The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-26 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATWIDAY.
From en early hour this morning wo have had a
' hard gale from the south-west, accompanied by rain.
It is still blowing with terrible violence, and the sea
outside Kingstown presents a very formidable ampoct.
Tho mail steamer, due this morning, has arrived
about three hours late, after an exceedingly rough
Pasant,.
Two troops of the 7th Hussars, and some compa-
nies of infantry, have left Dublin for the disturbed
districts of Louth, Monaghan, and Armagh. An
additional detachment of 39 of the constabulary was
despatched yesterday morning from the central
depot to Crossmaglen, in the county of Armagh, on
temporary servi( e.
Government has offered a reward of 1001. Ibr the
discovery of th 2 nssassins who fired at Mr. Chambr.%
Tho holly R.rpress gives the following extract of a
private letter received in town last night :
Hawthorn-Lill, Friday.—Our friend Chamber has hat a
very good night, and is more disposed to speak. I have
not seen him so well yet, and he appears to me to pmgresa
to improvement. At the same time, to be decided, we hare
to wait until those wretched nine days are passed.
A medical bulletin of a few hours later date states
that no favourable change can be reported yet. The
following communication in the Mail of last night
contains the most authentic information yet pub-
lished with reference to this outrage :
NEWRY, TIICItsnAY NIGIty.-1 regret to inform you
that the state of our friend still continues to he very preca-
rious. Seven of the slugs, which appear to have been cut
from• square ingot of lead, have been extracted; two, how-
ever, are still lodged—one in the throat and one in the head
—and unfortunately in situations which render them peculi-
arly dangerous—that in the throat especiaily, owing to it,
proximity to the jugular vein—the movement of this in an
unfavourable direction might be attended with fatal conse-
quences, owing to which the medical attendants are unable to
pronounce any very decided opinion, nor does it appear likely
they can do so for wine days to come. air. Chanibrr's left
eye, though not absolutely wounded, is in great danger—a
slug having struck close beneath it, sod passed nearly round
its orbit. The greatest anxiety for his safety is felt and
evinced by persons of all classes in this vicinity. lie is a
young man of the moat amiable di.position and universally
esteemed in the neighbourhood. Several persons have been
apprehended on suspicion, and one of the parties in custody
can be proved, beyond all doubt, to have takeu au active part
in this murderous outrage—if it shall not appear that be
was the actual perpetrator. The Itibhon card found upon
his person borr,togethcr with the name of "Chambrr" thrice
written, this remarkable inscription, " A deed is to be done."
On examining his clothes, one knee of his trousers was found
to he wet, as it would be if the wearer had been kneeling for
any time on the damp earth in the attitude which a person
waiting to commit such a crime would have assumed. Him
show alro were compared with some tOotrrints at the place
which had been occupied by the aiillSlll/R, and corresponded
exactly with the marks left by one of them. It is a very
singular fact that Mr. Chamber who had received threaten-
ing notices of the fate deigned for him, observed to his
brother, while they were a-cending the hill upon which
his lurking assailants were posted, that if ever those threats
should be carried into execution, it would be on that spot,
for he was obliged to slacken his speed then-, and would
thus offer a surer mark than when ho pursued his ordinary
rapid 113/30 on the level road. The words had scarcely
passed his lips when the shot was fired. Tho undischarged
blunderbuss which was left behind by the murderers had
been snapped, but missed fire. Had it exploded, it would
have probably killed two or three of the party, having been
loaded to the very muzzle with ball cartridges tightly
rammed home.

....
The Tablet states that in the ease of " Achilli T.
Newman" the prosecutor Ins given notice of his in-
tention to demur to the defendant's pleas. In this
way, the Tablet adds, should the demurrer be
allowed, the defendant will be called up for jud7,•-
mcnt without having an opportunity of giving any
proofs.

SATURDAY ETTNINO.
ANOTHER LANDLORD FIItE•'D AT.

An account of another murderous outrage upon a
landlord in the north has been roc( iced in town this
afternoon, the scene of the attack being in the very
county in which the special commis-ion opens on
Tuesday next. It appears that yesterday evening a
shot was fired nt Mr. George Nlomnt, J. 11., near Car-
rickmacross, in the county of Nlonaglian, but in this
case the intended victim was more fortunate than
Mr. Eastwood or Mr. Chambri,, no personal injury
having been inflicted on him, although some of the
slugs were lodged in his hat.
It is remarkable that so many of the murderers'
shots have failed in their object in the northern
counties, while in Tipperary, the King's County, and
some of the other districts which were infected with
agrarian crime to such an extent a year or two since,
there was scarcely an instance in which the assas-
sin did not take down his man.
The news from Dundalk this evening represents
11 the state of Mr. Chambre as only indifferent. Two
of the slugs arc yet unextraeted. The Earl of neaten
paid him a visit yesterday, and minutely examined
the scene of the attack.

