The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-30 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dcstric, Die. 21.
The health of the Chanoellor mends apace. Sir
Henry Marsh, for the first time since his illness,
looks on his gradual recovery as certain. Whether
that restoration will enable him to return to the Court
of Chancery is not equally certain.
After frequent communication with the Poor Law
Commission, the Enniekillen guardians have re-
solved on oat-door relief in money until March next.
The allowance far each adult is below the average
standard of those districts where ont-door aid is ad-
ministered—namely, between M. and Is. per week.

Fran.--On Sunday evening a fire, which proved very
destructive, broke out In a house in Garden-lane, off Francis-
street, Dublin. The fire originated in consequence of the
neglect of a woman, who had incautiously left a candle
burning in a room, and which communicated with the fur-
niture. In a short time, not only the whole house, but
those adjoining, were in a blaze, and five habitations were
partially consumed. Owing to the early hour at which the
fire broke out, a good deal of property wan saved, but seve-
ral poor persons who occupied apartments in the houses
suffered much by having their furniture damaged. Although
much confusion prevailed, there was no personal injury sus-
tained by any one. It was stated that the houses were not
insured.

ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN TIPPERARY. —NIWPORT,
TIPPERARY, Dec. 26.—A most brutal attempt to commit
murder was made this morning within about half a mile of
this town. The intended victim is sanest respectable man of
the name of M'Mahon, a clerk in the employ of Mr. Francis
John O'Neill, the extensive merchant of Limerick, who some '
time since took a mill in this neighbourhood, and placed
M'Mahon in charge of it, who, it appears, has made
enemies for himself by discharging his duties faithfully to
his employer. When on his way home this morning from
raw, between nine and ten o'clock, and when within a few
yards of his own door, while speaking to a woman, he was
met by a man armed with a holly stick, loaded at the end
for about six inches with lead. Immediately after passing
him the man turned round, and struck M'Mahon on the
hack of the head with his murderous weapon. The
blow knocked him down, and when on the ground he
received two ether blows. The woman who had been
speaking to M'Mahon called loudly for assistance,
which is supposed to have alarmed the assassin, who
nut off, leaving M'Mahon weltering in his blood, and
insensible. While in this state several people passed
by, but it was not for a considerable time, until some
of the workmen of the mill came up, that he was carried into
his awn house, where he wail immediately sarrounded by his
disconsolate wife and four children, who supposed he was
dead. The butts of two pistols were seen protruding from
the pockets of the ruffian, so that it was evident he was pre-
pared for mischief. As there were several coming the same
road from chapel, there is no doubt, had they wished it, they
could have made a prisoner of the assassin ; butso far from
doing that, they did not even assist to remove the insensible
man to his house As hflishon is • most inoffensive up-
right man, no onecan account for this diabolical attempt to
deprive him of his e." -- Dublin paper.