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MAY OR'S COURT. Sxrr. 11. I7PON THE PROPERTY OF TOE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT. oolsamenee of an affidavit tiled in the alayor's Court, the natrinout sum of 3;8,000/. which lies i 3 the hands of Lyon Abra ham lioldionidt and Co. has been attached. It is known that this nn has the agency for the Colombian Government. and that the enact of the attachment was the immediate depreciation of Colom bian stock, to the xi:at discomfiture of those who had embarked th in e speculation. 'fhe af%davit was that of Thomas Ambrose. Ed irne% of Surrey.s . reet, Strand ; and it stated that the liovernnient d the Republic of Colombia, was justly and truly indebnal to hint, and one !knout' Penfold Thomas. the assignee of Edwards, in the sant of rti,oll , ll. upon two sets of hills of exchange drawn by him, , and accepted by Don Luis hopes Mendez. Deputy of the Govern nails el Venezuela, now calling itself the Government of l'olombia, the came and on the behalf of that Government, and that the tells were made payable at a certain day new past, at the onier of :nuts Ludoric Grant, and by him indorsed to Edaards, who was lady discharged as an insolvent tiding., at d that no offer had been male to pay the said sum of 378.11001. or any part thereof. in any ; note or noes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of EnalaraL Yisterday, before the Ttneonnt n. Mr. Hannan°. ore of the ; Car Connitel, rose to move the Court to at aside the action al together. as one wholly incapable of being maintaired open any principle of comma law or , common sense—as a thing, in fact, amounting to a complete nullity. The Fon of Goldsmith and Co. were sued as the garnishees to a Case which represented the cdoenbian flovernment as the defendant. It was, he believed.: the fl at time that ever the government of any country was made! party to a suit of any kind, and it was still more extra or dinary that a Government should be nettie a party to a personal action of, debt. In every proceeding for the recovery of debt. each step was in perroms. When a (opus was to be made, it could tun he node, but in inevitably subject to a similar form. In the case of a l'orporation, which ought be considered somewhat analogous, the Attorney foe that Corporation must be sued, and not the bode itself. But to sue a Goveranient for money, struck him moat of the most palpable absurdities by which a commercial people could be ikveived. What did Government mean, but the effect produced by the opera . - tthn of the functions of the governors towanls the governed ? The Recounts—You certainly have stated enough t 3 shew that you are entitled ten rule to chew cause. BARNARD said the object of his mutton was to have the ; whole proceedings set aside as a nullity; and he trusted that the vault of his application would have a tendency to put down the very incurious practice which so materially prejudiced commercial a m oiogy—the practice of resorting to the materially Court, in ow e , to be supplied with a power to he exercised in jobbing in the stocks. It would be most desirable that the person who proided in the Mayors Court should express his opinion as to the conseviences lately to arise from suing out attachments, when the parties who asserted their claim never entertained the most distant :dm of pro.l arming it to a termination. It the Recorder would publicly, de. I clue the mischief arising from that practice, confidence would he restored in mercantile relations, and the franchises of the citizens of London would not be so subject to violation. Ile (31t. Bar nard) 'mild not say whether the actimi had been entered insider,. t:nt:y, or whether the whole proetnalinga were a mere pre s ence, for testpurposeof serving the gambling adventurers on the Stock El. cainge. 'f he process, however. could not have been issued out without the privity of some of the officers of the Mayor's Court, Iva , of course were in sonic degree chargeable with the fact of at taching, where there could be no I, gal redress. Tim Rtconne R said he did not know that he could set aside the action itself, but he tliMiet it would fully tosser the Learned Counsel's view to put an end to the attachment, which certainly de! am appear to the Court to be at all maintainable. Mr. B said he tonnded his motion upon the high ground of the mere nonsense of suing a Government for a sum of money. Such a thing had never beets heard of before: and the rule fur which he applied, ought, he submitted, to be made absolute at once. The toleration of such a practice as that to which he had alluded would do immense injury. Ile would ask any man in his soon whether lie alieved that either the plaintiff or any one else ever entertained an idea of making a direct or legal use of the attachim ra against the ,Colorothan Government r When the cam was put into lea hinds it immediately occurred to hint that the measure had been taken Gtr the purpose of Wetting the Colombian stock in the mu. ken sum of 3711,091 n. had - been now two months locked up, and it was taken care that the attachment should he sped out on the Ith July, the day preceding the great settling day, and the fact earn notinect in all the rapers. It saes done too under circumstances winch rendered it Unpins...o,le to proceed foe:heath for the removal cf the process. To say that the stock suffered no depreciation in consequence of the attachment would be to talk absurdly ; and no roe cookd doubt that if the Colombian Government wanted the many thus loeked up to meet the exigencies of the s:ate. and could not get it, they would resort to another loan, and neomsarily do te the price of the l'oloothian snick then in the market. The holders tithe stock must of course be affected. and the fours would say, whether is a country where regularity and punctuality of corn. mercial transactions woe so positively necessary, a process of such a deserint ion, without the sinewest stability in law, should be per mit:A!, particularly under fires:instance:l which made it the instru. went of extensive public mischief. The Beene or R said, he certainly was of opinion that common bad should be tiled, under the eirnonsiancts stated. It was M itred a most extraordinary suet of pro ceding to sue it Government. Ti:.