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and tablet-of the late Dr. Goldfmith, of which 
_ Mr. Macpherfon wrote the epitaph. 
This gentleman was celebrated in the 
“Hiterary as well as political world, His firft 
publication he called a tranfiation of the Poems 
“of Offian, the fon of Fingall, 
in-the year 1702. This performance excited 
a long and acrimonious controverfy, in which 
Dr. Hugh Blair diftinguifhed himfelf. It pro- 
duced alfo fome animadyesGons from dotter 
sania. which the author refentcd, adding 
to his refentment menacing penecticas. This 
produced from the doctor that {pirited and in- 
trepid letter, which Bofwell has published in. 
is M femoirs. 
aT he publifhed atranflation of th 
Mliad of Homer, in the fame heroic profe ay 
“which he had dignified the fon of Fingall ; to: 
“this work the ie Sir Jjehn Eliiet was fo par- 
‘tial, that he preferred it to Pope, carried Copies. 
of the book to his patients, and talked it into: 
@ temporary tale 5 but could not into a lafting 
reputation. Mr. Macpherion afterwards, in 
1771, publifhed an Introduétion to the Hiftory 
of Great Britain and Iveland.; and in 1773, a 
“Hiftory of Great et, from. the Reftora- 
tion in 1660, to the acceffion of the Houfe of 
Hanover. The chief merit of this colle@tion 
Hes in original extraéts from the private Me-- 
meirs of King James the Second, and its 
Yeading error, party ‘prejudice. In 17765; he 
publifhed a pamphlet, -entitled,. The Rights 
ef Great Britain over her Colonies aflerted, 
which divided the approbation of the Royalifts 
with “Dr. Johnfon’s Taxation ‘no Tyranny. 
Et has been faid (with what truth we know 
not) that he obtained a peniion of 700]. per 
ann. from lord North.” He was firft eleéted. 
#0 parliament in 1780, and appointed to the 
lucrative office of agent tothe nabob of Arcot, 
which he Rela to the day of his‘death. 
Freland—A singular ‘cafe in _furgery 
occurred lately at the county of Meath 
hofpital, A,woman, who had been preg- 
nant two years and two months, | had a 
full-grown infant extracted fiem her, by _ 
the. Cafarian. operation, ; the woman was 
difcharged periedlly well. pea 
The Lord Lieutenant has iflued a pro- 
elamation, prohibiting the exportation of 
corn, flour, or potatecs. 
The Defenders grow daily more: nu- 
merous, and the northern ana wefern 
parts of this kingdom are become another 
La Vendée. ¥n Connought, large bodies 
have patraled d the country, offered battle 
to the military, attacked the towns of 
Drumtea, amd Athleague, and {tripped 
them, of arms, &c...-Gne; body. ftormed 
the iron works at Arignot,and,compelied 
phe workmen to manufaéture pikes and 
ether arms, &cs 
Rofeommon, Leitrim, and Shgo, they 
proceeded to try feveral peaceable perfons, 
whom ‘they fentenced: to receive ‘soo 
lathes, atua lly inflicting: the fame. Earl 
| _ freland. 
which appeared: 
In the counties: of: 
[March 
Carhampton and his officers; were obliged 
to difpenfe with the ordinary forms of 
law, and the legiflacure have fince indem- 
nified them, 
Drogheda, March 4.—The poft-boy, 
conveying the mail from Collon to this 
place, was ftopped lately by feven men, 
armed with guns, who difarmed the 
guard, ill-treated the poft-boy, and car- 
ried away the mail. Fhe rébbers have 
not yet been difcovered. 
At Dublin, lord Wefimeath has ft. 
tained a verdiét for 10,0001. againft Mr, 
Bradfhaw, for crim. con. with lady Weft- 
meath. 
Cork, March 2.—Lat week, at a farm 
houfe, near Mallow, the lightning ftruck 
the chimney (which m its fajl killed a 
youth, aged nineteen) tore up aheavy flag, 
and fmaihed it in pistes; ; killed an old 
oman, and.a girl twelve years of age, 
_and feverely wo sanded the father, though 
no mark of violence appeared on his 
bedy=—a child, m the man’s-arms, re- 
ceived no-injury. All the dogs, cats, and 
fowls were killed. 
On March 3, James Weldon, for high 
treafon, was executed in Dublin. The 
body, having been fuipended ten fninutes,. 
was taken down, and the executioner 
proceeded ro decapitate the fame, which, 
from terror, he did not. perform, till aftex 
{everal inefteétual ffrokes.. 
_ ‘Fhe-works of the redoubt, or powder 
magazine, in the Phoenix Park, at Dub- 
lin, have beem lately ftrengthened : > can= 
non is now raounted cn the f{emi-baftions, 
and a ftrong additional guard dogs duty 
without and within the fort. 
Dr. Maunfell,, of Limerick, by a re- 
cent improvement in the cul cure of potas. 
toes, cbtained an increaied produce at a 
reduced expence. In a damp &tuation, 
sithoutbcic ig injured, they yield tuccedfive 
fibrous fhoots, which are dibbled or 
drilled. —The. dcétsr contends, .that the. 
general adoption of his plan, would fave 
the nation. the fum of s8ol. per annum. 
At Trim affizes, 140. perions were: 
tried, fixteen of whom received fentence 
of death. 
Suffering as this patt of the. empire is, 
from. its Veo the .war, it cannot be, 
expeéted.that we can ftate its manufac. 
tures. and commerce, a wearmg a,prof- 
perous afpeét,. Some, of. the Dublin, 
papers; however, boaft of the increafed 
exportations, to Ameriea,, of -articles Madey 
nufactured in. Ireland, particularly liner 
and cotton ftuffs. ‘ 
DMarxied.} At, Dublin, _Mr.) J; Ford, toy 
Mifs Eliza AU‘Doneld. Mr. G. Armftrong to 
Mifs sarriirings Mx. Faris to MiSs Caen 
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