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~. t; I ri--,.. x ..,450....... z , 74;at A lc , 4 I A WZ - i. ,:!..t. ~,. •: s:' EMPIRE. j PANORAMA OP TH BRITISH MAYCIIESPER TiMES. Jon,. 24. in our lot we gave the rarticoltm of a shocking orcur rem*. which took place en the right of the 14th instant, rear this town, by whirl , a owor woman, Mary Hopkinson, tue wife of a crofter, hot her life. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday, a! the Farmer's Anna, in Tongewith- Haule,h„ before Mr. Milne and a most respectable jury. Mc Gowan, William Howe. end 111weedith Trotter, have been in custody since the 10.11 inst. awaiting the verdict of inquiry. On Saturday. as the police were escorting Mc Gowan anti his fellow prisoners to the Former's Arms. which is dia. fain rather more than a mil • from ilolton, a large concourse of people assembled. and Me Gowan atm with difficulty, preserved from the flirt , of the enraged multitude, who gave vent to their feeling in nn measured terms against him At the inquest. James Smith. hetiquilt weaver, stated' that on Tuesday evening last. as he was travellirg on the canal hank about 1l o'clock. he saw near the wooden bridge which leads to Fore. colliery. a number of persona h.fore him : he was about 40 or 50 yards distsnt w' en he stw a Sash of light, and at the came moment heard the sewn of fire arms. Saw a woman fall; he hastened to th- .pot, and nn his way met tho prisoner Mc Gowan coring , in the direetion from where lie had cern the worrier , fall. Mc Gowan passed witness on the left hand site. (Witness here was ordered tip stair., where he pointed nut Mc Gowan from the other tw t, as being the man whom he met immediately after he heard the shot fired.) When witness got on to the petsons on the cans! hank, Mary llopkirson was lying: on the ground Betty Pert 4 ntton was standing beside her, and she immedi a-ely exclaimed to witness that man who has jam gone away has shot this woman ; witn,ss said he h ped that he had not shot her. Witness tried to raise her up from the grrund. . . and an looking at her fare, be observe) that it was qu:te black with powder on one side. He did not observe any wound then. Samuel Hopkinson, the busliand of the de ceased, lifted her m high as he could, but laid her down again. The deceased never spoke. During the time they were attempting to remove Mary Hopkinson, M-Howan returned, and witness asked him ifthere was no one to as. silt in removing the woman, for he. M‘Dowan, had shot her. M tdowan replied that he k. , ew nothing about her. Itl•finwan had a gun in his hand with a bayonet fixed at the end. Petty Partingtem went towards him and said, "It is you that have shot her." Nl.O-itt-tn then presenting his piece said, " l'il shoot you." Witt ess afterwards assisted to carry %Tarr Hopkinson home .Mr. Mallett,surgeon, who attended the deceased, proved that h• r death was occasioned by a gun shot wound. He produe ti a ball which he had extracted from her head, and which w 3.4 fisttened in a most extraordioaty manner through coming in contact with the bone. Other witnesses corroborated, hot there being no evidence against the other prisoners Trotter and Howe, they wet.: discharged, and afterw4rds ex-rained to show that they merely came up in consequence of the disturbance, and hear ing the gun fired. The jury, after dt•liherating some time, returned a verdict of " wilful n urder" against John Mc G:osan, and he was committed under the Coroner's warrant to Lancaster Castle, to take his trial for the offlnce at the next assizes. MEETING OT RETAIL 1311E1VMM—A meeting of the retail brewers, licensed under act Ist of William IVth, was, on Monday evening last, held at the bon-e of Mr. Adam Taylor, Odd Fellows' Arms, limy. at which it was revolved w petition both Hou.es of Parliament, to place the old pub. licans under the same restrictions. as to the hours of closing their houses, as the new ones. The chief reasons assigned for this measure, were, that their customers, when their time of selling was expired, resorted to the houses of the chi publicans, where they remained in many cases. to a lat..• hour in the morning, and the demoralization consequent on excmisive tippling, which had hen atlributed to the new beer shops, more properly belonged to the old ones, and the officers of the various townships, prompted by the jealous tea ling of the old publicans, were more strict in enforcing the observance of the la% a against the retail brewers, than mittiest the old publicans. It was stated that this strictness bad been, in some instances, carried so tar as to oblige them to forego the company of their friends, after the hours of sell. il!g beet were expired. The new beer sellers in the neigh. b surhood of Bury, and other towns, were strongly mom mendel to follow the same example. A society was also formed, to protect them in the legal exercise of their busi ness, and a fund raised to meet the expenses of defending toenibera against the machinations of hired and common in formers. TuRN-nuT or SPINNT.RS AT OLDHAM. —We regret to announce that the spinners at the mill of Messrs. Hacues, at Acre; Seville and Wright, at Nledlock ; Haigh, at Lower House • Le's, at Green Bank ; and S. Hague. at Vine-yard, all near Greenactes. Moor, have this week turned out against the proposed reduction of their Messrs. Rowlands', of Orleans' Mill, Oldham. Nice. more lionourab!y. commenced working nine days in tins fortnight, in preference :o reducing the wages of their hands. The spinners of Messrs. Taylor, at Les Brook, who b ye been out some time, resumed their work at the reduced price, on Saturday lad. At n meeting held at the Peacock Inn, Market-street, Il;:incliesier, to take into eonsideratien the means of catty.. ing into effect certain resolutions passed at the last St. An dre /ON Day dinner, it was unat.iniously resolved—That a Society be established, to be eall..tl St Andrew's Education Society. That its first objeets be the establishment of a School for Infants, and the promo:ion generally of ear'y in. at ruction, both moral and religious, but with a cautious avoid- swept sectarian spirit. As we unticipand last week, the population of this city 111111 , UMS to no fiscr than HOMO individuals. In 1821, when the last census was taken, the population was 14.331. —thus showing an inert ase during the last ten years or 4.