Star.
London, England, 1821-11-01 00:00:00

•DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND, •

PROS/ THE DUNCAN JOURNAL OF MONDAY,.
Our intelligence, received this morning, from Li-
merick and the southern parts of the country, is far
from gratifying. We can perceive no indication of
'repentance on the part of the peasantry, or even any
relaxation of their efforts to accomplish their lawless
measures.
Thursday Loa, a numerous party of the banditti ,
attacked the house of Mr. HENRY SHIRE, of Gar-1
ranroe, situated between Croom and Adare, and rob-1
bed him of two muskets. Friday night, several
houses were attacked in the vicinity of Cappaville,
county of Clare, and plundered offire-arms. GEOROR
LEAK; Esq. while returning from Rathkeale, county
of Limerick, narrowly escaped assassination. lie was
attended by an escort of two dragoons before him
and two behind. When the first passed, two men
armed with muskets, rushed out of a house at liar-
nakyle, with intent to fire, but observing the escort in
rear, which they had not previously noticed, they
quickly retired, and effected their escape.
In the vicinity of Newcastle, the peasantry have
carried their outrages to the greatest extent. En-
WARD SIIEEY, Esq. of Ballintobber, possesses the farm
of Glenahine, from which the former tenantry had
bees evicted for non-payment of rent, and according
to their usual system, be is annoyed in every possible
way. Saturday se'nnight Mr. SHEET sent a man to
the farm to bring a bullock, whose legs had been
broken by some ruffians the preceding night. Two
fellows who were making hay in the adjoining mea-
dow, rushed upon the unfortunate man, and beat him
to unmercifully with their pitchforks, that no hope
is entertained of his recovery. Another servant of
Mr. SIISEY had been fired at, and his herdsman was
cruelly flogged. Under such circumstances Mr.
Sii/LEY s farm is rendered of no value, and as no man
is safe to reside on it, the lawless banditti have suc-
ceeded in their object.
To aid the military, the Government has placed
the Adare Yeomanry on permanent duty.
At Newmarket and Buttevant, in the county of
Cork, the spirit of insurrection has strongly mani-
fested itself. A Meeting of Magistrates was held on
the 24th at Newmarket-house, when the following
Resolution was adopted That we are of opinion
that two Volunteer Corps of Cavalry and Infantry
should be raised in and about Newmarket and Kan-
turk to aid the military to preserve the peace."
A Meeting of Magistrates and Gentlemen was also
held nest day at Buttevant, and it was resolved una-
nimously—" That it appears to us that certain parts
of the Baronies of Duhallow and Orrery are in a state
of disturbance, and other parts threatened with be-
coming so, unless seasonably prevented. It is, there-
fore, absolutely necessary that the most efficient mea,
sores be taken to check the spirit of insurrection,
wherever it has appeared, and to prevent where it has
threatened." The object of the Meeting was to ap-
ply to Government for military assistance.
h If insubordination shall extend much further in the
west and south, the whole military force, at present
in Ireland, will scarcely be sufficient to preserve
tranquillity, and to guard against unhappy core-
quences, the Magistrates and Gentry should form vo-
lunteer corps of the well affected part of the commu-
nity. The local knowledge of a force of this descrip-
tion would render it far mote effective than any other,
and the expense would be only a small sacrifice to
ensure their lives and properties, which are, by a
system now extending, very seriously menaced. The
influence of the Roman Catholic Clergy, in former
times so influential, is now nearly, if not altogether
disregarded. A Catholic Clergyman who reprobated,
from the Altar, the atrocious conduct of the pea-
santry about Newcastle, was privately visited that
very night, and threatened with death if he should
venture again to open his lips on the subject.
The desperation of this banditti is such, that they
neither respect the laws of GOD or man, nor do they
.value their own lives. They are bound together by
oaths, which they deem obligatory beyond any duty
they owe even to. humanity ; and such is the fierce-
ness of their resentment, that Mr. Rom, of Nante-
nant, has been ordered to put away his wife, or fly•
the country with her, under the penalty of death.—
'This Lady is the daughter of Mr. HOSKINS, the late
agent on the COURTENAY estate, and thus they resent
their quarrel with her father.
We are informed on authority, on which we rely,
that when the committee, or leaders of the banditti,
resolve to murder any person obnoxious to them, or
to commit a robbery, they draw lots for those to be
charged with the execution of the deed, and if they
should hesitate or refuse they would be proscribed
themselves and put to death. This mode of proceed-
ing renders it difficult to identify the perpetrators, as
they are taken from lists of associates who are strangers
in the particular district, where the murder or robbery
is committed. This sort of caution, which is the
effect of system, imparts a character to their plans
exceedingly formidable, and nothing, in our opinion,
will check their audacity but local associations for the
special purpose of maintaining the peace of the country.