The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FEB. 8.
The gentry of the county of Meath held a meeting
yesterday, at Navan, to consider the poor law, and
pass resolutions. Mr. Naper, of Looghcrew, and Mr.
Bourke, of Hayes, were the principal persons present
at the meeting, which was not so numerously ate
tended as the gatherings at Mullingar and Ennis. The
speech of Mr. Napes was valuable from its national
tone, and deserves attention. He condemned the
faulty constitution of the present commission, which
certainly obtains litfle confidence here.
The Dublin commission opens to-day, when Mr.
Duffy is to be at on his trial on the third bill of in-
dictment found against him.
There is a new batch of Queen's commit* be made
this week, partly in consequence of the disapprObatiOS
which has been expressed at some of the names in the
list of six counsel recently called to the Inner Bar.
Amongst the new list are to be the names of Mr. Deasy,
the Chance barrister; Mr. D. Lynch, who was of
counsel for crown at the special commission in lip-
perity ; and r. Joy, nephew to the late Chief Baron.
The following reply has been received by Lord
Stuart de Decties, from the lords of the treasury, to
the memorial lately forwarded from the landed pro-
prietors in the county of Waterford who took drainage
presentments under Mr. Laboochere's latter:
Treasury Chambers, Jan. 80, 1849.—Gentlemen —With
reference to your memorial, dated the 14th inst., transmitted
to this board by Lord Stuart de Decks, praying for an =-
tension of the riod for the repayment of loans advancedSor drainage, Im
am commanded by the lords commissioesse
of her Majery's triatury to inform you that my lord., under
the existing law, have no power to extend the period of re-
payment of loans granted under the authority of Mr. la,
bonohere's letter; bet their lordships will apply to parlia-
ment in the approaching session for power to relieve those
parties to wham the terms of repayment of thee loons, undsr
the present law, shall be shown to be either oppressive
from the shertame, or inconvenient from the extent, of that
priod.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, C. B.
THXVILYAIN.
A new grievance has been established in reference
to Mr. Daffy. ' For the lest six mouths," says the
Freeman, even letter and newspaper addressed to
him as editor of tho Nation has been opened and de-
tained at the Post-office, without the smallest notice
to him."

11ariar heard by amident, at the end adz months, of the
practioilte applied for his letters (whkth, for aught he
knows, eat' eantaia large remittances, sr information nacre
important than sammy), and was informed that the letters
were actually detained on the plea that there was no editor
of the Natio,e when the paper messed, and that all the setts-
tag of the Post-office could do in the matter was to refer the
question to he ealialtar. The government first suppressed
Mr. Duffs paper by Mrs*, sad than seised his property, ea
the Intern that *me was no longer an editor of the
Nation, became desk ram ware in possession of the pro-
misee. The willtaiwr al the Post-co Mes has given his answer,
that Mr. Duffy's Wes and papseseannot be given up."

Tan QUIEN'S COLLlol3.—There was not unanimity at
the Connaught Provincial Synod but the majority with Dr.
Y'llale pared decrees of suspension spina any priests who
would tare ogles in the Queen's colleges. Roman oatholie
lay professors are to incur minor ezoommunication, or, fa
other words, their admission to sacraments is to be a " re-
served case" for the archbishop; and, in the COO of Roman
catholic students or parents of students, amilarly, for the
bishops of their dioceses ; and, finally, that the decrees are
to be transmitted for the sanction of the Holy See. Thaw
was on the other side • determined minority—Right Rey.
Dr. O'Donnell, of Galway, with a few priests of the synod ;
and h:s strong protest will be in the bands of his Holiness is
soon as the decree of Archbishop Whale and his majority.
—Limerick Chronicle.