The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-20 00:00:00

ar4r3 OF aIIf•AND.
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(Imola ven auxrdst stonnutoposr, sac. 18.)
The Privincial Papers,umiltriul yesterday, are without
the *seal supply of outrages, robberies, searches for
arms s. Ike., with which, of late, they have so &hounded.
The following is the only new paragraph of this de-
scription, supplied by the Limerick Chronicle of Satur-
day t—
" On Saturday night, the house of James Morrissy,
of Moorish,* Parish of Balllngarry, in this County, was
surroneded by a gang of rnifials, who cut down a vast
_a
quantity of ash trees in his grove ; they left the tops,
wlsicia, *missy says, it appears, was not for fuel they
wasted them. Aa sensed banditti, a few nights before,
dispossesed him of hii musket, and broke the window,
orhis dwelling."
la the town of Athlone, on Wednesday the sth,
instant, while a party of Major Willis's police wet*
atteadjeg the sale of some property, distrained foe
now-payment of lines, a violent altercation arose be;
moan a numerous crowd, which had been collected ot,
the unties, and the police. In a short time the
crowd commenced a regular attuk, by throwing stones.
and missiles of every description; the police in the
mean time, acting on the defeasive. Confident in their
lecreasing numbers, and peobably wishing to over-
pairs,. the coastables, the crowd rushed on to close
cedilla% so decide the matter at once. At this crisis.
one of the police, perceiving a fellow, more daring 1
than the rest, in the act of grappling with one of his
' comrades, hastily drew a case sword and ran his
through ;he fell and almost instantly expired. This
melancholy satastrophe, put a final stop to the fray ;
and the auction proceeded without isterroption. A
Coroner's inquest was held ea the body of the Infer-
touts man. when the Jury returned a verdict of—
Cunt:. Mottoes against the policeman.—(West•
mote Jernsal.)
If this were a tree report. would the verdict be
" Wilful Murder" against the policemar. ?
r. [lliCili Tan ClOlllllllll. HIRAI, UP SATURDAY.]
we have before put the public in possession of the
arrangements made by the Earl of Donoughtnore, for
preserving the peace in the neighbourhood of Ard-
Aaiun ; se that, from the bridge at that village to the
town of Cloamel, and its immediate vicinage, we think
there is no over confidence in relying upon those bene-
ficial consequences, that always result from the pre-
sence of the great resident laud owners amongst their
tenants and neighbours, when. as in the present case,
they co-operate cordially in protecting the peaceable
and restraining the turbulent. The curse of Ireland
is le the absentees—men. who know their estates only
by their account books. and who feel no more sytn-
pithy with the sufferings, nor interest in the probpe-
rity of the husbandman under them, than they do for
the cows these basbeadmea milk. or the pigs they feed,
bat leave them to the griping pressure of the indolent
middlemon. who hugs himself In self complacency at
5 t rich gleselog, which the greater and more cri-
nal indolence of the land-owner esahles him to
ring from the hard labour of the land-holder.
The contrast to all those miseries to which this &b-
-unter; system/1m birth is naturally to be sought for,
is it is hue -IM die temple Med the 'lsf eeace. dm
controul and the protection of the resident proprietors,
who know and can feel for the wants of those around
them; whose vigilance can keep an eye and place a
band up** the idler and malefactor, and whose exer-
tion in support of the.law can afford security to the in-
dustrious and peaceful.
We have been particular ia tracing the following
fict to a source on which we can rely :
On Wednesday evening. near dusk, as Major Miller
was sitting in a front window of his lodgings, in
Mitcheletown, a villain, well mounted, rode up oppo-
site the house, and suddenly drawing a pistol from
his bosom. discharged its contents, but fortunately
without effect. at the Major. Pursuit was instantly
made by a number of persons after the a,sassin, who
took the reed toward Kilfinan, and riding at full

speed. made his escape.
On Thursday night, a farmer. named James Ho-
gan, living is the old black road leading to Powers-1
town, (in fact la the suburbs,) near the Artillery Bar-
rack, was robbed of a musket. Nothing can be
wilful that the conduct of those persons who persist,.
in retaining arms, which they are unable to preserve.
Oa the same night, several of the inhabitants of
the two heard repeated shots fired, on the northern
side—some as if within the town. gut neither the
patrol, nor the watehmea met any persons of a suspi-
cious character on that night.

On Saturday last, the Tipperary Yeomanry Infan
try, under the command of Captain Joseph Evans,
volunteered their services to any part of the kingdom.
The Killalo. Yeomanry Infantry. under the com-
mand of lii‘for Portion, are placed on permanent
duty.
A meeting of the hundred Gentlemen who sigaed
the list for fopesiag a volunteer corps in this city, will,
wear* info/tied, be held at Swinburn's on Tuesday,
whoa an application will be made to Government, for
arms sad anoutrentents both for cavalry sod infantry.
-.—(Lisserfe* Chroniek.)
A private letter from Dublin received yesterday,
says;--" There is the finest farce going on here
that can be imagined. The Orangemen insist that
there is a desperate rebellion in actual operation, and
all the approaches to the City are defended by barriers
against the iavasioa of enemies which can neither be
seen, felt, beard, or understood, by any but them,
selves."
A tradesman of a respectaltle market-town in Cheshire
spends his evenings of the week in the following ha.
proving and profitable style ;—On Monday he attends a
(lriekier club; on Tuesday an oyster club; on Wed.
on a sewage dub ;on Thursday a debating deb ;
on FrWay a tripe club ; on Saturday a beefieteak club. i
The Sabbath, as a day of rest, he religiously observes,
by lying kiwi the greatest part of it. Indeed, after a
mall has been so well clubbed during the week, no won-
der he shoald be knocked dotal on a Suaday.—(Hull
Pocket)
There has recently been found at Nistnes, in Fratice,
among tlothalifildte Temple of Diana, a figure of
' Apollo,
.0, Warble. in a very mutilated state.—
: This rempitimbio pi* of antiquity Is to be removed
shortly to tie • at Paris.
Two or`
..iclago, a Gentleman from the
lost a valuable gold watch
appossages, when shooting on the Moors ;
Ala *sr It was found, tittle worse from its long ex-
poser. to the WON of the twasoas.

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