The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-13 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DCBLIN, Dec. H.
We are again in the depth of a profound lull. All
from the provinees is peace ; and were it not for a
few cases of "threatening notices," " arms' spolia-
tion," &c., the Tipperary boys would pass for the
gentlest race in existence. The sudden and violent
outbreak of the preceding week has been succeeded
by an equally sadden calm. Such appearances, how,
over, are delusive, and originate in local and tempo-
rary causes, which the world would wish were of a
more permanent and abiding character. The neigh-
bourhood of Rostra, on the authority of the Minster
Express, is being emptied of its gentry, who appre-
hend violence in the open day. Highway robbery
begins to manifest itself, bat for this crime the police
are more than a match. It will not spread..
There is a vacancy in the Bing's Rer,ch. Judge
Burton died yesterday, having near'l completed
his 90th year. For some time his once vigorous
faculties had been on the decline, ex At his retirement
was announced, but he gave the lie to tumour end
adhered to his duties almost ',43 the last day of his
life. Judge Burton was 00.0 of the ablest lawyers
add best an the iria4 bench. lie was 111

Englishman, and having come over to this country at
the close of the last century under the patronage of
Curran, who appreciated his abilities and extended to
him his friendship, he was called to the bar in 1792.
His career was a distinguished one, and on the bench,
to which he was promoted in 1920, he displayed the
highest judicial qualities—learning, judgment, at-
tention, and mildness. He had one child, the
widow of the late Mr. West, Q.C. Speculation
is already rife as to his successor. The poet
falls of right to the Attorney-General. In the
event of his refusal Mr. Monahan becomes the
fortunate possessor, and obtains repose. from election
broils and the entanglements of the Irish office. In
the event of Mr. Moore's acceptance, Mr. Monahan
would be attorney-general, and probably Mr. Mit-
chell solicitor, while his non-acceptance would have
the effect of substituting a Roman catholic solicitor-
general for Mr. Monahan. Mr. Ilatchell being a
protestant, thus would remain in itafn
Another has been added to the I:st of paid unions.
Mohill, in Leitrim, over which the Hon. Capt. Cle-
ments presided, is to be administered by paid officers.
This is the ninth union under the direct control of the
poor-law commissioners.
Of all the catholic clergy who have fallen under
the popular displeasure of England none has been
more vigorously. denounced than the Rev. Mr.
M'Dermott, parish priest of Strokeetown, where
Major Mahon was murdered. The memorable words
"He is worse than Oliver Cromwell, and yet he
lives" were branded into the public mind even before
Lord Farnham impressed them still more deeply.
The language attributed to the rev. gentleman left no
doubt of the personality of the attack, whatever con-
nexion there might have been bet wren the denuncia-
tion and fatal consequence. Nuw, the Rev. Mr.

M'Dermott denies in the most positive manner the
heavy charge brought against him. His words are—" I
have now to assure the public, by the most solemn
asseverations a clergyman can utter, that the late
Major Mahon was never denounced, nor even his
name mentioned, from any chapel altar in Strokes-
town, or within twenty miles of Strokestown, in any
direction, on any Sunday before his death." This LS
a decisive answer to the charge of personal denuncia-
tion.

The memory of Mendelasohn has been worthily
honoured in our city. His great work " Elijah" was
produced on Thursday night by the Society of
Ancient Concerts for the tint time, and created as

immense sensation. The performers were numerous
and well-disciplined, having been engaged for nearly
four months on the score, under the able and inde-
fatigable leadership of Mr. Joseph Robinson. All
the musical society of Dublin can think of nothing
else, while the public journals regard it as an his-
torical event. Stich a work and such a performance
reflect lustre on each other.

A meeting of Mr. Reynolds' friends and supporters
was held yesterday, to protect his seat for the city.
Among the contributions were Sir John Power, 1001.,
and Mr. N. Maher, M.P., SOL Several smaller autos
were acknowledged. The entire amount of subscrip-
tions was about SOOL

SCOTL AND.

EDINBURGH, DEc. 10.

