The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-24 00:00:00

et tbe mimed eddeli be has sines sot:flea soprano& SCOTLAND.
Hs WS t Mr. (Now Sir Robert) Feel, EDINBURGH, MAT 21.
aSdaseeciwrg se no ~ it the Purr's.' will" he was The supreme courts or general assemblies of the es-
Ithr.C.Comsell .Mrmsgeeelmeggsaalse pe► tabliahed and free churches met yesterday, and were
udosoefthsonve ths f la aim as constituted with the usual formalities. For a day or
kil vial to ,
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_._ Olk ig two the basin= in both will chiefly be routine.
I di. •at the "WrVellwallllo • The Queen's Commissioner to the Established Church
raimatw:ncith a...cm:Z.?! laurel, "I/ " with 'se- is timely selected from amongst the 6overnment ad-
We paw on to the (cremation of the Catholic Asians' Son in berents of the day—but this year it is said that the
1823. Mr. John O'Connell contradicts the statement that present ministry offered to continue the Marquis of
OW first idea of it occurred to Mr. O'Connell and Bute in office, which, however, he declined. A gra-
Mr. Shell at a friend's house in the county of tifyizAiecimen Of political amenity was afforded by
Wicklow. He says -the ides had originated long before the nis riding to church in the same carriage
in his father's own mind; and, that when he mentioned it
Belhaven,the new commissioner. n
to Mr. Shell, on the occasion in question, the latter ex- with Lord • • I the
peened his fears and doubts as to the working; when the established assembly a committee was appointed to
earn said, he " would make it work." The first meeting watch over the bill now in parliament for the limo:-
sees held in Dempsy's Hotel, Saekvillostreet, Lord Killeen in
tbs &air. This was on the 12th May. 1823. The meetiogs poration of the new Episcopal College at Perth. The
primary object of this institution was the literary and
IMO afterwards held at Mr. Coyne's, Omit-street It is ~_ , .cal . . .
of
11111111111441 that Mr. Antes Wrinonell, with others, ob. .'eo. training candidates for the min.s-
jested to notiestauts haring a deliberative voice in the try bile Snatch episcopalcommunion; but supendded
abjection which Mr. O'Connell overruled. to that, classical instruction is given mueh on the same
ruselVt7t7rules requiring that unless there were 10 mem- plan as is followed at Rugby, Harrow, and similar
hers present at half-pout 3 o'clock, the meeting should be. schools in England, but possibly its sphere of opera-
adjourned, it oft append
ru happed that there was "no house.'
This was sometimes effseted by design, to the great annoy. lion may be enlarged so as to become something like
sum of the leader. Oa one occa.ion he defeated the plan Durham College. Should this be done, or even simple
for securing an adjournment, by almost forcing two young incorporation be granted, it will then be interesting
priests into the room. to inquire why dissenting academical institutes should
Mr. O'Connell took a leading part in the opposition to the not be incorporated in England, seeing that similar
Kildare Place Society, when it was detected in proselytising
practices. From the time the catholic association was esta-
blished to the granting of ernanciparion, there WAS a very hot secondly, why other dissenting bodies, such as the
crusade carried on in Ireland against " popery." The leaders free church, united preehyte: lane, &c., should not have
in it were Captain Gordon, and the Rev. Mr. Pope, a very charters to their theological seminaries, as well as
eloquent clergyman. O'Connell and Shell encountered them episcopalians. The agitation of this subject will pro-
in controversy on the B.ble platforms, often leaving th
court-house for the purpose, when on circuit. This crusade, thee 1 bably lead to the abolition of Scotch university tests,
