The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dgeuv.

A Dublin solicitor, Mr. Hervey Oldham, has made
aloe d'sc-ivery that the project of removing the juris-
In of the Irish law courts to Westminster has
already to some extent been put into actual operation.
" The edge of the wedge," he tells es, " is already
and the bestrew relating to cue entire branch of the
law is already removed from the cognizance of
its
courts to the Exchequer at Westminster." This very I
remarkable fact, which had hitherto escaped the
attention of Irish lawyers and politicians, he hes
round to have occurred is the case of the recent stamp
act, recording to which every deed mast be sent to
the Baud of Inlaid Revenue in London, to have the
special stamp affixed, which, by that se, is to be de-
cis.ve of the sufficiency of stamp duty on such deed.
This provision of the act is looked upon as of the ve7
highest importance, and the special stamp will, it is
supposed, be requited in a greet proportion of
cane; but if any legal question should arise on the
ileeillet or duty, alts, the appeal is the case lice to the
Cam of Exchequer at Westminster. It is supposed
that the Irish lawyers who may bare seen the bill in
ywogress satisfied themselves with the marginal note
u this clause, where the w.rd "Weettninster" does
rot occur, and this that it wee allowed to pass into
law, and be made applicable to Ireland without any
enjection. " What," exclaims the Freeman, " were
cur representatives about? What were our lawyers
about? What was the committee of the Lsw So-
ciety about ? What were our judgre, whose preroga-
tive has ben invaded, doing or thinkiug of, that so
monstrous an invasion of our rights and laws should
bays bees satterod to pees unnoticed through the
legislature"
Is tie commercial article of the Freeman's Journal
the following very discouraging account is given of
the revenue of the port of Dublin :
We an egoiedisily soseersed it Wag °Wield to r‘port
this the revenue of this port for the par wait/ this day
shows vs y heavy falling at bon fat pear, whisk was also
mask below the previous yaw The reveres left Vie year
sidle. St! January. 1841, is may 882,9091. wire 91i,781.1
to 6th Jesuitry, 18.51, a false off of 51,0001, or, se caw
pared with 1844, of 136,0004. The duty ea tea forme
473,0001., of the whole snout, sad oa the item there has
mot bees say falllse at. Is the duty on brandy there has,
we have so doubt, bees s sossiderable Wang if, the cos.
ihreptits Latin, as 1849, bees very lards.
A most destructive lire took place yesterday morn-
lag in the extensive coach factory of Messrs. Hutton,
of this city. The flames were observed at en early
Lour in the morning, and it is siappeed that the fire
Lad been smouldering fromsome time in the preceding
tS,tu day) night, when a spark from the forges
may have iited some timber ; but in a very short
time alter the fire was discovered the flames spread
with amazing velocity, and a groat portion of the ex-
tensive premises fell a prey to the codiagration.
Eve'y possibll effort was made to pave the valuable
property, and the wellknown popularity of the re-
spected proprietors induced the people to make the
very u:alust exertions on the OCC&&1011; but it is ne-
vertheless feared that losses to the amount of some
..:0.000/. must have been incurred. Ti.e premises
were insured, but kam not aware whether to a stiff-
ciest amount to cover the lose. This was the most
extensive and destructive fire we have had :n Dahlia

fi,r a long period.
The following letter has been received by the
Archdeecin of Dublin from the Archbishop's chap-
i Ito, and has reference to the address of the clergy of
this ili..cese to the Queen :
Dau. 26, 1660.—111 r DIAC ARCHOZACOM.—The
Arcot:usu.') has had • letter from Sir Dune Orgy, an-
avmacing that he has had the honour to lay before the
queen the Address of the Clergy of the Diaries of DuLlin
and O'sodelegh, on the mbiret of the me tens token by
toe to establish a Rowan esth‘lic Itieruchy in
EnglisnJ, sod tatcrailog his grace that he addrese was
sly received by her Itlue•ty.—Yosts, toy dear Arch-
.ree .s, most sincerely, J. Wier.
The medical profeseion in fraud have bad for
WM. time put the subject of a Medical Charities Bill
under their earnest considerativn ; and on Tuesday
nixt a mto log of the physicians and burgeons of the
Irish &vie hospitals and dispenearies will be held in
the Dublin College of Surgeons. IL. exceLeney the
L ird-Lieutenant has iatimated through Sir William
Somerville, his readiness to receive a deputation
teem the meeting on the following day.
It in expected that the lax movement will be im-
mediaiely taken up vigorously and practically in Ban-
don, ui.dre thu ausp'cts of Lord Bandon and Viscount
Bernard. _ _

Mr. Simms, the well-known editor of the Northern
trbiy,hero, upon his wcession from that pap, r, &dyer-
Cs:xi Lis intention to start a new three•day paper in
Belfast, to be milled the Northern Mercury.
MYSTERIOIIe DIATII.—A men named Imony wen
I,dod dead es lb• mountain of Glensinnver on Saturday.
he verdict of the isqs,st wss, we believe, " Died by the
Vei:atios MOW ;" but the country peopl... and the wife of
the dreamed, ifilin that death wee nue d by the viitation of
an apparitions—Fermanagh Reporter.
ATTEMPTED ASAASSINATION.—We learn that en
attempt Lao ors made by tome ruffians to omaisinate Dr.
Derry, of CasWasson. Da To' edge niAht, ebiu: hes or
sad Verdi, r this universally respected sestleman woo on
his way. cm bees. back, to visit a patient, he was tired at
am Wag,law by some one in ambush. The nation Wok
vary does sir, for the ball passed ti.rmink the beck of the
doetor's seek. Os revelries the wound Ito shouted set "I
am Dr. lloary—wouol you touch sae ?" Ile was aaswored
by s piny ridging forward with a risk to strike him
hot the doctor had, fortunately, swill:lent prance of mind
to set spurs to his hone, sad wee row oat of the nook of
the asswias. He was unable to return hems till mot day;
bat, we believe, so apprehassios is entertaised so to the
rem& of the wound. What could lave been the motive fee
sash an a:t 'vet on so amiable sod re postrd • irinurraa we
abbot imagem.— Nerthens Whig,