The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-04 00:00:00

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THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1846.

I drainage in the several divisions of the barony. The pro-
rietors in Longford, and those of the barony of Bantry,
have passed resolutions in favour of a labour rate.
IRISH LAW COURTS.—The Michaelmas term opened to.
day with the usual formalities. The judges, seryeante-st-
law, and Queen's counsel, breakfasted with the Chan-
cellor in the morning, and all the courts were opened
by ten o'clock. The new Chief Baron, the Right Hon. D.
R. Pigott, took his place for the first time.
STATI UP THE COUNTRY. THE FATE OP Mn.
COOKE.—The following details of the horrible mur-
der of Mr. Cooke are given by the Limerick Examiner,
on the authority of a Thurles correspondent. According to
this account the unhappy gentleman wu not killed by his
attempted assassins, but most probably by this time their
revolting purpose is complete : " Mr. Cooke,who resides a mile
from the town,was on business in the town for some time ; he
is a very young man, and got married about four years ago
to a Miss Langley, then about 14 years of age, with whom he
got some landed property, and thus became a landlord on •
small scale (the worst Mall landlords those petty ones). Con-
tiguous to Mr. Cooke's residence there are some tenants'
hewn, many of whom reside there, and it is said their
ancestors have resided there for the last two centuries—
some of those he evicted, though good tenants, and others
he was about to evict. Yesterday he entered ejectment at
these sessions, and came in to make the usual affidavit to
verify, and it was on his return home about five o'clock, he'
was fired at, at his door. It appears he had a light in his
hand, and his servant having gone into the stable, he stood
at the door, when a man appeared behind a little wall and
discharged a blunderbuss at him. Five slugs were lodged in
his shoulder, one in his eye, the use of which he has lost ;
some few other slugs 'edged in his head and breast, and his
jaws; his teeth are broken ; this morning he spat out some
shags The police and magistrates were in immediate attend-
a ice, but as yet no clue has been had to the murderer.
iltere were some hopes of Mr. Cooke'srecovery by his medi-
cal men last night, but this morning Pheard there was a con-
siderable change for the worse. his apprehended that this
district will be a troublesome one this winter. There is one
thing certain, that there is little to be apprehended by those
landlords who are kind to the people."
ATTEMPT ON THE LIPS OP A LADY.—TO the above rela-
tion of atrocity, the Erening Mail adds the following :
" On Sunday, between the hours of two and three o'clock,
this town was thrown into a state of alarm, by the news
reaching that Mrs. Finch, of Kilcoleman, was fired at on her
wily home from divine service. The facts are as follows:—
Three ruffians, one armed with a pistol, stopped the coach
of Mrs. Finch, about a mile from this tewn, and one of
them presented a pistol at her, whilst the o'ller gave her
a threatening notice. They fired a shot, and broke the
window of the carriage. They then eecamped through
the fields, and were followed by a son of Mrs. Finch's herd,
who happened to be going to mass at the time. He came up
with one of the ruffians croa.iug a trench, and succeeded in
knocking him down, and injured hire so that hews., unable to
proceed any further; he left him to the coachman, who f
lowed close to him, and pursued the others, and also suc-
ceeded in arresting one other of the ruffians in the town ;
they were both brought to Nenagh gaol on a car. Their
names are Joseph Spain and John Hogan; the hitter was
arrested for the murder of Mr. Waller." Dlrs. Finch (the
lady in question) resides at Kilcoleman, near Nenagh, is pos-
sessed et a noble income, and is a munificent benefactress of
the poor. Her virtues, however, cannot protect her life
from the ruthless barbarity of the assassin. It is, however,
ROM satisfaction to know that two of the miscreants con-
cerned in this atrocious outrage are in custody, and Intel),
to give society the benefit of an exemplary expiation of their
crime.
ANOTHER Mennen.—The Longford Journal furnishes
the following appalling narrative :—On the night of Thurs-
day, an armed party attacked the dwelling of a man named
M'Alarny, the under-agent or bailiff on the lands of Acne-
han, near Ballinamuck, the property of George Maconchy,
Esq., our respected high-sheriff, entered the house, took him
out, and brutally shot him at the door of his house, in the
presence of kis wifeand family. Afterwards they proceeded
to the house of Joseph Woods, who acts in the same capacity
on the estate of Mr. Cruikshank, fired a shot, and threat, n d
him, if they should return, with death. We believe
M'Alarny had served some notices to quit on the day or two
preceding, but our particulars are as yet, from the short time,
rather vague as to further tact.
MORE DEATHS RY STARVATION.—The Rev. Mr. Sheehan,
P.P., Glandon, County Cork, writes to a Cork Journal,
announcing that a parishioner of his, named Andrew Haste,
had died of starvation. The Rev. John Creedon, the Roman
Catholic clergyman of the parish of Dunagh, County of Cork,
records the death of a man named Haurah, and a parishioner
of his, from starvation. Both clergymen complain of the
delay in the opening of the public works.
W.ATERFOItD.—The price of Indian meal has risen in
Waterford to 2s. 3d. a stone ; one landlord, a Mr. Useher, is
actually selling seed barley to his own tenantry at 2s. 9d. the
stone.

be regulated by a regard for the public interest. It is re-
marked that the alteration made in the size of meshes and
nets by the 8 and 9 Vie. c. 108, has removed many objec-
dons which were urged during the salmon fishery inquiry.
The report concludes with a suggestion for the "assessing all
parties benefited by the fisheries, for the purpose of raising
a local fund for their protection." It is signed H. D. Jones,
B. T. Ottley, J. Radcliff, W. T. Mulvany.