The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-14 00:00:00

AND OTHERS.

DLBIAN, SUNDAY EVENING.—A special train from
Mettles reached the terminus of the Great Southern
tad Western Railway, conveying Messrs. T. F.
klasgiter, Maurice R. Leyse, and P. G. Donohoe,
whe were arrested this morning, about two or three
o'clock, on their way from Thurles towards
Cashel, by a sergeant and small party of
toe, who were patrolling at the time.
sergeant remarked, " A fine night, gentle-
Bun," to which they replied, " Good night, boys."
After they had passed the sergeant returned with his
party, and overtook them. Addressing one, he said,
You are Mr. NI( agher," and as no answer was given,
he arrested the three, and brought them to the police
Kahn, from whence they were subsequently taken
before General Macdonald, when it was determined
to lend them to Dublin, for which purpose a special
train was instantly ordered.
Mr. J 1

Jams Raleigh Baxter, editor of the Dundalk
POriot, has also been arrested.

TRIAL OF O'DOHERTY.

, Arorsr
The jury in the cue of Mr.DUBLIN O'Doherty were12.l2.
dis-
charged this morning without having come to an
Igreement, This result took the public no less than

the crown by surprise, for though yesterday evening
indicated some hazy-mindedness on the part of the
jury, no one believed it would not have cleared away
before this morning. Before the jury retired yester-
day, the foreman observed that some of his brothers
did not understand the terms prima facie, which
Baron Pennefather bad paid in his direction. lie
told the jury that the fact of Mr. O'Doherty being re-
gistered as proprietor of the Tribune was prima facie evi-
dence of his having written the indicted articles, and,
therefore, of entertaining the intents they proclaimed.
But he told them they were to judge whether that
evidence was not also conclusive. A portion of the
jury did not know, or affected not tc know, the mean-
ing of the two untoward Latin terms, and stoutly con-
tended that primii facie evidence meant no evidence,
and that they would not convict. By that peculiar
process, which admits; the secrets even of the jury-
room to percolate, this has reached the public ear, as
also that at first four were of opinion the evidence
was not wrong enough, but that this morning only
two, it is said, were obstinate. Of these, one is, I
understand, a Roman catholic—the only one on the
jury. I have heard, indeed, he was the only re-
cusant ; but I believe he had a companion. Thus
Mr. Doherty ham escaped for the present, because
the jurors of Dublin do not understand Latin.
He will, however, be tried again at this commission,
and the crown will probably offer the MSS. of the
articles, of which it has possession, in evidence in the
case.

Several of those patties in custody for retaining un-
licensed weapons after the proclamation Whit?, them
in, were arraigned to-day, pleaded guilty, and were
sentence l to one day's imprisonment. The news
venders who were charged with selling and hawking
the Nriti,m, Felon, Sc., were discharged with the
assent of the crown.

Mr. V.. ight, one of the escaped drapers assistant.,
has been arrested in Ulster, and was brought in to-
day. It is said Mr. Dillon was seen in the vicinity of
elonmel this week, in a most wretched and way-worn
state.

Dublin, and the good people therein residing, were
startled Ibis morning by the publication of a second
edition of Saunders's ws Letter containing a long
account of a battle between the police and a force of
800 men under Mr. O'Gorman, jun., near his
camp et Abbeyfeale. The account purported to
hare come from the "special correspondent"
of that journal, and was dated from the verit-
able
Abbeyfeale at 4 p.m. yesterday. Knowing'
something of the topography of these parts I was ra-
ther incredulous in the matter, but yet could not reject
the tale on that account; for though the description '
might net be accurate as to localities, I could hardly
.t tin re were good grounds f I stating that
in had taken place when assured of it on such
autlionty. The writer says, that in reaching Abbey-
leak, which he did at niAit, he passed some peasantry'
in military order, who told him that a collision had
occurred, and that he would coon hear of another!
" stand up," and the intelligence was confirmed
by the head constable of a police party, who,
however, did not know the fact of his own knowledge. I
give the story below, as your readers may desire to k now
how we "make history" in Ireland. I believe it to
be a fabrication, possibly imposed upon the writer by
somebody who saw him is want of news. My reason
for this bah f is that a gentleman connected with
Kerry and Limerick received letters from the neigh-
bourhood, written yesterday, in whic`i nothing is said
of any such occurrence—a circumstance not probable
had it occurred. Again, a director of the Cashel
Railway, who arrived in the afternoon train to-day
from Limerick, heard nothing of the occurrence,
though he spoke to a gentleman direct from
Kerry, and neither guard nor passengers had even
beard a rumour on the subject. I think, therefore,
we may safely pronounce this Abbeyfeale battle to be
a sham fight. All the true accounts from the south
report all quiet.

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF
O'GORMAN.

SI7DAY, Auo. 13.

