The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-12 00:00:00

POACHING APPAL!! IN BEINSHIRE.

A poaching affray of a serious character recently
occurred on the estate of Mr. filigreed Barr of Aldermaston
Conti, Berke, formerly M.P. for Herefordsliire and resulted
in the watchers being so maltreated and injured as to render
them unable to follow their ordinary occupations for a fort-
night. It appears that at about I o'clock on the morning cf
the 21st of Int month two men, named Evan. and Lewis,
were out watching game, when they heard the discharge of
gums. They immediately proceeded to the spot whence
the guns appeared to have been fired, end they came up with
• gang of Dm or eight men, some of whom had guns and the
others Win armed with bludgeon,. Some of the gang re-
treated
shortly after seeing the watchers, fearing they
would be recognised; but three fellow, named Hutchins,
all neither% remained at the place where found, with the
evident determination to knock down the first man who
attempted • captors. Two of the Hutchinsee were seised by
the keepers, upon which the third, Eli Hutchins, gave the
watcher,
him down.
a fearful blow with his bludgeon and
knocked A heeler who was in company with the
watchers succeeded In taking agm away from one of the
I follows, end, to prevent toiectnef, he fired its contents in the
air, easing which the poacher said, "Ate, if you hadn't
emptied that, I should have emptied it eleewhere." home-
Canty afterwards • neve, scuffle ensued between the other
poachers end the watchers, and the latter were sadly knocked
about and overpowered. The poachers left them in a state
of insensibility on the ground. When they recovered they
managed to get to their homes, but en injured were they that
medical assistance was promptly obtained. Though their
injuries did not prove to be of so serious a nature as at first
feared, they were confined to their homes for • fortnight. In the
meantime Mr. Burr caused the strictest inquiry to be made
by the poli,e, and they aneceeded in capturing Daniel
Hutchins, Eli Hutchins, and James Hutehinr, all of whom
underwent an 0%401 illlllioll before the county magistrate*
at heeding on Saturday lost, on • charge of having been
found in an enclosed wood, in the night time, armed with
guns and blulgeona. After the evidence had been taken,
Mr. Barr Intimated that he had no dente for the can to
be sent to the assizes, but rather wiehed it to be summarily
dealt with. The ma,;tatrates sentenced Eli end James
Hutchins to three month.' hard labour, and ordered them to
enter into sureties, at the expiration of that time, to keep the
peace foe twelve months. The other dcfrodont, owing to
timing been previously convicted of a eimiler ntfooce, was re-
mended for a week, for the production of the proper certificate
of ins conviction.

The Gazette de Vienne publishes s despatch in
which it is stated that the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Idea is ►bout to return to England, and will be
replaced provisionally by Mr. Gladstone, who will preside at
the promised revision of the lonian constitution,

A letter from Belgrade, in the Post Ampt Gazette
of Frankfort, contains the following curioae piece of infor-
mation :—" The Skuptschins has opened a credit at the
pablic treasury in order that each deputy may receive a pig
as a Christmae present. The breeding of pig. ie, sa is well
known, the principal commerce earned un in the prin-
cipality."
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Rtrey in about to open classes at Bruobele.

Ira Aldridge had a benefit night at St. Petersburg
on the lat, when be played in and also as a negro
slave lea vaudeville. The house was crammed to excess,
and between the tragedy and the farce Mr. Aldridge was
presented with a crown of laurel, joined by a valueble
gold clasp, the present of the Mosel= actors ;
and also with a sheet of paper, upon which
was etivaved a bast of Shaltspere surrounded by the Muses,
and Othello, Bbylock, Lear, &c., and which was also covered
with the signatures of the actors. " A shower of bouquets,"
rye a letter la the Nord, "completed the homage of the
public, witose enthusiasm recalled to as the early days of the
Italian Open at Bt. Petersburg."

From a return lately published it appears that
the number of ships that entered the port of Hamburg in
the year 1499 woe 4,364,with crews of 44,640 mer,ageinst 1,062
in 1857, with crews of 61,746 men, and 6,201 in 18.56, with
49,264 men. The decrease of last year has been canted by
the depressed Mate of trade. Of the varione nations the
English were the most numerous. lb. total number of
vessele sailing under the Bri,i.ll flag being 1,698; the next
being the Hanoverian. numbering 781. Only 22 ships
belonged to the United States.

Baron Ptnorfather has sent in his formal resig-
nation to the government, consequently the venerable judge
did not take his seat at the opening of term yesterday
at Dublin. There appears to be no doubt that Mr. Hayes,
the solicitor-general, will be the new baron. In the Dahlia
Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, Mr. Justice Crampton,
in hie charge to the grand jury, told them that be would not
have many more opportunities of addressing them in his
judicial capacity. It Is raid that in the event of another
vacancy on the bench, the Irish Attorney-General means to
hold his present office, and that the judgeship will be offend
either to Mr. Brewster or Mr. Francis Fitzgerald, the on-
doubted leaders of the Chancery bor.

THE AUSTRALIAN 'Almal.—The Teviot LITIVa
yesterday at Southampton with the heavy portion of the
Australian mails. Her dates were Alexandria, Dee. 27;
Malta, San. I. She brought 43 paseengen, among whom
was General Wynyard, C. 8., from New Zeeland. Her
cargo included gold to the value of nearly 60,0001. The
Teviot experienced bad weather on her outward voyage ; and
on her homeward voyage strong northerly wind. from
Alexandria to Ceps de Oldie, and fresh easterly winds from
thence to Valiant. At Alexandria were the usual Bgypthtm
fleet and en American tnan-of-war steamer. At Malts were
err Majeety's chips Marlborough, Centurion, Conqueror
Hibernia, sad Coquette. The Euryalue, with Prince Alfred
on board, sailed on the 30th alt. for Tunis. By the Teviet
we have late dues from South Australia.