The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.

uc, Nov. 4.
The following letter from the Marquis of West-
meath was read at the last meeting of the Carrick-
on-Shannon board of guardians:
Clonteen, Brumsna, Ireland, October 9, 18.31.
My Lord,-1 have been requested by the Board of Guar-
dians of the Carrick-on-Shannon Union, to forward the en-
closes! resolution, which they have entered into for your
lordship. I beg to apprise your lordship, that it was proved
before a committee of the [louse of Lords, is the session
before the last, that a sum of 11;2711. was spent by officials,
called vice guardians, during twenty. one months of their
reign in this union, and • great proportion of it wasted
under the eyes and notice of the rate-payers, over which
they hail no manuer of rmtrol. This is not forgotten in
this country, nor can it be expected Brit it should.
and it may now I think be fairly urged upon the
government, that it would be unwise of it to suppose that
because a pretty general mo.ement is going on in Irelind
against the imposition of an additional rate, fur • special
purpose most odious in its character, that this general re-
sistance consists of an imitation of that locality which first
raised its voice against the oppression.
Your lordship will, 1 am sure, in candour (eel, and pro-
bably admit, that if one set of men only had complained,
however prostrated by injudicious legislation, their com-
plaint would have been treated as if it was merely an igno-
rant impatience of taxation by the government. But we
are glad of the opportunity now, of uniting our voice to that
of other bodies, who, however their views may vary, as to
the least inconveniences likely to be produced by support
being given to the l'uor Law Uominissioners in the project
in question, all view it as an enormous and intolerable
oppression. I have the honour to be, my lord, your most
obedient servant, EATMEATIL.

Right lion. the Lord John Hmel!.
The opening of the new session at the Queen's
College, Cork, and the annual distribution of prizes,
took place yesterday with the usual formalities. The
ceremonial was attended by the Lord Bishop, the
Mayor in his official robes, attended by the officers
of the corporation, and the attendance of the prin-
cipal inhabitants of Cork was very numerous. The
distribution of the prizes having concluded, Sir
Robert Kane, president of the college, proceeded to
address the assembly. A meagre outline only of his
discourse, which was an important one, has yet
reached Dublin ; but I shall forward a full report in
my next.
The annual meeting of the Social Inquiry Society
of Ireland, formerly tae Irish Statistical Society, was
held last evening in the Royal Dublin Society's
House. The attendance was numerous and highly
respectable. The chair was occupied by the Arch-
bishop of Dublin.
'rho Earl of Bessborough has attached land to all
the national schools on his estate, so as to provide
agricultural instruction for all the pupils attending
them; and on Tuesday he laid the foundation stone
of a new agricultural school, ut Whitechurch, to
which, in addition to two-and-a-half acres of land, he
made a grant of 20!.
It is understood that the Grand Canal Docks, near
this city, have been leased to an English firm, who
have resolved to lower the charges on shipping; so
that the custom-house docks will encounter a very
formidable competition.
Proceedings, it is stated, have been taken against
a great number of the unfortunate shareholders in
the Dundrum Railway, amongst whom the name of
a well known and enterprising M.P. has been men-
tioned. Those parties who did not get out of the
concern when the shareholders had possession of the
management will have reason to regret it—to some it
will probably bring ruin.
Two other appeals from orders of the Encumbered
Estates Court were beard in the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council on Saturday, and in both in-
stances the appeals were quashed, and the orders of '
the court below confirmed. The cases were those of:
the estate of' Thomas Power and others, and of the
estate of Thomas Henry O'Dell.
An issue will come before a jury next spring
assizes, to determine if the sum of 1,958 t. Irish, lent
in 1807 by the Dominican community of Galway
upon the estate of the late John James Bodkin, re-
cently sold in the Incumbered Court, was paid off, or
is yet due, the estate having been sold discharged of
the claim.