The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-19 00:00:00

IRRLAND.

IMPORTANT OR DER--A POLICE ESTABLISHMENT
ThesBhuitrs of Cork have received an order, whiten by dire, Lions of the Lord Lieutenant, Remaining theni 'hit, from the I,:
of January. 1827, military sentinels will not be allowed to ;re plao.,
on any of the gaols or prisons in their district ; nor will a militars guard he allowed to escort prisoners to or from the gaol or
Court-house during the Assizes. The letter, we andenesorl,state,
that this early intimation is given in order that the Sheriffs erse
make arrangements, in the tntermerhate time, to provide for ti.;:
withdrawal of the troops who have hitherto performed these dmiet.
A guard will still br continued at the main guardhouse, Rad this
will be.the only place where military rill be stational in the des
There
can he no doubt, we think, that the object of this order is
to compel the' authorities here to apply fora police establishment.
I: will he in the reconecion of our reader', that Immediately after
the withdrawal of the Insurrection Act from the City sad Liber-
ties, \lr. Sergeant (cow Judge) Torrens used every persuasive ar-
gument that ingeneiry could devise to induce the Magisuates to
apply for the extension of the provisions of the Police Act to Cork,
as an application from them is necessary for b
I tkintroductiot. Te
Magistrates, much to their credit be it remembered, resisted the de-
sire expressed, and refused to sanction the measure. They termed
to the uniform peaceful and tranquil state of the city, which dg), attributed to the efficient and always active services of the city
officers, aided by the good disposition of the citizens generally,
aqy
they held out against introduction of a police establisbmenz,
which would add so tremendously to the already excessively hears
aright of taxation tinder %%Melt the city is labouring. We bore our
share in thanking them for their perseverance and detenninstioti.
by which we thought we had got over the danger which threatened.
We fear, however, that it is renerod. and, unless the Magistrates
remain firm, that we shall he visited with its dreadful effects. We
regard this letter in no other light than as a sinister attempt to'
troducc a police establi•l,ment by conpulsion, the consequence of
which will he, that white the city will have to bear the expense Pf
it, the country in general will not be cased by the reduction of a
single soldier. Let the citizens look to it in time. The Magis-
trate., we dare to say, have not changed their opinions op the
matter, for nothing has occurred to have made 'hero do so. lye
can't say now what proportion an establahment of Mike for the
city would bear to that which exists lo the county; but we know
from the Parliamentary Papers on the subject, now lying before
us, that the expense of the latter for the year 1112i1 was Thirteen
Thousand Three Hundred and Forty-one Pounds, Eleven shiltinr,
and Five Pence Three Farthings ! ! !—.You kern Reporter.

BODY-SNefTCHING.
Yesterday, the neighbourhood of Old-street, St. Luke's, was
kept ins' complete state of uproar,.in COlllitleliCe of the apprehen.
stun of two notorious resnrrection-men, together with their ahovelti,
sack,,, and other utensils used by these disturbers of the dead. It
appears that oue of the fellows, whose name is Cousins, has a teal-
dttoce commanding a: Time', and front whence there is an easy access
to; some consecrated ground in Turk's Deed-court, Golden.larte.
known by the name of Wigginton's burial ground. A day or two
ago, there was an old woman interred there, whose compktint war
of that Peculiar description, that the skill of the moat eminent is
' the faculty was baffled. This, it would appear, was known to the
body.anatchers (who, we are told, are always on the alert for such
subjects), for a most indefatigable attempt was made to exhumste
Cie corpse of the deceased old woman by the two fellows now to
custody. About two o'clock on Tuescay morning, the watchman
of Turk's head-court was informed that there were Some reser-
' rectionists at wedeln the ground, and upon that inftwongion tv
sprang his rattle, and proceeded through the. gates with anothtt
watchman, but the disturbers vanished in a most unaccountable
manner, as there could be no other egress but by the gates or ovtr
them at which theiwatcliman.entered ; on search being made, two
sacks, made ter the purpose of holding dead duties, were found.
The watchman kep: a strict look-out after the intruders, but they
did rot again make their appearance that rooming. About halt.
past eight o'clock on Tut:irony night a watchman named 11,11-
F hansom, on going to his duty, observed two fellows busily em.
ploycd at opening a grave where there had recently been a corpse
deposited ; he caused an immediate alarm, mid several watchmen
and officers arrived on the spot, when two fe!lows scaled the gates,
and just as they dropped to the ground they were secured, and car-
ded, amid the execrations of a mob, consisting of at least five hun-
dred people, to the watch-house. On searching the ground, they
found the grave where the old woman had been buried had been
opened, and the earth tidier' out withia about two inches of the
coffia ; near it was found a.gliovel and mime isaplessense. es-
terday ;writ* ma rumens* crowd arsembleti avowed this
wateb-
'house, Wakkg the removal of the prisoners to Worstafp-street
office, threatening summary vengeance towaids than ; but the
police van happened to pass, and they were conveyed in it the
office, thereby saving them from the attack of the multitude. Not.
withstentling, however, one young man struck one of them a tie-
Menthols blow on the head as be stepped from the watch-house to
the van, and he was taken into custody, and carried before the ilia-
gistrate for the lawsuit.
When the fellows were placed at the bar, they gave their names
fV ftlfam Darla, alias Body, and James Cousin... The Magistrate,
on hearing the evidence agtittst them ordered them to find bail, in
default of which they were committed to prison.
lmmedia ely after they had been taken from the bar, the young
man who had struck one of the prisoners, as before stated, was
placed before the 31agistrate, and the officers proved seeing the
offence committed; but the 31agistmte ordered Davis, the man who
had been to:united, to be brought bark, in order that he (being the
complainant) might swear to the fact. The beely.soutcher was
accordingly brought back, anti the officer having admitiistered tire
oath, he swore that the defendant .irtick him on the head, but did
not hurt him. Ills Worship then ordered the young man to find
bail for the assault, or compromise it with the body snatcher, ob-
serving that whatever might be the enormity of the offence of which
Davis SOW cherged, he had no right to have his brains knocked
out by en infuriated mob. The young units was detained till he
found hail.

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