The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

devotion to local interests. There is some talk of a censer- I
retire candidate, but nothing has definitively been decided.
ELGIN EU/WM.—REWARD or NEPOTIIIM.—TIIO Elgin
Courant (conservative) is sanguine of Mr. Bannerman's
success, and also maintains a friendly feeling to Sir A. L.
Hay, whose services are thus eulogised The number of
situations which he has procured for electors, sons of
electors, brothers.in-law, nephews, B:c., is really incredible ;
and yet, will it be believed, many of those who have parti-
cipated most largely in the substantial benefit of his legiti-
mate patronage, have now turned their balks upon him
Gratitude, we would ha,e thought, might have kept them
in his interest, waiving even all considerations of a public
nature . .

Otasoow.—Oar correspondent writes :—" Electioneering
results are still irs dubio. Mr. Dennistoun and his friends
continue their system of personal attack. At a meeting this
week, Mr. D. read garbled extracts from a letter written by
Mr. Macgregor to Mr. Walter Buchanan, to prove that Mr.
Macgregor had insidiously tried to undermine him. Mr.
Macgregor has met this attack by publishing the letter entire,
together with the whole correspondence of which it formed
a part: it consists of : 1. A letter from Mr. Macgregor, dated
D.e. 11, 1845. In it Mr. Macgregor mentions Lord John's
acceptance of office; the poseibility of a dissolution; his
(Mr. Macgregor's) having been applied to by Glasgow eke-
tort ; and asks for information and advice. 2. Mr. &whims%
answer, dated Dec. 15, 1845. It contains an account of the
manner in which elections are managed in Glasgow. Two
passages are important :—' To one or two of the principal of
these [the liberal leaders], I have mentioned your name
before I should reply to your letter. They all agree with me
that you would bo in every respect a most eligible candidate.'
--' I shall send you from time to time any information I may
receive on the subject likely to be of interest to you, and
yen may rely upon me ma warm supporter in cre you /Mould
be induced to become a candidate.' 3rd. A letter fron'. Mr.
Macgregor, dated Dec.2B, 184 G. Mr. Macgregor statimin it that
• general election may take place before many :weeks elapse
after the meeting of parliament, gives an outline of the
views he entertains of the meat urgent public questions, and
intimates •if you do not think of a better man, I am pre-
pared to become a candidate for the suffrages at Glasgow.'
In his first letter, Mr. Macgregor stated that he bad learned
Mr. Oswald did not intend to stand again; in his second,
he says that !redeem not know whether the present members
again come forward ; that he only airs has services in the
event of their being wanted ; that he would not come
forward in a factious opposition to any member whom
the great majority of the electors of Glasgow would
agree upon as the candidate. He remarks At present,
both your members are gentlemen of undoubted integrity.'
4th. Mr. Buchanan's answer, dated 7th January. After
apologising for having been so long in replying, he expresses
as•onishment that Mr. Macgregor should have addressed
him on the subject, tells him there is no opening, and, to
prove this, sends him a copy of this day's Argus, announcing
the determination of both Mr. Oswald and Mr. Dennietoun
to stand. sth. A letter from Mr. Macgregor, dated 3rd
April, explaining that he had addressed him on the subject
in consequence of his own voluntarily proffered services.
Gth. Mr. Buchanan's reply, pleading ignorance of the con-
tents of his first letter. It is but justice to Mr. Macgregor
to state that not one word in his letters can be construed
into an attempt to undermine Mr. Dennistoun. lie wrote
in the belief that Mr. Oswald meant to retire. That Mr.
Oswald meant to retire is admitted by Mr. Buchanan in his
letter of December, 1815, and denied in his letter of January,
1817, on the strength of a newspaper paragraph, but con-
firmed by the event. The following passages in Mr.
Buchiumn's letters, to be appreciated, must be taken in
juxtaposition :
Dec. IBIS. ht.,. OHL
They all agree with methat you Ido not think them would be
would be la every respect a meet any chance of your anoceeding
eligible candidate; and Irons the here under any clecumstanens.
ancient you have rendered to the In the interview to which you
cause of free trade would be at allude, r. garding the reprmenta-
this moment particularly accept- tion of Glasgow, you will recollect
able, and I may add to none of that I stated distinctly Matt could
them more than myself iudivi- be no party to opposing the pre-
dually. scat members, so long as they
If • Glasgow man could be got were waling to bold their unite;
he woull be preferred. There and that in the event of any cob-
seems, however, a great difficulty sequentmeancy I would be guided
in getting • suitable person among by circumstances.
our townsmen. One or two are I wind you a copy of to-day's
pointed at. Argus, announcing the determi-
You may rely upon me a. a nation both of Mr. Oswald and
warm supporter incase you should Mr. Dennistoun to come forward.
be induced to became a candidate.
N.B.—Mr. Oswald has not come forward; and in Dee.
1815 Mr. Buchanan and his friends were in search of • a
suitable person among our townsmen.' "
HASTINGS.—A correspondent says: " The liberal candi-
dates here I greatly fear will be beaten by the cry of " No
popery." The bigotry of certain over-zealous professors of
religion is most unchristian.
IiVDDEIIBFIELD.—The nomination will take place ou
Thursday morning, and the poll on Friday. The most active
exertions are being made by the friends of both Mr. Stanfield
and Mr. Cheetharn, and from the comparative strength of
both parties, it would be difficult to say who has the bent
chance of election.
lieweintion (Nostra).—The high sheriff has fixed Tues-
day, the 3rd of August, for the nomination, and the day of
polling (if any) for the succeeding Friday ; the nomination
will take place at the Castle of Winchester. The late mem-
bers., C. J. Lefevre, Esq., the Speaker of the House (liberal),
and Sir W. Heathcote (conservative), are at present unop-
posed. The latter gentlemen, in his address, says "he can-
not promise to enter the House of Commons as the follower
of any political leader."
HAMPSH/RE (Sours).—Thursday, the sth of August,
has been named as the day of nomination, and if any poll-
ing, to commence on the following Monday. The South-
ampton Guildhall is the place of nomination. There will be
no opposition to the return of the late conservative members.
Lord Charles Wellesley, in his address, says : " I am aware
that, in the course of a late session of parliament, I voted
on the important question of the corn-laws in a manner
differing from the wishes of some of my constituents ; that
vote was, however, the result of anxious deliberation, and I
hesitate not to state that I should consider myself unworthy
of the honour which I now solicit, had I shrunk from the
performance of a duty founded upon conscientious convie-
tion, through the fear of incurring unpopularity or the loss
of any portion of your saleable support"
Iloaallese—Mr. Jervis, liberal, and Mr. Fitzgerald, con
servative, will go to the poll here, and the struggle will be a
hard one. The nomination takes place en Wednesday.
is said that Mr. Stoughton will start as a
repealer for this county, and Mr. Cronm, jun., on the same
interest. Tbo statement us respects the former is unlikely ;
bat if true, Mr. J. O'Connell would probably be defeated.
Ysioassounova IL. —The friends of each
-of the three can-
.