• plaintiff might as well sue a whole nation. Now such an ideal as that of compelling a I fcvernntent to pay a debt to an individual by such a process could enter into any man's head, he could not vent. Ile ,dioukl direct that common hail be tiled, and that • rule be granted to shew cause why all the proreedings should not be set aside. _ - hi, waa accordingly done. The attachment has., by this de. tem:ma:ion all& l'eurt. been rendered null arnl raid. WAI "10I; v. THE GOVERNMEXT 0)' CoLOMIIIA. 31r. Ilia N eau applied for the same rile in this case. The plaintiff had sited mit an attachment against 31 MITI. (MI4III jilt and I . ‘t., coon an affidavit, stating that Simon Bolivar and others, sty!. rig end eallitq themselves the Government of the Republic of Co bia, owed hint the aura of 1/.963/. 4a. fat. the balance due for money paid by I ' for :hat Government, and also for work done for ffist Government, and for thtir use and by their direction : that all this had been sanctioned, approved, and agreed to by *Man Bo livar, on behilrof himself as Chief, and on behalf generally of the Governmetit ; and that Simon Bolivar and the others were ,he pet , tans calling tisentsrives, and the individuals constituting that Go sermon:. It W:111 rot stated, /11r. Barnard said, that those per in% were the individuate forming the Government at the time the money was said to hive been lent. Republics more frequently taxied than any 01114.1' torn of government ; and it would indeed be extraonlinary done set of Governors were to pay for what had been cortnie ed by another. But supposing them to be liable, how was a crpias to reach them, and Ming them over ? IVitout any forth., caunient, he mooed tOr an eerier similar to that granted in the. lu ease. ?Ir. llottaub, for the plsintifr, arimed that this ease very ma tuially dirtied from the former. lie admitted at once that the weeps serainst the Government of Columbia was absurd, and that sr.e erasure of the kind edopted with a stockjobbing view was ex c;;Yregly culpable and mischievous. Hut Mr. iraltdn's claim w• c: ,, ecit,d by anything that had been said. The attachment was z , ..last the property of lbolirar and the others stylirg themselves fie Government of Colombia. The question therefore was, theists of persons starting in a partnership in a la - brie:ll concern, true to tome here and contract debts, under the name of the Ger sir snent of Colombia. without incurring any legal responsibility ? Whisher a band of adventurers were to raise a large stun Or money, wid then to shield themselves from the consequence or not paying, j bt While themselves a Star ? The Lord c.liancelior hail, sortie t'llr WO. fe1154:11 tO recognise Colombia as a State. In fact, the edatit pruned that linlivar's money was subject to the attachment 1 - iteb had been sued nut. If not, men were to he considered as .;•!tt.ell in coming to this country. and making plunder of the pro. of the natives, who frac thus left without the chance of re. The Recount's said, that the motion in this ease must also - .geed the iivennent stated. that Mr. Walton lent the money to 14**.irar aLd the others as the Government of Colombia. It was . averred wtio the finvernment were; it was merel, said that 80. err and the others styled themselves the Government. I . ^itTrgal bail oaf also ordered to be bled iti this ease. and a rule to .hew cause sdiy the whole proceedings should not be set aside, ranted. GI tame the shot; amount of the demand upon the Colombian C wt.-a:nest reee.ing in precisciy the same situation in which it ef'ore the auschnients were issued. An immense quantity of been. in oin. , •quenee of the attaelintiet, sent into the shlle e has been tivati:tg about with little variatioa since t s last grei.t fettling day. "bbet , t° ° very grtat extent iu money and Exchequer I , Ills, tea s e a 1111 l into! on Saturday night or Sunday wont by breaking open the counting-house of Messrs. 11 o'ke . r and Stanley, in Duck-foot-lane, Thames-stmt. Exchequer !fills ttolen amount to some thousands of . _i!s. ihr (rub returning from Belfast to DownNtrick, on 1. ; 1 .:•ly erming last. was upset by the breaking of the fore by alibis Captain Saunders, an inside passenger. : his arm broken, but was not otherwise seriously Titatday, the 2Gth ult. we had the lowest spring tide knots in this part of the country. Three sea pilots across from the south to the north side of the river " • r• Tyncmouth liar! a circumstance which, it is has never occurred before. At high water on that Pre were 2s feet eight inches on the liar, and he pcilvstrains set of they found only two!—Nettp ',F.rnirle. 4-,ew ( . 01roN AtaititET.--Tb: demand for cotton oi rely inoth•rate; and as most of the mills in the ?larlinual are stopped, Ay the purpose of suppri.ssing inxtion which exi s ts a m ongs t some of the operatives, t likely we will have much doing till they are set on prices keep remarkably steady. The sales amount h:aler, as under : Iltd• 71. 12d. to 131 d. middling. 133 d. middling Cdr. aryl :.• lhoo Stained, 11. 101 d. niidallkig fair. &med. 173. . 4 lng lair. NIS. fair, to lki. gaud. New Orleans. 47. lod- F`!e'u• Mobdt, I+ll, Old. fair, to Bid. good. Iknicraraii, to 131 pod. Egyptian, r,, ItFjJ. fair. Carriacou, au. to id. good fan. St. V i:.ccot, v, yJ. fair. No im. GENERAL ELECTPON. The Irish Papers continue to speculate on an early di". solution of Parliament. The Dublin Ereniv Post pub lishes the It is certz in thi. a great electioneering bustle prevails everywhere; and we believe we may state it as a fact, that, ' out of the thirty-two coutities, there will be a contest in twody-siz at least. We are satisfied too that more than two-thirds of the If:Troughs and great totYns wit be equally contested. COVWFY OF LONCFORD.-011C of the Whites ri i 1 1 start for Longford, and we bare heard of an o th er i n t cres t u hi c h is bestirring itself. Coustryor KILDARE.-.-oTle of the Moore family will offer himself to the Electors of the County of Kildare.— Another Candidate is also spoken of. COI - sure or MraTu.--Otie of Lotd Darnley's family will offer hinnklf for this Comity. COUNTY OF WFSTMLATII.-43ne of the ; righes hill start for this County. Corry or ANTRIn..---Lord Gletetrn (a 1 .11aolonattl) opposes, we uniltrstand, the Hertford interest. CoeN•rr Or ( 'Ant N. COOrt will Certainly beat the Barrys upon this_their classic ground. _ _ . . COUNTY oe NIONACIIAN. --A son of Lord Blaney's and Mr. Shirley, who has a great landed interest in this county, will contegt the victory with the Sitting Members. COUN'.'Y or LLITIUM. Clements Will undoubhxlly present himself to this county on the next election. C6CgTY or Kratty.