The Express. — 1853-03-07 (London, England)

IRELAND.  of githie,elDtuhbelinottEzied'ng accountwhoof, hoedreoufbedters,ntistointimately acquainted with the DrPLIN. M•ltelf 6. MI have AttverwrresPe " the proceedings at the " private" meeting of Irish members held to London on Wednesday, and which ended in an adjournment to this day. the Freeman affects not to believe the 2lfdie's version, but the general feeling throughout town is in favour of, at least, its probability. The Mail's correspondent says: The first grand field day of the Irish Bei:toile has just come off. It was evident on as inspection of the line,. that what are called the " fair trier party had a large majority over their opponents of the Lucas and Duffy *Quad. The battle was opened, I am informed, by n rather Irish attack of the member for Galway, after the Galway fashion, on Messrs. Lucas and Daffy, whom he accused tolerably ttit of telling fur their purposes groto untruth,. Mr LUCAS admitted that he was in error, and made a liberal ameule. Mr. Duffy, however, would consent to no connexion between his parliamentary and newspaper self. After this little skirmish, a ri s dution was at once proposed by Mr. Sergeant Murphy, in fay.iur of the hody taking their seats en t:..e liberal side below the gangway. An amendment Laving been moved in favour Cl the oppositi .n benche.. a lone discussion ensued, from which it appeared, though a division was not absolutely taken, that there were in fav cur of sitting on the liberal side—Sergeant Murphy, M. WC, Tine% M. Corbally, A. OTiaherty, T. Meagher, Pollar IUrquhart, V. Scully, F. Sculy, It. Keatiuge, J. Sadleir, M. Donne, Sir J. Fitzgerald, W. Fagan, J. Ball, J. D. Fitzgerald, J. Esmonde, W. F. Cogan, 0. D. Grace, CapLM Bellew, 0. Higgins, J. Greene, L Bland-22. For the Opposition—P. O'Brien, O'Connor, lltnehy.W. French, J. T. D:vereux, P. M`Mahr n. J. F. Maguire, F. Lucas, F. Grenille, IL Swift, C. G. Duffy, J. Brady, J. Bowyer—l2. M. mrs. Moore and Shoe were absent. The debate was a•l-journed to Saturday. A case of some political interest, as it arose out of the last Athlone election, was tried yesterday before the Lord Chief Justice, at the Westmeath tinsiv.a. It was in the shape of a qui turn action brought by a man named Williams, an elector, against Edward Lynch, under the statute for preventing bribery at elections. The plaintiff swore positively that the defendant gavo him 11., and promised him 401. more, after the election, for abstaining to vote for Mr. Keogh, the liberal candidate; and the plair mother corroborated his evidence. (In the other hand, the defendant swore that plaintiff came to him at the election, and said he was offered M. fur Lis vote on the liberal side, but preferred voting for the conservatives. He positively stated that he gave :he plaintiff no money, and offered him none, and otherwise contradicted the evidence of the plaintiff and his mother.  The learned judge told the jury it was a question of credit as to the evidence, and the probability of the facts, and a verdict was returned for the defendant.  In the Encumbered Estates Court yesterday a property held by lease, renewable for ever, in the county of Sligo, producing a profit rent of 124/. 95., was sold for 3,1101., being equal to 25 years' purchase. A leasehold in the county of Dublin, of which the nett profit rent is 531. 145., brought 1,3001., or about 23 years' purchase ; a fec-simple estate in the county of Kilkenny, yielding a nett annual rent of 1641. 95., realised 4,0401., or 241 years' purchase ; and a property in the county of Clare, yielding a nett rent of 216/. 195., subject to a jointure of 65/. is., for a :ife aged 53 years, brought as much as 5,520/., being 125.1 years' purchase. Theßallyshannon. Herald mentions as an instance of the rise in the price of land, that the Marquis sl Conyngham has just acquired a fine estate in the county of Donegal, for which he paid over 25 years' purchase. A genial change, which there is reason to hope is permanent, has taken place in the weather within the last few days, and the approach of spring at length makes its appearance in earnest. The rumour of a special c3mmission for Monaghan to try the men charged with the murder of Mr. Bateson has been contradicted.