The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-20 00:00:00

DISTE7III3A-NCES IN IRELAND.

A letter Pram a Gentleman in Drtimerereceiroil
yesterilnyby friend in this town, says We
are in a very disturbed state in lIiI nvigiihourhotnl.
There are tt party of people who calt,th"mselves
Levellers, and who send kite's in allno t every
wan who had land set,
.informing hint t;iat if he
does not lower his rents, they will pay Unit a'etsit;
and this visit IS to break his u indow4, him his
houses, and firing sl:ors into lf.ia dwelling house,
to kill one or other of the tanoily. This pr,“ tice
is gaining ground, and where it may end On wily
ktiows. The timci bail.---43eljost.News Letter.
Accounts Irom the tieign.ho,rhOoti of Car tog.
tord convey information of similar proceedings
carrying on there. Various cepredatioti's have
been perpetrated.—Aid.
We have heard of vat ions depredations having
been perpetrated in the course of last week ‘vittritt
a few miles of this town. The nott•guideil men
who are, following up such desperate measures,
may be• assured that tiley cannot long escape
with impunity. The steps that are„now taking
mhtst suLceed. in detecting them, every good, mail
its interested•in bringing them toinstieu, and the
arm of the law will fell heavily upon them. Ishe
outrages they are perpctratingtnust ultimately prove
ruinous to themselves and their farnilies, because, as
a Amoral consequence, no man Of• 'wealth- wilt
venture his capital in business whei is ex'posett.
to such turbulent
.proccedings. unprove-
ments of the country. will no longer be carded
on, trade will decay, and the loom will he ititecoft
ployed. What then will become of toe likt.,,nrer
and the artii io ?—their families wilt he tedweed
to poverty, resiulting from their own in ,runiainis.
Such was not formerlY the character of the North
of Ireland.—/bid,'

On 1.-edi,esday morning, some
.ottlie.p.etroles,
in execution of their duty, when in -,.era
alarmed by the report of a gun or pist(i,
section of Smithfield. They went iminedi:it ely
there, and on crossing Sinitlideld-strare, towards
a door they-observed open, tvutta two men finder
the market shade, named 111,'Kullan and Kctittcdy,
who were soon joined by -others Trout the hontin-
were the door open. ~They began vi,deutly to
assault the patrole by abusive languag, and on ad-
vising them them to be quiet, they swore they ‘yould
take the life of any person or &sand any soldier
that would approach them. The pu.t rule returned
tor a reinforcement, and then three of theth were
taken into custody, viz. 411:11tillan. Kennedy, and
Law, armed with two sw.lo4rds. and a loaded pistol.
,They were afterwards linlited‘ with the °dicer of
the guard at the barraeks, and a proper repre-
sentation of their conduct having been made to
the klagiOttates, .they took examinations against
them, to stand, their trials at the approaching

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• On the night Of the 4th instant, as Plitrick
Thornton, 'tither, was returning from the market
at Dundalk, lie 'ivas way.:laid at Castietpwn„
and murdered. Hit head and &mi." Were so dread.
fully mangled as to deprive him (while he stirvived)
of the power 'of giving any informatiop whereby
his brutal murderers could be traced. He, .was
,brought to the hospital on Tuesday morning, and
died about three o'clock. An inquest was held on
the body, by Lennox Biggar, Esq, and the Jury
having no evidence before them, returned a vernieg
of wilful murder against some person or Persons
unknown —(Drogheda Journal).
New !loss, 111,i,itcrt 10.;-=NTr. John Tapylor,
Sorieyorof Excise,:and Mr. N.ii;per, Onager,
having obtained information that illicit, dis•
tiller), was at work at io the county
of Kilkenny, within live miler' of 1024, repaired
thither on Friday, the Bth inst. assisted by a It er-
jetint and six of the 4th Dragoons, lettere they de-
tected a large still at. full work, with upwrods of
b1:10 gallons of potale and siriglings, wbich they
effectually destroyed, mid lodged the still
partior the worm,and utensils, in t heKi'ng's storey.
RILICENNY, Wcdnilday
last, us the family was, preparing 'to g,o to bed,
it gang of robbers, about 15 in number,' att4eked
the house of Peter Louglinan, Esq. near Freshford,
eoonty. They first made their 44:draftee
in the rear of the house, and were attacked by
a dog, which they shot, ',lntl then c;ttne 'te the

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front, Which they tried to klee by brcoking the:
'windoivs. Mr. 141,iii,141ttiari no%i' Opeoed ;he door,
and some of them entered, when- the Captain, a,
latgc and athletic man, placed two ot; hiA nyn as
sentinels 00 , two male servants, who lay in the
house, and two more to watch Mrs,. 14qnghnan,
whose situation may be more,easily telt.thati de-
scribed. The rotliatis were well armed and without
soy-disguise whatever, and.thrcatened with hot.-

rid intprectoions, that any person 41(tempting the
resistance should share the I.ltc of the dlog,
which they had dragged in from (he yard,and placed
upon the floor weltering in his, blood. The leader
now began to search fir arms, of which he fonnel
non', and rifle the .house'; anti utter breaking a
desk arida cloCk case., and taking about G. iu"uonay
and notes, tw.Q silver cream ewers, and 60111 e Silver

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spoons, together with all the wearing apparel in
the house, they .departed about twelve o'clock,
having remained three hours. No pot sonal injury
Ivo suffered. We have just heard that some of
thou villains have been taken, who have given 1u•
fonnation ; we trust.we ;hall have to coniirm ;his
account.

On ‘Veilnesday the Gth inst. there was a dreadrul
thunder storm, attended by a hail shower, the Lit Acts
of which were felt by many in OA neighbourhood of
Drinuara, county Down, but especially by o family
of the name of Nelson, in the townland of Beglq,
contiguous to Drumara Miltown. The family,
fur some dine after the thunder Commenced, had
been gathered about the fire, and when the mo-
Owl' thought that' the thunder was nearly over,
she went out to see what was the appearanem
of the clouds and,:as she returned into the house,
she was attack by a flash' of lightning, which
threw her down in the Street ;: her husbautl,,who at
that time was standing.at the door, WaS lifted up,
dashed against the door head, and thrown back-,
worth oh the tloor ; several of the children were litnt
by the same shock, and a goat which was about
four paces from the door was 0,. the spot.
We are happy to add, that there has berm no ma-
terial damage suffered by the family, Aboni
five perches from the house on the east side, the

grotind MIS furrowed in several • directions, and

even the very rooks vrcrc torn in pieces by this
tremendous shock.--(kitifirst ,Fete Letter.)