The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-14 00:00:00

Elm fErpre)4s.

The wails OUTGONING MAILS.
St and the egitsi•
States will be wade up thie evening.
The wails for Lisbne, Spain, and Gibraltar te.il up no the morning of Jane 17. be melt
The wen imam mai* excluding Berraudii,lla Assix
Nassau, Honduras, New Orleans, and Mexico, e. 14 ,„:1,....
them for Madeira, Bt. Juan-de-Niesrasua, New .4,741 l Chili, and Pert, will be reads up on the morni, . r 146
it o. ~ure ir
The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the hal‘n 1.402
Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via liouthow,,:•..a, Wti
he made up on the morning of June 20.
The mail. Vii Pdarwilles, to the bi:iterrah.u.
evening lon lad
°Fi e
* s
24. Hong-Kong, ac., will be 1.4.4 e hp ;,,IT,
2 ..• mails for Maderia, the Brazils, and Bum, Apra be wade np on the evening of July 4.

R 16.0 WATIOI A? LONDON !Milar.. Ten Day—Mervoist, 4%.44a. ........ lb
To-s•as•A—Sionmas. M. VAL Atters.s:

LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 14,

WE are not surprised that the CHANC!:;.r.,,
EXCHEQUER should be out of humour at :
Lion to which the House of Commons cirri
day last on the spirit duties. It is ohs et, ,
able to a financial minister to be beaten or,
of finance, no matter how small in ie. ,
dimecsiot a the question may be. ledesd •
portence of the question as one of rev, r. t. ,
ossesrather aggravates than mitigates lion
cause d by au adverse decision of th-
.;
Where a million, er half a million, or eft
of a milhon of revenue, is suddenly ts kr.r!
hands of the CHANCULOR of the E\
general responsibility is obviously z. :
alleviated by the interposition of penis..
peremptory inhibition of certain m. ar.
ass of to obtain the amount of tune::
to defray the pubic expenditure.
circumstances government has only to
duty of selecting some fit and adequate i•
that a hereJt they have been deprived.
But where the money coas,deratien
the interfs ranee of pediment neve....i.
eondemnati,:n of some unjust princie:.
jurlohs practice; and when a mii.i.!rc ei
retention of either when its Leis' v.' ;
impiaihble, it is rot extraordinary !:
annoyed at sewer ce h ing prenounr:
tribunal fro n whom in matters of ii
be no upeeal. We are wildug •. .
allowance for ii,firmities of 7.1.
the irritation which a men
of Sir CHARLES WOOD Inly !,( •
But we cannot tolerate,
allow to pass in silence, the ir.•
lat.guage which certain mi.
thouglit pr..per to use with ref r. • .
who so•ed tne resolutions of Ti
oppn ssive and unfair mode Li
customs department for taking •
made seiri.s in bond. If bi :-
which we allude are the only int
temporaries can adopt for the ,xp
pathy for their offended patron, a "
fully sugeeet to the mui.agers cf
prudence of re.traioing ebnllitio
tend to shet.ate and e • asperate, ! 7:: ..
can contribute in no Ivey to c
cement the union of their adherents.
The Tin.ts has the effrontery to ca'. •
of eighty-fre by whom the dee'am: ,r;
moved by Lord NAAS were card d " a rt
and Irish conspirators!" Consort' • -
whom or what ? Against the apse
CHARLES WOOD and the juggling
of Mr. JAMES Wthaost we presume,
know not against what else there.
co-operate or combine. The principle so
and declare d is simply this—that the Wes: I,
nutacturer of rum should not Lars the. ei
over the home distiller of spirits ma!!.: tr
the maniar of taking the date. pre
duty on the firmer is calculated on the que.:
which is actually elected for consumpti r.
duty is charged on the entire quite, ty •
spirits placed in bond when new, and a e!
twee for leakage and waste. It is a see;
of free and fair competition betel ea :
the United Kingdom and the rest of the
vitae of the deduction, as stated in (se:.
government officers themselves, is
halfpenny a gallon, and would proh
enee in the first instance, to the etc, : •
about 20,0001. a year. Yet this p •
amount has hitherto been allow, :!7 •
of a plain and palpable act .• , :
because two-thirds of those e!. n ' •
tem should be changed hap ;-• • il.e
representatives, these h0n0e.... •.:.
abused and b!aeirguarded by :Le • •.•• .
if they had violated some rule act
doned seme point of conscience. An ei..• •
we find the names of some of the ce. 1.
dependent members of the House of Come
HiaiE, Mr. Dararmoxp. Mr. S. ('it
Admiral GostrioN, Lord NUGENT, Mr.
Colonel THOMPSON, Mr. STAFFORD, and Mr
To call a majority consisting of men of ail ps
nationalities " a mob of conspirators,' is
outrage upon public decency, which r.. :
tempt can too scornfully designate.
the outnumbered worthies whioss virtu
in defence of the customs extortion was
dieregarJed? If we called them a knii:
or a handful of dumb and passive Sly, r
whatever the CH VECFLLOR of the 1:
his wisdom thinks fit to enutcia!,
probably be told by. their at
have no right to inquire into in..:
man's vote a as good as an •:
it is the segregate opinion, rot th; •
luting, that the public can lock to
we are tar from desiring to set a-ide
lished rules by which par:Lerner...l
judged; but when the Tines is re.
to stigmatise as parties to trii.l; Sr
a body of men like that we hat,
are c-mpelled to recall the feet
on the occasion in question, tw,
the tellers), or more than one ha!
ber, are actually office holders!
But what is the basis of this ineit.
No other than this, that mini, ,rs
majority of the whole house who 37,
anything toward, midnight, peva!
are allowed three teen hours for
reposing—it is better, on coostitu.i, t•
all questions should be left to their el.
that in any case the leas greedy
mmeinmebethresmo.f thlen
is h
should be decided upon by those who
heoulethersh°saoirddse,veitr
them discussed, than by those who hi
can only say, that whenever this kite.,
senatorial deliberation shall Le establis
that it will be acted on fairly and coral.
ministers shell not be let the e.,!•:.!:
divisions whenever it suits their pup,
seven o'clock and ten—and that at the r, •
election the honest avowal will be made
that they stand upon their capacities a
judge without hearing, to vote withot.t lit
to shout down all who yreler attendance
indulgence at table.

