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,k as made to the paucity of signatures to the Ptti. ion, it *mill hire been but candid to recollect the 4sper•ions that were thrown from time to time lIIPOII tit thole persons who did not agree in the fashionu. i);e notions on the bullion question. They were t'alletl speculators and sharpers, because they disep. prGreil of n measure which they looked on as ini• po;ine, slid by which they lord been nearly ruined. The Petition was then laid on the table, and or .l,red to be printed. . . Nlr. SCARLETT brought in a Bill to remedy cer. 13111 inconveniences in local and exclusive jurivdic !mos, which was testi a first time. and ordered to •,e read a second time on the 15th of February next. The Ctialtext.t.na or liir Fxcitrut•Ea brought tin Parer* rr►lrrent.g the dui) which were .aid on the tsble. The Hou s e adjourned at liall-pa,t *even o'clock Thuraday neat. CATHOLIC MEETING. On Saturday last a meeting was held at D'Arcy'r, I Essex-street, Dublin, fur the purpose of arcing. tog the mo►t effectual means 'of obtaining sign; w hires . to, end forwarding the Catholic Petition to both Mores of Parliament. otvILN tYCONOR, Esq. was in the Chair. Mr. O'CONOI 9 , on taking the Choir, expressed winch surpriee air., regret that the Petition should be isithheld so long. At a moment when the li bend and enlightened Sta►esmen cf the Empire sere unanimous in their approbation of the meri torious demeanour if the Cetholics of Ireland, it WO, surely, a poor compliment to their kind stud generous intentions towards then', that any relax ation should take place nil the port of the Calm. her, in promoting their views by their own neces sary 'unions. They should avoid shewing any apathy cm so important an occasion; mid, above all, they must c onvince those great men, their stalely and zealous advocates, that they have a full coutidence in their good wishes. and the justice of the country, that their veneration for the British Constitution, and the laws emanating from it, fully entitle them to a participation in those blessings, which they ore so eminently calculated to bestow ou all members of the community. Mr. O'Goastasi observed, that the reason why the General Petition was at present so backward woe, that some of the parishes of the city had, at an early period, held meetings on the subject, which were eery numerously attended ; and if followed up with the spirit with which it had commenced, would certainly have been the most eligible mode of pro ceeding. Each parish studio. a particular Peti tion numerously signed, would give the most powerful weight to the general one. But an over weening delicacy, Le believed, on the part of the leading Catholics, in wishing to avoid all appear once of adding to the alarm so highly created by meetings in the Sister Countries, cast a damp on the jest intentions of the many ; and that mode, which had on all former occasions been properly and beneficially adopted, was, for the present, front this consideration relinquished. For his part, he could not suspect that their meetings would add, ie. the slightest degree, to the alarm of the m o . ment ; but he could not forbear giving his best ap probotiets to the good sense and prudence of the Gentlemen who thought otherwise. Several Gentlemen expressed their sentiments, and all agreed in opinion with the Learned Secre tary, Out such must have been the impresrion that half gone abroad, and prevented the Catholics, as usual, from holding parochial meetings. Several thought it was the wisest and most conciliating lice of conduct iii the present slate of the times. A number of Gentlemen were appointed to ■t teud at the time of Divine Service, at the different Chapels, to obtain signal tares. Leiters from the Earl of Donotionsioan and the Right Henn. HENRY GRATTAN were read, iu which throe elistiuguished personages assured the Esel el VINGALL cud the Committee of their best anti most zealous suppint, and the early intro duelion al their claims to the notice of the Legis lature. ADDIZESS TO THE PEOPLE OE APAIN, THE PATRIOT GUER.. R 11.1.44, As 1) THE SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN OF THE EXPLDMON PagPAILING AT CADIZ, Peopt.► OT SIPAIN!---Your younger Brethren of tee Pro •:;,ets of Y.:., zit, la desire to speak to yon in the spirit of 6:merrily and a peace. Simple Republicans themselves, they yet resp. et all the ranks which they now address ; fur to Spain all ranks have, in happier times, illustrated the national glnry, and the people of Venezuela cherish its re ollerlions less than the proudest Castilian. They are the el.i: , lrru of the Colonial, you of the Mother Country ; nod it is the futtdmineutal, t►e eternal law of such relation ship, which they would here suggest to your soletun cou tett-ratio! . It is Y iu political as in physical nature, when the infant becomes relatively stronger than the patent, it assumes au imilepen.lent existence; and the physician who should destine the chill ut.str to separate from the bosom of its mother, would not act inure madly than the