Star.
London, England, 1822-01-10 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES, &e.

On the 3d inst. Major WILLCOCKB, with a party of
police, proceeded to the Church-yard of Ballyallonan,
where he found several stand of good arms, a quantity
of bullets and slugs in a leather bag, with a powder-
horn, some flints, and a turnscrew, all concealed in
a spot resembling a grave, over which some human
bones were laid. Major WlLLcocns represents that
the neighbourhood cf Rathkeale remains tranquil.

Saturday, Daniel Bayern was lodged in Limerick
Jail, for the murder of WILLIAM WALSH, in Bailin&
courty, in the liberties of that city. He was identified
as the person against whom the Jury found a verdict
nearly seven years ago.
Martin and John Grady, who were to be hanged
on Thursday last at Shanagolden, were respited, and
conveyed to the Penitentiary House, at Cork. They
received this proof of the clemency of Government
with the strongest expression of gratitude.
Monday night, a party broke into the house of
JOHN MADDEN, near Carrigtober, and, after beating
and abusing the family, carried away his daughter.
not thirteen years old. Shortly after they left the
dwelling, the horse on which she rode fell, and the
gill's leg was broke, which did not prevent the fel-
lows from continuing their course. As morning ap-
proached, and the alarm made by the girl, the party
began to separate, and the man behind whom she rode
put her into a house in the parish of Castle Connell,
the owner of which conveyed her to the Rev. Mr.
CRAMPTON, who procured Mr.DUNOAN, surgeon, to
set her leg, by whose humane and skilful attention it
is hoped a speedy recovery will be effected.
During last week, eight houses'were searched in the
baronies of Coshma, and Small county, in Limerick,
and also several dwellings in the vicinity of Kilcul-
lane, by bands of marauders. When they did not
obtain arms, they insisted on money. One man, who
made resistance, was cruelly beaten.
In the County of Tipperary, the banditti have been
pretty active within the last fortnight. The house
of J. KEATING, at Rathclarish, was searched for arms.
He had none, and they took his horse, and more than
twenty others were found the next day lamed and
fatigued. On Christmas morning a notice was placed
on the Chapel of Grange Muckier, threatening with
death any person who had taken lands within five
years, if he should not surrender them in twelve
days ; also any pm sons who should pay tithes to Parson
SUTTON. On Christmas night the house of E. DONO-
VAN, of Grague, was attacked for arms; and on the
same night the banditti also took arms from a house
near Kilcash. On Friday night, an armed party
traversed the neighbourhood of Kilcash, Moylers-
town, and Ardboy, where they carried off a number
of farmers horses, and were successful in obtaining
some arms. They posted a notice on Ballyneal
Chapel, against tithes and rents.
At Clashnamulk they cruelly punished a farmer
named BUTLER, for not attending to a notice to quit
his ground. The banditti also visited several other
houses in that neighbourhood, searching for arms
and powder. A party went to the house of Mr. PEN-
DERGAST, at Marlhill, and, by threatening to burn
the out-house, they procured one musket.
Many other instances of outrage are recorded in
the Provincial Papers, and it appears, generally, that
in the south and west, the peasantry have not yet
abandoned the delusive hope of getting quit of tithes
and rents, or, at least, of reducing them to a stand-
ard of their own.—Dublin Journal.

SPORTING IN. rELLIGENCE.
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BOX IMO;
The Hatch for Forty Guineas between G. 17olt pnd Feedbags
took.place at the Mount, near Wycomb, on Tuesday, aftet it
had been stopped in another place. It was a renewal of the
match which was undecided on the lath ult. and for manliness
never was exceeded. Seventeen bard rounds were fought with
reciprocal advantages. The seconds were R. Fontana% foe his
.brother, and Collins for Holt.
In the first round, fr..m the eagerness of the men, many
blows missed aint, and in the close there was much wrestling;
Holt gave the throw.
1. Lunging Counter hits commenved this round,• and told
heavily. The claret Hew copiously from the °racier). organs.
The rally lasted three minutes, and the execution was great;
both down.

