The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-22 00:00:00

IRELAND•

DUBLIN, JULY 20.
The reply of his excellency to the corporation,
yesterday, is the subject of general approbation. It
is praised for the manliness and sincerity of its tone,
and particularly the cheering allusion to the forward
state of the Irish manufactures, by so competent an
authority. The reception of the deputation by the
noble earl and countess wax most cordial, without
any abatement of the formal' dignity characteristic of
such occasions, and all felt quite at home in the vice-
regal presence. The feeling of satisfaction abroad to-
day is prophetic of his lordship's popularity.
fhe grand jury of Clam has closed its sitting with
a protest, signed " Crofton, M. Faadeleur, and Fel-
lows." There is a great variety of resolutions, or
parte of one resolution, involving universal complaints
against the policy of government on the old subject of
the labour-rate. But the gist of the protest is found
near the end—an echo of the Fermoy resolutions,
" That the country, in its present state, is unable te
bear the taxation about to be imposed upon it, in ad-
dition to the burthens for which it is already liable."
It is fair, however, to the gentry of Clam to state
their " willingness to repay whatever may be the
fair cost of completing every useful or productive
work," but to pay the full demand of the treasury is
"out of the power of many, and would involve the
vast majority in difficulty and ruin."
The shop windows to-day parade the silver medals
of the Royal Dublin Society for the best specimens of
native manufacture. The grantees are very numerous,
and their wares exhibit proofs of intelligence, in-
dustry, and mechanical skill, of a high order. At
present the run is quite in favour of the home growth,
but such triumphs arc always short-lived, and in their
rapid decay only illustrate the necessity of rat-
ing the growth of a native manufacture on some- ,
what more stable ground than the popularity of a day.
The markets arc falling daily. The only market-
able article of food maintaining a high price is wheat,
and this is caused by the limited supply.

ADDRESS PROM THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
TO TEE LORD-LIECTENANT.—The Itoyal Agricultural So-
ciety of Ireland went up to the Castle to-day with an
address to his Excellency Lord Clarendon. It states that
the society hare not received, for their society, " from those
having large estates in Ireland, such support as they had
reason, or rather a right to expect," and they pray his
excellency's patronage of their endeavours, which they pro-
mise shell not be "relaxed." In reply, his excellency inti-
mates the warm interest he takes in the affairs of this
country—the interest be has always taken in our affairs—
and his anxiety to bring the knowledge derived from other
public employments to bear on our condition; and, in reply
to the appeal for his patronage, be pledges himself he will,
by any means in his power, further the views of a society
which comprises so many representatives of the wealth and
intelligence of the country. Oa the general principle of
how little prosperity is dependent en patronage, and how
much on individual and national enterprise, his excelleucy
thus speaks :
In West:slice of how little the aid et ggemsatis required, and
how much may be effected by energy aid the right application of
capital, on the part of tame who are robiltrii. se they eight to be, of
their own Interests, I will venture to draw pot ilialtios to the ex-
traordinary increase that of late year ben Ulm pima be the ag rico:-
tural produce of Ireland, and townie the asnmethis d which the
government assuredly he. borne= . ft agenee, from official
returns, that the whole number itailft beers, drug, and pigs sent
from lrelandto the rationalizes eia/0411.1 /cored, was, In the
year MS—cattle, in rotwellninblea. 111.11011,4110.iiwcp 71,00ui
pigs 66,000; and, In the yam Isl 7 *we weeleageetsdll Liverpool
alone, steatite 04,R% bone Mitre 1111,014, As dhl.ooo ; the
value of which, tegetker el& eel lwhiA we eilmeted at
3,400,0 AI; and sie Meer the Awe the peer UM thewesparts from
Ireland bare largely and *sedgy ioneased. Tim with sect to
grain IN all kinds, and meal, tie WY wad* Mara anni Ireland
gm., to Nee ports of Great Britain 1511._ INAS ffninfteep la GM,
1,800,000 veneers; and in MO, lle ginueseet net If we com-
pare the amemst al tonnage 1011101•119 hie ilillitries in
lion with tint tel 1844, we Ind then It tee the gregertion of
100 to 363, sksiwiagan Ism ef 116 waft lt wit lie farther
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to 1836, the `sewn hen UK was as nee then gar sent.,
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At the close of his excellency's reply, the deputation
retired.
DISPUTATION To TUE LOAD-LIEUTENANT.—The Lord
Mayor and a deputation of the Town Council went up to-day
to the Castle, to present ills Excellency with en address. His
Excellency received them in the state apartment, on the
vice-regal throne. All the prominent functionaries at the
Castle were present. The address, after congratulating his
Excellency on his arrival, noticing his character as a states-
man, proceeds to discuss the condition of the counter. It
speaks of the natural advantages of Ireland, and of the
famine which desolates the land, as only the aggravation of
that destitution under which the country uniformly
labours. It describes the universality of the present
misery—a misery which has reached all classes—and
refers to the circumstance that 50,000 persons in Dublin
receive daily rations. The causes of Irish misery are re-
ferred to absenteeism, consequent upon the act of legislative

