The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-27 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Drniur, Ocr. 26.
The Incumbered Estates Commissioners slt main
yesterday in the Exchequer Court, and expliuned
sundry difficulties upon which questions were put by
some of the legal gentlemen present. Up to the sit-
ting of the court yesterday but four petitions had
been received. It now appears that the expense of
the proceedings will be by no means so mcdtrate es
was expee ed. In all eases in which Chancery pro-
ceedings Lave been involved, compared copies of the
documents in the Court of Chancery will be required,
and these not being given unless duly attested, and
expensive stamps being required for that purpose, the
charges in such cases may become enormous. The
Evening Post of last night says:

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We have learaed that steps have born taken, preliminary
to applications to the court, for the sale of several deeply
incumbaed estates, and that a number of Erglish mort-
eager' intend to become bidders for estates upon which they
hold heavy iscambrances, with a TiOW, if they should become
the purchaser', of dividing those properties into farms vary-
ing in size according to the wants of the tenanU, from fifty
awn upwards, offenng equitable leases and fair encourage-
ment for improvement. We have heard of one nobleman,
bolding a change of 40,0001. on an estate in Galway, who has
already given directions to his Dublin solicitor to offer,
through the instrumentality of the commission, a cettsin
rate et purchase for this estate, and, if he should be declared
the purchaser, to re-let on tho system we have mentioned.

DRAMA.

SADLER'S WELLS.

" The Busy Bjely";ra; reivedai. this theatre, last
n'ght. This celebrat, d comedy hu only one kind of
merit, but it is a moat important one on the stage—
s moat ingeniously contrived plot. The characters
are common to all the plays of its class. There are a
couple of gay young men, who are in love with a pair
of fashionable young ladies ; and they, with the as-
sistance of an intriguing chambermaid and a confiden-
tial valet, hatch a thousand devic?s to deceive and baffie
a couple of covetous, mercenary old dotards, who are
endeavouring to thwart their inclinations. The only
character that has any individuality is Marplet, who
is drawn with so much life and spirit, and is such an
admirable picture of ungovernable curiosity and blun-
dering officiousness, that his name has passed into
common speech se the generio appellation of the
whole class which he represents. When this truly
comic character is well acted—as it was on this occa-
sion by Mr. Hoekins—this play always pleares ; for
the rapid, yet lucid succession of amusing incidents
keeps the attention constantly alive without effort or
fatigue. All the parts were acted with ease and
vivacity, and the whole performance was received
with incessant laughter and applause.
The Play was followed by a new faros of a very
slight description, called "The First of May." Bob
Snolte, a ci decant chimney-sweeper, has fallen into a
fortune, and become proprietor of a lodging-house.
One of his lodgers, Vermilion, an indigent painter,
and a bit of a scapegrace, is in love with Fanny
Green, the chimney-sweeper's niece, but the uncle
has in view a richer match, and refute his consent ;
and the plot consists in the lover's devices to torment
Snare out of his opposition, which he at length ac-
complishes by threatening to bring upon the chimney-
sweep an army of his old chums on the Ist of May.
The manners of the parvenu sweep and his sponse are
laughably re resented by Mr. Yonuge and Mrs. H.
Marston ; and Miss Julia Si. George is excellent as
Jenny Tuff, the hemmed.

NAVAL.
ADIRELLTT, Oar. 20.—Arroinstarre.—To Firebrand
—Midshipman: H. N. Roo:. Astrea—Caspenter. W.
Cooke. impregnable— Midshipman : G. M. Coomber,
Gaives—Midshipman : B. Persons. Stromboli—Amistiat,
Surgeon: C. P. Misses,.
Poannorrn, Ocr. 28.—Dolphin, brigantine (3) Lieut-
enant/ad'''. Hon. R. F. Boyle, arrived last night from the
coast of Africa, and landed mails from the squadron early
this morning. She left Sierra Leone on the 16th ult., at
which date the squadron was disposed in the following
order: South coast—Centaur, Firefly, Britomut, Cygnet,
Sea Lark, Dart, Watorwiteh, and Star. In the Wskte—
Cyclops, Rattier, Sonata, and Hinefiaher. Noe*
Teaser, Pluto Alert, Spy, and Heroine. Reap. and
Nisei: ea their way to join the Commodore. Dolphin left
St Peal de Loando on the 20th Aug., when the Commodore
was =petted daily from St. Helena with providons for the
squadron. The &lob at Manna, on the north coast, hays
Riven up 3,000 slaves to Alert, which vessel lad • party on
Motet* guard them. On pump home Ddpkiu spoke
an American barque, which informed her that the cholera
lend carried od an immense number of slaves at the Havan-
a* in cesesquieme of which a great many meads had fitted
oaks the ponces of Gaming ca the dare trade ; these
' weeds weed ma to ho wall manned and armed. Three ir*.
lade 1111610 home pmeesgas in die Dolphin, which is or-
dered to the eastward to pay off.

MILITARY.
Two Sow DitAcioox Gosixo.—The two lan whoa we
last week oseatiosed were the 0017 caw Will old of the bet-
reeks, were ow Saturday night reported to be in their gut-
ters. Earl Cat the colonel of the regiment. was foe
several days is Inquiring Into the late distarbeaces ;
the result of ie was, that applkotlose have been for-
warded to the Commander-1w Chief, the Duke of Welllag-
Ww. for permission to hold three sexual sad fu dirw
warteisartiaL The latter we for trying the sorapetatively
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