Star.
London, England, 1821-09-28 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-STRPET.—In the midst of the examinations of
The ordinary " night charges". at this Office, yesterday
morning, an enormous letter, curiously sealed, was
delivered to the Mdgistrate by one of the officers.
When opened it displayed a gaudy caricature print,
representing a Quaker, rampant, astride on a velo-
cipede, riding triumphantly over a group of prostrate
personages, apparently intended to represent the Mi-
nisters of the Crown, amidst a multitude of exulting
Radicals. Underneath this picture was the follow-
ing inscription—" The Radical Quaker; or, Broad-
brim's Journey to Town to overthrow the Spirit of
Despotism;" and beneath this again was a descrip-
tion of the " Radical Quaker's" adventure before the
Lord Mayor, a statement of which appeared in the
STAR some few days ago. The Magistrate (G. R.
Mtustrocc, Esq.) having perused this singular paper,
inquired for the person who brought it; and in the
next moment a young man in the garb of a Quaker,
with a broad-brimmed, peaceful-looking, drab-co-
loured beaver on his head, surmounted by a furious
tri-coloured cockade, was brought before him. This
strangely anomalous personage having placed him-
self very carefully directly in front of the bench,
smiled complacently upon his Worship, and the fol-
lowing laconic colloquy ensued forthwith:

Magistrate—" Did you bring this 'turf ?"
Broadbrim—" Thou hast said it."

Alag " «hat iS---oiir7i)l;ject in bringing it?"
Bruadbrim—" 51erely to let thee know what is going on in
the world—and, moreover, being informed that if I came to
thy office, I should be taken into custody, I was desirous to as
whether that information was true."

Magistrate—" Then I certainly shall nut gratify you by or-
dering you into custody."
Bruadbrim—" Thou wilt do as seemeth right in thire eyes. I
*sure thee I have no inclination to occupy thy tittle longer than
is profitable to us, and therefore I will retire whenever thou
shalt signify that my stay is unpleasant to thee."
Magistrate—" by do you weer your hat—are you a Quaker!"
liroadbrim—" Thou saycst it—but that is not my sale metier
for wearing it. To be plain with thee, I wear it because I
choose to do so. Cunt thee tell me of any law which compels
me to take it off?"

Alagistrate—" I'll tell you what friend, I would seriously re-
commend you to retire from this place as speedily as possible."
Droadbrim—" I take thy advice—farewel!"
Thus ended this comical conversation, and the ec,
centticfr•iend immediately departed in peace.
A Mr. I! by was charged with assaulting Mr. J.
„Jacobs. It appeared, that in consequence of a dins-'
pute between the complainant and a Mr. Welsh, a
challenge was sent, and the parties met to adjust the
affair in an honourable way, when the defendant at-
tended as the friend to Mr. Welsh, and a Mr. W.
Smith to Mr. Jacobs. When arrived at the ground,
however, one of the parties had forgot his pistols, and
the other could not be prevailed on to accommodate
his antagonist with the loan of one of Ms, and the
patties separated, no doubt, to their mutual joy,•with
whole skins. They met again the other night at a
certain house in Pall-mall, when, after, a volley of
abuse, the defendant thrust his umbrella in com-
plainant's face, the mat ks of which he bore conspi-
cuously under his eyes. Mr. Misanum. finding all
parties culpable, bound each of them in £lOO to
keep the peace.

