The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

FRIDAY, JUNE 29. Advices of so late a date as Wednesday, from various parts of the French coast, have been re- ceived, but they are silent with respect to the state of the war in the Spanish peninsula, from which we may confidently conclude that the French have not obtained any recent advantages. A private letter from Amsterdam, dated the 24th instant, states, as a current report there, that there was a general insurrection in this country, and that the object, of Gen. Sarrazin's visit to England was to give every possible assistance and encouragement to the disaffected party. A gentleman who some days sine.; escaped from Antwerp, reports, that there are in the Scheldt eighteen sail of the line ready for sea, two of which are manned by Danish seamen. We have reason to believe that the enemy's force is exaggerated, although Buonaparte h'a* devoted particular atten- tion to the equipment of this squadron. The produce of American property seized in Holland, Naples, and those ports in Spain under French domination, has been remitted to Paris and the reason assigned by the Duke of Cadore for this hasty proceeding, was to prevent cost to indi- vidual claimants, who would otherwise be prose- cuting their claims separately and at great expencc.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30. Paris papers have been received to the 25th inst. containing accounts from various parts of the Spa- nish Peninsula. They are from Andalusia to the 21st of May, from the army of Portugal to the 1st, and from Arragon to tha 4th inst. The par- ticulars of the siege and surrender of the town and fortress of Mequinenza, constitute their principal feature. Mequinenza is situate on a rugged rock, in the midst of a vast desart at the confluence of the Ebro and Segre, and withstood a close invest- ment of five days, during the whole of which it kept up a continual fire, and the garrison made three sallies. The official details of the capture of this inconsiderable place occupy several columns of the Moniteur. This anxiety to embellish and give weight to matters of inferior importance, is a favourable symptom. When men dwell upon trifles, they may be fairly presumed not to have much to boast of. The intelligence from Portugal in these papers is not more important than that from Spain. It. reaches only to the end of May, when Ma-sen a had his head-quarters at Salamanca. Ney is said to have been besieging Ciudad llodrigo at the same time, and toh intended breaking ground against it on the 1st inst. According to the last advices received from the British army, which are later by several days, this threatened operation had not commenced. The strength of the position occu- pied by the allied troops" or English army, as they are called, is alluded to, as :If for the purpose of excusing the inactivity of Massena's army. The silenlce of these journals respecting Sebas- tiani's corps is rather suspicious. If the recent rumours of its defeat were false, it Hs strange that the French papers have not contradicted them.

MONDA Y; JULY 2. Colonel Alley, of the Blues, arrived from Por- tugal two days since, and is expected to return immediately to Lord Wellington. The tenor cf the dispatches brought by him have not transpired. A rumour has been circulated indeed, that General Massena had offered an attack on his right, but the Noble Lord had seen it right to change his position. A vessel from Dunkirk, under Prussian colours, arrived yesterday at Dover, with a cargo of wheat. There have been several arrivals of the same de- scription lately at that port. The Master states, that on account of the late great exports of corn from France, bread is advanced there very much— that the waggons coming in fr un the country, with corn for e.\portat.;ou, liave been detained on the roads—-and that a general discontent prevailed; in conseqvH ce t wiiieh an ordev had been issued to prevent t further exhalation Or the present. He like, is*- ad Jr. that notwithstanding the severe prohibition of Lr.gii^h njerehaaui~s, the importa- use a-c ri(;t tik)- rr.ore pvopi.yJ winked .at by the Cus- tv u'ju-iti OU»•: £ £ ?!.

