The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Demme, Nov. 23.
The Irish landed p:opi ietors are beginning to see
the necessity of reducing their rents. As yet meet of
those whose names have been figuring in tte news-
paper., under the heat of "beneficent landlord.,"
have, as I hive previously observed, limited their
abatement* to the rent due for the famine years—the
rent, in fact, which the blight upon the produce of the
sal had already decreed should be abated—but they
are now setting in earnest about the work of real re-
duction. The tenant farmers of a large district on
the north side of Dublin, wero the first to make any
collective and organised movement to bring the land-
lords to a sense of the ul'ered sta'e of things. In the
course of last spring they held a meeting a' the
village cf Swords, and publiohed their resell'•
lions in the newspapers, together with a clear
statement of the eireu nuances under which they de-
manded some fair abatement in the heavy rents
exacted from them, Such a movement, when c
ductrd with firmness and I erseverance, is always
sure, if it hale justice on its side, to be successful; end
accordingly we read in the rening Poet of hat
night the following very satisfactory announcement :
We are happy to have it in our power to announce that
the appeal of the Swede tenantry has not been un
A correspondent has forwarded a communication, from
which we gather the following paticulars i—Jtsbn Bolton
Baggy, , hss ma 'e a reduction of Ss. per acre, besides
paying all the poor rite and the rate in aid. Colonel Bun-
bury has made a considerable abatement on 1 iw-priced lands,
and given directions to his .gent to make lib, rat remissions o.
, and to treat withiad Igence industrious and des, ruing
tenants. Coulee EEL., has granted abatements oa
lands let at 35e. an acre, h. Motors considered a moderate
rent so near Dublin. Mrs. Evdne, of Portrane, whose chari-
ties to the poor have been so conrant and liberal during the
distress, has wade an abatement of 20 per cent. to her
tenantry. Charles J. Wade, Egg ' has allowed a reduction
of 10s. an acre ca his property, besides the payment of poor
rate and the rem.seion of arrears. On the yroperty of Lord
Langford, in the vicinity of Swords, the rants of oue class of
lands are reduced from 3'2s. to 22g., and of another from titis.
to 265. per acre, with • remission of large arrears. S.r
Compton Doraville, B.n , has granted an abatement of 25
per cent. to his tenantry in the same lccslity. Patritk
Boahan, Bog , has made a reduction of 10s. per acre on his
property.
The success of the Swords tenant-farmers will give
an impetus to the reduction of rent movement
throughout the country, and add considerable force to
tho efforts of the tenant protection societies, which
are springing up in various directions. It is, of
course, most earnestly to be hoped that these eyelet:es
may limit their operations within strictly legal
bounds; but it is most certain that in no other coun-
try in the world has such an organisation been so
necessary as in this landlord-ridden island.
It. 0 Callaghan Newcnham, Esq., of Dundanior
Castle, county Cork, a distioguisned patron of the
fine arts, died on the 20th instant, at the advanced
age of 82.

COURT OF QUERN'S BENCH.-DCBLTN, THURSDAY.

APPLICATION YOB L MANDAIMS LOLISST THZ
Commealoinas or Pouct.

Mr. O'Callagiati,eirtiii;lioiii.icohOl;srli IP, moved for
a mandamus to require Colonel Browne to produce the in-
formation on which he issue/ a warrant to search the house
of Mr. Lawless, at Sandymount, for treasonable or s-dith.ua
papers. The learned counsel read the affidavit on which the
motion was founded, and which negatived any grounds for
the issuing of such a warrant.
The Attorney and Solicitor•Oeneral opposed the motion,
contending that it was made for ulterior objects, namely, to
learn from the information what other 'welcomer, charged
along with Mr. Lawless, and not that suggested by his c.un-
ael, to enable him to bring an action for malicious prosecu-
tion against the person who swore the information, or against
Colonel Browne.
Judgment deferred till Saturday.

