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London, England, 1826-10-18 00:00:00

NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.

Snotty the //HMI/ Ety mint, Post of Saturday.)
't be, tV-soriation met this day at Lnlf•psst three o'clock, Cann-
-1,!lot PlettOrstvie in the Chair.
)Ir. cnun,a, handed in 5/. from the Most Rev. Dr. Curtis,Ca.
trope Primate, `• for the relief of such ftrty.shilling freeho!ilers as
war Intve been eiecte.l, disteained, or otherwise aggrieved by their
l,ndtonte, raerrty en account of the liberal use they had made of
offs rteiiice hanclibte."
Mr. Crifseway hkewise handed in til. from the Rev. W. Ibilan,
or Stokrannert.
Mr. MI t►w, the Se,-retary, reported the recci;t of 227/.155. 51
'tile amo•int of Rent fur the rust week.
. Mr. LAWLESS Moved !hat the Gentlemen p•esent should be re.
titleattel inns:Pod the tuneral of the late Mr. 11 tr, and that the cir.
• eutristanees of his family should be referred to the Finance Corn.
iittee.—Parried.

t4.lveral letters were road, enclosing Catholic Rent.
Mr. Coiwov visored that the Association do conic to a vote of
thanks to Mr. Knew laccionnell, particularly fur his recent con-
duct at Ballinaoloe.—Carried with acclamation.
A shnilat Resolution was passed to the Hon. 0. Ffeench.
Several instances of ()premien were mentioned, as being prac-
tised on the forty-shilling freeholders.
Mr. CONWAY moved a vote of thanks to the Rev. Mr. Egan,
his loan of 2111 i. to the persecuted freelioldent of Cavan.
After a few observations from Mr. Brie, Mr. Lawless, and Mr.
it awan. the motion was carried.
Mr. LsoriAss inured that 201. he handed to the Chairman, to-
wards &fraying the expenses of Mr. Hay's funeral.—Carried.

