The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1847.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MAN-

CHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.
In addition to the notice which we gave of this
disinter on Saturday, we now furelish,chiefly from the llalifiar
Guardian, the following details:—The train consisted of
six carriages, and war drawn by one of the company's
new and powerful engines. Nothing occurred until the
train reached the Luddenden Foot Station, when it ap-
pears that a rail broke on the down line opposite the
platform, and threw the last carriage of the train off the
line. The Luddenden Foot station is distant about two miles
from the So werby -bridge station, and between the two stations
is the Soseerby tunucl. At the moment the carriage was
thrown off the line, the two guards were both inside their
respective carriages, and the driver, not being aware of the
accident, continued his career at the accustomed speed. All
this while the carriage thrown off the line continued to
"bump" most dreadfully against the sleepers, much to the
alarm of the passengers, who were thrown into a state of the
greatest possible terror. Fortunately there were only five
passengers in this carriage, the body of which was fitted up
for second-class passengers, with a con* at eitlx:r end for
first-class passengers. In the coup: nearest the engine were
seated Mr. W. It. Weston, one of the surveyors-general of
the Customs, London ; Mr. T. Moon, of London, his secre-
tary ; and Mr. Gillard, • gentleman In the employ of the
electric telegraph company, and residing in Wakefield. In
the other coupe were seated, Captain Ellis, of the Board of
Trade, a government inspector, and his assistant; they
miraculously escaped with a few slight cuts and bruises.
They were on their way to Normanton, and soon after the
accident proceeded on their journey. No second-clan pas-
sengers occupied the centre compartment.
We are not aware dist any one on the line noticed the
accident that had happened to this carriage until the
train pawed through the tunnel, where some plate
layers were at work, and who observed that the car-
riage was off the line. They shouted to the engine-
driver and to the guards, but the noise occasioned
by the rushing of the train through the tunnel drowned
the warning cry, and the iron monster continued its
enurse—draegiire the helpless victims in ite'rcar to certain
death. Upon 'emerging from the tunnel the disaster was
immediately observed by the clerks and men employed at the
station, who shouted and motioned to the driver and guards
that something was amiss. The guards, however, were in-
side, and the rein descended in torrents at the time. Accord-
ing to the tires bills the down train is net appointed to stop at
Sowerby-bridge, running direct from Todmorelen to North
Dean station, where it is due at 2 o'clock. It passed the
Sowerby-bridge station about seven minutes after 2 o'clock,
about which time the accident happened. The moment the
train was observed, an storm was reised at the station, a ter-
rifle accident being inevitable; and in a few moments after
the train passed the station, the awful catastrophe occurred.
From the tremendous " bumping " of the carriage. it was
evident that the under-work, were much damaged, and when
opposite the platform on the down line, the two hind wheels
of the carriage were wrenched off and hurled across the line.
A few paces further on is an ash-pit, and which occasioned
the overthrow of the carriage on to its broad side, with •
most fearful crash. A scene now occurred which almost defies
description. The dilapidated carriage wan dragged • dis-
tance of from 20 to 30 yards, by which the body of Mr. Gil-
lard was mangled in the most dreadful manner possible.
Whether he was attempting to leap out of the carriage or
not does not appear; the probabilities are, that owing to the
dreadful force with which the lower part of the carrisge was
dashed against the sides of the ash-pit his feet slipped
through the bottom. Both his legs were literally torn from
his body; one foot, with the boot, was found so hrmly fieed
in the " points," that a bar of iron had to be used with con- 1
sides-able force before the mutilated limb could be extricated
The other foot, with a portion of the leg, was found at the
distance of 20 yards further down the line, and several bones
and pieces of flesh torn from the body, were scattered over '
the line. Notwithstanding these severe injuries, the unfor-
tunate gentleman breathed once or twice after he was taken
up, His deem was torn to pieces, and his shirt even riven
to rags. Mr. Weston was thrown out of the carriage. His
left leg was found to be contused in a most shocking manner,
a severe gash upon the right thigh, with dreadful injuries
upon the head. Mr. Moon (secretary to the above gentle-
man), also received a wound on the head, by which he was
rendered insensible. Some time after his recovery, Mr.
