The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-29 00:00:00

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trines in social Wine% mai weaseale may ends sad db.
'sleuthing opiates* Is pellilei; Tie Les w' is esoiaded
with very considerable Whiner sew be awed
of Mr. Femmes O'Comer's talents, made[ bib Weem kr fle
office of popular teacher, Wore tan he ss deed* bat lea his
coadjutor, Mr. Rasa Jai" is a panes el as coliemry
calibre. His oontrilmelsseta its pages, wisaire Is prose or
verse, are marked by pea daring, vigour, mai originality,
and, at the same time, by Am and reckless deassedatioss of
the middle and upper classes, which ire most painful to read.
This intemperance is greatly to be regretted ; it cannot do
good—nay, it must do ham. If the English operative
daises ate ever to rise in the political seals,.it must be by the
amistance, and not in defiance, of those who are next in rank
above them the wisdom of this counsel has already come
home to not a few of them. The economical doctrines of The
Labourer are, we feu, unsound, end the general intro-
dnetion of a small proprietary class in the manner
therein recommended, quite impracticable ; but we need
not quarrel with its readers for trying for themselves
a new social experiment; and this good will certainly
result from it, that the members of the land company, by
acquiring a right of property themselves, however small,
cannot bat contract an instinctive reverence for that of others.
No contemptible object pined that, even if there be no
other.
The People's Press is published in the Isle of Man, and is
perhaps the cheapest—that is. in quantity of paper and letter-
press given for the money—of all the Lanese( the popular litera-
ture. That island in a very focus and hot-bed of democratic
periodicals. One of its privileges being non-liability to
stamp duties, newspapers and ether works can be pub-
lished there without stamp, and transmitted to all parts of
the kingdom—England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireknd, in
the centre of which it is very conveniently situated for the
purpose, through the Post-office, free of cost. Newspapers
published there have consequently • clear advantage of a
penny each copy over those issued in London or in the non-
privileged provinces. The Isle of Man is therefore one of
the foci of radicalism. llamado( being dependent upon the
mainland for its literary aliment, it has actually a large ex-
port trade in that commodity. The People's l'ress is quite
a paragon of cheapness. Nor are the contents generally of a
loose or intemperate character. It aims chiefly at being
useful ; and to those who have not ample opportunities of
watching the course of events, its pages offer no con-
temptible means of keeping informed of the history of the
time. First, there is the history of the month—home and
foreign. Then follows the news of the month. After this
come articles, original and selected, on political, social, moral,
and scientific subjects—markets, poetry, reviews, letters,
lectures, and other miscellaneous matter, filling thirty-two
pages of closely-packed letter-pew all for twopence ! The
selections and compilations, we may add, are on the whole
judiciously made, and the original contributions clever and
interesting.
The Republican is a new venture, and we know not
whether as yet it have any readers. There is, however,
talent in it ; and it will probably, therefore, not be long with-
out an audience. The title, of course, is suggestive of all
sorts of extreme views, and of a struggle for organic changes
in the constitutions of the country. These political ideas, as
we intimated before, are more widely spread amongst the
labouring chases—amongst the more reflective and better-
educated of them, to whom The Republican is evidently ad-
dressed, especially—than most persons imagine. But its con-
ductors announce their intention not to contend for mere
forms ; while they entertain strong opinions as to the fittest
administration of freedom, they viral first press for the recog-
nition only of that principle which, they say, is the founda-
tion of all permanent liberty—the sovereignty of the
people. Articles on Italy and her Princes, Taxation,
Christian Republicanism, the Currency, and other topics,
make a very readable, if not actually clever, first number.
So far as immediate and probable reforms are concerned, we
cannot but highly approve of the spirit which it exhibits.
The tone is calm, unimpassioned, logical, and, therefore, far
more likely to promote the political enfranchisement of the
muses than its more belligerent compeers. Instead of de-
nunciation, it addresses the middle classes as allies and sue-
courers of the lower. It appeals to their common sympa-
thies and common interests to unite; and, as the former
have the power, it counsels them to trust the people and use
it for the improvement of their condition. The Poor Man's
Guardian—that formidable instrument in the early days of
cheap literature—has reappeared under the apparent mag-
pie, of Mr. Cochrane, and is devoted lto the investi-
gation of the state of the metropolitan workhouses—a work
very necessary to be done ; but whether it has fallen into
the right hands is a question not to be discussed in this
place. There is matter, however, in it to arrest attention ;
I and parochial authothiee will do well to look to it in time.
