The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-30 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Drum, Miami D.
Several cues of incendiariam of an agrarian cha-
racter have occurred recently throughout the ::onntry.
The King's County Chronicle mentions the following :
' .

On the evening of Thursday lut the house of Mount
Heaton Lodge, from which Ccrcoran, the tenant, was lately
ejected, WWI burned to the ground, notwithstanding the ex.
salons of the police and hystenden to extinguish the fl
On Sunday evening, the 17th inst., an excellent farm house
and office were maliciously burned at Cleneee, within four
miles of this town. The late tenant had been ejected, hav-
ing owed four yearn' rent; and not having paid one shilling
rent for the last two Tears, though be held' 4 acres of excel-
lent ground ; in January last, the sheriff gave Mr. Stoney,
as agent over the Oakley property, possession. The house
has since been unoccupied ; and on the 16th hist., Mr. Stcney
agreed to set the farm and house to one of the tenants on the
land, who was to get possession on the 18:h. The house and
offices were completely consumed. This is the third house
that has been burned in this neighbourhood within the last
fortnight, from which tenants have been evicted.

The same paper states that a threatening notice
was sent last week to a man named Maher to deter
him from taking a house from which a tenant had
been evicted ; and a notice was posted on Friday last
on a tree near a house that had been burned down at
Clonfad, in the Queen's County, threatening that if
the owner attempted to rebuild the house he would
be shot. In fact, it is in vain to expect that the spirit
of agrarian outrage should be laid while the landlord
and tenant relations are left in the old bad state in
which they have so long existed in Ireland.
The president of the Cork Provincial College has
announced to the assembled professors and students
the intended course with reference to the religions
instructions to be given by the deans of residence.
Hitherto thee rev, gentlemen have limited their at-
tention to the students residing in licensed boarding
house, for whom, as not being under the care of
their parents or friends, the religious guardianship of
the deans of residence was originally provided. But
immediately after the Raster recess a coarse of reli-
gious instruction will commence, at which the stu-
dents generally are invited to attend, the attendance
of those ;residing in the boarding-houses being impe-
ratively required. The following are the particulate
mentioned by the president:
_ _ _ _

The Rev. Dean O'Connor will deliver a moral and religious
lecture oa every Friday during the next term, at half-put 3
o'clock, in the oratory of lir. O'Brien'. boarding house,
Castlimbic*, for the benefit of Roman catholic students.
The Rev. Dean Perrin will deliver religious and moral in.
striation to the students belonging to the church of Rag-
land, on every Friday during the next term, at half-past 3
o'clock. Tke instructions will be delivered at the See House.
The Rev. Dean [bold a meeting each week for an
!tour during the next tarns, in the schoolroom adjoining the
Soots Church, for imparting religious instructi,n to the stu-
dents of the Presbyterian church. The subjects of instruction
will be the doctrinal system of the church of Scotland. The
precise day and hour of this lecture will be fixed by Dr. Ma-
gill after consultation with the students who propose to at-
tend, and Dr. Magill would request the attendance of pres-
byterian students at smother meeting on Thursday in each
week, for reading and exposition of Holy Scripture.

•
One of the-principal cattle fairs of Ireland has
been held this week. The following particulars are
from a aoteeapondent of Saunders' News Letter :
KILIIMNY, MARCH 27.—Yesterday was the flint grass
cattle fair for this season in the County Carlow (Palatine).
Notwithstanding all the Twits of the scarcity of stock
weer saw a larger fair, and I hare been in the habit of
attending it these twenty year.. Cows wars not so plenty,
bat more heifers in it than usual. Thera were not quite so
many buyers, but still the demand was Very fair. The
highest price of the fair W. Elliot got for heifers 111. as..
very prime stock; the avenge price of good tare:Diest oig
heifers from 71. to 81. 10s.; two-year old heifers from 41. to
61. 10s. Mr. Elliot got 121. for blacks, also very prime
stock. Two-year old bullocks from M. to 61. 10.. A small
fair of hogget sheep, which were selling from 241. to 31e. ad.
Springers low, and not so plenty as usual at this fair.
Snow has fallen in large quantities in the west of
Ireland, and the frost has been general and severe.
The Limerick Chronicle states that the early wheat
crop is reported to have suffered from the harsh dry
weather._

A considerable number of pauper girls were shipped
yesterday from the Dublin workhouses fur Australis.
They were marched through the streets to the north
wall before 6 o'clock in the morning, apparently to
escape observation, u the recent revelations before
parliament have rendered this mode of disposing of
I the paupers somewhat unpopular.

