Star.
London, England, 1827-10-10 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

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On the 11th ults a•most a wful-isecursenie nlate
in a t•un field near Flglus. within choir miles t Pa,
sonstown, in tbe Kings 11:orifity. As two brothels wire
making a oat+ of corn. a tvernend ,tss dniump Of light-
ning in an instant consumed the asan oo the stack and
his brOther, who was pitching up the,corn; setting thr
whale stack in blase, And re.'uiing all to ashes. Tsui.
sister, who was bringing the corn to them, narrowly
escaped the fate of her brothers, being at some distance
from the dreadful scene ; but was struck with a fanner
flash, and disabled in her limbs.
The Lord Lieutenant has kissed a proclamation, offer:
ing a reward of Two Thousand Pounds for the appre.
bending and persecuting to cony ctinn, the perpetrators
of the murder of Daniel Mara, in Tipperary.
Monday se'nniglat, utilise pt isnnet s in the County Gaol
of Mayo were about to be lockeJ up for the t iglar. the
Governor, who took charge of the convict class, found
a man less than he should have had ; a search w re im.
mediately commenced, when strange to ray, the prisoner
was found buried in a grave which had been prepared
fur him by his fellow convicts, over the mouth of which
a deal board was laid, in order to prevent the living
inmate of a premature grave from being injured by a
large quantity of b.oken stones wh;eh had been strewn
over this mock cemetry : • f course he was immediately
disinterred, and under addition'al testtaints they unreal'
committed to their different cells.

EDINBURGH, OCT. 8.

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DALMENT EZTRAORDINAaT EXHIDITIIO2I. The
state of this parish, and• the extraordinary spectacles it
has lately witnessed, have for some time occupied the
attention of the public; but all the scenes which have
yet taken place were far surpassed and outdone by that
extibilEd'Yesterday. which Me will venture to say is al-
:most un•que in the history of the Church. About half
past eleven o'clock the church!.gate was opened for the
admission of the people into the church yard, but the
doct of the church was kept shut till about noon, when
the Minister appeared, preceded by the bellman, wh.•
held the key of the Church in one hand, and a bell
in the other (a hand-bell is used) and matcbed forward
to ore* the church door. 'ibis done, the people
immediately rushed in after the Minister, and when
they, were fairly assembled. the bellman came out and
rang the church bell. In about three minutes alter this,
the Rev. Mr. Firming of Carritten, the clergyman ap-
pointed to officiate by the Presbytery, made his appear.
attendecl. by a number of the most respectable pa-
rishioners, who proceeded along with him to the church.
On their entrance, they found Mr. Greig engaged in
rstsciing out a psalm. When this was completed, Mr.
Fieming rose, and addressing Mr. Greig. stated that he
had been sent by the Presbytery to preach ; upon which!
the latter immediately replied, "I deny your autho-
rity; hold your tongue, Sir," and rising, looked down
upon the precentor, calling out, if Go on, John; go
on with the service." After some little remonstrance

on the pats of Mr. Fleming, which was answered
by Mr. Greig in a furious tone of voice, the former
proceeded to read the order of Presbytery, frequently
interrupted by Mr. Greig with exclamations of •• Hold
your tongue; 'tis nonsense, Sir," and vociferous orders
to mite. Mr. Fleming, however, disregarded these
interjectional annoyances, and when he had finished
reading the order, addressed the congregation. admo-
nishing them to beware of receiving any church privi-
leges at the hinds of Mr. Greig, as their doing so would
be illegal, and subject them to ecclesiastical censure,
Mr. Greig being to all intents and purposes a sus-
pended Clergyman. Having concluded this address,
Mr. Fleming lett the chute., accompanied by about
'thirty of the Most respectab e parishioners, and being
still anxious to comply with the order of Presbytery,
repaired to the school-room with an iutehtion to preach.
Upon re consideration, however, he thought it would
be more advisable to abstain from doing so; and, ac-
cordingly, be stated to the people assembled, that, having
done what he accounted his duty, be conceived that
it would be indecorous to exhibit the appearance of
a contest, in such extraordinary circumstances; that
it accorded better with. his character as a clergy.

man to be silent; and that following a differen-t
cosine would place them upon a level with Mr. Greig,
who had acted in a manner which he did not think
it necessary to characterise. Finally, he admonished
them to retire to their homes, and spend the remainder
of the Sabbath in the way they judged most becoming
and profitable, as the time, he hoped, WAS notfar distant
when the parish would be blessed with regular public
worship, and when these unpleasant and discreditable
scenes would be at an end.

Friday at Penicuik fair, a shocking occurrence took
place in that ♦illage. A young man, a weaver, had
been going at,out the fair with a loaded gun, in a state
of intoxication. Some c. his acquaintances, apprehend-
ing danger, endeavoured to get the dangerous weapon
from him. One of them approached him for this pur-
pose, when the inebriated madman stepped back a pace
or two, and shot him dead on the spot. In the horror
and confusion occasiuned by this catastrophe the mur-
derer was suffered to escape. The unfortunate deceased
has left a widow and four children.