The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1826-06-07 (London, England)

JUNE 3.—A dreadful murder has been committed within nine miles of the metropolis. A 31r. Carroll, a gentleman of some property in this country, who resides in England, has lands in the county of Dublin. One of his farms ass for some time past overlielil by a man of the name of Byrne, against whom 3lr. Carroll was obliged to take proceedings at law. At length Byrne consented to give up the land, and a bailiff was sent down to take possession, and take care of the premises until another tenant should be procured. The unfortunate man accordingly went down, and remained for a few days in the neighbourhood, until Byrne took away his furniture, and finally left the farm. The bailiff then took possession of the farmhouse, but the very first night that he slept there, the house was surrounded by numbers of the country people. They knocked loudly, and demanded admittance: the wretched man, justly fearing for his safety, refused to open the door, and entreated the crowd to go away ; but the furious rabble became more violent, and threatened to bunt the house to the ground, and to tear the bailiff into a thousand pieces, if in. stant admission were not obtained. They soon after succeeded in getting int.t the house. They stised the bailiff, undressed as he was, and dragged him out !Afore the door. It was in vain that he cried on his knees for mercy, little time was given for expostulation or for prayer. fle fell, almost without any resistance, under the blows of its cowardly and cruel assailants ; those blows did Lot cease until the victim ceased to breathe. The body of the miseralile sufferer was horribly treated, and was left by the murderers (a shocking spectacle), covered with blood, on the public way. No reason whatever can be assigned for this atrocious deed, save that the bailiff came down to take possession of the land which Byrne had given up. It appears, however, that Byrne and I- his wife have been examined before a Magistrate, and no cause of suspicion attaching to them, t!tey have been already discharged. Not many years ago another murder was committed, pretty nearly under the sante circumstance, on those lands. A number of persons were tried for that murder, and five of them were banged.  HONDURAS COMPANy.—A Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company took place at lla•son's Coffee-house. The meet. ing consisted principally of merchants, and the exposure which took !dice caused a great deal of p.in, as well as a great des' of eurin.i,y. William Clark, Esq. was in the chair. it was stated that this was a bubble which had lately burst, the Directors offering to return two guineas per Share, on which Ere pounds had been paid. The condition of the Shareholders was this :_Of 45,3901. subscribed, 374221. 14a. dd. had been expended, and become a total loss, leaving a balance of 0,9671. ss. lid. to be divided amongst the poor, disappointed, and deluded Shareholders, If they were such fools as to submit to the imposition. It, however, depended upon the Shareholders themselves, whether or not they would submit to a loss of 21. 101. per Share, upon Shareson which they had paid deposits of 51. each. The Meeting, after a conversation, in which the conduct of the Directors was severely animadverted upon, resolved to reject the offer, and to claim the whole of their deposits.