The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DOE" MAT 8.
John Martin, who was sentenced to ten years'
=tion, is in imminent Lager, it is said. His
told hardly know him, he is so much altered,
and an applitivion is about being made to have him '
admitted to bail even for a short time. His political
weer was a eery brief one, and he certainly did much
Ism to came excaerernt than many others of the
pargewith which ha was allied.
speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has
given much satisfaction bare. There is hope that a
handsome sum will be collected hers for the papule-
tiot in the west. Mr. Pagan, the member for Wex-
ford has cootributed 1001. Mr. (iraUan, the ex-IWTII-
- for Wicklow, has also given 1001.
The Poor-law Commissioners recently appl;ed to
the Tralee Board of Guardians for a portion of the
money advanced ander the Temporary Relit f Act. In
reply t • the application the board passed the follow-
ing resolutioe, the latter put of which is the strongest
testimony to the state of Weirs in the sooth-weat.
Rveolvedl-1a reply to the eastehriocere letter No. 818,
dated April 23, we regret to state that there tea be so
money paid a cues, there bring so funk in heads. The
weeky collection le hardly saficiest to nett the weekly de.
mood far provisions, salaries, Ile., sad the guardians fear it
must be a ocasiderable tins before they sea baps to be in a
peabien to repay say part of the denead, as the board is at
pusses about 8,0001. is debt to contractors sad amain
err:glees heavier rates upoa the Woe. The fanners
it
Lens) are duly leaving the twastry, many poorer
sap we mats, into the workhouse. Numbers of acres are
nenlo. Ike rester portion. of thawed, of the-nuiou are at
inniad Ow she poor Pa" sed parch/went anon=caved, mossy ateielleill how warred of cows and
Urea Molly, bent sold for poor rates, es low as 6a to
b. gi. earA.

DRAMA.
NAITLEBONI THEATRE.

A tragedy, entitled " Virginia" has been produced
at this thaw with cossiderable seumms. It is founded on
the modern Frisch gauged y called " Virgin*" which was
wattles expressly for Mdile. Rachel, and in which she
=I at the Bt. Jaars's Theatre daring her last visit to
The Raglisk version—which, however, is hr from
Wee a men translation—is the work of Mr. Dunked, sad
domisomen to the talents of this aconapliehel writer. In
the esnalonetion of the piece, the arrangemeat of the
and the sneoession of the incidents, he has closely ft=
the Ina& dramatist; but, in regard to the dialogue he has
greatly mitigated the faults inherent n Fuch
tragedy—its wordlesss, faraudity, and coldages. ldr. Oxen-
fore's dialogse is really dialogue, sad not en alternatior
of set speeches; the thoughts and esatimenta of the final
are pretelval, bat, cleared of the menetwoue diodes in erlich
they were travel, peg, sad expressed with the ters-aess and
vigour of Rua h dramatic poetry. hill the play labours
under the halt foal which French tragedy is never wholly
gnu—tedtuadeney of language shd peaeley of action. Bosse
of the leading 'yeah of the story are narrated rather than
represented, sad the piece has not that rapidity of movement
which stirs the spectator and warms him lato sympathy. It
eeems, Lode. d, a work of supererogation to have tr traduced
this foreign production to the state of a country which pew
*sees the "Virgusius" of Sheridaaßnowln; • tragedy which,
though less " " in its fora than that of M. Lamer,
is such liveries is vigour, pathos, and interest.
In Mr. Choinford's version there are soft and fen'.
nine traits which, ea far as we eon remember, are act in
the original play ; at least, it appeared to us that Mrs.
Mowatt's npreesstatien of the character, though not sow-
parable on the whole to Rachel's, was less severe and hard,
and, is some pplaces. was store natural and effecting. Mr.
Idowatt's perfwmwes indeed, has many beauties of a high
order, dad well droves the treat applause it receives.
Virgin/in, which in this play becomes a secondary part,
is acted by Mr. Davenport with manliness and (sells' ; sad
Mr. Jebnatooe doe justice to the characte of Atmaa
Claudius. The piece is well put upon the Stager the scenery
and costames being comet sad in good taste.

CLERICAL.
PRIMMIIIM—Rov. HIMIZIT WILSON, to Frittow 8.,
Noefolk ; di*. Nerve. ; 2571.; patios, B. Howes, Esq.

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