BARBAROUS MURDER.-[From t...
The Times, 1824-12-13T00:00:00

I D AROUS MURDEn.-EFrorn the Limerick Chronicle t Wedncsday.]-A tnost foul andi atroclous murder, at Which tu. Man Stitre recOis wlth lhorror and Qiismnay, was perpetrated on Sun. day night last, on the lands of Couneen, within half a mile of Bil. in this county, where a teputable fatimer, namned Daniel Conaell, edl-. Between the bours of nine and ten o'clock on the above ight. just after his family consistinz of six persons, had retired to eat, the outer door nf the 0house wa surrounded by a number of rsonc, who demnanded instant admittance. Before this could be oplied witn, a party burst into the premises, and appeared to the umber rf eight Or nine men in the kitchen, *indiseuised, and armed ith aithes, swords,-a&3nLRtt. Tohe object of their visit was quickly telligmle, for they instantly proceeded with the work of destruc- on, and first attacked a female cousin of Connell, whom they struck on repeatedly with blows of a hcavy pitchfork on the head and hey then fbrced into the roam where their victim Daniel nnell lay in bed with his cousin Michael, these unfortunate en, after an ineffectual attempt at resistance, were both pros. rated , five or six of their butehes continued ferocious. y cutting at them withd siitea until they lay motionless, Dd covered with torrents of blood. The head of Connell they ctually tore open in four parts, and literally reduced it to a comno tion nfmnnce-tmeat, so palpable that not a trace of feature could at 11 be discovered in the mass. His unfortunate companion htad re- ved no less than twenty-seven deep cuts on various parts of his ud and body, one of whiclt broke his left arm ; but he yet survives Inserable example of unrelenting barbarity. The unhappy sister the butchered victim, in her exertions to defend him, suffered ost inhumant usage, and had her left leg so severely cut from a treke of a sharp sithe given by one of these raffians, that it merely ngs together by the skin. Two young girls in the house at the me, were passed over by the atrocious wretchees, rather through ftedfulncss, perhaps, than a feeling of compassion. The murdered ea, entered on these premises about Fix weeks ago, and shortly after aetdag possersion received a threatening notice to quit. The former ienant was ejected for heavy arrears of renLt It is consoling to learn ,that forr t-ellws have beenrsince apprehended by the police between oerroe and Newport, of whose participation in the mlurder there is M lsubt. They were persons in comfortable circumstances. An vue.a was held on the bodv yesterday, and a verdict of "Wilful larder" returned. Michael (onnell and Bridget Connell, two of he sufferers at Bilboa, were yesterdlay evening brought into the Cxonty Infirmary in a pitiable state. ESCAPE PROM YORK CASTLe.-In the night of Sunday t,tthree prisoners in this Castle. William Reed, charged with hur. gary, Charles Holt, and John W2.ttoni, clarged with highway rob- boy, made their escape by climbing up the chimney of the upper plaitals wflhere they had been placed by the surgeor, assickprisoners. ey removed a brick in the chimney, which enabled them to take uvay the iron grating that barred the passage, and they afterwards let thmselves down on the outsidee by means of a rope, which they lad constructed oat of their blankets. The prisoner Ho t was taken St the Szread Eaxle p-blichouse, in Leeds, by our chief constable, os ilen ay; and il consequence of informatuon given by him as to the routeof Watson, a pursuit was instituted, which resulted in the apprehension of the fugitive at Halifax, on Tuesday. They were t2ueii to York by MIr. Shepherd, the governor of the Castle, on the tatte day. Reed continues at large.-Lceds -Vericury. SHOCKING CASE Or STARVATION.-0n Monday last an lnquect was held before Mr. Brook, the Coroner, on the body of Peter Pieldhouse, a poor men, who latelvoccusiied a miserable cottage tt East Mloor, near Wakefield, but whlo belonged to the township of Oulton. There appearing to have been great negligence on the part the overseer of the township to which he belonged, the inquest 7as adjourned to the following day, to -give an opportunity for a nriore complere investigation of the business. It then appteared that the poor man, wlho was a widower, vith three small children, had been ill and unable to do any work for fire or six weeks. During this time the overseer, as he himself deposed. had called upon him iout a month beforc bis death, and given him 5s., and the next sly Yent the town apothecary to him, who also left hinm os. more. Prom this time he had no further relief from him till the Friday before his death, when he again sent him 5s. On thc previous Tuesday, at the instigation of a gentleman by whom the poor man had beerr relieved. Mr. Dunn, the apothecary to the WVakefield hivpensary, visited hime. This gentleman stated to the Coroner and is jury, that he found the deceased very ill, in a most miserable and ithy sitnp.fa, laid on sometbing which could not with any pro. pniety bbeic'4gla bed. and without any covering butadirtysack. He 5sw him too on the Wednesdav and Friday following, and adminis. tered to him such medicines as he thought his case required, giving him also monfey which he received for his relief. The poor man, in the course of his conversation with him, said he had bten s8 ill. trtated by the overseer, that he would starve before he would ap. Ply to him again. This gentleman expressed his belief, that if pre- ptr attention had been paid to the poor man bv the overseer, and roer reliefafforded him, he weuld have been alive then (at the time jeftneinqncst). The wretchedness of the poor man's situation,and the h exnened,were confirmed by the testimony of some of bis neighbours: The Jury, after a short deliberation, gave the Dawag verdiet :-~" That the decea-sed canme to his death in his esuege at Eastnacort from. the wilful neglect of the overseers of the ~eer of Oulton: ana the said jurors further find and declare a deo. asg of 5L.to be raid by Mlr. William Farrer, the oserseer of Oul- to, to the lord ot the -manor of Wakefield, but recornmended by the Jury to be given up to rke WVakefield Dispensary." The poor man ri 54 years of age, and his dead body exhibited a singular speoi- alem of misery, being almost literally nothing but skin and bone.. akefJeld paper. Some years ago,. Captain B-, ali offleer of a dragoon regimernt,ldedof a liver complaint in India. Previously to his death he lodged 20,000 pagodas in thc hands of a banker in that C.ountry, to be divided between his two sons, whio wvere at school in ltdon. As soon as the youths attained the age of twenty-one Years, they were continually writing out to India, but could -never g9 the least eccount of their father's property. The elder brother giving it up as lost, went to some part of Amnerica. The younger renlaincl in Irelimd, and either holds,oristo hold, a situation undee the Irish Govers.. -,it. A few days ago, however, he received a letter from India, with directions to draw on a certain house in i4ndon fot the full amount with interest. He is a young gentle- 16Oaa of highly praise.worthy character, and he intedds to lodge halt the sunm in tfte Bank of England, until such time as he can infern hitt brother of his good fo:tune.-Dublin Star,