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been married as soon as he ar- 
rived. 
‘There were 13 passengers on 
board, some of whom went with 
the mate in the brig.” 
16.—The great drought which 
has so Jong prevailed is now be- 
ginning tobeseverely felt through- 
out the country ; in many parts 
the water in the ponds used for 
cattle is entirely exhausted, and 
nonecan be procured except from 
the rivers, in many instances at a 
considerable distance from the 
farmers’ dwellings.. Grass had 
become so universally scarce, that 
the farmer was obliged to feed 
his cattle with hay as inthe se- 
verest winter. In consequence, 
an extraordinary quantity of cat- 
tle, of every description, had been 
sent to the provincial markets, 
which had considerably reduced 
the price of provisions. 
In Portugal the weather has 
also been unusually dry andsultry. 
In Lisbon the several springs 
which supplied the town were 
entirely dried up when the last 
accounts came away, and the in- 
habitants were reduced to the ne- 
cessity of sending across the Ta- 
gus for water in barges. The 
water was not brought over in 
casks of any kind, but was inva- 
riably pumped first into. boats, 
and from thence into the vessels 
intended to convey it to Lisbon, 
where it fetched a considerable 
price. 
Cork, Sept. 16.—This morning, 
about one o’clock, the mail coach 
which left this city yesterday 
was attacked between Cashel and 
Littleton, by a band of armed ruf- 
fians. The passage of the coach 
was obstructed by a parcel of 
carts fastened together with ropes, 
and the attack commenced on its 
arrival near the carts, when, we 
lament to state, one of the dra- 
goon guards was shot dead; and 
one of the coach guards, a sailor, 
who was an outside passenger, 
and a serjeant of the Wexford 
militia, were desperately wound- 
ed. We are also sorry to state 
that another sailor is missing, 
supposed to have been murdered. 
Nothing could exceed the deter- 
mined bravery of the guards of 
the coach in the resistance they 
gave these murderous villains, 
having succeeded in beating them 
off. Some sailors, passengers, 
who were not wounded, were very 
active in disengaging the carts, 
when the coach proceeded to the 
next stage without any further 
molestation. The unfortunate 
dragoon was killed while in the 
act of cutting the traces of the 
leading horses, which had been 
killed by the first discharge from 
the villains, It is not known how 
many of the miscreants have been 
killed and wounded, but from the 
number of shots fired at them, 
they must have suffered greatly. 
20.—Mad. Garnerin ascended 
in a balloon from the gardens of 
Tivoli, The assemblage of spec- 
tators was not numerous, though 
we remarked a number of per- 
sonages of distinction, and among 
others, the king of Prussia, and 
the prince royal, his son. The 
balloon had been prepared in the 
large bowling-green of Tivoli. 
At four o’clock the wind blew 
with considerable violence from 
the N. E.: a small balloon of ex- 
periment was rapidly carried off. 
At half-past five, Mad. Garnerin 
went round the company witha 
noble assurance. This young pers 
