4 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
struction, for the purpose of fish- 
ing on a neighbouring lake. On 
last Sunday morning, his three 
sons fataliy committed themselves 
to this treacherous vehicle, in 
order to shoot wild-fowl: after 
they had advanced sufficiently 
near their object, one of them 
discharged his gun, which hap- 
pened not to be clean; the shock 
repelled him a little; very small 
force was required to destroy the 
equilibrium of the unstable float: 
two went to the bottom, the other 
escaped with great difficulty. 
‘Limerick, Jan. 11.—It is stated 
that disturbances to an alarming 
extent continue in some parts of 
this county. The following list 
of depredations committed within 
a short period in the vicinity of 
Kilmallock has been received. On 
the night of the 20th ult. several 
fellows, armed with blunderbusses 
and pistols, burglariously entered 
the houses of Robert Holmes, 
Malachy Hanlan, Maurice Hen- 
nesy, Edwin Erwin, and. David 
Welsh, committed several acts of 
violence, and stole various articles 
of valueandcashtoalargeamount. 
On the night of the 23rd ult. the 
house of Mrs. Adams, of Bally- 
cullane, was broken open by an 
armed banditti, and one gun and 
three pistols taken away. On the 
29th ult. the house of John Do- 
nohue, of Knocksouna, was 
broken into by an armed party, 
who, after firing several shots, 
threatened to burn the house, 
when Donoghue complied with 
their mandate, by delivering to 
the Captain three guns, a powder- 
horn and pouch ; after which, on 
the same night, they broke open 
several other houses in search of 
fire-arms : they then attacked the 
dwelling-houseofAnthony Dwyer, 
of Strikesmill, who resolutely 
made a determined resistance by 
firing many shots at them; how- 
ever, by their number, their con- 
tinued firing and sledging the 
door, they at last. entered, took 
one gun, some money, plate, and 
wearing apparel; they afterwards 
put him on his knees to shoot him, 
but were contented by breaking a 
blunderbuss on his servant! boy’s 
head. On the night of the 31st 
ult. the houses of John Welsh, of 
Lawrence-town, Maurice O’Don- 
nell, the widow M‘Connell, Mau- 
rice Hayes, and Michael Mulquin, 
were broken into, in search of fire- 
arms: the ‘night following the 
house of Michael Casey, was at- 
tacked, and threatened to be fired, 
until he gave them his musket. 
Thursday night, a most daring 
outrage was committed. in the 
village of Balingarry, in this 
county, by a number of fellows 
breaking into the Bridewell, and 
releasing three prisoners confined 
therein: resistance being offered 
by the Bridewell-keeper, the des- 
peradoes fired and wounded him 
and his wife severely. An imme- 
diate pursuit being set on foot 
after the perpetrators, the leader, 
a fellow named Mullowney, was 
apprehended on the confines of 
the county Cork, and was on 
Monday lodged in our gaol, by 
Thomas Odell and William 
Smyth, esqrs. . 
Ayr, Jan. 12.—Early on Fues~ 
day morning last, the Margaret 
of Londonderry, John M‘Intyre, 
master, with three men and twenty 
passengers, was wrecked at Cul- 
lean bay, when all perished, ex- 
cepting Norman M‘Cleod, mate, 
and Edward Donald, seaman. 
