SEPT. ii. y ,d pe 114.61 hv a disci.arge from a pistol, the , :f wlich went completely throti , 6 , his horiv,— it appeared on th Inquest, which was held On the body, I . „y. '!sea, C ironer for .his c-untv. that the as•fokin was oh•erved, a short ;One previous to .11- p rpetration of the foul d, leadilig a hors. , itto...-diateiv after the dee 11-.e.1, ~,hic h Ile monnt..d on commiltiost the horrid ‘cl, and gallopped Itt InAlt - 41• town, aonotincing to sererd people whom he met on the way. quo •• there was a ..an murdered on th e road !" On reerliin , the Can _I bridge, he pursued his retreat along the ti:oc of the C and liiereo% • tr,•eted his escape for the present. .at geotlem in es eemed by all who knew him, and in. his • e,-es-ary intercour•••• w,th .dholders an' 4 peasantry, hail always proved him , elf lid dgew hear that a mar, named Cl-ney, was last 'livid commuted to our goal, ehargtql on suspicion of the ab o ve murder." An I tinest was hold, last week, on the body of .1,,1nt Switzer, of Collat, lir' x i , in 1.1 ot-11, k, N f4Tl:3er. ihr Wil*. fired at by a woman name.' B 11. s u rd 'Oat the •ir. ea-eft µa+ supposed to have proin4:4ated repotts tenoreo, t the charm Ie rut fire woman and she, in a lit of race, (h.( 14.11fred N lodited ;•! 11 , the cutitints uf which odwed lii rt..:111 eke. .1" Iltirdcr ORANGEISM he , e do the Or3ngemen exist," says The rouri, r, " but where Rdrhonmen eNist." This sophism is the last shift in the wav of a: - gument, to which tl‘e advocates of Orangeism can have recoui se. Now we answer, that Orangemen exist in Dublin and in most parts of Leinster, who, e there ale no Ribbonmen. We farther state in reply, tha: they had ex is.c . ci in all parts of Ireland for 15 or 16 Years before the name of Hibbonman was known of. The Ribbontneu of the North associated for the purpose of repel ling the s sternatic and long continued alzgressions of Orange men.—They are not the cattre iif Oiangeism but its effect, To say that thangeism should exist because Ribbonmen exist, is to maintain the monstrous proposition that a man can draw a justification from his own crimes. Ile may pro ceed in outrage until he provokes opposition ; and as soon as that evil is generated, he may seize upon it as a palliation for the original transLuessiou. This at least is the doctrine which 7 he rouritr holds, and there never was a murder com mitted which might not he excused by it. But it is at all events pleasant to extort from The Courier a confession, that political societies are not to he advocated it they be not indis pensibly necessary.—(Freeman's Journd.) THE NATIONAL R,EGISTER. PRO 1'1NC1.1145. Monday sennight, Capt. Barclay. of the 4'21 regiment, brother to the celebrated pedesttian of that name, run eight miles in fifty-eight minutes, tor a considerable wager The ground was measure:l, on the banks ut the canal, at Dublin. from Niarun's factory to the Spa. The time allowed by the bet was an hunt, and the Capt.in won without difficulty. EXTR AOR DI NA RY \UNICA L GENII:S.—TiIe Plymouth Chronicle, of Tut sdny List states, that there is now residing in that t0...n Master ‘ti nitcomite, aged only eleven years. and a half, who. nn t iu musical composition, has prodoee.t s everal piece.; in Score, dedicated by perinksion, to the inimitable Cat alani ; a few days since he r«Tived a challenge to compose for a full Orchestra, mnAcal parts to accord in harmony with a given MISS ' Phis Challenge he accepted, and he was locked up in a room with only pen, mk, and paper ; the givtn Bass was produced, and without any assistance tins cluld of Nature produced, in about an hour, a complete nitbical scor es , % iz. two violin parts, two (lulu parts, two halm parts, a tenor part,' and obuse•part ! This astonishiw , •etfort juvenile genius was performed at the house of Mr. Wingett, in Old Town, Plymouth. ELOPE.SI ENT.—AbOllt a fortnight since the wire of a tradeswan in the neighbonrhoed of Itu,ntOrd eloped, •eaving her husband :,ml six Ninall children behind her, but takinz with her about :rot. in cash. She was on Tuesday last traced to a lodging to Kennington, where she was residing with a Serjeant of the, Waggon Train. The easy husband requested she would return with him. and promised all 'he past shoild tte forgiaten ; this, however, she refused to do, but ie. turned t stn 251. of the cash she had taken. and advised him to gu home aLd make himself comfortable with his children. 