, Moon made the following statement to Captain Biustead,
1 the superintendent of the railway :—" Immediately after
passing the Luddenden Foot station, the oscillation and
uneasy motion of the carriage convinced us that we were off
the line. The rapid motion, the noise of the wind and bat-
tering of the rain, added to the fact that ours was the last
carriage, convinced us else that we were too far removed
from the guard to enable us to draw attention to our
position, and we therefore eat still, waiting tremulously
the result. After the lapse of about three minutes, 1
daring which time the carriage was tossing to and
fm in • frightful manner, and dragged along at a rate of full
thirty'miles an hour,we found we were entering the Sowerby-
bridgc-tunnel, which is about a quarter of • mile in length,
and which terminates just before retelling the station. In
the tunnel lights appeared to be dancing about, and I fancied '
I could perceive the faces of men, whom I took to be porters
bolding up lights, and oar hopes were that they had seen
the predicament our carriage wan in. The train, however,
proceeded, and on approaching the Sowerby-bridge station,
the deceased Mr. 'Gillard, remarked that be thought the
carriage had righted itself upon the rails again ; they became
conscious that the oscillation was considerably less. I sought
this opportunity to seize the straps which passed along the
roof of the coup, and raising my feet out of the window, I
thought it the most secure way to escape danger. I advised
Mr. Weston and Mr. Gillard to do the same, but whether
they did so or not I cannot say, as immediately after a terri-
ble shock rendered me insensible to what was passing around
me. I remember nothing further until after I was picked
up and conveyed to the Royal Hotel."
A moment or two before the accident happened, Mr.
Moon told his companions to hold up their legs as much as
possible, fearing that an accident would happen. And it is
not a little remarkable that, in company with Mr. Weston,
they narrowly escaped • severe accident a few months ago
in passing through a tunnel on one of the Southern lines
when another train " ran into " the train in which they
were travelling. No sooner, however, had he given the
caution than the carriage was overturned, and he and his
companions thrown out.
As every incident connected with this terrible accident will
be perused with interest, and as it is instructive to know how
providentially death is sometimes averted, the following inci-
dent forms not the lent curious circumstance in the history
of this fatal accident. When at the Victoria station Mr.
Moon placed his coat on the seat which was suinequently
occupied by Mr. Gillard, intending to occupy it himself.
During his momentary absence from the carriage Mr. Gillard
stepped into it, and perhaps not perceiving the over-coat,
eat upon it; Mr. Moon being unwilling to disturb the
gentleman, took another scat, and thus no d ,übt escaped a
horrible death. After • minute examination of the wounds
j inflicted upon the body of Mr. Weston, his recovery WAS at
once pronounced is ho hopelees.
Immediately atter the accident, information wan tele-
graphed along the line, and Capt. Binstead, R.N., was in a
short time at the scene of the disaster, and instituted • rigor.
ous inquiry into the origin of the calamity. The line was care-
fully examined, and the fetal accident was discovered to have
been occasioned by the sudden breaking of a rail opposite the
platform of the Luddenden-toot station. Some plate-layers
had only examined that portion of the line about an hour
and a half previously, and found it all right. What occa-
sioned the sudden breakage must remain &mystery; but how
a railway carriage should be allowed to be off the line, and
plough up the car;h for a distance of upwards of two miles,
without being discovered by the guards in charge of the
train, requires to be accounted for. No doubt a searching
judicial investigation will take place, pending which we shall
withhold any opinion we may entertain on the subject. It
is to be hoped, however, that the attention of railway super.
intendents and others will be directed to the difficulty which
at present exists, of the guard in the rear of a train com-
municating with the engine driver; and that some plan may
also be devised, by which a communication may be made
between the passengers in each compartment and the guards
in charge of the train, should occasion require.