didates—Mr. Lawson, Mr. Lascelles, and Mr. Wesftsead,—
are actively engaged It their canvass.
Llazaice (Cousin).— The Limn:irk Examiner puts for-
wards stream IMMOIIf that the Young Ireland leader, Mr.
W. S. O'Brien, had determined not again to offer himself
for Limerick. Should this announcement turn out true, the
total routof the patty would probably follow.
Livenroin..—The nomination being &led for Wednesday,
the friends.of the respective candidates are now engaged in
active canvass. Yesterday. at noon, a Tem, large and influ-
ential meeting of liberals was held stthe Amphitheatre Mr.
Wm. Earle in Obe chair, when Sir Thos. Bitch declared at
length his (pinion,. Ile expensed himself opposed to the
endowment of the Roman catholic priesthoodas impracti-
cable, and because be did not think that endowments to reli-
gious bodies from the state were desirable. Re wai in favour
of the government scheme of education, and opposed to the
ballot, and would vote for a property tax being evartituted
for au income tax. The meeting was afterwards addressed
by Mr. Win. Brown, exmember for South Lancashire; Mr.
Thornely, ea-member for Wolverhampton; and several
gentlemen of liberal opinions and local influence. It is fully
expected that Sir Thomas Birch and Mr. Cardwell will be
returned.

