The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-06 00:00:00

THE POTATO CROP.

The dry weather of Nhy sad Juno nod the
rst
MU of defy hes apparently saved the potato fi
rst.
lest, then ere no serious indications of disease up to the
moons time. ii•lflr sal there potatoes have been attached,
belt the seen have proved legal b.th in Greet Britain and
Inland. That we an not yet safe is, however, to he
gathered (ion a report by the Inspector of the Highland He
lief Beard, dated L chalsb. is Roes-shire, Jaly 25, 1849.
This iptelligent odizer states that it has broken out in the
village whence bit :e or is dated, end that it made its ap-
pearane there a m9nth se'., on the spot where he first de-
tected it in 1847 steel in Ida "I showed it," rays Capt. El-
liot, "to th • es client proprietor, why gave orders in my
burls, fee them to be taken up and thrown into tla
sea. His tenants, non I was gone south, indu md
him
to hAieve it wee :he eft eta of frost (from which it was die.
timely dilates; the 1. at having a black spot in the centre,
and not framed edges), and in reply to the Secretary of the
Highland Society, he 'girl it had entirely die prtared, sad
so it bad; I ben,: on my return not a plant lett when Iliad
observed it ! I tan only seen it here, and en a spot tea
miles tram here it tests ; but now it is very life, and they
are =Wag it disepp. er by care-loads. There win shout
twenty muse. sod e ins employed cutting them (the stems)
ever and burying ths in today. The veal crop are lat.,
bat leaking well. There arc sonny more potatoes planted
that fns several year,. The crop is unequal ; some very
a port en (the .Peet of bad seed) very shabby. The
dean as thews very general."
have roman to Wheat that io the district hete al-
luded to the b of 7 e's of • ssfe potato harvest are already
observable. The p. osantry are Irsing their industry, and
trusting to the root of tellesie.s, while others, who had pre-
pared to emigre's., hen cheeped their minds. In illustra-
tion of the condition of these people we may add, the'
althouah the h •reing Chen fa, more abundant than for 2J
years, it is sealer to the inhasitsates, who have no salt, no
barrels, awl no home pirckasen. They therlore cannot
an. the fish tither for their own 11"11 hereafter or for silo to
Wotan. places.
We venue.• to add, that they never will fild salt, barrels
Cr purchaser. until they provide themselves with energy and
ladutty, and 'het th. y will di eo loss as they can tied
potato, s to feed upon —oankners' Chronicle.
A rorrrepoodent !et date /Lilies, county Mayo. July
27, says:
Yvu will be slyd to hear that we hove the prospect of a
wry ahuadsat berves•—the prates plant sever finer, the
timber sound, lace, g ad, and vary prolific. In my garden a
plant produces never fewer than 10, 12, 15 potatoes: the
ass* dm at everywhere. The pries in the markets is 55.
sad 81. per 141 be., according to qo slity. The price in
another meek or ten days will be 3,1. or 25. per 14 lbs.
Immense breadtbo of land have been planted this year with
potatoes. lam sure on d.ff :rent estates of mine the tenants
bore 30, 40, end 50 plantation acres. The oats and barley
Tay fine, but the straw sh-mt. The cattle markets very low
In plot."

THE DOLLY'S BRAE CONFLICT.

GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.
BMWS?, Act'. I.

Tulin DAT.—At ten o'clock this morning Mr.
Berwick, Q C., mooned this inquiry; several risadicrates
sad pollee oMeers were in a.tei.danee.
Mr. M'ase reqiestal to he informed tithe E ul of Roden
would be in attendance to be ezansined on this inquiry.
The Csaambeioair said he had reason to belies he would,
mad if neeeesery he would adiourn the inquiry in order to
have the nob!, earl siatuined.

