The Banner of Ulster - Friday, 1 September 1843

Births

At Glenarm, on Monday the 28th ult., the Lady of S. Wilson M'Neale, Esq., of a Daughter.

On the 25th ult., at Parkanour, county of Tyrone, the Lady Caroline Burgess, of a son.

At Rankeilour, on the 19th ult., the lady of D. Maitland Makgill Crichton, Esq., of a daughter.

Marriages

On the 24th ultimo, in St. Anne's Church, Belfast, by the Rev. T. Walker, Mr. George Bell, Belfast, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Robert Brown, Esq., late of the island of St. Vincent.

On Sunday last, the 27th ult., in St. Anne's Church, by the Rev. T. Walker, Mr. Wm. Gregg, gilder, to Miss Margaret Croft, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Hugh Croft, Lower Malone.

On the 25th ult., by the Rev. Mr. Burrows, Carrickfergus, Mr. Samuel Anderson, to Miss Susan Addisdale, both of Woodburn.

On Saturday the 26th ult., at St, Mary's Church, Birkenhead, by the Rev. J. T. Browne, incumbent of Haigh, William, youngest son of Jonathan Pike, Esq., Beech Grove, county Tyrone, to Marion, youngest daughter of the late J. Watson, Esq., Woodside, Chesshire.

At Coleraine, by the Rev. H. Porter, Samuel, third son of Mr. P. Eccles, Newmills, Coleraine, to Anne, only daughter of James Robb, Esq., Qullans, Coleraine.

On Wednesday the 30th ultimo, at St. Anne's Church, by the Rev. T. Walker, Mr. Echlin Gordon, Belfast, to Jane Ewing, eldest daughter of Mr. William Boyce, Ballynafeigh.

On the 17th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. William M'Clure, Bartholomew M'Corkell, Esq., a Derry merchant, to Fanny, third daughter of David Brown, Esq., Ballyarnett.

In the Parish Church of Lurgan, by the Rev. W. P. Oulton, on Tuesday, 15th inst., Hugh Watson, Esq., son of Robert Watson, Esq., linen merchant, to Miss Marianne Armstrong, only daughter of William Armstrong, Esq., both of Lurgan.

Deaths.

On Sunday the 27th ult., at his residence, 20, Cromac Street, Mr. James Steed, aged forty-six years, after a short illness.

At Bettystown, near Drogheda, Mary Ann, wife of Commander John Adams, R.N.

At Broadisland, near Ballycarry, on the 26th ult, Mr. Alex. M'Cammon, aged sixty-five years.

On Friday the 25th ultimo, at Ivy Lodge, near Dungannon, after a lingering illness, which he bore with Christian resignation, Mr. Allan Blair, aged thirty-two years, most sincerely and deservedly regretted.

At Broadisland, near Ballycarry, on the 26th ult., Mr. Alexander M'Cammon, aged 65 years.

On the 5th ultimo, at Rosenberg, Prussia, Everilda Flavus, Baroness Von Ascheberg, third daughter of the late W. M. Farmer, Esq., Nonsuch Park, Surrey.

On the 12th ult., at Green Cottage, Sutton, James Carson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., late of Liverpool, in the seventy-first year of his age.

On the 23d inst., of inflammation, after a very few hours illness, in the 74th year of his age, Mr. John Beattie, of Ballynure, near Newtownards. He had, for twenty-nine years, mildly, but efficiently, discharged his official duties.

On the 18th inst., at Ballymena, John, fourth son of the late James M'Peake, Esq., solicitor, in the 17th year of his age.

Clippings

Crimes and Casualties.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE -- CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE BODY OF A MURDERED MAN, UNKNOWN. -- On Sunday last some boys, while amusing themselves on Gleniff mountain, saw a number of ravens picking what they conceived to be a sheep, but on approaching proved to be the skeleton of a man. The discovery of this body produced some interest in the neighbourhood, as a man named Rooney had been missing for a month past, and a quarrel having taken place between him and his two sons about some money dealings, they were suspected by the neighbours of murdering their father. A coroner's inquest was held before Alexander Burrows, Esq., and the jury returned a verdiet, that the deceased came to his death by unnatural means, caused by some person or persons at present unknown. -- Sligo Journal.

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INSURRECTION IN WALES. -- LLANON, Thursday, Aug. 21. -- The outrages, from being confined to turnpike gates, have now spread to the wanton destruction of private property, and the endangerment of human life. In the night of Tuesday, or early yesterday morning, the village of Llanon and the surrounding neighbourhood was the seene of an outrage of the most daring character. Between eleven and twelve o'clock, on Tuesday night, the inhabitants of Llanon were alarmed by the shouts of an immense body of the Rebeccaites, consisting of, as I am informed, about five hundred persons, who passed through the village. The majority of them had women's clothes on, or shirts over their dresses, and the whole of them were disguised, by having their faces blackened; the leader, or "Rebecca," being mounted on a horse, which, contrary to the ordinary usage was not a white one, but a bay, or some other dark colour -- she was dressed in white. Nearly all the party were armed with guns, which they repeatedly fired in their progress through the village. Several horns were also in full play, and a number of rockets fired. There was also a kind of carriage in the procession, the lamps of which shed a lustre over a portion of the crowd, and lighted the apartments of many of the inhabitants, who were afraid to leave their bed-rooms, and enabled them to obtain a better view of the procession. When the party arrived near the end of the village, where one road leads to Pontardulais highway, and the other towards Llanelly, Rebecca, who had previously given several orders, cried out "silence!" when the party immediately left off firing guns and blowing horns. They then determined upon taking the llanelly road, which also leads to Gellywernen, the house of Mr. Edwards, agent to Mr. Rees Goring Thomas, who is lay impropriator of the tithes of the parish. Several gun-shots were fired in succession into the bed-room. Nearly all the apple-trees, wall-fruit trees, plants, and herbs of different kinds, were entirely destroyed, being cut to pieces, or torn up from the roots. Either simultaneously with these depredations, or soon after they were committed, a party of the desperadoes proceeded to the house of William Bassett, the gamekeeper, who resided in a cottage, in a wood, a short distance from Gellywernen-house, and discharged a gun or pistol, containing powder only, nearly into the face of the wife, who had a child, which was slightly wounded, in her arms at the time. They then broke the clock, a very good one. an old pier-glass. which had been her arms at the time. They then broke the clock, a very good one, an old pier-glass, which had been handed down for several generations, the chairs, tables, and all the little furniture the poor people possessed. They also carried away the gamekeeper's gun, and 10s. or 12s. worth of powder and shot; and previously to leaving, took from the drawers all the clothes of the family, which were torn, trodden upon, and partly burnt. They then left the place, after firing several times. -- Correspondent of London Times.

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ATTEMPT TO BURN THE THURLES POOR-HOUSE. -- In passing through Thurles on Tuesday last, I learned that, on Sunday night, a most wicked attempt was made to set fire to the Thurles Poor-House. It appears that near the house or adjoining it there is a large store-house full of turf, and some villain, who got over the outer wall, set fire to it, and, only it was providentially perceived by a pauper, who alarmed the house, the inmates of the building and the structure would have been destroyed. -- Correspondent of the Nenagh Guardian.

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BRUTAL ATTACK. -- On the morning of Sunday last, about the hour of two o'clock, a party of twelve fellows, armed with guns, pistols, and "alpeens," came to the dwelling-house of a poor man named John Carrol, at Newhall, in this county; they demanded admittance, which was refused, when they smashed in the door and windows with stones, by which they effected an entrance. On entering, they broke every particle of furniture in the unfortunate man's cabin; they then dragged Carrol out of his bed, and brought him into his lawn, where they fell upon him and beat him in a most brutal manner, inflicting several severe wounds upon his head and different parts of his body. While doing so, his wife rushed from her bed into the lawn, and threw herself on the body of her husband, exclaiming "murder me but save him!" This touching appeal was unheeded, for the villains soon laid her prostrate, and bruised her body very severely. While they were beating the wife, Carroll ran off, but his assailants followed him, and with unrelenting vigour and hellish perseverance again knocked the unfortunate man down, and continued to beat him with their murderous weapons. One of the wretches cried out, "Shoot the fellow and have done with him." Carroll now appeared insensible, and one of the party, in reply to the other, said, "He's finished," no doubt imagining that they had fully completed their design -- namely, that of murder. They then left their victim, and, after some time, Carroll crawled to a neighbouring house, where he was found by his friends, on the following morning, in a very dangerous state, and he still lies confined to his bed under the care of a doctor. No cause can be assigned for this very daring outrage, but that it was suspected Carroll gave some information about timber that was stolen from his master.

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A letter from Southampton reports the death of Mr. Barlow Hoy, the former member for the borough; who was killed in an accident, while shooting abroad.

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The execution of Charles Higginson, who has been lying under sentence of death in Stafford county prison, for the horrible murder of his child by burying him alive, took place on Saturday morning the 28th instant. Higginson, for several days atter his condemnation, was in a very hardened and incorrigible state of mind; but the Rev. R. Buckeridge, the chaplain, succeeded at length in making some impression upon him. He acknowledged the justice of his sentence, and was sensible of his awful condition. Although a man of obtuse intellect, he appeared to have received a tolerably good plain education. He could read well, and could refer to any passage of Scripture in a moment.

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MURDER OF COLONEL STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. -- The Times publishes a narrative by an Akoondzadeh, the son of one of the principal persons at Herat, of whose veracity Colonel Sheil, the British Consul at Teheran, judges favourably, and who states that he was in Bokhara when Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly were executed by order of the King; for he says that they actually were killed. The precise motive for the execution does not appear; but the circumstances immediately attending it are thus described:-- "On Tuesday [the 12th of June] at night, their quarters were entered by several men, who stripped them, and carried them off to prison; but I do not know whether it was to the black well or some other. In stripping Colonel Stoddart, a lead pencil was found in the lining of his coat, and some papers in his waist. These were taken to the Ameer, who gave orders that Colonel Stoddart should be beaten with heavy sticks until he disclosed who brought the papers, and to whom he wrote. He was most violently beaten, but he revealed nothing. He was beaten repeatedly for two or three days. On Friday the 8th or 9th (the 7th) of Jemmadee-ool-Eovel (17th of June), the Ameer gave orders that Colonel Stoddart should be killed, in the presence of Captain Conolly, who was to be offered life if he should become a Mahomedan. In the afternoon they were taken outside the prison into the street, which is a kind of small square. Their hands were tied across in front. Many people assembled to behold the spectacle. Their grases were dug before their eyes. Colonel Stoddart exclaimed aloud at the cruelty and tyranny of the Ameer. His head was then cut off with a knife. The chief executioner then turned to Captain Conolly, and said, 'The Ameer spares your life if you will become a Mussulman.' Captain Conolly answered, 'Colonel Stoddart has been a Mussulman for three years, and you have killed him -- you killed Yoosoof too -- I will not be a Mussulman, and I am ready to die.' Saying which he stretched forth his neck. His head was then cut off. Their bodies were interred in the graves which had been dug; and I myself have seen the spot and the small hillocks which mark the place. One of the executioners gave me the foregoing relation; and, moreover, he offered to bring me the heads, if I chose, that I might take them with me; but I refused this offer."

