The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-19 00:00:00

IRELAND.

. IsVlt W, /Man' 11.
A PATROL CONSTAIILR SHOT.
I'hursdsy morning, we tindereteltd. tbe hotly of
the foot petrol belonging to the Finglaw.olEett, woe
discovered lifeless tin the Royal Canal bank, near
the sixth lock. It appeared he hod received his
death by a ball. which passed directly through his
heart. He had, tee understand. separated from
two others of the patrol, in pursuit of a man whom
they had apprehended along with a woman, bearing
in their custody a beg of dead fowls, supposed to
be stolen, and who had afterward. escaped. the
woman is in custody, and has told the ofso4s sue.
name, hot does nut know his chriptian name. A
Coron.r's Inquest was held on the body of the de.
ceased, whose name was Hugh Foy, When a ver-
dict of Wiffal Murder was returned against Gum-
mier, the man in pursuit of whom he was whets he
parted from his companions. It appeared that he
was shot with his own pistol, es the ball and shot
extracted from his body were exactly the same as
those used by the petrol in loading their pistols.—
The (Dublin) Patriot.
We have been honoured within these few days by
a visit in this city, from the younger Neat, sou of
the Orator. together with his friend. the no le,s
celebrated Mr. Thistkwohd. No sooner bad thee*
persons landed, than the eye of our vigilant Police
was placed upon them, and in consequence of their
activity. we can learn. that hitherto the designs of
these Medical visitants have proved innoainno. The
former has bent his coarse to the North of Ireland.
and the latter to the South, where we hove no doubt
their schemes will meet with no better success.
MURDER BY POISON.

We can scarce find words in which to pourtray
our horror at the dreadful circumstances which we
are fated to relate. On Sunday last • young
ma• named Collins, by trade a brogue-maker. and
a corporal on the Staff of the Royal County Lime-
rick Militia, paid a visit to a young woman. named
--- Colopy, daughter to a w residing in
Boherbuoy, to whom he had for some time been
paying his afitlresaes, and was considered in the
light us her future husband; they were to be united
on the following day. A number of the young
woman's friends had assembled, and punch was
introduced. of which the young couple were forced
to drink plentifully, and soon after became totally
insensible; they were then placed on a loft loge.
ther, and were found the next morning in a state of
total exhaustion, in which they lay until ■bout two
o'clock, when the vital spark became entirely
extinct in both. Thus they were united, if not in
the bonds of wedlock, at least in the cold embraces
of death !

A n inquest is now holding on them by the Mayor,
as Coroner. The bodies have been opened by the
physicians, and it is ascertained Cley were destroyed
by some deleterious drug, which had been adminis.
tered to them. Seven persons were apprehended
on suspicion, but as the examinations were not con-
cluded, we mast stop here. It appe.ars the young
wrionat. was entitled, in her own right, to 5001.,
winch, it is probable, was the stimulus to this most
horrible dee•l. We shall return to the subject in
our next.—/Limerick Adv.rliser.)
MURDER OF EDWARD BROWNE. EMI.

Colusaught Jostrnal Qffice, Aighl **Cloth, p.m.
It is with unfeigned regret we have to announce
the premature death of Edward Browne, Esq. of
Castlemoyle, in this county; about three o'clock
this day, as he was passing near Ilorseleap, accom.
ponied by his servant, in a gig, he received a shot
which caused his immediate death. He was. it is
supposed. mistaken for another person. whose ex.
Unordinary zeal in suppressing *edition has lately
made him obnoxious to the disaffected peasantry,
and we have to regret that this inestimable young
man has fallen a victim to such ueorn-rited revenge.
lits remains were removed shortly after to his bro.
ther-in-law's (John Nolan, of Balinderry, E.q.) ;
the distraction in which that family. his other nu.
memos friends and relatives are involved, cannot
be described. We have received this information
by a messenger dispatched from this office, on
business, in that direction, who beheld the a®ict•
i tog scene.
Two outrages of a daring description were com-
mitted in the town of Charleville, and its vicinity.
between the early hours of six and seven o'clock. on
Monday, by armed men, with their feces blacken-
ed, entering two houses, and stealing thereout five
muskets, one case of pistols, and a bayonet. The
Gentlemen of that place have offered a handsome
reward in this day's Chronicle for the apprehension
of the perpetrators.—( Limerick Chronicle.)