The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-21 00:00:00

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Damn. Deo. 20.
The Freeman's Journal states upon authority, that
the letter asserted by Lord Roden to have been ad-
dressed by the Lord Lieutenant to Archbishop Mur-
ray, was, if ever written by his ReesSoucy, at least
never received by the archbishop. The limning Post
oapioe, without any contradiction, the epistle of Lord
Rodeo, in which Lord Clareadon's letter is set forth.
Mr. Welby Pugin has addressed the following letter
to the Freeman, to vindicate his friend, the Earl of
Shrewsbury, from certain charges mad* against him
in the Irish press:—
St. Augustine's, BAstagsts, Du. 18th, 1850.
Sir—l regret eznediagly to observe that in some lets
number of your journal you introduce the name of tee
Boil of Shrewsbore as likely to set in thermos unworthy
meaner as Led Beaumont arid theDoks of Norfolk, The
Berl is now far distant from England; bat, as a long.
told sad faithful servant of his lordship, sad one who is
well acquainted with his principles, and his uncompro-
uniting adhesion to the catholic faith, I cannot reams
silent and., this most nejust aspersion on his name ; and
I therefore declare mat solemnly my firm conviction that
the Earl of Shrewsbury would rather lose every sore of
his broad lands, and suffer even death itself, than be guilty
of any action that was inconsistent with the duty of a
faithful son of the oatholio thumb. Trusting, in Audio,
to his lordship, you will give publicity to this letter, 1
remain your bumble servant, A. WILeY Pools.
The Dublin Protestant Association held another
meeting yesterday, at the Rotuedo, for the purpose of
" adopting an address to the protestant' of Dublin
on the present eventful crisis.* The Rev. Alexender
J. Montgomery occupied the chair. 'Hie attendance
oomprisid very few of the respectable protestants of
Dublin. The Dean of Ardegh, in his speech, ex-
pressed the surprise and grief he experienced at
seeing such a small number of persons assembled on
an occasion of so mach importance to the protestants
of Ireland. "He had thought that some good nose,'
as well as good feeling,existed amongst the protestant
populatiou of Dublin, and he still hoped that his ex-
peotatioLs would not be disappobted. Sot where,
might he not inquire, were the protestant clergy P
Why were they not there? And where, toe, were
the members of the bar ?" The following is a speci-
men of the resolutioes adopted at the meeting :
Toes the insolent invasion of the Pope apoe the territory
of Begluid, his appointment of a sardieel and 12 motto.
bishops " to govern" that country, and the actual Mamas.
tiou io their °flees of the cardinal ad others of the Pope's
nominees, sod their having formally taken possessios of the
so celled dioceses, into which the Pope has partitioned the
country, point out the pretreat as a pesulierly proper time
for withdrawing the national support and countenance from
the Bomisk system altogether, in every part of the British
dominions.

Teat in Ireland, as not lowly the Pope's claims to fall
supremacy, is opposition to the lawsen's, hare been admitted
by oar rulers, but 55 it has bun their pollsy to solicit his
interference, and to endow milers and seminaries for the
propagation of his false and idolatress raisins, it Is manifest
there can be so settlement of this question sat! the Pops's
pretensions me utterly repudiated, the aroma, of which he
it the head. disendowed, aid his colones reduced to that
position which the ,security of the mown, the Ghana, the
sonwitadon, sad their own welfare demand.

The Net:theris Whig says: "A public meeting was
held in the First Presbyterian Church, Ballymena, on
' the evening of Tuesday last. The object, as set forth
in the announcement, was to enter a protest, on
behalf of the presbytery of Ballymens, against the
✓ecent petal aggression, and the protestant' of the
neighbour ood were invited generally to attend."
The Moderator occupied the chair.
Two agrarian murders have been perpetrated in the
county of Leitrim.
Mr. Serjent O'Brien will, it is understood, offer
himself to the electors of Clare at the flint vacancy in
their repreentation.
The Ransing Pott gives the following :
Mr. TOMOS Soreninhem has shown us a map whin
makes hi unlit of Galway as the maaathens pantie
seatics, which ha was permitted to exhibit to the Lord
Lieutesant, who received him, Csptaie Mikado, of the mer-
chant entice, mad Kr. Alley, of the navy moss greeiotuly
at an Interview this day, whin Captain Riches& explained
the peculiar advantages of Galway. The map is to be was.
Lusa to tie commissioners in London.
Sir William Somerville has appOnted Henry Toler,
Boil., Clerk of Disbursements and Comptroller of the
Chief Secretary's effior, Dublin.
Captain Sunbury M'Clintock, M.P., has purchased
the county of Carlow estates of the Bari of Aldbo-
roegh in the 'numbered Palates Court.
A letter from Dingle, of Monday, suttee :—" We had
ea
awful thunder-storm this menage Nothing could
exceed the brilliancy of the lightning, which conti-
nued in rapid seeesesion. It continues blowing a
tremendous hurricane, and the whole of Dingle Bay
is we sheet of white foam. The Erin-go.Bregh
steamer, from Limerick, which came round ben to
°covey the Prudence, reamed from the late storm, is
riding oat the gale weld in Dingle Harbour." The
ship Mountaineer, from Quebec, with timber, is a-
grand is Denman Bay.
The sale of the Earl at Mosintenhon's Antrim
estates,. tisk place is Belfast on Tuesday, under an
seder of the lamented Estates Commissioners.'
It was offered in twenty-six lota, twenty-three
of which were may disputed of, several of them
nailing vsryhigh rates of purchase. A few samples
will indicate the general result. The second lot, on-
tainiag 1,137 sores, and producing a milt rental of
09111. a year, was knocked down to Mr. Fulton, of
Liners", for 13,0001. The nest lot. yieMisw • Vdtzet
rent of only 1494 per &antra. sold far 3,160/ Tni
lot. oonsistueg of 1,100 acres, yielding profit rental
of 497/, was also purchased by Mr.l'ultoo, for the
Am of 8,6601. 4 profit not of 49/ 14s. went for
1,0116/1 and, still more remarkable, lot 9, containing
leilimires, yielding a net profit rest of 161. 11a 11d.,
with.bat one tenet. brought 1,4601. The 17th lot,
esnaisting of 1,606 sere', on which there was also
bet dm. tenant, and producing a profit rent of
32/ Ile 9d., realised 3,2001. The 21st lot, 00Ek-
'pn; 1,479 sons, on which then ere 46 tenants,
and yielding a profit rental of 4331. 16a ad., sold for
6,9001. The entire sales of the day realised the saw
of 62,7154 The sale of the residue of the /Cells estate,
Milan for the 7th of January. .

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