TUESDAY, JULY 3. Another account from Dover of the date of yes- terday says—" A vessel arrived this afternoon from Dieppe, which place she left two days ago; a re- port was then in circulation, that an order had been issued, directing an embargo to be laid on all vessels throughout the French dominions, to con- tinue for six months An immediate exchange of prisoners was every where spoken of with great confidence." A cartel for the exchange of prisoners with France, has been arranged. The basis of which is to consider Spaniards and Portuguese taken by the French in the same light as British prisoners taken by thi3 country, Portugal and Spain. In the Mo- niteur, it is said, that, upwards of 70,000 English, Spaniards, and Portuguese, will be sent home. Upon this it is proper to remark, that the number of English prisoners in France does not exceed 10,000, whilst the number of French prisoners, in this country, is between 40 and 50,000. A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning with Swedish letters and papers to the 19th of last month. They do not contain any important infor- mation, nor is the report confirmed, which has been for some time in circulation, that the English have demanded of the King of Sweden the sur- render of the Swedish fleet and the island of Goth- land. Banks of the Elbe, June 22. The K:ng of Sweden, following the example of the King of Westphalia, has given orders to ex- clude all American ships. The beginning has been made at Tonuingen, and Husum, and will shortly extend to Copenhagen. Serious apprehensions are entertained for American property in Stralsund and Swedish Pomerania, since the departure of Gover- nor Essen. Another Swedish Governor has ar- rived in Stralsund, who has stopt every kind of trade in colonial products, and ordered the confis- cation not only of ships, but also of carriages and waggons, in which it may be found, together with the horses. Private letters, yesterday received at Hamburgh, from Paris, confidently state, that a second line of French Douanniers is to be established, which will reach from the Elbe to the shores of the Baltic. The French General, at Hamburgh, Molitor, is said to have exacted from that unhappy city ano- ther forced loan, without security, of 2,000,000 of francs for his government. He also wished to en- camp with his whole division of 18,000 men, on the frontiers of Holland but the Senate, proving their inability to procuie the necessary wood for building huts and houses for the officers, the plan was relinquished.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4. The packet is arrived at Fal- mouth, from Cadiz; from which place she sailed on the 14th last, and )the Princess Charlotte Packet, from Lisbon, from which she sailed on the 18th.— We have received by them Spanish papers to the 13th, and Lisbon to the 7'th. Up to the 13th, no- thing of importance had occurred at Cadiz. The garrison was in1 good health and spirits, and full of confidence. The Lisbon papers contain advices from Ciudad Rodrigo, to the 17 th, which state, that the French had commenced the siege of that place, and that the advanced parties of Lord Wei- lington's army,ad several skirmishes in that vici- nity with the French, but none of any conse- quence. On the 6th, it is said, that the French made an attack on the English, but were driven with loss across the river. A general action, it would appear, could not be much longer delayed. The installation of Lord Grenville to the Chan- cellorship of the University of Oxford, commenced yesterday. It is matter oj regret to all impartial lovers of decorum and literature, that a great deal of party spirit shewed itself in the reception of the differ- ent persons presented for Degrees. A rude ex- pression of disapprobation was even attempted against the Chancellor, Lord Grenville, but it was feeble and confined, and soon overpowered by loud and general acclamations of applause. A similar attempt followed the nomination of Mr. Tierney, but with no better success. Mr. Sheridan it seems had declined, in a letter to Lord Grenville, the proposed honor of Doctor's Degree, and did not arrive until the ceremony was over. The Ameri- can Ambassador was also absent, being prevented from attending by indisposition. Among the seve- ral admissions, that of the Marquis of Buckingham was rendered peculiarly Jintercsting by the Chan- cellor, who manifested a strong sensibility on the occasion of addressing his elder brother, whom he called enrissime frater," which produced a very general and strong sensation. We have received German papers to the 24th of last month. They state, that the report of the sailing of the Toulon fleet is not true. The conditional Rule for a Trial at Bar in the case oi Sir F. Burdett v. The Earl of Moira and the Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons, was made absolute this morning in the Court of King's Bench. Mr. Serjeant Shepherd, on the part of the plaintiff, made no-objection, but wished the Court to fix a day for