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of ?he

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:uadi
,itry

Ir is too soon vet to offer any decided el.l
the actual wo.king of tho Iri.h Ercutn!..t
Commission, but the proceedings of
missioners hive so much interest in a
of view that front time to time we will notice
the chief results front the establishment °fa
desired by some, and dreaded by many
titular " lundlords" of Ireland.

We have now lying before us a minute
fenso of the names of all the partii $ who haA
stotices under the commission, including the
well as the petitioners in the commit), red In
They amount to the goodly number of lice
aad eighteen entries, but of these there a
double entries, where the landlords
estates in different counties. We net
that for large and small estates there tir.•
than four hundred and fifty petitions before t!:
a vast number when the novelty of the act
ing the court is taken Into consideration.
the names is suggestive of many reflections, a.
sents the evidence of a state of thireis suett•
be anticipated by ary one conversant wit'i the • •
state of Ireland. Wo can fancy an Engh,lt
taking up the "Index to the Pocuinhered Ffgates
Notion," and expressing his surprise that he gal not

~; af~

ers' and " in the list. and
- la kiwis ()sad M are comparatively
•is it Mee explained when one
•-r.t of (sot the rcdontable " O's" and
• *, inu'lituilinous in Ireland. have, since
•` ';niett in tie reign of CusaiLas IL
Z'ec'sration confirmatory of the Croak-
( - held but a very email p•rtion in fee
recountr•y• Accordingly, just as one
• •
..,•rnted, the comes of the petitione rs—
t‘i.get•—itie some shades more Lish
to owner&
yu • •-. minus of only ten peers in the list of
.ecsll nntiber compared with those of
•,
• .• • • totis.usly en difficulties. They
• • liarqUill of l h'ixEGAL; the
KINGSTON, MOUNT-
-I'.•I:ItILLINUTON; VISCOUIIt GORT. and
. • . .111. illivAllohE, and LANGFORD.
•• some will be at ence perceived as
' • ~,,f,stwes which have been notorious
. lorg berme the potato rot. It
•••a in court that on the Lord
• ..•
• , Irish estates the rent-roll
per annum against thirty-
... .r ..'.1114114 of interest money.
• • . •, hie property without being invidi-
°• • . ;,,Deis that, fortunately for himself,
r. r.,:e inlet rite a great estate in Eng-
• u.,•x-l)Astru property was originally
▪ e`s:.• aa be since, by the swoops in
• • „. ‘,. With the exception of L.>rd
.:..e other peers (above named) re-
• , w, r. by t:.e sword, or by the esti-
,3. r.dvetturers in troubled times
c. - l•eronyte in the lie—Sir Jailers
.11 %le, Sir GEORGE Clot's), Sir

r Licumw Sr. Lizoßos, and Sir
Ot these name*, again, at least
in IN !and for their difficulties
r, ;I ut ion ," two oft hem being chiefs
tadMn is of banks in which they
6 of tint-cMaa commoners,
r. 4 tare been filed, we reeog-
t,f Castle Ilyde ; itsz
M'CARTIIT. Of elligolllVar
;;it-LIIE, of Letnnfield ; and
ems commuLding as much
it their bearers had been en-
iam:lies were of first-clam
rt :r.a:ely for themselves, the ex-
.:..store were as traditional as
y and proud pretensions. Of
~d against, pJrtione of one—
EWAN, of Castle Cor, have
cr, sad realised very fair
gettirg tour per cent. for their
-.Lets kept back portions for

