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returned to their own counti7, 

 under circumstances wliicli create 

 a lively interest. At first soldiere 

 in the second Swiss regiment^ in 

 the service of France, made ^)ri- 

 soners by the Spaniards in 1809, 

 thrown into Tanagona, trans- 

 ported to Melille, a Spanish fort 

 on the coast of Africa, where they 

 languished three years ; they 

 thence deserted to the Moors, 

 who sold them several times, and, 

 in fine, they were conducted as 

 slaves to Algiers, wliere they 

 groaned three years and a hjUf in 

 the severest captivity. Such was 

 the condition of these unfortunate 

 creatureSj when, about ihe end of 

 May last, the Dey sent one of his 

 polacres to Constantinople, charg- 

 ed with different presents for 

 the Grand Seiguor, and among 

 others, with 1'2 lions and '2 tigers. 

 The Swiss slaves were charged, 

 during the voyage, with the care 

 of these animals. They embarked 

 them at the jisk of their li\ es, but 

 anived at then' destination. \A'hen 

 at Constantinople, tliey \rere im- 

 mediiitely reclamied by the Impe- 

 jial Ambassador. His interven- 

 tion succeeded ; the Swiss ob- 

 tained their liberty, and were sent 

 to Trieste, where the Swiss Con- 

 sul provided them with passports, 

 and the means necessary for their 

 retiun to their country. 



31. About eleven o'clock at 

 night, the Gravesend luggage- 

 boat, c;i!led the Hope, lying at 

 anchor off Erith, was boarded by 

 sonic persons, who fastened the 

 master and his mate below, and 

 afterward.s broke open the hold, 

 and stole therefrom 12 quarter 

 chests of tea and two quarter 

 chests of codec, the whole of 

 which they carried off, and have 

 not since been heaid of> 



NOVEMBER. 



1. Ireland. — One of those atro- 

 cious acts of vengeance, the fre- 

 quency of which brings shame upon 

 the country, has been again com- 

 mitted, and vmder such tremendous 

 circumstances as beggar all the 

 power of words to describe them 

 in their full enormity. 



A man named Lynchy, and who 

 lived at a place within three miles 

 of Andee, in the county of Louth, 

 had prosecuted, at the last Assizes 

 for that county, three men who 

 had broken into his house at 

 night. Upon the testimony of 

 Lynchy, and of his son-in-law, 

 Rooney, those malefactors, whose 

 names were, Tiernan, Shanley, 

 and Conlan, were con^icted, and 

 suffered death accordingly. Lynchy 

 was awaie of the danger to which 

 his ow n life was exposed, by hav- 

 ing brought those house-breakers 

 to justice 3 but being a man of a 

 firm and intrepid character, he 

 resolved not to change his resi- 

 dence, and to defend himself 

 against any violence. 



On Tuesday night last^ at the 

 hour of midnight, Lynchy was 

 doomed to atone, by his death, 

 for having sought redress from 

 the public justice of his country. 

 A body of men, supposed to 

 amount to forty, and well mount- 

 ed, rode up to his dwelling, A\hich 

 they surrounded ; and, without a 

 single compunction at the indis- 

 criminiite destruction in which 

 they were about to involve so 

 many, they set iirc to this luifor- 

 tunate man's house, and destroy- 

 ed, in this diabolical deed, not 

 only Lynchy and his son-iii-law, 

 Rooney, but his Mife, two chil- 

 dren, 



