The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-28 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Orinthia, from Bermuda for Honduras, 20th of June,
in lat. 29. long. 60. 20. Legatus, from . for Quebec,
in lat. 49. 30. long. 6. 51., by the Princess Augusta, arrived
at Cowes.

SUPPOSED MURDER.-011 Saturday last the body
of a man was discovered by some huntsmen in a coppice near
Dalton. The hounds, it seems, had been trying about this
coppice, and suddenly made a dead stand, howling dismally.
On going up to ascertain the cause, a horse was found, in a
very secluded spot, tied by the head, and in his efforts to get
loose his feet had sunk so deep into the earth, that he had not
power to extricate himself. The poor animal was almost ex-
hausted by starvation. The body of the man lay close by,
with the head so much mutilated that there was every appear-
ance of the unfortunate individual having been murdered. On
examination, he was identified to be a man well known in the
neighbourhood, who had led a stallion during the season,
which was the horse found standing by him. He had not been
seen since the preceding Friday week. It is rather singular
if he was in reality murdered, that the villains who perpetrated
the deed had not been more careful to take his property, as
his pocket-book, with a considerable sum of money, was found
upon his person. An inquest was held by H. A. Vallack,
Esq., but adjourned, to obtain further information, and up to
this time the dreadful event appears involved in mystery.—
North Devon Advertiser.

SUPERSTITION AND BARBARITY.—Two MEN
KILLED.—The following is from an eye-witness of what he
relates. We give in his own words :—" The Roman Ca-
tholic burial. place, Glassnevin, near this city, was the battle
ground where the savage rencontre took place. The Irish
papists are paganly superstitious; and their habits, manners,
and customs, differ from the rest of mankind. A very bar-
barous custom, prevailing very generally among the Milesian
Irish, is often made the pretext for fighting at funerals.
These believe in a fatality which (they say) is out of the
power of prayer or their priests to avert—i. e. when two
funerals at the same time approach one common grave-yard
for interment, fhe last corpse entering is doomed to draw water
from a distant well in a bucket fall of holes, in order to irri-
gate the souls placed in purgatory. On Sunday last, about
sun-down, two funerals approached the entrance-gate of this
celebrated cemetery—where, as if by magic impulse, both
parties made a sudden rush to gain the entrance—the coffin-
bearers came in contact, and the coffins were upset in an in-
stant on the road. Both parties soon attacked each other,
armedtwith bludgeons, stones, whips, &c. ; two priests who
attended were much beaten—the dead bodies taken out of the
coffins ; and it was not before one party was completely beaten
away the fight ended. The defeated party was from the neigh-
bourhood of Cole's-lane. The butchers, clieve boys, and the
butcher's assistants were, however, determined on revenge ;
and, on Monday last, these people got information that a fu-
neral (attended by the persons who beat them the evening be-
fore) would soon arrive. As soon as it did appear it was im-
mediately, attacked, the coffin and corpse demolished in an in-
stant—two men, named Williams and Mulchay, from the egg-
market, were killed, and eight sorely beaten. The speedy
arrival of the police prevented further mishief. On Tuesday,
the coal-porters came there to assist their friends, the butchers ;
but, not meeting any of their opponents, they dispersed at ten
o'clock.—Dublin Warder.