The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, OUT. 3
The condition of the retail traders may be judged
from a fact stated yesterday in the corporation'
i that
in one of our best business streets, namely Grafton-
street, there were very recently thirty-eight execu-
tions on City attachments within one week.

This question of City attachments, very little
understood in England, but very important to
English manufacturers and traders, is about to be
taken up by eur tows-council here, with a
view to its abolition. Dr. Gray, editor :and pro-
prietor of the Freeman's Journal, has taken the ques-
tion in band, and will, doubtless, deal energetically
with it. The process in these attachments is this: A
party having a real or assumed claim against any re-
sident trader within the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor
of Dublin, draws up an affidavit of the debt, which he
to swear before that functionary. The affl-
E3vVisi then taken to the register of the recorder's
court, and being there entered as warrant in execu-
tion, is issued to the marshal of the recorder's
court, who is thereupon entitled to enter upon
the premises of the trader and seize his whole effects.
The whole process from the drawing up of the affi-
davit to the seizure in execution need not occupy
more than a couple of hours, and it is not neces-
sary to give any notice of proceedings either to the
debtor or assumed debtor, or to any party. The sale
under execution may take place in six days. You
will easily perceive how these attachments may, be
made the means of effecting great injury to traders,
frost injustice to creditors, especially those at a dis-
tance, and what opportunities are afforded to commit
perjury for profit. It may be hoped that the govern-
ment will no longer leave with the corporation a bad
privilege of this nature which they do not desire to
retain.

The following correspondence between Mr. Anetey
sad Lord John /Unwell, appears in the Nation :
11, New-square, Lineoln's-lnr, Sept 17.
My Lord,—l have this day received from the Her. Mr. Donovan, of
Ballydehob, In the county "a resolutko mid matron emulating
from a meeting ot Pe owners and eseephas et Mid In ham Stull," of
whlah &monads I beg to endow ogla it hose simple and elo-
quent sfatements d Min AIMS mg Idelitube minirlity fall to
mew the limetet her libetatfs schtscsm Whim his I see lope to
ay vat have a belts/ sessem. I imatherehre marsh tam vying
Etbi urdie" hem elmenstiens width se minesll7 wear. I
, for bms* esherp wpm astir, gown et sememeisl re-
• whlch, down to 1771, Aneed Ms whets mime of pans-
mentary legislation wet rayed le Inimi—en the kr/ft et that in-
terval, from 1779 ie 1•14 el l& Imbed was cast, with
the functions of scostasMise. at Isest of Yes wealth
and credit of which harts *loos
intervention et the lembrgaellem=lbstione Itsigtend,
to einem be Mat we Ire Mallow whhi. hoecreer
reedits; honed in bad heeds to bad nivnettes—en Se keine-
dime bellow of Ireland's new-barn prommily—se Om embeimintere.
tine et her enure, which has ever does ha% end ts, the agrees sad
aims et Downingotrset—on the aliseniedem, Ism et Veen
espiml, impormliment of that Mimi adtherintlesmonter=
or at beam of Ms =Mid interest ham lOW with other mew
queer" have been preinsed by all themimmena that tbs.
are now, re emir Ines the union lost
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tics whleli asswilssty me* " mon mildly ties Great M.
tale's handl. (scaireash Mho mond mole W • issembles et the
House of Oammems In she et IYfaril regmei)—trar et Ss pair
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than to Intend. Pm he ewe rem" end berm Orr me mithers
to which neer WenYah WWI by the seselian them ceprmely
ined, in the ess.a Ewa WWI net vemlnd your lorthidettif
the Grimiest end as NY, in respect of Intend,
with whisk ruddier sellserms are so Justly charge**
further time my puma' listinseay to the truth of the
stamina them My art by mprominemy owe esm.
Medea OM, tor trona liming a domed to make for nyoyieset et Os
sums you hate equirlagell, you owe to Ireland a heavy date in re.

sport kir Wow wank bre Yak UlllOllll Oa at pollatio
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arra flashre. dranwarl mot Or Mier beam aro
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a Wavy traposahartylir ara ea arra at *lima Is as
or hammier *Mak is ma interests on siarsawl. late=
sawn as Mantas srawir that at %holies at bar real.—l ksw
tie Imaser to_ he, your lordship's °bedtime sasunnt, T. Commas
Assese.—The Lord Johaßosoell, Fast Lade( Ile Treasury,

