The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1847.

to bear it down ; bet, in man counties, I have some
grounds foe believing, the will get very little
rent this year.
The English piddle have often heard of the Tieo
of East and West Skull and Kilmore, and :sh
munificence has been liberally and voluntarily taxed
for their relief. A rata= has just been made *to the
government in respect to these ill-fated districts, from
which we obtain the following facts :—ln the United
parishes the population consists of 24,548 individuals;
the arable acres amount to 21,994; and the poor-law
valuation to 16,0941. The occupiers of land are 2,258;
the number of families over 15 are 8,739, and under
15, 4,625. The total acres under crop are 3,501, dis-
tributed thus : —Wheat, 1,183 acres; oats, 654 do. ;
barley, 475 do. ; potatoes, 687 do.; and turnips, 502
do. The stock of the three parishes consists of 3,139
cows, 2,884 sheep, and 950 horses. The number of
boxes of turf cut during the summer has been 137,200.
The Belfast Flax Improvement Society, one of the
best oonducted and most beneficial institutions in
Ireland, makes progress correspondent with its merits.
At the last monthly meeting, held on the 25th ult.,
several noblemen and gentlemen were admitted mem-
bers, including the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Cour-
town, Mr. MonscU, M.P., &c. The monthly receipts
amounted to 504 The secretary stated that he had
visited the flax-growing districts in Donegal and
Derry, and found the crop in a highly flourishing
condition, which had been confirmed by the reports of
the constabulary. At Gweedore, the " happy valley"
of the limes commissioner, the crop grown on bog was
highly luxuriant. The reclaimed slob of Lough Foyle
had an abundant growth, but the stalks were
weak and slender, though the quality was likely to be
fine, and in a few years would be unequalled in the
north. The agriculturists of the society, who are
diffusing so much valuable information, are employed
in sixteen counties. In reply to an application from
the committee, government had directed the distribu-
tion of 400 copies of the printed instruction:, through
the police, in the following counties where the flax
culture is neglected: Cork, 100 copies ; Waterford,
Westmeath, King's County, Queen e, Kildare, and
Leitrim, 50 each. A deputation was appointed to
wait upon the Lord-Lieutenant, but no day was fixed
for the address.

The Linitrick Chronicle states that an officer of the
Board of Works has been surveying the houses, stores,
&c., in that city, with a view of.introdacing a uniform
system of valuation in Ireland. One cannot see the
relation of cause and effect in this announcement, or
why Limerick should be chosen as the first Held for
such a system, which is not quite such a novelty as
the Chronic* believes. Mr. Griffiths has long been
engaged in a uniform valuation, which, however, in
the esteem of some statists, is based on erroneous
principles, and, if completed, could not be carried
into effect.

The same journal states, " authority unknown,"
that Mr. Wyse will be returned for an English bo-
rough, and that his late colleague will prosecute a
petition against the return of Mr. D. O'Connell.
An execution took place yesterday in Limerick, of
which I have spoken already. A memorial was pre-
sented to Lord Clarendon praying a commutation of
the punishment, at the same time admitting the guilt'
of the wretched man. This has called forth a publi-
cation by the unhappy condemned, in which it is set
forth that in presence of two clergymen, a magistrate,
the governor, and three officers of the gaol, he signed
a declaration of innocence of the crime, stating that
he had no previous knowledge of the memorial or its
contents.

The accounts from the country to-day are of the
most favourable character as regards the harvest, and
the potato atop, I am happy to say, may at length be
pronounced safe, as what lately appeared the blight
has not affected the bulbs in any manner.

UNFINISHED ROADS.—The following account of an in-
terview had with the Lord Lieut. yesterday by a deputation
from Limerick appears in the Irish castle organ this evening.
The deputation consisted of Messrs. John O'Connell and
John O'Brien, members for the city, the Mayor of Lime-
rick, and some other citizens. His excellency was assisted
by Sir W. Somerville and Mr. Redington, the chief and
under secretaries.—The Mayor of Limerick briefly referred
to the important objects of the memorial adopted at the
meeting over which he presided. A long conversation en-
sued between his excellency and the deputation. The city
members, Mr. Sohn O'Connell and Mr. John O'Brien,
strongly, and at some length, sustained the objects of the
memorial, particularly calling the attention of his
excellency to the fitness of Limerick as the proper medium
of transatlantic communication. It appears that one of the
objects of the deputation had been achieved, as by a late
communication from the Board of Works the contemplated
improvement in the harbour will forthwith commence.
His excellency, in reply, stated the selection of Limerick
as a packet station was of great general interest; that there
were rival claims, but that when thous railways were com-
plete to which reference had bees made, the subject should
receive the full and dispassionate consideration of the go.
vernmeat. He regretted the statements made to him re-
' rtes ectin/th' unfinished roads of the country. But the
the operation of the Labour Rate Act had expired.
gi aware of the embarrassments surrounding the sub-
ject, but the difficulties of the government should be also
remembered. He had aced his best efforts in obtaining
from the Treasury all posdble aid for this country. He had
secured a sum ot 11110,0001. for drainage operations. He ap-
prehended Ike grand Juliet should finish thaws presentments ;
that many had been unadvisedly granted. He wished to
know what suggestion, within reasonable limits, could be
made by the deputation. It was submitted to his excel-
lency that the presentments in question were, in fact, almost
compulsory ; that they were the sole medium of relief de-
vised or permitted by the government, and that any opposi-
tion was attended by the reproaches and menaces of a
starving people ; that the damages sought by the landed
would be immense, which would be
=all
nought for nor 'warded had these road been
tlellied ; that, if allowed to remain in their present con-
dition, they would suffer 60 per cent. deterioration in
the coming winter ; that a selection should be made by
elnapetent engineers of such as were of unquestionable
Milky, and that the country would readily reply the full
adonnt of their completion ; but if the unfinished works
were thus abandoned by the government, that a strong re-
ludas*, would be felt by the occupiers of land in Ireland in
repayment of an expenditure so misapplied and unprodno-
tire, a relaistanae with which it was not improbable the gen-
try sad leer icelerry of the country would strongly
alegthened interview, in which many
Zgro:le alledid to, the deputation withdrew, with a full
impression of kis mmellency's urbanity, and of his good feel-
ings, as far, perhaps, as his porton admitted, regarding the
important objects it dr gegroriaL
JEALOUSY int daysersx—Another tale of horror is
circulated throughout die metropolis, and has even already
appeared but daddy la prlat. It is stated confidently, that
a roving is a highly respectable sphere of society,
bring boom diatilisd with the fai,h of her liege lord,
reread to ea ezpediert far repressing his gallantry not less
them entsL 1L lifelife of the gentleman is said to be