TOWS-HALL, SOUTIIWARICr-CHARGE OF MUR-
DER.—John Lambert, a porter in a corn-warehouse,
was brought up on a charge of killing his father-in-
kw, James Allingham, a labourer in the same em-
ploy.—John Harvey, the night constable of St. John's,
said, that at about ten o'clock on the previous even-
ing, while standing near the door of the watch-house,
he heard a shriek, apparently from Back-street, Pot-
ter's-fields ; he ran there directly, and found a man
lying on the ground senseless, and the prisoner and
his wive near. On inquiring how it happened, the
prisoner immediately said he did it, but he only
pushed him ;he did not strike him. The witness as-
sisted in removing the man into a public-house, and
then took the prisoner into custody.—The circum-
stances which led to the unfortunate death of Ailing-
ham were detailed in evidence by Mr. May, the land-
lord of the Three Tuns public-house, Back-street,
Horslydown, where they had been previously drink-
ing, and by a fellow-labourer of theirs, who was in
the house in company with them ; from whose ac-
count it appeared, that the deceased was intoxicated
and quarrelsome in the public-house; that there bad
been some words between him and a man of the
name of Shuter, but their differences were made up,
and they shook hands. Afterwards the deceased
began to quarrel with his son-in-law, the prisoner.
No blows, however, were struck, and by the inter-
ference of the landlord this quarrel was also made up,
and the old man and his son sat down and took a
friendly pot of beer between them. • The prisoner, it
seems, then urged the deceased to go home, which he
obstinately refused ; and on the son still pressing him,
he struck him more than once. This was all that
happened within the house, which they shortly after
left together, and in a few minutes the shriek before
mentioned was heard in the street. The body was
brought into the house, there was a cut on the back
of the head ; but the deceased never spoke, and ex-
pired in a few minutes. A surgeon arrived, but not
before Allingham was dead. who declared that the
skull was not fractured. The prisoner, who seemed
much affected, said he had no animosity against his
father-in-law; he had been quarrelling with him in
the house, and when they came out beg= to go on
again ; he did not intend to push him down, bat
merely put his hand to him and said, ,4 lie quiet, you
foolish old man," when he fell backwardi. The de-
ceased, it was stated, had been subject to ffts.. The
prisoner was remanded to- await the verdict •of the
coroner's Inquest.

IRELAND.

WEXFORD ASSIZES
IRISH iBDITIOS.

Michael Donnelly was indicted for drinking a toast
44 Damn the King and Constitution."
Mr. J. Malone, a constable, examined by Mr.
Curnautx.---Went to a dram-shop in Enniscorthy
on the morning of the 17th of August last to take a
dram ; prisoner came in and got a glass of whiskey,
and he drank "Damn the King and all his wdl-
oishers."
Cross-examined by Mr. BENNerr.
Admitted that prisoner was in Uquor, but not dead drunk, as
he could stand, and walk, and talk, and could lie on the ground
"igket holdings did not know at the time, that he is a crazy
unfortunate pedlar, who had been a soldier, and wounded in
the wars, and who is always deranged when he drinks spirits.
Do you believe thit George the Fourth; is the best King Ire-
land ever had, and that every man in Ireland loves him?—The
man drank the toast, and I know my business.
010 you know your business, but upon the oath you have
taken before your country do you not believe that there does not
exist in all Ireland, from the highest to the lowest, since the
King's kind visit and the days of Cead wane Fa&' one man who
was not desperately drunk or mad that would drink such a
Met ?-11e did say the words.
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Do you not know in your heart, that his Majesty would be
little obliged to you, for picking up the words of a poor crazy
man, by way of proving your loyalty ?—I did my duty.
Answer my questions, u you seem to unde! stand them ?-lou
may think that is the case, and so may I, and others like you
and me, but except such men are punished, there will be audit
rebellion.

You swore la your examinations, that he damned the Xing and
Coristilwiion, now it is the King and his well withers—how is this
variance—pray what is the Constitution in your notion of it ?—1
know the Constitution as well as you, Mr.nennett.

Then you will have no difficulty in wiling me what It is; tell
me, Mr. Constable?-I'he Constitution—the Constitution—why
the Constitution is the Prutesioid Religion at it stands--(Load
&tighter thrailli the whole Court).

Were you ever sent to jail for shooting at any one, for the love
of the Constitution as it stands ?—I was sent there, because ano-
ther man, who was with me, fired at a man, and shot a d.•g !
(Much (attester).
But you suffered for keeping bad company ; yob seem to like
bad company ?—That has nothing to do with the prisoner. Will
you go and support the Protestant Religion as it stands.

Mr. BENNETT.—My Lord, without troubling you
with any observation on the •ariance, I trust your
Lordship is of opinion, from the evidence in this case,
that at such a time as this, such a prosecution is too
ridiculous, supported by such a witness, for me to
go into any serious defence.
His Lordship assented, and said the indictment
was not sustained by evidence, and if it were, the de-
fence suggested by the prisoner's Counsel accorded
with the feelings of every loyal man, that is of every
Irishman, since the gracious visit of his Majesty, and
he did not believe any Irishman in his senses, would
drink such a toast.—The Jury instantly returned a
verdict Not Guilty.

PIITLIJPSTOWN ASSIZES, SEPTEMBER 19.
HOUSE BURNING AND MURDER.

