The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-30 00:00:00

was was nasevao7 ffisolhoad. the
grow="etallistda=Twee IMardeh, the were 45-
moralised, and the wide libels emir, sal la-
wean. The reaskfee each a state of hes of swis►
sity been tie's and Mina; but it is for the , the
government, molt en all thus who, living la liars,
and exereiskg antheeltp, lam at heart the Was Moneta of
Ireland, to same the mama et tbe pre, 'alb, opal laws,
impartial jest'% and hthendeg sWear
on the work et social vegsmeolesea, mad the pee/le et
this country in the porton assy an le seem.
Something to this effect weald Weimer well from
the bishops ; but they a olonnia thee tale • with
the penal laws, and left it to the Lord Lisatemeat to
" point the moral." Towards the close of be reply
his excellency makes the following appeal to targeod
sense of the country, which seems to us far name asa-
oonable than any historical apology for its faults:
If ever a nation at any time was imperatively called up=
by circumstances for united exertion, it is Ireland at the pre-
tont moment ; hardly emerged from a calamity whisk has
no parallel in the annals of history, we are about to Mier
upon another crisis of appalling magnitude, which finds as
unprepared, and weakened by division. If ever there was a
time when *elfish feelings, sad party strife should be re.
placed by Christian charity, it is now, in the presence
of a great and common danger. There is no Mil upon
whom some duty does not devolve, and if those eleven
possessing Whence in their respective spheres will meet to-
gether, and recognise the absolute necessity of those duties
being performed, and will to each apportion his share of the
burden, the difficulties of all will be diminished to an extent
which now appears impossible; and if the exhortations of
religion, never in vain addressed to the Irish people, be
beard in behalf of order, and self-sacrifice, and resignation,
then we may humbly hope that the blessing of the Almighty
will attend elf ots so made to meet the calamity which, for
purposes to us inscrutable, has been permitted to fall upon
this country.
Advice so wise and good as this is, so plain, so
practical, so parental, cannot fail, we think, to be
heard above all the din and babble of the day—cannot
fail to be received with gratitude, and to stimulate
thousandsto a sense of their public duties.
The bishops compare the rights of property with
those of life, and deplore, as we all do, that the subsisting
relations between landlord and tenant are unjust and
oppressive, pregnant with misery and disorder. And
this naturally leads to their opinions on the legal
provision now established for the poor, which they
describe as "a resource totally inadequate to the
magnitude of the evil." They object to at first as " a
provision left at the capricious discretion of
those who administer it, without any compulsory
enactment in the case of their neglecting
each a duty," and then their lordships pro-
ceed to object to it in foto, and in principle, affirm-
ing that "no extent or stringency would make it
an adequate remedy ; that any legal provision must
be inadequate ; and that there is no hope for the poor
of Ireland, or refuge from oppression, since the
destruction of those asylums (meaning the monastic
establishments), " in which were treasured, in trust for
the indigent, the accumulations of piety, cheaply
feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, educating the
Ignorant, and affording consolation under every
infirmity that affects human nature." Were this
opinion of the catholic hierarchy well founded, hope-
less indeed would be the condition of Ireland; Lord
CLARENDaN might be excused for throwing up his
mission, and the patriot and philanthropist might
rest from their labours. The repeal of the anion
itself is feasible, compared with the restoration of
the monasteries, by which measure alone, say the
bishops virtually, can Ireland ever be rescued from her
present state of destitution. To all this Lord CLA-
RENDON has replied with consummate ability; he
gently rebukes their lordships' premature condemna-
tion of the poor-law, observing that though in some
cases it may prove inadequate, "the extent to which
it will fall short has yet to be ascertained." "If the
guardians are reluctant to enforce rates—if thoee who
are able to pay them refuse to do so— a gross derelic-
tion of duty is committed by both, but the non-
application of the law does not prove its inadequacy.
I can, however, assure your hirdships that it shall not
be left wholly dependent urn the capricious discretion
. of those who administer it, but that a close, constant,
and rigilant inspection will, as far as is possible, secure
the effectual carrying out of its provisions."
The vigour of this language, the spirit and firmness
of this declaration, will produce the happiest effects.
The ill-disposed will see that the energy of the govern-
ment is equal to its humanity ; the well-disposed will
support it with redoubled zeal ; the poor will know
that they have not only a resource in the law which
they never possessed until now, but that they have a
patron and protector at the head of the government,
who will carry out its provisions with a strong hand,
and secure them its benefits to the uttermost farthing.
It must have been difficult to deal gravely with the
monastic longingsof the hierarchs: but Lord CLAREN-
DON did not allow them to pass without the following
sensible observations:
It would be unbecoming on my part to contest the judg-
ment of your lordships respecting the abolition of those asy-
lums alluded to by you, nor shall I advert to the opposite
conclusions to which I have myself arrived after long
residence in countries where similar atabliahments existed;
hot I fully admit, that with the rapid increase of popnla-
tion, the charitable spirit of former times may have fallen
into decay, and on that account the necessity of rendering
it compulsory is all the more stringent.
In the following passage the Lord Lieutenant
sternly discharges an unpleasant but imperious duty
while he gives praise where it ie due, he follows it by
an unflinching administration of rebuke where it is
equally merited :
" Considering. that the prospects of the winter were alarm-
ing, and foreseeing that scanty would exist, and the means
of procuring food would be insufficient, I have endeavoured
through every channel, private as well as official, to obtain
accurate information as to the state of the country, end the
preparations that were making to meet the crisis ; and it is
my duty to state that although in many parts of Ireland
the landowners and the farmers are stannowdy and with
manly courage exerting themselves, and are proving that
they are fully alive, not to their own intends alone, but to
the wants and sufferings of those around them, yet that their
ondoct is painfully 'mistreated with that of others, where no
mesh sense of obligation appears to exist; and with entire
einadence I appeal to the candour of your lordships whether
f landowners who have contributed little or nothing towards
the support of the poor, and do not avail themselves of the
facilities afforded by the legislature for improving their es-
, totes—whether persons in easy circumstances who resist the
payment of rates—whether farmers who refused last season
to cultivate their land, unmindful of the will of their
- Creator that by the sweat of his brow w shall live, while
ethers now, who, although well able to abed it, absolutely
WINO to give employment to a single man, and who, after
harvest time, have turned away their asevante—whether
Zse not really in distress who promote tumultuous wan.
in the vain bap* of intimidating the government to
- new the pabile work& which lee to so meek demoralise-
des—l will oak whither's* saes, who will make asither
redeem mar mitten thoeselem, en la a maditics w deist
that duties whisk the pmeepse of eagles end the Manse of
society impose upon them should be prebemed ohm, or
rather that the means he this 'bride Werra& by the go-
vernor* tom AIRIMIS ell struggles with atldisaltles, sod at
a awimset whim ie Baelaad trade imiteedit are dilasWausly
low, with the ieaedlste of Modred' of deernds
. brag thrown oat of and being as dssdtsts
the means de:Masse as moat la Timmy.
The Irish of no class or. otoostcotod to has the
truth spoken in any looms, moth Is. is Wimp
so bold and explicit as this. This will do mere sew'
rice in Ireland than an ism of a thousand
for every letter in the parograph. The spirit oil
teeth
will be a powerful ally o! the spirits of justice and
mercy. An administration thus vigorously grappling
with the vices and follies of all the orders of-society is
a new, and will be a memorable, era in Irish history.

