The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-29 00:00:00

`IRELAND.

• • :WINDER AND itOBBVIT.- ,
TUOUNTRATH-STIREET, Dutit.ist.—;On Monday
night last, informations-were sent to this Office,
of a, robbery having beetteohnniited that night at
die. house of 11ictiael Heffernan, publican and
fanner, at Cloghratt,.near Millbuddait, by a gang
or fellows, to the number of eight or nine; who
-forced into the house, and robbed it of a cousi-
dirabie quantity of bank notes.. The nionient
-they entered
.they fired several shots., which
_awoke Heffernan, who slept in an adjoining room,
on which he got up and fired a loaded blunder-
boss across the partition which was between the
rooms ; ht: must have 'dreadfully wounded one.of
the ruffians, at a great quantity of •blood was
tt,nnd, breast high, on different parts of the 'wall,
against which the man is supposed to have leaned.
iminaiately afterwards one of the -Villains 'retired
bef Intl the bar, and having taken deliberate ,aint
at Hellernanfired, and shot' hinr ; the bull took
a direction 'throng!) hit body, and passed4ihrough
1113 kidniei. The fellows having taken the money
which Helternan's Wife ha )(led to theta, in the
first instance retired for a white, bur returned
thus tly idtcrwards, and fired several snots at the
(loots and windows—it is thought they would
have done more misc:bief on their return, but that
they were nut aware of Heffernan being Wound-
ed, and supposed him to he prepared for another'
attack.

Kean, surgeon, brother to Mr. Kean, of
Arran•quay, happening to be in the neighbour-
hood at that time, repaired, on the alarm !hint,.
'given, to .the house,..and extracted the hall.froin
Heffernan, who, we arc sorry to say,''expired on
Tuesday last.
The Conotry patrole of the Fourth Division
.were sent out to scour the country in every di-
.reetion, but as yet 'they have-not' wet with any
t, [success.

About twelve o'clock on that night; a car was
hcard driving luliously through the 'turnpike-
gate, at Prusia-street, and returning in the:course
tni huni. nrinore with.the same speed, Matta.-
ing the direction, of the Circular-road towards
I'h.th4buroagb. Mr. Irvine,, of the Second
Sion of Police, applied yesterday Co Lynam, the
Jurnpike-man, wilt, informed him, Abet imme-
diately after he head the cat Othis foe the last
tiirse men rapped at door, pretending
that,they. were police-men, sayhig that-iValdron,
the PL;atie Offieer of Vinglat7s, %canted: him ; but
he declined to open die 'dool-.
It is.supposeti .that thks cur was brought out for
the purpobe of Conveying the woundettrobber in-
to town.

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RETRUCPUENT.-1,--The. I-Jon. Tobett Ward,
NI. P. Clerk ut the Orilhancei accompanied
Lieut,Co4. Ilenry. Rggets„ principal Ordnance
Storekueperin lreialtd, arrived here 'on Sunday,
on ii.tour of Inspection of the several brarichei
of the Oidnatice bepartment. On 'Oontty the
party bet oil for Duncantion fOrf,. from which'
place they were to.proceed towards Dublin. it
is iwt, ne believe, wished. to hsikeonerile,rtiilli•
the.ohject ut. the tour :3- tO acquire such int'ortni.
(tort as ttial.guide Goverpment in measures of re...
trenchment and economy. We understand that
the military or harracic.brat3cli of the Ordnance
Establishment ot Atria city is to be discontinued.—
Et is. „hi thttt the,buihling_is likely tti be appro.
printed to the Stays of the Waterford militia.—
,
(Waterford Mirroc.)
CoRK, our' last the weather
has COIIIIIIMA frill', with the,eeeitiort of a few
11110,A ers which fell last night and in the, early part
of this day. Yesterday was peculiarly fine, and
ant uttuc 1, of the coru.tiati,. been then.,Kenred, as:
almost to banish tarther.solictneklos;:fot the safety
of thelitervest. ,tVe.)-rfoioe
toonts'irout the, Provincial.. Papal. arc. 4611 fa-
vourable. • - • - .

On Sunday last, about twelve o'clock, a wArniut
was robbed, in tine Libertics• of4toss of 251.
two wen who wi.ere waiting near Ilershouse omit
her return fr(ain peayers; tlAy .tied lier*with her
own apron by the neck, covered her-. mouth' to
piscytHE her giving alarm, and stitpentled her from
At crook its the.lioase ; but fortunately she fodnd
some stibstance to bear her font ou, to prevent
strangulation, uutyil relieved by the first of the
fancily who returned home. "
A tanner of the name of Howard was robbed
*few nays before, within two miles of Ross, at
seven, o'clock in the evening, of 700 i. in cash ait
securities.

Committed to,tlie.ptol of the County Kilkenny,
by Henry Briscoe, El. Richard Heade, taken at
the JAir of Cartick-014-Suir, and ehirged 'with
having, in conjunctrnn with another man, not its
custody, murdered die stranger who was tumid

dead arid naked in a field at (irannagb, on the
morning of the 24 of last June, as defunct' st th4t
period io the public pApc).

MAIL ,11013sErty.••—One Wednesday night the
post soon, conyeying the mail bags frthu
mouth and, other adjacent places to Exeter' was
attacked by souse person unknown, about half-
past nine o'clock, between the village of Alphing7
ton and the two-mile stony on the Stan-cross road,
vvlio, after assaulting hint in a. most desperatetnil
inhuman .manncr, stole tbe.TeignmOntit and Ex.
minster hags. The perpetrator of this set ap-
peered to. be a Jottng man, and _,vu mounts d at
• the time on a grey horse;, and ttterwards was
seen ritling.vcry fast through the 'village of Ex,-
minster towards, Starcross. X reward of thirty
guineas has been offered for his 'apprehenSion.
At. Trona, on Sunday sennight, " the crew of
the schooner Agntp, Barg, were emplOyed smok-
ing the • hold. They went to
_sleet) party iti the
night, leaving.the camtloose ktguPtg in the hold,
the hatches. down, anti, slintilett shut. At three
o'clock. ntxr..aorning, :one, of .t h crewawokt,,cud

f
:Ftound two of his CO,l ,
)Iphilioo ffocat 3 Itied to death 1
-vvo others mere , considerably affected, but ifityc
since- reeovereti.. The.isinti Liowing the
.sittoke
frdat the ealsitt„ whe+e, the master fay, towards the
forecastle,. where •the tiio,unforttitiute milt' slepr„,
prevented it-frotn.operaling on hitti, while it CriUs'.
ed it to act with double effect on them. Tills ac..
nident. is not; to kituputed to any particular care.'
lessees* on the part of,. the utancr: add crew„. Ink,
to the g-Qtteral prevaletley of the practice itse.f. , ,