The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-12 00:00:00

wlthia Ili, oodooor fa Trott of tho Widow Corstek's the

polies We* sally have shot him. Canaotsainbetie; glee
Um dist wafted by the people or the police. The police
rube were in the "tat room did not tire until the people had 1
does se fret. Bat I cannot say whether the zoslioe, who '
were In the back room, fired before the people LW or not. 1
Naas of the police who were in that back room are here.
John Carroll examined by Mr. thaw.—This witness, who
is the constable who was seised while leaving Ballinearry,
by the armed people who were with Mr. Smith O'Brie
Identified the prissetr. It was Mr. Infanta, who arrested
him. He told Nor M sensider himself a prisoser, and said
that he might be rase ao apprehension of receiving any
ill treatment from Nor (Mr. K Manue) or any of the people.
There was a venation in the crowd, and something like a
rush in the direction in whisk Father Fitzgerald and Mr.
O'Brian went. Expressed a wish that either of them would
come back end take his brass, as he was afraid he would be
shot. Mr. M'Manus asked what strength had the troops of
Kilkenny. He Wed him this while he was leadlag him
away from the crowd; he also said he was going down to
the village, and that he Weald go slew withbin. Witness
ease back on the road again; Wald of Mr. M'Manua not
to ask him to go. Wished to get some refreshment, and
asked a man to let him p down to the village for the pur-
pose. He wee placed seder the protection of four men, but
was not afterwards permitted to go. Heard there was a
polies party coming, and tarring to a man be inked m
If he woti take him out of that. He said he wouldhido
so with his life. The people said they would attack the
Mau again. A pencil wowed to burn the house, and
others recommended berriudes to be meted. Heard Mr.
O'Brien at one time say he could take the how in an
hour. Father Fitzgerald and he were at one time sent to
Mr. Trent to know would they give up their arms before
the people would attack them. Did go up to the house in
which they were. Saw Father Fitzgerald with the officer in
commend. A man came up to witness and told him not to
wup yr the house, as he would be shot if he did. Father
Fitzgerald said to the people that there wu bloodshed, and
he advised them to go how. He did not hear the reply the
people gave. Baton Father Fitzgerald went up to the
police be said he would do it to please the people, but he
knew very well it would be useless, as the police would not
give up their won When he met Mr. O'Brien he said,
taking out a pistol, "Your life or mine—are you going to
anon me 1" Witness said he was not, he had no arms, end
Mr. O'Brien might shoot him if he hired. Mr. O'Brien said
that it would be beneath him to shoot an unprotected man,
but he should go back with him. Got back his horse from
Mr. O'Brien.

