Star.
London, England, 1808-10-26 00:00:00

DUBLIN, OCTOBift !O.

Cor.t.tra ?to RORATX, 'who has long infested the'
Countiei Louth, Meath, &c. has been arrested by
Captain Fete in Church-sweet ' • and although several
inhabitants of that neiglibolirhood were repeatedly
called upon for their assistance, not one gave the least
'aid. This fellow liad.the hardihood at noon day to .I
commit his atrocities an horseback. Mr. Fox has
,tracid hit stud in several parts of this city and in the
'country, consisting, we hear, of five horses, all orl
we prestige to be stolen. Large rewards were
I. offered' by the Gentletaen of Meath and Louth for
his apprehension. Se' Iflucit was this freebooter
'dreaded,, that the polite of both counties gave up at-
tempting his dettetito, be hating dectared that he
would die beSore be surrendered. Considerable cre-
dit is due to Mr. tox, for the celerity and courage
he displayed on this occasion.

At Sherburne fair, n.n Monday ce'neight, there waisi
the greatest shear of Sheep and lambs ever remeirk,
bared, not less 6211.15,000 were penned. Lan 1
sold oo the average 6s. per head below the last year'i
prices, and a great number were driven awsertinsolds
'There was Asa a. great may fat tntd lean beasts ; the
sale of both sorts dull; and the prices declining.
Mr. Curtis, of Martin, in returning frem Horn-
eagle market on Saturday se'nnight, was overtaken
by two Me/t on !tersely:lA, %who apz.eated to be a gene
tletnatt and his servant. After entering into some
• • conversation, the latter presented a pistol to Mr.
The Myatt fruit plena hat already fallen WO litre. Curtis and demanded his money. ?s r. C. offered.
putt. iri l'.: West Indies, and. negleeted in most of the him his purse, containing eight giiin.e-is, which the
pi.intations into which it had been introduced, as the robber desired butt to give to the other gentleman !—.
negroes do not like-it, and will not eat it if they canand then demanded his pocket book, which was. sea-
get any thing else. cordingly. delivered, but fortunately contained oars
On Saturday evening an Inquest was held at the few memorandums.; they then rode off. • -• ,
Carpenter's Arms, Change-court, Strand, 0111 ratiew A disorder among children • commonly cella the
of the body of Hiatiaah lamb, who was but to C/01,12, has of late been eery prevalent. We comma
death the preceding evening, in Butleigh.street, (as nicate, for the information o parents, the result of au',
imperfectly mentioned ou Saturclay). It appeared' esperiment which is said to hay* been most success- i
that this unhappy child, nine years old, was born iful :—The danghter of a Gentleman at MilaXtid was
delf, dumb, and blind.; she had been put to bed • eirtrely attacked. and pronounced irrecoverable by!
about nine o'clock on Friday night, when her Ma the medical aid called in. Her father imnierged her
Baer went up stairs to speak to her husband, who is up to her chin in water as hot as she could bear iti,
an ivory turner, and in the interim the child get out and kept her in that state for A quarter of an hour.
of
bed to sit by the fin:, whelk it is supposed a carder I till she nearly fainted, after which a small portion oi
fell ob her shift, and set it in a flame, and her matt- rum and oil was given her ; she was then wrapped in
• r.tl intim-trier preventing her calling for assistance, she 1 a blanket and put to bedsby which means she vratporai
t./as, on her mother's retool, found scorched in a' fectly recovered. On the dissection of children dying
mast shocking manner. Four surgeons were sent for, of this disorder, a thick glutinous matter has been'
Tit, after lingering a few hours in great agun site fieind covering the lungs, which preveatel.dse res-*
rpitd.—rVerditt, Accidental Death. ration.