IRELAND.
Yesterday week, between four and five o'clock in the evening, as Mr. Lundy Foot was walking on his own grounds at Rossbercon, near New Ross, in the county of Wexford, he was brutally murdered, by a gang of miscreants, who have as yet escaped. The Lords Justices, on receipt of the dreadful intelligence, immediately summoned a Privy Council ; and they have offered a reward of five hundred pounds to any person who shall, within six months, give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of all or any of the murderers. Mr. Foot was a barrister, and was upwards of seventy years ef age and was son or brother of Alderman Lundy Foot, whose snuff is so cele- brated in all parts of the world. A desperate attempt was made to assassinate him about eighteen months ago, when be was wounded by several balls, and lost one of his eyes. Ile was a mild, inoffensive gentleman, and never took a leading part in politics ; but was unpopular in the country, on account of some harsh proceedings relative to the collection of his rents.
A Sergeant of the Eighty-ninth Regiment was severely stabbed by a sentinel in the garrison of Fermoy, on Christmas night, under the following circumstances. The Sergeant had been infringing a military order, and was challenged by the sentry; but disregarding the eliallenge, the sentry arrested him. In a few minutes, the Sergeant attempted to escape; and the sentry pursued and stabbed him in the right side. The bayonet entered the region of the heart, and the wound is likely to prove fatal. It is supposed that if the Sergeant survives, both will be tried by Court-martial ; the Sergeant for breach of military duty, and the sentry for leaving his post in pursuit of his prisoner. The sentry belongs to the Ninety-fourth Regiment.
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