the arreft, as in itself illegal and oppreffive-and ordered the clerk to amend the rule which had been made, by adding, "That no officer in future fhould dare prefume to issue a fiat without

the confent of a Baron."

Thus ended one of the most important cafes that ever came before a court, and happy it is for the fubject, that the virtue, knowledge and independent ipirit of the Judges, inclined them to decide without partiality, fear, or affection, in favour of the liberty or the people.

N. B. We have already given in our January Magazine, p. 55. a fhort sketch of the proceedings in Michaelmas Term, but the Judges having decided this important caufe in Hilary Term this month, we have laid the whole before our Keaders at one view.

3] At the commiffion of Oyer and Terminer, Robert Jamefon was found guilty of the murder of James Kelly, in the fields near Chapelizod.

Same day, John Dignam was convicted of a rape on the body of Anne Hogan, to the fatisfaction of a crowded court, as the tranfaction was attended with the most horrid circumflances. 4.] This morning, between the hours of feven and eight in the morning, a fervant maid belonging to the family of his Grace the Duke of Rutland, together with a boy, were riding through the Phoenix Park on a fumpter cart, a footpad stopped them and prefenting a piftol to the woman's breail demansed her money; the gave him a guinea which the declared was all he had; the fellow then opened the cart to search for booty, and the better to do it, he laid he piftol out of his hand on the cart, which the woman inftantly feizing, fired it at the robber: the ball took place in his head, and stretched him on the ground, when in a few moments he expired. Our gatlant female however, unaccustomed to such a scene, when the locked down at the wretch in the convulfions of death, was lo terrified that the fainted, but recovering shortly was brought fately home. The unhappy wretch who paid his life for his crimes, proved to be a notorious offender of the name of O'Donnell, and it feems was the chief perfon concerned in the robbery of Mr. Rynd's houfe in Jervis-ttreet, for which robbery two of his accomplices are in gaol.

8.] The warrant for the execution of Robert Jamelon, convicted at the laft commiffion of the murder of James Kelly, itone-cutter, near Chapel-lzod, was received by the Sheriff of the county of Dublin. By order of Government he is gibbetted as near as pofiible to the ipot where he committed the murder.

The above atrocious offender could not have been convicted were it not for the laudable and fpirited activity of Lieutenant Stevenson, of the Raphoe battalion of Volunteers, who, at the fpecial inftance of the Bishop of that diocefe, went upwards of twenty miles in purfuit of him, and was lucky enough to find the watch of the unfortunate deceased upon him.

In the evening a number of disorderly fellows, chiefly penny-boys, armed with bludgeons, and fome even with pistols and fword, aflembled in Smithfield, and behaved in a molt riotous man ger. -Juftice Wilion and Mr. Jones, of Mannor-itect, endeavoured to reafon with them

on the illegality and impropriety of their conduct; but they were violently affaulted, and Mr. Jones received a dangerous wound on the head. Mr. Wilfon having efcaped to the barrack, brought the picquet guard, and juftice Reilly attended with the Pruffia-ftreet guaid, at whose approach the rioters difperfed.

9.] In the morning three foldiers belonging to the 61ft regiment, were committed to the New Prifon, charged with the robbery and murder of an hair-dreffer on the preceding night in Oxmantown-green. Some articles belonging to the deceafed were found in their poffeffion, to which, it is faid, the wife of the unfortunate man has abfolutely worn.

10.] At an early hour, fome villains broke into the houfe of Mr. Samuel Nefsfield, in James's-ftreet, and took from a desk therein a fum of money in ipecie, a bank note for 501. a few other papers of value, alio a watch, together with a number of shirts, sheets, and fome table linen.

Mr. Brownrigg has completed his furvey of the head level line intended for the Grand Canal, which confirms into a fact the extraordinary circumftances of a level being discovered of no less than 50 miles without a fingle fall, furmounting of which in the county of Weltmeath is a lake for its fupply, whole altitude is 43 feet higher than the furtace of the Canal, and containing a body of water, fufficiently abundant to replenish the Canal, though conftantly wrought for thice year, without fink ng 12 inches, tho in all that time not one drop of rain should fall.

13] His Grace the Duke of Rutland, attended by the Lord Chancellor, Judge, and King's Council, went in great Itate about three o'clock at noon, from the Cattle to the King's-Inns, where amid a vaft concourfe of people he laid the first ftone of the new "Four Courts. This building it is laid will be one of the most beautiful and commodious in Europe, and is expected to be compleated in about fix years.

Juft as his Grace had laid the ftone on Monday, a man who was nearly over him exclaimed, There's the foundation

Of much litigation.

This prophetic expreffion excited general laughter, and was received with great applaufe by the populace-how far it may prove true we leave pofterity to determine.

15.] This morning three villains stopped the mail cart near Naa, and carried off the bag of letters directed to Dublin.

16.] This morning, about two o'clock, the fhop windows of Mr. James Ranstoid, gunmaker of Grafton-fhiect, were broke open by two villains. The family being alarmed, a blunderbuis wa ducha ged from the houfe, and the watchman, whole ftand was nearly oppofite, called upon, yet the fellow were fuffered to ef cape, though the watchman might have collected his brethren and fecured them, as he had anfwered the call, and knew his affistance was required.

19.] This evening about fix o'clock, fourteen of the felons confined in Kilmainham gaul, bioke through the wall beneath the grated window under the entrance of the prifon, and though there