Star. — 1826-03-23 (London, England)

LIMERICK.  Connor Gawen was indicted for the wilful murder of John Breene, at Drumin, in the county of Limerick. James Breene, brbther of the deceased, recollects the fair of Drumin, held in September, was in company with his brother, the deceased, at the fair. Connor Gawen and his party came up to witness's brother. They had stones and bayonets. Connor Gawen had in one hand a blunderbuss and in the other a stick, with a spear to the end of it. Connor Gawen, the prisoner, And his party knocked the deceased down and trampled upon him. They beat him severely. He died on the following Sunday. Cross-examined by Mr. O'Coantet.t..—Witness is not a four-year sad; he was not sworn in by the three-year old or the four-year old party. Witness heard of the four.year old—it was the four-year old party that witness was of—(A laugh.) His party met the morning of the fair, at Tallavin7hall--(A laugh.) They marched from that to the fair ; there were eighty there; there might have bean 250; there might have been even more; there might have been 1,000 mea of his party who had thai day gone to the fair. They went to fight, of course—(A laugh.) They marched over four miles of ground in good order. lie will not say that there were fifty shots fired at the fair. Jack Carroll was killed on that day. Carroll was one of the three-year old. Witness's brother was considered a four-year-old. 'So that on one side a three-year, and on the other a four-year old was killed. Witness had not a gun that day. lie only had a stick ; a good stick seldom missed fire—(A laugh). He has seen Mr. Thomas O'Grady and the Rev. Mr. Coke►. He wet them at Tedamere. He did not assist in beating them. He would not beat a parson for the world—(A laugh). He went with the four-year old parts on one occasion to Soft. lie went there, but there was no fight after all--(A laugh). He went to the fair of Drumin the day of the -•- when his brother was killed. There was great fighting.  were shoes fired, when he faced them all--(Alaugh).  Here the case closed for the Crowe, with the evidence merely of She surgeon, who proved, that in his opinion the deceased died in 'consequence of the wounds be had received. • The Jury returned a verdict—Gui/ty of Manslaughter. • The Learned Juno; in passing sentence upon t►e prisoner, lasmoowd that a degree of depravity prevailed to that extent which, yak the people of that part of the country indifferent, in too many eases, as to whose blood they shed. They attacked each other at fairs and at markets like wild beast, and took away life itself seemingly withoatregard and without remorse. Under all the &cum= stances, he frith his duty to sentence the prisoner to transportation.  Mr. LANsTox is still confined to his house in 'Cleveland-row. He is attended by Sir Hamar HaLewin, Drs. SutITIIIT and WASSZIG _ _ - _  The importation of gold from the Continent ,is renewed in consequence of the rise in the exchange. An 'eminent capitalist, it is said, has made arrangements f, r introducing to the amount of 250,0001. weekly. An addition to the metallic circulation of the country is in ist desirable at the present moment, for the supply of those districts where provincial bank paper has fallen into discredit, or has beta voluntarily .4 ithdrawn by the issuers. The letters received from Buenos Ayres persist in the statement that, BOLIVAR will assist with his forces ilk cause of Buenas Ayres against the Emperor of