The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dueme, JULY 15.
Thg remains of Mr. O'Connell are liable to strange
accidents. Instead of arriving here next week, they
are to remain for another month in Genoa, and may
not be expected in Dublin until the middle of August.
The secretary of the Dublin Cemeteries Company was
specially sent to superintend the removal of the body
on board the Montrose steamer. On his arrival at
Genoa, he found no instructions from Dr. Miley or
Mr. D. O'Connell (which, it appears, were wholly un-
necessary, from the positive character of his own),
and, in their absence, refused to ship the remain;
although pressed hard by the captein of the Montrose.
A very important circular has just been issued from
the Poor-law commission office, relative to a new class
of public functionaries—relieving officers under the
new act. It first calls on the boards of guardians to
advertise at once for competent persons, in conse-
quence of the approaching circumstances of tempc-
rary relief ; and then describes briefly and perspi-
cuously the duties to be performed by the new offi-
cers. Next follows the question of salary, which of
course must vary with the extent of the district and
the laboriousness of the duty; bat a minimum is
fixed at 351. per annum, which in the case of large
towns, may be doubled. Thus, it appears, the
commissioners will sanction no higher salary
for a relieving officer than 701. a year.
The number is an important consideration,
and in this particular the circular lays down,
first, that in unions under the Temporary Relief
Act, relieving officers may be advertised for in the
proportion of one to each relief district ; and,
secondly, in reference to unions or electoral divisions
not under the act, the proportion may be one officer
to a population of about 12,000.
The resignation of the chairman of the Ballymoney
board, in consequence of fixing. on him a personal re.
sponsibility, has excited various other boards to
denounce the 28th sect. of the new act. In conse-
quence of a "stir" in the North Dublin Union, the
Lord Mayor, as chairman, waited upon Lord CIA- f
maiden, who informed him that the Attorney-General
had given his opinion that no such practical inoon-
venienoewonld follow, or if there should, the govern-
meat would cheerfully apply a remedy next session. I,"'
This satisfied all grumblers.
The New York correspondent of the Freeman's "
Journal states, that from the Ist of April to the 27th rrr
of June, 74,184 emigrants, or at the rate of 1,000 per
diem, arrived at the quarantine ground of that city.
In the three preceding months the arrivals were about :-
16,000, making in all 90,000, or as much as the • r
entire emigrations of other years. The estimate 01 „a
immigration for the present year is between 130,000
and 200,000. At Boston the fixed e'
20,000. s
Thus, for
300,000. S
The whole at.
by America
dollars, of whi
nearly one-half.

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and 200,000. At &lepton die arrivals are B:ed at
20,000. Quebec, up to let of August, about 7.5,000.
Thus, for three ports, the numbers run close ow.
300,000. So much for emigrants—now for dollars. ,
The whole amount of relief in all shapes, um
by America to Ireland, mikado,* •
dollars, of which the city of New
nearly one-half.
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by the presence of the court ; and, in conformity with
this view' it is supposed that the royal disembarka-
tion will for the second time take place at the Tay.'
The Grand Duke Constantine is at present in the
Highlands.
Not content with the slow progress of mail trains,
the Edinburgh newspapers have taken advantage of
special trzins, and now receive the London morning
papers on the day of publication, instead of
waiting • post delivery on the succeeding day. A
passenger can travel from Edinburgh to London
an fourteen hours, but a letter takes nearly twenty
hours. This arises from the absence of through
mail trains, and the consequent necessity of
stopping on the way for the receiving and giving off
of intermediate postbags. But the cause is one thing
and the reasonableness another; and it may turn out
that, in the matter of letters from capital to capital,
the tardy agency of the Post-office may be superseded
by private enterprise.