The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

after consulting tog, then an hour or m,re, returned the fol-
lowing verdict :—" Th,,t the female intuit of Eliza Pegg
was born alive, and diet; front auffueetion, but how or by
what means, no evidence aippear3 to nasty the jury."

HAMPb:URF- -
RIPHESIENTATION OP Lymtnti rote.—A meeting of the
Reform Association of this borougi: was held on Monday,
and was very numerously attended. The Hon. Col. Kcppel
addressed the meeting in an able spe...ch, and expressed
his great gratification at seeing around hiw SO many friends
end supporters. Haring briefly adverted to the result of
the last contest for the borough, he expressed his deb mai-
nation again to come forward at the ensuing election, relyirg
upon the support of all present. The hon. gentleman took
a short review of his put political life, on which he ground-
ed his claim for their confidence, and exprestid hi, concur-
rence in the enlightened views entertained by the present
ministry, especially with regard to national education, and
the sanatory condition of the people, and his determination
to assist In carrying out thcir measures, if returned to par-
liament. He concluded by calling upon the uniting to
stand by him in the ensuing contest--a call which was
enthusiastically responded to.

sysizEx.
THE LOCAL ACTHORITTES are beginning to take active
steps for clearing away nuisances in Brighton. There are
ahumlarice in existence, and public opinion is decidedly in
favaur of their removal.

A Sussex MAGISTRATE.-At the Brighter.' Police-court,
James Pri'ett and Joseph Lock, two young men, were
charged with poaching. Henry Gallon, steward to Baron
Goldamid nt the Wick, stated that between 6 inn 7 o'clock in
the morning he was on the farm anti saw the two prisoners
in a field close to the gardens ef Baron Goldsinid. They
were also seen by the gardeners, who took them, and, on
searching them, he found a set of snares on Priy..at and a
phial of gunpowder upon Lock.—Clerk Were they hare or
rabbit snares ? They would etch either.—Major 'Willard c
Yes, but there is a great difference between hare and rabbit
snares.—Witness could not speak as to this.—Clerk They
did not say what they were there for? They said
they were bird-catching. llad they nets ? There
were nets in another field 306 yards off. Mr.
Borrer : Were the wires set? Yes. lie did not know
either of the prisoners. There was no path through the
field.—James French, a gardener, deposed to finding five
snares standing. He had information of prisoner:. having
been seen the previous night with a gun.—Mr. Burner: Aro
there many hares and rabbits in your neighbourhood?
Yes.—Mr. horror: I know that poaching is so much fol-
lowed now, that a man who received 2s. a day left me to
follow it at nights.—Privett said he was out bird-catching,
anti found the snares. His mother was a laundms.—Lock
said he worked in a brick-yard ; but lately he had been a bird-
catching. —Major Willard: Do yin get enough by bird-
catching to maintain yourself? Yes.—Mayor Willard:
It :it a very clear caw. No doubt you were there for an
unlawful purpose, although there was no game found on
you. It is necessary to put a stop to this poaching, and
therefore, you are committed to the House of Correction to
hard labour for one month, and (calling prisoners back) to
find sureties.—Clerk: No, Sir, no.—Major Willard: Eh?
What?—Clerk: No, no, Sir.-2 Mr. Boner It is not neces-
sary. It is for the second offence. Major Willard (to the
Clerk) : Read the act.—Mr. Verrill accordingly read the
act—Major Willard (to prisoners): There is a distinction
made as to night and day poaching. You are each fined 21.
and costa, or one month's hard labour, and to find sureties.
—Clerk (again interrupting the worthy magistrate): No, no,
Sir.—Major Willard: No? (To prisoners.) That is all.—
Prisoners were then removed.

DINNER TO CAPTAIN PECIITILL, The guar-
dians of the East Preston Union, in this county, which
was incorporated some years ago under the Gilbert's Lnion
Act, gave a dinner to Captain l'echell, the hon. member for
Brighton, on Friday evening last, at the Steyne Hotel,
Worthing, ns a mark of their regard for the services which
he had rendered them in maintaining their unions and pre-
serving them from the control of the commissioners at

LITERATURE.

