The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-23 00:00:00

met this order by a series of propositions, in which it
is stated that the assesinent under the new poor law
will be, for the union, 21,0001. ; that the additional 35.
would be 22,9.501. additional ; and that, whereas the
former necessitated a rate of ss. on some diviieons, di-
minishing to I s. ed., they resolved to adhere to the former
rate, as " the collection would otherwise not be within '
the range of possibility." They illustrate this position
by stating, that in one division, valued at 5,809/. per
annum, the workhouse and additional rate for half
a year would be 2,3231. Referring to their exertions
for facilitating the poor law, for giving generous
efiket to its provisions, and taking credit for
their good dispositions, they say the collec-
tion of the rate ordered " would bring irre-
trievable ruin on the whole tax-paying com-
munity of Ireland;" and conclude, by praying that
the repayment may be extended, as were the ad-
vances under the Labour-rate Act, over a period of
ten years. Mr. Burke Roche, true to his former
course, moved an amendment, calling for a meeting
of all the poor-law guardians through the country,
for united action, and intimating that advances should
not be paid at all.
The good sense of the board prevailed, and the
amendment was negatived. The board now appeals
to the commissioners, and calls on them to extend the
period for the levy to ten years—amongst other rea-
sons, because Hansard reports Lord John Russell, on
introducing the temporary relief, to have de-
clared that the advances should be collected in
the same way as those under the labour-rate
—that is, by instalment. The commissioners'
reply will be in the negative. The guardians of the
union of Carrickmacross have already made a similar
appeal, and the official reply has been that " they
have no power to comply." The act is specific on the
subject A great outcry is sure to be raised through-
out the country, and the government will inevitably
find it a matter with which it will be difficult to deal.
England will be hardly persuaded to extend the
paned of repayment, and Irish ratepayers in many
cases either will not or cannot pay.
When Dr. Gifford, of the Standard, was lately in
Dublin, he communicated through a friend with the
Lord Mayor, requesting from the corporation the
portrait of his father, formerly a member of the
council. The Lord Mayor referred the request to the
council, and the general feeling was in favour of com-
pliance. Mr. Gifford grounded his claim on the fact
that the portrait was painted for the old corporation
at his sole expense. Some did not wish to surrender
a portion of the corporate property ; others, like old
Councillor hPLoughlin, " loved to look on the face of
the man who made so much noise in his day, and
kept them all afloat ;" but Mr. Reynolds, M.P., has
given notice that under any circumstances the portrait
be presented to the doctor. He will carry his motion.
Mr. Gregory, solicitor, has kindly asked the cor-
poration to submit their books to his inspection, to
ascertain the qualification of the liberal voters at the
late election. It was negatived immediately.
The Rev. F. Mahony, in a letter to the Ilvernan's
Journal, briefly replies to the "Roman correspondent"
of that paper, who made rather free with his cha-
racter. Dr. Front threatens reprisals. " I know,"
he says, "the quarter from which these falsehoods
proceed, and will, on my return in October to the
Eternal City, bring the writer to a fitting tribunal."
Lord Clarendon has appointed as Deputy Lieute-
nants for the county of Galway Mr. Gregory, late
M.P. for Dublin, and Mr. M. J. Blake, present mem-
ber for the town of Galway.
The partial success of the prosecutor in the Tracy
Peerage case has stimulated a hunt after the ancient
Irish barony of Delvin. The petitioner to the Com-
mittee of Privileges is a member of the Nugent
family, the head of' which is Lord Riveratown,
descendant of the celebrated Chief Justice of James 11.

BLorzueere.—One or two events of this nature have
caused some sensation here within the last ten days. Un-
happily the ladies have already husbands, one of whom
is believed to be a field officer—the other a civil engineer.
OUTILAGE.—The Tipperary Free Press contains the fol-
lowing account of a dreadful outrage at ltathgormsn, county
Tipperary. The same paper states that the murderer of
Jame* Walsh, near Ballingany, in that county, and who,
after the perpetration, had absconded to America, has just
been arrested there. He was lying ill of ship fever at To-
ronto. The murderer is named Brophy. The sub-sheriff,
with a party of twenty police, under Sub-Inspector Ash-
bery, proceeded to dispossess a farmer named Muffins, whose
house was barricaded, and defended from within by three
armed men. The bailiffs proceeded to force an entrance,
but were immediately fired upon from within, and one of
them received the content* of a blunderbuss loaded with'
slugs in the abdomen. The police were ordered to fire in
through the windows, and the party from within kept up
their fire, without, however, doing further injury than send-
ing a bullet through a policeman's cap. The police broke in
the door and arrested the party, all " armed to the teeth,"
one of whom, a son of Mulline, had his left hand dreadfully
shattered, his gun having burst. The party were all escorted
to Carrick-on-Suir last night. Three doctors agreed that it
was necessary to amputate Mullins' s hand, but he resisted
the operation. The bailiff is still alive, but no hopes of his
recovery: he ie now in the workhouse hospital at Carrick-
on-Suir.