Ps terrible responsibility is falling upon them, with the ap-
proaching winter. Philanthropy, also, as well as organised
but frequently inefficient autlionty, should be up and doing.
There is work enough for ail.

IRELAND.
Dustin, Nov. 27.
The week which has elapsed has been one of the
most quiet and orderly Ireland has enjoyed for some
months. Whether this improved condition is
owing to the session of parliament and the prospect of
remedial applications, or to the more efficient working
of the poor law, which is gradually gaining on the
general distress, it is difficult to say ; but the result is
clear. Disorder has considerably abated. The country
looks forward with much anxiety to the revelations
of Sir G. Grey, in his demand for coercive powers.
That the measure will be of a limited character, and
applicable only to the disturbed districts, is univer-
sally admitted; but then the fear which always kangel
on uncertainty makes the public very nervous. The
Mail is for " stringent enactments," and swim as
au axiom that " the assassin ought to be dis-
armed." True enough; bat how do it? The
I Mail feels the difficulty of a general disarming,
and prudently evades it. Among a variety
of repressive modes, it is proposed that all " who I
know and concur in the cutting off of valuable menl
lby the hand of the assassin shall be transported, us.'
less they prove their secrecy and inactivity to have
I been forced." This proposition is borrowed from the
military code of '9B, and worked wonders in its time
for the gibbet and the convict ship. The whole
iquestion is one of the most embarrassing that could
occupy the mind of a statesman, and none feels it
more sensibly than the noble earl, who has to study
the present repose and future progress of Ireland, me
well as to cultivate the confidence and affections of
its people. Violent coercion has acted as a corrosive
poison on the social constitution and political morals
of the Irish peasantry.
The attack on Mr. Bailey has excited the fears of
' the Nenagh guardians. They are already looking to
the paid successors. At the lastraestingottheboard,the
workhouse was surrounded by an immense number of
paupers in the most abject state of destitution.
were orderly, but drenched with rain and coveredirsiislieZ
rags. A Mr. Pat Magrath opened the discussion
with a report of the popular feeling, which was
Istron strongly impressed with the conviction that the
•guardians had plenty of money but refused
whereupon Mr. Waller suggested that, to avoid
public odium, and perhaps a worse fate, recourse
should be had to a stipendiary substitute. Notice of
a motion to that effect was placed upon the books, the
chairman prudently enough observing on the impoliey
el an act which would throw the management and
taxation of the union into the hands of strangers.
• A little exertion, with a slight temporary sacrifice,
Is only required to mitigate locals uffering. But the
mischief is, that with abundant talk we have little
action. In Waterford, both landlords and farmers
appear to understand their own and the public in-
terests. In the electoral division of Crook the em-
ployment of the labouring poor is so extensive, that
every able-bodied man in the division has full work,
and the rates are moderate. In the Old Castle union
also a revision was made, and 166 able-bodied paupers
selected, all of whom were taken at once and em-
ployed by the rate-pavers, at the rate of ens labourer
for every 20 acres of land. The consequences are
apparent in the saving of expense and general com-
fort of the union.
The workhouses are being filled up to the heavy
complement of last year. The danger of crowding
tardier ash numbers has influenced the poor-law
eawasistiksan to issue an order to each union, re-
stricting** number of inmates to be maintained in
the waddionse and the temporary additions. The
guardians as also reputed to direct their medical
easel to irsiskimillately any suggestions in re-
forms is the prima ambers.
The Immo et the poor law is beginning to tell
epee the country, sad ell things considered, it works
wsiiandquietly. The weight of out-door relief, of
whilh the rate-pagueu led but a slight perception
, is now- Mt in the returns of the relieving
16-
In the asariff onion, administered by paid
05411 a este of Mesa shillings in the pound has
1= eel 'tatted. In the Ballingarry
smut
et Newcastle, Limeric the
mat of out.dser &fin the last month has beefn at
the rate of 10s. In the pound. The weekly rations
amounted to 18,598, at a cost of 5821. In the Kil-
larney union the cost of out-door relief has teen
about 1001. per week, while the poor-home,
with additional accommodation, supports about 1,500
inmates, with the applications constantly increasing.
In the:Karnak* union, Limerick, such is the dis-
like et the peasantry to the poor-house that they