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in Palace.yard, Westininster, to 
ascertain the state of mind of Mr. 
Brothers, the pretended prophet ; 
when the jury, after hearing the 
opinions of two physicians appoint. 
ed by the Privy Council to attend 
him, found him a lunatic, and gave 
their verdict accordingly. 
A PERIL, 
Dublin. Tuesday evening 
qth. last, between seven and eight, - 
as the lord chancellor was passing 
in his carriage through Dame-street, 
on his return from the: castle to 
Ely-place, a band of ruffans, who 
had been lying in wait at the end 
of George’s-street, assaulted his 
lordship with a shower of stones, 
one of which unfortunately struck 
him on the head, and wounded him 
over the lefteye. His lordship cr- 
dered his carriage to stop; but the 
ru‘ians had instantly disappeared. 
He then procceded to his house, 
followed by a number of the most 
respectable citizens. . The. feelings 
excited in every loyal breast, by the 
account of so base an attempr, wiil 
be alleviated by the pleasing incel- 
ligence of his lordship having re. 
ceived but a very slight wound, 
From the position in which he sat, 
the stone struck him obliquely ; it 
only hurt him as it glanced. His 
lordship, as his carriage approached 
George’s-street, observed a well- 
dressed ruffian lurking about the 
corner of the strect, whose manner 
betrayed his purpose so much as to 
fix his lordship’s attention, ull he 
attually saw him throw a stone 
into ihe carriage. This person, we 
ear, his lordship can identify, and 
the crime of which he has been 
guilty is an a of high treason. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
The archbishop of Armagh was 
also insulted on returning home 
from the castle; and several stones 
were thrown at his carriage, by 
which the glasses and panneis of it 
were broken, but his grace received 
no personal injury. A mob rushed 
down from the Liberty, at eight 
o’clock at night, displaying green 
cockades, with mottos of ‘* Liber- 
ty! Equality! and no lord licu- 
tenant!’? and, having divided into 
sets of about one hundred each, one 
party was sent to cxtinguish the 
speaker.. They accordingly at- 
tacked his house with stones ;. but. 
his trusty servants (urning out arin- 
ed, and firing a blunderbuss at rhe 
‘assailants, the latter fled, having 
performed their business so ineffec- 
tually as only to break his windows, 
Another party was sent to the new 
custom-house, to extizguish Mr. 
John Claudius Beresford. They 
were, however, warmly received ; 
for, after they had broken a num- 
ber of the custom-house windows, 
and threatened to break into his 
banking-house, he fired at them, 
and wounded three of them, upon 
which the rest precipitately retired. 
One of those wounded is a weaver, 
and now languishes’ in the Inn 
squay infirmary without any pros. 
pect of recovery. Lhe windows 
of alderman Warren were also bro- 
ken; bur the mob passed with such 
rapidity through Wiiliam-streer, 
that they escaped the consequences. 
of a resistance which was prepared | 
for them by the alderman, On. 
the first assembling of the mob, 
alderman James and the high 
sheriffs called out different parties ° 
of the military, with which they 
continued till midnight to patrole. 
the city. To the exertions of these 
magistrates the citizens are ait 
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