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of the day. In the evening, Mr. 

 Wakefield finding that she had 

 not returned, went on the look- 

 out for her, and soon found them 

 both, loitering about the premises, 

 although he had frequently in- 

 sisted on jSIaddocks discontinuing 

 his visits. Mr. Wakefield told him 

 to go about his business, and in 

 the end a scuffle ensued, in which 

 Maddocks was knocked down. 

 He got up, and ran away. Mr. 

 W. who had got a sword-stick 

 from the house, speedily followed 

 him, overtook him, and in the 

 rencontre, drawing the fatal wea- 

 pon from its sheath he passed it 

 through the body of Maddocks, 

 who ran some distance before he 

 fell. Previous to this, the girl 

 had made the best of her way 

 home. About 12 o'clock the de- 

 ceased was found some ."JO or 60 

 yards from the place where he 

 had received his wound : he was 

 not dead, but he was speechless ; 

 life was nearly extinct, and in a 

 few minutes he breathed his last. 

 The lamentable occurrence, even 

 at that late hour, soon became 

 generally known ; a numerous 

 body of ilatmen collected, threat- 

 ening a dreadful vengeance. Mr. 

 Wakefield barricafloed the lower 

 part of his hou.=e, seized a double- 

 barreled gun, and stood on the 

 defensive. The police officers, 

 however, arriving, Mr. Wakefield 

 quietly surrendered himself. A 

 coroner's inquest was held on 

 Tuesday, when a verdict was found 

 of Wilful Murder, and on Wednes- 

 day morning the wretched man 

 was lodged in ovir county gaol, 

 charged with the offence. On ev- 

 amining the body of Maddocks, it 

 was ascertained that the dirk had 

 pierced his heart ; anotlier Avound 

 was discorered, also moital '. 3Iad- 



docks was a good-looking man, 

 aged about 21. — Chester Chronicle. 

 8. Dublin. — Yesterday evening, 

 about ten minutes after six o'clock, 

 as the Belfast day mail-coach, on 

 its way to Dublin, arrived at 

 Lissen-hall, a short distance be- 

 yond Swords, the coachman found 

 his way obstructed by two cart? 

 being placed across the road. 

 Soon afterwards a body of armed 

 men, about ten or twelve in num- 

 ber, appeared. The front horses 

 were seized, and about the same 

 time the banditti fired three shots, 

 one of which passed through the 

 hat of one of the guards (Luke 

 lledford), and \mfortunately took 

 effect in the back part of his head, 

 but, we trust, will not produce 

 any very serious result. The pas- 

 sengers, eleven in mimber, seven 

 outside and four inside, many of 

 them females, were then rifled, in 

 the most brutal manner, of all 

 the valuable effects and property 

 about them. While the robbers 

 were engaged in plundering the 

 passengers, a post coach came up, 

 in which were the Marquis of 

 Donegal, his son (Lord Belfast), 

 and another gentleman, well 

 armed ; an attempt was made to 

 stop the post-coach, but by tiie 

 exertions of the coachman in whip- 

 ping the horses over a large trunk, 

 they most fortunately escaped. 

 They had not proceeded far when 

 they met a party of horse patrol, 

 who immediately went in quest of 

 the robbers. A foot patrol had 

 already been sent in that direc- 

 tion, in consequence of a robbery 

 having been committed the night 

 previous, at the house of Mr. Han- 

 ney. We have the pleasure to 

 state, that none of the ])asscngers 

 in the Belfast coach have sutfered 

 any pergonal injury, and also that 



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