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ACCIDENT TO LORD LYNEDOCH. -- On Thursday last, this venerable nobleman met with rather a serious accident. Though now in his 94th year, his Lordship is a keen sportsman; and, while following his favourite amusement on horseback, in the Edzell Hills, near Brechin, Forfarshire, on Monday, the pony on which he was riding wheeled suddenly round, on the discharge of his fowling piece, whereby his Lordship was thrown to the ground with considerable violence. His Lordship was immediately taken to his shooting quarters, which, by advice of Dr. Guthrie of Brechin, he the same day left for his seat in Perthshire, where, it is to be hoped, he will soon recover.

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The Army

The route of the 72d Highlanders is altered from Birr to Templemore, where they are to be stationed with the 15th Foot.

The 15th Infantry detach from Templemore one company to Birr Barracks, the only military to be quartered there for the present.

The court-martial on Captain Vereker, of the 27th depot, at Longford, acquitted the accused of the several charges preferred against him.

The vacant Colonelcy occasioned by the decease of Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Brooke has been filled up by the removal of Lieutenant-General Maister from the 2d West India Regiment to the 86th Foot, and by the appointment to the former corps of Lieutenant-General Ettingham Lindsay. General Lindsay is not a Peninsular officer, but he has seen considerable service elsewhere, particularly in the colonies and India.

The sentence of the Horse Guards on Captain John Deschamps, of the Royal Artillery.for engaging in a personal conflict with a brother officer in the streets of Hull, has just been published, which declares Captain Deschamps to be cashiered.

RAMSGATE, August 24. -- A part of the 1st Dragoon Guards, consisting of sixty-four men and thirty-two horses, landed on the pier yesterday from Halifax, in the ship Lloyde, of London. They were all in fine condition, and seemed rejoiced to tread their native land again after an absence of five years. The horses were led to the fine sands, where it was amusing to see them one and all rolling themselves in the sand, and kicking up their heels with delight, after a long voyage at sea.

The Navy.

THE IRISH SQUADRON. -- CORK, Thursday. -- The Volage, 26, Captain Sir Wm. Dickson, and the Lynx, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Godolphin J. Burslem, arrived from Plymouth on Sunday. The Cyclops, 6, steam-frigate, Captain H. T. Austin, C.B., and the Myrtle, 1, steamer, after conveying provisions to Tarbert, also came into harbour on the same day. The Modeste, 18, commander Thomas Bailie, at Sheerness, and the Pilot, 16, Commander W. H. Jervis, at Plymouth, were paid advanced wages last week. They will shortly proceed to this harbour, where they will remain for some time before taking their departure for China. Several of the vessels which composed the Irish squadron, and which left a short time since to be in attendance on her Majesty, who is expected to visit Plymouth in a few days, will, after that auspicious event, again return to Cove to take up their stations. The Pilot arrived yesterday, at which time the Cyclops left for Dublin.

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Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF BELFAST.

ARRIVED, August 21. -- Majestic, Wilder, Liverpool, wheat; Joseph, Walsh, Campbelton, herrings; Prince of Wales (steamer), M'Neilage, Fleetwood, goods and passengers; Commodore (steamer), Hardie, Glasgow, goods and passengers. 26. -- Smyrna, Alson, Liverpool, salt; Elizabeth, M'Ferran, Bangor, slates; Royal William (steamer), Swainson, London, goods and passengers; Vion, Perry, Bristol bark; her Majesty's revenue cruiser Swift, Bateson, from sea, for repairs; Falcon (steamer), Gowan, Liverpool, goods and passengers; Lamped, Quin, Campbelton, herrings. 27. -- Sarah Ann, Quin, Liverpool, salt; Royal Oak, Carnell, London, general cargo; Prince of Wales (steamer), M'Neilage, Fleetwood, goods and passengers. 28. -- Ann and Eliza, M'Kay, Dublin, flour; Wellington, Ward, Campbelton, herrings; Maid of Galloway (steamer), Haswell, Stranraer, goods and passengers. 29. -- Aurora (steamer), Anderson, Glasgow, goods and passengers; Birmingham (steamer), Church, Dublin, goods and passengers; Countess of Lonsdale (steamer), Lamb, Whitehaven, goods and passengers; Reindeer (steamer), Head, Liverpool, goods and passengers.

SAILED, August 21. -- Aurora (steamer), Anderson, Glasgow, goods and passengers; Coquette, Donnan, Troon, ballast. 26. -- Elephant, Campbell, Ardwell, timber; Ocean Queen, Legate, Derry, ballast; Ruby, Rodgers, Larne, flour; Betsey, M'Kinley, Derry, general cargo; Royal William (steamer), Swainson, London, goods and passengers; Prince of Wales (steamer), M'Neilage, Fleetwood, goods and passengers; Commodore (steamer), Hardie, Glasgow, goods and passengers. 29. -- Falcon (steamer), Gowan, Liverpool, goods and passengers; Maid of Galloway (steamer), Haswell, Stranraer, goods and passengers.

DEPARTURES OF STEAMERS.

For Liverpool, the Athlone, Davies, to-morrow, at two o'clock afternoon.
A steamer sails for Dublin, on Wednesday, at seven o'clock evening.
A steam-ship sails for London, calling at Dublin, Falmouth, Plymouth, and Southampton, on Monday, at five o'clock evening.
For Fleetwood, the Prince of Wales, M'Neilage, today, at five o'clock evening.
For Greenock and Glasgow, the Commodore, Hardie, to-day, at three o'clock afternoon.
For Stranraer, the Maid of Galloway, Haswell, tomorrow, at twelve o'clock noon.
For Whitehaven, the Countess of Lonsdale, Lamb, on Wednesday, at twelve o'clock noon.
For Liverpool, from Warrenpoint, the Hercules, Tallan, to-morrow.
From Derry, for Glasgow, calling at Campbelton, the St. Columb, on Tuesday.
From Derry, for Glasgow, calling at Portrush, the Londonderry, on Thursday.
For Liverpool, from Derry, the Maiden City, Crompton, to-day; and from Liverpool, for Derry, on Tuesday.
For Liverpool, from Portrush, the Coleraine, Johnstone, on Thursday, at nine o'clock morning; and from Liverpool, for Portrush, on Monday, at twelve o'clock noon.
For Halifax and Boston, from Liverpool, 5th September, the Royal Mail steamer Caledonia, Lott.

ARRIVALS INWARDS.

At this port from Quebec, 29th ultimo, the Arabian, Rainey, with a cargo of timber.
At Cork, from Gibraltar, 24th ultimo, the Henry and Jane, of Bangor, Brown.
At Liverpool, from Port Phillip, 26th ultimo, the Thomas Hughes, Butler.
At Elsinore, from Memel, for Newry, 13th ultimo, the Sophia, of Barth, Stelworth.
At Elsinore, from Konigsberg, for Hull, 21st ultimo, the Menai, of Bangor, Brown.
At London, from Quebec, 27th ultimo, the Unicorn, of Derry, Allen.
At Liverpool, from Manzanilla de Cuba, 28th ultimo, the Millman, of Belfast, Blayne.
At Liverpool, from Barbadoes, 26th ultimo, the Laidmans, Scott.

ARRIVALS OUTWARDS.

At Quebec, from this port, 1st ultimo, the Huron, of Belfast, Sibbison, passengers and crew all well.
At Elsinore, from Liverpool, for Cronstadt, 16th ult., the Joseph P. Dobree, of Belfast, Hawkins.
At Elsinore, from Liverpool, for Cronstadt, 16th ult., the Jane, of Derry, Brethwaite.
At Wick, from this port, 18th ultimo, the Louisa, Rippet.
At Wick, from this port, 23d ultimo, the Harmony, Finlayson.

SAILINGS INWARDS.

From Quebec, for Ayr, July 21, the Siren, of Newry, Bailie.
From Wick, for this port, 24th ultimo, the Nancy, Thompson.

SAILINGS OUTWARDS.

From this port, for Quebec, 26th ultimo, the Tom Moore, of Belfast, Milligan, in ballast.
From this port, for Demerara, 27th ultimo, the Parrsboro', of Belfast, Hetherington, with a general cargo.
From Liverpool, for New York, 26th ult., the Patrick Henry, Delano.

LOADING.

At Liverpool, for Pernau, the Godfrey, of Belfast, M'Gibbon.

CLEARED.

At Elsinore, for Derry, 21st ultimo, the Mary Stewart, of Derry, Webber.
At New Orleans, for Liverpool, 26th July, the Thomas Battersby, of Belfast, Leitch.
At Quebec, for Menai Bridge, 9th ultimo, the Chieftain, of Larne, Legate.
At New York, for Liverpool, 12th ultimo, the Brothers, of Newry, Daniels.

SPOKEN.

On the 9th ultimo, in lat. 45, long. 56, the Dumfriesshire, of Belfast, bound for Quebec.
On the 11th ultimo, in lat. 54, long. 52, the St. Martins, of Newry, Vaughan, from Dublin, for St. John's, N.B.
On 21st ultimo, in lat. 50, long. 12, the Royal Mail steamer Britannia, from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston.
On 19th ultimo, in lat. 49, long 31, the steamer Margaret, from Liverpool, for Halifax.

CASUALTIES.

The Trial, Day, from Copaipo to Swansea, was lost, on 30th March; crew saved.

