Star.
London, England, 1818-02-17 00:00:00

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TO A LADY wrrm Allllrxrcerno wit() WORT A 1:I4 AS A 4p:WOCH.

Quoth a wild wag, " It seems to me
Quite odd!-11)o stop and mind it!
To lock the done, and hang the key
Where every fool may find it."
" Hush!" vas the answer, " 'tis a joke,
You know it by this token—
No soul can want the key—for, look !
The door i> kit wide of in

IRELAND.

Friday se'nnight two male,children were found
drowned under a vessel at Meade's Quay, Limerick ;
they were rolled together in linen, and supposed to
be thrown into the river by their unnatural paient—
an inquisition having been held on the bodies, a ver-
dict of " wilful murder" was returned.
Friday se'nnight, some young ruffian, having con-
cealed.himself in a shop in North-street, Belfast, till
the'cloor was shut, succeeded about ten o'clock in
opening it, and admitting his accomplices, who stole
upwards of 901. in bank notes.
LIMERICK, Fes. 10.—On the night of Saturday,
some monsters in human shape, broke into the house
of Michael Hany, resident at Waterpark, near Cas •
tle-Cpnnell, County af Limerick, when they dragged
him from the bed, and with knives laid open the flesh
on the front of the arms, and"with anatomical preci-
sion drew the reeking sinews from their place—they
then proceeded to chop the fingers from the hands,
and with remorseless, unrelenung cruelty, tore the
tongue from its root—but their insatiate thirst for'
blood did not permit them to stop here—with the,
same instruments they made several deep incisions in
such parts as they conceived most vital, and at length
glutted with blood, and the supposed forfeit life of,
their unhappy victim, they quitted the house with
dreadful imprecations.
KKERY, FEB. 10.-A few days since, a vessel ap-
peared outside Swerwick harbour when the master,
nnd three of the crew made a successful effort to reach
the shore, leaving three of the crew on beard : two
boats, containing, 25' of the inhabitants of Dunquil,
went off from tie shori, and living reached the
wreck took on board part of her cargo, but the boats
having shordy after left the wreck were successively
swamped, and every person on board was drowned,
and iu a iitde time subsequent thewreck itself ceased
to be longer visible !
Monday, the body of a man was discovered in a
small lake in D3Dn Deer Park, near Ennis, and con-
tiguous to the road. There was a hay rope about
his neck, and a stone tied to the end of it; his throat
was cut. from ear to ear, .his scull beat in, as if with
a heavy weapon, and one of his arms nearly cut off.
A promissory note was found in his pocket, payable
to " Michael Drinan " which induces* a belief that
that was the name of deceased.

Friday the poor of Avington and the adjoining vil-
lages, to the number of 600, were entertained at
Avington House, with * plentiful dinner of roast beef
and plum pudding, in commemoration of Lord
TEMPLE having attained the age of 11 years.
Last week, two children, the one aged seven, and
the other between two and three years, were burned to
death in Whitehaven, by their clothes taking fire.

Another fatal accident, from the incautious hand-
ling of fire-arms, took place at Bradford, last week. ;
A young man entered a room in the Angel Inn,
where about 20 or 50 persons were assembled, hay-
ing in his.possession a gun with which he had been
out shooting ; when, from some cause not yet ascer-
tained, the piece exploded, and kilied ona of the;
company on the spot.
Monday se'nnight a shocking accident befel two
men servants belonging to Mr. Ward, of the Warren-
house, Drakelow, near Burton-upon-Trent. When the
men arose in the morning, after having endeavoured
in vain to light a match, one of them took down a
powder-horn, in which were about 5 oz. of powder,
and dropped some of it upon an ember, which they
had taken out of the grate, and which he other was
blowing with his *oath ; the powder ignited, and
the horn burst with a tremendous report. Both the
men were violently knocked down ; the man's hands
who held the powder-horn were dreadfully lacerated,
and the face and head of the other wounded in a most
shocking manner. Notwithstanding the hands of one
man, and one if not both the eyes of the other, are
certainly lost, besides other dreadful wounds they
have received, there are some hopes of their recovery.
A maid servant who stood at some little distance'
from the men was knocked down, but received no
other injury.
MOST CALAMITOUS Fine —Saturday morning, a
little after five o'clock, the large cotton mill of fir.
THOMAS ATKINSON at Coln Bridge, near Hudders-
field, was discovered to be on fire, and though every
exertion was used to extinguish the flames, the whole
of it was burnt to the ground. But the most cala-
mitous and dreadful part of this mid'ortune is yet to
ratite—tor in consequence of the fire beginning naar
the stair c:tse, the retreat of a number of the children
was cut o:f.:uid upwards of fourteen girls, who had
beer working all night in the factory, perished in the
flames. 'lie bodies of six of these sufferers have al-
ready been dug from the ruins, but in so mutilated a
state as to render it impcssible fur their nearest
friends to recognise them. The ccnsternation and
distress occasioned among tl,e friends of those chil-
d:en who are missing, may be conceived, but cannot
adequately be described.
Robberies—Thursday as Mr.W.Vincent was return-
ing from Newbury, between six and seven o'clock, in
a one-horse chaise, with a servant lad, he was stopped
by a tall
•=1-looking man, in a dark great coat,
near the legged Cross, who presented a pistol
to his head, demanding his money or his life. After
remonstrating with him, and some hesitation, Mr.
Vincent was obliged to give him his purse, with 211.
and some silver.
Yesterdaz, at Bow-street, Johx Fiirnousice, a nii-
tcriolls character, was charged before Mr. &ANN
with hiving, on Friday evening last, about a quarter
past six o'clock, violently assaulted, with intent to
rob, John Taylor Vaughan, Esq. of Grafton-street,
Bond-street, as he was passing through St. James's-
was committed for trial.

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