The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

IRE IJAIV D. tPROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 1 1 6. • DUBLIN, OCT. 14Ts. itg ti;eeciternent Produced by the proclamation preven . t .; 40 w _ inteaed Clontarf meeting on last Sunda been tiri,o7 subs i de d although the peace of the city has ofte Hight at not a single breach of the peaceh t anse s tnerription in an way attributable to . polit .... ica . l P,co...nnylag occ r rred throughout the week. . 3 1r 1410iiing';hneellortoaeliks of. impeaching the Government for Is . ,id habit procl amat ion. He has not, however, forgotten Itre, , s, bat has forthwith proceeded, on the d d ition g a t i i i l f "I° Government proclamation, to l evy an a - , tion 4 4 "T"t uPon his dupes by the name of " Procla. „ Ll/ r the '.",eY," and has so far succeeded that the rent e ,7 1 itio q 1K WaS announced to have increased by the ' 4 4 0 4' no less than £6OO proclamation money. th e 114,104rPta tinder both heads amounting to X] .105 i: l . , ! n a g . one vit t i t, ?, of various kinds were very numerous d i F r i tio unt all was conjecture until past . sev . en o'c_locic enio„l,,eertinc When the town publication of the 11000c4e41a:i....1 was' issued, containing the following an- e EVENING MAIL OFFICE, It It Six o' Clock. 4 k et ° 4 la e Press to announce that informations have • Y sworn against all the conspirator? before lt,,lo(l:ed.e Burto n in the afternoon, and were tb.is.even -11ted. in the Crown ffi The warrants will be ex tltt t ''rnorr o . .° ce * e i ‘ or a l' a rrow and, although we are aware of the k:ti,. l ``' tak e .c Parties, we think Ident to let Oct 17, 1843, -•- .iink it more prudent :o let 10 s tag e its course, and not make any further ital. upon the e Silbj ect . ltla ki tilicTr st •ti int - WILL TAX!: PLACE TO-MORROW. 411 b ended t , ki t qep eal put down with th e s t rong arm of the a 5t 0 ,„ ,0 -, eetin.q., Associ a ti ons , an d C om mittees, e further collection of Repeal rent. T Goo S AYE THE QUE FN. jhj 1 - , ON G 'd - y e l i • LORD DE RE . tta th ro , ."00 of the intentions of the Government :n the city like wildfire, all the clubs, public lo t , ° ll o llr emwa,re immediately filled, and remained until a 'Prnh le d by groups of persons anxiously descry ilt the m proceeding s . ^ Ned orn g a considerable number of persons Betwne M,r rion-square, where Mr. O'Connell re °irle and ten o'clock, Mr. Kemmis, the kl e ue a nd waited upon Mr. O'Connell, to request kk,el before Mr. Justice Burton at as early a period 4 k 4 , .115Pris:,4",°enient. Mr. O'Connell had previously " 0 5 , Mr. Kemmis, by letter, that he had tii 4 ;4'e n e ted to take proceedings against him and Mr. ktd. N Nt l ' on ,. ll ; upon a charge " conspiracy and other tit t ;:rtar it , and that informations had been sworn, t ttia th,:'ne( l . in consequence of which it would be on t t , bail should he entered into for their ap litt • J,, d ne first day of next term, in the Queen's lit, eo 4ld -- 11 :e Burton intimated to Mr. O'Connell that k tr4. e hi, h a t atte nd convenie n tly on S a t ur d a y, he would hole at t e ti n gt , ll is (Judge B ur t on ' s ) h ouse on M on d a y uhe ,8 0 cl ock. However, it was arranged that e rp .,,:u attend at Judge Burton 's residence, in N ri ;e4rdi n .r, on that day, Saturday, at three o ' clock ; 4. l ,Nipe . Y, .4 quarter before three, Mr. O'Con . nell, Nl, h hIS son John, Daniel O'Connell, jun., on. Lo ll Mr. Close, Mr. Clements, Mr. Dunne, tit oe t ace, &nt and others, arrived at Judge Burton's 55d N)Lere his lordship,Mr. Kemmis, crown soli itht sere „ r ' B ourne, cler of ihe crown, met them. !/Itl ilcort into the drawing-room, and from g g Burton's study where Mr. O'Connell entered into the required bail -14:7h ri„ each, and two sureties of £5OO each. Mr. B atl; n L e a nd Mr. Cornelius I‘l` Loughlin are the I ,ht4tfith iitlo gentlemen. Mr. O'Connell laughed and IN,he pen s °ao around him ; praised the pictures and • It'ill , act if nothing at all had happened. His 14,14,§e,rtIlated to be tia•mmed. tO tb Z'i t I % at the arrests are to have a very wide scope, l iNi tt t td 4 1 , 1 editors of journals and the gentlemen jit,ltteht" the working of the association. The Itili:ejoileet:rt!illinthsteryucted by the government to remain received intimation from the castle inll,:indalice Was no longer required. a t thi n g 'a from a fourth edition of the Dublin 'l‘ l , 8 day . I : l ll e ,,, ll ave • " Nation-o ffi ce, five o'clock. artajust received a list of the parties against ki-r,"'s are issued. They are as follows : \. () ;(,,, N ANcp AT THE MALLAGHMAST MEETING. pb k 7, M.P., I Dr. Gray. I Thomas Steele. ~n el4Nnks, -CE AT THE DINNER AFTER THE , s 44 tl () C PC ° MEETING. ur 'C 'Then M p T. M. Ray, • Gray on 4e . h it aY, 11, M.P., Thomas Steele, -,g 41 R. Barrett. PART IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Ll l r‘ ,4ln e n ASSOCIATION. " C •' R. Barrett, m . p Thomas Steele, bu ff , T. M. Ray, i e r , -0, Lusk, Dr. Gray. ap Teo itri,smoringz,lon - itt Pe t t ,„? Ptit e V°ra of ' police have just waited upon Mr. 'in ß bun under arrest and make arrangements v e row _ ail, , i„\l4lath," solicitor has communicated with all the i ht et , ( bn 41 , ,, manner as with Mr. O'Connell, and i o / it - ` ) klet fr om them for their attendance next term i tii t Te o 6 , Ti f een's Bench. pers ' oti on entering Judge hands' Burtons study, e: h lhe n retirin: earfsent, perfectingand shook with the ti t le juugrewho was o s o t i h g e ni b og ail, he went 04 r t i n o n n , to ft !, o ; vi er :QS with him a ' second time. the bonds, Jad a °umber of aeraons collected round the Rurton, so m e of whom cheered as . Mr. ' r ed his coach and drove off to Merrion- P URTHER ARRESTS. 4e d nil to the Parties mentioned above , I have as- ItP te ,uench warrants, signe d by Mr.. Justice 10,14,,5et oespatched to the country last night, by Il l t i „ li ale.l e rat to he served upon "John, of Tuam," t t ,,N"tWeij ',Prd O'Higgins, titular bi-hop of Ardagh ; Ite t olar bishop of Meath ; Mr. ex Justice 1411 1o l neeti, Yulahon, who lately presided at the great Maryborough ; and the Rev. Dr. h tt ni t " uubil"ne notoriety. It is expected that they N k l " i t i , r ,'ea , lo ,'„ n by Monday. ~l e " 1 °, `` l know that there are a great many more be ~h c l ejo treated in a similar manner, to the kil l ' e h eor e ' of more th an one h un d r ed, including 144 t/ Anwo town councillors. The latter and the 1 4 4 kio whO anticipate prosecution are panic 001 r only chance of obtaining the heavy bail 4, t o r. doubt, be required, being through the Ntilsui,°-,,ilb the arres t s . M r . O'C onne ll l os t no `44:e'vne following address, which appeared in ) I '4 4 % ng journals : 11: 1 lOnvp ev ening T H E PEOPLE OF IRELAND. N I 11 ;1 °ph 'eh ' LLm v - COUNTRYMEN !—I announce to thi o Y ° _, ll will h ear f rom ot h er quar t ers , name ly. ~t e t Lis K eY d ay give n h a il to answer t o a c h arge o f 1 / 45i th o `a. u other misdemeanours,' the first day of pe;opi,,,ta'ke this announcement in order to con t',,Pae and all to observe the strictest and Vee "angny. ' Any attempt to disturb the 2Y be most disastrous; certainly, would be tc; e ll ' e hievons. 1 4 1 ih 1 e beloved countrymen, to me. ki . , a4 c e , e loor te d by anybody to break the peace, to T h e stir to be guilty of any tumult or di!. rpirlhtest crime ag ainst order or the public our •nti • beautiful and s otherwise triumphant lh ere 4 k' I eat ' r u s ing this crisis, follow my advice, and ha t,l„, to do patiently, quietly, and legally, t 'ik,tt i ‘ t t lhP ri ` o u ti g r e myself to you, , that . the period is not tt,:ty ,n C o n revered Sovereign will open the Irish v t tet,„!ge-green. • l'ls•:,lhe rt „''',_°f our enemies to disturb the progress It% it:" a4„'",nas had direct contrary effect. This ti Patt-,o7ii unless it be assisted by any miscon the people. 1 1, the Went and we shall betrinnhant. ),4tt pi flour to be, your ever faithful servant, 14N Pp 444 90 " DANIEL O'CONNELL. ee thQ ,al'e October 14, 1843." 