brinjeramined by Mr. Butt—Had come from Kilkenny.
That town was about 12 or 14 miles from the Widow Cot-
nigh's. Wee stooped by a man who told him that if he
went up in the dined ea of the hone he would be shot
thought he was going to be shot, and at that time
WManne took him away from the crowd; he also rid he
should not suffer either insult or injury.
Sab-Insperor Treat recalled : Father Fitzgerald did was
to the front of the Widow Cormick's house after the
had ceased, and add that the other party would be satisfied
sera their surrendering their um to let them depart in
safety, and that he would aocompany them himself aid gua-
Tsetse their safety. Witness replied that they would Inver
surrender their arms but with their lives. Father Fit
remarked rat " they would burn the hones over s=
memo earbed that Ike had lye hostages—fire children. Hei
them reembed that *they lied no provisions." Witness we.
plied " tar be swell hui sal fight for 48 hours more ; also
remarked Mt these would be a sufficient tone on the
ground to avenge then if they 1011, and not leave a house
madiag ia the weary." Also remarked that they were
21 no ham there, rat if he orld protect them away he
meet thesa there, and prating to the prism=
who bed ket his bore, be said he would Mak hin to
perm him sad get Mt away. Father Fiftwald must
have heard the ONITIMIStiOIL He ream= and caked him
far • pallet for a per dying um. At drat he refused it
spa the real that he required everythieg la the house
to::=, but he afrarel rare it him. He next caked
to has the deed and dying away. H. mid
there was is... uakrtunate dying people whoa he
wiled to rouses.—totlee could not take them away him-
self, and the people wadi be afraid to as him lost his
ma should sheet them. Witness rsried that if he owns
whit that, sad they 0111611 111111114 they would not be
Seed VIM Saw An or six man was round the house to
UM peers away. law them lift one um He (witness)
me lira mug= in fortifying the how, sad Father Fits-
Saba Ll' nnebeek.
S main= : Lived at Fethard Glebe. Beam-
bred the NM Jely. Was goiag from Pother in the dire
MM lithe Omens. Weigel* cm konsbeek. Left Felted
brim* two efeisce, mad meshed the Coeur= about four
WM& Parties attire sad trees were assembled. Saw
eltsgelher err 1,600 people. Saw the primer
Om. Preared ce, and woe stopped • little al=
Clammes. Bawd a shot behind him a lien above a read
lading too Kilseeley. He tamed round and maw the pr
Saw a gun premed at him by the prisoner. He salt= him
were there MMus upon the road, were there any in tiding.
ford, and was he • courier. Told him he did not know whe-
ther there were re not He also rid that he was not •
earisr. Thought he Mad= to detain him, sad inquired if
Mr. O'Brisa was the= es be was sue he would not detain
his. He did met tamer. Told him he night go where he
reseed. There were about tweety puss= with the primer
W Three el then had arse. While he was speaking
to the pricer maw a arc with a gun 'reading at the mow
rose tithe reeds. Pressed= onwards In the Mastics of
Kflete=ilise set agar impeded. The meted of 1,600
aosatry. Thee were Meat 600
sma aroma thed=r Cermice's home. D4l not hear say
tzskate Moat the widew's boas. s
Mu advised bin to
oat of Mena Shook hand him, end treated him
liarfordile„
ttlespseeer Osa wee then exambeel—Hie evidence wee
W sense dB that ram by him la the mw it Mr. O'Brien.
Hs diddled the abeam af hit Fib WS therelaati7—
Mir reheat mil selserrent ealearar to inks a stand.
Cautioned the ma to stand Mir sr be maid dm They ed.
mead. He mime" dies leen to An. The leader of the ry
fell. They sepia sellemard to make a stand. His ma- fee"
a mead e, end wthe retreated. Sons ram, oars
lay down.—Oom tyby Mr. Callaghea :Wks be
Ind some of the party was 110 or 70 yards at Dig not see
any ahr deed upon Yon tea his sea And, bat heard ben
Wma that ray had bees fired at km the right. Had
heard the eight Si,,e of the prormaron against O'Brism,
sad said to ilab-Iseperer Treat that he ought not to have
let Ma slip Ids &gen.
Head.ceastablo seminoi—Was stationed is the
try of Cork. Arrested primmer on the 110th of August
last on beard as Minim easel whisk was lying above two
Riles from the Mho= He had • warrant maast other
perm who were onboard the N. D. Chen. Yr. Milano
was the Ant pemon he saw on the vessel. He had see him
before is Liverpool. He was altered is appsarana, for his
whiskers ad hair were out short. Said. to that he had
ma hiss beim. He replied that he might have done so In
Berm He (witless) reried that he had mem been
In Bores, but he had sees him before. Told him that he
our a bead constable it polies ; that any querns be pat
to him would be pat is the discharge of hie duty, sad not
item any idle surrey. Ho Ma asked the primer how
mad yam he had been In America ? sad he reoltd
Its MI met neollat. He stated that ke was sa
sad bail been ten weeks in bread. He said that ha
II
spent a reon of hie tine ia Celt, Mallow, Butlieveat, sad
Om. Araigi him his eider la seeing to UM merry ? He
replied that he had ems to his Minis in Inland, sad that
his brother, who was will Me, in rift with hies eel
America. Ikea aid him If he had the other mare= of
his Bally la this country, and when they masa ? He
said he had a ease la Oak ; he declined start where the
siege resided, sad he rid Ma he amid take hint lam ons.
tidy. The imam edit hha was pores* essidentel,
sot threagh say riarren whatever. The rinser told
him his name was Carceran.
To the Chief Justice—Hie kawidge of him arose in this
wee. He had awake about fee year ago to go to Liver.
pails ere= isheamilea in mierense to an extensive packet
rim Mime, thet stem munitted In Cork. Mr.
li'llameteme a siippiagiVisand he went to him to seeks
inquiries Ma Is mate the . After he had arrested him
he admired Waims was X' us.
Crammeadmed—Knew the reputation of the primmer la
Cork end Idverpool as aa meat. Nothing could be better
than kh emester. The name of the pricer was in the
Hue dud Om. Did mot see it, bat heard that ha had =-
meal= from Liverpool far some same. The =eel is
whir les meted the rho= sailed the following day for
Amides.
The following drama was them pat b is
thstaimespythittriaiofwathein; order at taleammr‘itvywaieso:eastrod4 Praapsonithece oath
order.
Saha Conaell mars= by Mr. Imeh—This Miser de.
remithst ,litullieshome, and Sillanare were all
is alOl,
Thes •11,11
Anew Omni eared in evidence the letter
written by Mr. O'llikm ft the harem tithe Wars Om-
esay.-11r. Butt =jested* ft ainksien, arising that
it cord not be kiWy made Its NOM sentempaemsons
sot, eash,for smiplet, se thel whisk oceured at Farr-
iery. He could not mares he what legal =rpm it wu

eat terwerA—The Attorney-General stated that the letter
was rolled on by the crown is support of the mud for levy-
ing war &Out the Queen.—The court decided that the
docinnent was sdesistible.—The letter wee then 1154 M Ow
Cilsek of the Crown sad received fa evidence spinet the
prisoner.
Ths we for the crown here closed. sad the court (it Was
sir o'clock) adjourned to half-put nine o'clock to morrow
(yesterday) storms'.

