The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DOWN. Dac. 22.
freriedas states that the directors of the
Midland Great IWestern Railway have concluded and
signed a contract on most favourable t!irms with a
London company for the immediate laying down of
the electric telegraph wires along their line from
Dublin to Galway. This announcement, in con-
junction with the expected commencement of the
steam communication-between New York and Gal-
war is highly interesting.
'the Erasing Pa,koi has the following statement:—
Mr. Batas, an English gentleman of lugs capital—and
What would have been more to the district—of large
genM bad recently purchased Lord Illaney's estate, his
brine at the tune to nuke his newly-aequired pro-
perty his future place of residence. Forthwith ho gave
orders, as is the habit of his claw, that extensive improve-
ments they'd be at once commenced, and desiring 2,000.. to
be expended in drainage alone daring the winter. A% ell,
seen while meditating more benefits to he conferred en the
locality, the Cathgs of the cruel and cold-blooded murder of
Mr. Deese/ea reached this gentleman—reached him even,
we believe, as ha was making arrangements foe his removal
to Ireland. What was the coesequenee ? Let the anuexed
orteset of a lett
for r with which we have been favoured tsll
the sad telf;sad, indeed, it is to be perused by any well-
erishee of his country
" Costleelaney, Dee. 18.—A change has come over future
is here—a change sudden and unlooked-for. The
Crletrunly 1.0 recently enacted in this locality has
brought in its train evil consequences to many. The por-
ches, of the Cutleblaucy estate by Mr. Bates was out en-
tirely come:etre', and haring yet the power to retire without
any respendbiley, he has, in my esti.nation as well as his
own, weie"y acted en it. Ile will not Caine over to In
Be will not cureiuue the improvements be had already
commenced. Even were he obe fed to pay the entire pur-
chase money, he
where the very sound of hie name, so like that of poor
Batmen, might prove his death warrant. That he has de-
cided prudently, an illustration which I now furnish will
peeve. A gentleman, a friend of Lord Blaney's, who re-
cently cone to this locality, was waited on a Ica days since
by the district stipendiary magistrate, who said, " From
what I lave heard, I think it my duty to recommend you
not 01.10ttr61111.1) to expose yourself to a fate like that of
poor Mr. Betts in."
This gentleman, it appears, had " been out courting a
day or two prevents to this visit, and his companion, a de-1
servedly rule ete d resident here, received a friendly warn-
ing not to be found in the rattle company again, which
warning comine to the magistrate'. ears, kd to the inter-
view I hare nerreted. It is not a little curious that the
party who got this very eignifie rut hint is the same who
was &linearly ceutlened shout melee months state not
to go out ehooe.ne such poor Mr. Berson, he being even
thee a marred max. They took the stranger for the new
agent '
The most explicit account which has yet been
made public of the Thurlcs decrees, is that given by
the Cork Rorrtrr, whose editor appears really to
have been favoured with an actual perusal of the
mysterious document. The last chapter of the
decroes, ns described by the Reporter, is worth
notice, and it is also the only one which appeoxs nut
to have been frequently alluded to already. The
Cork paper says:—
The segue.. of the fames Synod have, at length, been
received by the ecclesiastical sathorities of this diocese. We
find in them the briefs, by virtue of which the Synod was
held, and by which Dr. Cullen acted a. Apostolic Delegate ;
also the instructions from the Siert.' Congregation etc Pro-
paganda Iv, ass to the manner of it. being holeem,tegether
with the l'ope'e confirmetion. The d, ere s are not to say
very volutuinowe and they treat principally of eeeleelastical
matter+, mere especially as regards the conferring of the
merani-ate, te the administretion of which they tend to
give as much solemnity as possible. The decreer say that,
owing to the peculiar circumstances of this e ruutry, which
bare now heen happily changed, the merameuts were often
obliged to be conferee,' in holes and coreere and were alto•
gether shorn of their dignity. To remedy this and intro-
duce unity fit prattle,-, is avowedly the gnat object of the
Synod. Ilenee it has been decreed, that the turns% nts of
baptism and nutrimosiv, for the future, must be prier/nett
in the church, unless It may appear to the bishop of the
diocese necessary to dispense, and this cannot be done
without sufficient and valid cause. It is uls) droned,
that the hour for last mats on Sundays sha.l be twelve
o'clock, at the latest. The only question dieeinsefl, which
con be rated a lay one, was education. tender this, of
aware the Queen's Colleges were treat. a, acid we find a
chapter, consisting of nine paragraphs, about them. It
oesnmenees by admonishing all cetholics that, es they re-
cognise the l'npe to b Christ's clear 011 earth, and that to
him lie. the (maim: of his lambs confided, their should re-
spect end ohs y the nuripts and advice already given. with
ripen' to the colleges. Ily the decree., no bishop cen tide
any place in the a.lministe anon of the eelleges. .111 eeclesias-
ties ter • prohibited, " under pain of euspensiou," from acting
either a. professors er as deans of residence,. The laity ate
entreated, ow Mg. as th.• decrees say, "to the danger to
faith and morele in the college.," not to send their children
to them. The loishnis• of the dim in which the eon, gee are
ere called on to watch and ace that the statutes are Obe, rut&
try the priests ; and the chapter winds up with an as‘UrliDe•
that all the efforts of the prelates shall he directed towards
the en eters% of •Catholie University. Then is also a chap.
ter about the national schools, but they are not interfered
eseept es rewards the teaching of history, which is ea
lemur t, he taught to catholic south unless by a Cathalk.
There is also a with expressed that, as the greeter portion
nt the youth attendlne the whoa. are catholic, a more just
proportion of catholies should be appointed 1.11 the board
than there has hitherto been ; and the archbishops are de-
aired to make a request to that effect to the government, in
the name of the Synod. 'the lof chapter of all, the ob-
ject of w hick is to prevent fur the future anything like a
want of unanimity anionic ecclesiastics, decrees that any law
rade or proposed by the gon rnment, rthenling the educa-
tion of eetholies, or the rights of the eliurele Were it can
be received, will use to be esamined by a council of the
hishrops, and received by them. Should they disagree,
Rome is to be appealed to, 411 J, of course, thiedeeision of
Lome will be final
ltr. Hart)y, the defendant in the late renvirkable
case of Bathes's v. 'tarty, in the Irish ceurte, has
been superannuated as physician to the Dublin pri-
sons, and ler. Bannon lute been appointed to the
Aire.