BOURBON, May 11 . -- An English vessel, from Marseilles, with 900 casks of wine on board, has been fallen in with to leeward of this island, and carried into St. Paul, with only three men on board, the rest of the crew having died of scurvy. [The above vessel is supposed to be Vigilant, which sailed from Marseilles on Sept. 10, 1842, for Bourbon.]

BRISTOL, August 22. -- The Lochlibo, Taylor, arrived from Quebec, was in contact with the Glenburnie, of Bideford, Day, from Bridgewater to Quebec, on 27th ultimo, when the latter sank; crew saved.

TENBY, August 22. -- The Thistle, from Yarmouth to Saundersfoot, in ballast, was lost, last night, between the Islands of Caldy and St. Margaret; crew and materials saved.

THURSO, August 19. -- The Margaret, M'Leod, of and from Inverness, in entering the harbour, 15th instant, sprang a leak, went ashore, and has become a wreck; cargo saved.

MUMBLES, August 21. -- The schooner Daniel O'Connell, of Dungarvan, foundered, on her passage from Dungarvan to Swansea, 20th instant; crew saved and landed here.

KEY WEST, July 25. -- The Girard, from New Orleans to Cowes, abandoned at sea, leaky, was fallen in with on 20th instant, and towed into Bay Henday, where she is being discharged.

In the Admiralty Court, on Wednesday se'ennight, £5,000 -- being one-fourth of the property saved -- was decreed to the salvors of the ship Windsor Castle, which was towed into the Shannon, dismasted and abandoned.

FREIGHTS.

DANTZIC, August 3. -- Freights have risen, and the ships arrived here find immediate employment. To-day, freights for London were 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8d.; Hull, 4s. to 4s. 1d.; Newcastle, 3s. 6d.; and Leith, 4s. to 4s. id. per quarter wheat.

PILLAU, August 7. -- Within the last few days several ships have arrived; but, before that period, partly owing to the scarcity of ships, and the aversion to paying higher freights, there was very little business done. To load here for Leith, the freights have been 4s. 8d. to 5s. for large ships; 4s. 10d. to Hull; and 4s. 10d. to 5s. for London.

MEMEL, August 8. -- Since the 21st instant, the following freights have been closed:-- For London, 12s. per ton oil cakes, and 3s. 2d. per quarter barley; Dundee, 30s. per ton flax; Dover, 14s. 6d. per load.

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THE "GREAT NORTHERN" STEAMSHIP. -- The Morning Herald contains an article highly laudatory of this gigantic vessel, which was built at this port by Mr. Coppin, and now lies in the East India Import Dock, London. The Herald says that "she has been visited by a great number of gentlemen connected with her Majesty's navy, Mr. Lloyd, the principal engineer of Woolwich Dockyard, and other scientific men, who have been pleased to speak of her qualities in the most favourable terms." Our London contemporary proceeds to give a minute description of her dimensions, build, stowage, &c., and then says that "her engines have recently undergone great alterations and improvements, at an expense of £4,000, and it is believed that, when completed, she will stand with few competitors or rivals." An experimental trip was to take place in the course of a week or ten days, after which she is to make a voyage to Calcutta. -- Derry Sentinel.

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THE PACKET STATION, SOUTHAMPTON. -- The Peninsular and Oriental and the Royal Mail steam-packet Companies have received official communications from the Government that the mails will, in future, be put on board at this port, instead of Falmouth, and the arrangement will be carried into effect on the 1st of October; the mails will be put on board on the arrival Of the train at midnight, with liberty for the vessel to remain till daylight on the 2d, if the tide or weather makes it desirable. -- Shipping Gazette.

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NAUTICAL LIFE-PRESERVER. -- We understand that Mr. F. Taylor, wright, in Leith, has invented a deck chair, which is so constructed that, in an instant, it can be converted into a life-preserver, something resembling a boat, entirely water-tight, and incapable of sinking. The chair or seat is twenty-four inches long, by eighteen inches broad, when used as such; but, when converted into a life-preserver, it is about forty-three inches long, and is propelled by two small oars, fixed on pivots. Mr. Taylor has made several successful experiments with his new invention. On Saturday last he went to the eastern point of the Black Rocks, and remained there until floated off by the tide, when he paddled himself safely ashore below Bath Street. An individual having been descried on the rocks, several boats put out from Leith to his rescue, when they were nearly covered; but Mr. Taylor refused their assistance, and came on shore in very good style, which showed his confidence in the principles on which his invention is constructed. -- Caledonian Mercury.

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Domestic Intelligence.

Ireland.

On Friday, the late Lord Lieutenant, Earl Fortescue and Countess Fortescue, arrived in Limerick, and left for Newcastle, on a visit to the Earl of Devon, from whence they proceed to the Lakes of Killarney.

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His Grace the Lord Primate has arrived at Armagh, from London.

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THE IRISH MAGISTRACY. -- There is a rumour abroad, which, though possibly it may be without foundation, is not so incredible as to be rejected altogether. For our own part, we can detect nothing improbable in it, "seeing what we have seen -- seeing what we see." It is to this effect -- that the Government, not being at all satisfied with the removals and dismissals which have hitherto taken place from the magistracy, on the ground of the parties having attended Repeal meetings and dinners, has determined to call upon all persons holding the commission to avow their opinions and sentiments upon this question, and that the opportunity of doing so will be afforded them, when they shall receive a "circular," which is to be issued immediately, and in which certain questions will be put, which are expected to be promptly and categorically answered, without evasion or circumlocution, but with a plain downright Yes or No. -- Cork Reporter.

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Tomkins Brew, Esq., R.M., has been suspended pending his trial at the next Galway assizes, under the verdict of the coroner's inquest, for the murder of John Calaghan, by a gun-shot wound inflicted by one of a party of police, under the command of Mr. Brew, at the late fair of Turloughmore. Mr. Kernan, R.M., is to succeed Mr. Brew in this district pro. tem. -- Tuam Herald.

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An investigation was held last week into the conduct of a policeman, in reference to the recent Repeal meeting in Dingle, which ended in the dismissal of the man from the constabulary; he attended a Repeal temperance soirée. -- Limerick Chronicle.

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The Kilkenny Journal says that Mr. Fayle, who was fired at recently near Enniscorthy, is so much improved in health as to be able to walk about, though his intelleet is affected to such an extent that he cannot divest himself with the idea that he is living in the town of Borris.

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REGISTRY OF ARMS. -- We understand that the arms of the yeomanry are to be registered through the respective commanding officers, instead of sending the men to sessions for the purpose. The sub-inspectors of police are to have a list of the yeomen who are provided with arms -- a plan that will prevent improper persons passing themselves for yeomen if found with arms by the constabulary. -- Newry Telegraph.

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William Tighe Hamilton, of the Castle, has been appointed Second Remembrancer.

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An agitating schoolmaster, named Hogan, has already commenced his canvass for the representation of Nenagh, in the College Green Parliament. -- Dublin Statesman.

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On Thursday se'ennight, the annual dinner was given to the children of the schools on the estate of the Earl of Roden, in the neighbourhood of Tollymore Park. About 360 children were regaled with abundance of roast beef and plum pudding. The arrangements were made with the accustomed regularity, and secured for the children a happy day. A large assemblage of spectators, including several of the gentry from Newry, Rosstrevor, Newcastle, and the adjoining district, were in attendance at an early hour; and, from the unusual fineness of the day, it seemed as if the heavens smiled upon a scene which beamed with a blessing from on high. Lord Roden (as always where duty calls him) was at his post. Lady Roden, whose presence cheered and enlivened the hearts by whom she is so enthusiastically beloved; Lord Jocelyn and Lady Jocelyn, with the several members of this estimable family, attended throughout as "lords and ladies in waiting." Never was a company more assiduously waited upon. After dinner a hymn was sung with touching sweetness, and the noble Earl delivered a short affectionate address to the children, who were then permitted to walk through the pleasure grounds of the demesne before returning to their homes. How truly valuable in this day of apostacy, to have one so faithful, so true to his country and his God, as the Earl of Roden. -- Evening Mail.

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Eleven drays arrived here yesterday from Dublin, laden with provisions for the barracks. Stores for six months are to be laid in and held over in case of siege. They consisted of pickled beef and pork, with biscuit and rum. On Monday last ten drays laden with Government provision stores for the Athlone garrison passed through Moate. The provisions consisted of pickled pork and beef, with biscuit and rum. -- Westmeath Guardian.

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THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. -- One trip was made yesterday with the usual success. The train consisted of five carriages, three third, and two second-class, with the piston carriage. The passenger carriages were filled with ladies and gentlemen, who were highly pleased with the trip, short as it was. After the train had passed the open pipe, the small beam connected with the parallel motion of the steam-engine broke down, owing to a flaw in the casting, and the further operations had to be suspended for the day. The experiments will not be repeated for a few days. -- Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday.

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The number of pilgrims to Lough Derg, in the county Donegall, is unusually great this year.

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BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. -- It is currently reported in Enniskillen that a very aggravated case of the above description will engage the attention of the North West bar at our next assizes. The lady, who is young, amiable, and respectably connected, is a resident of our town, and the gallant gay Lothario (said to be wealthy) is on the wrong side of forty, and a merchant in the capital of Tyrone. -- Fermanagh Reporter.

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THE RESULTS OF AN EXECUTION. -- A letter from Stockholm of the 3d ult. says -- "Yesterday the execution of a man, named Breitfeldt, took place for murder, robbery, and incendiarism. Two curious events marked this punishment. In Sweden the pain of death consists in decollation with an axe, and for this purpose the delinquent is placed on a block, before which a trench is dug, into which the head falls, and where the body of the culprit is afterwards thrown, and then covered over with earth. There exists amongst the common people a strange a belief that the blood of a decapitated person taken internally is a sovereign cure for epilepsy, and the custom handed down from time immemorial is to permit the spectators to take the blood. As soon as Breitfeldt's head had fallen, an elderly peasant woman rushed forward with a morsel of bread in her hand, to soak it in the sanguinary stream spouting from the trunk, but just as she was stretching forth her hand one of her fits seized her, and she fell dead into the trench. The other incident which marked the day was caused by a quarrel which arose between a porter and a carpenter. The former at last gave the latter a blow on the face, on which the other, slipping behind, struck him a violent blow with an axe, and split his skull to the neck. The murderer was immediately arrested, and, when interrogated before a magistrate, declared that the execution of the day had suggested to him the idea of using the axe. He was previously noted for his good conduct."

