The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

THE,STATESM4N

• antra OP ZIELAND.
DPIIOII Taa DUBLIN POST, MC. 51.
O'n last Sunday the Commander of the forms ,peat
several hours in inepectiog the various departments of
the Military depot at the Pidgeon House.
The Patriot of last evening contains the following
account of the barbarous murder which was stated in
Tice Morning Post of yesterday, to have been com-
mitted in the County of Roscommon :
" Boyle, Dec. 3,1841.
" Sin—Referring to my last letter, written in a
great burry, I have now to inform you, that the mur-
der was perpetrated on the night of the lot instant;
the circumstances respecting it are as follow :--Three
ruffians, with their faces blackened, (one of them dis-
guised in woman's Clothes,) forced their way into a
shepherd's cabin, sear Knockadoo, within three miles
of this place, when they lit a candle and demanded
whiskey—bat the shepherd, who was in bed with his
wife, told them he had nose ; they then drew from un-
der his bed a box, wherein was contained W. in bank-
notes, belonging to his master, which they took.
Perceiving the shepherd was about to leave his bed,
one of the villains immediately stabbed him in the
left breast with a bayonet, which be Lad
fixed to the end of a bludgeon, and which the
shepherd seised and wrested from hiss—in the mean
time, however, he was stabbed by another of the
savages in several places with a knife, part of which
was left in his body. He made his escape—running
across two fields to the cabin of a neighbour—the
blood gushing from the wound in his breast to each a
degree, that the door of the cable where he took shelter,
and against which he reclined until opened, was com-
pletely covered, and the colour of the wood nearly ex-
tinguished. When the shepherd had effected his
escape, the inhuman miscreants stabbed his wife in
several parts of her body, and fractured her skull with
a piece of wood which the poor family had used as a
candlestick—leaving her quite dead by the side of a
suckling infant, and two older children, on an adjacent
pallet.
" The shepherd is still alive, and may recover, though
his case is at present very doubtful. He has given in-
formation against one man ; and another has been appre-
hended upon suspicion, from what transpired yesterday
at the inquest.
" There is no doubt entertained that the shepherd
knows the three savages that murdered his wife, and
that they are known to a maid servant, who was in the
house at the time: yet, the dread of being murdered pre-
vents them flora even communicating their suspicions;
but both declare, that they can identify all the perpe-
trators of this dreadful deed, if brought before them.
" Henry Fry, Esq., a Magistrate of this County, has
been very active on the occasion, and 1 have no doubt
will cause the other two suspected persons to be appre-
hended. Constabl-s are in search of them."
This case appears wholly unconnected with the causes
of the existing disturbances in other parts of the coun-
try; but it is each times the midnight prowler will al-
ways select as the most, favourable for his purpose of
plunder and murder; and affording also the greatest
chances of escape, by being confounded with the mere
numerous crimes of another description.
Lieut.-Colonel Hooper has bees appointed by •the
Commander of the Forces, Superiateesleut of the 011,-
embodied Soldiers in the Province of Munster, under his
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's late Proclamations of
the 23d inst. and has proceeded to Charleville, at which
place he has fixed his bead-quarters. Lieut.-Colonel
Hooper is an officer of tried merit. Captain Henderson
accompanied him as his Secretary.
The Earl of Donoughmore has addressed a letter to
Lieutenant James Butler, ed Regiment, Ardfinnan,
making his acknowledgements for the offer of assistance
in securing the armed post of Ardfinuan-bridge. His
Lordship contradicts the paragraph which had appeared
is a Dublin paper, stating "as amongst the rumours of
the day, that his residence at Knocklofty had been forced
to surrender its arms to the deluded peasantry, though
some policemen were inmates for its protection."
In reference to such unwarrantable rumours, the Dub-
lin Morning Post remarks, • We have, ourselves, to no-
tice an exaggeration, copied into the Morning Post of
yesterday, from the Correspondent
,of the preceding
evening, which might lead those at a &stance to form
a very erroneous opinion of the State of the-County of
Dublin. The paragraph we allude to was the following :
" Mr. Martin Burke, of Seapoint, near Black-Rock,
had been erecting two houses at Dunleary, and had on
Saturday last, nearly completed the work ; but this
morning, the whole of Me structure was frond levelled
to the ound. Informations have been sworn before
Sir Wta.gr Betbatn, that the building had been neglieiowsly