1, 44 1 ;4 1 4 4 j ournal of this morning , . in announcing tt6l% ' 3 f th &ening Mail of Friday, states, by esthea that lo order to prevent any popular out itealent°l4d Put a speedy termination to the Itl on ', a nd drain UD the sources of Dan's ex ,`,bA„the 0 - "a9 next O'Conne ll will move, at the sil;ttt'touliptiiitlPseal Association , ciation,fe following -to,To THE IRISH PEOPLE. y ,),, .R.YmEN,-1/Ve er r and h oodyngttot, !ei excellent temp g sense, and it l t i ; n eec, e , tle ,anOur and peaceableconduct which \jilted t 'lati nn 'nu still evince, under circums , ances of kt, 4 1 , .rt„„ • The management (to speak in very hirattllie late . proclamation must be ad et;ttit ett t east highly incautious. We could ~, t o . se i, *e a l O i rt we do not desire to say inor at 1 0, 1 kh, sihi - e - } l l ll be accused of wishing to continue It is our first object to mitigate and tt iL l ie: 4 l), ch 'i fun , 't;lt 4 zeil you can place the most implicit th your never will give you any advice in- It tk t el In4,,,lentinir as or with the due maintenance tiilh;ne , s 'o.alat, e in favour of the independence of RtoW pa t er You know that we cherish the 4 Ilea tl e , 4 et l o ;,'"e devotion to Ireland ; you know s l '. l lei n :. of fatherland animates our bosoms yli! ) fed . ° ' tllO-"."`lnn never to abandon the pursuit of ` J oion until the Irish Parliament shall ) q ' p c , "es e .th 4 P r nyier Oi o eid y a ti ros on your minds we readily an. tti, eqeiescence in our advice. We state „ l a 's the only way to obtain the Repeal Utt4lielit Peaceful, and constitutional ex the'llt,heuidY i mpossible that a nation pursuing If it *l l i 4 not obtain its great object, that ra- Viso jots, eti toilet include the self-management of INFtt"''''llit tj th appp Cri me you strengthen the enemy. Vfq Ned t , °r break the peace you fortify your 1 1014.' 1 '1 , „ I! "at YOu are unfit for self-government. tk eged ! The best proof indeed, and n ar A . "at 3'OU Can give of you r capability of k - tl to ahr o j t r ' Public Waits the readiness with ta ke the ad v i ce of your known f r i en d s, Yki eny oe: ‘ not to o r i g i na t e or commence an t h t le t t:'lv th 2°- The alacrity with which you %al but even to the semblance concerns that Yon are better fi' ted to manage than are those in whose hands the . •.. practical detail of public business happens to be at pre sent vested. " We, therefore, confidently advise you to observe the strictest order, to avoid all pretext for riot, tumult, or breach of the peace, to adhere firmly to your principles, but, at the same time, not to interfere with the opinions of any others. " It is our duty as well as nor interest to conciliate everybody, to injure nobody, firmly to repudiate all con nexion between the repeal question and any distinction of creed or religion. What we seek is not for the benefit of a sect or persuasion, but is intended equally for all. " Strong in these principles; dutiful in our allegiance to the crown ; ardent in our love of fatherland ; convinced that our Parliament can be restored by no other means than those of peaceable and legal exertion, we most anxiously advise, we most earnestly implore you, not to be seduced into any species of tumult, riot, or violence by any event that may occur. " Under the present circumstances nothing can justify any breach of the peace. Whatever may occur, be no parties to any violence whatever, and be assured that we thus point out the route to certain and not remote resto ration of the Irish Parliament. " Signed by order, " DANIEL O'CONNELL, Chairman of the Committee. " Corn Exchange-rooms. Oct. 16, 1843." Although hitherto the most complete tranquility pre, vails, the government have made extensive military preparations in the event of any sudden emergency. The 34th regiment, from Weedon, arrived here on Sunday ; the 24th, from Glasgow, on Wednesday ; and the 65th, from Bolton, yesterday. The latter corps immediately on landing marched to Maynooth, eleven miles from town, en route to Mullingar and other detached stations, and the 70th are daily expected. But little alarm is felt in Dublin ; and even in the provinces not near so much as might be expected, although (notwithstanding the ex aggerated accounts of the numbers of the troops at present serving in Ireland) the entire force amounts, including artillery and marines, to about 21,200 men ; however, there are also about 9000 constabulary whose services would be available. _ _ Sufficient time has not elapsed to enable a correct opinion to be formed of the feelings of the great body of the people in the rural districts of Ireland. The Corpora. tions, however, of Limerick, and Cork, and Sligo have already taken the matter up, and in the first-mentioned city rescinded the standing order, requiring previous notice, to pass the following resolutions, a copy of which we subjoin : On Monday an adjourned meeting of the Limerick Towa Council adopted the following resolution : "That we consider the proceedings adopted within the last year by O'Connell for procuring the repeal of the legislative union, and the meetings held in various parts of the country for that purpose, were strictly legal and constitutional, and did not call for or warrant the inter vention of the executive ; and while we disclaim on the part of the people the least intention of violating the laws, or endangering the public peace, we solemnly protest against any infraction of their legal right to meet to peti tion parliament, upon the assumption that the public peace would be disturbed—an assumption disproved by the expe rience of similar meetings, and by the alacrity with which the meeting to have been holden atClontarf was abandoned, and we hereby declare our deliberate intention to continue our support to O'Connell in the same constitutional course which characterised the repeal movement under his able guidance." The motion was carried and the council adjourned. That this resolution was not the unanimous sense of the corporation appears from the following protest published shortly after " We, the undersigned members of the corporation of the city of Limerick. being absent from the meeting of the council held this day, n 9 intimation having been given of any political motion, feel ourselves called upon to protest against the resolutions passed, and to express our grati tude to our beloved sovereign and her ministers for the measures taken to restore confidence and security to her loyal subjects in this distracted country. "Michael Purnell, D.L. city of Limerick, and alder man; Henry Watson, Henry Maunsell, Edwaad Bernard, John Boyce, jun., William Piercy. `! Limericg, 9th October, 1843." In the Cork corporation the following notice of Motion for Thursday next has been given , by one of the aldermen. " To address her Majesty, praying her to dismiss from her councils the several individuals whose names are af fixed to a proclamation issued late on Saturday evening last, purporting to prevent a meeting publicly called at Clontarf for the Sunday following, for the constitutional purpose of petitioning parliament." Mr. O'Connell has given notice of intention to bring forward. at the meeting of the Corporation of this city on Tuesday next, the following resolution :—" To submit to their consideration the insult offered to the Lord Mayor, and to the Corporation, and the danger arising to the citizens at large, by means of the issuing of an illegal pro. clamation, and by the total disregard of the Lord Mayor's undoubted power and willingness to keep the peace within this city." In this resolution, however, there is a pal pable falsehood, as although formerly the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor of Dublin extended to a great distance round the city on both sides, north and south, that juris diction has been confined, by the Municipal Corporation Reform Sill, within very narrow limits, and does not ex tend to the position intended to have been taken up by the Repealers at Clontarf; t ierefore the authority of the Lord Mayor would not have been sufficient to afford any protection at the scene itself, or to have moved the troops a single inch beyond the present limits of the borough, no matter what scenes of violence might have been enact ed at the point of meeting. A meeting of the inhabitants of the Custom-house Ward has been held at the Carpenters'-hall, in Glouces ter-street, at which resolutions were adopted expressive of confidence in O'Connell, and the same course is in tended to be taken in several of the other wards, but at all the meetings which have been held since the Govern ment have shown determined to act is devoid of all the blustering which uniformly characterized their previous proceedings. SUNDAY EVENING, 8 o'caocK. The city has continued in the same state of undisturbed tranquillity as heretofore, the only difference perceptible to the most experienced eye is, that there are very few of the military in the garrison to be seen about the streets, although the garrison