the trials. The Attorney- General wished to have the demurrer in the action argued the Speaker, argued before the trials. The Court said, the demurrer was not before them, and they could take no notice of it on that morion. They thcntixed Tuesday, the of November, for the trials at Bar. A report was circulated last week, of Sir Francis Burdett, while he was in the Tower, having made an address to the Soldiers on duty, stating the Grievances to which lie conceived them to be ex- posed. A ministerial paper gives the ifollowin- as the fact alluded to One day as he was seeing the soldiers drilled, some of them, who were very aukward in their exercise, were corrected by the serjeant with his cane—Sir Francis remonstrated .1 i A with the serjeant, in the presence of the troops; said he conceived this to be an abuse of the power entrusted to him, and announced his intention of bring-ftg the matter before Parliament nest Session,

COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Monday, June 25.—Mr. Nolan was heard on the part of the prosecution, the King v. General Picton j when Lord Elienborough said he would consider the argu- ments, and take time to form a final opinion. Wednesday, June 17.—The Attorney-General ob- tained a rule, calling upon the Mayor of the Borough of St. Alban's to shew CAlise why a mandamus should not issue, commanding him to admit Charles Wether- all into the office of Deputy Recorder of the Borough of St. Alban's. On the same day an action, Walker v. Runcle, was brought to recover money paid on an illegal considera- tion. The Plaintiff, a bricklayer, laid by a consider- able sum of money to pay debts, but which his wife purloined, and expended in a Little-Go Lottery. Several witnesses proved that Mr. Walker had thrown away near Sol. in these illegal pursuits but as the defendant, Buncle, was only held to bail, in the first instance, for 401. the Jury gave a verdict for that sum. SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. June 19. The Attorney-General rose; he stated that Sir F. Burdett had thought proper to bring three actions against certain individuals, for what he (Sir F. Burdett) was pleased to term assaults and injuries of varioUs kinds. The first of those actions was brought against the Speaker of the House of Com- mons, for ordering him to be arrested. The second was brought against Mr. Colman, the Serjeant at was brought against Mr. Colman, the Serjeant at Arms, for arresting and conveying him forcibly to the Tower. And the third against Earl Moira, for receiving and detaining him there. The Speaker had justified, by the plea that Sir F. Burdett, having published a scandalous libel, reflecting on the dignity and proceedings of the Honourable the House of Commons, had been by them ordered to the Tower and that in pursuance of their order, he (the Speaker) had issued his warrant for the arrest of Sir F. Burdett. To this Sir Francis pleaded a demurrer. To Mr. Colman's plea, that the forcible arrest was occasioned by the resistance which made it necessary to break into the house, Sir Francis replied that unnecessary violence was used; and that his family were alarmed, 'and put in danger. Sir F. Burdett brought his action against Lord Moira, on the plea, de injuria propria sua, absque tali causa. On those pleas issue had been joined j and he (the Attorney General) now came to move for a rule to shew cause why they should not be tried at the bar of the Court. Lord Elienborough recommended that Michaelmas Term should be fixed on for the trials, as the present term was already so far advanced. The Attorney-General had no objection to shape his motion to that effect. None of the delay which had occurred resulted in any degree from tardiness on his part. But it had been his wish to give Sir F. Burdett every suitable convenierl,ce which the law allowed; and the Hon. Baronet had but just made his election of the form of action wbtch he was to bring against Lord Moira. The cause was one of the highest importance and interest, to the country; and it had been his wish to have tt brought forward as expeditiously as possible.. Rule granted for Michaelmas Term. July z.—Anne BLANKLEY v. Tomlinson —This was an action brought by the Plaintiff to recover da- mages for the loss she had sustained by the Defendant's promising her marriage, which promise he had refused to abide by. 0 Mr. Garrow stated that the plaintiff was a young woman only eighteen years of age, the daughter of a respectable tradesman, a poulterer, in Blcomsbury Market. The defendant was a mechanic, and, by his own account, possessed of no small property; he was an engraver. He had won the affections of tli-- plain tiff, after which he applied to her parents for their consent, and in the most solemn manner, by letter.