—herry will he contested: have heard several names mentioned. Mr. M. Fitzgerald, we are glad to state, will not be the retiring Member. Candidates arc already named for Dundalk, Newry, atd Dow upatrick. tk, I ' 4 ? thei • 141,411 lh C:Ap u, 14,: . 1 j01 I: rot 9S. THE ARM Y. The fint Division of the .S7th b Afithljesex) regi ment of Infantry hhasarrived, on nrd the Baltic Mer chant transport, at Chatham, from Cork. The first Battalion of the Rifle Brigade Las marched from Dublin to Belfast. The second Battalion of the Ride Brigade has moved from 'femplemore to Dublin. A detachtncnt of fifty men, belonging to the 20th and 1 40th regiments of Infantry, under the command of Lieu tenant Henry Clinton, of the 20th Foot, graved yes ! terday at Chatham ' from Portsmouth, preparatory to em barking at Deptford, as guards, on board' the Lady East and Asia convict ships, tvhielt are destined for New South 11Vales. Pt E HARVEST. The crop in Stitlingshire is now fully twty-thirds cut, end one-third limed. Wheat, oats, and beans are fully an average crop, and of excellent quality. Barley is truly a superabundant crop. A number of deliveries have been made at 19 stobes and upwart!s, of 17flbs to the stone. On a field near St. Nitilan's, of Arc acres, ttilly eight bolls are produced fioin the acre, of the great weight of sit.) stone Vlbs., of 1741ba. to the stone. From the same farm, in the two preceding years, not above five bulls an acre were produced, of 1174 stones a boll. From another field out of nine pecks sowing, 134 bolls were produced, but not so heavy as the above, as a part of it had lodged..:— Glasgow Cironicle. A correspondent states, that in a journey of more than 100 miles which he made this week through part of the counties of Somerset and Wilts, he saw but one field of that had not been carried, and that great part of the barley and Oat. were Ltfely gathered in, and in sonic places the beans. The crops are abundant, and the quality is I excellent.—Brirtel The weather, since our last, has been very unfavourable for the harvest, Tuesday being the only day which could be called fine. On the other days very frequent and heavy showers of rain took place, but on Wednesday as severe a storm of rain and wind set in from the north-cast. as we almost aver remember. From noon on Wallnestlay till day-light on Thursday, it rained incessantly, and nearly the Iwhole of that time the rain fell in torrents. After mid night the fury of the storm somewhat abated. During the morning of Thursday the tveatlmr cleared np, and the latter part of that day was bright and fine. The quantity 'of rain that fell on Wednesday IV.IS very gnat, and has , completely levelled the corn in many place's to the ground.' This state of the crop, together with the circumstance of vary little or no corn haring yet been secured, causes the future state of the weather to be a subject of the greatest anxiety in this neighbourhood. As far as we can learn, this tab' has lacen very general.—Newcastle i Chronicle. Since our last a good deal of corn has been cut in the neighbourhood of tins city; but we arc so say that we have, within the last few days, experienced a succession of heavy rains, which, if they continue, must totally d:stroy the hopes which the previous fine season had encouraged, l of the harvest being brought to a successful termination. We have had either more or less of rain every day since Thursday, the xd instant. On Friday it was so heavy that the streets were overflown in a few minutes, and in some parts of the town the water rate in streams nearly deep. On Sunday night the fall of rain was con siderable • and it rained incessantly from twelve o'clock at noon on 11 - edneselay until four o'clock next morning, when it cleared up. On such days as the farmers have been able to cut their corn, shearers' wages have been very high. On Tuesday so much as Ss. sel. and 4s. W 39 generally paid. The river Wear was much swollen on Wednestky and Thurstlay.—Detehant Chrunick of Satard2l. The weather has for some days been rather broken and showery, particularly en Wednesday, when it rained almost throughout the day; but very little injury has been sus tanned by the crops, which , fora considerable extent round this city (Carlisle), have been for the most part cut down and carted in excellent condition. At a great distance,' however, (specially in the neighbor ;.00d of and beyond Brampton, the harvest is not quad) , forward; but as', nearly everywhere the grain is ready far the sickle, only a short time will be necessary for the reaping and gathering in of a crop, which, both for quality and abundance, has seldom been equalled, and nut surpassed for a great num ber of years.—Carlisle A briskness, we are told, has attended the recent sales of estates in this vicinity, and several have been disposed of upon terms commensurate and in some instances lx yond the expectations of the selhrs. The same has been the case at the late sales of farming stuck and personal property generally.— Wurcesler Price of new potatoes in Edinburgh market on Friday morning 8.1. per reek ; -green peas Is. Gd. ditto; rasp berries Is. Gd per pint ; apples los. per buslwl ; pears lib. ditto. Sitter SMEARING.—The sheep farmers in the south of Scotland are discontinuing the practice of smearing. A number of them abandoned it three years ago ; and their stock has been as healthy as before, while the value of the wool has been much augmented. Two- thirds of the thx.ces of noxburghshire were unsmeared ; and the wool said at 20s. to sets. a stone, while the tarry wool of the remaining, third brought only Ns, to 14s. 'the difference b e tw een the two modes is illustrate) by the following cases :—A farmer, in the highest and coldest part of Littlesdale, who grazes So score of sheep, and whose fleeces averaged about 74 to the stone, sold in 15.43, 2.10 stones of smeared wool at Ss. Gd. per stone. The sum be thus realised was 1061. ss. ; hut on deducting the price of the materials used in smear ing, and without allowing anything for servants labour, it was reduced to 761. ss. In IS'2l, the same individual sold 178 stones of white wool nt 18s. a stone, and for which he received exactly 1601. ; so that the derence between the. two years, and on the same flock, amounted to no less e sum than 831. 15s. sterling. The manul'aeturers of Gala shiels, llawick, &e. are very anxious that the farmers should resume the vraetice of shearing their lambs. The wool, of even an ordinary lamb, is worth from 2'2tl. to 25., and, with the view of obtaining an additional supply of such a valuable commodity, the manufacturers of Ilawick have commenced grazing lambs on their own account. zPr sixo or THE ISt vER CLynz.