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THE FALLS OF NIAGARA. -- MR. CATLIN'S MODEL. -- Mr. George Catlin has this week added to the other attractions of his Indian gallery a very ingenious and carefully accurate model of this cataract and the adjacent country on both shores, in which every field and fence, mill and factory, nay, every single tree, is said to be an exact portrait of the original. This model is of Niagara as it was in 1827, sixteen years ago. It is about five feet long by four feet wide, and on the scale of ninety feet to an inch. Of Niagara river it includes about three quarters of a mile above the falls, showing the rapids, which have a fall of about fifty-four feet in that distance before they reach the precipices over which this immense body of water leaps at the falls, a distance of 154 feet. It also exhibits Goat Island, which separates the Horse-shoe from the American falls; and in the main stream of the rapids of these falls, Round Island and Half Moon Island, near the Canadian bank, the sand bar, in the centre of the stream, and south of Goat Island, Quail, Moss, and Ship Islands, near the last of which the steamer Caroline, after she had been fired and towed to the rapids, was last seen, and where she is supposed to have gone to pieces amongst the rocks and rapids, as there what was just before a mass of conflagration was suddenly extinguished. In the rapids which rush through the strait separating Goat Island from the United States shore, and leading to what are called the American falls, are seven small islands shown in the model, the principal one being Bath Island, which lies about midway, and has been made the centre of the bridge of communication across the strait of Goat Island. The names of four other of these islands are the Cow and Calf, the Bear and the Hog. Goat Island, which is seventy-five acres in extent, it appears, has been preserved, for the most part, in its primitive state, clothed with its primeval forest; its owner, Judge Porter, whose mansion, in the State of New York, is shown in the plan, refusing several good offers for it, as an eligible seat for extensive manufactures, from its immense water power, and keeping it for the convenience and gratification of visiters to the falls, who pay a toll of a dollar to cross the bridge which the Judge has erected. The two falls are nearly at right angles to each other. The Horse-shoe, which has an edge of 790 lineal yards, though the width of the river at the foot of the fall is only 407 yards, fronts nearly due north, while the American fall, which appears to be about 380 yards across, and about the same distance below the Horse-shoe fall, fronts to the W.N.W. The Horse-shoe cataract has a fall of 154 feet next Goat Island, and 150 feet next the Table rock on the Canadian side. The American fall, next Goat Island, is 158 feet; and next the State of New York, 103 feet; and at this point the width of the strait or Niagara river is 577 yards. Near this point is the only safe ferry below the falls for nearly seven miles. On the United States side are shown, on the model, the manufacturing village of Manchester (as it was in 1827, but it has since been considerably extended), with the saw, flour, and paper-mills, nail, woollen, and cotton factories; General Whitney's hotel; the road to Lewistown, &c. On the Canadian side the thick woods covering the bank, are seen Forsyth's hotel, Brown's hotel, the descent to the cavern falls, under Table rock, and the beneath the falls, under Table rock, and the roads to Buffalo, Queen's Town, &c., with Street's mills, and other manufacturing establishments above Half-moon island. At the foot or north side of the model is shown geological section of the strata, viz., alluvion, 75 feet; beneath it the geodiferous limestone, 87 feet; and below that, shales and slaty gypsum, of unknown depth. The depth of water at the ferry is 120 feet, its surface being below the limestone, and its bed extending far into the shales. Mr. Catlin minutely surveyed the whole of the neighbourhood, to the extent embraced by model; and then, accompanied by Judge Porter, who verified the survey, went up to the Black Rock Ferry, the narrowest part of the river, where it is seven furlongs in width, in order to calculate the quantity and weight of water passing over the falls. They found, by logs, that its average speed was 6½ miles per hour, and its average depth 16 feet; so that through this narrow strait, which is only 36 miles from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, and forms the only outlet for Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Lake of the Woods (containing a watery area of 153,000 square miles), there could not be less than 1,715,000 tons of water pass a given spot every minute, or 103,000,000 tons per hour! -- Manchester Guardian.

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Out of sixteen millions of people in England and Wales, about 1-11th, or 1,429,356, are a burden dependent for subsistence on the rest of the community -- in a word, are absolute and recognised paupers. In the year 1842 not less than £4,036,453 was levied from the general industry of the country, and expended in their maintenance.

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It is said that the Welsh is the least corrupted of the fourteen vernacular languages of Europe, and the worst, being confined and abounding in gutturals.

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The Treasurer of the Brown Street Sunday and Daily School Society acknowledges to have received from Mr. Wm. M'Ilwrath, the sum of £1, being one-half of a fine paid to him to stop a prosecution.

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The Treasurer of the Frederick Street Lancasterian School acknowledges to have received from Mr. Wm. M'Ilwrath, the sum of £1, being one-half of a fine paid to him to stop a prosecution.

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The announcement in the Belfast and Dublin papers that it had been resolved to make the great Belfast meeting of the 7th of September a house meeting, and that it was resolved that it should not be a demonstration of Protestant strength, has been very badly received by the yeomanry of the counties of Monaghan, Cavan, and Tyrone, thousands of whom were making preparations for visiting Belfast, and swelling the vast tide of sturdy and brave fellows who would gladly have recorded their opinions there on that important day. It is not for us to set up our opinions against those of the wise and good men who came to this resolution, but we only record the vox populi, when we say that, with everything else, it is a severe discouragement to the people whose aid is now necessary for the work in hand, and they are, we are sorry to say, inclined to take it as a mark of want of confidence in their propriety of conduct. We hope the matter will end well, and that it may be a meeting, not for talking, but for acting. The eyes of the Irish people are upon it, their own energies have been suspended until they see what will be done; but if nothing definite is resolved upon, they will then act for themselves. -- Monaghan Standard.

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BALLYNURE.

About two o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday the 26th inst. this town and neighbourhood were visited by a severe thunder-storm. An hour previous to that time large masses of black clouds were observed sweeping up in this direction from Lough Neaght while flashes of lightning, on their nearer approach, became frequently visible; afterwards peals of thunder burst with great violence, continuing at intervals to reverberate for the space of twenty-five minutes, and were succeeded immediately by tremendous showers of rain and hail; the latter fell out more especially in the adjoining townland of Ballyalbany, and rather resembled large pieces of ice than hailstones, covering the locality for the space of half a mile, and partially destroying the standing crops in that part of the country. The shower lasted about thirty-five minutes, and was succeeded by a beautifully calm evening.

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GROOMSPORT.

Groomsport Presbyterian Church. -- On the 20th ultimo, the Rev. Dr. Henry of Armagh preached in this church to a respectable audience. His sermon was remarkable for its eloquence of style and evangelical sentiment. Dr. Henry is, undoubtedly, one of the best preachers of the day. The collection amounted to nearly £40, including £5 from William Cairns, Esq. Cultra; £2 from Miss Ward of Bangor Castle; £1 5s. from Francis Turnley, Richmond Lodge; and £1 from Mrs. Turnley, Rockport. The collectors were W. S. Crawford, Esq., M.P., Crawfordsburn; P. Alexander M'Minn, Esq., Donaghadee; John Sinclair, John Murphy, William M'Connell, Esqrs. Belfast; Thomas Hall, Esq., Lurgan; William Pirrie, Esq., Lovlighouse; and W. G. Johnston, Esq., Fortfield, near Belfast.

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THE CONTEMPLATED ANTI-REPEAL MEETING AT BELFAST.

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At a meeting, held yesterday, of those noblemen and gentlemen who signed the requisition for a meeting in Belfast on the 7th September, for the purpose of expressing their determination to resist the Repeal of the Legislative Union, maintain the integrity of the empire, and take measures for the protection of the lives and properties of the Protestants of Ireland --

Resolved -- 1. That, with that profound respect which is due from loyal subjects to their Sovereign, we have read the several passages relating to Ireland, in her Majesty's most gracious speech, on occasion of the prorogation of Parliament.

2. That we have seen with unmingled pleasure that her Majesty has personally declared her "firm determination to maintain inviolate the Legislative Union, the great bond of connexion between Great Britain and Ireland;" and we rejoice in the declaration that her Majesty "is convinced that all her loyal subjects, who have influence and authority in Ireland, will discourage, to the utmost of their power, a system of pernicious agitation which disturbs the industry, and retards the improvement of this country, and excites feelings of mutual distrust and animosity between different classes of her people."

3. That the Protestants of Ireland having exhibited their loyalty to the Throne and respect for the laws, under the trying circumstances in which they have recently been placed, are now again called upon, by this gracious declaration, to demonstrate to their beloved Queen and to all their fellow-subjects their earnest desire to make every possible sacrifice for removing, by every means consistent with their civil and religious rights, those evils which the agitation of the Repeal of the Union has already inflicted on the country.

4. That, while we adhere to the opinions detailed in our resolutions of the 24th of July last, and feel that we were then called on to give expression to them in the manner proposed; we are desirous that, as the advocates of Repeal are without any excuse for their past agitation, they shall hereafter have no pretext from any act of ours, however constitutional, for continuing a system of agitation which has been now so explicitly condemned by their Sovereign.

5. That, as loyal subjects of her Majesty, determined, at all times, to support the authority of the queen, and anxious to comply with the spirit as well as the letter of her expressed wishes, we feel it our duty to forego the Meeting fixed for the 7th of September, lest the Protestants of Ulster should be charged by their enemies, however unjustly, as the cause of continuing Political Agitation.

6. That this Meeting, nevertheless, feels it necessary to continue to testify to the empire their full conviction that the Repeal aeitation is not only a political but a religious effort to organise their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects for the purpose of dismembering the British Empire, destroying the Protestant religion, overturning the Government of their gracious Queen, and establishing Papal domination in this country.

7. That, from the continued and undisguised threatenings of the Repeal agitators, uttered in the hearing of excited multitudes, we are made fully aware of the increasing dangers by which the Protestants of Ireland are surrounded, and therefore deem it our imperative duty to urge upon all "who have influence and authority" to sympathise with them in their difficulties, and employ the utmost efforts for their protection.

