The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

LONDON, _ TOESDAY____ EVENING, AUGUST -31, 1847.

HORRIBLE MURDER.

ENILY (COUNTY TIPPERARY), AUG. 23.—A fright-
ful murder took place in this neighbourhood yester-
day. As James Cashen, a respectable farmer, was
going to mass, at about the hour of eleven o'clock in
the forenoon, he was waylaid while crossing part of
Mr. Bolton Massey's demesne, at Ballywise, and his
brains beaten out with stones. Some dealing in land,
which he had last March with some of his own family,
is supposed to have caused this outrage. The coroner's
inquest has returned a verdict of wilful murder against
persons unknown.

ARRIVAL of the GREAT BRITAIN
STEAMER AT LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 3 P M.
At half-past one o'clock this day the Great Britain
arrived in this port from Belfast, at which place she
arrived from Dundrum Bay on Friday afternoon.
In the course of the forenoon it was announced,
that a ship, supposed to be the Great Britain, was off
Holyhead, and about half-past one repeated firing of
cannon announced her arrival in the river. Her ap-
pearance was comparatively unexpected, as her pos-
sible arrival had only been published a few hours
before in the Albion of this morning. The excite-
inent was fully as great as on the occasion of her first
trip to New York from this port. She left Belfast
on Sunday afternoon about two o'clock, being towed
in her passage by the Government steam. frigate
Birkenhead, one of the Liverpool Steam-tug Com-
pany's boats, and a pilot. She was brought down
the river opposite to the George's pier-head,
where the Birkenhead left her, and went into
the Coburg Dock. Immediately on the Birkenhead
leaving her, the Great Britain was taken by the
steam-tug into the Prince's Dock Basin, and plaetd
on the " gridiron." A considerable number of per-
sons were on board ; amongst whom we noticed Cap-
tain Claxton, Mr. Bremner, &c. A dense mass of
spectators had assembled round the basin to witness
her entrance. Her masts, rigging, &c., looked much
worn from long exposure to the weather, but the ge-
neral appearance of the noble ship was much better
than could have been expected. With few excep-
tions the upper part of her hull does not seem to have
sustained much damage. On the larboard beam there
were a few indentations in the iron framework, some
of which were cut entirely through, and in the neigh-
bourhood of the bow might be seen in two or three
places similar marks of damage. She seemed to be
making a considerable quantity of water, but the ad-
mirable working of the pumps was quite sufficient to
counteract that evil.
We learn ti-.at it is intended immediately to put her
into a thorough state of repair, atter which we pre-
sume, she will again cross the Atlantic.

LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S
STEAMER MASTIFF.
We are in receipt of letters from the Orkney
Isles, announcing the probable loss of the Govern-
ment steamer Mastiff, Commander Lieutenant A. B.
Beecher, off the island of Sandor, twelve miles from
Kirk wall Bay. She has for some time past been en-
gaged in the surveys of the coast in the vicinity of
the Orkneys. On the morning of Tuesday, while
lying at anchor off the island of Sandor, a gale caine
on, and she was driven from her anchor and carried
ashore, a violent sea beating over her for many hours
afterwards. We are happy to state that the whole
of the crew and officers were saved. Very little
chance remains of preserving the steamer, which is
full of water, and has sustained considerable injury.
The Mastiff was an old vessel, having been launched
at Bideford in the year 1813. She was nearly 200
tons burden.

MOST DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—We are con-
cerned to announce a melancholy occurrence which took
place at Cashel on Tuesday last. We havn received
different accounts of the painful transaction, which we
do not consider prudent to publish at present. Mr.
I'rancis O'Ryan, of Cashel. having had an altercation
with his son, Francis O'Ryan, jun. (an interesting
young man, who is to arrive at his majority in a few
months), the father discharged a loaded pistol at him,
the contents of which entered the right eve, but taking
an oblique direction, did not penetrate the brain. It is
with satisfaction we have to state that the medical at-
tendants on the wounded gentleman entertain hopes of
his recovery, although the ball has not yet been extracted.
Mr. F. O'Ryan, sen., is in custody for the offence.
The following came-to hand as we were going to press :
—Mr. O'Ryan, sen., has a family of grown up sons and
daughters. The eldest son lived with his father, as did
his sisters. Mr. O'Ryan having been for some time
a widower, recently married a young and interesting
lady, who, according to the version of the story on the
father's side, become an object of the son's passion.
That this sentiment was reciprocated by the youth's
stepmother, the father had, as is stated, for some short
time back, more and more reason to be suspicious; and
on Tuesday evening on entering his bedroom was hor-
rified to beheld his place occupied by hi! unfortunate
son. Maddened with rage, the unhappy tether reached
a loaded pistol, and fired. The ball entered the head of
young Mr. Ryan, immediately beside the eye, totally
destroying that organ, and traversing the skull, rested
at the base of the occiput. The lady made a precipitate
retreat, and escaped before her infuriated husband could
reload his weapon. An instant alarm was given and
Mr. Ryan was taken into custody, and consigned to the
ga,,l at. Cashel. Our informant, who left Cashel yes-
terday morning, says the ball was extracted from the
head of young Mr. Ryan the previous night—theinter-
vening time being occupied in searching for it. The
wounded man remains in a state of insensibility, and
no hopes are entertained of his recovery.—Limerick
Chronicle.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.--It is scarcely pos-
sible to point to a charity in London which does so
much good at so small an expense as the tree baths anti
wasnhouses for the destitute poor at Glasshouse-yard.
Last year its benefits were conferred on 84,584 persons
and their families at a cost little exceeding 3001. The
poor are crowding to it still.
It can only be from its
being little known to the rich that its funds are now, we
regret to say, exhausted. Messrs. Williams, Deacon,
and Co, are the bankers to %torn subscriptions may be
paid.