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to the archbishop of Canterbury as 

 a deodand. Ten pounds are to be 

 given as an equivalent. 



Thirty fine ewes in lamb, the 

 property of Mr. Minchin, Bram- 

 dean, were killed in a meadow at 

 Alresford, by a dog. Only two or 

 three of them were bitten, but the 

 timid animals were driven into a 

 ditch, and kept so close together, 

 that they were smothered. 



9. This evening, about seven 

 o'clock, Lynn was thrown into 

 alarm by the sudden appearance of 

 the Brunswick Hussars, from the 

 Horse Barracks, under a supposi- 

 tion, from orders they had receiv- 

 ed, that there was a riot ; but it 

 appeared that an express had ar- 

 rived from tiie mayor, requesting 

 the assistance of a detachment of 

 dragoons, as a disturbance had bro- 

 ken out amongst the sailors in the 

 merchants' service, and the mili- 

 tary were marched off in that di- 

 rection. It is reported that the 

 merchants signified on Thursday 

 last their intention of reducing the 

 wages of seamen from five pounds 

 to four pounds the voyage, and on 

 the refusal of some of them, and 

 their using strong language, two 

 were committed to gaol. On Fri- 

 day morning several hundred as- 

 sembled, and proceeded to the 

 gaol, and after assaulting the mayor 

 and constables, forced the door 

 with a boom of a vessel, and re- 

 leased the prisoners. They also 

 stopped all vessels from proceeding 

 to sea, and obliged the crews to 

 leave the ships. On Sunday last 

 two troops of the 5th Dragoons 

 marched from Ipswich, through 

 Stowmarkct and Thetford, for 

 Lynn; and on Monday last about 

 fiity of the Btdford Militia passed 

 through Bury in waggons, from 

 Colchester, to suppress the riot 



among the sailors, but which has 

 happily subsided without blood- 

 shed. 



10. An inquest was held in Dub- 

 lin, on the body of the late Lord 

 Ffrench, at which alderman Blox- 

 am presided. The body was found, 

 stretched on the floor, with a pistol 

 in each hand, the fore fingers of 

 which were applied to the triggers. 

 It would appear that the unhappy 

 nobleman was standing in the mid- 

 dle of the floor when he shot him- 

 self, and that he fell against a ta- 

 ble, upon one of the corners of 

 which some blood was discovered. 

 It was the left hand pistol that he 

 used. He applied it to the left tem- 

 ple, and the ball passed through 

 the head. The right-hand pistol 

 was discharged in the fall, and its 

 contents, after passing through a 

 chair, lodged in a wooden partition 

 under the middle window of the 

 chamber. Both instruments were 

 small, but must have been strongly- 

 charged, as the reports were ex- 

 tremely loud. In the pockets of 

 his lordship some silver and a few 

 immaterial papers were found. 



Surgeon Ireland having examin- 

 ed the body, declared himself of 

 opinion, that " the deceased came 

 by his death in consequence of a 

 ball having passed through the 

 head above the right ear." 



A number of persons then gave 

 evidence as to the conduct and be- 

 haviour of the deceased a short 

 time previous to the fatal event, 

 who all agreed in stating particu- 

 lars which denoted a change in his 

 usual manner, and symptoms of 

 derangement. 



After the evidence closed, Mr 

 O'Dwyer addressed the jury with 

 much feeling. He could not con- 

 ceive how it was possible to mis- 

 take the state of the ill-fated no- 



