The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-17 00:00:00

rrsblie: roads. Rene a great mortality amongthe I
Fourteen died of starration in tue parish of
Liamore, county Waterford, in one week.
The central relief committee have received alto-
-1 getter in subscriptions, 16,2871., and granted to 282
relief committees, 12,1211, leaving a balaace in hand
of 4,1664
It is understood that four members of the outer bar,
and all of the Munster cinzeit, Messes. Fitzgerald,
Lane, Coppinger, and Kane., will receive 'ilk gowns
immediately.

ItsrlAL 11•Nw.—At tie La saseded at Conciliation Hail
the rent fur the week wasehesissed to is 171. 14e. 2d. " This
announ eniest," adds owe lessesimadrat, " was roosiveal in
solemn silehoe."
PILOBILLVTI6II.--Sir.—Haviag men in the Enesisof Moil
two letters, which refer to me, from the Rev. E. J.
M'Ghee and the Rev.W. B. Stoney, you would much oblige
ma by allowing the following a place in your columns. The
respected writers at those letters have I conceive both fal-
len into the slums misconception. They seem to ihink that
if the charges which 1 made in my letter in the Ezpross
(not &Fajita ms but against measaros), do not apply to the
"special food toe the spiritual exigencies of Ireland " they
most fall to the ground. But my argument is quite irres-
pective of that fund. There are agencies at work wholly un-
connected
with the Special Fund which completely identify I
the spiritual instruction with the temporal relief of the
Roma. Catholic'. In proof of this it will be sufficient to
quote the following passage from the Reseed newspaper, of
January 14
We we happy to end that with a view to sorry oat Mr. Vow's
pion of ottoodbotaiwrity lialawd, by *dog iodWidual Bostiob
triat M eammeisedaa vera sas Ovitas, ohmp the
sr *de vmpathei mlalshas. the MA &meg have
3Tri• bedaub IMMO lids eldst. It
erldrwlsa gestiemos Wm. W. Maw ILP • Rearc
=11.14, Dant Ceeleei 1.11.. arr. Aksite flee.
air. reditay, hoe. B. IL Issimble. Z. Dorsal. Fem. The
Web —. arm maim see mem, vas liskohd M taad, hr am-
swift sdaeallsa art edemas ishoshsa s
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Wok etsa hammy; Mir slim Is ta.
md War blames- Moe briliZi Wmarkihse=
la Im wham hr oat Ws Important shheigvlie ;
mg emommeat Man denims who an aloposst to
int retie to Ireland to the mama, suppeelltd, to Owe themselves
la ftseedisa• toorambolh• with than.
Whether this does er &ass not Waste an intention of
mingling 1-elisions isteethrenos with temporal relief, I leave
to every candid sad illgreioaats mind. But sgaio, I re-
peat that my charges lie not 'win* sus but measures, and
not against the intentional but virtual operation of those
measures themes:Pres.—l am your eMdieat servant, H.
WOODWARD.—Fothard Glebe, Feb. 13.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, Ps.. 15.
At Paisley, the rate of poor assessment has been
raised to 3e. 4d. per pound for nine months, being
somewhat more than 2s. 3d. per annum to landlord
and tenant respectively. This comes close on the
higher rates paid in England, where the able-bodied
poor receive relief.
Numerous meetings of the hinds, or farm-servants
of the east of Scotland, have been held, for the set-
tlement of wages for the ensuing year, and the follow-
ing scale is extracted from the proceedings of one of
these as an instance of the minuteness with which
they have deliberated on their claims. The meeting
took place at Stichel, and the unanimous demand was
10 bolls of oats, or S loads of oatmeal; 4 bolls of
barley ; I do. of peas ; I do. of wheat ; 61. in lieu of
potatoes; IL in lieu of lint; free house, and victuals
during harvest as usual ; coals free of carriage ; hens,
or IL ; sheep money, 51.; 8 cart loads of turnips, 4
white and 4 swedish ; cow's keep, or 71. instead.
Cottars.—Free house ; harvest victuals ; hens, or 11. ;
6/. in lieu of potatoes ; IL in lieu of lint ; coals free of
carriage.