The Sun. — 1821-11-29 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUEST ON THE FAMILY OF SHEA.  DUBLIN, Nov. 26.—1 t is with increased dis- I gust and horror that we revert to the shocking murder committed 'on Monday night last, at Tubber, a Subdenomination of Cloneen. Mr. THOMPSON, one of the Coroners, went off to the spot the moment he received intelligence of the horrid occurrence. On Wednesday he proceeded to inquire into the only fact which could then be brought into question, there not being a single soul left living out of the unfortunate family, inmates, all of whom have been devoted as victims to the most savage atrocity that has disgraced this country within our memory— namely, whether the burning was malicious or not, and, consequently, whether murders had been committed on the bodies of Edmond Shea, Mary Shea, Edmond Shea the younger, Mary Shea the younger, Nicholas Shea the younger, William Shea, Margaret Shea, Michael Butler, Patrick Mullally, Michael Mullally, Catherine Mullally, Margaret Shea, Margaret Power, and three men, whose names are unknown, by the burning. Nicholas Shea, of Seven Acres, swore, that he was brother to the deceased, Edmond Shea ; that he knew the bodies of Edmond and Mary Shea, of Edmond Shea the younger, Mary the younger, Nicholas the younger, 'William and Margaret Shea. (These last five were infant children, from the age of ten years down to two; and what adds, if indeed any thing can add, to the black and insatiable bloodthirstiness of the incendiaries, is, that Mary Shea, the wife of Edmond, was within a few days of bringing alive into the world an infant, and which literally fell from her body while she was burning !) Nicholas Shea further swore, that he was called out of bed about midnight, between the 19th and 20th, by John Butler, w ho told him that his brother's house was on fire—that he went to the place, and found the house on fire, the root bavina fallen in—and saw the bodies of 16 persons, who had been burnt to death, taken out of the ruins, about nine o'clock on the morning of the 20th. William Williams, of Gurt Patrick, .swore, that on the night of the 19th, having got out of bed, to look after a pig, he saw Edmond Shea's house in flames ; that he went toward the house, but was afraid to approach near, in consequence of hearing several shots fired about the house ; a man, of the name of Philip Dillon, who was with him, fired a shot towards Shea's house (the place was so enveloped in smoke that they could not distinguish the persons outside) ; the shot was returned by two from the party surrounding the house, who shouted loud, and desired Dillon to come on if he dared, on which Williams and Dillon retired. This testimony was confirmed by Philip Dillon himself; and tU Jury accordingly found, that the persons before mentioned, were wilfully and maliciously burned to death, by some persons unknown, by setting fire to the dwelling-house of Edmond Shea, on the night of the 19th of November instant.  We understand that the following occurrences recently took place at Old Parish, in the county of Waterford. A few days ago, a respectable Gentleman distrained a tenant for rent, and placed a keeper to see that the tenant should give in the produce of the corn. Soon afterwards, a party entered the house, beat the keeper severely, and carried off the grain. The Gentleman before mentioned, with his nephew, and five armed men, went and seized one of the persons accused. As they were conducting him to prison, they were assaulted with stones by a numerous party, who rescued the prisoner. The G entleman received a blow of a stone, his nephew received thOe blows, and one of their attendants was severely wounded in the head.IValeVord Chronicle.)