The Express. — 1848-11-08 (London, England)

MOORB.—The following letter gives full particuirs of the attempt to murder Lord Anne,ley's agent : " Cavan, Nov. 4.—On Friday, the 3rd inst. William Armitage Moore, Esq., of Amore Lodge, Cavan, left home at half past nine o'clock in the morning, to proceed to Miltown, abut eight miles from Cavan, to receive rents on the Earl of Annesley's property. Ho had written to hisbailiff a tow days before, stating that, in consequence of the bad state of the weather, he would not give the tenantry the trouble of coming to his office at Cavan, but would go to Miltown, and receive the rents there. He was accompanied by his clerk and a lad named Maxwell, who drove the car that conveyedthem. On arriving near Baker'sbridge the car-driver and the clerk observed two men standing close together in the centre of the road, and called Mr. Moore's attention to them, as very suspicious looking fellowa.' As the car still proceeded on its course, one of the men dropped off to the side of the road ; the other still stood in the centre, with his hack turned to the party on the car, and maintained that position until the end of the shaft wee almost parallel with his shoulder. He then wheeled suddenly round, and presented a pistol to Mr. Moore's breast, so close that it almost touched him. He held it firmly with both hands to ensure a steady aim, and pulled the trigger. Happily for the intended victim the pistol mimed tire. The ruffian immediately turned and fled. The morning having been extremely cold and damp, Mr. Moore had swilled himself in two outside coats ; this was unfortnnate, as he had a cue of pistols in the pockets of an under coat—each pistol had 6 barrels, all were in excellent order, and loaded with ball. llad it not been for the impediment of his clothing he could have abet the ruffian dead in a mamma. He mped off the ear, however, as likewise did his dark, and both pursued the flying miscreants. The clerk snapped a pistol at one of them, but it did not go off. During the chase Mr. Moore extricated a pistol from his coat posket and fired. The villain at whom he aimed then turned from the main road that leads over Baker's-bridge into a narrow road or lane, that leads towards Butler'sbridge, called Hacket's-road. Whilst ascending a little bill on this narrow pass Mr. Moore fired two more barrels at the fugitive, bat without effect. There are two or three cabins an the top of this hill, and at this point Mr. Moore and his aaapan*on lost Bight of the fugitive. Whether he was skeltend those cabins, or threw himself into a ditch at this not known. There were many persons at short from the scene of this outrage, but not one of them would give the slightest assistance in endeavouring to arrest Use amens. There thoughn particular five men working is a field close by, and oug called on by Mr. Moore for armies Immo, they would not stir, declaring they had neither MB* I the men nor heard the firing. Mr. Moore, finding he had no asses of aid from the people, immediately got on his ear, ' mai proceeded towards the police station of Milieus. On Ws way thither he met three constables, whom he took on ifie wisp and returned tolls cabins on Hacket's-road, whence seenmeasseing the search, they scoured the country round. They wooed in capturing the man who was NMI in company with the person who attempted to fire at Mr. Moore. This follow has been fully identified, and now lies In Cavan pet; his name is Kiofßlo, or M./Tiernan ; he is a tailor by ersilis, and resides in that neighbourhood. Inconsequence of ids outset* a meeting of magistrates was held at the courtbeam of Cavan, on Friday, Lord Farnham in the chair, to sadder wtst steps may be meet advantageously pursued to bang the perpetrators and abettor of the crime to justice. We bow nth yet learned the result of the deliberations held aswaeasfon, but we may safely trust to the wisdom, esperienco, and determination of the noble lord and his coed',awe magistrates, to imam a prompt and effectual remedy for the evil."