The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-22 00:00:00

THE AFFAIR AT BALLINAMORE.

We are enabled to give from the most authentic
sources the following detail of the occurrences at
Ballinamore, county of Leitrim, on Saturday. Infor-
mation having been received that preparations were
making by the satellites of the Association for an
attack upon any Protestants presuming to celebrate
the anniversary of the Boyne in that quarter, those
of Ballinamore with that feeling of loyalty which
ha 3 ever marked their conduct, wisely resolved on
abstaining from any display calculated to endanger
the public peace—not that they entertained any
dread of the enemy, but that they respected the law.
At the same time the Sheriff of the county had
called in the assistance of the military, consisting of
a troop of the 17th dragoons, two companies of the
18th infantry, the boa of the Leitrim regiment, and
a considerable number of police, both mounted and
dismounted. This force assembled in Ballinamore
on the evening of the 11th, and were paraded on the
morning of the 12th, when they piled their arms in
the street. About eleven o'clock information was
brought to the High Sheriff and Magistrates by
a person, who reported his having passed a large
body of armed men a few miles from the village ;
a few dragoons and mounted police were forthwith
ordered to reconnoitre in the direction specified, and
:MOH returned confirming the intelligence, when the
troops were instantly put in motion towards the spot.
The cavalry and mounted police being in advance,
discovered a body of above five hundred pikemen
strongly posted on a hill called Aghoo, who formed
line, cheered and appeared to await their approach.
Oa the cavalry coming within a few hundred yards
of this body, a priest, accompanied by another per-
son, came forward and expressed a wish that they
might be allowed to disperse, which they thought
they could induce them to do peaceably. A very
Proper demand was made, that they should give up
their arms—this, however, there was no disposition
to comply with. Up to this moment the pikemen
had not been aware of the approach of any oppo-
nents, except the cavalry, but these having now
moved to the right and left, and developed the
advance of the infantry, who had come up during
the parley, an immediate flight took place, which
Was favoured by an extensive bog in their
rear, impracticable for cavalry. Here fifteen
Prisoners were taken, together with a number of
Pikes and other offensive weapons, such as pieces of
scythes and reaping-hooks, carefully sharpened and
fixed upon long poles. A few shots were fired by
the orders of one of the Magistrates, three of which
ate supposed to have taken effect.—The troops re-
turned to Ballinamore about five in the afternoon.
'No other bodies of pikemen were subsequently
known to have been assembled in the vicinity of the
village where they remained some time, and dis-
persed after firing some shots, some of them being
armed with muskets.—Cork Constitution (j* Saturday.

FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday morning
in Long-acre, WILLIAM CROPPER, a coach-smith, being
in a drunken state, was committing a nuisance in the front
Mr. WiirrEcnitacN, the coach-builder's shop. Mr.
WatrxcHuacit came out and insisted on Caorran going
,_att'ay, the latter resisted, and was pushed away by Mr.
WNITECHURCH. He fell with his head on the pavement,
but got up, and way proceeding to repeat the nuisance,
nen a yonng man, names PETER CARRON, employed by
atr. Wliiizxcituacti, caught Caorraa round the waist,
"d threw him violently into the kennel. A shopmate of
Caorrza's, named Enwaity Davis, was passing, and see-
Cnorexa thus roughly used, proceeded to protect him
but the violence of CARRON, who still seemed deter..
'tined to follow up his ill usage, although ordered to leave
the man and go to his work by his master. Davis pushed
sqietioN from CROPPER, and was himself seized by Cart-
asa in a most cowardly and brutal manner, till extreme
Pat mad, him glad to disengage himself. He then
CiOrrzx to the shop where he worked, and laid
a
'Rol on a board, when heppeared going to sleep,
4°d desired DAvis to wake him by four o'clock. Davis
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so, end Cxorree, desired him to allow him a little
!pre Bleep. DAVIs went to call him at nine o'clock last
when he found that he had left the place where
e lad been lying, and had got into a place where the
ite°tl' Were kept. He then found him deadlisancadlieedolidn.
itoamsoN, surgeon, of 85, Long-acre, n
";l'tnediately, and found that the back part of the deceased's
,\L"torrea's) skull had een fractured without breaking
`" skin. The unfortunate nsan has left a wife and child
to rather penurious circumstances.—The Inquest will be
:,14 at the George, Long-acre, this afternoon.—Mr.
"hiracituacii and PETER CARRON are now in custody,
at St. Martin's watch-house.
The number of Jews in Great Britain and
-"eland is not supposed to exceed ten or twelve thousand;
and many of these are migratory.
A. gentleman in town has in his possession a
curiosity of the medallic kind, which we apprehend is
quite as unique as the celebrated farthing of Queen ANNE,
inasmuch as there is probably, no companion to it in exist-
ence; in every other respect it is quits as valuabla. It is
neither more nor less than what is familiarly termed a
" dollar" biscuit, baked and !stamped in 1797, by a loyal
• artisan of Edinburgh, to commemorate the victory of Ad-
miral DUNCAN at Catnperdown. It is as firm and fresh as
if it had
come from the shop yesterday, having been pent
up during the time which has since elapsed in the drawer
If an escritoire; and to all appearance, if returned to the
tame peaceful abode, it might be employed to assist in cele-
rating with a cup of wine the centesimal anniversary of
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