The Press.
London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 39, 1854.

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A SECOND VICTIM of the late diabolical outrage on
the Derry and Enniskillen Railway has sunk under
the effects of his injuries, Griffin, the stoker of the
excursion-train, having died in the infirmary, where
his leg had been amputated. Yesterday week was
observed as a day of general thanksgiving in Ennis-
killen for the escape of the Protestant excursionists.
The Earl of Enniskillen is going on as well as his
friends could wish.

THE FIRST STONE OF THE MONUMENT TO THE LATE
MR. O'CONNELL was laid in Dublin on the 22nd inst.
by Sir John Power in Glasnevin Cemetery. There
was no public display on the occasion.
A MEETING was held in the Dublin Mechanics'
Institute on Monday, when Mr. John O'Connell,
M.P., moved a series of resolutions for the formation
of an association, to be called " The Liberal Associa-
tion," for the purpose of attending to the parlia-
mentary, municipal, and poor-law franchises of
Ireland. Subscribers of 11. to be members, and of
Is. to be associates. The resolutions were seconded
by Alderman Reynolds, and passed.
THE Venerable Marcus G. Beresford was conse-
crated Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh in the Cathedral
of Armagh, on Sunday last, by the Lord Primate.
assisted by the Bishops of Tuam and Down.
THE motion for separate education for the Protes-
tant children in the North Dublin Union was again
brought forward on Wednesday, and carried by the
casting vote of Mr. Cusack, the chairman, the former
vote to the same effect having been rescinded by the
Poor-law Commissioners.

A MEETING of the inhabitants of Derry was held
yesterday week, the mayor presiding, when a reward
of 5001. was offered for the conviction of the mis-
creants who caused the late railway calamity, and a
further subscription was opened for the relief of the
surviving sufferers. The Derry and Enniskillen
Railway Company has also offered 5001. reward for
the conviction of the guilty party, and 50!. towards
the relief fund. There was upwards of 3,0001. sub-
scribed at the meeting.

THE CONAMNICATIGN BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
DUBLIN of the magnetic telegraph was suddenly in-
tercepted by some accident on Thursday morning,
to the great annoyance of the stockbrokers, and
stoppage of business generally.

THE long•promised conference of " the friends of
tenant right " was held on Tuesday in the council
rooms of the Irish Tenant League, and exhibited a
melancholy falling off from former meetings of the
same nature. There was a tolerable muster of Irish
priests, one of whom, the Rev. Owen Feeney, of
Sligo, filled the chair; and the usual speakers on the
question resident in Dublin, such as Mr. J. M.
Cantwell, Dr. Gray, Mr. Wilson Gray, ctc., were in
attendance, but, with the exception of Mr. Lucas and
Mr. P. O'Brien, all the parliamentary advocates of
the cause were absent, not even Mr. G. H. Mocre,
Mr. J. F. Maguire, or Mr. P. BPMahon thinking it
worth their while to come to Dublin for the purpose,
although they wrote some excuses for their absence.
The following resolution as to the future course to
be adopted was agreed upon :—" That in January
next, on a day to be fixed and duly notified by the
council of the League, a conference be held to take
into consideration the draft Landlord and Tenant
Bill, to determine to what members of Parliament
the bill as approved of by the Tenant League shall
be entrusted, and generally to consider the best
means for promoting its success."

THE ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.
THE following complete and interesting summary
of the proceedings in the Encumbered Estates
Court, from the filing of the first petition on October
21st, 1849, to the 24th of September inst., has been
prepared by Mr. C. M. Ormsby, the "clerk of the
statistics" to the commissioners :
Num!ier of petitions presented, including those for parti-
tion and exchange as well as for sale, 3,320. Of the above
about 470 were supplemental or dismissed petitions. Num-
ber of absolute orders for sale, 2,521. Number of matters
in which owners were bankrupts or insolvents when peti-
tions were presented, 309. In many other instances the
owners of estates became insolvents or bankrupts during
the progress of the matter, and the proceedings were sub-
sequently carried on in the names of the assignees. Num-
ber of matters in which owners presented petitions, 823.
Number of conveyances executed by the commissioners,
4,301. Number of owners of estates (or parts of estates)
sold, viz. :—lty public auction in court, 920 ; by provincial
auction, confirmed by the commissioners, 278 ; by private
contract, confirmed by the commissioners, 193. Number
of purchasers of estates (or parts of estates) sold, 5,812.
Number of lots sold, viz. :—By public auction in court,
4,807; by provincial auction, 1,049; by private contract,
1,292. Number of accounts opened in the Accountant's
Office, 1,307. Number of boxes in which it is estimated
there are (or have been) 100,000 documents and muni-
ments of title deposited in the Record Office, 2,093.
Period during which proceedings had been pending in
the Court of C hancery in cases brought into the Encumbered
Iststeg Court, t furnished to the House of Commons by