Bor. 10.—Str : Thoth Maths bawls I. melee your letter of the
17th Mt. I us la 1112 41 1111 a•the prospectot diatrecs in Eat
Skull la the may r Oak. It
supporting of
me that the owners of
hi property Mind sobliale blithe of the poor
who hare both Wei OM that wit sad have hitherto
bided to tbsigjessli lama It le not just to expect that the
working eleothesl One llSsr sboad pormeasatly support the
burthen DIM* pimporhth. I thial not Oise siey sollso of the nume-
rous ermweetlest aid orgariat 1W wheat you hays Wien in your
letter solorprwle; the learemidahetiso haw ma ms.-1 have the
honour lobe yew derrit, J. _ T. C. Amory.
11, liewthameo, llasslsleas, Sept. 21.
LoI both Iles bar= to othastrialp pmiii4Ve letter
of the 20th Let. I regret lemma*, from the metal dart letter,
that her Majesty% prank edvbers en r seam with
pertinacity to the worth shindy marl loathes the people of
country a much impoverbbed thir mmledWalsho • sis Itha
thou by that of former sidedarlosoadthot theyethe theatres-
sale confooetica at the Ithdsd pesgorly of Ireland es the rely Awns-
tire to the stereetteap sadeih milat of the Ishii goanatry ead
poor. I regret to erial Yob boa the terms of ItromeloWir,
that ministers the tailleareat to the repreantatioas mode to then of
the Modena*, of the had to the relief of the dialler, etthlf the
cm:Leedom were mode sod could be jmUfled. In either view el the
question. It L thaseillis IPA to see that your lordship Is melee of
the resstrawilsailn e pa are taking upon yourself by has or
feting the hay of preserang, ea far a. you may, the lifts and dr-
tunes at the Qum% liege subjects—a deep remonetulity indeed, sad
ow to VA* la their place In parliament, it will be the part of the
Irfab members to bold you. I shall imitate your lordship in forbear- I
te bodes the Wild and standing "errors of fact and argument
Into which you bars Wien in your letter," further than by re-'
marking that hi the desist you give (in the face of the Ex-
chequers thasolhatisa Jot) of the right of the Irish people
"to expect that the working classes of Great Muth should
permanently support the burthen of Irish pauperism," your
lordship has offered • wry substantial new argument in
favour of the repeal of the legislative union, by which that burthen
was (lemdly and equitably) int imposed upon those claases com-
mon with the rest of the people inhabiting Great Britain. I hare
communicated to the geotianen of East Skull your lordship'. decrees,
and these comments; and I have only to inform you that my failure
to move your lordship, by the representation which I have made to
you on their behalf, compels me to proceed to the neat step, to which
they have also invited me ; and that I shall Immediately on the tr-
embling of parliament do my part, ae one of " the members of par-
lament for the borough of Cork," towards giving the required expla-
nation to the legislature of the peculiarly grievous pressure of the
famine, the impolicy and lojnotice of your lordship's proceedings with
respect to the visitation, and " the Impossibility of effecting by each
means the relief of the deritute," or rather of mks of them us may
be then no longer in the enjoyment of the exigence which it now de-
pend. on you to safe or to extbsgulah.—l Pave the honour to be your
lordship's obedient servant, T. Cluartout Awe-rt.—The Lard John
Russell, WP., Ste., rind Lord Commissioner of the Tteasury,
Whitehall.

THE hum! COVSCIL.—There was an adjourned meeting
of this bedy to day. Lord Cloncurry presided. A commu-
nication was read from Mr. Mc Adair, of Belfast, informing
the council that flu culture was greatly extended ; after
which Mr. D. J. Wilson, of Clue, proposed the following
resolution:
. . .

That from information duly authenticated from all parts of Ireland,
corroborated by the personal knowledge of many members of this
society, it I. their deliberate and amebaeus opinion that the great
mans of the population is Ina worse position at the fitment time
than at the oorrevponding period last year ; and the
council thus early call upon their countrymen, independent
of any akl that may be afforded by parliament, to consi-
der their danger, and to put forth whatever means they posters
in active usefulness, by devising and carrying out remunerative ern-
ploymeat, Inasmuch as If this country is to be brought through the
prevent awful difficulty, it must be chiefly by the energetic exertions
and 'elf-reliance of the producing classes ; and this council consider
they would greatly abase the confidence that has been thus far plated
In them, if they did not at the present crisis come forward and state
to the executive that the alarming prospect of another year of famine
is now before us, Resolved, further, that with a view to bring at In-
fluentially as possible before parliament (which this council earnestly
advise should be speedily assembled) the measures required for pro-
teetimg the lives and properties of her Majesty's Irish subjects, a
[meeting of peers, members of parliament, and commoners of Ireland,
be convened In Dublin at an early day, to consider sad agree upon
such zneasures ,• sad this council pledge themselves to give every as-
guidance to such meeting, by oommumcating all information in their
power, and offering snob suggestion. as may appear calculated to
effect this vital object.
Mr. CLASSON seconded the resolution. He stated several
facts to show that the con-acre clam in Ireland had aot this
year any potato crop in their prevision, and must, to be
enabled to lire, be supplied with labour at money wage,.
He suggested the bogs of Ireland as affording an ample held
of employment for any amount of labour, and, at the same
time, supplying the public with cheap fuel.
Major BLACKALL, M.P. supported the resolution. He
stated some facts to show 'that the tame number of indivi-
duals must this year depend upon the produce of labour, or
on gratuitous relief, as In the list year. He argued from
this that, as the Lord. Lieutenant had stated that to bring
the country through the famine had cost 12,000,000,
allowing for the advances on land improvement, and
the half million given for drainage, it would require at
least sin millions to be raised in the present year to maintain
the people, and unless some other fund were provided, it sou
manifest that five millions must be raised in poor rates.
Now, as the rental of Ireland, after the mortgagees and
other incurnbrances were paid, was not estimated at more
than six or seven millions, it was impossible that could be
done. It was therefore, in such circumstances, the business
of parliament to interfere to save the people.
Surgeon CARMICHAEL also supported the motion, main-
taining that, for sanitary purposes it was indispensable that
parliament should assemble immediately.

