The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-12 00:00:00

Upper Connelly, county of Limerick. A death from starva-
tion was some time since reported in that district, from the
insufficiency of wages on the public works to support life.
Mr. M. says that the man died from other causes : that two
of his sons were employed with him on the works, and that
the labourer in the entire of his district earn from 10d. to
Is. 4d., and in some instances Is. &L a day at task Work,
A cargo of whet an 1 flour reached Limerick on Monday
last from London. Two other vessels, with Indian, tam, are
immediately expected from Constantinople and. Marseilles.
MURDRR sr PARBONSTOWN. —I have ;cast seen a private
letter from Parsonstown (Bin), in On, -ce County, dated
December 9, from which I extract the following shocking
relation:—" An occurrence of an awful nature, pccurrea
here last night. Mr. William Lloyd, of Church-lane, and
formerly of Ballah, in the county of Tipperary, was shot
dead at his own door. Ile had walked down the town at 7
o'clock in the evening, and on his return home was met at
his own door by the assassin who perpetrded this frightful
murder. The savage placed the pistol chin to Mr. Lloyd's
breast, drew the fatal trigger, and his victim was instan-
taneously hurried into eternity. There is no cause assigned
for this murder."
The Galway Vindicator of yesterday suggests that the
assassination of Mr. Lynch, of whose murder I yesterday sent
you an account, erasprompteci by &desire to plunder.
BOARD oe Wones.—ln reply to a letter of the county
surveyor of Wexford, wishing for information on certain
queries submitted to the chief secretary, Mr. Walker, seers-
tart' to the Board of Works, replies:A—
-.lf a proprietor undertakes to employ the whole of the persons deed-
tute on any one townland, and that none of them are sent out of the
townbuid to any other works, will that townland be exempt from taw
lion for works carried on elsewhere?—lf a public work, such seer
cutting of a hill, or a new road, ire., is carried on in the lowland
where the proprietor is employing the people, and none of the
living in the townland arc employed upon the work, will the
be taxed for a share of the expense?—ln reply to the first query,
I
directed to inform von that thattownhuid will not be exempt fon"
taxation for works carried on elsewhere. And In reply to the man
query, that the townland will be taxed for a share of the expense."
PRESENTMENT SESSIONS.—An extraordinary present-
ment sessions was held on Friday last in the barony of
Slievardagh, Tipperary, at which Lord Desert presided.
The sum of 7,5001. having been presented for, of which
several landlords, including the noble chairman, took various
sums for drainage, Col. Douglas, the Government Inspec-
tor, was called upon to address the meeting. His observe.-
lions are of importance, and were listened to with much
attention and respect.—" I wish to address myself to all the
farmers assembled here to-day, large or small. First I must
tell who I am. My name is Colonel I) :uglas. lam sent
by the government as Inspector of Relief Committees. I
am desired to report on the state of the country, and what
disposition is exhibited by the people on public works. You
have been sent by God, both now and past, excellent ma-
nures: and I say, if you neglect the tillage, on you must
rest the frightful consequences of bringing famine on the
land ; and, if due preparation be not made, in eight months
you will he all nerving : for this is not a question of money,
but of food, and food you cannot have, if yon do
not sow it now. It is the pecuniary interest of every
farmer, for every 20 acres of land he possesses, to take one
man from the Board of Works, who will trench in 55 days
an acre of land, at the cost of 31. 2a. 6d.' thereby earning
from 15d. to 18d. daily—next harvest the cost will be more
than repaid. It is a delusion to think that it is no profit to
take men off the public works. Go home from hence, and
take the solemn assurance of the government that they know
rTakew
menant— 3r&k. npouvibt .loural::,itlmofpforr
ti!ennitheaserna
stated, and you will not ho under the necessity of paying a
foreigner for the food you use. On Saturday last there were
employed 276,000 men, absolutely doing nothing but ob-
structing the public conveyances. I was in Cashel yesterday,
and there the p :or-house, built to contain 700 inmates,
had in it 840 ; and to get to the door I had to force my way
through 500 persons, half famished. Oh! it was a heart,
rending sight; and believe me I speak the sentiments I sin-
cerely feel. I speak facts which cannot be disputed. Ponder
on them well ! '
A presentment sessions for the barony of Imokilly, county
Cork, was held on Monday last at Midleton. The proc
ings were taken under the letter of Secretary Labouchere.
The amount agreed to be expended upon public works was
6,000/., and the amount on reproductive works 9,4151., being
15,415/. in all. It was stated at the sessions that there were
1,500 labourers in the barony for whom work must be pro-
vided, and that the lowest rate of expenditure per month
must be 2,0001. At the meeting of the Wexford Relief Com-
mittee on Wednesday it was stated that 600 barrels of
barley were turned into malt, and 2,000 barrels of malt and
other grain distilled into whisky in that town on the average
of eight days.
A Roman Catholic clergyman of Limerick. the Rev. Mr.
Hickey, states that seven of his parishioners perished of star-
vation fast week.
The following were the quantities of grain and other food
exported from Waterford last week: Wheat,, 1,120
lids.
oats, 1,610 bele. • flour, 5,640 cwts. ; bacon, 9,180 flitches ;
pork, 47 brie. ; 'butter, 3,329 cwt.; lard, 584 cwt. ; pigs,
1,920 ; cows, 101; sheep, 30.
At the fair of Croom, county of Limerick, on Monday last,
the price of beef, sinking offal, was 46e. 6d. per cwt. ; this is
about the rate which it brings in the Dublin market, and as
this fair is looked upon as a regulator of prices, it would
seem that we shall not have to notice any fall in the retail
--iee of that article at this side of Christmas, at least.

