Star.
London, England, 1801-09-11 00:00:00

DUPLIN, SEPT.EMBBR I.

On Monday fe'nnight, a Roman Catholic cler-
gyman coming to town on horfeback from Santry,
waa.flopped by three villains armed with pifiols,
nho fired at „Itim ; the ball milling, one of the vil-
lains gave him a violent blow which brought him
tb the ground, and they robbed him of a flyer
watch and made their ekape.
Saturday night fait, about ten o'clock, as Colo-
nel Ks art xc was on his way to the Pidgeon-houfe,
in a hackney coach, he was flopped near the Low-
ground, at the Grand Canal, by three armed nrf.
flans, rho were of a banditti of from fix to eight
ltirking near the fpot, and robbed of his watch,
twelve guineas, fume wearing apparel, &c. &c.—
The villains returned him his watch, exprefling at
the fame time Tome regard they had for his family.
The coachman was fufpefted to be an accomplice
•in the robbery, as he would not drive the way he
was &fired, and in his paces teemed to favour the
defigns of the freebooters. When the Colonel af-
terwards reached the Pidgeon-houfe, he put the
coachman in cuflody of a military guard. and com-
municated the intelligence of his robbery to Ma-
jor SIRR, who immediately caufed a purfuit after
the offenders.

Friday, Mr. CA wi-peLL, High Connable at Li-
merick, appreher.ded one Donohue, charged by a
man of the name of Dennis Gorman, with being
an United Irilhman ; while Gorman was making
the charge, Donohue (truck him with a bottle in
prefence f the High Confbable, which inflantly
deprived the unfortunate man of his right eye.
On Thl:rfday night lag, a large flack of wheat
was: burned at Mungret, near Limerick; the pro-
perty of Patrick Coleman, farmer, which the un-
fctrtunate
fulTerct apprehends was nralicioufly per-
petrated by tome evil-minded perfon or pitons. •
Wednefday, the houfe of one Ryan, near Bally-
renan, in the North Liberties of Limerick, was I
burned down, through the pradice of drying flax
infide dwellings.
Two women, Honor Molony, and Little.
ton, who lived near Kilgeorey, in the county Clare,
bathing in the Lough at Paid place, on Friday
morning, were both unfortunately drowned.
Saturday a young woman, about 17 years of
age, was found drowned near the fill bridge of
the Grand Canal. A Coroner's Inque(t was held
on the body, and brought in their verdid acciden•
tal death.

In confequence of the recent robberies which
have been committed upon the Low Ground, the
Superintend-tnt Magiftrate with a very laudable
attention to public lafety, has direfird a patrols of
peace officers and watchmen in that place and the
vicinity, every night, commencing at an early
hour, and to continue until morning. That judi-
cious regulation has been already attended with
good etre& ; for on Monday night, the patrole
hearing the fcrcams of a woman near that place,
immediately lialtened to the fpot, and being in-
formed that two ruffians had made an attack upon
her,, they direaly purfued, and apprehended them.
The offenders underwent a ffrift examination, and
were afterwards lodged in Werbnrgh's watch.
houfe, and notice given by order ofthe fuperinten-
tendant Magi irate to thole lately robbed, to view
them.

The fpirited condna of Mr. Kinahan, on Sa-
turday evening lad, upon the Naule road, where
he apprehended two of a banditti of four' who at.
temp;ed to rob him, is highly praifeworthy. He
was riding when they flopped him—one in an in.
(Lint put a •pillol to his head, and demanded his
money. Mr. Kinahan, without any agitation, or
being alarmed, coolly obferved " lads, you need
not threaten to (hoot a man who is ready to give
what he has—don't be. in a hurry, and you 'hall
have all in my polfeflion ;" this put the ruffians off
their guard,, and Mr. Kinahan, making a feint to
put his hands is his breeches pockets, faid, he mug
alight, they were fo tight, to get his hands into
them ; difinounting, he watched an opportunity,
and fei7ed the piliol from the fellow who had it,
knocked him and another down, and the others
ran off. He fecured the two, and one of them died
of the wounds he received, as be was conducing
LO Kiimainham gaol.

Thichttialt. to taly•s A. T. , Allattp.
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RitiED.
A few days Spas, Mr.Ohterlaßden LIM; 'anal Mr. t.
of York-houfe, Bark to mils &mote; of Hatfield.
lately, Mr. Matthew Lareanbary, of Wdkott
to Mlle Macketrsle, of Bath.
Off Sunday lait, it St. Comte's. Hanweer-ftreare, farag„lk,
General Pea Mortal, ta Mire Marla Palm, niece of
Baker, eq. Comptroller of the Cullom at Montreal.
-On the SO instant, J. Bacon., Erg. fcelptor, to MTa Tay kr,
of High-ftreet, Soothwyt,