Another accident occurred to a luggage train, at the
Sowerby-bridge station, about seven o'clock in the evening
of Thursday, and by which one of the servants of the oempany
had a very narrow escape of bin life. It appears that some of
the " points " had been strained by the accident in the after-
noon, so much so, that a luggage train, while endeavour-
ing
to " shunt," in order to allow a passenger train (then
due) to pass, was thrown off the line. Three or four of the
waggons were thrown all of a heap, and in endeavouring to
get one of them upon the line, a porter was caught between
the buffers, and severely crushed. He was conveyed into the
office, but recovered after a short time. The line was com-
pletely blocked up for a time, but owing to the code of signals
adopted by this company, the passenger train was stopped
just as it emerged from the tunnel, and remained stationary
until ordered to " move on."

The inquest on the bodies was formally opened at the
Royal Hotel, Sowerby-bridge, on Saturday ; but it was un-
derstood that it was merely confined to the identity of the
bodies, and the jury were adjourned for the inspection of
the line and broken carriage by the government authorities.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Bsrr. 18.
To those who attentively regard the position of Ire-
land at this moment, nothing is more certain than
that upon the poor-law, its working, and its adminis-
trators, depend the very existence of the people. In
some districts there aro landlords who can afford to
improve their properties, and who are disposed to do
what they can afford. In some districts improve-
ments, under the sanction of the legislature, are in
progress, through the Land Improvement and
Public Work Acts. But in every county in Ireland,
scarcely exeepting any one in Ulster, there exists,
even at this moment, a want of employment most

lamentable, as well in regard to the interests of the
empire, as of the people more immediately effected by
it. The oottier and con-acre tenants are even
now, when the harvest operations are not
yet concluded, suffering great distress, and hence we
find a meeting has been already held at Skibbereen,
in which new appeals are made to the government
and the country against a perfectly new phase of die-
trees, and hence from so many quarters do we already
hear the wail of woe—the lamentations of disease.
That portion of our city of Dublin called "The
Liberty ' is especially afflicted. This district was
formerly the seat of manufacturing industry, and it
is still principally inhabited by hand-loom weavers
and their families. Your readers will easily perceive,
therefore, how it has become a hot-bed of fever, and
how dysentery seizes upon many victims. At the
meeting in Skibbereen, formerly noticed, the existence
of a good harvest was thankfully acknowledged—the
" necessity which compelled the muscle of the country
to take refuge in a workhouse while the country was
half waste," was deplored, and the absence of the
potato harvest and its consequences, as an aggrava-
tion of the sufferings ordinarily attending the poor,
having been stated, it was declared that the people
" on the failure of employment must be immediately
reduced to extreme destitution, or driven to acts of
violence dangerous to life and destructive to property,
the law ittenied for their relief being totally inade-
quate for this purpose." The meeting, therefore, re-
solved upon " appealing to the Prime Minister,"
heaven help him, and, of course, their application will
be for further advances, that the property of the
union " may not be centismited." In the meantime
nothing is being done to put the poor-law effectively
in operation. If the people of Skibbereen did that and
proved themselves ready to do all they could
they might then have some real claim—at present
they seem to have very little. Much will depend, in
the present juncture, upon the poor-law commissioners
for Ireland. Their work must not only be instant,
but unceasing.
Skull, triate women, is emulating Skibbereen, but
its appeal is to the representatives for Cork, county
and borough, not to the premier. The prayer of the
people of Skull is that their representatives should
represent to the legislature the peculiarly grievous
pressure of the famine on the sea-coast of Ireland ;
the impolicy as well as injustice of throwing the sup-
port of the poor, in the maritime districts, exclusively
on the property of the place ; and, finally, the impos-
sibility of effecting, by means of the poor law as it
now is, the relief of the destitute in those localities.
Now, if " even the poor law cannot effect" this objeet,
how can the legislature come to its aid ?
The general assembly of the presbyterian church in
Ireland have just had a meeting to appoint professors
to the newly-endowed chairs in the presbyterian
college, Belfast. The professors appointed were Mr.
Masson, Greek ; Dr. Murphy, Hebrew ; Dr. Cooke,
sacred rhetoric ; and Mr. Gibson, Christian ethics.
The appointments are all looked upon as unexception-
able, and calculated greatly to increase the reputation
of the college.
