The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AMY 8, 1847.

' appointed an officer to superinttal thedistribution._
of the coin in Ireland. This interfereno.' with
the usual results predicted by economists-1. -""•""" w••
Th
badly done at a great cost. is', after the gcrs-e7•••1.1.1ad
been importing for several months, there was in • ''''"••'" •
total went of coin at Bkibbereen, and in Februu
the branch banks were filled with coin in conseijus.‘" of
excessive importation.
Instead of interferinit with trade, the government shouti
have offered for the coin its market pries in the localities
where it was wanted. In consequence of the demand for it
incident on the destruction of barter, its price had risen in
those places; hence the impossibility of getting change, that
is, twenty shillings for a pound, as the twenty shillings had
become more valuable than the one pound. By offering the
muket price the local banks and other parties would have
been induced to import silver coin, and to economise its use
as much as possible, so that it would have been distributed
exactly in the proportions in which it was wanted, and nu
excessive importation would have taken
.place ; or had any
mistakes been made by the banks or private partite, they,
and not the public, would have been the losers.
The ignorance of economic science displayed by public
officers in the management of the supply of silver coin ought
to make every one tolerant of the greater ignorance shown
by some parties in Ireland in the prejudices against English
grain merchants, as having caused the high prices of food,
and against the government, as having favoured the sup-
posed interests of the merchants. It should lead every one ,
to look with pity rather than anger at the distrust and want
of gratitude with which, in some instances, the munificent I
bounty for the relief of Irish distress has been received, and
to endeavour, by promoting the knowledge of economic
science, to remove the ignorant prejudices which have led to I
the motives of the English merchants and the English people ,
being so misunderstood.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
ATHLONX.—There can be but little doubt that Mr. Collett
will be again returned, though opposed by Mr. William
Keogh.
AtT ST. Enxtrtria'B.—The preliminary business of an
election contest has commenced in this borough, and pro-
ceeds steadily and quietly, unmarked by any very exciting
circumstances. Lord Jermyn and Mr. Twiss commented a
conjoint canna' on Thursday, and Mr. Bunbury followed
on the next evening. This junction of the interests of Lord
Jermyn and Mr. Twin has given satisfaction to the Conser-
vatives. Mr. Banbury comes forward as a supporter of the
present ministry, and of civil and religious liberty.
Bowen:v.—Mr. Ainsworth, the present conservative mem-
ber, has formally retired; and, though Mr. Bolling has
accepted a requisition from the voters in the same interest,
it is thought that he will not g• to the poll, and that Mr. J.
Brooke and Dr. Bowring will " walk the course."
Cm:seiner (NollT11).--It was announced in this paper
that ill-health would prevent Mr. E. D. Davenport, one of the
gentlemen on whom the hopes of the liberal party were fixed,
from coming forward, and that it was not unlikely Mr.
Astley, of Dukinfield, would stand in his place. Since that
time nothing has been done publicly on behalf of Mr. Astley,
and it is uncertain whether he will be brought forward,
though the question is by no means given up. In the mean-
time Mr. Davenport has formally declined the contest in an
address, which, along with some bitterness at the pusillanimity
of the leaden of the party, there is reason to tear contains
a good deal of the truth. Remy:
It Ls but a few months dam a decided majority on the registration
transferred to the one. liberal the two ream for North Cheshire,
to which yen hod only to maiati In order to secure the intends of
free trade. TM moservatne weedidate was no longer in year war ;
his constituent' emelliabsed that be bed betrayed Ina engagements,
and their intim= ley vet= Ise Ma rep= of the corn-laws (es be
admitted) against hi =ls gemiellons ; end be repeatedly =bred kis
intention to retire ban_ pelimant from II brow. as well as
other meson. TM gig was all yew eerk end yon bed
candidate. In whose yen erefided, yaw
nounced their determinates ora
lbstain non ell kimei
Meanwhile coottdases lined sety and theenamneglns metand or-
ganised a coalition la to= or Mr. Eitertenotteey, vim amyl=
taxed with Lindsey, an Mr. stallds,. a wldg, whom they bed
hitherto opposed mil =bd. Double requialtkms wereadiremse to
both, and a wealthy end laluential family in Itsetinbeld =wised
their votes (ems= bendneds I. number) to the whig end easy,
this: jointly has=se your majority Ink attain to the nab of
menopoly, and one of those seats which, under Caidn's
advice, you had might have held, but for a most selfish apes-
tacy of some of your hln brethren. The object of the apostaey Son
to be the searing • sod gar Mr. Stanley, by means of a conservative
majority in lieu of a defection from the free traders. It was
at nest given out that Mr. Stanley was to be brought in for the ho.
