The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER.

Sheffield hu again been the scene of a brutal
conflict, in which • polies watchman has lost his life, and
another polies officer hes sustained such severe injuriec so to
endanger his existence. The scene of the affray was West-
bar green, a locality inhabited by great numbers of low-
conditioned Irish. On Saturday. shortly before midnight,
an Irishman named Burke entered an old clothes shop in
Westbar-green, kept by a fellow-oonntrynian of the name of
Shannon, and demanded the loan of a shilling. Shannon
would not comply, so Burke called some of hie companions,
who were at hand, and assumed • menacing tone before
Shannon's shop. Mrs. Shannon ran out to fetch • watch-
man, and while she was away en athletic Irish labourer,
named M'Cormack, an accomplice of Burke'r, ,rushed into
the shop, d Shannon, and attempted to take from his
inner breast pocket a pocket-book, containing upwards of
704 in bank notes and gold. Shannon resisted, but lost his
money nevertheless. Two or three watchmen came, and
atttempted to capture the depredators. An Irish yell wm
immediately raised, and the mob that was already
Fathered at the shop-door was in a few minutes
increased to the extent of I hundred,. M'Cor-
mack escaped from custody as he was Mine taken
to the polieisstation, and ran bask into Weather-
green. He was again captured, and the police took him
Into a fish-shop to get out of the way of the mob. Ober
policemen arrived, and the prisoner having been encum-
bered with leg irons and handcuffs, an attempt was made
to get him into a cab and drive him to the lock up. His
wife interfered in a vigorous manner, and a number of
men assailed the cab with great fury. M'Cormack was
rescued from custody, and mode his esc-pe. The cabman
drove off, bat not before he and his vehicle had been a
good deal battered. Meanwhile the police, who amounted
in all to above • dome, were stoned and beaten most
unmercifully by the law!, as crowd. They defended them-
selves as well as they could, but the night was so dark (the
lamps not being lit) that they were centinusily afraid of
striking each other. The odds against them were fully fifty
to one, so there is no wonder that the officers were over-
powered. As irregular fight was kept up for nearly en
hoar before anything like order was again restored. All
the policemen, with the exception of • watchman named
Diekiamm,were able to retreat without assistance. This poor
fellow was found lying in a state of insensibility in Para-
dimesquere, whither he bad been pursued by the infuriate
rabble, and beaten till apparently life was extinct. It was
fully believed that he would not recover, but yesterday
(Moodily) he took • favourable turn. Another watchman,
named William Beardsbew, was stunned by a stroke on
the head with a stone, but he paid little heed to it, and
would not even accompany his fellow officers when they
went to have their woun.'s dressed. Ile remained on duty
all night, and went on his beat again on Sunday evening.
An hoar or two before mi..night, however, he vas oblged
to go home, having been seized with pain in the head. He
was attended by the surgeon to the police force, Mr.
Wright, and between 4 and 6 o'clock on Monday morning
he expired, his death being clearly traceable to the wound
received on Saturday night. Barks and M'Cormack, two
of.the originstors of the affray, were captured early on Sun-
day morning, and are now in custody. The kolice are on
the look-out for others of the depredators.

STILANAN AND Co.'s BANKRUPTCY, Yesterday
Haskiworth sad Jarvis offered for auction, by dim-
tios of the sesigarier, sad with (longest of toe mortgagees,
the basking prevails' of Messrs. Btrahan, Paul; sad &tee;
the property coexists of two freehold homes, Noe. 217 sad
218, Strand ; this lowsr part having bees for eeerry two
mataries occupied as basking premises, sad the upper
lately the town residence of Sir John Dean Pali.
purchasers were the London and Westminster Bask st rho
ems of 20,0001. The sale of the (emits', bad *Sekiya"
*as oosaseassd, sad will last for somriays. . •
THZ FRENCH EXHIBITION. somas
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out the building, calling on exhibitors to X the prime to
their articles, as this information ii not on ' the
public, but will sent as a base for the award of re.‘.3.-
mums by the jurors.

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