of nature which this kingdom has furnished for many ages paft. Cafbel, April 9. The Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald of Cathel, after giving an account of the flate of the bog of Monabugh concludes as follows: It is truly melancholy to fee the poor people ftripping their houfes, and removing their materials, their furniture, and their potatoes that were buried in the field, to fave them from deftruction. Mr. Hyde, through whole ground it has bent its course, will lofe between three and four hundred pounds per ann. To fome parts of the country it will be of ufe, depofiting a fupply of firing, for which they were before diftreffed. Many are anxious for the fate of the bridges and mills on the Suir; but I think their fears are groundlefs, as it is of fuch a thin confiftence, that as foon as it gets into a body of running water it must divide, and be washed off. It carries in its fream islands of the upper furface of the bog, from one to three or four yards fquare.I will bye and bye pay it another vifit, as it was yesterday near a bridge, and I am eager to fee whether it will have any effect on it or not. Clonmel, April 10. A gentleman who return ed to town late yesterday evening from Golden, affures us that the eruption of the bog of Mo., nabugh had communicated with the river Suir, about ten o'clock in the morning, a little above Golden Bridge; and when he left Golden (two o'clock) the influx of matter was fo great, that the water was thickened to the confiftence of porridge that large pieces of the bog's furface were floating down the river, but had not yet collected in fuch quantities as to create any ap prehenfion for the fafety of the bridge.- -One very difagreeable confequence that will inevitably attend this extrordinary conflux, is, the entire deftruction of the fifh, which have been completely destroyed as far as the matter has yet run. 14] The matter difcharged from the bog had become confluent with the river Suir, a little above Golden, but the influx was not fo great as to endanger the fafety of the bridges, we do not find that any material injury has been done, fave to the fish, which have been almost wholly deftroyed from Golden to Carrick-the noxious quality of the matter difcharged, and the continued muddy water, have caufed it.-The centre of the big is much fallen, and the difcharge is neither fo conftant nor abundant as it has been; large pieces of furface till fall into the fluid matter, and, being conveyed to the narrow pafs out of the bog, they then become, not only a temporary obftruction to the flow of matter, but ferve as a bridge for the country people to pafs and repals. The frequency and continuance of these obtructions demonftrate that the matter does not, iffue with the fame force as at firft; hence we are induced to think, that the elevation of the bog does not now very much exceed the level of the pass through which the flow is, and confequently we may expect this extensive and deftructive eruption will not continue inuch longer; bat from the ftate the bog is in, and from the, nature of it, we conceive it exceedingly probabie, that a difcharge of fimilar matter will, in future, be likely to fucceed every wet winter. 27] The eruption from the bog near Golden ftill continues to flow. It has driven the fish to Passage, near Waterford, where they are taken every night in large quantities; all the poor people about Waterford, are bufied in making turf of the large pieces of bog which go down the ri ver Suir every day. Limerick, May 5. On Thursday laft, between eleven and twelve o'clock in the afternoon, four brothers, of the name of Giltenane, collected and headed twenty notorious robbers from the neighbourhood from Cratloe, in the co. of Clare, all armed with firelocks and words, for the purpose of replevying cattle diftrained for rent; they proceeded to Mr. D'Efterre's bridge, at Roffmanaber, broke open the toll-houte and gate, then they went to his dwelling houfe, and broke it open-they alfo broke open an out-house, from whence they took the cattle, and not content with thofe acts of outrage, they continued on the lands all that day and the next night, conftantly firing fhots and rioting, to the terror of the whole neighbourhood. It appears fingular, that they did not meet any refiftance which could induce them to commit this fhameful outrage. A circumftance has lately occurred fo much to the honour of a well-known gentleman in the county of Carlow, and a matter of fo much importance to the community, that we should hold our felves deficient in our duty to the public if we deferred relating it, even as we heard it : Mr. B-g- fome time ago being informed that a very great number of pigs, whole owner was unknown, conftantly came into his ground, tearing up the foil and committing other depredations, he gave orders for his people to cut off their ears, and turn them away, which was ac cordingly executed. The owner, who was a neighbouring gentleman, looking upon it as an infult done him, fent iminediately to Mr. B--g.