Star.
London, England, 1802-12-24 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 21.

Yetlerday evening as Mr. JOHN HIPKISS, and
his brother RICHARD, were returning, at a little
pail fix o'clock, from Vauxhall (which is a plCafant
walk from Birmingham), by the fide of the Navi-
gation which encircles the lower part of the town,
being in earned converfation, and the light from
the Steam Engine fhining bright on the water On
the fide of the Lock, caufed fuch a refleaion, that
Mr. HIPKISS mittook it for the (lone-work, and
treading upon. the deceitful element, was in a mo-
ment precipitated to the bottom of the lock. Mr.
R. IC immediately plunged in after him, and in
-his anxiety to five his brother from dearuaion, had
nearly met with a watery grave. Mr. H. in flrug-
gling to get up to the top of the water, felt hit
brother lay hold of him, and had prefence of mind
to call out to him gg to let go his hold ;" and fortu-
nately reaching the wood-work, he fulpeuded him-
felf in fuch a manner as to fecure himfelf, and buoy
up his brother ; and after fome difficulty, they
extricated :hemfelves from their perilous fituatiou.
Mr. R. H. was in fuch imminent danger, that had
he been a few feconds longer in the water, he would
furely have fallen a victim to '° fraternal affeaion."
The Gentlemen afterwards walked home, and for-
tunately have experienced no ill effdts from their
aquatic plunges. Mr. R. H. in jumping into the
lock, precipitated himfelf immediately on his bro-
ther, and cruthed his hat to pieces. Fortunately
the lock was full of water, which broke their fall.

DUBLIN, DEC. IS.

During the late flood, forty-nine families, in-
habitants of Chapelizod, Martin's-row, and Red-
mills, were compelled to feek refuge on the roofs
of their cabins, where they fat all night, viewing,
.with dreadful apprehenfion for their own cal Renee,
the overwhelming torrent bearing every thing be-
fore it. It is, however, a happy circumftance that
no life was loft, and the evils that have been fuf-
fered the benevolence of the rich is alleviating. To
the Rev. Mr. O'NEIL, who is humanely exerting
himfelf on thisoccafion, his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant has given twenty guineas, and fixteen -
more have been received from perfonages at his
Excellency's Lodge, and at that of the Right Hon.
WILLIAM WICKHAM, betide fome other fmall be?
nefa&ions.
The port boy conveying the mail from Ardee to
Colon, was flopped at eight o'clock, on the night
of the 16th in(l. by three men, one of whom was
armed with a maker, who robbed him of the
whole mail, containing the bags of letters which
fhould have arrived yefterday mottling from the
following poll towns, viz. Ardee, Aughnacloy,
Ballybay,Clones, Clogher, Carrick M'Rofs,Coote-
hill, Derry, Dunfariaghy, Letterkenny, Monaghan,
Newtown-Limavady, Newtown-Stewart, Omagh,
Ramelton, Raphoe, and Strabane. -
Notwithftanding the awful fpeetacle which the
execution of Charleton and Kearney exhibited on
Wednefday laft, near Dolphin's barn, for the
trobbery of Mr. Fifher, Mr. Samuel Jackfon's
bleach green, in that neighbourhood, was robbed
on the fame night, and a tan yard attempted, but
the party were beaten off.
Charleton and Kearney owned to be the per-
fons who fired fome time back at the carriage of
the Commander in Chief, which they faid they
took for the Lord Lieutenant's, and to the robbery
of a houfe at the Red Cow. link unfortunate
perfons Rated, that they were induced to rob Mr.
Fi(her's houfe, by having been told by a china
hawker, that there was a rum of upwards of 403
guineas in thehonfe. They attributed much of their
crimes to an offender not yet apprehended, but
who cannot,long remain fo. Charleton was a very
fincere penitent, but the other, Kearney, fecmed
not fo thoughtful as he should be at filch an awful
period.
Twn notorious offenders have been apprehend.
ed by Mr. Wilfon, the Chief Peace Officer. Their
names are Kearney and Wall!), and hand charged
with having recently robbed a poor countryman,
on the Crumlin road, of a glitnea and a half, fame
butter and other property. They were on Thurf-
day
committed to the new piton by,tite, §uperin•
tendant Magiftrate. • .•402.,;-•- ':-‘..3,4,,
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Yeflerday, the body-t 4 odclltAii`
dtgertst
men drowned in the bay of Dubktrfc
was found on Merrion Strand. • lbw.
6tt, are not yet dircovered. •._

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