— Before the year expired, the banns of marriage were published, the wedding-day fixed, the wedding-clothes ,n bought, and even the wedding-dinner provided—when the defendant pleaded in excuse, that the plaintiff's father had promised him a house, as the dowry with his daughter which promise he had not performed. Tbe fact was, that the bther had never made any such promise. After this, he wrote to the plaintiff a most conciliatory letter, blaming his past conduct, and begging to be forgiven the defendant was allowed to renew his addresses. On the 2d of July, isog, the birth-day of the plaintiff, there was a dinner party at her father's house; the defendant was one of the guests, and was introduced as the intended husband of the plaintiff, the wedding-day being appointed for the 12th. The wedding-clothes were again pur- chased but, on the day before the marriage was to take place, the defendant wrote such a letter to Mr. Blankley-such a compound of stuff and nonsense, that he (Mr. Garrow) having once read it, had felt so much abhorrence, that he would not recapitulate it, but leave it to the proper to read. In fact, the substance was similar to that of his last letter, when he broke off the marriage, except that it stated, it would be better to stop at this' side of the precipice, than by trying to get at the other side, to be misera- ble for ever. Mr. Park, for the defendant, said, that he always felt anxiety for females who were under the necessity of bringing such actions as the present; he would therefore refrain from making any comments. He then proceeded to call his witnesses. William Browne lodged in the plaintiff's father's house three years he left it about the 14th of Octo- ber last. The family consisted of every kind of dirt and filth. He had never seen the plaintiff drinking spirits, although her brother had told him she used to get drunk. He once took the celebrated book called Fanny Hill," out of her hand. She had been read- ing it it had an obscene print in the front of it. He communicated this to the defendant. He heard a next-door neighbour complain to her brother, that he could not sleep at night on account of the uproar that the plaintiff and other girls kept at his door. He had seen herin company with Mrs. Phobie, and afterwards she told him that Mrs. Phobic admitted persons to her bed in the absence of her husband that she knew Jemmy Hobbs had slept with her he was told that the plaintiff was seen going into an improper house in Oxford street the plaintiff told him that an acquain- tance of her's residing in Pruryriane, yvap debauched by her own father. He asked her several times if she had a regard for the defendant ? she said she did not care a (1-n for him. The whole family were given to sweanng.. John Bacon, who did not appear to be more than 16 years of age, deposed, that he was married to the plaintiff's sister that he had heard her say, when she was married to the defendant, she would be kept as a lady; she would pull off her ring, run into the street, and have a piece of fun that she would be drinking wine, while her b-s of sisters were drinking water. He saw Jemmy Hobbs taking-improper liberties her at the head of Parker's-lane, at ten o'clock at night. One Sunday he saw her reading Aristotle's Masterpiece. Lord Kllenboroughi-" There is quite enough of this case in my opinion, no blame can be attached to the Deiendant. Mr. Park, in mercy to the father, whom 1 suppose to be the real plaintiff, agree that a juryman should be t A juryman wa* accordingly withdrawn, which leaves the different parties to pay tbtir costs.

MliTHOD OF RECOVERING DROWNED PERSONS. A few days since, as Peter Lack, a youth, of Fore- street, Lambeth, (who from his birth has been subiect to the epilepsy), was walking in the Thames, with his stockings off, facing Vauxhall, he sunk into a ballast hole; his hat, however, floated, and was noticed by John Royal, a waterman he therefore rowed to the place, and upon trying with his boat-hook discovered a body being soo. after assisted by another water- man, they got it to the shore, and conveyed it to Mr. Hunnocks's, who keeps the White Lion, facing the stairs he received the apparent dead youth with hu- manity, undressed him, and sent for Mr. Hood, sur- geon, who, on ex mining the body, found It in so hopeless a state as to afford no prospect of restoring it to hfe: however, he determined to try the means re- commended by the Royal Humane Society perse- vering in which for some time, he was so.fortunate as to bring on symptoms which encouraged him to con- tinue his exeitions; his assiduity was crowned with success; the youth was resuscitated, to the astonish- menr of every oil:, and conveyed the next evening to his desponding mother. It appears that the body could not have been less than 15 minutes under wa ter, and about five from the time it was raised to the arrival of it at the White Lion, being 20 minutes be- fore Mr. Hood saw it. Mr. Hood has had the hono- rary medal of merit conferred upon him, and the two watermen have been liberally rewarded by the Com- mittee of the Royal Humane Society. The above is an additional proof that life, when to all appearance lost, mayoften, by due care, be restored. Accidents frequently prove fatal, merely