The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-17 00:00:00

It is announced in the Cork papers that over
two hundred tenants of the Doke of De-

vonshire, in the south of Ireland, many of
them holding large farms, and all of them in com-
fortable circumstances, are about to emigrate ; and so
•great is the stream from the north-west of Ireland
that the Royal Canal company have found it Imes-
. stry to put on-an additional packet-boat teethe excia
sive use of emigrants from Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim,
Longford, and Westmeath.
Mr. Labonchere's statement of a conspiracy among
the peasantry of Mayo against the tillage of the land
has been very freely handled. The Rev. Mr. Moore,
a Protestant clergyman, wrote to the chief secretary,
disabusing his mind of an impression, which appears,
from Mr. Laboucheres reply, not to have existed. His
letter, says the reverend gentleman, to the Eren-
ing Mail' is most pleasingly explanatory of his state-
ments in the boom, as being applied only to certain
localities, and made as much teethe mere purpose of
nipping such a conspiracy in the bud as of deprecating
the ruinous consequences that most ensue were such
combination general." The following is the kind and
satisfactory explanation of the chief secretary
" stating to the House of Commons that I had
reason te believe that an attempt bad been made to discou-
rage and prevent the cultivation of the soil ma partof Mayo,
' is was far,Lrixamy intention to imply that a similar spirit
prevailed y in that county ; but evil doings of this
nature, Litrlsdritted, me so apt to become con-
tafiotts, and wean, in ' the part mentioned, be so
eatechiesdua, that I considered it my duty to allude to them
I rejoice to hear year account of the diapoeitive which
wine in this moped in your own neighbourhooril. ando
ii I make
ziourepoties
wer bat that lwanatosiwnc...l,
other,,art able, ai7latgthine
poor people in *elk important objecte of sowing their small
holdings. I aware you that I heartily concur with you in
thinking that the patina endurance of the moat extreme suf-
fering, which has been so remarkable everywhere in Ireland
(and no where en
dhee in Connaught), out to stimulate
both retire an individuals in private to do what they
Can to tai that distress, which it is not *dear power to
rIIIIIOVO.--• Luioucasas."
Mr. Ralph Osborne has addressed • circular to nis
tenantry, in which he proposes to amply all tenants
holding from five to twenty Irish acres with turnip
seed, to be paid for when the crop is realised. I may
add that half-a-crowns worth of seed will sow the
statute acre. To the holders of the same quantity of
land he offers three premiums—the highest (dl.) to
the occupier who by spade cultivation shall produce
the best statute acre of Swedish turnips. lea
des
this encouragement all holders of more than twenty-
live acreel having paid up their rent, and acquired a
character for industry and ability, may obtain leases,
duration not specified. All tenants wishing to emi-
grate, may dispose of their interests to adjoining sol-
vent tenants, subject to the agent's approval.
R. Osborne concludes :
Let me then impede upon you, one and all, no longer to
look to pub& works for employment, but at once tarn tee the
cultivation of the land ; above all recollect has nothing but
year own tee:tints and determined perseverance. can pro-
vide • Peters want and famine, end that ,neither
gws ear Walled can bb dwell who inn A pee
lama to aid theasseaves by 'Memo en their own henget
haN67
'lboro see landlords still more liberal than the hon.
sasimber for Wycombe. Sir George Staunton offers
an smite of asude, utotading grain, to his Galway
lemistry I iambs Waterford Sir H. Barron, in addi-
dsa to oloungemeat, has appointed See agricul-
twat ses— to look to the cultivation, particularly
d tie stem great
Bmd is the great want in town and country. At a
meeting in. Waterford on Friday the citizens agreed to
apply to government for liberty to allocate a portion of
Ger funds to the purchase of seed for the occupiers
ot mall holdings within the bounds of the borough.
ootopiers to give their promissory notes for re-
mand. • It is questionable whether the government
OM comply without an act of parliament, which
would come too late for the seeding of the town
fields. In the same city, another meeting was held
on the preceding day, for the wise purpose of estab-
liahing a board of health. The names of the board
were forwarded to the Lord-Lieutenant for approvaL
Mrs. Butler (late Miss F. Kemble) appeared on
oar boards, after an interval of twelve years, on
Saturday night, in the character of Julia, in the
Hunchback." Her triumph was complete. From
the first to the last scene her progress excited con-
tinued enthusiasm, and all agreed that a great and
accomplished artist had reappeared. She looked I
quite a brunette, and in her person generally much
improved. 'The Lord-Lieutenant and hie family,
with a large number et the officers of the garrison,
were present. Her brother, Captain Kemble, is now
quartered to Dabtlp

Barest. Aamootamow.—At the utnal meeting of the
Ames Wee to day, t letter was ad from Mr. John
o=re
1•11, ha 'Ake he states that Ms father is ordered to
111 ze south of Swope by him physicians, and he adds that they
premise him ressered health and constitution by neat
saabonn. The repel rent for the week was declared to
be SOL

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