Star.
London, England, 1821-12-25 00:00:00

DECEMBER 20.

David Caitan, John [Eaton, and John Mullane,'
were indicted for breaking into the house of John
Reilly, of Chrirchtown, on the 25th of November, and
assaulting him, in order to compel him to quit the
place. fn consequence of the youth of Carton, he
wand prosecuted ; but Histon and Mullane were
found Gwill.Y•
During the trial it transpired, that a Subscription
pine bad been opened at Newcastle, for the defence
of such men as might be taken and brought to trial
for crimes connected with the disturbances in that
part of the county.
The reading of the following document, which
vu identified by one of the witnesses, excited much
laughter :
Min Reilly—l desire you to quit this place, or else you
jay expect the same usage Sparling got ; and I warn all persons
e bold no communication with John Reilly, or they will be
mid as Spading was. I desire you, John Woods, to quit Reilly's
tympany, which you were noticed before; and if you do not,
you will be tried by the Canonical L.tws established in the reign
d Qom Anne. (Signed)
" Captain JOHN ROCK, Ranger of the Roads." •
Joky Ward, Patrick Brown, Thomas Lee, llorgan
City% (,forge 1.1 Arcs, Pat. Anright, Thomas Keel,
&aid Ketf; John iinne, an,t Pat. Cregan, were in-
dicted under the Whiteboy Act, for unlawfully as-
ambling and for assaulting Catherine Hassett.
The prisoners were acquitted on the capital counts,
but found guilty of the assault.

KERRY.

The following notic;;as posted a few nights since
g the Turnpike-gate of Bally M' Thomas. in the pa-
nib of Bally M.Ellizott :

" MATS, AMD TO MTACT.

" December the 13, 1821.

• To ALL couczawen.—A true and Elegual authority from
Ciptain Rock. Ido hereby certify under my hand, that any
rim whatsoever paying tithe•ntoney to Henry Oliver, or
WM: money, is under pain of de.th ; and ICennely goes
osier the same roles that gathers Church money; and as for
Daly, that serves the summonses, I called to see him be-
(re, and if I were to overtake him, I would make a public
maple of bin to the county of Kerry : therefore any person
maw such money may be sure of their doom.
• N.B. I am only in the beginning of my proceedings, and
vil pot all things to right in the course of a short time.
• • Signed by order of " Captain ROCK,
" Of the County of Limerick."

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—A most intarm us outrage
took place in the neighbourhood of this town a few
nights since: a poor man, with his wife and brother-
in4aw, were returning in the evening from a neigh-
bouring fair: when they had arrived so near to Sligo
lithe vicinity of Percymount, the husband being
some distance before his wife and brother•in-law, the
latter was assailed by a fellow who jumped over a
ditch into the road, and struck him such a blow on
lihe head as brought him to the ground immediately
von which two other ruffians joined the assailant,
and the three forced the poor woman into the fields,
where a scene of violence ensued, with a more parti-
cular description of which we will not shock the feel-
ings of our readers. One of the villains is in custody,
and has been fully identified. We sincerely hope
that the remainder of the gang will also shortly fall
into the hands of justice.—.Sligo Journal.
The whole south of Ireland, but particularly the
county of Limerick, is in a state of extreme mi-ei
sad threatened, we are informed, with a famine among
is poor.—The following is an extract of a private
biter, which gives a melalicholy picture of the
tits of the labouring peasantry : it is dated the '2oth
inst. from a place within about 15 miles of Limerick :
• The Special Commission has sat in Limerick. Eleven have
km tried, and of these nine capitally convicted. Every kind of
blimidation is used: notices have been posted all over the coun-
Orb threatening that two Aristocrats, no matter who they were,
amid die for every Rockite who should be hanged. Everything
threatens a dreadfully severe winter to the poor. The rain is
isoessant. The potatue crops have been very bad, and of th•
hale growth, part is so bad as not to keep for the winter.
" This is a real famine to the poor in this country, whose
chief food this is. There are several poor families about me
who have not as much as will last them two snenths. The stock
skald last until May. Of firing they are utterly destitute. The
turf has ben all destroyed in the bogs by the rain. So dreadful
is the want of fuel, that rich orchards and beautiful plantations
ere cut down vi et annis, in open defiance of the owners. The
wood of every kind is carried away in cartloads. If the milk-
tin (who, by the bye, can't compass what is more strictly their
service against the rebel', as they are called) interfere to pre-
vent the poor man from plundering in this way to obtain firing,
the consequence will be starvation."

DUBLIN, DECIIIIIER 21.—Our accounts from dif-
ferent quarters of the country, regarding the injury
done, in consequence of the remarkably incessant
and heavy falls of rain, are really deplorable. Every
entrance to the city of Limerick is flooded to an un-
precedented extent : from the hills of Newcastle, ad-
joining Limerick, to the mountains of Clare, it may
more properly be called a sea than a flood. The
driver of a chaise returning from Limerick to Nenagh,
on Tuesday night, missed his way at Groody-bridge,
when he, the horses, and chaise, were carried under
the arch, and the driver and the horses-perished ; the
flood is so high, that the top of the chaise only is
Visible under the arch. Owing to the great floods,
the Waterford coach to Limerick did not arrive until
several hours after it was due. Two arches of the
bridge of Killalee have been carried away: O'Brien's
bridge is in great danger if the flood rises, from the
Vast number of cocks of hay 'coming down the river.
mat Thomastown, near Waterford, the thunder and
lightning were more ft ightful than any in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant. The house of Thomas De-
lany, at Ballynabula, between Dunbell and Dungar-
von, was overthrown by the storm, and Delany and
his daughter both perished in the ruins.

Fifteen clerks were yesterday discharged from the
Navy Office. They are to receive a moderate pen-
sion, according to their length of service.
The ponderous Egyptian granite columns present
by his MAJESTY to Cie British Museum, are now re-
Moving horn the Court-yard to the front of the build-
ing, to make room for the pedestal on which the
st.tzue of the late Sir Josent BAND is to be placed.