The Sun. — 1847-09-16 (London, England)

BUTLER, M.P., addressed thean at some length. Notwithstanding the abundant harvest with which Providence had blessed the country, there was every reason to aPPreherVe that the labouring population would be in 3 Vit) at position during the ensuing winter than they were the same period last year. Henceforth they w°tio ,ere have nothing to depend upon but the wages theY do likely to receive for their labour from the and tenants of Ireland, and those classes vvere..?: impossipl, overwhelmed with difficulties that it was they could give employment to such an eltetintig would prevent famine and pestilence. Such Third the position of the country, he (Mr. Butler) 11°-to landlor_ appeal to common sense whether it was reasonable enforce the repayment of the advances made by rlgici land during the last session of Parliament. He r°,•iiing suggest to the Government the expediency of P'a'not that debt in abeyance. In saying so, he shouldit.,. iisbi lii be understood as wishing to repudiate the On the contrary, he felt convinced that Ireland vv? lista"„. feel extreme gratification in discharging her ties when Providence enabled her to do so. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL subsequently- addressed the meeting at considerable length ; but there NV /3 S nothil in the speech of the Non. Gentleman which deserveo particular notice. At the conclusion of the proceedings the rent for tb° 1 week was announced to be 671. 193. 2d. The mee ing then adjourned. BARBAROUS MURDE sloe star of R. The following appears in the Ballina Saturday :—nave ever " One of the most horrible murders weer'"' ore is heard of, and of a description which is ,ht lot in our county, was perpetrated on Tuesday nit appears the neighbourhood of Mount Bellew. It th that as a man named Patrick Costello, a driver 10 _,,,,, employment of Mr. James Cuffe, of, turning from that town to the petty Eons,sei et so he had a number of persons summoned for tre P:iv; &c., that day, he was waylaid by a party of nest was literally smashed his head to atoms. An hiq reed held by Mr. W. Kenny, coroner, which cointne ,5.,. sker, iiv. s! Jel on Thursday, and was adjourned to the nest o Dr. Fitzgerald, R.M., and Mr. Brereton were la r ' s attendance. A most respectable jury were so.ilist who returned a verdict of ' Wilful Murder,p, persons unknown." Through the activity cd beea Bernard Cummins and the police four men have too arrested on suspicion of having committed this a ris op cious act. They have been committed to P t , oge This unfortunate Costello was driver and woo jed to Mr. Cuffe, and one of the persons arrested occutja. the same situation before Costello got it. Tel abl barons murder seems to have been perpetrate ilia striking their wretched victim with stones. Rig edit° was broken, his teeth knocked out, and literally 5-0 tered on the road, and his ear was cut in tlv°} sc' itluorseedllcas also broken, and his head dreadfully t Member John Burke, of Marble-hill, father of then tbli; fur the county of Galway and uncle:,oll Marquis of Clanricarde, has been suddenly' seize," „;le, apoplexy, at the house of his son, Mr. Granbf i'bkt, iitn.this city. Sir Henry Marsh is in attendance, btile is believed, entertains no hopes of the 1100°`" Baronet's recovery. _