union, thinon-reelannalkin of waste lands, and the nee**
by the British goseraminft and legislature of the mining
ant dam d the country. The Lord Mayor
having mad the his Excellency replied. After &d-
-uskily the wedded ommlition in which the country had
been leteottltt, Welly by the famine, his Excellency proceeded
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became Unproved, thud hal we as kept the bat varrasery=
to the poorest elemet, re drib* se hope demob' he eekekethle
upon the lowest dome( God—Mat tbe law was dnlydarysi, sal sta.
cation widely extsaid—that capital was throated with medirelth
and industry &mated tam the most pea faire channels, I mina Om
consider that day the happiest of my Hyena which, with eamelentlessa
doubts so to my man fitness, I ventured to accept the dace which I
hare now the honour to hold.
The Lord Mayor end deputation then withdrew, and his
Excellency and the Countess of Clarendon then returned to
the Viceregal Lodge.

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, JULY 20.
To-day the Court of Session rises for the summer
vacation, and for a time civil and criminal jury trials
will run their course. The former class of trials, in
verification of the prediction of Lord Eldon, have
never been popular in Scotland. Some twenty cases
were originally on the roll for the first division of the
court, but often one inspiration of the atmosphere of
the "parliament house" satisfies certain kinds of
litigants, and yesterday they were down to fourteen ;
and as the hearings continue to approach they will
diminish still further. Meanwhile Scotch law is not
flourishing. Judges being chosen more on account of
politics than judicial aptitude, the labour falls on a
feW veterans of famous service ; while at the bar and
in agents' offices, it is an undoubted fact, that while
litigation is diminishing every year, legal practi-
tioners are multiplying. This state of matters is no
new thing ; it has been going on daring the whole of
this century, and the Fairforda who sigh over the
lessening prospects of their sons have only one
remedy, namely, to atop the supplies of new
aspirants.

Tits lizentao FISHERY.—This has commenced in the
north and west, and, so far u it has gone, with every sp-
pearance ofsuccess. To those who merely know of the lish
as a breakfast luxury, little conception can be entertained of
the wade-spread ramifications of its fishery se a branch of
industry. The herrings annually exported are about
210,000 barrels, and the declared value about an equal
uumber of pounds, but the great recommendation of the
trade is its employment of a most necessitous class of the
population.
THE AtiTlloll or WAVERLET.—Two massive blocks
of Aberdeen granite are on their way to Dry burgh A hbey,
to be placed as tombstones over the remains of Sir Walter
Scott ; and it may not bo inappropriate to mention in con-
nexion with this, that his writings have so far civilised the
cloth= of Aberfoyle, that there is now a good inn there,
appropriately dedicated to;Bailic Nicol Jamie, where the
Lath of the Marquis of Graham, as eldest son of the Duke
of Montrose, was last week duly celebrated by the gentry
and tenantry 'of the neighbourhood.