The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DBLIN, Fss. B.
Private moorages were received in Cork yesterday
by telegraph, stating that the Admiralty had ao-
oepted none of the tenders sent in by the Irish
pew
vision contractors, the prices in all the asses being
considered too high. Almost all the tenders that have been accepted are, it is stated, from foreign oe
colonial houses, chiefly Canadian.
An entertainment was given on Tuesday b the
Marquis of Londonderry to his tenantry at Mount-
stswart, at which his lordship took occasion to express
his feelings and opinions on several topics of deep
interest, and in a tone which rendered them deserving
of attention beyond the circle in which they were
uttered. Besides the noble marquis and his mar-
chioness there was no one present but the tenantry
strictly speaking, none of the neighbouring gentry
or clergy being included among the guests, so that
the host described it as a family party, to whom he
could speak with frankness and affection. In pro-
posing the health of the Queen, Lord Londonderry
said :
For the first tiro., something of sadness and something of
gloom is cast around our Sovereign's crown. My friends, the
present gathering, the present evenieg, may perhaps shoot
a moray across that shadow ; her Majesty need not fear;
her councillor need not tear while they are true to her
Majesty—(hear, hear)—that the country, the three coun-
tries over which her Majesty rules, will not be true to her
Majesty. It is not only upon the snowy and icy tops of
Balaklata that the Emperor Nicholas has to meet Great
Britain and Ireland. Mismanagement may exist ; false cal-
culations may products their evil effects ; the proud and in-
domitable spirit of the people of these countries may have
cast its treasures on that bleak and inhospitable shore;
some casualty and some misfortunes may arise; yet we
cannot but hope for vi..tory while we remember the recorded
deeds of the great men forty years gone past, and while we
gase upon the .rophies, some of which now face me, and
others which remain, oiNelson and Wellington, both of the
army and of the navy. (Hear.) Toe sons of these great
men are the same; our mother earth is the same; our
spirit is the s, me. Of England I will not speck; Scotland
I love and bless; Ireland is my own land, the land I bon
best on earth—(load cheers, continued for some minutes)—
and will not these countries—will not Irelani give her sons
to aid in the contest ?
In proposing a subsequent toast, his lordship said :
For myself and my dear wife I need not remind you that
we are • family party—here we know no strangers. And
when I think of that I cannot but thick of Sir Colin
Campbell, when he led the Highland Brigade upon the
heights of Atms. (Cheers.) Sir Celia Campbell said,
" We'll has nano but Heelan' bonnets here "—(renewed
applause)—so my friends, when we were to be here I
thought I would have you, and be in the midst of you,
with my "sin wifey," and hat I would have "nano here
but just our sin folk." (Great applause.) Here is security
for your faints and improvements, as I know the fall is at
your doors. (Cheers). Gentlemen, if I fail, it is with you.
It is for no object lam saying so. lam not discussing any
new opinion or fresh conviction on that subject—the
much mooted subject of tenant-right (Heir.) M
impriusion is that a change has come over all of us since th y
question was mooted—(hear)—not that it is less valu-
able ; not that it does not remain as an ore in the earth to
be worked out ; but I do thiuk that during the present state
of things, it is our duty to sink all questions in the common
consideration of the country's welfare—the necessity of
forming a strong and efficient government, and obeying one
common object, that of supporting the Queen. (Cheers.)
You are all sharp, clever, and shrewd men ; I know lam
not talking to men who are unable to weigh every word I
speak; who will allow their hearts alone, and nut their un-
derstanding, to be addressed ; but I ate speaking to your
andentanding when I say that if the farmer has good
times now, there may be a time of reverse. (Hear, hear.)
War has come, and it has brought its consequences with it.
Every interest, or very nearly every interest in the country
is suffering. The farmer, alone are doing any good ; and
may God bleu the farmer. (Cheers )