The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-01 00:00:00

!ARLAND.

DORLIK, KAMM 30.
A total change of the weather has at length set In,
the severs frost and snow of the last few weeks being
succeeded by a copious and genial fell of rain, which
wasso mach needed by the husbandman. The change
has been ushered io, however, by a strong gale of
wind, which has blown
with oonsiderable violenos
during the night, and still continues unabated.
The grievance of ministera' money is to be vigo-
ronaly agitated at the meetings of the Blister vestries
next week, and Dublin, Cork, lkilkennlearerick,
and the few other towns which are sub to the
impost, are expected to co-operate on e occasion
and pour in petitions to parliament on the subject.
As it appears nearly certain that this very objection-
able tax is doomed, it is hoped that one strenuous
effort more will effect its removal.
The tenant right movement has extended itself into
the county of Londonderry, thus contradicting the
statement that, so far as the North of Ireland was
concerned, the agitation was confined to the county
of Down. Antrim and Derry are now ocmbined with
Down, and a meeting held at Garvagh, in the county
of Derry, on Tuesday last, was, in fact, one of the
beet that have yet been got up in Ulster for the pur-
Fee of expressing popular opinion on the subject.
The meeting was held in the Court-house, David
Smith, Esq., of Heathfield, in the chair, and among
other things it was resolved—
That in order to stimulate to future icduetry, and encourage
the outlay of capital, to preserve good order in this province,
and maintain a feeling of harmony between landlord and
tenant, it is imperatively necessary that, in addition to en
equitable reduction of rents, the tenant farmer should have
ample security for his investments on all improvements in the
mil, whether purchased by him or created by his own or his
forefathers' industry.
And

lhat the bill of Sir William Somerville, now before the
House of Commons, being is reality • repetition of the ini-
quitous bill of last Radon, depriving the tenant of all past
improvements, end confining hie future remuneration to a
limited period, is unjust in principle, and would, if passed
' into a law, be, in the opinion of this meeting, productive of
the very worst consequences to this country.
A disturbance took rhos near Dangiven, in the
county of Derry, on the same day, in consequence of
an attempt to seize cattle for the payment of county
cess. A very formidable resistance was made by the
peasantry, and one of the bailiffs was killed in the
affray.
A correspondent of the Limerick and Cksre Exa-
miner gives some harrowing details of a wholesale
eviction and hones levelling scene in Meelick, when
twenty-three heaves were levelled, the inmates hav-
ing been forcibly ejected :
The lands—(says the correspondent) the scene of the evic-
tions on Friday—were held under the Marr,uis of Conynham
by a middleman, a Mr. Armstrong, whose agent wee Mr.
John Btackpoole O'Brien of Ennis. The lease under which
Mr. Armstrong held having expired, he was obliged to give
up the lands to Mr. Marcus Keane, agent to the Marquis of
Conyngham, but he refused taking up the lands unless they
were " cleared '• for him. Accordingly Mr. Stackpoole,
having procured ejectment decrees, proceeded to put them in
force on Friday, and sent down a driver of his to superintend
the operations. He w, s aceonTanied by a band of twenty
or thirty " wrecks:3 " from Ennis who were armed with
crowbars and other implements of destruction. Tncre were
about twelve policeman 11—a force five times the number
would not be sufficient some years ago to protect the house
levellr re in their dangerous and unpopular crusade.
The first great cattle fair for the season in the
county of Kilkenny was held on Thursday. A good
many lots of good 3 years old heifers sold from
61. 10s. to W. 10s.; 2 year old heifers from 21. 10s. to
61.; odd cows not so good or plenty us usual, selling
from 4/. to 101. A small fair of hoggetF, which sold
from 21.. to 345, and good demand. Oa the whole,
it was a better fair than was expected.

