Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

AGRARIAN OUTRAGE-TiVO MEN SHOT.

LoNoronn, 'Monday Night.—The peace of this usually
tranquil county was on last night broken by a .fearful
outrage of an agrarian character, whereby the lives of
two men are placed in extreme jeopardy. The facts of
the case are those Sunday night a party of armed
mm, numbering it is said, forty individuals, knocked at
the door of a m m named Matthew Farrell, who resides in
Moydon, about three miles from this town, and on being
refused admittance immediately commenced smashing the
door. Farrell, with his son, who happ2ned to be in the
place at the time, got out of bed and armed themselves
with pitchforks, determined to keep the villains out at all
hazards. However, after a considerable resistance, the
door gave way, and the party rushed into the house,
vowing vengeance against their devoted victims, whom

they at once surrounded, and deliberately discharged a
fearful volley of shot and slugs into their bodies, After
repeated ill-usage, the cowardly villains retired. It is
alm )st miraculous how the unfortunate Farrells could
have survived. The elder Farrell's face is completely
disfigured from the slit ; and, should he recover, his
eyesight can never be restored. His son has not recd-ived
so much injury; his arm and shoulder are much
injured, with other bruises of a less serious character.

The police, on receiving information of the occurrence,
immediately scoured the country, but we regret to say
ho trace of the-ruffiaus has been found. The only cause
that can be assigned for this outrage is, that some cartirs
had been evicted from the ground occupied by Farrell,
who is a caretaker on the estate, and that after rep-ated
threatenin4s l e refused to give it up, or discontinue his
employment, and that this has been at length the consum-
mation of their object. It is most painful to state that
outrages of this de,;cription are not uticormon recently
in the locality i❑ which this took place. On last. Sunday
night week an armed party went through the same neigh-
ht,urhood and administered an oath to several persons,
to the effect that they should hold no intercourse with
cei tain parties who had incurred the outlaws' displeasure.

COMFETMON FOR THE MANCIIRSFER TRAFFIC.—The
weekly tune return of the Great Northe n Railway Com-
pany shows an increase of £1,525 over that for the corres-
ponding week of last year. The increase in the London
and North Western Company's receipts is £1,624.
AN ECCLESIAsTICAL IN DIFFICULIL—F we months since
the riche:t church-liNing iri London, the Rectory of St.
Olave's, Hart-street, became iicant by the death of the
Rev. John Letts, who, held it nearly tweety years. The
beuefi,-T, worth £2,000 a year, is in the gift of the five
trustees, one of whom died at the. same time, and there is a
clause in the church trust deed which prevente the
vacancy in the holy of trustees being filled up during the
avoidance of the Rectory of the parish. The deed further
provides that in m tking nomination of-a new rector, there
shell be an agreement on the part of four out of the five
trustees, and as there are now only four, of course- it is
rege'reul that they shall be unaminous. Soon after Mr.
Letts died, the trustees met to elect a successor, whenit
was found that two of them were in favour of the
Reverend J. Letts, son of the late Rector, a third in favour
of his own son, the Rev. Mr. Dennis, and a fourth
for another gentleman. All the trustees held out for
their favourite candidates, and none of them have up
to the present time given way, so that die parish still con-
tinues to be without a rector. Unless they can settle
their diffe.enees within the next three weeks, the Bishop
of London will be entitled to presentation, and it is
pretty well understood that bis lordship will no appoint
one of the gentlemen named by Oa trustees,.