Star.
London, England, 1807-10-24 00:00:00

DUBLIN, OCTOBER 17.

Wednefday night lift, or rather at three o'clock on
Thurfday morning, the lodging houfe of Nrs.Tracer,
near Ballinteer, was entered by a gang of robheri,
who teemed pettedly acquainted with the place and
its inhabitants ; they called forfeveral ladies by name,
and having deprived them of their watches, trinkets
and money, they demanded (upper and wine, which
having obtained, they regaled themfelves for nearly
two hours, and then went to the houfe of Connfellor
White, near the mountain foot, where having, by
means of a ladder laircarelefsly in the yard, moon.
ted the roof—they cut the rope of the alarm bell, and
afterwards demanded entrance. Mrs. White, from
a window, gave them a fum of money, and they
departed.

We nfiderfiand that Mr. Luke White has taken
and committed to Kilmainham, three men charged
with the foregoing offences.

Saturday night laft, Mr. Timothy Bryan was
robbed and molt dreadfully beatAn by a let of ruffians
that infeil the Rathfarnham road; he was carried to
Mercer's Hofpital, where he now lies dangeroufly
man named George Craven, who had his
thigh fraaured by a fall, at Kilcock, was alfo carried
to Mercer's Hofpital.

Mr. Nutt, it is laid, is fill far from recovery.—
He has undergone another painful operation, which
confines him for the prefent to his bed.

About twelve o'clock, on Thurfday night, it blew
a futiourffmna from the South. Several boats were
flayed upon the River. One of the large trees infide
the paling in St. James', Park.was broken off, abort
fix feet from the ground; and in its fall threw cloak
the paling. Several chimnies were blown down, but
we have not yet heard that any perforial injury was
fuflained. It blew a fort of whirlwind, and during
the thort time that it idled it was dreadfully viulent.
It went round the compafs in the fhort (pace of font
hours ; and we therefore hope it did not extend far;
otherwifc we fear that we fhould receive melancholy
accounts of its effedt on our fleets at fea. The ac.
counts of its violence in the Downs have reached
town, and we are happy to fay, that no feiious
chief was (offered. Several veffels broke from their
moorings, and fome run for different harbours; but
none were 1011. It has been ob@ved, that within the
lag fortnight or three weeks there have been felt, is
different latitudes, both to the north and fouth, feveral
of thefe fudden and local (quails, extremely violent,
but of fhort duration—not extending many degrees,
and followed by a perfe& calm. The Tall veffels from
Gottenburgh (peak of one of them, which they en.
countered, at a time when it was perfc.tly calm it~
England.

The damage done to the thipplng oft tEe coall of
Sale, during the gale of Thurfday night latt, has
been confiderable. The tinting veffels belonging to
Brighton are fuppofed to have been the fevereD (uf-
ferers. One boat of this defcription was upfet off
Brighton, mid the'cuener Unfetvtinately drowned:
he has left a widow and feven children. Several
veffela were feen with fignals cf ditlrefs flying, bat
their fate is not yet afccrtained.
Tuefday lag, at Worthing, a boy only nine years
of age, for a trifling bet, undertook to run a mile in
fix minutes, on the road between Worthing and
Broadvrater. After having run the dillance, a difeute
arofe between the parties, one of them tiatingtbat
he was fix minutes and a half in performing it.—
The boy, however, to fettle the difpute, run it over
again ; he won by a few feconds. After which a
Gentleman prefent off.red to bet a confider able futi,
that he would run two miles in 14 minutes, but the
bet was not accepted.
A melaacholy accident happened lag week to Mrs.
GROSSIT, wife of SCHAW Geossea,Efq• of Clifton,
Finding her feet cold, the imprudently placed them
on a high fender before the tire, and it is fuppofed
became drowfy, when the flames canght her clothes,'
and the was burnt Co thockingly, though affiftance
was alma immediately rendered, that the expired
in great agonies in about two hours.
Yetlerday, another fatal accident occurred, in con.
fequence of the too common praCice of leaving the
poker in the fire. The wife of a mechanic, in Wens?
greet, Bunhill tow, While flickling her infant, had het
earments, let on fire by a hat poker. In her fright, Di
flew to the chamber3oor of a lying.in woman, but cast
refuted admillian by the nude; the then ran into the
timer, where the prefenred a fcene truly horrific, the
whole of her garments being in a blaze, and forming
a complete column of moving fire, which was with
difficulty extinguiflied by' the application of three
pails of water by Come of the neighboors. The poor
woman was taken to an hofpital, in a Rate that atfor•
ded but faint hopes of recovery. We again cumin,'
recommend to whoever may witnefs loch an awful
fpeetacle, to endeavour to (mother the flames, by roll•
ing the objed in a carpet, or layAroppreffing them
in a blanket, great coat, Bcc.
STATR LOTTERY—Firft day, Odt. 20, No. 3701.
a prize of so,oocl. and 5667, a prize of ioool.
Second day, O.R. 23, No. 350, a prize 011c:wool.
10,645, a prize of ao,000l: and 3185, a prize of 5001.
HATTON GARDEN.—,Yetterday Andrew .114‘Gill,
who Rands charged with robbing feveral inns and
hotels, was brought np, pro forma, to hear all the
allegations read to him, after which he was fully
committed to Newgate.
Simmonds the wretch who murdered the unfortu.
nate Ladies at Hoddefdon, confeffed to the gaoler at
Hertford and feveral others, on 'llurfday left, the
whole tranfaetion. He Rated that he attempted to Dab
the maid in the neck, but the knife went into her hand;
and at the moment lie was making the fecond attempts
" he heard a kind of flattering node behind him, and
" on looking back, taw a brown figure, with wings
" extended, which frighted him Co much, that he let
" the maid take the knife out of his hand and crawled.
,4 out of the backdoor, on his hands and knees, andtbe
" figure followed him to the garden gate ;"
that he
then law no more of it, and fled to a cow.flsed, tome
way off, and covered himfelf over with Draw, where
he lay until he was taken—and that it is impoffible,
for any perfon to conceive the Date of his mind,
fence the horrid tranfaaion.—We hope the above
melancholy catatirophe will operate as a caution to
matters and miffreffes of families to be very circuit].
(pea in admitting followers after their fervants, either
by the name of fwcethearts or acquaintances.