Star.
London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

I.

CORK ASSIZES.
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Amax FOR S4DUOTION

• usis esaftrlF"
Mr. Bantarr stated the p s cane frith area,
feeling and ability. The detai Ole cast inn, from
their nature, so indelicate, that Ale can "give our
readers a meagre report of the evident*.
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Eliza !Mk, smarmed by Mr. O'Lawistue.d—Her
father lives at Farcisl, near Cove; her mother is,
living; witness is about seventeen years of age. The
defendant lives in the same village, and the plaintiff'
has known him -for about three years. Defendant
commenced his endeavours to seduce her about two
years ago, but did not succeed until November last.
Witness came up to Cork with defendant, who car-
ried her to a house kept by a Mrs. Holmes, on
French's quay, where he effected his purpose. She
met the deiettdant afterwards, three or four times.
Soon after she found herself ill, and told the defend-

ant, who desired her to go to Mr. Stanistreet, the
Apothecary, and he would cure her. Afterwards
she came up to Cork with him, and he lodged her in
a house on the Marsh.
Cross-ezimined by IVir. O'CoNtrzt.c.—Witness can
write—she sometimes writes love songs; she remem-
bers writing a song about the lambs, etc. it was
some months before the commencement of her inter-
course with Mr. Fitzgerald that she had written it.
She had sung the song four or five times. She had
written Mr. Fitzgerald's name in the song, but she
did not intend he should have it; he took it from
her. The song was produced, but the style and sea-
timents render it unfit for publication.—(Witness had
written to Dlr. Fitzgerald ; he had intercourse with
witness during her illness. Witness had heard from
her mother, that the Priest had spoken about her
going to the defendant's corn store).—The witness is
a girl of comely features, mid did not appear to be
at all embarrassed by her situation.

The Rev. Daniel O'Flynn, Roman Catholic Priest,
stated that the plaintiff's family were his parishioners,
and he had spoken to the mother twelve months ago,
respecting the girl's intimacy with Mr. Fitzgerald. It
was not from his own Woei vation that he had made
this communication, it had been mentioned to him
by a person in Fitzgerald's employment.
The plaintiffs case having closed here, Mr. O'Cos-
NELL itchlressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant,
with great force and ingenuity.
James Greany was then produced, and examined
for the. defence by Mr. GlSSON.—Witness is. in the
employment of Mr. Fitzgerald; he had seen the gill
come constantly about the house, and he made it his
business to acquaint the Parish Priest. He told the
Priest that she was making too free about Mr. Far—
gerald's house, and that something might happen to
her. Mr. Fitzgerald was very attentive to his busi-
ness. Witness knew be had been ill for a while, but
he soon got over it. Witness can't tell whether it was
a cold he had ; thinks it was.

Adderly Besnard remembers that Eliza Kirk lived
in his house as a servant. She was constantly in the
habit of remaining out in the evenings, and witness
discharged her for her great irregularities.
William Driscol knew Eliza Kirk. lie had seen
her in company with another girl, going alongside a
sloop of war,and the boat returned without then).
Mary Hearty is in the service of Mr. Stevelly, at
Maryland; Eliza Kirk came to Maryland on a Sun-
day, there was a young man of the name of Lane in
company with her. They were in the house together;
the kitchen door was bolted, and the ball door was,
locked. There was no one else iii the house but Eliza
Kirk and Lane. Witness lived in Mr. Fitzgerald's
ta roily for some time.
Mary Finn is ovarried ; knows Eliza Kirk ; heard
her speak of a sailor of the eta ne.of Colbert ; she said
she had received letters from him.
Mr. O'Lovont.tx spoke to evidence, after which
his Lordship charged the Jury, . who retired, arid re-
mained in conwitation-for .a short time.—Verdict for
the defendant.