pulluiciau who should destine the Cotiny to be an eternal dependency of the Pa ient State. All history illustrates the truth of this - tom ; and, iu the present case, no parallel can be so close as aim of B. ttaiu sad her American Colonies. The greatest naval power ahith the world has ever beheld could not re t.iu the .ti.,;lu-Arnerican Provinces in subjection. .tuJ what *wild be the resale of such a connexion, if it could be rendered perpetual? As the family, of which the sl.ldriu nisi r become independent of the parent, but are 11d414.1.11,i.d i'uouu a daily decreasiiix pat risnunial inheritance, snake* uu asdi ante in opulence, but sinks below the multi puma tali nt auJ skill of its neighbours: so the Colony and Mother Count' y, wb:ch are fettered by one political system, are reeipsucally embarrassed and weakened. Colonies, on the contrary, are like children, most valuable only whets the, b' come eu.it bAudent. Of these truths the colonial system ul Waal,' Alain alforda a memorable proof. The revenue rho Is that kitigulows derives fruits North American commer cial mien:untie is vastly greater titan it ever derived from North ASII4/ lean taxation. • . 'lle mouses which attested Britain and Spain ia these colonial wars, simiisr iu one respect, have been utterly dim r ent iaauutimr. Both have been excited by national whit— tles finite source, woes well employed, of many Knurl awl may useful achievemeals. But in Britain, as in Spain, oars are more properly the acts or tl.e Government than of the nation; and Britain being a constitutional monarchy— Brain a despotiont—the Government of the former bad, in its colonial struggle, ■n intelligible, that of the latter an irrs. tional object in view. The constitutional Government stain ! rally enough sought, by retaining its Colonies, to increase the naval and military strength of the nation. The despo tic Government, on the 'contrary, while it enfeebled and abased its Colonies, derived, from the very nature of despot ism, interests at titter variance with those of the nation. 'Demotions substitutes individual and selfish for national and pilgrims interests ; and hence it is that the Government of Spain, not the nation, without economizing either the treasures or the blood which is vainly wasted is the Ameri can war, looking in that struggle only to the interests of its creatures and dependants, who, with money or with mean ness, have purchased the lucrative or she honourable °Aces of that country from Ministers and Courtiers, from that cruwd of idle and corrupt sycophants who maintain their luxury by the industry or the toil of every virtuous and 1 hononrable citizen. Such, Spaniards, it clearly appears, are the base motives of the despotism—as auti•natiooal as anti. Like useful children then, of an illustrious race, the pee. plc of the Provinces of Venezuela are anxious 1,, advance the real prosperity of the Mother Country. They pursue a sys. tern not more hotiourahle to themselves than it must be finally beneficial to Spain. Boasting one origin, and speak ing one language, it is impossible they should not, if unim peded by despots, eternally seek one common benefit. Happy the Mother Country which, abandoning an infanticide po licy, as absurdly foolish as frightfully disgusting, seeks only to outrun its Colony in an illustrious career of rival good and rival glory ! Thus assuredly may Spain prolong a more honourable existence. The fate of States, however, is in general like that of the individuals of tibias they are composed. Men, alas ! can scarcely be said to pass more regularly from the vigour of manhood to nimbly, decrepitude, and death, than nations from democracy to oligarchy, despotism, and politi cal extinction. Few, too, are the aaliosa which have ever a second time enjoyed political life. To llaly alone belongs the glory of having twice cultivated learning and the arts, and of now aspiring to independence which, strange as it May seem, she would long ere now have enjoyed, had it not been fur one of the manifold crimes of your Government. An infamous compact made Spain for ages a mere depen dence of France, and to compensate this, and the division and weakness of Germany, the nations of the North have buuud Italy hand and fool, and made her a dependence of Austria. To the same cause is owing the maintenance of two distinct kingdoms in your peninsula. Thus does the political ignorance, the political weakness, or the political crime of one nation ruin the whole structure of society. Italy, however, aspires to independence; and Germany to freedom. Even Greece has visions of ancient glory. May Spain precede them in all! To prolong, th►n, a more honourable existence, or to re novate the vigour of the Mother Country, is the zealous wish of the Colonists. In this sacred task, Nobles and People of Spain, they reckon on your aid. Though those tremendous energies which enabled you to drive a foreign invader from I your fields, as the rack is driven before the tempests of heaven, now slumber io peace, yet is yours only that awful calm which precedes the storm. The day of