Mercantile.]

11AVANNAII, OCT. 8.---Extract of a Letter from
Vera Cruz, Sept. 24 The Governor of this
Place has ordered mines to be dug under the
forts of. Santiago and Conception, for the pur-
pose of blowing them up, in case of an attack by
the forces of Trigarante. The greatest part of
the troops which came from the Havannah are ill
with the fever; not more than 150 of them can
be relied upon for our service. We are in great
uncertainty of what is passing in Mexico, which
has been long isolated by the siege ; but No-
I'ALLA has beaten the besiegers do two occasions,
and particularly on the sth, when their loss was
conSiderable; our's also has been great, having

lost the whole regiment of Castella. On the 7th

an armistice was entered into, in order to treat
on the affairs of the Empire ; but it was broken
on the 13th, NOVALLO not agreeing to any of the