SCOTLAND.
ED1:27217110g, 00T. 10.
The cholera is still making slow progress, and the
authorities are taking due advantage of the dream.
stance
farther
taking precautionary immures to prevent
its r disseminaticn. Some medical bickering
bas taken place about the general board of health,
one party alleging that the board has been tardy is
putting itself in communication with Edinburgh, and
the other that there was no need of a functionary
from the general board at all. With this latter view
we do not agree. The medical school of
Edinburgh stands deservedly high, but it
has never interfered much with matters of medical
police. The magistrates have been tolerant of very
gross nuisances, medical men have not remonstrated,
and although cholera might cause a temporary stir,
no kind of superintendence can be equal to the fresh
organs, ocular and nasal, of a central inspector.
What but conventional bluntness could tolerate an
open stagnant sewer entering the city at the west,
and skirting and intersecting it the wh de way to the
sea P And yet the nuisance of the Water of Leith
has been so tolerated for sixteen years, although
in 1832 cholera was most rampant in the
vicinity of this abomination. Local legislation
bus been able to do nothing for the abatement.
The resident physician consulted by the board sug-
gests flushing for twelve hours on Sunday as the least
instalment necessary. But would any neutral person
be content with such an instalment of cleanliness ?
And yet, so far as we recollect, this is the only public
medical testimony against the nuisance that we
have seen quoted. Thorough sanitary reform
can be accomplished only by a union of general
and local effort. The general, or legislative, should
inspect and point out what is to be done ; the local
and executive should see that the prescribed things are
actually performed.
Glasgow is exerting itself with some energy daring
the crisis. The fire-engines have been playing in
closes, houses fumigated, and apple-women fined for
vending putrid fruit—the last a measure of much im-
portance, although it may at first sight savour a little
of the ludicrous. It is also matter of congratulation
that in both cities there is an absence of foolish alarm
and excitement, all the intelligent classes eagerly en-
tering into the most rational arrangements for avert-
ing disease.
Bishop Skinner, the Primus of the Scotch Episcopal
Church, has appealed to the inner house of the Court
of Session against the finding of the Lord Ordinary,
that the court has jurisdiction in the action raised
by the Rev. Sir William Dunbar against the bishop
for excommunicating him.
At a recent meeting of the Edinburgh Chamber of
Commerce, a resolution was agreed to on the motion
of Mr. Cowan, M.P., to attempt to get government to
allow a higher rate of interest to depositors in the
national security savings banks. In all quarters these
institutions are suffering from the minimum rate of
interest presently allowed.
Mr. Alison, Sheriff of Glasgow, has reversed a
finding of his substitute, that an able-bodied labourer
unemployed is not entitled to relief. It is high time,
amidst this contrariety of decisions among sheriffs,
that the Court of Session should settle this point.
A war of words, sa bitter as the one of swords
between " Argyle and Airlie," has broken out be-
tween the towns of Aberdeen and Dundee as to which
was and should be the best port of debarkation for her
Weedy onhsr way to Balmoral. Each place contends fee
the-paha of good harbourage, but, not restricting the
leintroverey to points of hydrology they wax bitter on
questions of inland geography. -Ile Dundee people
wield have the sovereign to land at their port and go
over the hills to Balmoral ; the Aberdonians would
have her to land at their city, and ascend Deeside ex-
actly as her Majesty has already done. The dispute
might well puzzle Stub°, but the combatants should
bear in view that the Queen has now had experience
of both ports, and as she will most certainly select the
one most suitable for her own convenience, the two
cities would do well to give themselves no farther
trouble about the matter.
The proposed philological additions to the curri-
culum of the Edinburgh University have been sum-
marily abandoned. On the vote being taken in the
town council whether a chair should be instituted foe
modern Oriental languages, it was found that the
councillors were equally divided, and the Lord Pro-
vost, with whom the proposal originated, finding that
it was received so coldly, gave his casting vote in
ham of the previous question. The motion for a
prehmuship of modern European languages also
same an the same day, but as it was not expected
list the tongues of the West would fare better than
the dialects of the East it was withdrawn without
dissandom So much for university reform !