The poor-law commissioners have just pronounced
a censure upon the Rev. Mr. M'Nulty, a Roman
catholic clergyman of Derry, for having tampered
with two paupers of the presbyterian communion,
who became proselytes ; for, say the commissioners,
they attach much importance to the strict observance
of the regulations on this very delicate subject, as it
is essential that the Roman catholic° and protestants
of Ireland should be convinced that workhouses are
neutral ground in reference to proselytism, and should
feel a confidence that the poor, when they take refuge
in those asylums of destitution, will be protected as
far as possible from any influences calculated to alter
their religious faith.
Mr. John O'Connell has addressed the people on
the part of the Repeal Association, exhorting them
by every obligation of morality and law, and enforc-
ing his exhortation by evoking his father's memory
to pay the landlord's their rents and the government
the rates. He warns them against being made the
tools of the landlords, who care not to shed the peo-
ple's blood so they procure a remission of the advances;
and he tells them that, by the present poor-law, if
necessary, the landlord's property is pledged for the
support of the poor, even to confiscation. There is
considerable honesty and strength of mind manifested
in putting forward such unpopular doctrine; more
especially as "t' other shop" has preached no repay-
ment.

The " tenant-farmers " meeting at Holycross, be-
tween Cashel and Thurles, in Tipperary, is exciting
some uneasiness in the minds of the authorities. Per-
haps not without cause, for the leaders in collecting it
are not men either of wisdom or prudence. The
government sent forward by railway this morning a
considerable body of troops to support the local
authorities, should the meeting assume a dangerous
importance. The assemblage will be immense, and
the landlords look upon its probable results with
great alarm.

DR. 111'HALI ON ITALIAN AFFAIRa.—The "Lion of
the Fold" has issued a manifesto to his clergy and flock
touching the affairs of Italy. Alter enumerating the obli-
gations of Ireland to Rome and its Pontiffs, and glancing at
the struggles heretofore occurrirg between Austria and the
oafndthethfurees deonmunoefiatthees
churchhp
TeP etowrishroherrfe lye!: cootfehfnAat hto catholicretthrtoe presentct contestthteernrnertamroes'
retire,
nor
continue
to
In-
timidate the =censor of St. Peter, by his unhallowed
It is, perhaps, fortunate that be his continued to posh =ells
pretensions during the pontificate of one SO SSOStby of his exalted
destiny. Should he persevere, he will enkindle an enthusiasm In
Europe such as animated it in the middle ages, and the fair land
of Italy shall never again groan under the tramp of those Teu-
tonic invader. Ireland shall, with the consent of our
gracious monarch, furnish her coatingent to the corps of
the Pope's volunteers, nor is there any kingdom In the world whose
youth would store cheerfully shed their blood for the successor of St.
Peter. In any event we shall not fail to show oar profnand oym-
pathy with the pope end the Roman people; nod, exhausted ea is
the country by the effects of the late awful famine, we shall cheer-
fully send our mite to recruit the Koonce. of the papal treasury.
let as not forget the benevolence of Rome, not only recently, but on
former occasions—its character as uniformly springing from its warm
and rigorous faith, es the profuse bounties of its rich harvests
are quickened and matured by the sun of Italy. No; we Abell
not forget him who has curtailed the expenses of his own household
to minister to the famishing poor of Ireland ; whose
in in all the churches, and not only in all the churches, but whose
reign the Hebrews under his sway steady ...pare to that of
Solomon, bring permitted to oft, .cal the In his dominions,
under his own fig-tree.. Nor on we be simaineVal of the recent
honours which he has paid to the mamsey of the Liberator of
Ireland, and of hie approval of the panda policy which he pursued. I
The celebrated Padre Ventura, the al* Milord the Eternal City, was
selected to pronounce bls males to the Imes people. Seldom vas
pewegyrtst more happy le ding *doe to sere a theme. The
of liberty and religion wen prreekoly initiated, them twin
ro long end re iciest& &weed be the eeprhatield edemas et
tyrann and diergesr, were exhibited by the eishlllsa Feeelter
ethane* wither\ ether. To the maple et he derided
trim chinas be menikel Ode resider reed" and se he peered
forth, is the flearlei alerse .fain ark& mein e ivy the
lofty hipirader we
an Ids wee& heed deep
echo In her hone list yen familler VIII Se rem&
caristblll 11111101 m. and malit leihmee OM were rebid of
&nod= geasses A. miler bow hemidelde the wee et the Ms-
ypew, or low Wane, the aerie eters brim
their ewre en the 12017 raker & mem amensconfedemiestisse been dimehed. end here beerelana
have been indeed by the laimpaileet et Moe& le a
twits tiros foe endlng up our =heed Nee liwiles et the
church from those remorseless wail be the
slavery of the time It controlled by Allstrile be hemmed
from the maths ef the church la Germany, wbrereeaerhdb
reduced aloft le Os level of pike etireslmy heiimaries
L.