-l to know if the mutilation was done by his order; he was answered, that it was, but if it had been known to whom the fwine belonged it would not have been done; the gentleman, however, it feems, not fatisfied with this apologizing answer, fent a mellage to Mr. B-g-l, the confequence of which was a meeting, where Mr. B-g-L having received (very happily without effect) the fire of his antagonist, declared he would not return it, but appeal to the laws of his country, and by bringing the crime of duelling, from a falle fenfe of honour, to which he had been fo many years a victim, into the courts, put an end or at leaft a ftop to fo abominable and fhameful a practice. Mr. B-g-1 has accordingly worn examinations against the gentleman who challenged him, and bills of indictment thereon, have been fince found.-We that only observe, on this occafion, that there is not a perfon in the kingdom who can bring this matter forward with so good a grace as Mr. B-g-l. DUBLIN, April 9, 1788. ON Saturday laft, a caufe of much importance to the citizens of Dublin, came to be tried in the Court of King's Bench. The decision will have the effect of caufing a nicer attention to the bufinels of the Police than that which has been hitherto observed, and of course must afford muck fatisfaction. It was an application for an attachment against Mr. Alderman Moncrieffe by Mr. Nathaniel Hone, merchant. An affidavit of the latter gentleman was adduced, which went to fupport the charge of neglect of duty against Alderman Moncrieffe as Divifional Justice of the Police. This affidavit in fubftance was briefly this-a ware-house belonging to Mr. Hone, in Boltonftreet, had been broken into and robbed of wine and fugar to the amount of 401. on the night of the 4th of February; a Police man ftands so near the place, that it was almoft impoffible to have accomplished the fact without his connivance or privity; on difcovery of the deed Mr. Hone accompanied by Mr. St tt, merchant, repaired to the house of Alderman Moncrieffe, in order to lodge examination of the robbery-and to caufe fuch orders to be iffued, by the magiftrate, as would be likely to have the offenders fecured-they faw a clerk in the feep of the name of Johnlon who denied the Justice; and, though they were extremely urgent, they were unable to procure an interview; during their continuance, Mr. Hone plainly faw Alderman Moncrieffe fitting in his parlour and Johnfon, after often faying that the alderman would not be disturbed at length mentioned, in the hearing of Mr. Stitt that Mr. Hone might go to or apply to the Devil. The Recorder fpoke to fhew caufe, why the attachment fhould not iffue, when the Court proceeded to pal judgment. Lord Chief Juftice Earlsfort approved of the application, and cenfured the conduct of the magiltrate. At all reasonable hour Police magiftrates fhould be acceffible; and whenever they were otherwife the fubject should find redress in that Court. The fame power that created could annihilate them; and therefore their very exiftence as Police magiftrates depended on the proper difcharge of their duty. Citizens were entitled to respectful treatment, nor should any middle perfon interfere between them and the magiftrate, whofe refufal to be feen, even at night, was highly cenfurable, as prod: &tive of inifchief; his Lordship thought it no hardship to have received an affidavit himself fo late as ten o'clock the night before. But upon the whole, as the magiftrate did not at partially or corruptly, but merely from negligence, he should allow the caufe, but not with cofts. Sir Samuel Bradstreet and Mr juftice Henn were of the fame opinion. Mr. Justice Bennet faid, were it not for the Alderman having fworn in his answer, that the clerk had not del vered the meffage to him, the Court would certainly have granted the attach ment. The rule therefore was entered of the caufe having been allowed, but without cofts. Commemoration of Handel. First Day. 12.] The Oratorio of the Meffiah was the performance of this day. At half after 11 o'clock, the performers attended in their places-and precifely at twelve, their Excellencies the Marquis and Marchionefs of Buckingham arrived as foon as their Excellencies were feated, the Prefident (his Grace the Archbishop of Cahel) ave the fignal for beginning the Overture. The folo fingers were Mrs. Molloy, late Mifs Wheeler, Mrs. Arnold, late Mifs Jameson, Dr. Parkinson, Mr. Carter, bachelor of mufic, Mr. Stephenfon, and a boy of the choir. Several ladier of diftinction, well known in the mufical world, affifted in the choruffes, and among these we could perceive Lady Belvedere, Lady Valentia, Lady Piers, Hon. Mrs. Stopford, Mrs. Trant, Mrs. Sanders, Mrs. Mufgrave, Mrs. Aultin, the two Mils Cramptons, Mifs Kirwan, Mifs Grubere, the two Mifs Caddels, and feveral others.