The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-20 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dustin', Ocr. 18.
The only political matter spoken of to-day is •
letter in this afternoon's Mail from Mr. A Hamilton,
M.P., to Sir Lucius O'Brien, in which he says that as
the Lord Lieutenant's reception of the recent deputa-
tion " seems to invite an expression of opinion—es an
Irish member, representing in a great degree the
edacated classes, I lose not a moment in stating that
I consider the recommendation of the jury, under all
the circumstances, consistent equally with humanity,
with the enlightened views now so generally enter-
tained on such subjects', and with good policy as re-
gards this country." Elsewhere Mr. Hamilton charm-
tenses an execution for treason as " a horrifying
exhibition of sanguinary eeverity."
On Saturday a meeting of merchants and traders
assembled at the Mayor's office in Cork, to memorial-
ise the Lord Lieutenant to bestow clemency on Smith
O'Brien and the other parties who have been found
guilty of high treason. The Mayor took the chair,
and having explained the object of the meeting, Mr.
Fagan, M.P., read a draft of the memorial. Major
Beamish proposed its adoption, which was unani-
mously carried. It was then resolved that, having
been signed by the citizens, it should be presented by
a deputation consisting of the Mayor, Mr. Fagan, and
the Rev. Mr. Mathew. It was also resolved that the