SCOTLAND.
Eawnraom, OCT. 3.

Poor-law economics must be a large topic to-day , j udg-
ing by the numerous meetings held and reports pub-
lished: but,condensed,the information needful to be com-
municated is as follows : The Glasgow parochial board
refuses amalgamation with its suburban neighbours ;1
so that of four boards whose fusion was expected and
recommended, only one is favourable to junction. In
Edinburgh, the suburban boards are to be asked to
co-operate in the formation sf a common fever hos-
, pitAL The funds bequeathed to the faculty of advo-
' (Ales for the erection of Chalmers' hospital, were in-
vested in the Three per Cents. at 96 ; and, as the
present price is 86, the dean refuses to sell out at
such a discount, and therefore all prospect of imme-
diate relief from the Chalmers Fund being shut out,
the community must raise the sinews as they best
may. An evil eye is still kept on the surplus (110,0001.
in money, and 2,5001. in goods) of the Highland
Destitution Board ; and it is argued, rather ingeni-
ously, that as distant contribstora sent their subscrip-
tions for the purpose of relieving Irish and Celtic dis-
tress, the application of a portion of the money to stay
fever in Edinburgh is perfectly legitimate, as nine-
tenths of the fever patients were natives of Ireland.
The subject is to be considered more at large on Mon-
day,
when a meeting of the united bs of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow are to be held. As before men-
tioned,
the 32 children composing the city industrial
school are to be boarded in the country, where their
food and clothing will no doubt be duly attended to,
although the same result cannot with certainty be
predicted as to their education—and the school thus
becomes a convalescent hospital.
Professor Alison announces a pamphlet on the late
Highland famine, in which he is to illustrate the con-
nexion between population and the management of
the poor. In the meantime, as pointing to the pro-
priety of the institution of some common method of
assessment, the Edinburgh parochial board has no
less than 1372 cases against other parishes for relief
'to non-indigenous paupers. A system of common
assessment, authorising parishes to draw from a cen-
tral fund for the relief of all Scotch paupers, irrespec-
tive of birth, would sweep away the present incubus of
disputed settlements.
The forthcoming number of the Edinburgh Review
itakes up the question of free charch sites, and the
cognate topic of the hermetical sealing of Highland
passes, which indicates a greater freedom of range in
the new than was shown in the recent editorship.
Notwithstanding the lengthened duration of non-
intrusion and free church controversy, it has till now
been a tabooed subject in the pages of the Edinburgh
Review.

Restitution from the Edinburgh Water Company
is now seriously talked of. By the act of parliament,
parties not receiving water, are, after five days' notice,
empowered to raise an action before the Sheriff for a
penalty of 20s. for every day that the water is off—
frost or other reasonable causes being reckoned as
saficient to prevent each suits. The question, there-
fore, turns on whether the arrangements of the com-
. .3, have been such as to meet the exigencies of or-
.' .ary drought, and what with the multitude and
keenness of the gentlemen of the long robe in Edin-
burgh, it is not unlikely that the question may be
tried.
In glancing over the trials at the different circuit
courts of justiciary, the number of cases of child
murder by mothers, and connubial amanita by hus-
bands, is painfully evident. In towns the winter cam-
paign of pocket-picking and housebreaking is com-
mencing with unusual vigour. More successful in
Edinburgh than in Glasgow, the police of the former
lately seized, at one capture, six old housebreakers,
ostensibly officiating as porters at a coach-office, but
in reality doing a little in their own legitimate lino•
As they were sentenced only to sixty days' confine-
ment, they will of course again be hoard of in due
time.

THE GLEN TILT AND BRAEMAR CONTROVERSY.
Sir,—As the public attention has been strongly called of
late to the Duke of Atholl's conduct in attempting to shut
up Glen Tilt, it seems • fit season for all persons who are
interested in keeping open rights of way (greatly curtailed
of late years), to bear such testimony as they can against a
most anima usurpation. Fifteen years ago I became
acquainted with Olen Tilt and Braemar. At that time the
right of way up Olen Tilt was as unquestioned as the right
of way by the turnpike-road to Perth ; and the road kept