The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-07 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER.

Demme, JUNE 3.—A dreadful murder has been committed
within nine miles of the metropolis. A 31r. Carroll, a gentleman
of some property in this country, who resides in England, has
lands in the county of Dublin. One of his farms ass for some
time past overlielil by a man of the name of Byrne, against whom
3lr. Carroll was obliged to take proceedings at law. At length
Byrne consented to give up the land, and a bailiff was sent down
to take possession, and take care of the premises until another
tenant should be procured. The unfortunate man accordingly
went down, and remained for a few days in the neighbourhood, un-
til Byrne took away his furniture, and finally left the farm. The
bailiff then took possession of the farmhouse, but the very first
night that he slept there, the house was surrounded by numbers of
the country people. They knocked loudly, and demanded admit-
tance: the wretched man, justly fearing for his safety, refused to
open the door, and entreated the crowd to go away ; but the furi-
ous rabble became more violent, and threatened to bunt the house
to the ground, and to tear the bailiff into a thousand pieces, if in.
stant admission were not obtained. They soon after succeeded
in getting int.t the house. They stised the bailiff, undressed
as he was, and dragged him out !Afore the door. It was in
vain that he cried on his knees for mercy, little time was given for
expostulation or for prayer. fle fell, almost without any resistance,
under the blows of its cowardly and cruel assailants ; those blows
did Lot cease until the victim ceased to breathe. The body of the
miseralile sufferer was horribly treated, and was left by the
murderers (a shocking spectacle), covered with blood, on the
public way.
No reason whatever can be assigned for this atrocious deed, save
that the bailiff came down to take possession of the land which
Byrne had given up. It appears, however, that Byrne and
I- his wife have been examined before a Magistrate, and no cause of
suspicion attaching to them, t!tey have been already discharged.
Not many years ago another murder was committed, pretty
nearly under the sante circumstance, on those lands. A number
of persons were tried for that murder, and five of them were
banged.

HONDURAS COMPANy.—A Meeting of the Shareholders
in this Company took place at lla•son's Coffee-house. The meet.
ing consisted principally of merchants, and the exposure which
took !dice caused a great deal of p.in, as well as a great des' of
eurin.i,y. William Clark, Esq. was in the chair. it was stated
that this was a bubble which had lately burst, the Directors offer-
ing to return two guineas per Share, on which Ere pounds had been
paid. The condition of the Shareholders was this :_Of 45,3901.
subscribed, 374221. 14a. dd. had been expended, and become a
total loss, leaving a balance of 0,9671. ss. lid. to be divided amongst
the poor, disappointed, and deluded Shareholders, If they were
such fools as to submit to the imposition. It, however, depended
upon the Shareholders themselves, whether or not they would sub-
mit to a loss of 21. 101. per Share, upon Shareson which they had
paid deposits of 51. each. The Meeting, after a conversation, in
which the conduct of the Directors was severely animadverted
upon, resolved to reject the offer, and to claim the whole of their
deposits.

BRANCH BANE IN GLOUCESTSR.—The Board of Di-
rectors of the Bank of England are still occupied In making ar-
rangements for the establishment of this institution ; and we believe
we are correct in stating that the management of the bask in this
city will, most probably, be confided so a gentleman =el ro•
in
petty, a hose experience conducting the widely-ex main
of a highly-respectable firm in this county eminently quillas him
for the situation ; but until the proceedings are cnmpktad, we deem
it premz:ture In name the party. A paragraph in the last Glourea-
kr Heald presumes that the management of the above establish-
ment would devolve on Mr. Thomas Turner. We have the autho-
rity of that gentleman to state, that he has not received any intima-
tion by which he could be prepared to warrant our introduction of a
similar opinion ; and that this announcement was wade without his
knowledge or sanctioa.—Gloricakr thiorogoi,