—Such is the power of the new machine applied to that purpose , that in the l course of a few days it dug out above 7000 tons of earth, and cleared away the bank extending opposite Finnieston, to the length of 140 yards and 40 feet wide, thereby. deep ening the river nearly two feet in all thatspace. The con sequence is a safe navigation where vessels were formerly apt to take the ground. A perceptible difference is also, in consequence, observed in the flow of the tide, it flowing I and cbbi:ig earlier and me* rapi%:ly• I 1: F. At the affalr of Hospitle, on Wednesday, a fight corn mtmectl about dark, in the streets, betArtit two persens, opposite th e house of a m an named Fleming, whose son was then putting up the shutters of his shop, and on a_ying the Police conic up, he ran into his house, where he was followed by two sub-constables stationed in that town. The police, suspecting he was one of the rioters, was dragging him out, and on his refusing to comply (cot:- scions of his innocence). he was instantly stabbed by sub constable Joseph Bell, in the hip. Bell has been com mitted by the High Sheriff: _ _ _ 1 1 A party of ten Fellows, armed with pistols anti muskets, entered the• house of John Collopy, at Canteen, near Cut]. nigar, in the Lihttties, on Thursday night, and beat a kceper named Connor Daly, who was lift there by Capt. Conip:on's agent, to watch some coin under seizure fur rent, in a manner the most unmerciful, breaking three of his ribs, anti nthrly fract►►ring his skull ; before retiring they administered him an oath. directing him instantly to quit the premises and never return thereto. The sentence of transportation for life an Thos. Ridley, convicted of manslaughter, in Kerry, at last Spring As sizes, has hem commuted to twelve months' imprisonment, by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. The ►mercy ex tended to this man he has been justly entitled to, front the circumstance of his thing the person who prosecuted to conviction the numerous party who attacked the house of John Ring, at liollyallinan, in this county, in May, Da% and who ►sere all tmnsported.—Limerick Chronicle. A respite has been received by the high Sherif of the county of Cork, for the seven men against *ho►n sentence of de a th was recorded at the last Assizes.—Cork Mercan file Chronicle. A sentinel of the 39th, at Bruree, was tired at on Friday night, and wounded in the hand; the petpretatot is not st.cured.—Waterlord Mirror. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-03 the golli ult. a party, consisting of five perms and two children, ;co-: returning from Kißiney on a jaunting-car, when the driver incau. Isienreirp* the horse a lbw strokes with hie whip, at the top of the hill, which caused the animal to art off at full gallop. He proceeded but a short distance, when the car was upset, turned into a detp ditch, and the whole party thrown out. One of the females, about 26 years of age, was conveyed to a cabin, where she was put to bed, but injuries she received were bF such a nature that she ex pired in two days, viz. on the Vsth. Mr. Oliver, propri etor of the News-rooms, Nassau -street, one Of the party, was taken out of the ditch apparently lifelesa, being se verely injured. We are glad to state, however. that he is in a lair way of recovery. Any interruption in the pro gress of his establishment must be a loss to the public.— frisA Paper. INQUEST ON JOHN DAVID ROCHE, AT ABBEY /I:ALE. [From the Limerick Observe...l Mmuiay morning Alfred Furlong, Esq., Counsellor Furlong, and Mr. Percy, Chia Constable of Police, went to this town to invettigaie the melancholy occurrence which terminated in the death of this Ivan ; and on Tuesday Mr. ('ox, Coroner, =comps. nied by Mr. Wootiburne, Secretary to T. P. Yokes, Esq., and It. Franklin, jun. Eq. Surgeon to the Police Establishment, went to Seskin, the dwelling-place of the deceased, whither the body had been removed by his friends from Abbeyfeale on Monday, to hold an Inquest on the unfortunate man. when the following re spectable Jury were stem :--Messra. John Kelly, Michael Col hos, Godfrey 31 4 1.iarry„ Daniel Hares, 31. Collins, Thomas liar. clay, Henry Dalton, 31ieh. Jones. Edward Forest, Matthew Bun. bury, Jelin Jones. and John Leahy. As Pottle of the Jury did not knot,/ the doceaSed, and the body Eaving been removed from the place where he died, Mr. Ilartnett, !of Bndgenionnt, was sworn. and identified the body as that of I John Roche, whom he saw wounded at Abbeyfeale on Sunday. The Jury and Surgeon Franklin having examined the body, they adjourhed to Abbeyfeale to bear witnesses. Patrick Haves, Esq. sworn.—Lives in Abbeyfeale. heard, on Saturday last, that men were collecting about the country for a riot on Sunday. 'fold this to Lieutenant Cox on Sittunlay evening. Was the entire of Sunday in Abbeyfeale. About half-past four O'clock in the evening saw symptoms of a riot, which immediately became general. Saw the soldiers mire under the archway of the barrack front the showers of stones which were flying. At this I time witness was up Stales in the barrack, looking out. Saw two mites meet in front of the barrack. Saw the sentey-box struck 'with atones. The rioters passed to the west of the barrack, aPer which the soldiers came out, loaded, and separated themselves, in order to quell the riot. %Fitness now got into the greets, and saw Timothy Hartnett attacked, who ifriplorod him (witness) to save his life. Deceased was one of the assailants, who desisted on wit. ness remonstrating with them. Saw a soldier rise oil his face and ' hands. Heard two shots in the direction of the New Bridge. Saw the deceased after he wet sionsidetk Went told.