The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 21, 1848.

of Tends say it was intended to suffer =mop* to
ems into operation attain. ky opinion is, that government
ought so have grappled with the einesties at ewes, and it
would have required bat little trouble in the pretest feeling
alibi country to put it down; end, indeed, I hen little
doubt the monopolists would have easily yielded to it, for it
must bs known it can only remain deism months longer in
operation, and I should say they would hardly have dead
or have had the hardihood to °ppm. the total repeal of the..
Mostunjust and infusions corn laws. I thinkit would be
▪ to Lord J. Russell, or any whig admisistriktioe that eould
be brined, that they should attempt to continue monopoly.
Is this a time, when oar industry is depressed to an extent
never known before, and when Emaufeesarers are compelled
to work short time, and are reluctantly compelled to redoes
the price of wages, when the pries of the ordinary food of
the people, I mean potatoes, is nearly three times its usual
amount—is this the time kw a liberal ministry to my they
will suffer the sliding male to come again into operation ?
I trait that the whole sernatry will be roused upon this
subject.
The SZCZETAST then reel the following petition :

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bee asteeenebeined the oaks With supirialealellael
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te= the laden tet, mid the mat lama shell beam mailebte,
rearrease ef dittos) end year poiltlamera believe that
We eradirelies, email Tab a dee te hal waft imports be-
fore N. Ist ef /Ike* has einedp Waled weediest was may ked
te a imemosed 'spirt alkalis% sale Mr OM Mira if COMMer-
ealmaddemeee lewd ter each se mid hp which the In.
dreg ef the mastry sea be elm sesteined. wrieeing all the
elreemeanses et the he lea yews, yeer.pwideres me ars ass to
etassim m what sesameadhe rounds templed the aiding-
male et dales ea ems ea the la of March ask ea be deeseded.
it be mimed that tise act of ISM, yid* lied the lat ef
UM as M. day ea which • whir gases alma etatmeme=
lee et a magnet, your pedant's mower lid the dimemileas of
Divine Provide's= scattered sash maraud amps& is Me
winds, and exhibited in irresistible the consequehesef which
ere still heavy upon us, the Impiety d makik; compacts abed. es-
tica's hod. If the motive beta wool lest, hat still unjust, edientege
In Ma agricultural interests, youipeekonera beliere that the resump-
tion el the eliding .sale on the let Meek will not benefit the owners,
aN eel leas the occupiers of land. The ally apace of time over
wide ths eliding male can exercise es harden' influence will be
belhesee the Ist of March and the of the harvest of 1848.
Da inept of that influence will be davra.d by the quantity of corn
en Mad on the let of March ; and your km. house may fairly expect
OM ea much foreign corn will be introduced before that day as the
mama of impoeters will permit. The tesumption of duties on
gam day disturts the gradual current of supply, and invitee the ut-
ak& importation within the appointed limit. Your petitioners there.
tam aspect that, though the payment. fir corn imported under such
chenheleasee may again derange ocomnereisl industry, yet the prices
of kali set be so seriously affected es to compensate fur a state of
damp whisk will arise on the gathering in of the harvest, when, In
ell probability, the autumn importations of foreign corn, either actual
or prospective, in anticipation of the Ist of the following February,
will induce the farmer. of this country, as in 1642, to Wag
their pro duue forthwith to market, under the influences of tame,
and to Fell at prices much below those which would be obtainable
with the present equability of the trade net disturbed by
the intendeu re-introduction, for so short an existence, of a vicious
and repudiated system. That your petitioners believe that the return to
the sliding scale, even for th short • period, will be most mischievous;
that, without brute of benefit to any clam, it may tend to cease one
of those repulsionsln commerce which have ever been consequent
upon that system, and which will not only inevitably retard a return