has not been so strong for years. And that the most intense anxiety for news seems to per vade all classes, from the very lowest upwards; doubts now take the place of boasting, even amongst the Roman Catholic party I heard it rumoured that Dan would not attend they usual weekly meeting of the Repeal. Association to-morrow : this, however, I do not credit, nor do I give it as more than one of the thousand rumours of the day. Two meetings were held to-day, one in Henry-street, of the inhabitants of the Post-office Ward, to express con tinued confidence in O'Connell, Mr. John O'Connell at tended, as did also Dr. Gray ; the other meeting com posed of inhabitants of the Linen-hall Ward, was held in the Fruit Market, and the object was the same, in both cases the proceedings have terminated perfect y quietly. Should anything of moment occur to-morrow, you shall bear from me by one or both mails. MEETING OF THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION, YESTERDAY WEEK. (From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.) The City of Dublin Steam Ship Co's. steamer Queen Victoria, Captain Beasley, arrived in the river this morn ing, at about a quarter past six. from Kingston. When she left, yesterday afternoon, Dublin was perfectly tranquil. A great concourse of people lined the principal thorough fares leading to the Abbey-Street Theatre and the Rotun da, and the greatest possible anxiety prevailed, all anxious to learn the next step of the Government. As had been previously notified a repeal meeting was held in the Abbey-Street Theatre, and a repeal dinner given in the Itotunda, at both of which O'Connell and his leading col leagues. including Tom Steel, were present. The meeting went off very qu , etly ; but, so great was the attendance, that none of our informants were able to get within hearing, and, as there are no papers published until after the Queen had sailed, it is impossible as yet to give the tenor of the speeches. A mail, however, leaves Dublin at half-past nine o'clock, and by her we expect further particulars, which we shall publish in a Third Edition. A rumour was current that the arrest of O'Connell would be effected to-day, and we have good authority to believe the probability of such a rumour. Several Conservatives who from curiosity had secured seats on a platform that had been erected at Clontarf, have been completely duped of the price, 2s. 6d., which the Association refuse to restore. It is said £BOO has been pocketed by this scheme. (From our Third Edition of Tuesday last.) The usual weekly meeting took place yesterday, the 9th, in Calvert's Theatre, Abbey-street, the Corn Exchange being insufficient to accommodate the numbers expected to attend, including some hundreds of the Liverpool re pealers, who arrived on Saturday and Sunday. The theatre was crowded to excess in every part. Shortly after twelve o'clock the chair was taken by John O'Connell, M.P. Addresses of congratulation were then presented to Mr. O'Connell, from the repealers of Manchester and Staley Bridge, congratulating him on the progress of the repeal agitation. He briefly thanked the deputation for the compliment paid to him. Letters were read from various parts of the country, enclosing subscriptions, and many of which were denomi nated " proclamation money". Mr. O'CONNELL, in reference to a phrase in one of these letters, said that nothing could excruciate him more than the occurrence of anything tending to a breach of the peace, and he would be moat unhappy if he were not certain that repealers gave him credit for entertaining these sentiments. He would conduct them through the present crisis safe and sound, unattacked and uninjured, in person or property. They should give their enemies no occasion for triumph ; and they would come out of the present crisis with the certainty of obtaining legislative independence—that to which their lives were devoted, and the struggle for which they -never would give up, ex cept with their last breaths. (Loud cheers.) Mr. GREENE, of Liverpool, handed in £45 from that locality, and read the names of the contributors, many of whom, he said, were then present in the pit, and were ready to do or die if necessary. (Great cheering.) Mr. NUGENT, of Kingstown, handed in £7 10s., which , he said, he had collected on the previous (lay at the door of his own house, by hoisting Mr. O'Connell's proclama tion as a standard. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The peo ple flocked around it immediately, and in a few minutes the snm he had handed in was collected. He was de lighted to see the soldiers who landed in Kingstown yes terday sharing their bread with the poor creatures who were asking alms on the bench. Mr. O'CONNELL handed in what he termed his own "proclamation" money—Xs from himself—Xl from each of his seven children, and 255. from his quarter of a hun dred of grandchildr , •n. (Cheers and laughter.) The Hon. and Learned GENTLEMAN then came for ward to address the meeting, and was received with great cheering. lie said he had never addressed a public meet ing with a greater feeling of responsibility—with a more triumphant conviction of the propriety of the conduct of the people, and of the iniquity of their enemies. (Cheers.) It was true he had passed a most hideous day yesterday, because for hours he could not raise his confidence in the people to such a pitch as not to apprehend that mischief might occur at Clontarf, and a massacre of the people ensue as the inevitable result of any disturbance. (Hear, hear.) He would say it was not the fault of the govern ment that a massacre did not take place, and if he were to go to the scaffold for it, he would not hesitate to assert that if the government wanted to entrap the people, they just adopted thecourse calculated to effect their purpose. (Hear) Had it not been for his interposition a massacre would have occurred. He now called on the people to obey every thing having the shape or appearance of legality— if they wished for safety to themselves and for a repeal of the union. If they follow this course they must in evitably obtain repeal—by keeping themselves out of the power of their enemies, who would never venture to throw off the mask and raise the dagger against them—(hear and cheers.) If they did so, it would, of course, be a different case altogether; but he wanted to carry repeal without shedding a drop of blood—without crime or violence of any kind—in such a way as that lie could meet his Redeemer without having anything criminal to answer for, in that struggle for the liberty of his coun• try—(cheers.) It had been said that if he was arrested there might be a struggle. They could say nothing that more grieved him, for it led to the inference that they did no•. believe him to be sincere, when he told them to keep the peace. He now told them to obey the law even if he were to perish in consequence of that obedience. The course of the government with respect to the Clontarf meeting was, he repeated, calculated to cause the slaughter of innocent people. They were in possession of the fact for three weeks, yet did not announce their attention of putting'it down till the last moment. Only for the activity used, and his being in town, the friends of the people could not have cautioned them from attending, and the result might have been fearful. For six months the go vernment had permitted, nay, he might say, countenanced these meetings ; they knew the names of those who took part in them, yet there were no prosecutions—no hint even of their being illegal—no caution given—in fact, on the contrary, there was a continual acquiescence and ac knowledgment of their legality on the part of the govern ment. Up to Friday last such was the state of things, when suddenly the government thought proper to inter fere with the last of their meetings, and one, too, above all others, characterised by decent tranquillity, for the requisition by which it was convened was signed exclu sively by Catholic clergymen. (Hear, hear.) Why did they not publish the proclamation in the Gazette of Fri. day ? The association might then have had time to pre• vent the people from attending. It was late on Saturday before it was issued ; and if he had not sent messengers to the various parts of the country, whence the people were expected to attend, there was no doubt that three or four hundred thousand persons from the surrounding counties would have assembled at Clontarf on yesterday ; and, if they had done so, it would be next to a miracle