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brother, whom he had refused to 

 see for 37 years, because he had 

 sent a letter to him without paying 

 the postage. 



28. Strabane. — We feel exceed- 

 ingly sorrj' to notice, that a spirit 

 of discord and party dissension has 

 lately prevailed in some parts of 

 this county, particularly about 

 Kiileter, the fatal effects of which 

 were on Tuesday last (being the 

 fair day of Kiileter) unhappily 

 exemplified. On tlie morning of 

 that day, the Longfield corps of 

 cavalry and infantry went to the 

 fair, in consequence, it is said, of 

 a report that a large body of 

 countrymen intended to collect 

 there for the purpose of rioting. 

 In the course of the day, a dispute 

 arose about the payment of cus- 

 toms, and some of the cavalry 

 were dispatched to quell the riot. 

 In their progress to the scene of 

 action, much confusion ensued in 

 the crowded streets, and several 

 people were thrown down ; and it 

 being reported that a poor old wo- 

 man had been killed by the care- 

 lessness of the yeomen, the crowd 

 began to follow the cavalry, and 

 throw stones at them. They re- 

 treated to the high part of the 

 street, and sounded the bugle for 

 the infantry to join them, who 

 were also assailed in the same 

 manner by the populace, and 

 some of them severely hurt ; this 

 conduct so exasperated the yeo- 

 manry, that they fired among the 

 crowd, when, unfortunately, four 

 people were killed on the spot, and 

 twelve severely wounded. These 

 are all the particulnrs of this un- 

 fortunate affair wnich we have 

 yet learnt. (Belfast Paper.) 



29. On the 20th of June last, 

 captain Wyse, of the Modesty, 



which arrived at Waterford, on the 

 20th instant, spoke the wreck of 

 the brig Polly, of Boston, in lat. 

 51. 56. N. long. 37. 40. W. and 

 took oiF two men, who had sub- 

 sisted for one hundred and ninety- 

 one days on the wreck, during 

 which period they had eaten one 

 of their companions. The Polly 

 sailed from Boston on the 12th of 

 December, bound to Santa Cruz, 

 in the West Indies. On the 15th, 

 she sprung a leak, carried away 

 all her masts, and upset, by which 

 Mr. J. S. Hunt, supercargo, and a 

 negro girl, were lost. The brig 

 afterwards righted, but, of the 

 crew, which, including passengers, 

 consisted of nine persons, seven 

 perished upon the wreck, and the 

 other two must have inevitably 

 shared the same fate, had they not 

 been fortunately extricated from 

 a state of unexampled suffering 

 and peril, by capt. Wyse. 



30. A very superb entertain- 

 ment was given by the duke and 

 duchess of York, on Thursday, at 

 Oatlands. The dukes of Clarence, 

 Kent, Sussex, and Cambridge, 

 arrived there in the course of the 

 morning. The Prince Regent and 

 the Duke of Cumberland arrived 

 soon after two o'clock. At half- 

 past two the royal family of the 

 Bourbons arrived, consisting of the 

 count de Lille, Monsieur his 

 brother, the duke d'Angouleme, 

 son to Monsieur, the duchess 

 d'Angouleme, daughter to Louis 

 XVI. and the duke de Berri, the 

 prince of Conde, the princess de 

 Conde, the duke de Bourbon, the 

 duchess de Serrent, and the duke 

 de Grammont. They were re- 

 ceived in all due form, by the 

 duke and duchess of York and 

 their attendants, and were con- 

 ducted 