reckoning is at hand fur that domestic tyrant, who in one breath favours and destroys the noble, while it is his glory to scorn and crush the people—whose crimes render it safer to be a Mi ■ister of Turkey thee of Spain—bolter to be a *awe of the Sultan this of the Bourbon Nero. But the hoar of retribu tion approaches , . Then will those indulgences be snatched away with which artful bigotry pampers brutal sensuality —then will that trembling coward, who in vestments wet with human gore insults the God of Mercy with his prayers, read the long scroll of his crimes—then will the band.writing on the wall be, " Remember the blood of the Patriots." Wbeu that boar approaches, as armpit shall, your younger brethren count on your patriotism. Patriot Guerrillas of Spain—Nubles of nature, who have scorued to crouch at the feet of a despot—the free Colonists of the Provinces of Venezuela have sworn to aid you in your holy cause. Unite then with those who now address you in council and in conduct. Impart daily through your con fidential agents, every mesas of realizing independence and freedom. Your interests are the same ; for the interests of all humanity are the same ; and perhaps good sod bad men du out differ (ruin each other more essentially than in the knowledge or ignorance of this great truth. The had seek to promote their in t tat the expense of others—the good by the benefit of all ; and those assuredly cannot COMMA. skate benefits who do not first po theta. Hence do the people of the Provinces of Venezuela seek to promote the real good of Spain, as well as their own ; and they require of you only a reciprocal feeling. The in stant therefore that the measures agreed on are realised, yours are their armaments and munitions of war. Their fleets already exceed those of Spain in effective energy, if not in number; they hover on those points of your coast where they are destined to aid you; they will in no way de ceive your expectations or baulk your dependance on them. May the friends of liberty then rise in a hundred cities! may Madrid no longer be polluted by the presence of despot! may the base agents of inquisitorial tyranny be offered as a holocaust to the maws of the heroes of liberty! j Soldiers and Seamen of the Expedition! ye who have dreamt the dream and seen the vision of military glory ! say was it ever yet realised in the train of a despot ? In the human iinaginatiou, can there be sentiments half so abhor rent of each other as those of honour and slavery? Or can Spanish pride, like that of the liveried menial, find, in the unmanly insult it may bestow on the suppliant, a noble compensation fur the creeping baseness with which it must approach, or the coward fear with which it trembles before • vulgar tyrant? The brave mess 10 whose name I now ad dress you, cannot and will not believe this. The pride, the smith of honour, the love of glory which you cherish forbid them. Nu, you have hitherto waisted only the power of declaring ourselves. To accelerate thus, we repeat the assurance, that all the hopes held out to you in our Proclamation of the 241 of March shall be realised—all the promises of reward and provision ou our soil, as well as of rank and emolument, fulfilled. Your comrades who lately joined us in IMO., instead of recruiting the ranks of a despot, maxi cooly await your arrival. The vessels which bear you to shores happier far than those of Spain, are already ours, as their brave UAW/ are our allies. Soon will both complete the emancipation of the New World. That of Spain will be achieved, perhaps, ere yea have here joined your sew com rades in arms. Givia and sigord at ibe Palace of Goverootesli, is An gostura, lb.a 'fd day of April, 10114 (ttigised) SIMON BOLIVAR. J.1.1141C11 Mil IL. KINGSTON. OCTOBER 25. Rear-Admiral Sir Home Popham. K.C.8., in consequence of his recent promotion. changed his flag ou Saturday last (October 23) from blue to red. The customary salutes were fired on the occasion. OCTOBER 16. A report has reached this ci'y that all the thifor.. Innate British officers, taken at Porto Bello. and confined ■t Omen. had been beheaded, by order of the Comtnandaut of that place. OCTOBER 9. We regret to lesrn from the Bermudas, that a bilious remittent fryer had broken out in those islands, and had swept oti several inhabitants, as well as soldiers and seamen. The medical prac titioners at St. George's had almost all become sick themselves, or exhausted by their arduous duties, in consequence of which Doctors Gilbert and Cook hail tendered their services to visit the rick, notwithstanding that they hail patients in their re spective quarters of the country to attend, as well as in St. George's. CHRISTMAS DAT.—Holiday at all the Public Offices. 'Sit P. SS. LON DON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25. 