The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-08 00:00:00

THE IRISH RAILWAYS.

• ursuanoe of a numerously-signed requisition
addressed to the Lord Mayor of Dublin,
was held yesterday, at the Mansion-
, for the purpose of urging upon government the
of purchasing, without delay, the rail-
', f Ireland upon the terms submitted to
og the last session of parliament by a joint coin-
. • peers and oommoners. The Lord Mayor presided.
Jr e ',resent were—the Marquis of Clanrioarde,
lieu. th,i Earl of Bandon, Pierce Marcus Bur-
. p,L, High Sheriff of the county of Waterford;
• 3.1.. ; S. H. Greer, W. Jones Arinstrong,J.P.
is L Dillon, F. H. Courtenay, Philip Heade,
Morris, F. Cornyn, J.P. ; Vi lE. Ker-
. W. Shannon, Win. Lane Joynt.
p ,t aullounoed that be had received letters from
..ut Hamilton, EN., ILP., and Lord Claud John
N. P., expressing their approval of the objects of

1% , ...N proposed the following resolution :
• 5... lareby express our satisfaction that the policy
• the tAilways of Ireland purchased by the state,
for the benefit of the nation, hu been adopted
• at a meeting of the members of both Houses
connected by residence or property with
• ban been urged by them upon her
.• ,•. gus.,-ruuxut." Every days experience, he
it•c,•,l him of the necessity of govern-
- •.I,trattk we in the railways of Ireland. The
in t;.e uth of Ireland furnished cagey
the Act of 1845 was specially applicable.
• •r,i vnotioously high, and their marketable
fair chance of competition with those of
were furnished with oontinnous lines
y. Ili, lor.l4ltip referred especially to the liar
instance' in point, and stated his belief
v..!, rference in the railways of Ireland
ti..- I...ource.s of the country, and would so
.1,, to ior t
fnuts of harmony and peace.
,mded the resolution. He cot-
. s t ~i the railway directors of Ireland,
!, instead of wasting their time in
4 try .i,":110, our to develop the resources of the

;...,•luti..l, u.• • unanimously adopted.
I', I.'l 11.14. wowed the next resolution as foi
h.,t we rejoice to observe that her Majesty's
• •.t, in i—uing a commission of inquiry, have taken
•••• .dl.l sled measures to ascertain the present
- • ...• • • •••••1. ;ion, and actual value of all the Irish
,•• d the contingency of their eventual par-
:l.. •)•;•• friend Lord Bastion had done well in
• • i..• it!entian of the meeting to the state of tlip
. .111 tilt. and showing thepractical evils whi
•i w that part of Ireland. In the north the greatest
.• reform existed, and it behoved them not
sit to assist the government in carrying this
:s. The railway system of the country had been
.• • I to get along as best it could ; but the neglect had
• 1n lona touch more than England, bemuse they
• as this country the great mineral wealth, the ma-
power, and the immense capital which had
• 01.111 in England to survive diasters almost unpa-
.. .. They wed e affected with all the eVilll which ill-re-
:• • • e• u•lostition could induoe. As aremedythey proposed
of the railways by government as the plainest
• rse, and be must say that they had bean
• :s met by the existing ministry. They had the
••: Tun on both aides of the house, but still they
• : •.: '•••••• sight of the fact that they had opposition,
u,tid ix country hut in England. It was an oppo-
which should not prevail, and be would
the friends of railway reform to act firmly and
•u the matter.
seconded the resolution. The railways
• —oetry were, be submitted, an absolute monopoly.
, to this monopoly, the two greet railway corn-
1. ;anti—the Midland and the Great Southern
Acta- hail combined to remove the steam naviga-
ii Shannon— to render that great river entirely
• the empire. They purchased the steamers of
• • broke them up, and sold them in Liverpool as
thIN leaving the Shannon without a steamer fur 80
What. lie would ask, could more clearly demon-
.., necessity of government interference ?
bat, ion was unanimously carried.
'wing resolutions were also adopted :—" That
xe it to be moat desirable that her Itlejesity's
ht, so soon as the Irish Railway Commission
furnished their report, should lose no time in
e.mg and passing into law whatever measures may
• ~,tel necessary to enable them to purchase all the
LW, sow completed, with due regard to all suteist-
•• • rests,"
it it is desirable, if the proposed purchase be car-
:, that no time be lost in bringing the whole of the
',deny' under one uniform system of management,
them efficiently worked at the lowest rates of
• for goods and merchandise, as well as for raven-
. . that may be found oumpatible with making them
,pporting."
That copies of thew resolutions, signed by the Lord
...r on behalf of this meeting, be transmitted by his
• hip to the Right lion. the Ertl of Derby. First Lord
the Treasury ; to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant;
to the Moat Hun. the Nlaniuis of Clanricarde, as
imam of the joint-committee of Peers and Commoners,
• the warm thanks of this meeting to that committee
• lair zealous labours in this matter."
procoedings shortly after terminated.

11, • II LANCASTER, FEB. 4 —The QUIPCII has
• • 1 h.s.lay pleated to appoint I.e Cendre Nicholas
L..f., of Huntroyde, to be sheriff of the county
.um of Linc.tater for the year ensuing.—Gazette.
I I{4:I'RESENTATION Ur CASI LIRIDOE.—CAM -
• • . EMMY EvErtistf.—At • meeting of Mr. Beres-
11..pe's soppe.rters, bell at the Bull Hotel this day, a
• •tte.• was constituted, and an active canvass orga-
Mr. heashy's address was ishuell this evening.
im more prominent members of Mr. Cleasby's
• •••••• •.—The Master of St. Pet..2r's, the Provost
. the Muster of Jesus, the Master of Corpus, the
• I'3ol:Hine, the Master of Coins, the Master of
0.1. Mr. A. Vanaittart, Trinity; l'rofewor Challis,
I. 'srowne, of Corpus. and Mr. Martin, of Trinity.
,dly, who is of Trinity College, was third
. ..nd thirteenth classic in lALI. There was a
hoc on the part of many members of the senate
Loot f•Annley should be urged to allow himself to be
.tion. At the meeting at the Eagle Hotel,
, his lordship's name as a candidate was
I.) Mr. Arlett, of Pembroke. A requisition
• ma Is- and influentially oigned, was forwarded to his
1..1.. To-day hi.. lordship telegraphed that he must
•• sully de:line the proposaL His lordship's formal
‘• r s all follow. Mr. Beratford Hope has also issued