The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-08 00:00:00

IRRLAND.

THE DUBLIN POLICE.
By the nett Act. it is In the power of the Lord Lleutewast to re.
dues the present souther Of Police Offices hi Buhl* from rim to
tour. it is said that Aklerman Cash. Mr. Casey. sod Mr. Long.
are among the nuniber to retire; and that the fissiboreogti.street
Unice, to which there Magistrates presided, is, in fume., to binge
one Magistrate on duty, who is to h 4 relieved every week.
T.ie Head Office is to future to have fi.or Magistrates presiding.
Icstcad of thrce. The retiring Magistrates are to have two-thirds
salary, and in future no person is eligible to a Police Magistrate's
visa that follows a trade or profession. A new officer. called Se.
perin:eialent of Police. has likewise been created he the Act, and a
oiler range given to tie powers of the Head °Mee then it hereto.
Gate possessed i it is also said that future vacancies are to he filled
up by such of the retiring 3legistratcs are arc deiaued cligit.le flaw
age a r other causes.

PosTINO AVo sz.7 % .—I! ELD-Or ir E—Vestere:•• M isa Kitt]
Ill•Catio, a yarmor, tall, raw-boned, draggle..
tailed, slip-shod lemcle, from Bishop-street, accompenied.by her
mamma applied at this office for • summons againet Mr. Bid
Lynch. When asked what he had done she biwerat her head.
which stood near six feet from her shoes, and bending a pair of eyes
to the earth which boasted of the variety and übiquity of a 'quint.
twisted the corner of her pin.a-fore this way, and then that, and
answered, " sir, he has posted me." " Posted you! what! far •
toward ?" " No, Sir, (with a main-Wine accent, and after souks
hesitti;on,) but he has posted ow against gate, corners of streets,
lanes, and alleys." `• llow did lie pest you ?" " lie Fated my
name up and down." •• In what roomer did fie come in labial
contact ? ' " Sir ?" " Did ha insult you ?" "Oh no, Sir • be
dare not do that ;" and site raised au arm to which was appended
a (we were going to say, fist, but female delicacy forbids it); well.
sberaited her cleat lied hand, and with the air of • Boadicea, a smile
of drnanee, art] a siiztilleaut ihakecf the head, repeated, •• Oh no,
he ri.tra r.ot de. that." " There arc several Long Kittys eat !Wild%
that's no libel." " Isn't it, Sir ? but I thiuk it is a lie, and a ball
ton, so it Is, to *Ste me up Long Kitty, Kitty, Loney Kitty,
against every corner, and I'd have revengo, so I stli ; have the
satisfaction of getting Mr. Billy well kicked." She then walked
MI with the air of a pitee of frailty that meld undertake the tank of
kicking Mr. Lynch herself.
IMrOITAXT 7 0 ItlANtgrAcTuutis.—Jattitnel-street Mice
ban been in a more then °reins?, bustle this day, in consequent.*
of a misunderstanding between Mr. Irwin, die cloth manufacturer,
and thirteen journeymen, hroid-eloth woven, who refused fas
work. Me Irwin preferred again,* them, tefure Mr. Tunes.
sitttltg Nlagiatnie, a complaint of their baring combined sad ineeL-
tattd injury to his establishment
Mr. FULLAII‘ wo attorney, stated the grievances under width
there poor men laboured, by being obliged, contrary to an Act or
Parliament, to take a certain proportion of their wages in cloth.
31any of them had to dispose of this elm'. to disadvantage, and
even to pledge ft. He rontended that this grievance should at arm
be rappels He produced a bundle of deltas. coofirmatory ct
his clients' distressed cue, and stated, if Mr. Irwin should rte.
Act. remedy the evil, be s.ould be obliged to prosecute him under Cm

Irwin affirmed. that it was an caress agreement between
him and the working men that they should take part payment ut
their wages In cloth.
Mr. Tuna* said, that necessity compelled the poor working
man frequently to enter into stipulations injurious to himself, bin
that the law was against %Ir. Irwin; and he (Mr. Tudor) would
feel himself obliged to impose the penalty upon the employer, For
adopting such a made of payrirmt. However, he would give Mr.
Irwin until Monday to cons.der the propriety of settling the busi-
ness amicably. and trusted that the inunmynten would go back to
their work, as he had always found them amenable to the 31agb.
t noes decision.

Me. Irwin expressed his willingness to pry in cash what acres-a
were due to them, and, accenting to the suggestion of Air. Taller,
would take the tickets, and redeem the cloth pledgrd.
The teen, in eonsequc"er, returned to their employment. Up.
winds or two hundred journeymen woe in Jsurits's•street, Icahn g
to hear the decision, as it turc‘ted their condition in like moaner.—
Patriot.

•
PAZLIANENTATIT rnitILECE—rOSTAGE ON TLRSTM
rEes.--The following votive was left at the nonneel ilera:d 'ON
yesurday evening, by Mr.Worrall. jun.:—
" Post-office, Clonmel, August 31, 1624-
" The Postmaster gives notice to the Editor of the Clermr,
I 1,1, that he has receivrd an order from the General Post-Max,
to ctiarge one penny on all newspapers sent to this •d6ee for this
delivery—mat is to say, all papers delivered at the amulet P.m-
ofiice."

