The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-07 00:00:00

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the proceedings at the " private" meeting of Irish
members held to London on Wednesday, and which
ended in an adjournment to this day. the Freeman
affects not to believe the 2lfdie's version, but the
general feeling throughout town is in favour of, at
least, its probability. The Mail's correspondent
says:
The first grand field day of the Irish Bei:toile has just
come off. It was evident on as inspection of the line,. that
what are called the " fair trier party had a large majority
over their opponents of the Lucas and Duffy *Quad. The
battle was opened, I am informed, by n rather Irish attack
of the member for Galway, after the Galway fashion, on
Messrs. Lucas and Daffy, whom he accused tolerably ttit
of telling fur their purposes groto untruth,. Mr LUCAS ad-
mitted that he was in error, and made a liberal ameule.
Mr. Duffy, however, would consent to no connexion be-
tween his parliamentary and newspaper self. After this
little skirmish, a ri s dution was at once proposed by Mr.
Sergeant Murphy, in fay.iur of the hody taking their seats
en t:..e liberal side below the gangway. An amendment
Laving been moved in favour Cl the oppositi .n benche.. a
lone discussion ensued, from which it appeared, though a
division was not absolutely taken, that there were in fav cur
of sitting on the liberal side—Sergeant Murphy, M. WC, Ti-
ne% M. Corbally, A. OTiaherty, T. Meagher, Pollar I-
Urquhart, V. Scully, F. Sculy, It. Keatiuge, J. Sadleir,
M. Donne, Sir J. Fitzgerald, W. Fagan, J. Ball, J. D.
Fitzgerald, J. Esmonde, W. F. Cogan, 0. D. Grace, Cap-
LM Bellew, 0. Higgins, J. Greene, L Bland-22. For
the Opposition—P. O'Brien, O'Connor, lltnehy.W. French,
J. T. D:vereux, P. M`Mahr n. J. F. Maguire, F. Lucas, F.
Grenille, IL Swift, C. G. Duffy, J. Brady, J. Bowyer—l2.
M. mrs. Moore and Shoe were absent. The debate was a•l-
-journed to Saturday.
A case of some political interest, as it arose out of
the last Athlone election, was tried yesterday before
the Lord Chief Justice, at the Westmeath tinsiv.a.
It was in the shape of a qui turn action brought by a
man named Williams, an elector, against Edward
Lynch, under the statute for preventing bribery at
elections. The plaintiff swore positively that the de-
fendant gavo him 11., and promised him 401. more,
after the election, for abstaining to vote for Mr.
Keogh, the liberal candidate; and the plair
mother corroborated his evidence. (In the other
hand, the defendant swore that plaintiff came to him
at the election, and said he was offered M. fur Lis
vote on the liberal side, but preferred voting for the
conservatives. He positively stated that he gave :he
plaintiff no money, and offered him none, and other-
wise contradicted the evidence of the plaintiff and
his mother.

The learned judge told the jury it was a question
of credit as to the evidence, and the probability of
the facts, and a verdict was returned for the de-
fendant.

In the Encumbered Estates Court yesterday a
property held by lease, renewable for ever, in the
county of Sligo, producing a profit rent of 124/. 95.,
was sold for 3,1101., being equal to 25 years' purchase.
A leasehold in the county of Dublin, of which the
nett profit rent is 531. 145., brought 1,3001., or about
23 years' purchase ; a fec-simple estate in the county
of Kilkenny, yielding a nett annual rent of 1641. 95.,
realised 4,0401., or 241 years' purchase ; and a pro-
perty in the county of Clare, yielding a nett rent of
216/. 195., subject to a jointure of 65/. is., for a :ife
aged 53 years, brought as much as 5,520/., being 125.1
years' purchase.
Theßallyshannon. Herald mentions as an instance
of the rise in the price of land, that the Marquis sl
Conyngham has just acquired a fine estate in the
county of Donegal, for which he paid over 25 years'
purchase.
A genial change, which there is reason to hope is
permanent, has taken place in the weather within the
last few days, and the approach of spring at length
makes its appearance in earnest.
The rumour of a special c3mmission for Monaghan
to try the men charged with the murder of Mr.
Bateson has been contradicted.