The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

LIVERPOOL IS AT LAST BEING PCRIPIED OF THE MASSES
OF POVERTY AND DISEASE that have too long afflicted that
town. The cellars in which typhus was generated are being
cleared of their wretched tenants, and the Irish who have no
legal claim upon the local rates are being conveyed to their own
country, where the new law will afford them relief. On Fri-
day and Saturday ne fewer than eighty persons were sum-
moned to the police-otfice for having let their cellars to Irish
immigrants, the said cellars being only about 6 feet in height
from the floor to the ceiling, and the ceiling being about a
foot to a foot and a half above the level of the street. Moat
of these cellars were situated in Lace-street, Midghall-street,
and in the vicinity of that low and densely-populated part of
the town ; and it appeared that fever had been, and still is,
raging in nearly the whole of them, and that, not confining
itself to the wretched occupants of the ground-floor, it had
spread its ravages to those occupying the rooms above, and
was rapidly consigning its victims to premitere graves.
In every one of those eighty cases Mr. Rushton
inflicted a floe of 11. 4s. rid., and repeatedly ex
pressed his determination to levy a similar fine for
every day the cellars should continue to be occupied
after that first conviction. He urged strongly that the
inspector of nuisances should proceed with the salutary
work of laying additional informations against other
offenders; and he was informed, is reply, that the sanitary
committee had fully made up their minds not to cease their
exertions until they had first cleared, and then filled up
with sand or other matter, so as to render uninhabitable at
any future period every one of these hotbeds of infection.
The arrangements for convening the paupers hack to Ireland
are new complete. The Cork. Waterford, Dublin, Belfast,
Drogheda, Newry, and Dundalk steamers are under contract,
and the printed forms of passes for the passengers arc &needy.
This week will witness an extensive exportation of Irish from
the Mersey. About 300 had sailed up to Saturday night. All
of these, with very few exceptions. embarked with reluctance so
marked and decided that, were it not for the puling of the
Poor Removals Bill, doubtless (says the Liverpool Albion)
we should have had the pleasure of their company and
the gratification of contributing to their continued support
for many a day. Twenty of them refused point blank to
quit England upon any terms, and seemed to think that the
kind treatment and the excellent fare they had been re-
ceiving here were amply sufficient to banish from their
minds every vestige of love for fatherland. These 20 had,
therefore, to be taken into custody and brought before the
police magistrate. The process of compelling to leave, ac-
cording to the provisions of the new act, is the work of a
moment. The relieving officer who has been in the habit
of Tinting their district proves that they have been re-
cipients of parish relief for one, two, three, or four months,
as the case may be; Mr. Evans, of the parish-office, then
proves that they have, on that day, been relieved by him in
money ; and the pauper deposes that he or she has reason
to believe that such or such a place in Ireland has been
the place of his or her birth. Then tyre warrants are
signed, for which Is. in the shape of fees are payable by the
parish into the borough fund; and while one of these war-
rants is detained here, in ease proof of the pass being given
may hereafter be required, the other is handed to the captain
of the steamer, and is his authority for keeping the pauper
in custody on board until he or she is landed at the port
nearest the place of birth. "The twenty recounts on
Saturday (continues the Albion), offered fifty reasons why
they ought to be permitted to remain. One had a brother
here, in a good line of business, and neither • kith, kin,
nor relationship in any part of Ireland.' Another had eons
in America, from whom he expected a remittance in a day
or two, that would take him across the Atlantic. A third
would let his wife go to Ireland, but wanted himself to go
into the interior of the country to cat the harvest. A fourth
would break stones, sweep the streets, or do anything, how-
ever menial, rather than go back. A fifth did not know
where she had been born: it might be Roscommon. or it
might be Cork, or Clare, or Tipperary; she believed it
was in some part of Ireland, but bad luck to her if she
knew or cared where.' Somebody had told her it was in
Roscommon, but that somebody aught be mistaken, and she
would not ' father' herself upon that county by taking the
oath. Several others also refused to take the oath, which
merely deposes as to their birth-places; but a refusal
of this kind does not vitiate the law, for, upon proof
that they are recipients of parish relief and were born
in Ireland, they can be shipped off talent role's& These
were the sort of excuses made and reasons advanced.
None of them had any effect, except in the one case in which
the fellow promised to earn money by cutting the harvest,
and permitted his wife to return to Ireland. Mr. Rushton
told the whole of them, what they appeared to be ignorant
of, that the system of giving out-door relief, as in England,
was now in full operation in their own country; that they
had long enough been a burden upon the industrious shop-
keepers of Liverpool; and that they must go back that
night, and be supported in future by the Insh landlords.
And, accordingly, that very night they set sail, along with
others, for Mayo, Roscommon, Cavan, Louth, Dundalk, and
Drogheda. Already the passing of the new act has had
another and a very salutary effect, namely, it has caused a
diminution in the number of applicants for parish relief to
the extent of upwards of 1,000; and it is believed that these
1,000 persons, seeing that, if they remained, Ireland must
be their destination the next week or fortnight, have sud-
denly discovered that they can work, and that they have
now decamped into the interior of the country for the pur-
pose of cutting the harvest "
EXPLOSION AT K tnxEY COLLIERT.—Since the occurrence
of this catastrophe four more of the sufferers have died from
the effect of their injuries, making a total of thirteen who
have perished. Several inquests have been held on one or
other of the bodies, at which verdicts of " Accidental death"
were returned ; but on Friday, at an inquiry held at Wigan
on another sufferer, the proceedings were adjourned, and the
following suggestion, arising from the continued reports

