Star.
London, England, 1804-02-20 00:00:00

ANOTURI LETTSIt.

A letter received by a Gentleman of this town,
yellerday, from the county of Wexford. mentions.
that the notorious rebel and inforgent, Js. Corcoran,
for whom a reward of cool. was offered by Govern-
ment, was killed by the Yeomanry in endeavour-
ing to take him on Saturday lad. A party of the
illoughran infantry, who are under the command of
that truly loyal and aaive officer. Tmora as Jaws,
Efq. being on their ufual patrole. as direfted by the
Commander of the Di6W General GROSS' they
received information that Corcoran and his dep.
rate banditti were in a certain part of Killooglsran
wood. This party, confining of a Serjeaae and to
men, who were joined by two of the New Rods
Reagan, immediately repaired to the place ; at the
confines of the woo.d, a videt of Corcoran's, feting
the approach. immediately fired at them and retired.
This alarmed the infurgent leader and his party in
the houfe where they were lurking. arid when the
yeomanry entered the wood, and came near. they
fired upon them. It was very fmartly returned. and
at length Corcoran was wounded under the hip, arid
fell : notwitheanding he was do (evenly wounded.
he fired four (bets afterwards, one of his defperadoes
attendasg him priming and loadirg I a Sot. bow.
ever at length paled through him. and he died.
His body. and meet doe banditti who were wound•
ed, were lwdged in the goal of Wedeed. We are
happy to hear that Nee of doe yeomanry were kill.
ed ; two have been 'Needed, bet est diegeruser.

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ifftirbket' Pen If-di edtearti4v..
bald on Wedmefday. a she gaol, ef
thr body of jasparCast orsossirbedi Aged duty
lied by the wow* be receirest OM the Ila
while paned 's an oodaw by % detaebmemst his duo
gas and Killoughrai Yeomanry Corps. ' <' •
Cote Fee. s 2.—Sereral perfons who were is a
labials:safe in George's.flreet, were on Fri4y aigbt
arrelled, upon charges of being parties at ftthdoes
meetings.

Mr. Manner, Fief Secretary to the Lords of the
Admiralty, has left hit hnufe in New.fireet. Spring.
Gardens. and has taken paeans of the boars in the
Admiralty, formerly occupied by Sir E. Navas..
Yellerday a man of genteel apisearance prefented
himfelf to gain admittance at St. James's, who allied
Tome very extraordinary queflions refpelling his Ma.
jetty ; he was difeovered by the officers to be the
man who had been extremely troublefome feveral
times at the Qieen's Hoar, and they had in conk.
noence taken into coandy, and proved to be
inane. they therefore took him into cutiody, and
lodged hint in a warehhotife. ,
On Saturday Colonel FICTON, late Governor of
the nand of Trinidad, appeared before the Loos
,Ciusr jusrics and gave hail, himfelf in one thou-
rind pounds, and two fureties in five hundred pounds
each, to anfwer to an indictment upon which a WI
was found the lag day of Term, by die Grand Jury
of Middlefex, for the inffiltion of tortures on Lonifa
Calderon's free Sponifit girl raw fourteen pars V qr.
MAjOT•GEETTAI FAWCETT and Major Baasssaw
have be= acquitted by the Court of Inquiry, which
lhme time finer was affembled at Cbelfea, to inquire
into certain irregularities which prevailed in the re.
cruiting fervice in-Ireland. of soy privity in the fol-
iaged Auks. The ' Court ezpread their opinion,
that if any irregularity was imputable to the Major.
General, it was to be imputed to inadvertency, not
defign ; to the troubled Nate of the country, and to
the difficulties he had in performing his duties.

A Gentlemen jun arrived fromtntbden. mentions
the -efcape to that town, from Rotterdam, of the
Editor of the Neerfpaper, tailed M The Mesekest,"
whofe erten had been ordered byeitizen Gym, the
French Commifrary at that city. in confequenceofkis
having, in a recent number of his Paper. obferved.
in mentioning the conduttotßonaraaes celebrated
44 Invincible Legion" in Egypt, that • iY reefed to Jr
invite& abets *Mal by Imam."