-The gentlemen of both choirs affifted, and the gentlemen of the choir of Armagh, also attended, The Band confifted of all the profeffors in this city, and we were happy to fee a number of Amateurs affifting in the Orchestra. Among the violins were Meffrs. Neale, O'Reilly, Beatty, Rivers, Ledwith, Dobbs, Wroughton, M'Laughlin, and feveral others. The Rev. Mr. Sandys took the double bass. The violincellos were Lord Delvin, the hon. Mr. Ponfenby, Captain Potiere, Meffrs. Afhworth, Rhames, Austin, &c &c. Tenors, Right Hon. John O'Neill, Sir Hercules Langrifhe, Rev. Mr. Wood. Mr. Trench, and Mr. Quin. The Duet for Flutes was well performed, by Mr. Afh and Mr. Black. The Hautboys and Baffoons had a moft, excellent effect. Fift Violin, Mr. Weifchel, fecond Violin Mr. Fitzgerald. Organ, Mr. Cogan, and conductor, Dr. Doyle. The whole of the Oratorio went off without the mallest mistake, and four of the Chorussea were encored. There were above one thousand perfons in the Church. Their Excellencies ap-. peared to be exceedingly well pleased with the entertainment of the day, and the company went away expreffing the highest fatisfaction at the excellence of the performance. Second Day-16] This day the performance confifted of a mifcellaneous felection, and concluded with the Coronation Anthem. The fong "Shall I in Mamre's fertile plain" (Joshua) by Mrs. Molloy, was very well executed-as was that of "Return O Ged of Hoft," (Sampfon) by Mrs. Arnold. Many of the auditors were disappointed in expecting to be gratified with the exertion of the vocal powers of several ladies of fashion, fave in the choruffes, which received much force from their affistance. The whole went off with much eclat, and as fplendid an affembly as ever appeared on any fimilar eccafion, departed highly fatisfied with the performance. The noblemen and gentlemen who humanely condefcended to affift in the above charitable undertaking, deferve much praife-among others, the matterly performance of the Rt. Hon. J. O'Neill was eafily diftinguishable, as was Lord Delvin. The orchestra in general was powerfully affifted by the organift-Mr. Cogan, who evinced a true mufical tafte and judgment of execution. The Marquis and Marchioness of Buckingham honoured the meeting with their prefence, and on their entrance the affembly rofe, and continued standing until the Viceregal Pair had taken their places-when the perfor mance immediately bega. 23.] In the court of King's Bench, the Attorney General moved for a writ of Habras to iffue, iffue, to bring up Frederick Lambert now in the new prifon, and who had been tried, found guilty, and received fentence of death at the July commiffion of Oyer and Terminer in the year 1783, for having committed a robbery on the perion of Mr. Paul Ham, but who had received his majefty's pardon on condition of transporting himself to fome of his Majesty's plantations out of Europe, and who had returned into this kingdom contrary to the terms on which faid pardon was granted. The court was pleased to grant the Habeas. 24] Mr. Farrell, falefmafter, of Smithfield fold Mr. Wilkinson, of Patrick's market, for gol, a bullock, at the enormous weight of eighteen hundred pounds. The largest known in this kingdom, and reared in the co. Meath. 25.] Court of King's Bench. This day James Foy, otherwife Sladden, who was indicted for procuring the murder of Charles Hipfon, was brought up to the bar of this court purfuant to the order of Friday and Monday last, when M. Bloffer, council for the prifoner, moved the court to allow the prisoner's plea of autre fois acquit, be having been already tried and acquitted for the murder of Charles Hipfon. 28.] This day Frederick Lambert, who returned from transportation contrary to the terms of his Majefty's pardon, by which his fentence of deathwas mitigated--was brought up to the Court of King's Bench. The Attorney General appeared to profecute on the part of the Crown, but wished the business was deferred for a few days, as he understood a further pardon would be extended. It was poftponed accordingly until Saturday next. Lord Chief Juftice Earlsfort remarked to the Recorder, who was counsel for Lambert, that his client was indebted in an eminent degree to the mercy of the Crown. May 2.] Foy was again brought up to the Court of King's Bench, when Mr. Bloffet as his counfel, fpoke for two hours and a half, in favour of his plea, and the Attorney General gainst it, when the Court determined, that the pronouncing of Judgment on it should lie over until next term. By the report which was made in the courfe of last month to the Linen Board, by Mr. Arbuthnot, the