The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1849.

IRELAND.

Duaux, JULY 14.
A meeting was held yesterday at the Mansion-
house to make preparations fir receiving hr r higjesty.
A great number of gentlemen attended, amongst
whom were the Lord May r, the high fht riff of the
county, Baron de Bobeck, and the leading r.speotable
merchants. Suitable fesolutio'.a were made, and the
most cordial feeling cf gratification pervaded the
meeting.
The tact of the large minority in favour cf Mr.
Osborr c's motion, has given much plrascre !hit ; as,
though peiticat feeling has much abated, there is no
doubt that the Irish church in its present state is a
grievance.
There is no assize news here of interest. The
harvest intelligence is very cheering, at.d the weather
most favourable.

FATAL AFFRAY AT CASTLE% ELLAN.

The Newry Telegraph (Orange paper) gives the
following in a " Stop preta :"

At the moment of putting to press, we have received the
following intelligence: The Orangemen, on their return
from Tollyasorepark, through the past of Dolly's Brae, were
fired on by a dense mob of ribbondman, who had lined the
pass on either side. The great body of the lldges had pureed
through the defile, when the ribbondoiaa opened their fire
on the men around the last flag, and on the constabulary recd
military who were bringing up the rear. Balls were whizzing
on all 'Hes. Some of the Orangemen were struck down,
but the b.,dy at once opened a warm fire in return, and, with
the police, broke into skirmishing order up the mountain, and
dislodged their cowardly mai:ants from behind the stone walls
and ditches, where they had taken up position. Mr. Hill, of
Rathfriland, constabulary officer ; Mr. Edward Cony, S. I .
Captain Finmaurice, R.M., Francis C. Been, , J P.,
and Captain Skinner, J. P., bravely led the police knee, and
in the thick of a very heavy fire dispened the Itibben party
and took thirty-eight prisoners, moat of them armed with
plces, muskets, scythes mounted on poles, and other deadly
weapons, who were all conveyed into Rathlriland that night,
and ,wen today (Friday) fully committed at en invest•ea-
tiom which was held by Captain Fitunaurice, R.M. Mr.
Tahitian, R,M., Captain Skinner, J. I'., Tnornas Scott,
J P., Francis Been, Req., J.P., Captain Tighe, .1 P.
As tar as weean learn, four of the Orange party are severely
wcunded, thouzh none kited, and about thirty of the Rib-
bon party, several of whom were seen lying dead on the
roads, in the vicinity and through the mountain, but were
conveyed away during the night. Five men and one
woman, ly wounded, were brought into the it firmary
at C.Elewellan last night. One of the men has since
' died, and we understand four persons are lying deal
at Makeramayo, awaiting a corner's iniuest. It sh.iuld be
mentioned that, from some houses in the ncighbourhsod of
the Pass, shots were fired at the Orangemen. The Inn r roused
beyond endurance, turned upon their a'saieaots, and
set fire to six or seven of the houses. The bravery with
which Mr. E. Csrry, Sub•lnspeetor of th 2 constabulary,
brother of I. Cony, Esq., D.L., rushed into a burning house,
and, at the hazard of his own life, saved two poor women
from the flames, fs tha theme of every tongue. He was so
nearly suffering for his heroic conduct, that the blazing roof
fell in on him as he was carrying out the second female, and
so exhausted was he that he fell insensible on the ground.
He is quite recovered. A quantity of ammunition was found
en the persons of the Ribbon party who were captured ; and
it is worthy of remark that a barrel of gunpowder, which a
carrier was conveying to a merchant in Castlewellan, was
robbed from his cart on Tuesday night, and distributed
among the Ribble ➢arty. The number of the attac►ing
Ribbon party was tatim►ted at one thouaanC.
The latest accounts state that the magistrates had
been sitting all day, and had remanded the prisoners
till Monday (this day). It was believed that them
could not have been less than twelve shot, and
over fifty wounded.

road, and in tat shade of the trees in the field in which
the meeting took place; all were decorattd with orange
scarfs and ribbons. Them wire about 800 orangemen
present.
BALLYDAT, J*LT 12.—The town was talivi ned by
the Ballyhay band ushtring in the morning, at the early
hour of five. At two the Dam.. and B.Uybay districts en-
tered the town, hendtd by their r.spective grand ma•ten.
Nt ver before was larger promotion witnessed in this
cality, excepting the grand county meeting of the lodges.
At half past five o'clock they retired from the town in the
some peaceable and order:7 manner as they Entered it.
The assemblage wed exceedingly numerous, amounting to
several thousand persons. The absence of many of the
gently, who, I say, ought to have been amongst them this
city, wes owing to Ibis bang the iir4 day ol the satiog of
the grand jury.
(Err a the Press.)
Mo1linw.11;, JULY 12.—We have bed here to-day the
beet muster the Orangemen could make-28 flags—but
(snowed by such groups as generally attend a travelling show
party at their first beat up in town. The appearance of the
lodges betokened a good deal of misery among the members.
Thtre au no notice taken of t►em.