The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-17 00:00:00

your very obedient, HENRY Gaavvsx.
To Mama. ISPCullsgh, Devertax, and O'Flaherty.
This declaration is too weak, therefore I add that lay re-
peal of the relief bill, or ' lof penalties, can only be
viewed be as act of hostility to the catholic' sad to Ireland,
and must be resisted by_all the meson in our pow. r—wven
by arms if necessary. MINIT GRATTAN, M.P., Protestant.
At the animal meeting held yesterday of the trus-
tees and managers of the Dublin Savings Bank, the
repot., which were adopted, and the rratements made
were highly satisfactory, ILS evincing a returning con-
fidence in these institutions, and a gradual though slow
improvement in the position of the working classes of
this oonttry. Undertbepresentpeentfaieircuurstanees
of lacings banks In Ireland, the following citric..
from this document will be of some interest, as it may
be remarked that the management of this particular
bank has always exhibited a moat favourable con-
trast to that of many others in this country. The
report says :

The moral injury, u well u the national loss occa-
sioned by a betrayal of cotfilence in institutions of this
clam, may be estimated by the fact, that the deposits in the
Dohlin Savings Bank in the year 1845 amounted to
415,3661., represemtng the claims of 16,520 depositors, when
from the cause already assigned a run ensued, reducing
the deposi•s, as already stated, to 134,4111., representing
the claims of 6.161 depositors. The deposits so withdrawn
were not, in the majority M uses, applied to more profit-
able lave tments—this would rather have been a subject of
pleasure than regret—but it is much feared that, besides
giving birth to feelings of suspicion, it led to a dissipation
of the long-cherished store, and in not a few iostances gave
a check to that frugality in the humbler grades of society
which is so cialculeted to elevate in the scale of social
beii.g ; and. ln reference to the national loos sustained, Imam-
mach as the " Commissioters for the Reduction of the
Notional Debt," being the bankers, so to spear, of thus
testi:n:l°es' were bound to place the trustees and managers
of the batk in funds to meet the clime so made upon them,
and in so doing had to effect sales of stock at 10 and 11 per
teat less than the same was purchased, it followed, that to
realise over 300,0001., which was necessary, the lose to the
',salon by the run on this batik alone was equal to at least
30,0001.
Turas', bower. r, from these gloomy topics, it is a subject
silo/ding sincere pleasure to the traitors and managers, that
they are enabled to report a steadily increasing Cu,inence,
sod, as the result, a steadily incressieg amount of deposits.
The capital, at2o h N0v.,1849, amounted to 150,1201.135. 51.,
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which exceeded the chic,. of the deposits sgainst the load-
tattoo by the sum of 1,1931. 13s , the claims being tqual to
148.9361. 6(1., represented by 7,752 depositors.
In the year just ended, most satisfactory progreu ban
been nude. The number of depositors having increased from
7,7.52 to 9,236, showing a difference of 1,484, and repreaent-
ing an increase in the pros. amount of deposi.s as be,ween
148,9361. Os. at an I 182,6451 9e. 64., equal to an increase
on the yeas 33,7121. 94. ld,. • this, however, includes the
interest due at 20th November last, now added t 3 principal
in the books of the institution. This stete of things thi
trastru and managers consider is in every way encouraging,
and they feel it will be so esteemed by the public.
The surplus fund of the bask has suffered, as WAS anti-

cipetsd, alight dinali.ut,on oaring the year. At 20th Nov.,
lbl9, the surplus declared was 1,1931. 13g., while at 20
Nov. 1850, it is shcwo to amount to 1,0952 16s. ld., the
diminutiou beiog equsl to 971. 16s. Ild.
I)uriog the 'tar the deposits numbered 25,786, the
n Aims for repaymtnt 10 711, the actual payments 9,462,
■od the new ate,unts opened were 3,181, tusking a total of
49,140 tnaseettent.
• trusses mid managers lock with some sosiety, on

public grsunde, to the cou'res which may be proposed to
psrlisment, in rettrence to the future government of them
:netilutions. In the form of petition, and otherwise, Ow
trustees and managers have expreeerd thir op'nion i• favour
of government security being afforded t) depositon, and
they have also draws the attention of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer sad the ligislature to the importance of • total
repeal uf all existing statutes in reference to savings banks,
which us confusing, because conflicting, and !substituting In
their stead • simple code in a single act: they have some
reason to anticipate that this suggestion will have due
weight.

