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pardon, he requested permission to 
return to his cell, which was grant- 
ed. Under pretence of searching 
-for some necessaries, in the pre- 
sence of Mr. Kirby, jun. he sud. 
denly drew a knife, and stabbed 
himself in the body. He now lies 
extremely ill, refuses every kind of 
sustenance, and declares he is de- 
termined to put anend to his ex- 
‘istence. 
o7th Dublin. The following are 
* copies of letters received by 
the right hon. the lord mayor. 
*° My Lord, ° 
** T am direéted by my lord lieu- 
tenant to acquaint your lordship, 
that his excellency has received in- 
telligence from lieutenant-general 
Dalrymple, stating, that a fleet had 
been seen steering for Bantry Bay, 
which it was supposed was French, 
also, that the Kangaroo sloop of 
war had passed through the said 
fleet the 21st instant, and having 
reported to vice-admiral Kingsmill 
that it appeared to belong to the 
enemy, had sailed for England, to 
give information to the admiralty.” 
“© Under these circumstances, his 
excellency has thought it expedient 
to take all precautionary measures 
in case the enemy should attempt 
a landing, and his excellency has 
the fullest reliance on the zeal and 
loyalty of the citizems and inhabi- 
tants of Dublin, which have already 
been so conspicuous, to second and 
facilitate the measures which, in 
case of emergency, it will be ne- 
cessary for the government to 
adopt. 
I have the honour to be, &c, &c. 
Tuomas PeLuam.” 
To the right honourable the lord 
mayor, &c. 
.the admiral. 
with 
[ay 
Dublin-Castle, 29th Dec. 1796. 
“* My Lord, 
~ “ The last accounts from general 
Dalrymple are by his aid-de-camp, 
captain Gordon, who left Bantry 
at ten o’clock on Tuesday, A. M, 
and arrived here this morning. 
Seventeen sail of French ships were 
at that time at anchor on the lower 
part of Bear island, but at sucha 
distance that their. force could not 
be ascertained. <A lieutenant of a 
French frigate was driven on shore _ 
in his boat, in attempting to quit 
his vessel, which was dismasted, to 
He confirms the ace 
count of the fleet being French, 
with hostile views to this country, 
but does not appear to know whe- 
ther the whole fleet, which consist~ 
ed of about seventeen sail of the 
line, fifteen frigates, and, including 
transports and luggers, amounted 
to fifty sail, were all to re-assemble 
off Bantry. General Hoche was on 
board, commanding a considerable 
force. 
I have the honour to be, 
my lord, your lordship’s 
most obedient servant, 
T. PEnuam.” 
Thisafternoon lord Malmes- 
29th. : : 
bury arrived in town from 
France; the negociation at Paris 
having been abruptly broken off by 
an order for his quitting Paris in 48 
hours, 
30th Cork. In consequence of 
* the horses coming to market 
being seized for the use of the army, 
the citizens are likely to suffer the 
greatest inconvenience; for now 
no persons will venture to town 
their cattle or provisions ; 
hence the necessity of applying to 
gentlemen of large studs, whose 
immediate duty and interest it is to 
come forward at this season, not 
only 