8. That, for the purpose of uniting all loyal Protestants in the cause of religious truth and liberty, and for the support of the Throne, and preservation of that Legislative Union which her Majesty has so graciously promised to maintain, the following declaration be recommended for signature by all the loyal Protestants in the kingdom, viz.: We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do hereby declare that, by the grace of God, we are resolved, to the best of our ability, in our several spheres and stations, to maintain the Holy Scriptures as the standard of Christian faith and morals, preserve unshaken loyaltys to our gracious Queen, and defend the Protestant succession to the Crown of these realms. And we further declare that, with God's blessing, we will stand together to defend, with our properties and lives, the integrity of the empire as cemented by the Legislative Union -- That the Duke of Manchester, the Marquis of Downshire, the Marquis of Donegall, the Marquis of Ely, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Hillsborough, the Earl of Roden, the Earl of Erne, Earl of Enniskillen, Earl Clanwilliam, Lord Viscount O'Neill, Lord Dungannon, Lord Farnham, Lord Viscount Newry, Lord Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Castlestewart, Lord Northland, Lord George Hill, John M'Neill, High Sheriff, Antrim; John Nugent, High Sheriff, Down; James M. Stronge, High Sheriff, Armagh; Wm. H. Enery, High Sheriff, Cavan; J. R. Boyd, High Sheriff, Donegall; Richard Hall, High Sheriff, Fermanagh; R. Gordon, Florida, High Sheriff, Tyrone; Richard Hunter, Jackson Hall, D.L. J.P.; D. Stewart Ker, M.P. D.L.; W. Verner, M.P., Armagh; Edward Archdall, M.P., Riversdale; N. Alexander, M.P.; Robert Bateson, M.P.; G. A. Hamilton, M.P., Hampton; Sir Arthur Brooke, Bart., M.P.; Rev. Holt Waring, J.P.; Rev. W. Forde, J.P.; Sir Robert Bateson, Belvoir; Sir James Stewart, Bart.; Hon. General Meade; James Watson; G. Macartney; Roger Hall, Narrowwater; J.W. Maxwell; Colonel Close; John Ynyr Burges, Parkanore; H. Richardson, Somerset; N. Price, Saintfield; J. Blackwood; R. Perceval Maxwell, Colonel Madden, Hilton; John Boyd, Seneschal, Newry; W. E. Reilly, Sir R. Bateson, Castruse; J. Barre Beresford, Learmont; Thomas Greg, William Cairns, Robert Warring Maxwell, J. C. Moutray, Favour Royal: Hon. G. Hancock, Hon. and Rev. W. S. Blackwood, J. Clealand, N. D. Crommelin, W. Graves, Castledawson; Marcus M'Causland, Fruithill; John Cromie, Portstewart; Robert E. Ward, Bangor; Colonel John Ward, Sir Arthur Chichester, Bart.; J. B. Johnston, Ballykilbeg; W. Burt, Newcastle; W. Keown, Ardglass Hall, &c. &c. &c. -- The foregoing be appointed a Provisional Committee, with power to add to their numbers; and that they be requested to take measures for promoting the signature of the aforesaid Declaration, and to have the same, in due time, presented to her Majesty; and that, in case the agitation of Repeal continues to be carried on, in defiance of the wishes and determination of her Majesty, they be requested to call such Meetings of the Protestants of Northern Counties as local circumstances may render most convenient and desirable, and devise such means as they may deem most suitable for co-operating for common protection with our Protestant brethren of the other Province.

DONEGALL, Chairman.

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DECLARATION PROPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE MEETING OF THE 7th OF SEPTEMBER.

We, the undersigned inhabitants of Ulster, consider it a duty we owe to our beloved queen, to ourselves and our posterity, thus publicly to place before the noblemen and gentlemen assembled in Belfast, on the 7th of September, our solemn declaration, that we are determined to maintain, by every means within our power, the legislative Union, as at present subsisting between Great Britain and Ireland, being convinced that its repeal would destroy the prosperity of both countries, and in their separation, and the dismemberment of this mighty empire; that an independent Parliament in Ireland, constituted by Repealers, must have different objects from, and opposite interests to, those of Great Britain; and that, under these circumstances, we might have a person exercising the actual power of a ruler in this country de facto while the Sovereign of England had little more than an empty title here, by courtesy or de jure; and, therefore, to whom the Repealers would not conscientiously be bound to continue their allegiance. The proposed for assembling a Parliament, on arbitrary and individual dictation, and for superseding, on the same authority, the civil jurisdiction of constitutional magistrates, appointed by the Crown, may be regarded as coming shadows of what may be expected in future.

In order to counteract these evil designs, and to secure the cordial co-operation of all who are as yet adverse to the question of Repeal, we would earnestly submit to your consideration the distressed circumstances of the people of Ireland, which we conceive might be materially relieved by a revision of the law between landlord and tenant, so that they rent of land may be regulated upon fixed principles, founded on the price of agricultural produce, by averages taken at certain periods forming a standard of valuation, similar to that referred to as the ordinance survey, and no longer subject to the will of the landlord or his agent, with whom the interest of his employer is a principal object; and the tenant, on leaving his farm, shall be entitled to compensation for all necessary improvements, and have all cesses and taxes, levied from the land, equitably apportioned between him and the landlord, without the power of having them added to the rent, as is at present too frequently the case.

An arrangement of interests made on these principles would effectually allay discontent, secure the attachment of the tenantry to their landlords -- enable the occupier to receive a fair remuneration for his labour and capital -- would tend to prevent absenteeism -- would give the manufacturer cheap food, without the ruin of the farmer -- would remove the chief obstacles to free trade, especially in corn -- and prove the most effectual defence against any encroachment on the rights of property, by giving all classes a mutual interest in its support. Concessions of this nature will be received as a boon, with sincere gratitude; and we most respectfully assure you that their voluntary adoption, by the great landed proprietors, will conciliate the people of Ireland, and relieve them from the necessity of forming a Tenant-right Association, bound by the principle of not returning any member to Parliament who shall not pledge himself to support a bill embodying this arrangement.

 

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Banner of Ulster - Tuesday, 12 September 1843

Marriages

On the 7th inst.,fey the Rev. William Lyle, Mr. Nathaniel Smyth of Cincinnati, America, to Martha, only daughter of Mr. Samuel Kennedy, Quiley, parish of Dunbo.

At Downpatrick, on the 7th inst., by the Rev. S. C. Nelson, James Murland, Esq. of Downpatrick, to Margaret, only daughter of the late William Beckett, Esq., of the same place.

In Ballymascanlan Church, on Friday the 8th instant, by the Rev. Henry Theophilus Hobson, Mr. John Shiel, merchant, Castleblaney, to Elizabeth Charlotte, youngest daughter of Mr. William Keage of Molleyard, Flurrybridge.

Deaths

On Saturday the 9th inst., Jane, relict of the late Wm. Armstrong, Ballykine, near Ballynahinch, aged eighty years.

On the evening of the 8th instant, of a rapid decline, Emma, eldest daughter of Thomas Hancock, M.D., of Lisburn.

On Thursday the 7th instant, aged sixty-nine years, the Rev. Wm. Porter of Newtownlimavady, Clerk to the Remonstrant Synod.

At Dundee, on the 28th ult., Mr. David Hill, jun., Editor of Dundee Courier.

Clippings

Domestic Intelligence.

Ireland.

On Saturday last, the engineers engaged on the intended Irish Railway completed their survey. The principal station is to be at Harcourt Street, Dublin; and the line from thence by Emo, the Curragh of Kildare, to Cashel, where the terminus is to be placed. The survey will be sent forward in a few days to Sir Robert Peel for the consideration of Government.

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COUNTY WICKLOW. -- THE YEOMANRY. -- On Wednesday last the Saundersgrove corps of yeomanry assembled at the residence of Captain Saunders, in numbers amounting to 130 recruits, and about 50 men belonging to the old corps, all fully armed and accoutred. Also Lieutenant Richard Fenton, with the Imael corps, amounting to about 60 of the old corps, and 50 recruits. The arms and accoutrements of these two corps, which presented a fine appearance, underwent inspection, and it was gratifying to witness the alacrity evinced by the men to render their services available in preserving the peace of the country. The Saundersgrove corps can be easily augmented to 300 picked men. There was also a field-day at Kiltegan, on Monday, where another corps, consisting of nearly 200 men, were reviewed, and the result was equally gratifying. This stir, occasioned by the late Repeal movements, has created no little uneasiness among the Repealers, and in consequence a beneficial change is already visible. They no longer speak of overthrowing the Government, and the Sunday parades are likely to be discontinued when they see we are not unprepared for them. -- Carlow Sentinel.

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It may not be uninteresting to some of our readers to know that when the members of the British Association visited Moorepark, the seat of the Earl of MountCashel, they were agreeably surprised by the display of a large collection of gigantic antediluvian bones, recently found in a bog adjacent to the town of Fermoy. Amongst these, the head and enormous antlers of an elk attracted much attention; as also the skull of a large animal supposed to have been a bison. Some curious antiques were also shown on the occasion; amongst these a cup rudely hollowed out of a pebble, found by some of his Lordship's workmen, when making a new road through one of his woods; also a knife of very ancient workmanship, once the property of Condon (or Condhune), the ancient chieftain of Cloughleaugh Castle; a steel seal, with characters, supposed to be the old Irish, engraved on it, but which no one has yet deciphered; also a remarkably well-finished box of steel, found some years ago in England, in a bed of chalk, containing a large official ring and seal of office, on one of which the name of the Roman Emperor Galba is visible. -- Cork Constitution.

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Admiral Bowles and the Irish squadron at Cove are to visit the Shannon in a few days. Tarbert roadstead will be their anchorage during their stay. The Admiral, accompanied by the other authorities connected with the fleet, wishes to see the different forts on the river practising gunnery.

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CURIOUS CASE OR SUPERSTITION. -- A correspondent of the Waterford Chronicle, writing from Carrick-on-Suir, describes the following case of credulity:-- "A tailor, named Thomas Keevan, in Carrickbeg, has for some time past laboured under paralysis, and is thereby quite feeble, reduced to a skeleton, and is at this moment 'waking and laid out' in his house as a dead corpse, with candles lighting at each side of him, in shroud and ribbons, since last night, and is to continue in that state until twelve o'clock this day, when he is to be interred, and a few shovels of clay thrown on his coffin; and to be then left in the church-yard alone. The sorcerer, or fairy man, who gave directions to Keevan's wife and himself, on this business, says, that the true Keevan will be at home, in Carrickbeg, sitting at the fire, on her return from the church-yard, after his returning from the 'fairies,' as by his doing the above, the spell will be broken, and in the coffin there will be found only a broom, instead of the fairy, buried."

