Date: November 9 1840

THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL
Monday, November 9, 1840

CAPTAIN MARTIN, 1st DRAGOON GUARDS

Our respected and gallant countryman, Capt. Martin, of the 1st Dragoon Guards after some years absence, has arrived in Galway and is at present on a visit at Ross House, the residence of his brother, Robert Martin, Esq. We are glad to perceive that the gallant Captain is in the enjoyment of good health and spirits.

BARRY O'HARA, ESQ.

Several journals have been imposed, and a hoax practised on them, by the insertion of the birth of the Lady of Barry O'Hara, Esq., of a daughter; whereas no such event took place, as that respected gentleman is not married.

Dr. Horsefall, allied to a noble family, was tried at Greenstreet, on the prosecution of a policeman, for an unnatural offence in Bagott-st, Dublin,and acquitted.

A Cavalry Field Officer has subscribed £50 towards a testimonial to B.A. Reynolds, Esq., late Captain 11th Hussars.

THE TERM

Monday being the first day of Michalemas Term, the Courts were opened with the usual formalities. In consequence of the illness of Lord Plunket, the master of the Rolls presided in the Court of Chancery. Messrs. Pigott and Moore were called to take their places as Attorney and Solicitor-General,and Dr. Sroek as Sergeant at Law. The following gentlemen were called to the Bar:-
John Bateman Barnes, Edward Vaughn Hyde Kennealy*, John Bolton Massey, Alexander Richard Kirkpatrick, Edward William Costelloe, Michael Edmund Corcoran*, Robert Conway Hurly, Horace Fitzgerald, John Harkin*, Edward O'Brien, Wm. Mackay*, Wm. Chayter, jun., Hugh Harris, Richard E. Bourne, Conway E. Dobbs, jun., John Robert Minit, James Kernan*, Samuel Sheridan Harper, Townsend M'Dermott, Samuel Edmond John Reed, Edward Smyth Corry, John James, John Flanagan*, George S. Cotter Kingston, John F. Ball, John Francis Watters*, Edward Glover, Constantine Joseph Smith*, Coleman M. O'Loghlen*, and John Richardson, Esqrs.
Those marked thus * are Roman Catholics.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Very Rev. Austin Killeen, Prior of the Augustinian Convent of Galway, is at present engaged in making his annual quest, as a Catholic Missionary, in the diocese of Kilfinora and Kilmacdough. The Very Rev. Gentleman's eloquence is sublime and impressive, full of pathos and classic effusion, calculated to hold captive the most enlightened audience. He preached in one of the Churches of the Rev. Mr. Nelly, P.P., Lisdonavarna on last Sunday, when both Priest and people were enraptured with the sublimity of his discourse; as a proof of which the people shewed, by their liberal contributions, how highly they appreciated it. Among some of the most liberal on the occasion must be classed a few, viz:- Major Macnamara, £2; Francis Macnamara, Esq, £1; Mrs. Francis Macnamara £1, John Cahill, Esq., £1, Michael Stritch, Esq., £1, Rev. Michael Nelly, P.P., £1, Mr. M. Doherty, 10s.
The Rev. Mr. Nelly entertained the Very Rev. Preacher, and a large party purposely invited o meet him in the evening, at his house in a most sumptuous manner.--Limerick Register.


MARRIAGES

On Tuesday morning, the 3d instant, at Christ's Church, Cork, by her Uncle, the Rev. John Henry Madras, Rector of Aglish, James P. Burke, Esq., Editor of the Galway Advertiser to Mary, second daughter of the late Rev. Richard Roston, A.M. of Tracron, and niece of Richard Tonson Evanson, Esq. of Ardageena, in the county of Cork.
At St. Nicholas's Church, in this town, by the Rev. Eyre Maunsell, and afterwards at the residence of her father by the Rev. F. Daly, P.P., Richard Hickson, Esq., second son of the late Richard Hickson, Esq. Stanford Hall, county of Cork, and Major of the North Cork Militia, to Fanny Antoinette, eldest daughter of A. Blake Esq. of St. Oran's in this county.
At Coolock Church, the Rev. D. Bolingbrake Seymour, only son of Eyre Seymour, Esq. of Eyrecourt, in this county, to Harriette Louisa, only surviving daughter of Sir Joseph Brooke, Bart.
On the 26th ult. at Fahy, in this county, James Smyth, Esq., of Dublin, to Dorah, second daughter of Laurence Madden, Esq. of Fahy, in said county.

DIED.

On Saturday morning, of a few days illness, at Eyre-square, Monimia, wife of Captain Dehnis, in the 59th year of her age. The quiet resignation with which she received the unexpected summons to the tribunal of her judge, shows that the hope laid up in her bosom had banished all tears from her mind, and mitigated the pains and sorrows of death. The unostentatious piety of her life-the charity and the domestic virtues which she invariably practiced give an assurance that she is now in the enjoyment of that peace and bliss that await the virtuous and the good. She never failed to direct the minds of her affectionate children to the happiness that would succeed the trials and temptations of this lower scene, if they remained faithful. The only solace that remains to her interesting family under the bereavement is in the confidence that this separation will not be final, and that they will meet again the parent whom they loved. Her remains were conveyed yesterday morning to the cemetery of St. Nicholas, attended by a large concourse of all classes and amid the mourning of her afflicted friends.
'May she rest in peace.'
At Mount-pleasant, Loughrea, in this county, a few days since, at an advanced age, universally regretted, Mrs. Daly, relict of the late Malachy Daly, of Raford, Esq., a lady of the most amiable and prepossessing manners, and of a most humane and benevolent disposition whose charity was unbounded, and in whose death the poor and destitute of Loughrea and neighbourhood will have a serious loss, as she largely contributed to relieve their wants and improve their destitute condition. The lamented and much esteemed lady was mother-in-law of A.W. Blake, Esq. of Furbo', sister of Sir John Burke, Bart, of Merisle-hill, and aunt to the Marquis of Clanricarde.

ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER

On Monday night last, two labourers, from the neighbourhood of Ballinrobe, returning from England, stopped at a lodging-house at Moylough, and early next morning proceeded on their journey in the direction of Tuam. They had not gone more than a mile distance from the village, when one of them, named Patt M'Hugh, struck his companion with a three pronged fork and continued to assault him, until he actually beat a portion of his brains out on the road, where he left him for dead, after depriving him of all the property he had in his possession. The case was reported to the officer of police at Mount Bellew, B. Cummins, Esq., who immediately proceeded to the spot where the cruel deed was perpetrated; and whilst rendering all the assistance in his power to the unfortunate man, he having him removed to an adjacent house, and procuring medical aid, he obtained information of the route and description of the assassin (for thus we call him,) Mr. Cummins forthwith pursued him, and fortunately succeeded in arresting him in a lodging house in Dunmore, and brought him in custody to Mount-Bellew, where, after a full investigation before the magistrates of petty sessions, he was duly committed to the county gaol to abide his trial for the atrocious deed. This M'Hugh, we understand, fled to England in 1838, in consequence of having robbed and nearly murdered a boy near Headford, for which he was not apprehended, but has now been fully identified by the man in Galway gaol. Since the above was written, we learn that the unfortunate Finerty died. An inquest was held on the body by A. Hosty, Esq., coroner, and a verdict of wilful murder returned against M'Hugh--Tuam Herald.