SCOTLAND.
ELECTION FOR THE COVNTY OF RENFREW.—COIOTICI
Mure, of Caldwell, was on Wednesday last elected member
for the county Of ltenfrew, which has been vacant by the
death of Mr. P. M. Stewart. There was no opposition, and
the proceedings were conducted with great quiet in front of
the county building. This absence of opposition and ex-
citement is no doubt accounted for by the limited period
which the present parliament has to run. Colonel Mure is
a moderative Conservative, and not likely to be favourably
disposed towards the present envernment.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE. 1
THE LARGEST MERCHANT VESSEL THE WORLD.—
The people of Liverpool have now an opportunity of seeing
the packet-ship New World, which is supposed to be the
largest merchant-vessel in existence, This mfi ignitrip ficent ship
arrived in the Mersey .on Thursday, on her rst across
the Atlantic. She is intended to take her station as one ois
f
the packet-ships between that port and New York. She
188 feet long between perpendiculars, 196 feet from the r.em
to the taffrail, 42 feet extreme breadth of beam,2B feet deep,
and is 1,818 15-95ths tons, carrenter's measurement, or
1,511 31-95 tbs, government nu asurement. It is estimated
that she will stow 5,000 bales of cotton, or 3,000 tons of mea-
surement goods. She has three decks, the samen as either a frigatofe,
the upper one being as substantial, in proportio,
the others.—Liverpool Afereury_.
YORKSHIRE.
INCORPORATION or BRADFORD.—A number of the influ-
ential inhabitants of the borough of Bradford have origi-
nated another petition to her Majesty in Council, praying for
the grant of a charter of incorporation under the late muni•
cipal acts. Two or three years ago a similar ptitioin wnves-
as
set en foot, which was stoutly opposed ; and, after an
tigation by a government commissioner, the counter petition
prevailed, and the charter was refused. tip to the present
time we have not heardOßCE of any opposition to the new petition.
WMIVIIIRE.
NEW WRIT.—The Speaker of the House of Commons
gives notice in last night's Gazette that he intends to issue
his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out at the
end of fourteen days after this date, a new writ for the elect-
ing of a knight of the shire to serve in this present parlia-
ment for the eastern division of the county of Worcester, in
the room of the late John Barneby,
THE REPRESENTATION OP RAS? WORCESTERSHIRE.—
DROITWICH, FRIDAY.—The vacancy in the representatkm
of this division of the county, and the unexpected prospect
of a contested election, have put all parties n the qui etre.
A meeting of the Conservative Association has been held
here to-day, Sir John Pakingtoa, Kt., M.P., in the chair;
but, in reply to an application to be present from the repre-
sentatives of the various morning papers, the answer was,
that the meeting was for purposes ' strictly private," and
that consequently no reporters could be admitted. The
conclave sat about three hours ; but it was during the latter
part of the time only that Captain Rushout was invited to
be present. For the reason above assigned, we are unable
to supply the details of the discussion but of its pur-
port we have no doubt ; it is neither more nor
lees than an attempt to stave off a contest at the
present time, by entering into such a compromise with
Mr. Foley and his party as would secure the return of that
gentleman, at least at the next general election. Elimis et
the nitres of the party were, we believe, opposed to any seek
arrangement., but ultimately the Peelite Conservatives car-
ried their point, and a deputation was appointed to wait
upon Mr. Foley's friends, in order to ascertain their feelings
with reference to the plan suggested. In the event of their
declining to accede to any arrangement of this nature, the
parties present at the meeting unanimously, as it is
alleged, resolved on " fighting the battle ' on this
occasion. The pith of the argument employed by the
moderates" to-day was, that there was a very general
feeling at Stourbridge, Oldbury, and She other northern
towns in the county, that the Whip were entitled hireturn
a member for the division, and it was further averrefl d
uential that if
the point were pressed against them, many of the in
conservatives were so satisfied of the justice of their claim,
and of the eligibility of Air. Foley, that they would desert
their own banners and join the liberals. The meeting, at
four o'clock, adjourned to meet again at the Btar Hotel,
at Worcester, to-morrow, when it is anticipated a repAy will
be received from Mr. Foley and his friends. Mr. Foley's
friends were actively engaged in canvassing here to-day, and
the hon. candidate was himself similarly engaged at Btour-
bridge.
ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND BRISTOL RAlL-
way.—Our reporter, who communicates the above informa-
tion, writes on the back of his parcel, evidently at the last
moment of its departure from Bromegrove (five miles from
Droitwitch), that there had been an accident on the line,
by which the trainwes delayed:an hourand a half. An engine
was broken to pieces by the disaster, but nobody was hurt.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
THE NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE ELECTION Win tak
olme place
about New Year's Day. Sir Montague John Cheley is
the only candidate at present named.

LITERATURE.
Ll4Cregul, or the Children of Night.
In politics, in life, or in mimic life, that is, in lite-
rature or the arts, any recourse to violent or extraor-
dinary means of operating or producing an effect, is
pretty sure to excite objection, rather than command
admiration. Mankind has within it certain reserves
of force, certain recesses of feeling, wisely destined
for serious and extreme occasions, and which, conse-
quently, ought not to be idlyprobed or causelessly ex-
cited. Any appeal, therefore, to these 'profound sym-
pathies, which, when excited, shake and appal