if some riot were not committed or fomented. (Hear, hear.) Any of the low Dublin Orangemen could have gone there and done it. (Hear, hear, hear.) He asserted that a set of men who could act so, were unworthy of being entrust ed with the government of Dalkey Island. (Laughter.) He then took out a copy of the proclamation, and com mented on it in a sneering and contemptuous tone, clause by clause. One clause referred to placards calling on people to march in military order. Of these placards the Association knew nothing : they were anonymous. The charge that their meetings tended to bring the govern ment and constitution into contempt, he utterly repu diated. He wished only to revive the constitution, and this charge (to use the term of a friend when a man spoke nonsense), mere " fudgeography." (Great laughter.) He denounced the addressing of the proclamation " to all magistrates, officers," &c., as illegal in language, and of ferociaus authority, and quite different from the proclam ation issued in Wales, in which a complete catalogue of the crime was set forth, and ended with enjoining all " magis trates, sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and all other civil authori ties whatsoever to be aiding in the suppression of these outrages." In Ireland there had been no such outrages, and the persons who issued the Irish proclamation should be impeached for the abominable latitude as to the per sons to whom it was addressed. If they put such a procla mation into the Corn-Exchange Rooms, he would be the first to go into it, notwithstanding. If they sent police or soldiers to arrest them, they would submit at once. The crime would be the govern ment's—the legal vindication should be theirs—(cheers.) Mr. O'Connell then announced that he intended to have simultaneous meetings on two occasions, but he would not then fix the days. They would take place before the meeting of parliament, and would be for the adoption and signature of petitions to parliament. He concluded by impressing on the meeting the necessity of an implicit obedience to the laws, but at the same time never desist ing from legally struggling for repeal, and proposed a resolution to that effect. . _ _ Captain SEAVER, of Newry, seconded it, and it was adopted. Mr. O'Connell announced the amount of the week's rent to be £1,1053x. Id. Major NicnolsoN, who said it was the proclamation brought him there, was the second chairman, and the meeting seperated after giving three cheers for Mr. O'Con nell. The above we have abbreviated from the Dublin Even ing Mail of yesterday. In addition to the circumstantial account given, our Contemporary states that the moment the paper was going to press, his question of " What will Mr. O'Connell do next, " ' has been answered by n , less a personage than Mr. O'Connell himself; for his reporter who has just returned from Calvert's theatre, brought an account that the Liberator had em.r.i•ed into . a solemn undertaking " TO PROSECUTE AT LAW EVERY MAN WHO SET HIS HAND TO THE PROCLAMATION PROHIBITING THE CLONTARF MEETING." Farce after Tragedy is fair and quite in O'Connell's view ; but he may shortly find other more serious matter to occupy himself with. On Tuesday, in Dublin, nothing worthy of observation occurred, beyond the very general circulation of a rumour that government, far from having any idea of doing things by halves were about to follow up their first blow by a vigorous prosecution of the leading repeaters, and it was asserted that informations against several parties had al. ready been sworn. The tone in the entire party in that locality was represented as very materially lowered, and there were very evident symptoms of an inclination to back out of their late position. The Repeal Association met on Wednesday for the avowed purpose of " taking into consideration a reply to the pro-slavery manifesto of the repealers of the State of Ohio; and also an address to the people of Ireland, to allay the irritation caused by the recent proclamation." The proceedings were of a very tame character, wanting in all that braggadocio which has characterised them in former times. A great portion of Mr. O'Connell's sweet breath was expended in defending his late remarks on the character of Louis Philippe and his offer of an Irish bri gade, in case of a succssful counter revolution in France, to defend the throne of Henry V. He next addressed the meeting on the subject of the late proclamation. He had to move that it be referred to the committee to prepare the frame of an address to the Irish people, and to have it printed and circulated, exhorting them to persevere in their agitation for repeal; but cautioning them against any excitement in the present crisis, or, indeed, at all— (hear, hear.) He was encouraged to adopt this course hv an address to him from the corporation of Limerick* which he had received that morning. Having read tl i ; document Mr. O'Connell continued to say that his object now was to soothe irritation—to calm down the public mind, and to keep the repeal cause steadily progressi ng by adhering to those principles so often inculcated by him, p-ohibitory of physical force of any kind—(hear, hear.) The rule now was not only to yield to authority but to the semblance of authority. So long as the executive clothed itself with the appearance of legal authority, so long he (Mr. O'Connell) claimed from the people of Ire land submission to the law, and a total abstinence from violence or outrage—(hear.) He was pleased to find that from every phrt of the country letters were fast coming up, stating that the people were universally determined to fol low the advice he had given, and that there was no danger whatever of an outbreak. But it would be necessary to repeat that advice, and to adopt every means in their power of reminding the people of their duty. He had himself intended to draw up an address to the people on this subject, but he thought it better to make the address in the shape of a speech to-day, atd refer it to the committee to draw up the documen with deliberation. After describing the mode in which the proclamation bad been got up and issued, Mr. O'Connell proceeded to state his opinion that it was a military proceedure, dictated by Lord Lyndhurst and the Duke of Wellington, on which the rest of the cabinet had not been consulted ; and as serted that it was intended to have bean read, as a kind of riot act, at the meeting, allowing them only a quarter of an hour to disperse before bringing the troops upon them. (!) He proceeded then to lay down his plan of fu ture operations, which may shortly be described as con sisting in the getting up of petitions from every parish in Ireland, as a mode of amusing his dupes until the present excitement shall have ceased ; and then he would com mence his proposed simultaneous meetings. The whole proceedings were of a most tame and craven nature, the only feature worthy of notice being the transfer of the re. spo,sibility of having uttered the seditious placard, calling for the mounted repealers to proceed to the meeting at Clontarf in military order, from the shoulders of O'Con nell and the Council to those of a Mr. F. Morgan, de scribed as one of the solicitors of the Dublin Corporation The meeting was adjourned to Monday next. There will be a general illumination in Cork, this day (Tuesday), the anniversary of the birth of the distin. guished Apostle of Temperance. I iThe firm of Messrs. Gould and M'Namara, owing to the combination existing amongst the journeymen coop. ers, was compelled to send 200 firkins of butter on Fri day to Liverpool, to be trimmed and coopered.—Cork Constitution. DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF CARLOW COLLEGE.— The Carlow S , nlinal announced the death on the 2nd inst., of the Rev. Dr. Fitzgerald, President of the Ro man Catholic college of Carlow for a period of 41 years. In 1830 he refused to pay the O'Connell tribute, and told the deputation that waited On him for that purpose, that Mr. O'Connell was " a knave in politics, and a hypocrite in religion." On Monday week a baker in Dublin placed a large placard in his window, with the following announcement : " Notice! !! The five hundred thousand penny bans pre pared for the great Clontarf meeting of ye,terday are now on sale at a half-penny a piece ! We may thank the go vernment for this loss. But an action will be brought fdr the recovery. And may-be they won't be able to Pay ?" Mr. Brunel, the celebrated engineer, with other gentle men, are at present in town, on an inspection of the coast, with a view to make a packet station in the most eligible position, for the purpose of landing English mails destined for the south and east of Ireland. It is also contemplated to reclaim the vast submerged lands which now lie tpeless wastes, within our harbours and lakes.