relative to the management of the mine in
adopted 1,-, the'uTy :_,, The i„, autis,• question, was
..we Mr. Peace to
'',_i,eYr th... mine, io elamine the'ete....d re port on the venti-
'a" ...in of le pit, and ascertain ~,, true causes of the explo-
sion, and upart theteon ".. ':ae jury on or before Thursday
nett." Our corrr.pondee:„ seys—" It is understood that a
government inspector 'Ai coining down immediately to in-
quire into the circuw.tances attending this explosion."
ANOTHER COLLI.ERY EIPLOSION.—Two lives were Wei-
(iced again on Fe.day evening, by another explosion of sul-
phur, in a mir.e milled " Aberdeen Pit," near Adlington,
and only a fern miles distant from the Hakim" Hall eollier7.
The inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers was to
be held la'A evening, at 5 o'clock. The Brinks pit had been
stopped :.n consequence of its having been flooded, but last
week !kit water having been pumped out, an attempt was
remote to work again. The colliers, however, reported
e.iat the sulphur waspresent in the workings and facings to
such an extent as to render it impracticable, and on Friday
the underlooker turned a stream of water, which came from
an upcaat shaft down this, which is a downcast shaft, to dis-
lodge the sulphur. It had the desired effect, but part of the
dislodged sulphur was forced into the workings of the Aber-
deen pit (the workings of both pits being connected), where
the colliers were lathe habit of getting coal with the naked
candle*. In this state of things, two colliers, Jelin and
Elijah Rutter (father and son), were going to work at 7
o'clock on Friday evening, with naked candles intheir hands,
cams in contact with the sulphur, an explosion ensued, sad
they were killed. It would seem to be unsafe to allow col-
lier* to work without safety lamps under any circumstances.
9031ERSETSIIIRF-
YZOV IL.—AN Ex AY PLE FOR LAN DO WNERS.—Mr.E.New-
man, the lord of the manor of liendford, has erected a large
tank in Iforsey'elute, for receiving the sewerage soil of the
town, and it is disposed of to agriculturists in a lipid state
for manure. By this economic arrangement a large quantity
most valuable manure, which has hitherto been wasted,
will be rescued from destruction, and made available for the
reproduction of food.

