The Press.
London, England, 1855-10-20 00:00:00

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A most brutal attempt at assassination was made
on Friday last at Ballyconnell, county Cavan. The
following are the particulars :
Miss Charlotte Hinds, on Friday last, about fmr o'clock,
when returning from Ballyconnell, was met in the line or
avenue leading to her house by two demons in human
shape, who at once dragged her off the car, knocked her down
with loaded sticks, and then deliberately fired no fewer than
three pistol-shots into her face and head, after which they
walked quietly away, leaving her for dead. The unfortu-
nate lady was shortly afterwards carried on a door to her
own house, where she now lies in the most excruciating
agony, having, besides the beating frnn the sticks, re-
ceived no less than four bullets in the face and head, one
of which is lodged iu the brain. Her medical attendants
entertain not the slightest hope of her recovery. Some
eighteen months ago sworn information was given that
this lady was soon to be shot, and a communication to
that effect was then made to the Government, who ordered
that she should get a police escort at all times she might
call for such, but she only availed herself of the privilege
on one or two occasions. Miss Hinds dared to exercise
the rights over the property which she had purchased in
the Encumbered Estates Court—she dared to look for and
inforce payment of her rents from refractory tenants and
ejectment, which would have been tried at the approach.
ing session of this town.
The latest accounts state that the unfortunate
lady was still alive, though in great pain and in a
hopeless condition. Being unable to collect any rent
from her tenants, she had taken proceedings against
some of them, and hence the outrage. It was re-
marked that almost if not all the tenants on the land
made their appearance in Ballyconnell market that
day most conspicuously, in order to be out of the
way. There seems no doubt that ribbonmen brought
from a distance were the immediate agents of this
foul outrage and conspiracy.

SATUItAYL

THE REFUGEES AT JERSEY.
THE conduct of the refugees at Jersey, and the
doctrines which they have for the last twelve
months advocated in their Socialist journal L'Honu, ge.
have at last attracted the attention of the inhabi-
tants. A numerously-attended meeting was held at
St. Helier on Saturday last, and the following resolu-
tions passed :-
1. That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is right that
this country should at all times afford a safe asylum to
political and religious exiles, whatever may be their
country, their convictions, or their creed. But that, in
return for the home and protection they meet with in
the British empire, it is the duty of all refugees to sul-
mit to its laws ; and that to do otherwise is an abuse of
a most ungrateful character, and a gross violation of hos-
pitality.
2. That this meeting learns with regret that, during
upwards of a year, some political refugees have hebdums.
daily published in this island a journal called L'Hoffinte,
which has for its object• the suppression of Christianity,
the propagation of Socialism, and the destruction of all
thrones, including that of the gracious sovereign whose
loyal and devoted subjects it is our pride and privilege
to be. . . .

3. That this meeting protests, in the most emphatic and
solemn manner, against the doctrines advocated by the So-
cialist journal before named ; which paper not only openly
preached infidelity, calls for the overthrow of all constituted
authority, and shamefully assails the great and cordial ally
whose efforts in cementing the union of England and France
entitled him to the respect and attachment of the people of
this country, but extols political murderers, inculcates re-
gicide, and basely and wantonly insults the Queen of this
realm. This meeting considers the publication of a paper
of the above nature as a most disgraceful outrage on the
moral laws of hospitality, and on the feelings of the inhabi-
tants of this Christian and loyal island. The meeting
considers its publication here as a misfortune for the island,
and earnestly trusts that immediate measures will be
adopted to suppress it.
4. That a copy of the above resolutions be communicated
to his Excellency the Lieutenant-Qovernor by the following
deputation : the Constable of St. Helier, P. Hemery, Esq.,
and Dr. Joe. Dickson.

The deputation waited on the Governor on Sun-
day, and his Excellency assured them that he would
adopt immediate measures for carrying out the wishes
of the Jersey community. On Monday, the constable
of St. Helier communicated verbally to MM. Plan-
cini (the proprietor), Ribeyrolles (the editor), and
Thomas (the distributor), of the journal L'Homme,
his Excellency's commands that they should quit
the island on or before this day (Saturday). The
proceedings of the meeting have, it is stated, been
communicated to the French and British Govern-
ments.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, Oct. 16.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—GEORGE WELSH HUNTER,
Liverpool, ironmonger.
BAN KRUPTS.—WILLIAM DENT, Newcastle-street, Strand,
lead merchant—WlLLlAM BAGLEY, Fulham-fields and Hawley.
wall, Middlesex, market gardener—HENßY WRIGHT, Narrow-
street, Limehouse, miller— WILIIAM LONG, Oxford-street, lace•
man—JAMES Cmorer, Bishopsgate.etreet Within, City, tailor—
WILLIAM DIMLY, Bradwell-near-the-Sea, Essex, innkeeper—Joßx
PAIRBROTHER, Hertford, brewer—CHARLES ARNOLD, St. Dan-
stan'e-hill, City, cheeeemonger—WlLLlAM HENRY GOODHUE'S
MASON, Brighton, Sussex, printseller—JAMES STARKEY, Old.
street, St. Luke's, builder—RICHARD JARVIS, Wolverhampton,
Staffordshire, warehouseman—HENßY CLARKE, Church Stratton,
Shropshire, seesisman— WALTER 13int, Gloucester, boot and
shoe maker—MosEs HINDLE BORROWS and GREYLLLE RUB•
DOCK, Wakefield, Yorkshire, worsted spinners.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.—JR. ROBINSON and CHARLES
ROBINSON, Glasgow, Kirkintilloch, and Leeds, woollen merchants.
Friday, October, 19.
BANKRUPTS.—SIR ROBERT PRICE, Stratton-street, Picas-
dilly, iron manufacturer—FßANcra ROBINSON, Masbrough, York,
contractor and briclunaker—Excion JONES, Finsbury terrace,
City-road, draper—WILLIAM BALL and THOMAS BALL, TOtliesS,
Devonshire, millers—WILLIAM TURNER, King-street, Golden-
square, licensed victualler—WlLLlAM RICH and ROBERT
HA NNLII, Park-lane, tailors—Jogs Jon's, Chester, draper and
hosier.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—ANDREW MURRIE, Glasgow,
cattle dealer and flasher—Para= Idarrtiews, Glasgow,
general merchant.