Mr. Reilly raid he could sewer Mr. M'ose's question.
Lord Rides thought the inquiry would have commenced on
Friday last. He WAS obliged to go to London in crder to
make • matt mot in his plane in the House of Lords on Mon-
day ev el g. He would, however, attend hers before the
'averaged*. closed.
The first Wi!.01111 was Sergeant-Major John K. Murphy,
of the 6:h Enniskillen Dragoons, sworn—Was with the
troop who accompanied the orange party through Dolly's
Eras on the evening of the 12th of July. His attention
was firit attracted by a light report of a gum from the bill.
Baw the smoke of tt, and then saw two am come out from
the peaty on the kill and fire, but is not aide to asy whether
at the military or at th► orange preemies.
Cromesant end by Mr. Res—W.e in the r•a of the troop.
Maker Whits was at the head c•f it, and had as good •
lamas of seeing where the first shot case• from m whites*.
fiableapmt r Hul was scat called, and Ids examination
resamed—After the affray on the bill I brought the prisoners
down on the reed; I saw the hawse burning ; I dtd not go
to them; I saw five people wounded, net I could not say by
whom they were wounded ; • report came up that as old
mew wee is • house which was on Ire, sad witness sent
Mr. Curry down to when she was ; she appeared to have •
sestni•a de the (orotund, the effect of a blow from seine
blunt instrumet:

—e7os:•;;;BirWil by Mr. Res.—When I beard the Orion
party wee going to mar:h through D illy's.brse I did appre-
hend a eullieion, sad I reported my fears to that egret to the
inspector-general. I believe every measure was taken to
preserve the pease. If the Orangemen were permitted to
go through the pan without a military party, Dad only
knows where it would have ended. I dare my they'd have
been at It to this day. I was given to undentead that the
Orangemen would go out in such force as would overawe all
oppesitioa. Mr. Jordan, two secretary, told me that. I
heard it was in eoutemplvtion by the Catholics to sponse
the Onneremsti going over that line of reed. I, of course,
underateod this Orange procession would be armed, as the
,szpression le, "to the teeth." I auggee'ed that the military
and police should treat the Orange body.
The Commisaioner—Did it ever occur to you that the
best way to preserve the peace would be to prevent the
Orange party going over to Dally's-brae et all?
Witerm--It never occurred to me, until I saw the armed
party he the hollow.
To Mr. JIII•Ge•—I have urged repeatedly for five years
past upon the government the necessity of stopping them
=I; I never made a report that I didn't urge it ; I
on th, morarag of the 19th et Mr. Bee's; the
people at both sides were armed; every one here bee a
gas ; dewy are as common as ; there was a maser-
Maori as the air between Mr. Familiarise, Mr. Senn, and
myself, relative to getting the Orangemen to return by
the new road, and they said they would mask tol.oed Roden
abs It.
Mr. Moore, barrister, slid he always held that nukes
people amembled to the termer the peaceable and well-die-
posed they do not constitute an noisier.' assembly.
The Comintresioeer—l go a great deal farther than that.
If people meet and come to a washout to do a particular
net, no master how hissorent in itself, sad se do that by
twee, they they become at mem ea illegal body, and it
makes their conduct wholly agaiast the law.
Whams to the Crown-Sulloitar—l thigh It probable that
had reported to the government that this procession
would ham been so largely armed, and that the pass would
have bees made a bone of eontentien, I would have get di-
/melons to have ieformatioas sworn, sad both aressablies put
estop to.
The Caestioricear—lt would have been mob better if
scene of those parties who assembled bad gene before a ma-
literate and sada an information; sad if any of thane most
salertnerede transeetiona should be again likely to Arlie. I
earnestly hope it will be dose.
The Wham—You may depend upon it it will be done.
fer as /ow as I'm in the county Dow., I never win hear
of a proctorial& that I won't =pelf swear an infornsetiea
that it will)
lie likely to lead to a breach of the peace-
fLealitter
Private sickest Jeffers, of the 'masklike Dragoons,
swern—The ase.. thing that struck my atteaties was a shot
that suns from the kill, or rather midway between the hill
sad the read; it wet not from the Orangemen the first shot
Math
Private Mandbea Palmer, of the 6th Deepens, was sent
szemlwediaad deposed that the Books of the Ant shot or
mu& same Mm between the road and the lowly oa the kill ;
It 'salt set eons bon the &sap patty, homes they were
is abases et it at the read.
Almada, IrMallea, awns.—l IIIM• magistrate.
I bate always esea 14r. then mot with the 'WOW impar-
tiality, owl ism nest dein= to rooms the rase et the

