The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-31 00:00:00

OUTRAGES ON THE MILITARY.

At the LEEDS BOROUGIi r, ISiONS, on the 22d
inst. Wm. Wright, Thomas Kirkbright, John
Ilardeastle, Benj. Asquith,' Matthew Carrett, and
Abraham Wilkinson, were indicted for riot and
assaultupon the Leeds Voltinteers.—Mr.WAlLEs,
as'counsel for the prosecution, stated the case,
and proVed by testimony, that a small number of
the Leeds Volunteer Infantry returning in a
most orderly mariner from a dinner given in com-
memoration of the colours presented to the Regi-
Ment on the 19th July- last, were wantonly as-
sailed .by an 'infuriated rabble of not less than
200 persons, and beat and injured in a most seri-
ous and shameful way, The Learned Chairman,
HENRY TAYLOR, Esq. (Mr. Hardy having de-
clined trying the cause, on account of his being
Col. of the,VoithiteerS) surnmed up the evidence.
with great clt-arness, the Jury reared for three,
quarters ofan hour, and returneda verdict ofGui/ty,
against Asquith, Wright, Hardcastle, and Wil-
kinson, recommending the two latter to the
mercy of the Court ; and Carrett and Kirkbright,
Not Guilty.--Asquith implisoned and kept to
hard labour, in the House of Correction, at Wake-
field, for 12 calendar months; and that, at the
expiration of that term, he be bound to keep the
peace for two years more ; himself in 20/. and
two sureties in 10/. each, or one in 201.—Wright,
six months, and to. find the same sureties for 12
months more.--Hardcastle and Wilkinson, three
months, and find sureties for. 12 months more.—
This trial occupied the attention of the Court
nearly eight hours and a quarter:

At the WORCESTER COUNTY SESSIONS a bill of
indictment was preferred against 13 persons for
riotous conduct on the day of the Coronation, to the

great annoyance of the loyal inhabitants of the
town, who were assembled at dinner at the Dudley
Arms. The party alluded to decorated themselves
with white favours, and paraded the street oppo-
posite the windows of the dinner room, .and con-
tinued to do so for some time, shouting " Queens".
and " Queen for ever ! " and by degrees, as it
became dark, excited the mob to acts of outrage
against the " King's men," as they termed those
who were partaking of the festivities of the day.
They began by attacking some individuals of the
Ilimley and Enville troop of ‘Yeomanry, who
cre regaling themselves at the Dudley Arms,
and proceeded presently to demolish, with
stones and brickbats, the window of the

room in which they were, and in a very short
time there was sclrcely a whole pane of glass
in it. 'F he windows of a room above, where
the gentlemen of the town were dining,
were also attacked, and the party obliged
to quit the room, and break up, after a few
toasts only had been given. Many of the indi-
viduals who went out to quell the riot were most
severely beaten ; and in reading the Riot Act,
the Magistrate (Mr. Ilawkes) was assailed with
brickbats and large stones, and his life was in

imminent danger. The ordinary and special
constables who were sworn in on the occasion
were shamefully beaten, and for some time over-
powered, and it -was found necessary to as-
semble the military force in the yard of the
Dudley Arms, to act only in case of the most
urgent necessity. Soon after the Riot Act
was read, by the great exertions of the
constables some of the ringleaders were secured,
and the mob dispersed without the assistance of
the cavalry. The above facts, and that the
attack was altogether unprovoked, were indis-
putably proved by the most respectable witnesses,
whose testimony was, as to the extent and atro-
city of the riot, corroborated rather than contra-
dicted by the witness-es for the defence. Against
four only true bills were found. After the evi-
dence on both sides had been gone through, the
Jury signified to the Chairman, that as they were
quite satisfied, it would be unnecessary for him
to sum up the evidence ; and immediately
they returned a verdict of Guilty against four
of the defendants. The Chairman (Earl Mount-
morris) passed sentence first upon the two prin-
cipal offenders; that they should severally be
imprisoned in the county gaol for 12 calendar
months, at the end of which time, each should
pay a fine to the King of 101., and be further
imprisoned till it was paid, and each find security
for his good behaviour, himself in 401., and two
sureties in 201. each for two years, from the ex-
piration of their imprisonment. As to the other
two, there was no evidence against them of wear-
ing badges, or encouraging others to riot, and it
appeared that they had been led by others into
the commission of the crime of which they had
been found guilty. The Court had taken these
circumstances into consideration, and its sentence
upon them was, that they should be each impri-
soned in the county gaol for six calendar months.
—(Gloucester Herald.)