destroyed."
Now we are enabled to state, on the very best au-
thority, that the whole damage sustained by the " build-
ing." which was thus " levelled to the ground," was
repaired in a couple of hours on Monday! This work,
so far from being nearly completed. bad not the walls
raised nfare than a few feet above the ground, and but
, a very small portion of it was pushed down by some
mischievous or drunken person, on Sunday night. The
public Press should be very cautious in admitting such
statements into a series of paragraphs, elecidatory of
the State of the Country; We know that many stories
of mischiefs and outrages have beta invented. but
the respectable portioo of the Press should not
give currency to the statements which are not satisfac-
torily authenticated.
ENNIS, DEC. I.—The most dreadful storm we ever
recollect visited us last night; it commenced about five
o'clock and continued with unabated fury until about
half-past four this morning, when it became exhausted
and lay down in a perfect calm. The mail reached town
last night about ten, and was conveyed by the guard
from Carnolly, at which place the coach was obliged to
'stop, and return to Newmarket. in consequence of the
trees being blown down exactly across the road. A
oar was immediately procured to convey the passengers
to town, who were forced to come is by auras-read, and
that with the greatest difficulty tad &ogee of being
drowned, as the water rose some feet above its usual
level. From Latoon to near Carnolly, in may places.
it was feared the coach would have bees swept 'thy the
coed, as the horses at different times Dearly lost their
footing. but from the experience and Mutation of the
coachman and guard, all difficulties were overcome, sad
we are happy to sav, no injury contained but that of
fright and delay. the guard set a ibis morning with
the m
ail. and is to meet the coach at Newmarket, that is,
if the floods have faUma.—(Esusie Cfirenick.)

JAXRE PERRY, En.

On Weiseeday morning, died at Brighton, is the
6lith year of his age, James Perry, Esq. for many
years Proprietor and Editor of the Morning Chronicle.
In announcing this melancholy event. the present COS-
(1111111111N of that Journal say that 48 motives, which may
easily be appreciated, prevent us from doing more at
this time than merely allude to our loss. Those of
our centessporaries, to whom it was known, have
spokes of his virtues and tektite with a kindness of
feeling as honourable to themselves as it must be gra-
tifying to his disconsolate family, and to the numerous
friends to whom be was eadeared." The most decided
opponents of the .forcing Chronicle ate ready to ad-
mit that the press owed much to Mr. Perry for the spirit
and liberality with which he upheld his rank in so-
ciety as a Public Journalist. As the celebrated
William Windfall was the first who gave a new fea-
ture of correctness to the reports of Parliamentary
debates, so was Mr. Perry the first who contributed
by his example to give a respectability to English news-
papers, which they never possessed before. It was in the I
year 1783 he commenced this highly valuable et,rt
on undertaking the editorship of the Gazetteer, when
instead of following the usage.which till then prevailed
in the management of newspapers, of employing only
one person in each Hower Parliament to report their)
proceedings, he suggested to the proprietors, and pit
in train the plan of employing several reporters to faci-
litate the publication of the debates. As an early indi-
cation of that independence and spirit by which the
conduct of Mr. Perry has been distinguished, it may
be proper to state, that on the commencement of his un-
dertaking, he made it an express condition that he was
to be left to the free exercise of his political opinions,
which were those asserted by Mr. Fox, opinions which
from their liberality in the cause of freedom, justice and
humanity, had made, on his first entering the gallery of
the House of Commons, such an impression on his mind,
as time could never efface.
In all the party conflicts in which he was called to
be engaged his adversaries were obliged to confess
that his hostility was carried on with honour as well
as taidit•; and as a testimony of the esteem in which
he *MI held by his opponents, we subjoin the notice
given of his character in The Courier of last night, on
announcing his death Mr. Perry had long been in
a declining state of health, from the attacks of an in-
ward complaint, which defied the power of medicine.
His political sentiments were well known ; and not
less known were the amiable qualities which endear-
ed him to his family and an extensive circle of friends.
He was liberal towards all who bad any connexion
with him, and steady, alike, in his public and private
attachments. Those who differed from him in politi.%
cal opinions, never hesitated to acknowledge the since-
rity with which he had adopted, or the candour and
simplicity with which he maintained them. Ass pub-
lic journalist, he did much, very much, towards elevat-
ing the principles upon which such a duty should be
performed. The integrity of his motives, we believe,
' was never questioned ; we are sure they could ■ever
be so justly. His loss will be deplored, not only by
his family, by whom he was tenderly beloved, but
by some of the best of those he has left behind him."

