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ed on their duty, and it became ne- 
ceflary to make fome exampie.— 
One man, in attempting to get out 
from one of the ventilators at the 
top of the building, was fhot thro’ 
the back; the ball was obitnicted 
by the fhoulder-blade, and went 
out at the neck; the wound, how- 
ever, isnot mortal. Very foon af- 
ter, More provocation was given, 
and another Frenchman was fhot 
through the heart;—-he died of 
courfeinftantaneoufly. Ifthe plan 
had been attended with fuccefs, the 
intention was to have murdered 
fuch of the centinels as came in 
their way. 
A coroner’s inqueft who fat upon 
the body of the prifoner who was 
fhot, brought in a verdict of juftifi- 
able homicide. The unfortunate 
man was a failor, taken in the re- 
publican frigate Le Jacobin, in the 
Weft Indies; his name Auguftine 
Bonnette. 
19th. The diffentions which for a 
great number of years paft have agi- 
tated the borougtr of Eaft Retford, 
have at length terminated in con- 
fequence of a late decision of the 
court of King’s Bench, that all 
bye laws fhall be i#/ facto invalid 
which take upon them to enact 
matters which contradict or oppofe 
the charter. 
31ft. About fix this evening, as 
the Earl of Strathmore was proceed- 
ing in a poft-chaife near Finch- 
ley-common, the chaife in which 
were his Lordfhip and a French 
nobleman, was {topped by two 
highwaymen, one of whom-came 
up to the window, and prefented 
a piftol te his Lerdthip, which he 
attempted to fire, but it flafhed in 
the pan; at the fame inftant his 
Lordfhip difcharged a piece at the 
robber, which fhot him in the neck, 
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and he direétly fell from his horfe 
and expired. His companion made 
off with the greateft precipitation, 
leading off with him the horfe on 
which his comrade had rode. On 
infpeétion of the body it turns out 
to be that of William Lancafter, a 
very old offender, and who was li- 
berated only on Monday laft, hav- 
ing been confined on a charge of 
robbing Lord Borringdon near Put- 
ney. When he met with his death 
he was difguifed as a butcher. 
Mr. O’Connor has juft publifhed 
an addrefs to the electors of the 
county of Antrim, in Ireland, of 
very great length, in anfwer to 
fome infinuations recently thrown 
out againtt his character by the fup- 
pofed agents of government. That 
this production contains a greater 
portion ofdemocratic intemperance 
than true patriotic {pirit, muft ap- 
pear to every difpaffionate man 
who reads the following imprudent 
and dangerous paflage :— 
“ On the fcale of Britith frater- 
nity, let her hirelings boait of Bri- 
tifh connection. On this fcale of 
Britith fraternity, may my country 
no more be curfed with the friend- 
fhip of Britain! Too longa ty- 
rant, fhe forgets her dominion has 
ceafed. Too long her flaves, we 
muft fhew her we are refolved 
to be free! Had fhe ceafed to 
maintain power by the accurfed 
means of fomenting religious dif- 
fention; had fhe ceafed to fupport 
factions, ufurpers, and _ traitors; 
had fhe abandoned the falfe, illibe- 
ral notion that fhe gained more by 
our depreffion than by our exalta- 
tion; had fhe treated us like bro- 
thers and friends, I may with con- 
fidence affirm, a more affectionate, 
generous ally never exifted, than 
fhe would have found meee to * 
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