5. Holt wasfrered at going In with the right hand, hav(ng
missed his left-handed blow.

4. A terrible punishing round, decidedly in favour of Holt,
who sieved himself the strongest man of the two. in rAllying
both were hit to a stand and became complete soarers. Ford-
ham was dropped by a neat body blow.-6 to 4on *bolt.
5,6, and 7. But little mischief was done, excepting the wag-
gling for the fall, during which time was allowed for their heads
to swell frightfully.
8. A hard fought round, in which Fordham hit up his right-
banded knuckles against his adversary's forelwd, whi h sent
him to done, but it was Fordham's last chance after the next
round.

9. Holt. from the groggy state of his head, received another
blow upon his bead, but he knocked his adversary down.
After this Fordham's lame hand pr vented him using it, and
Holt made all the play, and did all the mischief.
In the 17th round, Fordham was floored and could not corn.
again. Holt was the victor in twenty-two minutes.
A second and merry battle, for a WIWI purse, was fought
between Ateriffitit and Lee, two little ones, and which was wail
by the former in twelve minutes. It was a game fight.

SPARRING.
A novel exhibition took place yesterday at the Royal Tennis
Court. After a variety of sharp reneontres, Crawley and Ab.
Belasca gave an excellent represent•tion of the tight between
Neate and Gas. The imitators did much credit to the maniine•s
of the 'vanquished, and the prowess of Natty, and also to them-
selves. They went through the whole fifteen rounds, and pour-
trayed the battle with a correctness which drew forth thunders
of applause. It was given out for repetition.
Ayres and Davie made an excellent set-to; as did also the
Behucoa.

EPIGRAM BY THE LATE DAVID GARRICY.
In 1759, Dr. HILL wrote a Pamphlet intituled, " The Petition
of I, in being of herself and Sister." The purport of it wAs to
charge 31r. GARRICK with pronouncing some words, including
the letter I, as form for firm, endue for virtue, and others.
The Pamphlet is now sunk in oblivion; but the following
Epigram, which Mr. Gamma wrote on the occasion, deserves
to be preserved, as one of the best in the English language..

TO DR. HILL,
UPON HIS TITITION Of TUT LATVED I TO DAVID
If 'us true, as you say, that I've injur'd a letter,
I'll change my notes soon, and I hope for the better;
May the just right of letters, as well as of men,
Hereafter be fled by thelongue and the pen !
Most devoutly I wish that both have their due—
That /may be never mi,taken for U!

The Earl TALBOT arrived at his seat at Ingestrie,
in Staffordshire, on Wednesday
The Rev. J. CAPPER has deducted 10 per cent.
from his last year's composition for tithes in the
parish of Ashurst, in Kent; and also 10 per cent.
from his composition :It Wilmington, Sussex.
A reduction of from 20 to 25 per cent. has been
made by most of the landlords in tL•e %Vest Riding of
Yorkshire to theit tenants, at the last rent days; an
example which has been followed by those worth
from £5O to £2OOO a-year—a wise precaution, to
strive to heal the wound in time. •

On New Year's Day, J. P. POWELL, Esq. of Quex
Park, distributed his annual donation of beef to his
workmen and labourers.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, Bart. has transmitted to the
Treasurers of the General Hospital in Birmingham,
a donation of £l9O.

