The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.
DUBLIN. JOLT .
TILE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.
At a meeting of the town council yesterday, the
Lord Mayor stated that it was the iutenion of her
Majesty to hold a levee and drawing room in Dublin
Castle at her approaching visit. The Lord Mayor
said that he had the information from authority. A
committee was appointed for the purpose of drawing
up an address toter Majesty, expressive of the grati-
fication felt at her visit to this country. I, the courte
of a desultory conversation, one of the councillors al-
laded to the case of Smith O'Bri,n and others, but 1
wee called to order b 7 the Lord nayor, who intimated
that no course could prejudice the state convict, more
than the corporation tatiog up the question of their
liberation, and addressing her Majesty on the subject.
It was stated by one of the council that he had
intended to move that an address be presented to the
Queen, praying for the liberation of O'Brien and otters,
but that he would first consult the prisoners' counsel.
The Cork corporation intends to make every re-
quisite preparation for receiving her Mijesty with all
due honour. Same splenetic factioniste attempted to
disturb the unanimity of the town council, but their
efforts were unheeded, and no citizens of influence
joined the cavillers. There appears to be great ac-
tivity in canvassing for the mayoralty of Cork durintr
the ensuing year, when it is supposed that at the
state visit to Ireland her Majesty would confer
knighthood on civic functionaries. The appetite fur
so trumpery an honour amongst professed democrats
is not a little remerkali.e. For the last few years the
mayoralty of Cork has been going begging, no mer-
ehant of weight having filled the office since the year
(1813) that the worthy M.P. for Cork, Mr. William
Fagan, was mayor.
At the Y .ughal sessions the conservaives of that
borough have registered upwards of 20 voters, the
liberals only 2. I. is said that the Youghal conser-
vatives are very anxious tore turn Mr. Butt, Q.C., en
the first vacancy for their borough. It is probable
that he will not be actively oppos-d by the liberal
party. Hence perhaps the electoral activity of the
Youghal conservatives.
At the commencements held in Trinity College on
the 3rd inst., the University conferred the honorary
degree of Doctor of Medicine upon Dr. Corrigan, one
of the t hysicians to the Queen in Ireland. The
honour ts very. great, am it was unsolicited ; and as
Dr. Corrigan is a Roman catholic, it is creditab'e to
the heads of the college that, uninfluenced by s ctariai
faller, they have conferred one of the highest in-
tellectual distinctions in their power upon one emi-
nently deserving of it.
" We have wen," sly. the Evening P,al of last
night," a letter from an officer on board the Mount-
" Wart Elphioatone, dated Thursday last, in which hi
says.' We are all quite healthy on board. "
Since the Ist natant the weathcr has been very
chilly and unsatisfactory, and very unlike what ought
to he at this season of the year. The month of July
is the critical season in our calendar, the lest half of
it being the all-important time. The crops are still
looking very well, and with three weeks of warm
weather, we would be pretty sure of a must plentiful
harvest.
An inquiry was opened yesterday, at the Cade,
respecting the Stock Exchange. The commissioners
appointed by the government were four eminent mer-
chants, assisted by Mr. Baldwin, Q.C. The petit
to be decided is, whether the present system of the
Dublin Stock Exchange is right and proper.
Mr. Brewster, Q.C., on the part of the Stork
Exchange, addressed the commissioners at great
length, and gave a history of the Exchange, sad
stated its mode of working to be in most respects
similar to the rules of the London stockbrokers. Mr.
Whiteside is to reply to Mr. Brewster this day, CU
behalf of the gentlemen who are dissatisfied with the
present mode of carrying oa the Stock Exchange.
The icquiry has grown out of the exposure made
some time since, when Mr. Labertouche, a leading
stockbroker, failed. Contrary to oee of their own
rules, the stockbrokers had allowed Mr. Lab douche
to remain a member of their body, althoogh ho was
engaged in general business.