THE GREAT PRISONS OF LONDON.
HORSEHONOER-LANE GAOL,
The tranopontine portion of the great capital la re-
markable for the number and excellence of its public institu-
tions. Every skiff thoroughly*, square, or open spare , is
adorned with one or more monameats of a pious and chari-
table ancestry . Asylum for the deaf and blind—infirmaries
for the canal sick—hospitals for the old, or hopelessly dis-
eued--almshouses for the —retreats for the unfortunate
—houses for the inane—in fact homes for all the ills that
flesh is heir to everywhere abound. This, the distinction of
London generally, is pre-eminently the distinction of the
Surrey divides of it ; and it is one of the first
things to sterna the attention of the stranger,
as well ea the moth likely to keine him with a high sense
of the pubis spirit addle =Oka. Nee is attention walked
to the pithiest and mental weds sad anente et the metre.
patens. No—die darker espeset et ear sswal life have also
doe peones made for their instant. Throe I. a prison
he the Mese std a gaol fee the criminal. The latter is the
st=ter.iii elk.
kin eted—thasted lut onside the borough
et Seathwork, ea the math tither Nesekeleneeemnirty On
trans in Hesessessegaleas)—is a mamas psi for the
sonny of Surrey, sails wader the furisdiedos of the Sniff
Overt of Quarter sad thirteen eliding meeitreing.
roman to the std t he the bettor regolatiss
at gook and hewer senethien (4 Geo. IV.). these Lake
man an unseal septet to the Beerthory of State ca he osadi-
tios—to this rapid we dal have to refer by-and-hy.
Beessenneerlen Oath semen, of two portions—the de-
relent templed Whibtage, aril that occupied by anthills
et preen samsisd ea whaled singes. The the.
mese et a dthiserriiriess—nd they are now /the
—we dell Mee a Oiler oppielnmily of deeeribing we
sek the none to estemegen et en • vigil to Quells Bark
1 at cue of the City pima sod we we' thwefere way sommdk
bare, emperor; that Own &Men of Hansessane-has
heel are quite dieing, sad ea se omen is spy seemonn-
taloa permitted between the two ernes of glthiatthe.
Then are for grinds& ten dames or words—led nod
having its yard and day roes. Oa eateries o' e ofibest, the
visitor is painfully harness& with the thanes of all spasm
la the managesiest. He dads himself is • how,
tErocia, duagonillke, chilly, not very clean, mad Ai-
m uncomfortable so it could convenlestly be mon
IM...ream is crowded with thirty or forty porton of sll ages
and shades of and guilt—!aftto theniselne, with
no officer in t. Here there is no attempt to airforce die.
online. Nei silent nee separation is issintaised is the
largo's prison in the metropolitan county of Surrey. Here
we have a gaol—sotwithstanding all that has bees den by
jurists, and penal writers, and governments, for refits—
pretty nearly the counterpart of the generality of primes to
the days of Howard. In this room we see thirty to tidy
persons with Ratko( to do—many of them know not hew
to read, and these who do are little encouraged so to
improve their time. Some of them clearly peeler
their present state of listless idlesess ; with bands to
their pockets they saunter about their dacison' et hi up=
the floor, listening to the spicy stories of theircompealess,
well content to be fed at the expense of the county—upon a
better diet, better soaked, than they are accustomed to at
bens—without we
with
see exertion on their own put,
Fes seaversise with we that a few of then bes li
wish' of civilness hue Haiku apathetic bondage is
width they the baps- that they would he glad to have work to
do—to ed imenigaloa U they senid. But the majority prefer
W state el metiffiso se mere assegais' to their theriehed
learn of bier Her. they an p, lin to their with.
Ike report to whia we bave alodea deplores the het el as
Seisms et *eyes* semmitments. Sorely thh is oaten/an
Ile MOM say mown, oaireskagais the working of gaol ilhei-
pilma We have se hisholisa in wine, that, to the ergot
else of elthaders, liessemoseer-ians Gaol presents eller
line maw than emus The report, which pate mop
thbe portly slow is rose, says the are OW
Wid.,....kt• ..butilloth Bettie& oskara.pic , lime wearing
the pit" Four out of thsee five items we
ses.athhh: the loi ..g sad ase " may be gene
IS kefelbilf t bat we can my that if the " Wasnagling sal
thigeothoe lie eel " were taken to a little more
sod earoothly, it wenn be all the bettor for tilt=
ii her Majesty* lets, both within and without the
Olen walk Ftelft ethers—like the triad=
a Ilogaabse employmen, which should be
es
a derpallog p Ihr the knit sad moot lotion.
ble ethanse—agginin le be the only week gang en at all ea
W melesside. Two made weight of theoretic's' helves to
sod men se his dors work: by 12 or 1 o'eleek many have
Sahhol, art the nth Sr the day it gins op to laziness. The
fast k, the IN NINO& having bees also inairre aw
inked, by hme presike, a iota& of soft Is their
fingers
imiezilisi So:, Zongthe yosagnifirs it a they
severe his oak end of the
flak of lds ibeignends. To the hardenedhone fennel he
Pnative power is nil. Under no eleswerrinsis is it
" dard labour." It is quitess sedentary snestapatigase writ-
lag ; but it tomes neither the body nor the bran. Idiom.,
therefore, doss set her It. And only about halt the pd.
seners have this modicums of work assigned to them. The
prisoners for trial, those remanded, and three who are de-
tained for want of sureties, have nothing whatauver to dot
Who can wonder that the enamitments fathoms ? 1
All the male wards are like the one doseribed. The Slue 1
disorder is observable la all—the lame esatessisation is ice
is, on in all. hens pass tram cue room into another, the
isolates are heard knifing sad shooting; sad it is not
always peredble for the Their to meals them without in-
sult. Suing os litds work going ca—that first great Jura* Luse.—Yesterday evening the Lord Lientene-
elegant of rehrtmatka—cme is anxiousto see what pro- and tin Countess of Clarendon received a numerous party at
gins is node (Sr the mond noodles. Here at diner at the. Lodge. Male. Jenny Liad had the
all mats, the hispestee imagines something worthy hargaar or %au of party.
of a •••7 a Anort•r•Ple Imilliatite will ALLIGED racars or O'lliarrosr.—The cork Condit*.
be oerdra' hreibig report lays : ' The pthermers an taught hos has the fallowing : " Olifahony, for setae meet en e
reading, writing, end aeWilelede,, , l bibles. mg whose books of charge of high beam the Lord-Lieutenant km offered a
• nom estate, ••• 011,1••• these." fled 11••••• are vie', reward of 1001., is supposed to have escaped to a (env
precis, and in thoeldere =Pete to ••• • ilowthlhkg etheol shots. The story told is this, that he wu a fugitive falai
\
—a thing., omit seeded to ,
~•••••tmet, the filed Inor.nt of frogs place to place in the Curraehmore isoantai...; his
Oemoranionen whirl inietallnOn in idleness cannot fad to whereabouts being sera unknown to his family no•di yea.
produce. Bat no I ken the " reporters " are oak! Temente day night last, when, to their amusement, he knoe'aed at the