The Duke of ITA3HuroN and BRANDON has
generously granted to the tenants of his Grace's
Arran Estate, abatements out of their rents of
crop 182, to the amount of threelhousanttpounds.
By the Earl of LONSDALE'S direction, says die'
Whitehaven•Gazette, the last -half-year's- rents,

due some time ago, are not to be paid until his
Steward, Mr. BLNN, has completed a survey of
his farms in that neighbotrhood, in order that
reductions may be ►nade according to their re-
spective value.
At the Meeting of the horticultural Society,
at Canterbury, yesterday selnnight, six onions
were shewn, the aggregate weight of which was
eight pounds, fourteen ounces. They were of
the Portuguese kind, and were grown by the gar-
dener of the Earl of LIVERPOOL; at Wah►►er
Castle.

L I M E'R I C K.

NEwcisil.c., in' whose neighbourhood the pre-
sent distnrbances exist (according to Ferrer's
History of .Limerick, published• 1787), is twenty
miles from the City of Limerick, in that part pf
the County of Limerick, on the high-road to
Kerry, and is a handsome market town. In the
account of religious houses, Ferrers mentions
one possessed by. the Knights Templars at New-
castle. It is said they used•some barbarous:cus-
toms, which greatly displeased and disgusted the
Irish, who watching a favOurable opportunity,
'attacked a number of the Knights:riding out to,
gether and put them to :death ; the place is Still
TigrregOilyffi4 where•-theiii;bones were interred.
Fn the famous Council of Vienna, the 22d March
1312 (Blaire's Cluonolozy)titiV Knights: Temp=
lars were suppressed, and Way, their.grand

Master, was buried alive at Paris the year follow-,
ing. This seems to confirm the opinion that
their practices were inimical to religion and

humanity.

After the suppression of this Order, the Des-

monlans possessed themselves of the Castle, for-
tifications, and a large, tract of_ country pear
Newcastle, which becoming forfeited to the.
Crown on account of
,Desmond's rebellious con

duct, were in 1591 granted by Queen Elizabeth.
to Sir Wm. Courtnay, Bart. the fifth of that
name, ancestor to Lord Viscount Courtnay, as
a reward for his brave conduct in Ireland. '

Lord Viscount Courtnay is descended in a di.
rect line from Hugh, the second Earl of Devon ;-
Sir W. Courtuay was Knighted in July 1599, by
the Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

(See Prince's Desmonii Orientales, pages 187,
and 52.)

Sir William settled his Newcastle estate on

his 4th son George, to whom the manor of Ma=
yone was left by his uncle, Hugh Oughtred, he

taking the name of Oughtred. The Manor
Bewley was also settled on Geo. Courtnay by
Robert Strode ; but his son Francis Oughtred
Courtnay dying without. issue, the' three Mandri,,
_ -
which contain the whole .of Lord-,Courtnay.'
estate, reverted to the elder branch of the famiir,
in which it still (as Ferrer says) continued.
When the large farms went out of lease,, Lord.
Courtnay divided, and set theM in diviSiOns
an easy rent. If other . landlords (so Ferr-er
writes) pursued the same_ line of conduct, the
poor would find support, and not be forced to
seek employment in distant Countries. Much. of
distress arises from the avarice of those men who
take large parcels of land and let therm again.
to the highest bidder.

The ground near Newcastle is mostly occupied
by dairy cows, and the butter is disposed of in
Cork, though at a great distance. The farmers'
here would be very happy if Lord Courtnay was
enabled to make long leases ;—until this be done,
the country can never be improved by building
or planting.

Newcastle consists of a large square where the
market and fair are held. On the northern side
stands the market-house, with an assembly room.
On the southern side is the church, which is by
far the neatest and best in the county. It was
finished in 1777, at the sole expense of Lord
Courtnay, and, contains a painting of his Lord-
ship's arms. The following inscription is placed
on the tablet bearing the same :

Ut benefactorum pietas, et munificentia
Posteris Innotescant,
Gulielmum Vicecomitatem De Courtnay
Hoc memorat tabula,
Hu fusee Ecclesice Fundatorem,
A. D. 1777.

The building is light and elegant, adorned with
a square turret, finished above with eight pinna-
cles and a cupola in the middle. The church
stands close to the walls and fortifications of the
Knights Templars, of which one of the castles
is fitted up as the residence of Lord Courtnay's
agent.

Now, in 1821, a large portion of the estates
was some time since sold, partly to Lord Chief
'Baron O'Grady, partly to Mr. Luke White—
Mr. poold, the eloquent and distinguished Irish
Barrister—Mr. Stevelly, the Irish Six Clerk,
and to some others.

On Monday, while a gentleman in Wellington-
square, Ayr, was busied at his toilet, a pane of
glass in the window, near which he stood was in-
stantly shivered to pieces, and a fine brown phe-
sant darting' across the room, struck violently
against the opposite wall, and fell stunned on the
floor. It is supposed that a hawk had been in
pursuit.—(Greenock advertiser.)