rough of Macclesfield, and this report had the effect desired of
keeping that pocket borough in quiet poseesion of Messrs. Brockle-
burnt, the anti-free-traders, whose defection to the tories may render
the county as closely under their arbitration as the town, unless a
feeling of independence rescue it from Its apparent apathy. The pro-
bable result will be that Messrs. Breeklehurst will take a seat from
the government, and give It back to the tinier, in order to Seilitate
Mr. Manley's election, who Is already in office, which is an odd way
of serving the government at the expense of a violation of ordinary
principle., and without any explanation on their part, or that of the
candidate, miss the price of higher office is to be paid the latter for
the compromise.
Cuilee.—This county is likely to be contested. Sir Lucius
O'Brien, Bart, brother of Mr. Smith O'Brien, has just issued
his address to the electors. The hon. baronet, however,
states that it is not his intention to involve himself is a con-
test, if the tests by which on a former occasion he lost his
seat are still insisted on. His political opinions and principles
he declares to be liberal in the highest degree, and that
it is his sincere desire to maintain and enlarge the civil
and religious rights and privileges of every class of his
fellow-countrymen.
CARLOW BOROUOH.—Major Layard is not likely to have
a walk over. A Mr. Sadleir has addressed the electors, and
undertakes to de everything except pledge the repeal, which,
however, he is prepared to do, "if he fail in procuring,thoso
measures which the exigencies of the country demand?
DURHAM, NORTH.—A meeting of the conservative late-'.
rat was appointed to meet Mr. Liddell, M.P., at Dur-
ham, on Tuesday evening; but, instead of the honour-
able
gentleman, the electors were met by his son, Mr.
Henry Liddell, who intimated that his father was
unwilling, under all the circumstances of the approach-
ing election, to undertake the responsibilities of an
arduous contest, nor was he very desirous of being again
elected, but, pending the uncertainty which prevailed
respecting the Navigation Laws, he would be ready to serve
his constituents again, provided the influential members of
his party would guarantee him against the expenses of the I
contest beyond the regular legal charges. Several gentlemen
expressed their sentiments, and it was unanimously agreed
that the required guarantee could not be given, but that a
deputation should immediately wait on Mr. Liddell, in Lon-
don, and ascertain his final intentions, pledging the united
support of the party to him in the event of his proceeding
further in the contest; but should be decline doing so, it
was also unanimously agreed on that Lord Seaham, in refrain- I
ing from dividing the conservative interest at the present
time by declaring himself a candidate, was entitled to the
warm respect and cordial confidence of the conservatives, and
that he be invited to come forward in the place of the Hon.
H. T. Liddle, the meeting pledging the conservative interest
to his energetic support.
DUMPRIEHRHIRE.—A Scotch paper gives the following
list of candidates for counties and burghs : The conservative
county candidates are—lion. Admiral Gordon, for Aberdeen;
the Dean of Faculty, for Argyle ; Mr. A. Oswald, for Ayr
Lord Reidhaven, for Banff; lion. Francis Scott, for Ber-
wick; Mr. J. Stuart Wortley, for Bute; Mr. Mackenzie,
of Applecrom, for Cromarty and Rees; Mr. Smollett for
Dumbarton • Mr. Hope Johnstone. for Dumfries ; Sir John
Hope, for Edinburgh; Major Cumming Bruce, for Elgin
and Nairn; Sir Coutts Lindsay, for Fife; Honourable
Mr. Charteris, for Haddington ; Mr. H. T. Baillie,
for Inverness ; General Arbuthnot, for Kincardine ; Mr.
Lockhart, for Lanark ; Mr. Baillie, jun., of Polkemmet,
for Linlithgow; Mr. W. F. M'Kenzie, for Peebles; Mr.
Home Drummond, for Perth; Colonel Mure, for Renfrew;
Mr. A. Lockhart, for Selkirk ; Mr. Forbes, of Calendar, for
Stirling; and Colonel Blair, for Wigton. The liberal county
candidates are: Mr. James Duff, for Banff; Mr. Traill, for
Caithness; General Morison, for Clackmannan and Kinross;
Mr. Matheson, of Achany, for Ross and Cromarty; Captain
Welnyu, for Fife ; the on. Douala* Gordon Halleburton,
for Forfar; Sr David Baird, for Haddington ; the Solicitor-
Generol, tor Kircudbright ; Mr. F. Dundee and Mr. Al--
demon, for Orkney and Shetland; the Hon. J. E. Elliot, for
Roxburgh ; Sir David Dundee, for Sutherland : and Cap-
tain Dalrymple, for Wigton ;—Banff, Cromarty, Fife, Had-
dington, Orkney, and Wigton, are therefore the contested
counties. In Aberdeen, Argyle, Ayr, Berwick, Bute, Caith-
ness, Clackmannan, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, El.
gin, Forfar, Inverness, Kincardine, Kircudbright, Lanark,
Linithgow, Peebles, Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Selkirk,
Stirling, and Sutherland, no contest is as yet apparent.
