The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-26 00:00:00

POAC Hl3 S.

In the night of Friday iut an °Wrap of the moat
atrocious character was committed by a party of poachers, on
the domain of Wm. Newton, E.q , of Eloedon Hail, sear
Thetford. Is maseerience of this locality having been
lately infested by poachers in unusual numbers, and as inti•
metioe given by a person in tweetede circumstances of lire
' that prohably on Fri lay night the Elvadon estate would be
visited, the keepers and watchers on the estate were more
than usually on the alert. The intimation, however, which
bad reached them was not given in a sufficieotly vvvvv tone
to warrant very strong defensive me.sares. About 11 o'clock
shots were beard in a plantation about halls mile from the
Hell, upon which the head hoarser, Mr. Nepthan, proceeded
to 1111111011011 his under keepers and watchers. The p arty of
keepers who proceeded in search of the poachers were
Mr. Napthaa, Isaac Allen, Thomas Allen, and .1 .ho Allen
(ander beepers), and Jonathan ahsaup, watcher. Isaac
AU. n was the first to tome up with any of the poachers :
weep he was entering &plantation, known as the George the
Fourth Cover, he saw a man emerge from it in an opposite
direct. ion ; the man had a gun, and was almost immediately
joined by two other men. Allen, though at this time quite
alone, pursued them for a considerable distanee—he thinks
for at least a mile. At this time his brother Thome, and
lii father (Joke Allen) came up with Lim. and Joined in the
pursuit. The poachers, seeing the number of the keep. rs
atuernented, endeavoured to make their escape, with more
esiertms that Dolor,. The keepers, however, kept close upon
them fur at least • mile, +hes one of the poachers turned
round and swore that unless the pursuit were abet:dosed he
would shoot them. The keepers. though cheesed for a
moment, resumed their pursuit, which was continued for
about another mile, when they crossed near the road from
Eivedon into the pariah of Eriswell. Here the keepers
were loused by Napthao and Jessup, 'woe which two or
three of the gang t d round and, leeellit g their guns at
the keepers, threatened, with oaths. to blow their brain. oat.
The keepers, be rig accustomed to threats of this ki..d seed
by poachers without any intention of C onyiel them into
execution, and having beside. the tap Hence of the present
instils's, la which ao firing had resealed from the threats,
with greaten a kept up the pursuit with unab sted weer.
When, however, they were too arty boor Min from the Han,
is the pariah of !Criswell (about midway between Eldou
and Milienhall) several of the po•chere turned round
sod fired three shots, one of which t'.ok fatal effect upon
Net:ulna, and another severely wounded Isaac Allen in
the left band and arm. Jessup and Isaac Alien wore
within ten yards of the poachers when the fatal shot was
fired, and the former nap a that Napthan was not more than
live yards from the muzzle of the murderer's pan. The
charge entered the left shoulder, and passed directly through
the heart, and kis death was &Incr. ingontaDoous. base
Attest, though voi seemly w minded, is not now considered
in a dangerous state. It is believed, from the rapidity with
which the two last reports forowed each other, that the
three shots were fired by two men, one fleeing a double.
barrelled gun. Intosedia sly after this bloody deed, Jessup,
Allen, sets., and Thomas Allen flow at the poacher., sad a
tierce muffle ensued ; but it resulted in the escape of all the
gang, amounting, it is believed, to six or seven in number.
It should here be stated th it the asseult, as farm the keepers
are concerned, was perfectly unprovoked. Not este of
them WO armed with any more formidable weapon than a
small stick, and the wounded men. we believe, was so
hurriedly called from his house as not to have prepared
himself even with that defence. The body of the mar.
dered man was immediately after the wearisome.' result of
the Mil brought to the Cornwidlis Arms lon, 'Criswell, to
await the coroner's inquiet, which was fixed to be held on
Monday eveaing. Allea was eonveyed to the house of his
mother, and the attendance el Mr. B alley, surgeon, of That.
ford, was procured. A despetah was also sent to Bury, and
other ediacent railway stati toe, and to the different police-
office., giving such descriptions of the ratifiers+ as c mull be
supplied by the parties so:testi) engaged in tie cotfiet. Joe
sup status that when Napthan was almost at the heels of his
mutterer, be turned sheerly rousd, exclaiming, "D-
-you, now we'll do for you; sad at once deliberately aimed
at him, Am ish°. h,nt through the heart. The man by whom
the fat.' shot wee fired had on a dark vet frock coat, and
Jeri* has no d .übt but that be should be able so identify
him. The man who discharged the gun at Aden was at a
somewhat greater distance, and was dress d in a cheek sloe.
Toe moos was just past the full, and though its l.ght was
considerably obscured by a base, there appears no moon
to doubt Do' that the parties may be satiafactooly id -ntifi-d.
, By the settee exertions of the magistrates and the police,
four men were sppreheaded on Saturday, and two more ou
flonday. A seventh has sine, been taken. ray were ell
lodged in the station•beum at Mildenholl, where an Cl4lllr.
vision was to be held at moos on Tuesday.
Napthan was a man of excellent character. He bas left a
widowed ons son, and there are many more by whom be
will be 'freely minetd. He had occupied his situation on
Ole teats between seventeen and eighteen years, H. was

47 years of age.
Oa Monday maim' the inquest on the body of Nspthus
was 1141. The evidence of base Allen (the man shot in
the hand), and Thomas Allen, ►is brother, substantially
agreed with the ab)ve statement, bat neither of them oould
waft to the persons by whom the sh. to were fired. Mr.
B ides', surgeon, of The.ford, pat in his report of the post
usortem esamina•ion, which showed that death was caused
by the contents of the eon wounding the lungs and heart,
and causing a great efu•ion of blood into the cavity of the
shoat. The jury found a verdict of wilful murder
wind persons unknown.

SOICIDI OP A PELISOWIa IN MI novas or DaTINTION.
—On Tuesday a man seemed Christiana Sahli wee charmed
at this court wish haviop fraudulently obtebsed, frost a
06/11511a Jaw, residing in Sh Said. two gold we.ehes sad
ember prorrty, to the amowst of 2001.; and, avidence barl,g
been beard in oorrohoration el the charges, be wee resnandsd
to the fouls of Ddtentioo until ta-d. y. On Wednesdsy
(yesterday) morning, on one of the turnkeys going into his
cell, ha found the prisoner bad pat a period to bb existence,
by kenning himself with big bandketeitt, whisk h. bad dog
to the gal rip.