matt.-
M. ROUSSELOT's SOIREE.—M. Rousselot gale
performance last evening in the Beethoven Rooms, in Har-
ley-street, which served as an epilogue to the meetings of the
Beethoven Quartet Society for this season. The rooms were
completely filled by the company who have usually attended
these meetings. The entertainment consisted of Beethoven's
Quintet in Y, flat, hp. 4; Rousselot's Septuor in E flat;
Mozart's Quintet in O minor; and Beethoven's Quintet in
C, Op. 29. These quintets of Mozart and Beethoven are
well known to amateurs, and it is sufficient to say that they
were played in perfection, the performers being Joachim
and Balaton, violins; Hill and Thomas, tenon; and
Rousselot, violoncello. M. Rousselot's septuor demands
particular notice, u being a work of a very high order by a
composer who seems hitherto, in this country, to have " hid
his candle under a bushel," though in Petrie his instru-
mental music is well known and highly esteemed.
This septuor is for the pianoforte, violin, violoncello, contra-
basso, oboe, bassoon, and horn ; and was performed by
Messrs. Sloper, Sainton, Rousselot, Casolani, Barret, Bau-
mann, and Jarret. It is full of vigour and energy, with a
clear dest, great breadth of outline, and remarkable rich-
ness and beauty in its details. The bold and imaginative
scherzo is quite in the spirit of Beethoven, and the andante
is delightful, from the fine strains of melody breathed by the
wind instruments. The whole work possesses originality,
and decided individuality of character—a rare quality in
music new-a-days, when the forms both of melody and har-
mony, seem to be almost exhausted. We cannot take leave
of H. Rousselot's meetings for this season without again ac-
knowledging the debt owing to him by the musical public,
for bit great and successful efforts in making known to us
the recondite beauties of Beethoven's quartets, by perform-
ing them with a care and delicacy previously unknown.

Etc ZElranta.
ADELPIII.—" Ont on the Sly, or a Fete at Reshot-
vine," is the title of a farce produced here last evening. Its
characteristics are of the old-established order of Adelphi
farces, but scarcely up to their average degree of merit. The
humour of the piece turns upon the truant propensities of a
married couple, who, unknown to each other, are " out
on the sly" at a well.known place of popular resort,
and conducting separate intrigues, in the course of
which all kinds of improbabilities in the way of
stage situations arise. Two or three seta of lovers
complete the chapter of cross-purposes, every one, ly au in-
genious expedient of the dramatist, appearing on a sud.len
to take a fancy to his friend's mistress. The consequent con-
fusion may therefore be imagined. The trifle, however,
though carried to the height of extravagance, is amusing
here and there, and will doubtlese suit the purpose of the
management, sa it was heartily received by the audience,
and announced for repetition every evening. The character
were well supported throughout.

NAVAL
OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON,

MALTA, Jr LT 4.—At Malta: Ceylon, 12, bearirg the flag of Admiral
Sir Lucius Curtis; Rodney, 90, Capt. E. Collier; &netts, 6,5 t.....,
Com. Brock, to mil on 10th for England, to bepaid off ; Meteor,
Corn. Battler, to sail for Constantinople, to relieve Heels ordered
home; Flamer, Can. Lyle; Ardent, st..Y., Lieut. Baker; and Wee
Pet, st..tug. At Gibraltar Virago, at. v., Corn. J. Lunn. Off Athens
Albion, 93, Capt. C. H. Fremantle; Vanguard, 60, Capt. G. W. Willes.
At Beyrout : Spartan, 26, Capt. Symonds. At NO.: Moline, 12,
Corn. Tryon. At &denies : Pantome, 16, Com. Le Hardy. At
Smyrna Harlequin, 16, Com. Moore. At Barcelona : Amason, 26,
Capt. West. Locust, st..v., Lieut. Power, left for Athens on the Ist,
Immediately after the arrival of the Ardent from Marsolles with the
overland mail. Volcano, at.-Y., Lieut. Creole, left on the 3rd for the
lonian Islands and Palms with the mails. Spitfire, 5t...„ Lieut. J. A.
Macdonald, is at Marstilles, awaiting the err iYal of the London mail
of the Ith. %Wage., 22, and the Research, cutter, ore surveying in the
Archipelago. The Rodney will leave this for Athena immediately
after the arrival of the direct French steamer of the Itti ; she hat taken
in four months prOTiMOII4 for herself and the other ships in the Le-
vant. This looks ominous of something. Cal. Lockyer of the 97th
regiment, and Mr. Inn, of the Master Attendant's-efilee, went up in
the Locust.