-117.)! which added to 2,soo—the increase of inliabi:ants during the tell 3 cats preceiting 11,21—.inakes an tultiition of ti,969 in the cc tam' of :he last twin.y years, being inure Wan one-third of the piesent popuiatien of the Ca rliolc Journal. During the thunder storm which Ni,ihrd this neighbour hoed, two men, in iiie employ of Mr. Tilt/MU. Tintershall, wire labouring in the field• in the neiglibouilionel of I ley ward. One of them, at the beginning of the steam, mitred from the field and went fume. The whet remained ; and was found after the storm had abated, guile dew. under is oak tree. where it appears lie had taken shelter. MECHANICS' STKINL.— The dispute beAvren Messrs. Hei!.sun and their men still continues. and w i t u.) this mite not :he slightest overture to effect a reconciliation has been made by either party ; and we arc informed, from an un ermined seurce, that hlcsairs. Dobson have not solictied or emit loyed a single hand, &flambe!' their extensive works have Low 'ueen shut up for three weeks. Li•EarooL, Jusa 20.—The sales of flour have exceeded nand*, an _Ss lid to 263 per hairel, fin fair qualities; tow .0111 e choke brands have brought 27s per barrel. AL.4IIRIED. Mr. Edward Foss y, Wesleyan Minister el Alton. to Miss Harriet Hake.— Air. Arnold Julius 11 vitt; to Miss Lucy Taylor. both of Cliorlion kow.—Mr. Samuel Taylor Chadvt kit, uf Holton, surgeon, to Miss Anne DIED—Mr. Charles Spencer, 31, surgeon apothecary. of &head.— Margery, wile of Mr. Thomas (Meant, of the Pely gum.- John Ph teller, Esq. 70. Chaptl-street. nest with.-1 tomtits Wnittaker, 87, of Attiwick Green.— r Join C‘nton, 9f,. of Upper Nen thgate-street. Chester. DUBLIN iIIUILNING REGIS i ER, JUNE 29. Tug INtiI:EST ON THE INEWTOWNBAIIET MAI.SACEIL —Joseph lit roe, of hallinavoren, examined by Mr. Cos tello-1 am a tamer ; 1 was in Newtowtobarry on Saturday, the 18th instant ; I saw cattle bt lunging to Patrick Doyle, unt!er seizure for tithes, which I think were illegally claimed by Mr. Nl`Clintuck ; the tithes were not considered to be due t.ll November ; there was no rescue, or attempt to rescue the call_ in Newtowlibarry that day, and 1 must have seen it if there had been any ; 1 saw the cattle leave the pound in charge of the police; 1 saw Capt. King aid Capt. Graham thre, the Islet with a drawn swil; in his hand ; the first words I heard were by Capt. G. and he said something about dispersing; Copt. K. saki, `• read the Riot Act," and Cap tain Graham replied, no, but 111 read the right act; (lieu he said to the ',Lop', that every titeh;ek there was loaded wi h powder and ball, and shotild Le discharged it the peo- V,: would not leave that ; in consequent of that, 1 drew off towards Newtownharry, and, as 1 was going away, I heard a slot ; I was stilt drawing away, when I hcaru sou s morel ►bc;s. and I was vety traghtened, so that I w. nt uuieker. wilco I heard a very heavy thing ; after that there were a good many smutted shots; during the heavy tiring 1 saw a win tall before me on the road ; 1 saw a loan sunned Doyle, on that place alien I came hack, and I believe him to be the MID I saw fall ; he is since dead ; I don't know who fired the first shot ; 1 heard no command to Me given, but it might have been given without my hearing it; I was • i thin seven or ten yards of Capt. Graham when he used the I words I heard, and about a minute and a half before the firm shot was frail ; at the time of the shot I was, to the hest of my belief, about 17 or 29 y..rds fron► Capt. Graham, with my back towards him ; T saw the seem of slaughter after the people were killed ; the killed sad wounded ware leing in etelons directions around. Rs-mined by tlr. Robinson; There were a great many people on the rend and in front of the pound when I heard Gnarin Graham use the words I mentioned ; there was noise going in, all that time; some shouting ; I believe between moms, and women, and men, there wera ahmit a hundred people near the pound ; if you reckon yearn. n and police, there were more than three hundred ; T yaw no stones thrown, but there might have been some thrown without my seeing them, there were so many people about ; I swear positively I did not see a stone thrown the whole of that day; when I heard Capt. Graham speak he was sitting on horseback, with his face rather towards the pound ; the cattle were just turning towards the pound when I moved on to Newtown• berry; the words I mentioned were, to the best of my belief and knowlcdg-, those used by Captain Graham— certainly they were w rds to that effect and purpose • when the c-tttic left the town. some people might have f ollowed then, it being market-day. Lut the crowd did not. By the .jurors—l heard Motes Doyle desire Jolm Ralph to hri:.g nut his auctioneer, and he would have as fair a rant rg ever hr had, or saw in Newtownbany in his lik ; Swaine a: 4 the auctioneer; „ bring him out," says Doyle, "and let him cant then ;" I made same remark myself; John Ralph made no reply, and went away for about 20 minutes; he didn't appear till the cattle went away; the crowd made an open. end I saw no person drive them ; I heard the people say, " Let them that have them in charge mind them—go about your liminess ;" I saw no countryman bearing arms that day at all, nor any with stones in their hands ; I think that some of the Newtownbarry corps were the nearest to Newtownbarry befiwe the action commenced; I cannot say whethet I had pie.s‘ d the yeomanry or not when the first shot was fired, I was in such tenor ' • I know a great deal about the people ; I ant popular in th e parish. and I know that no one came in that day with arms, or any intention to resist an auction, or attempt a rescue of the cattle, but with a resolu tion to rectify themselves by the law ; my opinion is, that the people of no other parish whatever came there either, with any intent to mist the sale. By Mr. Cos.elloe.