Sm JOHN DEAN PAUL'S RESIDENCE, the freehold
property, Ridge green House, situate at Ridge-green,
N utfield, near Reigate, Surrey, was submitted to
auction on Wednesday last by Mr. Thornton. The
property comprised a handsome villa, garden• grounds,
and offices, with a small farm of fourteen acres.
After some competition it was knocked down at

1,9001.
THE SWELL•MOR OF LONDON have lately taken
up quite a new field of enterprise, in looking out for
sailors in the neighbourhood of the shipping offices,
and robbing them of their hard-earned wages. Jack
is so easily taken in by any appearance of good-
fellowship that there is no doubt many will suffer for
their simplicity. The police are on the qui vive, but
some clever robberies have already been effected.
THIRTEEN HUNDRED ANCIENT COINS balm been
discovered at Storrington. Several of them bear
legible proofs of being more than 1,500 years old.
Some have the name " Constans" upon them, others
are stamped with a Roman soldier, and others with &
bear. The metal of which they are composed is &
curious mixture of copper and brass.

1, OCTOBER 20, 1855.

Yittratart.

Narrative of a Journey from Heraut to Khiva,
Moscow, and St. Petersburg, during the late
Russian Invasion of Khiva. By Major James
Abbott. Two Vols. Second Edition, with
considerable additions. London : Madden.
THOUGH many years have elapsed since Major
Abbott originally published his " Narrative,"
the work itself has by no means been forgotten.
It marks that period in our foreign relations
when our Government became jealous of the
acquisitions of Russia in Asia, and contem-
plated the probability of meeting her in arms
in the very heart of Tartary. The march
towards Khiva of a Russian army of 10,000
men was thought to directly menace our
Indian empire. It was to anticipate or coun-
teract her aggression that the invasion of
Affghanistan, forming one of the most
disastrous chapters in our history, was under-
taken. The Russian expedition to Khiva
fared little better. The difficulties of moving
and maintaining troops in central Asia made
themselves manifest by great calamities on
both sides, and since 1841 our Government
has recognised the truth that the steppes of
Tartary form a safer barrier against Russian
invasion than any we can hope to establish by
seizing on Cabul.
From Candahar, whither Major Abbott had
marched with our army of invasion, he pro-
ceeded to Heraut, and thence was sent by the
British agent, Mi‘jor Todd, on a mission to
Khiva to secure the alliance of the monarch
against Russia. In his last interview with the
Khan, Major Abbott said to him :

Your Majesty's dominions forming the barrier between
two of the mightiest powers of the earth, and being in-
vaded by one of those powers, attract the gaze of all man-
kind. Should the other power awaken to a sense of her
danger and true interests the consequence may be the con-
vulsion of the world.

To which the Khan, with equal simplicity and
good sense, replied that it was hard that those
great powers, with all the world before them,
could find no other battle-field than his
dominions.

Substantially, the " Narrative " remains as it
was originally printed, and, for the sake of
unity and consistency, the chapter which has
been added (the 48th), on the present state of
affairs, had better have been thrown into an
appendix than incorporated with the body of
the work. We are happy to be reminded what
were the impressions entertained of Russia by
so intelligent and experienced an observer as
Major Abbott fifteen years ago, and we propose,
therefore—•passing over all that relates to the
Khiva mission—to extract some passages im-
mediately relating to Russia.
As the Major came within sight of the
Caspian he was attacked by a party of Kuz-
zauks and made prisoner. He was most un-
expectedly delivered by the arrival of a young
Persian from Heraut, who sought him at Khiva,
and had travelled thence with an escort fur-
nished him by the Khan. The Major was
urgently entreated to return to Khiva, but he
decided on advancing to the Russian territory.
His escort deserted him when they said that
the Russian frontier fort, Dahsh Gullah was
in sight, though the keenest vision could not
then detect it. The author writes :
Here, then, we were to be abandoned, without guide,
chart, or compass, in a land where every living thing was
athirst for our blood. The sea on one side, the desert on
the other. Our cattle dropping from fatigue, ourselves and
they nnsupplied with sustenance for a single day. I re-
monstrated against the cruelty of this conduct. I reminded
our guides of their solemn covenant, to bring me within
sight of Dahsh Gullah. They said, indeed, it was in sight,
but neither myself nor any of my suite could see it. Should
they have mistaken their bearings, we were lost. The very
first horseman we met would be top glad of an excuse to slay
and plunder us, and we were no longer capable of even a
show of resistance.

The Major had been severely wounded
cluing the brief resistance he was able to
m tke to his capture. Two of his fingers had
b ,en severed by a sword cut, and his hand
wis severely inflamed from want of proper
treatment. In this destitute condition he ad-
vanced towards the Russian fort. When
within sight of it he was met by some Cossack
horsemen. He sent a message to the
Governor, AO aitpr some iparleywas ad