The liberal burgh candidates are—Mr. Bannerman, for
Aberdeen ; Lord James Stuart, for Ayr District ; Mr.
Ewart, for Dumfries; Mr. Duncan, for Dundee; Mr.
Macaulay, and Mr. Gibson Craig, for Edinburgh (who, by
tie by, are certain of being opposed) ; we have heard the
names of Lord Ashley, Lord John Manners, dtc., mentioned
as likely to be put forward) ; Sir Andrew Leith Hay and
Mr. Duff, for Elgin; Mr. Wilson, of Dundyvan, for
Falkirk district; Mr. Denistonn, the Lord Provost, Mr.
Macgregor, and Mr. Dints, for Glasgow; Mr. Dunlop
sad Lord Melgund, for Greenock; Colonel Henry Fer-
guson Davie, for Haddington district; the lion. P. Bouverie,
for Kilmarnock district ; Colonel Ferguson, for Kirkaldy ;
the Lord Advocate, for Leith district an opposition is re-
solved upon, and it is thought Mr. W , of Kelly, may be
prevailed upon to stand); Mr. Hume, for the Montrose dis-
trict; Mr. Heine, for Paisley ; Mr. Fox Maule, for Perth ; Mr.
Edward Ellice, jun., for St. Andrew's district; Mr. Allison,
Mr. J. B. Smith, and Mr. A. C. Maitland Gibson, for Stirling
district; Mr. Loch, for Wick district; and Sir John M'Tag-
gart for Wigton district. The two burgh conservative can-
didate. are Lord Lincoln in Falkirk district, and Sir J.
W. Drummond, of Hawthorndea, in Haddington dis-
trict. Edinburgh, and we may say Leith, Elgin, Falkirk
district, Glasgow, Greenock, Haddington district, and Stir-
ling are, therefore. to be the scenes of election contests.
Aberdeen, Ayr district, Dumfries, Dundee, Kilmarnock
district (perhaps), Kirkcaldy, Montrose district, Paisley,
Perth, St. Andrew's district, Wick district, and Wigton
district, exhibit no symptoms of a contest. It is said, how-
ever, that Mr. Loch iv to be opposed in the Wick district ;
and the starting of Sir Coutts Lindsay, Colonel Blair, of
Blair, and Lord Reidhaven for the counties of Fife, Wigton,
and Banff has, in the meantime, no better foundation than
rumour.

EDINBUROII.—The Excise-Reform Association are under-
Mood to be rather anxious to start an opponent to Mr. Mac-
aulay. They are not pleased with his reply to their com-
munications, nor indeed with those of Mr. Rutherford or
Mr. Gibson Craig. A gentleman wu named last week as
their candidate, and were he to stand, as its not likely be
will, he would have had the votes of the dissenting party,
and of a clue of the electors who do not think ell the mem-
bers should be government men, which, with the easociation
support, weuld be respectable backing. Bat the organisation
of the ministerial body is very complete, and the prestige of
Macaulay's name great, so that his defeat is so improbable as
not to be rashly attempted.
Essle.—This borough promises to be hotly contested by
Mr. O'Gorman Mahon and Mr. Francis Macnamara, son of
Major Macaunara, M.P.

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I._EviaMAM.—AllOOl4, I:l2l4iidata is talked of for this
borough making the fourth, not one of whom, how'e,ar, btu
1 yet addressed the eleeters.
FIFES/WM.—Mr. Wilford, who retirs'd ftiom East LotitiA6,
is tpoken of for Fife.
KING'S COWITY.—The present mambas do Zot seem at
all likely to be disturbed.
Kittssau.—ldr.Wasson ie *gain to stand for the represen-
tation of this town, having declined being put in nnuunation
for an English borough.
, 1 LYNN.—There is no foundation for the report that Lord
Jocelyn is about to solicit the votes of the electors of Dun-
dalk a! the approaching election. Lord Jocelyn intends
agate to solicit the support of the constituency with which
he is now connected.

