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

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607.] LONDON, TUESDAY, AUG. 8, 1848.

I have not been able to learn anything of the
nature of the charge against Dr. *Carron.
I am informed that a special commission will issue
towards the close of the month for the trial of all po-
litical offenders made amcnable since tLe passing of
the more recent statute. No doubt the authorities
are confident, that all those now eluding pursuit will
be then in custody.
The presiding judees at the commission to-morrow
will be the Chief Baron (Pigott) and Baron Penne-
father.
Mrs. Smith O'Brien arrived in Dublin by the after-
noon train.
The latest reports from the South indicate all
tranquil. There were no further arrests.
The Abbeyfeale affair, of which my last parcel coo-
tainedan outline, is, as usual, exaggerated, the 700
men being variously stated at 130,200,and 300. They
were armed with guns, pikes, and pitchforks. Most
of them were little beyond boyhood, and they aro de-
scribed as a shirtless, shoeless rabble. They seem,
however, to have obeyed orders regularly, and to be
otherwise organised. The place where the occur-
rence took place is mid-way between the town of
Abbe yfeale and Peale-bridge, which spans the stream
of that name. The mountains of Abbeyfeale
rise at a short distance from the highway. At
this part of the line, the " up" and " down"
coaches meet and the spot on every account was there-
fore skilfully chosen. The vehicles had approached
within 30 or 40 yards of each other when the party,
which lay :in ambuscade, suddenly appeared, and
sprung tiro the road, pointing their weapons at either
coachman and either guard, and oommanding them to
pull up or they would fire. This order having been
obeyed, the coaches were immediately surrounded
and the mail hags were demanded. Purcell, who
was first called on, demurred, and threatened to use
his fire-arms, but he was soon convinced how mad
would be his single resistance, and yielded—so did
also Galvin, the "down" guard. The party
stated that their object was not plunder,
or the destruction of private property, bat
it was indisiwneible they should know the
state of affairs and intercept comment-
cations. A young lady, who was a passenger,
and who was of course dreadfully alarmed, was
assured by a person who carried no weapons, but
appeared to act as leader, that she was secure
personally, and her property also. At first it was
debated whether they would cut the poles of the
coaches and the traces also, but this was overruled,
and they were allowed to proceed. The insurgents
"filed off" on an order to that effect from the leader,
and marched leisurely in the direction of the moun-
tain village of Brosna, taking with them the mail bags.
They contained communi,stions to and from 'l'rol e,
Killarney, Limerick, Dublin, London, and the north
of Irelard, and for the cross lines also. The mails
lett Limerick and Tialee yesterday, as usual, to
and fro; hut they were accompanied by a troop
of horse and fifty mounted police either way.
It is said Mr. O'Gorman, jun., is in the mountains of
Abbeyfeale, and that he is connected with this attempt.
This at all events is certain, that the district was per-
fectly tranquil until his recent visit there.
The veteran companies enrolled have been culled
upon, during the pest week, to do garrison duty. in
Drogheda, Romommon, Athlone, and other towns.
The fact of the Rev. Mr. Browne, a Roman catholic
clergyman of Strabane, having torn down the recent
proclamation, a copy of which had been posted on his
church there, would seem to argue that he is very
differenly imbued from his brethren of the south,
whose exertions in the cause of peae.e and older
are still the theme of admiration among the well-
affected here.
Mr. Thome') Whitte. a farmer of the better class,
has been arrested in Wexford; Mr. Owen O'Neill, a
student of Thurles College, has been arrested;
as have Mr. Butler, editor of the Galway
rindientor, and scvetal respectable shopkepers from
Waterford, to the number of seven or eight, and
a Mr. Bergin of America. The latter, together
with Nlr. Masson, of the Drogheda A rgas, were trans-
mitted to Newgate to day.

1 THREEPENCE.

SHIPPING.

MAILS AMMITED.—DubIin, 2 ; Waterford, 1 ; Donagha-
dee' 1; Guernsey, 1; French, 1; Flanders, 1.
LONDON, August B. Wind this day at 11000, 8.8,W.,
light breeze ano cloudy, with rain.
Ore LIVERPOOL, August 7.—Arrived : Margaret, Quebec ;
Hottinguer, —; Fanchony, —; Colonist, ; Henry
Bell, —.
Lis eItPOOL, August 7.—The St. George, of Beaurnarie,
I from Dalton to this port, struck on the banks off Fe.rmby
yesterday, and capsized; crew saved.
Summits st, August 7. S.W.— Arrived Claud, and
isinthus, Quebec.
Cosecs, August 7.—S.W.—Arrived: Leontinc, Bahia.
for Hamburg; Celeritas, Trinidad de ,Cuba, fur Bremen;
Argo, Trinidad de Cuba, for St. Peter,burg.
PLYMOUTH, August 7.—W.—Arrives Chapman, Quebec.
FALMOUTH, August 7.—W.S.W.—Arrived, 6th : Martha
Shallcro-s, Pernambuco.
WITENHOE, August 7.—The Two Brothers, of North
Shields, went tabors on the North Sand, 5.h Meteor, but
was assisted off after throwing about 100 t; os of her cargo
overboard, and proceeded. The Welcome, of South Shields,
Out on the Mouse Saud sth inst., but was assisted off, after
being lightened, and proceeded.
BHINTOL, August 7.—A large vessel, supposed a ship, was
seen it .sting on her side, shut four miles to the N.W. of
Lundy Island ; she wasceppered, and sides painted white.
LITTLEHAMFTON August 6.—The Live, of Port Matto°,
from Ilmwich to Arm .uth, struck on the Bognor Rocks
to-day, but was got off, and assisted in here very leaky.
HARWICH, August 7.—S.W.—Arrived: Wanderer, Que-
bec.
MILFORD, August 6. —W.S.W.— Arrived : Sunflower,
11, lire. Put back : Saluria, for Portland, U.S.
HOLYHEAD, August 7.—W.N.W.—Arrived Higginaon,
Quebec
OFF AHDROSSAN, August 6.—Arrived Wolfaille, Quebec.
SUNDERLAND, Aueuaa 7.—N.W.—Arrived, 6th : George
Smith, St. John's, N.B.
SOUTHAMPTON, Anguat 7.—Buwen, Calcutta.
DEAL, August 7.—W.N.W.—Arrived : Orpheus, Ceylon;
Africa, Cape of Good Hope, for Hamburg; York Tows,
New York ; New Ezprese,iVestward Prince Albert, Java.
Arrived from the river Planter, Malta; Gioucester, Bata-
via; Gleamore, Philadelphia; Christiana, and Lady LlJia,
Quebec.
FALMOUTH, August G.—Sailed : Express Packet, Madeira,
etc.

