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CO RON ER'S fivQuEst
, the If th 1484 sot ittirteat we's held
1,041.4111111-howw, in the enmity of Itiewoaloson,
on the tit Mr, Dirrei NidddeUi 3 very worthy
re.pectishle awn, in the service of Matthew Wyatt,
Ems. the A-.;erit of Lord Dillon. when it clearly
appeared to the Jury. that the deceased had flirt
with hi 4 dealt *• tn. ro“-equerice of sltrie violent
injury received, in tlw act of ponterlinit 111104(11 uI
au 801110 it um& 4.11,011 inns, 041 the night ni the pre-
ceding Tuesday, on too Ingliatiy. lendlioe from
Cwitlirrea in Liauglilin, be atone peracm or perSODS
unknown."
%TIM' iinfortnnate man had been dispatched, as
an extraordinary and confidential uoissenger, to
the font-Office of Castic•rea, with several packets,
nl eon,,iilefahle value, wirieli lie regalarly delivered
In the Post-niaater there, about Cerro o'clock in
the et/citing, expecting insuiedirtely to return with
tlw Didolits letters of !Mit day, but, owutg to some
isisfureiwers delay in the iirrival of the pest. from
lialleeMaillOns lie *a* detaiiwil in Caatlerea till the
wresting had clnwil. and, iii I. locklews interval,
the plan, • no doubt, was kil, which the cowardly
assawans afterwards put in hoer to attack him ;
hi,wever, beets formerly a Royal Irish Dra-
gooii, he managed himself and Isis horse MI expert-
ly, that, hut for the injury AIbOVU referred to, and
oeciesonied, it is supposed, bysnore internal strain,
or extraorilioary presoire of his body on tile saddle,
he would actually have run the gaunt:et without
city other ill consequence, than a few heavy blows
about the back and loins.

It was with the severest torture that lie rear wd
the hour of Lookloos, ;About do, e mars from the
of.tttock, mod, Afirr relAtiox circwnstairotally
the oortivoittri of it, was put to btd, ne.Lr spin to
flit I.


DV c Ll;s, Sgrr• a.
Sunday, the Conseeration of the Lord Bishop of
Ferns took place at Christ Church. The Prelates
who attended upon the occasion were the Bishops
of Kildare, Litueri, k, and Kiddie. The attend-
sure of his Grave the Archbishop of Dublin was
prevented by indisposi.
The Earl of Port oliugion, who, at the battle of
Titlaetra, so heroically led the charge of the glo-
non, 23J, of which he is Li, atenunt-Colonel, es-
toped unhurt, amidst the liseork suffered, as well
as inflicted, by that incomparable regiment.
Viscount and Viscountess De esci landed at
Donsighadee on Thursday last, from a tour through
the north of England and Scotland.
Lord Massarene embarked at Doisaghadre for
Portpttriek on Wednesday last ; and Geis. Sputter
and Col. Savage landed at Donagliadee from Port-
'Amick on Thursday.
The embarkation of the Royals at Cork was ef-
fected with the utmost re4iilitrity, and without any
accident whatever. Eight troops only, emeas,ing
of MO men each, have embarked ; the other two are
to remain in this country.
Wednesday, Brigadier-Gen. Slade embarked on
beard the Emerald- frigate, Capt. Maitland, which
is to convoy the transports with the Royals on
board, to their destination.
Sunday the several yeomanry corps of this cite
underwent the geueral inouthly inspection, arid
were olio ward:, exercised to different punts e f the
,is o; the city.
The arrive' of a Danish vessel, under Danish
colours, in our hurbodr, has occasioned much '
surprise ; it ahwars, however, ..-onsetpiciice of
I cusses being granted to the northern • twe's by
the British Government, that several more from the
saint ivintlec tool he expected.
On Wednesday last, the Mayor rind Corporation
of Kilkenny had the honour of waiting on his
Grace the Lord Lieutenant; at the Palate of the
Bishop of Ossory, in that city, with a congratula-
tory address on his arrival, which his Grace was
pleased to receive in the most gracious inaiiier, und
returned a 'unable answer; atter whiyilits :rare,
accompanied by the Duchess, the Kid 4/1 March,
(his Grace's son) and Captain Everard, Aides-dt.-
Catty to his Grate, the Lord lii•hop, the Deau,
&c. went to view the Cathedral ; Flom which th-ir
Graces paid a visit to the Castle of Kilkenny, the
noble mansion of the Earl of °mantle, where they
were received by the lien. Inner Butler; and after
viewing that magnificent budding, his Grace in-
spected the county gaol. At two o'clock their
Graces and suite left Kilkenny for Curraghinore,
the seat of the Marquis of %Vaterford.
The piovision eoi,tract ass (onespectedls) tint
derided on Friday last, owing to the t-nualietition
between our countrymen atid the monopolizing
houses of London, and winch cans- J the Vietnalline
Board to defer the decision on die tender till Sa-
turday, at twelve o'clock. We are happy to find
there is enterprise sufficient in this country to cause
an emulation with the London homer, with a sieve
to draw back the advantage of the trade to our own

soil.
IVe understand that the parties culled in to the
fourth, of those who had inude tenders for the pro-
vision contract, are Messrs. Shea and St..ek, nod
Thomas Dinitosubs, Cork; J. N. D'Esterre,
; Denis Lyons, Limerick ; and Mr. Kirwan,
Dundalk.

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Those of London are, J. Atkins; Chri.t. Flower,

Lord Mayor; John Green and Son. Green anal
Metcalf, and Jordan and Shaw.
assiswa- „
lit ou► last untouer we noticed that the iensins
of the late Lord HENRY STII•RT had le en Pomvrnrd
through tins Ogee for interment..—We have stow
to muter the melancholy circumstance of the
of Lad• STUART, his widow, who died at Dover;
and whose remains were also conveyed through the.
town no Wednesday for interment at Cardin-. Cat.-
tle.—Lortl and Lady STUART lied lwen at Dover,
to take leave of their son, whir went nn the Emiadi-
tiou to Widelicren.—(Chriterdisust Pep r.)
The Roan, Hags:, from London to Smyrna, is
taken in the Archipelago, by a French privateer,
after an action of we hours, rod rallied into Ceritto.
The Thetis, from C;1211Arl, has peen Wrn, re-
tals.9l, and corned into Orb, altar.
The Scout sloop of war is put into Gibraltar
to rePtur, %ging damaged in an action in the Gulf
of Genoa. with two French privatrer..-, one of
twentv, the oilier of eighteen guns. The limit
had her master and five men killed, and twenty-
eight wounded.
The Arenas. Hsu., from Liverpool to Heli-
goland, is arrived and Legion to discharge.

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