—Wexford Inde pendent. THE YEOMANRY.—The Secretary of State has written to the Lord-Lieutenants of Counties in the Northern District of England, directing the Yeomanry Corps to hold themselves in readiness to assemble at a short notice, on the requisition of Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Arbuth not, the General Commandant of the Northern District of England. We suppose that this order has been given merely to provide for any contingency that may arise in case further troops should be required in Ireland. Intim SQUADRON.—The ships of war which at present compose the Irish Squadron are the Volage, 26, Capt. Sir W. Dickson, Bart., stationed at . Cove, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Bowles, C. 8.; the Meteor steamer. Lieu tenanant-Commander George Butler ; the Lynx, 3, brig antine, Lieutenant-Commander John Thomas Nott, sta tioned at Torbert, on the river Shannon ; the Rhadaman thus steamer, Master Com. Thomas Laen, in attendance on the Squadron, and the Snipe Cutter. Lieutenant George Raymond. The experimental squadron, which comprises the Caledonia, 120, under the command of Captain Alexander Milne, the Camperdown, 104, Cap tain Francis Brace; the Penelope, 22, Steam-ship, Cap tain William Jones, and the St. Vincent, 120, Flag Ship, under the command of Capt. R. F. Rowley, and bearing the flag of Admiral Sir C. Rowley, G.C.8., are at present on a cruise, and are shortly expected in this Harbour. The Lucifer, steamer, Captain W. F. Beechey, and the Comet, steamer, Corn. George A. Frazer, have been en gaged for some time in surveying the Irish coast. EXTRAORDINARY RUMOUR.—The Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday contains the following paragraph : " An impression is very generally abroad—and exclusively amongst Mr. O'Connell's own followers—that the Procla mation put forward by the Lord Lieutenant and Council, was issued at the special request of Mr. O'Connell him self ; and that be was furnished with a manuscript copy, and before the original had been in type, with a view of having his own ready to promulgate simultaneously with that from the Castle. We do not undertake to vouch for the truth of this assertion ; but we can assure our readers that it is extensively circulated as a rumour; and it is reasonable to suppose that to it is to be ascribed the ne cessity of Mr. Mark Callaghan proposing, at the Abbey street meeting, on Monday, a vote of confidence in O'Connell,' with the addition, that the people were re solved to adopt any measure that their great leader might think fit to propose for the safety and peace of the empire.' It is not usual, apropos to nothing, to move votes of con fidence, unless confidence be shaken."—[Whether this rumour be correct or not, this much we confidently be lieve, viz., that there is not a man in Ireland who rejoiced more in the course taken by government than Daniel O'Connell. It gave him a chance of escaping a halter, which no effort of his own could have brought about.— ED. L. S.] WALES. STATE OF SOUTH WALES. A daring outrage was committed on the night of the 6th instant, in the neighbourhood of Carmarthen. On Saturday last, two men named Evans, master and ser vant, were apprehended on the information of a farmer named Thomas, belonging to a parish twelve miles from Carmarthen, charged with haying, on the night of the 30th September, together with others, with blackened faces, created a disturbance, assaulted the said Thomas, and obtained from him 40s. on false pretences. On the same night (the 6th instant) Thomas, after giving the information, was afraid of going home till late, and con cealed himself behind a hedge. About one o'clock he heard a blowing of horns, and presently saw his house on fire. It appears that the house was surrounded by a mob of about 300 persons, most of them mounted and blowing horns, hooting and firing guns. They then set fire to the premises, and remained around, preventing any attempt to save them, until the whole was consumed. The furni ture of the house, and forty cheeses, were destroyed. The mob then dispersed. The reason assigned for the outrage is, that Thomas had informed against two of the Rebecca ites the day before. The Calvinistic Methodists of Pembrokeshire (a nume rous sect\ have, at their quarterly meeting, strongly de nounced the outrages going on, and strictly enjoined the members of their society to mark and denounce any indi vidual found to partake in them. The Chaplain of the Union Workhouse at Carmarthen, having expressed an opinion that " the popular feeling is decidedly hostile to the New Poor Law, and views with disgust and abhorrence the salaries paid to its various officers," the Poor Law Commissioners have addressed to this gentleman a letter, expressing an opinion, that if such are his views, he had better not " be identified with the details of its daily administration.". Mr. Rowlands has addressed a letter in reply to the clerk of the Union Workhouse, in which he says, that the unpopularity of the Union Workhouses cannot be denied ; . that thousands upon thousands have petitioned the Queen to relieve their wants by other means than bastiles. He adds, that were it not for the workhouse there being garrisoned by soldiers, " one stone would not long stand upon another." Two men were apprehended on the 7th for destroying a gate near Llandovery., On the 9th inst. a large meeting was held at Llechryd, a fine village near Cardigan, to consider local grievances, and particularly to take measures for the removal of a weir that was peculiarly obnoxious to the inhabitants. The village is beautifully situated on the banks of the river Tivy, across which the obnoxious weir is planed. The weir is said to prevent fish ascending the river from the sea, to the great injury of the poor cottagers who re side on its banks, most of whom keep what are called " coracles," or small wicker boats, for fishing. With the aid of nets, these poor men are often enabled to sup port their families by occasionally taking salmon which get over the weir du - ring the freshes which come down the river. The weir having from this cause become Highly obnoxious, has recently been destroyed by a large party of men calling themselves Rebeccaites, and again re erected. At the meeting there were present many of the gentry of the country, and Mr. E. I. Williams was called to the chair. He proposed that, as the weir was legally constructed, they should legally get it removed. If £4OO could be collected, he would undertake to subscribe £lOO himself (hear); but on this footing—that they should wait until the next spring, the fishing season now being almost over. On that condition he would use every exertion in his power to obtain the required subscriptions. (Hear, hear.)—This announcement was received with great ap plause. The meeting finally agreed to a petition to the Queen for the redress of the grievance stated, and others. In Carmarthen numerous arrests had been made within the last day or two, in consequence, as it is said, of Jhon Yscypwrfawr having turned Queen's evidence and impli cated various parties. _ _ • A meeting of the inhabitants of the several parishes round Llangadock was held on the 10th on a hill side near that place. There were about 1000 persons present, farmers and farm-labourers, many of the former substan tial men. Mr. Morgans, baptist minister of Tallyryn, was called to the chair, and stated that the meeting was for the purpose of petitioning for an inquiry into existing grievances, and of resolving to repress nightly outrages. He alluded to those burdens on the people which have been often described as oppressive to them—tolls, tithes, rents, and the new poor-law, which he designated as a harsh and oppressive measure. Mr. Lewis, a farmer, spoke with great animation against the new poor-law, and the salaries paid to the union officers. The rural police was wholly unnecessary, and would impose fresh burdens on the people. The county rate had been most lavishly and improperly expended without control. He concluded by moving that a petition expressive of loyalty and attach ment to the %peen, and embodying resolutions similar to those agreed upon at former meetings, to discourage nightly