The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-10 00:00:00

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sone men, near Croagb, and the vessels taken oat of
the car, and the barns spilled on the road with expres-
slons.that no bread should be made there in Ware.

This morning, at an early hour, Maurice Shaugh-
nessy, and Michael M'Mahon, a blacksmith, were
brought into town by Major Drought, who, with Lieut.
Cowan, Chief Pelee Officer, and the 'entire of the
Pollee, patroled the Liberties, from Batlimners to
the bounds of the County, from 12 o'clock last night
to day-break this morning.—Therio are good grounds
for supposing that those two' persons are much impli-
cated in the present disturbances. • Major Drought's
Police only arrived here yesterday evening, and not-
withstanding the inclemency of the weather, and the
fatigue of a march from Dublin, it did not prevent
them from being instantly put on duty.
We received a letter this morning from Mill-street,
County Cork, which represents that neighbourhood to
be in the most peaceable state. and that the report of
the attack on Captain Willis'. Castle (as stated in the
Dublin Papers) is perfectly unfounded.
We feel much satisfaction in quoting the following
extract of a letter keceived this day from a highly re-
spectable and active Magistrate in the neighbourhood
of Listowell :—" I have the pleasure to tell you, that
we will have this Country soon restored to quiet."—
(Limerick Chronicle.)
A country boy, who was observed to call three suc-
cessive times to purchase a pound of gunpowder at a
shop on the Parade, Cork, has been taken up and
lodged in the Bride-well.
[The following is the account given by the Limerick
Journal of the murder committed in the house of Mr.
Raymond, as mentioned in the Statesman of Saturday.]
LIMIRICK, Dec. 4.—On Saturday night last, about I!
o'clock, four armed assassins knocked at the ball-door of
Hollywood, in this county, the residence of James Ray-
mond, Esq. and demanded admittance to search for
arms ; the door was immediately opened, and they were
told that there were no arms there, as they bad been al.
ready taken away ; they then took the servant Murphy,
who opened the door, and killed him on the spot, by
firing three shots through his body.—His remains pre-
seated a most appellant sight to the Coroner, Magis.
testes, and Jury, who attended there yesterday to hold
an inquest. Major Wilcocks was immediately on the
spot to make such inquiries as he deemed prudent ;it is
evident they came for the purpose of murdering Murphy,
who, it is supposed, recognized some of the party on the
night the arms were taken from that hone. Unfortu-
nately Mr. Raymond was from home, as be had been be.
fore when his arms were taken. At the time of present-
ing this horrible outrage to the public, it is most satis-
factory to ns to be able to inform our readers. that the
ruffians are not now as they have been heretofore, com-
mitting outrages without any exertion being made to
bring them to justice, as we find that on Saturday night
the Police under the command of that experienced and
able Chief Magistrate, Major Wilcocks, succeeded in
apprehending Michael Kelly and Thomas Kelly, charged
with feloniously taking fire-arms from the dwelling-
house of the late Mr. Christopher Stirling, and with
snapping a pistol at Mrs. Sterling, with intent to kill
her. On the tagavnight, another party of that carp
apprehended Johns Ward, charged with riot, sad assault-
ing a Crown proseeutor on her return from the last As.
sizes, and with assaulting a Police Constable who was
conveying her home.
This day, Mr. Russell, of Catherine-street, and Ms
*leek, Air. Isoderidsoralked out to Ballnciadisi, close
to this town, each having a gun ; when they got a few
yards beyond the cross road, outside the turnpike,
a stout able fellow named Francis Shaughnessy caught
Mr. Ledwith by the neck, and threw him on his back
on the road, and forced his gun from his hands ;
Shaughnessy handed the gun to another man who was
with him, and both immediately ran off, but fortu-
nately, two of the Light Dragoons happening to pass
that way, at the moment whilst the men were in view,
they pursued them in a most laudable manner, and
succeeded in apprending Shanghnessy who is fully
identified—the other man got into the low grounds
where the Dragoons could not follow. Major Drought,
Chief Magistrate of the city. on hearing the circum-
stance, dispatched his Chief Constable. and a party, to
convey the fellow into town, and now has him in safe
keeping.
This is most important to the country, as four in-
stances of the same kind have taken place within a few
months near the same spot.
Last week, Major Wilcocks received an order from
the Castle, to take up the gunpowder in his district.
He accordingly procured all on sale at Rathkeale,
Kil-
Kilfenora, Hospital, Bruff, Groom, and New-