to activity in the manufseturing districts, but may involve • renewal
of those privations Lunt calamities which the people have so king borne
with exemplary patience, and hone which they have not had either
time or opportunity to nearer. Your petitioners therefore humbly
but most earnestly pray, that the law under which corn is at this mo-
ment imported, may he continsid to the Ist of February, 1819, and
that your honourable house may not permit the resumption of the
sliding scale of 1646.—Manchester, Jou. 20, 1618.
r. Ald. Bkooxs moved the adoption of this petition, and
that it be presented to both houses of parliament ; and Mr.
THOS. ASHTON seconded it.
Mr. HENRY, said it was unnecessary to add further
remarks, but he might be permitted to soy that when he
beard of the intention of government to resume this duty he
heard it with dismay, and he felt within biraself that there
men were not lit to reign over us. (Applause.) He felt that
they should be wanting to themselves and the community, if
they did not inform Cie minister that he was making • groat
mistake. The connexion he happened to have with the United
Staten led him to call their attention to the groat importation
of manufactured goods to that couatry in consequence of the
admission of grain from there ; and if it had not been that
the United States kid taken those manufacture, for food the
specie of this country must have gone to a much greater ex-
tent, as it would do again should food be required to make
up for a short harem; and should this law come into
operation.
The PRESIDENT said he had a letter from Mr. Bright, re-
gretting he could not be present. He understood one rea-
son for bringing the law in force war that the Chancellor of
the Etchiquer calculated on a million of revenue in the
next year from corn ; but be that so it might it was a meet
scandalous source of revenue. The President was about to
leave the chair, when,
The CORRESPONDENT of the Daily News rose, and ad-
dressed the assembly to the following purport lie had to
claim the usistance of the chamber, and of the president,
in a matter which, though not bearing upon the question
which had called the meeting together, had some affinity to
it. Unfortunately in the Manchester press there was
a lingering remnant of monopoly and despotism ;
and though he regretted to bring the matter before
the chamber, he bad no other course to pursue in the die
charge of his duty there as the representative of a London
paper, the Daily News. At • meeting on the previous day,
where • petition was passed for the removal of Jewish din-
abilities, the document was given to one of the reporters of
the Manchester Guardian, but owing to some feeling el
rivalry on the part of the reporter In question he remade)
show the same courtesy to the Doily Amos as to the Man-
chester papers. Now, what he (the correspondent)
had to ask was, that the Daily News—which had
• very large circulation, • circulation quite unpre-
cedented in Manchester or a daily paper, considering
the comparatively short time it bad been established—
might be allowed to have a eupy of the documents be-
fore they were removed from the chamber. lie regretted
that such an application should have been rendered',
necessary. He had been compelled to make it before the
president left the chair, well knowing that, as on former oc-
casions, while gentlemen were putting on their hats, and in
the confusion which generally ensued upon the breaking up
of a numerous meeting, the documents might be taken away,
and he might be deprived of their use.
The PRESIDINT said that as there was much a. feeling, he
was very glad that the application had been made to the
chamber, which was most happy and most minima on all
occasions to furnish its documents to each member of the
press alike ; and he wished it to be andenteod that every
member of the press should have free access to them before
they were removed. (Applause.)
The Secretary politely handed to our correspondent an
extra copy of the petition, the reporter of the Manchester
Guardian having previously obtained a promise of the on
ginal document. The latter made no reply to the charge.
A vote of thanks was given to the President, and the
meeting then separated.

