The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-03 00:00:00

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011MIAL 111100•111C1324.—A CIO.! larogtan t duty of the member/
et ilitielleg esematissesuill be tOtelliballe bp time ialleamos and at-
ample liNnovemems in has., miry. the .tralnagc of Iced, and re-
CLUllillf of wastes. The government Amalie affordet many faci:ltire
towards the general agricultural improvement of Ireland by drainage,
not only of the uncultivated, bat elso of the large propetion of limpets
fectly cultivated land; and abundant means have been placed for this
nerve. at the di-,,05al of (i.e La.:osners, more Crourable than
e, both as to the rate ef interest awl the period of remyroent,
borer; ries, 10 Isles:emu Orrice= ex Peisue W.,: ss. —The
Commisati,e,ree of Public Works have blued e circular of 4e:ructions
o there (nicer.. The district and bead quarters of cash hispectaag
erhaer ire pointed out; the superinteuient of works in the district
and his assistants tire wetted; the limped:rig oat:ire if direebed tal.
00111/1111:01: Ile and art vie:tally with them; he Is idea lag/need that
he te se .iffs ;•,, a member of every relief committee la the country.
The tesp,snang officer is to despatch a repert weedy to the board,
go
as to re:ch Dahlin on the Monday morning, stating the day of the
week and mouth en which he visited any retie( ouneuntste or work,
with full inform:Mom and remarks. lie is to attend a.I meetings of
present/a; it: sessions, Mal assist with too ads he. The commissioners
will, in a great measure, depend on hie judgement as to the warksr i
commended. "I: is pet:intended that the weeks shou'al be mantle:l
to roads, as any work whjch can fairly be considered of a public,
nature nit!, be undertaken ; but sick ,c world tend ;a the permanent
woyen:ent ix the surreuralang district, and which may Le expected
to he re-productive, should be preferred." The praprictors ot ;made
pertieuLlely benefice, ought to otntribule additionally. In connexion
with the relief committees, att imp,-;ant part of the in pectinet WM
eer's duty wi‘l be to saruthase the wanes art parties revenue; nu“l as
Meek nes. " Hitherto the lists supplied by the relief committees
lits'dly euntained the clams of permits who should have been
it will be your dueg, to every uleturw in your power. to
the lists, and striae out sigh mines as, from the intormauon
you may relieve, skauld be rejected, at IN/At for the present; this will
be a dirthndt und disagreeable mike, and m Cabe., of doubt, it will be
deeirable that yon should consult the magistrates iosembled at extra.
enlinars. preentment a, rslonis; bay unless the names ie :he list be
strutinisel, no system or regularity can be preserved." Tloe inspecting
mazer will IiAC2S taro from the roomy surveyor sad civil engipeer or
surveyor in charge of the hareny or district the number of labourers
required, and distribute to those empla)ei ttekets widen they lac to
present to tar person In charge of It. The inspecting umeer as to visit
:rem Case to time the works in progress .n his district, and report on
them. He IA no: to control the details, but to mention to the
eu,nue sr what appear+ to him sint.rable or objectionable. A fair day's
work is to be exacted iir a LW' day's pas, and, where tabs is lot
given, a half or lilt:ther day's work only should be credind to the
defaulter. " Eve 7 cirri:an must be used by the engineer sad sur-
veyor to introduce the system of task-e ore, to be undertaken by
separate stump ot men, WllO will retest their own gauger, but who
must be able to write and keep areaunts, and who will be responsible
fee the tools entrusted to him" Young man are to be employed at
coma', Aim, owl ohml.wou; Lod sum at total:tug stows" making tenets,
and, if kande, dry wares for small gullets required for draining. the
inspecting ottla es Is to lx, partied:lr iii awcern.ining that the LeJoarers
are r suLarty pool. a lien alleged Irregularities axe not satisfactorily
expl • ned, be is to refer to the ',optima rof the district. "The rule
laid down by the boanl is nut is:quanta shotid be mask once In every
week, and at no longer lilts ra als."
CLAIIE.—TLLLA lirrEa.—At the extraordinary sessions
on Saturday (George O'Callaghan, Ina., chairman), up-
wards of 6.1,000 i was proposed for outlay iu the district, its-
eluding a sum of 22,0001. passed for Feakle parish.
