The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-28 00:00:00

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The follNwing rettartable story"is,cOpied from an
Irish Pape:, rece7fea- yeiterday: le. is to be hoped
that the .rtitet4 which have iu this instance re-
suited frotn,staperstition, will tend to discountenance
.such fooat,a pr-6tices, even among the most ;goo-

r:int . •
Ayb. 20,—A melanchply event, took
place on Tuesday night, in• the house of Alexander
Montgonwry, tailor, at. Carnioneys Meeting-house.
ti~Vrious reports are in circulation concerning it, brit
we believe the-following is pretty accurate 1.---
*MOntiotnery;. it appears, had a cow which con-
tinued to give milk, .as u,sual, but of late.no.butter
could- be produced from the milk. Au opinion,
has been too king entertained by many people
in the country, was unfortunately instilled into the
mind of Montgomery's wife, that whenever it oc-
currild, it..waS occasioned by the cow having been
bewitched. •In this opinion she was fortified by the
concurring testimony of every old woman in the
parish, each of whom contributed her story of what
she had seen and known in former times, when, as
the Poet expresses it,
" Tibby kirn'd, and yet nae butter came." ;

Various spells, however, Were pointed out, which
would prove effeaual in discovering the Witch, oral
least in destroying her power.over the cow. Among
Many others, the folloWing .was tried—twelve
women were brought to the house, who, after cer-
tain essential ceremonies, proceeded, in a solemn
Manner, to bless the cow. This,, however, alSo
failed of success, and the cow was nothing better.
At length the family were informed of a ccroMan,
named M. liniters,: who resided at Carrickfergus--!
The tCllest fortune-teller e'er was seen,
A witch, that for shia
l'ou'd cast hdr catnaps, and gic them advice."
They accordingly Went to her, and after.dne con-
sultation brought her tQ their hotise. On Inetiday
forenoon the sorceress got ;a quantity pf the cow's
milk, winchshe. proceeded to churn. Tierfamiliar,
however, it appears, deceiVed her, the.charm failed
of:sucoess, and ~no butter was produced. Three
men who had drank of the milk were soon after,
wards seized with excessive' sickness and."V4Oft"
vomiting,
.and it 'is stipposed ihat this was occa-
sioned by some noxious ingredients which 4he had
infused in the milk. Tbi,enchantress then informed

the tinnily, that after night,fall she wolild try an-
other spell, which could .not tail. Accoidingly,.
about ten :o'clock- .-at night, she gave orders for
33/lontgoniery and a young man, who was acCident ally*
there, to go to the cow-Muse and-tims
coats inside out,- andin that dress to stand'olose:.by
the bead ..of the, cow Until they heard from her.
They iintnediatvly went out
,and did..as she desired,
whilst Montgomery's Avtfe,, his son, a ialabout 20
years of age, nod an old- woman, who was a lodger,
remained,in .0041tigse to , witneso the agtrologer's.
operations,: ...8 he then . caused the door to be, shut.,
the ChitnneyJo.,.:.be .anpped, and every crevice .that
could adynt. air, ,to be: carefully closed uO.-, ,What
other measures she puisued are dot kaown, But.
we proceed, to. state the...dreadful rcsult:—Montgo-
mery, the father.„. arid''the. young luau who Went
into die tioCtr.-house, reniained there for several hours
until it was day-fill-In, The yoting Man then went
and knocked at the door, but net receiving Yity
stver,'-helooked thrOugh a wincl'ow, and beheld'ilie
four persofis 'within side lying stitched'ottlfietloor.'
AlartnedliYwhathe saw, lic.called to Montgorner
and •they' broke open the db9r,•Whetr they tbund'the
mother and the'son dt:tati, anti the -tither twW nearly'.
so.- They carried-out the former, but in doing
the young man had nearly lost his life,, by the std—,
pintreoug.vapour., which tilled, the house. Having .
called up-some peighbours..they obtained assistance,,,
ancl the other two women were got, out of the
house. :One .of them expired, in a few hours, ,but
the sorceress recovered, and has been committedio .

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It is not known what stratagems, she.employed tio,
work her pretended, ,enchantment, but the -people•
wbo went into the house found a pot on'ilie tire,, in
which were rwdles,:laep pins, and crooked- nails,
with quantity of milk; Little doubt can be cuter,.!
tainid that she had also been burning.' sulphur,, and
that the vapour from it ; had proved fatal tethe suti-;.
ferers. A Coroner's Inquest has becu belkand the
following is a copy of their report .
‘,‘ it is the opinion'' of the, Jury tbatib.‘4,ldecfl:
lii.,ol')eth. Montgomery came, by her death frOm•
iuffocation, OCCatiiotwd by a woman named Mary,
Litters, in her making use of some; notions htgre-
dients, in the manner 4.0 charm, to rccovcr ‘
the property of AleNander Montgomery, husband
to the deceztsed.

'TAMES STENVIA TIT. Coroner."
The„report of the Itiquesf Upon the other hoditi
was similar to the'atiove.

PUBLIC Othca, HArrox-GAttnEis..---Yesterday
Jolin Moss, James B10?174 Solomon llyant, and
,Fraiicis Miller, .apt,oriolis pickpeckets, were appre-
Beaded Trott,:an otheer, and-others, on suspicion
of comnsiiti4depreslations bear Sadler's Wells, and
its avenues,-,and committed' for further examination
PI Monday glext.
Lalely.at Claypole mill, Lincolnshire, the neck-
cloth of one of the workmen accidentally caught
part of the machinery, anxi was twisted with such
viotcnce al to occasion instant strangulation. This
is not the first illitalled that has occurred of work-
Yuen
hung so killed, and ought to serve as a caution
to all who are employed in the same way, net
,to
wear any thing round their necks that may subjeCt
them to the calatnity.
We have frequently had the satisfa6lion to recom-
mend Dr. TAYLOR's esteetned Remedy for
Deafness; andlivin a p; imphlet just:published, we
are happy-to find that the. high Opinion we alWays
entertained of its eflkaloy in, the cure of -that 'corn-
plaintisfully established, The cases contained therein
are frutu the most ineredhlatisb that 'this Remedy
WS not only etY4ted•ctires -that have' excited the
utmostastonishmenti but that it is composed of in-
gredients se petit:64 harrnletis,;:that thiertilti 'not a
possibility of its injuring the ear iti stuallest de-
gree.---&c .eldveq.
Diod , On Sunday last, Mrs. MARY -ArtNoLn, at
lice lodgings.,. No.. 5, .Edw4ll-street, Portman-

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