The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-30 00:00:00

DESPERATE

AND FATAL AFFRAY MTN

POACHEAS.—TWO MAN SHOT.
Yesterday (Thursday) morning, about $ o'clock,
two of Sir Thomas Seabright's samekeeposs were on the
look-out far a number of poselten they had been informed
were in the park and preserves • few Uwe previous, they
met with three men armed with guns m a toady place
Foulelongh, adjoining Lainlrepring, a lane between
the village of Studham and Gadsden-row, situate about
half a mile from the manikin, five miles from Hemel
' Hempstead, Herta, and two miles from Markyateetresit.
On getting near to the poachers, John Seabrook,
the head gamekeeper, demanded of theta whet
business they bad there. Instead of giving an
answer, me of the three trespassers deliberately took aim
and fired the contents of his gun, which entered the neck
and breast of the keeper. The wounded man made a con-
vulsive spring, fell on his back with a groan, and instantly
expired. Another of the gang of poachers shot at Thomas
Gook, the second gamekeeper, but the wounds he received
were not instantly fatal. The shot entered the lower part
of his body and left thigh, leaving him just sufficient
strength to reach some corteges standing within 200 or 300
yards, and to give information of what had taken filaimith
quickly as posaible a number of men nem some
proneding to the mansion of Sir Thomas -
wood P others to the mill and the farm oning the
park, others taking the body of poor Seabrook to his oot-
tags, just inside the park. Thomas Cook was also taken to
his home at Clemens-end, about a mile front the dame of
the murder.
Sir Thomas ordered messengers to be sent to Mr. Hubert,
Markyate.street ,• to the superintendents of police
rtin' Hemel Hempstead, Herta, and Luton, Beds ; and by
6 o'clock that morning a strong body of police officers and
others were scouring the woods, the coppices, and neigh-
bourhood. Jackson, police-officer of Markyateetreet, sod
Townsend, of Water-end, within a short time apprehended
a man of the name of George Cain, of Studham, and con-
veyed their prisoner to the police station at Hemel Hemp-
stead. Cook's wounds are of a very dangerous character,
so much so that but faint hopes are entertained of his re-
covery. Seabrook was a married man, thirtyeix years old,
Laving but one child—he having lost on. a few weskit since.
Cook is also a married man, having a wife and eve children.
He is thirty-en yeses of age.

Tun Currant Ram Purmowriso.—The parlia.
mentary votes of yesterday morn*Lshow that on Wednes
day there were presented no fewer than 1,009 petitioes in
=of SirJ. Trelswny's bill, making 3,308 in three days
11 in all. The report of the petition committee to
the 33rd inst. shows that the average number of sigealmes
to that date was 110, but taking an average at 1001
only for those since presented, the number of
signatures now exceed half • million (512,452),
and this notwithstanding that it was found ire-
posdble to get all the petitions in before the debate began.
The pro-rate party have presented 5,177 petitions, a few
more than their opponents; but the dieparity in the number
of signatures is most marked, there bang, sten averageof 33
to each petition, en estimated aggregate of 173,222 sigma
term only. 8. decisive • tated of strenth has never before
been whammed la the history of the church-rate agitation.
Owing to the eapernie and liability to injury of
submarine cable., the Hervey Dock Board have agreed to
construct • portion of the Holyhead mhly hefts= Lynam
sod Oolwin, over the lead.