The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

Langu eloc, `to be an eye-witness of Vice-Alt-nit-al Ho-
thant's first!partial :sctioa. : Being restored. to liberty in
the following August, Mr. Patfrin immediately joined
the Ca Ira, 80, Capt. Charles TPedieY Pater, which shin
was accidentally burnt in St. FibrikrfaiDay, April, .1796.
Mr. Dathan, who on that occasion only paved himself by
jumping naked overboard, next became master's- mate
of the Surprise: 32, Cant.: Raltifi Willett Miller, Charles
Stewart, and Edward ljamilt.ln, •on the Newfoundland
station arid'on July 2, 1798, was promoted to a lieu.
teiiai t-y-in the Hazard, of 24 or-26 guns, C gitaina Vim.,
Butterfield. and .Itichard,J?lto On Au 7., 12 fal-
lowing as-i-ted, and 'acquitted himself much to the
Isatisfaction of him captain, at the capture, off the coast of
Ireland, of Le Neptune, French-national ship of 20 guns,
having on board 270 troops, which did not sun ender.
until after an obstinate Conflict ef an hour and 50 ininutep,
in which the enemy had upwards pf 20 men killed and ;
wounded, and the British only six men wounded.
Thie prize; with all the prisoners, Mr. Datbao, aided by
20 ofl the Hazanis crew, conducted into Cork,.. Which
place, howevr, in consequence of her shattered state, he
was eight days in reaehipg. The hazard being paid off
in. June, 1802, he was lastly,' from August, 'lBO3, to
July, 1810„ and.frnin Sept , 1811. until A lig., 1814, etn-.
ployed iu.the-impress service at North' Shields, and also •
in London.. He 4coPpted his present rank Oct: 12, 1841.
"Conimander Dathan, whose wounds had nearly de-
prived him of sight, was adinttEtl, April 29, 1851, to
the out pension of Greenwich Hospital. He Was mar-
ried, and -ha3 issue eight children."

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her of the tenantry in occupation, and accordingly
some of them were ejunted.: Others wero recently
threatened with similar proceedings, and in order
to frustrate that intention the death of the unhappy
man was decided upon. .• The Freeman, of this
morning gives the following version Of the affair,
which, althorgh not differing materially from the
Previous 'accounts, mentions circumstances not
hitherto revealed • ••,.
"Ne have just received.an account of the lamentable
end of the above-named gentleman, who, it is much t r be
f-aced, fell a victim to the 'private revenge of some nn-
fortunate outcast evicted from a property which recently
came into his hand,. . It ie said that abaut 18 months
ago Mr. Callaghan came into p sees don of this pro-
perty, arid .that immediately after he cemmenced s ro-
c -edinere for the removal of every occupant on it.
Several ejectinents were sutte:sfully carrit d out, and,
shetto-r correctly or nor, ru neurattrileetes hit death to
tho irrita'ion of some of the wretches who were lef.
houseless and lismeless in a heartless world. The ac
counts received in' town yesterday state that Mr. Cal-
laghan was assailed on the high road near Purtumna,
an I so seriously injured by stones flung at him that
death almost immediately ensued. The horrid nntrage
recurred on his own lands, Ballinruane, near Maible-
hill, the residence of Sir T. Burke, M.P.' and has
c oohed deepest excitement- in the neighbourhood.
The foljowing tletails are from a correspondent :
" ' It is my painfel duty to announce to you the per-
petration, in this hithertO peaceful district, of thehorrid
crime of inutaleii, Under circumstances that leave little
doubt but that:the victim fell before the vvidjustice of
revenge. Mr. Callaghan, of your city, was the unhap/4
victim, and the 'Shocking outrage' is said to have-taken
pace between the hours of '11: and 12 o'clock on the
night, of Fridaylast, in tha immediate vicinity of a cot-
tage ocennied by 'the stawa'rd. (a Scotai-imiii),.*bo74ass-
employed by Mr. Callaghan to take: care of the estate of
Ballinru me. This cottage is a newly-built structure,
and. Mr. Callaghan hvd apartments in it fitted up for his
own occasional accemmodation when visiting his estate.