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Crimes and Casualties

DARING OUTRAGE. -- ROBBERY OF ARMS, AND GALLANT CAPTURE BY THE PEASANTRY. -- On Sunday last, about eleven o'clock, a party of five armed men, with their faces blackened, entered the house of John Cormack of Cureeny, an aged and respectable farmer, holding land under Lord Dunally, and Thomas Bernard Dancer, Esq., whose residence is in the very heart of the mountains, about seven miles from Nenagh. They took away two guns and one pistol, which were duly registered. There was only a servant boy in the house at the time, named Pat. M'Loughney, whom they placed on his knees, and threatened with death if he offered any resistance. After they had departed, M'Loughney gave the alarm, when the neighbours assembled, and gave chase after the robbers. After a long and harassing pursuit, having the Terrys in their view all through, they crossed over Reiska Mountain, and on the top of Banquet Hill closed upon the party endeavouring to escape. One of the ruffians presented a pistol, but he was too closely pressed, and three of the five fellows were surrounded and captured. When taken, there were found in their possession two pistols, and one of the stolen guns. They had thrown away the other gun, but went back, and showed where it was. The two who had escaped had taken with them the pistol belonging to Cormack; the two pistols found upon the others were their own. About this time Thomas Cormack, one of John's sons, who resided with his father, came up, and identified the two guns as his property. They then bound the prisoners' arms, strapped the stolen guns on the backs of two of them, and marched them, with an escort of about two hundred of the country people, who had come out of the chapel, and who followed in the pursuit, and having called at a police station on their way, lodged their prisoners safely in the Bridewell of Newport. -- Nenagh Guardian.

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EXECUTION OF JAMES DOWNEY AND MICHAEL MULLINS FOR THE MURDER OF LAWRENCE HOYNE OF RATUCULBIN. -- These unfortunate men, Downey and Mullins, yesterday underwent, the extreme penalty of the law in front of our county jail. The crowd assembled on the occasion, amongst whom was a large proportion of females, was very great, yet but little sympathy was expressed for their awful fate. Downey, from the time of his entering the press-room, appeared in a very weak and exhausted state, but Mullins, on the contrary, seemed to have suffered little since the passing of his sentence. The former continued silent all through, but Mullins prayed fervently and audibly, both in the press-room and when on the drop. He said, "I die in expectation that my Saviour will have mercy on me, and the death I am about to suffer is nothing in comparison to what my Saviour suffered for all sinners." When on the drop, he earnestly called on the assembled multitude to pray for his soul. They were turned off at half-past two o'clock, and after hanging the usual time, they were cut down and subsequently interred within the precincts of the jail. Neither appeared to suffer much. Mullins was dead in a few seconds, but Downey lived some time longer. A company of the 11th Foot and a party of the constabulary were present during the execution. No public confession of guilt was made by either of the unfortunate culprits. -- Kilkenny Moderator.

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The Deputy-Postmaster of Fethard, County Wexford, now lies in our county prison, charged with appropriating the "Queen's heads," affixed to the letters dropped in his office, to his own use. -- Wexford Independent.

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BRUTAL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A WOMAN. -- On Tuesday evening last, about nine o'clock, as Mrs. Scott, wife of Mr. Joseph Scott of Fardromin, near Bullinamuck, was in the act of straining up some milk in a room in one end of her house, some ruffian, who was lying in wait outside, fired in through the window with a musket, it is supposed, which was heavily loaded with duck shot, and lodged a part of the shot in Mrs. Scott's left shoulder and breast, and the remainder in the wall just opposite, and immediately over where a fine child of hers, three years old, was in bed. We are happy to learn that, although the wound is a very severe one, still it is not likely to prove fatal; but Mrs. Scott is at present confined to her bed from its effects. No trace of the villain who fired the shot has yet been found. -- Longford Journal of Saturday.

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ROASTING AN IRISHMAN. -- Last week, at Laneham, near Tuxford, Charles Parr, Thomas Lane, and a few others of the illuminati of the village, actually tied up to the jack a poor Irishman who had come over for harvest work, and were turning him round before the fire, when the landlord, more humane, arrived in time to stop the sport. The matter was made up by copious libations of ale, or the strong arm of justice would perhaps have brought the offenders to reason. -- Stamford Mercury.

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An inquest was held on Wednesday in the Tullamore Infirmary, on the body of John Fuller, who died on the previous day, from a beating he received on the 30th ultimo, near Ballycumber, William Fuller, son of the deceased, sworn -- Was in Ballycumber with his father on the night of the 29th of August; left Ballycumber together, and was going home; met two men on the road; his father bade them good night; there was no answer; went on about forty yards farther, when they were followed and overtaken by four men; knows three of them -- Thomas Gilligan, Christy Gilligan, and James Gilligan; does not know the fourth; that when the four men came up one of them struck at witness with a square stick, resembling a rack stave or foot of a table, and knocked him down with a blow across the left shoulder; his father was at that time within three yards of him. Deceased was able to walk home; on their arrival he (witness) examined the wounds and found a great cut on the back of his head, which was bleeding much, and another mark on his forehead; had a dispute with one of the prisoners about six months ago, when James Gilligan said he would be revenged of me. Doctor Pierce had no hesitation in saying that the wound behind the right ear caused deceased's death. The jury deliberated for a few minutes and brought in a verdict of wilful murder against Thomas Christy, and James Gilligan, who were again sent to jail to abide their trial. -- From a Correspondent of the Dublin Statesman.

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BURGLARY IN A LOAN FUND BANK. -- On Monday night last, the Loan Fund Bank was entered by some person or persons, at present unknown, and the party, being disappointed in finding money, cut the borrowers' weekly payment book, some of the leaves of which were found in the out-office, torn to pieces. A threatening notice was left in the office, at the top of which was drawn a gun, desiring Mr. Legee, the clerk, not to levy fines, nor allow Mr. Switzer, the assistant-clerk, to attend the County Court-house for the recovery of loans, or to take the consequences. Signed -- "Captain Starlight." -- Tipperary Free Press.

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DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT BY FIRE. -- On Tuesday last, about three o'clock in the afternoon, a fine little girl name Catherine Sullivan, the daughter of a poor labouring man residing in Fox's Court, Shadwell, London, was frightfully burned, in consequence of her clothes taking fire. It appears from the statement of the unfortunate sufferer's mother, that, having to go out on business, she locked her and another child up in a room after dinner where the fire had been extinguished. A box of lucifers, which had been placed upon the mantel-shelf, was found scattered about the floor, and it was imagined that she had been playing with them, when her dress (a light cotton one) ignited. She was immediately removed to the London Hospital, where she died.

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT FIGHELDEAN, WILTS. -- On Thursday evening last a fire broke out on the farm of Mr. Mills, at Figheldean, near Amesbury, which is said to have originated from the circumstance of a child playing in a barn with lucifcr matches. The fire took place about six o'clock p.m., and in less than one hour the whole neighbourhood was majestically illuminated. That ever-memorable spot, Stonehenge, which is but two miles and a half in a straight direction from the scene of conflagration, presented a truly interesting appearance. The whole of the damage is calculated roughly at £7,000, but the real extent of loss is not as yet clearly ascertained; however, nearly the whole of the property is insured.

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FIRE AT BRISTOL. -- LOSS OF LIFE. -- BRISTOL, Thursday, Sept. 7 -- A most calamitous fire occurred here last night, or rather at an early hour this morning, in which a large amount of property was destroyed, and a fellow-creature was burnt to death. The house in which the dreadful occurrence took place was a public-house in Castle Street, which had been carried on for a great number of years as the Old Castle Tavern. The occupier, Mr. T. Worthington, whose life has been unfortunately sacrificed, was forty-five years of age, and his famity consisted of his wife, a son, and a niece, a little girl of about ten or eleven years of age. By the exertions of the police and neighbours some property was saved; but the greater part, including a box containing about seventy sovereigns and upwards of £60 in bills, was destroyed. A search was made after daylight for the remains of the unfortunate landlord, and his head and trunk, without arms or legs, were, after a while, raked out of the embers.

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EXPLOSION AT, AND TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF, THE MALDEN POWDER MILLS. -- On Wednesday morning, at the early hour of three o'clock, the inhabitants of the little village of Maiden, which is situate between Kingston and Ewel, were greatly terrified by the report of an explosion, which was so severe in its character as to shake the cottages to their foundations, and entirely demolished the glass in the windows. It was soon discovered that this violent commotion bad been caused by the blowing up of two powder mills, which are situate at one extremity of the village. Upon the scene being visited, nothing but a ruinous heap of the mills, of which there were only two, remained; everything contained in them had been utterly destroyed, but, most providentially, no lives were lost. The foreman's life, however, was most miraculously saved, for he had only locked up the mills and seen them in apparent perfect safety, ten minutes before the explosion took place. The accident is supposed to have been the result of friction. We have not learnt the name of the owners of the mills, nor the amount of powder they contained, but we should judge it to be somewhat small. -- London paper.

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The head-quarter division of the 66th Regiment arrived here on Thursday in the steamer Aurora, from Glasgow. The second division of the 53d marched from Belfast same morning en route to Enniskillen. The 24th Regiment, at present in Glasgow, are under orders for Belfast, and will arrive here as soon as the 87th (daily expected in H. M. S. Thunderer from the Mauritius) shall have relieved them. The remainder of the 66th arrived per Tartar, on Saturday, and the last division of the 53d marched yesterday morning. They seemed very glad to get rid of us, for the Repeal terror had given them double duty for some months past.

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ROBBERY OF PLATE. -- A fellow named Benjamin Hamilton, who was employed as a hired waiter at the Royal Agricultural Society's dinners in the Music Hall and Pavilion, has been committed to the county jail on a charge of stealing silver plate, the property of Mr. Kerns of the Royal Hotel. Mr. Thoburn, of North Street, pawn broker, detained some of the stolen property offered in pawn by Hamilton, and caused his apprehension. We understand, that plate to a considerable value disappeared immediately after the dinners alluded to.

