Star.
London, England, 1816-01-31 00:00:00

IRELAND.

It k with great concern that we have to sub
the disturbancei in Ireland still continue. Th4l
Nets, which arrived this morning, are mu
details of the most Heart-rending duct; • Poo, ---11
in the shape of trials urfder the Insurrection 14
subjoin the following account of the Speeull
mission held at Clonmel :

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CLONMEL, JANUARY 24•011 &Wally
_Edmond Maher, Thomas Badly, William 0' i
char! Carney, Thomas Fitzgerald, and Irdee,,
were arraigned, for that they, on the al* d
15th of September last, did assault, fire into, "
on fire, the house of Win: Burke, at C ippa i •
in this County.
William Burke being called and swore,
that he lived at Cappa Uniack, where he '
'the business of a publican. On the night abort
tioned, about twelve o'clock, as the witness
paring to go to bed, he heard a noise at
proceeding from several persons demending
the witness's mother went to the door, meted
it could not be given at that hour. They the
for some porter, but this was also refosed, as
she open the door. Finding they could ale ,
admittance by stratagem, they attacked the
of the house' with what the witness sup.
sledges or large stones, and shattered them
Witness seized his gun, and kept firing tb ,
shop windows in a daection calculated far -e
and from this time he observed that the
carried on the assault, not in front of the
but by the sides, and close to the walls, aide
appeared to come cross-wise. Wittiest had
thirty rounds of ammunition, and kept foil
as possible, though at ;lindens, for the
his house, and of his family, which tone
nine persons. When about half his am... •
was expended, the assailants called eut to '
to deliver his elms—he replied by directing a
ball to the spot whence the demand per
After the witness had tied abont lair shots
the assailants again demanded his arms, ,
that if he reluied, they would set tire to the
—but he still continued to reply oaly by free
charges from his musket, hoping they would la
eyed to the extremity of bus ning his house.
however, brought fire, and eetnmonicated it a
stable, which was thatched, as was the witness's.
and all were connected ; but he thought they dal
mean to burn the house entirely. When the
was on fire, the assailants called out, and said,
it Burke would deliver his arms and surrencln,.
would save the house ; but he remained firm ii
resolution never to capitulate to them, and c
need to encourage his wife and children, nui
rest 4.f his family, telling them that Gen was
and gracious, and was still able to protect t:
They then set fire to the two ends of the dam'
house, which, with the stable, the witness pe..
altogether on Ere. Witnesc, in the tome of
attack, heard SOMe shots from the asseilaat
but, from the noise of breaking the wind," of
falling of decanters and other vessels, was Kt
able to say if he heard many. The gamma
gindlng to spread ia three parts of the hems
firing ceased en bosh sides, but the assail*,
mained outside. Burke's family, in despairoav
thered around him, while he threw blanch '
knees, resigning his family and himself to the
of the Atm IGHTV. He then recollected that be
upon a former occasion, pierced about two se
of the mud wall o: his bed roam so thin, that be •
at any time (in case his lime should be attar'
easily push it out if necessary, and had kept de.
of his bed against it, for the purpose of c'
the thinness of the wall there. By this time the
was filled with smoke to suffocation, acc
with flame ; Burke, taking a spade, opened the
sage above descs ibed, and, on putting out his
saw nobody at that side of the house ; the flak
covered with smoke ; he then crept out, and
his family after him ; a man of the name of
Keating, who was also iu the house, came out
same time, as well as the servant-maid, who
out the hooks with her. The witness and bis f
remained outside but a few moments, when the
vant girl, who had gone a short distance hem
house, came running back, crying, 64 Here thee
coming—we'll be all killed!" Bunke, thee, 1
his wite and children to the house of a smith,
them there ; and, accompanied by the smith and
Keating, returned to the house, now eavdord
fire, but saw nobody near it. The witness, _Eros
beginning of the assault on his house had no •
tunity of obaereing any of the assailants io a '
to be able to identify them. While the home
burning, a military party came up, and they
tioned to Burke that they had met some mea,
wham they had exchanged fire.
The next witness for the proeecteion was
Keating. He corroborated the evidence givta#
Burke precisely—and further stated, that oil ctrl{
'opt of the opening in the wall, and walking t..
the kitchen door, he saw a man outside of it
bayonet, and two other men in arms were Out '
He deposed, that in the early part of the attack
saw several men break into the gate of the yard,
attack the windows in the rear of the house, be •
like tygers, to watch the chimney and revels
escape of any one. This witness swore that bet
tempted to fire repeatedly at the assailants, Int!
his arms would not go off; that the night was a!
moony; that he saw several of the men who sat
lacking the house: but on being desired to 1011.11
Ole prisoners, and asked it be had seen Any of gai
at the attack, he declared solemnly he bad not.
The Jury retired for a few mements, and 0101.
in a verdict of Guilty against all the promos,
cept O'Donnell, and sentence of death was
flounced imniediately from the Beach ageing
nnind Melia, Thom is Hurler,. Michael C• 410
Thomas Fitzgerald,. and William !slither.
obOt_senr My
oofnda
Mr.y oßnilayckomneociznivieicatrioFnetthooarkdp,labcey
ef0:0:
Mara, who was beateaced to be hanged.
Marphys, uhu were lei wine respectability heal _.‘"
reel, pi. ailed guilty.—Alarm and Neal were
t Caher, tor the rubbery of Mr. lludie)'s 417:„
and Mieh.iel Sharp was executed on die Wit
(00d
tue spurner of William Aleny.i
It s utu.eis jo
,the,triais the fellows who have been Cogan/11:e.
the =mks. of Mr. liaiter, will not come on at
ty
Special Commissions which concludes Vele vie'-'

