Wednesday night, a band of armed men entered
Moyaliffe Glebe, Thurles, the residence of the Rev.
William LEE, broke in the celler window, and made
their attack at the Rev. Gentleman's bed-room
door. He opened it and was encountered by three of
the party. He was twice knocked down and very
severely cut in his face; his wife endeavouring, with
the fortitude of a Roman matron, to save him, received
four very severe blows. Unarmed and alone,
he did not think resistance at all availing; he therefore
gave them the key of his desk, which they made
him come down with them to open—they took about
sixteen shillings, and then proceeded to rifle every
thing in the house, silver spoons, bacon, a gardevine,
&c., and broke all the glass, dishes, ∓c., in their way.
Except being very faint from a considerable loss of
blood, he is, we are glad to say, quite well, and
Mrs. LEE will not be much injured. They took a
silver watch, a steel chain, and a gold seal, with the
initials W, L.—crest, a falcomn on a pillar, preying
on the leg of a fowl; large and small spoons, amd a
butter ladle, crested as above.
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