TIM GRAND ORANGE LODGE GP IRELAND.—The
Evening Herald of last night coLtaina the following : " The
grand lodge commenced its sittings on the morning of Tuesday,
the grand muter, Lord Enniskillen, iu the chair. The attend-
ance was never before so numerous. District lodges in every
quarter of Ireland are there represented. The meeting
haying been duly opened according to the usual forms, the
first ant of the body wu to appoint a select eommAtee to
draw up an enact and authentic statement of the negoaatioes
and arrangements 'leered into by the government with the
Orangemen for the purpose of arming that body: This select
committee is at present sitting. Addresses were yesterday
adopted to Lord Roden and the Years. Beers. Mtge. to-
gether with their answers, will appear is our, neat number.
There ie no longer a doubt that there will be a faithful report
presented of those curious transactions in which the govern-
ment was engaged with the Orangemen of Dublin ; but the
details of these snatten are so cempheated and various, that
it demands mush pains and th- ught to prepare a clear
report of them. The sittings of the Grand Lodge wal prr
baby have come to a dose on tomorrow (Friday) evenii.g.

CABE OF CHOLERA AT MANCHESTER.—Though
this scourge happily no longer prevail' as an epidemic, mt.
ether ese has occurred in Manchester this week, .nd the
wife of a pot'? worui,g mm has been carried uff. The but.
band mimed to comply with the direction of the sanitary
c•ammittee for early burial, and the relieving officer, yester-
day morning, had to obtain a warrant from the magistrate
to compel compliance with it.

CLERICAL.
Onntstanon.—The Bishop et Cretin, intends to hold his
next Ordination, at Chsster, en the 24th Febtuary next.

NAVAL

ADMIRALTY. Nov 23.—APPOINTIIB1R—To Terrible—
Captain: J. Hope, C.B. Paomorion.—Lieett. B. Studded,
tolr eoaduaader. _

Pang Monn2.—Hztiotrin.—Notiee is given in last
night's Cautge that an account of the balance of proceeds of
and tonnage bounties for the Brazilian slave brig Mer.mrio,
seized on the 7th of April, 1848, by her Majesty's sloop
Heroine, and her Majesty'. steam sloop Firefly, will be de-
poeited la registry of the High Court of Admiralty, on the
18th instant, agreeably to act of parliament.—J. C. and T.
Stilwell, Agents, No. 22 Arundel-street, Swan&
DEVASTATION.—Notice 14 alto given to the officers and
crew of her Majesty's ship Devastation, R. T. J. Levinge,
Esq., deceased, commander, that an amount of the bounty
money on the tonnage of the Agonogro slave vemel, captured
on the 24th December, 1847, and afterwards deetroed, will
be deposited in the registry of the High Court of Admiralty,
on or before the 20 la December next, agreeable to act of
parliament.—W. ano E. Chard. Agents.
FaMDEOX.E, Nov. 22.—The Saturn, guardahip at this
port, Is being prepared to receive the crew and stores
of the Royal Sovereign yacht. This vowel will speedily
be docked and taken to pier. a, in accordance with orderer,-
ceived to that eff,:et. It is alio intended to break up the
Fame, formerly the Dragon, now used as a marine hospital.
This step is rendered necessary, not only on account of her
totes condition, but likewise from the fact that in her pre-
sent situation she would obstruct the firing from the Martell°
tower., the cocattuctioa of which is rapidly advaccing.
Tits BRITISH FLEET IN THE DAHDANELLES.—The list
of the ships forming the British squadron in the Dardanefiee
ia as foitowst—Ship,—Queen, 110 guns, Captain Wise,
Aimirel Sir William Parker, G.C.B. ; Howe, 120 guns,
Captain Sir James Stirling ; Caledonia, 120 gucs, Captain
T. W. Carter ; Prince Regent, 92 guns, Captain Mirtin ;
Powerful. 84 guns, Captain the Hon. R. 13. Dundee ; Yen-
Radice, 84 guns, Captain the E rl of Hard white ; Bellerophon,
78 guts, Captain (no name mentioned). Steam. rti—Odin,
560 horse power,l2 gans, C..pt.Hon. F. T. Pelham ; Dragon,
660 horse power, 6 guns, Capt. W. H. Hall; Bulldog, 600
horse power, 6 guns, Commander Key ; Itosamoud, 287 hone
power, 3 guns, Commander Fout ; Ardent, 200 horse power,
4 Rugs, Lleut. Howel ; Tartarus, 186 horse rower, 4 guts,
Commander Sir Godfrey Webster. Bart.