The Express.
London, England, 1855-11-12 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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The sales in the Ineumbered Estatn Caws gese
nitnotfhthe
@Menthe "cableguarlevance
three and tweetrfour years' purchase on the ammo. .
tal have now become quite ordinary r..tes; and is yee,
terday's sales lands in the counties of gileate,
W" "aterford, and Galway ranged at rates of from se
to 80 ears' purchase. Hitherto 20 yew pip.
chase wee oonsidered an excellent price in this owe,,
try ; and it wee some time beton the general rev el
buyers could bring theinselves to look on that ea e
secure standard of the value of Irish fee simple 74
emerging, as they were, from the gloomy •
when it was considered quite high enough to bid 9
or 10, oe at the utmost, 12 years purchase for they;
simple of lands devastated by famine and rack nets
Noe are the high prices confined to the Incumbent
Estates Court. Competition for land is carried is
with se much recklessness as in the old times steei
the farmers, and it is greatly to be feared thatimme
of the lettings now made on a war scale of core pie;
will be followed hereafter by inevitable indwell
and ejectment.
Farming operations Dave been much impeded be
the recent wet weather, and a great quantity di,
team still remains in the grout d. The iamb
concerning the produce of that invaluable ere, we,
however, satisfactory; and in general theca sys
anticipated a great deficiency from the first
of the potato blight have been agreeably •
nnett
It is rumoured in Cavan that the meat
case of agrarian murder in that county will be ash
the subject of • government inquiry; and ;than
said that a requisition to the high sheriff trill le etc
on foot to convene a county meeting, in order tke
public feeling relative to the atrocity may be 114,
expressed. the recent meeting on the subject harlot
been called by a few private circears only, esi
being attended only by a few persona
Lord Maack and Mr. Stephenson meths wale.
skews appointed to inquire into the missal queue
of education, and they will enter on their defied' a
few days. The inquiry has been set on foot at the
request of the national board itself, with a yin d
examining into and reporting on any thermic. deg
may be deemed necessary to increase the effuiseeyd
the establishment and to expedite the traumatised
business, and consider the arrangements relative Is
expenditure.
The Cork Examiner supplies the following sus{,
gration statistics :
Tin number of passengers who sailed from oar metk
the Cork Steam Ship Company's easels dining the yank
mouths—from the let of May to the 31. t of Ostele.
asseanos to 14,099. This return, however, Mail pa
eons who west on business, bat to take the swipes*,
number of emigrants to America sad the colonies maim.
dyed—and it is frequently more than this and eeldwalgo,..
it would give us a total ea the air months of 2,811 Its
fallowing Is the return of each of the six seethe, e ki
this It will be seen that October exhibits a nit doom •
sempared with any of the preceding months : May, WI;
June, 3,118 ; July. 2,101 ; Mimi, 2,056; fseseebet
2,103; October, 1,720. The total number of swipe*
during last week amounts to 338, and this else diem a
diminution la the weekly return ; bet the inetsmsondlis
weather may, in some measure, menet fee tidsisenn.
Of the 338 Mere were 90 who had takes pummels Awls
and Australia.
The directors of the Bank of Ireland have'
mined to increase the rate for loans, on the securityd
government stock, from 8 to 6 per cent.