liebthsepeeter Janne nrera—Os the 12th of July pro-
seeded ee Dotty•s-brae with a heed ennetable and twenty-
twe ors :audit the command of Mr. Tabitem. The firing
was from the hill spins the Orange body. Wben the fieine
sesemeseed witsem baled hie men, and asked Mr. Sate
what wee to be do .e, or were they to wand there and
be
Ind at. Ile old I. would give no orders. Mr. Spin sub-
pequendy told with m to ascend the hill, but seeing Mr.
Titbit:me doming up, ha rid he wield wait for orders tents
him. Mr. Tebiteau thee eriered within to emend the
hill, which he and his party did, and the peek's who Inn
en it at ease retired on the other oldie. Wits em's party did
set fin • shot.
Mr Fotamenriee, Rid , was the next witness. Redistilled
the pardoners already known up to his arrival at Tollyraore.
park, and then continued—At Tellsmonepara I spoke to
Lord Roden, telling him of the formidable party I raw. and
I said to him that it wouhl be very d 'treble, and I would be
much obliged to hist rtlthio if he would ask the Orangemen
net to go loathe way on y came. Be said, " I fear I have
no inflation with them, out I shall *swab to them, an I I
will also speak to Mr. Been, the grand master." Lord W.
d n and Mr. Beers addressed the people from a platform,
hut I could not hear what they said.the As we were leaving
Cannwellan. Mr. Scott tonged el eeeple in the pro
nisi in not to give an insult nor to fire • shot. and they
weaned they would not The witness then proceeded to
give as account of the affrhy at Megermayo-bill which was
a repaid on of that he bad given at the inquest. lb.
stated his imnreseies to be that the first shot tome
from the orange party. After the firing from the hill the
winos said he saw an Orangeman potent his gun at • little
girl who was remain :rem one of he houses that had b-eu
at irked. " I rode at him," said the witness, " and cell-d
est to him, ' You savage, what are you ahnut ?'" HP, or 8011111
five or sin who %MI with them, said, "They are flelisg at es
hos the house." I said they are not. I sew no Ling as
them from any bowie. I then looked retuel, but could ore
neither mildewy uor p come; and in the meantime the
fellow got away. The girl was not hurt, for I rods at the
fellow bad prey nted him. I saw another house then broken.
The Orangemen were rooming up towards another house,
end I rode at them, and abused them. I drove them bath
by myself. I saw some books and p pen le ing the out
of soother h nose, and the fellows to win them and doing
all the mischief they could. Fortner el I saw
some stem running, and four or five Orangemen
fallowing them. I rode at them, and begged them
to come back, and they did. I heard then that • man was
dead on the road. I said to those fellows Go and render
seen assistance to the man. They said, Res none of our
party ; ha's en Irishman. These were the elect weeds
they used. I went on and saw a man lying quite deed
en the reed. I saw s king Moog the road—houses
that had Men find. I houses
next ou
saw Mr. timtt bestirs back
the Orangemen from Ward's hoses. Mr. Scott then said
it was better for us to meanest on and protect the houses
alemg the read.
To Mr. M'Oete—l sew shots fired by the Orangemen at
the chap 1, and saw the windows of it broken • but we
pressed on the procession and drove them on. I did not eon-
sit:, the body is Mr Beers' town in the morning an illegal
&tenable, because I did not know they had aseembled with i
• determination to force the pass. I know now it was as
ill gal msemb'age. Whoever assembled the Orangemen we
more responsible for what occurred than themselves, but I
don't know who did assemble them.
Captain Tighe, J.P., sworn—l was merely at Bally ward
on the 12•11 of July an a spectator, not as a megistrute. I
ow a house on fin near the crossroad of Blegbenntyo.
The hems was fired by shuts from the Orange prim into
the thatch. I drove the people away from it. The old we.
man who was shot was living with her eider. No men liv-
ing in the how,. She was reviving out-door relief. I saw
