The case of Gorham versus the Bishop of Exeter is
adjourn I till Monday. On Sunday evening at ten o'clock, a shot was fired into the Irawingtoomewin- dow of the residence of Mr. Henry Drury, at sherwood th,5 county of Carlow, within one mile of Kildavin. Miss Drury was at the time sitting close to the window. The family were about commencing evening prayers; and we regret to say, one bullet entered her cheek, breaking three teeth, and lacerating her tongue; five bullets passed through the shutter, and some even through the door into the back-drawingroom. The Police from Tullowt with Sub-Inspector Geoid, were on the spot in two hours; and found a notice directed to Mr. Drury, desiring him to inform Mr. Downing, the head landlord, to prepare his coffin if be was not partial to his Ballinvalley tenants. This explained imme- diately. to Mr. Drury and Mr. Downing the cause of the outrage, and threw suspicion on the parties concerned in it. Mr. Downing owns the townland of Sherwood, one of the sub-denominations of which is Ballinvalley; and a tenant on this part of the property holding forty acres is the only one who owes any rent, and he is in arrear upwards of two years, owing Mr. Downing 701. In Sep- tember last Mr. Downing served him with notice to quit; having previously offered him permission to take his entire stock and crop, and also forgiving all rent due. With these terms the tenant has not complied, but continues to hold the land. We are happy to say that, under the professional assistance of Dr. Barnett of
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Tullow, Miss Drury is progressing as favourably as could be expected. We are given to understand that the Government is about to offer a large reward for the apprehension of the villain who fired the shot. The Police found in the house of one of the tenants an unregistered gun lately discharged.—Dublia Evening Mail, Dec. 14.
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