Star.
London, England, 1825-08-20 00:00:00

CORK, AUGUST 13.

John Hearne was capitally indicted for abusing the
person of Mary Connolly, on Sunday, the 29th of May
last, at Rath, near Cloyne.
The prisoner was a decent and rather a respectable-
looking young man. The -prosecutrix was a strong,
healthy-looking girl, apparently about twenty years of
age, and appeared quite capable of defending herself.
When she gave her evidence she had on her three large
shawls, a thick stuff gown, a linsey-woolsey apron, a
cap, without a bonnet, and a large blue cloak, the hood
of which was thrown over her head. tier face was not
disagreeable, but wanted delicacy of expression.
Mary Connolly examined by the prosecuting attor-
ney, through the medium of an Irish interpreter.—l
know the prisoner, and am sorry I do know him. I
lived in service at his brother's house; the prisoner
lived there, and had part of the farm. I recollect the',
29th of May, and have good reason to recollect it.—
{Pretending to cry). There was nobody in the house
but I. and the prisoner, and a one-year old child that I
was minding. It was about twelve o'clock. Prisoner
bolted the door ; got hold of rr.e, and I struggled with
him_(Here witness made some vay faces, and pre-
tended to cry). I did not struggle much. When he
bolted the door ail my spirits and courage went out of
one, What's the good of telling. it ? Anybody may
under stand.—(Al ter a good deal of this sort of parrying
she was brought to describe the offence). I unbolted'
tile door, went nut, and met my mother, and told
her how I had been used. She told me to go back,
and stay till my mistress came home, to see if I could
set any recompense for the ill-usage I Lad got on Sun-
day. I told my mistress on the Nlond y that I did not.
want to stay Viith her any longer, and si.e gave me a
good character. •
Would not the man be a good match for you ? N".",uld you not
like to marry hint ?—I don't • want anything about marrying or
ei,tisteningl Lain after my credit.
Would you nut have made it up for money am looking after
,my credit, not money. I wouldn't make it tip for all tb. nit:nil I

* nuld put here—(holding up her apron)---not for all the money in
th world.
Is not marriage the best way to get your Credit?—Whstsornever
the Gentlemen are pleased to do, I have no objections—( A laugh).
Did not a man see you and the prisoner together?—f knew/ who
you mean; the colder. He's not to be believed. He served a girl
in the same way.
By Mr. Baron PitOIZTATHEILTITy mother wished me to stay till
my mistress came home, that I might be rightyied.
D,she mean by rightyled that she wished him to 'starry you ?
I don't
n t know what she meant; but anything your Honour*
think proper.
Did the prisoner sleep in the same house with you after he had
ill-used you?—The prisoner's bed and blighter-in-law's bed (put-
ting her hands apart about three feet) were as close together as this,
and it is not likely I would do anything out of the way.
Ellen Connolly, a wild-looking, half-dressed woman,
with a blue cloak hanging from her head• loosely over
ter shoulders, and with a large glibbe, or roll of hair
on her forehead, was then examined. She deposed in
Irish as follows :—I am the mother of Mary Connolly ;
I went to her master's house on the day in question,
and found my daughter sitting by the cradle; the man
that wronged her was there sitting on" the table ; I
asked her what was the matter, for she looked teased ?
we went out of the house, and she told me.
After some other witnesses were examined,
Mr. Baron PENNETATHER briefly charged the Jury,
who retired to consider of their verdict. While the Jury
was out of Court, the prisoner's Counsel applied to the
Judge fee his permission to slffer the prisoner to be triar-
ried to the prosecutrix I His Lordship objected for some
time, but upon being very urgently importuned, and
being told it had been frequently permitted by other
Judges in that Court, he said they might get mauled
if they liked. He should not notice it. The pri-
soner was then taken from the bar to theJudge'scham-
ber, where the happy couple waited in anxious expects-
tion for the Priest who was to bind them together in
holy wedlock.
On the arrival of the Rev. Gentleman, he took a
stole (a long stripe of silk with a Cross painted in the
middle of it) from his pocket. Having adjusted his
prayer-book and laid it reverently upon the table, he
kissed the Cross upon the stole and put it over his shoul-
ders. He then proceeded to address the prisoner—that
is, the intended husband--who seemed to be debating
in his mind whether he Would suffer himself to be
hanged or married. "Now, my boy," said the Priest,
" you must not take any notice of what has took place
to-day." (The prisoner cast a glance at the woman, but
it was not a look of love).• " Sure," continued his Reve-
rence, " you can't blame her for endeavouring to get a
good husband ! A likely boy, too, as you are" (sur-
veying him from his heels to his head, and then from
his head to his heels). "Ah ! my lad, now I knbw you
will make her a good husband, and love her and cherish
her, and be an honest, industrious boy. And you" (turn-
ing to the woman)" will make him a good wife, won't you?
Ah ! forget all that is past, and live together happily."
Upon the conclusion of this friendly address, the Priest
made inquiries foe aring. A Gentleman present asked
if there was no dandy in the room that would lend his
finger ring ? Some one suggested that a split ring
from a watch chain would do; when the High Sheriff,
with great courtesy and good humour, immediately
prepared to disengage his. Before, however, 'he could
do this, another Gentleman laid a split ring upon the
table, upon which a spectator observed—" Blood and
ouns, man, don't have that ; take the Sheriff's, for the
luck of the thing." This advice being complied with,
the happy couple were directed to go upon their
knees, and the Priest took the stole from his own
shoulders, and laid it across their heads. He then
asked the man if he would have the woman for his
wedded wife, providing " our holy mother the Church"
would permit? To this question, however, the poor
fellow made no answer, but looked unutterable things--
44 Why don't you say I will?" said the priest. "
muttered the prisoner, the fear of the gallows evidently
overcoming his reluctance to be married. The same
question was then put to the Lady; but the poor girl,
although in her " endeavouring to get a husband," she
had sworn most positively she could not speak English,
replied, without the least hesitation, and without any
sock modesty—l WILL. The other part of the cere-
mony was then gone through, without the bride ever
feeling at a loss for English, in which to make her re-
sponses. This union was all completed in the course of five or six
minutes. On the happy couple leaving the room, the Priest who is
Chaplain to the gaol, anxiously inquired how he was to be paid? A
person said he might put it down to the county; but this suggestion
did nqt seem at all to satisfy the Rev. Gentleman.
4,The prisoner being again placed at the bar, the foreman of the
„Jury declared in a loud voice, that they found him Not Guilty. This
verdict was given without any reference to the prisoner's marriage,
of which the Jury knew nothing.
When the man wassabout to leave the dock, several of the male
prisoners attempted to kiss him, but he rejected their caresses with
the utmost disdain. It is customary in this country for the pri.
aunt s in the dock to kiss a man who has just been tried, previous
to his leaving the Court.

