Star.
London, England, 1802-08-21 00:00:00

DUBLIN, AUGUST :7.

The beautiful country refidence of Cork Abbey,
tae Prat of Than. Jowas, Efq. we hear, is fold by
that Gentleman for aoool. and 1001. a year. The
Furchafer has already been offered, it isfaid, I sooL
fur his bargain.
The beautiful villa of Frefcati, at the Black
Rock, Come time fince advertifed for Cale, is alto
confidered to have been fold a very great bargain.
having been purchafed at auaion by Sir Hauer
Carseotsti for 190C1. and aool. per annum.

The Poft.boy conveying the mail difpatched from
the General Polt•Office laft Friday night to Wick.
low, was (topped at Galloping Green, within five
miles of Dublin, by two men armed with piftols,
trbbed him of the entire mail, containing
for the following po&•towns, viz. Bray,
wtow n•Mou n t. Kennedy, Wicklow, Arklow,
rev, Ferns, Ennifcorthy, and Wexford.

SINGULAR ESCAPE. •
Rsllyiltamson,AusesS &
Wm. Haw:crow, Efq. of Garrifon, and Hamar
ylt"IN e, Efq. of Callle Irvine, near Ballythannon,
having a boy named Gillefpie with them, went,
on Friday lan, in a yawl to fiat above the Salmon
Leap at Ballyfhannon, which, on account of the
very unufnal fall of rain this feafon, is at Inefent
ftvciled to an amazing height, and falls with un-
common velocity, as it can fcarcely be remem•
hued that the body of water, which now rolls
down that precipice, has been exceeded for lirength
and rapidity of current in any of the winters which
have gone before in the memory of the oldell man.

The fcene about the Salmon Leap is remarkable
fur romantic beauty, and the finenefs of the day
cnnfpired to imprefs an idea of fafecy. A number
of fpedators were on every fide to grimes at once
the elegance of the profpek, and the novelty of a
veffel fifhing on fuch a placid fleet of water, which,
on account of the vortex beneath, and fo clofely
adjoining a lime fo extraordinarily agitated,affords
eine of the moil firikingly beautiful contrails in
nature ; for the water immediately below the bridge
of Ballyfhannon, and which rolls from Lough
I.rne in fluent majefty, is extremely placid, and
the fair image of Nature finely refuelled on its
watery breaft, till within a very (bort dillance from
the fall, affuming an angry afpea, the refinance
tithe rocks and huge (tones eaufe an inftaataneous
and noify Turf, which, the more the obftacles
ereafe, encreafes the more furionlly, till hurried
precipitately, and with the molt inconceivable
fury, it arrives at the height of a precipice of not
let's than twenty feet.—down which this world of
water rolls with amazing roar, and is contemplated
by the traveller as one of thole grand produaions
et Nature, to imitate which the moll exuberant
vforts of the pencil have fallen infinitely short, the
fublimity and grandeur of which, fearcely the
ntmoft limits of the fineß imagination can reach;
here, then, bordering upon this roaring fall of
water, in a (mall yawl, tranquil, and unfufpeaing
the approaching danger, there Gentlemen lured
the finny tribe from their watery recefi, and (itch
was the unruffled (late of the element on which
they floated, that the fcaly inhabitants of the water
could be plainly perceived, or fwimming or biting
at the treacherous fly that played for their deftruc.
tion on the harm of the unagitated deep: but in
the twinkling of an eye, the ftern of the little vefrel
was hurried round, having been trufled too far
within the precinds of the circling waters, and its
aftonifhed freight in a fecond encircled with all the
terrors of impending deftru9ion. What muff they
do ? To hefitate were death : the two gentlemen
forfake their fragile bark, and attempting to Rem
the torrent before it becomes more impetuous, firive
to evade a watry grave. Poor Hamilton unavail•
ingly buffets the encrcafing ftrength of the waters,
unavailingly oppofes ftrength to ftrength—he is
precipitated forward, to the very bofom of the
boiling ['ream, and, overcome by its unconquerable
Clue, is borne down, even to the very edge of the
formidable precipice, and, in the fight of numer-
ous fpedators, feeling beyond defcription for his
fate, finks into the abyfs beneath I

Down this fall. whatever living animal, or
man, or horfe, or cow, that ever had been hurried,
had never, in the recollection of the oldell man
here. been teen or heard of more ! But Strange
to relate ! paffing Orange ! in the midi} of that
pante of terror which followed his fate, Mr. Ha.
stivros was defcried with bishead above the hor-
rid gulph. and (biking with both his arms in the
briny boiling baron beneath, teemed to exhibit a
firength fuper-human. A boat which bad been
raids with a falmon net in the pool, comes dote
to him, and, extraordinary u it may appear, after
the wonderful ordeal he had paired, be jumps him-
11f into the boat, and, without a Single bruife or
centurion, is rowed to Sore amid the acclamations
of an aflonifhed multitude I

Meanwhile Mr. laying having alto jumped
from the yawl, by moll uncommon exertions, galll•
eJ a fpot in the river, in which he Rock, contend-
ing with the relenting; Bream, till drawn thence by
a rope thrown to him by force adventnmus men,
who at the rifts of their own limes raved his.

