The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-20 00:00:00

WALES.

THE DOWLAIS IRON WORKS.—Our correspondent
wites:—" There is good reason for hoping that the long-
pending dispute between the Marquis of Bute and the Dow-
Isis Iron Company, respecting the lease of the mineral
commens from which the works are supplied, has been sere-
tied, and that a renewal of negotiations has led to an &mks-
ble arrangement of all differences. The utmost joy has
been occasioned throughout the district, and more panic*.
laxly at Dowlais and Merthyr, which places depend almost
entirely on the prosperity of the Dowlais iron worse, which
give immediate employment to Occluding coal-miners and
other out-worker.) as many as 7,000 persons, and upon which,
it has bern ascertained, nearly 30,000 are dependent for
their daily bread. It is also understood that some arrange-
ment has been come to between one or two of the I,actiog
' coal-owners and their workpeople, who have been for some
time past standing out. The example will be prolneily fol
lowed, and it is to be hoped that all, the suiken' will the.
return to their work."
ANOTlltit FATAL AFFRAY WITYI POACHERs.—On
Thursday, Daniel Davies, Wiliiam Hill, and Moses Bryaa%
three desperate-looking fellows, were charged at Cardiff with
shooting David Davies, an assistant gamekeeper to W. W.
Lewis, Esq., at an early hour that morning. From the evi-
dence it appeared that the gamekeepers were aroused by
the continued discharge of fire-arms en the preserves. Ihey
got up and went in search of the parties who were firing.
After waiting some time the keepers' degs scented out the
three prisoner, and another man not en custody. 'the
keep7rs followed. and demanded their names, telling them
at the seine time that they did not want to have any quest-
rel with them They, however,refused to tell who they were,
and demanded to know of the keepers why they were
watched. Seeing that the prieoners were ab.,ut get-
ting over a fence for the purpose of entering another cover,
one of the keepers laid hold of the leg of Moses Bryant to
prevent him. Bryant resisted, and the keeper knocked him
over the arm with a stick, until he dropped his gun. Whilst
one keeper was struggling with Bryant, the prisoner Davies
shouldered his gun, and pointing it at the keeper cried out,
" If you don't let the man go I'll blow your brains nut"
The three other keepers, on siting the prisoner
gun at their comrade, rushed forward and laid hold of et by
the stock. The prisoners resisted, and in an instant the gun
went off, and the di ceased, who was standing about loft'
, yards received the contents in kis groin. Ile instan4
staggered, then fell to the ground and cried out, " 1 am shot
—I am a i!ead man." His companions lifted him tap, co-
vered with blood, and carried him to a cottege, where he was
seen by a surgeon, who pronounced life extinct. The three
prisoners were taken into custody, when the guns of Hill
and Bryant were found loaded, but Davis's had been recently
discharged. The prisoners, who declined saying anything
in their defence, were fully committed for trial.

PROVINCIAL.

LANCASHIRE.

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REPEAL AND CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT
MANCHESTEIL—The meeting of re/sealers and charti•ts ap-
pointed to take place at the Free-trade Hall, Mulched.,
in the evening of St. Patrick's day (Friday), to promote a
union and " fraternisation " between the two bodies, was
(says our correspondent) unquestionably a great demonstra-
tion so far as numbers went, and though the ball was not so
crowded as it has been seen on occasions of the League meet-
ings, it was the largest meeting ever held in Manchester to
which the entrance has not been free. A meeting to which
6,000 to 7,000 persons had paid for admission ham not often
been witnessed. Mr. O'Connor, M. P., Mr. Meagher, and
Mr Doheany, were the principal members of the promised
deputation from the Irish Confederation present; but Mr.
S. O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Angry, M.P., Mr. C.
0. Duffy, Mr. J. Martin, and Mr. P. O. Higgins, who bad
been announced as expected, did not appear. The chair
was taken by Mr. J. Dunn, of Manchester. The first reso-
lution, proposed by Mr. Archdeacon, and seconded by Mr.
T. Rankin, asserted the right of Ireland to be governed by
a distinct and independent legislature, and that she had
been deprived of such a legislature fraud, corrupuou,
trabohary.—Mr. W. P. Rabat., is suP ltpereeolatwtas

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