CORK ASSIZES.—CORK, ?Liam 28.
Before JCDOR honor,.
CARRYING AWAY CRUZ•».—MAxerAontina.
Two respectable farmers, Henry Browne. and, Allen
Browne, with throe labourer', !Anis Creinin, Cornelius
Cronin, and John Murphy, were charged with the man-
aLusitter of Patrick Drury, at liiitlachin, on the 6th Dec.,
1819 :

The prisoneta, Allen and Henry Browne, with their
brother, John Browne, were tenants to J. J. Perrier, Esq. ;
Henry and John were it. emu of their rent to the amount
of 511. each, bring for three gales; it became necessary to dis-
train, and great opposition being expected, Mr. Perrier sent a
party of 19 men with him bailiff, Patrick Drury, to make the
seizure; they proceeded from Cork to the lands situated Ilea
Mscroom, on Dec. 5, at an early hour ; they divided them-
selves into two parties, and having seized cattle bdonging to
both John and Henry Browne, proceeded to drive them off the
lands. Allen Browne got up cu a ideal, and gave a signal or
loud whistle, upon which a vitaliser of men tr. ngrigated
from different directions and rescued the cattle. A good dud
of violence was exhibited by both pastier, but at length
Drury a•al his assistanto were obliged to sive way. When
they were retiring from the ground the prisoner, Denis
Cremin, jumped over a ditch and made towards Drury with
stones in his hands. Drury drew a pistol, and a atone was
thrown at him, which struck tie hand, broke the pistol in
halves, and, at the same time, the shot went off. Several
persona then cloud around D:ury, knocked him down, ail
struck him with various weapons while on e ground.
Amongst these persons the two Cremin's and Murphy distin•
guished themselves, and were identified by several witnesses.
Henri Browne Wa imm sdiat-lj present, but made no
attempt to RIM Drury, nor ell it distdictly appear that he i
encouraged the ausilants. Drury's =hunts all ran away
in alarm, and he himself was token into Henry Brow :te's
house, where, as it appeared, every attention was paid to !
him, and the priest and doctor sent for, but he died on the
following evening.
N less than sixteen witnesses were crmined to prove tl-e
details of the foregoing trensactinn. It was preyed that the
deceased rid in eoneequeuce of numerous were fractures in
the skull.

Evidence for the define- was sir. n, by which it apiwarrd
that all the prisoners were menu, particularly good repute
with refer, nee to their peactahl, conduct. The question it.
the cue scented to be how fsr the Rrovenci had by It lir ex•
prosions given countenance to the violence of the other pri-
soner., and thi+ question was very ably speksn to by the
leatnet: counsel on both sides.

His Lorthhip charged the jury at considerable length,
telling them that if they believed a previous arraagem t.t
had beta made to reek the seizure Fp force, every porsln
who was a pscy to such arrangement was respons:Lle for the
acts et the others.

At a late hour ;n the evening the jory raturne4 a yerdiLt
of acquittal as to Henry and Allen Browne, and convicted
the other prisonen. Sentence deferred.

A FATAL CoNFLICT took place on Taceday log, at
G 3rtnaghy, within one mile of Duogiven, on the road lead.
jog from that town to Newtownlimavady. On the morning
of Tuesday, Mr. Stevenson, a collector of county cue and
pour rites in that district, proceeded to the tuwol.nd in
question, accompanied by some five or FIX assistants, for the ,1
purpose of sciziag upon the goods of defaulters who bed not
paid their county car. After calling at the bosses of
several persons, who, although they exhibited symptom. 1
of hostility, n.veitheltss did nos proceed to open vio-
lence, he at last seised upon, and w.s driving off the
ground, three cows belonging to • man named Robert
I Guinn ; but before he had proceeded with them above
two hundred yards, the people rose indiscriminately,
rushed forward, armed with stones, spades, and other
deadly weapons, and closed in upon the party who were
taking away the cattle, attackieg them with as much fury as
if they had been brute of pry whom they had met to sur-
round and destroy. Mr. Stevenson himself, and some of
his assistants, narrowly escaped, after being pelted with
stones: bat one of them, named Thomas Andrews, who
happened to be nearest to the cows, was struck with a spade
and severely injured, and, in addition, was cut in the bock
of the head with a stone, and received moat., heavy blow
from a missile in the back Ws assailants, h tying thus mal-
treated that aakappy victim, quietl withdrew, and his
own party returned and suceeeded In conveyi..g him "to
Dungiven. Dr. Moore was prdmptly is attendance, for at
purpose of examining and dres ing his wounds, but before
the operivioa wu perforated he had krrathed his last, having
only survived about an hour from the time the attack was
made. A warrant has been issued by Mr. Ogitby, (or the
apprehension of Robert Guinn, his site, Margaret, and his
son, Rabert, who have all absconcted.—Dtrry Standard.