TIMISDAT
A special meeting of the Corporation was held to-
day, the Lord Mayor presiding, for the purpose of
adopting steps In opposition to the proposed abol;tion
of the vice-royalty. On the motive of Mr. Lambert,
T. C., one of the conservative members, seconded by
Alderman M'Louglin, a liberal, an address to her
Majesty and petitions to both houses of parliament
against the threatened measure, were unanimously
adopted. A resolution was also pained calling on
all the Irish members of parliament to give that mea-
sure their most earnest and determined opposition ;
and another was adopted directing the town clerk to
write to the various corporations throughout Ireland,
inviting their co-operation for the same purposs. The
meeting was very numerously attended; a complete
unanimity prevailed on the principal subject under
consideration, bat a discussion arose on the conduct of
the Chamber of Commerce, which body was accused
by the Lord Mayx of having betrayed the interests of
the citizens by holding, through their council, a private
conference with the Lord-Lieutenant, in which ha took
it for granted that they yielded their opini ins to any
arguments produced on the part of the government
for the abolition of the vice-regal office.

NAVAL
Woo Lyme, Mutton N.—Megan, iron steam-frigate,
which went down the river yesterday on an experimental
trial, returned to Woolwich in the evening. She is ordered
to be taken to Sheerness to be Elated for tea, and will be em-
ployed u a troopehip.—Magicienne, steam sloop, is ordered
to proceed to Chatham tomorrow, to be Sete* for sea.—
Vivid, steam-vessel, Master commanding, L. Srnithett, left
yesterday for Dover, to resume I,,er duties as a mail packet.—
Myrtle, steam-vessel, arrived on Wednrsday for Sheeran%
with the spars mast. and gear for the discovery ahipe.—Onyx,
steam-packet, has been undated, and having had the inju-
Ties the sustained by ping ashore at Ostend made good,
will have her machinery examined.—Rnamond, et.-sloop,
Commander Foote, is ordered to this port to be paid off.—
Cnomseden J. 0. Johnson, J. W. Burnett, and Lieutenant
J. W. Vaughan, bane been ordered to study at the steam
factory.

(From last night's Goseffe.)
ADMIRALTY, Yawn 27.
The followine promotions hare this day taken place, consequent
on the death of Vice-Admiral the Hon. D:mold Hugh Mackay:
Rear Admiral of the Red bir G. Y. Borisov; C.B. 0.C.11., to be vipe-
r:tallest of the blue

lteaTielrniTal of the White, Sir WILLIAM HL MIT DILL9/1. CUL, to
►e rear-admiral of the n d.
War-Admiral of the Sloe, BAMMOTOS RZTSOLDII, C. 8., to be
rear-admiral of the white.
Capt. Sir lons lIAR/RALL, C.8.PLC.11., to be rear-admiral of the Alas.
Retired Capt. H. lawantsoir has also been promoted to he a retired
rev-admiral, on the terms propoeed in the London Gazette of the
let Sept., lett, but without increase of pay.

MILITARY.
25rn REOIMENT.—The Bombay trxop ship arrived off
Gibraltar on the 21st instant, having on board this regiment.
On the following day, the 26th, under the eommhnd of
Lieut.. Colonel Hemphill, disembarked a. Gibraltar. It was
expected that the 34th would embark in the Hnnbay for
the West Indies in four or dye days from the date the former
reeiuseat disembarked.

THZ LATE ADJUTANT OZNERAL.—AI several of our COO-
tecupnrkriee (the G.obe and nnses, fcr instance) have stated
that Sir John Macdonald died on Wednesday morning, we
repeat, with reference to our notice yererday of that distin-
guished general's career, that he died. on Thursday morning,
the 28th inst.

SPORTING.

UWOLITAN STEEPLE.
ASK.
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the 6th of April.

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Skim, 8 yrs
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Molly. 6 yrs
Lansquenet. mod I
Little Fanny, 4 yrs

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