LEEDS: —The proepects of the several candidates here are
beginning to assume a more decided character. As the elec-
tion turns upon the educatioh question, the committee of
Mr. Marshall have passed a resolution recommending their
friends to give their votes for Mr. Marshall and Mr. Beckett,
the supporters of that question ; and the electors in the in-
tercet of Mr. Beckett, finding their own candidate luite safe,
have resolved to divide their votes with Mr. Marshall, as a
townsman and friend of state.aided eduoation and a friend of
the eoustitutien in church and state.
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isy;;;Jii•ciV.•:Col.ireppel7ar7tTrn is considered sato, and
one of the late conservative members must make way for
the liberal candidate. Thursday is the day of nomination.'
LEWES.—The nomination will take place on Wednesday.
The general expectation is that Mr. Fitzroy and Mr. Perfect
(liberal), the old members, will be roturned.
OXFORDBIIIRE.—At present no one has offered to oppose
Lord Norreye, Mr. Harcourt, nor Mr. Henley, the three old
members. The election takes place on Tuesday, Aug 3.
OXFORD UNIVERBITY.—Mr. W. E. Gladstone's com-
mittee have received permirioa from the Lord Bishop of
Bath end Wells to publish the following letter
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give yea, from amiss at Mr. Cloadamete will I hare by
I me. Ist "My esavletkas," as is the pillion of the
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ere amass& that, with "Arian toz.7.2plares et private daty,
would Wort die seatima by Lard Amadei pea,
and ssa, .The Tftle= astybod yid ast tally have dose
her wish mail Wee "iii et Pomo las card lo said and as operate
wirdela r. seals." dad soda, to aweetre seer, " I will never do
tulitibralag la my Jadderat a talon, , directly,
.or ever so
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lama Meet, la Ash era I lasi aelJuidy by Jew or Tedr, having
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so awn has Waft Week le denowled..—aelbree aft
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PONTEIMACT.—AII the tires candidates here are bully
employed. Mr. Preston tem the favourite, and it is pro.
badge that the contest will lie between Mr. Martin and Xr.
Milner
Hrs.—Mr. Herbert Curteia, the old member, will, doubt-
less, be returned without opposition for this borough.
STAFFOlLD.—Nomination on Thursday. A smart contest
expected.
(WEST).—The nomination is fixed to take place
at Chichester, coo Thursday, the bth August. The Earl of
March and Mr. Prime, protectionists, the old members, are
in the field, and all parties admit that any opposition would
be futile against the landlord power here.
Suess: (Eiter).—Mr. Frewen and Mr. Fuller, the old
member', both protectionists, will have " a walk over."
The nomination takes place at Lewea on the 9th August.
SHOREILtId.—No opposition to expected to the return of
Sir C. M. Burrell and Mr. Charles Goring, the old mem-
ber!, protectionists. The nomination takes place en3Wed-
neaday.
TAMWORTR.—The nomination is fired for Wednesday.
No opposition.
TAWIT.N —Mr. Arthur Mills, of the bulking firm of
Glyn, Helldal, and Co., has addresseda the electors, invoking

