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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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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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.