outrages, should be adopted. The Queen's pro clamation was read, and the meeting was called upon to discourage all nightly and other outrages. He said that the poor-rates, tithes, and other charges, were much too high ; but was in favour of the new poor-law. A speaker said that the proclamation went to teach the people, in the hope of reward, to become false swearers. Another speaker said the proclamation amounted, in plain lan guage, to this—How are we to catch 'Becca? It would be well at the same time to ask who she was. Some said she was the mother of all farmers ; but the truth was, that poverty was 'Becca (great cheering), and what kept her up was grievances. She was here one day, and elsewhere another. The grievances complained of were named in the petition. Every one would wish to catch 'Becca, and get rid of her. (Cheers.) The way to get rid of her was to get plenty of food, in order to give enough to her. The toll-bars that were oppressive ought to be taken away. He admired the constitution of England, and thought there was not a better man in the country than the Prime Minister, but they would be enabled to judge of him bet ter after the meoting of that day. The Bible said, " He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. If Sir R. Peel wanted peace, let him listen to what they said. The Chairman then put the petition to the meeting, and it was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated. The active reporter of the Times, under the date of Thursday last, states, that in consequence of the conces sions made in various parts by the gentry and others, in respect to tithes and other burthens, the happiest results have followed, and that the country is gradually becoming more settled. The proprietor and the lessee of the Lle.lhryd Weir (above noticed) had expressed a willing ness to abolish it at a low rate of compensation, which, coupled with the manner in which some of the gentry then came forward to subscribe towards that compe nsation, was immediately followed by expressions of satisfaction and content by the people. In the neighbourhood of Carmarthen nightly meetings were still however held, and the blowing of horns was heard amongst the hills. Fifty of the metropol itan p olice had arrived in the town, and it was supposed would prove more efficienVthan any hitherto employed. The writer of these reports attributes much of the discontent to the op pression of landlords, and the tyrannous manner in which some of the lawyers they employ p roceed again st tenants by distraint. With respect to t he approaching special commission, to the effect of the special commission jus t announced to he says :—" Many speculations ar e af l oat a s lry the prisoners taken for Rebecca outrages. Some think that a salutary terror will be created by it in the minds of the people, and that it will put an end to the disturbances. This, however, is a matter abou t which it is extremely diffic .1t to prognosticate. With apparent quiet around for a few days, one is continually startled by the reports of some fresh ou.rage or other. I am, how ever, inclined to think, from the changed aspect of things here, from the people having began to state their cunt plaints in public meetings by day, that the fearful state of excitement which has prevailed in South Wales is subsi ding. and that it will find a harmless vent in speechifying, instead of in mischief." On the 12th another turnpike gate in Brecon was broken down, and the toll-house destroyed. A reward of 1:50 was offered for the discovery of the guilty parties. SPECIAL COMMISSION.—A special commission, to be held at Cardiff, in Glarmorganshire, has been issued for the trial of the Welsh rioters. The judges, named in the commission are Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Gurney, and Mr. Justice Cresswell, and the day fixed for the first sitting of the commission ia,Saturday, the 21st inst. The Right Hon. Thomas Frankland Lewis, the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, and William Cripps, Esq.. have been appointed her Majesty's Commissioners for enquir ing into the present state of the turnpike laws in South Wales, and also into the circumstances which have led to the recent acts of outrage in that country. G. K. Rick ards, Esq., is to be the Secretary to the said Commission. CONSECRATION OF LLANFYNYDD CHURCH, FLINT SHIRE.—This church is erected on a site generously given by T. Brook Yates, Esq., by subscription, principally of the Earl of Derby, Sir Stephen R. Glynne, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester, and Wilson Jones, Esq., aided by grants from the Incorporated Society, and the St. Asaph Diocesan Society. The church contains 427 sit tings, of which 329 are to be tree. The ceremony of con secration was performed by the Bishop of St. Asaph in the presence of a large congregation, among whom were many of the first families in that part of the principality. The Rev. E. S. Thurlow, the sinecure rector of Hope, has most liberally endowed the new church with £BO per annum out of the rectorial tithes. LLANLLECHYDD CHURCH.—The old church of the parish of Llanllechydd, in the county of Carnarvon, being in a dilapidated state, and utterly inadequate to the spiri tual wants of the people, it is proposed to erect a new church, near the site of the present building, at a cost of about £l2OO. This praiseworthy undertaking has origi nated in the pious zeal of the Very Rev. the Dean of Bangor (the rector of the pariah), who is always ready to promote every good work for the extension of the church ; and when we consider that the object of this charitable project is to make due provision for the ministrations of religion among a scattered population of 5.000, we hope the laudable design will be brought to a speedy and suc cessful issue. Many of the neighbouring gentry have subscribed. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR MERTHYR, IN SOUTH WALES.—The Cardiff Advertiser of Saturday states that this day se'nnight, as Mr. Gaccon, cashier of the Aberdare Iron Company, whose works are in the vici nity, was returning on horse. back from the bank in Mer thyr with £2OOO in cash, to pay wages, he was stoop- d on the mountain at noon-day between that town and Aber dare, by three men, and robbed of the whole amount, which was in a portmeanteau. One of them held a pistol to his side, and they all escaped in the first instance. An alarm was, however, given with all possible celerity, and the numerous workmen at the iron works, as well as the inhabitants, immediately turned out, and alter considei able search on the mountain discovered the three offenders hid in a hedge—and what was not less gratifying found the treasure concealed in various parts in the vicinity. The prisoners were examined before the magistrates at Mer thyr, and were all committed for trial at the sessions, at Cardiff. - The same paper (in very large type) says that " The Spe cial Commission for trying the persons charged with of. fences on the Borders of Carmarthenshire, is to be held at Cardiff on the 21st instant, before the eminent judges Parke, Gurney, and Cresswell." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD GENERAL MISCELLANY. The net amount of the Incline Tax receipts, deducting till expenses, up to Saturday, the 26th ult., was £4,854,518. About 2,500 persons have taken out game certificates in Yorkshire for the year 1843. The tradesmen of Bradford have agreed to close their shops at 8 o'cloek every evening during the winter. The revenue returns were made up a few days ago : the increase on the quarter amounts to nearly a million and a half. Mr. Tidd Pratt, the certifying barrister, has refused to enrol the rules of the chartists passed at the late Birming ham conference. The estates and property of an iron company, which cost them £1.641.626 15s 4d,. and which were valued in 1841 at £1,078,667, are now offered for £200.000. The arbitration courts are in the course of constitution, very generally, throughout the south and centre of Ire land. By the Mutiny Act of the last Session, it is declared that the army shall consist at the present period of "one hundred thousand eight hundred and forty-six men. It is stated that so far did the demand for labour in southern Lincolnshire exceed the supply during the har vest, that the reapers in some instances demanded and obtained the enormous price of 7s. 6d. a-day. In the Times Sir Robert Peel acknowledges the receipt of a bank-note for the sum of £lOO, which has been sent under cover to him " for the Stamp-office," and which will be forthwith paid into the Exchequer. LIGHTHOUSE ON THE CAITHNESS COAST.