IRELAND.
Donna, JAN. 19.
Lord Suirdale, high-sheriff of Tipperary, has issued
a notice to all the Boni et legates within his suspicious
bailiwick, to come in on Monday next, and hear the
royal commission opened. Jurors are particularly
requested to attend, and if the same intrepidity and
honesty be observed by the juries of the eouth riding
as have characterised their brethren in Limerick and
Clare, periodic outrage will be deprived of one of its
surest stimulants. Another movement takes place
simultaneously with the commission. It appears
the surrender of arms has not been as general as the
authorities expected, considering the heavy penalties
which await non-compliance with the proclamation.
To facilitate the disarmament, the police now go about
in compact but secret detachments, and pounce on the
musket or blunderbuss before it is laid up in ordinary.
By taking parties by surprise the police in Nenagh
have in one foray secured qty _ stand within a small
circuit of the town. In the King's County and Ros-
common the same " ingenious device" has been prac-
tised with success.
Mr. Baldwin, Q.C., obtained an order on the
Queen's Bench, yesterday, to have the prisoners now
confined in Nenagh gaol removed to Clonmel for
trial at the commission. The prisoners against whom
he moved on behalf of the crown were charged with
murder, and by the recent act the Lord-Lieutenant,
or any of the superior judges, could make the order.
The Earl of Clarendon preferred submitting to the
Court of Queen's Bench than to rely on his proprio
molts.
Appended to a series of long resolutions by
the clergy of the deanery of Claremorris, Mayo, is a
schedule of the schools supported by voluntary con-
tributions in that deanery. The number of whim
is eight, and of schools sixty-one, or an average of
seven and a half to each parish. The proportion is
large, but the quality of the education may admit of
improvement.
Society is to be composed and improved by another
Nation, more national and "spirited" than the great
father of each patriotic publications. The secession
from the secession is to have a representative to " in-
fluence public opinion" through the doctrines of Roche
Fermoy. On the 12th of February will appear the first
number of a weekly paper, entitled the United Trials.'
man, with a motto from Wolfe Tone blazing meteori-
cally in the front, "Our independence must be had at
all hazards. If the men of property will not support
us, they must fall." Sic inmpitur. The projectors of
this organ of progress are Mews. Mitchell and Reilly.
Tired and disgusted with shams of Old Ireland and
Young Ireland, "they believe that the public ear is

thirsting to hear some voice holder, more intelligible,
more independent of parties, policies, and cliques than
any it has heard for a long while !" A further
article of the new creed is "that Ireland really and
truly wants to be freed teem English dominion.' Now
to make those convictions of Messrs. Mitchell and
Reilly "racy of the soil," if the soil be not already
impregnated with insurrectionary brimstone, ti e
United Irishman will labour with more zeal, we
reasonably expect, than success. The suit of new
principles in which the projectors equip themselves
consists of len "purple patches," right dazzling to be-
hold and to attract. Their good sense and practica-
bility are sure to be admired.

I Tule Coartc:ox At-T.—tisane% FOR Anxs.—Tlre
is from the Nenaph Guardian: "On Sunday morning last,
at dawn of day, simultaneous 'earth, under the coercion act,
was made in this division of the county by the constabulary.
Large reinforcement. of police arrived here the preceding
night at 11 o'clock and at an early hour the following_ morn-
lop, accompanied by the local men under Hr. P. Carroll,
county inspector,idr. C. O'Dell, sub•inspector, proceeded in
every direction of the county in search of arms. So admirably
did the heads of the police manage the business, that
not one in the town, save themselves, had the
slightest idea of their Mended move Had it been
otherwise, scouts from Nenagh would have spread
the news in all directions, and the search would con-
sequently have been futile. It was not until nearly every
hill and valley and mountain-top was ' dotted,' as it were,
with police, that the bewildered peasantry were aware of
their intentions. After a lengthened search they seised
upon 60 stand of arms (20 of which were taken in /genus rh
and its vicinity), and the various parties in whore possession
they were found have been summoned to Nenagh Petty
Sessions, and, upon conviction, are liable to a penalty of two
years' imprisonment. Several pikes, some powder, &c., were
also taken." .

The Tipperary Vindicator states that the search was a
failure. Here is the repeal journal's account of the affair:
"Throughout the last fortnight great numbers of police-
men from Waterford, the Queen's County, Kilkenny, Car-
low, ?death, &c., have entered Tipperary, King's County,
parts of Clare, and Limerick, sad under the surveillance of
their chiefs proceeded in search of fire arm.. We believe
that the delivery of arms, under the terms of the lord
lieutenant's proclamation, has fallen immeasurably short of
the expectations of the authorities, and that, only in com-
paratively partial instances, have ®rearms been given up.
The police engaged in this duty have for the greater part
returnned to thew respective quarters."