The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Demax, AVOUST 19.
THE INQUEST AT SIX-MILE-BRIDOE.
VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER.

This singular and protracted inquiry, still more
singular in its termination than in any other circumstances
connected with it, was at length, at the end of the four•
teenth day, brought to a dose last evening.
The Coroner, having read over the depositions, addressed
the jury at some length, captaining, that as to two of the
soldim, Weston and Whitbread, in whose amines mistakes
were made by Mr. Cronin, who ascertained the men whose
muskets were discharged in the affray, they bad better be
omitted as not identified. lie saki, mato the pistol firing, we
have so proof from the medical seen that bullet woes&
from pistols were inflicted at ell. II you rhould bring in •
verdict against the party, Mr. Ong*, has suggested, on
the question of identity, that yeeilleffen that the men are
only identified by name, sad am by puma.
Mr. Graydon—There is as arldsass against any of these
men, for they hays tat bow idneidial at all.
The Coroner add Oaplsis Imre use at the cod of the
ale, but Mr. Cessna msabl sit swear that ha beard the
men give their awns, bat at the aloe time every man who
gave • name bad admit soldiers beside him, and no one
contradicted his siallainemt.

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Mr. C0167--1011* t sir, to naiad you that the evi-
dence of vehraMllltawatew went to this--that in conversa-
tion with the mat they admitted having tired without
orders.

--Mr. Gr►y)don--But it cannot be too often preosed upon
you, Mr. Coroner, that when soldiers are legally assembled
for a legal purpose, one man cannot bo malls amenable for
the set of another ; it is only in the tam of a tumultuous
@smoothly that others become chargeable with the act of •
principal.
The Coroner—Bet them men haring fired without
orders of an °Meer or a magistrate, fired as citizens, and
net as soldien.

Mr. Coffey—The proposition which I submit is thi., that
the ten men who discharged their muskets are part and
parcel of the same assemblage from which the shots were
fired ; and here I conceive the distinction drawn by Mr.
Graydon is taken away, for no matter bow legal was the
purpose for which the party originally assembled, if subse-
quently their acts became illegal.
After some discussion of • purely technical character,
during which the learned gentlemen on either aide called
various authorities,
The Coroner decided that the Jury were not bound to
specify the particular men who fired the ,hots by which a
particular man wu killed.
The Cormier then put to the jury the issues they had to
try, and said it was for them to consider whether their
verdict should be one of manslaughter or justifiable homi-
cide.

it . Coffey suggested that the verdict of " murder " was
within the their masideratioa.
range •f
The Coroner—With respect to "murder," the circuit-
' stances of the eau, and the provocation received, what-
ever it wu, mast do away with that; the provocation has
been admitted.

~Tha jury
retired to their room shortly before 3 o'clock,
and

At 20 minutes to 6 o'clock they caused it to be an-
nounced in open court that 12 el their number had agreed
to • verdict. At this time the court was densely crowded,
and the utmost moiety was evinced to learn the result of
this most protracted inquiry. The jury having come into
court, the foreman announced that 12 of the jurors had
agreed to • particular findinig, and they resolved to have the
verdict drawn in a legal form.
The Coroner then read the finding as follows :
" We are satisfied that John C. Delmege, J.P., John
Glows (first), James Po tinge, William Barnes, John
Thompson, John Dwyer, Jams Sharpe, Thomas Clarke,
end John Carter, soldiers of the 31st Regiment, axe guilty
of the wilful murder of Jeremiah Frawley."
The jurors who were for villa' murder were—Thomas
Frost, Thou's, Howard, Michael Cullinane James Car-
mody, Tim. Kennedy, Solomon Frost, Johri Frost, Denis
Canny, Jones O'Halloran, Michael O'Donobee, James
Baker, Michael M'Enierny.
Against—John Ho !asek &bort B. Walesa, Wm. Mahon,
Francis Morris, Patrick Whllabea.
Mr. William Mahan Naha that althemgh they had not
to the above verdlet. they EY all segait the soldiers
Vreelledcriminality, and that they mad' all lave agreed to •
verdict of manslaughter by soldiers whims preen were not
identified. The five dlismitlisll Mow ales aremitted Mr.
J. C. Delmege of having Mew Ikea limellt er given any
orders to fire.
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The jug were then regretted to swim retire and coa-
eider their verdict os M the ranee of death in the ether
came—namely, Mahal Onseilea Michael Colasa, Tho-
mas Ryan, Jame Coley. ad SIMI
Mr. Graydon them moiled to here the ltZt soldiers ad-
mitted to bail. la of the extraordinary and
incredible verdict shah lad beef given in against even
the opinion intimated is the urinate charge, it would be
necessary to make such SS applies/ism lmmoodiately to the
Queen's Bench ; but he aggrebesded NM it Wei is the
discretion of the coroner to allow boll to be gins um, mad
he submitted that it wee a ass is wb the aresertheeld
exercise in favour of these men, the jurisdiction whisk he
( Mr. Graydon) would show by 11(pal authority that he
possess. d.
The Coroner said it shield be sesemberod that the firs ,
dissentient jurors had Misted thst tleglesold have brought 1
in a verdict of ,ha mermierSe mita sees, if it were ci-
vilians he was &Wag he Wadi have no hesitation in
booing a warrant. He sake se dietheettra between
a red cost and • dark ow, boa vosibloolo do his ditty
fairly bet firmly to all parties.
Mr. Graydon pressed the applialler, but the coroner
desisted upou echoing it.
like jury hay*, reamed Nailer mediae in the other
alma the miasma woe iagreeeed is dee form. The
mesa thee mead hie worms kr the onset of the per-
sons insplkstod in the verdict, and it was intrusted for ela-
ted= to deb-Inspector DOnOvall and a party of constabn-
towboat the eight soldiers wets conducted to Ennis
use sot present in the court, and the
rearm whiskd= been previously circulated against him
were revived whoa the verdict was announced. Consider-
able public intone was urnikstsd was the verdict be-
anie known.

The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of Eglinton,
who left Dublin for Galway by a special train at
twenty minutes past ten yesterday morning, arrived
in Galway at a quarter past two, and were received
at the terminus by a number of noblemen and gentle-
men, ineholigg the directors of the railway, the
high sheriftlbd deputations from the Town Commis-
sioners, &c. Addressee were presented to his Excel-
lency from a meeting of the gentry of the town and
county, from the Town Commissioners, the Royal
Galway Institution, and the Royal Agricultural 80.
ciety, to all of which suitable replies were returned.
'ie Agricultural Show of the Royal Agricultural
Society of Ireland, at Galway, commenced yesterday,
and was highly creditable to the exhibitors in the
number and quality of the stock, agricultural imple-
ment. &c., and to the society. for the arrangements
that had been made. There is a greater influx of
strangers into the old town than any ono can remem-
ber, and the splendid new railway hotel erected at
the terminus is thronged with company.

DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD IN NORTH ADIERICAr
Amounts have bees received from Rupert's Land (ilirdsea'ao
bay territory) of a dssolatiag hoed in the Red River settle.
meat is Ray lut. Many houses, and bans' fall of grain
' bed brae swept away. This news has reached Lerida" by
spacial twee/ of the Hedson's•bey Company, which left
, the Hid Ririe is the letof Jose. The water was this
I rapidly sabsiding, and the iababitante, who had moved uff
offla emir me* es the Won remade, and bed bees living
',' in esolb were party 1e esters. It was feared that
zirry do gegoistfoo would lo obliged to quit
dry=
dee seeses. 111111 i 11111=1. eibmi ober*
solololo lbodoiveo by Yew sod boadog.

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