The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-11 00:00:00

in Ireland wa heat at &Mat, on Friday, and the
report read on the occasion was of • meet gratifying
character. A large portion of the dceumnt is oceu-
pidwithte;:h b oniecaln esiertd c
e!eteils; ti general i
tut the
:e xt riots
from it ai l
CONTINUF.D MU raax 00VIHNII8XT.—M the clo.e of
last year's ootrati ns your coremitie in lasing before the
lord-li %egotism a ercial report of their proceedings in those
coon. ifi of the 'limn and s eat of Ireland for which the grant
ot 1 COOl. had been allocated, especially directed his txcel-
lercy's atten ion to the great necessity for a continuance in
the course of improvement in there neglected districts. They
showed that, from the embarrass. d Mrs mamma of the landed
proprietors they.< onllllot *Viet such pecuniary assistanee
.roe these localities as would enable them etticiestly
to proceed with the work during the present year, and that
tie society's funds were totally inadequate, if unaided, to
pro. ide for them. • 111.11• Excellency, in esec,rdana, with the
nexi,ort desire he set' iektiirested to develop tne agri-
culture and martatictMes of the country, at once comenuni-
ester' with the llartadly on tke Albject, sod the result was
loomed graft 4.1.00911, underlim provisions of the Act 11
& 12 Vie., e. 118, toile 'speeded by the society in giving in-
struetiens infix cel:ivirten-indhe counties of Mayo, Cork,
• Tipperary; (ride, It mommon. Kerry, and Leitrim.
Toe notification ot this seasonable assistance was accon.p.inisd
oath a request Awn Me the applicatio.. of the grant, the
society s'muld take care to make it conducive to the pent sal
and permanent tricesrMs, 01 Mee versl localities ; and that
ere ouragement khould not be afforded to any andertekinge
from which individual and temporary benefit only might ba
d•rived, and stole. might afterwards fail, owing to the
absence of a sublimable mercantile foundation, thereby pro-
ducing, eventuettymnateiloratent of clastreot than peed.
molly existed.
Tea Wes Lixafe Mareerscruas.—The been mann-
lecture has part.° pate d in the revival of trade from its Meg
depress-on; and, as much activity now prevails in many of
its branches, there is a good' prospect to growers ot thin of a
large d mend end reroucerating prices 1.. r that or ide. The
estallishment ot a Scheid of Design in Belfast, an the pa-
tronage of I rt. Mejeety the Queen to the fin., branenes of
the manufacture, are I kely %aegis's them a favourable im-
pulv, and to increase the consumption of the raw enatetial.
During the latter porion of last week the weather
was exceedingly boist•rons, violent gales being
accompanied by a Teo heavy fall of rain. The
accounts from the provinces describe a similar stole of
the weather, and the floods have inflicted considerable
injury in various parts of the country. At Water-
fird it blew a regular storm. In the vicinity of
DuSlin there were memo 'extensive floods caused by
the incessant rain of Friday last, hut no amdent of a
serious character hasseessulted. The pavilion raised
at Belfast for the reception of the Quin has been
destroyed by the heavy gales:
The Kilkenny japers fetal that tenant protection
societies ate apreating tlirough that and the noigh-
bouri, g Bounties. It is •will to observe that the ob-
ject of these societies is not opposed to free trade.
The following account of the very wretc:.ed elate
live, which one or the western unions is plunged was
received yesterday :
A crisis has take. place at,last in the Kibosh union. Not-
wi.estanding the exertions vi ch., local hoard awl p.m law
inspecter, the indoor paupers w. re obliged to go to bed
without dinner on Thursday nioht. The molter hr night
the st.et of the house, es lemma went of pr. visions for that
.1 iy, before the h..ard, when soup and chopped tuinipa
grown ou tee land was the ;oily fu. d available. TLe out-
door paupers ore in a &erre.e state crowding the depots,
end rot:owing the relieving °them by thousands to town to
get into the workhouse; but ens day's [Ambitions (300
.etn.itted) so crowded the auxiliary that a..Mi•sion w•s
Barley, the predate of the land about the work-
house, has been ordered to hei threshed ; but or.. 2.600 poupen
to hr ted on the principfelof 'l* live horse and you'll get
grass." is hara.l to tliinkof the state of the litirush
union—nothing but slowing creatures from the c Amity to
he teen pouring into a starving workhouse. The
Limerick Ezamincr says: .*'Communication teached
us at ad advent, d hOur on &stunts), a etieg that
between six and seven hundred people, who, in the
hope ot relict, wire brought into the workhouse nn Friday,
from the die riots of Ktlenurray, Kilke' , and Li ktfiu, had
to he sent hack, but a particle of food remairino iu the
workhouse."
A bail.ff nutted Drury ,waliinsurelereel on Thursday
lest while m eking a di,traint for rent on land* near
Niacroom belongtt.g to qtr. Perrier. of Cork.

DRAMA
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HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Last evei.i, g Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kenn com-
menced an engagement al this theatre in the favourite
play of " The Wifis Secret," and were moat
m artily welc •med by ,a crowded audience. the me-
i its of the piece and the &bailie a display( d by Mr.
Kean and his avomplisted wife in the principal cha-
racters are *no sr. 11 kno sn to tired af.y eummmk. It
will b • sufficient to feat- that Mrs. Kean'' acting on
this neeariun ass distinguished by there varied
beauties which hue won for her the high-
est position in the es' ima, ion of all lovers
of the 8' true and beautiful " as exoihit. d in
drama is represen,atiors of the female chef a-ter. Mr.
Kean t erhame d his p-.rt in the play with mu. h ear-
neetuct.s and le cling ; and there we s less of that ob-
le tiooable mann, rime) which aims at stattleg Sects
thin v.c have ever yet observed in thi- gentirruan's
acting. The Wiener wire detp'y intcreeed tur.,ugh-
Ut the piece, and at its conclusion Mr. and Mrs.
Kean were called f rward to receive the le Inours usu-
ally attendant upon at ege succear.