object of which was really political, was almost immediately which, however, so far as members of the church of
abandoned as 1.0011 as emancipation was carried. We need England are concerned, have not been troublesome, as
not dwell upm the Clare election, and other events connected many of the 2rofesson in the Scotch universities are
with this great measure • they are fresh in the recollection of
our readers. The and-tithe agitation soon after threw the episcopalian ; the teats are only evoked from charter I
nation into a fr. nay, which seemed to alarm Mr. O'Connell, dust, when some presbyterian malcontent requires to
so that he agreed suddenly to a compromise, by which the be kept out.
clergy lost, but the people did not gain. A provincial paper mentions that " one of the eons
The agi ation for the repeal of the union was then taken of Sir John Gladstone is expteted to be brought for-
up, .but it was greatly mitigated by the liberal policy of the
whqs. " Justice for Ireland" would have satisfied Mr. ward on the conservative interest for Kincardine-
weinneies secret wish at anytime, whatever he might have shire "—a supposition not at all probable, sate in the
been driven to declare in the excitement of public meetings. event of the retirement of General Arbuthnot, of
Sir R. Peel came into power, and the imitation for repeal which there is little likelihood. Captain Fordyce has
waxed fiercer and fiercer. We must charitably think that 31r. also been spoken of for this county. The .Ibntruse
O'Connell believed in its practicability and speedy. amain- Standard declares, "on authority,' that means have
plistiment; otherwise, there would have been great criminality
in those positive and vehement promises made to the people, , been taken to ascertain the mind of the electors, and
and edified by solemn appeal+ to heaven—promises which the majority repudiate any change in the repre-
la to a great deal of mischievous delusion. I sentation.
The state prosecutions cannot be defended, we think, on
constitutional grounds, or on principles of sound policy. But i
it must be stinaitted that they were eminently sucoeseful.
They broke the heart of the agitation. From the
moment of imprisonment, Mr. O'Connell was an altered
man. lieseemed to see and feel that "the splendid phantom"
was an lonia /shwa that was very near leading him to ruin.
The idle pageant in the Rotund°, the volunteer uniform, the
crown cap, the solemn pledges, were all endured for the
sake of consistency, and to prevent Mr. Smith O'Brien and
the young Inlanders from running away with his well-
earned glory. He was too glad when the whigs same into
power again to get decently out of the movement. Bed to do so
with any advantage it was necessary to crush young ballad,
who prepared for agitation with a view to talteder gads,
which Mr. O'Connell thought pernicious. Had behest lathe
spring of life, he would have combatted Mama fising, sad put
dowa such foes in the open field. Bat bead) MIA sttength
were waning, and he beheld in prospect all his efforts, sad
the very machinery which he had meta, likely to Inhumed
to ends that he disapproved, and sasses that he dreaded.
He therefore undertook somewhat seasneerily to extiagalah
" Young Ireland." Successful In impsegessee, he woe sot
altogether no in reality. In the ettennt be lad hhaselfemea
to much obloquy. And the elesestadse MI his life was
doomed, had he been spared, to a painful stswigilo.
How far these contentions aided end developed thindio
ease which now undermined and threatened his enistesee is
difficult to say. Bat it was evident, on his revisitiem London,
that a fatal change bed taken place ; that the strength and
spirit of the man were gone. He lingered, however, as we
have seen, and undertook a pilgrimage, as mach of devotion
as of health, towards Rome, when his life and journey closed
at Genoa on the 15th ult.

