The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

THE DAGENHAM MURDER.

The coroner's jury in this ease re-assembled yesterday
for the fourth time, out in consequence of the illness of one
of the jutymen, the coroner judged it advisable again to ad-
journ the inquiry without their proceeding any further. On
Isis making the announcement, Mr. Itawlines said, on the
part of Serjeant Parsons, he had to sub:nit to the coroner the
necessity of proceeding at once with the inquiry. The posi-
tion of Serjeant Parsons was sue of great hardship. Ever
since the last sitting of the inquest, now nearly five weeks,
Parsons had been subjected, night and day, to the close sur-
veillance of the police. Why, or by whose orders, he
(Parsons) had been placed in this position. he wasat a loss to
conjecture. The Setjeant was prepared fully to meet any
charge against him in connexion with the murder; and that
being the case, without any charge being pre!errcd, it was
extremely hard that he shauid be continued, as it wire, in
custody for any longer period.---The coroner said the fact was
that Sedetutt Parsons had only himself to b'ame for the un•
pleasant pec4tion in which he was placed. Wont took pace
there could not affect the Scrjeant, so far as his being under
surveillance was coi:cerned.--Mr. Rawlings said Serj cant Piu-
s xis wan perfectly ready to answer any charge brought against
him, aim he (Ur. itun hugs) was prepared with witnesses to
disprove all the statements of the police constables on the last
occasion. He had beets in custody almost ever since the jury
had last assembled; that eirettatstance had tended to create
&strong prejudice tu the public mind against biol. His being
co:Ahmed still under surveillance of the police would only
tend to increase that prejudice.—The coroner said if any pm-
*dice had arisen ngainst Parsons he could nut complain, as
it was his own act and decd.—The inquiry was again ad-
ynurned.- -Serjeant Parsons was not in attendance : he is so
closely watched that he it not &lowed to go to sleep but in
company of one of the NIA*. In addition to the blood-
stained handkerchief found in the field adjoining that where
the murder was perpetrated, other articles have been dis-
covered likely to throw a light on this cruel and mysterious
murder.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Sm.. 13.
8111 COLMAN 01.0011 LEN.—It is stated that Sir Colman
O'Loglilen, Bart., a young and rising lawyer, who distin-
guished himself very much during the state trials in Ireland,
will, in the event of a general election, offer himself for the
borough of Birds. This is not unlikely, and if so, hew ill be
returned without opposition, for the present member (Mr.
Bridgman) would long since have retired in Sir Colman's
favour, it the latter:had desired it.. _

