The Weekly Gazette for Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Cleveland District. — 1880-12-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MURDER OF AN IRISHMAN  NEAR BIEMINGHADI.  EXTRAORDINARY CI RC U MSTAN CE S. On 'Sunday afternoon an Irish labourer Wai murdered at Solihull, a small town uear Birinitn,harn, under circumstances shich will lie generally recognised as similar to those of other mysterious outrages, upon Irishmen which have been attributed secret influence. The victim is John Gateley, about 26 years of age, who had been in Englan 1 five or six years. He had been employed as cowman upon the farm of Mr Graham, a well-kuown horse-breeder in the neighbourhood, for thetiast two years. On Sunday. although generally attending mass in Birminghatn,deceased widked to Sohn u II with the stated ol.ject of keepiug an appointment with another labourer. Starting at nine o'clock, he arrived too late for mass, and weut to the Gardeners' Arms beerhouee in lfain-street. The landlord states he ent red with three or four atranga Irishmen, and that there were abont tweuty people present, Leauy of the same uationality, the beerheu,e being the acknowledged Irish house. About an hour afterwards deceas .d ass asked by one of the men to go iuto the jard, a1..1 several went out together. As' he WEIA walking towards a group lie turned rotted, and KSW pitlt.ll in the hand of a man behind him, which was immediately fired, the bullet entering the abdomen, and he fell to the ground. The explosion was heard in the beerhouse, and the servant, upon going into the yard, saw a ". man a pistol or revolver in his hand, and heard Galeley say, " I am done for." The supposed murderer walked through thebserhouse into the street telling elle landlord, in reply to &question, that there had been an accident, and got away without any attempt being made to detain him. All wentat once to the yard, and Gateley was found upon the ground. He was removed to the Workhouse Infirmary. His C%l4i Was consid,,red hopeless front ths first, and he gradually sank; and died on Monday at halfpast five. His dying declaration states that he was ignorant of the name of t—e man who shot him. The Irishmen present at the time the shot was fired also dilly any knowledge of the strangers, who disappeared immediately afterwards, iy,d the police superintendent says that no effort, was tuadu to detain them or to follow the alleged ussasein, although the laudlhrd appealed to those present to do so. The firer of th 4 pistol is .leserihed as being fr.m 35 to 40 years old, &boat 54 feet high, fresh c .m 0026011 browi whiskers, and 3re34ea in ii bag grey black leather leggings, and billyeock bat, lie spoke with an Irish accent.  A comparative statement of the Canadian revenue from July Ist to November 30th shame the revmme reonipts to have been 1.5,035.363 dol., an I tiCreB.BB of 3,060,153 dols. upon the reveuue of the wr:esponding period last year.  Mr E. Johnson, M.P., speaking at Exeter on Saturday evening, sail Du did not despair of Irishmen coining to a ti:ate of common sense and rccogateing CAA the present Parliament was more likely than any that had preceded it to give justice to Ireland. At a meeting of Eng Mill, Irish. and Soot°la Radicals at Leeds ou Sa,urday, Mr T. P. O'Connor, M.P., said let Government do their worst au the matter of coercion, they oonld not bring barAc the ghost of landionlism, for its tyrannical spirit svas'koled for ever. Saturday's cablegram from New York says the improved demand for Scotch pig iron continues unabated, quatations being firm. : The Glasgow branch of the Lind Lemurs, I have resolved not to pairotii.e the business of any Irishman wlio ref uscs to support the snoveruin.t