castle.
Last night the house of Patrick Carroll, at Balishee-
da, in the liberties of this city, was broken into, and
searched for his servant-man, who had expressed him-
self unfavourably towards the nightly proceedings of
those deluded wretches. Fortunately he was not in
the house.
Two field-pieces, and an immense quantity of ammu-
nition, arrived yesterday in this city.
Baron M'Clelland and Mr. Justice Moore, are So
preside at the Special Commission, to be held for the
county and city of Limerick.
The Commission will be opened precisely at eleven
o'clock, and trials immediately proceeded upon.
Names of the prisoners in the County gaol, for trial,
at the Special Commission :—E. Mules, J. M'Namara,
Michael Moran, Michael Fitzgerald, Denis Collins, John
Grady, James Carroll, Andrew Hickey, Connor Ryan.
John Kelly, Michael Culbane, John Culhane, Thomas
Molony, Michael Holloron, John Bowman, Martin
Grady, John Kelly, Michael Sullivan. Connor Hickey,
William Hanley, Patrick M'Mahon, Edmond Culhane.
James llinchy, and Mary Hayes.
On Saturday night last, the house of Mr. Robert
Warren, Lamer. near Newport, was surrounded by a
party of armed men, who demanded his arms; fortu-
nately, they had been removed a few days before; the
party was beaded by a well-dressed man, whom they
severally addressed as their Captain.—(Linseriek
Telegraph.)
A Limerick Paper contains the following peso.
graph
" The statement in the Kilkenny Paper, that al/Alder
of the Rev. Mr. Langrisbe's, in the County of Clare. was
lately murdered, is not correct."
• The statement appeared in this paper. We received
it from an intimate friend of the Clergyman's family.--
We mentioned the name of the deceased, who died of a
gun shot wound indicted by an unknown band, and whe-
ther it was correct or not. we know that he was seta-
ally, buried at Kuocktopher. We believe bad the lA-
mersck paper been as careful as we are to avoid ex,g-
oration, the country would have been saved mach pain-
ful uneasisess,Linseridc Joungal.)

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THE LATE “ BEACON."

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tactuuses, Bac. 7.—Yesterday the caueeo4.oib•
son tr. Steelman," &e. Printer and Editor 4( The
Awes newspaper, came on before Lord Alloway,
Ordinary, when it was remitted to the Jury Court.
The cause of" Gibson v. the Lord Advocate," &e.
eantioners in a bond of credit for The Beacon, came on
next, when Mr. 31‘fisszts and Mr. THOIIPSON were
beard as Counsel for the defendants, and Mr. Mos-
cato', and Mr. CRANStOUN for the paisuer. The
Judge (Lord Alloway) delayed judgment till the meet-
ing of the Court this day.

On Saturday the dispatches were closed at the East'
India-house, and delivered to the Pursers of the follow-
ing ships, viz.—
William Falai. Captain K. Smith. Madras and
China ; Sir David icott, Captain W. Hunter,. Bengal
and China.

