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warehouses, part of the premises 

 belonging to an eminent dyer, and 

 a great deal of stabling belonging 

 to Thell and Steel, were totally 

 consumed. Several of the ware- 

 houses near the river side ap- 

 pear still to contain a volcano of 

 fire within them, as their walls 

 were not consumed within three or 

 four feet of the foundation ; and the 

 engines are now playing upon this 

 burning and thickly smoking pile 

 of ruins, and on the desolated walls 

 still remaining of the adjoining 

 houses. 



On viewing the extensive scene 

 of devastation which this frightful 

 chasm presents, it is a source of 

 consolation to learn, that after the 

 most minute inquiries, it could not 

 be found that a single life had been 

 lost, or even that any material ac- 

 cident had occurred to any one 

 who endeavoured to assist the suf- 

 ferers. 



About eight o'clock in the even- 

 ing a horrid assassination was 

 perpetrated near Springfield, Ire- 

 land. As Bryan O'Reilly, Esq. of 

 Ryefield, county of Cavan, was 

 riding into town, for the purpose 

 of receiving rents, as agent to Mrs. 

 Talbot, on the following day at the 

 fair, he was murdered by a dis- 

 cbarge from a pistol, the ball from 

 which went completely through 

 his body. Tt appeared on the in- 

 quest, which was immediately held 

 on the body, that the assassin was 

 observed, a short time previous to 

 the perpetration of the deed, lead- 

 ing a horse immediately after the 

 deceased, which he mounted on 

 committing the act, and galloped 

 in towards town, announcing to 

 several people whom he met on the 

 way, that " there was a man mur- 

 dered on the road 1" On reaching 

 the Canal Bridge^ he pursaed his 



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retreat along the bank of the canal, 

 and thereby eiFected his escape. 

 The fatal instrument (a dragoon 

 pistol) was found a few yards from 

 the body. 



The Chevalier Dubos, sub-pre- 

 fect of St. Denis, had the honour 

 to present to the king a tablette, 

 upon which were fixed two teeth 

 of Henry IV. the whole of his 

 mustachio, and some of the linen 

 which had been wrapped round' 

 his body. These precious relict 

 were collected at the period of the 

 profanation of the tombs, by the 

 late Sieur Desingy, then messenger 

 of the abbey, who preserved them' 

 at the peril of his life. They re- 

 mained until now in the hands of 

 his widow, who had long hoped 

 for the happiness of restoring them 

 to the family of our sovereigns. 

 Upon the same tablette were fixed 

 3 teeth of the marshal de Turenne. 



31. The following is an extract 

 from a paper published at Rome 

 under the authority of the Papal 

 government : 



Rome, Aug. 15, 1814 " The 



Holy Father, wishing to reward 

 the conduct of Lucien Buonaparte, 

 and desirous of giving him a new 

 proof of his good will, has raised 

 him to the rank of a Roman Prince, 

 His Holiness has issued an order 

 to that effect, highly honourable, 

 by which the possession of the Ca- 

 nino, situated upon the frontiers 

 of Etruria, is confirmed and rati- 

 fied, and the right of possession 

 made hereditary in his male heirs. 

 Lucien Buonaparte had purchased 

 this valuable property eight years 

 agoof theApostolicChamber, when 

 he was exiled from France, and 

 sought a refage in Rome. Every 

 one here has seen this illustrious 

 personage receive this reward pf 

 his virtue at the hands of the head 



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