Last evening, between five and six o'clock, a most
daring and flagitious outrage was perpetrated at the
east end of the -metropolis, of which the following.
are the paitieulars:
It seems that about the time stated, a servant of,
Mr. Browne, a respectable master butcher, in White-
chapel-market, was removing a bollock Irma thence
to a slaughter-house, in Liouistone-street, not far:
distant, when the animal was iescuedftorn him by a
gang of ruffltms, who, as thek are wont to do on alli
such occasions, commenced beating it in a roost bra-1
tal manner. Stich treatment of coarse tended (sr
drive the animal wild, he proceeded in an iodinated'
state along the road, towards the bondon'Hospital,,
chased by a motley group of desperadoes, amount-.
jog to several 'hundreds.; he foameJ at the moutb.i
and bellowed in a terrific manner, and onset every
person and thing that he chanced to come in contact
with. Oa arriving opposite the rate of tbe.Hospital,
he attacked a boy *bolt five. Teals of *Nei who unH
fortunately had not time to get not of the way, andi
'having Mod him on his horn% horded him iato.the!
air ; and on the boy's alighting on the earth, the
`animal made towards him again, and tossed him
into the air in a similar •rminnter ; and on his being
picked up, he was discovered to be lifeless; the roof
of his mouth was nearly torn out in consequence of,
one of the horns getting in there. The mab did tiot
seem satisfied even after this melancholy circum-
stance happened, and, evidently bent on further mis-
chief, drove the bulloct into the fields behind the
Hospital, and here an old Lady also lost her life in s
similar manner to the former. The Lambeth-street
officers, etOompanied by a party of the Idowstreet
patrol, by 'tits time Catire sip, and sfsoritaria se-
cured the isalttitk, c_ttptured some of the
and lodged them in irtitectrapel watchhouse.
An Inquest waS,4l4 on Monday afternoon, before
TIIOI4IAS Suitraoli;Erti. on the body of Andrew
Johnson, - *bolt It .*red from the -
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Verdict,

THUNDER STORM IN AMERIcA.

Friar last, rag. a tvotneddous thunder-bolt fell en
dwelling bosati ofMr. H. Wright. of West Iffsa me-
tes, and literally tore it to pieces. The electric fluid
Awed at the chimney, and burst it 10 or IS feet •
in
length below the roof. In the second story, which is
in an open and unfinished state, the fluid was divided.
A part of it pawed off to a beam and partition iia
wash-room, situated at the back part of the house,
and shivered them to pieces ; close by this partition g-
lad was sitting, with his hat on, which was struck by
the lightning, and rent to Bitters. It then passed
down the back of his head to his shoulders; the hair
of his head was a little matted, and pressed close, as
by a hot iron, but not burnt; His jacket and shirt
were torn from his shoulders ; he was mocked down,
covered with shattered boards, Ice. and taken up for
dead; his neck and shoulders were considerably burnt,
so that he complained very much of great heat, but
appeared to be cold in every other past. Re is now
in a hopeful way of recovery.
One portion of the fluid parted at the ridge-pole,
followed that to the end, passed down by the studs to
the lower room, throwing off the clapboards in its
course, and burst through the plastering into the
room, where were eight "females. Another portion,
following down the chimney, broke its way into a
cupboard in the first story, burst open the door into
the room just mentioned, dashing to pieces the
crockery and a bottle containing rum, and setting
that on fire; filled the room, and also the faces and
eyes of the females, with lime, dust, and smoke, so I
that the room became completely dark. Mrs. Wright
and her babe, two days old, were in bed directly be-
tween the two explosions; five females sat near the
toot of the bed ; another Lady was walking the room,
whose head on one side was coveted with fire, which
she brushed off with bur hand ; her face and neck
shew marks of the fire, but are not rev much in-
jured ; the rest escaped unhurt, most of them com-
plaining of numbness and pricking. The house is
left a wreck ; the chimney has large fissures; about
190 panes of glass are broken; many boards torn off,
some furniture dashed to pieces, doors forced from
their hinges, the floor forced up, &c. The scene was
truly awful. There were ten persons in the homse,
exposed to imminent danger, whose lives are all pre-
served.—Northanston United StaksGesette,July 16.

Miss BEAU, who two or three seasons ago per-
formed Macheath with success at the Haynsurket The-
atre, has been engaged at Drury-lane Theatre.

Two of the greatest sufferers by the failure of Mu-
swap, in Paris, and that to a very great amount, are,
it is said, Marshals SOULT and SUCHIT.
Recent letters from St. Petersbargh quote the
prices of tallow on the advance in that city.
Thursday was launched, at Hull, a new steam-
packet, called the Lowther. She will be propelled
by two engines of 25-horse power each. The Low-
ther is composed entirely of cross-planking.
In New South Wales, it seems, they have then*
Sciiptures, in whole or in part, in more than meaty
languages.

