The Irish papers contain numerous accounts of outrages in different
parts of the country. The following, if true, has rather a formidable appearance- " On the 19th ultimo, a party of men, consisting of about fifteen in number, took forcible possession of a house on the property of Baron Pennefather, about three miles distant from Cahir. After inaletreating awl ejecting the occupants, two keepers and a feanale,—the latter they treated in a must barbarous manner, so that little hopes are entertained of her recovery,—the patty then barricaded themselves within the house with two feurales of their own faction. Intimation was given to the Reverend Mr. Herbert, a a1agistrate; who, accompanied by a, party of Police, imtnediately repaired to the place. Ou their arrival, the female was found in an out.house lying in a state of insensibility. 'I lie occu- pants of the house were summoned by the Magistrates to surrender themselves to the civic power. The reply was, they would &fend themselves to the last. A reinforcement of Police, and a party ot the Queen's Magoon (ivards, wider the command of Lieutenant Persse, arrived about seven in the evening, attended by another Magistrate, at which time a large concourse of people had assembled to witness the siege. The house was now regularly invested ; a party of the Dragoons dismounting for that purpose, to aid the Po■ice in their efforts to ob- tain admission. Sledges and crow.bars having been procured, the door and windows were battered in: the former Irmo its great strength, and being secured inside by cross bars of iron, was forced with much difficulty. The inner porch was found to be barricaded with articles of furniture; at every attempt to retuove which, the men on the inner side interfered by assaulting the military and police with pitchforks and pikes, wouotling steel al of the latter and one of the former. Three rounds of blank cartridge were fired into the house by the Police, with a view of intimidating. At length the Magistrates gave orders to load with ball, and take the house by storm. The besieged hearing this, con- sulted among themselves, and at length surrendered. They were matched off, handcuffed, two and two, at twelve o'clock at night, and safely lodged in the
Britlewell at Cabir."
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