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CUirenceS took place from eleven 

 to twelve o'clock. 



25. On the evening of a fair at 

 Ballynahinch, in Ireland, the week 

 before last,thespirit of party broke 

 out between several of the lower 

 orders, styling themselves Thresh- 

 ers on the one side, and Orange- 

 men on the other, who proceeded 

 to the utmost violence. They ran 

 up and down the streets, pursuing 

 and pursued, armed with sticks, 

 huzzaing and sliouting ; after 

 which, the attack became more seri- 

 ous by vollies of stones thrown in 

 everj' direction ; an attack was 

 made upon some of the houses, 

 the windows of three of which 

 were wrecked, when two shots 

 were fired from one of these 

 houses, by which a man was killed 

 on thespot, and anotherdangerous- 

 ly wounded. Two other men lay 

 dangerously ill from bruises from 

 bludgeons and stones, and several 

 others received like damage, — not 

 dangerously. There were on both 

 sides above 300 people. 



On Friday se'nnightlast, a meet- 

 ing took place at Castle Connor, 

 near Bnllina, in the county of Ros- 

 common, between Mr. O. Joynt 

 and Mr. P. M'Kim, attended by 

 their respective seconds, and a vast 

 number of spectators, when, on 

 tlie first fire, the latter was struck 

 in the forehead, and instantly ex- 

 pired. 



MARCH. 



1. A caricature has been exhi- 

 bited at Paris, in which the empe- 

 ror and the king of Rome are the 

 most prominent characters. The 

 emperor is represented as sitting at 

 a tubie ID the nursery, with a cup 



of coffee before him, into which 

 he is squeer.ing beet-root. Near 

 to him is seated the young king of 

 Rome, voraciously sucking the beet- 

 root. The nurse, who is steadfastly 

 observing him, is made to say, 

 " Suck, dear, suck, your father 

 says it is sugar. " 



Dolphins. — The journal of the 

 department of Cetes du Nurd con- 

 tains a report from M. le Maoux, 

 professor of natural history, to the 

 prefect of the department, stating 

 that some fishermen of Plonbazla- 

 nec lately fell in with seventy enor- 

 mous dolphins, which they chased. 

 One of these animals, having been 

 wounded, fled towards the shore, 

 and all the rest proceeded in the 

 same direction. Having got a- 

 ground, and being deprived of their 

 element, they struggled several 

 days, uttering mournful sounds. 

 Tiie scene filled the spectators with 

 pity and terror. Among the se- 

 venty, twelve were sucking, each 

 seven feet and a half long ; the 

 largest of the adults was a female, 

 nineteen feet long, and her great- 

 est circumference was ten feet. 



2. A most daring robbery was 

 committed at Reading. Thejudges 

 entered the town for the purpose 

 of holding the assize. Mr. Sergeant 

 Marshall officiated as judge for Mr. 

 Justice Lawrence. Coming out of 

 the church in grand processionj 

 the sergeant judge in his robes was 

 hustled and robbed of his gold 

 watch and seals. 



When the Bath coach, which left 

 town on Monday night, March 2, 

 arrived at Chippenham on the suc- 

 ceeding morning, the people of the 

 inn were surprised at seeing three 

 outside passengers lyingin a state of 

 insensibility ; on a nearer approach, 

 they perceived that vitality had 



been 



