The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-18 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUPILIN, Faa. 17.
A meeting of the Irish Roman catholic bishops
will be held in Dublin to-morrow (Tuesday) week,
for the purpose of considering what course they
should
ppuursue with respect to the FAelesiastiad Titles
Bill. lmeal meetings to protest against the ministe-
rial measure have already commenced in various
Farts of Ireland, and a cloud of petitions on the sub-
ject may he expected from this country before the
bill is read a second time.
The lion. Stuart Knox was returned without oppo-
sition for Dungannon on Friday last.
The guardians of the South Dublin Union held a
special meeting on Saturday, for the purpose of peti-
boning against the abolition of the viceroyalty.
The authorities of Trinity College, Dahlia, have
received an intimation from government that the
commission of inquiry into the state of the university
is to consist of the following menilwis:—The Arch-
bishop of Dublin, the Bishop of Cork, the Earl of
}the-se, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Mr. Com-
missioner Longlield, and Mr. Cooper, of Nlarkree.
Negotiations are in progress for the transfer of the
Royal Exchange to the corporation, that building
basing lung since ceased to be used fur any commer-
cial purposes.
In its weekly commercial summary, the Freeman
gives the following account of transactions in
Dublin
This has attain bet n a wretchedly dull week in every sense
of the word ; a small amount of business only has been done,
and 1 Aof pnaltive have been with difficulty sustained.
bhan s. although fully maintaining their price, have been
less 11. MU in.
The customs duties for the week are 17.000 f., of which
6,70 W. on On, 2,90 W. on sugar, 1,900 f. on wine, 4,10 W. on
tishortet., and 7noi. tio spirits. The duties for the corns-
paroling week of WO warn 14,3001. The total receipts of
the p ar are .
J n. to Ilth Feb., 195 l £104,627
Ist ..I.ln. to Isith Feb., 19510
showing • decline of nearly 5,0001. in the half quarter below
the greatly reduced receipts of last year.

Nov EL }boars tllnx iOUBLIN.— The large
tooting. for the great bridge over the Wye, at Chepstow,
for the South Wales Railway, am toeing executed by a (inn
in Dahlia, wbirh we believe is the first instance on record of
castings of ashy magnitude losing made in Dublin for works
in England or Wales. The enterprising firm who are
doing thi• work have lately made in this city all the cast-
ings for the Brighton Railway Company, required in the
eat. 11.4011 of their ;muenster terminus at London-bridge,
and base extoorted to England during the lust two years
upwards of WO tons of castings.
('iittk S 4 11001. I)}.SIGS.--The Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council for the Bernd of Trade have
appointed Mr. ILOSIICri &Ant= Iliad Minter of the Cork
tabu"d of la sign, at a salary of 31110/. psi annum. Their
lordships, in compliance with the reivimmendation of the
bical committee. have also been pleased to raise the salary
of the Second Master, Mr. Knight, to BlOt. per annum.
(;DING, Govt::— A muuher of respectable
inhabitants id Mitrheloitown experienced nn Monday a pro-
vidential escape from an accident that might have been
attended with serious consequences. While an auction was
going on in a house in K ihe',..miuure, the n-sidi-nre of the
late iro.tamotrr. the floor of the room in which the company
was asu mhlrtl .urillooly gave way. and the greater part,
including Be. auctioneer, the Rev. WdlMrn O'Brien, R.C.C•
and several hill s were precipitati d, with tablet, chairs,
No ware, lir., into a vault beneath, nearly full of water.
The police and medical practitioners of the town were
quickly in attendance, and it a as found, aft( ramie difficulty
in extrieuting the 'menet below from their perilous situa-
tion. that an injury had been sustained beyond some cuts
and Wawa