In the Queen's Bench, the case of Birch v. Sir
William Somerville was once more before the court.
Mr. Brewster, Q.C., appeared to show cause on be-
half of the defendant, against the conditional order
for a new trial. lie relied mainly on the fact of no
objection having been made to the mode of swearing
Lord Clarendon at the trial, and produced a verified
copy of tho newspaper from the Stamp-office,
wherein the plaintiff, in a fortnight after the trial,
took credit to himself in a leading article for having
allowed Lord Clarendon to give evidence on his
honour instead of requiring him to be sworn on his
oath. Mr. IVhiteside, Q.C., was heard at consider-
able length in support of the order. The Lord
Chief Justice delivered judgment (in which the
other members of the court concurred), allowing the
cause shown with costs, and discharging the condi-
tional order.

The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town to-day,
and has resumed the command of the Dublin
garrison.

MUSIC.

DIWRY•LANE.

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Mr. Bonne commencement of his operatic cam-
paign on Friday was followed up, on the following evening,
by another successful performance, in a totally different
style, and by an entirely different body: of siagers, a proof
of the strength of hit musical company. The opera of
Saturday ev,iiing wu Auber's " Fro lliavolo," with Sims
Reeves as the brigand chief, Mrs. Reeves as Zrrlino, Mr.
Whitworth and Miss P. Horton as Lord and Lady Allc ash,
and Mr. Manvers u Loren:o.

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There is no comic opera more familiar to the English
public than "Fee Diavolo," nor is there any which, when
fairly performed, is more certain of success. It has accord-
ingly been acted, times innumerable, in every theatre of
note in the three kingdoms, and yet retains its attraction.
Tho drama is so admirably constructed, is lively, and yet
so full of interest, while the music is such a happy combi-
nation of sparkling brilliancy with sweet and graceful
melody, that the attention of the audience never flags, nor
does their pleasure abate for a single moment. Auother of
its great merits is the perfect simplicity and clearness of
the plot; and in short, "Fr Diavolo" is a model for a
I light and elegant combo opera.
The production of " Robert the Devil," on Friday, in-
troduced to the public a number of performers hitherto
quite unknown, and gave rise to several unexpected displays
of great vocal talent. In "Fee Di-train,- on the other
hand, all the singers wore well knows, and of established
character ; so that their performance does not afford much '
matter for remark.

Mr. Bunn has formed a vocal company of extraordinary
strength, and Drury-lane Theatre, from the completeness
of all ita musical means and arringementi, is well entitled
to be regarded as the English opern-house. We could have
been glad that it were the English opera-house only; for
one cannot but fear that Mr. Dunn, in keeping up a sepa-
rate and expensive company for tragedy and comedy, is
attempting more than he can accomplish. This is the rock
on which English opera has already split more than once ;
we sincerely hope it mny not do so again.

Tnr. AMAZON.—An official investigation into the
circumstances of the disastrous low of the Amazon has been
appointed to take place under the superinteudi nee of the
department of the Board of Trade. The investigation com-
mences this day at eleven o'clock, and will be carried on in
the council chamber of the Privy Council, which has laden
selected both for it. Rife and also for the accommodation it
affords to an inquiry of this nature, the chamber being fitted
up as a court of justice for the hearing of appeals and ex-
tension orjistent cases.
Tux MaDittn.—lt has been already elated in
the Krpretba that the Peninsular Mail packet Madrid,
which left Southampton on the 7'h instant, and which in
ordinary course should have arrived at that port with the
peninsular mail on Saturday, was obliged to put into Co-
mma for coal on the 12th. She was therefore live days in
reaching Coruna*, when the ordinary passage to Vigo is
only three days. The Madrid, it appears, espritneed
most tempestuous weather after she left Southampton. she
took out several borers, and ono died heron. she r. ached
Comma, and three others were not likely to live, owing to
the had weather. Corunna was a likely place where any
of the crew and passengers of the Amazon sased would
have been landed. But letters from the Madrid have been
received in Southampton dated from that port on the 13th
inst. There is no hope, therefore, from that quarter, In-
cense from the time of the Madrid putting into Corunna on
the 12th until the 13th, news of- any baying been saved
would have been heard of, and would have been most cer-
tainly alluded to in the letters that were written ou the
latter date.