BistrlCAL OUTRAOK."—We, the undersigned, certify
that we attended the etijnorned meeting at Ballinaslne, for consider-
ing the proceedings of the London Hibernian Society, on Thurs.
dam Oct, 1•?, Bled, and that after the resolution was dimnsed of.
ned jeled Punkt hail gained the chair, Mr. Eneaslll•Donnell
• moved 'that' the Hon. (lot:vine Ffrench should take the chair ;
totem which a iergehoely of .pelice, amounting to about thirty in
‘• ember, were set upon the people with (hewn swords, carbines. and
l'oe ',petit, and Violently ass:milted the Catholics, without in any way
teeleedhe any other persons; mod though frequently commanded
hs the•litim•Gotivilfe Ffreech, a magistrate of the county of Gal-
t. Av. to desist, and the meeting being perfeedy v:amble, they did
not desist, and were not restrained or anintermaaded by Lord Dunk),
.erchtleseon Trench, Dean Alaboo, or %Vatter .31`Donough, Esq.
emmisteetes of the county of Galway, then present. Several were
...el% and knocked down in the presence of those magistrates.—
Ffeench. L. Dillon, P. P., Dennis O'Calleglian, P. P.,
;'somas Tully, Rathfsem, Robert Pilkington. N. P. Mtllotinell,
:lichen! Staunton, N. J. French. John Connolly, and about thirty
eeler gentlemen. The certificates of seventeen eersons present are
:eided.—Preentou'r Jmnee.d.
S.:slave:la CincenSTANCe.—On Monday evening, be-
:seen the hours of ten and eleven, a very respectebly.tiressed man
mmerel she St. Pancras watchhouse. in Clevelaiiil-mews, the door
eewhich stood open. end, without sayings word, wildly threw him-
: in:a the night constable's choir, and in a moment became au-
; erectly insensible. No one being present but Jones, the watch.
emiemiteeper, he became exemeively lammed, and ran to procure
nlixl assistance. On his return, wiucli was in left than ten
minutes, to his horror and astonishment he saw the stranger sus-
:ended by the neck from a blight rail, to which he had at ached
. itself be two hapdkerehiefs tied mother. Ae was instantly cut
and idles half an honr's application suspended animation
•es mitered. Front a card found in his pocket it was ascertained
teat he arts a respectable sigh and house painter named Evened,
residing in Gough-street, Ciray'r 111u-brie-road. lie refused to
assign any mom for hit rash conduct, and on his files ds being
set fur, Into whose care be was delivered, it was said that be had
mede a similar attempt the samemornine.
RI; its INa AIIVE.—It was lately stated that, "on re-
. n;h:rti a grave in Ftithelatock church-yard, Devon. for the pur-
ee of interring a relate° of a former initebitant, who had been
depute:ad shoot seventy years, the coffin not being decayed, it was
found necessary to take it out, in order to make the grave deeper;
And that, on examining its contents, the skeleton of the occupier
.was found perfect, but with its face downward,, which gives meson
es seppewe that die defunct was buried alive, and, in struggling,
had tuna to the position in uhich it was found." On this para.
etespis the Ltrerpsof Merest so nornarks s—" We never knew any
.estenze of this nature which rested upon that kind of testimony
le.etott *deli sionista)? rational man ought to believe it. For our
can patts, judging ham the shape of the coffin, we doubt whether
anyLeisiteeteen,mallosil in one of them, even if he could breathe
lemey, owl histasolf. independent, however, of this Ob.
e'setiomethate is eamdese wild juetitice us in doubting that any per.
tan screwed demi In a coffin ever moved lifter wants. Cases of
trance and stupoosisd animation have been too frequent to admit
et: doubt e and* hawwwwisos that persons stoppered to be dead, and
;led out for internment, haw letrocered, and lived tooter/ a long
Ilitiltitheringes. lit man, libwever. inn state of nispentled aro-
gtmion, *me bearish and these:eh, as 11$1131, thrown ever him,
es eosMs b ihnevered for a moment that moment weeild
i.e b err ileollehotairty expire. for want of air to breathe.
sili.ehmototiso. diegeollbet of moans being heard from the graves.
armlet oar opisiew. We wisp, either created by the tonseination of
t •e superstitious, she themselves believed what th y related to
ethete, or they halo bon invented by mischievous wags, to int-
mese upon their credulous neighbour, and to have a laugh at their
immune."
*OARING ROBBERY.—Yesterday morning, shout seven
o'c.ter..k, the street-door of the house of Mr. Luenbr, an nil and
duMin warehouse, No. 55, iamb's, Conduit.e.reet. wee discovered
teinding open by the young man whose province it was to unclose
the .hatters of toe stoop. Fearing all was not rieht. he called Mr.
iewenby, who on examining th shop distroveted that during the night
hit peamisee bail been entered netts the rear, anti a desk and several
.irirers had been broken open. form which had been abstracted no
lees a sum than 1121. besides mimes( every article that was portable.
thonl, the was sent the to examine the premises, when it
ors docosetert :oat the depeedetors had contrived, by sealing two
high wall.. to reach the back yard, and then gained 113 entry
taresuolt the bark window. immediately behind the shop. After
'meeting their booty, they retreated by the front door, which they
left °pea behind them. ihrerent footmarks were visible in the
**slaw. ar-I a phespitcrus box was found in the shop near the
•sek which eoeteined the money. It consisted of two notes of let
nub. one of al., sad the remainder severeigns. No traces of the
b:lers here vet been discovered.
1.4.114" e Itonazny.—On Friday lasts firmer, who hail
at a feast as se 'Wage in t!:e r.e!glibourhood of Sliatlesmill,
hiving partaken ember ton fete ly of the ale which flowed on the or,
ilission, made amseeignation with a girl, so !Oa as to be hard by
eeee ivied etout thsplace. lie rode to the spot, however, at a little
flt;', midnight. The spot was a lonely place near traiieentiil, and
be hid no moaner arrived than he wag set ern by teen fellows, who
:•e evidently lain in wait lie him. lie w unhorsed iaiddenly by
• ieew from one of them with a bludgeon. end after haying been
ti•-nifully beaten, was robbed of MU. An aileron MIN riven at
ewe an immediate pitesnit and search took place in the
P eesenewood. The many had given tip the search, when a farmer
cm. a man creeping antler a hedge. and, threatened to shoot hint if
e did nnt surrender. The man gave himself up, and he wee hand-
cuffed. Being ordered to give up the money he had taken, he grime
en 130. In addition us this eireumsteree, the farmer who had been
n. etitel recognised him es one of the ruffians wits hail attacked bins.
.•ta prisoner i 3 one of the most powerful men in the county. It is
rtmericable eiretionnanee too the farmer Oita seek liimpelsolicr
cool sinfereal he his conduct as a poacher. lie called upon the
istiner sti.ti a hare, which he aerial for sale. The fernier refused it,
Viten the prisoner said, " Welt, I don't want it, you mai keep it ;"
mew' it Joan, and went away. As he del vet return, the fanner,
14,3 eholeing to give jt ass his slog, had it cooked. The prisoner
es*4 takementu custody mon after for poaching, when the Magi'.
teitie offered (as it isthelv practice) to release him, provided '
*Odd inform of any one who had bought genre of him. lie
tereeed againet the fanner, who had kept him iu work the whole
the prevents whiter. and .who was then convicted on his testimore
s- the rtensity of M. The peisnner has siuee heen committed
Merteerti gaol intake his trial for the robbery, and the fernier
the pelmet, witness against him.
Tieein RS t_!OkrORATIONS.—TITtradeII of Mont
haye meat a good speculation of their foreign outs. They
wafely landed, found in good order, and are now being
wetted.. into meal. Same of the trades intend taking 1..
*lode proportions to theinseiven and irtoring it ; and others,
=peg liberal minded, are inclined to share the;r tier
bath the public. At a Meeting on Thursday, it was
ir,IVA to import another cargo ; which was ordered f-
two trades diasentiii;„
poor old woman, 77 years of
:Monte-Milne since a
lw.ving been put into the Hospital de la Charite, by •
lier piivertyand old age, took it into her 'head ,
wring one to buy her a lottery ticket (which in Prance
La done her a few sous, for, with 10 sous, you eugy
T6OOOOO francs). She had the good fortune to gain 4a.
She finMediitely sent for her sort., !oat to inform him
*tat boil happened, but told kw 'that she was uneem_
tiziobler. and , wished to get out ,of the hospital. The son,
lit tie supeetimg the real motive, answered her very rouz,lily,
that she Maw Mete Whttre she wes. Seigng whet en !lOW
tura' son she boa, she told him he was deceived, for
Zasjahe iueutd be fate. This was accordingly
i a-P days after ,beheld fay old lady offering her t
heart. and fortune to a young uses, thus punishing the
gredsodrof hie son.—Fittsc4 Pope.-