Star. — 1813-03-06 (London, England)

GARDEN THEATRE.—A Grand Selection of Sacred Muslc was last night performed. Amongst the vocal corps, Madame CATALAN! and Mr. BRAHAM stood pre-eminent. The horse was filled to an overflow, at a very early hour. Madame CATALAN! was in fine voice, and executed several Italian compositions with great effect. It is truly gratifying to observe that, amidst the tumult of war, the Fine Arts are making an uninterrupeed progress in this country. The British Gallery cf Pictures" is now delivering out its exquip ite'y finished numbers with great regularity and dispatch ; and we learn with pleasure,. that its elegant Exhibition in New Bond-street is just opened, though so much earlier than in former seasons. IsouEsT.—An Inquisition was taken on Tuesday, at the Pigeons, at Eastgate, on the Oxford-road, on the body of an unknown person, who died in consequence of a wound he had received the preceding day. The deceased had been brought to the house ! by two friends in a post-chaise, who lelt him, but sent a medical man to his assistance.- It aapeared that a duel had taken place between the deceased and another person, but there was no evidence to show who the survivor was. A ball was lodged in the left side, and the Jury returned a verdict of Murder against i some person unknown. NEWRY, Pen. '27.—A Coroner's Inquest was lately held on the body of Patrick Cavenagh, of Drumilly, about four milesfrom this:own. The verdict was, That the deceased had been murdered by John Graham —This man had some time ago taken possession of Cavenagh's house, farm, and goods, under pretext that they had been assigned to him by the owner. He alleged also, that the deceased had gone to Scot! land, where he was to have met his son and Graham on New-year's day, in order to procure a raification of the deed by tile son. Meanwhile Cavenagh totally disap primed, and his son having arrived from Scotland, denied utterly that his father had been with him.— I The friend of' Cavenagh began, therefore, to suspect that he had been murdered. Graham being much feared in the country, they were restrained by terror from making the necessary search after the body; but that active Magistrate, G. Araissox, Esq. rode to that county, at the head of his Yeomanry corps, early on the morning of the 19th inst. Whe lie got near Graham's house, he hastened forward before his men, whom he ordered to follow expeditiously. Fortuuately he got into the house before Graham could riseaiut of bed, or get to his file-arms. With that promptitude and courage for which Mr. Atkinson is remarkable, he had Graham secured before the arrival of the corps. Every part of the premises was searched fin the deceased, but to no purpose. The Magistrate, however, very pi operly, kept Graham in • custody ; and on Monday evening lust, bad the sa(inaction to find, that the friends of Cavenagh had discovered the body very slightly covered with earth, in the house in which Graham 'had lived, in Tullyagailaghan, previous to his removal to the farm of the deceased. W. Reed, of Ballymoyer, Esq. and John Russell, Esq. immediately attended, and aided Mr. Atkinson, in holding an inquest on the body. The verdict was as above stated. The corpse of the ' murdered man exhibited to the spectators a most dreadful and shocking spectacle—the head had been • mast inhumanly shattered. The unhappy sufferer • had received a wound from some blunt and rugged instrument„ which had penetrated to the back part • of his head. His skull was fractured, and his under jaw dislocated, and hanging to one side. His wounds, • and the. putridity of the carcase, rendered disgustingly horrible. The property possessed by deceased, con. sisted of four acres of land in Drumilly, at half-a. guinea per acre. Graham has been sent to Armagh jail. Cavenagh was traced from his own house to Graham's, where he was murdered, and concealed. Graham's wife and daughter are also in custody.