The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-03 00:00:00

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Canute, Dac. 31.—LANDLOIDI AND TINAMTII.--
Rain and devastation threaten the country. The
land p•o?rietors must lower their rests, or the come-
quence most be fatal, in the drat instance to their te-
nants, in the next to themselves! We must speak oat :
this is no time for mincing the matter. We know of
oppressions, great aid terrifying oppressions, exlstiag
in oar very neighbourhood; aid unless they shall, in
some degree, be done away, we forebode evil of the
most appalling nature. Let those who are concerned
look to the matter in time; we have frrqueatiy point.

ed oat the necessity of some relaxation in the emcee-
scionable demands which have been latterly mode le
many place* for rests, where there are owe to be had :
and now that the very elements are employed, for
.r:se purposes no doubt, is an extraordiaary agency
azainst the farmer, it is full time that the landlord
should open his eyes, aid see that these visitations
from Heaven are intended to produce effects which his
heartless indifference would protract, -in opposition
to every principle of reason, justice, aid sound policy.
itTlfell.—There is a parish in this County which,
daring the iecumbeney of one Rector. who is still
living, but was deprived of the Rectory for non-resi-
dence, paid only three hundred pentads per annum ;
however, during the late wee, the tithes were raised to
eleven hundred pounds I This parish ha. now de-
emed again in its tithe, from the very low prices of
ogrieeltaral produce. bat not la the proportion in
which they were raised : this is sot fair play ; things
should go ateorrilag to the times. The Clergy is
Wand are acting upon this principle, and are wise
in so dialog.
Custom, Dec. 29—Last Wednesday, in the fore-
soon, a soldier of the 86th, coming from Ballynamult
tothis owe, accompanied by his ware, having arrived
at, and jest passed Kilmainhaessbridge, and handed
her bis gun to carry for some temporary convenience.
an elderly man named Veale, who had been proceed-
ing the nine way for a fvw yards, proposed to re-
lieve the woman from the harden of the &thole,
and before she had time to accept or reject his offer,
took it out of her hand, and at the same instant handed
it to a perm named Casey, one of two fellows who
came ep at the instant, and who, on getting the arms,
instantly es& The soldier Immediately seized Veale,
and, single handed, brought him into Clonmel, where
he has been fully committed by Colonel Bagwell. It
argues somewhat. we should think, for the general
temper of the district, that the soldier was uninter-
rupted while marching his prisoner a distance of more
than three Irish miles. Colonel Bagwell immediately
exerted himself io having a strict search and pursuit
made for the offenders ; and, on that night, a party of
the garrison, including some of the Tipperary staff,
were actively engaged in pursuit of the offenders, bat
we are sorry to say without effect. Whimsically
enough in rumoring armor the houses near windygap,
they brood a large tree, which Colonel Bagwell's wood •
ranger can identify as having been cut at Marlfield
three years ago. From the exertions that have been
made, and in charity, we should hope, from seeing
the impolicy and etiesinality of the robbery, the gun
lass since bees sent in to Col. Bagwell.
75 TIM FIROPI/87011.1 of TSB MUZIRICIII csaoxrcLL

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GENTLIMICII-Irll year last Paper you mentioned
that no outrages bad occurred in the Comity of Lime-
rick during the week of the Special Commission!—
Permit me to assure you that on the nights of Wed-
nesday and Thursday of that week, after numerous
convietioos and executions had taken place,
Louses at Knockortior, between Bruree and Rewards-
town, bad been broken into, and where they did not
get arms, they demanded and got money. As several
statements will be made of an affray that occurred on
Christmas-day, at Ballyagran, between the soldiers
stationed, and the country people, wherein one of the
countrymen was killed, and one or two wounded; to
prevent misrepresentations, permit me, who attended
at Dallyagran, on the 26th instant, and yesterday at
the Coroner's incnest, to give you the following cor-
rect statement of the facts and circumstances: About
two o'clock, during Divine Service there, within the
Chapel, a virious and false report was made, that the
soldiers had surrounded the Chapel, were setting fire
to it, and were to fire on the congregation ; nay, in
the remote part of the Chapel it was said, that the sol-
diets were striking the Priests, and driving them from
the Altar—oo which the whole congregation rushed
out through doors and windows, and took up stones to
repel the soldiers. It has been proved that not a sol-
dier was near the Chapel, the Chapel-yard, or
than the bigh.road, which is at a distance from every
tide of the Chapel. The two Priests, in a most praise-
worthy manner, have proved this, and on this occasion,
as well as on any others, exerted their endeavours to
dissuade the parishioners from violence or outrage ;
however, an affray began, the soldiers were assailed
and struck, and wounded with stones; in their own
defence, and to prevent their being disarmed, they fired
three or four shots, when one man was killed, and one
or two wounded. Sir Richard Harts and Mr. Odell
Upton arrived from Drew's-Court, at Banger's,
within half an hour after the affray, and both gave
testimony of the sober and regular state of the soldiers,
and of the blood, bruises, end wounds, that the several
soldiers exhildtvd and had received.