The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dour/. No!. 27.
The following excellent letter from Mr. briibtf
P., was read yesterday by John O'Connell Pt
the oseting of the Repeal Associatin'n _

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Rochdale, 22n0. Nov., 1849.
My dear sir,- duly renived your letter of the 9th et
this month, couviling to me the resolution of the Loyal
National Repeal Assoc:atilt, expressive, of their epottthet
of my recent speech on Irelaad. I can say with all sineeritY
that I em much gratified to learn that the view. I been
formed and publicly explained with regard to the celamitls(
which afflict your country, have met with the concurrence
of an association which must contain within Its ranks •
large number of 0 oee thoroughly acquainted with the con-
dition of Ireland, end most honestly anxious to improve It.
I can easily believe that upon a case of so much difficulty
as that which Ireland now presents, diff tunas of opinion,
will be inevitable, and I em not therefore discouraged if the
policy I have but very partially sketched should seem torts
bat a portion of what is required. I will not now enter late
discussion upon the potato you have submitted to me, bat
can assure you that to every one of them I will give that
oonsideration which, coming (rem such a quarter, the
must so eminently merit I m.y remora, how, v. r, that I
have no idea that any changes of the law can instantaneously
change the condition of Ireland. Anarchy, political and
social, cannot give place to order in a moment of
time. The long violation of every economical law cannot
be remedied at once, nor can the traces of its
ruin he obliterated in a single season. I have seen the
land, and I have seen the people. I knew the land is
fertile, and that the people are industrious. With theft
elements, then, I propose to work out the sales: ion of Ire-
land ; and my policy would so secure to industry its reward,
and by perfect ponce in your political and
arrangements so estrwt the root of bitterness trona your
social sy-tem, that, were it adopted, 1 have faith that Irish-
men would speedily effect the restoration of lndnad. lam
delielthel to believe that a better meting prevails with yea,
and with us on the great questions which so ce.cply interest
both countries ; and 1 shall especially rejoice it the coming
session of parliament exhibit a more cordial airs united effort
on the part of the English and Irish members to advance
such legislative measures as shall be found necessary for the
relief of your suffering country. I feel prat. fai to your
associati al for the resolution they have poised, dto you'
personally for the very kind in which you have con-
veyed is to me. and subwribe myself,
Yours very faithfully, JOHN BRIGHT.
To John O'Connell, Esq., Hon. Sec. Loyal National
R peal Association of Inland.
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In the cee' of " Lawless e. the Commit+ioner of
Metropolitan Police," the Court of Queen's Bei ch gave
judgment yesterday against the plaintiff, refusing the
application on the ground that it was nut stated
whether the information sought for was for the pur-
pose of bringing an action. The judgment, and the
ground upon which the court seemed resolved to go
from the c•mmencement, have given a great deal of
dismal-faction here. _ _ _ .

The indignation of the Orange organs at the delays
of the "grand lodge" in producing its report is un-
bounded. The Mad and Packet, in abusing the
"brethren," chime for once in harmony. Ton Mail
quotes the commentary of the Packet, and the Packet
that of the Mail. Tte latter journal says:
In oar opinion it matters but little wheth• ror net the
report shall ever come into the world. The uric, rtainty of
the hatcher' has so much disturbed the nest, tbiit the eggs
have now grown cold, if not addled. By its di liberation
the Grand Orange Lodge has lost the opportunity of con.
canning the humbler brethren by taking a part is the
exposure of the base treachery to which they wi re mule
victims: it has also spited the market of the compromisers. • •
Thus having found, it wt.uld appear, that there are
no documents of any great importance forthcoming,
the cry of " a compromise" is found exceedingly
convenient. " No withholding of documents (pays
the Mail) will remove a single spat from the
character of Lord Clarendon.' The truth is,
the downfall of thungeism seems to approach
at lest ; the sanguinary atrocities of
Brae, and the system of corruption that has
been disclosed to the world by the ' Grand Ledge,"
have accelerated the event beyond any eh ince of
arresting its progress, and the 'spite they feel I .r them.'
selves and for each other cannot be concealed. The
report of the Grand Lodge is expected to appear
to-day or to-morrow in the shape of a pamphlet.
A correspondent of the £vcniep Mall complains,
that a most unjust mode of arranging the boundaries.
of electoral divisions in the poor law unions has been'
proposed by the Boundary Commissioners for Ireland.
He states that the townlands that have &mil
successfully cleared of paupers are being disunited;
from the towns and constituted into rural oistricts,l
while a few wretched townlanda are destined to bear.
the entire burden under a hich they must inevitably,
sink. It is in this way, he states, that it is proposed:
to carry out the plan for reducing the areas of,
taxation.
At the election of town councillors yesterday, Mr.l
Reynolds, the member for Dublin, was elected foci
three wards. There were only six of the fifteen
wards contested, and in four the conservative candi-:
dates had the majority.