The Sun.
London, England, 1818-09-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Attempt ut Highway Robbery, and determined re-

sistunce, on Kilworth'ilunntain.

We (Cork Morning Intelligencer) have been fa-
voured wills the following extract front a letter,
received by a Gentleman in this city, detailing the
particulars of an attempt at highway robbery on
Kilworth Mountain ; and %%e hasten to give it in-
sertion, that the public May he apprised of the
fact of robberS being on this road.—The letter i 3
from Wallace, Esq., Stall-Surgeon, late
of this garrison, and is dated " Caber, Saturday,
three o'clock." Very great credit, indeed, is due
to this Gentleman for the coolness and intrepidity,
and we may add the humanity, displayed by him
on the occasion. Mr. Wallace writes—
" Just as I entered the mountain this morning.
at six o'clock, 1 was walking my horse very quier•
ly, when I perceived two met' coming (low', the
hill towards me, at a good round pace ; I looked
round to see was soy one near, but saw no person;
it immediately occulted to me that these fellows
were rabbets,, and when ;hey approached to about
an hundred yat•ds troin toe, I was more con-
vinced of, it, t/om this circumstance, that they
separated, and one weot on head me, while
the other came routul to try rear. At this time
Ijomped out of the gig, and took my double
barrelled goo in my Gam!, which was well loaded
with shot, and instantly termed my plan of.de-
feticeovheo I saw their mode of attack. Whenthey
were about fifty yards (root me, they pulled out
pistols, tod were closing toe M. I called out to
them that 1 knew what they were about, and if
they advanced one foot farther towards me, I
would shoot theist
both ; they said they would,
and swore that they would rob me. I swore that
if they did, it should be with 114 V life, and it they
moved one ittels further I would most certainly
fire. ~t).t this rinse they were within twenty yards
of toe, when they halted. still sweating they
would r&, me. I tidd them I had money and my
watch, that I veolOrt only lose them with my lite,
and that they had bettor let me pass, as I was de-
termined to remain in this spot ; amid I added, that
if assistance came op, I would certainly take them
both prisoners. 1 said Cleo 1 did nut wish to take
thcir lives (which I ;night have dune), ass I conld
not restme a life, and to save themselves 1 called
on them to let inc pass unmolested. They said
nu—that they only wanted my money, and. that
they would not abuse inc. I said; I would not
trust them to come an inch nearer, and if there
were ten mote with them 1 would not be
lobbed. On which the fellow in front began
to move towards the mountain, and came round
and joined his companion on the road, who
was still .at the same distance from , rue. I-
ttien bad them quite in my power, as I 'FOOld•
have shot them both, but I did not wish
to take the life of any man. I said, bat!, it
you want time price of your bieaktast, there'
is half-a-crown each for you (dinging so
much over to them), which you may pick up velieis
I aus 'gone, and younsay drink my health f!ir not.
shooting you both. They 'diets replied, by
you are the stoutest man we ever met, and you
do not deserve to be rcbbed. I said, lam under
no compliment to you, I owe every thing to my
trusty friend in my hand. I thengot into my
gig, and drove off very quietly ; afte-r which the
fellows picked op the tWo half-crowns, and went
off into the monntains. Thus coaled au adventore
that, in some degree', I 1134 a presentiment of, for
yusterday morning whets I got up the first thing
1 did was to charge my gun. Tot whole scene
was over hofive tuinittes.—One of the fellows was
a very tall, swot man, rather well-dressed; the
other was a shabby, assassin-lookilig rascal." •

MURDER.—A most melancholy occurrence took
place in the neighbintrhood of Belleghy, in the
county of Londonderry, on the evening of the
25th ult. It appears that Dr. A. Madden, Henry
Madden, at Cabragh; and Laurence M'Cready, of
Bellaghy, had been together at the fair nt Magher-
afelt, andon.returninkin the evening, in company
with each-other, apparently in the greatest friend-
ship, and none of the party seemingly intoxicated,
the Doctor- invited M'Cready to spend the even-
ing and take tea in his brother-in-law's house,
-abort half a mile from Bellaghy, when it appears,
from some unaccountable cause, the aforesaid
M'Cready was assaulted and beaten to death on
•the way, about turty perches distant front the
house he had been asked to spend the evening in.
An inquest was held on the body at the deceased,
hrtore Mr. 1114Kee, Coroner, and a respectable
Jury, when a verdict was returned of willnlmur-
,der" agitinst Henry Madden. It appeared in evi-
dence, that the three persons left Brllag by toge-
ther, between eight -and nine o'clock, and were
seen in company a short distance from the spot
where the deceased was found. '1 he ;um brothels
have absconded, and have hitherto evaded a very
general search. A liberal reward will shottly be
offered for their apprehension. The deceased was
a young man of the must benevolent disposition,
and is universally lamented by all his friends and
acquaintances. Ilenry Madden is about folly
years of age, swot made, about five feet eight
inches high, with red whiskers, and a very • re-
markable thick upper lip, nu what is called a
double lip..7—Befust News Letter.

SVlClDE.—Thursday evening, about half-past
seven o'clock, a boy, 13 years of age, son of Air.
Shepherd, of the White Hart public-house,
Alelksbam, put an end to his existeucc, by loung-
ing himself to a tree, in a field near his father's
housv, in the presence of his little brother, four
years or age, who hastened to give the alatin.
Every endeavour was used to restore animation,
but it proved ineffectual. The lad had evaded his
father for a day or 'two previous, on account of
iniScondnet,

DRRADFUL ,ACClDPNT.—Yesterday morning,
about nine O'clock, a fine boy, ahy►nt ten years of
age, of the name of Adams, whose p4rents reside
at Mr. Owens's, straw bonnet warehouse, Shoe-
lane, Holborn, was unfortunately jammed against
a post at the corner of lirewet's-yard,•Shoe-lane,
by a waggon, and wns killed oil' the spot.
Put LLIs NIOBRF.r.t., an industrious old woman,
in the 14nety-third year oilier age, who resides
at Readi'ng, has this harvest reaped four acres and
a half of vicheat with apparently as much ease as
the gene:ahoy of reapers in the prime of life.