Infpector General of Leinster, Munfter and Connaught, we find, that not only the linen, but alfo the cotton manufacture is widely extending itself in the above provinces, under the premiums held out by the Trustees. He fays, that in the whole western tract of Connaught, especially in the county of Mayo, there is a prodigious quantity of yarn very excellently spun, for which there is a great demand at home and abroad. He fays, great quantities of good yarn are fpan. on the weltern fide of Munster, and a very extenfive fail-cloth manufacture is carried on in Cork, but that in the upper part of Clare, he found a great number of weavers unemploy ed, though there is a vast quantity of exceeding good yarn ipun in that country, but mostly confumed by the bandle cloth weavers for home confumption. In Limerick he found a great number of che que weaver, and from thence to Dingle he only met with a few scattered broad linen weavers; and through the rest of Kerry only a few trifling At bleach greens employed on country work, but no probability of establishing the linen trade. Killarney he found a little cotton manufactory of twenty-four looms; but the quanity of cotton and wool fpun in that neighbourhood is im menfe. He lays that Dublin alone confumes yearly, above one hundred thousand fpangles of Mayo yarn, on account of its honefty and brightnets of colour. Blarney promifes to become a confiderable feat of manufacture. Mr. Deaves, laft fummer, erected a building of 110 feet long, 18 feet wide, and five ftories high, for the fpinning cotton by water. On two greens which this manufacturer occupies, he last year bleached 2400 pieces of cotton and linen of his own, and 3888 pieces for the public. At Bandon a very extenfive trade is carried on in Ofnaburghs, cheques, ticks, and cheese-cloths, for Liverpool. At Shannonvale and Ennishannon, there are confiderable cotton manufactories. Cloghnakilty, there are a numerous body of weavers, who labour under difficulties from the fraudulent ftate in which they are obliged to purchale the Welt Munfter yarn. In the county of Waterford, few attempts were made at either the linen or cotton manufacture. They chiefly make ufe of Connaught yarn, which they get from Dublin. A few miles below Waterford, Mr. Cornelius Bolton has given encouragement to the cotton and stocking manufactures, on English prices. The number of ftocking frames is increated to 31, but only 22 looms on linen and cotton. Through Tipperary, very little attempts were made at manufacture, except at Nenagh, but they laboured under a difficulty of obtaining yarn, and had no open market to fell their pieces. To the above report, Mr. Arbuthnot has added many useful obfervations; he recommends to those gentlemen of landed property, who are willing to encourage the culture of flax, and fpinning under their own immediate eye, to employ Ulfter flax dreffers, and get spinners from that province, or thofe parts of Connaught, where they are in the habit of spinning the flax longways, to fuperintend colonies of young fpin. ners. He alfo recommends as a primary object of confequence to the nation, that every poffible encouragement be given to flocking frames working at English prices. He fays, that no lefs than 2000 looms are employed in the manufacture called bundle cloth; the yarn fpun for this, to fupply the internal use of the kingdom, through the whole western lim'te, is immenfe, and the yarn of so excellent a quality, as to be fit for the beft dowals and sheetings. We publish the above, as a moft interesting incitement to the further encouragement of the linen and cotton manufactures; for it is a melancholy fhame, in a kingdom which commands the greatest national advantages in the world, that through the diffipation and oppreffion of the land owners, and the pernicious rage for rearing horned cattle, our former villages are depopulated, agriculture little encouraged, and that great fource of national wealth, the labours of the wheel and the loom in a great measured confined to the two provinces of Ulfter and Conaught. 7.] Came on to be tried, before Lord Earls fort and a special jury, in the Court of King's Bench, an information againft Sir John Fieke, Bart. Henry Hatton, Ele; and Richard Griffith, Efq; ftating, that on the 13th of May, 1787, a tumultuous body of men had affembled in the neighbourhood of Merrion-iquare, to difturb the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King-to dif perfe which, Alderman Exfhaw, a magiftrate for that divifion of the city, repaired, notwithstand ing which, Sir John Freke, Bart. Hen. Hatton, Eig, and Richard Griffith, Efq; wilfully and maliciouly to diminish his authority, did, in Merrion-row, make use of feveral opprobrious and contemptuous expreffions queftioned his authority as a magiftrate to difperfe the riot-and finally, that