Star.
London, England, 1807-08-28 00:00:00

INCA VTAT lON.

The following remarkable Rory Is copied from an
Irifh Paper, received yellerday. It is to be hoped
that the fatal efieos which have in this inflance re-
fulled from fupertlition, will tend to difcountenance
fuch foolith practices, even among the moll ignorant.
BELFAST, AUGUST 20.—A melancholy event took
place on Tuefday night, in the houfe of Alexander
Montgomery,
,tailor, at Carmoney Meeting-houte.—
Vat ious reports are in circulation concerning it, but
we believe the following is pretty accurate :
Montgomery, it appears, had a cow which conti•
nued to give milk, as ufual, but of late no buttet
could be produced from the milk. An opinion,
which has been too long entertained by many people
in the country, was unfottunately intlilled into the
mind of Montgomery's wife, that whenever it oc-
curred, it was occafioned by the cow having been
bewitched. In this opinion the was fortified by the
concurring teQimony of every old woman in the
parifh, each of whom contributed her Rory of what
the had feen and known in former times, when, as
the Poet expreffcs it,

Tibby kirn'd, and yet nat butter came."
Various fpells, however, were pointed out, which
would prove effalual in difcovering the witch, or at
leap in deßroying her power over the cow. Among
many others, the following was tried:--t2 women
were brought to the huufe, who, after certain d'ential
ammonia, proceeded, in a folemn manner, to Ills the
cow. This, however, alfu failed of fuccefs, and the
cow was nothing better. At length the family were
informed f a woman, named M. Butters, who re-
fided at earrickfergu,—

" The telleft Furtu‘ t.c. teller e'‘.r was feen,
A Wttcli, that, fur rims price,
Cuu'd catt her cant' ips, and gie them advice."
They accordingly meat to her, and, after due conful-
tation, brought her to their houfe. On Tuefday fore-
noon, the Sorcerers got a quantity of the cow's milk,
which the proceeded to churn. Her familiar, how-
ever, it appears, deceived her—the charm failed of
fuccefs, and no butter was produced. Three men who
had drank of the milk were foon afterwards feized
with exceflive ficknefs and violent vomiting ; and it is
fuppofed this was occafioned by tome noxious ingre-
dients which the had infuled in the milk. The En-
chantrefs then informed the family, that after night-
fall (he would try another fpell, which could not fail.
Accordingly, about ten o'clock at night, (he gave or-
ders for Montgomery and a young man, who was
accidentally there, to go to the cow houfe, and
turn their nvai,lcoats sniide out, and in that di efs
to hand dole by the head of the cow until they'
heard from her. They immediately went out and I
did as (he defired, whilft Montgomery's wife, his
fon, a lad about twenty years of age, and an old wo. !
man, who was a lodger, remained in the houfe to wit-1
nef‘ the aftrologer's operations. She then canted the
door to be Phut, the chimney to be (lopped, and every
crevice that could admit air to he carefully doled
up. What other meafures the purfued are not known.
But we proceed to (late the dreadful refult :—Mont.
gornery, the father, and the young man who .went
into the cow houfe, remained there for fever al hours
until it was day-light. The young man then went
and knocked at the door, but not receiving any an-
fwer, he looked through a window, and beheld the
four perfons within fide lying ftretched on the floor.
Alarmed by what he taw, he called to Montgomery,
and they broke open the door, when they found the
mother and the fon dead, and the other two nearly
fn. They carried out the former, but in doing Co
the young man had neatly left his life, by the ful-
phureous vapour which filled the houfe. Having
called up tome neighbours they obtained Alliance,
and the other two womirn were got out of the houfe.
One of them expired in a few hours, but the forcerefs
recovered, and has been committed to jail.
It is not known what ftratagems fire employed to
work her pretended enchantment, but the people who
went into the houfe found a pot on the fire, in which
were needles, large pins, and crooked nails, with a
quantity of milk. Little doubt can be entertained
that the had alto been burning fulphur, and that the
vapour from it had proved fatal to the fufferers. A
Coroner's Inqueft has been held, and the following
a copy 4,f their report :
It is the opinibt, of the Jury that the deceafed

Elitabeth Montgomery came by her death from ftif-
location, occafioned bya woman named-Mary Butters,
in her making ufe of Tome noxious ingredients, in
the manner of a charm, to recover a cow, the property
of Alexander Montgomery, hufband to the deceafed•
Jamss STEWART, Coroner."
The report of the Inquelt upon the other bodies
was fimilar to the above.

