The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-13
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
THE DETAILS OF THE NEWS
BROUGHT BY
e II = II I = = r NJ Z a,
Exe AZ. .Scc.

mails reached this city at a o'clock yesterday af
ternoon, IN a little than nine hours from
Boston.
Our Irish Correspondence,
DUBLIN, April 81, ls49.
Progress Of the CholerG-Th Wri,s Of ErrorStatisics
The Crops, &C. &c.
news Of much importance has transpirei since
my last letter with the exception of the
accounts which have every day for last week been
ceved of the ravages which restitution and the plague
are making amongst the people Of Ireland IL is
very that the latter should have proved so
violent this year. the constitutions o! the poorer in
habants particularly in the South and West have been
so deblitated from fatigue and exhaustion brought
by famine and its concomitant evils The accounts as
said before daily received truly distressing part
eulary from Wesport and Ballanrobe; for in those
places the cholera is raging with terrible violence some
Of the inhabitants daily falling victims to that diseases
whilst in other towns parties daily committed to
prison thcfss which made for the express pur
pore of the depredaors being transported Instances
have occurred at the held within the
few days. of of the prisoners when acquitted
praying of the bench to transport them, that being
their only hope of escaping hunger and restitution
Mr. swistleton, the able poor law commissioner
His able testimony the part of Ireland in his late
examination before the House Of Commons will be read
contcmplativc mind the truth that the system which
the present government Is pursuing towards this
happy country, Is radically bad, when their own
officers resign their trusts in disgust.
Lord John Russell on a late occasion attempted TO
get the opinion OF the Irish members what is best
be done, but signaily failed; and ! understand
that if he fails in his Rate in Aid scheme he will Ger
tcinly try his hand at the Income Tax. Societies
now being formed in Armagh and Derry for the pur-
pose OF Offering threefod opposition to the former,
and the members of these societies determined to
uso all legitimate means to prevent its execution.
Mr.. Monaghan the Attorney. has left for London to
assist, With his profound legal knowledge e., in the
Writ of Error proceedings No order has us yet come
the removal OF the prlSonCrs, VINO still
Richmond Bridewell Two names are now mentioned
TOY the vacant Primary in the Roman Catholic Church
DIR Kieran, who has been lately appointed Vicar-Ca-
pital and DR. Hughes. bishop of New York; however,
these rumors are merely conjectures.
On and after the 10th June the mail packets from
Dublin England will be discontinued via Liverpool
AT present mail is sent via Liverpool and another
via liolyhead After the time have mentioned both
mails 60 via Hoybcad.
On Friday last special meeting of the Corporation
held for the purpose of receiving report upon the
subject Of the bills proposed to bc brought into rara-
mcnt by government. for the improvement of Dublin
Alderman Kcshan in the absence of the Lord Mayor;
presided. The meeting appeared to be in favor Of the
proposed alterations aud imrro, ements, with some
slight amendments
4 statistical tabular statement of the number of
persons registered electors in Ireland to January
last has been published. The number OF inha btants
in Ireland, in 1851 Sl,512I. The number of
males was 4olo 5,d. Of which those aged u and up
wards 525S,3 The number of electors in
January, 1S49 was ,2l6.
The irish branches of the excise aud stamps
immediately to merge into one which change will be
the Of dispensing with the services Of number
of clerks in each of these departments.
considerable depreciation in the value of land Is
aisccrnblc in all parts Of Ireland during the last few
years Two three instances which shall name will
convey to you an idea. \ gentleman took house in
MERTON Grove, some years ago, and paid $4,000 fine
ireland and called of tho house agents to
inquire what rent he might reasonably expect for his
including taxes. Anothor--in 1874, small estate in
wesport sold for e. 0oo year elapsed, and the
scquently elapsed, and it was sold for Co. and last
December the estate sold for 93500 exactly
chalf of the amount it sold for four years before
nobleman in Cork has lately offered of good
land to any party who will engage to pay the poor
rates.
From an account lately published it appears that
the number of military employed to collect poor rates
lst October 1s4s, TO st February, 1919, amounted
to II field officers i6 captains lis subalterns ZIG SER
geants, AZ drmcTs. and Al 10 rank and file, exclusive
OF 90 officers and 2,53S constabcs.
The accounts lately received from the West relative
to tho crops, far from being agreeable. 1t appears
that is evidently the object Of the farmers to get the
dexpense with the Interior design Of cmgratng i'm
med,atcy after the harvest 1t Is stated that where
grain crops were sowed last year. the same grain has
been again planted or rather turned into the ground
without ploughipg narrowing. or such usual prepare
ion; but that the grain has been pitched in and the
varlh turned loosely over
Our French Correspondence.
PARIS, April &c, 1s4o.
Election for the National .1ssemJly-Prepara,ion Of the
Partics-The Expedition to Rome-Tac .qrmy Of The
.7lps--Naiional Bankrupcy-7he Cho'era-1he Presi
DENTS Boil Disturbances in the Electoral Meetings.
Lanaariine-7Ne Dismissed Of Napoleon Buonoparte-
Minister 10 Spain, &c. &c.
We arc now entering on new and important phase
Of the infant republic We about to elect by uni
ycrsaI suffrage the first regular Assembly Of the rcpub
lie say the first regular Assembly, because it ought
TO rccocctcd that the Assembly whose proceedings
have the subject Of report and comment through.
out the world for the last twelve months has not been
N regular Assembly under any existing constitution but
body collected and conycked without any definite in
structions regular commission having for its object
merely the formation Of constitution 1t IS true that
while engaged in this work. it has necessarily also dis
charged the functions Of regular Legislative Assem-
bly This it as done by the very necessity OF the
case For nearly six months ii has held exceptional
rosition Invested by its very nature with unlimited
powers it has stood beside the Chisf Of the
nominated by univcral suffrage and invested by the
constitution with powers limited and defined, but
which are inc Compatible with the omnipotence Of the
Constituent Assembly itself. collision between these
two high authorities has been continually apprchcnded
The moderation Of both. and the influence Of public
cplnion acting upon them and the resolution Of the
middle classes the representatives of which constitute
tho majority Of the Assembly, to maintain order at any
pricc have aycrtcd such collision We are now,
however approaching the limits Of this anomalous
diton Of the State. The commission Of the Consti-
suent Assembly will expire on the day Of the conyoca
zion Of that which il about TO be elected and the
republic will then have its free play, under the cond
sions prescribed by the constitution which has been
proclaimed.
You are, Of course, that the constitution has
not been in accordance sith the sentiments Of the ul
srademocratc section Of the Assembly, and Of those
,artics out of 1t, which that section represents The
ociasts the communists and the rcd republicans are
furious against the constitution against the Assembly
which Is about to be elected and against con-
tttucnt Assembly itself; and nothing prevents these
1artcs from attempting another revolution except the
overwhelming of the majority against them and
the formidable array Of military force collected in and
around the capital
In order TO afford free play TO the elective principle,
il been decided by The Assembly, with the assent Of
The government that some Of the restrictions imposed