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rogue,'' said the old man, " you 

 dou't want work, that is only an 

 excuse for a jug of drink — fetch a 

 cup Molly !" «• Thank you, sir," 

 said he, " but here is Ruddock at 

 the door.'' "Is he?" rejoined 

 Mr. Webb, " oh, then we must 

 have a larger cup, my maid." 

 When the girl went out. Carpen- 

 ter beckoned to his companion, 

 who stood at the door and pulled 

 the trigger of the gun at his de- 

 voted victim ; it missed fire, but 

 on another attempt, it went off, 

 and fatally took effect. The ser- 

 vimt rushing in at this moment, 

 endeavoured to escape from the 

 murderers; but Ruddock over- 

 took her, cut her throat, and with 

 the assistance of Carpenter, thrust 

 her into a well, where it is sup- 

 posed she lingered some hours. 

 The villains then proceeded to rifle 

 the house, and afterwards hid the 

 gun in a neighbouringwood. Car- 

 penter attended the sale of Mr. 

 Webb's effects, and with the 

 greatest composure bid for several 

 articles ; and on Sunday heard a 

 funeral sermon preached in a cha- 

 pel at Frome, allusive to the dread- 

 ful deed. His detection was in 

 consequence of his boasts of pos- 

 sessing money. 



8. Between eightand nine o'clock 

 in the evening, a daring attack was 

 made upon two of his majesty's 

 gamekeepers, by five poachers, 

 who were discovered in a planta- 

 tion of Windsor Great Park, in the 

 act of shooting the pheasants. 

 These men were all armed with 

 fire arms and bludgeons, and se- 

 veral with long poles of a peculiar 

 construction, with which they are 

 accustomed to discharge the spring- 

 guns which are set in their way. 



By this unequal force the keepers 

 were overpowered, although they 

 manfully fought with the pikes 

 which they usually carry, and in- 

 flicted many severe wounds on 

 their sturdy opponents. One of 

 the gamekeepers was so dreadfully 

 beaten, that his life is in the ut- 

 most danger, from the severe blows 

 he received on his head with the 

 butt-end of a gun, till it was shat- 

 tered from the barrel, and the lock 

 broken in pieces. One of the of- 

 fenders is in custody. 



15. We hear of a most melan- 

 choly occurrence on the coast of 

 Donegal, by which a number of 

 lives have been lost, and many 

 wives and children rendered hus- 

 bandless and fatherless. For some 

 time past, a very abundant take 

 of excellent herrings has con- 

 tinued to reward the industry and 

 enterprise of the fishermen on the 

 coast, in and contiguous to the 

 harbour of Killybeggs. On Friday 

 night last, a fleet of boats, induced 

 by the prospectof greater success, 

 having ventured too far from the 

 shore in search of the fish, encoun- 

 tered on their return a strong gale 

 of wind, when many of those 

 most deeply laden unhappily pe- 

 rished with all their crews, amount- 

 ing to between 40 and 50 souls. 

 This most unfortunate event has 

 plunged an entire county in the 

 deepest distress, and, in its conse- 

 quences, will involve a number of 

 poor families in utter ruin. Public 

 commiseration is justly excited ia 

 their behalf. 



15. At the theatre, at Copen- 

 hagen, some persons, pretending 

 that they smelt fire, gave an alarm 

 when the audience rushed to the 

 different vomitories to escape, and 