Tuesday afternoon,, Mr. WHEATLY, Solicitor, re-
siding at Putney,. in going out from his house,fell
down opposite his own door, and instantly expired.
One of the tunes of the new chin-ifs at the Royal
Exchange is—TheHis lure luck about tle house. \ot
very pleasant to the tenants of the Gitsham estate,
nor the frequenters of the 'Change.
A determination has been formed to alter the Race
Course on the Tow n Mcor of Newcastle upon Tyne,
according to the suggestions of amateurs of the turf,
so as to avoid the hill on the west side. The altera-
tion will be completed against the ensuint Races,
and it is expected that the Course will be tendered
equal to those of York and Doncaster, by the altera-
tion; which will probably bring a greater number of
horses to the starting-post, and consequently cause an
additional influx of company to enjoy this peculiarly
English diversion.
A melancholy occurrence took place at one of the
coal-pits belonging to Sir GEORGE BEA UMONT, Bart.
of Coleorton, Leicestershire, on Thur,day last :—A
collier, named S. Price, having had his arm injured
by an accidental blow from a fellow workman, was
ascending to get it dressed, when, On arriving near
the top of the pit, some of the tackle gave way, and
the poor fellow was dashed to the bottom, and died
soon after, leaving a wife and five children to lament
their irreparable loss.
Sunday night last, about eleven o'clock, as Wm.
Weaver, a stoker, belonging to the brewery of Messrs.
Drury, Thomson, and Neale, Park•street, Westmin-
ster, was raising some coals up to the flap of the
brewery, for the use of the upper stokehole, his foot
slipped, avid he fell down into the street, a height of
between forty and fifty feet. The unfortunate suf-
ferer bad several of his ribs and his thigh dislocated,
and was dreadfully lacerated about the head and
face. He now lies in Guy's Hospital, in excruciating
agony, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
John Ellis, a deserter, now in Banbury Jail, has
confessed before a Magistrate, that about three years
ago he was drinking at the foot of lrybridge, Plymp-
ton, near Plymouth, with Thomas Ward, and a wo-
man with whom he cohabited, after which they all
walked together to the bridge, and when near the
centre, be (Ellis) took hold of 'Ward and threw hiin
over the bridge on some stones. Jealousy is supposed
to have been the cause of this murder, as the young
woman had formerly lived with the deceased..
Wednesday last, a fatal accident happened at Wash.;
wood Heath, near Birmingham, from the incautious
use of a fowling-piece. A young man, about twenty.
three years of age, had the trigger of his -
to go off at the slightest touch, and on ,
from 'shooting small birds, he set it down on
end rather suddenly, the piece imTediatei!
and shot him under the chin ; he survit e.I
minutes.—A Coroner's Inquisition liras
, held by Mr. WELCHMAN WHATELEY, and
I returned a verdict of—Accidental Death?

