The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-30 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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DUBLIN, SEPT. 2S.
Onnsetcen STORES.—The Loren of the Treasury are
about to transfer to the relief committees of Ireland all the
biscuit in stores belonging to the ordnance throughout this
country.
MINISTERIAL PLAN OF RELIEF.—In his reply to a re-
presentation from the relief committee of Killererin and
Abbeyknock, Lord John Ruwell says :
I ter Majesty's government hove taken those menvures which they
considered movt urgent and moot expedient for the relief ot the la-
mentaige distress owing to the failure of the potato crop on Ireland.
The ext,ution of thole measures in detail is conlidel to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, and to the Board of Workv, and commiswiriat
acting under hitt Eteellency'g directions. It will be neeewary, there-
fare, that any applieatioas for local relief should be made to bun."
APPOINTMENT OF STIPENDIARY MAOISTRATES.—GO-
EeI:DUNA have appointed six new stipendiary magistrates.
The following are their names:—Mean. Miller, PJunket,
Ara'tin, Ffreneh, O'Brien, and Bermingham.—Evening
Mail.
SToFFINO PROVISTONS.—The Soulhens Reporter says:
" We h..ve been informed that fourteen cart-bads of corn, the pro-
perty, we are to:d, of a gentleman named Smith, were stopped on
8-ttur4y morning at, or near, Ratbeormac, by a crowd of person&
The potter, it iv added, interposed and endeavoured to effect a free
pavane for the carriers, but the crowd pentisted in preventing them
from proceratng fn this city whither they were hound. They were
obliged to turn beck, haring received no personal injury, and the pro-
perty of which they had charge remaining perfectly unmolested."
The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday states:
" This morning the carrier• of ea loads of oats, which were being
conveyed from cram to market In this city, were attacked near
Carats by a large party of countrymen, who stopped the horses, and
ripped the bags open, allowing the grain to be strewed in the mire.
They swore they would not permit corn to be sent out of the county,
and suleettuenUy destroyed three firkins of butter which another
countryman was bringing to town."
CONCILIATION lIALL.—Tnts PAT.
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The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was
held to-day, Mr. E. Clements, a barrister, in the chair.
The minutes of the previous day's proceedings having been
road, Mr. Ray, the secretary, proceeded to read the follow-
ing letter from Mr. O'Connell. The most essential part of
the letter is the following suggestion :
" My suggestion, I repeat, is that the landed proprietors, Instead of
continuing their scattered and isolated attempts to meet the corning
mbiehiet, should Immediately form a national committee to meet in
Dublin and assist at this disastrous moment, in the management of
such Irish affairs as relate to the approaching famine. This
committee might be composed of as many of the high sheriffs
as may choose to attend—also, as many deputy-lieutenants and
justices of the Kau., as would ehoori2 to assist—together with
such other landed proprietors as may be requeated by their own
local districts to give their aid and attendance. Such a body as this,
even upon a smaller scale than may be naturally expected' would
command the attenlion of the government both in England and in
Ireland—thoroughly acquainted as they would be with all the details
of Irish att. Ors, they would instruct, as well as Meet, the councils of
the executive. They would be listened to by parliament us well as by
the English people, and having the combined advantage of perfect
information—of pressing personal interest and a high sense of duty—
they would form the in.trunient best calculated to rescue Ireland from
otherwise inevitable destruction."
On the motion of Mr. J. O'Connell the letter was inserted
on the minutes. Mr. O'Connell spoke with regret of the
riots at Youghal, and apologised to Lord Glengall for a partial
mi -take in the notice he took of him at a former meeting.
The rent for the week was announced at M. 3s. 7d., after
which the meeting adjourned.
IHE LABOUR_ RATE ACT.

CORK.—Cot: asses.—The chair at the extraordinary pre-
sentment sessions held on Thursday last was taken by
Thomas Cuthbert, Ese,. The acreage of the barony is 9011
acres; the presentments passed amount to 4,000/. towards a
bridge across the Bandon, half the cost of which is to be
borne by another barony, and 1,500/. fur other works; the
population is 4,877. The Rev. Mr. O'Connor said that em-
ployment ought to be immediately. provided for three hun-
dred heads of families in that district—that was to say, pro-
vision for 1,500 starting people. Ile might say they were
starving, for they had not their dinners for to-morrow, and
it was only by the gentry and other classes contributing
beyond their means that they were able to support these
people hitherto. They were employed alternate days at
Is. 6d. a week. The same rev. gentleman stated that three-
fifths of the producing land of that district was et the present
moment in the same condition as if the Atlantic had flowed
in upon it : the remaining two-fifths was under corn, and
that was all the' people had to live upon, and to pay their
rents.
KINALMEAKY.—The extraordinary presentment sessions
were held on Friday hat ; Lord Bernard in the chair. The
chairman stated that the whole valuation of the barony was
38,1591., and it would be well for the meeting to consider
the relative proportion of the sum they would now grant.
Presentments were granted to the amount of 8,127!. A re-
solution was adopted recommending to government a loan to
the Cork and Bandon railway, which is now giving employ-
ment to a number of the labouring population.