they did moleft, obftruct, and hinder him from difperfing the perfons concerned in the faid riot. J U R Y. Abraham Wilkinfon John Patrick Leland Crofthwaite Robert Magee Charles Ward Jofeph Goff George Maquay William Rawlins William Kilbee Edward Forbes Smith Ramage Thomas Pettigrew The profecution was opened by Mr. Beresford. The Jury retired for near an hour, when they returned a verdict, Richard Griffith, Etq,guilty.Sir John Freke, and Henry Hatton, Eiq; not guilty. Counsel for the Profecution. Attorney General Serjeant Hewitt Mr. Beresford Mr. Stokes Mr. Grace Mr. Rice Mr. Harvey Mr. Spencer The Duke of Leinfter fat on the bench with Lord Earlsfort during the whole of the trial. Several members of the House of Commons were prefent in the court, amongst others Major Doyle-Sir Edward Crofton-Mr. Parfons-Mr. Hartley, &c. BIRTHS for May, 1788. T daughter. - HE Lady at William Ryves, Efq; of a -In Ely Place, the Lady of Robert Phaire, Efq; of a fon.-In Hume-freet, the Lady of Daniel Maunfell, Elq; of a fon. In Dawion-freet, the Lady of Captain French, and daughter of Lord Viscount Gosford, of a fon. -The Lady of Alexander Nicholson, Efq; of a fon. At Newtown Pery, county of Limerick, the Lady of Colonel Lefroy, of a fon. At his house George' ftreet, Hanover Square (London) the 19th of May, the Lady of the Right Hon. the Earl of Aitament, of a fon and heir. A MARRIAGES for May, 1788. T Violet-Hill, county of Armagh, Wm. Campbell, Elq; Captain in the 24th foot, to Mife Kelly, of Armagh.-Sir Nicholas Conway Colethurit, Bart to Mifs Harriott Latouche, third daughter of the Rt. Hon. David Latouche. In Limerick, George Anderson, of White-Hall, Elq: to Mrs. Prendergaft.-At Cork, Robert Parker, Elq, to Mifs Helena Dunscombe, daughter of Robert Dunfcombe, of Sunday's Well, Elq-Nuah Hill Neale, Eiq; late of the 46th foot, to Mifs Welth, of Youghall-Denis Moylan, Efq; to Mifs Catharine Creagh, daughter of John Creagh, jun. of Cork, Elq.-The Rev. Doctor Cleaver, first Chaplain to his Excellency the Marquis of Buckingham, to Mifs Wynne, daughter of the Right Hon. Owen Wynne, and Niece to the Earl of Farnham, and Bishop of Meath.-James Taylor, of Ballywalter, county of Down, Efq; to Mifs Taylor of Mary's Abbey. The Reverend Arthur Champagne, Prebendary of St. Patrick's Cathedral, to Mil Mary Homan, daughter to the Reverend Philip Homan, of Surock, county of Weftmeath,-At Cork, Thomas Lindlay, Efq; Barer-at-Law, to Mifs Maylor, only daugh. to Samuel Maylor, Eq-John Ford, of Moore- ftreet, to Mifs Kelly, of Marlboroughflreet.-At Limerick, Peter Menfell, Efq; to Mifs Crawford, daughter to Captain Crawford.—John William Forter, of Refy Park, county of Louth, Elq; Member of Parliament for the borough of Dunleer, to Mas M'Clure, only daughter of Hamilton M'Clure, Sackville-treet, Elq. DEATHS for May, 1788. N London, the Right Hon. Lord Vifcount Mr. In Anglesea ftreet, Andrew De La Maziere, Efq; a very eminent merchant, molt fincerely regretted In Chapelizod, Captain Wm. Brady, of the Royal Irith Artillery.-Ms. Anne Walkins, relict of John Watkins, of Palace-town, county of Cork, Efq-Sir Paul Banks, Knt. a Captain in the 20th regiment of foot. Digby, Lady of Simon Digby, of Landenstown, co. of Kildare, Efq.-At Crumlin, co. of Dublin, the Rev. Mr. Caffidy.-Suddenly, at his houfe in Mary's-abbey, Wm. Alexander, Efq. an eminent merchant, and father to the prefent Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin; a gentleman moft univerfally regretted by a numerous acquaintance. -At Bath, Thomas Benson, Efq, of Cork.At Louth-Hall, co. of Louth, in the 20th year of his age, the Hon. Charles Plunket, youngest fon of Thomas the late Lord, and brother to the prefent Rt. Hon. Lord Baron Louth.Mr. Kelly, one of the King's mellengers-At his house at the Black-rock, Alderman George Alcock, Prefident of the Court of Confcience, and late Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin; he ferved the office of Sheriff in 1775, and was elected an Alderman the 1t of Nov. 1776, and that of Lord Mayor in 1787.- -In Exchequer-ftreet, Thomas Goodwin, Efq; many years one of the Clerks in the General Poft Office.-In DiggesBreet, Richard Smyth, Efq; of the Ordnance office.The Rev. Arthur Mahon, LL. D. and Carate of St. Nicholas, Within.-22d May, in Hartley-ftreet, Cavendish Square, London, the Right Hon. Lady Mulgrave, Lady of the Right Hon. Lord Mulgrave, he was delivered of a daughter, three weeks before. PROMOTION S. By: and Charles Henry Conte, Elqrs. to HE Hon George Jocelyn, Geo, Rawson, be Commiffioners and Overfeers of Barracks, &c. in the room of James Cavendifa, Fitzherbert Richards and Ralph Ward, Eqrs. refigned.. The Archbishop of Cafhel, the Rev. Walter Blake Kirwan, James Somerville, Wm Rathborne and Alexander Jaffray, Efqrs, to be Governors of the Lying-in Hospital, |