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DOMESTIC

Card, Dec. 31.

INTELLIGENC B.

A moft wanton murder was ammitted the 8th inft. at Killarney on Mr. Cornelius Connor, lare an Inn-keeper of this cs. by one Thomas Ferris, wool-comber, of Latarney, who ftabbed the former without the a juflifiable provocation, with a cut-andtnt word, from which wound he languished 1few hours and then died. The coroner's in pe fat on the body, and brought in their vertât will morder. The delinquent has Red ten juftice, and is fupposed to be lurking in or It Eva Calhe, Cloyne, Kilkenny, or Co k. hoped the armed focieties will be active in covering this horrid murderer, who not only deprived an honeft man of life, but has robbed a how and three children of an husband and father, on whom they depended for tupport. Sand Ferris is about 34 years old, five feet nine inches ach, ftrait and well made, black complexioned, balow eyed, smooth pale faced, wore his hair garned.

Sligo, Jan. 1. The great form of wind and rain on Thursday night and Friday morning lat, has done confiderable damage in this town; it continued about 14 hours without intermiffion, when the fudden Iqualls at intervals, were fo violent as to blow down fome houses, greatly ftript olders, and tumbled feveral ftacks of chimnies to the ground-There are difmal accounts of its ill effects from the neighbourhood all round, but we are happy to hear no lives were luft.

DUBLIN, Jaz. 18. Intelligence having been received here last week that a privateer, commanded by one Kelly, fad to be a native of the county of Wexford, in this kingdom, was cruizing in this channel, his majesty's frigate the Stag failed in queft of her, and last Friday morning faw her off Wicklow Head; the privateer, (a cutter of 22 guns, fix and nine pouncers) immediately on feeing the friBele, bore away, firing at times tome of her tien chate guns, which however did no damage worth mentioning to the Stag, who in return pied her bow chafe, which killed four men on buard the cutter, one of whom unfortunately a ranfomer. At lart, getting within piftol st, the cutter Atruck, and Saturday arrived in our bay. Sunday morning a party of the Highhand regiment, and detachment from several of the volunteer corps, brought the prisoners, to the number of 98, to town, and all but feven, (who being foreigners were fent to the prifon in the Lots) were lodged in Newgate as traitors, being natives of his majesty's dominions. And, laflight, Kelly, the commander, and fome of fcers, were brought and lodged in the above jail, by party of the horfe, now on Dublin duty. There were fix ranfomers on board the prize, tride the one who unfortunately loft his life. The privateer is called the Anti Briton, and was Stted oat at Dankirk.

A few years ago the emigrations from this king. dom were a fad and alarming fubject of complaint; the war which followed in a great mea fore put a stop to them, and we have now the pleafore to find, that the poorer clafs of people in the northern counties, who were chiefly thole to migrated, God fufficient employment at home to proente a comfortable livelihood, elge

cially the inhabitants of the fea coafts, which
cq.fts, fo far from being delerted, are, from the
fpirit with which the fisheries are carrying on
becoming each day more populous, by the addi
tion of a great number of Scotch from the Heb
The herring boats of
rides and Highlands.
Loughfwilly alone, which fix years ago were
computed at 500, are now double the number;
and induftry feems at last to have visited our
ißland.

At one o'clock, the remains of Dr. Clement were carried from his late house in Park-freet, to the place of interment in Trinity College a ten members of parliament were bearers, viz. Right hon. Wm. Brownlow, right hon. Thomas Conolly, right hon. Sir Capel Molyneaux, bart. right hon. Luke Gardiner, Sir Samuel Bradstreet, bart. Sydenham Singleton, Ele, David Latouche, Efq; Barry Yelverton, Efq, Clotworthy Rowley, Eig; and John Fitzgibbon, Efq. All the gentlemen of the college attended, as alio the city regalia; feveral of the corporations with their ulual formalities, each freeman, (being nearly 400 in number) wearing a carf and hatband, a confiderable number of citizens, and the different corps of volunteers in uniform, with fide-arms, their drums muffled, and fifes covered with crape. Toa much respect could not be paid to the memory of a man who had been, all his life, a uniform patriot. The proceffion was moft folemn and pat ed through Merrion-street, to the college, at the gate of which they were met by the rev. Dr. Dabzac, fenior dean, at the head of the choir. who lung an anthem before the body into the chapel, where the burial service was read by the dean, and a latin eulogium delivered by the rev. Dr Kearney.

Copy of a letter from Mr. Thomas Moore, captain of the Fame privateer of this port, to Meff. Samuel Dick and Edward Forbes.

"Gentlemen, Algiers, 1 Dec. 1781. "In my lait of the 17th expired, from Algiers, in which I informed you of my having captured the English fchooner, copper bottomed, from Marteilles to St. Domingo, commanded by Honear Jobear, I have now the pleasure to in form you that I failed from Algiers on the 18th, with the wind from the W. N..W. and tanding on the bowling towards the Spanish fhore, in order to gain what ground I could to enable me to embrace the fift opportunity of an easterly wind to run through the Straits.