LIITRIM.—Mr. K. Tennyson and Mr. Godley are canvass-
ing the electors for this county. Mr. Tennyson is a resident
landlord and ocuntry gentleman, and in that capacity his
conduct has been estimable. Mr. Godley is a young gentle.
man of good capacity and pretensions.
MARYLELONE.—Lord Dudley Stuart, being " extremely
anxious to avoid the danger of a tory representing the
borough," has proposed a sort of preliminary ballot for the
liberal candidates, the result of which will be to determine
which of them shall go to the poll. The plan is ingenious,
and will be found fully detailed in the paragraph advertise-
ment on our last page.
OLDRAM.—Mr. W. J. Fox addressed the electors and
other inhabitants of this borough on Tuesday night. He was
to have met them in the Town-hall, but the place was so
crowded, that an adjournment to the open air was called for,
and he ultimately spoke from the window of the King'.Arms
Inn to about 5,000 persons, who listened to his eloquent ex-
position of his sentiments with almut breathless attention,
except when their admiration of the sentiment he expressed
in language the most felicitous and attractive, drew forth a
cheer, which was very frequently the case.—A motion was
afterward. put " that he was a fit and proper person," to
which, so an amendment, an elector proposed Messrs. Fielden
and Cobbett. Another amendment pr -posed that "every
tub should stand on its own bottom," and that each of the
candidates should be put separately. The latter proposition
was adopted, and Mr. Fielden was decided to be " fit" by a
large majority ,• but the numbers for Mr. Cobbett and Mr.
Fox were nearly equal, so far as could be seen in the then pre-
vailing " shades of evening." However, the chairman (Mr.
Wilde) declared the majority for Mr. Fielden and Mr. Fox,
and the announcement was received with much cheering.
Srateronn.—The position of this borough is peculiar.
The Marquis of Exeter owns a great many houses in the
town, and he expect all his tenants to vote for whomsoever
he sends. There are besides, many tradesmen who are
patronised by the neighbouring gentry ; and as it is an
understood thing that whatever Lord Exeter desires, the
neighbouring gentry favour, the tradesmen (although their
opinions may be adverse) to conciliate their customers, vote
for Burghley (as Lord Exeter's interest is called). This state
of things has general)/ kept down an opposition; but, in
consequence of Lord Loeter having succetsfully opposed in
the present session the deviation to Stamford of the Great
Northern Railway, matters have entirely changed, and the
Burghley nominees have this time met with a very cool if
not a rough reception. The Marquis of Granby and the
right hon. J. C. Herrin came down last week with au intro-
duction from Lord Exeter's agent, and shortly after eta:roil
upon their canvass; they were almost everywhere told that
the town would this time have a candidate of its own ; and,
at the conclusion of the canvass, Mr. 'ferries left under most
disheartening circumstances. It is understood that the
screw will be moat extensively applied, but the independent
party feel confident that it will be applied in vain, and that
Mr. Rolt, whose canvass in the independent interest was
very flattering, is certain of success.
TOI:OHAL.—The Hon. Mr. Cavendish takes his farewell
of his old constituents. and the Hon. Mr. Ponsonhy, member
for Poole, steps in, and asks their suffrage. which, no doubt,
will be iiecorded. The Duke of Devotabire will support
Mr. Ponsonby.
WORCRIITER.--On Tuesday evening Mr. Osman Ricardo,
of Bromesberrow, issued an address soliciting election in the
room of Sir Denis Le Merchant, who has announced his in-
tention of retiring from the representation for reasons which
he promises hereafter to explain. Mr. Ricardo Rays :—" In
offering myself to your notice, I think it right to state that I
concur in the general line of policy of her Majesty's present
government.'.
WOLVERHAMPTON. Mr. Thorneley has issued an
address, announcing his intention to offer himself for re-
election. la the course of his address, the hon. gentleman
says :

For my part, I look back with great satisfaciion on the support
which I hare given to the great free-trade measures which hare barn
adopted by this parliament, which have already mused material re-
ductions in the Import duties on British manufacture. in some foreign
countries, and which, if properly carried oat by us, will probably
make freedom of trade the great rule of the nationa of the world.
In a private letter, Mr. Villiers says that he shall certainly
solicit the suffrages of the electors as soon aa a dissolution
takes places in compliance with a pledge be gave kat year.
WIGTONSHIRIL—Sir James Graham and Cal. Blair are
both named as opponents to the present member, but neither
with muck probability.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, JOLT 6.