Fever and death will soon supersede '
the cry of
fever and filth unless some change speedily take
place. The usual mortality bill for November by
not yet been issued, but the Mail of to-day states the
mortality in the Edinburgh Infirmary to have been
170 during the past month, while during the corre-
sponding month last year it was oily 55. Since the
beginning of December the deaths have been 75,
nearly 11 per diem. The same authority states that
about 60 privates and several officers of the 70th
Regiment have died since the regiment was stationed
in Edinburgh Castle, and adds, that this mortality
exceeds that experienced in the corps during its stay
in the West Indies. If this acconot be correct, the
fatal results must be ascribed to change of climate
rather than to anything locally insalubrious about the
castle. The same cannot be said as to the infirmary,
which is in a crowded and unhealthy vicinity, whilst
its continual occupation by hordes of fever patients
mast have concentrated virulent odours within its
precincts. _ _ . - .

A sanitary association is to be formed in Stirling.
The preliminary meeting is to be held on the 17th.
The Inverness branch of the Scottish Patriotic
Society have purchased two large fields, in the neigh-
bourhood of the town, for land allotments. The rent
paid by the society is 61. per acre, and the charge to
their sub-tenants is to be Ss. for the sixteenth of an
acre.

The Scotch iron trade, lately so flouriahing-and
lucrative, is now greatly depressed—particularly as
regards the affairs of companies formed for carrying
on this branch of business. The Ayrshire Com-
pany's affairs are under investigation, and although
from the opulence of individual proprietors the public
will sustain no loss, the shareholders personally will
suffer. The East of Scotland Company has also issued
a statement of their affairs.
In Ayrshire miners' wages have been falling rapidly.
Some time ago they were earning ss. a day—the
masters reduced them to 4s. 6d.: a strike was the
consequence, and after a time the men were glad to
resume work at 4s. Now they are receiving 2a. 11d.
PROVINCIAL.

DISTRESS IN BRADFORD.--7-PROPOSED EMIGRA-
rioN.—On Saturday last a public meeting of the inhabitants
of the town and neighbourhood of Bradford, convened by
the mayor of that borough, was held in the large room of
the Exchange-buildings, " to take into consideration the
alarming extent of the destitution at present prevailing
amongst the poor in the neighbourhood, and to adopt the
best mode for their immediate relict."—The )furor took the
chair, and expressed a hope that the result of the meeting
would be such as to benefit the poor.--Nfr. H. B. Bytes raid
the report of a committee, which was appointed at a public
meeting convened by the mayor en the 2.5 th of October last,
to devise the best means of removing the existing distress
among the woolcombers of the district. At an early meeting
of that committee it was resolved that, in consequence of the
increasing destitution among the woolcombers of Bradford,
and the probability that, in consequence of the increasing
use of combing machinery, business was never likely
to be permanently improved. it should be recommended to
1 the proprietors of manufactories to instruct the younger
members of that branch of business is the art of weaving.
The report went on to state that the woolc 'ushers in the
district were estimated to number from 12,000 to 16,000,
and that, as any measure calculated to benefit the
woolcombers permanently was not likely to be of
immediate effect, it was deemed advisable that two
sets of measures should be in operation at the same time—one
tor the present relief of the distressed, and the other for their
more permanent welfare ; and also that it should be recom-
mended to the board of -guardians by a memorial not to en-
force too stringently. those roles which had recently guided
them in the administration of relief ; and that a subscrip-
tion should be promoted in order to establish soup lutehens.
for the distribution of food, that hunger may be relieved in.
the approaching season. The committee, in making them
suggestions, were not insessible to the burdens now pressing.
upon the middle and troths( dames • but deemed it a duty
upon all to supply the pow wide braid.—On the motion of
J. Rand, Esq., J.P.' restedi by Alderman Rogers the
report was received and adophaL—The Rev. Dr. Burnett,
vicar of Brimhbad, expressed his imp rympathy with too,
operative deal/ of the neigithaurbood, who were row
suffering disarms from the want at employment, at a time
when a sasetni nearly all gresiesof
society. to
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