The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-26 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Deanne, JULT 25.
The preparations for the Queen's visit are actively
begun. Painters are at work upon houses' and the
scatiolding for the arches is being erected at various
points. It is now officially known that her Majesty
will reach Cork hat.baur on Friday the 3rd of August,
and sleep on baked the royal yacht. On the next
day, about an 'mar before high water—say at half-
put three ealock p.m.—she will proceed up the river
to Cork and receive the addresses on the deck of the
Fairy. Tae deputations are to consist of very few
persona.
A'..the Downnatrick amines the commission was
opened by Mr. Baldwin, Q.C., whose charge to the
rand jury will not be very acceptable to the Orange-
men of the north. The crown sent up bills for felony
against sev, nteen persons, held to bail for taking part
in the I)ollybrae affair • but up to the hour of ad-
journment no bills had been returned.

The E'en/pin of this morsing states that last
evining the residence of Mr. Joseph Brennan, editor
of the Irishnin, was searched, and that his papers
were ail taken away to the Castle. Yesterday,
Mr. O'Grady, a member of the defunct Cmfederatioa,
was arrested near Carrick-on-Suir, and committed to
prison.

REPRESE•TATION OP READING.—We unierstaid
that Mr. C. Itu.seil. chairmen of the Great Western Rail
way, sad ono of the late memhtra for the borough, has been
insited to corns toward as the conservative ea. dilate. It
is doubtful, however, whether the new writ will be issued
this session.
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RFFIIESENTATION OF BOSTON.-BOSTON, JULY 25.
—List evening a meeting of the freemen and electors of
Boston wits held at the Theatre for the pu-pore of heating
from Mr. D W. Wire, one of the candidates fur the repre-
sentation of the borough, a declaration of his political prin-
ciples. Mr. Wire, on presenting himself to the meeting,
was greeted with loud applause. Ile said he had been in-
dumd to become a candidate at the request of a large numb' r
of the most influential eh eters. The political opinions Le
held were nut mere names, but principles, ceither to be
changed for the convenience of varies, nor compromised to
suit the pulp, see of faction. Ile believei that the star ility
of England's institutions was based upon tin ir devotion to
the people, for whom they were deigned. lie was an advo-
cate our such an extension of the suffrage as would make the
counsels of the nation the true reflex and voice of public
opinion, and fur such a security for the independi nee of
electors as the ballot could alone effect. The application of
the economical doctrine of tree trade to our industry and
commerce nndered it t issential to our capacity for sustaining
a mercantile competition with highly taxed nations that our
burdens should be equalised, and reduced to the
lowest amount which was compatible with the
efficiency of the public service. He woult, therefore, if
demo!, guard the issues of the Exchequer, en-
force a wive ecoaomt, and every practicable retrenchment.
He would 'tr. nuouvly for order et home and peace
abroad He held that TI ligious opinion. should form no test
of civil quaifficati ot or political exclusion, and he would MR.
port the rights of all sects irrespective of creed. While he
was desirous of improving the laws which regulate the re-
lief of the peor, be was of opinion that it wan essential to
remove the causes of pauperism by the encouragement of
industry, and the removal of all obstructions to the free de-
velopment of commerce. S. vend gentlemen addressed the
meeting, and a re-elution acknowledging Mr. Wire's claims
and pledging the nstetiug to support him en the forthcoming
eontest, was agreed to.

