The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

At the pro% ineial meetinf.::d' Connaught poor law I
r.r., di,m at llallinsaioe, Lucan read the fol-
ios, ins additional vorespondence which had taken
place between Lord John Russell and himself, with
vvfervnee to the repayment of advances:—
Tani-Bwkh, Sept. 27, 1851. I
N. Linn,— I have just had the honour to rec.,ive our'y
kit r of the 23rd inst., conveying the observations of the
bo no. of guardians of the county of Mayo. These observe-
time- •lo not sppearto me to take away the force of the re.
ale in my previous letter. hither the moneys
whaievil wider the acts you mention were squandered in a I
• •s manner or no:—whether the persons to whom the'
r,... was extendod were those entitled to relief or not—it
I. 1r that it cannot be incumbent on any person charged '
mi• i: the eactuuon of the laws to set an example of resists
▪ to the laws. But further, the guardians must h
trolled that the suing borrowed were borrowed
be local bodies, and charged upon the ratepayers.
Ii was inspor.sible fur a government to distinguish .
between Om proper objects from the improper. All
they could do was to appoint local bodies, apparently the
most deserving of influence foe the purpos, of selecting.
rte ens will deny that there was much waste in the expos-
di:nre of the sums advanced ; but no one will deny either
th it of the bun 'reds of thousands who received wages in
a ,at y, or relief in food, the greater part were victims of
th • wrest calamity which at that time afflicted Ireland. I
inn t repeat that the object of tho acts ut the parliament
r•- mention was not to make useful work.. but to give
. •
or the means of procuring food, to the destitute. But
srta• re, rhusrs toi.tht axed, either from local mismanage-
t'au toslnhty of the Ward of WOrki to control so
va,t a system of nil, I. the cam of four grsr:ted by
the imperial parliament must have surymsad the amount of
rams so thrown away. I must again ask sour lordship,
yourself a member of the legislature, to withdraw your
}lea nientitlg yuurvelf above the law, and to substitute fur
three considerations to which the Tre.isury can properly
listen. 1 have the honour to be, your lordidiiies obedient
• ,rat J. licsastt.
The Karl of Lucas.
Ballinuloe, October S. IVA.

!'y Lord-1 have the honour to acknowledae the re-
etijA of your letti r of the 27th instant, and I much regret
that your lordship does nut ice the force of the observations
ati•motted by the boards of guardians in reply to your pre-
y: .is communicatem. The guardians did not consider
• they advanced any plea of setting themselves against
the idle, or that they set soy example of resistance to the
boa" Jo not consenting to be made agents for the collection
eta tax so unfair in its object, to unjust in the mode of its
at, —meat, and Po si 'Mindy oppressive to all clasies cf their
• u country, and isit declining to take upon themselves
s foreign and obstructive to their ordinary functions.
Y., .r lordship uheere es that the four millions granted by the
gnl, nument must have supplied the amount of sums thrown
away. II could without difficulty be shown that in the
com.ty Mayo nut one-half mile of rum' was executed by the
f works And if it is now intended, contrary to all
romier, Ito bold Ireland liable foe the whole of the cost of
tie relief afforded, it could se easily be shown that the
• amount of that relief was still quite disproportionate
to the Inghtful sum of biz millions now brouxht in chary
a.:est the country. llaeisit been invited by your lordship
to state each considerations as can be entertained by govern-
mart, I feel myself bound to submit those suggestions
w!.'ela occur to me. No particulars of the demands have yet
le e n supplied to the several boards of guardians. These,
ire 'y, cannot be any longer fairly withheld. Justice
w. s -ask to require that the charges against the slit-
ter, iit unions, electoral divisions, sad townlands, should
• cerefolly invcatigated by a board of persons appointed
fur that purpose' whose duty it would he to ascertain
what, if any, value bud been given by the public works,
what amount of relief had been afforded, and how far in
eat b moo repayment* can with justice be claimed, and can
with ealety be insisted upon, without entire confiscation, or
int:iiiinst 'trim. and lasting injury. It would again
ale..nr to be the duty of governments to consider whether
U. • charge should nut be defrayed by all classes of Irish-
and not be Unposed exclusively on those who hare
Is •to the chief, if nut the only, sufferer, by the great
en 'mite which h. befallen Ireland. Nothing eau be
name decidedly unjust thou to levy an extniordivary tax
ender the net fur the relict of the pour, as from the
el.' eta in this law parties, in addition to thir own rates,
at.- bade and compelled to make good the arrears uwicg
by others. Great [aft should be taken in the collection
et te bra ow onerous, and to continue fur grat•mtions,
d it 'o equitably levied, and that no one should be
mi.:. el upon to du more thou to meet his own liabilities.
Y•-or lordship has admitted that the famine wrs a na-
tional calamity. It never has been the practice iu any
country to withhold in such a cane the national resources,
and to charge the conseepient expenolture against that For-
bin' of the country which had been &Michel with so serious
a t:•itation. It is intended to mortgage the rates fur forty
par-. Your lurelehip well knows that such a course is sho-
p•l .r at variance with the principle of the poor law of
Lex:ard, mud it would appear questionable whether im-
p a tat reclusively to meet national expenditure is not
ss much opposed to the letter as it is clearly opposed to the
spar t of Um articles of the union between Lindland and Ire-
land. In 00111111001e1We 0f your lordship's letter appearing to
b. addreseA to me personally, I. hare preferred answering
it .11110 from home to waiting my return to Mayo, there to
sulimit it to a meeting of the bonnie of yuardians.
I have the honour to be, my turd, your lordship's very
ohs bent servant, Lee.Ut.
tbu Right Hon. Lord John Russell.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, accompanied by
several members of the Transatlantic Packet Station
C. uunithr, promeded yesterday by special train to
Lniiri,k, where thee were met by II deputation of
the directors of the -(lreat Southern and Western
Railway. 'nary were entertained at dinner at
('noise's Hotel, together with the Miiyor of Limerick,
tit:- Earl of Arundel, &c., and to-day they proceed
&Ivo the Shannon fur the purpose of inspecting the
locality which the citizens of Limerick propose
rL• old be selected for a packet station.

AND CLERICAL.

Oxvoitu, Orr. U.—Congregations will be holden
for the purpose of granting graces and conferring degri:es,
on the following days in the ensuing term, via.:—October,
Friday 10, Thursday 23,Thursday :10; November, Thurs-
day 13, Thursday 27 ; December, Thursday 4, and Wed-
n. -Jay 17. No person will, on any account, be admitted
as a candidate for any degree whose name is not entered in
th, book, kept fur that purpose, at the Vice-Chancellor's
ho3w, on or before the day preceding the day of con-
y' Antics.
Public eaaminations commence on Monday, the 3rd of
N..vsm`aer. The vacant Fellowships at All Soul's College,
will also he filled up on the same day.
1; I:AP NNUSE C 4 .I.L EU r. —Yhe Rev. Thom;vi George James,
44 .1.. formerly scholar of this college, Vicar of Bridgwater
Rural Dean, has turn appointed to a Prebendal Stall
in •bi cathedral church of Wells, vacant by the promotion
of !!lc Rev. O. A. Denison to the Arrhtleacoury of Tarn-
tut.. patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells.