The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-26 00:00:00

VESSELS POKEN WITH.

The Giacomo, for London, Aug. 19, lat. 49 N., long,
10 W.

The Black Swan (brig), Aug. 9, lat. 45 N., long. 13 W.
The Sorate, Liverpool to Hong Kong, June 17, lat. 31
N., long. 29 W.
The Hanah Maria, Plymouth to Adelaide, the 25th, lat.
20 S., long. 26 W.
The Fanny Penny, Cardiff to St. Andrew's, Aug. 1, lat.
45 N., long. 17 W.
The Hebe, of London, Belfast to Quebec, the 9th, lat.
50 N., long. 17 W.
The Devonshire (ship), July 2, lat. 9 N., long. 23 W.
The Ida Elizabeth, London to Sourabaya, Aug. 14, lat.
29 N., long. 7 W.
The Rajastham, for Bombay, with troops, Aug. 19.
The Huron (barque) London to Quebec, Aug. 1, off St.
Luis.
The Grecian (brig), of Belfast, Aug. 21, lat. 41 N.,
long. 11 W.
The Fanny (barque) for Quebec, Aug. 16, lat. 51 N.,
long. 25 W.
The Elizabeth (barque), of and for London, from
Grenada, Aug, 21, lat. 49 N., long 7 W.
The Rosina, of Campbeltown, for Quebec, Aug. 2, Cape
Rae, bearing N. by W. about 40 miles.
The Chile (American ship), Calcutta to Boston, April 26,
lat. 21, long. 90 E.
The St. Andrew, Fernando Po to Liverpool, the sth, lat.
41 N., long. 31 E.
The Black Prince (brig), July 31, lat. 45N. long. 53 W.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 25.—A large three-masted steam.
ship, supposed to be the Great Britain, hence to Melbourne,
was spoken on the 15th August, in lat 45 N., long. 12 W.,
steering south-west.

SHOCKING MURDER IN BELFAST BARRACKS.—A dis•
tressing occurrence has recently taken place in the bar-
racks at Belfast. Corporal Robert Brown, of the Grel
nadier detachment of the 12th Regiment, at present
lying in Belfast, was brutally murdered the other even-
ing by Robert Henry O'Neill, a private belonging to the
Light Company of the same detachment. The facts of
this melancholy outrage, which has caused the most in-
tease excitement in town are as follows :—lt appears
that, shortly before nine o'clock, Corporal Brown, the
unfortunate victim ; Robert O'Neill, the alleged mur-
derer ; and four others, were in one of the barrack-
rooms, preparing to go to bed. They had been con-
versing together, apparently on the most friendly terms,
and were about to retire to rest, when O'Neill, at a mo-
ment when the deceased was leaning over a table,
writing, lifted his carbine, which he was apparently en-
gaged in cleaning, took deliberate aim, and before any
effort could be made to prevent it, lodged the ball with
which his musket was charged in the left breast of his
unsuspecting victim. The ball struck the deceased be-
low his right eye, carried away a portion of his nose,
and entered his left breast, causing almost instant death,
as the unfortunate sufferer lingered only till half-past
ten o'clock, when he expired. O'Neill, who immediately
ran down the stairs into the square, with the view of
effecting his escape, was pursued by one of the men pre-
sent in the room and arrested before he could accom-

plish his purpose. The only cause that can be assigned
for the perpetration of this diabolical outrage is, that the
deceased had, a day or so before, reported O'Neill as
guilty of some misconduct, and who had him confined to
barracks for three days. O'Neill, it is asserted, had
more than once been heard to say that he would be re-
venged. The deceased was an Englishman, aged twenty,
and, we believe, much respected by the officers and his
comrades for his orderly and inoffensive conduct.
O'Neill, is a Belfast man, who was some time in a but-
cher's shopin Hercules-street, and lately enlisted into the
regiment. On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body
of the murdered man, and after the examination of seve-
ral witnesses, the coroner, addressing the prisoner, asked
him if he had anything to say ? Prisoner—No ; only I
am guilty. (Sensation.) The coroner then addressed
the jury briefly upon the distinction between murder and
manslaughter ; and observed, that from the threats used
by the prisoner during the day premeditation was to be
inferred, and the crime could not be reduced to man
slaughter. The jury found a verdict of wilful murder
against O'Neill. The coroner then committed him for
trial at the next assizes for the county of Antrim.
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EMIGRATION.—A party of colliers, accompanied by
their wives and children, left Kilmarnock on Saturday
week, on their way to embark at London for Vancou-
ver's Island, where they will be employed in working
the coal mines which have been diecovered there.