—l saw many persons in coloured clothes, men and boys, with the yeomen, with arms in their hands, but I can't say whether they all had cross belts or not. _ _ _ James Dillon, a sub-constable of pollee of the Newtown. harry party, sworn.-1 was on duty on Saturday, the 18th ' instant, at the pound, and was employed to bring three heifer. into the pound from the road that day ; we found the cattle on the Enniscorthy road, beyond the pound ; I saw no person on the road but people going to the market between me and them; when I came up to them, Captain Graham, who was on horseback, had them stopped on the road, and no country people were present; he had a hand kerchief in his hand at the time; the only people near them on the road besides were a man and woman with a horse and car coming into town; we put the cattle peaceably into the pound ; we remained at the pound, and Cap tain Graham went to Newtownbarry, and came back with the yeomen; there were about thirty police; I can't say how soon the yeomanry arrived, but Captain Graham was on horaebacic, and in the course of sufficient time he returned with parts of four corps of yeomen ; I believe there might ' be from a hundred to a hundred and fifty yeomen present; I wont say there were more than a hundred positively ; a few minutes after Captain Graham returned, the cattle were taken out of the pound by his orders, and given in charge to the police; they were in charge of the police towards New townbarry, some of them before thtm, and more of them after them ; we drove them without opposition or resistance past the yeomen ; after we passed the yeomen, I heard a shot ; I heard many more immediately after ; I can't say a volley, but as fast as they could fire, apparently ; and after that I heard a few single shots, one by one; whilst the firing continued, I heard a ball or two whizzing by me very close ; I felt myself in danger ; and some of my com rades said they had to kneel to avoid the shots ' • I heard Captain King, my commanding o ffi cer, say that a ball pawed very near him, and remark, " 1 missed that ;" at this time the yeomen were in our rear, between us and the pound ; I saw no lire-arms with any parson but the yeomen and po lice ; I know a young gentleman, Mr. Graham's tutor ; I saw him there a dist:owe from me, and did not observe any thing in his hand; lam seven years and seven or eight months in the police; and all that time in the county of Wexford police ; I am not a native of the county, but I am married to a Wexford woman, of the parish of Baunett, 30 miles from Newtownbarry. Examined by Mr. Robinson: At the time of the general volley I was standing still on the road, and it was there I heard the shots pass one; the first shot appeared to me to be from the rear of the yeomanry ; but I cannot say whether it was fired by then: ; I was on the side of the road next the wood ; I think the shots came from my rear, but 1 cannot say whether right or left. By the Jurors: All the police marched out that matting in a body after the cattle, under Captain King; it was before we retook the cattle we got orders to prime and load with ball cartridge ; we met a good number of people ' about the pound; there might be a hundred people there, including men, women, and children ; 1 don't think they followed us. . By the Coroner : I can't conceive the reason for our being ordered to prime and load. By the Jurors : We fell in with the people again on our arrival back at the pound ; all the police remained at the pound until the yeomen arrived trout Newtownbarry ; there was a great crowd about the pound, but I saw no inclination in the people to create a riot; I can't say why the cattle were put into the pound, hutted of driving than back to Newtownbarry ; I think a great many people came down with the yeomanry from Newtownbarry; I heard very little shouting at that time; I never saw a man take a stone or throw a stone at all ; I heard natty desiring Captain Gra ham to turn out the cattle and have them =aka ; 1 heard no other expressions from the people at that time ; I heard no conversation between Captain Graham and Captain King. about reading the h iut Aet, but Captain King was only part of that time close to me ; the bulk of the polies were as tie.., to me as the diior ; they were walking about in moths of three, and we sere passing with the cattle; some of the police might have fired that day, but the entire body did Hot ; I didn't tire myself. and I know five more who did not we printed and luaded on the roam, and were then ordeted t ff the road into the field ; 1 don't know the maw of Mar order ; a crowd of people, nut a great crowd, filled the toast mousy. and were bettor the police, between them anti Newtownb.erry ; there wasn't a hundred persons to the best i.l soy Up Itlllo4l ; I cannot identify any person who fired • shot it ilea dui ; I saved the lives in people that day t there were a number of perwins, to the amount of five, lying chose to each oth r behind the ditch ; three of the yeoman stepped out of their ranks, presented their Srtiocks in a sliming Distiller et them and I cried out " murder :" I know two of the ',crowns who were lying behind the ditch, hut none of the yeoman ; I cried nut "murder, murder, dont shoot the men, 1 know them ; the yeomen did not fire; the I;ettuen were at a distance of about three or tour yards front the people they had levelled at; this was at the end of the yeomanry next Newtownbarry, at the wood side of the road ; the ditch was about two and • half or three feet high at the spot ;if I were in the same pwaition as the yeomen, and discharged sty titeluck, I think it would very easily take effect on the people lying thus behind the ditch ; I did not ace any yeomanry officer at that time ; I did see some of them at one time during the firing, but they were in the rear of their men; one had a reel coat on; I saw Captain Richards and another. I believe his son. Tu Vuung.