1819. THE The House of Lords will inert spin on Mon dayr wheu the omendinetits made by the House of Commons on the Libel Bill will be taken into ton- sideration. Their Lordships will scarcely he able to recognize the Bill as an old acquaintauce. The Right Reverend Prelate who, with so much good taste, good sense, and profound learning, drclared that the publication of a libel, being a felua•s crime, deserved a felor's punishment, will look in vain for the penalty of transportation ; even the penalty of banishment will now be found somewhat mitigated, for it will rest in the discretion of the Court whether it shall be inflicted for life or a limited number of years. Thi• latter modification was introduced by the A TTOILN EY.GIN ERA 1., Oil account of the very thlferent legal consequences that attend banishment for life and banishment fur years, and which we fear was nut sufficiently understood by the Houses of Psi.fitment durtisT, the disco:firm of the measure. When the ATTORNEY-GENERAL first noticed the difference, we were inclined to think that the civil death, which is the comae quence of banishment fur life, was attached rather to the crime of which the individual may be con victed, and not to the penally ; and that as libel was neither treason nor felony, the forfeiture of all civil rights, includi►►g that of property, would not attach to the penalty of banishment inflicted in its simplest form by the present Bill, and this sup position was in some degree confirmed by the cir cumstance, that in the ciiits'ail THOMAI of Wey. land, sod Sir ROBERT BELIENAY, mentioned by Lord COKE, the parties who abjured the realm had been guilty of treason and felony ; but undoubtedly Lord COK6 lays down the rule absolutely as was staled by the ATTORNEY and So. LICITOR-GENERAL, that banishineot for life is a civil death. By the present Bill, therefore, a man convicted a second tune of a libel may, at the dis cretion of the Court of King's Bench, be deprived of all control over his property—the heir may enter •pon his lands as if the immediate ancestor were actually dead, his wife may claim her dower or her jointure—if the man so convicted and sentenced to perpetual exile hold lands in fee pimple, his simple contract creditors will be deprived of their debts—if his will be made, it will immediately begin to operate, and the fruits of his industry will be enjoyed by others. A punishment so severe, we are convinced, could not be contemplated by many of thole who voted for the Bill, and who might have thought it advisable to free the country of a troublesome writer, without conceiving it just to deprive him of all Isis property. The House of Commons adjourned last uight until Thursday next, when they will meet for the purpose of receivisig such communications from the [louse of Lords as may be necessary, and of hear ing the Royal Assent given to the Bills affecting the public Press. The House will Oleo adjourn to the 15th of February. A Petition was last night presented to the House of Commons by Mr. lavtoo, from several of the most respectable Merchants in the City of London. complaining generally of the depressed state of trade, and piayii g that Parliament might institute an inquiry into the causes of the present distresses. The Petition was c9►uched in very guarded terms, earl carefully excluded every appearance of br ing dictated by feelings merely political. The matter of it gave ripe to some discussion, in the course of which Mr. ItICARDO entered into a detailed statement of his plau for paying riff the national debt I His plan is, that a gene ral assessment should be imposed upuis all p►o. perty iu the kingdom fur this purpose ; but His merous and severe as are the evils that flow from the existence of this debt, they are few sod boot in comparitiou with those which so violent au act►uu must create. If the 'hilst►ou of the national debt be an object which can no lougtr be post. pontd, better far would it be to use a sewage at once, than to convulse the whole frame of society by such a project as that proposed by Mr. llt- CARDO. The financial statements made on Wednesday night i n th e Ilnuse of ...:oionx?ois .i by the C'UAN• caLLoa of the Exclitc9u*n., instead of creating confidence iu the commercial put of the world, have rather hid the effect of c ,t)rpri.e, by the supposition that the expectations held out by the Right lion. Gentleman canine', by any pcw.i bility, be realited. We most confess thiut we too felt and expresaed some astonishment, but so much respect is due to the words of the Right lion. Gen tleman upon a subject with which he must be inti mately acquainted, and the time is now so nearly •1 hand when the correctness of his representations can be aacertained, that we should not think ourselves justified in attempting by any general reasoning or calculations upon uncertain data, to alley how un substantial are the hopes that seem to be enter tained by the !NIA lion. Gentleman. There is a pleasure, too, in confiding is sin li reposrutatiors which wr would not readily forego, and our frith is confirmed by the consideration that the Right lion. Gentleman leas pledged Ins character, in pre sence of Pailiketnent and the country, for the truth of what he has advanced. It it then to be understood from the CHANi. CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that the plan of