Star. — 1824-10-07 (London, England)

LIVERICK. OCTOBER 2.  + There is a report in town to-day, that a serjeant and two privates of the 62d Regiment, on their march to an out-post on the Uppei Shannon, were deprived of their arms near Nenagh yesterday. by a gang of ruftians, who murdered the serjeant, and beat the others in a frightful manner. The following statement of facts i, from a Gentleman in the neighbourhood where the murder was committed :—‘. Serj. Dowd, of the 62J Re-' ment, commanding a small detachment of soldiers on. the Shannon, about six miles from Nenagh, on returning to his barrack on Tuesday evening, about eight o'clock, went into a public-house on the load-side with two of his men, and called for a little beer. There were four or five count: ymea, who had been to Nenagh with cars, sitting in the house when the serjeant went -in ; some conversation took place between one of the cows.: trymen (a person of the name of Kennedy), and a soldier, Kennedy saying he liked the soldiers, and damned the police; the soldier made some remark in favour of the police, when the countryman stood up to spike him ; on which the se:jeant said be would not allow his party to be insulted, and that he would inform the police, and have them all taken up under the Insurrection Act in the morning, and instantly ordered his men to their barrack. On the soldiers leaving the house, the carmen almost immediately Fot their cars ready, and followed in the same direction ; on their coming up with the serjeant and his two men (one of whom was fifty or sixty paces behind), the men leaped down off' the cars, and coming behind the serjeant in the dark (it being then between nine and ten o'clock), they knocked him down, on which Quin, the soldier, ran up to assist the serjeant, and was himself knocked down. The serjeant got up and ran towards the door of a house and knocked, to try and save himself from his pursuers, but was not admitted; Quin ran towards another house, but could not get in, and on going up towards the house where he saw the serjeant knocking, he found him lying on his face on the road speechless. The other s 4, dier, Coleman, who was in the rear when the serjeant was first knocked down, was at the same instant struck with the butt-end of a whip: and on another of the countrymen coming up, he said, " That is Coleinn, don't strike him" (Coleman is a native of that country); but, however, after some struggle, they succeeded in forcing his bayonet from the scabbard, and after striking him violently with it two or three times, they ran on towards the place where the serjeant was, and gave him a desperate stab between the fourth and fifth ribs, and which penetrated to the heart, besides a .severe cut on the head. The soldier, instantly on his murderers leaving him, carried the serjeant into a house., when he almost instantly expired, but never spoke.— Great praise is due to the detachment of police stationed at Kilbaron, for their exertions in securing three men, who ate- fully identified, and a Coroner's Jury have found against them a verdict of Wilful Murder. They have been fully committed for trial. One of the murderers has fled, but hopes are entertained of his being apprehended."