The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

The &etre,. which afflicts en many other portions of the
country seems about to all on the fertile county of Limerick.
The Limerick papers of yesterday state, that " unlem prompt
measures be used, parts of that country will, era long, resem-
ble in their most horrifying features, the state of ilkibberecn,
Bantry, sad Mayo." Notwithetandins the numbers al-
ready employed, tee extraordinary special seseions are still
proceeding, and at one which was held on Friday last, at
which the Berl of banrsven presided, 5,68.51. was pawed
wader the Labour-rate Act. The drainage operations have
already commenced near Olin, on the confines of Lieu rick and
Kerry, and thus much employment is afforded in that
quarter. Meantime, di•-arganisation is spreading. The
Limerick papers of yesterday contain intelligence of the
robbery of a pay-clerk with 'n a few miles of that city, and
not many miles from the place where the policeman, accom-
panying another psy-clerk, had been murdered a few, days
before. The amount taken by the robber., of whom three
only made their appearance, was 3001., and with the excep-
tion of 251. found scattered behind a wall by the police, who
were speedily in pur Mt, no portion of this large amount is
likely to be recover, , our of the robbers has beta
stared.

The Marquis of Londonderry has addreseed a letter to the
Marquis of Sligo, arguing is strong terms against the praoti-
oehilityead propriety of fanning an " Irish party."
Wawa or von Stitt:L-ons passenger (a Limerick
man, it is maid), returning from the West Indies, lost 2,000/
in his portmanteau, and a lady 1,6001. There are several
others who have lust property to a large arnoant. The
country people ware making away with everything they
could lay hands oa until the arrival of W. Knaresborough,
EN , , with military and police from Middleton, the
coast guards not being sufficient to protect the wreck from
the immense mob assembled. Five out of tea of the police
petty who Perished alongside the wreck of the Sirius steam-
packet, in Ballycotton nay, were sent round from Dublin
out of the reserve force in the Phreniz.park depot, to be sta-
tioned at Ballyeation, where they unexpectedly found a pre-
mature grave.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, JAW. 23.
Another daily paper is announced for Glasgow, to
be called the Doily Mail.
Tho Edinburgh subscriptions for the Highland des-
titution amount to-day to 19,707/. 2s. ; those in Glas-
gow to 9,160/. 15s. Mr. Arthur Anderson, of Lon-
don, has written to the head magistrate of Lerwick,
intimating that having observed that the application
from the bettors of Zetlaad to the treasury for a
grant to make roads (see Daily News, 12th inst.)
bad not been acceded to, he (Mr. Anderson) was
" prepared to make an outlay to the extent of 3,0001.,
if required, in such a manner as will best stimulate
the fishermen to active steady exertion (in the prose-
cution of the winter and spnng fisheries, particularly
cod fishing), and secure to them the most libtral re-
muneration that the market will afford for the pro-
duce of their labour." Mr. Anderson also intimated
that he had connected himself with the London sub-
scription, and hoped to obtain some aid for Shetland.