gentlemen comprising the deputation should, on the
=the meeting, solicit the services of the Arch-
and Mr. Pike to wait on his Excellency no as
to carry out the objects of the meeting. The deputa-
tion arrived in Dublin yesterday. Archdeacon Kyle
was prevented by the business of his diocese from ac-
companying the deputation. On the arrival of
the deputation at the Imperial Hotel, an official
communication addressed to the mayor, and directed
to await his arrival, was presented to him. It was
from his Excellency's private secretary, and was to
the followinfafrect
l , Oct. 16, 1848.--Sir,--I am directed by
thllMal Lisutenant to acknowledge the receipt, by the
lone of Mr. Redington, of the memorial signed by the
obs7wf
oi
• and other inhatetants of the
GB/ of eiCersr:am'isiMi.illisai Smith O'Brien and the
ether state prisoners now convicted of high treason. Is
reply, his excalleacy desires me to refer you to the observe-
Una (a copy cf which I enclose) made by his to a depots-
tier, ceneheing of the Lord Mayor and citizens of Dahlia,
which waited on him this day for a similar mimeo. As
those observations embrace all the inionnation that his excel-
lency would feel Massif at liberty to give, and ea your
manorial has been already received sad duly recorded, you
will probably think it isonneseary.to seek a perusal inter-
view.—l have the honour to be, tar, our obedient servant,
COURT CORINILLAN.—To the Right worshiptal the Minor
of Cork,

1b letter enclosed contained a copy of his Excel-
lency's written ;reply to the deputation of the Lord
Mayor and citizens of Dublin, already published.
On receipt of this communication it was of course de-
cided on by the Mayor and other gentleman com-
prising the deputation from Cork, to forage their
previous intention of waiting on his Excellency.
A deputation, of which Mr. John O'Brien, M.P.,
Aldermen Watson, Geary, and M'Mahos, and Dr.
Gore were members, also presented three memorials
to the Lord Lieutenant yesterday. One was from the
corporation of the city of Limerick, a snood from the
inhabitants of Limerick and its vicinity, and a third
from the Limerick Society, praying that his excel-
lency would commute the sentence of death
passed upon Mr. W. S. O'Brien, in complisace
with the recommendation of mercy of the jury.
His excellency received the deputation with his
usual courtesy, and the memorial, having been
presented, the noble earl briefly returned a verbal
reply, in substance the same as that which he gave
the deputation from the city of Dublin on Monday,
namely, that as the commission was sitting at Clon-
mel for the trial of persons charged with the same
offence as that with which Mr. O'Brien was convicted,
and u a notice of a writ of error had been served, he
would refrain from saying anything on the subject
beyond repeating the assurance that full weight
would be given to the recommendation of the highly
e pry who tried Mr.oO'Berien.
Lieutenant
to
threlititio=rtinjoi; theoreply th
the of Dublin in fa-
vour of the exercise of clemency to Mr. W. 8.
O'Brien :
Viceregal Lodge, 0ct.17, 1848 —flir,—l am directed by
the Lord Lieutenant to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 16th inst., together the accompanying
memorial in behalf of Mr. W. Smith O'Brien. In reply, I
have to convey to you his Excellency's regret that the per.
ems who have affixed their signature to that document should
have thought fit to introduce into a petition for the extension
of mercy a groundless imputation upon the impartiel admi-
nietration of justice by the executive government. —I have
the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, 8. Count
CONNILLAS.—To Bev. C. M. Fieury, 24, Upper Lemon-
serest.

In consequence of the suspicions excited by the
attempt of Charles 0. Duffy to escape from Newgate,
all VMS/ to him has been cut off. No person what-
ever is now allowed to see or communicate with him
under soy circumstances. He has been removed to
an inner apartment of the prison, and double guards
placed about hie apartment. It is stated the pruioner's
health appears to suffer much. Mews. O'Doherty
and Williams have been also removed from the rooms
lately occupied by them. All the prisoners are most
rigorously watched.

door of his house, and took a hurried L./swell of his wife
and children. From this he hastened serene to the
Waterford mountains, and the neat night arrived at Bon-
nashon, when he was to be met by a boat waieh was to
convey him to a Teasel lying off the land. While in the
dark he was scrambling, unaccompanied, his way over the
rocks to the beech where the beat wse to be in rendi-

nem for him, his foot slipped and he fell dowa • precipice,
a height of some two hundred feet, into the sea. His
escape is said to have been miraculous and orovidentid, not
so much is reform to the fall as to t►e difficulties he had
than to encounter. He swam along the base of the rock for
some time, but emld find no means by which he could re-
gain a footing, and eventually had to support himself by
hanging from a piece of stone which protruded from the
rock, but which was warmly &Min -t enough to enable him
to red half hie fingers on. Here he remained for over six
hours, until the fishermen who awaited his arrival at the ap-
pointed cove, supposing he had missed his way, rowed along
the shore, in hopes of attracting his attention. It being then
daybreak, be having perceived the boat, screamed for
assistance, which was heard and afforded, and he was car-
ried out to sea. Having got on board the friendly vessel, nes
more has been shun beard of him, but it is expected he wan
transhipped, as was proposed, on board • Fresch fishing
smack, in search of which the /noel proceeded,"