sy*

:s is r.• not s3t&iently hirgc.
• • se in; qnestien, in a political poiot
• . • the soric•ng of the commission, is
• of cr• w ploprittary. But the
c a: tidy ss:cl dors not come up to
aesnel }minds, and the sales took
d districts of the island. In
c • hare decided evidence on
. •
. hare supposed that they
• bat the hopes of buyers
..-s L-re been Ferber ted.
sf the con:minim is the foci-
'
• tL.re will be an amount of
.
• st Fr it in the course of the
• • as :re It ish Court of Chan-
- regime, could not have
••
: cf a century. e may re-
. LR Ly the sales did not proceed
• • • -ti•i% an.. the tim: specified for
• • • r the act should be &lowed
• • ( scion Is not merely launched
. • • : s n...rt, bat is actually under

r-i.fewil some time since his
c%llolie iLterest in Ireland
:...cred with the lsr.d, and
• Lil that a great catholic
•!. But we do not antici-
... —ate ly there will be
the proportions of
landlords. On this
:t is trroaeously said in
..ew catholic family that
• y years, another catholic
...sr remark which is very
e rack of gentry, but which
• great part of the prodigious
middle clam in Ireland. In-
:. nice' of encumbered proprietors
than the anticipated proportion
wry, such as STANLI•II BAILIIT, of
sm., of G:or a : O'Neil., of Bono-
I NEVIN, of Itoie Piak, CUM MMill

ias r

a ea:Lobo middle clams, and not

.tentry, that will be augmented by
Lge going on in Ireland, but the amount
:al in the possession of the cc-hake
.dopy been overrated, and with respect to
-.1 and political importance the protestants
few ill probably stand to each other in the
r. es at the present time, as far aa numbers
.-t :otridert.d.
• c•;iattd that several greedy speculators,
i•els.ad as "land sharks," would have
. ^ • properties offered for sale, and have
-:.*a•, to sell them again at advanced
• •• -n try should revive. But the COM.
•.. .r very Judicious refusal to knock
- • • • tur lower than their fair value, have
• ••jadice, and with it the panic
mcngst the proprietary body.
we can now prognosticate,
•• • healthy land currency to Ireland,
• . c.a be prcfitably employed, and
•a cf the load of difficulties which
For instance, there is the pro-
wrat in Ulster, whose name
• •• the list of encumbered estates
•• ier.• ro:1 is not less than 70,0001. per
•• • - • ...r•t•t due to mortgagees is 40,000/.
:•• pr. i.rietor would not sell his en-
• ' • a potaio price, bat it is anticipated
: • IA hoes estates are encumbered
• ' ,on seeing the spirit of equity
• ••• • • • a•ca Prelates the promedings of
•• • • • - the example of Lord PORTAR-
. • '• mu irts of a burden, which pre-
'• • • ta• cf the rest of their properties.
• : a ,up to the present time, the
3 a. has been satisfactory; bat
•'• "' he more broadly perceptible in a
• • .al,‘ !, thc panic prevalent amongst
• • • .i, in itself priesiii_ueie evidence
• • •• " works well" ]Not that we
• ' c lawyers about their woke-
:l • ed. Under an improved indus-
.. • .
• • • ".e profession of the law (in
• will partake of the go-
• ' -tenuity. For that COMO-
-4 attorneys who feed upon
• • and who thrive upon the
• * e not the smallest sympathy.
'. • • • tend agents and attorneys kept
• V.ckct money upon guinea mo-
, • ,de in the equity courts, and a va-
r sh.es prevailed, from which the

tor; protesaiori profited ; bat the
the Irish bar ham no legiti-
s ccy is the changes now going on.

tomm.mioutra of Sewers from the
~.,eg•rt from first to last in various
-• !Lit is a truly original idea.
'..(•1.4 Low nigh at hand, they have
ac-.r,:ue to be erected in Old Palace-
I. toe tool waters and sedimentary
,‘,,trnieeter sewers, under the very
This practical caricature of
red t• hy oriental sovereigns to allay
• .0., es.,l diaper". a refreshing coolness
›trtno-ets of their palaces, transcends
of timoeerrr.
a''''rt the noses of honourable mem-
• honest Triseewl4, alter Ariel had
' kow-P"ad, are Min great indigne-
• *
L:arox sad lizramat were as-
Perfect a perfect avalanche of angry
ex.,4.etrances. But the noble lords
r ikre and their keret. Lord FARlNG-
tqLdesurad to Moroi the Howe
hat a Ottani engine had bees planted,
pumping up the buttowsasst sediment
resin of Westminster, a filet of which
4.1,1 el the hose Lad already made
He sew, with a degree of
L.t then slats of Iles thermometer
rttmihiag, added that the meson
"17 to he kept at work tor an indefinite