CoH BONA CL E: 
in Dublin, against sir John Pigott 
Piers, for crim. con. with lady C. 
Sir J. P. P. is, as generally happens 
in such cases, an old friend of the 
husband, and was an inmate in the 
house at the time of the alleged se 
duction, Lady C. is a beautiful wo- 
man, the daughter of an officer. His 
lordship met her at Rome, where he 
fell in love with, and married her. 
Sir J. P. P. is a widower. The lady 
is not permitted, as in England, to 
range at large with her paramour, 
but is confined in the castle of 
Lyons, in the county of Kildare, 
long-famed for its beautiful scenery, 
placed on a hill, and overlooking 
the grand canal from Dublin to Kil- 
dare, Queen’s county, &¢ It was 
the hospitable and princely abode, 
for ages, of the Ayimer family, the 
ancestors of the countess of Ken- 
_ Iaare. 
18th. This afternoon, about four, 
a boy crossing Fleet-street, was 
knocked down by the pole of a 
gentleman’s carriage. The coach- 
man endeavoured to stop; but the 
horses kicked the child on the head, 
and immediately drew the carriage 
over ifs neck, which killed it on the 
Spot; no blame is imputed to the 
éoachman, who used every exertion 
to prevent the accident. 
23d. This evening a:scaffold gave 
way at the Mint, in: the Tower, 
where they were making some re- 
pairs, by which accident three men 
were unfortunately killed on the 
Spot, and many others severely 
wounded. 
_ Atthe public-office}Queen-square, 
John and Jane Barrington were 
- committed for trial, charged with at- 
tempting to extort money from lady 
Frances Compton, by counterfeit- 
ing the hand-writing of lady George 
Cavendish, requesting the former 
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lady to befriend the prisoners, as 
deserving her attention. kt is sup- 
posed they had carried on this. 
species of frand for a length of 
time. : 
In: the court of king’s bench, 
Robert and Henry Kennett, father 
and son, were brought up for judg- 
ment, being convicted: of va \con- 
spiracy to defraud certain creditors 
under a commission ef bankruptcy. 
They were both sentenced to twelve 
months’ imprisonment, and the fa- 
ther°to stand once in the pillory, in 
Oxford-street. 
24th. This. aftertioon, a pair of 
spirited horses ran away with a cur- 
ricle from Hatchett’s, in pra 
down Dover-street, threw down Dr. 
Reynold’s coachman, who was pass- 
ing at the time, and wounded him 
dangerously. Two other men were 
thrown down, and slightly injured. 
25th. In the court of exchequer, 
at Dublin, major Bland, of the 47th 
foot, laid his action against captain 
King, of the commissariat depart- 
meut, for criminal intercourse. with 
his wife. ‘The forfger had been ab- 
sent from Kurépe for a length of 
time, during which the lady had not 
heard from him: At length, cons 
cluding he was dead, she listened to 
the addresses of the defendant, and 
married him. These accounts were 
contradicted by the certainty of the 
lady having received remittances 
from her husband. On the plaine 
tiffs coming home, the circum. 
stances of the case were developed 
—an action was commenced, and 
damages were laid at 10,000]. but 
the jury gave a verdict for only 
300l. 
26th, The inhabitants of Ando- 
ver were much alarmed by a whirl. 
wind, which, from the description, 
nearly resembled a West India tor- 
Ee nade, 