Extract of a lean. frana.../tralusbnco, dated
October, 1821.
" Weave muds satisfaction in acquainting you, that
hostilities were yesterday terminated in this province,
by a suspension of arms between the contending parties.
" It is understood that the principal conditions are
for the Goiana Insurgents to return to that place, with
their forces. where they are to govern the Districts, now
subject to their orders, until a decision is received from
I the Cortes in Portugal, as to the government of the
Provinces. In the mean time, all prisoners made on either
side are to be released and hostilities cease; and the
roads communicating with the interior are to be quite
free. This Government continues its functions as here-
tofore, and we hope in a little time that Cottons will
come forward again, and trade in general revive. The
Insurgents have already retired, and some few country
people have come in with beef, which was at 6,400 per
arr. and is to day at 2,240 per arr."
EDINBURGH, Dec. 4.—On Sunday night it blew a
strong gale from the west, with rain and sleet, and early
yesterday morning a heavy shower of snow fell, which
covered not only the neighbouring hills and those in
Pifeshire, but abso the streets of the City, and gave
them a very winterly appearance.
Saturday afternoon a violent storm of rain, accom-
panied with thunder and lightning, passed over Lass-
wade. The lightning was very vivid, one of the flashes
of which struck a house, to which it set fire, but none
of the inmates were hurt, and the fire was speedily es-
tinguished. .11
A brutal and cowirdly assault was committed is
Saturday morning, about three o'clock, on one of the
sergeants of Police, in Toddrick's Wynd, by four
OHM who it is supposed, waylaid him. The sergeant
was going his rounds. and, when about the middle
of the Wyss!, was attacked and cruelly beat. His
groans brought some persons to the spot, who carried
him to the Royal Infirmary, where it was found that
his right atm was broken in two places, and the front
bones of both his knees were out of their sockets;
he was also otherwise much bruised in different parts
of the body. The cowardly ruffians who attacked
him escaped, and have not yet been discovered.
Os Saturday morning, between three and four o'clock,
a gentleman who lives in the Gotha's, Glasgow, rose
while asleep, and fell from a window on the third story,
and was found lying groaning on the ground by one of
the Police. About the same time, a gentleman, when
going to Cathcart, fell off his horse, and, his foot re-
gnainiug in the stirrup. he was dragged along the road
a considerable way. These men would possibly both
have perished, bad sot the Police promptly procured
medical assistance, and done every thing for them %% bids
humanity could suggest. They are both in a fair way

of recovery. , I
Me regret to learn. the Nairn pier. Of rather its
out works. have sustained damage frees the increase
of the river by the late rains. The excavation for
the new bed of the river not being of sufficient breadth.
considerable portions of the sides have fallen in. and
the force of the stream, frwai its coafinement, has un-
dermined tbe bulwarks to seaward, which have also

&ea way.