* bedside four or five titres during Sunda* night. Deceased said he was not anxious for rioting, but could not come to Mass without being in. suited by the opposite party. Ile did nut know who shot him. Timothy Hartnett (who exhibited evident proofs of the share which he - 114(1 in the riot) lives at Kilanlea. Came to Abbeyfeale to tight on Sunday. The tight commenced shunt live o'clock. Three titer of the Roches made tawards him. Saw Mr. Hayes, and called to him to save his lite. Mr. Hayes called to deceased, alto was one of the assailants, and endeavoured to stop him. Dc. ceased did so for the moment, out on Mr. Mayes going away to ward the barrack, he turned on witness, knocked him down, and kicked him in the eye. Two soldiers now came to his protection, one of whom he struck with a stone, on which deceased ran off to the lift of the New Bridge. The soldier who was struck pursued him to the parapet of the New Wide.", when he fired. Deceased ran about fie yards after the shut, with his hands pressed on his belly, and then lay Witness was at Mass on Sunday, when the Rev. Mr. Fitzgerald exhorted them not to cngagein any riot. Surgeon Franklin examined the wound of the lleCeS , Cti, which appeared to be from a musket-ball, which piessed thrtm. , 4ll his liver. Intlamination followed, which terminated in a moriitication, the cause of his di ath. 3fichael 3l'llrath, policeman, is stationeed at Abbeyfeale, where he was last Sunday. Saw the riot and thr stones throwing. The soldiers got under the archway and into the guardhouse (which is 'tent the archway). Witness also went into the guard-room. Three or four minutes after Lieutenant Cox ordered the soldiers to turn out, and to 'lime and load. Witness said, " Jly directions are not to fire." Lieutenant Cox said he knew that, and ordered the men nut to firs on any account without his (witness's) orders. Took some prisoners at this tint; and saw Lieutenant Cox at the same time apprehend ..Ltlin Roche, who seemed to be a leader. The tight was desperate one. Heard shuts fired, and saw stones living in all directions. ljeurenant ('oe. of the Silth regiment, arrived in Abbeyfeale, with a small detachment, on last B:stonier. Wes told that evening by .31r. Hayes that thou were apprehensions of a riot in front of the barrack. Ordered his party under the archway, to avoid extre. mitirs oniered them to prime and load, but on no stxtrunt to Rte without orders. The soldiers were now divided up and down. Beard shots final. Saw deceased after he was removed into a hone in A ttheylesle. Dressed his wound with some lint. Deceased said nothing partietiLir to them. Believes, from the very desperate riot and the forbearance of his men, that nothing but self-defence would have obliged them to fire. Wm. 31urphy was standing in the street, and taw deceasod run away to the 1c of the bridge. Saw the two soldiers pursue him. One of them Ered without effect, when the other tonic deliberate aim, and tired from the battlement of the bridge. After this shut deceased went about lOU yards, with his hands to his belly, and then lay down. Saw deceased about three quarters of an hour after removed on ikdoor to the house of James Bourke. Timothy Itartnett (not the former witness) saw the deceased at. tack Timothy Hartnett. Is SUM he would have murdered him but for the soldiers. Saw deceased run to the left of the bridge. Saw al soldier pur me hint to the corner of the bridge and fire. Deceased laid his hand. on his belly, went about nn yards, and then lay down on the back of a ditch. !leant more shots, but there was nut • second fired front the bridge. Sergeant AValford, of the 39th.—At the riot in Abbeyfeale tones were flying so quick, that Lieutenant Cox matted the men tinder the archway of the barrack. baw one of the soldier. tumbled, &nil saw a man running to the left of the New Dridgo. pur sue d ty r Edward'l'oitiu, private of the Utli regiment, who tired from the corner of the battlement at the man who was running. 'The man, after the shot, went ebout hO yards, and then dropped. Lieu , tenant Cox ordered the men not to fire un any account without orders. Jnhn Lee, a private of the 39th regiment, was knocked down by a blow of a stone in the back of his neck, on recovering himself he saw • man running to the left of the bridge pursued by a soldier who fired at ltirn. tirw the Mall drop. Believes the soldier to be ..... John Salisbury, another private of the 39th Foot. was knocked dos n bye blow of a stone. (lot no orders to fire, but on the con trary, was ordered by Mr. Cute bet to fire on any account without being conunandtal. Captain JosePli 39th—Tobfn belongs to his company since he joined the regiment about two years, has been under wit nest's command. There could not be a more correct or sober man. Never heard a coniplaint against him. The Jury consulted for about lt.dt an hour, and agreed to the fol lowing verdict : " find that the deceased came by his death in consequence of a wound ihflicted by a musket shot, fired without orders by Edward 'robin, one of the soldiers of the 39th Regiment of In fantry, engaged in quelling a desperate riot in the town of Abbey lisle, and after several solditrs of said regiment had been knocked down s lilt stones." The followftg accidents occurred among the rioters, from blows inflicted by theniselvest—lfuniel Huard" skull dreadfully frac tured ; Timothy Hartnett. desperate laceration an the head; and John Hartnett, concusicat in the brain. __ The sold i er rema ins in east, Iy in Newemetle until the de. eisionoEhis Ezeelkney the Lord Lieutenant on the subject shall be known. !Same! Reardon and AVilliwn Ilartr cit. two of the timer!. Arc in such d . ..np:n t that little horst. are enter:l:. r.! of :lair recut'::}'. The U3fortt:nite man Roche, who was shot on Sunday, in Abbey.l Peale, said, the evening of that melancholy occurrence, that he For.' gave the soldier who had fired at him, and requested that none of his friends should take any part in bringing him to trial. On the inquest they did not produce a single witness, or seem any way ansious about the nftkir. It tc reportetiti;;;ne of the men who was wounded at Ab beyfe4le. on Sunday, has since died in consequent* of the wounds he re...iced. OUTRAGE COMMITTED BY THE WEAVERS' COMBINATIOA. [From the Ghtsgow Clirorei:kl Thursday a very serious occurrence took place in Camtactile, of ' which the following are the authentic particulars : Mr. I icorge Smith, Weaver, Camlachie, has a family cif six sons and o , rce daughters. lie has six looms, occupied by himself and five of his sons. Ile has taken all his work from Mr. Peter Hutchison ever since that gen:leman commenced business. He always found that lie paid as high prices as were given bj any, and he would never seek a better master. fie joined the anOtilt;• I tion with the sole view of getting some better regulations adopted I respecting the taking of apprentices, and preventing strangers from corning in on the trade, so that the bands might be r^Aluced. lie never would have joined. an association for putting any man ant of trade, more particularly