Star.
London, England, 1824-10-07 00:00:00

LIVERICK. OCTOBER 2.

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There is a report in town to-day, that a serjeant and
two privates of the 62d Regiment, on their march to
an out-post on the Uppei Shannon, were deprived of
their arms near Nenagh yesterday. by a gang of
ruf-
tians, who murdered the serjeant, and beat the others
in a frightful manner. The following statement of facts
i, from a Gentleman in the neighbourhood where the
murder was committed :—‘. Serj. Dowd, of the 62J Re-'
ment, commanding a small detachment of soldiers on.
the Shannon, about six miles from Nenagh, on return-
ing to his barrack on Tuesday evening, about eight
o'clock, went into a public-house on the load-side with
two of his men, and called for a little beer. There were
four or five count: ymea, who had been to Nenagh with
cars, sitting in the house when the serjeant went -in ;
some conversation took place between one of the cows.:
trymen (a person of the name of Kennedy), and a sol-
dier, Kennedy saying he liked the soldiers, and damned
the police; the soldier made some remark in favour of
the police, when the countryman stood up to spike
him ; on which the se:jeant said be would not allow his
party to be insulted, and that he would inform the
police, and have them all taken up under the Insur-
rection Act in the morning, and instantly ordered his
men to their barrack. On the soldiers leaving the house,
the carmen almost immediately Fot their cars ready,
and followed in the same direction ; on their coming
up with the serjeant and his two men (one of whom was
fifty or sixty paces behind), the men leaped down off'
the cars, and coming behind the serjeant in the dark (it
being then between nine and ten o'clock), they knocked
him down, on which Quin, the soldier, ran up to assist
the serjeant, and was himself knocked down. The ser-
jeant got up and ran towards the door of a house and
knocked, to try and save himself from his pursuers, but
was not admitted; Quin ran towards another house, but
could not get in, and on going up towards the house
where he saw the serjeant knocking, he found him lying
on his face on the road speechless. The other s 4,
dier, Coleman, who was in the rear when the ser-
jeant was first knocked down, was at the same instant
struck with the butt-end of a whip: and on another of
the countrymen coming up, he said, " That is Cole-
inn, don't strike him" (Coleman is a native of that
country); but, however, after some struggle, they suc-
ceeded in forcing his bayonet from the scabbard, and
after striking him violently with it two or three times,
they ran on towards the place where the serjeant was,
and gave him a desperate stab between the fourth and
fifth ribs, and which penetrated to the heart, besides a
.severe cut on the head. The soldier, instantly on his
murderers leaving him, carried the serjeant into a house.,
when he almost instantly expired, but never spoke.—
Great praise is due to the detachment of police sta-
tioned at Kilbaron, for their exertions in securing three
men, who ate- fully identified, and a Coroner's Jury
have found against them a verdict of Wilful Murder.
They have been fully committed for trial. One of the
murderers has fled, but hopes are entertained of his
being apprehended."

LOSS OF THE GEORGE THE FOUR7'H.

The following is a copy of Captain Prissicic's letter
announcing the loss of this vessel :
" Breda River, Coast of Africa, July 18, 1824.
id DEAR Stn—l am under the necessity of informing
you of the loss of the ship King George the Fourth,
near this place, on the 16th instant. Having get as far
on my passage as Cape La Gullas, we encountered a
heavy gale from the N.W. which continued with un-
abated fury from the 27th cf Jane until the 7th of July,
during which time the ship was totally dismasted and
water-logged, having sprung a leak under the main-
chains, whilst both pumps became disabled, and shortly
afterwards broke to pieces. With great exertions (in
which the passengers and myself shared with the crew),
and by the laborious work of baling and lightening,
we kept the ship above water during the gale; though
with all our exertions we could not get her under eight
feet water in the hold. The sugar soon melted and be-
came molasses. After the gale subsided, we found
ourselves in SS S. latitude ; the cotton and cloves, in
casks, were washing about in the hold, and rolling from
side to side; the stumps of the masts were afloat, and
all the beam-stand:eons adrift; when we got up jury-
masts of such spars as were left on the deck, most being
washed overboard, and made sail for the coast in hopes of
seeing some homeward bound ship to take us out. Having
made the coast about St. Sebastian's Bay without seeing
any ship, it was my intention to run the ship on shore
in that place, but the wind blowing hard to the north-
ward, we could not get in. The crew and passengers
now became clamorous for the boat to land them, and
seeing from the state of the ship (two of her beams
having fallen in, and the rest having become loose, her
decks and seams being open in all parts), that she could
not hang together 24 hours longer, I was reluctantly
obliged to consent to launch the only little boat we had.
The gale left us, and with considerable difficulty we
succeeded in landing, at two trips, the whole of the pas-
sengers, and such of the crew as were lamed and
fatigued during the late gale. At seven o'clock the
same evening I quitted the ship with sixteen men, and
attempted to land where the others had done ; they
made a fire to guide us, but the surf had made so high,
it became impossible. After rowing all night, in a
deeply-laden little boat, we landed •at this place the
next morning. The wind having changed during the
night, the ship drove on shore a few miles below this
place ; and to prove to you how far she must have gone,
that although she drove on a sandy beach, where there
was little surf, in an hour afterwards the beach was
covered with her planks and timbers. Neither myself
nor the passengers have saved a single article. All my
papers, mails, and everything were left on board : pro-
bably they may c.sst up in time.
(Signed) " JOHN PRISSICK."

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 29th October,
Peter,son of William bl'Clumpha, Bridgeton, a boy then
about three years of age, got from a relation, who was upon a
friendly visit to the family, a halfpenny, which he unfortunately
put into his nit.uth and swallowed. He, however, continued in a
good state of health for the space of nine months,wh•nn he was taken
sudd-nly ill with a vomiting, and an obstruction in his bowels,
whici continued notwithstanding the united exertions of Drs.
Cita:asses and 'financial, for four or five days, since that time
he has been in a very poor state of health, so much so that in
fact little hope has been entertained of his recovery; but on
Tuesday, the 22d instant, to the no small surprise of all ac-
quainted with the circumstance, while he was in his father's arms,
he vomited the lia:lpennY, after it bad been in his stomach nearly
elcern montli. The halfpenny lies at our ofh;e fur the inspection
of the curiotts. The King's head is almost entirely disiolved.—
Glavow Jcurnal.

A tni:s4l inc..•ty has lately commenced in the County
of Lancastri ; the first iprinted article of which rims
That whereas many persons find it vet), diffi-
cult to'buiy-11..einselres."