The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Nov. 22.
The country journals received to-day exhibit slight
symptoms of improvement. There is no fresh war-
der; but the foray for arms still continues in the
south. Bands of vagabonds, with blackened fines,
and hearts quite as black, kro about demanding mus-
kets and powder-money. They carry their audacity
even to the confines of the police barracks. Limerick
exceeds Tipperary in the number of these roving
marauders, inasmuch as the latter stands less in need
of a forced supply, having made ample purchases in
market overt. The North Biding boys are among the
' bent shots in Europe, and so attached do they feel to
their Birmingham companions that arms acts will
prove wholly ineffectual for their separation. Every
person is convinced of the futility of such a proceed
ing to effect a general disarmament. The only mode
of getting at permanent order is to break up the con-
federacy, however this is to be accomplished. One
hundred evicted lads, removed from 'Tipperary and
Limerick, would leave tranquillity behind.
The spirit of improvement moves slowly in TO-
wavy, notwithstanding its damaged character. At
Mnllmahone, near Callan, a numerous meeting of tht
gentry, clergy, and farming classes took place, to con-
sider about employment for the able-bodied, and the
diminution of the rates. After some temperate dis-
cussion, it was resolved that all classes interested in
keeping down the rate should give employment to
the extent of one man to each family of four, and
that a voluntary rate of Is. ed. in the pound be con-
tributed by landlords, and occupiers in the proportion
of the poor-rate, to maintain the selected labourers
for the next four months. Task work is only to be
given on reproductive works, and no horse labour
is to be paid for, the person on whose land the em-
ployment takes place being bound to its gratuitous
supply. A committee was formed to carry the raw
lutions into effect.

btu R. 11. Bs mar.—Aocouuta reached town to-day that
the symptoms of this gentleman's ewe had taken ea so&
vouratde turn. Halmahera had 'gait est in, emi meal
weeklies, had necessarily resulted. ftesgess Omeek .1
Dublin, had again hem sent for.
Go mires Besco.—Tua Queen e. Liicurra.—licrort-
I TANT DICIRION.-111 this ease, Mr. lAISAILSO, II stook-broker
in Dublin, was indicted under the est 9 Geo. IV.. ehep. 66,
for embseding oertain valuable emerithe astrusted to hint
ftw investment. The ere was nisi is kat Mink and wan
bristly this: Mr. Myles Irma% stCoden, hod hem left
by his each • sem el 10,000 L la X ma sent. Modo• H.
employed Mr. Lonsnos de loam I • tnatior liall to hie
DPW. Xr. Lessss, maw Me dot • weer et
aWrwry te him was amessary es a , leek
power hem Mr. Browne, eltes
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SCOTLAND.
Nenneanait, Nov. U.
It has been incorrectly slated lu samsy of tho
London paper., that Mr. Cowan. has taken hie oaths
and seat in the Hanes of Chsaassms as ems d the
members for Edinbergk. The hen. gaudeman was
indeed in the House of Clommerm, bat sat beyond the
bee; and having. as we benne, taken the advice al
the officials et the hams, has tblegod toldag his mat
Normally nnta a writ for anew sits*a is bend As
before stated, theme will be no oppeidea to his re-
election. He is is Edinbargh present, probably
waiting tell this talus
A meeting of operative@ hes been held
in Paisley, of a mars kind than is cus-
tomary in Boothia. SU first muslotien was to the
effect that if rang ware ant swift afforded,
many
.would die frees sheer dsedtdiea i sad in
ng the mod" one speaker mid that he had
hssa told by proses who could be depended *pm,
that for two days together they led not tested food.
The relief comiaittes were now &log est schedules,
bat they ought to have time es at ea earlier pried.
He had is maim this seadest in miaow to
young Meals' sal absozmisuseideass eadursteed
them were refried
were retied aid, the jugend that =
bees a certain is the town. Ho void kris
NA maid up to tie Wiped= of the eel,
and he Mt bound to say that the ccasaithee were
scdog Ike mawgsntes. With regard to the
they meta al with the toseW
The eesemd resola rehessi Is the filsoy of
sahsoripdoes to most the existing ditreso—the=
piety messekliming the government to inka
▪ =Waft the poce,law of Ilestiod to that ot

