Star. — 1821-01-16 (London, England)

JOHN GULLEY. Until this was made, it was agreed that the stakes and bets should not be claimed by either of the parties ; but the death of Graham, will probably put an end to the whole of the business. Monday se'nnight the Wexford coach was overturned on its way to Dublin, by which the toachni4n met an awful and instant death, and three of the passengers a narrow escape from sharing the same fate, being considerably injured. AlURDZIM—Friday se nnight a murder was committed at Whitehouses, about two miles from Pateley-bridge, attended with circumstances of peculiar atrocity. The following are the only particulars which have yet reached us respecting this dreadful occurrence :—The unfortunate deceased, Ibbotson Mason, who was a respectable butcher at Whitehouses, had been employed in dressing a sheep for the ma, ket on the following day at Pateley-bridge, in which employment he had been assisted by a younger brother. What occurred between them on this occasion is unknown ; but the mother of the young men having occasion shortly afterwards to go into the shop, was appalled with the-dreadful spectack of her eldest son lying dead upon the floor, and weltering in his blood. The cries of the distracted mother alarmed the neighbours, who, hastening to the spot, found the skull of the unfortunate deceased so dreadfully fractured, that the brains were literally scattered in various directions upon the floor. An axe, besmeared with blood, with which, doubtless, the murder had been perpetrated, was found near the body. Suspicion instantly fell upon his brother, Joseph Mason, who had quitted the shop only a very short time before his mother entered it, and who, it seems, had previously expressed a wish or intention to murder his brother. Upon inquiry, it was ascertained that he had gone to Knaresborough, for the alleged purpose of visiting his other brother; and on searching him a large butcher's knife was found concealed upon his person, with whidr, it was supposed he intended to murder his younger brother. Monday se'nnight an Inqnest was held on the body, when,' after a long investigation into all the circumstances, the Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Joseph Mason, who was committed to York Castle, to take his trial for this heinous offence. It is right, in conclusion, to mention that the prisoner had been previously confined for lunacy, and charity would hope, that this dreadful deed has been the result of some maniacal excitement.—Leeds Mercury. The following circumstances may be relied on as being authentic. Mr. Cruise and his brother were on a visit to Mr. Nangle, of Gartisker, in the county of Kildare, and went out shooting on Wednesday 1.14, along the river Boyne ; having sprung some snipe and ducks at the same time, which flew in opposite directions, the brothers separated never to meet again. Mr. William Cruise continued his sport near the Boyne Aqueduct, and a little before sunset called at the house of a respectable farmer, of the name of Lynam, to inquire the shortest way to Mr. Nangle's, which was about a mile and a half distant; then pro. cceding for about a quarter of a mile in a direct line across the fields, he fired at a bird, and before lie loaded his gun again, which was single barrelled, was joined by two men in frieze coats, who were seen to assist hint in looking for the bird in an adjoining field, and on the identical spot where he was found next morning murdered, his pointer dog lying acrers his breast, his watch, money, powder horn, and shot bag untouched, the stock of his gun broken off near the butt end, the rest of it shattered, the lock remaining but the barrel taken away, and the back of his skull broken into'many pieces. This respectable and unfortunate Gentleman was a total stranger in that part of the country; the faithful dog could scarcely be dragged away from the body, and on the day after the corpse was found, broke away from the house of Mr. Nangle, and returned to the spot where his ill-fated master was assassinated. Every possible search and esettion has been made by that indefatigable Magistrate, James