The Express.
London, England, 1852-04-19 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DVSLI, APRIL 17.
Lord Castlereagh declines to stand for Down. lie
tells the electors, through the secretaries of the
meeting lately held at liewtownards, that if he
allowed himself to be put in nomination as their
candidate, they would be driven to a lasting state of
estrangement from those with whom, for their com-
mon interest, they should be most closely connected;
his lordship evidently meaning thereby that they
would be eaced in hostile oppesitiou to his noble
father, the Marquis cf Londonderry ; and from such
a struggle, oven if successful, he can foresee no gain.
lie adds:

The cause of the tenants would, I fear, not be advanced,
nor would the passing even of the principle of Mr. Craw-
ford's bill be secured, and here you must allow me to say
that, with a sincere regard for him, and a deep respect for
his persevering advocacy of your cause, I do not agree
with his views on many details of that measure, to
which, I am persuaded, neither he nor you will
ever obtain the sanction of the legislature. • • •
I would Indulge the hope that the landlords of uur county
—many of whom are liberal in their dealings and kindly
in their natures—will address themselves to this most im-
portant question, both f the sake of their own interests
as well as yours, not with the notion that every one who
advocates the cause of the tenant farmer is a destructive
and a communist, but with an earnest desire to meet the
difficulties of the case in a friendly spirit, even though their
views may be less extended than those of which Mr. Craw-
ford is the zealous and honest advocate.

This determination on the part of Lord Castle-
reagh will materially inconvemeeco the liberal elec-
tors of Down, who calculated with certainty on
being able to return him along with Mr. Crawford
at the next election; and as it is likely that there
will not be so much unanimity in favour of any other
candidate associatedwith Mr. Crawford, it is to be
feared that the circumstance will secure ono seat at
least for the tones in that important county.
It is stated that Sir Arthur Brooke, M.P. for Fer-
managh, will probably be presented ere long to a
ptvrage. In this case, observes a local journal, Mr.
ph
Darcy will be returned as the colleague of
Captain Archdall at the next election.
Mr. Leafing, %LP. for Waterford county, has ad-
dressed his constituents, soliciting their suffrages for
the next election. Mr. Patrick B. Welch is in the
field for the county of Kilkenny, and it is rumoured
that there is to be another candidate for that consti-
tuency in the person of Mr. W. F. Finn, a connexion
of the late Mr. O'Connell's, and who represented
Kilkenny some twenty years ago.
' Colonel Oreville, son-in-law of the Marquis of
Westmeath, has addressed the electors of Longford
as a candidate. Ilia principles are free trade,
tenant right, and the repeal of the Ecclesiastical
Titles Act.
At the inquest held on the man shot by the police
in the recent affray with a party of Orangemen at
Connor, in the comity of Antrim, the jury came to
the following verdict:" We find that the deceased,
Samuel When, came by his death on the 12th inst.
from a gun-shot fired by some person from the police
barrack at Connor; and we are further of opinion
that such was without sufficient cause."

NAVAL.

PORTSMOUTH, A eau. 18.—The Retribution, steam-
frigate, Captain Warden, went out of harbour yesterday
morning, and proceeded to the chops of the Channel to
sari
iontoa IM homeward bound shipping detained by
the promoillitorly winds, and also to look out for the
Qom, I.l4leaving Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker on board,
in seise to Mho ler in tow, it is reported, and bring her to
Spithead. big the desire of Sir William to disembark
at tkis perL—The Arethusa, 60, Captain Symonds, got up
her toomffientemets on Friday night and bent sails yester-
day.=The Wimbinter, 60 Captain Loch, has been re-
moved from the brie m :hauls the jetty.—The St. Vin-
cent, 102, the rigging of was stopped somewhat sud-
denly on Friday, was spido ordered to be completed in this
branch yesterday, the darn immediately recommencing
their work upon ber.—The Mowing acting lieutenants,
and nsiiihipmen pima for lieutenants at the
Nava Osilege In the dockyard on Thursday :
Mews. Hoe* Omer, Irvine, Broad, Montagu, fiaumares,
UMW. YOUlli. Robinson, and Clutterbuck. The follow-
=rot at the college en Friday in navigation for master :
esiismith, H. J. Ley, G. A. Macfarlane, C. P.
Herkpe, R. IL Curry, and 3. K. Richards. The under-
aemei Yemen have passed skate college for naval
ma" is Jrlaas the Victory until appointed to sea going
ships :Affirm H. Fox, S. H. Davies, L. Loraine, H. E.
Wood, F. C. Grove, J. S. Trotter, and C. R. Macdonald.
CHATHAM, APRIL 17.—The Herald, Capt. Denham,
fitting at this place for a survey of the islands of the Pacific,
Is very nearly ready to leave the Thames, and will finally
sail for her m
deetination early next onth. She takes out,
as interpreter, Sines Nab, • maims of one of the Pacific
islands, who came to this country two years ago, and who
is an intelligent young man. He will have charge of the
seeds which are to be planted in some of the islands.
Among the important objects entrusted to Captain Denham
will be the survey of the islands of the Pacific, so as to
form a chart, showing the best navigation through them
from the Isthmus of Panama to Sydney ; to select
a point for the establishment of a coal depot; and an island
for a penal settlement. Presents to the natives, to the
value of some hundred pounds, will be taken out by the
Herald.
SinERI(EBB, APRIL 17.—The Horatio, 22, screw
steam frigate captain; the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, has been
towed to the Little Note by the Myrtle, steamer, prior to
starting on her trial cruise. She is to proceed down
Channel and as far as the Scilly Islands, being absent about
ten days, putting on full power of steam for at least forty-
eight hones, in order to give • complete trial to her shaft
and screw propeller. Her armament considerably exceeds
that of the Amphion screw steam frigate, which is now
found very deficient in stowing accommodation for fuel.
She can only be used as a steam vessel for coasting purposes,
and will therefore be kept on the home station. The pre-
sent armament of the Horatio consists of 18 eight-inch
guns cm her main deck, which throw 56 lb. solid, or 68 lb.
hollow, shot, and 4 ten-inch 84 pounders on her upper
deck. Although 384 tons burthen leas than the Amphion,
32, she can discharge • heavier broadside. She stows 116
tons of coal, which, when steaming expansively, will suffice
for several days' consumption. She made 81 knots per hour
at a recent trial, being light at the time.
DEvONPoRT, Aram 18.—The Avon steam-tender
at this port, Master Commander Alfred Veitch, is about to
proceed to Woolwich to receive new boilers ; her present
boilers have been surveyed and condemned.—The Pestoojee
Bomanjee, with convicts, has embarked 100 more at this
port from the prison at Dartmoor: she is bound for Van
Diemen's Land.—The Vixen, Commander Barnard, arrived
at this port on Friday ; she is bound for the Brogdion
station.—lt is stated that the new steam-yard at Keyham
will be pushed forward to such a state as to admit of use
with greater speed than has marked the carrying on of the
works there for the last two or three years. As it is, many
thousands of peu.l worth of work is producing no return
whatever, and at the same time steam vessels requiring
repairs or new boilers, an compelled to be taken at a con-
, siderable expense and loss of time from this port to Ports-
, mouth or Woolwich, as is now the case with the Avon.