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MOIT C
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, • - AiiiiinliirdritiCift iiiiiial:
•
yestertfiiibe 'lnt public AuniftnarY inner of
was attended by at least 80t:pe rsoas,
is Instkotice
Freemasons' Hall. Every preparation *as made
• effect to a meeting wbkh bad for its object
Ponbiestye feeling of the heart—charity, and the
olate pr wet the Meritorious but decayed actor.—
the chair intended for his Royal Highness
'bop le of.Yoan, who bad condescended to preside
I the occasion, a bust of Shakespeare was erected
~. a grand pedestal. The bust was stirmounted
Pe hue's r
G. .R. and behind it appeared cle-
ats,* drapery, arranged with the best effect.
he Pokes oftoaa, Kent, and Sussex, -Earl Cam-
. 4 !Ali ERMINE, Lord YARMOUTH, Viscount
aterrinT, lied" Pggamaats the Loan Mavott,
don distinguished characters, entered the room
„Rea o'clock. After an excellent dinner, Non no-
-21 wit performed in.a most effective style by
tlirewatipl focal performers of Covent Garden,
utile was then drank in silence, Goo save
rag, geese aid chorus, followed. 'he company
11y joined in the Chorus. , 16 His Royal
the prince Regent" was given, and drank
roboaam. “ The Queen and Royal Family"
a The Army" was the next toast : it
Mak njth the loudest plaudits.-:—Glee, " HOW
we Av. who soldiers be."—.,, The Duke of
and the Navy" was drank with rapture.
oarlike of Karr said, he had heard the Army
*pleasure ; and as he conceived that toast
is!litatrious reliiiive, lie 'iholifd give their

gl'allillik.ol of Yoix intimated, that be felt the I
liglica don
to be present at a meeting so
fed respectable. Nothing could multi-
Torr te the prosperity of the drama than the
• is which they were then engaged. To protect
alert tilos* wbo had passed the greater part'
PPil
ro,lieir 'ves in the service of the public, was a most
undertaking.. His Royal Highness erpressed
opiiiioa, that all the performers of merit, front
o age, were entitled to public protection,* and
ozdailed anexcellent speech, by proposing .1 Sucr
0 Actors and Actresses, -end the Covent Garden
• Feed."
The tout was drank with three times three, amidst