A Liverpool Paper states, that the followers of Jo-
hanna Southcote, have bought an Egyptian ass. We
should have thought an animal of that sort was the
last thing they could want.
An Inquest was held at the Stag, Castle-street, West-
minster, on the body of Elizabeth Harris, aged 221
who, in a state of intoxication, fell asleep at her lodg-
ings in Ship-court, Peter-street, when her clothes caught
fire from the candle; on awaking she ran into the
street, and two pails of water were thrown over her,
and she was conveyed to the Westminster Infirmary,
where she died. Verdict—Accidental Death.

The history of the old church of Pancras is not a
little singular—lt is one of the oldest in Middlesex, and
the parish it belongs to, one of the largest, being
eighteen miles in circumference. The name was sent
from Rome by the Pope expressly for this church,
which has the only general Catholic burial-ground in
England, and Mass is daily said in St. Peter's at Rome,
for the repose of the faithful whose bodies are deposited
therein; it was also the last church in England whose
bell tolled for Mass, or in which any Catholic rites
were celebrated.

YOUTHFUL DEPRAVITY.—A shop-boy in the employ
of Mr. John Alford, draper, of Bradford, having been
corrected for some offence, attempted on Friday last to
seek his revenge by poisoning his master. For this
purpose he went into a druggist's shop, and actually
stole a parcel marked " poison." This he put into a
bucket of water, from which the kettle was filled for
tea; and on the family (consisting of five persons) par-
taking of it, they all became sick. Mr. Adye, a re-
spectable surgeon, was sent for, who administered some
medicine, and very fortunately removed the cause.
Oil analyzing the water, poison was clearly discerned.
Suspicion at once fell on the boy, who has since con-
fessed, and is now in prison. . . _

A Royal Sardinian edict directs that henceforth no
person shall le,un to read or write who cannot prove the
posscssiott of property above the v.due of 1,500 li, about
sttt ling. The q iaification for a student 6'the pos.
,session of an income to the same amount.

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BRITISH A.IIF.RIC.I.

HALIFAX.
A statement of the imports of No•a Stotii and New
Brunswick gives the number of vessels entered in Nova
Scotia, in 1824, at 1341 ; 103,668 tons; 5535 men.
Flour 32,632 ; Beef and Pork, 11381. Total value of
all imports, 458,6791.
In New Brunswick, 914 vessels ; 219,567 tons; 9961
men; 38,199 barrels of Four; Beef and Polk, 11,394.
Total imports, 514,5571.