— I don't know where the cattle went after the firing commenced, nor where they were when I was saving the lives of the people, though 1 was in charge of them. To atwitter Juror.—lt is my opinion that the police would have brought the cattle up to the pound to Newtownbarry, without any assistance from the yeumahry ; I did not bear any person tell my officer that there would be danger; I saw doe people in Newtownbarry that day doing their bualneseat market as usual ; I don't think there were snore people in town that day titan are usually wartiobled at niarkew or fairs in it ; 1 consuier last Saturday was a bigger market day than that Saturday ; I hate seen many larger markets titan either of the two last, during my time tit town; I saw no appearance of riot that day amotigat the people, until I heard the shots tired; I saw no man among the people but was running uway after the first shots were fired. and I saw them fall a long distance front the yeomen, as it wounded by the shuts I heard tired; I heard single shots tired. and saw people fall, but cannot swear they tell by the shots ; I know tier , gi ai.t (felicity*, of the Itlyesitill police, but didn't see him at all during the firing, as he was in the teat with the yeomanry. By Air. Robinson—l would say to the best of my belief, that from the first shut to the last, the tiring lasted about four or five minutes. By the Jurors—l was near Captain King at the time the police were ordered into the field, but I do nut recollect any conversation between him and Captain Graham at that time, nor to see the latter at the time ; I did not see any of the yeomen cross the road-ditch during the time of the tire; front the distance at which I war from thereat of the line next the pound, in my way with the cattle to Newtownbarry. there might have been a great crowd, and atones thrown, and riot ing there, without my knowledge. This completed the examination of this witness; and as it was intimated to Mr. Costelloe, that the Rev. Mr. Hoare was about to proceed to the north, and that Mr. Robinson wished to have him examined before hla departure, he was called on the part of the yeomanry, by the consent of the Coroner. The Reverend Walter Hoare, of Newland', sworn, and examined by Mr. Robinson.—l am the rector of Hibush parish, in the county of Wexford; I recollect Saturday, the 18th instant i was coming into Newtownbany on hone back that day, to attend a court of petty sessions; 1 know where the Newtownbany pound is ; as I came near the pound that day, immediately up to it, just at the farthest side of it from the town, I saw a large body of police drawn up; I should say from 20 to 40, or. perhaps, even more; I should distinctly say there were 30; I saw a good many country people standing neat them, and some at a dia. ranee; Vey wern't in • body; scattered about; the police appeared st , angtrs to me, and I did'nt stop to ask them any questions, though 1 was surprised to see them there. I rode on towards the town, and passed by the pound and Blake's house, and as I was riding on, I met Mr. Derensy, of Clonegall. a few paces at the town side of the pound ; 1 rode up to him, and to the best of my belief I asked him, 6' what's all this?" hlr. Derenzy replied, it was an unpleasant business; a sale of cattle tor tythes by Mr. 31 6 Clintock ; I then rode on towards the town, and saw, immediately before me, a large body of the army, as I thought, coming from the town ; I suppose I was about forty or fifty p tees, or perhaps not so much, from the pound ; on the right of this body of armed men I perceived Capt. (Ira ham on horseback ; I pulled up quickly, and rode up to him; I said to nim pretty much what I said to Mr. Derenzy, to the effect of " what's this for r he told me he was coming down there to protect some cattle into town from the pound ; he did not stop, but went on, and I proceeded towards town ; just as I came to the end or the line of soldiers, I heard the word, " halt ;" I didnt know them to be yeomanry ; they were in military clothing, and those I met fitst appeared to be soldiers :hey were so military; as I came near the end, I met Doctor Hyde, dressed up as an officer; be is an officer of the Newtownbarry corps; I rode up to him, and I said 1 was sorry to see hint there in that situation; I thin attempted to ride on toward, the town, hut I found it im. possible from the crowd of country people, who appeared to have come a'ong with the soldiers, running along the ditches and along the road, evidently after the soldiers; besiees this crowd round me, I looked to the town, and saw a very large mass, or column I should say, in a comp/et body, distinct from the others, running as if front the town; I saw it was quite in vain to attesupt to get into the town; I turned my pony about, and stood next to Dr. Hyde; at this time the crowd was ex•rentely riotous, shouting, and I saw them walk ing about with sticks, and showing them ; I saw one par. ticular man who was called Toni, with a great peeled oak branch ' • somebody said, •• Tom, what do you want with that ;" he said he was lame, and would want it to-day ; Ise appeared joking, and to me, that he was not lame; I saw sticks with great numbers of others its the crowd, but they ',prated to be large walking-sticks; at this time 1 !teasel others say, .