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death. ef Mr. Haul, Ise wu intimately'
Anted with its Whirs, . for, the lig seven
ars, had Reid Vie annuitinfitheir quarterlyitipend.
aline were:mostly very old, and those of them who
were not, were disabled by infirMities of body end*
mind. Their kllowances varied
.frOM £2O to te4.5
Or annum," pot a very splendid pittance" fir those
seise-had devotkd their lives to the amusement of
their countrymen. These persons were in the most,
digressed circtiMstances. It might be thought the,
ext;avagance of their youth had caused this pentiry!
in old age. This was not the fact, With few if any
exceptions, though respectable actors, in the aenith
of their fame they had Dot had it in their power to
provide for their deelining-years. Convinzed of the
impdrtance of this Institution. be had exerted him-
self to promote its interests, sad had prevaileskon the
AWNS of Covent-garden Theatre to come forward.
in conjunction with him, to assist their unhappy bre-
thren. Of all mankind, an actor was Most the spun
of fortune—the creature of fashion—the victim of
caprice. No profession required 4 greater combina-
tion of varied talents and acquirements. In many
of the other walks of life,. when men declined in
years, their weakened intellects and enfeebkd bodies
could be relieved from their accustomed fatigues by
the assistance of kind children and dutiful servants.
Not so the actor's fate, lie must retain in hirpsefr
all the qualifications which first Rind him. to favOtt*,
or sick unregretted to obscurity. Consjdering this,
he felt all the value of the Theatrical Fund, knowing
as he did, that if it had not existed, many yeoman
performers who had fallen to decay could have found
no relief but in the workhouse or the grave. 4 rising
generation came, who, at that period of life when
theatrical entertainments most attracted their atten-
tion, found the st tge encumbered with him who was
formerly its ornament. They remembered net the
merits of his earlier day ; and instead of overlooking
his errors on their account, were &posed roughly to
ask why he was suffered to mumble there f After
dilating considerably, on these and other topics, he
again laboured to impress the importance of the plan
now under consideration on the mind; of his hearers,
which he hoped would be well supverted, to spare
the feelings of the veteran actor in the situations he
had described, pod *though last, not least, to spare
the feelings of those real friends of the Drama, who,
if such an institution were not honoured with their
countenance, must, at last, see their old favourites,
like the high mettled racer, die ounnticed or despised.
This speech was frequently interrupted by shouts
of universal applause.
The Duke of Yon proposed Mr.Fawcetes health,
which was drank with three times three.
Mr. FAwcxrr returned thanks.
66 The Memory of the Founders"-14 The Proptie.
tors of Covent-garden, Theatre"—r" Mr. Coutts l—
and is The Stewards," were among the succeeding
toasts.

