The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-04 00:00:00

ILLEGAL MARRIAGE.

Vincent firearey, a Popish priest, was indicted for celebrating
a marriage between two Protestants, contrary to the dth of the
King, 1523, at Belfast, they not having been pretiouily-werried by
a Protestant clergyman.
Edward Graham examined-311s wife's name is Sarah Jane
Graham, or Campbell; was married on the 21st of January last. in
Belfast ; the marriage was celebrated by an old man they caned
Priest 111`Carey; waslipsey at the time, and can't swear positively
that the prisoner is the person . • he had never seen him before ; he
was sleeping a great part of the time of the ceremony; John.
Barclay, Jane Graham, Martha Rooney., eta 'lames Campbell were
alco present' was more than. an hour an the house ; MillsC3s 13 *
Protestant ; his wire is a Presbyterian.
Sarah Jane Graham examined—ls a married woman ; war
married to last witness on the 21st of January ; would not know the
person who performed the ceremony ; did not take much notice of
him ; was more than an hour in the room ; can't swear the
prisoner is the person; had never seen him before; witness is •
Presbyterian.
Martha. Rooney examined—ls a Presbterian.; she was at the
marriage of Edward Graham and Sarah Jane Campbell; believe*
prisoner is the man who married them upon her oath. be is the
man ; had not seen him before; has heard hint reputed to be a
Popish priest.
.Williarn H. Ferrer, Esq. police magistrate, examined—Knows
the prisoner; he is a reputed Popish priest.
JUDGE—By the original law, the celebration of a Marriage by a
Popish priest, between two Protestants, or between a Protest/I.'4*nd
a Catholic, was capital,. according as the law still remains, such a
Olarrisge is declared to be invalid, and the children of soch mamas.;
illegitimats--the punishment of the person celebrating the tuarruizo
has been clisngeu to a heavy fines
His Lordship stated, in answer to a query put by one of the
Jurymen, that no clergyman should celebrate a marnape without
knowing the parties, or without being furnished with some do..
cornett: which would put him in possession of such infortnatioo.
Civilly.
The Learned Judge, in pronouncing sentence, observed, that the
prisoner had now been found guilty of celebrating a marriage be-
tween two Protestants, he being a reputed Popish priest—he could
not plead ignorance of the law, as he had already teen found gmity
of a similar offence, for which he had suffered a long tropeisonniect,
until the lenity of Uovernment had liberated him from prison—yet
he was no sooner at liberty than he hail returned to his old
practices; and he (his Lordship) would not be again instruments/
in letting him loose on the public.
He was sentenced to pay a fine of athli. or remain in ptisen
such tine be pan:.
—westo,—
MURDER.
' We have received the following detail of a very atrocious
murder, committed in the neighbourhood of Skibbereen. on
Wednesday last.. Our correspondent will perceive tnat we have
omitted that part of the letter which inculpates an-individual in
the transaction, as we think it would be injudicious Just now to
publish it :
St immerge. Jute
On Wednesday, the 27th inst. win discovered, on the lands or
Gurtnagroogh, in this county, the body of a man named Browne.
The circumstances attendant on the cause of his death appear ta be
the following:--Sometime prior to the lass"Brititry Stations of the
Peace, the deceased, wlw, it seems, was one of a party of thieves
who infested the neighbourhood of Balidebob PDd Bantfy, ease
certain information against his associates in crime, Tor sonic
demeanor, which was to have been tried stabs kite Sessions berhien
in Bantry. A few days previous to the Sessions, be was wailed un
by some of the paztytilluded to ; amongst whom were the near r.-
latives of his wife, and ordered to hold mself in readiness to gas
that night on one of his usual excursions. This, it appears Si%
the plan devised to allure him into the snare laid for his life. '1 ne
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man is taken into custody, under circumstances which
to be hoped,
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broken is several places. and the ikon fesetuted in many part.....An inquest was held, and a ver,iiet psonotioced against POWIMEIMMI
lead to the discovery of the tnurderert
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~.persons unknown.—Somarra Reporter.
EXECUTION OF PATRICK
RDE KIRBY Y.
AT Li*iiitzet
FOR R. • • • .
After sentence of death was pissed oe thiamin, he eittemeacted
from the Court-house so the rid, salaam* of mous t 1 half-a-
mile, en foot! kanalerdredtM4 samileitil by a guAt4 *lke*