The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Oor. 4.
Lest 'sight there was a preliminary meeting of the
staff Amoc'stion. Mr. Joh& O'Connell
has re 4 his old capacity, and Conciliation
Hall goad again on Monday nest.
A special sitestleg et the General Assembly of the
jpraZiLrian Clinrek of Ireland was held at Belfast
on y, when an interesting discussion took place
aboat the Queen's Collages. De. Brown moved the
mention of the Queen's Colleges, bat hie motion
did nit fall a Angle seconder. A committee was
iiohisd ter coneiderleg how far the Presbyterian
bay would commit half to an approval of the

IRE BUTLER'S BRIDGE AFFRAY-INQUEST
_ _ [From the Kilkenny Journal.)

The mehincholy occurrence at Butler's-bridge, on
Friday lan, entianes to form the painfal topic of conversa-
tion here ; end tha lading of the coroner's jury, on the body
of the man not, hoe given the to further oestmest. We
weld bare give a maiden account of the entire trannotion,
bat we have it In a letter which we received from the
tenant whose arop and all were seized. Ho hes shown us
some of the dosuannts to which he alludes. His letter is as
follows. It le the production of a plain man, and he states
his ease with dearness ; of course, Captain Watson is
freely open to oar columns if he tab himself wronged
by ;
TO SRI REMO* OF TER KILKENNY JOURNAL.
" Sir,—l am the tenant, Patrick Clooney ; I paid an
extra nut for the land I hold of 21. 2e. W. per sere. Vhat
land was valued by three men last August, sent hy some
sr:natant authority. One after the other—their vena-
tion was only 25.. per acre—Griffitles valuation was about
thirty innings par acre. I laid up the former nut,
21. 2a 13d. There was nothing due by me hat the March
rent, when my wheat crop (six acres) in sheaf before I had
it stacked, was seized. The day et posting the noise the
landlord came to know whether I would wish to have it
threshed °rapid by auction. I told him I would wish to have
it threshed—l algae& a consent to that effect. BEE he got
men himself, and watched and threw out the sheaves ; took
and carried away the con_ and soM it without my nuance
gave me only medit for 231. He then made a nixed seizure
oa my oats eel barley for the sum of 301. He seized on
eleven acne cot us
eleven acres of barley, one rick of hay, a
winnowing mature, two horses, a car, a plough, a bull, a
quantity of sheaves snatched, and a quantity of household
'Janitor°. Oa Thursday I replerined this seizure. Having
the sheriff's intawrity I went to remove my cora. On Fri-
day last I eras obstructed with a fora of about thirty men,
and nine stand of arms and bayonets on sticks, upon the gap
where we wenn NM oat on the road. They swore they
would non the beet man or horse would come out in the
gap ; the lest lams that came to the pp they tired, and
killed one man aad wounded another severely. I conclude
by stating the landlord is Captain Thomas H. Watson,
onnty Carlow.
" I am, air, your obedient servant,
" PATRICK CLOONEY
• "

The Coroner shortly charged the jury, who returned the
following verdict :
" Th►t said Michael Butler came to his death at Butler's-
grow. in this county, on the 28th of September instant, by a
wound inflicted by a triangular instrument under the left
left arm by some person or persons unknown."