Star.
London, England, 1824-08-31 00:00:00

THE TIDE OF TIME.

• Throigh ninny plains and valleplgreen,
Yon silvery streamlet winds its way;
• While oa its banks fresh fictiers are seen, .

That, smiling,.ssem to woo its stay !
It must aot stay—the current's farce
Forbids it-here to find repose;
But onwurd still it takes its coarse,
And sadly murmurs as it goes !
Upon its Polished breast no more
Sweet flowers their breathing perfume shed,
Its path is now the rocky shore,
Its Anal rest the Ocean's bed !
Thus down the stream of Time we glide,

From youth and joy to age and piin ;
We cannot check the eeaseleis tide,

Or bid Hope's blossoms bud' again !
Yet, let us calmly meet our deism

'Twere better far that hearts should sever,
When Love and Truth together bloom,
Than linger till they fade foi. evei!

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CLONMEL ASSIZES, AUGUST 14.

William Lawry was put to the bar, charged with the
murder of Patrick Flynn, on the 6th of August last.
It appeared in evidence that the deceased and prisoner
bad had a quarrel, and that the latter came behind his
victim whilst standing at a door, felled him to the
grrund with a bludgeon, savagely repeatedly the blow,
and the deceased, in consequence, expired in the course
of the following night.
The Jury, after a perspicuous charge from the
Learned Judge, in the course of which he remarked on
the barbarity of the prisoner, and intimated, that should
the Jury return a verdict of manslaughter, he would
punish the crime with the utmost severity of the law,
gave in the issue, which was—Maislaughter tithe worst
description.
His LORDSHIP then addressed the prisoner I
think (said his Lordship) that the verdict just returned
was as merciful a one as I ever recollect; and Ido not
hesitate to say that the Jury would have been perfectly
warranted in returning a verdict of wilful murder, in
which case I should have sentenced you to Le executed
the day after the morrow, without the most distant hope
of mercy. You proceeded to one of those fairs in this
counny which are made the scenes of outrage and dis-
turbance rather than places of business, as they should
be, and there, with a shocking instrument; struck your
victim in the most sanguinary manner three blows with
your hands. A more unprovoked and scandalous out-
rage never occurred. Again I say, if the Jury had re-
turned a verdict of murder, I would have sentenced
you to be executed, without hope of mercy. As it is,
you must be transported for life."
The prisoner heard his fate announced without the
least emotion.

THE SPENCERS' CASE.—In Hone of the reports of this
case which have appeared in the newspapers has any
intimation been given of the probable motives which
actuated the murderer in the perpetuation of this horrid
crime. The following may supply the deficiency :-
81 A murder of a very heinous nature was committed
some time since in the neighbourhood of Longhgali.
A person named Spencer, who was an attorney, but who
has lately been in state of lunacy, had married against
the inclinations of kis relations. Although insane, not
resident with his wife, and only six years married, yet
it appears she has had in the course of that time three
children by him. Means were always found by which
they came together. The eldest.child, it appears, would•
have been, at his father's death, entitled to a handsome,
property ; we have heard it stated at 4001. a-year. In
May last; the house of Mrs. Spencer was forcibly en-
tered by a man also named Spencer, but what connexion
to the family we know not. He deliberately proceeded
to murder the child, and also a servant woman is, the
house; and would mostlikely have treated Mrs. Spencer,
in a similar manner, had she not effected her escape.
He was attended outside by two females! Spencer,
and the two Misses Spencer, were tried for this most
savage crime at the late Assizes. He' was found guilty ;
and has been executed. •The females were acquitted.

conic. •

Hoolahan was tried for the murder of Dennis
Illihony, oft the night of the 9th cf December last, by
giving him a blow of a griffane on the head.
The principal evidence against the prisoner was a boy
about 13 years of age. The facts were substantially as I
follow :—The prisoner had given the deceased, who Was'
a near relation of his own, permission to thresh some
barley in his house, and while the latter was doing so,
cin the night mentioned, the former came home, and,
Without any provocatiun, struck the deceased three blows
Of a griffane, of which he died in a few moments, the
son cf the deceased being at the time present, and no
other person being in the house, except the brother of
the prisoner, who had come in a short time before, and
being unwell, had gone to bed. The boy, during a
long direct examination by Mr. Quin, and cross-exami-
nation, did not in any degree vary from his story, which
was in some degree corroborated by the evidence of Je-
remiah Donovan, who had heard the prisoner say he
would have the life of the deceased for endeavouring to
" cant" him out of his land.

On the part of the prisoner, his brother was produced,
who appeared to be in a very bad state of health, and
who swore that on the night mentioned, being very ill,
he had gone to bed by his brother's desire, and while
lying awake he had heard some words between his
brother and the deceased, who struck his brother with
the flail; witness attempted to get out of the bed to
interfere, but in doing so fell and fainted, and on his
recovery found the deceased was dead ; he positively
swore that it was the deceased who gave the first blow
with the flail.

The Jury in a few moments returned their verdict
Guilty, and after a most feeling and impressive address
the prisoner was sentenced for execution on Thursday
next, and his body to be given for dissection.
Timothy Hannan, James Walsh, and John Hannan,
were then indicted for the murder of David Killigrew,
at Ballyduff. The evidence being conclusive, the Jury
returned a verdict against all the prisoners ; but in con-
sequence of some circumstances as to Walsh, he was
respited: the others .ogre dissa Friday last.

The journeymen fire-iron makers, file-makers, brass-
cutters, and wood-screw makers, have given notices to
their respective employers in Staffordshire, that they re-
quire advanced wages.
Thursday night a rick of hay, of about 40 tons, was
destroyed by file, on Bullock's Farm, near Odiham,
occupied by Mr. Knight. The accident was occasioned
by the natural heating of the lay.