a man namea King lying in • pool of blood, near his own
bout., which was on fire.
Police-coot ins IL-anon sworn—This witness d
that he was Md.& d the smoke end report of the first 7.1
:quill eon from tie party on the hill.
Mr. Morgan—Which are you, • protestant or • Roman
catholic ?
Witness—l'm neither. (Laughter.) I'm not caring much
about any religion. (Marked actuation.)
Th. Cemosissioner—What need do you being to?
Witness, after a long pause—l went to the chapel.
Commissioner—Do toe profess the Roman religion ? The
witness made no reply fur a me time, and then said he did
n d core fee esthetics or protestant.
Commissioner—What place of worship did yea attend
lot?
Wiener—'Twee a chapel; I think I am a catholic—
(laughter).
Mr. Rea—Well, you're so valuable a member of any
church, or of no church, that I won't put a question to you
hut this. D i you believe in Christianity ?
The wi.ness gave an unmeaning scowl at his interrogates',
bet made no reply.
Tr • Rey. P. 11: rgan—l went to Dolly's-brae, and having
weembled the Ca holies, I addressed them, and I wrote to Mr.
13: ere, retie g th.t I had reason to believe there wield be no
interruption to them, and thi re was not: that year 1848 there
was some fighting at Legannany ; I was standing near my
own ball door and I was fired at by the Orangemen; my
own people said to me—yea did ell you could for the Orange-
men sad see the re'urn you got; I. was very apprehensive
as to bow the lost 12th ef July would p.ss oil: I heard
the Ca holic clergy advise the people previous to it not to
assemble ; but nevertheless I heard they would assemble,
and I determined to go among them, and try to preserve
the peace. On the morning of the last 12th I left my loom
ahout nine e'en' k, and went on to Dolly's-brae; I lasi
if there was a magutrate there ; Mr. Tahitian told me he we
a magidrate. I bad him I was the pariah priest, and that
I ham C4Bllll to endeavour to promote peace, and if there was
anything he could suggest for me to do with that object I
would do it ; he said he thought it would be well if I went
and tried to persuade the assemblage en the hilt noire molest
or fire as the Orangemen. I went to them and ea embled
them blether. I told them' in the first place, that they
should not be there ; that 1 had been speaking to a toe-
rstrate at Dolly's-brae, and that he told me to advise this
not to fire on or molest the Orangemen. I told them they
had notbing to tear; that the ml itary and police were
there, and that they would be protected. All I could got
from them was a promise not to fire unless the Orangemen
flat fired on them. I wished them to retire into • hollow or
behind • diti h, so tmt they might not tee the °renegue
nor the Orangemen them, but they declined doing that for
me. I then returned to Mr. Tabiteau, and vete on in com-
pany with Mr. Mooney and met the o:ange procession
Mr: Tabitesu said he hoped the procession would not return
that way, but Ide Been said be had no ilailtllCll to p
it; the procession then passed es; I west a second time to
the ribbonmen and eihorted them to peace ; sometime steer
five o'clock the Orange procession came back ; I then re-
quested Mr. Tabimen to accomp my it, lest a collision night
take plain ; I then stood on the hill to prevent women or any
foolish persons from giving offence to the Orange procession ;
the Orangemen did not behave De well in the eventeg as they
di 1 in the m,min ; several of them, when they saw
me, ey.:uld shout, "There's • blest—to hell with the

Priiot-"
Caw-essmine Iby Mr. Moore.—l think I knee some of
the persons who were present with the Rilisbonmen; hut I don't
think it right to have a astlto;ie clergymen, who interiors d
only to preserve the peace, called upon to identify pirate at
either side.
Mr Moore said i then was no identification at either side
he would not press it.
Mr. Itta said he would not accede to any suck arrang.
stmt.
The Commissioner.—Well, between this and morning Mr.
Moore esti eonsidsr whether be will press his question.
The court was then adjourned, it being near 8 o'clock.