Glasgow Courier. — 1847-11-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DREADFUL MURDERS AT RATRURE. Wronicle Office, Thursday.—At eight o'clock this readful murders were committed at Rathure Castle, of this city. The victims of assassination were Mr. -agent to David Fitzgerald, Esq. George's Street, iliff named Madden. It appears that Mr. Hill, in of his duty, had made a distress yesterday, on g to John Quain, tenant to Benjamin Freud, indebted to his landlord to a large amount.. are keepers were placed on the premises, and led to Limerick. This morning, accompanied by cry, he again visited Queen's House, for the purng the corn from the haggards, where they were son, with whom Mr. Hill was talking, when four at him and his bailiffs from behind the haggard, relate, with fatal effect. Mr. Hill was killed on the I ailiff (Madden) also fell a victim to assassination. epers, James M'Mahon, was wounded on the head, 3g been laid bare by slugs, and Flannery received I' a gun-shot in the back of the hand. The atrohas created the greatest sensation in this city, I, an intelligent, inoffensive man, of active habits, sergeant in the City Militia, was well known and 'here will be an inquest this day on the bodies. ho went out to bring in the corn seized lied in all en the shots were fired. Two men have been ar' which is identified as a principal in the murder." - -- •  - - • n addition, been favoured with the following exer from Limerick, dated November 18, 184 i :11 confusion here to-day. Mr. Ralph Hill, underFitaGerald, Esq., left here this morning', with three move some corn that bad been distrained for rent, at le, about one mile and a-half from town, and had not an an hour away, when an account arrived in town !shot—which turned out too true. Poor Hill was made mother lies in hospital, not expected to survive the received the ball, or balls, In the cheek, which came us nose, splitting it in two; and the other receiving tat, eight balls, one of which carried away part of the a, however, every hope of his recovery; the fourth njury. There are, two men in custody, one of them only of Clare—both, 1 understand, are identified. name of the man on whom the distress was made.  ahoay.—On Thursday evening last, between nine Lock, a shot was fired close to the drawing-room ' the Rev. Gould Butson at St. Brandon, Clonmt morning a Terry /Lit notice was found fasleans of a broken pen-kuife blade, to the halltening Mr. Butson with death if he did not disward and bailiff; and Mr. Wakefield with death Et leave Mr. Butson's service in four days. Mr. ;ent was also included in the notice. It was only hat Mr. Wakefield was stopped on the road, on an Ballinaaloe, and robbed of a brace of pistols money; and it may be remembered that scarcely have elapsed since a former steward, in the emMr. Butson, was murdered close to the present  's house. are.—An attempt at assassination was made n Malbay, a few evenings ago, by a villain who visitor, who was mistaken for a magistrate of the ire. Notices were posted in the village of Clappa3unday, calling on the peasantry to assemble on stating that they would remain no longer in a ate, but try their remedy like men. No meeting, took place.—Limerick Chronicle. viiits.—We (King's County Chronicle) have heard, athority, that three highly respectable and useful intlemen, residing in the northern end of this a doomed for assassination. One of the gentleowly escaped the assassin's aim during the past n Sunday morning a notice was found posted near of Bennity, on the road leading to Frankford, those gentkmen, who intended to dispossess tenremember the "fate of Lucas" at Brusna. The lo stated that those who would dare to pay cell of were going against the 1.- of the no- .'• fissure of Mil 2 every Is the re- assault,  crime is not  and