WALES.

AORICVLTURAL PROSPECT9.—A correspondent, who
hu been travelling in the principality, says "Though
the crops have, generally speaki,,g, been retarded by the
cold and =genial spring, every species of crop, now that the
weather bas assumed a warm aspect, promises well. The
wheat and barley plants, especially in Carroartln-nshire and
Glaniorganshire, present a strong and healthy ro,peet ; and,
judging from present appearances, a full average crap may
be anticipated. By reason of the difficulty experienced in
procuring seed, a very small portion of the land has received
the potato plant. Oats are not so forward as could be wished,
yet the plant appears strong and healthy. In some parts,
especially in the mire mountainous districts, the fanners
complain of the want of grass, ant great numbers '
are necessitated to purchase hay to fodder their stock.
Distress has been less felt in Wales than in any other part of
the United Kingdom. Numbers of destitute Trish are per.
ambulating even the least frequented part of this country,
and numbers have found employment either on the South
Wales Railway now in course of construction, or in other
nvirenita

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, MAT 22.
The remains of the late viceroy were conveyed yes-
terday to their last resting place. The day was very
fine and the procession imposing, less from the mili-
tary pomp than the regret which pervaded hundreds
of thousands on beholding the remains of a well-
beloved Irish noble transferred to the grave almost in
the commencement of his beneficent career. All the
arrangements were perfect, and carried out with the
greatest regularity. At a quarter to three the caval-
cade moved slowly from the Chapel Royal, the bands
of the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons and 17th Lancers
playing alternately the mournful " March in Saul,"
and other funereal strains. At four o'clock the
railway terminus was reached, where the car-
riages, only containing the Mends of the departed
viceroy, the officers of the household and of
the Lord Mayor were admitted. The coffin having
been transferred to a close hearse, was placed on a
railway carriage, preceded by five mourning coaches
containing his lordship's brother, Lord de Manley,
Lord Duncannon, Hon. F. and S. Ponsonby, and a
few other friends of the late Earl, when the military
presented arms, and the train departed. On the am-
val at the station, the Park guns fired 66 rounds, the
number of his Excellency's years. The royal standards
at the barracks and magazines were half lowered—a
tribute of respect also rendered by all the ships on the
river. As the procession passed down the quays, the
little children of the orphan schools of Michael's and
John's parishes stood before the church with scarfs
and wands—a simple sight, which touched many a
hard heart. We turn from this mournful spectacle to
a cheering topic.
We bear nothing now of Skibbereen. All is quiet
there, where all before was confusion and wailing.
The times have turned in its favour, and by the muni-
ficent aid extended from England, the generous
exertions of the relief committee, and the adoption of
sanitary measures, the pestilence has been arrested.
Food is more plentiful, or, rather, less scarce ; and
fever having had his sweep, rests from his destructive
labours. Skibbereen, in fact, is now comfortable com-
pared with other districts. Much has been attributed
to the disinfecting measures which, though taken up
late, hare proved of the utmost value. In Belfast, at
tke other extremity of the island, a permanent pre-
caution against the effects of filth is practically illus-
trated on this day. Its baths and wash-houses are
opened for the public use while I write. As in all
useful reforms the liberality of the Belfast citizens is
proudly pre-eminent ; they do not wish " God speed "
to a work of humanity, they give the impulse, and
leave to others the vie tejurat.

The Irish presbyterian church has undergone a
slight change. According to the Monaghan Standard,
the general assembly has been distributed into five
sub-synods; namely, Belfast, containing 9 presby-
teries and 140 congregations; Derry, 8 presbyteries
and 100 congregations; Dublin, 6 presbyteries and
67 congregations; Ballymena and Coleraine, 8 pres-
byteries and 92 congregations; and Armagh and
Monaghan, 9 presbyteries and 73 congregations.
It is announced this evening that Lord Clarendon
will arrive at the Castle of Dublin on Wednesday
next ; a privy council is noticed to assemble on that
dty, and his lordship will be immediately sworn into
OffiCe.

TEN PAILOCHIAL CLUOT.—The T /WM= pub-
licises a document which it wee not intended should see the
light It is an appeal ea behalf of the perealikd of=
the Patablished Church, who hews fulfilled sad are
*dr duty well and dower/My. The entreats bow private
letters attached to theatres= are of deep awl
fat The selmipliese atready amount to aliTialsreAP;
lothediag 1001. oath hem Lards Rodeo sad Oniony,
the Hauomaiiia and Tim Mr. Taykar, A. Chalmasee,
the miebrated brewer, a= the Duke mad Dram et Mae-
eleseter. There is so ateawback to the plumes with which
any Mend at hardly tirrald suppert the deli, a= that
fa the statement is the elm= that ' the imele upon
their empathy am am= lairoased in emormeto of the
very striking &rep which hen taken plow mewl the
Houma Catholic psnautry." Here is the troll, alibi old
prod ything serpeat. The dime befouls eves the MOW-
white wogs at therity.
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landlords ore dispossd, Seth* serpents neared is *obi&
myth, to " sate Onessilves from shunter," aireigifia •
MA Oak in the eon* of Oett. Two =I von eon-
' easel as Tuesday isi Weinsday hat of
nhiffsrda Ae. is dbtriest vilely mane* el=
=ll se**/* repodelstin engloyssist he the
pair, la lits et anise MIK Sol is both the
issarig was a filar. Tbe ladies* nil hsek. The
dtabsge and kin isinession 6ttL *Me tie swim
warm are likely *peen es don in east so dr amp
En nabs spirit of lime ydeprisson. • They en fit,
eel wffi As weft sat[ nabs is left be then
is elk I week of thee
doss Pannins there
she
ere, salsiersost eat erg
bon risseid ha is thelbstindliest
hay o the =isgsflirm
tbe
At • Ins noodas stnes elssessel &Aim Is the swill at
Feasts, *a reddleit lirthesol thenselon him a
is nspisy tbe hollot biasses* snag sitil
propertnissf fir Isla big dirt est of
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