The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-11 00:00:00

STATE OF THE COUNTRY,

On SaturdaylZstrasm;ll patrol of police stationed at Boy-
risokane, Tipperary, heard at midnight loud sobs, as if from ,
one in a state of suffixation. Drawing nigh, they discovered
• man on the high road just dying, " with a stone buried in
his skull." The perpetrators of the outrage, three in num
ber, while hanging over their victim, were surprised. At-
tempting to mope they were captured after a smart chase. ,
Spots of clotted blood and brains were discovered on the
clothes of one of the ruffinne. The name of the murdered ,
man was Sullivan. He was killed close to his own house.
The police stationed at Mullinavat, Kilkenny, snide a
capture on the same day of two " highwaymen," driven to
" the road "by destitution and desperation. These notable
followers of Freney were counting the poor spoil of which '
they had, during the night, deprived several on their way to I
the distant market of Waterford. The exclamation of
these worthies to all they encountered was, "We went a '
man's life ! we want blood!" They were armed with pistols.
and in their possession were found powder and balls, perms- '
sion cape, and a bullet mould.
The following exhibits a spirit in the individual which
doe, not extent to the entire body. As two suteconstables
of the Moneygall station, King's County, were returning
lately from duty, they met three armed men. One of the
police went up and demanded an unconditional eurrender.
The reply was defiance, and a threat of shooting the con-
stable. The carbines of the police being unloaded they re.
treated " in good order," when the armed band came up
and chased the police. Thereupon one of the green gentry,
feeling rather awkward, persuaded his comrade to cut with
all speed to the shelter of the barrack,. The act of cowardice
coming to the ear of authority, the discharge of the
too discreet constable followed an inquiry : mach acts
are rare. Tne police are, as • body, decidedly
brave, and have often succeeded against heavy wide.
A strange man on Sunday evening last called at the lodging,
of a carpenter named Goggin, and left a letter threatening
him with the same death toe Sheppard' got if he did not
immediately quit the town. Goggin is a native of Limerick,
and is employed at the nunnery.—A party of six men armed
with guns, entered the house of Hugh Flury, • farmer, at
Cough, a few eve Mop since, about the hour of 8 o'clock.
They ordered the inmates to hold down their heads while one
of the gang entered a room and took therefrom a gun.—A
party of four men armed with bludgeons, visited the boom of
a man named Martin, in the town of Frankford,within about
men perches of the police barracks, and ordered him to quit
his house within a month or they would visit him again.
About five o'clock, p.m., on the 3d inst., a large party of
armed men marched is military order to the house of a poor
industrious man, named Coulahan, situate at Coolderry, and
within less than three miles of Hanagler, where they were
ordered to "halt" and "ground arms." Having obtained
admittance, and finding that Coulahan was absent (a most
fortunate circumstance for himself), they beat his wife in a
most inhuman mariner, leaving her on the ground speech-
leas' having previously demanded the money which was in
the house, and which she refused to give them. They find-
ing a box broke it open, and carried off a sum of upwards
of two pounds, the full extent of poor Conlahan's wealth.
A few nights since, Constable Burke, of the Philipstown
I station, arrested, in Kilbeggan, • man named Cormack who
is charged with being one of an armed party who attacked
the house of a farmer named Hagan, near Ballyeommon,
and greenly maltreated him. Since the murder of Mr.
• Lucas, the tenants whom be had dispossessed at Scordaft,
have re-entered into possemitn of the lands, and refuse
I either to surrender or pay rent, and Mrs. Lucas, who has
been threatened, is afraid to institute any proceedings against
i them. Three persons are still detained in custody, charged
l with being concerned in the murder.