Star. — 1820-02-28 (London, England)

IRELAND.  RIBBONMEN. From The Timm _Gazette, of the 21st inst. we extract the following paragraph, which gives some view of the immediate object of the Ribbontnen, as far as external circumstances can make it apparent :•••• " The progress of these enemies to peace is still 'unchecked, and their numbers nightly increasing.— Their audacity exceeds anything we know of; and • as they are getting formidable in numbers, their acts are becoming more barefaced. The have adopted a plan of, late days of compelling shepherds and herds to throw up their places and quit their masters.. We understand a number of them were obliged to comply with this unjust mandate, during last week, and are now, with their poor families, driven from their comfortable dwellings, reluctantly, fearing the visits of these villains, in case they remained. They have also, we hear, issued an order to the tenantry of the different Gentlemen, that they remain from work, unless they are allowed double, their present day's wages, manly of whom have already complied with it. They have unanimously resolved not to allow snore than.five pounds to be paid for corn acres, and to have no second landlord. We have been assured by the person who stated these few facts to us, that they mean, at all risks, to establish these rules and regulations, with various ot}!ers. The Catholic Cleigy throughout this Diocese, have, in every manner, exerted themselves to put down this-system, but so determined were they in their proceedings, that they disregarded the pious admonitions of their Pastors. We fear that they have been too well ooked in their planning to be easily deterred from persevering ; the villages that have not yet been sworn, dread their visits, and all their inhabitants would willingly fly from them if they could get shelter in any other quarter. Many have been forced, through dread of losing life and property, to enter their abominable a;sociations, and it is by that means alone their number has so much increased. If a few of their leaders were detected, and made examples of, we are certain their present plots would soon fall to the ground, as most of the country people are acting now entirely contrary to their wishes, but spirited up to it by some broken down dissipated wretches, and their depraved followers." Extract of a letter, dated Mountrath, Feb. 18.— " A young man, of the name of Martin Humphrays, was most inhumanly murdered here on Saturday last. One of the miscreants, concerned in this barbarous transaction, tiled a pistol at the deceased, the contents of which he teccived in the left side, and immediately fell, another leaped on him, and a third stabbed him with a bayonet. A party of the town's people, however, instantly pursued the villains, and of er swimming a deep and rapid. part of the river Note, and undergoing a great deal of hardship, succeeded in securing four of them, who have been committed to the jail of Marlborough, for trial:'  SLAVE TIM te.—Extract from die Sierre-Leone Gazette, of the 21st of August last: We congratulate our friends on the return to this harbour, on the' 17th inst. from her first cruise, of his Majesty's ship Piteasawr, B. M. KELLY, tsq. Commander, with a prize, viz. the slave schooner Novo Felicidade, of Prince's Island, the property of Illustrissinio Signor 11-... n Jose Ferraro Gorpas, governor of that island. On the 18th came in his Majesty's ship