OLD AND YOUNG 1 ItEL IND.—There wax a meeting of
the Repeal Club of Meath, held on Wednesday last, when
that body, which has lung had in its hands the represents.
tion of Meath, passed a vote of confidence in Mr. O'Connell.
—Mr. Thomas Lloyd, • Protestant gentleman who joined
the Repeal Association in 1844. though he was never present
at any Repeal meeting, has withdrawn his name from the
Repealer*. Mr. Lloyd is nearly related to Smith O'Brien.
Puume el erriaote.—Tuz DISTItI:m4.—At II meeting in
the county of Donegal, Colonel Conolly and the landowners
who eci-ce.erated with him stated their readiness to make
personal sacrifices suited to the terrible emergency, in co-
op. ration with the Irish government, whose conduct was
commended. Their plan is, to apply to the govern-
ment fur • loan for °Rept()) ment, to be repaid by the landed
proprietors, and also to seek a gratuitous amount out of the
money voted by parliament fur the relief of the destitute
poor. At the meeting of the County of Monaghan Farming
Society, on Thursday, Lord Crcmorne, who presided, con-
gratulated the anintry upon the appointment of Lord Bees-
borough as Viceroy, and Mr. Lucas recommended drainage
and the improvement of the soil as the best remedies,
although public works were more immediately applicable as
a source of exteueive employment. There was a very im-
portant meeting of the Meath Aerieult oral Society nt
on Tuesday. The Marquis of Ileadfort, who presided, de-
clared that " every landlord should be prepared to
make sacrifices, independently of the Act lately
passed by the Parliament," and urged that great indul-
gences should be extended to eottiers and email far-
mers. Ile recommended that the money to be raised should
be expended in improving the soil, and that the peasantry
should be encouraged to grow rye instead of potatoes. The
Archdeacon of Meath enforced the same views, in order
that by improved systems of culture the labourers might
find abundant emoloyment on the soil.—A letter has been
addressed by Mr. Saunderson, of Castle Saunderson, vice.
Lieutenant of Cavan, to the magistrates and ratepayers of that
county, submitting • plan of relief which, he states, is gene-
rally approved of in the district. Mr. Saunderson gates that
the holders of ten acres and upwards, from the high price of
produce, ought to be able to pay their rents, notwithstand-
ing the failure of the potato crop ; but the smaller holders,
he says, will require their entire produce to feed their fami-
lies. He expresses an anxious hope that the landlords wit'
co-operate zealously with the patriotic nobleman who fills
the olSee of Viceroy, in measures for saving the country at
eueh a crisis. Mr. Siondereon's Flan of empleytee et is
this—that at the Special Sessions a sum adeque.to for the
employment of the poor should be presented, to be ex•
pended by the Board of Works, chiefly in thorough-drain-
ing, a sum to be devoted to each townland in proportion to
the canes it would have to repay—the Government to de-
pend upon an addition to the act next ses,ion, to sustain it,
proceedings.
THE NV COT or CLARE.—TIIP. DISTREsS.—A correspon-
dent of the Clare Eransiner writes thus from Milltown
Malhay, county of Clare :
"qt. is almost needless to mention that the potato crop Is gone I
here, as well as in the neighbouring parishes • and the foment' I
impression is, that the people, of whom himilreds arc going
to bed suppiTlesk, will not have a potato in three weeks.
Destitution has reached its utmost height, and it is greatly
to be feared that even the prospect held out to the people, of
employment on public works at 141. per day, will do but little
towards mitigating their distress. This parish L distinguished
from nearly all others in its scarcity of benevolent landlords. I am
given to uriderstand that the resident landlords hove not subscribed
one shilling to the Relief Fund during the pied wawa, with mar re-
markable exception, that of Francis Goold Moruney, Esq. This
gentleman told such of his tenants as bad bacon and butter for sale,
that he would expect them to pay their rents, but that such as hod
corn only were welcome to keep it for their support. The principal
cause of increased distress in this parish is Ito former character for
abundance, in allurementce of which a vast number of paupers, the
victims of landlord extermination from Galway, Tipperary, sod other
part,' of Ireland,
.have crowded into Milltown and its adjoining
tricts, accumulatlue ten-fold the general distress at this critical
period. Those poor people flocked thither from the idea that they
could live ou the produce of (bouts shore; and hear it, ye considerate
and humane landlords: your fellow.crestures are brill:lg the rai,',
sea-weed and devouring it. At team fire hundred families will by I
quite destitute in a tot tnight

MANSION-HOUSE RELIEF` COMMITTEE, De utiN.—A fur-
ther contribution from India to the amount of nearly 1,1001.
has been placed to the account of the Mansion-House
Committee, in the Bank of Ireland, within the last
day or two. Of this sum nearly 100/. have been remitted
from Colombo, in the Island of Ceylon, by Major Parks,
who is the humane Actuary there to the generous sub-
scribers with whom the fund originated. Eight thousand
pounds have been received by the Mansion House commit-
tee from the Presidency of Calcutta alone ; one thousand of
which was on Saturday lodged in the Bank of Ireland. In
the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, Relief Committees
were in active operation, and subscriptions which, in the
aggregate, will amount to a considerable sum, are in pro-
gress of coJection.
MEETING OF IKE GENTRY AND PEOPLE IN LIMERICK.
—ln Saturday's number of the Express you published a
notice, calling together an assemblage of the people of Lime-
rick to meet an the open air. The gentry, with great wis-
dom, joined themselves to this movement, and on Thursday
last the meeting—a multitude of near 4,000 persons, includ-
ing women and. children—assembled.
At one o'clock the Rev. T. Foley, P. P. of Stonehall, was called to
the chair. He said the present meeting was convened for the pur-
pose of inducing the landlords to come forward, and as far an lay in
theirpower to assist in ruitioating the present distrese. lie continued
to say that the general failure of the potato crop was probably a wise
dispensation of providence, and he hoped in the end would turn out
for the best. He warned all those persons assembled to go home
peaceably and quietly when the meeting was over, ant on no amount
to drink intoxicating liquor. The rev. gentleman throughout was
cheered by the multitude.—Rey. Mr. Tuomy, ILC.C. then proposed
the following resolutioo " The. we, the inhabitants of
the Barony of Kenry, have assembled here this day, peace-
ably, legally, and constitutionally, for the express purpose
of sending our humble petition to our most gracious POVC-
reign the Queen, informing our sovereign and her &ma-
dness of the impending famine and the distress consequent thereon."
llsonsas Rose, Esq., Court, proposed the second resoludon—"That we
the farmers and labourers of the barons. of Kenry, moot respectfully
call on the landlords of this barony immediately to meet their re-
' spective tenantry, and to suggest means with them to alleviate impsoid-
!mg famine, and to give to their tenantry the means of support for
themselves and families." Mr. Michael Potter, Spring Lodge,
proposed the third resolution—" That we do respectfully call
on the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to order a baronial meet-
ing for this our barony, to adopt means to carry out the provi-
sions of the lOth Victoria, to give employment to a starving popula-
tion." Mr. Potter then said, he woMel nut oak a penny from any mau
who had potato ground from him this year whose crop had foiled—
(cheers)--nor would he see a neighbour of his want while he had •
pound in the world. (Great cheers.) He knew the Earl of Bee-
ugh was inclined to do pot, and he corneotly hoped the land-
lords would co-operate with the government, and he would be happy
In giving them his hearty support. (Clietes..sedtes. Mr. Foley, on