• the boys are coming in, there'll be plenty o' diem:" at that time they ridiculed the yeomen, and turned them very much into fun—very hard to bear, I should think, if 1 was among them ; they said they were a straight set of boys, also that they had brought the Doctor with them, and would want him—quizzing Dr. Hyde, I con. eluded ; the next thing I observed was a great confu sion down at the other end, next the pound, and I looked, and I saw Cap:ain Graham on Lome:back, as if address. ing the people ; I didn't hear what he said, but I saw hint using his sword so (with a fifurish) I then saw the police opening, and two of three little cattle came out on the road ; at this time the row was very great indeed, the noise was tremendous; the noise of shouting, and the noise that a concourse of riotous people would na turally make ; 1 then perceived the police driving the cattle at a very quick pace up towards the end of the line where I was standing; as soon as they came near me, I wheeled my puny about to get into town, and rode along side of them ; riding along with them a few paces, I heard a very great noise behind me, as 1 thought the clothing of arms toge ther; I looked round and saw the yeomanly marching, the noise and shouting continuing • 1 perceived then three or four large stones coining front the field opposite the pound, as I took it to be ; they fell in among the yeomen, or hit them ; 1 don't know whether they did or not ; 1 then rode a few paces on with the police; I hadn't stopped while looking round, and 1 heard then a shut ; I looked round, and saw the hinder part of the yeomanry in great confusion, the crowd pressing round them, and smoke over them in the centre of all ; I can't say who fired the shot; I would say that the im pression on my maid was, that I could not say whether .he shot came teom the yeomen, from the crowd, or from the police, they were all thrown into such complete confusion in that part next the pound ; at the time the shot was filed the noise and shouting continued; the only way I could account tar the cloahisig of the arms I mentioned was, that stones struck the musepleus, as when 1 turned round 1 saw three or tour thrown from the field; the shot frightened my pony very much, which made me turn about again in my saddls, when I heard another slot; 1 don't know where it pros:et:del 1 hewer looked Lehind me; this second shoe made the puny plunge, and I heard a third shot, when my pony plunged forward, and threw himself down on his bead; immediately, while wrestling with the puny, I heard a volley—is great number of allots— tired; I got up ihatueurately on my legs, and jumped up on a sail or ditch there, in order to tee where the polite were, that I might join them ; when I was on the uitch 1 saw that the whole back of it was lined with country people, lying down; I then walked parallel with the road, towards Nets untuliarty, to get with the police; the first gap I atm I walked out upou the rued; this gap was about ten or eleven paces Item where I got upon the ditch ; it brought me out near the school-house; some persons came up to me and asked tut was 1 hurt or shot, and 1 acid no, but I feared my putty was; l then walked to the school-house, when auttiehouy putted me in, passihg by, to see was 1 hun ; I was covered with the nand troth my tumble ; in about a RA DIAL, alter I itinirtrd on going out ; the people had bolted the dour to prevent one Own being hurt, and tat reaching the road I sow the punnet* marching into town ; they were justpaseitig its 1 went out; the bring had ceased before I CAMS out sit the twat, but not befure I left the road ; alter 1 was in the Been, 1 heard shots thus (knock, knock, knock) ; in my °pluton the tiring lasted about two minutes and a Nag when I came out of the house, my attention was aeuacted try seeing Capt. Graham lifting a man that was lame--w o saki lit was wouttektl--on has horse ; the crowd had not dispersed —there were people stalking on each side of the yeomen—.as nay aide of them towards the town; wt ! nu, l do,not mean to say that the crowd w.thau them was as great as that I saw on the road before 1 went into the house ; I knew a man named Nicholson; I saw him there that day; foe was nut one of the yeomanry; I saw him in the town wounded; but did MA see him receive his wound ; I saw hint getting his huger dressed; he said to me, •• I may thank you, sir, for this; I got this lifting you up ;" I know hit. Lierenay. whom 1 saw at the pound, to be a whizisiralt- Ily the Coronet—l saw no arms ur sticks in the hands sit the people who were lying behind the ditch. liy Mr. Costelloe—There was a little shouting when I first came up to the pound, where I saw the police and the people at bottle distance scattered about; the shouting -uutittued progressively to encrease till the time at which it became what I have called '• tremendous," 1 think up to the militia that I beard the first shot fired; the clashing of the area was tremendous—vet y greet; I thought 'runt It that the countrymen bad attre,ed the yeomen and police with sticks, and had come to cruse quarters; I shortly changed that opinion ; 1 saw nu ti e-Allllll in the course of the day with any persons but the yeomen and police, and 1 changed nay opinion, on turning round, front seeing three or four stones coming front the held, evidaidy thrown at the yeomen; I saw no blow struck, or onetime act received by the yeomen except what I have al ready desctibed it was about a minute titter the stones were thrown that I heard the first shot, and in about half a minute 1 heard the scald—very clove after I heard the third—but I ramie say where they cause trout ; they might have come from the grove at the other side of the Swaney ; I am con fident they might, becaume ltlr. Cholmondley stared be heard a ball whis pu t t hi s head at his own hall-door, and I think balls might as well come to me front that 'ideas go to it so tar; I did say, ►n my direct examination, that the second shot came trout nay rear; and, by virtue of my oath, I can't tell where it came front ; I can't form any opinion where it came trout ; the pound, the yeomen, the people, the police, the Slauey, and the grove, were all in my rear, in the position I occupied ; the people l saw ballad the ditch, appeared lying these fur the purpose of self-preservation, and couldn't used any one; 1 should consider it a very bloody and san guhaary act to shout them whilst in that position ; and 1 would consider any policeman who prevented yeomen from shooting theui,a Inuhane man; 1 would not