Star.
London, England, 1821-01-16 00:00:00

A dispute arose, after the termination of poor Gri-
ihatx's skaiting match against time, in conrequence
of a variation in the going of the two stop-watches ;
as by the one he had lost, and by the other gained the
match, and the decision was left to the arbitration of
Mr. JOHN GULLEY. Until this was made, it was
agreed that the stakes and bets should not be claimed
by either of the parties ; but the death of Graham,
will probably put an end to the whole of the business.
Monday se'nnight the Wexford coach was over-
turned on its way to Dublin, by which the toachni4n
met an awful and instant death, and three of the pas-
sengers a narrow escape from sharing the same fate,
being considerably injured.
AlURDZIM—Friday se nnight a murder was com-
mitted at Whitehouses, about two miles from Pate-
ley-bridge, attended with circumstances of peculiar
atrocity. The following are the only particulars
which have yet reached us respecting this dreadful
occurrence :—The unfortunate deceased, Ibbotson
Mason, who was a respectable butcher at White-
houses, had been employed in dressing a sheep for
the ma, ket on the following day at Pateley-bridge,
in which employment he had been assisted by a
younger brother. What occurred between them on
this occasion is unknown ; but the mother of the
young men having occasion shortly afterwards to go
into the shop, was appalled with the-dreadful spec-
tack of her eldest son lying dead upon the floor, and
weltering in his blood. The cries of the distracted
mother alarmed the neighbours, who, hastening to
the spot, found the skull of the unfortunate deceased
so dreadfully fractured, that the brains were literally
scattered in various directions upon the floor. An
axe, besmeared with blood, with which, doubtless,
the murder had been perpetrated, was found near
the body. Suspicion instantly fell upon his brother,
Joseph Mason, who had quitted the shop only a very
short time before his mother entered it, and who, it
seems, had previously expressed a wish or intention
to murder his brother. Upon inquiry, it was ascer-
tained that he had gone to Knaresborough, for the
alleged purpose of visiting his other brother; and on
searching him a large butcher's knife was found con-
cealed upon his person, with whidr, it was supposed
he intended to murder his younger brother. Monday
se'nnight an Inqnest was held on the body, when,'
after a long investigation into all the circumstances,
the Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against
Joseph Mason, who was committed to York Castle,
to take his trial for this heinous offence. It is right,
in conclusion, to mention that the prisoner had been
previously confined for lunacy, and charity would
hope, that this dreadful deed has been the result of
some maniacal excitement.—Leeds Mercury.
The following circumstances may be relied on as
being authentic. Mr. Cruise and his brother were
on a visit to Mr. Nangle, of Gartisker, in the county
of Kildare, and went out shooting on Wednesday
1.14, along the river Boyne ; having sprung some
snipe and ducks at the same time, which flew in op-
posite directions, the brothers separated never to meet
again. Mr. William Cruise continued his sport near
the Boyne Aqueduct, and a little before sunset called
at the house of a respectable farmer, of the name of
Lynam, to inquire the shortest way to Mr. Nangle's,
which was about a mile and a half distant; then pro.
cceding for about a quarter of a mile in a direct line
across the fields, he fired at a bird, and before lie
loaded his gun again, which was single barrelled,
was joined by two men in frieze coats, who were seen
to assist hint in looking for the bird in an adjoining
field, and on the identical spot where he was found
next morning murdered, his pointer dog lying acrers
his breast, his watch, money, powder horn, and shot
bag untouched, the stock of his gun broken off near
the butt end, the rest of it shattered, the lock re-
maining but the barrel taken away, and the back of
his skull broken into'many pieces. This respectable
and unfortunate Gentleman was a total stranger in
that part of the country; the faithful dog could
scarcely be dragged away from the body, and on
the day after the corpse was found, broke away from
the house of Mr. Nangle, and returned to the spot
where his ill-fated master was assassinated. Every
possible search and esettion has been made by that
indefatigable Magistrate, James TANDY, 1.:(1. of
Carnisle, to discover the perpetratots of this diaboli-
cal act, but hitherto without effect, though it took
place in the immediate vicinity of a populous neigh-
bourhood.—Dublim Journal.

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