Mr. Hutchison; and the delegate from Cantlachie, when he voted to that eilect, went beyond his tn structions. On It ednestlay Mr. Smith went in as usual, and brought flee web, front 31r. Hutchison', warehouse. When this was known, be wes called upon in the evening by 4 of the committee of that district, who told him they world expel him from the association for taking webs from Mr. Ifutchison. Ile said he had done no offence in taking these welts when he was pleased with them, and he did not think it had any thing to do with the association. They asked him to take back the webs, and if he had got any money upon them, they would make it up. Mr. South had not teccived one farthing advance upon the work, but he did not chooge to satisfy them on that point, hut told them he would no: take it hack for , them or any one. as he never wished Mr. H. out of the trade; one of them replied he had it terrible work with Mr. Hutchison. Ale. Sinithbieldest son was next asked to drop Mr. Hutchison. He said be had no occasion, for he was always better paid, and served with beler work than by any manufacturer he had ever tried. They said a weaver who was at the t'oor would give hint a lei ell broad lawn, and seek one for himself. Hite would leave Mr. Hutch ham. A man in the street also offered to procure him *shilling a week if he would comply. Hut all their offers being rejected, the committee told him he *as now expelled from their association, and went away. Thursday morning. between nine and ten. while 31r. Mulls was engaged in mskirg new shutters for his windows, his shop was beset by a rabble, who ettempted to get into the loom shop, but : the door being fastened, they hung about the windows, and damned i him to come out. and they would give him a greet thrashing. No I answer was given, but those within continued working. They then lift the premises, but continued to lounge in groups about the vil lage. About two o'clock they gatlieretiin a field on the n ort h sid e of the village. Some of the most active were noticed engaged in making up an effigy intended to represent Mr. Smith, mi. The figure was stullial with straw, and there was on it clothes erectly re. sembling those worn by .Ir. Smith. The white night-cap he wears was not forgotten ; and there was the appearance of a tech under the figure's arm, with a white cloth round it ; the same as Mr. Smith conies with his cloth to the warehouse. Indeed the personi tication was so complete that the family say they might have mis takes it for their Either but for the ill-painted face. There was a label on the breast, with the inscription, " A warning to all traitors for deserting their colours." They went by the back of the lemma, and came down Whitevale, carrying the effigy shoulder high. There was a number of men and women collected, who advanced' with the most horrid yells and shouts, and stopped in front of Mr. Smith's house. They used the most odious namee and expressions to the family. and held the effigy close to the window. A felloW with a rope inflicted twenty lashes on ir. The crowd then housed anti shouted for.iny, and went parading the effigy through the village, which was now in a state of in describable confusion. With augmented numbers. they reached Parkhead, and stopped at Mr. Hall's, one of Mr. Itlutthisonl weavers, anti who is determined not to drop him: then to Mr. Smith's beyond Parkheail ; then to Mr. Duns:store's, Westmuir. At all these houses, and several others who were obnoxious be cause they would not leave Mr. 11, the rubble vented their spleen, insulting then) and their families in the grossest manner, and threatening them. The effigy was flogged before eech of their doors. After the mob had acted in this manner ffir more than an hour, reinforced by most of the inhabitants of Oleic villages, they returned to Catulachie about fdur o'clock. In the interval Mr. Smith despatched a messenger to Mr. Ilutelliaon'i ware house, and the foreman went to the police office, anti requested the assistance of the civil power. The mob, to the number of 700 or ititik again assembled opposite to Mr. Smith's bout., held up the effigy to the window, and the women, who were very numerous, and particularly active, and forgetting the natural modesty of the sex, used tr.e most disgraceful epithets to the family, and de clare, they would burn them all alive. They went to a wooden erection that had been fitted for a flesher's stand. Here a fel low performed the part of hangman in due form, and after hanging for some time, the effigy was taken down. Prepare liens were in the interim making to burn it, and a quantity of shavings and two shovelfulle of live coals were taken innu an ad joining brick-kiln, and laid on the foot pavement opposite Mr. Smith's windows. :Here they continued shouting and hallooing. and expressing their determination to burn Mr. Smith ahem As they were about to consign the effigy to the flames the police came upon them by surprise. an d th e y, qu i te confounded, dispersed in all directions . . The effigy was carried along In the hurry and was torn to pieces, and a carter who was pae,:ng gt t the remains of the emit thrown in his face. As there were, however, only five of the police, the mob, after the fleet panic, and observing their sn'lll %umber, began to rally. Mr. Smith's son pointed wit a few fel lows to the pollee, who had been west active in molesting them. This poli‘e prececded to town with two prisoners. The mob fol lowed in great numbers, and commenced thrOwing bric'ibats and large stones, by which SOUle of the police were severely hurt, and obliged to fly and take shelter on inc road side. Captain Hardy got into a house anti made his escape by a back window. Mr. Debbie, special constable, who had been particularly active in seizing prisoners, is much hurt in different parts of the liewly i lgi the stones. In the meantime, two o ffic e rs kept h o ld o f t h e - si'nert, amid a shower of mi ss i v es. M'hen they cam eto the ( , al. lowgate Toll the mob pressed so hard upon them. that Sergeant Thomas was obliged to take refuge in tbe cold-weighing box, No. b. When they were elielosed, the mob hurled large stones at the win dows, which they shattered to pieces, and then broke the lock, foreed open the door, and rescued th prisoners. Mr. till), and tile police sergeant, who were in the box, were exposed to the greatest danger. When the box was broken up, they were pelted with stones, and were obliged to run for their lives. The mob