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This was an action against the Proprietor of The
Tines Newspaper, for a libel inserted in that publi-
cation of the 12th of April, 1819, reflecting on the
character of the plaintiff.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated the case to the
Jury. The plaintiff was a Solicitor, carrying on busi-
ness in London ; he was formerly Coroner for the City
of Westminster, and at present held that office for
the Duchy of Lancaster. The libel complained of
was contained in what purported to be a report of
certain proceedings which took place on a trial at
Kingston, in which the plaintiff and others were de-
fendants, and certain observations and comments
which the Reporter had thought fit to add thereto.—
He was one of those who thought nothing could be
more important than faithful reports of tire proceed-
ings of Courts of Justice. 'Faithful reports were not
only of great interest, but of great benefit also, to
society ; but if of a contrary character, they might
be most injurious. The Jury, in the course of their
exper;ence, could not have faded to have observed,
that in pi ocredings in Courts of Justice, it frequently
became necessary that ex-parte statements should be
made. Such statements were necessary for the ends
cf justice ; but nothing could be more unjust or cruel
than to publish such statements. The conduct of
some pro.,:ecutors might be such as to place indivi-
dnals, cf the most honourable character, in situations
in which a Counsel, in opening a case, speaking from
his in aructions and in the discharge of his duty,
might in his address to the Jury state something,
which, whilst it remained unanswered and unexplained,
might bear most oppressively on the character of a
defendant. Something might afterwards occur in
defence which might suddenly put an end to the case,
and the defend:tr.t obtain a verdict in his favour, but
still have no opportunity of answering the slanders
heaped upon him by the plaintiff in the opening his
case. The Counsel, who had made the speech, might I
have done no more than discharge his duty; but the
cruelty of publishing such ez-pai te statements must
be obvious to every one. It was cruel and unjust ; and
he thought lie might add, illegal also. The libel of
which the plaintiff had now to complain was of that
character. The plaintiff Irkd been the Solicitor of a
Gentleman, named Bingham, resident in Hampshire.
An execution had been issued against Mr. Bingham
for upwards of L:2000, under which the Sheriff was
in possession of that Gentleman's property. This
execution gave rise to proceedings in the Court of
King's Bench, under which Mr. Lewis acted as Mr.
Bingham's Solicitor. In the course of these proceed-
ings, after the Sheriff was out, and the property had
been restored, the parties litigating thought proper
to institute proceedings against Mr. Bingham, Mr.
Lewis, and Mr. Hawkins, for an alleged conspiracy.
The cause, in due course (having been removed by
certiorari), came on to be tried at Kingston. The
charge was not proved, and after one witness had
been examined, the Learned Judge directed that the
defendants should be acquitted. A Learned Friend
of his (the Solicitor-General), Mr. Serjeant Onslow,
opened the case, and in doing so, bad stated many
circumstances reflecting on the character of Mr.
Lewis: in doing this, he spoke from his instructions,
and only discharged his duty to his client. But Mr.
Lewis was acquitted without having an opportunity
of answering er disproving these assertions—and to
publish such a statement under such circumstances,
was the height of cruelty and injustice, especially in I
a Paper circulating so widely as the ?Inns Newspaper
did. But the Reporter, on this occasion, had not con-
fined himself even to the speech of Mr. Serjeant Ons-
low, for he concluded his report in the following
words :—" The Jury felt themselves obliged to give
a verdict of acquittal, to the great regret of a crowded
Court, en whom the evidence, as far as it went, had
made a strong impression of the guilt of the defend.
ants."—There were other counts in the declaration.
Evidence was offered to prove that the plaintiff I
was an Attorney ; he was proved to have been ad-
mitted, but there was no proof of the certificate of his
admission, in order to enable him to practice.
Mr. SCARLET? (with *Whom was Mr. PLAT?) made
two objections-1. That it was necessary, in order to
sustain the introductory averment, to prove that the
plaintiff was a certificated Attorney. This objection
went to the first set of counts ; and 2dly, That in the
second set of counts, the supposed libel was set out in
such a manner as not to distinguish whether the sup-
posed libellous matter was originally composed by the
publisher, or uttered by the Learned Serjeant, whose
speech was the subject of the statement. He referred
to Bell v. Byrne, IS East, 554, as a direct authority;
on this point.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was heard in reply to
both objections; but
The CitlEt JUSTICE thought them both well taken,
and therefore directed the plaintiff to be--Non,suited.

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Mr. Gettings is a farmer at Godstone, Surrey, and
the mares in question were missed on the 14th ult.
from a field in which they were at pasture. Mr. Get-
ting: came immediately to London, and, with an
officer of Union-Hall, obtained information which
induced him to go to Narrow-walk, Paddington,
where Cutts occupied stables, and where Mr. Get.
tings saw one of his mares. He inquired to whom
the stable belonged, and Cutts presented himself as
the owner. Mr. Gettings said he wanted to buy two
horses, and Cutts took bins into a stable, but not the
one in which he had seen the mare. He said there
were none in that stable that would suit him, and
asked Cutts u;iether lie had any cart-horses in the
other stable? He hesitated, but at length said he
had only two young colts there, that had never been
shod. Mr. Getting' pressed to be shewn into that
stable, and Cutts,with evident reluctance, opened the
door, and there Mr. Settings found his two mares.
--Their shoes had been taken off before they were
turned into the pasture ; but it was quite impossible
that a man experienced in horses could mistake them
for colts that had never been shod. Mr. Gettings
claimed the mares, and said they were stolen pro-
perty ; and Cutts accompanied him and the officer to
a public-house in the neighbourhood,where he pointed
out Home as the man from whom he had received
them ; and stated that he and another man had, on
the previous night, brought them to his stable, and
requested to leave them till morning. The prisoners
were taken to Union-Hall; where lloine made a con•
fession of his guilt, and told the name of the tnan
who accompanied him when be stole them. •
When the case was nearly closed,the Learned Judge
(Boling:A.lJ) expressed an opinion that there was no
evidence beyond the declaration of Cutts (which could
be taken against Home) that Home ever had posses-
sion of the mares in Middlesex ; and the venue there-
fore was wrongly laid.
The prisoners were found Not Guilty. but an order
was given for their detention, to be tried again in
:he County of Surrey. _ _ _

