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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



lains then advanced, and present- 

 ing a cocked pistol to tiie head of 

 this aged gentleman, in the pre- 

 sence of his wife, daugliters, and 

 grand-children, desired him to 

 kneel down. This Mr. Fisher re- 

 fused, adding in a determined 

 tone, " If you mean to shoot me, 

 I shall receive it standing ;" the 

 villain then turned the pistol from 

 the direction in which Mr. Fisher 

 stood, and discharged it against the 

 wall. The villains at this period 

 were observed in the act of reliev- 

 ing their sentinel, of whom, as it 

 al'terwards appeared, numbers were 

 regularly posted, for a considerable 

 distance about the house, and espe- 

 cially on the road to Youghal. They 

 all appeared to have equal com- 

 mands, and asked, which of the 

 young ladies would make tea ; the 

 father replied neither of them ; 

 upon which one of the gang very 

 deliberately took up the kettle, and 

 made tea, to which the whole party 

 sat down, ate a large hot cake, 

 then at the fire, besides all the 

 bread and butter at table. They 

 then commanded Mr. Fisher to 

 shew them the house, in-order to 

 see whether there were any more 

 arms, exclusive of the gun which 

 they had previously taken from 

 Mr. Fisher's son ; this Mr. Fisher 

 complied with. They then asked 

 for spirits, when they were inform- 

 ed by Mr. Fisher that he had none, 

 except a little rum, which was con- 

 tained in a decanter; this they di- 

 vided among themselves, and wish- 

 ing the family good night, depart- 

 ed. They then went to the house 

 of Mr. Power, which they plun- 

 dered of arms, and set the house 

 on fire, but it was happily extin- 

 guished. 



In the same week, the house of 

 the Rev. Mr. Averill, of Mothill, 



in the county of Waterford, wa» 

 attacked by a gang of armed ruf- 

 fians, who had the almost univer- 

 sally combined objects in view, of 

 obtaining money and arms. It was 

 not ascertained of how many they 

 consisted ; but two of them enter- 

 ed the parlour, one of whom pre- 

 sented a pistol at ftlr. Averill, and 

 demanded his arms and powdtr. 

 When he assured them that he 

 had neither arms nor powder, he 

 was compelled to attend them 

 over the house, and to open for 

 their inspection every drawer, desk, 

 and cupboard. Disappointed iu 

 their primary, though not exclusive 

 design, they demanded the price of 

 powder which tliey thought they 

 ought to have found, and robbed 

 Mr. A. of a small sum of money 

 he had in his pocket-book. 



DECEMBER. 



1. The New Testament has been 

 translated into the Chinese lan- 

 guage, by the East India Com- 

 pany's translator at Canton, and 

 printed: fifty copies have been 

 brought to England. 



3. A coroner's inquest sat at the 

 chamber of the Society of Gray's 

 Inn on the body of John Hinckley, 

 found the preceding afternoon dead 

 in his bed. Many inquiries having 

 been made for the deceased, and 

 nobody having seen him for near 

 three months, the ticket porters 

 got into the chambers by the win- 

 dow, the outer and inner doors 

 being locked. They drew aside 

 the bed curtains, and discovered 

 the deceased completely decayed. 

 He was about fifty years of age, 

 and the last time any one remem- 

 bered to have seen him alive was 

 about the middle of September. — 