The derail, neriende to which they are emit vault al-
meet beyond Sena deal would be their herd hie In= V
thir lode were Inn polluted will the gold Ind haired with the
chair *the /DIEM"; wed the who, thigh peer, are vow. ft
elevated Ind la the inetwes al pure sled
order, wield nabs era • embed cc Indy, NM two the
hide nely paid& et Mien mime. bowerMktg and the
dem,rEd thin troika dews by herisat mererearka,
who writ poise seclie abeeekie peses=le by white dry
had oreeeled sibliathei nab *tam . As you, thee, •
value the freedom the dignity, the anises,, and the omit) of the
priesthood, you will lend all your aid to the Pontiff, who is struggling
for the complete freedom of the Holy see and the hierarchy, and
drawing round them a firm intrevichment against the violence of some
enemits and the hollow and treacherouadiplotnacy of others.
The archbishop in conclusion, says, " Within the octave
of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, wonderful miracles
have been already wrought for the liberation of Christen-
dom," and be instances the battle of Lepanto, which led to
the institution by the sovereign pontiff of the " Festival of
the Rosary." On the anniversary of that festival, which
occurs on the first Sunday of October, Dr. Mac Hale enjoins
the recitation of the Rosary in all the churches of his dio-
cese, and expresses his expectations therefrom in these
terms :

She who has been styled the Morning Star will restore calm to the
agitated waters. Besides being the patroness of the entire church, u
the Mother of God its dirine founder, and the "Missend of all nations,"
she is the particular patroness of Rome, the neat of the summon, of
the Apostles. When Peter, in the person of his successor, appear, in
the most eminent danger, she will not fail to secure our Redeemer'.
sasistance, who will arise in his own time, rebuke the wares, and re-
store tooonfturc and safety the rioer,egent of his own power.
'" ,
rept:c=-%; 1:•Ul OT legions, io
much talked of by others of his countrymen.
THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—THE REMONSTRANT STROH.
—The Remonstrant Synod of Ulster waited on the Lord-
Lieutenant yesterday witk an address, which wu read by
the Row. John Montgomery, the moderator. After referring
to the lamentable position of the country, they say that for
the remedy of Irish evils, nothing, we sincerely believe, is
wanting but wise and prudent legislation on the part of our
rulers, and a universal, patriotic 00-operation amongst our-
Nelms, to establish ear beloved country in the rapid and
permanent enjoyment of all the blessings of prosperity and
peen. And they etli :
IsmWe
se easeileember tiy eedigese tieg pieb iniftsblet shlatary
the li eeieness a ger sawn mules% well if sedgy
al".l—W gbh elelenteh elan perdu ma eerily
diver& te leteresle the et Itellesa—ert we MI dis-
el=art baullhiell thee the reedy eel meg et
pettlealeit. =lag the esheteel, siolleert tor
t-thei. I
tiehpeePblathgeltrhie haw Wasik Is esiewienten.

by ungrateful misreprceentations and indecent abase, we can safe:, as,
sun your excellency that ingratitude is not the besetting sin of the
Iri-h heart, and confidently express our convietioo that the harangues
of a few Individuals, who seem to court an ephemeral popularity by
endeavouring to perpetuate unhappy divisions amooget Irishmen, and
unworthy jealousies between two portions of this great empire, are
far from representing the general sentiments of the Irirb people.
