The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-15 00:00:00

f the other. The honourable men.ber attended to-dn)
at the Confederation-rooms, and receivtd a g•oWiag

lcome.
A new manufacture has sprung up in our city,
which is not likely to attract much capital or atfoid
extensive employment to the artisans of the Liberty.
The echeirr do fraternite, or neck-cloth of orange
and green. is the last confederate fashion. The sect e-
tary sports one of unusual dimensions and most
bril-
ant gloss.
I hear that Mr. Mitchell, in addition to the prose-
cution for seliition, has to meet a charge of Chiet Jus-
tice Blackbarne, arising out of Mr. Mitchell's criti-
cisms on the special commission. The chief would
prove even a more formidable adversary than Queen
'Victoria in a court of justice. The United Irishman
humus to existence by a slender thread.
The committee of the Repeal Association are pre-
paring a case for counsel, to ascertain the legality of
holding a convention contrary to the strongest pro-
vieions of the statute, in such case made and pro-

vided.
Curiosity led me to-day to visit Hyland's pike
manufactory in Charles-street, within half pistol-shot
of the Four Courts. Outside is a sign-board, v. ith a
pike painted thercon. Inside the picture is realised,
for I saw half- a.dozen pikes spread forth on the dingy
counter, and two purchasers comparing the size, ,
strength, and polish of the various blades. There
was no secret or mystery about the sale. Hyland
vended his wares openly, and boasts of the extent of
his trade, which keeps up five furnaces and twice the
number of anvils—all busy with pikes. The night
sales, I understand, are considerable. The pi ,eons eons I
saw purchasing were of the better class, at le..st in

appearance.
The following letter from, Archbishop "Nlttrrny, is
addressed to the editor of the Erasing l'nst
Mountjoy.square, Apr.l 12,
Ny dear Sot, In tho supplement added to your excellent
jonenal on Saturday last, you inserted a declaration, of which
the following is a copy
We, the on lersigu,n noblemen, clergy,
bankers, merchants, and
inhabitants generally of thin city and its s icinity, being anxi tttt A Ut
all times to mainmai the peace of our city, and of theoninty general,
feel called en, under the present peculiar circumstances, to declare our
tined deteroinntion to support her Monody, her crown, and the
lass of our country by every legitimate intone in our power ; and
;hat we will lo prepared, at all times, to aid the Lord-
console in
the furtherance of such Mauro, as his escolleney may consoler it
eaptdiant to adopt to preserve the peso: of the metropolis and ol our
sountry. And we entreat that our fellow citizeno umte with Ui
in using their beet endeavouno to prevent ouch person, with whom
they may possess influence, from being misled by others into any
Tintalierl t'le
In the IA of the advocates of peace and order who
signed that declaration, I would be ashamed if my humble
name—the name of one who by the nature of his otlice is
peculiarly a minister of peace—were not to be found. It
has, however, seemed good to an individual hoe signs
himself " One of my Flock" (whether truly or orwise
T,
ors, say), to call on me, on the part of himself and some
others, to withdraw my name, through the public press, from
that list. Will you have the great goodness to permit me to
assure my correepondent, through you, that a sense of duty
forbids me to comply with his request ? ;lam an advocate
for peace. While I join with the celestial choirs in the an-
them, " Glory to God in the Highest," it is a duty dear to
my heart to join with them also in the aspiration, " On
earth pence unto men."
It is no secret that a certain class of persons openly
called upon a portion of our population supposed to by
imbued with strong political opinions, to supply thews- Ives
with aims—for what purpose it is not for me to determine ;
but it was believed by many (let me hope untruly) that it
waren the purpose of coming into hostile collision with the
constituted authnrities of the state pros ided certain
political
concessions should not be granted within a limited time.
At all events, the circumstances escited alarm. he -üblic
tranquillity was supposed to be in peril ; and it was judged
prudent ts make suitable preparations to meet the threatened
danger, as the surest means of preserving the public place
and of preventing the possiblity of a collision, whereby the
streets of Dublin would be deluged with the blood of its inha-
bitants. Oh ! were l'rovidence in its anger to allow such a
calamity to fall open us, how many widows and orphans'
would he left to mourn over theereavement in hopeless
uterus ! An 1 how mmy souls moult be matched away
from a scene of ar cry conflict, to star.-.I unprepared b. fore
the throne of their judge, at the imminent peril et their
salvation I
Fifty years ago I witnessed the miseries which a convul- '
63011—blICh as a scene like this may give birth to—inflicted
on the political, social, and moral condition of this unhappy
country. Can any one be surprised that a thrill of honor
should, rush through my rout at the bare thought of the
recurrence of such a calamity ? 'Alsy God in his mercy
avert it !
With the political opinions of my corresTiondent I
meddle not. That God may inspire our rulers with wisdom
and justice and mercy in providing lot the piness of 1
our people, I fervently pray aed every lawfulhap means that
individuals or classes of the people may employ for pro.
rooting the general welfare I am most ready ti applaud.
But civil war 1 abhor; and the ruin of souls which it would
be sure to occasion 1 cannot think on without awe; nor
could I answer before the Great l'astor of our souls, mat
had, like St. Paul, " spared not to detlare to all the counsel
of God" (Acts xx. t, were Ito omit, when thus
upon to place before my correspondent (and his abbetton, if
he have any) the following inspired record, left by St.
Peter, an our rule'.—" Be subject to every human creature,
for Ged's sake, whether it be to the king as excelling, or
to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-
doers, and for the ;raise of the good ;. for so is the will of
God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance
of foolish men ; an free, and not as making liberty a cloak
of malice, but as the servants of God. Honour all men ;
love the brotherhood; fear God; honour the king. (1
Peter, 11, 13, &c.)
I have the honour to remain, with much respect, my dear
sir, your faithful, humble servant,
X D. MURRAY.