SPORTING.
T.kTTERSALL'B.—Mox DAT.

A lacer outlay on The High Sherif for the Chester Cup,
and an improvement to the extent of nearly 100 per cent. in
Ilan Pedro fur the Metropolitan Handicap, were the only
movements; businesa was very flat.
rktorou lAN /1.%N I diAr.
1,150 I t.. 45 ast.t Mr. Monolsos Don kedro
t, 21 Mr. Orrow.tat'o Kate, by Ant.d.and :t)
1,000 to 21 Mr. Joe. lob on?. ten)r.ovion. do. and aft off.)
1,000 to 23 Mks •f Redford's Item lloosbu'rg
filKortic (TY.
'I to apt Mr. Pll'uor's Ntlk etserif ,t)
4.0 t.. Mr. Mem', Ituotlmkr It
11 to Mr. Stebting's tumult Krod t)
41 to Mr. rt. lierbtrea 4:rand fluke ard sit effered)
.v to Mr. lorroscren Car and Wlonoc t)
to Mr. larranoe.Grn..rn. r ,I)
3,003 In ill Mr. Knave...Bl.re
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13 to 1 apt LortlZet:oLicitittor ltl
11 to I Mr. J. Smilers Oretio ,t)
1) to 1 Nr.11.111,40% WfaittAel (I)

NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN AND BRIGHTON
MID ltuvss itM.7IOS RAILWAT.—It is intended to
imply to parliament is the minting session for powers to
coastruct the above railway frees the South-Western Rail-
way near Wandsworth, paring through Tooting, Mitcham,
and Thornton-heath to the Croydon station of the
Brighton and South Eastern It iilways. The length
of the propos. d line is GI miles. and i: is stated that it can
he constructed for SA,OOOL, being at the very moderate
rate of 12,400'. per mile. The line is intended to loon part
of • eircuitcus railway round London, eon/miming at
Croydon, passing our the proposed line to the South-
Weitern Railway at Wandsworth thence to Brentford over
the new line, now in course of construction, to the London
and North-Ws stern to Willesden, and over the latter rail-
way to the East and West India Dock and Birmingham ,
howbeit line from Camden-town to the Blackwell Railway
teensiuus at Vet/church-street. By means of the proposal
now hue when completed passengers may be coneeyeel from ;
all part of the South-\t esteem Hailwey to the London-
bridge and from all parts of the London, Brighton,
sad t‘mthCoast Railway and the Mouth-Eastern Railway to
the Waterloo-bridge terminosof the Sout- W este at R dls ay.
fire'REHENDINO A .TRAUZLLEg " AN Us-
uanrnm Wednesday last Mr Apted, a
traveller in the employ of the British Shoe Company,
Uaildford, waited upon a person named Johnson, keeping
• shoe shop at Lentherhead, with samples, soliciting his
custom. Mr. Anted sold to Johnson mil of the samples
he carried, and • dispute arising about the payment,
Johnson declared himself to be parish constable, and
producing his staff and handcuffs, took Apted into custody
lot selling goods without a hawker's lieenee. With the as-
airtime of another constable he detained Mr. Apted for an
hour at a public house, and then brought him with his
home, cart, and boy, a distance of five miles, before • ma-
gistrate. Mr. Anted being known at Epsom. and pro-
caring a respectable tradesoun as bail for his reappearance
on Friday, he was not locked up, bat was permitted to'
leave about seven o'clock at night to return home. At the
remand on Friday the magistrate considered that the law
left his no alternative but to inflict • Line of IN., half of
which goes to the informer (Johnson). The act does not
give the power of mitigation to magistrates. The flue was
immediately paid.
AN FOIrfIAN MODEL. FARM.—Among the as-
scawn who went out in the Ripon, which left Southampton
on Saturday with the Indian mail, was Mr. Le Mille, the
English farm bailiff of the niche of Egypt. Ile took out
a number of cows and pigs, • large tivantity of poultry,
pheasants, &c., to stock Abuts Packs s farm. The farm
which is to be cultivated as much as possible after the
English fashion, is :Li /00 acres in extent. The cows taken
one in the Ripon were of the Alderney breed, awl the pigs
und roultry were of the tint st sorts that could be obtained in
England. A large quantity of live homing stock is still to
be scot to Etypt from this country to complete the I'acba's
arrangements. Mr. Page, the nurseryman of Southampton,
who is well known ea • share judge of animals, seketed
he Paella's funs stock, and had its supsrlateasisses while
in Southampton.

Eal 33 fatelitetfiCe•
EQUITY COURTS.—YinzaraY.
Emcee Vieonsamaires lease&
WILIINSOW v. Fowass.—JcuoxisT.
This was a bill filed to sat aside • conveyance of pro-
perty made by the plaintiff's father to the defendants on
the mud that such conveyance Md bissa obtained by un-
fair means and without any consideraties, and the bill alao
prayed for a reeonveyasee of the estate. The facts of the
case were shortly these: Matthew Wilkinson, the father of
the plaintiff, bad been for many years • servant of the de-
fendant, and late in life had come into a considerable sum
of money, by means of which he bad purchased the p
in question; he was an illiterate and ignorant man, warp=
implicit confidence in his master. He appears to have been
alarmed by some tumours about a claim to the property being
made by the crown, and having a great dread of ,itigation had
been induced to esecute a conveyance of the property to the
defendant ss a security to himself, the purch.,se money by
the conveyance appearing to be 1,0001. The defendant
afterwards claimed the property as his own, and asserted he
hail paid the purchase money partly in money and par!), in
goods. lie had also tiled a cross bill against the plaintiff
(or an account.
A great deal of evidence was read relating to the trans-
actions, tending to show the fraudulent nature of the con-

veyloce.
llis lionour, after reviewing the facts, mill he had no
doubt the conveyance was nut bonl tide. and must be set
aside. Vari.ms technical objections to the pleadings had
be2a raiied, but he did cot think that any of them were of
any inii,•rtanee. The defendant must also be decreed to
reconvey ; and as is his opinion there had not been any
purchase, the defendant could not claim to have the tic•
count taama as to wh-t he had paid. The defendant tonal'
the costs of the ori;inal suit, except so much as related to
the proof of the dying declarations of Matthew Wilkinson.
which the plaintiff must pay, and the cross bill to be dis-
missed with cost*.