There can be no doubt that has en-'
deasioured to escape to America from Limerick in the
Jessie, a vessel long known in the passenger trade of
Limerick. This vessel sailed on Monday last from
the quays of the above, city. On Tuesday; a man of
gentlemanly appearance appeared on the Kerry shore
of the Shannon, arid, accosting two boatmen, offered
them a sovereign to put him on board the Garryowen
steamer which would soon pass on its daily trip down
the river. These men accepted the offer without
question asked, having, as they say, no suspicion of
who their tare was. It is supposed he was Mr. O'Gor-
man, and the men are now in custody for having suf-
fered, or rather aided, his escape. They landed Mr.
O'Gorman, if such he were, at 13eagh Castle, a place
on the Shannon. Whoever this gentlemanly person
was, he passed on board the Garryowen to Kul-
rush on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Jessie
cleared, and had her papers at Kilrush. Col. Vande-
leur, a large proprietor here, Mr. Litttle, the IL M.,
and several police, made diligent search on hoard
while the vessel lay in Scattery Roads, opposite Ka-
rnak, fcr all suspected offenders, but unsuccessfully.
At the mouth of the Shannon there are other roads
where the versa lay to fur a time, and here it
was said Mr. O'Gorman and two others were to go on
board. Col. Vandaleur having heard this, immedi-
ately put his yacht under weigh, and with Mr. Little
and the police gavepursuit, but contented himself with
standing oat in such way as to prevent all
boats from shore approaching unobserved. Mr.
O'Gorman, it is positively known, was at Qucrin, on
the Shannon, below Kilrush, on IVednesday night,
and slept in a hot there with two companions.
They excited the less suspicion because many
young gentlemen make excursions along the coast at
this season. On Friday morning, two boats from the
Blenheim, with maxim eon board, were at Kilrusb, in
pursuit of the Jessie, which vessel was standing
away to sea with a steady breeze from the east.
This is the state of the facts. So that Mr. O'Gor-
man may, after all, be on board. It is said he was
seen on Thursday evening in the neighbourhood of
Kilrush, and that Capt. Gorman would not permit
him on board surreptitiously. Would not one of her
majesty's steamers in the river be a better guarantee?
If Mr. O'Gorman be yet on Irish ground, he can
hardly escape the vigilant pursuit now directed
against him; and, so much persuaded are the authori-
ties that he has not gone, that all foe houses in
Kilkee, visitors and natives, were searched for him on
'Thursday rii,tht.
My opinion respecting the battle of Abbeyfeale,
which I expressed yesterday, turns out to be cor-
rect. 'I he story had not a particle of truth in
it. (here was no firing—no collision—no dead or
wounded. This I know from a gentleman who left
'l'ralce yesterday morning, and who, from his position,
must have heard, had it occurred.
Nor is it at all probable that any occurrence of the
kind will take place, for General M'l)onald is in the
neighbourhood with his column, and because the
rabble which robbed the coach is utterly routed.
Several of the parties engaged in that affair are in
c stody, and a reward of 501. has been offered for the
apprehension of any of them. No doubt, therefore,
they will realise the prophecy of the Rev. Mr. Lyddy,
their priest, and run faster:after the reward than they
did after the coach.
The special commission may issue sooner than was
expected, should the present prosecutions prove
abortive.
The party which robbed the mails at Abbeyfeale
immediately after proceeded to the house of the rector
of Brosna, to carry off his arms. He told them he had
none, but they made search, not with success, as the
rev, gentleman was without any. A second party
came with the same object, but did not enter the

house.
The limerick Chronicle gives an authentic ac-
count
of the capture of the head-constable at Abbey-
feale, which I subjoin. The Mr. Harnett there named
is respectably connected in Kerry, and his position in
life not uncomfortable :
Constable Hogben was proceeding from Ahbeyfeale to
Newcastle, and when about a mile from the former
vari
village he was pursued by some of the rebel cavalousyr, '
and a crowd of about 3(t) penons, ly
armed, under the command of a man named Harnett,
who forcibly took from him the articles mentioned in our I
last publication. They threatened him with instant death,
sayieg " Mitchel got no mercy, and he shall get none." The
ehe
head constable replied that "they were unworthy of t
name of Irishmen if they took away the life of a single man ;
that he was not afraid of death, but would die, as a police-
man ought, in the discharge of his duty." They said, " the
first duty he owed was to his country, and that he should be
I treated as an enemy to it." At this juncture the Rev. Mr.
Lvddy, IL.C. priest of Abbey
and rode amongst the crowd,
and remonstrated with them, and asked Harnett by what
authority ha was thus acting ? " Harnett replied—" by a
higher authority than he was aware of;" that he had better
look to himself; that he was well 'United under tbe present
vernment, and, consequently, did not wish for
.• change."
&hers threatened him in a violent manner, saying, " look
to the first French revelation when the priesthood were put
down." The bead-constable was then hurried to the moun-
tains by an armed party, who frequently threatened to shoot

him. One who was barefooted said he was captain under
" Getters! ('Garman," and asked the head.cnnsts..le
did he know anything of Guerilla warfare, and if chit Wes
not • beautiful country for engaging the =Wary. The party
also asked what was the head constable's opinion as to the
ultimate Fume's of their cause ; he replied that they were
running to certain destruction, that they were so weak
and so divided amongst themselves that they could not have
the smallest chance of succeeding ; when the bare-
footed captain replied that he was satisfied to die, pro-
vided he could first follow Father Birminghsm's advica,
that is to take down two men before he fell himself. In the
evening Hartnt.tt and another leader, who seemed to have
got new ,rders, came to where the head-constable was de-
wined, and told him that his life was safe, and that if they
insulted him they were sorry for it, and that he might then
return iu a (ely to Abbeyle.de. lie accordingly proceeded
there, and was again attacked by the mob, but, finally, by
the assistat.ce of wine of the well•dupostd inhabitants,
ceeded in escaping to Newcastle.
Mr. Harnett has absconded, but the " barefooted"
leader, Michael Denistoun, is in Limerick gaol.
Outrages on property and attacks on houses are
frightfully frequent in Limerick, owing to the concen-
tration of the police parties. Everyone who has any-
thing to lose is in terror.