followed them, and Mr. Sim was struck on the back of the head with a sharp stone and deeply cut, he being bareheaded. He was stunned for tEe moment, and reeled a little, but was fortunately able to keep his feet, and made his escape with great difficulty. Some htionane, person brought • surgeon, and the wound, which was bleeding profusely, was dressed. An order was then des patched for every officer in the police office and all those in the town to turn out. A strong party of them went to Catnlachie, and secured 5 prisoners, and brought them to the police office. A third party of the police went out and secured other two fellows. Millie Lang and the Sheriff were also present, and were of the greatest use in restoring Order. They examined Mr. Stnith'e premises, and said they had never seen a better-conducted establishment, and were highly pleased with the industry and regularity which cha racterised al! its ntemhent. .Jr. Smith is • most peaceable, well doing man, and would give no offence to any of his neighbours. His family lives very retired, and during the radical rebellion, he wholly abstained froin it. it grudge, he says, has always been borne him for this. A party of the police remained in the house till eleven o'clock, and on the least alarm measures were takes for an instantaneous communication a ith the police. SATERDAY, SETT. The village of Cantlaeltie has remained tolerably quiet since the tliourUitnes on Thursday. When any of Mr. Smith's family yesterday appeared on the street. they were received with hi s se s . clappin , of hands, and shouts of .• The Traitors." The following persons ,,, have been examined and committed :—Alesantler Al•Phie. Andrew Dunsmore, John Riddell, Robert Reid. Richard Irvine. and John Smith, all weavers. A very full precognition was also taken. and despatched last night to the Crown lawyers, and it is hoped the case may yet be in time for trial at the ensuing Circuit Court. Preparations for the Irish survey are; actively going on. Detachments of °freers are now in various putts of Eng land, for instruction, and the Director, with one subal tern, has recently arrived in Dublin, to decide on the part to commence, which beginning will be in the spring. Twenty of the senior cadets, from the Woolwich Aca demy, intended for this service, have been for several months past at Cardiff, on the survey of that part of the country. They will be assisted by a company of Ordnance soldiers, taken either from the Artillery or :Millers and iners. There are now living in Folkstonc Workhourc 19 per sons, whose united ages amount to 1,45; years. A pude man looking over the tombstones in thu church-yard of that town, remarked roan old inhabitant the great number of deaths beyond 7() years ; the latter replieti—" You it ill be more surprised when I state to you that there are now living in the town 150 persons above that age : one couple who have been wedded upwards of 7t) yowl', and whose ages amount to 148, arc attended by their daughti.r, who is 62." The population of the town is about 4,000. On Settmlay a fiesher in Dundee purchased fi.teen sheep front a Highland drover, never suspecting, after paying the money, thathis right of property would be questioned. In the evening, however, a person arrived in the town, and claimed the sheep, stating that seventeen had been stolen from him, and producing satisfactory evidence that these were part of them. The thief was pursued by the timber's son, who overtook him on the Cupar Angus road, and obliged him r.) refund the money. Ameteor was seen at thratton-on-the-Foss, on Wednes.- 1 day night, about eleven o'clock, travelling from north to eolith, mid was lost sight of in the distapeesover Mendip zti . tcr b:ing in view fur 45 *minds. MEETING OF WEAVERS' DELEGATES. Wednesday, pursuant to a previous resolution, a meet.. ing of the Delegates of the Operative Weavers of the iVest of Scotland was held in a Meeting-house in Clyde-street, Glasgow, Mr. J. Stewart, from Pollockithaws. in the chair. In opening the proceedings of the day, he stated that ha hoped they were a:l fully aware of the importance of the business which had called them together. He congratu , lattd them on the increasing number of the association, and the flourishing state of their funes. Since the meeting of the lath of last month, nothing had occurred to bring disgrace on the members, and upwards of 900 reeds had. been sent in to the manufacturing house they had resolved to put out of the trade. This number was confined to the city of Glasgow and the districts in the vicinity. Wednes day was the last day for taking work from the house in question, and he hoped they would persevere: as they had put their hand to the plough, they could not draw back. He hoped the code of laws which would be submitted to their consideration would he discussed in a calm and dispassionate manner; and that, while their past divisions served like a beacon to warn them, in future they would Ibe all bound in fi iendship and unanimity. S..ventv-one Idistricts appeared in whole; fifty-five were personalty re d presented; and sixteen by letters. After the delegates 141 , 1 been directed not to give the number of the looms in the:: tlitetent distticts, but merely those associated, they gave in A statement which showed a total of 112,5U0 as members of the organization. The - delegatesnext proceeded to considet and digest hie regulations. The object is to make it more difficult for persons to attain the trade. Apprentices from LI to 14 year.: of age are to serve an apprenticeship of seven years, ai:d those from 14 to 17 years of age are to serve five years. No weaver to have more than two apprentices at the same time, exclusive of their children. Persons wishing- only a partial knowledge of the trade, minty for one year's instruc tion, 201.; for two years. ISI.; for three years, 101., undt r the usual rules of the trade. If they continue at the busi ness, they cannot be received as journeymen, while their servitude is deficiefit of seven years. It was proposed to ex clude all bat the weaver's own fatnily from the business for the first seven years; but on a division, this motion was negatived by a majnity of It. TvventyAve voted for i:, and thirty-nine against it. After the Ist of December, tie associated inernler is to take a web unless the ticket l e tilled up agreeable to the Arbitration Aet. breaking this article shall be amerced in ts. ftd. for the first, and is. for every succeeding offence. No stranger to