—Mr. Stevenson, engineer, has been visiting several places with a view to ascertain the best site for a new Eghthouse, much wanted between Wick and Nosshead. The tide was so low at the mouth of the Tyne, on Sun day fortnight, that William Younz, a pilot, waded across Tynemouth Bar, from the north to the south side, a feat never performed by any one within the memory of man. Trade in Sheffield is, we are glad to hear, decidedly im proving ; the hest proof of this is the fact. that the ex penditure of the poor-law union, which reached till lately the enormous sum of £6OO per week, has fallen to £4OO. A new steam-ship, 180 feet long, which is to have Stem and stern exactly alike, and a rudder fitted to each, was laid down last week at Chatham. One upon a some what similar plan was launched lately from the yard of Mr. Laird, Woodside. DISTURBANCE IN IRELAND AND WALES.—The Man chester and Salford Peace Society, on Friday night unan imously resolved to petition the cabinet to resort to other means for the settling of the present differences than those which involve the shedding of human blood. ARMORIAL. BEARTNGS.—According to a recent deci sion of the judges, the impression of a thistle on a com mon pencil-case, with the motto " Dinna forget," are chargeable as armorial hearings when used, and subject the party to a duty of £2 Ss. GOOD NEWS FOR THE ARMY.—The projected new cap for the Infantry is likely to be abandoned, as the Duke of Wellington has submitted to the Queen that another cap be substituted, and her Majesty has been pleased to accede to His Grace's recommendation.—Globe. COTTAGERS' PIGS.—Two of the cottagers' pigs ex hibited at the Leyland agricultural show have been killed, and the following are their respective weights :—Mr. Samuel Walsh's, 25 score 124 lbs. ; Mr. James Clarkson's, 26 score 6 lbs. The Northern Times furnishes a catalogue of no fewer than fourteen vessels stranded or wrecked on the coast near Shields on Thursday. It does not appear that many lives were lost. The scene was most appalling on the coast. The body of one seaman has been washed on shore. CUSTOM House.—Owing to the dismissals and sus pensions at the London Custom House, in consequence of the frauds committed there, several of the officers of the customs at Bristol have been removed for a time to the metropolis, to do the work until these vacancies are filled up.—Bristol Mirror. We have much pleasure in announcing, that H. M. Feilden, Esq., son of Joseph Feilden, Esq., of Witton House, near this town, has returned from the Continent, along with his youthful and lovely bride, after their mar riage excursion. Mr. and Mrs. H. Feilden arriv-d at Witton House on Wednesday evening last.—Blackburn Standard. REDUCTION OF RENTS.—At the Marquis of West minster's rent-days during the past and present week a reduction of 10 per cent. has been made from the last half-year's rental; and 15 per cent. to such tenants as are willing to expend the amount returned in procuring ar tificial manure for their lands.—Chester Courant. THE MOSTYN TESTIMONIAL.—The splendid cande labrum, value one thousand guineas, is to be presented to the Hon. Mr. and Lady Harriet Mostyn, at Mostyn Hall, on the 31st instant. The committee intend meeting at Whitford, at eleven o'clock in the morning. INCENDIARISM AT MOLD.—During the last fortnight three different fires, supposed to be caused by incendiaries, have occurred in Denbighshire. In one case the parties supposed to be guilty have been committed for trial at the ensuing assizes, at Ruthin ; and there is reason to think that facts connected with the other outrages will be speedily brought to light. CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At the Chester October Fair, held yesterday week, a large quantity of Cheese was piled for sale, and business, we are happy to state, was very brisk, nearly the whole being cleared off by eleven o'clock. Prices ranged from 455. to 555. per cwt, accord ing to quality : being an advance of about 3s. per cwt. on the prices obtained at our last fair. It is gratifying to state, that the hosiery trade in the Leicester district still continues very brisk. The cut-up hosiery branch, as well as cotton, and worsted, and lan.bs'-wool, still keeps in an active state. The glove manufacture is still finding general employment for the hands. The fancy trade is in the same fair state of de mand that it has been in for some months past. ICE AT SEA.—The Camilla, from Rotterdam to New York, and which arrived at the latter place on the 24th of of August last, reported the falling in with, in lat. 41 37, long. 494, a number of icebergs, and one large field of ice of several miles' extent. It is extremely rare to meet with ice so late in the summer between Europe and Ame rica. NEW ACT FOR REGULATING THEATRES.—An appli cation was last week made to the magistrates of Ashton in this county on the part of a Mr. Grandy, proprietor of the Victoria Concert Room, for a license to perform plays. After a consultation amongst the magistrates, the appli cant was informed " the majority of the magistrates, after a full consideration of the act, and Mr. Grundy's applica tion, believe that they have a discretionary power to erant or refuse the license; and conceiving they would not be justified in granting such license to a person who was a licensed victualler, the application is refused." THE IRON MARKET.—The iron trade, in this neigh bourhood at least, maintains its advanc e d p os i t i on ; an d to use the words of our informant (an eminent ironmaster) is considered to be "in a Lea;thy state." There is no likelihood, we are informed, of any decrease of price, nor is an advance considered probable. Wolverhampton paper. THE LATE FATAL DUEL—The Commander-in-Chief has directed Lieut. Munro's immediate return' to his re giment. It is generally supposed that Lieutenant Munro will not surrender at all to take his trial for the murder of Colonel Fawcett ; hut that his second, Lieutenant Grant. will give himself up at the next sessions of the Criminal Court. THE WEATHER.—Wet, cold, and tempestuous weather has prevailed during most of the week, and the fineness of the season appears to have entirely gone, and the dark and stormy days of autumn to have succeeded. On Wed nesday it thundered and lightened. Yesterday there was hail, rain, frost, and snow. At present there appears no signs of improvement.—Preston Chronicle. SUlClDE.—Yesterday. at half-past two o'clock, p.m.. John Caunce. a tailor. from Clifton, deliberately walked into the Ribble in the presence of his wife at Ashton, and was drowned. He had come to Preston for medical ad vice, and was in a low state of spirits. The body was got out in about half an hour afterwards, but life was extinct. —lbid. CHARITY SERMONS.—On Sunday week, two sermons were preached in the National School, Symonstone, near Padiham,—that in the afternoon by the Rev. J. Groom, 8.A., curate of Padiham, and that in the eve.iing by the Rev. Walter Allnut, B A., curate of Habergham Eaves; after each of which a collection was 'made in aid of the school, amounting to £ll 135., being the largest sum ever collected there for a similar purpose. Mr. Macgregor of the Board of Trade, who is at present in this city, had a meeting on Wednesday with a number of our leading merchants and bankers. Although the communications with Mr. Macgregor are not of an official character, it is generally believed that his visit is intended as a means of feeling the pulse of the com mercial community regarding certain changes supposed to be in contemplation.—Glasgow Mail. THE SEASON.—We have striking signs of the approach of winter here. At the Laund, near Cockerbam, (the residence of J. Clarke, Esq.,) some woodcocks were seen last week, and this week, Mr. Atkinson, gunsmith, brought a fine one to our office. It was shot near the town. A large flock of wild• gee , e nave also flown over the town. The snow is on the hills, and for two days past the wind has blown sharply from N.E. The frost on Thursday night was keen.—:Carlisle paper. LANCASTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday last, on which occasion there was a very good show of cattle, &c. The company assembled in the field was very large, and in cluded all the leading agriculturists of the neigh bourbood. The usual dinner did not take place, do person in autho rity having given the necesstry directions—so that the business of the day would finish rather flatly. ALARMING FIRE.