The Sun. — 1845-12-04 (London, England)

CLIFTON. It appears that a woman named Bridget Barrett coliabibtal with a man named Mannion, by whom she had a child. It having lately come to her knowledge that lie was about being married to another woman, she being aware of his mode of living, and some secrets connected, threatened to expose and prosecute bins if lie did not marry her. In order to. quiet her, he held out some promise of marriage, and induced her to sell a cow she had to pay the marriage expenses. He enjoined on her the most strict secrecy, stating that he had no money, and that his friends would be enraged with him if they heard it. It was arranged that on a given night they would be married, and that they should go the mainland on that evening from the island they lived on, Errielannen, a distance of a little more than half a mile, to Roundstone, where the priest lived. Bridget Barrett, however, before going to the mainland, told her sister the particulars, enjoining her to keep the matter secret. The sister, however, did not do so, but told a male acquaintance of her's all she• heard, and lie being curious to see them off, hid himself behind a rock on the shore, and plainly saw Mannion,, with his brother-in-law, Thomas Cosgrave, and Bridget. Bassett, enter a boat together, and push off towards the' mainland. He remained there a considerable time awaiting their return, but there were then only two men in the boat. At this very time, on the opposite shore, there were a number of persons playing at cards. The door of the house they were in being open, one of them remarked that he surely had heard the scream of a woman crying out " Oh, my back is broken !" However, Bridget Barrett was nowhere to be heard of. Suspicion having fallen on those parties, one of them, Mannion, was sent to our county gaol a few days ago. After a good deal of search and inquiry had been made the body of a woman was washed ashore where the accused and Bridget Barrett had previouly got into the boat. The body was at once recognised as that of Bridget Barrett, although much disfigured, the hands and legs having been literallytorn off; it is thought they were tied together, and then tied to an anchor, which is missing from one of the neighbour's boats. The place about it was dragged, and it is supposed that the drag came in contact with the body, and tore it away from the anchor. Much praise is due to Mr. Jones, ILK, for the diligent exertions he made to discover the: perpetrators of this murder. On the body being found he, sent for Andrew Hosty, Esq., coroner, Tuam, who held an inquest on the body, on the days of the 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th instant. The following is the verdict :—" We find that the said Bridget Barrett was allured into a boat in the harbour of Rosaenule, in the county of Galway, by James. Mannion and Thomas Cosgrave (Dominick), both of whore. wilfully murdered the said Bridget Barrett on the high seasr in the bay of Roundstone, on the night of the 10th of September last."—Galway Indicator.  - _ WESTMINSTER REFORM SOClETT.—Tuesday Right at eight o'clock, a highly influential meeting of the electors of Westminster, members of the Westminster Reform Sosiety, was held at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street, Covent-garden:. " to take into consideration what measures shall be adopted( by the society, under the apprehended scarcity of food." There were genelemen present from the whole of the parishes. Mr. Front was appointed to the chair. After some discussion Mr Austin stated that the country was in a most perilous% situation, as it was well known that such was the deficiency of the wheat crop, that they had not a sufficiency of corn to' last till the harvest. He moved the following resolution:— " That in consequence of the failure of the recent crops of corn and potatoes, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster be convened, to memorialize her Majesty to direct the immediate opening of the ports for the admissioili of foreign grain free of duty, and to adopt such measures OP, the present crisis may seem to require." The resolution was. agreed to unanimously, and a numerous committee of all the, parishes was formed to carry out the object, it being left to them whether a requisition should be presented to the High Bailiff.