The Express. — 1847-11-09 (London, England)

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.  On Monday night • poor widow, named Kearns, was murdered near Borrisoleigh, Tipperary. No cause was assigned for the infamous deed. She had • few acres of land, and was to have been married a few days after the murder had been perpetrated.—On Wednesday armed men entered the house of a men named Galbraith, in the same county, and carried off his gun.—ln Kilcullen, Kildare, a highway robbery was committed on the public road, and at • short distance from this locality, the dwelling-house of a r►te-collector was fired, and the cottages of some farmers burned to the ground. A female who absconded is suspected. In Tippeeery also the dwelling of a protestant clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Curry, who had only been a few weeks in the parish, was attacked. One of the offenders presented a pistol at Mrs. Curry, who retreated. The ruffian took nothing by his motion. In the same county, on Tuesday night, a turnip field of a Mr. Carter, was surprised by plunderers armed with pistols, and a new species of instrument of safety called " skull craeliere." The care takers arrived shortly atter and were ferociously beaten. The Ballyehannon Herold saysthe condition of the peasantry in that district is most distressing, while the Northern Starsdord announces a strong opposition to the payment of poor rates in the county of Monaghan. The deputation from Clara, which recently was hoc cured by an interview with Lord Clarendon on the subject of the ! unfinished public works, were advised, your readers will reI member, to instruct the surveyor of the county to prepare an estimate of the same which would be necessary to complete the works left unfinished at the time of the termination of the operations under the Labour Kate Act. The estimate has just been published, and amounts to 118,4272, being classified under three distinct heals, viz., completion of old roads, 32,79,31.; important new roads, 31,6001.: useful new roads, .54,0321. From this estimate for one county, one may form some conclu-ion as to the probable amount necessary fur c.,rapie ing all the roads throughout Ireland, remembering, however, that in Clare those works were particularly heavy.— , From the south we have intelligence which affords promise of a better time in the coming year, as regards those districts which now present at once features of great destitution and great turbulence. Ploughing and harrowing were never more actively in progress throughout at this period of the winter season than at present, the farmers being energetically preparing for forward crops of corn next year, when, in addition to the usual breadth of corn on the ordinary soils, the whole, or almost all, those lands sown this year with green crops will next year grow rereala. I may state myself, that in a recent visit to the south-east of Ireland, I taw several fields of wheat very fully grown. Seventy-four vete sets, laden with corn and other provisions, left Limerick harbour last week for various English and Sooteh ports. From Limerick and Clue the accounts of outrage to-day are as numerous as usual. In one instance, come stacks of corn, the property of a civil bill process-aerver, were consumed in Limerick. Personal violence was dealt upon another of the same class of persons in Clare. An outrage of a like nature occurred in Cork—the two latter caused by the service of " law papers," to use the phrase of the local journal. Lord Guillamore's steward, in the west of Limerick, was attacked, his son beaten, and his house plundered of arms ; as have also other houses, and in several instances barns, dairies, and other premises, have been plundered of provisions and property.