WINTER EXHIBITION OF PICTURBS, HALM
COLOUR DRAWINGS AND ENGRAVINGS

This collection war opened to private view s
Satarday lad. Although not a numerous one it yams
a eery attractive character. Of 429 worksdisplsyedesiY
oesasies, 109 are paintings is oil, 38 1111 wetersisat
drawings, 4 are sculpture, and 278 engravings. Ils ksl
nasal division of the collection is extremely Meru*,
°assisting of • complete set of fin Edwin Larkeer's
graved weeks—including • large number of etchisge by us
celebrated artist himself. This well arranged sad espisio
sedition of fine engravings constitutes a novel sad lig
important feature in the exhibition. Mr. F. Onlellies
sestributed two charming little pictures, 341, " Bsne
Beittaay," and 342, " Raising the Maypole." The
treatment of the latter subject is greatly to be smasaisis
for although the nude character of the scene is Welshed
vigorously pourtrayed, there is as elevated style persodis
in the grouping of the figures and general oompositisesf Its
&tare which greatly subedits the charm of the imis
itself. It is is the ability to give dignity le ml•
loots of a lowly character that tree unlit
power discovers itself. Mr. Goodall paeans this
gift in • high degree, and thereby proves bison( to be aril
artist. Mr. James Thomas Lionel! and Mr. William Masi
have each seat.* very cleverly painted hubcaps. !ILL
Philip distinguishes himself on this as on forma *wird
his *tare, "The Duet," 365, of two very ewe:lll*W
desseele, one playing the guitar, the other secompasylmelli
the tambourine, bin this painter's best style, well din*
&soft and vigorously *aunt. Mr. James Beat's "1,01
lifeee," 370, did not please as. A large figure de shished
bey, apparently not very artfully painted, is ad mnil
0 • subject in itself; we seem to miss the sonspsaised
se landscape. To us the figure, moreover, appeared Wish
drawing, sad deficient in anatomical expressioa. Mr. ins,
dalde R A., and Mr. G. Stanfield, have both ominteni
wake of great merit. Messrs. A. Cooper, R.A.; T. Cm
wish, R.A. ; W. P. Frith, R.A.; A. Provis, Freak Ruh
A.R.A, end several other artists of established hes*
cmaribeton to the exhibition. The opportunity discs*
lag 110 very pleasing a collection of works comsat bairn
met aeeesable to lovers of art; it is gratifyieg to hi OS
Albs peojester of this "Winter Exhibition" is slits le tli
impeetasee of enlisting talent on his side whilst maell
gar Se Instruction and pleasure of the public WI
MIN* sends& this brief notice without expreniag s vii
fie the mieplien of • lees puzzling system of naabrzinibi
wake exhibited.

THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER AND THE

DISSENTBRS.

Ott Thursday a vestry was held at Cheakllffif,
take into consideration a npurt from the burial board
pompon to the requirement of the Bishop of Baisser,tlai
a fence Amid bo erected to separate the wasseratte
the tuseonsonated part of the new cemetery A "If"'
ember of the parishioners were presaat
Tin Saw. M. M. Passrox, vicar, who occupied _.,aibe
read tbassenneoodemes he had had with the ofwv,
Rotimserie is the waltlbot of consecration and
the
et do was Weld posad, in which he (Mr.Preelo) _
MOO the Wisp Mat a broad gravel pate weatiStitil
Swan Me pond *Maeda for oonneratioe and a_
of fi eMillefelablid to dissenters, sod that it wait. 7.
titer diniecteishei by the erection of iron Polo.
sirens& •he that the plaa adopted would provesswoi-
tory M blebeiship, as it would prevent invidious
dew be bales made, and would discourage shies Jim.
&alga which the separation of the ground taught
Kr. Prelim received an answer to the effat that a lel •
ins 11.111 it inch other fence as the bishop
was Milkseesabla so separate the church Wine ow
roma tram that appropriated to the dissent"
to etheseration ; and that Ware was the cob'
white be (the bishop) had deviated from thatino
It appeared that the bishop had been further rom
with by the Burial Board, who represented that thift
already expended 4,6611. on the new burial-grouse no;
the parishionus could not really afford slags
lay for the fence, which they regarded as quits WOO _lit
The bishop, however, was intuitable. The clerk. bfar.;
of the board, wrote to the Secretary of State,statioll To'
the rish was in, and soliciting his iat*
dtteret
cud advice.pa No answer to this communication bad Ist ri
renamed. The Chairman spoke piths posioos is esif..,
should be placed if he should have to officiate on
crated emend. Ho would himself as soon be bused Wirral
serrated ground as that which was consecrated 0064 w7ke
—but it was not so with a number of his parishioner.,
might have religious scruples on the subject.
Dr. Boothe...le moved, sad Mr. W. DIWITIOO...Ta
following res.:lotion : '5 That no further outlay be tr:ti
and so distiaction made in the erection of the leeris
orpsznea the amaseseated facia the uncossannted Po"
aiewhealimeeeri." •
Oit aslssiret Mate, the meitoll woo eansied
lowa ite
eseminiselly, bet two heads being held up
A Horyini literary.

SUNDAY MuslC.--At t meeting of the Tom
Caused of Melensburgh (Scotland) held en Sat by
the Provost produced a petition to her Msjesty, handeet:
by some gentlemen for signature of the Council, made' .47
suppression of lassie in Kensiogtou Oardese, ma
.6.
1
Sunday. Councillor Hendry did not think the
Releashurgh had asythiag to do with 3111012,
W might ea welt ask her Majesty to Probw"
churches as in gardens on the other side of the boofet...,
. aseenbeas were generally of opinion that whatever stiff;
the merit* of the question, they were ;0
not called ors
twine, and the parties getting up such pstaloalt,,„/
lisidelja-
taking the wont possible means of secomp
Impose, even if it wens good one. &al 0,""