homier proposed 1.1,t Session, and sanctioned by Partialtwill, will be strictly pursued during the en suing year, and that the receipt of the revenue, including the Sicking Fund, will be found pot only folly adequate to cover the whole expenditure, but that some surplus of revenue, amounting nearly to five millions, the sum contemplated last Session for constituting an efficient Sinking Fund, will be made available in the hands of the Commissioners fur liquidating the National Debt. Such is the promise made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, and it is right that it should be distinctly understood. The only leen, therefore, necessary for the ensuing year, will be one for Ike purpose of prying off some of the debt due to the Bank—the last loan, too, we are told, that will he contracted during the continuance of pence. The amount of the loan will be a matter of consideration for Parliament. One of five millions was contemplated during the last Session, but it was then understood that five millions should be paid to the Bank on or before April next. Now we are not sure that the CHAII CELLOS of the EXCHEQUER'S promise of not de viating from the plan proposed, embraced the full payment of this sum, of which only 1,200,000/. has been as yet discharged ; but if it did not, we may expect to find the difference added tb the amount of the luau originally contemplated, and, as the Treating delights in round numbers, we shall pro bably find that recourse will be had to the market previous to the close of the present Session of Par liament fur a loan of TEN MILLIONS. There undoubtedly exists a desire in this country to invest capital in the French funds, because the rate of interest paid fur money by the French Government is crintidersbly higher than the rate of interest paid by the British Government, and also because there is in France an operative sinking fund, amounting, we believe, to one per cent. ou the whole debt, which holds out the assurance of a considerable rise at no distunt period in the value of French government securities. The want of capi tal actively employed has been frit in this country as a source of evil, but we question whether there *multi be any material difference, with regard to its beneficial employment, between capital lying in the English funds, and the same capital transferred to the French funds. The quantity, whatever it may be, would not, we are convinced, under the existing circumstances of the country, produce such an improvement in the price of stock as to drive any considerable portion of capital out of the funds, to be more actively employed in trade, agri culture, or commerce ; but still the transfer of ' capital is an evil of great and alarming magnitude. We think, however, that the desire of transfering it from this country to France will be counteracted by that principle of the French law which pre vents all testamentary disposition of property, and which is so repugnant to the habits of thinking rod the prevailing sentiments of Englishmen. The Morning Chronick is mistaken in supposing that the repeal of the droit d'anbaine has affected this principle in the law of France. The Editor of The Chronicle must be aware that the droll d'oalraine related to aliens only, and consequently that the repeal of the law had no other effect than to remove the hands of the Government, mud to place foreign ers, with regard to their property, on the same footing with native subjects of France. If, there fore, a native subject enjoy. nu power of testamen tary disposition, an alien cannot expect to be treated by the law of France with greater indulgence, ■nd his property must, on his demise, be shared among hi 4 children or other relatives in the same manner as if it were the property of a Frenchman. Jamaica Papers have been received to the 26th October, from which we have made extracts. The paragraph respectireg the British Officers taken at Porto Bello is entitled to no credit. In the first place, these Officers were protected by a formal capitulation ; and secondly. the war iii South Ame rica has assumed a character that forbids such barbarity. ... . . Yesterday owning the Juuat Aitinpi-GE- 74LRAL attended the PRINCB REGENT at Cii.ltou Hou.e fur a cutisicirrable time, mud took lots Royal Ilightiest.'s commands upon the proceedings of 1 'Literal cuorts•tnartial. I The Inez and Vansittiirt left • Bombay* 'for •! Clone on the Zatis of July. The Aikr and Slreuthuse arrived at Calcutta on . the 9:11 of July. ... 11, .r. il : 1 4irfi 1 i- ...--;:. \ z.... •; • •,,,1 1 ty „ ,...:1- t.: 4 'wrir) ~...." :I . 4 ' --------. -7. , --' 8...* - ~ C-' --- 7.--KAIlkkr"••••-• I",•,e ....,Tis , •\----- • ! . ,0 itief J2, 1411- e <j ejt...2„. alio 84 .) 