leaving the chair, warned the people asscrnWed, in the most emphatia
manner, to ga haute aoherly and quietly, which they all said they
would ; and we are happy to sty they kept Pleir word for out of the
immense crowd there was not one Man observed drunk.
The Limerick Chronicle given this following record of
another meeting in that county:—
" On TIlumLY a large lt•semblago, chiefly composed of the lab
log chimes, took place on the summit of lanocktirinoh, This •
situated to the southward of the road leading front Craton by Bailin-
gamy, end about midway betueen those town& As this meeting was
called by means of anonymous notictitt, some danger. to the peace of
the district was apprehended, ant the 'mike under rub-inspector
Smyth, were on the ground at an early how. No dispooltion, how.
ever, to violate the law was manifested, and the Prc
Parish retest, Ah-
deac:in ntsg,.nad, having appeared on the ground about two o'clock.
prevailed on the assembled multitude to adJet with perfect unanimity
the resolutions which appear elsewhere in our columns, and which oa
the whole are characterised be gaol KIM and moderction. The
meeting gare loud cheers for the Queen and Daniel VidounclL

A TiPPEn tat' LaNDLORD.—A eorrepondent of the
Evening Rut states that Lord llawarden arrive!, ou Satur-
day the 29th ult., at Dundrum, his seat iu Tipperary, from
England, and that on the following Monday the tenants
meived warning to pay their rent in a fortnight, though
hitherto it has not lwen paid till November. On the llama
day the bailiff distrain< d on two poor co:tiors, one of them a
widow. The writer of the letter in the Post says:—
. Poor widow Crowe, whose wheat is to be canted on the 14th
into., to his t.rd+lii•io tenant during the last twenty tears; for
sixteen yearn she paid V. sterling per sere, for two azivs and a-h.if
and twenty pereues; and the last four years, Bina she became
a widow, 21. lOs, per acre, though her hotting fro.n his lordslup is
valued at only 41. 3s. GI., under the Poor-law. Ou the hound of the
townlnd, on which this widow lives, the Misses Artbnr charge their
tenants rely one guinea per ode for 1434 better than hens, sud,
during the last four yenta, those ladles allowed their tewitioi a rolue-
don ul ltd. in the pound. Now, if his loniship would allow tide
pour w idow ter all she has paid ors r the value of her Wilding, during
the last twenty years, she would be dear with his lordship for a few
tears to come, insteal ef ow ter hiat over 9f. sterling on last Mayalay.
The cases of all his other teaairssatswill are %indite, and there are
my rive or six leases on his issitattss, which contain about I:4000 statute
amen."

---:•There have been more outrags," says our own corre-
spondent, " ou his lordships ertates iu Tipperary, than in
half the country besides."
GALWAY FIBIIEUT.—The Claddagli men had a area! take
of herrings during the past week; they sell iu Galway tot
13s. per 1,000. _ _

PUBLIC MEETINGS to faciliwe the employment of the
pourpa have been held in Galway town and in Tunas during
the d week.
Tint ALLOTMENT STSTF.M.—At a ine•Aing of the
OLl-
castle (Meath) Agricultural Society, on Thursday Mr.
Napper, of bough:co, a gentleman of large pr :petty, stated
that his family had had a deer park round their residence
for over a emtury, but he would now (re up hi, deer and
apoorti,,n the land in allotments to the labourers of the
neighbouring villagers.