consider him a meritorious man ; you may have differ-nt ideas of merit front me, but I would only call him a humane man; in doing it, he would be doing no mote than his duty ; to the best of my belief, when the yeomen came up first, I thought they were soldiers ; they were dressed in new uniforms, and marched so well ; however, I didn't retain that opinion ; the reason was, as they marched up, I perceived they were yeomen, from teeing some In coloured clothes, and when the officer gave the word " halt" that they turned some one way, and some another, which confirmed my opinion; the crowd who were coming with the yeomen past the school to the town were, several of them, people of town that I krew ; I can't form any belief as to the number of that crowd, inasmuch as they were walking with me to the town; I suppose they were on friendly terms with the yeomen, as they knew many of them ; I didn't hear them convening with the yeomen ; from the stones I saw thrown, and the rush of people on the yeomanry, as a cler gyman, I conceive the sacrifice of human life which took place was necessary ; 1 conceive the firing was inevitable, but no one regrets the loss of life more than I do; I esail. der the officers commanding the yeomanry were as comps tent of forming an opinion on the subject as I am ' • I am not a judge that the officers would be doing their duty If they peremptorily ordered the men not to fire. To the coroner : I consider if the yeomen had been dis armed, as I apprehended, that a greater slaughter would have been made of them than wait made of the people, and I believe if the officers had the same conception of the dan ger that I bad, they would not be doing their duty if they did not command the yeomen to fire; this opinion was formed .from what I saw on that occasion. To the Rev. slr. Walsh : I stated that when the yeomen got the words " halt, front," they got into confusion, some turning one way, and some another; I think they did not observe regular or military discipline ; I think that was not such; I don't think that men who committed such disorder* before action , were likely to violate discipline when in so. tion • 1 think l such men might fire regularly ; I think they would be capable of preserving discipline in the action that followed, though guilty of the irregularity I noticed. The witness was here asked by Mr. Costellse, did he thit.k it justifiable to fire at those running away, and those crouch ing under ditches? He refrained for some time from giving the answer, and, after asking the coroner whether it was a legal question, replied, he thought it was not laminable for the yeomen to fire on the people crouching, but did think it justifiable for them to fire on those running away ; if they considered .hem assailants 1 To a Juror-1 saw no magistrates trying to prevent a riot or take tioters into custody, except what I saw Captain Ora`tom do; I don't think two or three of the old resident magistrates known to the people would have been able to keep them within bounds that day. This compkted his testimony, and the court adjourned at a few minutes after seven o'clock, till next morning. It is remarkable that there Is a larger yeomanry farce convenient to the scene of the late sanguinary occurrences in ‘l'exford, than In any other part of Leinster. The yeomanry force of Weeord is 950; of Wicklow, Is9B, and of Carlow, 21 , 2; total, 1700, though in the other nine counties of the province there ate only 1753. Wexford has the greatest force. its amount being not far from a third of the total of the twelve counties. We have often had occasion to advert to the distratilion as well as composition of this famous class of national defenders. The total force of the kingdom is, aecordiug to the latest returns we have seen, 19,863, aud it is thus apportioned - - Ulster .. 13,440 Leinster .. 3,613 I►lunster 1,507 Connaught ... 1,333 It appears, then, that this Lon Is is greater strength in 11'extord and Wicklow than in either of the provinces o. Munster or Connaught. We believe then are some Catholics amongst the IMO yeomen of Wexford, but it would be interesting to know whether there was even one present on the hue occasion. We believe that moat of the low Protestants in the neighbour hood of Newtownbarry are professed ()tension, or timatics of the Biblical school. Yesterday evening, the constabulary found a man's body in Lake O'Connell, otherwise Cullane, county Clam, the pro perty of T. Steele, Esq. Front the circumstance of the person's throat being cut, and a BMX suspended from his body, there is no doubt that another horrible n.urder has been committed within the List day or two, and that this mode of concealing the crime has been remitted to. The name of the murdered man, we have learned, is 11P3Ishms. It is supposed he was about to turn approver, and that the discovery of this fact by persons likely to be affected by his evidence, led to his death.—Limerick llerall tr Monday. ARRlED.—Francis, third eon of Samuel Penrose, Esq to Anna, only daughter of Thomas Slater, late of Cu tletoen, Kildare, Keg —John blahon, lisg. of Upper Gardincr.street, to Leonora Sarah. only daughter of the R. Armstrong Kelly, of Castle Kelly. OLD BAILEY, July 1. John Beedhatn, aged 34, was indicted for mating, in the dwelling.honse of John Bushes, ail watches, value GUI. a gold chain, and 43 sovereigns. The rubbery was committed in the course of the year 1829. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner, who was a weaver, residing in Bethnal-gran, and upon his lodging being searched, one of the stolen watches was found iu a cup ' board. The prisoner, front the day of the search, alt. sconded from his wile and children, and was not discovered until ►lsy last, when a constable met hint in Friday-street, Cheapside, and took him into custody. The Jury returned a verdict of (hilt,. The RECORDItt said that the prisoner was charged ca pitally in another indictment, for entering the dwelling house of Emanuel Francis. and stealing hi. a watch, sod other articles; but as the ends of justice would be attained by the verdict just given, he should nut feel it netersary to put the prisoner on his trial fur the charge. John Irving, aged 20 years, was indicted fur the man slaughter of Arthur di•Gtnnis, on the 24th tit tight Ma), by violently kicking hint in the groin. Thomas liasett deposed, that he knew the deceased for about 18 months. On the st4th of May he saw the de ceased in his own room, in Cottage-churl, Orchard -street, Westminster. Witness and bl•Ginnis went out fur tile purpose of going to a public house, and as they were passing along, a person came up and said. " you are Arthur lil•Gmnis, i should like to have a round out of you." Upon which 31 . Guinis and the man in questtou commenced strik ing at each otbre.l be first blow was received by M•Getinis. A tall mewed, and, after the patens gut up, M`Gintiis called the police, Who came up. The antagonist of MiGitinir got Away, and Al•Ginnit followed the policeman to the watchbouse. When witness gut to the watchhJuse he heard the police sending for the doctor tor the deceased. Witness could nut recollect it the prisoner was the person who fought with the deceased. This witness was cross-examined by 111 r. Pit ht.t I s He denied that M•tiinnis had hold of his antagonist by the moat when the policeman came up. A man, named Mathews. corroborated this statement. He also was unable to recognise the prisoner. John 'rusty identified the prisoner as being the person who had fought on the day in question with the deceased, and said that after the policeman came up the prisoner kicked Al•Oinnis . A police constable deposed that upon hearing the cry of police, he went up to the spot. and found Zel`titnnis holding the prisoner. bl•Giunis desired hem to take the prisoner into cuatody, as he (M•(inams) was an injured man. 11 k now said he could not take the prisoner into custody, as be had not seen tits assault. He separated hi'Ginnis and the prisoner, the latter of whom went sway. Jl•(itttnis went to the watchtmose. This witness, upon his crome.examination„ said, he did not know whether or nut the prisoner kicked the deceased after he castle up. Henry Thomas, bouse-surgeon of Westminster Hospital, depoaeu, that the deceased was brought to the hospital on the evening of the 21th of May. lie complained of having been kicked ill the abdomen. lle was put to bed Momently, and on the sixth day *tier lehe reception into the hospital be died. Upon examination it was loused that the intestines were in a state of inflasuometion. The stomach was also inflamed. One of the intestines was ulcerated. Severe he. amputation was the cause of Ill•tiumis's death. The in. flarnotation was produced by some external violence. A kick would produce this inflammation. The ulcerated intestine was just above that putt whew the deceased said he had been kicked. r.. ______ _ A fall upon • hard substance would pro duce the &WIC muhu w the deceased as if he had been kicked. This eloped the cue for the prosecution. Several witnesses were called on the part of the prisoner, all of whom knew him from the time he was a boy, and their opinion was that be was a most peaceable, quiet, pod natured, industrious lad. The Jury returned a verdict of GuUty. nowise kingsmore, alias /tamer, was Indicted for steal. hog a mare, the property of Abraham Hale, of the value of 181. The pra for deposed that he raided at Horn, in Sur. rey. a mars hi January 1829. Ou the night of the 18th of January she was fastened in a yard were there weft some bullocks. On the morning of the 17th the mare was gore, but the bullocks remained in the yard. In February, 1830 witness saw his mare in the p ossession of a Mr. R ut . sell, a stable-keeper residing in M'estminster. It. Coleman, a cnustable of Croydon, deposed, that i n consequence of information which he received, he went to Mr. Russell's stables and saw the prosecutor's mare. li e 'r' learned from Russell that the prisoner was the from whom he purchased the horse. He went to person Por the prisoner at the Obelisk stables, but could not see him. Upon his cross-examination he said he knew a m ar , mimed Hyder, who had been transported. Russell, the stable keeper, deposed that he purchased the mare in question from the prisoner in February, 1829, and • paid hint 111. odd. Upon his cross-examination he said that he had long dealt with the prisoner, and purchased several horses from him. There was no concealment respecting the sale or purchase the horse in question. Curtis, an officer of Union Hall, deposed that he appre. hended the prisoner at Brighton, who went by the name of Turner there. Witness's brother officer, Goff, said to th e prisoner, " Your name is Kingsmore ?" " Yes," said the primmer, " but some call me Turner." Witneu told pri soner that he was " wanted" for the mare which he sold to Pie. Russell. Upon which the prisoner said that he parr. chased the mare from Hyder. Upon his cross-examination the witness said that he did not know that the prisoner passed by the name of Turner because he was in debt. Coleman was recalled, and said that Hyder was not transported until January or February, 1830. This closed the case for the prosecution. William Hayward deposed that be knew a man named il'ood, who, he understood, went by the name of Hyder. He saw the prisoner purchase a block mare for nine pounds, for which a receipt was given, in the middle of February, 1829. Cross-examined—Was convicted for keeping a private still. SVrote the receipt that was given for the 91. He ad. vised the prisoner to have the receipt, as Wood was rs. thee a suspicious looking character. Ile took great interest in the sale, although he knew very little of the prisoner. The sale took place at the Anchor and Hope public-houi., Lambeth, in which neighbourhood witness at the time herd, The sale touk place in the parlour. Does not know a Fusin. named Cuts, nor his daughter. He sat in custody opus. a charge of conspiring, with others, to defraud upon a Liii. and