Star.
London, England, 1825-10-25 00:00:00

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MARGATE, OCTuBEIt 22.

No one can form an idea of the rude blasts which
sweep the Northern Sea, and are felt here in their ut-
most severity : at this moment the sea is running moun-
tains high, and presents one of the most sublime objects
imaginable ! The billows are dashing over the Upper
and Lower Pier, and running in sheets to the bay below.
At the opposite side of the harbour (the Canterbury
road) the sprays ascend to the high houses, over the
new stone quay, now forming from Buenas Ayres, to
the Highostreet.
At sea the sight is awful—the white foam, formed by
numerous eddies, rises in many places a hundred feet
in height. The hurricane from the N. W. is so great
that, on the Eastern Cliff, it has torn off the parapet
stones from many of the new houses. The men at-
tached to the signal stations have all quitted their posts
on the Cliffs and gone b2low, the tide permitting. Two
vessels are on the sands in the Queen's Channel but no
boats can venture out. In a storm, this coast, all the
01 i seamen say, is worse than_ the Bay of Bi3cay, from
its numerous sands and shoals.

Previous to this change in the elements, the clouds
}coked sulkily: it was in the evening of Tuesday that
the thunder opened the storm, the lightning flashed,
and the rain poured down in terrible and resistless tor-
rents. The cold increased to a degree equallei only
by a Siberian climate. The trees have lost their verdure
in a moment ; and winter seems completely set in.

Two Whig Noblemen, connected with this county,
have clubbed their purses, we hear. to assist in carrying Lord JOHN
Ruissix, through the expected contest with Lord bLatanavitus, at
the:text General Election.—Huntingdon Weekly Journal.
The stages between Boston and New York, which
took thirteen days on the first starting in 1772, now run
it in ,hit ty-sis hours.
111:e extensive premises below Battersea Bridge,which
a few years since when in the soap trade, occasioned so,
much litigation, and were declared a nuisance to the in-
habitants of Chelsea, have remained in a neglected state
till latterly, when they have been taken as a manufac-1
tory, where on Saturday, while a boiler for a steam
engine was hoisted on a crane, it gave way, brought
down part of the building, killed one man on the spot,
and so injured another that his life is despaired of.
Wednesday, the 12th inst. an Inquest was held at
Holb-ach Move, on view of the body of Mr. H. Coul-
son, farmer. A singular coincidence attended his death.
He was returning (tom DeepingFair, riding on a waggon
laden with wood, and fell into a slumber, out of which
he awoke with a shriek, greatly "terrified, saying he
would not ride any further, for he had been dreaming
that Mr. W. Blades, the driver, had overthrown the
waggon, and killed him; and he remarked, it was for-
tunate it was not tie case; but after walking a short
distance, he became weary, and got upon the waggon
shalt to ride, when his dream was awfully verified ; he
fell, and the wheels passing over his bAy, he was so
seriously injured, that he survived the accident only a
few hours. Ve; dict—Accidental Death.

An unfortunate maniac of the name of Walker, be-
longing to Ayr, bas been wandering about Glasgow and
vicinity fur some days. Ile was formerly in the Royal
Artificers, and had fought in the battles of the Pyren.
nean mountains; and it is recorded of him, that on one
occasion he left his corps, and entered a French gir.rd-
room, with his pick and shovel on his back, to get his
pipe lighted. The French expect:ng that the whole of
the British army was coming upon them, immediately
fled, and when our troops came up, instead of finding
him killed as they expected, he was coolly smoking his
pipe at-the fire-side, and had the whole pl ice to him-
self. After he came home, his mind became Xected ;
and he escaped about three years ago. Ile has been
wandering about the country ever since; and whenever
he can find a fegiraetit he follows it—like the war-
horse, the sound of the trumpet re-animates him.
DUBLIN, OCT. 'M.—Tuesday morning a murder was
committed on the road from New-Inn to Caher, quite
near to the gate leading to Oatragh, and close to the
unhappy man's house.—The name of the unfortunate
person is William O'Donnel, or Daniel, who was pro.
scented for, and acqUitted of the murder of the Kin.
nealys. Oa Monday he attended a Vestry under the
Tithe Composition Bill, at New-Inn, where Dr. Bell
attended on the occasion. After the business of the
Vestry was terminated, it is, said that Dr. Bell gave the
parishioners 30s. to drink, at th.t the decease) con-
tinued drinking till two o'clock on Tuesday mo ning ;
when he and his servant lad, of the name of Carey,
were returning home, they were met, at the place we
have already stited, by six men, two of whom imme-
diately attacked the deceased N ith stones, and literally
fumed one of them (which was a lime-stone with' a
sharp edge) into his skull. As sow as the attack was
made, the boy ran, and was pursued by some of the
party, who repeatedly calied out to him to stcp, as it
was impossible for him to escape from them, but he
persevered, and happily gained his master's house.
Having communicated the horrid business, t' e fiends
of the deceased proceeded to the spot, and found the
body in the gripe of the ditch, with the head forced
into the ground and the stone sticking in the skull.
Eat lyin the morning, John Wilcocks, k.sq. and a party
of his mounted police, proceeded to the place, but no
particulars as to the cause have transpired.