A great county meeting was held in Cavan Court-house on
Wednesday, "for the purpose of affording an opportunity for an universal expression of horror at the assassination of the late George T. Bell Booth, Esq., and to devise means of up- : rooting that extensive system of conspiracy in which that and other murders have originated." The High Sheriff presided; the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl of
• Enniskillen, Lord Farnham, the Protestant and Roman Catholic Bishops of Kilmore, several clergymen of both Churches, and a number of gentlemen, were present; the whole concourse being estimated at 10,000 persons. The speakers all expressed the greatest respect for Mr. Booth, and exhorted the people to return to order : none were more emphatic or impressive than the Boman Catholic Bishop, Dr. Browne, and the Reverend T. Maguire, parish- priest of Ballinamore. Being called upon to give up suspicions strangers to the Police, the people answered, "We will"; but when remedies for the disorders were talked of, there were frequent cries of "Lower the rents ! lower the rents, and then all will be right." Resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were adopted, including a promise of reward for the discovery of Mr. Booth's murderer. A letter was read from Dublin Castle, stating that Mr. Wil- cocks had been appointed Superintending Magistrate of Leitrim and its borders, with instructions to organize plans for the suppression of outrage.
Private letters, received in town last night, state that the assassin of Mr. Booth has been arrested at Mullingar; that he was a perfect stranger, employed to com- mit this savage murder for the sum of five pounds, and means of escape to some foreign country. As yet we can only add that the report is not authenticated.— Freeman, July 4.
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