The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-25 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dertur. Aro. 24.
The nomination of the candidates took place 3 es-
tei daj at Dungarvan. It was known that Captain
Brabazon would have louch support us the influence
of the Duke of Devon.hire could c.. me it ut ionally give
him; but it is now added that this will be counter-
balanced to a great extent by the support of another
peer of extensive influence in the neighbourhood—
namely, the Marquis of Waterford, who has declared
himself' favourable to Mr. J. F. Maguire. A com-
pany of the 9th Regt., with a large constabulary
force, were at hand for the preservation of order.
Very extensive preparations continue to be made
at the jetty and railway terminus in Kingstown for
the reception of the Queen and Prince Albert. The
great alcove near the landing-place, and the covered
way thence to the terminus, are in a very forward
state of preparation; and seats are being constructed
for the accommodation of a large number of the
gentry, who will be favoured with tickets of admis-
sion. Preparations are making in Dublin for
rllu-
minatiune of shops and public institutions. An ad-
dress to her Majesty from the county of Dublin was
finally adopted at a public meeting held yesterday
in Kilmainhani.
The preparations in the Exhibition building for
, the reception of her Majesty are also progressing
I rapidly. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, accom-
panied by the Countess of St. Germans and the Ladies
Cornwallis, honoured the building with a long visit
yesterday. Amongst the elite were Lord St. Law-
rence, Lord C. Russell, Lord Eliot, Right Hon. Sir
T. Esmond, Right lion. Villiers Stewart, Sir Denham
J. Norreys, Quintin Dick, Esq., M.P., Major Pon-
mouby, &c. The number of persons who visited the
Exhibition yesterday amounted to 8,790. The cab-
men and car-owners of Dublin are about to purchase
2,000 tickets to the Exhibition, in order to show
their gratitude to Mr. Dorgan.
P. M'Evoy Gartlan, Esq., has been appointed by
the Lord-Lieutenant to the taxing officeship of the
law courts, created by the recent statute. " The ap-
pointment of this gentleman," says the Freeman,
" reflects great credit or, the Irish executive, it being
one that will meet the approval of all classes and
creeds of the legal profession, and the public at large."
Archdeacon *Carron, of Londonderry, who was
recently prosecuted for calling on the soldiers to re-
main after they had bee,. ordered by their officer out
of the ROWIIII catholic chapel, died suddenly on Sun-
day last.
There was a brilliant field-t'ay in the park yester-
day, in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant nod the
Countess of St. Germans.

The Eressiny Mail gives the following u the names
of the commissioners appointed to carry out the new
Maynooth inquiry, viz., the Earl of Harrowhy, Mr.
Justime Puttison, Chief Baron Pigott, Dr. Longfield,
and Mr. James O'Fs trail, three being protestants and
two Roman catholic*. The same journal says:
A patitiow of appeal has been presented to the House of
Loraa against the decree of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
pronounced on the 9.h June iast, in the important case of
Blake o. Blake, anti an order fur hearing was made on the
loth of the present month, 60 that early in the nest session
of parliament the question will comc Defore the House of
Lords as to the rignts of persons professed as nuns and hav-
ing t.keu the vows, to acquire or inherit real or personal
estates.

A corporal named Brown, of the 12th Regiment I
of Foot, was shot on Monday evening in the barracks
at Belfast by a private of the same regiment named
Robert Henry O'Neill. The tragical occurrence is
thus described in the Northern IF hiy :
The deceased soldier was a corporal in the grenadier
company, and, it appears, for some breaches of cleanliness
or inattention to duty, hail threatened to report O'Neill to
the Wither of his company, on which O'Neill was heard to
say, that it Brown carried out his threat, he (O'Neill)
would be revenged. The report was made by Brown ; but
the consequences of it would have been so trifling—merely
confinement to barracks fur a day or two—that those who
heard O'Neill's observations entertained no idea whatever
that he would ever attempt to carry them into execution.—
At an early hour yesterday evet.ing, Private O'Neill men-
tioned to Colour-Sergeant Richardson that his musket was
in the armoury undergoing repairs, and inquired, as he had
then to go on parade, if he might borrow ene fur the occa-
sion. The latter, although scarcely considering it wet ne-
misery for O'Neill to thus procure • musket for parade,
as there would, of course, be no firing, however
greeted the request, and O'Neill went to parade accord-
ingly. About nine o'clock, some time atter O'Neill had
returned from parade, the dreadful occurrence took place.
The deceased, who was an expert penman, was engaged
writing at a table in one of the barrack-rooms, at the
south end of the square, and two or three other soldiers
were variously employed in the apartment, when
entered. It should be stated that in this room were situ-
ated O'Neill's quarters, as well as those of the men pre-
sent—the entire party, including O'Neill and deceased,
numbering live persons. The deceased continued to write,
one of the men, after O'Neill's entrance, left the room,
another stretched himself on a " bunk" to rest, and a third
was employed for a time arranging some of his aceou-
urements in another part of the room, and during this
time O'Neill had his musket on his knee, and appearing to
be engaged in cleaning it. Suddenly, without attracting
the observation of any one in the room who dreamt
of the dreadful pupae he had in view—O'Neill moved to-
wards the doorway, took deliberate aim, and poured the
contents of the musket into the unfortunate man sitting at
the table. The dish from the musket was the first intima-
tion thorn in the room received of what was going on, but,
alas! it was too late for them to do aught to rescue the life
of their comrade. Brown, after receiving the fire, uttered
• slight cry, and dropped his head upon the table, min his
murderer ran down the steps leading to the barrack-square.
He was, of course, instantly pursued, and, on his reaching
the square, be was called on to stop, when he turned round
with great coolness, and said, "Oh, I'll scop—'teras I
shot him," and afterwards expressed himself ea happy
as if he were in Heaven that be had done the deed !
The ball (it wee at first supposed there were two in
the mutes when fired, but it now seems there was
only one) had taken effect, in the first instance, almost
between the eye-brows, pawed down the left cheek, tearing
it almost completely away, with half-a-dozen teeth, in its
progress, and lodging in the chi at. One of the lungs was
also greatly injured, and portions of the face of the un-
fortunate man were scattered throughout the room. He
was conveyed to the hospital of the regiment, where he
received all the skilful treatment which his precarious con-
dition demanded, from the maistant•surgeon of the regi-
went, Dr. Mackay ; but, with the exception of being heard
to complain that he was getting very cold, from the time he
went into hospital until he aspired at eleven o'clock, he
was unable to make any oseununication to these in at-
tendance.—The deceased was a young man, who joined the
regiment in London about four years ago; and, besides
being a person who had received above ea average educ-
tion, his gentleness and inoffensive character made him
respected by his comrades generally.—The murderer
O'Neill is a native of Belfast. He joined the regiment
so recently as the let of April, and linos that time hes
manifested rather a sullen disposition, averse to discipline.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1853.