A report, setting forth the details of the said occurrence,
was forwarded to the donstabulary-office, Dublin Castle,
on Saturday night last. It is stated. that the body of the
unhappy gentleman was forind.lying near the high road,
stretched in a pool of his own blood, and bearing marks
of most brutal violence. The skull of the murdered
gentleman was absolutely beaten into the earth, appa-
rently with stones, numbers of which of various sizer,
and stained With blood, lay on tbe ground near the body.
It appears that some time sine Mr. Callaghan became
the purchaser of the estate of Ballineuano by a decree of
sale under the Court of Bankruptcy. On coming into
possession Mr. Callaghan caused ejectments t be served
on the tenants in occupation of holdings on the estate,
and evictions topk place in numerous instances. Many
of the tenants quietly surrendered. their holdings, and
among the rest a Catholic clergyman residing in the
neighbourhood. Others, however, of the occupiers were.
supposed to entertain bitter feelings at the mode of ma-
nagement adopted. Mr. Callaghan projected improve-
ments' in the clearance way on a large scale on the
lands, and made application to the constabulary autho-
rities in Dublin for permission to erect a police barrack
on the estate at his own expense. This permissiOn
would seem to have been accorded, as a barrack was
erected an'd occupied by a party of constabulary. The
foundations of a mansion were also laid, and the build-
ing was in progress. Last week a process was sued gut
against Mr. Callaghan by one of the tenants, an appeal
was lodged, and the unfortunate gentleman's business
in the country on this occasion was to sustain that ap.
peal. He resided, as we have said, in the cottage of hit
steward. It is stated that several angry and threaten-
ing letters had bean received by Mr. Callaghan from
time to time, and that in one of those missives ho was
warned not to show his face on the estate, or he should
not leave it alive. The only notice he took of those.
threats was to establish a police' barrack in the vicinity.
On Friday evening last he went Out from the steward's
cottage, saying he would not be long absent ; but as the
night advanced, the steward and his family, not finding
Mr. Callaghan returning, went to meet him, and at
about 11 o'clock found his lifeless .body near the high
road, at about 150 yards from the cottage, lyit gin a pool
of blood. The body was removed to the cottage to await
the Coroner's inquest. Mr. Callaghan has repeatedly
been advised by rriecds not to proceed in the course he
had marked out for himself, but it is said that on more
than one oceaeion he replied by. pointing to a revolver,
and speaking of it as hie protector.'"
A correspondent of another morning paper (the
Express) writes as follows, iiiiderdato.nf Loughrea,
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Sunday night :
"I have this morning obtained more accurate details
of the dreadful affair with wh:ch I made you acquainted
in the correspondence of last night. It turns out. that
Mr. Callaghan, who some time ago purchased an estate
sitifhted at Whitegate,in the Encumbered Estates Court,
went to Galway on Friday morning to appeal against
ortesiwrmore processes served upon him by certain of the
tenant'. Re returned to Whitegato in the evening, aud,
as wa, his wont, proceeded to the house of bia agent,
edth whom he was staying. Wishing to have some milk
for his supper, and there being none on the prerritses. he
went out for the purpose of directing a female attendant
to a cottage hard by where it might be procured. He
oroceeded about Lo yards, and then they separated.
When the woman returned with the milk, after a brief
interval, to her great consternation, she f. and Mr
Callae,dian stretched upon the ground, welteriug in his
own blood. She then discovered that immediatitly •on
parting from her he bad been pounced upon by soap
person-, concealed in ambush, who sought his destrec
tion. The alarm was given, and the Whitegate cnnsta
hulery were soon on the spot. A pistol (loaded) was
found on deceased. It would appear that he had endea
voured to dray, it from his pocket, but in vain. I may
inform you, on good authority, that in consequence of
one or more evictions, to which Mr. Callaghan had
most reluctantly bten driven. threatening notices had
previously reached him. I further learn that he had
been the subject of altar denunciations in various parts
of the country. It is said that a family connection exists
between one of the evicted and the authors of these last-
mentionel proceedings."