Until we shall ascertain the determination of Government or ti ::s
very novel ease, we request our suburibers in the immediate sic:-
mty of elaninel, who only are affected by it, will send to our oiliest
for their papers, se Inform es where they are to be left in town. It
con,a6 is, we a most extraordinary circumstance, that that Parlia.
mentary ty, which secures free transmission of newspapers
to ray pa the empire, cannot insure the same privilege in (he
Post-office of Gionmel. We are confulczt the Government wily
not sanction en order of this Lind, which has a direct tendenro to
injure a most productive branch of the revenue. Our subscribers
are earnestly requested to inform us of any irregnlstity in the tiiir.s.
mission of, and of every charge made on. this Jottreil. _

ARRICAXACIIO.S Aro. 29.
Yesterday the Right Rev. Dr. Keenan, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Clogher, returned to this town, after administering the aarm.
meet of confirmation in nineteen paridus of his diocese. The nor...
her of persons confirmed amounted to 9.753—a predigious rmm.
bet, when the recency of the late confirmation, 1:9821, is takan
into consideration.

- . -
Rey. SIR HARCOURT LEER IN LrICAN.—.TIII
Nurthcris Whig says,—" We have to add, that no respect-
able person was engaged in the cavalcade; those who pro-
c.seded to meet this- Quixotic knight were of the lowest
tribe. Their object is said to have been as much for the
love of whiskey as of Sir Ilarcourt. In this they wen:
disappointed, for their chieftain made a speech o I his ar-
rival at the inn, and dismissed them with kind exprts-
sions. The plebeians murmured, and next morning very
few of them charmed his cars with their sweet voices.'
lie was permitted to retire from Lurgan very pvaccaLly,
without beat of dram.' Sir Ilarcourt was not waited
upon by any person of higher character than a young
attorney and. his juvenile companion. It is said, the pri-
prietor 'of the soil refused to lend the chair used at clretierA.
for the of conveying into town, in mock triampl:
the peaceable preacher
of the Gospel. AVe state th:s. in
justice to the character and conduct of the highly resp:c-
table and independent men of I.urgan."
A memorial, signed by one hundred and forty-one re-
spectable land-owners and gentlemen of the county Kit-
! kenny, was presented at the late Assizes to the Grand Jur ,
requesting that the repairs, ike. of roads should be pai-
-1 licly advertised and set by open contract. This proposal
was negatived by a majority of the Jury.—lrish ere' r.
The herring fishing at Wick has been very plentiful this
I season. Although the usual fishing period of six weeks
has not expired, the greater number of the boats have al-
ready gone home, after delivz•ring so much fifth as exhans:-
ed the stocks laid in by the curers. On the 21th and 23th
ult. the boats caught 10,000 barrcls each day, and on the
26th and 27th they were equally successful. If there were
a sufficiency of salt and barrels, an immense number rnibt
still be taken • although 71. Cd. or Sc. would now be giv‘u
for empty barrels, none can be got, and herrings arc tilling
as low as 3s. 6d. a barrel. The number of fishing boats
was about GOO, of which one half belonged to the entmtv,
and the remainder were from the Frith of Forth and this
Murray Frith. With these the fish emirs stipulate On
they are not bound to take more than 260 or 300 barrels ;
and she most of them bare exceeded that quantity. No
Ica than 3.000 women were employed in curing and gw-
ting fish, and numbtrs earned from Ss. to 4s. a day. At
Thurso the fishing has been equally gond, and the fish era
still plentiful. No less than four vessels were despatched
this season from Thurso with lurringa to foreign ports
before the commencement of t!,e fishing on the east ecast.
PEr.ro.—The season is said to have ban adverse to the
bets; and honey is likely to be scarce. Some breeders
have sent their hives to the Grampians, where they are
doing well ; but - a numbt rof them have fallen a prey to
the rapacity of thieves.
A bee-hive, belonging t 3 William Pratt, in Mill el
Tifty, parish of Fyvie. swarmed this season so. early a
the 7th of June ; which first or top swarm has preduced
three swarms since, viz. ;—July 14th and 26th, and et'
August ; these swarms have all thriven well ; and if the
weather shall continue favourabl for their operations A
short time, all of them will be sufficient to stand a...-
winter.

A bee-hive, belonging to James Catanach, at Wood-, nd
of Misr, has this year ',millet:l/ the extraordinary nunil cr
of eight swarms. The live itself I.as swarmed four times,
and each of the two first tin-arms has swanned twice. The
first, or what is called the top. swarmed a third time, but
the swarm went hack to the hive. Another person in the
same parish has had twenty-one swarms from six h:ves.—
Montrose Chronicle.

ROWINCi rcii.—Four expert boatmen, Mesta.
Hearne (yellow), Bird (red), Ilohnes (tdaelc), and !Whir-
! son (blue), started yesterday for a subscription tankard t
' five sovereigns each. to row from Milbank to Isleworth..
ferry and return titremsh Battersca-beidge. Black Wok
the lead, and kept it as far as Wandsworth, when the red
got a.bencl, and it was a close race to Barnes, when the
yellow led. Bloc ors filet on the return of the others half
a mile behind, cud Mr. nobinson resigned the contest.
Mr. Hollins was bc•at cif C'hiswick, and the race between
the other two was admirably eantrs tett, both passing through
Putney-bridge together. At Wairthworth pllow shot
a-h7zaf. several beats I inzth, and the inaLli was rots
cleverly at last by Mr. Hear ae.