Changes in the Common Council at the approach-
ing St. Thomas's day :
In Lime-street Ward—Mr. Deputy Adcock retires.
Mr. Prince and Mr. Jones contend for the vacancy.
In Aldersgate Ward—Mr. Turner resigns. Mr. C.
Carbauld, the engineer, and Mr. Dig [ins put up.
In Bassishaw Ward—Mr. Smart resigns.
In Queenhithe Ward—Mr. Hancock is dead, and three
resignations are announced, viz.; Mr. J. W. Goss, the
Deport, Mr. J. Cotton, and Mr. J. J. Skilbeck.
In Bread-street Ward—Mr. Oilman has left, and seve-
ral resignations are reported.
In Dowgate Ward—Mr. Bristow is dead, and a violent
contest is expected, on account of the supposed en-
croachoent made recently on the banks of the Thames
in that Ward.
AU is expected will be quiet in Farringdon this next
election. It was rumoured that Mr. Ex-Sheriff Williams
would resign, and a new candidate start, but, we believe,
withoout foundation.
At Mentham Hall, Surrey, sumptuous entertain-
ments were given by the Jolliffe family on Friday and
Saturday last, in honour of the coming of age of Sir
William Hylton Jolliffe, the nephew and heir
of Colonel Hylton, the Member for Petersfield,
and son of the Rev. Mr. Jolliffe, of Imperial Cottage.
The expenses of the fete will, it is said, amount to up-
wards of 5,000/.
On Tuesday last three sporting worthies set out
from this town on a Jackdaw-Shooting excursion.—
They reached Plympton St. Mary without meeting one
unfortunate bird, but on the church-tower of that
place there sat in sable majesty as ancient daw, who
appeared to view the triumvirate with infinite con-
tempt. Irritated, we suppose, at seeing their terrify-
ing appearance set at nought, one of the party levelled
his tube at the saucy bird, who, no way alarmed,
cawed out defiance, and flew off with a great deal ot
rag lead. A young man who was passing in a cart,
and saw the affair, wickedly taunted the sportsman
with his want of skill. Possessing a good share ot
irritability, one of the gentlemen fired his piece into
the cart, and being a better shot than his companion
who missed the jackdaw, lodged eight shots in the back
of a poor old man, a charcoal-burner of Ridgeway,
who sat with the rustic wit in the cart. We under-
stand proceedings have been instituted against them.
We make so comment on this Annsent action.—(Ply-
swath paper.)
lit ireiiitt Mee. S.—iredaanday 11Pasias. Mr- coG
Risdon, Commoner of University College, rowed down
the river is a skiff, accompanied by a friend ; when
within a short distance of Iffiey, attempting to change
his seat, he fell into the water, and by his endeavours
to save himself, upset the boat. Both swam for the
shore, het his friend, on reaching it, could no where
see Mr. Risdon, though he had observed him follow-
ing a considerable way, and heard no cry of distress.
The alarm was immediately given, and every exertion
instantly made to recover the body, which has since
been continued, bat without success.
' Monday, several soldiers were poisoned by eating a
Ragout at an Anberge, at Mousseaux, in France.
Three of them have died, and twelve others are seri-
ously ill. Two individuals have been taken into
custody.
From the regular attention of the police, in nightly
visiting the lodging houses, it has been ascertained
that from the Ist of October to the Ist of December,
a space of only nise weeks, 1,983 have passed through
Doncaster, exclusive of the mendicants relieved at the
Vagrant Office.
Tuesday morning at half-past six, 41 female con-
victs were removed from Newgate, under a proper es-
cort, in hackney coaches, conveyed to the Dundee
Arms, Wapping, and forwarded in a Gravesend boat
to the receiving ship, preparatory to their being sent
to New South Wales. Their behaviour, from their
quitting Newgate to the time of embarking, was quite
exemplary; many of them are banished for life;
amongst them the notorious Bill Soantes's wife, toge-
ther with Amg Steele, the young woman who was or-
dered for execution on Tuesday se'nnight. Cadmas's
wife still remains in Newgate.—(Kestish Gazette.)
FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday, in the after-
noon, a Mr. David Brook, a carpenter, at Thorp, was
returning home from Leeds, on the rail-way towels
Middleton, having elevated his umbrella to prevent
the sleet beating in his face, a number of coal-waggons
drawn by the loco-motive machine came upon him un-
observed, and passing over his lower extremitiesl
mangled his legs and thighs in so dreadful a manner,
that he died in the Infirmary in the course •f the
same night ; the deceased has left a widow and six
children. A still more terrible accident occurred at
Lofthouse on the following day, by which four per-
sons lost their lives. It appears that early in the
morning of that day four persons were descending in a
corve into a coal-pit, when, the rope giving way, they
were all precipitated to the bottom, and two of them
killed on the spot; the two others, one a boy about
16, and the other 12 years of age, were removed to
the Leeds General Infirmary, where one of them died
immediately on his arrival, and the other half an hoer
afterwards. The names of the deceased are, George
Heald, a boy about 16 years of age, and
his father; a young man whose name we have not
heard ; and Joseph Farrar, a boy about twelve years
of age. The same day Thomas Salt, foreman to
Messrs. Brown and Co., Shear-grinders, at the Crown-
point, in this place, got entangled in one of the fiy-
wheels. sad was literally cut in two. The deceased
was a steady worthy man, and had been in his mas-
ter's ensploymeat upwards of six years.—(Leeds
Mercury.)

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