GALWAY.— liatiAtexitthert. At the extraordinary
sessions, held at Cliudeu (Thomas B. Martin, Esq., MT,
chairman), 40,0001. were voted, including 100/. for II chapel
at 11allinalad, for public worts in the barony. Immediately
after, the peasantry chaired the Roe. Josepit Duncan, Pro-
testant curate, through the town. At Roes, 17,000 f. was
presented, and at Ballynahiuch, 42,000.
LIMERICK.—SIILNID.—The extreordinary Stlo4olll were
hele: at Shanagelden on Friday week, under 10th Vie. c. 107,
to consider the distressed state of the labouring classes ru that
locality. On the motion of Lord Monteaght, the Earl of
Devon was called to the chair, and resolutions were passed
ter the purpose of giving immediate employment to the poor
of the neighbourhood. Au adjournment was agreed upon to
'1 ue.a.y, the 6th of October, fur the purpose of alfortling
Captain Kennedy time to inspect and report on the eeveral
works proposed to be executed.
Stinvanoton.---At the extraordinary session held at
Ballingarry on Saturday last, William% Cox, Esq., presided.
There was 8,180/. preteented far completion of works lx•gutt
under Ist and 9th Vittoria, and ten proposals were approved
of for new works under 10th Victoria, including a road
through the Intl of Ballykevau, at tither side of which a
road now pau.oc. The resolutiens of the Croons extraordi-
nary sessions, which we published, were adopted; the only
opponent being Res. Mr. Fitagerakl, 1'.1'., who considered
them to,, tat aerobic to the landed proprietors. Mr. Daven-
port complained that lie had received two threatening letters,
on the presumption that he had said the present Beale of
wages should nut be raised ; the tart being, that he made no
such declaration. The proceedings were noisy and irregular,
ea crowded was the meeting, and from the impatience of the
multitude outside.
SMALL•COU STS.—On Tuesday extraordinary sessions were
held art II ispinil ; O'Grady, Esq., in the chair. Mt.
Croker h icing rval the Treasury minute, and token a con-
cise and lucid review of the Sit under which they met, ex-
plained its object, and aso commented on its acknowledged
defects, the business proceeded, when sums to the amount
46,601/. were granted to Sustain operations in the district, for
two months, besides 2,5001. in hand. The crowd assembled in
and outside the scaiions declared that wages should be raised,
and they protested against tads-work. Copt. Ord, ILE.,
I.ieut. Telturd, R.A., and Lieut. Ing,is, attended on the part
of government and the Board of %Viotti.
Til'PEßAßY.—Cosakea. At the sessions held at li il-
linen'. on Monday, Thomas T. Adana., Esq., presided. The
sums granted amounted to 40,0001., but Het country people
having assembled in I age nowhere, evidenced much dissat-
isfaction at the unavoidable delay given to the prosecution ot
the works ; and towards the close of the proceeding*, an ob.
aervation, which fell from a gentleman present, about com-
pensation for cutting up Mi ground, so exusigouted the
crowd, that they mewl into the stamens-house with sticks,
threaten( el the lives of the magistmtes aseenabled, and swore
they wou:,l demolish the building. The bench remain -crated
with the multitude on the impropriety of their conduct, and
after great exertion toquiet the tumult, fortunately succeeded.
WATEILFOII, D.— Urr1:11-THIILD.—The magitrates and
returned cess-paa era, noembled at Kilmactliumas on Mon-
day ; John Power O'Shea, Evq., J.l'., in the chair.
'There was a very large attendance, and 20,000/. was pre-
sented far the employment of the people. The barony was
divide II into four districts, the population of which, and the
amount of destitution were previously ascertained, and the
:chef apportioned acconlingly RA as to cover the inttrvetiug
monad between this and February.

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PROCEEMNOS AT LP:I:RR:X.—The Mayor, on Tuesday,
received a letter trove Colonel Jones (Board of Works),
stating his inability to come to Limerick from press of pub-
lic business•, but that Mr. M'Mahon, C.E. from that board,
should lie here in the evening to mark out the Floating
Docks. Mr. M'Mahon has amved, and is now engaged en
the works. A deputation from the Relief Committee, with
the Mayor went through the city, oa the same day, to solicit
subscriptions in aid of the pour, and succeeded in collecting
near 4001., including 10:11. from J. N. hussell, 50/. from
ltuebon Harvey, MM. from Messrs. J. Stein end Co., and
30/. from Messrs. Todd and Co. The Mayor himself con-
tributed 401.
