The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-14 00:00:00

bailiff, and that he left off taking them when Mr.
Wood's bailiff claimed the shells as his master's pro-
perty. He said he claimed to take the shells as .his
right, and that he had taken muscles and winkles
many times before. He considered that he had as
much right to take the shells as to take fish in the
river. The place in which he took these shells
was from 200 to 300 yards from the river wall in
Canway Island; the tide flowed and re-flowed over
the part of that shore, and seven feet water over it at
high water. Russell, Mr. Wood's bailiff, said the
shells were a protection to the river wall. Mr. Martin
referred to the great distance between the river wall
and the place from whence the shells were taken, and
the small quantity removed. The Judge said that
made no difference. The great bar, or shoal, off
Yarmouth, was a great protection to the town of Yet--
mouth, although situate a long distance from the
shore. After much discussion, the Judge determined
to adjourn the case to the next court, either party to
be at liberty to give further evidence as to the situa-
tion of the shells, and the plaintiff to support his right
to the locus in quo.

IRISH FRACAS at GREAT CROSBY.
On Wednesday evening, at about six o'clock, a
number of Irish labourers, amounting to about a
dozen or fifteen, assembled at one of the inns in the
village of Great Crosby, for the praiseworthy
purpose of " getting drunk and kicking up a
row." It appears that they had been employed by
a farmer in the vicinity to dig up some pota-
toes, and Paddy, with great forethought, per-
ceiving that the esculent was deteriorating very
fast, and must be got out of the ground as speedily
as possible, and that at the moment labour was rather
in demand, resolved to "strike" for higher wages.
A proposition to this effect being made to the farmer,
it was of course rejected, and Paddy, in a fit of des-
peration, had recourse to the old "dodge " of astonish-
ing the natives with his "sprig of shillelagh." Now,
the implement used for this purpose happened to be a
most formidable weapon, and being kindred in more re-
spects than one to that recently in vogue in Ireland
among the rebels, Paddy was not at a loss to know how
to wield it, and there was no danger of its becoming
like the sword of Sir Hudibras, which " for want of
fighting had grown rusty," so, with the pitchfork or
pike (the agricultural implement employed for dig-
ging potatoes), Paddy pitched into the inhabitants
without showing any quarter, and, as it turns out,
fully succeeded in his undertaking of making a forcible
impression on their weak nerves. In the village of
Great Crosby there are only two policemen stationed,
a sergeant and a constable, and the Irishmen having
multiplied in numbers to more than twenty, all well
armed, the chances were decidedly in favour of the
peace-breakers. The two policemen passed through
the village, and were immediately attacked by three
or four Irishmen with their forks, which they
plunged about almost in every direction, for, having
been turned out of the beer-house in a state
of excitement, they were callous to the con-
sequences. Policeman 302 was knocked down,
and as soon as he recovered himself he ran away
to the] station-house, leaving his comrade, the
sergeant, on the ground also, and about to be
butchered with the pitchforks. Some women, fortu-
nately, closed round the, poor fellow to save him, and
probably their screams, more than anything else,
frightened off the Irishmen. Sergeant Pye, a very
muscular and powerful man, rose to his feet, having
received a wound of a pike under one of his eyes,
and several blows across his body, and urging
the male bystanders to his assistance, followed
the Irishmen up with the intention of appre-
hending the ringleaders. The inhabitants followed
up for a short distance, but, with an unaccountable
cowardice for Englishmen, the moment the attack was
made they ran away, leaving the sergeant and one
man to receive the whole body of pitchforks. This
man struck heavily about him with a life-preserver,
and the sergeant, with his staff, kept off the forks;
the civilian (a man of the name of Westhead) re-
ceived the end of one of the forks in his hand,
which stuck fast, and the officer struck the Irish-
manwith his mouth
i
on the arm and broke it, causing the fork to
drop from his hand. One of the inhabitants, a
farmer, who stood by, gaping
open, and without taking any with
or active
part, was nearly made to swallow a pitchfork ; he re-
ceived a bad wound from the prongs in the head.
The bravery of the sergeant is beyond commendation ;
he felled three or four of the Irishmen with ease, and
rendered them unable to use their weapons ; but the
numbers being so great, and coming to the assist-
ance of their fellow comrades, it was impossible to
apprehend any of them. At last, the Irishmen ima-
gining, as it is supposed, that assistance might be at
hand, moved off down the village, and the sergeant
and the man Westhead, covered with blood, made a
final attack to try and apprehend the ringleader,
an immensely powerful Irishman ; they laid hold
of him, after some difficulty, and the villagers
now closing up, thinking that the Irishmen were running
away, they succeeded in scattering them, and the big
Irishman, after wrestling a little, knocked two or three
men down and ran away, closely pursued by the sergeant,
who at last succeeded in capturing him and making him
a prisoner in the lock-up. Altogether, such a disturb-
ance has not occurred in this part of the country for
some time; but as such rows may visit it again, it be-
hoves the authorities to make some preparations, and if
they will have but two constables stationed there, let
them both be Englishmen with " courage longer than
their legs."--Liverpool Courier.