their support u an uncompromising protestant, and depre-
wing all endowment concessions to the catholice. The can-
vass of the Right lion. H. Libouchere and of Sir T. E.
Colebrook proceeded, up to Saturday night, with very satis-
factory results to the friends of those gentlemen.
TAVISTCCIL.—Lord Edward Russell and Mr. J. S. Tre-
lawny will be re-elected for this borough, it is now thought,
without opposition.
WALBB.—A correspondent sap: "No serious contest is
likely to take place in the principality, except at Merthyr. Sir
J. Walsh will still represent Radnorshire, and Sir F. Lewis
the boroughs, in the room of Mr. Price, who retires. Some
of the old tory party would willingly oppose them, but
influence and the needful are both wanting."
WINCHESITII.—There will be a severe contest here, of
the result of which it is impossible to form any opinion.
The nomination will ho on Thursday, and the polling on
Friday.
WALSALL.—Norainatimi on Wednesday. Three candi.
dates are in the field for one Neat. Two of these arc liberals.
The tory is Mr. Cake, of the Oxford Circuit.
West SOMERSET.—The sh,riff has appointed the nomi-
nation for Wednesday, August 11.
WOLVESTIAM rrox.—Nomination on Thursday.
WOODSTOCIL.—The force of the Duke of Marlborough's
nominee (the Marquis of Blandford) canvassing has com-
menced in this borough. It is understood that Mr. J, J.
Faulkner, of Oxford, a well-known temperance orator, will
be proposed by the liberal electors. The mayor has fixed
Thursday for the election.

IRELAND._

DVIILTN, JULY 25.

The Limerick and Clare Ernatiner contains an ac-
count of 0. fearful case of wholesale extermination,
which reminds one of an Algerine razzia rather than
an set committed in a civilised country and under tho
forms of law. The number of the evicted amounts
to nearly finer hundred, occe occupying 30 houses in
the town of Charleville. Of course, the statement of
the local paper is to be taken subject to considerable
exceptions, for exaggeration and pathetic colouring
are visible in every paragraph. But, stripping the
description of its superfluities, it appears that
a very large number of cottagers in the
village of Charleville, whose terms derived from
a mesne proprietor had expired, were evicted
on the 13th instant. The reporter, after particu-
lar cases of excessive misery, comes to the vil-
lage churchyard, " and here the evicted families,
numbering nearly four hundred, took shelter, and for
four consecutive nights slept under the canopy of
Heaven, huddled together—God tempering the wind
to the shorn lamb." The names are all given ; and it
appears that more than 100 of these miserable beings
were and are now in fever. The proprietor of the
property is the Earl of Cork—an absentee, I believe.
The Poor-law in Charleville opens auspiciously by the
addition of some three or four hundred supplicants for
relief within or without.