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THE JULY RIOTS. -- MORE LITIGATION. -- We had imagined that all parties had had a sufficient dose of law in connexion with the affrays of July, and that all further proceedings had been given up; but we find we were mistaken. About forty Protestants have been summoned to appear at the Police Office this day, to answer charges preferred against them by Roman Catholics. It is understood that Mr. O'Hagan and Mr. Gartlan are retained to prosecute, and Mr. Napier to defend. We shall report the trials in our next.

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Shipping Intelligence

PORT OF BELFAST.

ARRIVED, September 6. -- Margaret, Mullins, Wick, herrings; Speculation, M'Tear, Wick, herrings. 7. -- Prince of Wales (steamer), M'Neilage, Fleetwood, goods and passengers; Athlone (steamer), Davies, Liverpool, goods and passengers; Aurora (steamer), Anderson, Glasgow, goods and passengers; Mary, Blaney, Cushendun, gravel; Ruby, Rodgers, Larne, flour; Princess, Hughes, Newry, stones; John and Thomas, M'Greevy, Derbyhaven, herrings.

SAILED, September 6. -- Countess of Lonsdale (steamer), Lamb, Whitehaven, goods and passengers; Britannia (steamer), M'Grath, Dublin, goods and passengers; Commodore (steamer), Hardie, Glasgow, goods and passengers; Thomas, Moran, Liverpool, general cargo. 7. -- George and Henry, M'Auley, Ballycastle, bark; Reindeer (steamer), Head, Liverpool, goods and passengers.

DEPARTURES OF STEAMEBS.

For Liverpool, the Athlone, Davies, on Saturday, at one o'clock afternoon.
A steamer sails for Dublin, to-morrow, at twelve o'clock noon.
A steam-ship sails for London, calling at Dublin, Falmouth, Plymouth, and Southampton, on Monday, at three o'clock afternoon.
For Fleetwood, the Prince of Wales, M'Neilage, on Friday, at four o'clock Afternoon.
For Greenock and Glasgow, the Tartar, Stewart, on Friday, at two o'clock afternoon.
For Greenock and Glasgow, the Aurora, Anderson, to-morrow, at ten o'clock night.
For Stranraer, the Maid of Galloway. Haswell, today, at twelve o'clock noon.
For Whitehaven, the Countess of Lonsdale, Lamb, tomorrow, at eleven o'clock morning.
For Port Carlisle, the Newcastle, Burton, on Thursday, at eleven o'clock night.
For Liverpool, from Warrenpoint, the Hercules, Tallan, to-morrow.
From Derry, for Glasgow, calling at Campbelton, the St. Columb, to-day.
From Derry, for Glasgow, calling at Portrush, the Londonderry, on Thursday.
For Liverpool, from Derry, the Maiden City, Crompton, on Friday; and from Liverpool, for Derry, on Tuesday.
For Liverpool, from Portrush, the Coleraine, Johnstone, on Thursday, at nine o'clock morning; and from Liverpool, for Portrush, on Monday, at four o'clock afternoon.
For Halifax and Boston, from Liverpool, 19th instant, the Royal Mail steamer Acadia, Ryrie.
For Havre and Harfleur, from Liverpool, on Saturday, the new iron steamer Margaret, Gallwey.

ARRIVALS INWARDS.

At this port, from Antigua, 7th instant, in thirty-five days, the new schooner Mary, of Belfast, Patton, with a cargo of sugar, &c.
At Hull, from Alexandria, 4th instant, the Speck, of Belfast, Sullivan.

ARRIVALS OUTWARDS.

At Dantzic, from this port, 1st instant, the Rhoda, Williams.
At Valparaiso, previous to 1st June, the Glenarm, Guy.
At Wick, from Newry, 6th instant, the Mary, Shearer.

SAILINGS INWARDS.

From Naples, for Palermo, 18th ultimo, the Shannon, of Belfast, Stevenson.
From Valparaiso, for Mazatlan, 24th July, the Glenswilly, M'Neill.
From Scrabster Roads, from Riga, for this port, 3d instant, the Aurora, Fairis.
From Stromness, for this port, 2d inst., the Thomas, of Belfast, Savage.
From Wick, for Newry, 2d instant, the Experiment, M'Veagh.
From Wick, for this I port, 2d instant, the Jane, Neilson.
From Wick, for Newry, 4th inst., the Annan Trader, Scott.
From Wick, for this port, 6th instant, the Emerald, M'Kee.
From Wick, for Cork, 7th instant, the Gem, of Belfast, Humphries.

SAILINGS OUTWARDS.

From Liverpool, for Charleston, 6th instant, the Conqueror, of Belfast, M'Auley.
From Liverpool, for New Orleans, 7th instant, the Lord Seaton, of Belfast, Fitzsimons.
From Greenock, for Gibraltar and Marseilles, the Catherine Boland, of Belfast, Porter.
From Liverpool, for New York, 7th inst., the Montezuma, Lowber.
From Falmouth, for Madeira and the West Indies, the Royal Mail steamer Avon, Strutt.

LOADING.

At Liverpool, for Riga, the John Cunningham, of Belfast, Bailie.
At Liverpool, for Singapore, the Zuleika, of Belfast, Reid.
At Liverpool, for Calcutta, the Laidmans, of Liverpool, Scott.
At Liverpool, for Ancona, the Jane May, May.

SPOKEN.

On 18th July, in lat. 13 N., long. 20 W., the Araminta, of Belfast, Rodger, from Liverpool, for Bombay.

On 27th ultimo, in lat. 51, long. 11, the Rosebank, of Belfast, Montgomery, from this port, for Miramichi.

On 25th ultimo, in lat. 49, long. 17, the Sir George Provost, of Newry, from that port, for Quebec.

In lat. 49, long. 10, the Gardner, of Derry. Cole, from Liverpool to Calcutta.

FREIGHTS.

TROON, September 4. -- For Holyhead, 3s. 9d.; Plymouth, 7s. 6d.; Cork, 6s.; Waterford, 6s.; Dublin, 5s. 9d.; Dundalk, 5s.; Belfast, 3s. 9d.; Oran, 16s.; Malta, 15s.; Alexandria, 13s.; Lisbon, 10s.; Gibraltar, 10s.; Bona Vista, 14s.

PILLAU, August 31. -- Owing to the scarcity of ships, little has been done in freights lately. In Konigsberg, a few freights were closed at 4s. to 5s. for London; here, at 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. for London and the East coast.

BALLINA, August 28. -- London, 2s. 2d. per quarter, and 8¼ primage; oats, 9s., and oatmeal, 8s. per ton, to the Clyde or Mersey.

CASUALTIES.

THE SHIP "CATHERINE" OR BELFAST, AND THE HIGHLAND EMIGRANTS. -- This vessel was procured by Archibald Niven, emigrant agent, for the purpose of conveying about three hundred passengers from various parts of the Highlands to Canada. As a number of the passengers belonged to Islay, the Catherine sailed to that place first, and, after taking on board passengers, proceeded to Tobermory about the beginning of July, where she waited for three weeks, till passengers arrived from several parts of the Highlands. During their stay there it was observed that the Catherine was making much water; but, on the passengers expressing their doubts as to the security of their lives in such a vessel, they were assured that there was not the least danger. About the 20th of July the Catherine sailed for America; but, before they were many days at sea, it was discovered that she was making a great deal more water than when lying at Tobermory Bay. The crew were constantly at the pumps, and the passengers began to be much alarmed. They saw that their danger was becoming more imminent every day, and several of them wished to put back, while others, who were more anxious to escape from the poverty and privations of their native country, were willing to risk their lives, rather than turn back, and be thrown destitute upon society. After several days of perplexing suspense, the captain consented to put back, as he saw no other way of saving the lives of those under his charge. At this time the male passengers were ordered to the pumps, as the crew were so exhausted that they could not manage the vessel; but so distressing was their situation at last, that even women and children were obliged to take their turn at the pumps. On Wednesday last the Catherine came into Belfast, where she now lies, and the owners are fitting out another vessel for as many of the passengers as will go out this season; but many of them are not able to get a supply of provisions, and, consequently, are obliged to return to their native places, probably to endure more want than they have hitherto done. The unfortunate people speak of the captain and crew with great respect, and say that their conduct towards them, in their distressing circumstances, was highly praiseworthy. -- Glasgow Chronicle.- -- [Such of the unfortunate emigrants as preferred proceeding to America have since sailed in the ship John and Robert, of this port. A considerable number, however, utterly destitute of the means of maintaining themselves and families on arriving in a strange land, have returned home to the Highlands, dejected and penniless. Free passages to Glasgow were kindly given them in the Commodore steamer.]

The Martha, Welbourg, from Johnshaven, for this port, put into Thurso, 29th ultimo.

The Recovery, of Belfast, M'Nabb, from Liverpool to Pernau, put into Stornoway, 25th ultimo, and proceeded again on the 27th.

The sloop Good Intent, of Thorne, Moverley, for Louth, with coals, was capsized, in a squall from S.S.W., when off Cleeness and the Bull Light, 22d ultimo. Two men and the captain's son were drowned; the captain and his wife were saved, after drifting on an oar for more than an hour.

It was reported, at Fort-William, that a large vessel had been seen to strike the rocks, to the west side of Lismore, on Thursday se'ennight, and that she tacked off, and instantly sank.

GREENOCK, September 7. -- A large Russian ship was wrecked on the Island of Tyree, previous to the 4th instant; her cargo consists of cotton, salt, silk, and indigo, and she is supposed to be from Liverpool to St. Petersburg -- two. men drowned. The cargo is strewed along the shores of Tyree and Coll.

It is stated, on good authority, that the Regular, Budd, from London to Bombay, which foundered off the Mauritius on the 13th of May, had on board 10,000 sovereigns, 5,000 dollars, £10,000 worth of copper, and £1,000 worth of steel.

BUENOS AYRES, July 2. -- The late heavy weather was severely felt at Maldonado. The French barque L'Aigrette was totally wrecked -- the captain and thirteen men drowned. All the small craft under the English flag (about twenty), employed in carrying beef to Monte Video, were either lost or driven on shore. H.M.S. Fantome (16 guns) was lost, about 24th June, on the Les Pepas Reef, below Colonia -- crew saved. The guns have all been landed in safety, and conveyed to Colonia.