HORRIBLE MURDER IN LISBON.
Lisbon has been thrown into a state of much ex-
citement, not by any event of a political nature, but
by a murder accompanied with horrible circumstances.
About eight o'clock on the night of the 12th of
September, one of the city gatekeepers saw, between
the Fundacao and Campo de Santa Clara, a large
bundle on the ground, near a wall. On examining it,
he found that 'the substance enveloped in the
cloth was a mass of dead flesh. Fearing to proceed
alone in his examination, he gave information to
the nearest guard-house. The parochial authorities
were summoned, and, accompanied by the man, they
proceeded to the spot where the bundle was lying.
To their horror they found it contained the naked
trunk, all covered with stabs, of a woman's body,
merely the trunk, for the head, hands, and legs
had been cut off, and were not in the bundle.
The mutilated body was removed to the guard-
house, and the man who first discovered it
was detained in custody. Early the following
morning a policeman appeared, bringing with him
the legs and hands, which he and a comrade had dis-
covered the previous night in the street of another
parish. The head not having been found at seven
oa sort of inquest was held on
authorities, and some medical
men. Seven stabs from a broad dagger or knife
theel clock in i n the
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the morning,
civil
were found on the left breast over the heart, and
twelve on the right breast. The legs and
hands had been separated from the body with a
sharp instrument, and with considerable sur-
gical precision. But there was no clue for
identifying the body. A dense crowd of people
surrounded the guard-house all day. Over 8,000 per-
sons were admitted to see the body, but no one could
recognise it. About three o'clock a young woman
pressed forward to see the corpse. The Regedor of
the parish immediately recollected that he had a few
days previously summoned this young woman to
answer a charge made against her by her mother.
The charge was, that the daughter had stolen a
gold chain and three moidores. The daughter,
when summoned, denied the charge, and said that her
mother was not right in her head. The Regedor said
that he would send the mother, as she was unwell, to
the hospital, and the daughter to gaol. "To gaol I
my daughter, to gaol! That I--no I I declare she stole
nothing from ine. The Regedor dismissed them, and
to the
promised to the mother an order of admittance
hospital. On the followingdaughter went
day, theh
to the Regedor, and told him that the mother being
now better, had determined on not going the k
him. The Regedor
hos-
pital, and had sent her to than
thought no more of the circumstance until he saw
to look
at
this young woman pressing forward
the mutilated body. He asked her
where was her
mother ? She left the house this morning. Wh ere
is she gone? Ido not know. Notwithstanding the
cool collected manner in which she answered these
questions, the Regedor strongly suspected her, and
sent her off to the magistrate's house, with a message
that she was suspected of being the person who com-
mitted the murder. After some questions put to her
by the magistrate, the police were sent with her to
examine her houie. She sat down to blow the fire
while the search took place. Two knives covered
with blood, a hatchet and A strong needle, half a
foot long, were found. A little garden at the back
of the house was dug up, and every recess examined,
but nothing further was discovered until Maria Jose
arose from the place where she had been sitting.
It WAS remarked that the earth of the floor of
that spot had recently been disturbed. The po-
lice dug up the ground, and found deep down the
head of the murdered woman. The young woman,
seeing that further concealment was useless,
frankly declared that that was the head of her
mother, Matilda da Luz; that it was not she who had
committed the murder, but a man of her acquaint-
ance, and would not tell his name, even though they
did to her what he had done to her mother. It was
eight o'clock on the morning of the 12th that he
committed the deed ; as „on as he entered the house
he stabbed the mother, and, she added with a smile,
" One blow finished her ; he cut off the head with the
hatchet that had been found, and the legs and hands
with a razor, and the two bloody knives." She
had not attempted to save her mother, because he had
threatened to kill her also if she interfered, and did
slightly cut her in the hand when she attempted to in-
terpose. This story she told without an appearance of
remorse or alarm, frequently smiling at the questions put
to her. She was subsequently subjected to a seven
hours' examination. She did not vary in her story ;
but in spite of her caution, said some things that will

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