The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-16 00:00:00

CLONMEL .ASSIZES, APRIL 2.

Two men, of the names of Hugh-Wholaban and
John Butler, were indiEted for the murder of one
William Quinlan, on the 30th of Oaober last, and
also for rapes committed by them, the same time, On
Anne Russell. This trial occupied the entire of the
day of Tuesday ; the witnesses on both sides were
numerous; the ease, however, as proved by the
Prosecutrix, and. supported by most creditable, and
respeaable Witnesses, was shortly this, the Prose.
cutrix, Anne Russell, on the evening of the 3oth
of Ottober last, was returning from Clonmell, where -
she hathbeen to see her husband, to her own house,
,at Ballypatrick, in company with the deceased, W.
Quinlan, a tenant of her's ; about four miles from.
.Clonmell, on her way homewards, she met the Pri-
soners, Wholahan and Butler; they had been con-,
:cealed in a ditch, and on her approrteli..sprons for-
ward ; the Prisoner,Whohhan, laid told of her, rais-
•ed her from off theround, dragged her from the
deceased, William Quinlan, to whom, in vain,
she had clung for assistance, foiced her down
into the gripe; of a ditch, and there committed a
rape ; she received the
.same abuse from Butler.
—During this transaCtion they had beat her most
inhumanly in the face, so as to render the power
'of seeing almost impossible ; after this abuse, she
remained for a long time senseless, and on her reco-
very perceived the deceased Win. Quinlan lying on
the road dreadfully mangled ; she spoke to him, he
onty groaned in answer ; they were both taken home
on a ear to the houSe of the puisecturix. at Ballypa.
trick—Quinlan, in consequence of the abuse he re-
ceived, died the next day. The Prisoners had been
.
often at the prOsecutrix's house ; she knew them
well ; it was a light night, and she-could not. be

mistaken.
A great number of Witnesses on the part of the
Prisoners Were'produced to prove_an alibi.
The Jury retired for a short time, and brought
in a Verdi Et. of—Guilty.
The Prisoners Whotahrmind Buderithen received
Stmience to be-executed, -on Wednesday the 4th

slant.

A curious meeting took place lately-at Dundee : .
A Soldier who had been married there :‘bout 'twelve
years ago', was, at the peace, discharged 'on acCouni
of his service in the Ariny. • He was-then at St.-
Vincent, with his wife and- tine child. The.wife
and child were embarked in-a separate vessel, fitted
up for the better accommodation of the women and
children. They sailed for Britain,-but the vessel
with the women called at Barbadoes for passengers.
Here she was counter-ordered, by the intelligence
arriving of the rupture with ,France. - The Soldier
prnceeded.to Dundee, where he made every inquiry
and search for his wife and child, bat obtaining no
accounts, concluded that both had been drowned on
the passage homeward. After the lapse of some
months., his grief for his departed wife and child
subsiding, he courted a young woman, whom he
was to have married on. Monday se'nnight. On
the evening of the Saturday preceding, the affianced
couple were surptized by the appearance of the wife
and child. She had been detained at .Barbadoes,
and after encountering many hardships, arrived in .
' time to claim her husband, before he had completed
his secondmarriage, . . .
On the z7th ult. a very singular, and hitherto un-
described fish, was caught in, the river -Mersey, in
a net, by Thomas Whittle; when first taken it was
of such uncommon brilliancy as almost to-dazzle the
sight, its-colour consisted of the most splendid mix-
ture of blue, -green, yellow, and orange colour.
blended together in a manner that produced a won-
derful effeCt. . It belonged to the class of fish, called
Cinetedons, and although Linnzeus and other natu-
ralists have described 63'species, yet this seems to
' have escaped their observation. They are natives,
of the Indian and American seas, and this appears
to be the first ever caught in Europe. It was sent
to Liverpool Museum, where it is preserved so as
to look as when alive.
Friday -morning about ten o'clock, a shocking
accident happened in Hyde-Park. A Groom be._
longing to the Hon. ARTHUR UPTON, was exer-
cising his master's horse, Withn sword by his side,
for the purpose of breaking him into the military
exercise, his master belonging to the Westminster
Cavalry; and when he was going upon` a fall charge,
and flourishing the sword. about, .the hOrse took
fright, fright, ran away with him, and fell near Cumber-
- land Gate, bywhich the servant's.back and both his
legs were broke. The horse's back was broke, and
he was immediately killed. , . .
A melancholy accident happened last week at
Ludgvan,,near Marazion. ' As a lad of about ele-
ven years of age, was, taking down his father's
fowling-piece, which was placed rather beyond his
reach,, and unfortunately loaded, it slipt from his
hand, and going off, discharged its contents through
1 the heart 61 his eldest sister, a fine girl, about fir-.
teen years of age, who instantly expired.—Coro.
I ner's lequest, Accidental Death.