The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Deems, Ocr. 8.
The expecied meeting of the poor law guardiansof
the various unions of Connaught was held yesterday
at Ballina.lue, the object being to endisvour to
procure a correct and detailed statement from govern-
ment of the charges demanded by them from the
boards of guardians of the province, on account of
the advances made to this country under the Labour
Rate Act." The attendance was numerous and in-
fluential.
The chair was occupied by the F.arl of Clancarty,
and the resolutions were carried with complete una-
nimity. Lord Lucan proposed, and Sir John Blake,
Bart., M.P., seconded the first resolution as follows :
Resolved—That v.hilst we are ready to acknowledge our
liability to the repayment of the government advances,
where it can be shown that value in public works ,has
hem received, and to the repayment of such portion of
the moneys expended in relief as can fairly be charged
against us. we cannot, in the absence of all particulars of the
government demand, consent by striking rates to make
OUT.I.:Ve, parties to the Imposition of a tax so onerous to
our fellow-countrymen, and one which will continue during
so long a period of time.
The second resolution was proposed by Lord
Crofton, and seconded by Mr. A. OTlaherty, M.P.,
to the following effect:
That we cou•ider a careful investigation should be entered
on before committees of both houses of parliament to ascer-
tain to what amount repayment can with justice be de-
misted and be insisted on with due regard to the interests
and circumstances of the country.
On the motion of Colonel Knox Gore, seconded by
Christopher St. George, Esq., M.P., it was then
resolved :
That the guardians here assembled must object to being
made agents for the collection of a tax which dots not
strictly come within the limits of their duties; they con-
sider that such a course would not only seriously interfere
with the due worl.ing of the poor law, but introduce tho
novel and most danecrous precedent of boards of guardians
• being converted into collectors of public revenue.
Mr. W. Gregory, Midi., then moved, and Mr. T.
Jones, chairman of the Sligo, union, seconded the
adoption of a memorial to the Treasury founded on
these resolutions.
The gentlemen present then resolved themselves
into a provisional meeting on the subject of steam
communication with .Imerica, and resolutions were
I unanimously adopted in favour of the establishment
of a Transatlantic packet station at Galway.

Two properties were ;put up for saki yester-
day, at Hullinasloe, by order of the Incumbered
Estates Comndm.ioners. One was that of Edward

John Nolan, in the county of Mayo, and the other
the estate of Robert Blake Forster, of Knockmoy
Abbey, in the county of Galway. This property con-
' meted of theKnockmoyAbbeyestate,containing about
4.15)0 acres, statute measure, situate within about six
miles of Tuam, in the county of Galway, together
with several houses and premises in the town of
Galway. The entire property is subject to a jointure
of 7356/. 9s. 3d., payable during the life of the Hon.
Mrs. Forster, the owner's mother.T.now aged about 62
nun. It wa:, put up in six lots; the highest offers
for which were 2,800/., 4,100!., 8501., 1,7001.,
and 1,6001. respectively.
His Excellency the American Minister, Mrs. Law.
mace, Miss Lawrence, and suite, arrived in town
vestt•rday evening by the Great Southern Railway
prom Knockaven, the scat of Baron l'ennefather, and
proceeded to the Gradiuni Hotel.
Mr. Sadleir, for Carlow, has addressed the
following note to the editor of the Carlow Sentinel:
1 understand sonic persons iu Carlow are disposed to give
crideme to el, (Ann' rumours of a very extraordinary na-
ture, which recently emanated from the Morning Herald. I
tin refure beg, through the medium of your journal, to as-
sure the electors of Carlow and Oraigue that those election
rumours to which I have referred are, so fur as 1 am con-
cerned, entirely witbuut foundation.
The following paragraph is from Saunders' News
Lrlltr :
MILIT.%It INVERTIOATION.—PARSONSTOWN, OCT. G.—
CO'. Coo, A.:jutantlionerul. Limerick district, has been
la Pananstown, by order of Sir Edward Blakcney, makin
inquiry into the alleged interference by • Roman catholic
chaplain with protestant soldiers, and also fur endeavouring
to induce the liionan catholic soldiers not to send their chit-

dren to the regimental school. The inquiry, which was a
private one, was held on Wednesday, and although his
reverence had due notice, he did not attend; however, Col.
('ox took the statements of the commandant of the garri-
' son and of WM evil soldiers. These statements are totally at
variance with wine representations made by the Itoinan
catholic chaplain to Sir /Award Blakeaty, before whom all
the depositions have bceu la.u, and whose decision thereon
is looked forward to with great anxiety.

