The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-28 00:00:00

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Pencil'. Anoint 27.
The ike of Cimbridge has re: u; ned fri.m g sr.d
ant resumed the con:maed of It e garrison acid dist: int
of Dublin.
have be-
•
Although the reparta of the potato Id:gli
come much fewer in the provincial newspapers it
would appear that this eircurnistnnee arises rather
from the tri•citess of the subject, which had t. and a
pile° in every newspaper for weeks, than from any
cessation of the cause. I regret to learn from gentle-
men who are enabled to give p. rsonsl tcs,imony on
the subject that the progress of the blight is not ar-
rested, and that its existence in every part of the
country is a sad and undeniable r ality. I was assured
yesterday of the existence of cities in which
it may be stated, w i !tout any fear of exstrzeration,
that so much as half of the tubers are di:or-end and
utterly Indere. The weather has again become
excessively wet, after a few days of ccrap trativ:
dryness.
It is expectel that if the Synod awcaahled at
Theriot SAM to any decision on questions of much
general interest beta, Thursday next, the result will
he intimated to the public on that der. This in, how-
ever, by no means certain, and, as yet, conjecture is
perfect.iy silent on the coarse of the proceedings.
The clucation of re;tte as compared with usury in
mercy is thus pithily exrunded in the E-enton'e
Journal of this mornmg, and it may be observed that
the term of " usury in land," as applied to exorbitant
rents, is now bec”ning v'sy generally and to txpresi
public opinion on the subject in Ireland.
Lod (up the ) a the laud :N.: capital, jolt al
beiLion, er its represeetative ILe capital of the "aristo-
crat" of Lanhard-street; aid when e law prohibit.. the
Lombardy net stint neat from revelries Saws thsa a siv:n
eentaza for the sae of his trilli4a lest a bigh r
" seat" wool being serial Wary on the land arlottelate
who hire it, It sertsenly is malt reasonable to extend Olt
priaeiple cf Lew, sad ay to the land aristocrat, " We htee
protected you ion the 'tsarinas pipings of the Insert .-
strett Jews, and we ail, protect the lives and fortunes of
the ocnepien treat your usuiy, in turn." There is, b. side.,
this ditlerer.oe is tawny of the interfere ace with land every ,1
—that land usury beings death en thousands and tens of
thousand., and misery on minims, while moray usury mid
()sty ben; penury cat a tc * tb rtttl. se vagabonds.
The vacancy in the deanery of Waterford has h. en
filled by the appointment of Dr. Townsend, the pre-
sent
Dean of Umorn The appointment has been
made by the Lord-Lieutenant.
The Lord Prima* returned from Lor.don to .17-
roagh. last week, aid his arrival was celebrated by
the ringing ofjoy bells.
At the meeting of the Rspeal Association yester-
day, ths collection for the week wee announced to be
only 61. 10s.
Three " II tah " members of the London swell mob,
eallinzthernselves William Saunders, John Johnston,
and Ueorge Edwards, have been committed for trial
for same depredation* emmni ted immediately after
their arrival here, on the usual autumn excursion to
Ireland.

The wo:ks were reesm-d yesterday by the con-
tractors on the Cork and Ilst.dos Railway.
Out-door relief has born discontinued In all the
unions of tho county at Care.

EDWAUD I. COLLINP, has been appointtd a
stipenthazy magistrate. Mr Collins h sot.-ia lam to our
esteemed feline e 'see, J. It. (Mr. Roth?)). Ibe district
sseleaed him is Ratbaeale, in :be seamy et limaeick.—Co►k
Rekorter. . .

:leAtorst AND Slit(l.-Citteilllo.-0a the night of
the 13th last., ‘s parties sanc4 Duane were returning to
their howl et Tinia-y, they were attacked by nun of the
nun of Delsay, when a wens eesfi:e• took piton and silicas
wuciads wen ieflicted. Theurn Donee was so severely
bt stem that his lite was endangered, sad but little hepes
sentinel of his recovery. loth parties were relative,. Tl.e
melt (viably( d from the passion of jealousy. It a2pears
that Thomas Dua:,e and Tarns* Delany, rather comfort .ble
(arisen' sons, were paying tr.eir addresses to a fassisatiug
young weenie of the mane of bfiu —, who, IP riles her
ether anumplishatents possessed, it is said, a hundred sub-
naLlial &cram 1: is sail she naid cans attention to
MU/WS LID ruts protestati7-e than she did to Delsaj'e,
sell, at perceiving this, lueacte sewrycd, sad jeal..usy of
esurse, and witn it recaps, grew in tis MGolll—aad beans
the caw • of the 11111;30ii. —Ntll/94Guardivs.
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DiiNNTBROOK Fdift.—Tne benne.. portion of !hie
fair eminence) yesterday. toe previous day being wiry. 1•
nine y termed " Walkian Sunday." and devoted to amuse.
meet. On no Ignitor occasion for the last five lean dil the
green of Donnybrook present so eb, eriag an appear mot as
that which marked it yesterday. In tee fir•t pl ,e-, the
show of sheep greatly excelled iutithing rf the
tweed at former fairs during th- above.mentimed period,
while the demand equalled the eupp.y. Mountain
sheep, from Wicklow, f• rend the portkn of tech
stock at this fair, and those on Glee. yesterday were, f-r the
greeter part, reethrkalde foe elea,diness of condition, 4nd
in a majority of last .nee. fee decided improvement in breed-
in?. T and three year old 'redden lostr:ng some prima-
aeons to meat were ricked up in smah lots with etheaticrable
brisket,' at from 2,.. to 321. a pitTe by butchers frm town.'
and by panics for wearer feed. " 11. w k.faces " sought after
with much avidity, but very 'earth. L rca of the above ages
fetch-d from 20.. w n.. according to quality. For cue lot'
of 2) two-yean-old ewes—but when, meeiteet attention had
been rid to breedings as well as to condition, a cross of
Soato Down bAag et idest-305.61. each sat obtained. Low
eased wedders and ewes went at proporti.xately low figures,
but were yet tad-in-ed. sad few if any complaiets were to
b? heard of sacrifice. ha been submitted to. healthy,
wet-irrewo Nem fetched Pls. to 20s , and cone few
"esidexes" were disposed of to Aweless at IG.. to 17s. each.
On the whole, the sheep fair so far proved a lively and a re-
munerative taus. Fo• Meek early, with the exception of
promiseeg springen std newly-calved cows, of which there
was a tolerably lair show, there was tut a dull demand.
There was no beef on offer, Lad where an woraiasal sale wee
effected in dry or yetuig steck it was opus. terms not reckoned
r. nuaner !live to the seller. la springers and tall ankh cows
genera:ly an improvement was marked ca recent
prices. The horse fair, as usual, abounded with whole troops
of " 'crews ;" there was, however, a very numerous display
oilman well-bred hunts, and a •ddle hacks, varying from
four to evc• years oil, altogether of a superior desoriptioa.
Wilt these were a few ut.breken ttree-yearoohl colts of g ,od
Agars and promise. But is this department it would be
didlcu.t to name any prices, as vary iew excbenged owners,
owing io the tint place to the extravagant figures 'seed
" for sesthing worth looking at," and in the next to a pan.
city of buyers, in eorsequenco, perhaps, of the:fair of Dro-
gheda—an important oi.e for hones—besides a fair at Mel-
linger occurring on the three day. Os, era, however, seemed
to promise themselves better lack in the c4urs• of lb. week,
and evinced no harry to part with their nags.