The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, APRIL 24.
Easter Monday is emphatically a walking day, and the
streets in consequence to-day are crowded with holiday
folks looking the very models of order. The vestries
are at work in the churches, while some trifling poli-
tical meetings are going on in other parts of the city,
among them the " friends of liberty, equality, and
fraternity," who attract but slight attention. To
guard against any possible surprise the Bank was
strengthened by an additional company of infantry,
for the protection of the great point of repeal attrac-
tion, " the old parliament house."
The commercial correspondent of the Freeman
suggests an improvement in the Post-otfice arrange-
ments which would tend much to the benefit of the
Dublin merchants, and, indeed, of the whole Irish
community—that the Foot-office, on the arrival of the
express train, which leaves London at 5 and reaches
Liverpool at 11 p.m., should start one of their new
swift boats for Kingstown. By such an arrangement
letters could be easily delivered in Dublin before noon
ou the following day.
The consumption of exciseable articles has rot lat-
terly improved in Dublin, which speaks ill for the
condition of the middle and poorer classes. In the
article of sugar, for instance, which should enter so
largely into consumption at the present remarkably
low prices, the total deliveries from the custom-house
for the past six weeks have been less than 900 hogs-
heads, while in the corresponding periods of the three
previous years they were respectively 1,556, 1,586, and
1,806 hogsheads, showing a decline of 100 per cent. in
the present as compared with the past year.
Sir E. S. Hayes, M.P. for Donegal, is entitled to
take rank among the improving landlords of Ireland.
He has set himself to reclaim a large portion of motm-
tain land, and where heath was the only crap last
year, he has this year many acres of oats, with other

THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION held their usual meeting to-
day, Mr. James Delany, T.C., in the chair. The police were
present taking notes, and some curiosity was felt as to the
tone which the speakers would assume at this, the first meet-
ing under the Crown and Government Act. This will be a
matter of curiosity for your readers probably also, and there-
fore I forward to you an abstract of the speech of Mr. John
Reynolds, M.P., which was received with great warmth.
Au address was then read from the committee of th associa-
tion, referring to the recent declaration of Lord J. Russell
against repeal, and reminding the people that similar decla-
rations had been made against emancipation and the reform
act shortly previous to the realisation of both those great
measures. The repealers, therefore, were urged to courage
and confidence, and exhorted that there was no cause for de-
pression. Mr. Reynolds, in addressing the meeting, in re-
ference to the "gagging bill," said he was determined to
speak as he always had done, and to denounce the wrongs of
his country as he had for twenty-five years. He was ready ,
to maintain the rights of Ireland at the expense of time, of 1
property, and if the liberties of his country were violated, be
would sacrifice his lite. He did not think, however, there
was danger of any abrogation of the constitution.
But having opposed that bill—having divided against
it seventeen times in twenty-four hours—having eat until
two o'clock in the morning to divide against it, he felt
bound to give a warning to his constituents and the country.
lie warned them not to be entrapped into violation of the
law; to beware of the J►irwans, who make crime and de.

nounee it ; to beware of those who counselled to violence, for
their violence had been the excuse for this aggression upon
liberty. He did not mean to my that many men who I
used violent language were not honest ; he believed they I
were, and that many would sacrifice their lives for
the people. But he did believe they were not wise, and 1
that many of them were not honest. But he was bound
to warn his constituents against suggestions to vio-
lanes and crime. Mr. Reynolds proceeded to say that
the statement that the people were seducing the soldiers I
was false. The people of Ireland always liked tke army.
The army contained the eons, the brothers, and the
husbands of many of the people —the people therefore I
loved the soldiery, but they did not attempt to tamper with
them. It was said you are traitors—you are looking to ;
French aid. That was a lie. They were a nation of eight ,
millions, and it would be strange indeed if they wanted ,
foreign aid to mist in their freedom. Besides, why should
they want French masters instead of English masters ? For
his part he was desirous that Ireland should be an integral
portion of the
ure. .rßhrietils,honercLimreilartiizenhreerferown
red to i independentrecent
repeal debate, and after urging the necessity of having all
the repeal members present at it, stated that he had pro-
mises from twenty English members, representing the
largest constituencies in that country, that they would sup-
port repeal. Mr. Reynolds continued at considerable length
to address the assemblage, and sat down amid loud cheers.
—The repeal rent will be upwards of 301.
CHARTIST MILTING IN DUBLIN, for " fraternisation"
between repeaters and chartists, was held to-day in the
Music-hall, Lower Abbey-street. Mr. John Mitchell pre-
sided. The meeting was not large in numbers, or important
in any way. Mean. Kydd sad Leech, members of the
national convention, addressed the meeting, and resolutions
were entered into that the repeaters of the Mitchell section
would act with the chartists to obtain the six points,
the chartists engaging that they would give " Ireland to the
Irish."
WICKLOW ELECTlON.—Saturday was appointed for the
election of a member to represent this county in parliament,
in the room of Colonel Acton, who had accepted of the stew-
ardship o the Chiltern Hundreds in order to resign his seat.
The candidates were Colonel Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., and
Charles Stanley Moods, Esq.—Major Humphreys in a short
speech proposed Sir R. Howard ; and Mr. Byrne, of Croney-
burn, in a still shorter speech, seconded the nomination.—
Colonel Acton proposed Mr. Monck.— William W. F. Hume,
of Humewood, Esq., seconded the nomination.—The can
didates then addressed the meeting.—Sir Ralph Howard
declared that if he should be elected he would do every-
thing in his power to promote the construction of
an asylum harbour at Wicklow. He was opposed to re-
peal.—Mr. Monck then came forward : He also promised to
give his best assistance towards t..e formation of a narbour
at Wicklow. He said his idea of a tenant-right was, that
the land was the property of the landlord, but that the tenant
had a right to remuneration for bona fide and judicious im-
provements, from which the landlord would derive real be-
, nefit, or words to that effect. He expressly declared he was
' not a finality man, for he certainly thought that in some
j departments reform or improvements may still be effected.—
, A poll was then demanded on the part of Sir R. Howard by
. It. A. Gun Cunningham, Esq., when the sheriff appointed
I nine o'clack on Monday morning (or taking the poll.
Filter DAY'S POLLING.—Monday, April 24.—At half-
' past six o'clock the high sheriff, Lord Brabazon, announced
the state of the poll :
Mr. Monck, C.
Sir R. Howard, W 195
Majority for Mr. Monck —l7