Star. — 1829-09-23 (London, England)

BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.-It gives us great pleasure to be enabled to state that each succeeding day furnishes new and convincing evidence that our approaching Musical Festival will be eminently successful. The principal hotels are confidently looking forward to numerous occupants, and we have now before us from one of them a list of noble and distinguished  families by whom apartments have been secured. From our own knowledge also we are able to say that many of the best accommodations offered by private individuals are rapidly engaging ; though from the great extent of the town, and the desire of the inhabitants to afford every facility on account of the object of the meeting, abundant accommodation may at any instant he ob tained, and upon very fair and moderate terms. Among the visitors from a distance, we have the satisfaction to add that many well known professors of music, attracted by the extreme novelty of the scheme have signified their intention of attending as auditors.— The plan adopted by the Committee of letting places in the chancel side galleries of the Church, appears to be approved, as it will enable families in the country to feel secure of good places, without subjecting them to the necessity of coming into town at an inconveniently early hour.—Birmingham Gazette. Tuesday, as the Plymouth mail was ascending the hill at Pencalenick, within two miles of Truro, from the heavy state of the roads, occasioned by the almost continued fall of rain, and the weight of the carriage, the efforts of the leaders broke the pole, and they became separated from the coach, which the wheel horses were no locger able to manage, and it wrist over with a fearful crash. The tour outside passengers, with the coachman—the guard wu walking—were precipitated into the road, and were more or less bruised ; one of them, Mrs. Aaron, of Truro. rather seriously, but fortunately no limbs were broken. The four inside passengers escaped unhurt. An unoffending and industrious tradesman was murdered in a most barbarous manner on Friday, in the midst of a most populous street in Dublin, by a set of savage combinators. The wretched victim, James Hanlon, a sawyer, was returning home about six o'clock that evening from Mr. Fagan's, at Bridgefoot-street, where he had been at work, when he was attacked in Thomas-street by upwards of no ruMans, armed with bludgemis,who knocked him down, and after beating him dreadfully, left him with one of his legs broken. Some of the heartless villains were not satisfied while a chance of life remained to the unfortunate man, and they induced the others to return, when the hapless being, who lay iesensible on the pavement, was again attacked, and his jaw and other leg were broken. The murderers then decamped.— When they lint appeared Harlan attempted to take refuge in an adjoining house, from which he was dragged, and the windows broken. As soon as the combinaton were out of sight, poor Hanlon was taken to Stevens's Hospital, but he was scarcely arrived there when he breathed his last. When tofur• =don of the murder was given at the head police-oike, a party was sent to Thomas-street, through which, and the neighbouring streets, they perambulated until nearly eleven. At the house of a publican, in Golden-lane, they arrested seven men, tound drinking, and behind the counter they discovered a number of bludgeons. These persona were committed to Werburgh's watch-house. _