Mr. FrEtlcr:ck W. Conway.
SLIGO ELECTION.
CLOSE Or THE PULL —TVE6DAT, TWO o'CLocw
Town:ey
Somers

Majority for Townley 6
The friends of Mr. Somers talk of a petition, on the
round that Mr. Townley had not declared his qualification
within randrran time. But he tr.ay have done so in
Dublinl understand he lafli the prlper steps in the
affair.

STAIR OF THE COUNTRY.
The rifle club in Limerick is receiving, we are assured by
one local papce, considerable accessions weekly, and another
informs us, that on Monday last G,Gisol. were withdrawn
from the savings' creaks in that city, " which the misguided
parties immediately proceeded to change at the banks for
gold." In cDnuexion with this fact another statement of the
same nature may be mentioned, namely, that a peasant
from Itathneale, near Mr. &nab O'Brien's residence,
pledged his great-coat in Limerick, on Saturday, to buy a
pike. In Cork the run on the savings' banks is much
greater than in Limerick, and from the same cla,s. Tie
amount withdrawn on Moudav is said by the eurk Ex-
aminer to have been 10,3001. This is probably exaggerated.
Most of the sums withdrawn are under 201. Rifle practice is
as sharply pur‘ued as in Limerick, bat a declaration by the
magistrate that they will connote the peaaity on
'• sabbatk
breaking" against all persons tiring guns, &c., on that day,
will probsb:y militate against this sport. Among the malig-
nant means taken to heighten the panic among the poor for
drawing gold has been a rumourthat one or two of the banks
had tailed. Mayo is stili distinguished tor it" misery. The
tales of death, starvation, and disease are hyrrowing ; and
the poverty and apathy of the people, and the neglect of the
gentry, give hut little hope that things will be mei did next
year, The Limerick Examiner states, and gives names and
numbers of the several tamales, that 2,000 human beings
have been evict.d from the estates of Lord Ventry, in
Kerry, within the present year ; and 191 Lord
a estates ot
Lord Cork.

SCOTLAND.
EDINLCROH, APRIL 11.
The Stirling Obserro• giro, a curious calculation
regarding the railways in Scotlar.d. It estitn rtes the
length of railway for which acts of parlimii,nt have
been got at 1,620 miles. If each of itx,, miles cost
26,0001., a capital of not less than 40,300,0001. bar,
been actually expended, or is about to be expended,
upon this new mode of investment. Suppo'ing, then,
that the shareholders should average five per cent. for
their money, it will follow that, a. about 38 per cent.
of the drawings is required for working the lines, that
Land
directors of these lines expect the people of Scot-
land to pay them a voluntary tax (very year of about
threc•and-a-half millions of money ; or, in other
words, that each family of live persons shall pay an-
nually for the support of railways, 61. 103., and each
individual, of whatever age, 1/. Cs.