4it , ORIGINAL POETRY. Oil Tilt IitTIRFIRENT, THE REGaiTTSII I RETTRINIFTT or MIX 0 . /IRILL FROM Tilt WAGE, Oil HER M•Rill•Ull WITH RIR. BECHER, X R. %Could there were framed some special Act, To scare (Renders by etpuswee For •t:s a robto i y iu fart, To shut tip 'relent by enclo-ort.. Fur oft and kris; must we rem•mbrr, Him mirth our hearts were taught to feel; And new what hoots it that • Member Is found befitting Miss O'Nass.t.' We had not cared a single farthing, Had Mallow occupied Ms powei ; But now to pleat from Currni-garden, Its richest, purest, saretcsi flower. For shut within the sacred lane, No longer praise or lime can react her; The joy he lier's—but mini the pain, That changes Miss O'NEILL to Bigema.a. AII~n. The PRINCE REGENT left town yesterliy :it three o'clot k for Brighton. Yesterday the Duke of YORE, after transio;: g military hustue.s, left town for NVincluir. H Royal Highness was expected to procetd thence to Oatlatidr. The Duke of GLOUCESTIM left Gloucester. house yesterday, about twelve o'clock, for Ilrighto!.. The Marquis and Marchioness of CONYNORAM arrived in town last evening from Brighton. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, the 1.:.rtl of DARLINoToN, Lord STRATHMORE, E 4, I GREY, &c. have passed though Doncaster, h•r their residence in the North to spend the Chi istmas. Mr. BECHER Settles 1,0001. a year on Mr-s &Nem., now Mrs. BECHER. Ile refused to take a shilling of her fortune, which she has settled on her family as follows:—On her father at..l mother, 5001. a year; her brother ROBERT, 30n1, ;, year; her second brother, in the 44th regimer., 4001. ti year; and, on her sister, a sum of 5,0001. TileamicAt.s.--The York companv of come. diens are gone to !lull, under their leader, %Ir. MANSELL, who has added a number of new re cruits to his former veterans. An actress of 1::e name of STANLEY holds a very high reputation amongt them. Lord SesitisostouGH, we regret to say, continues in a very infirm state of health. His hounds gar out regularly, but he is unable to attend them. Tile TURF.—The different stables are now he. ginning to try their young stock that are named for the St. Leger Stakes; and the different jockies are gone down to the studs of their respective masters for that purpose. The Improvements making in the race-course at Doncaster are going on with great activity, both m+ to widening, draimirig it and riutiwg it off, including , a mach larger space than it has hitherto occupied. Ou Sunday last, Dr. JAMES SAURIN, Drru of Derry, was consecrated Bishop of Dro ttttt re, in Ar. maigh Cathedral, by his Grace the Lord Primate of All IREL•ND, resisted by the Right Reverend il,e Lord Bishop of Maar, and the Right Reverend she Lord Bishop of Co.oosea. Dr. 1111.1.ui preached a very impressive and excellent Sermuu on this interesting occasion. We have great pleasure in correcting the para. graph stating that pecuniary difficulties had inter. fired to delay the intended marriage of the lion. Miss Score to the Rev. Mr. BARRE% No diffi culties whatever have occurred, and the union is to take !dace with the perfect consent of the parties on both sides.—(Morning Paper.) YORK CHRISTMAS SHEW.—This fair had • great number of horses of the nag kind, which were bought at good prices ; but not many of the car riage sort were purchased. The organization of several new yeomanry corps has taken place generally throughout the :North of England. and the natural consequence has been that several of the turuultuary meetings have ceased. MELANCHOLY CI aCUMIXTANCII.--.We relate with great concern, that a letter liar been received from Dublin, stating that the second daughter (unmet. Tied) of the late WILLIAM JOHNSON HARTE, EN. of Coolrue. • blooming girl, ass rio dreadfully burnt, by her doilies taking fire, at the houoe of her mother. that she immediately expired.—(Kerry Evening Post.) ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY. On the evening of yesterday sennight, between the hours of six and seven o'clock, a man was discovered iu the cool vault of Dr. ROBERT FERCWIAL, at Atiolield. Donnybrook. near Dublin, by GEORGE FORIIAN, the gardener of Dr. PERCEVAL, who, perceiving him there, asked who and what he wits ? The fel low rustle no reply; FORKAN immediately took him into custody. and sent for the police. All this time he pretended to be deaf and dumb. Ou the arrival of peace officers CAMPBELL, WARD, 15. e. these very efficient Doctors, after performing some galvanic operations, found means of restoring him to his speech and hearing, when he said fits name was Tobias Delany. On the recovery of his lost faculties, his first expressions were (whether from surprise or gratitude at his speedy recover)) " Oh o Lord !" Ile was committed fin trial at the ensuing Sessions. There wagon excellent take of herrings between the Cumbrae Isles and Port Crawford the week be fore last ; fifty barrels were cured at Milport. Last Saturday ettening• sennight.• towards the close of the twilight, nine boats front bogs had something like a miraculous draught. In the space of ten minutes • all the nets were filled ; aud one of the boats nearly sunk by the extraordinary load. The fishers hastened ashore is an ecsucy of joy. and ad vertised the herrings through the town at Ys. pee hundred. This proved • very seasonable relief to many a needy person. sod what remained unsold were carted off to Greenock mud other places early on Moodily. _