Tittsit MINES AN I) ENGLISH SETTLERS. —The
valuable lead mines of Coolartra, in the county Monaghan,
the property of Edward W. Bond, of Bendeille, Esq., have
been let hy hint to an eminent and enterprising mining
company from Cornwall, at a royalty of one fifteenth, and
which pron.i.es to be a very profitable speculation. We
understood that front the extent of this townland—itsrich

mineralogical resource., its turbaries, and other capabilities,
the less con-ider it our of the molt valuable in the north
of Ireland, and that independent of the benefit Captain
Bond's tenantry will derive from the introduction of Eng-
lish settlers amongst them, his proportion of the profits
will realise a considerable per centage. This is another
step in the right direction ; and, whilst affording a safe and
secure investment for English capital, will be the means of
giving employment in a district where it is much needed,
and amongst a people of inoffensive, industrious, and primi-
tit e Saar U,...4t1e.

TUE LIVERPOOL CouNTY COURT.-LIVERPOOL
IV F.:,,iF,10 tv.—The memorial to Lord Carlisle, requesting
an inquiry lab Mr. liamshay's conduct, has now received
many th.nisand signatures; and a deputation from the
.• Indemnity Committee " oceeds to-day to the seat of Sir
Benjamin Ilcywood, near Manchester, where Lord Carlisle
at present staving, to bring the facts before his lordship.
It is suppo-,eil that the inquiry will be immediate, and of
the result there can be little doubt.

THE PENINA:Ltit AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S
EXTRA ALEXANDRIAN STEAMER SELTAN, Capt. Brooks,
arrived at Southampton yesterday. She left Alexandria
on the 2lth September, Malta on the 28th, and Gibraltar
on the 3rd inst. She brought a number of Indian passen-
gers and ship mails from Calcutta, Ceylon, Bombay, Alex-
andria, Malta, and Gibraltar. When she left Gibraltar the
Mississippi had not arrived. The Sultan passed the J upi-
ter in the Mediterranean, on her homeward voyage on the
lot Ottuber. The latter will leave Gibraltar about the 4th
or sth, and may be expected at Southampton about the 10th
or 11th inst. _ _

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COMMITTAL OF A COLLECTOR OF TAXES TO MAID-
gTON E G AOL . —YeSterility Mr. Inspector Lasy, of the It
division, conveyed Mr. Bowman, the collector of the as.
awed and property tax for the parishes of Deptford, to
Maidstone, as a defaulter to an amount little short of a
thousand pounds. Mr. Hills, of High-street, Deptford,
tallow-welter, and Mr. Houldsworth, of Lewisham, farmer
slid dairyman, are his sureties. It is said that there
is ample property available to make good the deficiencies.
Mr. Bownian has held the appointment many years.
M. ENIEIteON, in one of his lectures, tells a story
to t ximplify the stability of things in England. He says
that William of Wvkcham, about the year 11.50, endowed
a house in the neighbourhood of Winchester' to provide a
measure of beer and a sufficiency of bread to every one
who asked it, for ever ; and when Mr. Emerson wax in
England he was curious to test this good man's credit,
anal knocked at the door, preferred his request, and re-
ceived his measure of beer and his quantum of bread,
though its donor had been dead 700 years.
POACHING MAHE EAST.—We are informed that
recently some poachers were carrying on their nefarious'
profession upon the estate of Ashton Cox, Esq., of Stow
Park. They laud two or three dogs, each of which had a
small lanthorn fixed on the top of itr head, in such a posi-
tion that they could discern a field off when the dogs
pointed at any game, and by this means the fellows were
enabled to go to the exact spot where the partridges were,
spread their net, and take them without auy, or very little
trouble. Mr. Cox's men endeavoured to come up with
the poachers, but the attempt proved futile.—Lincohishire
Tuna.
FRENCH EMIGRANTS TO CALITORNTA.—A religions
service. on the occasion of the approaching departure of the
list expedition of French emigrants to California, under
the direction anal control of the government, with the funds
derived from the lottery of the golden ingots, was cele-
brated on Sunday, at the church of Notre Dame, at Havre,
when prayers were offered for the success of the expedition.
The number of emigrants to be taken out in the lalouin
is 162, of whom 132 had arrived at Havre on Saturday.
They consist of persons of different dames—sedate, =Tha-
nks, £c.—and appear in high spirits. They are confided
to the care of a physician, named Gornet, who will be ac-
onspenied to San Francisco by his wife, son, and daughter.
Eve has been provided with great liberality for the
of the emigrants on board as to the food, bedding,
em On their arrival in California they will be entitled to
eat and sleep on board for a fortnight, in order that they
may have time to make their arrangements, and when they
quit definitively they will take with them the bedding
which had been furnished for their passage, a good suit of
clothes. and the tools that they may require for the occupa-
tioa which they intend to follow. The prefect of police has
binmelfjobl a visit to Havre, to me that everything neme-
sia lig been chefs for the onahrt of the emigrants.
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