The measure of relief just afforded by our govern-
ment to the commerce of the country, formed, of
muse, the chief topic of discussion in all circles in
Paris on Thursday. The improvement of our funds
consequent on the measure produced a corresponding
effect on the Bourse.
M. Dufaure ban displeased the opposition press, by
refusing to preside at a reform banquet. The honour,
able deputy receives the compliments of the minis- I
terial journals.
The household of the Queen Dowager of Spain in
Paris and at Malmaison is broken up, and the chil-
dren of the Duke of Rianzares, with the entire smite,
have left for Madrid.
Advice. from Algiers were received in Paris. The
following account of Abd-el-Kader is taken from the
5 Echo d'Oran of the 16th inst.;
: The attention which continue' to be bestowed on aD
; that concerns the existence of the Emir induces ns to give
some new details so to his situation. The deira is still at
Kasbat-Zelouln, a little town of the Guelaiii, situated
nine leagues south-east of Melilla, and two and a half
leagues from the sea, from which it is separated by large
salt-ponds. It was in this position, whilst the Emir went
with regular troops to meet the Beni Amer and the Haehem,
that the people of the neighbourhood committed hostilities
against the tents which remained without defenders. Abd-
el-Kader, crushed though he was, immediately felt that his
maintenance in the country which served him as an asylum
. depended on the prompt chastisement of those who had just
• attacked him. It was thus that an encounter was brought
about in which the Kabyles of Ouelaia, drawn into the plain
by a pretended retreat, left on the spot 600 of their men.
The fires of thirty-six regulars paid for this sworn Lame.
diateay after, the Outdid& had to pay an enormous fine. All
the country trembled, and under the impression of the
—.saint which be had just gained, the Emir, it is said,

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