Star.
London, England, 1820-04-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The embers of insubordination, which we consi-
clere•l were slaked by the hand of justice, are again
kiLd!ing into a flame ; not intimidated at seeing the
altars of the violated laws of their country, reeking
arAl crimsoned with victims, these desperadoes, the
itibboa;tes, are arriving at the acme of crime. On
Friday night. a numerous body of these ruthless
b::7a7cis attacked the house of a man. named Shine,
ithia four miles of this town, County of Roscons-
:uon, for the purpose of wringing-from him, a con-
tr:bution, 1.8 swell the funds of their iniquity : on his
niusal to comply with their demands, they, with
s:;-age fury, fired at him a musket, charged with
a part of which taking a direction across his
t'oraead, enterei one of his eyes, and lodged about
it. These miscreants having laid the object of their
hruulity senseless, instantly departed. Theri are
t.,nre hopes entertained of the poor man's recovery.—
..1;41one HeraU.

Tuesday night, the out-offices of Mr. Thomas King,
nt Brick-hill, near Cratloe, County of Clare, were ma-
liciously set on fire, and totally consumed, together
with four large ricks of hay, and also some farming
utensils : twelve much cews were literally burned to
cinder in their stalls, the appearance of which was
trilly horrific.
Wednesday morning, at an early hoar, several
' houses were thrown down on the lands ofTodracloyle,
within two hundred yards of Ballinaeurra turnpike,
in the county of Limerick, part of the property if
Colonel Gough. The operation continued about two
hours, and was performed by a great number of men,
who kept incessantly firing shots. Scarcely a night
passes that they are Lot out in the neighbourhood of
.Mungret and Loughmore, searching for fire-arms.
A few nights ago, a farm-house was levelled near
Clarina.—Limerick Paper.
Thursday se'nnight, the Rev. Denis Browne, and
Jeseph Lambert, Esq. committed to the Jail of Cas-
, tiehar, Jams Damn, charged with administering
illegal oaths at a Meeting called Ballinafad, to per-
sons whom he obliged, while taking such oaths, to
to upon their knees, and also-for taking the oath of
a Ribbonman himself.

Sunday sc'nnight, a young boy, accompanied by
tis two sisters, gathering shell-fish in the bay of Kil-
lorglan, in the county of Kerry, were surrounded by
the tide, and drowned. Same day, a boy gathering
litter for cattle on the top of a cliff, in the same
parish, fell upon his head, and was killed.
Monday, Darby Buckley was hanged at the drop
of the new jail of Tralet, for the murder of his first
cousin.

There are now in Downpatrick jail LI persons under
sentence of transportation : of the five persons under
izr.ter.ce of death, four have been reprieved.

Loid CAsrtritzmas arrived in town yesterday,
from his seat at North Cray, and transacted business
at the Foreign Office till a late hour in the evening.
Ws Lordship returns to Noah Cray to-day.
Yesterday, the Archbishop of YORK arrived at his
l:ottse in Grosvenor-square, from the Oaks, the seat
of the Earl of DRAB; in Kent, where his Grace has
Lsen on a visit.

Yesterday a meeting was cor.vened at a respectable
public-house in Shoe-lane, to subscribe a sum for en-
Lbling the Cato-street conspirators. to defend their
c.tuse, when about £4O were collected.

It being understood that Mr. HARMER, the Soli-
caor for the State prisoners, should have free access
!L them at all reasonable hours, that Gentleman was
typected to visit Thietwood and others, who are
70alied in the Tower, yesterday ; but it appears
tart the application to Government for that purpose
Lad not hen signed by the State prisoners in Cold-
t:ath-flelds, and the order in consequence to allow
2:ee access to Mr. HAibiza, which is to be a gene-
ral in favour of all the prisoners, was nut made
None of the prisoners have yet named their
t:ennt.el for their defence on trial. Mrs. Thistlewood.

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her husband yesterday. at the usual hour. He
to enjoy good health and spirits.
Every Money Bill hitherto passed into a law, has
:ten to Lakeview the Public ; but the present Reign
is auspiciously ushered by a Money Bill that gives to
"e Public Forty Thousand Pounds! and which
!Itza nu and Ca. the Contractors for the present Lot-
y, hare judiciously availed themselves of to increase
i zes to 1:1;08,500--a much larger sum than was
kiwwn before with the same number of Tickets,
::I,:litding four Prizes of ESO,OOO, two of 1.120,000. acc-
-1::t1 every Ticket drawn nest Tuesday m ill be a LSO,
:'tine, hcsides having its full chance afterwards for
.ve Capitals.
su::day dtewhoon, eight prisoners confined in Glasgow Jan,
tistir escape through the woof to th- palillc offices, into
ashi,h 6,1 le: themselves flown with blankets. They then
Inukt• the locks of the ugi.c doon, aad rvallird out by the

viz AnMY .

General Sir DAvit, BAIRD, G:C.I3: having arrived
iu Dublin to assume the command of the forces id-
Ireland, has appointed the following as his Staff:
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Stephen•Sorrell, Military Secre►
tary ; Colonel George Mideilemore, C. 13. Lieutenant George
Ralph Abereromby, of the 3d Dragoon Guardt ; knd Lieute-
nant George William Horton, of the Ith Light Infantry, Aides..
de-Camp.
Major-General Sir T. BRISBA NI is daily expected
in Cork, to assume the command of the Munster dis-
trict, vice Major-General GORDON.
Major-General BULKELEY E4iRRTON has been ap-
pointed to the Staff in Ireland, and is to be stationed
either at Loughrea or Galway. "
Part of the 21st Light Dragoons arrived on Thurs..
day at Portsmouth, on board the Commodore Hayes,
from Bengal.