Tuefday fe'nnigbt, about fix o'clock in the evening,
a brilliant ball of fire fell near Borrowitounnefs, to
the great terror of the country people. It did no
damage.
A perfon in the neighbourhood of Lewes, who
keeps bees, and derives much amufement from his
mode of managing them, on watching their motions,
a few weeks fince, obferved, that they made frequent
returns to their hive, very heavily laden with the
fruits of their indußry ; and, in order, as he thought,
to facilitate their entrance, placed a board•floping
from the ground to its aperture ; but loon• afterwards
found that his flock gradually diminifhed, without
being able to account for the diminution; until at
length, by keeping a centinel almost conaantly near
the hive, he difcovered the enemy, which proved to
be a large toad, that had marched up the acclivity,
and by taking command at the mouth of the hive,
devoured many of the bufy fwarm as they approached
it. The Bee.mafter, of courfe, took his revenge of
the ugly affailant, and bas fince had no caufe to
complain of the reduetion of his Rock.

Lately, at Claypole Mill, Lincolnfhire, the neckcloth
of one of the workmen accidentally caught pan of
the machinery, and was twirled with filch violence,
as to occafion inflant firangulation. This is not the
firfl inftance that has occurred of workmen being
fo killed, and ought to ferve as a caution to all who
are employed in the fame way, not to wear any thing
round their necks that may fubjed them to the like
calamity.
Yeflerday the life of a child, in the neighbourhood
of St. James's flreet, was confiderably endangered by
its having drunk fame of that Tweet but poifonnus
matter which is generally laid out for the deftrueticn
of flies. Parents fhould be more confiderate as to
the place in which they leave matter of fuch a dan-
gerous nature.

Wednefday evening a male child, about twelve
months old,,was (Wen from Bow-ftreet, Bloomfbury,
and (hipped quite naked, and left in the back yard
of Mr. Brightbridge, the Duke's Head, St. Martin's-
ftreet, Leicefier fquare, who very humanely took care
of the infant, and would not deliver the child to the
mother, who traced it to his honk, till he went home
with her, to afcertain the fail of her really being fn.
Two cows, the property of JoHN TREVOR, Efq.
near Whi:echurch, literally burl* a few days ago
with eating clover ; eight more were tapped, in
hopes to Cave them.
We have frequently had the fatisfaelion to
recommend Dr. TAYLOR'S highly efteemed Remedy
for Deafnefs ; and from a Pamphlet juft prbli(hed,
we are happy to find that the high opinion we always
entertained of its efficacy in the cure of that complaint
is fully eftabrffied. The cafes contained therein are
from the molt incredulous, that this remedy has not
only effected cures that have excited the utmoft afto-
nifhment, but that it is compofed of ingredients fo
perfectly harmlefs, that there is not a pollibility of
its injuring the ear in the fmalleft degree.—See Ad-
vertiliment.
A girl, aged t 4, has had, for the Taft (even pre-
ceding years of her life, fcrophulous ulcers on her
arms, neck, fide, and isreafts, attended with great
difcharge, particularly at the periods of Spring.—
The difeafe baited every means employed, when fhe
tried SPILSRORY'S Patent Antifcorbutic Drops, and
at this time the has taken five bottles; the I:nailer
ulcers are all healed, and the larger ones making fair
advances to the fame favourable termination, which
we are juftified in concluding from her mended (ate
of health, probably arifing from the good health of.
the fecreting glands. Mrs. Dancer, York, will give
further information on application ; and the original
letters may be feen at the Difpenfary, No. 15, Soho
Square, London.—Mr. SPILSSURY is not accounta-
ble for any mixture fold, lintel's the words 66 By the
King's Patent" are infested on the bill of direitions,
bottle, and wrapper; the Ramp alto (the King's
duty) is printed in black inftead of red ink. Bottles
51. 6d.: double bottles tos. ; and larger 11. 2s. duty
included.