KERRY.— TRA(.IITICONNOR.—The extraordinary pre-
sentment sessions for this barony were held at Listowel on
Wednesday last; John F. Hewson, Esq., in the chair.
There were present, among other geMtemen, Mr. Leslie Fos-
ter, and Mr. Pierce Mahoney ; the latter of whom contri-
buted mainly to put the business of the legions into shape.
Mr. Mahoney stated his wish that the works under the act
had been defined " re-productin; ;" but it exerted on the
28th of Auttcat, 184'
PUrPO6O3 e ; and Ins not intcAdell for permanent
tdva- nee; in t aoml miaineti of being called upon to repay the
en years, and to have to pap 31 per cent. in the
rt,err :he rental of the barony was 40,0001 , and what-
.Ai ey voted that day would be a charge on that sum.
t „ thoney and the other cues-payers ballotted for having
is ill': torn, he proposed that they, should agree to such works
ne„„ ; y were unanimous on, and co
retire toconsider the rest.
1•1•' Ns' tokes stated that the population of the barony was
•v•'' d of these one-fourth only were destitute; but the
last' 1 ny did not furnish work for half the population half the
tlle took it they had 12,000 persons to provide for.
: read a list of works spread over the barony
hich he estimated at 12,0001., and said these, with
"I other old county works done partly by subscription
(amounting to 3,000/. more), and the works on
the Fenle under the Drainage Act would suffice. Mr. Leslie
Foster thought that every one of Mr. Stokes's works ought to
be carried.
" In the taros y of nroadford in the county of Clare, where he
titely attended, in Louth and in 21cath, with each of which he (Mr.
Foster) was more or leas connected by property, works to a much
larger amount than this had been agreed to, and he thought that the
awe, here proposed was quite insufficient. It should be, at least,
double In amount. The act of parliament was expre-sly passed for
the purpose of pre, viting the people from starving. They should
pass a sufficient amcunt of money to prevent that melancholy event.
The works, certainly, ought to he of such a natute as to be repro-
ductive; but the main point was to prevent starvation. That was the
paramount object for which they were assembled. Ile could sec no
objection in appointing a committee to consider the repro-
ductivencw, of thew works, and to see that they were fairly distri-
buted ; but he thought it was not treating the meeting properly—be
thought it was not treating the hungry people well—he should speak
plainly—to disappoint the expectation, of the several hungry people,
who came to Listowel this day, in the anxious anticipation of having
works immediately commenced, to re-cue them from their deplor-
aWc Ile thought that not one moment should be lost
fn recommending works to an ammoont that would amply meet the
exigency. Ile thought it desirable to refer other work, to a com-
mittee, but ilium: recommended by Mr. Stokes ought to be pawed
fa thwith."
Mr. Leonard spoke in an exciting strain in behalf of
the people. Some of his expressions having, or being
interpreted to have, a political bearing, he was inter-
ninted, which occasioned some confusion ammo; the
autlience. He maintained that Mr. Stoker's estimate of
the distress was too low. The Rev. Mr. Mahony addressed
the people, assuring them that the gentlemen were most
anxious to provide for their relief, and would provioe for it.
He implored them to keep the law. The committee then
retired, and had not repotted when our informant left.
The Trake Chronicle of Saturday contains a statement
of the amount of assessments passed in Kerry up to that
day :
Dunkerron, North ... •.• 12,190 0
Clanmaurice •.. ••• ••• •.. 2%074 0
Trughenackmy (this day) ... 65,000 0
We have trot been favoured with a list of the several works. The
,TOl ks will all be in operation against the Ist of November, and many
of them sooner.
MAYO. hivnalsx.—The extraordinary presentment
sessions was held at Westport on Wednesday last, John
Brown, Esq., in the chair. Eleven of the twelve cess-payers
balloted for ems( and and acted. Mr. Gamey moved that
presentments to the amount of 32,0001. be granted for the
relief of the destitute. Mr. Fitzgerald Iliggins moved
80,000/., as an amendment, which was carried. Mr. Brett,
the county surveyor, stated, that about 8,6001. would be re-
quired to complete the unfinished works carried on under
the Board of Works. lie read a schedule of new works
which he thought necessary to be executed, amounting to
26.000/., or thereabout ,• and added to these about 20,0001.
fir piers and safety harbours et several places on the coast
and in Clare Island, and the islands of Innishboffin and In-
niaburke. Addis' :nal presentments were made, and about
six o'clock, the stipulated sum of 80,000/. had been pre-
sented. Complaints were made of the delay of the Relief
Committee in making out the authentic lists of the destitute
required by government. The Rev. Mr. M'Manns com-
plained of delays in the payment of labourers. A proposal to
grant 40,0001. to enable small farmers to purchase lime and
other manure was rejected,.ds incompetent under the act.
Shortly before the close of the. proceedings the lion. and
Rev. Mr. Plunket, Vicar of Bev, made an observation to
the effect that the landlords, who (he said) were "the best
friends to the people," would be swamped by the present
proceedings , and the tandlords and tenantry would equally
be ruined by carrying on these unprofitable w:,rks at such
an enormous outlay. E.ev. P. IPManus, in reply, said,
oish,_ that it ill became apereon whose ample revenues are derived