The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DCRLIM. APRIL 22.
The Dublin Erening Herald has the following an-
nouncement of conversions to the protestant church.
One of the persons mentioned was for some years
connected with the Irish press, and was well known
as an orator of the Corn -Exchange in the late Mr.
O'Connell's time.
On Sunday, four persons renounced and abjured the
errors of popery, under the spiritual direction of the Bev.
Thomac Scott, and received the holy communion in St.
Thomas's church—the Venerable Archdeacon Magee, &c.
&c., officiating. It is remarkable that one of these converts
us a Mr. John Daniel, who had been a student iu the Roman
catholic college of Carlow and Bedfast; ant another, a Mr.
Michael George. Conway, a law student of Trinity College,
Dublin, of whom the late Mr. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., had
the highest opinion. In an autograph letter of the Libera-
tor to him he says—" As to you personally, I do unfeign-
edly assure you I admire your splendid talents, and enter-
tain great confidence in your patriotism."
The disgrace of the Longford " liberal" constitu-
ency was completed. yesterday, by the return of Mr.
More O'Ferrall as their representative in parliament.
The votes at the close of the poll were for O'Fcrrall,
938; for Sleatun, Ml).
Mr. Serjeant Murphy will, as i have already
stated, h eve a walk over for Cork, and be the sitting
member for that borough to-morrow afternoon. The
learned serjcant has had a severe attack of bron-
chitis since his arrival in Cork, and, it is probable,
that he will not be able to address the electors from
the hustings to-morrow. It is understood that his
proposer and seconder arc to be Mr. Francis Bernard
Realms!' and Dr. Lyons. 'flee Cork Examiner says
that Lord Suirdale, the eldest son of the Earl of

ilionoughmore, was in Cork during last week confer-
ring, it was supposed, with the leaders of the eon- ,
servative party as to the chance of his return if he I
stood. It is added that he was fully convinced of the '
Motility of the attempt.
Mr. Pamir'. the late member for Cork, has received
an invitation to a public dinner from a number of
his la-e English colleagues in the House of Commons.
Among the signatures to the invitation were those
of Messrs. 11111111 C, Cobden, Bright, Milner Gibson,
Mowutt • Sir Wm. Nlolesworth, Sir K Buxton, Sir
T. E. Cdebrooke ; Mr. Wm. Brown, Mr. Alex. Henry,
Colonels Watkins and Salwev, Mr. Heywood, Mfr.
Shafto Adair, Mr. li. Fitzhaidinge lk•rkeley,Csileinel
Thompson, Mr. Lushington, Alderman Ilumphery,
Mr. Mitchell, &e. The document, observes the Cork
Examiner, makes no allusion to political mitten:,
and is confined to the expression of the mem-
bers' approbation of Mr. kagau s consistent and
honourable conduct and courteous deportment during
the time he held a scat in parliament.
It was nut supposed that Mr. Sharman Crawford.
in announcing his intention not to stand fur Rochdale
at the next election, had formed the design of retir-
ing altogether from parliament, and it was generally
thought that he would accept a seat for an Irish
county. The county of Meath, as represented by
the local liberal club, accordingly sent an intimation
to the hon. gentleman a few weeks since, that his
name had been inserted on a list of candidates, from
whom the members to represent the vounty in the
next parliament would be selected. Mr. Sharman
Crawford, however, has stated, in reply, that it is not
his intention to otter himself to any constituency at
the next election.
The Freeman's Journal expresses regret nt Mr.
Crawford's determination. The Freeman says:
We know no event tout the tenantry of Ireland would
have more cause to deplore, or would more deplore, than
Mr. Crawford's retirement. Mr. Crawford is not merely
un advocate of tenunt-right ; he is an example of a great
landlord granting tenant-right, in its fullest aeceptation, to
his own tenantiy, and desirous to confirm to them by law
what he now grants by grace and Cilium The value of
such a man in the house is inestimable. There is scarce a
leading statesman in the llouse of Commons who has not at
some time visited Mr. Crawford's great estates in the
county of Down, and seen in these estates the model on
which all well-wishers of Ireland would desire to see our
country new fashion: d. Mr. Crawford, merely sitting in
the house, the father nt. the tenant-right 1'411.4C, is worth a
thousand speeches. The sight of him sag wets a thousand
thoughtsin palpable, practicable furm,favourable WOK. right.,
of the tenantry, that mere words, however striking, illus-
trative, or argumentative, could never summon up.

NATAL.