Star.
London, England, 1831-04-01 00:00:00

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Jailge, agent for an English company, walking a
little %say from the triangles, told one John Moore, RA he
passed by, that the ground was not sound underfoot. As
he spoke the word they went both down; five more lay sate
under a great rock which jutted out ; but Mr. Madge was
darted down ten fathoms deep. He was lost about noon on
Saturday. the .sth of June, 1731, but was not found till
Thursday evening &lowing. None of his bones R ere
broken ; he smelled very strong when he was found, and
swelled when lie was brought up into the air, and continued
so till be was buried.

But a much greater breach fell in on Saturday, the 7th of
August, 1737, at night, when eight men were under
ground, drawing water—viz. William Hind, Andrew Bryan,
James Gallaher, and Loughlin Connor, they not being
above 55 fathoms deep. Hind being well acquainted with
the roads under ground, wrought very hard whilst he bad
any candle light, and he and Connor wrought in the dark
Girt: their shoes, stockings, and breeches were torn to
.ra;_.,-.i. Some of our men went down in our engine pit ;
they could then hear the poor creatures, but could not get
to them : but after they had been five nights and four
r'ayellticler ground we got to them at last, but they
i nild not give any account of the other four men—namely,
Terence Donnelly, John M`Owen, James Ryan, and A.
Dwyer. The two last agreed to kill M`Owen, to which Don-
ne:lv would not *sent. They then threatened to kill Donnelly ,
hut kept at adi nce. They had made a fire and burned
buckets, barrows, staves, and e ing they could find that
would burn. Whilst they a he fire, Dwyer stabbed
M'Owen in the back with a on which the poor thing
ran away, and did not appear sensible of the wound.
He went down a water shaft rope. Dwyer and Ryan
forowed him to the month of t , haft, and desired him to
come up to them, but he told t he would not trust to
them, but if Donnelly would gi his word to save his life,
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he would return up. Donnelly said he would defend him as
lon:- as he was able. M'Owen came .hy the same rope,
an I a ttin,". by the fire among them, a • blood running
down, whereof hp raid wit in the le „ mplain, Dwyer
stepped back from the fire with a hatchet, came behind
M'Owen's back, and broke his skill. Rye called imme-
diately for hie two ea s, which he broiled anT eat greedily.
They nett cut off his head, arms, and thighs, and threw his
head, boy and arms down a water shaft to the deep bot-
tom's, but first they stripped ail the fat from about his
heart, of which they made candles. Thus,"they con-
tinued eating human flesh, without bread or salt, and
nothing to drink but strong sulphur water: which threw
them into a flut. There were many bands at work
to get to them, but after they had been down 19 days
and nineteen nights, their firing being all spent, we found
them out. Ryan was found dead in the ashes where the fire
had been, and Dwyer laying on the top of him, but alive.
There was a bottle of gruel carried down to them, which
Dwyer got hold of, but with difficulty it was gat out of his
hands. He bad a few peace and a knife, which he desii et
to be given to his wife. He died before he could be brought
to grass. Donnelly was found in a corner up :o his seises
in mud—he leapt with joy towards the li iiit,iiiiil was brought
up safe to grass, and is still living. His looks we.e very
ghastly ; for several weeks atter, he was' kept in a dark,
warm rcom, and fed like a child for a long lime. As Le
began to get strength his skin peeled off—all the joints of
his back might be counted by feeling his belly, as well as the
others that were dead.
In about a year afterwards WOwen's body was found end
brought up; it was no way tainted, nor had it any offeasive
smell. His bead and one hand were likewise found, having
been under ground. two years : the hair was fast to the skull,
the flesh as hard as any stock-fish, and no ill smell ; his
hand rather harder than the flesh of his head. I very be-
lieve that if the bead and hand had lain near an age in the
sulphur water, they would not have 'itrified, and each
would retain its form.

There is something worthy to be noted in the first
four men that were found : —We had agreed with two
men, for five pounds. to clear a way from the engine-
shaft, to get to the men. They wrought very hard for
several hours; they put in several eieees of timber coveted
with whole deals. Some men were sent down to give
some help, but durst not stay one hour; some fainted
when drawn to grass : our two masters shouted to he
drawn to grass, and one of them fainted when drawn tip ;
one of them told me if he durst stay to put in one t air of
timber, he believed he could get at the men. I proffered
him a guinea to put in one pair of timber, but told me he
would not venture down again if I would give a thousand ;
but it pleased GOD that the place they were timbering WI
in that night, and left room for the poor men to get into
the engine shaft. I slept none that night, but came early
by day-break to the shaft. I shouted down, and they made
answer ; we soon drew them up with joy ; they were 30
fathoms deep. When found they could give no account of
the other four men, neither of the days and nights they
were under ground, nor Donelly, who is still living, but
fancied it not half the time he was under ground; the rea-
son why he did not take the flux was, after drinking the
sulphur water he drank his own urine ; neither did he eat
so immoderately of the human flesh as the others. He bad
half a quarter of tobacco when he went down, which he be-
lieves to be a great means of saving his life.
It sus said that Dwyer was a horse-stealer, and was per-
secuted by Ryan to go under ground to draw water, to pre-
vent his being taken, which night happened to be the first
that he was under ground, and was continually cursing
Ryan for bringing him down. Ryan told him it was to
punish him for his wickedness that they were all lost.
Dwyer often said be did nor fear being lost there, he had
escaped so many dangers before.
From all that has passed in the two Houses, and the
formal arrangements of future proceedings, the prevailing
notion about an immediate dissolution is abandoned.

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The return of Mr. O'Connell's son for the county of
Clive. proves his continued popularity in Ireland. At the
same time, his qi.eclies on the reform question, and his
parliamentary conduct generally, have raised his senatorial
character in England. If the reform did nothing more than
create confidence in the Irish people, that effect alone ought
to reconcile it to all men of sense. They do not care from
whom a good and fostering government proceeds; and an
honest Imperial. Parliament will be u satisfactory ra a ric-
ketty Irish one. All our colonies will experience equal satis-
faction, for they a'.ove all have been the victims of borough,
mongering jobbing. in fact, a reformed Parliament will
preserve the integrity of the empire for many additional
centuries.
Monday evening a Polish Jew, who had previo isly !pf n
'converted to Christianity, was baptised in St. Gitlibert's
Church, by the Rev. Dr. Dickson. The umber
of pccyle resent c. 38 :tot great, it not having been pa b.ici)
kaown that such an occurrence was to take place.