Star.
London, England, 1822-11-04 00:00:00

OUTRAGES i.V MSLAND.
RivaDaß.—Saturday senhight, as a poor ttraO Of
the name of Callaghan M'Carthy, was driving hilt
pig from Hacketstowu to Dungarvon market, in com-
pany with his wife, he was waylaid and murdered by
one William Fittgerald,- who in a most cruel and
barbarous manner, placed his unfortunate victim
across a potatoe trench, mid with a pitchfork broke
both his legs, his thighs, and arms, and then split his
skull, in the presence of his afflicted wife. This hor-
rible and deliberate murder originated in consequence
of the deceased having had in his employment, in
July last, a strange boy, a weavet,
Fitzgerald, who is also a weaver, bought a party to
M.Carthy's house, robbed him of every article he
had, and wanted to get the strange boy to murder
him. M'Carthy mote informations against two of i
the patty, who are now in jail.— Waterford Chronicle.'
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—About nine o'clock, on
the night of the 22d ult. some miscreants lay in wait,:
at the Lodge Mill, for Mr. Adam Bowles,book-
keeper to Messrs. Lepper and Co. and at a very short
distance from his own house, threw a quantity of oil
of vitriol at his face, evidently with the diabolical de-
sign of destroying his eye-sight; but the wretches
were disappointed in their prime object, although the
external part of Mr. Bowies's ear, as well as his neck
acid site, were mach burned with the sulphuric acid.
His coat, waistcoat, shirt, and pantaloons were de-
stroyed. One of the villains who had thus endea-
voured to blind him, finding that he ivid failed in
this attempt, discharged a loaned pistol at Mr. Bowles,
who, it appears, had endeavoured to seize the as-
sailant. This shot providentially !missed him, and
although it passed through the window of the ad-,
jacent house it did not injure any of the inmates.—
Belfast Paper.
MULLUGAR, OCT6BER 31.—We learn that a most
formidable breach has been effected on the line of the
Royal Canal, last night, about a mile to the S.W.
of this town ; from its great extent it is calculated
that not less than one hundred men must have been
employed in it. The surrounding country is inun-
dated. Where this extensive and diabolical conspi-
racy will end it is difficult to say.

Monclay.the TOPAZE frigate was paid off at Ports-
mouth by Captain PRICE BLACKWOOD ; and Thurs-
day the GANGES, 86, by Captain F. COLLIER, C. 13.
when both ships were laid up in ordinary. Their
crews received more than four years* pay; and,
what is more remarkable, most of them soon after-
wards left the town, to visit their native places, with
the money in their pockets.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUND•
LAND, DATED OCTOBER 17.

" Thursday last, about midnight, we experienced
a most tremendous storm of wind and rain, and it oc-
casionally blew from every point in the compass.—
Much damage has been done to the shipping in the
harbour, and its effects must have been felt all round
the coast. The schooner Coaster, for Labrador, was
driven from her anchorage, and bilged at Boneake,
but the crew were luckily saved. A great many per-
sons are now employed in endeavours to preserve the
cargo, and some hopes are entertained that the vessel
may yet be saved. The Mary Ann, liaxwooo, was
wrecked in the night on the Narrows, and one of the
crew unfortunately drowned. A schooner, the name
lof which is unknown, is also reported to have been
lost on Blackheid,`and the whole of the crew also ;
and the Hazard, HOWARD, lost her rudder in the Nar-
rows. For a length of time the weather off this coast
has been most tempestuous, and the losses, wo fear,
have been great. The Liverpool ship Diana, come
manded by Captain JACKSON, bound from that port
to Miramichl, was totally wrecked on some sunken
rocks, a little to the westward of Morgan's Island,
on the evening of the 21st ultimo, in a dreadful
ga!e from the South-east, accompanied by dense and
foggy weather ; she soon filled, when the masts were
cut away for the preservation of the ship's crew.—
About two o'clock in the morning of the 22d, a tre-
mendous sea broke on board, when she parted nearly
midships, but most providentially, the fore part of
the vessel held together until day-light, when the
Commander and company got into the jolly boat,
which was the only boat left, and by the most perse-
vering exertions reached at length an uninhabited
island, where they remained for two days enduring
great distress, and without any provision, when
they were fortunately discovered by a fishing boat,
and carried into Lamben. After recruiting at that
place they proceeded here, where they arrived on the
14th instant. The British schooner, Elizabeth, from
Cork, bound to Quebec, has been compelled to put
into this harbour on the 16th, to repair considerable
damages she had received in a heavy gale from the
north-west, on the 15th of hist month.

" It appears by the accounts of the Commander,
that, while lying to, the vessel was struck by a heavy
sea, which instantaneously started the sheathing, bruke
on board, washed everything off the deck, and did
other very considerable damage.
" We fear we shall receive other accounts of losses
in the gale of the Isth inst. as pieces of wreck have
been observed floating along the coast to a very consi-
derable distance, although nothing has as yet been
picked up to lead to any clue as to what other vessels
have been lost—Since writing, we learn that three
bodies have been cast ashore, viz. two men and one
boy, supposed to be a part of unfortunate crew of
.the schooner."

Tuesday evening, a man who spoke the Irish dia-
lect, called at a lodging-house in Annan, and asked a
bed for the night, stating his extreme poverty, and at
the same time hisinability to pay for his bed or sup-
per ; an inmate of the house commiserating his case,
p.tid for his supper and bed, and at the same time
gave him a shilling. This act of charity the ungrate-
ful villain repaid by carrying away the great coat of
his benefactor next Morning.

A handsome silver lioness, exhibited with other
wild beasts at Devizes Green Fair, supposed to be
worth 200 guineas, was on Thursday last found dead
in her den. At first a strong suspicion was excited
that from the suddenness of her death she must have
been phoned. An eminent Surgeon, however, who
was present when the keeper was taking off her skin,'
examined her stomach, where he fonnd a quantity of
straw, which it is supposed the aninfial must have
swallowed with her food ; the sharp and aerie}
ppaarti-
cles'of which being indigestible, occasioned Whim,
I snation; and thus quickly hastened her death. .