he was the only one that dared to stand his trial a: Clerkenwell. He was ready to prove, it it had been Le. Memory, that he bad given value for the bill. Re-examlocd : The prosecu.or on the 211. bill reftoid appearing against me, and I was acquitted. The Jury returned a verdict of acquittaL Henry Leei Taylor, a Greek, was indicted for stealing. on the 15th of June last, one sovereign, the property e; William Inwards. The prosecutrix, an unusually pretty woman, sated that she is the wife of a baker living in Stymour.street, hoirera. town, and that, on the day in question, the prisoner, scum. pealed by another man, dressed in Turkish costume, cane into the shop and asked for two penny loaves, for the pay. went of which he tend-red her a sovereign. Witness met out of her pocket her purse, containing 21 sovereigns and about 31. in solver, and while about to give the prisoner chatge, he knocked the puree out of her hands, and the money fell about the Call3lef, when he abruptly left the shop, and witness, upon counting her money, missed the sovereign in question. The prisoner, who appeared to be a very intelligent man, denied all knowledge of the robbery. Abraham Sebeck, a jew from Morocco, Simnel Lopez. and several other foreign Jews, gave the plume, a good chi. ratter for honesty, It.c. The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of guilty. Thomas Baia: was indicted for stealing divers &rucked (manure, linen, and apparel, value 301. and upwards, tie property of Thomas Dell. The prosecutor stated that he lived at Pinner, and wa. a cal penter, and that his wife and be had frequent squabbles. Sometime List month he told her she might go away about her business and take her clothes. On the 29th of May he went to bed, and when be awoke in the morning be found his wife was gone off bag and baggage, fur every portable article of value was gone. On the 4.11 of June he found the pro. piny at the prisoner's house at Drayton, who had become his wife's protector : (a laugh.) He had known the prisoner a long time to his sorrow. lie had time obtained all the property back By Mr. C. Pniardra—He had not got his wife back into the bargain he wished he had. She had lett him several times, and be took her in again. Did nut know whether this looked like a case of trine. eon. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—Are you really serious when you say yttu should be glad to have your wife back ? Witness—Yea, sir. Mr. C. Panuars—And walk home arm and arm top. thee ? Witness—Yes. sir. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—WeII, she is in court, I'll call her. Mrs. lkll, a brisk little woman, then sprang into the wit nesa-bos, and bestowed a tender smile upon her husband, which caused bursts of laughter from every person in Court. Mr. C. PHILLIPS—WeII, Mr. Dell, you have list nothing. Now are )ou satisfied ? Mr. Den—Quite so, Sir. Mr. Sergeant ARABI)t here stopped the case, and for prisoner was acquitted. POLICE REPORTS. GUILDHALL.—Six drivers of omnibuses and market, running from St. Paul's Churchyard. were fined 10s. teat. bar plying for hire for fifteen minutes in Ludgate -street, uo Sunday forenoon. Uninst-Hat.x.—Johns 31 , CarlAy. • policeman of le•ter P. division. was charged with committing a violent assault on a man named Kelverson, whose head was cut in retail places, owing to repeated blows inflicted by the deteittlant with a heavy weapon called a truncheon. The complainant stated that, on Friday afternoon last, he went to bathe in the Camberwell and, and had just B .'t out of the water and commenced drawing un Ith trowsers, when the lolieeman ran up and immediately seized all his garments, with the exception of that which he had on. Complainant remonstrated agsinst I such an set, but the policeman disregarded his en. veaties fur the return of the clothes, and proceeded to walk away towards the road. He was folio''. however, by Keiventon. who attempted to regain possession of his shirt ; upon which the defendant turned round upon him, and struck him a violent blow on the back part of tLe head, and repeated the outrage several times, until he in. 'lived the injuries now appment. Two WilllCsieb confirmed the above testimony. The Magistrates find the defendant 31. widen he refused to pay. and was committed in default for one month to the county gaol. Har;ow-ClaanEw.—A ladyslilte woman, who gars the mune of Wiltshire, and said she was the wife of an attorneY, residing at 119, Great Russell-street. liluomsbury„ too charged by her servant girl with assaulting her, wises she asked het to pay the wages due to her, 31. Ss. Tits hay appears to have been of a very pugnacious disposition, scd laid the girl about the face and eyes a ids Cribb. She was ordered to pay a line of 51. and having no cob. was lucked up till the money was produced. The girl was told she might summon her mistress to tic Court of Reqmsuo for her wages. BIRTHS. The lit inst. Blrs. Cameron, of the Strand, of a ton -- The 29th ult. Mrs. Thomas Parker, of Gower.street, Wl' lord-equate, of • son. MARRIED. Thu 30th uh. at Streatham Church, Charles Brown, £l4 of WoHield House, to Eleanor Mary, eldest daughter ut Ralph Fenwick, lest of Wood Lodge, Stveatham.—The 30th ult. at All Soul's Church, Laughs:a-place, G. F. Parry, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to A. Mary, daughter of tilt late J. Witham, Esq. of Iticliardby. DIED. At Windsor Castle, on the 28th ult. aged 58, Quin n " master D. Williams, late of the 434 regt. Light InfanitY.-- The 25th ult. at Kingaland, Mr. J. Hodgkinson.--The Ist inst. at Stoke Newington, Robert, youngest son of the lit , George Pringle, Esq.—The 30th ult. Mrs. E. Thorntin, ruling of the late T. 'Thornton ' Req. of Cutlers'-onse t . Houndsditch.—Thursday list, aged 60, at his house in Camdrnourect, Camden.town ' John Worrall, Esq. (a ( ol l ' minder in the Royal Navy), late of Leeds, Yorkshire. Loonos : hinted and kublisbed by Join, 11.4111 g. stilts lismi OFFICE, No. 1, l'ackett-plooe, Temple Sit. pr 0 111