This we can unhesitatingly my, at treat, for Ulster—many portions
Of which neither nought nor required external aid; and we ore loath
to think more meanly of our warm-hearted cowitrymen In Use other
three provinces, whosedeetitme madam were saved from destruction
by British liberality.
For the part they will take in the future efforts to amend
the condition of the country and the minds of the people,
they speak thus
In consistency with our religious principles, and our deep muse of
social duty, we pledge ourselves to your excellency to use our unceas-
ing, though humble exertions, for the advancement of all the great ob-
jects to which we have referred. For oar-elves, we have no martial
favour to solicit. Your excellency's predecemors, of all political views,
have done us justioc, protected our rights, and treated us with reason-
able kindness. We desire no more ; and, during the administration
of Lord Clarendon, we are quite certain that we shall receive no lees.
Hia Excellency returned the following instructive and im-
pressive reply :

Gentlemen,—l beg yon will accept my grateful acknowledgments
for thin address, to which I attach the high imp, tante it command.,
as representing the opinions of • considerable portion of the en-
lightened, industrian, and moral preabyterian body in the north of
Ireland. It is with no ordinary feelings of pleasure I learn from
you, that a lth reference to my public conduct, both abroad and at
home, and my devotion to the great printiples of civil and religious
liberty, you ebould bare viewed my appointment an a Matter for
congratulation to yourselves and your fellow. countrymen ; and more
than all, that I should he considered as a fitting aucasior to my
lamented friend, Lord Bemborough, whom Ireland does not and can-
not cease to mourn so lor g am admiration for benevolence, patriotism,
and justice, hold, its .ocratomed place in the hearts of I riabrnen.
The expreaaion of your opinions and your fervent prayers
for my success, are to me a source of encouragement and hope In the
anthem* task I have been called upon to undertake. An unparalleled
calamity has desolated the land—the national resources are prostrate
—the social fabric et Ireland fa to be reconstructed. I lab or under
no delusion as to The difficulty and responreibility attaching to the
office which I hare the honour to fill; and I can only promise that
whatever goad zeal°ua industry and honesty of purpose, and the
heartiest devotion to Irish lineman, can effect, shall by me not be I
left undone. From the tone and spirit which characterise your
Waimea, I am RUM gentlemen, that you feel as I do, that neither my
humbly efforts nor the wisdom of the legislature will avail —that
the benignant climate, the fertile soil, the baundlnia resources of
Ireland will be cemparatively u mo—that the taisat and
industry of her people and the partiemcees in the wealth and power
of England will yield but insignificant result. if there exist
not here a spirit of elertkni and manly self-reliance—if the end
which all should have In view be not carefully ascertained, and the
mean. to it be not steadily pursued —if, in abort, there be not that
universal patriotic onoperation among Irishmen of all clam to
which you have adverted, the blessings of order and progress which
now seem almost within our reach may, I fenr,still be indefinitely
postponed. With perfect truth you affirm that enlightened states..