"At 12 at night, the wind veering round to the northward, I immediately tacked (hip to the weftward, and on the evening of the 19th, Cape de Palas bearing N. W. diftance about 16 leagues, the men at the maft heads difcerned five all in that quarter, ftanding to the northward, to which I gave chate, but night coming on we lost fight of them. However, I thaped our course to fall in with, and Ipeak with them if poffible in the morning; and, according to my expec tations, law five fail to the leeward, lour of which were large hips, distant about a league. At leven, perceived them to be armed fhips. At eight, one of the largest hoifted the bloody flag. I immediately bore down on him, he being in company with the largest of the convoy, and Rerumak hips. Being determined to rilque as

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Jean Francois Foque, from Marseilles, bound to
St. Domingo, and is named the Marianna Olem-
pe; the other a fine English built thip, called thei
Activity, mounting 18 guns, 12 of which are
nine-pounders, and 6 fix-pounders, 8 fwivels,
commanded by Claude Bernard, bound from ditto
to Martinique. i am uting every poffible expedi
tion in my power to repair the Fame's damages,
and beg you will affure the gentlemen owners of
the Fanie, that I am with the greatest respect for
the concern, as well as

Gentlemen,

engagement with them, I thought it most elgi.
ble to engage the large fhips firft, and by mak-
ing them ftrike, might have it in my power to
capture the reft. I foon came up with the two
Jargeft, who kept within half piftol shot of each
other, and not fhewing any colours but the blondy
Bag at the main-top-raft, had thought it better
to fhew no colours until I came within half pil-
tol hot, when I fhewed my colours; they im
mediately fhewed French colours, and gaye us
three cheers, which we returned with a broad-
fide, and well directed fire, and which was re-
turned with great spirit by the Activity, captain
Claude Bernard; his intention was to rake, if
poffible, in order to give the largest fhip an op-
portunity of giving me a broadside.
But per
ceiving his intentions, I filled my after-fails,
raked him, and carried away his head and bow-
fprit. I finding him difabled, then sheered up T Rochfort, Co. Weftmeath, lady of Cul-
along fide of the largest ship, the keeping a con- tavus Rochfort Hume, Elq; of a lun.-
ftant fire on us, as did the other, though much In Dawion-Itreet, Honourable Mrs. Moore, of
dilabled, and getting on the largest ship's quare a fon. In Mary-it:eet, the lady of —— Sterne,
ter, raked her, as well as gave the Activity my Elg, of a daughter.-in Dawson freet, the lady
Jarboard broadfide, one hot carried away the of Col. Longfield, of a ton and daughter.-la
Activity's fore-top maft, which cauled her to Merrion-quare, the Countcfs of Carrick, ef a
veer before the wind; then got clear before the fon. In Witiam-fleet, the lady of William
largest hip, when a large Polacre fhip of 13 French, Efq; of a daughter.-In Frederick
guns, got under my fern, and kept raking mettreet, the lady of Thomas Sadleir, Elq; of a
for fome time. After five glaffes the largest fon.
ship fruck, being much difabled, and having 8
men killed and 14 wounded; the Polacre, which

Your very humble fervant, THOMAS MOORE." The owners of the Fame have ordered a handfom piece of plate to captain Thomas Moore, for his gallant behaviour in the above action. B IRT H S.

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M ARRIAGES. THOMAS Hemiworth, of Abbeville, Co.

kept under my itern, feeing this, very willy T Tipperary, Bing, to mus D Ellere, daugh

made all the fail the could. The Fame having
received four nine-pound fhot between wind and
water early in the action, made it for fome time
a difficult matter to keep the hip free.

ter of the late Henry D'Literie, Eiq; of Rois manaher, co. Clare.-At Lurgan, John Cupe page, co. Antrim, Lf; to Mil's Greer.At Calle Otway, co. Tipperary, John Percy, Efq; of Ballintemple, to Mis Judg.-Mr. John Saundes, me chaut, to his Brown of Townsendfireet -Major Bestelworth of the Royal Irith Artile y, to M- Read of Mourapellier-bill.

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DEATH S.

T Whitehall,co. Limerick. Richard Weeks, Ef-At Barleyhili, Co. Cork, Jonas Moris, Liq-In Belfast, Mr. Mat. Garret, el det ton of the rev. Mr. Mat. Garnet.-In Brif

"I fent my third lieutenant on board the Sargeft hip, and having a nine-pound thot through my fore-maft, another through my bowfprit, my fore-top maft wounded, my ftanding and roaning rigging totally difabled, prevented me for some time giving chafe to the reft, and after getting them in fome measure repaired, bare down on the difabled hip, who had not truck his colours, but he teeing, with great reason, that it was in rain to dispute the matter, having five men kill-tol, Mil. Humphy, late of Drogheda-fleet.-in ed, and 11 wounded, ftruck his colours. I then fent my matter and eight men on board of him, and chafed the rest, who were still in fight, but at a great diffance, my difabled condition prevented me from making fail as fast as I could with to have done, and the day being far spent, I thought it most prudent to tack thip, and take care of the two I had already captured; and after taking the prisoners on board the Fame, I took the most difabled hip in tow, and proceeded for this port, where I arrived the 23d of laft month, in company with the prizes, but am forry to inform you, that the Fame is much ditabled in her hull, rigging, and fails, and which was the only reason that prevented me from taking the rei; I had only one man killed, and eight flightly wounded.