England and Ireland, and to appoint a commission to
see that the present law be enforced in its provisions;
and the discussion of it was the signal for the rising
of the Rev. P. Brewster, who contended not only for
the abstract right of the able-bodied unemployed to
relief, but also held that by the law of Scotland they
were so entitled. The rev. gentleman quoted Pnffen-
dorff, Bacon, &c., in support of his first proposition,
sad made out his point ; but in quoting Sheriff
Alison and Sir John Macneill, in support of the latter
he was not so saccade. No quotation was given as
from the sheriff; but the following M an extract from
somepervisi doconument of the chairman of the board of
su :
st wee be prembell fig Ifee pieeel&l beer& of Polska Idiot*
laser the repolbilly et esed est pewee le leek=
wbo slaw le week set evelle be MN eeeplefeeeeb, to
motel the aseemelbs "Mee fret vie the power TM
wallesb lealidere bed semi Seen, ter tee mein of woman
suits
It were well if the e power" in question were ord.
ploMod. The act says somewhat distinctly that "so-
thing herein contained Mall be held to confer a right
to demand relief on We-bodied persons out of
employment," and we are much afraid that, without
fresh legislation, the Paisley unemployed will make
nothing of the act.
In Glasgow factory business is still depressed, only
two or three spinning and weaving mills being on fall
time. The common extent of working is from three
to eight hours per day, and further reductions are
contemplated this week. Several factories are
altogether closed, one in this position having em-
ployed no less than 1,500 workers.

NEW SHERIFF-SUBSTITUTE OF CAITSINESS-RHIRE.—
Charles For3yth, Esq., advocate, has been appointed sheriff-
substitute of this county, in the room of J EMS Gregg, Esq.,
retired.

SUICIDE BY RAILWAT.—On Friday afternoon, la the two
o'clock train from Kilmarnock was proceeding at full speed
for its destination at Glasgow, and when about twa miles
mat from Paisley, a woman, who had been waiting its
approach, walked deliberately into the middle of the up line
of rail.. As a matter of course she was killed on the instant,
and on the train being Mopped ber head was found literally
eat in two. The body was put in charge of the workmen on
the line, and the train proceeded on its course to Glasgow,
from whence an engine was immediately despatched to
bring deceased forward. The individual who thus com-
mitted self-destruction waa the wife of the stoker to the

engine that ran her down. She was a young woman, only
about four years married. She was of irregular habits, end.
during that time bad frequently been separated from her
husband. She had been observed watching the several
trains as they came forward fur some hours before she com-
mitted the fatal act ; and her husband bad ant seen her for
four weeks, till she placed herself before him in a position
which rendered every effort in his power to save her life an
utterly hopeless task.
MlSLANctiowr Acorns:vv.—On the afternoon of Thursday,
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, of Blythswoed,"eccompanied by a
fine young boy, a son, about six years of age, and attended
by a coachman and footman, were returning in a carriage
and pair, from a visit to Mr. Douglas, of Mains, near Miln-
garde. While crossing a wooden bridge over the Forth
and Clyde Canal, at Temple Lock, near (.larseube, the horses
shyed, and the carriage coming forcibly against the wooden
railing of the bridge was broken, and carriage, horses, and
the whole party precipitated into the water. Mr. Campbell
sustained Mrs. Campbell until ropes were thrown them, and
by which they held on until rescued. Their boy, heweva;
was drowned. Mr. Campbell had to support himself and his
lady by the rope until the water was let out of a higher lock
to raise them up to the top of the lock-wall where they were
immersed. Tne horses were drowned, and the carriage
broken to pieces. In explanation of the result, it is under-
stood, that Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, by some means or other,
managed to get out at the carriage window, or door, but
their son, who was seated beyoed them, went down with
the vehicle. The servants, beinq outside, escaped with
comparative ease. The body of the boy ,was afterwards
found.
A MININTER

AS A DESERTNR.--00 SUR.

day the minister who officiated in the forenoon in Green-
head guoad sacra Church, Glasgow, wee, immediately after
the conclusion of the service, apprehended as a deserter by
two serjeants of the 71st regiment, at present stationed in
this city, assisted by a criminal officer. His reverence was
marched to the guard room, his sable robes presenting a
striking contrast to the gaudy attire of his companions in
arms. The preacher, who is a private in the 71st regiment,
absented himself from the barracks only on Monday last.
He took up his quarters with a lady in Charlotte-street un-
der the assumed name of the Rev. Mr. Bercum. How he
got an introduction to the Established Presbytery, so as to
get admittance into Greenhead Church, we are unable to
state, but the Church of Scotland must be lanteilably in
want of preachers when such unknown characters find easy
&mess to her pulpits. His real name is Thomas Wat-
kins, His father, we are informed, is a minister
of the Gospel in the neighbourhood of London. Our
hero was educated for the ministry, but previous to his being
licensed, he enlisted into a regiment bound for the West
Indies, the name of which we have not ascertained. He
was, however, afterwards transferred to the 7lst regiment,
from which he deserted when in Barbadoes, but was after-
wards recaptured. He was absent from his regiment then
as many months as he has been days now. lie was not,
however, idle, but had joined a native regiment, and been
promoted to the rank of colour-sergeant. He at times also
acted as chaplain, having an itching, it appears, for the pro-
fession which in an evil hour he forsook. The Rev. Mr.
Bantam is rather an enticing young man, and a very pleasing
speaker. Under this assumed name he is said to hove pto-
duced a favourable impression on the fair portion of his
audience.