Ahn Buckley, James Acheson, Matthew, Diffij,
Michael Daly, and James Cusack, were put to the
bar. They were indicted, for arson in the dwelling-
house of Patrick Murphy, near Cloghan, in the King's
County, for the murder of the same Murphy and of
his sister, Mary Geraghty, on the same night. These
outrages, which took place on the 16th of last April,
excited very great public attention, from their atro•
city and the dangerous spirit of combination which
they displayed.
The case for the Crown was chiefly proved by two
boys of the ages of twelve and fourteen. Their evi-
dence was, that between the hours of twelve and one
o'clock, on the night of the 16th of last April, the
house of their uncle (Thomas Murphy), where they
then were, was attacked by at least thirty or forty
persons, variously armed ; that three of them set fire
to the house and burnt it; that James Cusack, one of
the prisoners, shot their uncle, Thomas Murphy ;
that the same man shot Mary Geraghty, mother of
the younger boy, and also drove a bayonet into her
eye ; that another person, not the prisoner, attempted
to cut her tongue out; that she died the next morn-
ing ; that their grandmother died in a few days, from
terror and grief; she saw the transaction from out-
side the house, where she escaped. The younger boy
identified all the prisoners as being at the murder—
the elder, all but Daly.
James Murphy, brother of the deceased, swore, that
he was going to Dublin late in March preceding the
murder; that at a place not far from his brother's
house, where he was going to meet the boat, he saw
Cusack and Duffy, and six or seven more men, la-
bouring in a field; that they spoke to him, and de-
sired him to warn his brother away, as he was an in-
former, and must leave the country, or suffer death ;
that he told them he must then go to Dublin, and
hoped they wouldnot disturb his brother until his re-
turn, that he might see if his brother really was an
informer; that on his return, he found his brother
was wounded, and in great pain, though quite in his
senses; that his brother told him to keep his mother
till he died, that he might bury them together, so as
to make one cost of it; that he said Buckley, Cusack,
and Duffy, were at his execution; that he had no
hope of recovering; this was the third night after the
murder; his brother died in ten days after the 16th.
Colonel Lestrange, a Magistrate of the County,
confirmed the evidence of the last witness, as to the
dying declaration of Murphy.
The prisoners set up, except Acheson, each a se-
parate alibi. Daly's alibi was proved by a respect-
able witness, but the other three seemed to have very
little effect, being very improbable and ill supported.
Acheson produced evidence of character of a very
respectable nature. A strong attempt was made to
invalidate the testimony of the two boys, witnesses
for the Crown, by proving that two persons against
whom they swore, but who are not in custody, were
at Tullamore on the night of the murder. This col-
lateral alibi tended to implicate the persons not in
custody, and was very unsatisfactory.
His Lordship charged at great length. He told
the Jury that the prisoners should haie all the ad-
vantage of the success of the collateral alibi if it
should succeed, but should not be at all accountable
for its falsehood if it should fail. His Lordship's
charge was a luminous review of the very numerous
matters given in evidence, accompanied with obser-
. 'rations, which, at the same time, gave the prisoners
the fullest benefit of everything favourable to them
t in the evidence, and'exhorted the Jury to a firm dis-
charge of their awful duty.
and prnnounced
The Jury retired for four. hours,

'a
Bucverdict
only. of Guilty 'again st Cusack, Duffy, al
Jcley
ILTECTMENT.—•.LESSEB BEASLEY v. BOARIWAv.
This was an ejectment on the title by the Land.
lord, on the allegation that all the lives in the lea
had dropped. The case was of rather an intereiti!
nature, and excited some
stances were shortly as followinterest. The circutg.

Some years ago i lease was made fcr two lime'
the lands of Jonestown ; and John Boardman,
(01
those, having died, the landlord alleged that
Boardman, the remaining life, was also dead, grourrd
on a supposition, that a corpse found in a tunnel,/
the Royal Canal, near the bridge of Down,
1819, was the body of said Joseph Boardtaan.:lTi
after a most patient investigation In the Leatrun
Judge, which occupied several hours, %natural:
tion of several witnesses, it was fully prov-d, to the
satisfaction of the Court and Jury, that the tam
Joseph Boardmanaeft Dublin for Liverpool, iete,4
ing to proceed to America; and that the bil4
found was not that of the said Joseph Boardniza.
Counsel for the plaintiff, in the most liberal may
ner declared the vieight of evidence, on the pan,'
the defendant, was so strong, that it w
nary the Court should be further detai
sented that the Jury should return a v,
defendant.