579 of a snore retnarkOde person than Mention is made io a hook Joanna Sontheotr, but A t f ‘ a . la t i es l ( ;i , t , l a u tt o ed c 7 la t i , ni vi t a o s i t; l, i ) r n a g e l, !e t s t : o — b ‘ e ' d l ‘ le i t; Ellis, of Beatimaris, in 10th, 1776 ; she had been married 46 years, and her eldest was 45 y airs old. Site had not ha:i a child for 15 years before." Tuesday last, Elizabeth Coma' arias Myersivicr‘asslitoluf, near enniao n Dennison, two n , .10. ions impostor., were apprehended at where they had been imposing on the credulity of the inhabitauts. Cozens ittsited hand bills, purpor7ing that she was a Doetress, born deaf and dumb, the daughter of Alexander Myers, a very learned and emissent physician, who was born in Lancashire. and that she had been instructed by her father iu the moat usetid remedies for I:. fling the dis ease !, of mankind. By means of this hand-hill, and affecting to be deaf and dumb, together wills the assistance of Den_ niacin, who acted as an interpreter, she sold medicines to a consider able amonnt ; and mould have escaped with her golden harvest, had she not been too covetous, and made free with a lady's purse. in which were two 51. notes and 15'. in 'dyer. They were both com mitted to Ilehester gaol, to take their trial at the next assizes for the felony.—Dnring the examination, the deaf and dumb lady quickly recovered her speech and hearing; ; and many poor deluded young wumrn came to the Magistrates with bottles of medicine, for widen they paid los. citi. 74. ss. and other:mins. As AIN Lima den, of &lines, was proceeding from thence to Reilfont on Wednesday evening, he was attacked by three men in the attire of soldiers, armed with hhoig,eons, who seized and dragged him into vat Adjoining field, where they robbed him of his watch, on which his Imo,e is engraved, and two 101. notes; one of which is of t h eStaines B an k. and is made payable ut Messrs. Robarts and Co.'s. Not coutem with this, one of the ruffians took off the coat and waistcoat of Mr. Longden, and put them on himself ; leaving his own jack-t and waistcoat as a substitute. They then severely heat their victim and ran off. Mr. Unladen crawled back to Staines. in a must deplorable condition, taking with him the jacket and waistcoat of the robber. Intelligence of the robbery was sent to the Public (Mica, Bow -street, and Bacon, the offi cer, was sent to Robarts and Co to stop payment of the notes 1 1 pun arriving there, however, he learnt that a 101. Staines note had been paid that morning, hut whither it was taken from Mr. L-ngden or not could nor be told,•as Bacon did not know the number. The officers nre now in pursuit of the rohhers. Ily a button found io the pocket of the waist coat left by the ruffian ; there is reason to believe they belonged to Om 45th regiment. EXECUTION OF TUE SHAM PARSON.—Satnnlay sc'nnight, Robt. Peacock, alias nog. %Mile, alias Rd. Williamson, oliaa Rd. Tho• mas, alias Win. Whitfield. alias Wm. ‘Vnitmore, on whom sentence of death was passed at the late Assjzes at Gloucester, for forgery (he was found guilty at time hist Lent Assizes. jutignunt yea. tilted), and Geo. Svmea, convicted on live separate indictments— tour for horse stealing, and one fOr stealing an heifer, were executed on a temporary apparatus over the lodge of the county goal. Pea eork exhibited an uniform repentance and resignation, from the time of his conviction to the awful moment of Isis !offering. Power ful interest had been exerted to pt moire a remission of his sentence ; and there is nasoo to believe, that he had cherished hopes of mercy till within the last Emir days. Ile had, during an implisonment of ten months, daily aroused himself with writing a journal of hi* pro ceedings and devotional togagementa : and this task he continued with unabated composaire till %vithin little more than half au hour of his execution! At intervals, lie had likewise employed himself in histroethet his fellow-prisoners . ' in their religious duties, and made considerable progress in enlightening the minds of some of them. To his fellow-solferer, lie was eminently useful ; and, from great ob. duracy of heart, he brought him to a :ense of the etWfill change he was about to undergo. titter coming front chapel, they were en. ;;need for some time in private prayer ; and about one o'clock. they ascended the platform. where they remained but a few naiades. without the s ma lleat i h caioatirso to address the populace. Peacock, whose pre,tenee at mind and firmness never forsook hint throughout the whole of this dreadful scene, shook hands with Spites and the executioner, to whom he bequeathed a tew shillings, which he said world be found in his pocket ; and they were lamithed into eternity in the presence of au immense number of spectators. By an official report it appears, that in the refolar army during the year IS ! 1, the deaths were 13,476, and de. sertions, r 1,07 1 ; in th• militia, deaths 077, desertions, (2015. IA 18 19, in the re g ular armv, deaths 16,409, dpsertions (1004; militia, deaths f.;flo, desertioos 1:A17. in 1815, deaths 18,015, desertions . 6,284; militia, deaths 870, cicsettiuus 1,368.