Reentry T;il-On Saturday a perfon was coo-
-1 sifted at the New Bailey Court•boulb. Manetteter.
And paid the penalty of fol. with coat. for refaring
to pay the Ramp duty when demanded by thereon
requiting the receipt.
On Friday Mr. Asour was fazed with an ape-
pledie stadia% at Covent-Garden Theatre. Su
Commas Bucas happened very forrenately to be
nputt the (pot. and tendered his profersonal Mance
with the Nona zeal. Mr. Ammar was taken from
the Theatre in a very alarming fiate.
On Taefday lall the bed-room of Mrs. thaL+ v, as
infirm lady. of Broad•Rreet, Oxford, was difeu stud
'to be on fire. It was estinguilhed by the &Elitist. of
the inhabitants, but not till the Lady. who had bten
Ibme time confined to her bed, was burned to death•

On Monday afternoon a fire broke oat in the honk
of Mr. HATLs, called Martlethans Lamb. near
Woodbridge, Suffolk, which communicated to a
barn, containing a quantity of corn. when the wind
being firong at N. E. the flames raged with fuch
violence that the weft dreadful recap enured in a
sort (pace of time. All the buildings committed
with the farm were levelled with the ground; all the
implements of hufbandry delioyed, and a tree more
than so yards from the (pot was fen on fire, by the
current of lass es from the principal building. The
presnifes belonged to the parith of Woodbridge; they
were bequeathed fur charitable purpofes. and were
act infured.
An infant, nearly naked, tied in a rufh bafket, was
left on Friday night at the door of the Blackfmith's
areas Lower EAR Smithfield.
On Friday night a horfe and cart was Aden from
Mr. Kibblewaite. of Bromley, in Kent, by foam
Fypfies, with which that part of the country is much
entitled.
Mr Orley, a farmer of Brocklee, was flopped near
Stamford bridge. on the Honitsger road, a few days
ago, by a tingle footpad in a (mock frock. who del
mended his money, which Mr. 0. pretended to be
feeling for, when he clapped (pun to his horfe, and
rode off, upon which the villain fired a pißol at him,
but happily without died.
One night lad week Rofbrook, a poor man,
belonging to Barrow, was flopped on the Newmar-
ket road, near Burs, by a tingle footpad, who rob.
bed him of sit.
EXTRAOIDINART For Chace.—The 'hounds of
Mr. Dicalasoa, who hunts the country about Leigh.
ton. Buzzard, and Betifordlbire, met with the fol-
lowing curious eircumuunee :
A Fox was taken alive, and for two or three days
previoufly to his being turned out, was thin up. in a
flied very near the kennel. On the day appointed
he was taken in a bag, and turned out into a piece of
furs., about thirteen miles from home. After allow.
ing him about a quarter of an hour's law, the hounds
Welt dallied into the coven, and inftantly kale in
full cry, when after a (harp burl of twenty minutes,
the bondman found his error. in that they bad run
the Awl of a thepherd's dog. The owner of the
peek, not a little piqued for the credit of his hounds.
d to try back, and they went again to the
se. when the fox was firft looted. As (ion as they
bad put the terrier into the form. he nithsnnelled
poor Reynard, who wentfragir ma awl near twenty
miles. be was however &add. took his old haunt,
the form, in his way hock. and lading Masai'. tacitly
plated. croled all the rivulets and deep cottony,
and found his way to the very door where he bed
been originally confined. He (crotched and made t
pealed attempts to get in, and one of the tenants
who faw him, had no rouser run to open the door.
than he went away and took refuge in the kennel.
where the door was that upon him. In a few mi.
notes after, the whole pack in foil cry. war linseed
up to the door, hut he had cry& the river fo many
times, that he trzfid the fportimea too, for they were
all thrown out. Nearly a quarter of an hour dallied
before they came up, and when they did, the kennel
door was thrown open and be was torn to pees
by the hounds.

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