■

The Circuit Court of Damfries was ,
19th instant. Nishent, a painter, from
pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing irrt
house of Mr. John Gillespie—be was
transportation for seven year-.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, pleaded not guilt
of stealing a watch ; six witnesses were.
the Jury found him Guilty. lie was
twelve months imprisonment ; on heat
behaved in a most daring and outrage
swearing he had not got justice, al.d exci
might as well have hanged me at once
of whispering to one another against rm
you speak out like men."
AIURDER.—Friday sennight, at the
sizes, T. Dutton, of Worthenbury, wat
the sc ilful murder of Smann.th Jenkins,
The chief witness was Mary ,bile, w'
she went to the house of the decease.]
August last; that the prisoner and the
quarrelling, because some fowls that b..!4
prisoner trespassed upon the deceascd'-
the deceased and the prisoner lived
roof, but in separate houses; that she
soner saying to the deceased—"
hold her noise, he would kill her and
too;" that they continued to quarrel .•
pressions were made about half an he
deceased went out to drive the prisoner'
her garden ; about two minutes after,
prisoner standing by the garden wicket, with flail
stick, as thick as her wrist, in his hand ; the decemi
was then throwing clods of earth into the gardeo
drive away the fowls ; she saw the prisoner gat
through the, wicket into the field, and strike
deceased several times about the head and shoulder
with the stick, until Edward Bate hallooed to him
desist • she saw the deceased bleeding from thehti
Mr. Salad ine and Mr. Phillips, surgeons, from Malps,
stated, that they thought the deceased laboured ode
a concussion of the brain.. The prisoner declined to
call any witnesses, nor did he offer anything
defence. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the es
dente to.the Jury, and they returned a verdict d
Guilty. On Monday this unfortunate man waste
cuted: he addressed the spectators (suppose) ton
about 10,000) in the following words Y.
people, all take warning by me ; it was passion
brought me here."
A ccttage situated on the Langley road, just to
tween the Calm turnpike-gate, occupied by a daf
labouring man, named Weeks, was broken open a
Tuesday last, while the family were at work in is
fields, and plundered of five silver spoons, and :eyed
articles of wearing apparel. On the same day a co.
cage at Barming Was entered, and nearl-
of value stolen therefrom.
A cottage between Tonbridge and
cupied by a poor day-labouring man,
was entered on Wednesday se'nnight,
the family being all out at work,
stripped of every article of wearing
the bed curtains, 10s. in silver, and a

• BIRTH.
At Glasslough !louse, county of Monaghan,
Charles Powell ]Leslie,gq. M. P. of a sea and F

,11R-IfED.

Tuesday, at St. George's, Bloomsbury, James
of Woburn-place, to Emily, youngest daughter
Dr. Berkeley, of. Writtle, Essex.
Saturday, at Dublin, Thomas St. George,
Law, to Wilhelmitta Woleeley, daughter of tl
Wolseley, of Wolseley bridge, in the county
Aug. 50, at Parsonstown, Michael Charles .
the 5d Buffs, to Julia, daughter of the late John .
Cloogowna,.county of Tipperary.
Sept. 17, at Aberdeen, William Knight, LL.D. Pater If
Natural Philosophy in. the Institution of Belfast, to Jais,
daughter of the Rev. Glennie, Professor of Komi f
phy and Logic in the Marischal College, and cue of tic Ow
tars of 'Aberdeen.
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DIED.
Sept. 19, at Somerville House, sty of %Mk NA 44
Mary Anne, wife of Sir Marcus Somerville, But
Sept. 2, at Shrewenny, on his return from klairent. die
he went for the recovery of his health, Richard George Salk
liaq. a Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, aged 20 ru5,..,,„"
Sept. 10, at Old Me'drum, in the 70th year of Mt. sof
George Cooper 9 Parochial School-master of Meldralk k 01
long period of 41 years.
August 7, at Lisbon, Lady Maria J. Madonna, Mina
Lieutenant-General Alexander Macdoonell, of Loellerrl..___:
Sept. 18, at Harty, in the 66th year of his age. H• "u°11:
of that place, formerly Lielftenant-Colonel of the Comm
litia, and for many years a Magistrate of that county.
Wednesday se'nnight, Thomas Knight, second sea of
the
Thomas Blyth, of Knowle Lodge, Warwickshire.
ad
Same day, aged 26, of a consumption, Mary, the
duo
Mr. Jan Munn, of Rolvenden.
amaday, at the house of her brother, Viscount
Rodiampton, the Doti. Emily Anne Agar.
t. 24, at Ryde, William Luard Wollaston. Eq.°.
Jokes Caller, Cambridge, in the 22d year of his age....„...s
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