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stroyed, besides a number of others 

 materially damaged. The distress 

 occasioned by this accident is very 

 great, as a number of the inhabi- 

 tants have lost nearly the whole of 

 their property. No lives were 

 lost, but one man was dreadfully 

 hurt. 



15. A furious multitude, armed 

 with pikes, guns, and other wea- 

 pons, assembled near Crossmolina, 

 to rescue cattle impounded for 

 rent. It appears they also came 

 determined to murder a person 

 named Mackey, a yeoman, to 

 whose care and keeping the cattle 

 were intrusted. After having fired 

 some shots through the house, he 

 rushed out, and firing through the 

 gang without ball, hoped tliey 

 would disperse; but perceiving 

 them endeavouring to surround 

 him, he loaded with ball, and again 

 levelled, when two of the party 

 fell, mortally wounded. This had 

 the effect of terrifying the rest, who 

 made off in different directions. 

 Apprehending no further danger, 

 Mackey, in returning to his dwell- 

 ing, was encountered by one of 

 them, who struck him on the head 

 with a French musket ; with him 

 he grappled, giving him two or 

 three stabs with a bayonet before 

 he got disengaged ; he, however, 

 succeeded in forcing the musket 

 from him, which he brought safe 

 to Crossmolina. — Mayo Constitu- 

 tion. 



20. Loss of the Tweed sloop of 

 ivar, Capt. Mather. — The Tweed 

 sailed from Portsmouth at the 

 latter end of September, with a 

 few vessels for Newfoundland ; 

 and after a most boisterous and un- 

 pleasant passage, arrived upon the 

 coast on the 5th of November, but 

 amidst very thick fogs, which pre- 



vailed for several days, and pre- 

 vented the most accurate observer 

 from ascertaining the precise situa- 

 tion of the ship. At six o'clock in 

 the morning, while it was supposed 

 they were yet at a distance from 

 land, she struck on a rock in 

 Shoal-bay. Many of the crew 

 instantly jumped upon the rock; 

 but the greater part indulging 

 hopes that by exertion she might 

 begot off, remained in her. These 

 hopes, however, it soon appeared, 

 were not to be realised, for the 

 ship drifted further on, and in 

 such a situation that threatened to 

 cut off all chance of escape from 

 destruction. A cable was, there- 

 fore, conveyed to the people upon 

 the rock, and as each man fasten- 

 ed one end of it round his body, 

 he was dragged through the water 

 upon the rock. Many, however, 

 dreading the danger of this only 

 remaining alternative, from a fear 

 of being dashed against the rugged 

 protuberances of the rock, staid in 

 the ship until she went to pieces. 

 Captain Mather was among the 

 last of the persons saved. Of those 

 who were thus saved, several died 

 of fatigue, or lost their way after- 

 wards in the woods. 



Hanover, Dec. 20. — Yester- 

 day being the 19th, the long ex- 

 pected and wished-for duke of 

 Cambridge arrived here at three 

 o'clock in the afternoon, accom- 

 panied by count Munster. Two 

 leagues from the town, he was re- 

 ceived by about 30 peasants on 

 horseback, and escorted by them 

 till within a league of the city, 

 where he was received by the ca- 

 valry of the Burgher Union, who 

 had new accoutrements, and es- 

 corted him to the city. At his ap- 

 proach all the bells were rung, and 