Here were two lives moll providentially Caved.
The fate of the other yet remained in the molt
dubious fufpence. The poor boy had regained the
boat, and having thrown a rope afhore, had to
combat the current with heroifm, which he molt
certainly did, and difplayed in the.mcmient of the
greatelt danger a courage which would have done
honour to one in a higher fphere. Now one part
cf the yawl immerfed in the water, and drawn on•
ward by the force of the current to the fall, he aP-
peartd in the other part raifed aloft, with the ut-
muß coolnefs, to encourage thofe on (bore to per.
:evere in his atEllance—till by the Providence of
an AL!IIGHTY Paoesceoa, ke was lived, and,
cote of the ungovernable power of the water pul.
EA on Chore ! Here the lives of three men
were moll miraculoufly refcued,manifefling to the
univerfe that
" There's DIVINITY that dere Oar ends,
" Ruush hew them as we will.
tY The Edkor is happy to add, that Mr. Hamilton is now

BELCNPR AND BOURKE.

CAMBERWELL FAIR.

Thofe who witneffed the battle at Cockpool-
green, between Belcher and Bourke, will no doubt
recollea with what reluaance Bourke yielded the
palm of viaory to his antagonift on that day.—
Since that period, Burke has never been fatisfied
in his own mind but that the fortune of the day
was loft on account of an accidental blow which
he received in the throat. It was therefore hi;
intention to avail himfelf of the firft opportunity
that offered, to try the fate of another conteft.—
It was not, however, by the battle which was in-
tended to have been fought in Yorkfbire that he
was to judge of his fupertority over Belcher, a 3
it is well known that no battle wis then to take
place without Belcher firft agreeing to make it a
croft, which he could not be perfuaded to content
to, having (worn to his Mother at parting, that
he would ftrialy adhere to the rule laid down by
his Grandfather Sheik, never top/ a battle. The
fight was therefore put off, atter much expence
had been incurred in preparing the Rage and
training the Heroes. Bourke after this Rill conti-
tinued to boaft at various times of his fuperior
prowcfs ; and, on Thurfday lag, being a little
pot-valiant, at Camberwell Fair, he was enter.
taming a number of hearers with the manner he
would ferve it out to Belcher the firft time he met
with him. A coach came up to the fpot at the
moment, with Belcher in it, accompanied by
Fletcher Read, Eft]. when he was foon informed
of what Eo it ke had been Paying. The Brillol
Hero immediately fleppe.ii out of the coach, and
aiked Bourke if what he had juft heard was true ?
Bourke replied it was, and offered to accompany
him to a room, where he would box him for pure
/eve. They retired to the Golden Lion, and found
the place they meant to fight in occupied by Tome
females. As there was fomething boifterous and
provoking in Bourke's manner, 'Belcher calmed,
and obferved, they could not fight there, as there
would be more breaking of tea-cups, and difturb-
ing of the company, than fair play. By this time
the company were apprifed of the nature of the
difpute, and the parties concerned ; ene half, the
females, were thrown into a quandary, while the
ether half, the males, in the Old Englifh John
Bull ftyle, exclaimed, " Let them fight it out."
Belcher immediately intreated Bourke not to
alarm them, but adjourn to the Bowling.green,
but Bourke perlifted in feting to in the room;
on which Belcher fiript off his coat to prepare
for battle, when his opponent demanded a truce,
as he had drank freely, and was not fit to
engage him. Belcher remained behind, and
Bourke, with feveral others, repaired to the Bowl-
ing-green, but had not been there long before he
received a meffage from Bourke, that he was then
ready to enter the ring with him. Belcher obeyed
the fummons, and they again ftript and Pet to.—
There was at the time fo bad a ring that nothing
like fcience was difplayed ; they doled, and Bel-
cher threw Bourke. On the fecond round there
was more room ; Belcher placed his &It blow on
Bourke's note, the blood inflantly glinted out, and
he again fell. On his Second's attempting to raife
him up, he requefted to remain where he was, and
in that fituation again applied to Belcher for a
furpenfion of hoftilities, as he found he had:drank
too much liquor, and that they were not contend.
ing on equal terms. Bourke further propnfed that
he would then put down a guinea to one of Bel-
cher's, which fhould be forfeited by thole who
fa;led to meet next day, at 12 o'clock, in Oxenden-
beet, for the purpofe of fixing a proper place to
fight at,the fame day,that they might fairly deter-
mine which of them hereafter was to be confidered
the belt man. During the night and morning, we
fhould obfer*,e,that expreffes were fent in all guar-
ters fur the feconds and bottle holders.
THE BATTLE IN BASER'S FIELDS, HEAR BATS.