because pro- per means are not used to counteract their effects. No person ought to be looked upon as killed by any acci- dent, unless where the structure of the heart, brain, or some organ necessary to life, is evidently destroyed. The action of these organs may be so far impaired as even to be for some time imperceptible, when life is by no means gone. Wtieii u person has remained above a quarter of jin hour under water, there can be no considerable hopes of his recovery. But as several circumstances may happen to have continued life, in such an unfortunate situation, beyond the ordinary term, we should never too soon resign the unhappy object to his fate, but try every method for his relief, as there are many well attested proofs of the recovery of persons to life and health who had been taken out of the water apparently dead, and who remained a con- siderable time without exhibiting any signs of life. Dr. Tissot mentions an instance of a girl who was restored to life, after she had been taken out of the Water, swelled, bloated, and to all appearance dead, by laying her nakell body upon hot ashes, covering her with others equally hot, putting a bonnet round her head, and a stocking round her neck stuffed with the same, and heaping coverings over all. After she had remained half an hour in this situation, her pulse re- turned, she recovered speech, and cried out, I freeze, I freeze; a little cherry brandy was given her, and she remained buried as it were under the ashes for eight hours afterwards she was taken out without any other complaint except that of lassitude or weariness, which went off in a few days. The Doctor mentions like- wise an instance of a man who was restored to life, after be had remained six hours under water, by the heat of a dunghill. As the means which have been successfully em- ployed in restoring suspended animation cannot be too generally known, we here subjoin those recommended by the Humane Society In removing the body to a convenient place, great care should be taken that It be not bruised, nor shaken violently, nor roughly handled, nor carried over any one's shoulders, with the head hanging downwards, nor rolled upon the ground, or over a barrel, nor lifted up by the heels for experience proves, that all these methods are injurious, and often destroy the small remains of life. The unfortunate object should be cautiously conveyed in the arms of two or more persons, or in a carriage upon straw, lying as on a bed, with the head a little raised, and kept in as natu- ral and easy a position as possible. The body being well dried with a cloth, should be z;' placed in a bed or blanket properly warmed, but not too near a large fire. Bottles of hot water should be laid to the bottoms of the feet, to the joints of the knees, and under the arm-pits; and a warming-pan, moderately heated, or hot bricks wrapped in cloths, should be rubbed over the body, and particularly along the back. The natural and kindly warmth of a healthy person lying by the side of the body has been found in many cases very efficacious. The win- dows or door of the room should be left open, and no more persons admitted into it than what are absolutely necessary, as the life of te patient greatly depends upon his ha-uiug the benefit of a pure air. The shirt or clothes of an attendant, or the skin of a sheep fresh killed, may also be used to an advantage. Should these accidents happen in jthe neighbourhood of a warm-bath, brew-house,$ak.>house, glass-house, saltern, soap-manufactory, or r.ny fabric where warm lees, ashes, embers, grains, sand, water, &c. can be easily procured, It would be very proper to place the body in any of these, moderated to a degree of heat, but not exceeding that of a healthy person. The body being placed in one or other of these advantageous situations, as speedily as possible, va- rious stimulating means should next be employed the most efficacious are—bowing with force into the lungs, by applying the mouth to that of the patient's, closing at the same time his nostrils with one hand, and gently expelling the air again, by pressing the chest with the other, imitating the strong breathing of a healthy person. A glyster of warm water or salt is preferable to the smoke of tobacco. Rubbing the belly, chest, back, and arms, with a coarse cloth, so ,-is not to rub off the skin, or with a flannel dipped in brandy, rum, or gin applying spirits of hartshorn, volatile salts, or any other stimulating substance, to the nostrils, and rubbing them upon the temples very frequently; tickling the throat with a feather, snuff, or any othet stimulant, so as to provoke sneezing; the body should at intervals be shaken, and varied in its position. If there be any signs of returning life, such as sigh- ing, gasping, twitchings, or other convulsive motions, beating of the heart, the return of the natural colour and warmth, a spoonful of warm water may be admi- nistered, in order to learn whether the power of swal- lowing is returned if it is, a spoonful or