The Express.
London, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The third

DUBLIN, Pi .14.
ip of the Incumberoa

Estates Cleuft keg jest berm roiiferrod on Mr. &dean*
O'Brien,. M.P. It ie Meted that Mr. O'Brien will occupy
the place of Dena Rickard; the late chid commiaaioner
bat this Is awe* rebable. The learned aerjoant ia a pro-
found though net a lieMisnt lawyer, end hi. long experience
be. been dimly la sullen of real property. This appoint-
ment mealy. it mmency in the repreaentxtion of the city of
Limerick.

The 'rush elections have proceeded, so far, in a way by no
means satisfactory to the liberal canoe. Mr. Shaw's defeat
in Bandon yeetaday was not expected to be so decisive—i 4
indeed, it woe net hoped that he might sneeeud in defeating
the interest of the nobleman whom family have for genera-
tions made the town a pocket borough. The old Orange
spirit was areuaed with ell its ancient animosity; intimida-
tion of various kinds is stated to have turn resorted to, and
the result was the return of Captain Bentrusi, the relative of
Lord Bandon, by a majority of 31 (that is, of 101 to 67) over
Mr. Shaw, the liberal dissenter. There aro 40 Roman
catholic votes In this constituency, and ol these five wero
given for Captain Bement, one being that of a bailiff of
Lord Bandon's ; the remaining 13, with those of a few min-
byterimut and others, were given to Mr. Shaw. It is a
curious circumatanee that the that vote recorded for Captain
Bernard we. that of Mr. Wheeler, who hail formerly been a
candidate against the Bernard family, and who limy be said
to have been the first to have mired the standard of oppoii-
' tlon agaiewt these.
The seem at the Mourne' election yesterday was one of the
utmost uproar and confusinu. Mr. Bagwell, the late ultra-
tory, but now prefeming liberal, was surrounded on the
hustings by all the leading Roman catholic clergy, while his
thorough Limn] opponent, Mr. Murray, had acateety a friend
with him but his own agents and a mob of non-elmtors,
who gave him the fleeting triumph of a ahow-of-hands
majority. The Very Rev. Dr. Burke, P.P., proposed Mr.
Bagwell, and by his personal influence and eloquence con-
trived to turn slightly the tide of fury which raged among
the non-elm:tor maws against his friend, but the result of
the poll, which takes place on Monday, may be foreseen with
perfect certainty, end it 14 not likely that Mr. Murray will be
able to pull twenty electors, although ho is still resolved M
fight it out, " being," as he says, " pledged to his party."
The town was filled with military and constabulary to pre-
serve the peace.
Sir Hervey Bruce, of Downhill, and Mr. Greer, will pro-
bably be the only candidate,. for Londonderry, the former on
the corarnutive, and the latter on the liberal or tenant-right
interest.

DUBLIN PREROGATIVE COURT.—SA=RDAT.
mown' OP A 11011 AN CATHOLIC CLT.RGYMAN AOAINAT
HYING OUN LYON THE I'ILOTEATANT VERAION OP

The nee of " Keefe r. Flanagan" having been called on,
Dr. Wiley Mated that the Rev. Mr. O'Farrell, of Upper
Gardiner-street, woo in attendance for the purpose of bong
examined on the port of his (Dr. Wiley'o) client, but that
the rev. gentleman, Laving scruples an to being sworn on the
t Vernoni of the BilAe, considered that he should
L'allowed to be sworn on his own Bible. He (Dr. Wiley)
apprehended that ruder the lot and 2nd of Victoria the
court not only had power, hot wee obliged to administer to
a witness an oath under the lOrie which he t onsidered moat
binding on his conecience. That Oct wee framed for the pur-
pose of respecting the religious seruplat of persons, end
of allowing them to be sworn in the manner moat mile-
factory to their consciences. It provided that an oath
should be binding which well administered in the form
which the party sworn cometived to be must binding, end
that a person might be indicted for perjury in cam of false
swearing, ae if the usual furies were obeerved in taking the
oath.

Judge Radcliffe, in giving judpment on the point raised,
said that he ronaidered he woe not at liberty to yield to
the application to allow the rev. gentleman to be sworn on
his own Bible. The rev. gentleman believed that the usual
form of oath, If taken, W. binding. C.oholie arebbiahops
and bishops, and other dignitaries of the Catholic Church,
were every day sworn, without any objration on their part,
on the authorised version of the Bible. The scruple of the
rev. gentleman in the present case—which, if it were •
scruple, would no doubt be shared by all of his church—
amounted only to this, that he would prefer being sworn
upon the noway version of the Bible. In his (Judge Rad-
eliffs'a) opinion, the rev. gentleman W. bound to take hie
oath on the autheriaed version of the Bible, and be would
direct him to be sworn accordingly.
The Rev. Mr. O'Farrell theu took the book, °homing
that he cumulated to be sworn under protest, bemuse he felt
mama scruples to being acorn on a version of the Bible
which hi. church would not allow hint to receive.
The oath was then sdroinistered in the email form.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 1•

lENTS.-Mr. P.

