The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-19 00:00:00

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DCBLIN, AIICHMIT 17.
Tae is beginning to agitate the landlords,
and they look around sor Fawner anu security against
the day of disaster. The encumbered classes are
particularly sensitive, and not without good reason.
A southern landlord, titled and indebted, has set
about a tenant reformation, to enable him to keep oat
of market overt. In consequence, it is stated in a
circular to hie tenantry, of the great pressure upon
landlords " from the universal nonpayment of rents,"
the stoppage of discount by the banks, and the ad-
vent of the odious poor law, new rules and modes of
treatment become necessary, and of these the prin-
cipal aim at two results, punctuality on the side of
the tenants, and a stringent severity on that of the
landlord. There is not to be hereafter what is called
a " hanging gale"—a system most pernicious to the
habits of the people, as well as affording a terrible
instrument of oppression to a vicious landlord. So
far the reform is Judicious.
Another article is worthy of imitation with Irish
landlords. Leases for sixteen years, under the new
act, will be granted at a charge of 3s. 6d. each, all
fees included, to such tenants as hold ten Irish acres
within one fent*. We are beginning to look after
the fortunes of our tenantry in Ireland. So far the
poor law has accomplished one of its ends.
The police have been calculating the amount of
the rate for the ensuing half year among the
householders. It has startled them a little, the in-
crease on the past half year being about 100 per cent.,
on the preceding half 130 per cent. The rate for the
North Union is over 21,000/. The crisis seems at
length about to fall on Ireland, for it is very confi-
dently affirmed that many days will not elapse ere
some of our houses high in mercantile character will
be compelled to stop payments, or seek for time and
forbearance. Indeed, already time has, it is said,
been sought fer, and the names of four or five firms
have been freely talked of as " shaky." But obvi-
ously it would bo unjust as well as premature to
name them as yet.
The harvest operations are in rapid progress
throughout the country. I was yesterday assured by
agentleman, who has traversed within the last fort-
night a good part of Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, and
King's and Queen's counties, that never in any pre-
vious year did he see so large a breadth of harvest
cut down at so early a period. My informant
feels convinced that on the let September there will
not be throughout the country he visited a single
blade of corn standing. The produce is uncommonly
fine, and the yield far beyond the average. The po-
tato harvest is now secure, and the crop quite safe
and most prolific. In various localities there have
been traces of blight exhibited, but not to any greater
extent than has occurred any and every year during
any of the 20 autumns preceding 1845.
The Corn Exchange to-day was very fully supplied,
and prices of all cereals are falling rapidly. Scarcely
anything was done in old wheat, as holders were not
ready to submit to the rates offered, fully five per
cent. under those of Friday last. New white wheat
was sold to-day at 30s. to 31s. per barrel, new red
wheat 26e. to 30s. per barrel ; new oats were freely
offered at 12a. per barrel, quality prime; old oats
sold at lie. to 16s. per barrel, quality equal to that
bringing 275. three months since. Barrel flour :
American rated at 26r. to 28e. ; home manufactured,
20s. to 225. per cwt. A factor assured me that he
sold a quantity of pease meal at Ss. per cwt. on 'Change
to-day, of a quality equal to that for which he found
free eldest 225. per cwt. in May last.
meyo ELECTION.—On Monday morning Mr. J. M. Mae-
DonneU, late member, and Mr. John Denis Browne, having
become satisfied that their chews' of success were very
small indeed, retired from the contest, and the sheriff in the
course of yesterday was to have declared Mr. It. D. Browne
and Mr. G. 11. Moon duly elected.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, Aim. 17.
An analysis of the votes given at the late city elec-
tion has been published. It is as follows:

Oman 913
Blackburn
Macaulay 62
Gibnon•Cruis

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1321
Cawan and
Cowan sad
69
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42
liacsalay and Blmck Caen 3O
The constituency ought to amount to 5,000, but of
these only about 4,500 are in a condition to vote. And
the number who actually polled did not probably ex-
ceed 3,800. It appears that Cowan had 913 plumper.,
437 votes split with Gibson• Craig and 42 votes split
with Macaulay—in all, 1,392. These may fairly be
assumed to have been liberal votes. Macaulay had
82 plumper., 1,321 split with Gibson-Craig, and 42
with Cowan—in all, 1,425. It appears, therefore,
that notwithstanding the extensive disaffection
towards Mr. Macaulay in Edinburgh, he still was the
favourite candidate of a majority, though a small one,
el the liberals. "But this avails not. The deed is
done.
We have lost one of our local celebrities in a small
way : Mr. Alexander Robertson, umquhile teacher
mid seller of music, better known, perhaps, among
ae as the brother of the late John Robertson, than in
W own personality. John Robertson's back-shop in
the High-street was the rendezvous of the out-and-
eat liberals (and of some who, like the present pre-
'Heat of our Scottish Academy, loved character, and
oared not for parties)—of those who went beyond the
EdniburgA Renew school—in the evil days of 1819.
He had a considerable hand in the original establish-
ment of the Scotsman, and, without meaning any dis-
respect to the management, the cause of his subsequent
secession from it was most honourable to him. The
entire affection of the two brothers was an admir-
able feature in their character. John, the stern,
uncompromising liberal, was the man of intellect
and will ; Alexander tried to be his brother, as much
as a natural hankering for dangling at the tail of the
aristocracy would permit. Alexander wee a counter-
part of John, with somewhat feminine features.
After his brother's death, Alexander having acquired
a competency, threw himself vigorously into the pub-
lic business line, which he had previously eschewed.
There was benevolence and good will in all his
struggles, but ho lacked the manliness of John.
Alexander was almost the last of a clique or coterie
(we use the terms in no offensive sense) moat charac-
teristic of the better class of Edinburgh shopkeepers
in the earlier quarter of the century, of whom
few specimens now survive. Even he had lost
his onginal plumage, and descended upon us as a
landowner before his death. Peace to their memories
Two more honest men or affectionate relatives we
have not known.