"Leannet in juftice do less than to mention how bravely the French captains defended their Ships, nor fhall I omit the juftice due to my officers and fhip's company, who to a man fhewed themfelves Britons. The largest ship is an excecding fine veffel, burthen 600 tons, mounting rë aine Founders, and 12 fwivels, commanded by

Palace-row, hon. Mis Eliz Maxwell, youngeft daughter of lord Farnham.-At Fort Maribro, on the island of Sumatra, 12th Sept. 1780, in the 28th year of his age, Mr. John Smith d Belfait, writer and flore-keeper to the bow ab Eaft India company.-Near Ka tuck in th 110th year of his age, Mr. Hugh O'KeeffeRev. Mr. Batty of Timolin :-Ar Lifburne th wife of Mi. Samuel Wation, merchant-A Ballycattle, Hugh Boyde, Big-In Granby row, Mifs Jones.At Whaley-abbey, count Wicklow, Mr. Thomas Exfhaw. - At Strokej town, co. Kofcommon, Thomas Mahon. Fiq aged 81, M. P. for faid county.-At Ware dell, county Galway, James Staunton, Eiq;➡ At Killbrook, county Wicklow, the rev. D Abr-ham Simes.—In Limerick, Mr. John Phil lips-At Violet-bill, co. Dublin, aged 84. Tot Fuller, Efq.-Beaulieu, near Drogheda, th lady of John Montgomery, Elq.-David Wilio of Ballyvoir, co. Clare, Efq.-At Cragg, Tipperary, the relict of Andiew Welth, Efq At Carigally, co. Leitrim, Humphry Galbraith Liq; aged 83.

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HIBERNIAN MAGAZINE:

O R,

Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge,

For FEBRUARY, 1782.

Memurs of Dunamafe, in the Queen's County. With a View of the Rock and Cafile of Dunamaje. Engraved from a Painting by P Sandby, Efq. R. A.

IN the earlier ages of fociety, the wants injuries feem to have been few; and yet ambition and jealousy too frequently called forth the ferocity of untamed nature and the exertions of brutal force; difturbed the favage inhabitants of the wilderness, and compelled them to feek fecurity on eminences, and in places of difficult accefs; to inclose an area with a ditch; or form an abatis of trees. Convenience and emergency pointed out thefe different modes of defence, and this kingdom is full of thofe antient fortreffes. Separated from the chain of neighbouring hills, and precipitous on all fides, except to the fouth-weft, Dunamafe offered a fafe afylum to the firft poffeffor; and if any reliance is to be placed on its name, it was a place of ftrength is the remotest times.

Dan na maes in Celtic is-The fort of the plain. The plain, is the great-heath of Maryborough, lying to the north-caft of Dun; a flat of confiderable extent. N 0 T E.

Dùn na maes, the hill of the plain, and metaphorically, the fort. Maes is Magh in Irish. Luid. adverfar. pag. 271, The records in Birmingham tower call it Dunemafke; Sir John Davis, Duamafe; Ware, Dunemaufe; the Baron Finglas, with ftill greater propriety, Dunnamaufe; all corruptions of its Celtic original. DunNow, or Dun-magh is the fame. The French call fuch hills, Dunes, and the Dutch, Duynen. Ut aggeribus arenarum Pic copiofis, quod Dunas vocitant, fere Coquaretur. Annal. Bertin. A.D. 838. Hib. Mag. Feb. 1782.

Ptolemy makes Dunum an inland Irish

fiys it is Downpatrick. Ware believes the British antiquary hath affigned it an improper fituation, which fuppofition of Ware's Harris doth not contradict. But the latter writers are certainly mistaken; for Dunamafe, from the narrowness of its circumference, never could contain but a few cabbins, and in records it is conftantly mentioned as a fortrefs; whereas Downpatrick, as Camden rightly obferves, was a very old town, an epifcopal fee, and memorable on other accounts; befides, Ptolemy's information was very imperfect as to the interior of the island, but tolerably accurate as to what refpects the feacoaft.

"We are told, but upon apocryphal authority, that the remarkable building near Maryborough, in the Queen's County, vulgarly called Funamate, was originally conftructed by Laigfeach, a celebrated hero, and from him called-Din uï Laigfeach, or the fortrefs of Laigfeach." It is not eafy to develope the writer's meaning in this paffage; having, probably, never feen this ifolated rock, or only view ed it at a diftance, he imagined it the work of art; for the buildings on it are no more remarkable than fimilar ones of lime and ftone; his ignorance alfo of the attent Irish language makes him produce a very inapt and inadequate etymology; the vulgar appellation, as he is pleafed to ftyle

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