two of warm wine, or brandy and water, may be given with advantage, but not before, as the liquor might other- wise get into the lungs. One or other of the above methods should be persevered in until the patient be restored. The above directions have been as circiiiiig,ilitiii as possible, that if any one convenience should be want- ing, the attendants may not be at loss fo: others. Where the unfortunate person has lain bu: a short time senseless, blowing into the lungs or b >weis has been, in some cases, found sufficient; yet a sneedy re- covery is not to be expected in general. The above methods are, therefore, to be continued with spirit for t-ujo or three hours, although there be not the least symptom of returning life. Most of the ab ¡ve means are happily of such a nature, that they ma/ be em-' gloyed inunediuldy, and that by persons una:quainted with the medical art; yet it is always advisable to seek the assistance of some regular practitioner as soon as possible, as it is to lie presumed that such one will be more skilful and expert, and better able to varv the methods of procedure, as circumstances may rf-coirc. It may be necessary to inform .practitioners in ge- neral, that several cases have occurred, in which early bleeding has been productive of pernicious, and even fatal effects therefore the opening of a vessel should not be placed among the common methods of treatment, or such as are always applicable, although it may sometimes be successfully employed to remove subsequent symptoms of an inflammatory nature. It may be proper to observe, that most of the abov<? means of restoration are applicable to various other cases of apparent deaths, whether from hanging, apoplectic and convulsive fits, cold, suffocation by I damps, or noxious vapours proceeding from coal mines, the confined air of wells, cisterns, caves, or the must of fermenting liquors. It is earnestly wished that a steady perseverance in the above method of treatment, may he the happy means of restoring those unfortunate persons to their friends and relatives.

Last week a young woman of decent appearance walked into the water at Blackfriars'-bridge, in a de- liberate manner, and attempted to destroy herself. The tide was running out, and though she had wade<[ a considerable distance from the landing place, the water was not higher than her chin. In this situation she threw herself on her back, :md was nearly drowned, when two watermen picked her up. She was carried to her friends in Water-lane, Blackfriars, in a dange- rous state, from the quantity of water which she had I swallowed. The following accident happened on Tuesday se nnight, at the lesidence of Henry Soence, Esq.. near Keswick. The family were awakened early in the morning, by dreadful screams. A young woman, a servant, ran into the room, all in flames; her head, a f horrid spectacle. As her cap and her handkerchief were only on fire, the flames were soon extinguished but it was some time before she was sufficiency re- covered to account for the injury received in her face. It seems another maid being ill in the night, the suf- ferer had arisen, to get some hot water. The tinder was damp, and she could not strike a light: when re- collecting she had heard gunpowder would produce the effect, she got the servant's powder-horn which he had to destroy magpies, aud put a considerable quan- tity into the tinder-box. The consequeece is obvious- however, Mr. Edmonson, the surgeon, is of opinion,' that she wid quite recover her sight; nor does he expect she will be disfigured, the grains having ex- ploded before they fixed on the face.We hope this will be a caution never to leave gunpowder, where those who are unacquainted with its powers, can procure it. Two valuable horses belonging to Mr. Bower of the Crown Inn, in Nottingham, were drowned last week at the Trent Bridge. They were on their return from Newark, with a post-chaise, when the driver with a view of washing their legs, turned down with them into the r ver, but proceeding too far, they were carried away by the.force of the stream into the Levy Hole. The driver escaped by catching hold of the abutments of the arch. A boy six years of age, son of a Mr. Durrant, Chat- ham, was suffocated some days since, in consequence of a piece of meat which he attempted to swallow sticking in his throat. Surgical assistance was pro- cured, and in about seven minutes the meat was ex- tracted, but the child was dead. A serious disturbance took place yesterday se'nnight at Liverpool; occasioned by the impressment of a sea- man with an American protection. In consequence, about 100 Americans assembled at the King's and Queen's Docks, and proceeding to the rendezvous- house, broke the windows, released the Impressed man, and having caught one of the press-gang, tarred 0 and stuck cotton on him, and in this condition hunted him through the streets. The activity of the police, however, soon restored tranquillity, and two of the rioters have been apprehended and committed for trial.

