With much difficulty a few perfons were proured to pursue the marauders, but as it happened, too late to be useful.

Mary Dobbin, a fervant, had both her legs terribly fcalded in Bull-alley with boiling water.

Margaret Dunn, a poor woman, was run over by a carriage in Park-ftreet, by which the got a compound fractured arm.

William Gorman had one of his legs fractured in Thomas-ftreet, by a fall off the flags.

Thomas Ellis, a boy of fourteen, ftanding on a car at Killgobbin, one of the ropes had faftened about his leg, the other end of which got round the axletree, and by the motion of the car his leg was drawn down and encircled about the axletre, by which his leg was moft dangerously fractured and torn to pieces.

They were received into Mercer's Hospital.

We are concerned to be informed, by letters from the county of Kerry, that Sir Barry Denny has fallen in a duel with John Crosbie, efq. having received the ball of his adversary's pistol in the forehead, which occafioned his death inftantaneously. The difpute originated in fome un. fortunate mifunderstanding connected with the election for the county, to represent which Mr. Crosbie was a candidate.

A fidler of the name of Fitzpatrick, fell into a ditch at Rockbrook, about two miles beyond Rathfarnharm, early on Sunday night, and was fmothered. He had been playing for the amufement of company during the most part of the day, in a public houfe in the neighbourhood, and appeared to be fomewhat intoxicated in the evening. When discovered, the dead body was brought on a car to fome part of the vicinity of Dublin, where he had his place of abode.

Wednesday laft near ninety thousand yards of linen cloth, and eight thoufand yards of woollen, were entered outwards for New York.

combination have been made, and lodged them in the New prison.

The affizes of the city of Cork has proved a maiden one.

Yesterday the body of a drowned man was taken up out of the Canal, near Rathmines road. He was feen falling in, and though shortly after taken up, and brought to a house in Portobello, where he was bled, and other means tried for his recovery, ait proved ineffectual. It appears he had been a young man.

BIRTHS.

At Meadstown, county Meath, the lady of Chriftopher Barnewall, efq. of a daughter. In Upper Merrion ftreet, the lady of Robert Blake Forfter, efq. of a son.

MARRIAGES.

Godfrey James, efq. to Mifs Bamber of South Great George's-street.

At Weft-park, Thomas Naghton of Thomas. town, county of Rofcommon, efq. to Mifs Anne D'Arcy, daughter of the late John D'Arcy of Houndfwood, efq.

James Savage, efq. of Mount Rofs in the county of Down, to Mifs Galway, only daughter of the late William Galway, efq. of Porta ferry.

In Athlone, Maurice Nelegan, of this city, efq. to Mifs Jane Hodfon, daughter of the late William Hodfon. of St. John's, county of Rofcommon, efq.

OCTOBER 27.

On Saturday last being the anniversary of his Majefty's acceffion to the throne, a royal falute was fired on board the Rofs revenue cruifer, commanded by Captain Harman, then lying at Poolbeg. The exactnefs of time between each gun, although the cruifer only mounts ten, was much admired by a number of fpectators then upon the new South wall.

OCTOBER 28.

Last night, Mr. Sheriff Manders and Powell went to a house in Back-lane, where a number of journeymen fhoemakers had dined and were fpending the evening, and there took four of them into cuftody, against whom charges of

DEATH S

General Symes, of a locked jaw, occafioned by the wounds which he received in the unfor. tunate attack on the French at Guadaloupe.

In London, General Henry Smyth, Colonel commandant of his Majefty's marine forces.

At Hamstead, Mifs King, daughter of Robert King, efq. Chamberlain of the Linen-hall. At Port-au-Prince, John Morris, efq. of Waterford, Lieutenant in the 23d regiment.

At Limerick, Mrs. Thompson, wife of Captain Thomson of the marines; and Mrs Gabbett, widow of the late Richard Gabbett, of Uregarde, county of Limerick, efq.

At his house on Uther's-island, the Rev. Jacob Bryan, in the 81ft year of his age.

At Martinique, in the West-Indies, lieutenant. Thomas Thornhill of the 64th regiment, second

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fon to James B. Thornhill, efq. of Thornhilllawn.

In the Weft-Indies, Mr. James, a lieutenant in the army, fon of James Morris James, of Moneyglafs, efq.

In Jamaica, Mr. George Marshall, fon of Mr. Walker Marfhall, of Londonderry.

In Athlone, Robert Handcock, efq.

Near Athlone, Mifs Anne Trimble, one of the people called Quakers.

At Limerick, Richard Vincent,. efq. aged 88 years, the eldest burghefs of the corporation, being elected one of the common council in the year 1726.

At Platten, near Drogheda, Graves Chamney, efq. one of the aldermen of the corporation of that town.

Wentworth Parfons, of Ellen-Grove. in the King's county, efq. fon of the late Sir Lawrence Parfons, Bart. and brother to the right hon. lord Oxmantown.

The Hon. William Clement Finch, of Albury-place, Surry, England, a rear admiral, and a member of parliament for the county of Surry.

At Bath, the hon Barbara Gray, fifter to lord Gray.

In Cork, John Wakeham, efq.

In Youghal, the lady of Sir H. B. Hayes, knt. On board the Vengeance man of war, on his paffage from the West Indies, colonel Freemantle of the 35th regiment, member of the Irish parliament.

ber, and the 4th day of December following af the Royal Exchange, Dublin.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We thank the pious Činna for his devout effufions; but alas, the degeneracy of the times! were we to infert fuch favours as his, we should find no readers. As he seems to be converfant with God's own elect, we advife him to be cautious of throwing pearls to fwine, and to use the Meeting-house inftead of the Anthologia, for the publication of his rhapsodies.

To the bard of Leixlip we decree the birch inftead of the laurel for his outrage upon the dignity of verfe. There is an immenfe diffe rence between the waters of Caftalia and the waters of the Spa, and fhould he find himfelf inclined to take a fecond draught, we muft bez that he will not trouble us at least, with his infpirations.

We are forry to poftpone the 18th Polyanthea, which came too late for this month's infertion: we return our thanks to its able writer, and infure him a place in our enfuing Magazine.

part of Europe; and where his character is known it is admited. His pencil and his pen were guided by taste and genius-fometimes they were directed by humour. Nor was he lefs admirable for his companionable qualities. Few men fhone more in converfation than Mr. Grofe. In his fociety time paffed with an inaudible ftep; naturally cheerful himfelf he flashed merriment around him; nor did his fallies of pleasantry or poignant humour ever give pain, for they were not excited either by the mental or perfonal defects of his auditors. Affociating with the ornaments of literature, he abounded in literary anecdote; and having read extenfively, and obferved narrowly, he edified while he exhilarated.

The author of this feeble attempt to do juftice to the memory of Captain Grofe, is ignorant of the year in which he commenced his literary career:` but he believes he began at an early period, to exercise his pencil on the military and

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