The Express. — 1862-09-10 (London, England)

THE PATAL APPRAY BETWEEN REAPERS AND HOP•PICKERS IN SUSSEX.  I u our impression of Mouday we gave a brief account of a serious disturbance which took place at Ildimore on the previous Wednesday. Mr. Kell, the coroner, has since held an inquest on the body of Mary, wife of Timothy Welsh, who bad met her death in the disturbance. Henry Speen, carter, at Udimore, deposed that on Wednesday he went to Heathfield, with a waggon belonging to Mews. Coleman, his masters, to fetch some Imp•pickers. On his return he stopped the waggon at the Broad Oak, Brede, where every one had about a pint of beer each. When they got there there was a party of Irish reapers. who had their swap hooks with them. They were quarrelling among themselves, and inquired if there was any Englishman who was inclined to fight. They said no. The Irish seemed as if they had had something to drink, but they walked very well, and proceeded along the road. They followed with the waggon, and overtook them near Son len Farm. The youngest man I then Caine up and inquired if witness's party bad a mind to fight, and with a stick struck a labourer named Robins across the lege. He thee went back behind and commenced throwing Mopes. He knocked Robins down in the road, and the rest of the Irish came upon him. Witness's party then got off the waggon, and they all got fightiog amongst themselves, till the Irish went back to see about their swap books the hop-pickers then ran sway. The deceased got hold of the fore horse's head, and be bad got bold of it too. She began hitting it about with a bat on the head, notwithstanding that be told her to leave the hone alone. One of the Irishmen, who was now in custody, and who gave the name of Robert Lynch, went at him with a swap book. He stooped his head under the horse's neck, and the man struck him on the shoulders, cutting through his clothes, and making his shoulder bleed very much, the blood running down his arm to the fingers. He then passed under the chains between the fore and second horse, and the man chopped at him again with the swaphook, which struck the chain. The deceased had hold of the fore horse's head, and the horse swung her off and threw her down. One of the Irishmen kept rattling the chaise and making a noise, and the horses got frightened and ran away. The two front horses went over the woman, but the other stopped and swerved. He tried to hold on and stop them, and he did not see whether the wheels went over her or not. He dept hold of his horses, and, finding himself cut and bleeding, hastened to get home with the hones and waggon to Little Fagg Farm. Mr. Adamson, a surgeon at Rye, dressed his wound a little before 10. He was still disabled In it. He never touched one of the horses with the whip. At the close of the inquiry, which lasted upwards of five hour,  The jury found "That the deceased came by her death in ennaequeoce of her unlawfully having seised the rein of the fore horse. which threw her down and the wheels of the waggon accidentally passed over her head." On Monday Robert Lynch, labourer, late of Deptford, was charged before the Rye magistrates with assaulting Spears. After a lengthened bearing the chairman, Mr. Pomfret, said that in the opinion of the bench there had been so much confusion and lighting among the parties that it was difficult to say what was the truth. He feared the Irish had met with much provocation, and as the complainant's wound was not deo serious a character as had been anticipated, the bench would treat the affair as a common assault, and inflict a fine of 40a. and meta.  In the comae of the day the fine was paid by subscription amongst the Irish reapers.  Therimminan Surcznz--Yesteniay morning an inquiry was held by Mr. John Humphreys. at the Plough Tavern, Bow-road, respecting the death of Thomas James Wren, aged 42, who had committed suicide on Sunday morning last, with great deliberation. He was found hanging by • and from a hock in the kitchen, and the cord wan tied with extraordinary tightness round his neck, sod a handkirehief was also firmly stuffed into his mouth, no doubt to make the strangulation certain. He appeared to have endeavoured, as far as he was able, to thrust the handkerchief down his throat, and there were marks of blood upon it. the deceased bad been weak-minded since about three months ago, when he was knocked down and run over be an omnibus, and his wife was in coaeant dread that be would murder her. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."