The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-22 00:00:00

IRELAND•

Dretur, Ocr. 20.
The Lord Lieutenant made a briefer stay at Ceti
than was eseted. The ,roceedings at the dinner
given in Cork on the occasion of the viceregal visit
are reported below. His Excelltncy for the first time
conferred the honour of knighthood ; the gentleman
selected for the honour having been Mr. (now Sir
Edward) M'DonneU, chairman of the Great Southern
and Western Railway, and governor of the Bank of
Ireland.
Lurd Roden has dissuaded several magistrates from
resigning their c =missions, and will not coast enagos
expressions of personal sympathy carried to such
lawgtbs.

OPENING OF THE RAILWAY FROM DUBLIN
TO CORK BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.

[From the Avemorth Jeanie ]
It will mo doubt be a gratibeatioa to our readers to
learn that, en sad after next Monday, they will be able to
visit the second city in this ideal Ct. eh, In eight hours cn
the leisurely. going trains of the Great Southern and West
ern Railway, and that on gnat and urgent occasions especial
train will be enahlt d to do the sacs distance in four hours.
Cs.rk, which, within the memory of existing men, used to be
• forty-eight hours' journey, which, at • later period, used to
eseupy thirty heals, and which the hat mail-coach lately
meads in seventeen hoary, now within from fog- to sight
hours of the metropolis, and this within five years from the
period whoa the railway directors got their bill—this is et-
mainly doing something for the iced of Ireland.
The visiting trip took places on Thursday last. To this
were invited Ns Esoellency the Lord tisanes's% who was
accompanied by his aideede amps, the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, the Duke of Leinster, the Lord Checcellor, Lied
Ilawardire, Lord Monteegle, Sir William Somerville, Bert..
Sir Philip Crewmen, Bert.. Sir Matthew Barrington, Bart.,
Mr Danes* WOregor, Sir John McNeill, Sir Robert Kane,
1. Cambers, lion. M. Ponsoeby, Thomas N. Mediae's,
T., and a Lumber of other persons.
he company started from Dublin, in a epeeial train, at
half past 9 o'clock, and went on at a reasonable rate till they
arrived at the Red Bog, fcur or five miles beyond Bally.
hrophy, when it may be in the recollection of oar readers
that nearly halfeamile of the toed was regularly wallowed
up, utterly disappeared, a year and a half ago. Rem his
meelency and the party stopped to examine the manner
which the ingenious end skilful engineer of the company,
Sir John M'Neil, took to remedy this terrible puzzle. It
was impossible to pile it; the contractors threw in lota of
material, but they all disappeared ; Sir John then potholed
a larch wood which grew near, severed the branches of the
larch trees, and placed them borisontally below, in such a
questa, that he made a wooden raft of three fifths of a mile,
on which the railway peace over sow every day for the last
twelve months. The company were greatly struck with the
undulating motion of the carriages as they drove backward
and forward over this part by the desire of Sir John M'Neil.
From this the train proceeded on by the junction, Charleville,
Bettevent, to Mal ow, the place where the last excursion had
taken place to, and here, on the othi r side of the lovely vale
of the Backwater, stopped to give the company time to visit
the gorgeous viaduct completed over the Blsekwater. It
consists it ten arches, each 40 teat In diameter and 80 feet
high! The lightness, the gram and beauty of thin ANA
I :cited the admiration of the whole company. On leaving
this, almost immediately the tremendous cutting and ent-
hearken nts which have rends red these la't 20 alike of railway
se expensive and so difficult, moment*. Within a mile of
I Mallow is a heavy, deep cutting through mil suddenly fun-
nies into the bard, indented slateroei, which abounds
le this part of the country, and to work which is most
' difficult. After peeling a long series of these cuttings the
train arrived at Ball) van, where there is en embank
meat, which we learn, from those who are acquainted with
the subject, is in one part the highest in the world, being
raised one hundred and twelve feet above the solid earth.
Here mush amusement was caused by a rem down and up
this embankment, which to an ordinary eye would appear
well nigh perpendicular, gotten up by Sir Philip Campton,
between three of the navvies. From this the company pro-
ceeded on to Blarney throu4h terrific cuttings. In one place
the cutting through the solid rocks was 60 feet perpendicular;
the summit of it meal only be men by la, ing yourself down
on your hack in the carriage. Here Mr Jeffers, the proprh
stem of Blaney Castle. and descendant of
lady iefferebs, who owns that nation,
waited ea his Excellency, accompanied by a respectable nu ne
bar of the surrounding gentry, and presented him with an ad.
diem. The train stopped Lere for some time, and gave the
pry an opportunity of seeing the excellent farming of Mr
J. if rs, which certainly equalled, if it did not excel, anything
of the AMe kind to be seen in England, Belgium, or the
Rhine. More cuttings, and three other viaducts, had to be
crowned before the trait arrived at Cork Two of these via.
ducts—one the Monad, the other the Kid ap—are great
works. The Kidnap is 110 feet high, and 4.5 between the
arches. The M mad consists of seven arches, and is 106 feet
kigh ; it was mom, need on the 26th of August last year,
and is now complete. We should mention the' in the large
embarkment at Ballyvara there are 350,000 cubic test of
earth. The arrival at Cork was at Blackpool, oe the edge of
the city, somewhat in the same liosiion en the terminus of
the railway on the Military-road Is to the city of Debits.
Before it was the tunnel at which Mr. Deegan is at work ;
but more of this anon. The time taken in going the trip
was eight Were, but tin. • hours end forty minutes of that
time was consaupd in going the het thirty miles. We ar-
rived in Buttevant in four hours and twenty minutes tram
the time we left Dublin. The erre moments of the lenience
ive department were under the cue of G. M. Miller, Eact
superintendent of that deportment, and most effsetively they
were discharged.
DON= AT TR. IRPRRIAL HOTEL.
Bogies the noblemen and gentlemen who accompanied the
directors on this excursion from Dublin, and were invited to
dine, several other noblemen joined the company on its way,
or cane by invi-ation to the dieser at Curk. Amongst teem
noticed Sir William Lyons, mayor of the city of Cork ; the
E art of Bandon, Lord Bernard, lion. Mr. Bernard, Admiral
Dixon, C long Spike, a eon of Lind D enerail-'s ; B. Berke
lisehe, Eat , M.P.; Omens, Esq., M.P. ; William
Paean, S q., eto.
Ater the usual :oysl and patriotic touts, the Cumneuin
said that the next toast he would propose. would be " Tao
Lord Lieutenant sad Prosperity to Ireland."
His Excellency the Loan LIRUTISANT rose and said, that
it was with reeling* of no common satisfaction he email his
name mar acted with the " Prosperity of Ireland," and to
see the manner in which that toast wee hailed by the as em-
bled company. It made him happy to find his cameo:me
named with a subject which always filled his thoughts, and
which would ter the future ever occupy him whether is his
public or prorate sapidity. After a few obeervadeas his
ezeellerey eat down.
The Loan LINUTIMANT again TOM sad said he bad a toast
to propose. Previous to doing so, however, he bad An
honour to seeder—it wig the first time he had exercised this
privilege, and it Gould not be exercised on a more worthy,
notrourable, or estimable man. (Here there were Land di.
monstratims of epistles from all parts of the room.) His
lie 11-ney was handed • sword, Mr. M'Donsell kaeltdown,
his Rut litany Mitchell him en the beck with the fist of
' tie sword and said—" Rim, Sir Edward M'Doanell." Rh.
Ens Ikea Mew with a flattering eulogies on the satiest
of the tem; Renee
"The Chairman sad Clean of Directors of the Gnat
Southern sad Western Railway Compaay.” (Flaw, hear.)
Sir RDWARD Ill'Donstax.n returned thanks. He then
proposed " The Lord Mayor sad the Cerporatien of Cork."
Sir WILIAM( LYON/ renewed thanks, and claimed the
privilege to propose the health of " The Lord Mayor of
Dahlia."
The LORD KAYOS Warmed awake.
The Ce•tasemr, in rooming "The health et the Duke
of ',einem'," alluded to his proses hard work ea the day of
meeting 'he fins eel.
Hi. Gran the Duke of LAINATIII. in mturaing thanks,
said he wield be ready to week as hard ter any other similar
company. (Laeghter.)
Ater several other torte, the empaity broke op and re-
tired to red.

