o6(J Political Affairs in December. [Jan. 1, 
one or two o’clock, who told him that his 
brother’s house was ou fire; when he ar¬ 
rived there, the house was on fire, and the 
roof had fallen in. "Witness, about the 
hour of nine o'clock that morniug, went to 
the door and saw the bodies of several 
persons lying- on the floor, who had been 
burnt to death. Saw the bodies of 16 per¬ 
sons taken out of the house that morning - . 
John Muicahy, of Ballywalter, farmer, 
deposed, that he knew the bodies of 
Patrick Mullally, Michael Mullally, and 
Catherine Mullally ; saw them lying dead 
at the house of the deceased Edmond Shea, 
on the morning of the 20th instant. 
William Williams, of Gurtnapish, la¬ 
bourer, deposed, that on the night of 
Monday, the 19th instant, he got up to 
look after a pig; saw Edmond Shea’s 
house on fire ; went towards the house, 
but was afraid to go on in consequence of 
hearing several shots fired about the 
house. A man of the name of Phillip Dil¬ 
lon fired a shot towards Shea’s house, 
which was returned by one or two shots 
from .persons about the house on fire, who 
shouted and desired Dillon to come on if 
he dared. 
Philip Dillon, of Gurtnapish, farmer, 
deposed, that William Williams called him 
out of bed on the night between the 19th 
and 20th inst. who told him that Edmond 
Shea’s house was on fire. He desired Wil¬ 
liams to call some neighbours; he then 
advanced towards Shea's house, which 
was in a blaze, and fired a shot, and called 
out, u Oh, you rascals,” which was re¬ 
turned by two shots, and he was desired 
to advance if he dare. Heard several shots 
about Shea’s house. 
The Jury found “ that Edmond Shea, 
Mary Shea, Edmond Shea, jun. Mary 
Shea, jun., Nicholas Shea, jun., William 
Shea, Margaret Shea, Michael Butler, 
Patrick Mullally, Michael Mullally, Ca¬ 
therine Mullally, Mary Shea, Margaret 
Pow r er, and three men (labourers to us un¬ 
known,) were wilfully and maliciously 
burned to death, by some persons, to us 
unknown, setting fire to the dwelling- 
house of Edmond Shea, the deceased, on 
the night between the 19th and 20th of 
November inst.” 
FRANCE. 
The Moniteur of the 15th contains 
an ordinance of the King for the ap- 
poinment of a new administration, as 
follows:— 
ROYAL ORDINANCE. 
Louis, by the grace of God, &c. 
We have ordered, and do order as follows : 
The Sieur Peyronnet, member of the 
Chamber of Deputies, is appointed Minister 
Secretary of State for the department of 
Justice and Keeper of the Seals. 
Viscount Montmorency, Peer of France, 
Minister Secretary of State for the depart¬ 
ment of Foreign Affairs. 
Marshal the Duke of Bellitno, Peer of 
France, Minister Secretary of State for the 
Department of War. 
The Sieur Corbiere, member of the 
Chamber of Deputies, Minister Secretary 
of State for the Department of the Interior. 
The Marquis de Clermont Tonnere, 
Peer of France, Minister Secretary of 
State for the Department of the Marine. 
The Sieur de Villele, member of the 
Chamber of Deputies, Minister Secretary 
of State for the Department of Finance. 
Our Minister Secretary of State for the 
Department of our Household is charged 
with the execution of the present ordi¬ 
nance. 
This event has occasioned great sen¬ 
sation in France, and may lead to a 
more liberal system, but in regard to 
great principles of liberty, we ask CUI 
eqno ? One benefit has, however, re¬ 
sulted. An insulting proposition of the 
late ministers, to continue the censor - 
ship 5years longer, has been withdrawn. 
The new ministers have obtained au 
anticipation of one-fourth of the taxes, 
taken at 890 millions of francs, or 37 
millions sterling. 
SPAIN. 
The presses under the insolent do¬ 
mination of legitimacy , having laboured 
incessantly to misrepresent the state ot 
Spain, a committee of the Cortes on 
the 9th inst. reported on tlie state ot 
the country as follows :— 
The committee state, that they have 
carefully examined all the documents laid 
before them, have heard in several different 
sittings the secretaries of state and the 
deputies of the province of Cadiz, and 
have, from all these sources of informa¬ 
tion, drawn up a narrative of the events 
in question. They commence with the 
affairs of Cadiz—the appointment by his 
Majesty of the Marquis de la Reunion to 
the government of that city—the fermen¬ 
tation caused at Cadiz by this nomination 
—the petitions of the inhabitants to appoint 
another person, and the refusal of the 
Marquis to accept the office, which ren¬ 
dered it unnecessary for the king to re¬ 
voke his chnice, and his Majesty’s nomina¬ 
tion of the Baron d’Audiiia. The com¬ 
mittee then detail all the circumstances of 
the disobedience of the people ot Cadiz to 
his Majesty’s orders, in refusing to suffer 
the Baron a’Andilla to assume the govern¬ 
ment of that city. 
The report then details the proceeding - * 
at Sevile, which immediately followed those 
of Cadiz, and were precisely of the same 
nature. The committee limits its report to 
the affairs of Cadiz and Seville, they being 
the only ones referred in the communica¬ 
tion c£ the government to the Cortes, and 
regret that they cannot give a less afflicting 
picture of them. They observe, that the 
question 