IRELAND. On the night of Thursday se'nnight, about twelve o'clock, the house of Martin Fahey, inn keeper, in Castleblaney, County of Monaghan, was discovered to be on fire. It was supposed to have commenced in the cellar, at the time of the discovery, the whole house was in one universal blaze. Every possible exertion was made by the inhabitants, but alas! iji vain, to save the unfortunate family, seven of whom were consumed to ashes, hot one having "escaped but Mr. Fahey himself, in his shirt and nightcap. Amonff the sufferers are his wife, who, it is supposed, perishedf in a vain attempt to save her children, two servant- maids, and two privates of the ist Dragoon Guards? :1 The whole of Mr. Fahey's property, which was consi. derable, was consumed to ashes, and has left him, who was the day before in comfortable circumstances, lite- rally a beggar. HORRID MURDER.—On the night of Sunday last, about the hour of twelve, a party of men, whose number and equip- ment for the work of blood yet remain to be accurately known, paid a fatal visit to the house of Timothy CollLas an holiest and industrious fanner, residing at Ballyjrarran* nearly on the road which leads from Waterford to 'BallvI macaw, and about four miles distant from the former and three from the latter place. The family were asleep, and some little time elapsed before the command, to open the door was complied with. This was at lengih done by Col- lins himself, who was instantly shot dead. Some of the assailants immediately entered, and knocked down the sis- ter of Collins with the butt-end of their pieces, whom they met in the first instance, and who appears to have advanced towards the door on the report of the shot. They then weBt forward and deliberately tired into a bed, in which the two brothers Collins lay. Tiie ball entered near the shoulder of one of them, and inflicted a dangerous wound. The other brother was repeatedly and ferociously struck'with the in- struments in the hands of his enemies, while a boy, who was making a considerable noise,experienced similar treatment. The female, in the mean time, having somewhat recovertd from the blows, had crept for safety under the bed. The assassins, imagining that they had fully accomplished their deadly purpose, went to the outside of the kanse aud joineu their associates. There, as it may b»fairlv presumed some consultation took place, when, like Macbeth they re- solved to make assurance doubly sure, and took a bond of fate." The door was shut and tirm,ly secured on the outside and lire set to the house, in order that the flames should per; feet what unexampled barbarity might possibly have left unfinished. Tiie whole party withdrew, assoon as they saw that this concluding scene of their dreadful tragedy h;lr" taken effect. The brothers, already weltering intheirblooi speedily felt the horrors of their situation accumulated by the rapid and ruinous approach of the smoke and flumes The wounds they had received had deprived one of them of the power of exertion but the other, although enfeebled, had yet sufficient strength to go to the door, and by an ef- fort of despair, to pull it open, laid liold of it by the under part and dragged it inwards. He then returned, and took out his brother and the boy, and immediately wnt back to search for his sister. By this time the room was completely filled with the flames, which had particularly seized on the bed, underneath which this terrified and wounded female had taken refuge. He distinctly heard the groans, but to rescue, her was now impossible; and he wa, compelled to abandon her to her fate, in all that a^onv of mind of which kindred affection alone can judge! Her body was found next morning almost wholly consumed The three survivors found accommodation ij« u neighbouring house until the morning, whea th man who was shot in the bed and the boy were brought to the Leper Hospital, in this city, where their situation receives cveryat.telltion. The cause of the murder appears to be, that Collins was'a resi- dent of the county of Waterford for nearly twenty years- but his original extraction from another county is a delin- quency for which there is no mercy in the code of these fe- rocious savages. lie had received from them official uotie.e fo quit liis dwelling, or abide tiie consequences of di$ob4> liien'-e to a muriiiaie which puts to sliame and terror every feeling of civilized csau.