The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DESPERATE PARTY RIOT IN THE NORTH.
DUBLIN, SATUIDAT Mournio.
The 12th of July did nut, it appestat pane over
without • serious, if not fated, *wok of the peace.
The patron publish this morning emanate from
Logan, in the county of Armagh, when • fearful collision
took place, in which no less than sixteen persons of the
Roman catholic party were wounded, ►wo, it is feared, MCI,
tally. One version of the affray is as follows :
Large parties of the.. connected wit► Orange Societies,
or sympathising therewith, including women and clad.
dren, entered turps from the country alistricta,
and were accompanied by fifes and drums ;
there were sereral thousands in all, and they
attended Divine service in the pariah church and
afterwards separ►ted to return to their respective homes.
One of the parties, on arriving at about two mile. and a katli
frees Lemma, was met at • plats smiled Moyntagbe, ewer
DerryackL by Boma salsas, and • riot ensued. nadir
turboness having sielbased for sours time, some of the pro-
test/Me returned to a protestant home is the neighbourhood,
and there procured !rearms, with which they returned to
the spot, and fired at the Roman ceilsolice, It; of whom
were wounded, and two of them (Thomas Murphy and
Clam McCann). are not expected to recover. The riot oc-
curred near to a Roman catholic chapel. Ten arrests were
made, some on the declaration of toe dying men. An
investigation was held to-day in Lurgan, before Lord
Lamm, J. Hancock, Esq., and W. N. Miller, Esq.,
R.N., when five of the prisoners were discharged, two ad-
mitted to hail till next Wednesday, and the other three
committed till Wednesday for farther inquiry. Greet
commotion and excitement prevail is Lumen.

THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER Aar ROAD, NEAR
'ROME.

(From the Bristol Mercury el to-clay.)
The int eitigation of thin care was renrumed yes-
terday at Rood, before the magi tutee of that division,
di.,,isted by .everal of the Janice, for the adjoining county
of Somenet. On our reporter attesting to record the
proceedings, he was informed by the beach that for the
present they were of opinion that the weds of justice would
be (nitrated by the publication of the evidence. At the
same time the imagist:atm were desirous that it should
bo publicly stated that all the • thrown out
in a leading article in the twain!, Poet had
been previously adopted by them, end they have
atrium hopes that the measured; which have been and are
being taken will lead to the couviction of the perpetrator
of this unparalleled outrage. The aturseimusl, imbeth
Gough, who has bees in custody on suspicion of being im-
plicated in the murder, wee taken (roan the puliceetation,
Trowbridge, to the Temperance-hall. Road, where the in.
usury before the magistrates is conducted ; but a very gene-
ral iniprc•isioa tains out of doors of her innocence. In
fact, our of the police engaged in investigating the cane in-
formed our reporter that, in his opinion, there wan nothing
to warms( her detention. We refrain from giving pub-
licity Many of the numerous rumours adint in the locality
am to the perpetrator of the mauler, merely Mating that a
gentleman of past disoerninent, and well acquainted with all
the facts of the case, expressed to our reporter hie belief
that guilt will eventually be fixed one a ppaarrtty • whom
saspieioa has not yet been prominently d should
be added, that up to the present tune the magi (rats have
taken the statements (not on oath, we are informed) of
every inmate of Mr. Kent'. honed, with the exception of
Kn. Kent and one of the daughters of Mr. Kent by his
former wife. 'llse reams, for these exceptions is stated to
be that, in the opinion of the medical attendant of the
family, an examination of Yes. Kent, who is at present
agar her confinement, might meanies her life and that of
her offspring ; and ia the ere of litlns Lest, aba is mid to
be of an exceedingly ammo tem and would be
unable to undergo the ordeal of a jdlail examination on
this distremingly *Jul subject.