By a circular of the relief commissioners it appears
that, instead of money payments by the finance com-
mittees for food supplied from the government depots,
the commissary-general will order the direct issue of
provisions to relief committees in districts near the
depiits, in lien of so much money as may be required.
The supply is to be temporary, merely to clear off the
stores that have been collected at the solicitation of
the respective committees to meet the demand for
provisions. The quantity for each electoral division
will be issued on a requisition, signed by the govern-
ment inspector, founded on the fortnightly estimate sent
up to the commissioners, the value of which will be paid
for in Dublin instead of sending to the local treasurer
the whole amount of the estimate for each division.
This system is now in operation ; and the committees
are requested to make the most economical arrange-
ments for transport from the depOts. The object of
the government in thus reducing their stores at the
depots is for the purpose of leaving the trade of the
country to take its ordinary course.
An order has been issued from the Board of Works
to discontinue all persons—assistant engineers, over-
seers, check clerks, and others acting under the in-
spectors—from the 10th instant. In the interval they
may be employed in storing implements, arranging
all outstanding demands, &c. No claims are to be
allowed for works after the 3rd instant. Thus will
the whole enormous machinery of the last ten months
be reduced to its original elements.
It is stated that-in one of the counties of Connaught
40,0001. of the relief money had been unaccounted for.
Absenteeism is a principle quite as unpopular as
the private gain of the corn trader, but on much
stronger grounds. However, if all absentee pro-
prietors were as munificent in dealing with their
tenantry as Lord Palmerston, the evil would have
been converted into a positive good. His lordship's
rental in Sligo is 8,0001.: of this sum a district called
Mullaghmore supplies a very large portion, and of its
rental his lordship has not received ene shilling for
the last ten years, the whole having been expended
in planting bent, erecting quays, piers, &c. This is
to act the part of a good man and generous landlord.
Colonel Jones had arrived on Friday last in Gal-
way, from Limerick, on his fishery inspection. He
proceeds to examine the harbour of Galway and the
Lough Corrib improvement works, and thence along
the coast towards the north-west

ORANGE Paocasstons.— Notwithstanding the remon-
strances of some of their leaders, it is feared that the Orange-
men will walk in great numbers on the 12th inst. (Monday
next). The masters of Orange lodges in the district of
Newry hate toned the following resolution :—" At a meet-
ing of the masters comprising the District Orange Ledge of
Newry, held at their lodge.rooms on the 22nd ult., the de-
puty district master presiding, it was unanimously resolved :
—' That, owing to the present awful visitation of divine
Providence on our beloved country, we deem it our duty n-
thee to humble ourselves than express those feelings of re-1
joicing usual on the approaching anniversary of our deliver-
ance from Popish tyranny, by any public demonstration;
and we earnestly entreat all eu!porters of our glorious insti-
-1 tution to faithfully consider their responsibility, should they
indulge in any other feeling but that now expressed.' "
RCENR IN AN IRISH SESBIONS COVRT.—The Clore
Journal contains the following : " An unpleasant occurrence
took place at the quarter sessions court in Kilrush on
I Friday. We have been informed that while Mr. O'Connell,
who was engaged in defending the persons charged
with the late outrage upon Mr. Hill, the government
inspector, was addressing the court, Mr. Hill, who was
on the bench, was observed to laugh more than once at
I the observation, made. Mr. O'Connell, addressing Mr.
Hill, asked if he was laughing at him. The reply was, that
indeed he was laughing at his foolish observations. Mr.
O'Connell observed in reply that that was language
that he would not suffer to pass with impunity
elsewhere, and that he should notice it cut of
court. The barrister, after some observations, called
upon both gentlemen to enter into securities to keep
the peace. Mr. Hill said he did not intend that the matter
should proceed further, and pledged himself to that effect.
Mr. O'Connell did the same, but the barrister insisted that
he (Mr. O'Connell) should enter into recognizance', himself
in 2001., and two sureties in MI. each, to keep the peen.
This Mr. O'Connell peremptorily refused, when Mr. Major
desired the sheriff to take Mr. O'Connell into custody, end
the sheriff requiring a committal, it was drawn up, and Mr.
O'Connell was sent to liridewell, where he spent the night.
The excitement in the town during the night was remark-
able. A tar barrel was lighted opposite the Bridewell, and
the people paraded the streets, headed by an amateur band;
end it was a late hour before the multitude retired to their
homes. The attorneys, in a body, visited their incarcerated'
brother, and spent the evening very pleasantly. In the
morning Mr O'Connell was brought into court, escorted by
two policemen."