—On Friday night last the inhabi tants of Rathmell Moor, near Settle, were into a state of consternation in consequence of a barn in that locality being observed to be on fire. The whole of the hay con tained in the build'ng was destroyed, and the walls level led to the ground by the devouring element. No cause whatever can be assigned as to the origin of the fire, and it is supposed to he the act of an incendiary. SINGULAR DFATH.—A short time since Mr. R. Rich, farmer, of Ridley Court, accidentally scratched one of his fingers (supposed by a thorn) ; inflammation took place arid spread over his frame ; it was followed by mor tification, which shortly terminated in death. The de ceased, who was 56 years of age, was much respected and lamented by his family and numerous friends. He was many years the confidential bailiff to Mr. Nicholas Ray, of Franks, in this couny for his estate at -Ridley. .—Maid stone Journal. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE.—A correspondent informs us of the shipwreck of the Mary Anne, of Arbroath, about six miles from Islay, on Wed nesday night last, with the loss of all hands on board, except a young seaman, named John Purvis. She sailed last from N wcastle, for Strangl'ord Lough, on Tuesday week, with a cargo of 95 tons of wheat. 15,tsides the Captain, whose name was David Cargill, h er crew con sisted of five sailors—one of them a boy. The Mary Anne foundered off the Runs of Islay;—Londonderry Sentinel. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.-Our raw stig,ar market has been rather less animated this week, still the sales amount to 600 hogsheads West Inda, at prices fully equal to the former quotations; fine 66a to 675., good bright 625. to 655., middling 59Q. to 615., strong pan qualities 58s. to 615., low brown 565. to 575. Scarcely anything done in 13engals or Mauritius. For rums there is rather more demand, and about 50 puncheons have been disposed of since our last at the previous quotations. Average price of Sugar, Oct. 10, is 335. 94d. per cwt. THE TIDES AT LElTH.—Another singular phenome non of the tide took place at Leith on Friday evening, the 6th current. At eighteen minutes past seven, being low water, the tide, in the course of ten minutes, rose to she height of eighteen inches, where it remained for nearly fifteen minutes, it then receded about six inches, where it continued to stand for twenty minutes, and then suddenly rushed in (and with great rapidity), and in half an hour rose to the height of three feet. During the spring tides at Leith, if the) recede a great way, they have bad ebbs at Burntisland, and vice versa.—Edin burgh Evening Post. PAISLEY AND ARDROSSAN CANAL.—The swift passage boats on this canal, which have done so much to decom pose all the ►,reviously existing hydrodynamical theories, without as yet giving anything in their place, are now removed to another sphere of action, or rather traction ; a change occasioned by a compact between the hitherto competing canal and railway modes of conveyance. Two of the five were recently shipped at the Bromielaw, Glas gow, to he sent to Wolverton, and two for the Sheffield Canal. The breaking-up of the establishment has occa sioned the sale of 60 horses. The canal company receive £l4OO per annum as a bonus, in consideration of their relinquishing the passenger traffic. SMALL DEER. —Captain Robertson, of the Monarch, which arrived at Leith on Saturday from Hong Kong, with a cargo of tea, brought ho - me with him—out of a variety of other animals intended for our Zoological Gardens, but which unfortunately died on the passage— a pair of Napu Musk Deer from the Island of Java. and which he has liberally presented to this institution. These deer are not much larger than a hare, and are the smallest of the ruminating animali. They are very beautiful, with large eyes like the Gazelle, and legs not much thicker than a tobacco pipe. Mr. Al.-xander, of Gourock Castle, Gaurock, has also presented the Gardens with an Emu, brought by himself from New South Wales. —Edinburgh Evening Post: SUICIDE.—In our police intelligence will be found a paragraph headed Singular Case.' It will be seen that a young woman, named Mary Duck, was brought up before the magistrates for leaving her infant child unprotected. On that occasion Mr. Marshall treated the woman with considerable contempt. Had be given her a severe repri mand and examined into her real guilt, no one could have complained. The woman evidently felt the treatment of this New-Poor-Law-Advocating-Magistrate, and which, added to what she had suffered from being taken into cus tody and exposed to the wide world, has caused her to commit suicide. On Wednesday last her cold and lifeless body was taken out of a pond between this town and Horbury,—A CORPSE. — Wakefield Journal. EXTRAORDINARY ROD FISHING IN THE TWEED...-. On Thursday last, Mr. Denistoun, Springwood-park, had singularly good sport in the Tweed, at the Scurrypool, in Sprouston Water, having killed no fewer than 17 salmon with the rod. The salmon killed were of the following weights :—one 201 b., one 181 b., one 141 b., one 91b., two 51b. each. and the remainder between 71b., and 81b. each. What renders Mr. Dennistoun's sport upon this occasion the mere extraordinary is, the low state of the river, from the long-continued drought, and that scarcely a single fish has been taken with the rod for several weeks. The only mode by which salmon have been taken in the Tweed for some weeks past has been with the leister or spear, and in th's way a good number have been killed.—Edin. burgh Witness. IMPORTATION OF COAL INTO LONDOM.—The follow ing is an authentic account of the importation of coal, culm, and cinders, from the Tyne, Wear, Tees, &c., to London, for the month of September:—From Newcastle, 112,889 tons, in 354 ships ; from Sunderland, 86.530 tons, in 263 ships; from Stocton, 47,496 tons, in 188 ships; from Blyth, 10,944 tons, in 52 ships; Scotch coals, 1,380, tons, in 19 ships ; Welch ditto, 6,281 tons, in 29 ships; from Yorkshire, &c., 4,763 tons, in 51 ships; total -260,540 tons, in 956 ships. This import, co./Tared with that in September, 1842, which was 221,865 tons, shows an Increose for the September in this year of 38,675 tons. The imports in last year, from January Ist to September 30th, amounted to 1,902,828 tons, 6,864 ships; the im ports in the present, during the same period, is 1,860,965 tons, in 6,958 ships ; decrease in the present year 41,842 tons. Goon OLD HOSPITALTTY.—On the evening of Thurs day week our respeeted neighbour, Colonel Rawstorne, summoned together the whole of his tenantry, and enter tained them at his residence, Penwortham Hall, to a good substantial supper. After the entertainment, the Colonel addressed his rustic guests in courteous and encouraging terms, and expressed his intention of establishing for their use an agricultural library, at Hutton village school, This is the first and chief step to advance agricultural im provement: first eradicate the weeds of ignorance, and there will be a greater disposition on the part of farmers to root up and clear the soil of vegetable weeds, and to reduce it to a better state of tillage. Then, and not till then, will they appreciate the beauty of a well cultivated field, than which, as the Roman orator observed, " No thing can be more delightful."—Preston Chronicle. ARRIVAL OF TUE DUKE OF BORDEAUX.—Thig illus trious Prince of the house of Bourbon has arrived in this country from Germany. His Royal Highness, or, as hie partisans in France call him, Henry V. of France, landed at Hull on Friday week last from Hamburgh, at tended by the Duke de Levis, Count Loemarin, Marquis de Chambannel, and Captain Villaret de Forgeuse. His Royal Highness embarked at Hamburg!' on Wednesday morning. at half-past ten o'clock, and the steamer rea c hed Hull in 49 ho urs , a ft e r encountering strong head-winds throughout the passage. On Saturday his Royal High. ness and suite, in three carriages, left Hull for Leeds and t.th H e iigultmenes intention departed ni telf n r g on: brief York, in which city the Duke stayed to go over the Mins ter and view the different objects of interest in old Ebora cl n lontl ayhi his Royal expected that city se jour sj Highness for was Scotland, witl our at Durhom and Newcastle, and en route his Royal Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle. His Royal Highness seems to suffer even now from the effects of the accident he met with some time ago. I ,