The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-20 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DrILIT, MAT 18.
The Pre.byterian Synod of Dif)lin held its annual
meeting; this week. Tte subj ct of the government
regulatososresp:cting the Regium donum was brought
forward, and is was unanimously resolved—
That the Synod earnestly recommend the General Awes-
las te take into their consideration at their next meeting
mud regulations. with a view to th. it modification; and also
that it would be toe the advantage of the Presbyterian
March Vibe Regius" &awn were remind by each minister
di•vetly from the Timmy, saving the interests of the present
agents.
The prixcediags in relation to the Rev. John Dill
and the congregation of Clonmel, spinet whom an
action for libel had been brought by Mr. Matthews,
were mentioned; and it was resolved that as Mr.
Matthews had eszaped to America, leaving the Rev.
Mr. Dill in for the costs of tLe suit, the synod should
contribute some pecuniary aid, under tLe circum-

*tames.
The Westmeath Guard/am mentions three cues of
incendimism which took pleas in one parish of the
county of Westmeath witbio the lut few days.
The shop of Marcus Babington at the Diamond, in
Londonderry, was blown up by gunpowder on
Sunday evening. A superintendent of police and
another person were courageous enough to enter the
burning premises after the explcsion, and take out
several canisters and piper parcels of gunpowder
actually heated by the fire.

TnE TENANT-VONT MOVEMENT.- Justice to
Ireland now meats la givieg Irish ind• Wry tree access to
Irish lard. Sub-tiustially this has !ways been the ease.
Threeghoat all the distarbancss whisk hays made that
country a by-word among outlets, the incessant grievance
has lain in the inertaaing °boucles erected by law er aristo-
cratic ezelasivetess to the tree cultivation of the soil. Bad
as an the laws of Eogland which refer to the sale sad
tenancy of land, they arr perfection i self compared with
those of Ireland. We are initd, 'herder', to see that the
cooly active Irish agitation now 0.. foot is the one in favour
of tenant-right. Limited as the notions are of mans of
those wh, have taken op that question, we feel sati4fled
that the free diseassion of it thrfoghout England and Ireland
will he of immense benefit in leading to mere just notions
steadier the rights of the tenant end the duties et
the landlord. A silent revoloti,s is sow going on is
Ireland which will peva the way fry still pester
reforms Ilona those which are eprely demanded. The
landlnis have maintained a loge army in Ireland, sup-
ported by English uses, chic fly for the purge's of enabling
then le extort more exorbitant rents tress their starving
tenantry thaaLittursaild have dared to demand bat for that
army.— The • .
BII7TAL AellarLT.—At the close of the Tenant
Eight meeting ea this day week a fermer, named Pa-rick
°soaks pn, toddle; at Foremen, whom/copied to address
the meting in • strain dtprociatory of his landlord, but the
audiesse in the back gallery and body of the hall retreated
him from doing so. The men appeared to be excited, U not
slightly deviated. Manly after leaving the Court-house he
prccreded en his way home, but Lad not gone far on his
way when the- orafaus. one armed with a bludgeon and the
others unarmed, arrested his progress, the two unarmed
seizing him by the arms, whilst the other wretch 'Mack the
unfertnsate mu several b owe of the stick in the centre of
the brad. Happily for Geoghegan be kited • large stone
which lay at his-foet, and succeeded in drising his ussileata
away. They afterwards attemeted to return, in all pro-
babilit fto petit their task, bat seeing some persona ap-
proaching Ito s pot they decemprtl. Information of the out-
rage was given to the pollee, but so ants: has as yet boon
toatie of any of the tbrue.—Weseinooth Guardian.

SCOTLAND.

THZ MCBDUS 'NUR EDI

the iiitting

of the Itri Court of Justiciary at B finburgh on Friday,
before Lord Moot r:ef, Peter Ps'tnoo was placed at the bar,
charged with the murder of Dr. Wilson end his aged mother,
at the village of Janiper-gmen. on the 17th or 18th ef M .rch.
On the 18th of Mora last Dr. Wilson, a medical pract
tioner, residing at Jaaiper-green, was dimovered in the
kitchen of hie noire, quits dead, with his head game beaten
to jelly; and in the panne was teasel Dr. Wilson's egad
mother, also quite dead-, with wounds of a sirall-r description
Oh her body as on her sou, which bad been inflicted on, both
by a piker and team The prisoner was found in bed in
the row quite tithed, harlot/ burn: his clothes. The pri-
soner, who u • stout-bailt man, about 40 years of age, won
a morose sad sullen, aspect, end manifested little or no a-
tenet is the proceediogs. Mr. Robertson, the comet Ike
the rangier, plaided ismaity, as a bar to the trial. Pro-
fessor Miller was then ached, who stated that he had exam-
ined Pearson in March last, at the request of the poling
authorities, and be brand tins to be perfectly insane. Dr.
Spirts! pve similar testimony. Lord Moncrief said he sup-
posed that the court could rota* to no ether conclation than
that tho prisoner at the bar was not a 'proper object for trial,
and to therefore moved that Ito be c-nreyed to the general
prison, Perth, to be dotalned there subject to future orders of
the court. Lord, Cockburn end Ivory concnuring, the pri-
mmer We. removed.