ST. HELENA, July 15. -- The Osceola, Luke, from Moulmein to London, which put in here, leaky, on 19th ult, has been condemned.

ANTIGUA, August 10. -- The Lady Falkland, Dobson, from Liverpool, for Santa Martha and Carthagena, ran on Belfast Reef, 7th instant, and bilged -- greater part of cargo saved.

BERMUDA, August 18. -- A vessel, laden with coals, was at anchor outside the Camter, on board of which a signal of distress was observed flying. Three boats put off immediately to her assistance; but seeing there was no chance of their reaching the vessel, Captain M'Dougal, of the Royal Mail steamer Medway, determined to send the ship's gig, manned with volunteers, under the command of Mr. Prettyjohn, third officer, and Mr. Smith, midshipman, who succeeded, after great exertions, in rescuing the crew, consisting of two men, a woman, and a boy, a few minutes before the vessel went down headforemost.

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TOTAL LOSS OF THE BRISTOL AND DUBLIN STEAMER "QUEEN."

The following interesting detail of the providential circumstances under which the sixty-two persons on board of this ill-fated vessel were saved by a small smack of only fourteen tons burthen, and her crew of two persons, is supplied by the Rev. Mr. Waddy, Wesleyan minister of Bath, who was one of the passengers:--

"We went on board the Queen steam-packet at Bristol, on Friday morning, September 1, and left the Cumberland Basin exactly at half-past 10 o'clock, with every prospect of a safe and rapid passage to Dublin. The vessel was large, and in complete repair. She was beautifully fitted up, and this was only her second voyage since she left the dock, in which considerable improvements had been made in her machinery and fittings. The day was fine, and the night was particularly clear until we were passing between the Islands off Skomer and Skokam, near Milford Haven, when we were suddenly enveloped by a dense fog, which at once obscured the land previously in sight. As soon as this occurred, the captain checked the speed of the vessel and turned round in the hope of discovering the Milford lights; in this attempt the vessel struck upon a rock close to the island of Skokam. The shock was by no means severe; the engines were reversed, and she immediately got off. Considerable alarm was excited at the moment; but from the very slow rate at which we were going when she struck, the apparently slight nature of the shock, and the ease with which she was got off, we were easily persuaded to believe that the vessel was not seriously injured, and that we were not in very imminent danger. Under this impression, many of the female passengers did not at once proceed to dress themselves, and some were not even awakened by the shock. A very few minutes, however, served to dispel any favourable opinion which had been formed of our position. The vessel was evidently filling very fast, and there was no prospect of her continuing long above water. Just at this moment the scene was truly awful; the alarm and consternation both passengers and crew, the ceaseless screaming of the steam whistle -- some were praying -- one man, frantic with fear, was blaspheming horridly. We had run at least a mile from the rock on which we struck, in the vain hope of being able to reach Milford harbour, and, now that the engines were stopped, the vessel was rapidly drifting in the tide, and we were in deep water, and must all inevitably have perished but for the special and almost miraculous interposition of the providence of God.

"A little sloop, laden with limestone, had that morning left Milford, worked by two men, David Jenkins and another. They had heard the noise of our vessel, and, fearing we should run them down in the fog, they put up a light for their own security, which led to the preservation of our lives. As soon as we discovered it we called them. They were just preparing to cast anchor, for fear of drifting on the rocks, but when made acquainted with our danger, they promptly brought their sloop alongside. This little vessel, as we afterwards discovered, was called the Hope, and, to persons in our circumstances, even this trivial incident was important and encouraging.

"The packet was now fast sinking, and we immediately began to get into the Hope. The women (of whom there were about ten or twelve on board), were first embarked. One man stood in the shrouds of the Hope to whom the women were handed out of the packet, and who handed them down to another man on the deck. Several of them were in their night-clothes, and without shoes. There was no time for them to dress after they had been informed of their danger. They were hurried off without time even to secure their watches and money; and, with all this haste, we did but just escape, for in less than half an hour after the packet struck she was at the bottom of the sea, in thirty or forty fathoms of water.

"After the women were put on board the sloop, the rest of the passengers followed, and we endeavoured to push off from the packet, leaving the crew in the two ship's boats. By this time, however, the Queen had so far sunk that the bottom of her paddle-box was pressing on our cat-head, and it was with some difficulty we disengaged ourselves, and thus escaped being pulled down along with her. We did, however, push away, and then discovered that, although we escaped our imminent peril, we were, nevertheless, still in great jeopardy. The Hope is a very small sloop (or, perhaps, more properly, a smack), registered only fourteen tons burthen. She was rather overladen before she took one of us on board, and we were now sixty-four persons in her besides her cargo. Our additional weight had brought her down almost to the water's edge; a single gust of wind would have upset her, and we should have been all lost. Under these circumstances, the greatest caution was necessary; all were made to sit down, excepting four or five crammed into the little cabin, and a few others to work the sloop. We moved away from the packet far enough to be out of the reach of her suction when she should go down, and then immediately cast anchor, and proceeded to lighten the Hope by throwing about two-thirds of her cargo overboard. The Queen was drifting farther away from us every minute. The crew took to the two boats and abandoned her in search of us. They soon came up to us, as they were guided by our shouts and the light of candles we kept burning on the sloop.

"When the two boats came up with us, and we were all together, an inquiry was instituted whether every one of the passengers and crew had left the Queen. It was almost immediately ascertained that one man was missing. The poor fellow's name was Lary; he was an Irish pig-jobber, a lame man, about fifty years of old. It appears that he had gone down into the hold of the vessel and fallen to sleep upon the goods; the noise had not awakened him; and, as he was in this unlikely place, he was not discovered when the crew ran round the vessel to see that no person was left in her. As soon as it was ascertained that Lary was on board the Queen, the captain went back to fetch him off, but she had gone down, and poor Lary had slept the sleep of death. The captain continued to row about, where he hoped he might fall in with her, for some time, but no trace of her was to be found.

"We put out all our candles but one, lest we should not have enough to last us; and maintained perfect silence, that we might hear any sound of approaching deliverance. It was about half-past eleven o'clock on Friday night when we got on board the Hope, and we remained upon her until half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. It is impossible to give an idea of the length and weariness of those sixteen hours our little vessel rolled on the broad waves from the Atlantic with that peculiar heaving motion which the waves give in a calm. The long silence was only interrupted by the whisper of condolence or exhortation addressed to one's immediate neighbour -- the retching of sea sickness -- the few subdued orders about the vessel, and the melancholy booming of our signals of distress.

"When the morning came, the fog still continued; and, although we could distinctly hear the breakers, we could not discern the land. About eight o'clock the captain set off in one of the ship's boats, to row as near in shore as he could get, and creep round the coast into Milford harbour, to endeavour to obtain assistance. He reached Milford in about four hours, and found the Trinity-house steamer undergoing repairs, so that she could not be put to sea. He then communicated our situation to the commander of the Skylark revenue cutter, who immediately came off to our assistance.

"But in the meantime, our anxiety was increasing. Shortly after the captain left us, we weighed anchor and endeavoured to set a little nearer Milford; but the fog still continued, and we feared to remove far from the place, lest we should not be found by the steamer, which we were every minute expecting to come to our help. The tide had also turned, and we were making little, if any, progress; so we again cast anchor, and waited till the next tide. It was about two o'clock in the afternoon before the tide turned; and just then a gleam of sunshine, which lafsed about twenty minutes, enabled us to discern Milford Head, and take a tolerably correct observation of our real position. We weighed-anchor, and put the Queen's boat a-head to tow us, while all on board worked the large oars, and did what they could with small ones. We were already near the mouth of the harbour, and were rounding Milford Head, when a boat from Lloyd's came out to us, and was soon followed by another; and, almost immediately afterwards, we were boarded by an officer from the Skylark, who took off the women to the cutter, and then returned for the other passengers. We were in very great danger of going ashore against Milford Head before the Skylark's boat came up to us. Our escape at this moment was scarcely less remarkable than our escape from the packet.

"The commander of the cutter (whose name, I believe, was Johnson) treated us with the greatest kindness.

"Most of had been without food for four-and-twenty hours. Our stock of provisions consisted of two loaves of bread, some raw bacon, and a little butter. Some bread and butter had been given to the women and children; and the rest of the bread and the raw bacon (which we had no means of cooking) was divided among the men who had worked the hardest -- so that the hospitality of the officer was most gratefully received. When we thanked him for his kindness, he said -- 'You are heartily welcome to anything I can do for you; it may be my turn next.' I pray God that, if the gallant old man be ever in such circumstances, he may meet with help as timely and as hearty as that he rendered us!

"When we landed at Milford, our difficulties were not at an end. Some were without hats, some without shoes, and some almost without clothing of any kind but their night dresses, and almost all without money. Several, among whom was a clergyman of respectability, were passed on to Waterford under a magistrate's order, as totally destitute. We all, with perhaps one single exception, lost everything but the clothes we happened to have on. I should have saved my Macintosh; but when the Queen was going down, a gentleman, who saw it in my hand, advised me not to encumber myself with it, and I laid it down. There were some cases of loss truly heart-rending. One man lost £2,000 in sovereigns, the entire savings of twenty years. He had written to his father to purchase him a small farm in the North of Ireland, He was going over with this money to pay for it, and, with his wife and children, to settle on his native spot for the rest of his life. Many others were left equally destitute, although their losses were much less in amount.

"The greatest praise is due to Jenkins and his companion for the promptitude with which they rendered their help, even at the risk of their own lives; and it is also due to the captain to say that he manifested throughout the greatest solicitude for the welfare of his passengers, and the greatest coolness and courage in adopting the means necessary for their safety."

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THE BANNER OF ULSTER.

Printed and Published every Tuesday and Friday Morning by GEORGE TROUP, at the Office, 3, Donegall Street Place, Belfast.

Agents. Dublin, .. .. .. .. Mr. WM. LECKIE, 58, Bolton Street. Newry, .. .. .. .. Mr. STEVENSON MOORE, Post Office. Derry, .. .. .. .. Mr. JAMES CHERRY, Post Office. Ballymena, .. .. .. .. Mr. GEORGE DUGAN. Dungannon, .. .. .. .. Mr. THOS. LILBURN Jun.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1843.

 

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