NEWSVENDERS' ANNUAL DlNNER.—Yesterday the
annual dimer provided by the proprietors of the metropo-
litan press for newsvet,ders and their is emplcyed in
the sale and d.stribtrion of the London newspapers, took
place at Ilighbury Barn Tavern. After the cloth wan re-
moved, the usual loTal and pa•riotic toasts were propelled and
promptly retpondrd to, when the company retired to the
spacious gardens and pleasure grounds. wh• re they amused
themselves with old English ferries until they were sum-
moned to the ball room, where dancing was kept up until a
late hour, when the company separated, highly gtattlied with
the day's amusement.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The twenty-second
anniversary of this society was celebrated last evening by a
dinner at the London Tavern. In cons, quence of increasing
applications, the burnt:tern( pensiinere has been nisei during
the past year from 60, the number originally contem-
plated, to 56. An increase of 28!. has bet n this year
divided among the pensioners, and, to carry out more full:,
the objects of the society, it is intended that the pensions
shall be rill further augmented, which will add nearly
anothe 100!. • year to the expenses of the society'. Last
evening the chair was taken by J. A. Roebuck,
, Id P., who was supported by Messrs. Richard
Taylor, Luke James Hai card, J. Hodge, James Causton,
L Thompson, and other gentlemen. After the usual loyal
toasts had been drunk, the chairman proposed "The
Printers' Pension Society," and in doing so, paid a deserved
tribute of praise to • society which lends support to the de-
clining years of a elase of men who are the immediate agents
in the diffusion of knowledge and civilly anon, and who, by
' the rules of the society, are encouraged in a spirit of self-
reliance and independence, as no one ineligible for a printer's
pension who has not been a subrriber to the society for •
peril of seven years. The health, of the chairman, Mr. R.
Taylor, the treasurer of the society end the committee were
also drunk. The subscriptions received in the course of the
evening 'mounted to 1401. 45., including a donation of 101.
from Mr. L. J. Howard. We regret to say that the chair-
man became so sea i only indisposed in the course of the even-
ing that he was obliged to retire at an early hour.
WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE.—ELECTION
or PEESIDENT.—TheWesleyen Methodist Conference opened
its sittings at Manchester, yesterday, when the Rev. Dr.
Thome s Jackson was elected president, and the Rev. Dr. Han-
nah (President of the Didebury College) secretary, eaeh by a
large majority. The elections to complete the legal hun-
dred fell upsn the following ministers: the Rev. Miles
Dixon, the Rev. George Osborne, the Rev. Peter M'Owee,
the Rev. Alexander Bell, the Rev. William H d, the
Rev. Mr. Shipman, the Rev. Mr. Jewett, the Rev. Leonard
Fawcett, the Rev. Mr. Evans, the RI v. Mr. Lord, the Rev.
Benjamin Franklin, the Rev. Barnabas Shaw.
LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION.—At the half-yearly
meeting of the court of proprietors yesterday, at the offices
in King William-street, City, Sir Claudius Hunter in the
chair, the report showed a receipt for the half-year ending
30:12 June last of 189,6041., leaving a balance, after disburse-
ments, of 22,656/. The tangible securities deposited in the
names of the trustees in the Bank of England amounted to
100,0001. of Canada debentures. The present value of
5 661,472/. assured on lives of mimb rte to July 1, 1848, was
2,934,746/ , and the amount assured on the lives of members
since July 1, 1848, amounted to 202,0001., which will be
valued in 1860. The accounts showed a reduction of 67 per
cent, for the current year on the premiums of members, and
the directors were requested to consider the propriety of
taking assurances to the amount of 7,0001, instead of 5,0001.,
as a maximum.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT RHYL.-011 Monday
last • young lady, named Anson, was drowned whilst bathing
on the shore at Rhyl. Miss Anson and three cousins (a
medical gentleman from Birmingham, with his two sisters)
have been staying at the Belvoir Hotel, Rhyl, for a short
time, during which they have been in the habit of bathing
occasionally. Miss Anson and one of her cousins went
to bathe on Monday last, and, having been observed to
be somewhat incautious, they were admonished to be
careful, as the tide was running in very rapidly. By
some means or other, however, they proceeded too far,
and were both carried by the tide a considerable distance
beyond their depth. A brazier, named Williams, observing
their petiloul situation, swam to their insistence, and
succeeded in rescuing Miss Anson's cousin, who was the
farthest from the shore, and a gentleman named Sergeant
swam to Miss Ansen's aid, but, although making the most
noble efforts, he was unable to bring her to land. The Rev.
Henry Reynolds, of Plate Draw, Denbighshire, • most power-
ful who fortunately was upon the beach, swam out
to the Kinking lady, and succeeded in bringing her to shore.
She only gasped once or twice, and then died. It in said
that the deceased young lady was engaged to be married in
• short time to her cousin, the gentleman referred to in the
former part of this paragraph. We are sorry to state that the
pockets of Mr. Sergeant and Mr. Reynolds were bath picked
while their clotoes lay on the shore during their laudable
attempt to save the life of the unfortunate young lady. From
the pocket of one two sovereigns were taken, and from that
of the other a handsome chronometer watch, made by Ar-
nold and Dent, of London, and a silver guard.—Chester
Courant.
DARLEY MAIN COLLIERY AGAIN. On Tuesday
morning, about eight o'clock, an ignition of the flee-damp
toek place, which caused e,e workpeopls to he so much
alarmed that they left their work. But, happily, the Nu
was not in such • boly as to calve an explosion. The colliers
?startled to their work in a short time. Although no de-
msge was done, much alarm was exhibited in Barnsley by
the relatives and friends of those employed in that pit.