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of the party wished him to swear 

 that he was a priest, but one of 

 them declaring that he knew him, 

 they departed. A great number 

 of men on horseback were seen 

 outside of the yard. They then, 

 after breaking the barn and stable 

 doors, broke into the house of J. 

 Dwyer, at Rathardmore, equally 

 neai" the town, dragged him out 

 of his house, ordered him on his 

 knees, and declared they would 

 come back and murder him, if he 

 took any of the lands of Bawn- 

 niore, for which he had made 

 some proposal. They next bioke 

 into the cabin of a person named 

 Patrick Power, whom Mr. Cor- 

 mick had left in charge of the 

 lands of Bawnmore, dragged him 

 out, placed him on his knees, and 

 swore him to abandon his charge, 

 and not to impound any cattle he 

 might find in the corn-fields or 

 meadows. The wife of this poor 

 man, who was near being con- 

 fined, has since miscarried, and 

 now lies dangerously ill. They 

 then proceeded to the house of 



Delany, and swore him not 



to take any of the lands of Bawn- 

 more. They were an.xious to dis- 

 cover his son, who was sleeping 

 on a hurdle. One of them, by 

 the advice of a companion, stuck 

 a pike through the hurdle, which 

 obliged the young man to get up, 

 when they seized and beat him, 

 and would have murdered him, 

 but for the interference of one of 

 the party. Here, besides 9 or 10 

 pedestrians, who entered the 

 house, about 50 equestrians were 

 seen outside. They next broke 

 into the house of John Byrne, 

 at Conniger, searched for arms, 

 and drank a jar of whisky. They 



then broke into the house of a 

 labouring man at Clara, from 

 Munster, but who had resided 

 there for two years, and has a 

 high character as a sober and in- 

 dustrious man, whom they dragged 

 out of his cabin. His wife, on 

 their threatening her husband, 

 entreated them rather to kill her, 

 that he might live to protect her 

 children. The barbarians knock- 

 ed her down, and shot him through 

 the mouth. He was brought into 

 the county hospital on Saturday 

 morning, where he languisheSj 

 under the care of Surgeon Pack, 

 whose skill is the only stay of 

 hope to his distressed family. 

 Here, also, a large body of in- 

 surgent cavalry were seen. These 

 are the simple facts — an afflicting 

 narration of offences committed 

 round this city. Time and space 

 forbid enlargement ; but the Ma- 

 gistracy of the county require no 

 inducement to the adoption of 

 the measures necessary to check 

 this daring attempt to minister, 

 by midnight legislation j the de- 

 struction of all law and all secu- 

 rity. — (Kilkenny Moderator.) 



The Mortar in St. James's Park. 

 — During the war in the Penin- 

 sula, the city of Cadiz was bom- 

 barded from a distance previously 

 supposed to be beyond the range 

 of projectiles — a circumstance 

 which attached so much conse- 

 quence to the ordnance employed 

 and left by Marshal Soult on his 

 retreat, as to induce the Spanish 

 Regency to send one of the mortars 

 to his Royal Highness the Prince 

 Regent, intrusting it to the care 

 of the Hon. Rear-Admiral Legge, 

 who was instructed by the Pre- 

 sident, the Duke del Infantado, 



to 