Cardinal Wiseman has returned the subjoined reply
to tLesddress from the o noegaten:traders of LimerkK

DEAR FRIENDS MCD FELLOW CATROLICS,—Accept my
sincere thanks lee your waruisearted and generous address.
The catholics of England could not for a moment doubt of
the genuine sympathy of their bre area in Ireland. The
unity in which oar holy religion binds us t gether, making
us but parts of the same body, the esthetic church would net
permit one portion of that living structure either to rejoice
or to be efflicted, without all the rest becoming partaken of
their joy or borrow. Each of those has been our lot. The
goodness of our common Father, the Vicar of Christ on
earth, has bestowed upon hi< gnat. fnl children in England a
welcome and cherieh. d gilt, in the restoration of their eccle-
siastical hierarchy ; but the misapprehensine, complete u
it has been unexpected, of the objects and nature of this
great measure, by many of our fellow subjects, bar led, no
doubt, to much distr.s in many, and has caused affliction to
us all. Bet from all parts of the church we have received
assurances of the deepest interest felt for us and our sacred
cause ; and the prayers of our brethren It many countries
have served to assure us how really the establishment of •
catholic hieraeeby in England is considered se an important
and most blessed work, and bow well we may bur with some
present affliction in compensation fer it
It was therefore but natural that catholic Ireland should
even go beyond otha countries is warm end generosts feel-
ings far us. Y .or city, too, Si eminently catholic, so con-
...ant in the faith, is naturally among the foremost to avow
thas. _ _

In my own nano, and in that of my fellow-eatholies, I
assure you that we moat highly twin them, and pray GA to
requite them with his choicest h:errings.
As to the kind afters which 'on make of shelter in any
possible cue of fu:ure o2pression, whilst I meet sincerely
tnank you for the generous feeliep they duple'', I beg to
assure you that in .pits of the Interested exertions lately, and
in part sue•.esetu►ly, made to awaken religious bigotry, the
heart of the English people is too auund to allow itself. to be
carried away to the extreme' coutensolated is your kind
proposal. And no greeter proof of this can be desired thee
•ur experience of the p:ople's conduct. "I dwell is the
tui.lat of my people in peace " and so, thank God, do all our
deep), ; nor can we desire more protection from our brethren
than that of their touted and fervent prayers.
Brzeiria, Almighty God to bless you and your families, I
em your affectionate eavaat in Christ,
N. CARD. WISEMAN.
London, Jan. 10.h,1851.

A cue came before the Court of Exchequer yester-
day, in which a question was to be tried, whether a
coilector of grand jury cue or labour rate had a right
to seize growler,: crops. The plaintiff resided in the
county of Limerick, and the difendeot had se:z d
growing crops to a large extent, for the sum of 91,
grand jury cessand labour rate. The plaintiff brcught
an action 'gram t him for trespass. and he got a ver-
dict for the value of the crops, subject to the decision
f tho court above, as to whether the collector had a
right to seize growing crops. The case was twice
argued before the Court of Exchequer, and the deci-
sion of their lordships was to affirm the verdict for the
plaintiff, thus holding that the collector was not au-
thorised by law to seize growing crepe.
The Evening Mail says :

Bach information as we base received from various dis-
tricts, tends to stow that the new parliamer.tary franchise
list will not ethibit much change In the relations of the
several interests. A correspondent, writing from the f MUM,
north, takes this view with respect to Donegal, and a western
oh. ever tells a Ida,+ tale as at RACOIOOIOO. In the latter
o arty a considerable numb. r of oaten have been registered
from t►e watts of Lord L,rt n ; but the properti m hu been
sill preserved, by ► still larger regis ration of elector' in the
interest of the sitting members,

Tn LOAN for 20,0001. to the Limerick corporation
bas be en finally and effec uatiy concluded, and the money
Ms been paid to Mr. P solicit r of the corporation.
1 he mortgag, already effected was assigned over to a Landon
capitsliet, soh e at OM* gave the sum, which Is fortwith to be
snplied to t' s liquidation of the debts of the muoicipality.—
Limerick Reporter.

LIVERPOOL AS A MAIL STATTON.—We extract
the toll4wlng from the annual report of the direeton of the
Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures of Glasgow, dated
Dec. SI, 1850:—. The dirtc:ors have opposed the removal
of Me Transatlantic pat k-t station from L.verpool to a port
an the west coast of Ireland, befog convinced that loch •
ammo would be lajlifintLlP to the trade of Ergland and
Scotland, without confirm, an equivalent benefit no Ire-
land, and that it would throw by far the largest portion of
the pamengtr end geode mkt: itto the bands of the Ameri-
can packets satire direct from Liverpool•