The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-21 00:00:00

I R ELAN D.

The Counties of Roscommon and Gnlway, lately
the scene of such criminal excesses and outrages,
have not presented any acts of atrocity, at least
that we have heard of, since the commiqsion of
those crimes stated lately .by otir Athlone Corres-
pontleut.__

The. following is an extract of a Letter from the
County -of Gal»•ay, dated the ]B•h inst., which
rerichtd us this morning

"By order. of the Military Commander, a si-
multaneous search for arms %vas made by the Mi-
litary and Yeomanly on Friday last, thioughout
the district lying ()non the Shannon and the Suck,
from Blllinasloe to Confert. The party to-the
eastward was attended by the Reverend Arch-
deacon Mason, and that to the westward, by the
Reverend Doctor Trench and Laurence, Esq.
as. Magis rives. The search produced noshing
more tlirt a ft w pikes, tWo or three guns, and
"Some bullets, although it continued from six in
the morning until six in the evening. The Me t
were absent troth their houses, and the won en,
who were in the fields, were very busy in planting
their .rertatots.—Daly, who was executed near
Longbrea, died with the most daring hardihood
and insensibility to his awful at the
place rif execution."— (Dabliu Correspondent,
April 1S)
OUTRAGEOUS MURDER..—As wanton and bar-
barOus a Minder its ever 'we reco 1 ,t to have
heard of, was perpetrated on Sat unity afternoon,
between the hours of two and three o'clock, on
the Naas road, at a place called King's Wood,
about six miles from Dublin. A boy of about 12
years of age, of the name "of Bryan Reilly, was
going along the road to the place of his destina-
lion, when a soldier, armed with a inti,ket, was
passing in the same direction, and the boy, being
at the distance of five perches (ruin him, turned
round to• look at. him, when, shocking to relate,
the soldier levelled his musket and fired at him ;
the bail entered his head at one ear and came one
at the other ; lie instantly dropped a lifeless corpse.
The wretch went up to the holy, and, finding
that he had co nmitted murder, looked around to
see it there were any witnesses of his crime, and
perceivieg a young woman, he deliberately loaded
his musket, knelt doWn upon one knee, and took
ann at her, but fortunately she escaped into a
house.--Another witness, a pedlar, of the name
:of Patrick Bacon, also hid hitnselt—t he young
woman, whose name is Mary Pidgeon, alarmed the
neighbourhood, and immediately the country people
asseuthled, and headed by Mr. Fitzgerald, pursued
the ruffian,who when he found them closing on him,
repeatedly presented his musket as if teattyto fire
at the first that came- near him ; during this pro-
ceeding one of the countrymen thaving got in o
his rear knocked him down, when he was 'octal-2(-
1y disarmed and secured. On Sunday last, Leo-
nard Mae Nally, Esq.' One of the Coronets of
the County,'held an implest on the deceased,
when the following was the Verdict of the In-
quest : " That Bryan Reilly came to his death in
consequence of a-musket being fired at him, loaded
with powder amid ball ; the ball having entered his
head, which instantly occasioned his death—and
that the musket was fined by kVin. Wright, a
soldier, belonging to the First Regiment of Infan-
try, or Royal Scots."—(Dublin Evening Post,
April 18)

LAW INIELUGUNCE.

coultT OF KING'S RENCti, ApRIL 20.

CRIMINAL INFORNIATION.

SIR FRANCIS IIi:C.V. KR V FH NCIN LIOLY,'KE, AND

HENRY H.)L.Y.,KE

JA tivis utn, etl to' a chit to spew cause why
a rtitn!hal ioformaiion si,ould not he filed against
the def,,,L4olN rin 'he tollowing facts bet fort it 111
the of 1,01 client :

Some :hue slice thv first of the defendants was
examined as s witness oU a trial, 011 thr warranty
3 horse at Strif,ril, in which the plain. iff was
it,terested The eti,letice “hich he gave on that
oceßsion die .v forth the following observation
afterwards from the deponent---" I was • sort V
when yoa d the word thought, it alninit choked
you." 'his did not appear to excite soy aogry
teetiocs at the time, bar the deponent some time
tiflet aids being in the town of Wolverhampton,
was addressed by the second defendant, who told
him that he had the honour &f brine t..t. bearer of
a letter from his torother, which he d• livered. It
ran nearly in the following terms ;—'4 The ex-
pri-ssions you have used of rogue—robbed me of
2001.—and that the word thoujght nearly choked
mv,..tequire explanation My btorher, a Lieute-
nant in the army, wai.s on yore, for that purpose—
otto rwive you will please to appoint with him a
time atrt• ;dice to meet me," .‘ at;:l (is the de
ponen hclieved was aided) give me satisfaction
D. poor nt reartioe it, denied having made use
of the laognsge hoptped to bln ; hut the bearer of
utes•age said fie had nothing to do with that,
and demanded whether lie isc;ai!fl give his brother
the satisfaction required I He replied, certainly_
not, a•id that it could scarcely he expected he
would. Mr. If . Holyoke upon that raised his
114 d a ibecatening manner, and exclaimed
aloud its vrreet, where the conversation
ti,,d been " You ate a blackguard, and a
coward :" repeating the same expressions
in another part of •the town, at a very short dis-
tatoe. Ile Also wish.,..l to leave a written paper,
for ti-e piopose of 'wooing the defendant et an
hut the innkeeper would not receive it.--
O•her tic's sere set intik in the affida%it, with a
view to st'ew that the parties had continued on
good terms for some time atter the first offensive
I.ad been

CHIFr JU`,TICE gave the opinion of the
Court, tt.A. was a more fit Case fur a Giand
lintec. in the nießn time s• !tie common friend
sh, if,terpose het Wt CI) the parties.
The npplic,t!Lm was therefore not acceded to.