Abraham Alexander was indicted for stealing from
the person of Miss Phoebe Church, a reticule and
other property therein contained, value lOs. and up-
wards. The prusecutrix, an inte:esting young lady,
stated, that she was passing through Bishopsgate-
street, about six o'clock in the evening of the 4th inst.
and when near the corner of Devonshire-street, was
stopped by the prisoner, who looked her in the face,
and at the same moment she felt the reticule taken
from her hand. The prisoner then ran away, pursued
by witness, who cried out, " Stop thief!" and he was
taken into custody about twenty yards from the spot
where the robbery was committed. Witness did not
see the reticule in the prisoner's hand ; it had not been
since beard of. There were sevetal other persons
round the prisoner during the robbery, and she was
positive he was the person who stopt her.
Peter Burrell, beadle of Devonshire-square, heard
the cry of " Stop thief !" and observed several per-
sons running, the prisoner foremost, and witness se-
cured him ; they all appeared to be of the same party.
The prisoner at the time said, he was not the person,
but had joined in the pursuit.
In his defence, he slid that seeing a lad snatch the
lady's reticule, he pursued him, when he darted up a
court, and the prisoner in his speed passed him, when,
he was immediately seized by the officer.
Burrell was again called, and said that he saw no
boy. which he must have seen had one been running.
The COMMON SERJEANT summed up the evidence
to the Jury, who retut ned a verdict of—Not Guilty.
Henry Sims, a respectable-looking young man, was
indicted for .stealing a watch and appendages, the
property of Mr. John Cricksley.
It appeared the prisoner was celebrating Christmas
night with the prosecutor in the house of his master,
Mr. Reynolds, and there being a scarcity of beds they
slept together, each placing his watch in a different
situation. In the morning the prosecutor missed his
watch, and informed the prisoner of his loss, when
the latter observed, he had no doubt it was a joke of
Mr. Reynolds's, but on the latter being' questioned,
he knew nothing of the matter. No further notice
was taken till the parties met at the dinner-table,
when a more serious inquiry was entered into, and the
watch was found in the hands of a neighbouring
tradesman, wrapped up in brown paper, as a parcel,
which the prisoner had purchased for that purpose.
On his return home he was taken into custody.
The prisoner, in his defence, protested his innocence
of any criminal intention, and said, that he had kept
the watch for a joke, and merely intended to retain it
till he had excited the utmost passion and concern in
the mind of the prosecutor.
Several respectable witnesses gave him a most ex-
cellent character for honesty.
The Learned JUROR, in summing up, observed, the
only consideration for the Jury was, whether the
watch had been taken with a criminal intention ?
The Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the prisoner.
In the course of the morning, Baron RicnAnos
took occasion to make some observations upon the
neglect of Magistrates to return the depositions which
were taken before them on the examination of pri-
soners. It frequently happened, that the testimony
given by witnesses in this Court differed materially
from that which they had previously given before the
Magistrates; and it was of the last importance to the
due administration of justice, that the Judges should
have the depositions before them in all cases; and
he wished that Magistrates would be more attentive
,to their duty.—Mr. Sinwrobri, the Clerk of the jr.

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Mrs. Sarah Rayner deposed, that she knew both
the defendant and the prosecutor; she was in the
room of the wife of the latter when he came in; the
defendant was mending a hole in the floor of the room,
he was on his knees at the time. The prosecutor, on
entering the room, put his fist in the defendant's face,
and was coming towards the witness, and she was so
much alarmed, the prosecutor being quite drunk, that
she begged of the defendant to put him out of the
room, which he did in a very gentle manner. The
prosecutor's children worked for the defen.lant and
his father, and their wages went to pay the rent of
the room. The prosecutor had not paid any rent for
four years, or in any way contributed to their support.
The CHAIRMAN then summed up the evidence ;
and the Jury brought in a verdict of—Not Guilty.
The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing
petty assault cases of no interest.