Star.
London, England, 1811-01-25 00:00:00

TIM CIUTN.4-CRIEN PASON

CARLISLE. JAN. 19.
Th*sday set:might died, at Gretna-Greeek
79, JOSTCPII PAISLEY, the Gretna-Green Parson.
was born at Iterkandrew-upon--Esk, in Cumberland,
and early in life was bound an apprentice to
tobacconist ; which vocation requiring sobriety and
Attention, ill accorded to the lax' disposition of Pais.
ley. He soon left this trade to follow the employ-
ment of a fisherman, and he was allowed by his con-
temporaries, from his uncommon strength and agi-
lity, to be the most expert man in the use of the lister,
for the destruction of salmon, of any that we have
ever heard of, and endured .every kind of fatigue
=ran any other man. His conversation never
upon religious objects; his delight was in
talking of juvenile feats of activity, and about brandy,
end the immense quantities he could have drank of
that stimulant without feeling the smallest effects
from intoxication. He was accustomed to relate, in
the presence of concurring witnesses, Lthat he frequent-
ly swallowed a pint of unadulterated brandy at one
draught. He dwelt with complacency on a celebra-
ted atchievement in which he shared the glory of a
great brother drinker : they consumed, without any
assistance whatever, no less than ten gallons of brandy
in three days. This man could never have gained
celebrity, had it not been for the facility with whiCh
marriages are celebrated in Scotland; for a more un-
polished and rough man in his manners we never con-
verted with, and his conversation was always mixed
with obscenity and grossness.

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Monday last, a poor woman, who resides at Bays-
water, was brought to bed of a boy, and not having
money sufficient to supply a nurse, a neighbour of
her's tendered her services, but the husband coming
home in the evening, declined the offer, adding, at
the same time, that he would attend on her himsolf.—
The next morning some acquaintances called to see
them, and knocked at the door several times, but no
one answering, the doors were broken open, when
the man and wife were both found dead, and a little
infant sucking at the breast of the woman. The cause
is attributed to their having burnt some charcoal to
air the room, which suffocated them. They have
left three young children.
Monday, while two labouring men were engaged
in a pugilistic encounter on Tower-hill, a pressmaster,
who conceived they might be better employed in a
union to fight the enemies of their country, sent his
gang, who conveyed them for that purpose on board
the tender.
Wednesday se'nnight, as Charles Smith, Esq.
(grandson of the Duke of Grafton) was hunting with
his Grace's hounds at Bardwell, in taking a leap, his
horse fell amidst a drift. of snow oa the brow of a
ditch, by which accident he dislocated his arm.
Friday as some men Were felling trees at Knights-
and

bridge, one _ ay,
verely wounded font or five persons passing. Miss
Brier, of South-street, was taken to St. George's Hos-
pital, without hopes of recovery.
Saturday se'nnight a boy, five years of age, fell
into a well twenty yards deep, at Brierly-hill, near
Stourbridge. Several people repaired to the spat,l
and could just perceive him. A boy at length agreed
to go down in the bucket ; in the mean time the rope,
had been let down, without the bucket, and on draw.
ing it up, it was perceived, to the astonishment of the
spectators, that the hook at the end of the rope had
caught the bottom of the•child's waistcoat, by which
he was drawn our, nearly lifeless ; but soon recover,
ed, and was restored to his almost distracted parents,
without a bruise.
An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon at the]
the Piccadilly

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,ign of . White Swan, Down-street, _ ly,
before A. Gell, Esq. on the body, of Mary Bennet,
about twelve years of age ; when it appeared in
dente that the death of the deceased was occasioned
by her clothes catching fire a few days ago. She was
taken to St. George's Hospital, where she languished
until Friday last, when she died in great agony. The
Jury, aim a short deliberation, brought in their ver-'
dict, Accidental Death.
In the night of Saturday se'nnight, the house of
the Rev. Mr. Geraghty, in the neighbourhood of
Newcastle, Limerick, was entered by a banditti, and
plundered of fire arms.
The same night, the dwelling house of Mr. Gib-
bin, of Dunkanville, near Arda;h, was attacked by
i party of villains, when not finding arms, they flog-
ged and ill treated Mr. Gibbin, and then retired.
About seven o'clock on Friday evening, while the
servant of a respectable family in Castle-street, Fal-
con-square, had stepped out on an errand, having
inadvertently left the door a-jar, a fellow insinuated
himself into the dining-room, and took from the side-
board several articles of plate. He was seen going
out of the house, and the property being missed, an
alarm was instawly given, but the thief made off with
such speed as to elude the pursuit.
A most horrid murder was committed in the night
of Friday se'nnight, near Crusheen, county of Clare,
on J. O'Brien the deceased, in company with his
son, returning towards home, was fired at by some
unknown assassin who lay in concealment for him,
near his own dwelling, when the unfortunate man
received the contents of a loaded musket and instant-
ly fell. On Thursday an inquest was held on the body
by T. Ivers, Esq. Coroner for the county, who re.
turned a ♦erdict of Wilful Murder against some per-
son or persons unknown.
Sarah Leach is committed to Gloucester gaol,
charged with the wilful murder of her male bastard ,
child, at Clifton, near Bristol : she had escaped from
the custody of the nurse in whose charge she was
placed, and engaged in service in London ; but was

discovered in a very extraordinary manner. About
a fortnight since, Mr. Hale, the constable of Clifton, I
accidentally met with a person who resides at the
Hotwells, who informed him that he had a day or
two before found a letter (which had been opened)
directed to one William Allen, requesting a pound
bill and some clothes to be sent to the writer ;—and
that seeing the name of Sari!' Leach at the bottom
of the letter, he (having heard something of the
cir-
`cumstance) thought proper to let Mr. Hale have a
sight of it. Mr. Hale set off for London the follow-
ing dap, and on going next morning to the house
where the pound bill and clothes were directed to be
sent, the door was opened by the identical Barlik
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