be admitted to occupy any loom, unless he preductt a ticket, certifying that he is an associated member, exec pt when recently discharged frotu his Majesty's service. Any member thrown out of employment for refusing . work under a fictitious name, or at an unreasonable reduc tion of price, shall be anointed, While idle, by the funds of the Association. Any district containing from 100 to 1100 members is to be entitled to send one delegate,to the General Committee; from 300 to GOO, two delegate: ; and sit on in proportion. But districts wl:osc members do not amount to Ito are required to join with others in the neighbourhood in sendin; one. A district so situated as that it cannot form a junction with any other, may, never theless, send one delegate. A conference on the general I interests of this Association, by delegetions from all tire districts, is to be held in Glasgow, on the third Wednes day in August, annoolly. The different articles were read, discussed, and adopted seriatim. Good order and regularity prevailed. It beir3 midnight when they had agreed on the articles, the nice:- lug adjourned till next day. Thursday the delegates niet again, and it was moved, that the persons at present employe! at the power loom; be excluded from the muslin ereaving. After some dis cussion, the motion was lost by I T rot: sto 43. Several of the delegates declined to vote. A number of the districts have three delegates. TALE OF .4 TUB. The rieliculogs partiality of the multitude for relics 11.. s recently found a grand opportunity for displaying hull in connection with the name of Lord Byron. The pipe or puncheon in which the r e main s o f t h e deceased Pot: weie brought to England, on being discharged from lb, use to which it was destined for a time, by his premature death, was sold by some of the people connected with the ship-se a easoper of the name of Davey, who resides in We:- street. lie considered it a curiosity, and set a high value on his bargain, but had not enjoyed it long, when the Cap tain or owner of the vessel in which it held been conveyed to this country, waited upon him, and demanded the sur render of the tub, asserting that the parties by whom it had been hold had no fight to dispose of it. The trail( man, with blunt John Bull-like rudeness, refused to g;e up his prize. Ile cared nothing about the right of tl.e parties to sell, of whom he had bought it. It was in It's power to prove that he had given a fair price fur the sr tide ; and, confident that lie had done nothing wrong. he set the claimants dt defiance. The latter threatened, lin eventually found that they could do no more ; and ti.,, cooper hoisted the Union Jack over the object in divine, at one, to celebra'e the triumph he had achieved. at:,! to proclaim to the world the treasure of which he had become the envied possessor. The contentions, thus terminated, attracted considerable notice. To the friends of the kik., !titres, in the North eastern district, it appeared no ordinary occurrence that a puncheon which had been used for so memorable a purpose as that of carrying the mortal remains of the departed poet front Greece to England, should be exhibited in their neighbourhood; and hundreds repaired to Old-street to get a sight of it. The cooper gave his treasure a conspicuow; place at one corner of a quadrangle which includes hi; out-of-door stock. The words " Lord Byron" have been painted in large white letters on it, that the gazers may ,not waste their attention on a less distinguished vessel. Some of the staves, we hear, have been abstracted from the pipe, and manufactured into various small attichs. One of the persons to whom a pe r:ion of it was transferre,!, has had it made into a box ; and another, still more emi nently to display his lath', has given to his prize the form of a spoon. But the puncheon, n ea rly e n t i re , s till re t a L i its place, ::td will doubtless prove a very profitable to the cooper. CALEDONIAN CAN AI .—ln the Inverness Journal of Ft i day last, we notice a list of the vessels which have navi gated the Caledonian ('anal during last mouth. Th.- number is lin, of all descriptions. several of they., w: observe, are carrying off wool to Hull and Liverpool. Others pass with lime, slates, stones for buildings, anti a very great number with salt, herrings, staves, deals, dr.:. &c. to and from Dumfries, Belfast, Londonderry, Liver pool, Newcastle, &c. Three steatmvcssels are advertised as plying on the Canal between Inverness and this city. 'fhis great national undertaking will, we have nut the smallest doubt, daily increase in prosperity, and add Esti ' hues to the trade of this country. As soon as the Canal is eighteen feet deep, which will be next summer, large merchantmen will be able to pass through from the eastern to the western sea, and rice verse, and then the Canal will certainly be frequented by a great number of ships engaged in the foreign tratle of this country. CANAL FILOIN CARLISLE TO NI.WCASTI L.—A ITlAtin , ..: has been held of the county of Northumberland, to etaisiiier of the expediency of establishing a railway between New castle and Carlisle. ('ol. Coulson said it was nearly !:t a century since- it had been first proposed to cut a rmel f, unite the eastern and western seas, but he cunsida:ll the expedient impracticable from the great experrie. lie had little doubt that a railway would be of great advaratz!-,e t , the county, both in an agricultural and commercial point of view, and be proposed a resolution for carrying that iih- Lie into t get. U'. Armstrong, Esq. implored the cell:- p to re proposition ject the spiritless of a railw a y, whi c h w 4 11 I deprive them of the incalculable advantages of a Ca 1. Already eleven 'Mica of the work had bon • x.- et etl, at about 7,oita a mile; but supposing the ro nraintier might be t 4,000/. from the increase of leeks, it `would make the aggregate expense only half a mili-nt, a sum which, there was no doubt, it would be practicoble is i l raise for so imporsunt an object as the formation of a ship canal iron sea to sea. At the conclusion, a committer ' was appointed to consider which of the two is the most ,i convenient mode of conitnutticatian. Accounts from fiarwich yesterday state, that on Sunday evening a large lugger was observed hovering off that place and Land;uard fort, supposed with an intention of Lind s ing some stunggled goot's. A sharp look-out b e in g k e pt. she sailed in a dircctiot 'or the Dutch coast. r 1 1 I M 44 11