The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-14 00:00:00

IRELAND

DUBLIN, !es!
A NEW AVPOTXT)IENT FOR PRIMA. Gura4l4ll
General Prince George of CiUnbr:Jire, corn
trict, is reported in military circles tor the take cams
General of Cavalry, at present ho:len by Major. Gosh
Hon. E. P. Lygon.
LORI) MONTEAGLE (says the Limerick ekeMOM*
turned to Mount-Trenchard, after a penaallanowin
with the Board of Works and members of die Gams
in London, upon the engrossing subject et empl putt
the labouring poor in the exten.ive diettiets essay
lordship resides. • The projected new barboarethyetts
favourably entertained, and the Expenditure% sielsl
be 8,410/. ; also, the Robertstown river dnimt.,tast
of B,oool—both most important "orks, to be seer*
without entailing a shilling charge upon de haws
county, under the Labour Rate A.. 1.
STATE OF THE COUNTBT.

(From the Limerick CitroTticl;:iyejerde.
Since the Arms' Bill expired, the modem in Wiens
had brisk sale for guns and pistols, which ore nor polal
indiscriminately and without limit by the pumas efla
and the surrounding counties. Scarcely a shy pinta
numbers are not seen returning from town veil smug
in almost every instance, the purchaser first Lies raid
his piece by loading it with ball. alidfiring sesagi,am
retired locality. We are credibl) informed, tiataidii
last fortnight, at least 60 guns were so tested a inid
Ellen-street, by partial whose appear:ace tae E
denote that they could pay for a stone of axe-
Between nine and ten o'clock on '.aturelier nick tsllo
Moore, servant to George Bruce, Esti l'ertis,anA
crowing the e•-reet opposite rts.Luo..w
wantonly attacked by two men Lamed Bichsel
Thomas Murphy, one of whom struck him sod Mahot
down, but being an athletic person, he soon regorairs
sition, and prostrated his assailant, but was poles to
ground with him, while the other fellow rushed bard
struck him with a brick on the shoulder. hi tined:A
of the ruffians snatched a gold brooch from Mood
endeavoured to carry off his watch, which be lei
doing, as it was held by a strona chain. The scec-v
then ran off, but being pursued by Moore, sad
watch, were arrested, and brought up at the north
on Monday, when the presiding magistrates Isait
5/. each, or two months imprisanin. ut, and to sx
in custody until they give security to keep the tris•
In the town of Bruff, on Friday evening, the boost
1)r. Bennett was visited by a party of armed ridast
succeeded in obtaining, by frightful threats, la, 1";
piece, and the fellows were greatly annoyed that kW
more fire-arms.—The house of Michael Kira, E3llc
was burned down on Sunday night, with a bre
of seed potatoes, a new plough, bedding, take, ac
&c. This honest man had become obnoxious to or
his neighbours for basing paid a half-year's rest el
Gough, of Woodsdon n, his landlord, and ea s
given another half-year. The farm-house al son
tenant, named Buckley, was also set on fire,
discovered in time the burning coal in the than
the roof, and succeeded in saving his property. 1.
Mon had also paid a half-year's rent to hi hong
The dwelling-house of Dents O'Neill, near Shofar,
respectable farmer, and tenant of John Singleton, t.41.'
attacked by an armed party, but it was no et
successfully defended by his two sons. The dust cob.:
or 20, stationed himself at the kallselo r with a ;Sub,.
informing the assailants that no admittance would ben
and that if they forced the door, the first man emeriti!,
surely lose bis life upon the threshold. Upon that ilia
tinning to force an entrance, he called to hi' Immures be
up stairs to fire, upon which the latter snapped at them, to
one of the men covered at the time, but the gun; Of
nately missed fire, not so the pistol, with which he set
he wounded one of the party, as he Morel a grapnels
whole at once decamped. Young O'Neill re-loaded,and
titer shot, sallied out with the doge, and commenced sn
pursuit after them, which the darkness erabled
elude. How gratifying it must be to those eteelce
(tbe O'Neills) that they have. by suet courageous Yea's;
probably saved their father's life, wl o, with their Is
sister, and maid-servant, were the only other inmetess
dwelling —A most daringattempt at robbery wsema
ith inst., on part of the midway line at Cudda, nest lbs
of Bushell. Mr. Lalor, the pay clerk on the hoe, sai
raid Byrne, a gauger, were proceeding to pay the tam
being pay-day), when two men, named John blbe'-s,
Pat. Whelan, both desperate characters, pounced en
and knocked them down, inflicting dangerous worn
Byrne ; hut, owing to the alarm being given '
men working on the railway, they had not to
rob Mr. Lalor, who had 1601. on his person.
was quickly conveyed to Borris-in-Ossory, and tb
rounding police stations, and head constable
with the Dorris, Coolrain, and Aghavoc men um
in pursuit, and after a most harassing run anon oh'
try for six miles—on getting to Bushell they found tl
fellows detained by two young men, labourers (Mann
and Peter Bennett), who, most bravely, pursued the
miles across the country, much to their own personal
as the fellows are not strangers—but tram the
bourhood of Mountrath. Head-constable Booth h
the prisoners before B. Thacker, Esq., J. ro who
committed them for trial, and bestowed great ri
Duff and Bennett, who, it is hoped, will be rewo
Near Kylepark, on Wednesday night, the house ot
Cahill was entered by tour men, armed, and kit
mended what fire-arms were in the house, they obs
gun which they carried off, first atriking Cahill a b
the head with a pistol, from the effects of which he
sensible.—Near Marlborough, a pay clerk, with 2°(
stopped by two men and robbed, but the men on the
works turned out in pursuit, overtook, and tiptu
robbers.—Last week, a hand of armed men took d
of two farmers of the name of Callinan, of 11
county Clare. They then went to Moylan, another.
and beat him; to a fanner named Riede-, of Arc:sull
beat his wife ; went afterwards to Mr:Griffin, an u
and beat him about the head, and left him for dead,
party went to a farmer named Molten, and took hi!
Nine ermed men broke into Ki.neerandy, the rem
Croasdaile Moluny, and swore him not to sell noses
attacked the house of Jeanot Quinlivan, of Ballyrob
looba, and took his arms. Not finding Quinlival!
they beat his son in a most savage manlier. 'll
visited Kilneerandy, after which they went to s
of the name of Martin Mannion, near Quin, and be*
a savage manner.—Mr. Lally, steward to Sir Jos
Mahon, of Weston, Ahaseragh, has received a leto,
eniog him with death.—The police of the Nevus
Fergus district have this week arrested Patrick Be'
12 armed men, who attacked the house of Michael
..
compelled him to swallow a barrister's decree;alPbr
a notorious character, taken with a Molly Maguire
his pocket on Mondav night ; and H. Lynch, forting
• house of Mr. Denis O'Neil, at Rathfoland, on the
. the 4th instant, with five other men dres-ed in
t clothes, armed with mina—Some mi•nuilt t
• etructed four engineers in laying out new works at
and in the neighbourhood of r ortroo. They weir