The Sun. — 1848-10-16 (London, England)

BARBAROUS MURDER.—A most cruel and wanton murder was committed on the townland of Drumhilla, between Cootehill and Ballybay, on the night of the Bth or morning of the 9th instant. The name of the unfortunate victim was James Conolly. His body was found with the skull smashed into pieces, and it was evident that more than one person must have been concerned in the murder. An inquest was held on the body shortly after the discovery, and the jury found a verdict of " Murder against some person or persons unknown;" adding that strong suspicion existed against the son of the deceased, Philip Con3lly. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Saturday, for Hickleton Hall, Doncaster.  On the other hand the Socialist and Red Republican papers are, with the exception of the Democratic Pacifique, outrageous. The Democratic, the organ of the Fourierists, does justice to the motives of the new Ministers, whilst it laments their appointment. It says : " We believe that the three new Ministers have sincerely joined the Republic, but their entry on affairs takes place under evil auspices, being due only to the intrigues of the Rue de Poitiers, which pushes them forward in order to cause them to fall in their turn, and to replace them soon by decided reactionists. They will find themselves in a very awkward position for men of honour, that of having been chosen by the enemies of the Republic, and to be obliged to depend on them, and at the same time to have to struggle against sincere Republicans, who having sustained with a devotedness, sometimes blind, the preceding Ministry, cannot support with energy a Ministry which is nothing but a breastplate invented by the eleven persons on the Right."  The Courrier Frangaia is somewhat more violent, and declares that " M. CAVAIGNAC has compromised himself! It is Messrs. DUFAURE, VIVIEN, and FRESLON who are obliged to impose upon M. CAVAIGNAC the rising of the state of siege as a condition ! We willingly grant that since the Ministry of May 12th, 1840, M. DUFAURE has made some progress in his opinions. But, in fine, neither M. DurisuttE nor Messrs. VIVIEN or FEESLON has given any solid pledges to liberty. 'With such Ministers there can hardly be formed any but a Cabinet of reaction. It is precisely such a Ministry, more than any other, that will have need of compression, and it is the exmonarchical Minister, M. DUFAURE, who is obliged to demand from M. CAVAIGNAC, the old Republican the raising of this state of siege ! On such an ex., change of characters we must renounce all idea of comprehending anything. The name of M. DuFAuas, is a guarantee of order, but who will be the guarantee of liberty ? It is no longer M. CAVAIGNAC !"  The Reforme Declares war a l'outrance, not only against the new Ministers, but against General CAVAIGNAC hinnelf.  " We feel (says this organ of the Red Republic) completely biases on the score of these wretched epostacies that now, after eight months, come to profit by the blood arid the combats of the people. We find it impossible to choke our moral sense ; we suffer for the honour of our country before the scandal of these metamorphoses. There is a grave question at the bottom of this affair. In rejecting pale and colourless Republicans for the old servants of Louis Philippe, General Cavaignac, whom we have so long defended against calumnies and animosities, now imposes upon us new duties ; it is no longer a question concerning the Republic, democratic and social—it is the Republic itself. that is in question when the men of the monarchy are installed in the Government—it is a decisive revolution that dispels our last hope. Let the stets of siege be removed or maintained, the moment for serious discussion is arrived—a direct blow has been dealt at our revolution by the delivery of it into the hands of its enemies."  The Republique goes quite as far as the Wynne in  [