The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-16 00:00:00

IRELAND

TEE PRECURSOR FUNDS.--We have received the Dublic papers of
Monday, The Pilot has a nine.columned report of the adjourned Pre.
cursor meeting alluded to yesterday in The Sun, but is silent on the
subject of the disagreement between Mr. Purcell and Mr. O'Connell.
Not so, however, is the Mail, which, of course, professing not to care
one straw for either of the disputants, dwells at considerable length,
and with evident satisfaction, on the quarrel that has sprung up between
the " Liberator" and his late Liberal coadjutor in promoting the objects
of the Precursor Society. The Mail desires to disabuse the public mind
" respecting the ongoings of this Society, and the malversation of cer-
tain parties with respect to the funds contributed!" And in pursuance
of such ass extremely laudable desire, draws out an indictment of many
counts, the gravamen of which is, that frauds have been committed.
The proof of this fraud, it were needless to say, rests chiefly on those
intrepid assertions for which the Irish Tory organ is notorious. Amongst
other assertions equally hardy, and equally unsupported by fact, the
Mail say," that from the first day of the institution, up to the publica-
tion of Peter Purcell's letter, the nominal treasurer never had a particle
of cont., ul or check over the funds of the Society." Furthermore says
this lovar of truth, " It appears to us a very doubtful point, v, he-
ther the private resolution of the Committee, authorising the money to
be lodged in the Tralee branch of the National Bank, to the credit of
Daniel O'Connell, Esq., ever had an existence on the books of the So.
ciety, until after the appearance and date of Peter Purcell's letter,
arraigning that arrangement."

The launching of this lie shows plainly enough the Mail's animus,
and relieves us from the necessity of any comment,

The following letter, the pun or wit of which we confess we cannot
discover, appears in the Marl;--

" Merrien-square, Jan. 10, I 539.
" Sir—At a meeting of the trustees to the funds of the Precursor
Society, held this day at the Corn Exchange, Burgh.quay, it was una-
nimonsly resolved—' That the subscription of Peter Purcell, Esq., to
the Precursor Society, be returned to him.' Pursuant to the above re-
solution, I now hand you my cheque on the Tralee Branch of the Na-
tional Bank, for the sum of One Shilling sterling, payable at sight, and
am, Sir, with sentiments of unmixed contempt, your obedient servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.

" To Mr. Peter Purcell, Imperial Hotel."

DREADFUL MURDER.

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We have seldom(Abridged been called upon toGlasgo
record aArgus.)
more melancholy case
of murder (perpetrated, we hope, for the sake of human natbre, under
the influence of insanity) than that which we have this morning to lay
before our readers. It is the murder, by stabbing, of a girl, deaf and
dumb, by the hand of her own brother. The supposed murderer,
M`Kinnis, and his sister, Helen, resided alone in the same house, and
no person witnessed the bloody did, so all that is known of tl e
circumstance comes from the information of the unfortunate man
himself. On being examined in the Police-office, he stated some-
what incoherently that he felt unable to support his sister, and
under the apprehension that she might be lett to starve, resolved, as a
lesser evil, to take away her life by violence, which he (Id by,stabbing
her its various parts of the body with a knife. He appeared unsettled, '
frequently said he loved bis sister, did not think she would have strug-
gled so much, and once uttered the exclamation, " 0 my God," and
almost felt to the ground. Ile soon reeovared, however. His infor-
mation in reference to themode by which his sister's death was pro-
duced, received awful corroboration on an inspection of the body by the
police. The poor girl was found lying on the filer, covered with a mat,
with 7 or 8 wounds caused by stabbing in various parts of her body, deep
wounds had been inflicted in the neck, throat, and breast, and two gashes
in the belly, front which the bowels were protruding, besides several
cuts on the legs and thighs. It appears that she had been in bed, when
the dreadful thought of murder entered the head of her maniac brother,
for we cannot conceive that the died was committed in a rate of sound
mind, That some of the wounds were inflicted while she was its bed is
certain, as the 1.1 inkets in various places were pierced through, as if by
a knife, and M`Kinnis's own account corroborates the fact. On Vie
assault taking place she seems to have risen from the bed, anti attempted
to disarm him, for his own hand is cut, as if in a struggle to retain
the In fa. This dreadful affair appears to have taken p'ace about
two o'clock in the morning. At that hour some of the neighbours
heard a female scream; but imagining that it came from the street
nothing was thought of the matter. On Captain Miler and the
police entering the house, they were much sti uck by the conduct
of a dog, which at first resisted their admission, and afterwards
lay over the corpse of its mistress whining, as in great distress,
and refusing to leave the spot For some time it prevented an inspec-
tion of the body taking place, and had latterly to be removed by force
The knife, with which the deed had been committed was found all
bloody on the floor. We have already stated that Helen M'liinnis was
deaf and dumb, and by all acounts, she was a quiet, inoffensive, and
industrious girl, and rather 1;1mi-to:ling. Her brother, it is said, was
much attached to her, and nothing resembling a quarrel was known to
take place betwixt them. The idea of her dying by starvation, which
seems to have taken possession of her brother's mind, seems sufficient
proof that he was labouring under hallucination of intellect, if not in a
state of thorough madness. M`Kinnis, is, we believe, about 30 yea! s
of age, and has of late been too much given to the use of intoxicating
liquors. His eye is wild and unsettled ; but considering the dreadful
circumstances in which he is placed, his demeanour is, on the whole,
calm. His unfortunate sister was about 23 years of age.

nONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS

-
CITY ( TIHS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.- The demand for
Cotton to-day has been only moderate. The sales 1,500 bags,
at previous prices.
Arrivals this morning, a French mail ; ship letters from St.
Michael's and Lisbon, by the Transit, from Bombay.
We have a very great scarcity of arrivals this morning, con-
sequently it is a blank day for news.
Great doubts are now entertained in the city of the assas-
sination of Sir A. M'Nab, owing to private letters having
been received by a commercial house of a later date from
Quebec, which contradict the awful report. It is also stated
that the person who brought dispatches from Canada to the
Colonial Office states that Sir A. M.Nab was alive and well.
Arr..--- • •
This is _Pl.2.9f.Thilt, TlRcrilithseE IN qiibithfilairs passing, in the
Canadas.
This is settling day in the British Market, and it appears
that the greatest part of the Account was adjusted yesterday,
and but little remains to be made up to-day. The extreme
fluctuation in Consols during the Account is about 1 per
cent., consequently there is no doubt it will go off well.
The commercial letters received yesterday from the United
States were of a favourable description. Commerce was
improving, and money easier.
Little business was doing yesterday afternoon in the foreign
exchanges. Hamburg and Paris a little flatter. Dutch ex-
changes rather better.
It is expected that considerable supplies of corn will soon
be obtained from various parts of the Continent.
We learn by_private accounts received from Paris, it was
generally expected there that a partial change of the Ministry
would take place.
For these two or three days past a considerable improve-
ment has taken place in the Portuguese Stocks, and the
cause, to the present time, is kept a profound secret. We
hear that the rise in the above Stocks is owing to a negotia-
tion now going on between our Government and that of the
Portuguese, for the purchase of the Azores by the British Go-
vernment, and for which twelve hundred thousand pounds
have been offered. Should this event take place it will be a
check upon the accumulating strength of the French in Africa.
C,onsols which closed yesterday at 9414 opened at the same
price this morning ; Reduced 93ii ; Exchequer Bills 66 68;
India Bonds 63 65 ; Bank Stock 2021 2031 ; India Stock
Mk 257 i.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 11 i ; Portuguese
closed at 344 i , improved to 34 35 ; Belgian 9944 ; Bra-
zilian 7 7i• 78 ; Colombian 28} to 29 • Mexican 24} 25 ;
Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 544 j ; Five per Cents.,
1021 k.
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
Bank Stock 20'2% , India Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 931145g5. 257 l
l Ditto Bonds •
in.
3 per Cent. Cons. 9.1% %%I, ! south Sea Stock 10:1%
4, per Cent - Old Annuities 9IN
Ditto Red. 100%%74 I New Ditto
New 3% per Cent 10048i% 4 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751...
New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Bills, £1,500 66 63 pm.
Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto ............... 500 -.66 1;9 67 prn.
Jan. 5, 1860 l4 15-16 15 Ditto Small ......... 66 69 67 inn
Oct. 10, 1859 --_,. Ditto Commercial...-.
J:n. 5, IS6O 14 11-16%i Ditto Adverti ... im).T:
Jan. 5,188 a --1 Bank Stock torteAccourit . — —I
April 5, 188(1 — i India Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1870 - , Consols for Account 9,1
