The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-05 00:00:00

D lIBLIN, 1%,;A n ell 2.9.

The Earl of HARD V.riCkE is expeaed to 'embark for
Holyhead this day:
Parochial rri::..tirigs of „the Rothan Catholics of
.I..)u,blin were yeSterday held for • the purpose; it w;s
said, of eleaing Delegates to • represent them in a
General Assemhly....
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Last night the City Was illuminated; and a feu-
de-joie was fired, for. Adniital Duckworth's Viaory,
at ,St. Domingo. Upon the first rumour of our s4c7
ces having, -arrived on,
,),Vednesday evening, some
houses Were.illurninated ; but there.not having-been
any Order issued from authority for that purpose,
.the Post-office, which bad ever been-foremost to set
a loyal example upon similar occasions, was net,,
lighted up, -which so", provoked the mob-,L-alwayi
ready for Mischief-7,that „they attacked the Office
with stones, and did not leave a single unbroken,
pane of glass in the sashes towards the street:
In The course of the attack one of the principal.
rioters was arrested in the very aft of breaking win
(lbws, and brought into the office upon this a furi
ous assault was 'cornmenced„ to rescue the prisoner,
and 'was carried so far that an attempt N6s made to
break open the doors .of the office, With violent
threats ofg-those wholad thus offended
the mob, and the danger had become very serious,
• wheti la shot was fired 'over the heads of the assail-
ants, which soon put them completely to the rout:
The prisoner was then carded before the Lord May-
or, by whom he was admitted to ; others of the
rioters are known, and will be prosecuted for this
outrage.

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,On-Wednesday evening a- serious affray tee!: plar.le
at. North Sliields, between the.PreFs-gang and a riat-•
ty of soldiers belonging to
.thc. Sussex regiment„,
Which originated in the gang seizing- three soldiers
who were rather intoxicated, and confining *them in
a room atthe sigti of the Tethered. Goose. The news
of the imprisonment soon reached the other soldiers;
who were in that part of .the town, 'when they as-
sembled before the house and deManded the release
of the prisoners. This being refused with contempt.
by thelang, the soldiers posted themselves at dile,
ferent parts of the dwelling, and commenced some-
thing like a regular sioe-e, some forcing the doors
and others botnbarding the windows with stories; by
w:hich the beautiful Mascas' Lodge wilh',ot, and
several others ,were'sliattered to pieces. The storm=
ing party at length effeaed. a breaeh, and released
the prisoners, when the gang received a severe chas-
tisement. The conquerors then made' the best of
their way to Tynernouth barracks. Howeyer, after
the mainebody weregone, two 'mei] belonging to •
the regiment were detained by some constables,
and tried on Friday, which did not end till Saturday
afternoon, when they were honoUrably acquitted,
it being clearly prOved that they were innoc:‘nt, tho'
a number of witnesses (may Heaven wink !) sword .
against them in the most positive
,manner.
OnTuesday theferry-boatbelonging to'N. Shioldsk
in coming across tike River heavy loaden with wheat,
sunk in the face of the girt. - The two ferry-men add
the farmer Supported themselves by the oars till.boats
Ome.to their assistance.. The boat and cargo have
been since weighed:
SINGU LL.II ClRCUNlSTANCE.—TbefiAlOWlngttr.cre-
rence took place a few days since, near town, Enid
whether considered as the intervention of en over-
ruling Providence, or-'the effecrt'of a dream, is worthy
of *particular notice, and may be depended upon as
fa& :—A Gentleman holding a high situation in the
India House, who resides at Clapham, dreamed a few
nights since that, he saw his servant maid dressed' in
white, and covered with blood. He thought nothing
of the dream ; .but it being repeated the two thljow-
ing nights, On the third he got up, and descending
into the kitchen; saw-the maid sitting by the fire-side,
and dressed in white. :On .asking her what She was
doing:up, in the middle of the night, she replied ;he
was going tote married to the Gardener; who was`
gone to the stable to fetch the horse,and cart. The _
Gentleman bearing a noise in the garden, and his
suspicions being'awakened, he left the kitchen, and
perceived his Gardener and another man digging a
hole ; upon his approach, the Gardener fled, and
upon the man being questioned, he replied that be
was-digging the hole, at'the request .of the Gardener;
to bury some carrots in. The circumstance has created
some conversation, the Gardener not having, been
heard of since, and the servant maid is pregnant by-
him., _

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CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Thursday afternoon an
inquisition was taken 'at the Golden Lion public-
houSe, Dean-street, Soho, da a View of the body of
'John King, killed by falling from a garret window,
at nine •o'ciczck fit the morning of the same day.
It appeared that the deceased resided at the house
of Mr. Lucas„ haberdasher, in' Grafton-street, and
that he was a surveyor. A short time previous to
his death, hewas seen in the street in a state of in-
toxication, and about half past eight went •to his
lodging in the third story, apparently with intention
to go to bed • he had nut, however, been long in his
apartment:before he Was observed endfxr.-outing to
get on the top. of the house, from the 'window, in
which attempt he fell, knocked, of a piece of the
parapet, and pitching his head on the stones of the
back yard, was killed on the spot. Surgical assist-
ance, was procured at the moment of the accident,
but every sign of life disappeared, and- the 1-ody
was_ conveyed to the, bonehouse.—Nerdia---" Tfic,
:death of the deceased occasioned
.by •
,the excess of
„.
drinking."
An Inquisition was on Wednesday last taken at
the King's Head, Newington-road, on the boiy of
Richard' Cook, -a man in :the employ of Messrs.
James and William Rroottfield, bricklayers, at
worth. The 'deceased was sitting on' a cart, and fell.
between that and the hOrse, and the cart pas'sed
over him ; h.e was immediately taken td 4 public-
house
near the spot; when a surgeon was 'sent .for,
Who attempted to bleed him,, but without effeEt:—
Verdi Accidental death." •

" We can, form-opinions of that we know not: ;
says a. Celebrated writer of anti(juity, " only by
placing it in comparison with something that we do,
know." This maxim 'iS,excelh.tntly illustrated by
the opinion whi-Oli already fiegitis .to be entertained'
of. the present-:State Lottery, ,whieh, having-been
compared with:•geverat that have Of late f'reeeded-it:,
is found to..be more -ddruirably calculated to _afford
the chance of a, splendid inclopensdence 'to every
class acouiputiturs for the dohations Of Fortune. '

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