men of all parties are disposed to promote the intervals of Ireland ;
but knowing as I do the deep and unceasing anxiety with which
there interests arc. regraded by her Majesty's government—knowing,
as we all must, how large a proportion of the parliamentary oession
Is devoted, and cheerfully devoted, to the tinny...on of Irish
questions—l have grieved to hear the constant and unfounded
assertion that the government be solely occupied with party and
political greediness, and that parliament has no time to attend
to hush grievances; knowing, as I do, also, the attention
which educated and patriotic Englishmen feel bound to below on the
affair. of Ireand, I have grieved to hear it said that those affairs,
cannot be underetood in England, when every day brings fresh proofs
of how vast is the diversity of opinion that rants among Irishmen
with redact to their own country, rand how rare ia the agreement
with respect to in evils or their tractile.. The honest indignation
with which sou denounce the aspersions which, in some quarters,
hare been east upon England. is worthy of the enligicersed body
whom you re present. You wed know that the famine with which It
pleaned the Almighty to afflict Ireland was, at once and unhesitatingly
viewed by the whole Britlah people es an imperial calamity; their
that, their only care was, to save human life as human means
could best devise. The largest lam of which therein record in history
for such a purpose w.avoted by parliament,while private subscriptions
to the amount of more than three hundred thouaand pounds poured
into the hands of an association formed of the most eminent mar-
motile men in London, wbo devoted their time and energies to the
relief of Ireland. Mne of high station and In anneal circumstances
volunteered their services to administer those funds in all parts of
Ireland where digress and disease must prevailed; and large sums
of money, of which the amount can never be known, were trans-
' milted here through private channel.. And it must be remem-
bered that this took place at • moment of extreme public ditll-
- 'a:cruced triViniawithen failure or leP'cret‘ttt°onc":"
had
America almost deprived L.caahire of its daily bread, when
grain had reached a prior unknown for thirty years, and when
a fearful critic existed within the commercial and financial
world. I claim, however, no credit for England beyond that
of having done her duty with courage and promptness, and in
the true spirit of christianity, and if fur so acting she has bee n ex-
veßto mSreprasentatlon and abtoc, I fully agree with you that such
nage coo find no real echo among the generoushe.uted and pro-
ally grateful Irish people. When, however, in additicip to this,
the payment of money, to which Ireland stands pledged, is repudiated,
and when reentrance to law is supported by arguments which will be
made equally applicable to all erg rgementa between different claws,
it seems to me lamentable that the voice of gratitude, of jostler, and
of pelf-interest, should not, in Language such as yours., and in the
spirit which animate. Blaster, be raised against that who CIOISOt
have at heart the true and permanent interests of Ireland.
ho one can feel more strongly than I do that most of
the evils which have afflicted Ireland are directly deducible
from misrule and from oppressive legiantion. Those days are haptaily
gone. never to return ; but their traces, as you truly observe, can only
be effaced by justice and by kindness. Such, I need hardly mare you,
are the principles which guide her Majesty's government, and each
alone will direct my coulee In administering the affairs of tali
country • and, if it be not presumptuous on my part to think that a
strict adherence to this course may serve as an example to others, I
shall then venture humbly to hope that political strife will be laid
aside; that the true spirit of chridon chanty will take the place of
religious animmitien; and that all clueee of society, rightly under-
standing their common interest, may, with heart and soul, co-operate
to render Ireland peaceful, contented, and prosperous.

STATE OP TEE COVNTRY.—Great indignation, and not
unjustly, it would seem, is expressed in a Nenagb conserve.
ties journal, respecting some harsh landlord prace-dings of a
Mr. Scully, of 111 rade, in Tipperary, a cousin to the newly-
elected member for that county. Tile act done was a seizure
for arrears of rent—the set was, it is said, accompanied by
some harshness, and caused great excitement. Large crowds
assembled, but the seizure was effected. The same journal
I records a forcible rescue of produce seized for rent in the
same county, where great violence was used. The Longford
Journal contains an account of an attack on a farmer's
house and a seizure of arms; this is uncheering, so
of late yearn Longford has been remarkably peaceful.
In Revere* it is stated that a rate of 16,0001. will be neces-
sary for poor-law purposes alone. In Waterford the advances
made the union amount to 19,000/. ; and in reply to a request
that the money should be repaid, the guardians—or some of
them—say, " Give us repeal and you shall have the money."
The Board of Health of the South Dublin Union have deter-
mined, in consequence of the rapid spread of fever, and the
insufficiency of hospital accommodation, to appoint several
medical inspectors to visit and prescribe for the poor in their
own houses. From the provinces the sanitary ac-
counts are most unpleasant, especially in Clare and Donegal.
A young man, a labourer on the Great Southern and Western
Railway, was killed by an earth-slip a few days since, near
Mallow.—Two houses have been burned in Mallow, and
rumour states that the fire was caused by some burning re-
pealer, as the owners had voted for Sir D. Norma at the
late election.—The Rev. Mr. Spain, P.P., Bin. in a letter
to a Dublin paper, complains much of the hsrahaeei with
which the clearance system is pursued in that varter.