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TWO IMMO TO DORIAN.
At as early bear yestarday wiretap the partite were
some. We startad at fin Wastes past ass from Cork, sad
reached Dubin at twat, salamis post six—are bossy sad
a quarter—WS were dalayad, sierrover, ler forty alas's*
as tbs road by a aossaeralag red breaklag.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL
Orirozh, OCT. 20.—Oarec Co.. LlOl —There will be sa
election of two scholars oa Paley, November 2. Candidates
must ant have exceeded dm age of twenty years, nor, if
members of tli• university, have been mated atom
Men eight terms.
Jesus Colanon —Three scholarships are meant, sad will
be Clad up on the 29th inst.: one for wives of the dimes,
of 8.. Davit's, gee for Cowbridge &hod, sad Me far halm
of 11-glied generally.
CelthelDOZ, OCT. W.—Tat La Ball Paus.--The Le
8.. prise has bent adjudged to Charles B. Scott, RA.,
Fellow of Trinity College.
The eater of the any bearing the motto, t./ismassiora
bitisses perfracesspreyustalatis palpans." is requestad to call
on the Vom•Coseoellor.
8 or Fasstrimur, 1849.-Bt. Peter's Coller, 9
Clara Hall, 13; Pembroke 'College, 7 ; Omens sad Caine
C aro, 47; Trinity Hall, 1 ; Corpus Chrieti College, 18 ;
King's College, l; Qaesse College, 16; Catharine Ho,
IS ; Jesus C Mese, 13; Christ's College, 29; et. John's
C 96; Magdalene Colas*, 12; Trinity College 134 ;
Boma ael College, 36 ; Bidoey Some: College, 8.
Tout, 462.
Coarrs CillTaTl COLLlol.—Meeen. George Robert
bests and William Henry Phillips have been elected
pis ors of the Overt, named society.
Scaorras rhos OAINLY SCITOOL.—CIare Hall, Hr.
B y. 11.earael ...olleve, Kr. X. T. Billings. Ss
;Anis Collet., Mr. C. R. Wo6A,