The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1883-01-19 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

HEAVY SENTENCES.  At Munster Assize on Thursday Luke and Timothy Delabunty, brothers, who had been found guilty of shooting at, with intent to murder, a man named Donnelien, in Clare, on the 17th April, 1882, were sentenced to penal 6, rvitude for life. Donnellan was not injured—David Flt ming, cmvicted of shooting at John Cullotty with intent to murder him, at Ballymackelligott, WRS sentenced to 20 years' p tnal set vitude. Cullotty had tlken a boycotted farm.—Jeremiah Mahoney, for attempting to post a threatening notice at Ennistyon, was sentenced to 18 months' bard labour. The notice warned people not to pay rent—John T. Curranes„ for sending a threatening letter, was sentenced to 15 months' hard labour. .  ....,,.... A curious breach cf promice trial was commenced in Dublin on Thursday, the plaintiff. Mr. T. It. Kingsley, OUliad ittisa Eliza AWII4) l'eclo tin 46nageo iQz kocii ot  promise to marry. The plaintiff alleges that owing to the promise he took a large house in London and furnished it, and gave up a valuable appointment. Defendant pleads that if there was any promise it was re+cinded before that, and also that she agreed to marry the Plaintiff owing to false representations as to his means. She also claims .£IOG, which she alleges she lent him, but this the plaintiff denies. It turns out that the woman named Quin, who was asserted on Thursday to have been murdered near Dimgannon, died from exposure, having laid all night on heap of mud. A despatch from Limerick states that a package con. taming dynamite was deposited in the letter-box of the Post-Office there on Thursday night. The package was stamped in the ordinary way, but did not explode in the process, and it was not until afterwards that its dubious appearance led t ) its being opened. It was handed over to the pffice, but there is no clue to the person who peAdd it. A number of sorters and clerks were in the office when the package was stamped, and an explosion would probably have caused a serious loss of life.  A parliamentary paper issued on Thursday shows that the harvest of 1882 in Ireland was unfavourable, though not approaching that of 1879, which was the roost unfavour. able harvest during the past 20 years. The depreciation in money value of the crops owing to the unfavourable harvest amounts in the aggregate to £5,818,167 as compared with 1881, and t 3 £2,527,664 as compared with the average of the preceding ten years. The value, however, is £5,787,738 over that of the diaa.trous year 1870. The great bulk of the money loss in 1882 is, as in 1870 on the potato cop, In which the diminution of value is £4,317,687 as compared with 1881, and £2274431 as compared with the average value of the crops for the past tn years. Between seven and eight atoms weight of rifle and revolver ammunition was accidently diicovered on Sunday evening in a low portion of Dublin. It was concealed under a heap of rubbish, and became exposed to view through come children playing at the heap sni finding some cartridges. The police were comwunicstsd witb. _ _  The police followed up the coup of last Saturday by further arrests in Dublin on Mi.nday. At 12 o'clock Patrick Whelan, a clerk, was arrested at St. .1. arura's• terrace, Dolphin's Barn. At haif-past three Edward O'Brien, a shoemaker, was arrested at Kilmainham. George Smith, a bricklayer, was also arreete I. He is 24 years of age, and lives at Shelbourve-row, Sandymount. Whelan was arrested last year on a charge of having arms in a proclaimed dirtrict. He was alßo arrested under Mr. Forster's Act. The prisoners were brought up before Mr. O'Donel at the police-court, and charged with conspiracy to murder. The prisoners protested emphatically against their arrest. They were remanded, merely formal evidence being then given to the effect that they were the parties named in the several magistrates' warrants. Five rifles were found on Monday near Cuffe-street. They were on the roadway, having evidently been thrown away by the persons who had them fearing arrest. Three were found on a pieco of waste ground, uncovered. It was in this neighbourhood that an extensive seizure of arms was made last year, and here also that the large quantity of ammunition was diecovered on Sunday night. Whelan, who was arrested on Monday, was one of the residents in the house in Brabagan-street where a quantity of dynamite and ball cartridges were taken possession of by the police on the information of a rum' named Daisy, who was afterwards shot dead in Skipper's-alley.