The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-01 00:00:00

MURDER AT BALLIBAY.

The following is an extract of a letter from Ballibay,
dated Nov. 27 :
" About half-past five o'clock on yesterday evening
a murder of the most sanguinary and daring character
was committed upo❑ a respectable young man, named
Owen Murphy. While the unfortunate Murphy, ac-
companied by three of his neighbours, was proceed-
ing homewards alone the Clone road, and after passing
the shambles of this town, a distance of between 15
or 20 perches, they were met on the highway by the
perpetrator of the deed, who deliberately took aim, and
fired at Murphy, who instantly dropped dead, the ball
hiving passed through his lungs. In consternation
and terror the other three men made a move out of
the direction of the murderer's fire, but in less than a
minute three other shots were fired, very fortunately,
however, without effect: It Must be'concluded that
blood, at all hazards, was the object, as the road at
the time was
_y4etti much .occupied by 'men retiring

from their field- lab Our, - • 7
In the absence of the resident and stipendiary Ma-
gistrates of the town, Samuel Cunningham, Esq., of
Crieve, J. P., with the promptitude and efficiency so
characteristic of him as a magistrate, gallopped into
town, and, on examining a few witnesses (the compa-
nions of the deceased), he took Samuel Gray, of Balli-
bay, into custody, and pLeed him in Briewell, where

he noiv is.
At the moment I am writing, an inquest is in pro-
gress on Murphy's body ; and Gray, the accused, is es-
corted to the inquest room. The result, I may be able
to give you-in the present letter, before the mail is des-
patched.
It must be in the recollection of the readers of the
Northern provincial papers that, in the two will cases
of" Stewart against Gray," which occupied the Arm ugh
Record Court during the entire of the last Assizes,
befor, Baron Foster, that the deceased Murphy was the
writer of, and principal witness to, the will established
on that occasion, upon which Stewart succeeded in his
right tothe property ; and although the plaintiff obtained
a verdict at the time, yet, it was not until a few days
ago that an order was made to the Sheriff of the county
to turn Gray out and place Stewart in possession ; and
it was not more than one hour after the Sheriff dis-
charged that duty, when' the hapless Murphy was cut off.
The verdict this moment returned by the Jury is—
The -deceased came by his death in consequence of a
gun-shot wound, and which was inflicted by Samuel
G ray."
Gray is off this moment, under an extraordinary es-
cort, to Monaghan gaol.--Dublin Eveaing Post.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE•

(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—The Elizabeth, from Cal-
cutta, 7th Sept., off the Cape ; Imogene, Liverpool to
Calcutta. with loss of main-top-sail, 18th ult., about 250
iaiks S.W. of Cape Clear ; Aurelius, Liverpool to St.
Thomas, 211, by the Theodosia, Cushing, arrived at Li-
verpool ; Thames, London to Mauritius, 20th August, lat.
21 S., lon. 58, E. ; Margaret, Wilkie, Batavia to Deme-
rara, 22d, lat. 23, lon. 54. An English ship, boun.4 S ,
showing a red flag above, with a white one underneath,
and 87 in centre, and 87 in her foretop.sail, 19th Oct., lat.
5 N., lon. 28 W. Lady Flora, London to Madras, 21st,
lat. 7. lon. 24 ; Mary and Elizabeth, 25th, lat. 13, lon.
28 ; Walmer Castle, London to Calcutta, 26th, lat. 9,
lon. 25 ; Edinburgh, London to Calcutta, 25th, lat. 10,
lon. 27, by the Gentoo, arrived at Liverpool ; Skylark
packet, Tampico to Havanna, 17th Oct., in the Gulf of
Mexico ; Potentate, Batavia to Cowes, Bth ult., lat. 27,
lon. 35, by the British King, Paton, arrived off Cork.