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London, England, 1804-11-12 00:00:00

DUBLIN, Nov..).

I am happy to inform yon, arrangements are
making here for the removal of one of the grievances
under which the country has long laboured, and
which has [missed wit.' peculiar severity upon the
peas entry. Sir Evan Nepean, instru&ed, as it is said,
by Mr. Pitt, has called upon the Prelates, and other
dignitaries of the Catholic persuasion, to consult
their inferior Clergy, and to lay before him an out-
line of such annual stipend, to be paid by the State,
as may enable them to live in their several ranks,
with comfort and respatability, without being ob-
liged to recur, as hitherto has bean the case, for a
precarious support, to the bounty of the Laity. Seve-
ral meetings of the Roman Catholic Bishops, &c.
have been held in consequence, in Marlborough-
street, and the result has been reported at the Castle.
Every liberal man will rejoice at the adoption of a
measure, which goes at once to reward learning
and piety, and to remove a heavy burden from the
shoulders of the industrious labourer and artisan,
while its general effe& will be to attach the great
body of the Irish people more strongly to the State.
The apprehension of three or four obscure indivi-
duals at Carlow seems to have occurred very op-
portunely, to give colour to the monstrous tale of
an insurralion of 30.000 rebels in Kildare, so boldly
asserted in some of the London Papers; but even
this piece of evidence, if it did apply, has been
weakened by subsequent events. Of the four per-
sons apprehended, one, as I mentioned in a former
letter, h 4 been discharged ; he kept an inn in that
neighboutitood ; has been uniformly remarkable far
his loyalty ; and was so much an ohje& of hatred
with the Rebels, that, in the year 1798, they burned
down his house, and destroyed his property.
The first 4mi-brigade of Yeomanry, consisting
of the Merchants, Lawyers, College, and Liberty
Rangers, were this day put on permanent duty for
four days.
The Lawyers Corps received an intimation this
day, on parade, that the Courts of Law would open
to-morrow, merely pre Anna, and immediately
after adjourn over until Friday, without entering on
any business whatsoever.

NOV. 6.

Last night, the wind blowing strong at East, u
the Union packet, Capt. Skinner, rack down by the
South Wall, she attempted to tack near the Light-
house, and missing stays, fell on one side, and im-
mediately sunk. In the course of the evening
near forty persons, many of them ladies, had
proposed to take their passage with the Captain to
I lolyhead ; but he l,a I, in tl.c most liberal manner,
dissuaded them from it, on account of the state of
the wind and weather. Of course, at the time the
accitLnt happened, the passengers were not num
rous ; I noierst.tnd, itnt two; one of whom was
General Beckwith; and, I am happy to add, no lie
was lost. Captain Skinner, however, is much bruised ;
having lost an arm in the service, when a Lieutenant
in the Navy, he is co'nparatively helpless ; and, in
getting over the side of the vessel, he fell, and was
At nue time under the boat, which was alongside.
This vessel was new built, and has not been more
than two months on the s: ition ; she cost him near
two thousand guineas. There were two mails on
board, both of which have been saved ; but the,
letter; are so defaced, p trticularly those to Chester,
Birmingham, &c. that it is impossible to decypher
them. Every one regrets the loss the Captain is
tint to sustain, in ermeeqnence of this arcideot ;
be is a polite. easy gentleman, extremely attentive
to the accommodation of his passengers, and to the
duties of his situation ; be is brother in law to Gen.
Ishigent, the Governor ut Jamaica.
I am just now informed, that a car laden with
ammunition was last night detefied at Harold's-
Cross, by a troop of horse' sent thither for that
o purpose, in cnsequence of information given to
Major Sift-. It was coming into town from the coun-
try. I have not time to enquire into the truth of
this report before the packet sails, but I hold my in-
formation from reap EGble authority. I hope my
letter of yesterday is not defaced, and that you will
receive it.

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N 0 V. 7.
Monday morning a number of waggons and carts
set out from the military stores with cannon, tent
equipage, and other loading of the like kind, for
the country. 'They were escorted by a large party of
the army.
There Las been a large arrival of shipping in our
harbour within these tw i or three days past; some
vessels from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, en-
tered, with timber. iron, cordage, tar, pitch, and
rosin, as also flat, hemp, coadilla, &c. ; these are
articles that must ever be highly acceptable to a
commerci.,l kingdom.
EictraEt trom one cif the articles of the instniaions
from Lord Cathcart to lima Inspe.ffing Field Officers
of Yeomanry : " The Commander of the Forces
trusts,that the OFfic es, whom i lis Majesty has been
pleased to selest for this duty. will constantly bear in
mind, that the corps under their command are com-
posed of men unused to the habits of a military life,
and whose association in defence of their country is
voluntary ; and his Lordship is confident, that, feel-
ing the force of these considerations, they will at all
times temper their commands in the manner which
will be found hest calculated to attain the essential
objet of rendering the yeomanry force fit for the
imporunt services expeifted from it."

Thursday morning, the Prussian ship Potsdam. of
Esubden, J. G. Status, master, bound to Surin.rin,
with plantation stores, arrived in Cork harbour from
Plymouth, after eleven days passage. She spoke
the Salta ifargaretin, on Saturday last, Lshaus
bearing east about '2O leagues. The Pa dam is quite
le-Ay, having been strained much in the late gales
She mounts to guns, is 700 tons burden, has a crew
of 45 men, and 21 passengers.

The followinlx Field Officers are appointed to
in-
apeß and supenatend the Yeomary Force of the un-
dermentioned Counties in Ireland,
W AAAAA ,1.10 and KIIatTIOIV.-I.ienttnant•Colonel Sir J.
Cod:born: to luestation,d in K ilk <ant. and to report to Bri-
gadier G:neral De La I bote, at New Riiss.
Wexesiels--Lisnstesient Colonel Gatlftry : to he stationed
at Enniseorthy, and to report ro ditto.
Cam trivio-Lieutenant Colonel : to be ,tat.ott d
at Carlow, and to repent to d at".
Tipperary (except Ike' nn, Upper and Lower Ormond, Ow.
ney and A rra )--Lientenant-Coloilel Sour/ n -r: to be rationed
At Cashel, and to report to Wigadier•tiecieral Staling, at
Cashel.