11-4 la use.
The ice• President: having been drank,
The Duke of KIN? said—" in the name of the
ti .Presidents, I rise to return thanks; and ill doing
1,1 will only trespass on you a few words, in order
light it is my duty to do, namely, to recant.
ondthh excellent Institution to your favourable in- ,
aim. is 'be present instance, it is perhaps singu.
'ohm although it was instituted in the year 1765.
id &armed in 1766, no anniversary has been cele.
mad before this day. It may be asked, Why ?..-:
lemma° is, that the subscription to this funi has
alsonined to Professional Gentlemen wily : they
last wish to call on the Public for support. But
i case is now altered : they think they have the
Me claim to public suppca as other bodies. It
rill suffice, If T say no more than that every well-
ilsosed and sensible person will support the merit of
hose who devote their lives and talent to the public
easement, and whether it is in a major or minor
spanneot, if their conduct has been laudable, they
isequily entitled to support.—i Lead oplalols.)
lisreitteittahisisevi much dm 'national character
mum promoted by the Drama. It sets before us
of honour, integrity, magnanimity, and vir-
, •,r to gnglishmen. The promoters of this
• ken table hitherto to relieve about 40 fa- I
et
, t hot the assistance we are to afford this day
bite, restore the fund' to a respectable state;
theelmbotere will be able to provide for the de-
ftest the comforts of his life, when he is no
this to support himself by his profession."—
labttiam,)—His Royal Highness then intima-
tint the smallest donation would be gladly re-
. • from the person in moderate circumstances :
&Ow considered the man who gave his g4i.
that being all he could spare, as meritorious a:; the Adlir M'ELLlgemz.
seat: who gave 1000 guineas (Loud applause.) 11HERlyrS COURT, JAN Urvlty so,
ibesedverted to the elegant females in the &tile. CRIM Cprl.
lad riverbed, their hearts were unquestiona'sly UAIIVIY W. UNRER. i
to the softer feeling of benevolence ; and he was This was an inquiry to assess the damages in an'
alneted they had not attended merely to satisfy action brought by George Frederick Harvey. for-
. . His Royal Highness was persuaded they meily a Captain in the 13th Hussars, against Pett-
is,* oek forward for support to this Institution ; tenant Usher, of the 62d Regiment of Foot. for cri.
he concluded by drinking' 44 the Health of ail minal conversation with the plaintifra wife. The
Ladies. Present."—The Applane 'continued a con- damages were laid at ,1120,000. The defendant suf-
ble time. fered judgment to go by default.
'The health of the Duke of Sussek" followed. The case was opened by Mr. HOltdpli TWIN. .
The Duke of Sussex, alter expressing the interest Mr. D4UNCILY stated it to the Jury, This, he Was
took in the grand cause of that day, took the li- was an action by which a husband sought compensa-I
of repeating the address to the gallery. En- tion for the injury sustained ip the loss of the com.
.limed as the company were, their fancy could not' fort and society of a beloved wife. The lady, whose
Nob the region of gad:, but he fancied they under- imprudent conduct had caused this action, was the
11C4,the ?Von of:of/dam/ He trusted -that these daughter of E4rl Cavan, and to the dignity of her
inUatftri would display their munificence on the birth were united every personal grace and mental
PIM occasion, and contsibute to an increase of the acquirement which a woman could be wished to
!nos of the Institution of which they were laying posstss. She was young, beautiful. and accomplished.
kfloadation. Having humbly addressed theGost- In 4pril 1809, as would appear in evidence, she was
he came down to the platform—the present married to Captain Harvey, the plaintiff, ar.4 bad by
aged* human life. So respectable a meeting en., him one child, a daughtee, She had been previously
ol a certainty of success to the undertaking ; 'and married to a Mr.Wooogate, end had one child by bit*
Lle heart felt, he was mire that it would be eagerly which was living at the period of her riecond mar.
,tea..ded by ".e hand. In the drama every man had riage. It will not be necessary, gentletnen,-(contis
IS. tillt, to ptr IV in 3, and the greatest performer kit nued Mr. panacey) that I should oegupy a great'
nebted to the humblest servant for Isis service, in deal of your time in stating t!.:: particalaes of this'
lung him ter display his talents to the best advan. distressing ease ; they are few, *wad aril), I am con 6-,
9 4and it was enough if the humblest contributed dent, be fully and satisfactorily proved to you in evi-
, the .und to the extent of his talents and the•extent silence. It will appear to you, that from the period
his Pane. He flattered Natoli that they would of their marriage, up to the moment of chip enforce-
I*mate before adding several hundreds. The nate connexion, a period of six years. Captain and
hire were, in private as well as in ptiblic life, Lady Ilonora lived together on thcple amicable and
:tehareent to their profession. His Royal High.' harinbnious terms in which a man rind wife should
then called to their recollection a circumstance Pee; drat this harmony Was never interrupted br any
with the history of the august personage serious mazer until the *claimer stepped in and iree-
health had been drank in respecttulsilence. The trieyably destroyed it. now or when this illicit ac.
words be uttered from that throne he had so long quaintance aionmenced the plaintiff is ignorant; in.•
°we, that he $ gloried in being a Briton borer." deed it Is not upeessary to the present case that this
peeved on that occasion that he .felt them, and should appear. The principal acts establishing the
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bleu
had been taught to pronounce them by one of action were alleged in have been committed on the
I____ ornaments of the profession be had DOW Sil and 23d June last. A wok, appear se the Jury,
moist to address (Quin), who feelingly re-1 that Lady Hunora Haryey arrived an ldondon from
ial teethe neoasion—o 'Twas J who taught the I Hastings, on the 25th cif 'May last, on her way to
s,j("Plakt"— He called upon them, heart and Cheltenham, and that ,in a few days after captain
tosPeport the Pranta.--(4Maeui) Harvey arrived pith his child. They went to lodge
0 The Trustees"
fir'
F„ was the succeeding toast. .at the house of a hire. Forge*, at Kensington, from
A;yearT returned thank,. • Having been which Captain H. by agreement with his Lady, pro-
Lletl by the • partiality of his friends (of which he seeded to Cheltenham to provide apartments, &c:
*IP be proud) to Mkt s* pbeis pi the lustittft j litre, Qestsleesen, fconeiened
.1#!•. P aiencey) it s
,

Mr.liesants and Mr. YOUNG returned thanks.
The Duke of Ktryc read a statement of the dunk
tions received. In addition to £lO5 given by the
Prince Regent, £551. Ws. by the D4ke of York, and
NV. ss. by the Duke of Sussex, the sums collected
at the dinner were upwsids of £6OO.
Tne Duke of yqmc did not retire till near twelve.
When he had left the room, the Duke of stat-
ed his Royal Highness 041 e Duke of York) to have
spontaneously anaounctal hits issraoaicirs_ w fr,aridi. at
the nest Annual Meeting. ,
The Duke of tiUSSEX subsequently expressed a
wish to have his name placed at the head of the list
of Stewards.
The Stewards of the day were greatly distinguish-
ed by their an;iety to accommodate all their nume-
rous visitors. We never saw these characters actzd
better than they were by Messrs. CONWAY, Cnaar.za
KessaLs, YOUNG), and Ca MaTuows and Loony
sung several Comic Songs, and the harmouy ut the
evening was protracted to a late hour,
The Duke of yoitg's military band ottende4, and
added uutch to the hilarity of the evening,