Farts from Gererdore. Compiled front Notes by Lou n
Ci nouns: Htu,, Hardy LnilSons, Dublin, 181 d.
We continue our remarks on this interesting and
curious narrative.
Immediately that Lord George Hill had completed
the purchase of the main part of the lands in Gwee-
dorv, he had temporary apartments fitted up for him-
self and his agent, and went to reside there, at once
to commence the arduous work of reformation, 110
personally visited and made himself acquainted with
all the tenants ; and his kindness to the people made
them all declare that "he could not be a lord, parti-
cularly as he spoke Irish."
The nearest market-towns being et tLe distance of
from nine to twenty-eight miles, and the sale of
grain, as previously explained, being thus prevented,
the new- proprietor forthwith set himself to work to
provide a permanent remedy for ;his the greatest and
most extensive evil.
A. illicit distillation induced lawless; and irremtlar lintute In the
people, and render, it their liable to tints and impriaamo,taN thr.,,uy
causing the ruin of tie it laminas and farms and frequently Wan pro-
toeing famine, by the grain whirl. should otherwise have
rupplled them with fod; meartimt were immediately adopted to
cheek the pernicious preettee. In 1839, a corn-etorc, 11l feet long by
22 feet Witte. having three lona and u kiln, war imilt ut the port of
11141010 r, capable ot containing three or finer hundred tuna of tot,.
quay t, a. Mimed in front of the More, at which veratela of 20n toms
can brad or olisharge, there bring 14 feet of water a: the height of the
tide. market war thus eatablidied fig the grain of the district, uiu
price given for it being much the Willie as at Lefferts, tiny, aix Wet
twenty mile. distant. It may herr be remarked, that lit that period
no ves,el could he freighted iii Liverpool for Gweedure; ih hay, and
the anchorage limier the Wand of (lola, being as little known in
England tin if it had been on the mast of Afrka.
This is no longer the ease, and shipowners now
send vessels to Gweedore. The corn store was, how-
ever, built with great difliculty, owing to the want of
masons and carpenters. There was scarcely anybody
residing there who could do anything:
:so great war the difficulty of getting even a coffin mate, that, to
wenn the servieca of a earpenter, such ea the district afforded, many
of the people gave hint annually by way of a retaining fee, cheater of
oats, on the express condition of making their wain when they died !
The compiler of these facts observes that it was no
wonder the above individuals did not like to remain;
—men who had been used to a little bread and meat
occasionally- ;—whereas nothing of the sort could here
be obtained. It was a whole day's journey to the nearest
butcher's or baker's shop! It was just the same, or
much worse, with all other articles, whether of gro-
cery, or ironmongery, or domestic hardware. There
was nothing for it but that Lord George I fill should
set up a shop. This he at once did. The brief account
of it, and of his lordship's success, is very interesting:
It watt also thought that a few other articles in general demand
might be diapered of at a moderate price, such iet salt, coop, candlis,
toboceo and tea. But from the Kite, increasing, the idea was rug-
getter' of establishing a general attire or shop for the areorminslation
of the people. The new chop was managed Lyra.. wheelwright, under
the superintendence of the agent, for three years, until the sales
became so very extensive, that it was eowildentl advisable m entrust
the concern to a more experienced person. To give seine conception
of the increase of btlfillePA, it may be mentioned that the first guar-
teen sales to the 19th of Deamber, 1840, amounted to VV. 12r. lad.
The order for the quarter ending 19th December, 11442, amounted to
NO. GK, 4d., while the oarreaponding quarter fur 1844 was .550 r. In
eon/sequence of the great intrease of burley., the shop was ...alarms!
to double its original wise, and three or four persona instead of oily
one, ore now requited to wait upon the eurtomers. The consumption
of bread, floor, and biscuit, since their introduction into the district,
affords a fair criterion of the improved babas and et:yam:tames of
the inhabitants.
At the bottom of the page from which we make
the foregoing extract, there occurs a note, stating that
" in 1815 upwards of 3001. worth of excisable arti-
cles, such as tea, tobacco, and snuff, were sold at Lord
George llill's shop at Bunbeg." Well done, say we,
and as honestly outspoken as done. Reflecting, as
every thoughtful person must, upon the consequences
attached to this mode of dealing with the distresses of
Ireland—admirable in itself, and yet more important
in its example to other landlords—we cannot but
smile with the novel and peculiar interest attached to
such words as these over a little shop-door, or ulon„ie
the side of a building of brick or boards—" Lard
George Hill, maltster," and " Lord George Hill,
licensed to deal in tea, coffee, tobacco, and snuff
At this shop everything requisite to the local cir-
cumstances can be bought at the same price as at the
Letterkenny market, which is twenty-six miles
' distant, imported direct from Glasgow, Liverpool, and
Dublin. Vririous articles are also purchased from the
people, and trade and industry arc thus established
and encouraged. The list of the principal arti-
cles sold at his lordship's shop is amusing
and significant; such as awl-blades, bridles, fishing-
hooks, hinges, horse-shoes, plasters, salt, tar, teas,
Scotch barley, tobacco-pipes, ink, writing-paper,
reaping-hooks, wheelbarrows, Epsom salts, pepper-
mint lozenges, flannels, buttons, thimbles, knives,
stockings, &c. Hardware and crockery (previously
to the existence of this shop, they were unknown) are
now common in every cabin.
The cessation of the old practice of making all the
grain into poteen is rendered conspicuous by the fol-
lowing statement from the books, that in 1839, the
first year that grain was purchased from the people,
479/. 9s. 60. was paid for oats at the stare. ; and
the year 1844, the amount brought in realised
upwards of 1,100!., paid to the peasantry.
Thus were the first steps towards a great change
successfully made. A far more arduous task had now
to be undertaken:—
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