PRICES OF FOREIGN F.U N,DIS
~I.,r'loeliDr:ltuiSitut:ttgDoioauAnAeAscYcepccoonoAutu:Tndnn:dt.7.s...N.........3E.....i;..o...l.C.s...%.E....o::4l(77,4;4s
Austrian Bonds
Belgian Bonds
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds 77A%
.Ditto New Bonds ..... .3454 5% 5
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. .......... . . 2%
Ditto Account
Chilian Bond*
1) tto Account
Columbian Bonds 274 Ditto Account ................ ___ Ditto Metallic ............. i ...... -
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds, 1824
Ditto Account
Ditto Account _ Ditto Account. ............. ..17!t%
____— Exchange. ......... —r. —c.
Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent. ......... —f. —c.
2A' 4c et): urnete Lt.. ............................. 3A''
Ditto Bonds, 1825 _ --- 4 per cent. .... ..... —f —c.
Ditto Account
Mnexititcoa,n6Bilenridcse,nstp.e.r...C.e.: 3 per cent. ......... —. —c.
Ditto Account
1,7
eap Dittooii
tAa,c,f2! 2175 I)DDuptiiiettthtttooo, ,Ascpceorucnetn.t... ... .. .. .....................
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
Great
Paid. Per Share.
Western Railway Company... ......... ........ 65 78v
Brighton Railway
t noon and Birmingham Railway Conipany 90 113 b
111:.nchester and Birmingham Railway
-
Do.
Do. Extension
'4
N ,nth Midland Railway Company 55 757
Colonial Bank
..............................................
Ditto Scrip ... .........
Worthing Tontine . . :9"
.... . ............................ U. 18. 1/.35. 6d. 1/. I Is, COURSE O F EXCHAqiNGE YESTERDAY.
DAmsterdam. ............... C.F. 12 0'; hraitar ........................ .. ..... 48
itto. at sight ..... -...... .. - . 12 234 Leghorn... ............................. 31
ARotterdam .2 U. 12 4% Genoa
25 80
Hntwerp... ...... ... .............. 12 3 Milan ..... ....- ..................... :it
Alamhurc' - ............ .... ....... .J 6
t0na..... .......... ............. 13 10 Naples .......... .. .................... 40
Paris, 3 days' sight ....... ~ 25 40. Palermo per oz. 118
Ditto ....... ............. .3 Ms. 25 65 Lisbon
....... 534
Marseilles.
............. 534
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine, ELM 15(.% Bahia 26
Peterabingh, ruble .3 Us. 11 Buenos Ayres ................ ......
Berlin
7 0 New York, 21 days' sight ...... 464
Vienna, effective 11 .2 M. 10 5 Philadelphia ..........................46
(rieste
ditto lO PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ.
CMadrid 37 6 Portugal Gold, coin ...... _en 17 6
adiz.... ....... ............
Silboa ....
Sevilleßarcelona
Silver. bars. standard .....• 0 5 08,

HALF-PAST ONE.
The settling of the Consol Account is going off well, and
Consols continue steady to the present time at 94k k ; Money,
s Exchequer Bills, 66 68 ; India Bonds, 63 65 ; Bank
Stock, 202 f ; India Stock, 2571.
In the Foreign Market the only feature worth notice is the
continual rise of the Portuguese Stocks. Should the pur-
chase of the Azores take place by the British Government,
they will be able t• pay the dividends due, which no doubt
will cause a further rise in the above stock. Spanish Active,
17f ; Portuguese has been done 35k, at present 35; Three
per Cents. 22k; Belgian, 991; Colombian, 294 ; Mexican,
25; Brazilian, 77f ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 544 ; Five per
Cents., 1021.
In Shares a little doing. Great Western, 13 premium ;
Brighton, 2i discount.

ConsOls for the Account, 94i e. ra.Rsi O'CLOCK.