R. Breton, mete, to the Irio; Mr. John A. 13.111, tunlter, to
Plumper; /dr. W. 11. P. M. GiUham, clerk, to Tortoise.

I'ORTSMOUTII, Fan, 15.
A shocking accident occurred yesterday morning
cal board her Msjesty's frigate Arrogant, lying alongside the
dockyard jetty. As one of the heavy pivot guns, a titi-
pounder, Vllll being hoisted out of that uhip, the •• fall"
broke, and the gun fell upon an onlinory seaman, nomad
James Daman, literally erughing hie hood to pieces, and of
course causing irustantsneous death. An inquest was held
by the crown coroner, Mr. Se sinson, in the duration, on
board the Arrogant, and a verdict of " Accidental death"
wee returned.

DEVONI'ORT, Fen. 1.5.
The Indus, 78, sailing ship, Captain W. If.
Stewart, C.B. (acting), is in the Sound really for ass, and
will probably sail in a day or two, bearing the flag of
Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C. B. Admiral Sir Houston
Stewart only returned from London on Wednesday, and re-
hoisted his flag on board the Ind.; but, to consequence of a
telegraphic message front the Admiralty, ho left fur London
again on Thursday.

Her Majesty's ship Winchester (74), the late flag
ship, arrived at Singapore on the 23rd Dsx. from Hong
Kong, and sailed on the 27th for England.
The Honourable Company's steamer Auckland
left Singapore Dec. 29th, for Malacca, for the purpose of pro-
curing shot and ammunition for the are of the naval branch
of the service in China,
Her Majesty's sloop Bittern was exposed to public
competition on Saturday. the 20th lust. 2,050/. was offered
for her. It is understood the limit placed upon the vessel
was 3,ooo!.—lims Kong In glider of Dec. 23.
SAILORS' Home AND DESTITVTE SAILORS
APYLVIC—The monthly meeting of the directors of the
Sailors Hoene and Destitute Sailors' Asylum was held in
Well-street, on the 12th inst., Fire-Admiral W. Bowles,
C.D., in the chair. The average daily non:her of boarders
during 1856 woo 224, the total amount paid for board being
30,262/. 10s. 10d. During the same period 40,363/. 12s. Ild.
was remitted to the friends of sailors living in the country ;
and since the mtablishment in October last of the Seaman's
Savings Dank, under the management of the Board of Trade,
2,5641. 4s. has been deposited therein. The institution con-
tains beds for the accommodation of upwards of 300 boarders,
and on several occasions within the hod twelve months the
whole of these have been occupied, so that a great many
sailors were unable to obtain iebotissien. The average daily
number relieved during the last month was 72 ; and the
total number fur the year 1856, 1,453.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

(nom ou• owx

. ➢IALTA,

On the 10th, the Maltese schoonTiarii-v"ed, with the
crew, 13 in number, of the English barque Sir Edmund
Lyons, of Bristol, which vessel foundered in lat. 34.15 N.,
lon. 27.10 E. She also reports the loss of the Maltese vessel,
&mamma, which vessel ran un shore on the north aide of
Banta—the crew were eared.
Her Majesty's ship Retribution is to return to England,
taking the Grinder in tow. The Pcninsular sad Oriental
Company's steamers Peru and Entine arrived hors Alex-
andra during the night, as did the French steamer from
Constantinople, and a Greek war summer from Glasgow.
The trial by court-martial of Captain Gateteta, of the
Regiment is not yet concluded.
Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer, during his stay in
Malta, hearing that there was a gnat desire to connect the
two harbour together, kindly link the sulthst into his con-
sideration, and made out a plan, which he presented gra-
tuitously to the local govesument. It is very simple, and
well adapted to its purpose. The plan is to open a com-
munication from the head of the Grand Harbour and the
hand of the quarantine, carrying • canal from the Pieta for
some distance, then rutting a tunnel of about 300 feet in
length under the St. Giuseppe Road, and then a canal to the
Great Harbour. The whole expense will be about 8,0001.,
exclusive of the two bridges, one over the canal at Pieta awl
the other over the same at the head of the Great Harbour.

THE EXPENSE OF TIIE COMMISSIONERS IN
LUNACT.—On Saturday a return, printed by order of the
House of Commons, was r..nr4, showing that in the year
ended the 31d July last the eNpenso of the COMMialaaalell
in Lunacy was 14,4911. 16e. 10d.
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