The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

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THIL LEGAL APPOINTIIESTPI.—Mr. Edmund Hayes,
,Q.C.. wast on Wednesday sworn in a Justice of the
(even's Bench, Mr. Francis Fitzgerald as a Baron of the
Eselicquor, and Mr. John George as 8011CitOr•GelllT111.
Of the three who have attained these high ~,,,,, rs Mr.
George is the only one who hail a seat in Parliament,
having sat for the county of Wexford for • few years as
• supporter of the Conservative party.
Er(.101 31i,vanENT.— Eltethiive larepftrationA are
making for a Tipperary demonstration in favour of
reform, the ballot, and, of course, the old sham—
tenant-right. It is to Cultic off at Thurles, and is to he
quite a grand affair according to proillibC—in fact, to he
a revival of the O'Connell monster meetings in the
South. Eight or ten members of Parliament, be the
same more er less, or expected to attend. The day's
proceedings are to be agreudilyconcluiled with a ban,met
to "time O'Donogliue of the Glens, the chivalrous
representative for the county of Tipperary."
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RIBBON 01.7BACE IN Dofienat.—A man punned
Haggerty bought a lIOUSC Ile.r Letterkenny *boot which
there was some dispute. Previous to the conclusion of
the purchase. he was threatened that if he had anything
to do with the house it should be pulled down about his
ears. One night last week, a party of some twenty
ruffians. armed with crowbars, appeared, sought out
Haggerty--who lived in Ids sou's house, next door to the
new purchase—beat him, threw Il i aaa into the street with
his lion's children, and then set to work to pull the
house down, which they accomplished without inter-
ference from the neighbours. The ruffians afterwards
discovered that they had de licked the wrong Louse.
Ittnaoxisu.—We find the following bit of news in
the .11rull, People, a newmpaper supposed to represent
the Wings of the }tousled' clergy of Meath :—" A pla.
card, written with a split pen or small brush, has been
found pasted over the Lord Lientemuit's proclamation,
on the wall of the (7ourt-bonse, Navel]. The following
are it contents Men of Meath, beware of English
bribery. Be steady and united. 1.-20 for the head of an
informer.' It was signed ' a foe to tyranny,' and it was
filled up with two piles, having between them • flag
bearing the word ' Liherty.• Since then the police are
every night on the watch in the Court-house. This
Ribbon ' Foe to tyranny ' mnst be singularly deficient
in onus, elite he would hardly he so silly as to publish to
all the gretsly Itiblvaninen of Meath that there was such
a food thing as English bribery' in existence. Why,
this was the most effectual way in the world to back
the Lord Lieutenant's proclamation."

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REM ARK ABLE Mrtron. - A Dublin paper rays
On the sth ult., about 6 p.m., while sonic gentlemen
were driving on an open car it: the neighbourhood of
Bilighamstown-Erris, county of Mayo, they were over-
taken by • severe storm of hail. It continued for about
tett or fifteen minutes, and was succeeded by a profound
darkness. At this moment • ball of lire, about the
size of an orange, and of a dull colour, emitting some
'parka, paned rather slowly between two of the party

on the off side of the car, awl immediately exploded.
All were instantaneously struck blind by the intense
brilliancy of the light, and it was *owe time before they
recovered aufficiently to continue on their road. A feel-
ing of numbness awl prostration eas experienced more
or less by eacli individual, which continued • long time,
and the driver was quite unable to hold the reins or ace
where he was going. A slight hissing sound OCCUIll•
',roiled this evolution of light, awl appeared to proceed
from the psasage ..f the meteor through the air. A loud
clap 1 thunder followed, but at A long internal."
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NATIIINAL ELIITATION IN IKELAND.--Two blue-
books, issued on Wednewlay, cc twins the 241 h Report
of the Counitissi 111 l ers of National Education in Ireland
for the year 1857. Why these reports appear ati out
of date remains to be explained. It is shown. however,
that at the end of KW there were 6,17 aelimd* in
operation, an •ge daily attendance of 2iki,397
children, and an average number of children on the rolls
amounting to 511,445. The increase, a 4 Oil 18.16, ito
equivelant to 14.38 d children actually attending, and
from 26,000 to 28,000 is the average number on the
rolls. There were 13 " district 'node' schools" at work
in MN, and hid " national agricultural" sclimils. The
amount expended from the Parliainentary grant in thee
latter schools was 1:6,721. The total receipts of the
commissioners for the year amount to £362,221, and the
expenditure to C 289,42.5, leaving • balance of 1:12,729 at
the close of the year. We believe that the question has
already been raised in Parliament whether it is worth
while to spend so 1114011 Of the 1.111.01im money on the
, printing of the volminous details and tabular atatements
lappended to the "report" properly botanist.

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Tli a Muiiiieii or MR. Ei. The Tipperary
has the subjoined account of the movements
of Delany, the alleged murderer of Mr. Richard Ely.
As an adept in the art of evading pursuit the Irish
fugitive is scarcely surpasist-il by 'ratans Tepee or Nana
Sahib. The chase of the constabulary seems to be hope.
learn : " Delany passed through Kilinactlioniaa on
Sunday morning last, remained for some time on the
bt idge of Kilmactliumas, talking to a man, and inquir-
ing the safest road to Wattrfonl, so as to avoid the
Ballyduff Police Barrack. Ile evinced a tolerable idea
of the country, and appeared quite familiar with its
different roads, police illations, villages, &c. When
last seen he was in the neigldantrliosel of Kill and
Annestown ; lie is said to have made several attempts to
embark for America; he tried in Cork, Tunghai, and
Dungarran. Delany is described RS II man about five
feet eight inches in stature, complexion sallow, slightly
marked with the small pox on the left aide of the face
and one very large mark on the right; a mart, athletic
young fellow. 11 appears now that both Delany and
the convict who lately escaped from Cork gaol are
prowling about the county Waterford. Both have been
chased by the local police. Delany, under the impres-
aims that he was the escaped convict. and the convict,
under the impresaioti that lie was Delany. We have
deuce received the following : On Wednesday last
Itelany passed through the village of Kilinuaden ; lie
remained for *Mlle tint., in the house of • man named
Jsulea Stack, and purchased a pint of apirits there ; he
is reported to have slept iii a house in the towilland of
%Visitfield on that night. On Thunislay over 30 of the
constabulary searelied Kilmeaclen, Mount Congreve,
Mount Neal, county Kilkenny, and Whitfield maxis,
but their quests diecovered no traces of Delany."
Stories are afloat relative to Mr. Ely's suspected mur-
derer. Ile appears several times lately to have been
almost in the clutchea of the police ; but on each urea-
Ilion to have eluded them by his dexterity soil daring.
The Cheanicle publishes • letter, ilate ii Dun-
gannon, February 1, which says " I have just been
speaking with • man who met Delany in this neigh-
bourhood yeaterday. The police are all out after him
to-day. While I write • messenger Ita.s come in to say
that the fugitive shot a horse under one of the police-
men. Delany first desired hint to keep back, but on
the constable persisting in the pursuit, lie fired, and the
bullet ~truck the how which lie rode. The fellow
seems determined not to give up without • desperate
struggle."