Letters from Gibraltar of the 29th say, that a Con-
stitutional party from Malaga, infantry and cavalry,
had fallen upon the Royalists, who had possession of
St. Roque (in the bay), and entirely destroyed them.
Letters of the 28th and 68th nit received from
Cadiz state, that everything continued unchanged
there—that the Government continued firm in its de-
termination to listen to no otertures of a humiliating
kind. Great improvements are making in the forti-
fications, more particular'y in the Trot:stoke*, a low
piece of land in the centre of the Puntal road, opposite
Port Royal, and the point nearest in contact with the
French. There six new batteries have been construc-
ted, to %%Welt the names of Libertad, Independencia,
Constitucion, Arco-Aguero, Riego, and Qin Foga bad
amen given, and two others were nearly &milled. Al- 1,
.Most every day detachments from this point went
out as far as the gardens of Port Royal. Admiral
V.a.t.nes had given up his allowances as Commandant-
General of all-the naval forces, amounting to 166,000
vials per annum. Count de Acetonoewa had also
resigned all his pay, and Igenerally there was a dispo-
sition on the part of the Officers to waive their pay
till Government should be better enabled, to discharge
the obligation.
Srawm-Virssats.--On Friday last the Hibernia
steam-packet, 'eft Bristol for Dublin, with about fifty
passengers, among whom wont the Marquis of BATH,
and two Noble Lords,whose names we have not heat d;
in the course of the night the wind being fresh, one
of the cranks of the engine broke, which compelled
the Master to put into Tenby, where she remained
atoll Saterday evening. Oa Sunday morning pace
.of both her engises broke, and forced up the pie
9f the deck ; her *knell= was then alarming, pd
rms.& distress were .fired. Fortunateli, the Pal-
merston, War-office, steam-packet hove in sight, and
-Iboitly came op to her astidance teak her het: sow
to
'and insade
_Milford Hawes, so th:no small gnairbory;,
lies of tise.passangera and mat.
About three weeks since, as an industrious me-
chanic, who had lately Commenced business as an
iron• founder, at Heywood-bridge, near Haslingden,
was inspecting an iron shaft which ration the topof his
earning shop, unfortunately the ends of his neckcloth,
which he imprudently wore long, were caught by
[ the revolving shaft, and be was immediately strangled,
his body twisted round by the shaft, and the space_
'above it being very small, was crashed in a shocking.
canner.
- Tuesday sennight, an erstraordinary feat was per.
*mined at Quitensferry, by a child between three sad
four pars of age, the son of a Military Gentleman
residing In liaakiellour-street, Edinburgh. He was
backed by his father-against a Vatting Gentkman
la the beighbonttiood, for ive guinea, to run one
leiloon a. rough road in twenty The young
itnddiarperformed the task with mat .ease in wee.:
lOW in presence of a nnap4acnfOendeng.ll
retparliable, *Oa to enter Mt
the those whale
presence et a vie* coin-
, of a tortoni/do to die
mealtime. .were
. amusement, had wvll
accident : two of Me
and rode mato
hogreveroliter
to Ms. mitt. •

,an errand-boi. It ap red from the esi. teen mannar in presence of a Dui* berc
Whale. a waterman, of Drury-lane, that I. and what is mete resnarhable, he seens
y sifterneon, the deceased was running &rim •keelgY lots the spirit of the race, as
s of Waterldn-britlge. when bis 4bot Apped,—lntkes were at jade. 4,.
fell doWn to the bottom. Witness itnasecli. _
. dr tie
i down and picked bim np. Deceased • was =pair aIL
iMirei:d!li
the Hospice! with his &nil-fractured, sod . rod a Wile so she seem' saesesefal
Dfusel7. William Start:al. isblassemeesaaat, inse•Viska sewed mush alum
that deceased died the foildistaisamsair, abriai wait aa allfdaasaat'aclidi
operation {it tiepattaingitadiseaa petilkoseid. `alf taeltighway to the footpath, and
Accidental Death. is 'be is the way.
seattaal salsa *ea het he I