The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-24 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. Additional.) [T WOPENCE.

IRELAND.

THE NATIONAL BANK.
DUBLIN. MONDAY Maxanxo.

The commercial article in the liventan's Journal
of this rooraisg elates that the directors of the National Bask
have declared a dividasd of 6 par teat., free of booms tax'
for the last year.

ABANDONMENT OF THE CONTEMPLATED
LANDLORDS' MEETING IN DUBLIN.
The Noma Journal contains a long editorial article on
the alundonsult of the contemplated public resstiag
of Iced Doernahlte and his friends at the Rotondat
on the 27th instant. It is announced that a
deputation to the Lord Lieutenant is substituted for the
much•spoken-of public demonstration. The Pi-estamer arti-
cle treats the subject as a decided and great triumph of the
liberal party.

NAVAL AND MILI7ARY.

Tnz NAvr

We have already an-

nomad that there will be a oossiderable increase in di navy
estfinatos for the years of 1869-60, and we have now good
foundation for Mating that the Woman in the surveyor's
department sloes will be upwards of one million.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 23.
TIN Dasher, 3, etsanoreatei, Oestatearlar Edward
0. Ram arrived yesterday from the Channel Islands.
The iry, 61, wren Captain George W. Preedy, sailed
yesearday nursing 61:11: fit. Helen's to Portland.
The fteraosi, 51, screw, wee placed in the stemwtena
for repair
T"legedlielposens, 6s.
1, anew, and the Sphinx, 6, paddle-
Memel sloop, were removed from the steam-hula yesterday.
The Psreeverenoe, 2, Iron emew-steem Loop-ship, vas
also When out of the steara.benn end got up steam for kW.
About 216 oaken mei rem of the 2nd baulks of the 19th
Rsilerrat arrived here yesterday from Winohente, end ars
quartered In Anilines Munch' until further onions
The 2nd bunilea of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers will
embark in the Urine, troop Alp, Commander Macdonald,
sad the Perseverance, Commander Power, on the sth and
6th of February, end will proceed to Malta.
A very heavy gale of wind from the south-weet, worn-
pealed with rein, has been blowing during last night and

NILITABY OIFIO3RB AND PAIOCHIAL
TAXATION.

In reply to a communication from the Woolwich
Local Baud of Health. (amat Peel, Secretary of State for
War, coossatel to receive a &pundits from that body on
Setorday last relative to the long-Pending dispute between
the perish of Woolwich and the authorities at the War De-
portment as to the payment of rites by military officers, and
the vetoed on the pert of the perish to allow the government
to copra the rood far the purpose of is down Pe OM
from the Royal Arsenal to the Royal Military Academy.
The depautton,"'n.SlM of Mr. Morgan (chairman of the
local board), Mr. 0. BUNN' (the Woolwich member of the
Metropolitan Board of Works), Kern. Rnegg end Cohen,
were accordingly received at the War-oSce, on Saturday
afternoon, at three o'clock, by Lori Bardhige end Sir B.
Rowe", in the armee of Gameral Peg, who wee unable,
from the pressure of his public to be enerat.
Mr. G. Honetre ObllleTekith ens doebthes mere
that the Local Board of Moshk acting far the parish of
Woolwich had reared pormindsi to ths esotosudissiolyo
Beglaser to open the pubis roods at WWl** fee
pose of sepplos to the Royal Artillery Barris
tho hem Ike govetamest p•-weehs4s
Araetbilhis—aTrpiad been taken in coessquenes
retort on the fart of government to soatinue the ps of
parochial rates for the quarters ramid by the Mosor slake
garrison. Fee may years pad the goverament bad paid
retie for tbe portent occupied by military acme without
objection; and the perish satinwithe could not be expected
to concede privileges to the War Deputmeat which would
be refused to any Wadies occopeny or private individual
who objected to contribute to the least Made. It was
probable that the whole quirks of reties 'cram-
mer; establishments would der* w ssithd by leglelstive
earament, bat me the perish antbrithe at Woolwich bad no
wish to bat
me operatker of Br gOvemosant, they asked
the War 'ftmt not to reit yment of the lood rates,
bet if the government still r foal to recogalee the claim of
the parish, the dispute might be emloebly armed for the
puma& by the payment a a axed own la lien of rotes, a
worse which the government bad &arty adopted with tegerd
to oeversl_public establiohnieste in the notrepolis.
Sir B. Hawn observed that the sethaides at the War
Deperimmt had refused payload al these robs hi comae-
mimeo of the darks As Court of Ciamele Reach rela-
tive to the liability of tin residing at Devoopert Dock-
yard. He did not think Moltke get would remora
the right of the with to seems the quarters of military M-
oro, but th o e nforedos se to the payment of a stun In Minot
' miss might be oceridererL
Mr. Kazoo remarked that the dal*a of the Court of
Queen's Beach alerted ally has jf& elsl residences;
but many of the cairn who had refused payment at Wool-
wich were merely trusts by moray, end others occupied to
a greater veins then the Adel ammo
After some
Lord BAND= be had corefully listened to the
erguereats advanced by the deputation, sad the matter would
be folly orseidered by the governmeaa His own opinion
wm in favour of the course suggested by Mr. Iltulson, that a
fixed payment should be made la Hen of rates, end he should
recommend this plan to Guars' s
ettled, if
was important
that the matter in Mewls should be settled, if possible, to an
amicable meaner, and an early wow should be forwarded
to the local authorities at Woolwich es to the dedelea of the
goverwasst
The deputation then withdrew.