The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-05-11 00:00:00

BARBAROUS MURDERS.

The Clonmel lisrald of Friday has the following horrid account :
—On last Saturday evening. an inhuman murder was committed
on a man of the name of ‘Villiam Racket, at Kilmolash, about
three and a half miles from this town, on the Caher road, and with-
in a musket shot of.the finger-post near Barn. This unfortunate
man was returning from this town to Derrygrath, a farm belonging
to William Rial, Esq. and of which he was in rare, in company,
It is said, with a man who war lately ejected front his farm, and
who owed a very large arrear of rent. It was only yesterday morn.,
ing the body was found, and found in a very mangled state. The
neck was broken, and the forehead so beat in that the brains could
be seen. It was discovered in a hole in an adjoining outfield, in
which two other and similar holes were made, and in which traces
of blood were observed. In searching for him his friends discovered
a stone stained with blood, in a bush quite near the place, and trac-
ing footsteps and blood thence were led to the holes, in one of
which, that was in the middle of the field, the body, as already
stated, was found. Two Magistrate., 0. Fitzgerald, and W. H.
Bradshaw. Esq. and Mr. Chief Constable Singleton, with his
mounted P dice, repaired to the place as soon as the tumid business
was known !
A fete days ago, • most atrocious murder was committed at
Loughinavally, within four miles of thin town, under the following
circumstances:—At the wake of a young woman, who bad scarcely
been two months married, some dispute occurred between her
frimds and those of her husband, relative to her clothes, which was
followed up with great animosity by both parties, who met after her
funeral at a public house, at L tughinavally, when in a short time
a general and violent rencontre conk place, for which both parties
seemed filly prepared; the consequence was, that Dennis Cormickt
who was connected with one of the parties, was inhumanly and
brutally murdered, his brains being knocked out with stones. By
the active and laudable exertions of Charles Kelly, of Charleville,
Esq. a Magistrate, the parties were apprehended, and an inquest
held, when, in consequence of evidence adduced, the Jury returned
" That the decea.ed was murdered byi Martin and Simon Kermit)",
by beating out his brains with atones. --Mmilingar Paper.

BReTA I. ATT AM—About the hour of seven o'clock on
Tuesday morning, a party of men, fourteen or fifteen in uumber,
armed with bludgeons, entered the workshop of Mr. Donnelly,
white-smith, in Little Ship-street, Dublin, and violently assaulted
a man named Thomas Hardin. whom they struck repeatedly. Bar-
din seized a bar of iron, which was red hot, and resisted for some
time, but it was wrested from him. Ile was left in such a state
that it was found necessary to have him conveyed to Mercer's Hos-
pital. A man named Patrick Coates, a journeyman smith, in the
employment of Mr. Donnelly, was up stairs at the time, and on
hearing the noise, armed himself with a bayonet, and repaired to
the spot. Ile saw two men running away,. and pursued them into
the street, where be saw seven or eight more men, who ran Mr in
the direction of Ross-lane. Ile continued pursuing them, calling
out " atop the murderers;" but although the streets were popu-
lous at the time, no person interfere) to stop any of them, and they
eircaped by Nicholas-street. This outrageous assault is supposed
to have mien from combination, as foar men, who were in the sin.
ployment of Mr. Donnelly, struck for an advance of wages in the
week after Easter, and Hardin continued at work.—Gloagow
Chronicle.

DA KING Bunu t.• AV.—Early on Friday morning a gang
of thieves, supposed to be four in number, broke open the dwelling.
house of Mr. Spry, watchmaker, of Hereford, and succeeded in
carrying off nearly sixty watches, and about 74/. in money. Every
thing indicated the systematic coolness and intrepidity of the
depredators. Mr. Spry is a fruiterer, and the flour of the shop
which is fronting the street was covered with the peel of oranges,
on which, in the midst of their plunder, the thieves had found
both time and inclination to luxuriate. Mr. Spry, about two
o'clock in the morning, was induced to conic down stairs, in con-
sequence of some noise ; but it was then too late, for the rascals had
decamped. No time was lost in giving the alarm ; and that ac-
tive police officer, Mr. Owen, traced and followed them to Led-
bury, where they had hired a post-chaise for Worcester; and he
succeeded in apprehending three of the men in the streets of that
city. Their names are T. Jones (alias the Handy Post-boy),
Powell, and Green. Nearly the whole of the watches were found
on the person of .long; Powell had about 4W. in money taken
from him; and Green was loaded with seals, chains, and Wait
watches. The prisoners were conveyed back to Hertford on Satur.
day.— Glow:ger Jawswal.
E NT•1111i °CCU aRE CE.--011 Tuesday, the York-
house coach from Bath to Oxford, was upset. The coachman had
drawn up at the summit of a sharp hill going out of Swindon,
for the purpose of having the wheel dragged, when unfortunately
the pole of the carriage touched the flank of one of the leaders.
which began kicking, and afterwards set off at a furious rate down
the hill. In des ending, the coach was overturned, and we regret
to announce that Lieut. 'Thomas Maris, R.N. (a gentleman well
known and highly respected in ll.ith,) was throwa from Its seat,
had his thigh broken in a dreadful manner, and was otherwise so
much injured that he only survived till three o'clock next morn-
ing ; another of the outside passengers was seriously bruised, and
one of the horses killed on the nix.

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