Pitiv-seltoms.—Colonel Bruen, M.P., at a meeting of
the Carlow guardian. recommended that each proprietor
and agent sboald make a correct return of the number of
families on each estate, with a view of distinguishing those
who pOSSIAN claims on the support of the Relief Committees,
and those who, being strangers, should be maintained at the
of their respectise counties. This plan was adopted.
SCOTLAND.

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THE AIIHROATH CANVAS WEAVEHE ex.,llt ten days ego
gave notice to their employers that, unless an advance of hd.
per piece were granted, they would " strike " work. The
master* thus *poker to gave each of the men warning that
they could dispense with their services. The result ware
that the whole Lands resolved to leave, and they aecoreingly
departed. Matters remained in this position until Wednes-
day ; when finding that their best hads were receiving
work at other factories, and many of thenm ut the railway,
the employee: acceded to the denDiatl.
0/LEAT FLOOifr IN THE TWELIO.—The present has been a
remarkable year for floods :a the Tweed and Teviot. On
the Wth of July last, the Tweed, alter its junction with the
Teviot, was higher than it lead been for fifteen years, hiving
reached to within five feet of the celebrated flood of 1831 ' -
but the Tweed itself was not so much Heeded as the Teviot,
which latter was considered to have reached its height of
1831. Again, on the Bth of August !eat, the 'T weeeLat Kelso
Bridge reached to within IS inches of the flood of .he 30th ;
the Tweed on this occasion was mach larger than en the
former, but the Teviot was considerably less. On both occa-
sions much damage was dune, large quantities of hay ricks,
timber, carts, and even sheep, having been carried down
the stream. We have now to notice a third flood, greater
than either of the preceding ones, which took place ea
Tuesday laet. Previous to Sunday last there had been •
good deal of rain in this quarter, but the ge at e. part of rho
latter day was fair, and even tine. During Sunday night,
however, it commenced to rain heavily, and continual to do
so, almost without five minutes iutermisaion at any time,
until 'Tuesday night. The streams in the vicinity. began
daring the time to show the usual effects, becoming dis-
coloured, and swelling rapidly ; and between eight and nine
o'clock last night, the Tweed, previous to ita jurietion with
the Teviot, was nine inches higher than in 1831, and much
higher than in either of the cases above alluded to; and tTell
at blayfield, below Kelso Bridge (although the Teviot was
not beyond the site of an ordinary flood) it reached to within
three feet of the highest marked' 1831. As may be supposed,
a considerable amount of havoc has been caused. Immense
quantities of timber, rural implement*, railway sleepers,
and other articka, carried away from the lower-lying greunds,
came down the stream. Several fishing and ferry-boats else
came down, and one of these, belonging to the person who
keeps the ferry at Kelso Ana, was dashed against the Pier-
head, near Kelso-millr., and broken to pieces ; another belong-
ing to Captain Fulton, of the Holmes, rear St. Doswell's, wee
✓eeopieed at the Pier-head by his name beinz upon it, awl
attempted to be got out by the bystanders ; but after t
or three fruitless endeavours, it was carried away by the
strength of the current. The terrace, known by the lAMC
of the ChalkheuAh, which i. a great height above the bed
of the Tweed, and commands a fine slew of I:P junction with
the Teviot, is guarded by a stone a ill, beneath which, ter-
I raced in the cliff, are small gardens and shrubberies, so that
, the wall is several feet s:lcsrard from the stream, as well
as a great height above it; nevertheless this wall fell into
the gr,en below. A young man, Eon of Mr. J. hlurray,
clegger, vs lice among others, was near it at the time, fell
with it • but, though the height from the top of the wall is
13 or 14'feet, he sustained no leather injury than a few bruises;
the houses onthe terrace are only a few het backwurd frern this
wall. The garden wall belonging to Mr. Mein, cabinetmaker,
situated a little lower down the stream, and at the foot of the
terrace, fell bodily into the water ; there wus then nothing
left but the loose soil of the garden for the current to act
upon • and it was fortunate the flood was then b• ginning to
subside, otherwire the dwefing-hoeee would have been in
imminent danger. We have not heard of fin tbei damage in
the immediate neighbourhood ei Kelso; hit we than, no
doubt, in a day or two, have accounts of the havoc h. both
the upper and lower distriera We omitted to mention that
the inmates of the lowest situated cottagest May had
to leave their dwelling and take refuse for the night in the
malt barns. The small river Eden which fahs into the
Tweed, was also in high flood; the toft-house and other
dwellings at Ednam were inundated by the bursting of
large drain, and the inmates were compel to lease theft'.