Star. — 1823-10-08 (London, England)

MURDER OF THE FRANKS' FAMILY.  The mystery of this horrible murder has not yet been unravelled. The persons accused still remain in the Bridewell at Doneraile; while the servant-girl and another female have been sent to Dublin, with the intention, it is said, of their being examined before the Privy Council.---The Irish Papers contain a letter from Chas. Maunsell, Esq. of Aungier-street, Dublin, the brother of the murdered Lady, Mrs. Franks, inclosing a Memorial presented by Mr. Franks to the Lord Lieutenant in April last. The Memorial states, that in consequence of evidence he had given against a person of the name of Sheehan, his house had been attacked, his corn and hay burnt, and his life threatened and endangered. The memorialist therefore prays, that, as he is driven from his home and farm, he may be employed as an officer of police. Mr. Mailmen, in his letter, gives the following; particulars 'elating to the murder of the Franks' family, and the present state of the county : " I find that about thirty persons were actually engaged in the horrid transaction of the 9th instant, and that after their victims had fallen, every one of the ruffians struck each of the poor sufferers on the head with a crow-bar, until their brains were literally beaten out, without leaving a feature by which to distinguish them; they then stabbed the father and son, through their bodies, in about twenty places, with a three-pronged hay-fork; and during the whole time, a very well-dressed man, with green clothes, with boots and spurs, apparently of superior rank, stood present, ordering the others as they came forward—" Do your duty ! on the head, on the head!" I care not for the punishment of the ignorant savages who obeyed him so readily, but I offer a reward of fifty pounds to any person or persons who shall, within twelve months, give information, so that the leader of the said party may be discovered, apprehended, and prosecuted•to conviction for the said offence. " I learn that another victim would also have been sacrificed to the fury of these barbarians, had a servant girl, who was remarkable for her attachment to he family, been then at home, u the manners, reeking with the blood of the three Franks', inquired for the Charter School girl, and though they were told by her fellow-servants that she was not in the house, they broke all the beds and furniture in search of this poor creature. " The system of terror is now so completely established, and the want of confidence in protection so great, that though there were two men, two women (one of whom confessed having lighted a candle for the insurgents), three boys, aged respectively, fourteen, ten, and six years, and one girl aged fourteen years, all named Glaveen, in the house, at the time of the tragic scene, not one of them has as yet been induced to acknowledge it in their power to identify a single individual of the murderers, even if they saw him again, notwithstanding the reward offered for their discovery."  By a Decree of the Regency of Spain, the Supreme I Council of War has been re-established, taking as a basis the Ordinance of his Catholic Majesty of the 18th of March, 1819. Don XAVIER de CASTANOS, CaptainGeneral of the Army and Principality of Catalonia, has been appointed President of the Council. The ther Members have been chosen km the different civil and military orders, as the Ot di nance prescribes.—Moniteur. It is reported from Genoa, that a vessel under the Russian flag, with grain from Constantinople, has bon detained by Spanish privateers. - - -  It is stated, in a letter from Ancona, dated Sept.lB, that the Turkish fleet which was blockading Missolonn,hi has abandoned, the coast, and sailed for Patras, on its way to Constantinople.  Thursday last, his Serene Highness Prince