The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-17 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JAN. 14.

THE QUEEN V C. G. DUFFY, ESQ., PROPRIETOR OF THE
"NATION" NEWSPAPER.

At half-past two o'clock the grand jury came into Court:

The Clerk of the Crown intimated to the bench that the
grand jury were then in Court, and desired to communicate
with their Lordships respecting the bill of indictment which
bad been sent up to them in the case of the Nation news-
paper. .

Judge BURTON (to the grand jury)—What is the nature of
your application, gentlemen? Have you found true bills?
A juror —We have come to a conclusion, my Lord.
The foreman then handed down the bills, and the Clerk of
the Crown having received them, he read aloud from the
foot of the document—" We find true bills.—For self and
fellow.jurors, J. Croker, Foreman."
The SOLICITOR-GENzam.--My Lords, the grand jury
having found true bills, I now call upon your Lordships to
order that the traverser . should be bound to enter into re-
cognizance..

The Court assented.
Mr. O'lLionrr on the part of the traverser, moved for
leave to plead the averment.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL did not oppose, and the Court
assented. The ordinary plea of not guilty was recorded.
Mr. O'HAGAN moved for copies of the bill of indictment,
which were granted.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
Our Limerick correspondent furnishes us with the sad de
tails of an awful murder, which was perpetrated under
circumstances of appalling atrocity, within a few miles of the
city of Limerick, on Sunday evening. It appears that,
on the evening in question, the house of a respectable
farmer, of the name of Laurence Leahy, was en-
tered by an armed gang of miscreants, who at once
called on him to kneel down. Leahy is the father of a
large family of eleven children, and he has enjoyed through
life a fair and respectable character. It is impossible ex-
actly to state how he became obnoxious to the sanguinary
miscreants by whom this cruel murder was planned aad
executed with a desperate and diabolical resolution ; but the
fact appears to be that having entered his dwelling and the
murderers having called for him, the party attacked and fired
at him at his door, and murdered him in the bosom of his
truly afflicted family. We have heard that he was a tenant
of Sir Matthew Barrington, Bart. Another account assures
us that he lived near Cahirnarry Church, and was tenant of
Mr. John Cripps, formerly an Alderman of Limerick. The
murderers not content with dispatching their victim, also fell
upon the domestic servants and such members of'the family
as came within their reach ; but it is a feature in the transac-
tion somewhat consoling, that the miscreants met with a warm
reception from the faithful servants of poor Le thy We have
heard that the servants encountered the villains with a most
determined bravery, and actually made prisoners of two of the
banditti, who were handed over to the police, and brought on
Monday evening into Limerick gaol. It is stated to us also
that the assassins have been identified as the same who, a few
years ago, were tried for the murder of Mr. Shine, at Carrig-
parsons, not far from the same neighbourhood, and who have
been prowling about the country ever since.

ATTACK ON A POLICE PATROL IN THE COUNTY

OF LIMERICK.

Sunday night, as the police of Ahane, a parish adjoining
and in the union of Castle Connell, were on patrol, they
came up with an armed party, consisting of four or five
men, near General Burke's gate at Ahane. The police, it
appears, as in duty bound, called upon the armed party to
stand and surrender; but this they resolutely refused to
do, bidding defiance to the constables, and calling on
them to come on! Constable Collins, a very active and
efficient member of the force, immediately stepped for-
ward, accompanied by three other policemen, when a fire
was opened on both sides, and continued for some time
with unceasing briskness between the police and the
banditti. The shots were heard at a very great dis-
tance, and considerable alarm was created throughout
the district—the people not knowing from what the
shots proceeded. We deeply regret .te state two of the
policemen—Collins and another, whose name we haVe not
heard, were dangerously wounded—one through the jaw and
neck, the other in the chest, in which, we learn, two balls
were driven. It is needless to say that the recovery of the
policemen is extremely doubtful. The assailants, it would
appear, escaped, nor has it been discovered whether they were
seriously injured in the rencontre—except from traces of blood
which were found in the direction they proceeded, on the fol-
lowing morning. Since the above was put in type, we have
learned that the unfortunate constable has died of his
wounds, and another account states that a second policeman
has also died, whilst a third is severely wounded. The party
on patrol belonged to the Anacotty station, and consisted of
four men only, including the constable. The armed banditti,
we are told, numbered fourteen, and proceeded with desperate
determination to work. The utmost dismay and consterna-
tion pervades the entire district in consequence of this truly
awful outrage.
INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENT IN LIMRICK.
On Friday last a large number of people assembles on the
lands of Sir Capel Molyneux, Knocksentry., near Castle-
connell, to prevent the service of ejectment,. Many of them
were armed with pitchforks and eeyttes, and they had a
large number of fire-arms whieh tliey had piled on an old
fort, a la militaire. They nitre regularly encamped; had
their watch-fires, and bi_vouacked all night in the fields.
They fired several slats for the purpose of intimidation and
defiance. The v:,tiiice were brought out, but we re afraid to
encounter ttem on account of their superior numbers. Mr.
Tracy, stipendiary magistrate, went to them on Saturday,
when they asked him if he had come to enforce the service
of ejectment? He said he did not. They then asked what
brought him there? He replied, "To send them home."
They then gave three cheers for Mr. Tracy. They did not,
however, take Mr. Tracey's advice, and ultimately the mill-
*try had to be sent for, and about two o'clock on Saturday
two hundred men of the 24th and 83d Regiments, with a
troop of the 13th Light Dragoons, left this garrison for
Knocksentry, under the command of Colonel Mansel. Upon
the approach of the military the greater number of the in-
surgents dispersed, while the remainder still kept their
ground, notwithstanding that the Riot Act was read two or
three times. Among the more violent and contumacious
were John Burke, Patrick Ryan, and John O'Brien, who
were arrested by the police and lodged in the City gaol.
This proceeding on the part of the peasantry has struck
consternation into the peaceable and orderly portion of the
community ; and every good man, every man who loves
his country, and wishes to see her groat and prosperous,
ought to unite to put down such an atrocious system of vio-
lence and anarchy.—Limerick Reporter.