We are aware that informations had been sworn, at
the instance of the crown, against the present Mayor
of Limerick, for imputed fraud on the finance com-
mittee, of which he was a member. At a late hour
yesterday, the grand jury of the city unanimously
ignored the bill against Mr. \Valnatt, and found a
true bill against his partner, Mr. Stein. The latter
gentleman has traversed to the next assizes.
The districts in which provisions had been plun-
dered during the winter and spring are now begin-
ning to feel the consequences of retribution. In many
counties actions have been brought on the 23 and 24
Geo. 111., c. 20, which enables the proprietor of any
flour or milling establishment, bakery or provision
store, whose carriers are intercepted and sustain loss
or damage, to recover against the residents of any
parish where such an outrage is committed, and they.
in turn may levy contributions on the parish. The
owner of tfie Bruree mills, near Charleville, has just
recovered 142/. against the two chief inhabitants of
the parish. •
For the first time, resident magistrates have
claimed compensation for their attendance as si it-
nesscs, whether at assizes or sessions, from the coun-
ties where they have been engaged. This demand
should not be complied with—certainly not where
the stipendiaries have officiated within their own
districts.
To show the very serious decline in the price of
food, the finance committee of Limerick have con-
tracted for the supply of Indian corn at 10/. per ton,
and Indian meal at 111.45. 9d.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—The country papers to-day
speak of the condition of the country in terms of hope and
cheerfulness. The hsrrest prospects ere ray good, and they
have been crowned within the last day or two by • genial
rain which fell for several hours unaccompanied by wind,
saturating the parched earth, and stimulating the growth,
as well a. maturing the produce of the soil. With the excep-
tion of the "extermination" above referred to, the journals
do not contain a single record of crime.
ENCUMBERED EKTATES (lllELAND).—Pursuant CO the
provisions of an act passed in the tenth year of the rt ign of
her Majesty Queen Victoria, intitulcd "An Act to facilitate
the Improvement of Landed Property in Ireland," the com-
missioners of public works in Ireland hereby give notice,
that the several peewee named in the schedule hereunto an-
nexed have made application, by memorial, to the said com-
missioners far loans under the said set ; and in the said
schedule are also set forth the names of the Janis in respect
of which such persons have so respectively applied for such
loans, together with the amount of the loans so applied for
by such persons respectively ; and all parties claiming to be
interested in the said lands respectively, or snipe( them, and
all other parties whom it may concern, are hereby required,
on or before the 9th slay of August next, to transmit to the
said commissioners (office of public works, Dublin), their
dissent or objection (if any) to said memorials, or any of them,
or to any statement therein contained, or to the loan applied
for, with their reasons for such dissent or objection, and the
nature of their estate or interest in or charge upon said lands,
or any of them ; and the said cemminieners hereby call is
meeting of all persons claiming to be interested in the raid
lands, or any of them, and of all persons whom it may con-
cern, to be held on the 18th day of August neat, at the hour
e
of 12 o'clock at noon, et the office of public work., custem-
houee, Dublin, when and where the said commissioners will
o tfo
hear and inquire into such objections and dissents (deny),
and all such other matters and things as shell be then end
libertyth
erebtorougioohpot
before
t the hem ;
memorials sod alli spacidrmlnaoansin,teoreir
d ny,
of
o r
claiming to be interested, in any ofl
the said lands, are at
them, or the maps and specifications referred to thereby re-
spectively, and now lodged at their office.
Applksol

Dated a the Office of Mlle Works, :July 22, liii.
SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH, JULY 24.
The deputation that waited on the Privy Council
Education Committee, on behalf of the voluntary dis-
senters, are to hold a meeting here on Tuesday even-
ing, when the result of their negotiations with go-
vernment is to be detailed.

Sir Harry Smith is to be invited to a public dinner
in Glasgow next month. It is to be regretted that
an attempt is making to identify it with the anti-
radical yeomanry.
Reference has already been made to the absorbing
character of poor-law duties—here are some illustra-
tions in detail. During the past year the general and
committee meetings amounted to 228. The board
consists of 33 members ; of these some attended as
many an 210 meetings ; others so few as i : the ave-
rage attendance being 32.
Fever is still monopolising the wards of the infir-
mary, and intimation has been sent to the rural dis-
tricts not to send any more patients. The rural dis-
tricts would therefore do well to provide themselves
with hospital accommodation, so as to be prepared
against any future epidemic.

ACCIDENT ON THE DUNDEE. AND PEETH RAILWAY.—
The following, from the Dundee Warder, is a more parti-
cular account than was given yesterday. On Thursday, the
, half-past ten o clock train from Perth to Dundee, with six
or seven carriages, left at the usual hour, and had proceeded
as far as the under-crossing at Pilmores, when the engine
soddenly ran off the line, dragging some of the carriages
with it. Two of the thirdelass carriages were almost wholly
destroyed. One passenger, Mr. James Cargill, from the
neighbourhood of Newcastle, was killed, and other four pas-
sengers were injured, two of them seriously • bat the medi-
cal gentlemen report that there is no doubt oitheir recovery.
The train was proceeding at its usual speed, and the acci-
dent is supposed to have occurred from a deflection of the
rail upon the under crowing at Pilmores. The resident
engineer of the company, Mr. Lavoie? (who has just com-
pleted the execution of the Lancaster and Carlisle ltailway)

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