The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-12 00:00:00

BARBAROUS MURDER IN SLIGO.

• The correspondent of the Dublin _Evening Post
offhls day supplies the following particulars of
the barbarous tfrmoler of three persons in the
toNfn. of kallyffibtef egettity •

Bmoo, Jan. 9.
. .
6rreat cekiSeetuhtion t‘'as direated in this town this
morning' IV ti rt.porl, 612 three ilersots haring been mur-
dered in the proferWagy I.ite'efal town of lallyrnote.,
Last night some Were iiielited to. doubt it, but, nn-

fortunately, it has turned out to be to trnt. I have
ascertained that Mr. Callaghan, his wife, and a servant
girl have been foully murdered by some person or
persons at present unknown. Mr. Callaghan and his
wife kept what is considered a strong grocer's shop in
the town at Pallymbfe, about eleven miles from Sligo.
They were in very tennfortable circumstances, and were
much respected in the neighbbnrhood.
On account of the shop not having been opened this
morning as usual, inquiries were set on loot, and, on an
entrance being made into the house, Mr. arid Mrs.
Callaghan were found dead in their beds, much bruised,
and with their throats cut, and in an outhouse the
servant girl was found dead, With her throat cut nearly
from ear to ear.

kr. Callaghan was about 80 years of age, and his
vtife Was' not much his junior, se that it is not probable
the murderer or murderers met with much opposition
from the aged codple ;; but it is supposed that the poor
girl heard a scuffle, by some' means became acquainted
with the dreadful work going on in the bedroom, and,
in the hope of saving her own life, made for the back
door, but had not time to proceed many steps ()Inside
before she was overtaken and foully murdered.
It is thought that the object of the perpetrators was
plunder, and that the Callaghans were known to be pos-
sessed of considerable means ; and, from the appearance
of same drawers, it is thought that robbery has been
added to the great crime.
As soon as the murder became known the police were
oh the alert, and some mounted men of the force were
despatched to Sligo to have measures taken to prevent
any snspitious persons proceeding by steamer to Liver-
pool or Glasgow. An express was also sent to Ennis-
killen to use the' telegraph wires to pnt the authorities
at Belfast and other seaports on the qui vine.
It is generally thought that the murders were not
perpetrated by any person belonging to the town or
neighbourhood. However, it is useless to speculate on
this point in the present state of uncertainty.

The police have been sent in all directions, and it is
hoped that the piilty party will not be long out of
custody.

An inquest will be held this afternoon or to-morrow.

"BRIGAVE'I BANQUET AT WEXFORD.

The grand banquet in honour of Major O'Reilly
and the Wexford Contingent of the Pope's Irish
Brigade came off on Tuesday evening last in the
town of Wexford. The Morning News says of
the affair :

" We believe we only echo the verdict of every spec-
tator of the scene of Tuesday last when we state that,
since the days of '43, no such ovation was offered to a
public man in Ireland as that which welcomed Major
O'Reilly to the capital of that brave and patriotic county.

It was a triumphal procession from torn to town. Even
before the gallant gentleman and his officers reached the
boundary of the county which bad offered him this
public honour the poralar feeling found utterance, and
county distinctions were lost in the recollection that his
name and his cause were dear to all Ireland.

General Lamoriciere again di/appointed his
Irish friends by remaining away. The following
is a translation of the letter of apology from the
gallant General read on the occasion :
" Paris, Dec. 23, 1860.

" Sir,—l thank you for the invitation you have ad-
dressed to me, to assist at the banquet which the
Catholics of Wexford intend giving Major O'Reilly and
certain officers and soldiers of the battalion of St.
Patrick, which fought so valiantly for the holy cause of
the Church. Imperious necessities detain me here, and
prevent me from attending the banquet, where I should
have been happy to meet my old brothers-in-arms.
"Allow me to beg of you to convey to them, and to
the committee of the banquet, the fullest expression of
my regret, and the apoloey which I address to you,
with the assurance of my most distinguished considera-
tion. "DE LA2tIORICIERE."

Major O'Reilly made a long speech, which was
from beginning to end a glowing laudation of
Irish valour in general, and its late most glorious
manifestation in the cause of Pope Pius.