The Sun. — 1821-09-21 (London, England)

JOHN BLAKENEY KITSO.NS, of Kerry, county of Kerry, Chief Constable for the Barony of irraghtyconnor (who has long•been an object of their vengeance, in consequence of his continued and unremitting exertions in. causing the apprehension of a number of their as"SOciateS, (and demanding his arms, accompanied with a threat, if he did not comply, to burn his house and his family. His reply to their demand was a shot, having•takeii,  deliberate aim from a window, owith afow ling-piece heavily loaded, • at three of the party, who were in close.conference within about fifteen yards of )he window, when he perceived one o!'therri fall. The -party then retreated, after firlnggOreyeral shotsinto the house.. Mr. KITTSON kept up 3 constant -fire as they crossed his windoWs. lit about ten minutes they returned again, and put their threat in execution, by setting tire to the habitation, which :being thatched, was Munediately in a blaze, and burned most Mr. KITTSON and family, consisting of his wife, six children, and two maid-servants, continuer: in the house, but at Jength were forced therefrom by the alarming progress of the fire, when he pushed out in his shirt amongst the assailants, who were still firing shots at the doors and windows. Being armed with a gun and a case of pistols,The party retreated from him,to the rear -of the house? .and Mr. lit'ursoN' , having pursued in that direction, fired upon them, when the whOle party 'fled ; he, however, continued the pursuit a lone distance, when he perceived theme taking off one dead body, and leairing a horse behind, covered with blood. 'lt is to be hoped, that the Meritorious conduct so'evinced by Mr' KirrsoN will not pass unnoticed by those whose peculiar province it is to reward merit., Info.' Illation of the above transaction having -beet` 'sent by Mr. KITTSON to PIERCE' LESLIE' Esq. a Magistrate of the County, he' with several - Gentlemen, • and the Tarbert Volunteer Corpi of Yeomanry, immediately re' paired to the spot, and being -.joined by a ser: jeant and six privates of the 78th foot, made di'', gent•search iu every direction they traced .the blood of tile wounded for some miles. tpwurtis, the County of Limerick, hut could not succee4 discovering any of the party : he, however, foul! cd several horses much wounded and two saddles 33 potatoe gardens, covered with blood. --7_( Chronicle.)  was proportionately ti9e:11;0. There was a radical row at Astley's ThPa7 SllocKl\o a few evenings since. The conduct of the.ttati ale orderly cals was of the most disgraceful description, 3117 i suicide Was committed in Dodbrooke, neztr bridge., on Friday,'the 14th inst. Mrs. Iticharus/ a very respectable widow, who' had :for h°'l',e time past been in .a desponding state• of fri9(:; put an end to her existence by cutting her 010'4' awful instance of she divided both carotid arteries, and died befcr'; assistance could be procured.. She NV LIS 011,: weltering in her htood. What makes this circumstance the more melancholy is, the same Pc son, on Wednesday, the 22d of August last, cu her throat from. ear to ear, With a clasp 10'e' completely dividing•the windpipe and part of °f ; but, through the skill and assidcit9.be the .IViedical Geutleman who attended hn er, ,5 r perfectly recovered. Being thuS baffled.i first attempt, but determined on self destruct.ll.lll; she procured a razor on Thursday, whicl,' ed carefully concealed until an opportunity ofier;t for her purpose, and on the following d4tY we: ' into a lodging room at the upper part of the lous and perpetrated the horrid deed a second tiulte, No real cause can be assigned for it, but rePtir say it was a love affair.—( Exeter Paper.) come NW A AWIc.ARD Tilltr.-A. fee days ago, -robbers broke into the hou4e.of a Gentlewan:„ Everfon Breck, near Liverpool, and took 8 plate, linen, and other articles to a .considers ft amount. FOrtunately one of the depredator: I a. behind him, in the hurry of their proceedingsc/e. letter which contained his name and residetn -By this he was succeisfulLy traced, taken bel° a Magistrate, and finally committed to pris'ili;ii, Wm-Amu nALL, a. pilot of Deal, havillg.o'ic, cautiously overcharged a swivel, at the rid, it lugs for his MAJ Lsry's arrival at, Of°. der burst, and a piece of the barrel struck ilja' v• tiocl the arm, and killed him,on the spot. A Pet-1 behaving been prepared by some gentlemen, ii_der 'half of Hall's iiidow,"and time cfreumstoce:o%/ Which the poor man (who had served .1701, years in the Navy) met his death, haYil“,4 red to please, to ed his "'Majesty, he was graciously order 20/. to be paid to the poor witI"A„FP which the officer added a guinea, and the bey to have her husband's pension continued t° —(Hereford Journal.)  yeNterclay, at No. 7, Dari.%,•-hidurGseraeye,n;eo,nfnaigs i‘'fiiiiltbc,Tnil.lS. ~ vire• stm I..rstcr, I) 1 l''' %-street, been married twenty'-four street, Glasgow, was delivered of a daughter. re ' c Novetuocr, w n the this is their first child. r OP - add,. , On Wednesday, the sth ' ay, inst: John DaintrY,J',s+ 0,•ko-, of John' Smith Daintry, of Pod-en-bank, , in tlic ofcounty. loot f ter, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter.of John 116c.t,1%g,(1serf niel-park, Cornwall. • ,^I.OIY, 0 On the 17th inst. at Pinkston, M ti nder LT— Or r. t eICS 13 chant ~Glasgow, to Janet, daughter of John tjouf.:..„/"' Cowlairs. i,„ Johint:hinL, 7t:hiileir.,,,u6pireini;ei  FlSirttatcladoe,nlzsq, n—Tb—'---7--" 1 Melo. a,frettedrar nti.awSn°sbvatthiS. the celebrated piano forteiplaVer, .ag • I Lo• , c co'irithlt; siXt'l On the 2'il .July last, at his residence in I"Pir‘f f•ee t'-nr thi6 Mr. Robert Thomas, aged 107 years... Ile -li\"4,'-':e.°nilants,, i.:sbiti .generation, anti perhaps the number of tlie,t4ools',' 1:5 bit, manin is unequalled in history.. Although' N.ll' I -over"' lica} ye-wereunrestrained, complying with the olt re:ii in We' ele 'drink, and be 1 • " nary, he was never knOwa- to, ors to 13' aid Burin r 1 • life, .., his and retained his intellectual • bi 4 last moment.' pa 6r3te' ze • A few days ago, at IVarsop, George IVrog, a Oat td”." witilin tile wife, aged about 00. .They both expired of half an hour of each other ! the anragnaitee 0, f.rb_rni.atesi, a rti,kra.:  LONDON N• Printed bi B. CARSTAIRS:of IC°.-‘9d-rg Ormond-street, Queen-square ; and published 1;1, Stl4 SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molten-street, at . 0.51 OFFIC,:E, No 112, Strand ; where Any EsttqlsOl.ics- d. ORDERS, LETTERS (post-)raid) must 14 aallPe'