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bers conliderably increafed; and
then they repaired, with a flag fly-
ing, drums beating, and two v10-

lins playing before them,to Palace- .

yard, vthere they were met by Sir
John t Fielding, who perfuaded
them t0 part with their flag, to
filence their drums, and to dif-
charge their fidlers; and then
talking with their leaders, prevail-
ed upon them to meet fome of their
matters at his ol-lice in the after-
noon, and accommodate their dif-
ferences.

The drying-pan, which weighed
near !,6oolb. weight, belonging to
Ewell powder-mills, was, by an ex-
plofion, carried upwards of too
yards from the mills; the boughs
and branches of large trees, a mile
dillant fr m the mills, were torn 0E,
f0 that fome trees were left mere
trunks: the damage fultained is
computed at upwards of 8,0001 .

This day the two houfes
met again; and the com-
mons, having re-chofe fir john Cult
for their fpeaker, prefented him to
the lords commifiioners for their
approbation, who were pleated in
his_ majefly’s name to approve their
choice; after which the lord chan-
cellor opened the fellion with a
fpeech, which, together with the
acldrelfes, our readers will fee in
the {late papers.

The bill for an augmentation of
the army in Ireland, was rejected
by the houfe of commons in that
kingdom.

Upon the report of the committee
of enquiry into the application of
the money granted for the payment
of the army, it appeared, that t7
regiments are»; now kept upon the
Irilh ellablilltment more than in
I700; though the number of effec-

twe men at each period are exaflly

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the fame. It is laid that lei/era!
military ofhcers voted againli the
intended augmentation. i

Mr. Cullen, a matter butcher in
Ormond-marltet, was meal harbi-
roufly murdered by a-fet oftillnfins
in Smock-alley", Dublin; Mr. ‘Ru-i’.
ton, another butcher in the [ante
market, was llabbt-d and molt drew‘.-
fully wounded by the fame alliafiins.
In confequence of thefe murders,
the populace ailiembled, and com-
mitted the molt violent otttragcs
ever known in that kingdom; in-
fomuch that the infurrecition, which
at firPt feemed to threaten deliruc-
tion to the murderers and their

abettors, became formidable to the a

Whole City.

This morning james Sampfon
was executed at "lfyburn, purlnant
to his lentence, for robbing the
library of the right honourable
Henry Seymour Conway, of bank
notes to the value of 9c0l. and
afterwards letting it on fire, by
piling up a number 0F papers round
a lighted candle, which he placed
on a table near the chimney.

An inquilition was taken by the
coroner for Surrey, on the_body of
William Allen, who was {hot near
St. George’s fields, by a party of
the foot guards; when the verdifit
was given by the jury, that Donald
Maclane was guilty of wilful mur-
der, and Donald Nlaclaury", and
Alexander Murray, the command-
ing oflicer, were aiding and abetting
therein.

The above inquclt was held at
the houfe of Mr. Allen; and it
appeared on the examination, that
the deceafed was only a (peélrttor,
and, on lieeing fome perlons run,
he ran alfo, but was unhuppily mif-
taken, and followed hy_the lol-
diers 50o yard-s into a cow-houfe,

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