THE PRICE OF ADMISSION TO THE QUEEN'S
STAHLP.S.—Sir,—Having understood that the royal stables
at Buckingham Paw are shown to the public gratuitously,
I procured the minas iry order from the blaster of the Horse,
and visited them on Saturday. On presenting myself, a sort
of footman conducted me to the first stable, where he trans.
(erred me to a boy, who showed all there was to be men in
that •table. As we were leaving he held the door, put hie
linger to his forehead, and asked me—not in words, but in
tquiel:y expressive pantomime—to give him " something for
himself." Luckily, I had several sixpences, and gave him
ore. On the other side of the door 1 found the footman
waiting. At stable number two he called, if I remember
rizhtly, for " Jiro," win reupon another young jockey ap-
peared, explained to me everything respccting the occupants
of each stall, held the door in his hand, touched his cap,
'tot his sixpence, sad returned me to the footman.
This, to me, ex.tensive little drama, was so often
repeated, that my stock of sixpences was exhausted,
and I had to fail back upon shillings; and I began
to onticipate that another stable or two at that price
would empty my pockets of small change. On parting with
ma liveried conductor he also perf.rmed the unmistakeable
dumb show which extracted from me my last shilling. On
counting the coat I found it to amount to 4s. fed., divided
into five eiypences, and 21., which I had had the honour of
distributing amongst seven of her Majesty's servants. Per
haps these persons are underpaid, and are obliged to eke out
existence by gratuities extracted from innocent strangers.
If this be the case, I would be to suggest that fewer of them
might suffice; for in my own cam exactly seven penes, had
leisure enough to perform the (Bice of one.—HOLIDAY.—
Manchester, 7th Aug.
MURDER DE A FATTIER BY HIS SON.—LINCOLN,
Attn. 7.—On Saturday last a young man, named John
Parker, was committed to the Castle at Lincolr, , to take Isis
trial at the ensuing wiz, on a charge of having murdered
his father. On the 19th nit. the deceased was found dead in
his house, having a gunshot wound in his body sufficient to
account for death, and circumstances arose which led
to suspicion felling on the prisoner; hut at the inquest,
held on the 20th of the game month, the jury, atter a
engthened inquiry, came to the conclusion that there was
tv,t ient evidence to justify them in returning a verdict
of guilty agaillr the prisoner, and he was consequently dis-
charged. The inhabitants, not satisfied with the result of
the, inquest, a further investigation was made, which termi-
nal.. d in the prisoner being taken into custdy, after which
e was brought before the Rev. W. Potchett, a magistrate
acting for the Grantham division, by whom he was remanded
f r further examination. From the statements made by the
s ,seral witnesses, it appeared that the deceased, his wife, and
the prisoner, livid together, in a cottage at Corby, near
Grantham. The two firat-named parties led a very
,lisreputahle life, being confirmed and determined
p &diem and when they could not pursue that counee
they put the henroosts of the farmers residing In the
neighb iurhood under contribution. On the day that
the alleged murder was committed the prisoner and the de-
erased were down stairs, when an altercation took place, and
the wife of deceased, who was upstairs, heard the report of
a gun, but, extraordinary as it may appear, she "did not'
think it necessary to go down stairs to ascertain what was the
matter, or to send for medical assistance," although the pri-
oner told her that " his father was shot dead." The
ui ighbours, however, alarmed at the report, entered the
house, when they tetrad the deceased is strew!), described.
The prisoner, in defence, said, that " deceased met his death
entirely through accident. He (deceased) had a gun in two
Parts in the pockets of his coat; the barrel, which was
I a led with powder and shet, dropped through a hole in one
of the pockets. when it went off, and the contents were
li-d2ed in the body of deceased." Ti statements that the
prix mrr had previ• usly made to several parties, all of which
WI re of a contradictory character, the defence now set up
was quite oppond ; and the wen, at the close of the exams-
nation, thought that thyrc was quite sufficient evidence to
justify it in committing the prisoner fr trial on the capital
chew, and it therefore adopted that wow.