Star.
London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

EXECUTION.

Thursday last, John Timothy Bray Potric
mvbffip, and Thomas Lillis, whose trial for the
burning of Churchtown Barracks, and the murder of
Hugh Colligan, was reported in our last, were exeeuted
at Gallows Green. They did not address the crowd ;
but Brosnahan, who declared his innocence so strongly
after conviction, confessed his guilt; M'Auliffe did the
same, qualifying it by saying, that having been wounded
early in the attack, he was not present when the death
of the paiceman took place ; and Lillis, for whom so
strong an alibi case was made out, he admitted having
been actively concerned ia the distueaances, but would
neither admit nor deny that he was at the burning of
Churchtown.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.---Mrs. ADAMS, an elderlv
Lady, was burnt to death at her lodgings in Clarence'.
row, Portland-street, on Sunday evening. She was let:
sitting by the flue reading while her riece was absent
about a quarter of an hour. The first alarm was occa-
sioned by her shrieks, and oa the set vain of the house
entering the room, the unfortunate old Lady was in 0"
blaze. The servant wrapped the hearth rug about her,
but her clothing was reduced to tinder. She died
ter day morning, aged 76.
MIRACULOUS EscAPE.—Yestei day morning, as a
country waggon, loaded with potatoes, was passing
along the Strand, opposite Southampton-street,
hind axle suddenly broke on the near side, and precipi-
tated almost the whole of the sacks of potatoes, to.
gether with the waggon, on the pavement, close to the
houses. It is most remarkable that, although great
numbers of persons were passing along the Strand at
the time, and many very near both the front and rear
of the waggon, not the slightest accident took place,
nor was a single square of glass broken in the shop-front..
SINGULAR CASE.—About October last, a labouring
man, named Osborn, of St. John's Common, Sussex,
was seized with typhus fever, under which he suffered a
considerable time, when at length the fever fell into his
feet, which gradually wasted, until about ten days ago,
when both feet dropped off at the ancle joints, and were
buried in Keymer Church yard. The poor man's health
is now perfectly re-established.
MOCK SUNS.—On the 7th of May, INS, when tl e
Sun's lower limb had just dipped the water's edge, at the
Cape of Good Hope, the Rev. Mr. Fallows ob-erved se-
veral parhelia, viz. four on the left and three on the
right hand of the sun, and all cut by the horizon, like
the real sun. They had the same shape as the real sun,
and were as high, but not so long. When the upper
limb of the sun came in contact with the hoi izon, it
and the mock suns appeared as bright spots upon the
water's edge, and then one of them instantly vanished.
Mechanic's Magazine.
Queen ANNE was instructed in music by GIOVANNI
BATTISTA DRAGHI, and played on the harpsichord.
She had a spinnet, the loudest and perhaps the finest
that ever was heard, of which she was very fond. She
gave directions that at her decease this instrument
should go to the Master of the children of the Chapel
Royal for the time being, and descend to his successors
in office. Accordingly, it went first to Dr. CROFT, and
afterwards into the hands of Dr. NA RES, Master of the
Children of the Royal Chapel.