The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-17 00:00:00

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DlSftirhall DIORICTS IN IRELAND.

By the Dublin papers arrived this notelet webs,.
unwired copies of two Proclamations issued on Wednes-
day last by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. By the
first the Baronies of Duballow, and Orrery and Kilmore
in the Conatytof Cork. and by the second the County of
the City of Limerick, the city of Limerick, and the libel,
ties of She said city, are proclaimed to be in a state of
disturbance, and to require an extraordinary establish-
ment of Pollee.
The following are the accounts received this morn-
ing relative to-the disturbed districts :
Coax, Nov. 13.—0 n Saturday, at two o'clock, I
Lord Aylmer, Adjutant-General, and Captain Craig,
Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant General to the forces In
Ireland, received.orders to proceed forthwith to this
county, and such was the expedition used, that they
left Dublin by the Cork mail-coach that evening4ar-
rived in Fermoy on Sunday evening, and immediately
set off for Mallow. It is understood that their visit
is to facilitate the movements of the military in the dis-
turbed parts of this and the neighbouring counties;
and thereby to prevent the delay consequent on the
different applications to Government. We understand
that since his Lordship's arrival in Mallow, an order
reached this city for a reinforcement, and a menagey
of the regiment marched off at five o'clock
yesterday morning. Previous to Lord Aylmer's ar-
rival, the gentlemen of that neighbourhood, in the
most spirited manner, subscribed a considerable sans,
and bad the Mallow yeomanry placed on permanent
duty, until a communication could be bad front
Government, and in consequence of some alarming
rumours, the respectable portion of the town were
swore in as special constables, aided by the gentle-
men of the surrounding country, twenty of whom,
well armed, every night in turn, regularly patrolled
the different roads adjoining town.
About one o'clock in the morning, on Monday last,
13th inst. the house of William Purcell, of Altamira,
near Charleville, Esq. was surrounded by an armed
handitti, who instantly attempted to break through
the front and back doors, and the lower windows
—same time discharging several shots at the upper
windows, the fire, however. being quickly and vi-
gorously returned by Mr. Purcell, he forced the
party to retire, after persevering for at least an
hour ir the attack. From the quantity of blood
found after them, there must be many wounded,
and most likely severely, as it was with swan-drop
that Mr. Purcell's guns were mostly loaded. The
darkness of the night and the smoke of the firing
prevented their going off being seen, or their route
being traced. Mr. Purcell's spirit and coolness pro-
tected him from the sanguinary designs of those
miscreants, whose vengeance was particularly inflamed
against Mr. Purcell, in consequence of his zealous
and active discharge of his duty as a Magistrate.
During yesterday there were rumours in circulation of
several other houses in the neighbourhood of Mallow,
Mitclaelstown, and the surrounding country having
been attacked and plundered of arms and ammunition
Saturday and Sunday nights. It was also re.,
on the authmity.of a person who was said toy
1 arrived from Mallow last-evening, that on Sun-1
ay night there bad been an engagement in the vicinity
of Mallow, between a party of dragoons and a large
body of the people, on which one of the latter had
been killed and several taken prisoners, but after the
most diligent inquiries up to a late hour, we could
not obtain particulars of either.
The Magistrates of Kanturk, and its neighbourhood
have also made further application to Government for
a greater reinforcement, as the number there at present
is only sufficient for protecting the town from attack,
which they are nightly in dread of ; and all will not
admit of any parties to scour the country, to endeavour
to come up with come of the marauders.
A regiment in Naas got the route on Saturday night,
to march the following morning for Feranoy. The
19th regiment embarked at Liverpool last week for
the South of Ireland, and several other regiments are
under orders fur the same destination.—(Sotabern
Reporter.)
Five of the persons who have been apprehended as
Ribbonmen, in the Barony of Kilmain, as stated in
our last, have been committed to the empty gaol, in
this town, by Alexander Clendinning, Esq. •The others
are still detained in Ballinrobe, for further examination.
The names of those who are fully committed fur trial,
are Joules Costello, Michael Burke, John Jennings.
Murty Farraber, and Thomas Donoghue. The two
former are charged with having acted as leaders at a
Ballinafad, and having, as such, administered illegal
oaths, and the other three are charged with having
attended the Ballinafad. and assisted in administering
the unlawful oaths. This much we are able to collect
from the committal, but we have heard from another
source, that some of those men were amongst the most
active promoters of Ribbonime---that there is reason to
hope their apprehension will lead to the restoration
of peace and good order in the Barony of Kiltuaia—
aod (*bat we are very ready to believe) that this ad-
vantage bas been obtained by the well-judged and well-
-Iteecuted plans of Mr. Alexander Clendinning.— (Mayo
Cosesletwtion.)
We cannot but express our surprise, that nothing
decisive has yet been done in Limerick. It appears
that Major Wilcocks, whose activity bad been so con-
spicuous in Tipperary and Galway, is appointed to
Limerick. This is the third time, within a few weeks,
that the Commandant of the Police has been changed.
—We hope and trust that the change will le followed
by the results upon which Government calculate.
We are sorry that in consequence, it should seem,
of some differences between the Magistrates of the
county of Cork, some disturbances have occurred in
that county. The particulars of this difference
we have stated int a -former occasion. The nature
of the disturbances will be seen in an extract from
a Cork paper.
We have received some consmanicstion from the
south of Ireland this day, which contradict the astri-
ngent we copied into 7%e Dahlia Evening Post of
Thursday last, from The Limerick Telegraph, roger&
ing an attack on the house of Mr. Langford. It is
very extraordinary that journals published on the
spot, should so repeated*, lend themselves to kihese
exaggerations: in this instance, however, nratim.•
rick Telegraph appears to basil given %seed to s
gratuitous and gross invention. Mr. Laagnord's
house, this paper stated, was within ten minsteal. walk
of the Cresceat, mad still nearer to the Barracks. The
outrage, too, is stated to have occurroduip Sanday.