The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-08 00:00:00

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A Meeting of the Freeholders of the Cout ty of
Dublin was held at the Session House, Kiimainham,
on Saturday last, fur the purpose of voting a Loyal
Address to his Majesty, or rather an Address ap-
proving of the conduct of Ministers The Chair
was taken at one o'clock by Sir Richard Steele, the
High Sheriff of the County. The Address was
moved by Lord How th, and seconded by Lord Mont.
morrcncy • but, when it was about to be put, Mr.
O'Connell attempted to move an amendment, which,-
was subsequently adopted by Counsellor John flume,-
who, in enforcing its propriety, having alluded to
the system pursued by his Majesty's Ministers, in
terms rather too strung for the delicate cars of the
Ultra Loyalists, he was called' to order by the
Sheriff, when a scene of indescribable contusion
ensued, during which the original Address was pro.
nuunced by the Mieriff to have been carried. and he.
then declared the Meeting dissolved. The Oppo-
sition, however, would not suffer themselves to be
thus defeated, and called Lord Cloneurry to the
Choir. The Sheriff having again interposed, said,
the Meeting was dissolved, and called upon his
Lordship and the Gentlemen to disperse, as it was
his determination to clear the Court. This, how-
ever, they resolutely opposed, but soon the business
was interrupted by the military, on which Mr.
O'Connell exclaimed " let us be firm to our post,
and not übaudon it until compelled by force."—
Lord C. ti,:ented to this proposal, observing, that he
was a :I,lgistrate of the county, that the Court
House was the Freeholders House, and he would
not leave it until compelled by three. A military
()facer then nay:maxi and placed his hand upon his
Lordship's shoulder, who retired with a number of
r'reeholders, who afterwards agreed to a Counter
Address.

The " Ne plus ultra" of Rubbery—Last Tuesday
night, a labouring man named Richard Adcock,
living in the Mint, Union-street, Borough, was
enticed by a prostitute into oae of those sinks of
infamy, aboot Dover-street, called a coffee-shop.--
Before he had been there long, the /tety contrived to
rob him of what little money he had, and then &-
camped ; finding himself without money, and con-
&lent of being locked out of his lodginic, he laid
his head down on the table (as he saw others du),
and presently fell asleep. About three o'clock in
the morning. he awoke, and tbund that during, his
sleep, his company had managed to take off his half.
boots, which lilted him rather tight, together with
a pair of new white stockings he wore, they had
:;tulest od Isis le4-,! becuure outrageous at his
loss, on which the landlord turned hull out, and he
war doomed to walk about the streets, barefooted for
four %slurs, before he could get into his lodging.
Thurs.:ay night, between six and seven o'clock, .
Mr. Glarke, of Lliotes-row, Lambeth, fancy wire
worker, was attacked near the Obelisk, by two men •
who rushed violently agaiost him, one of which
snatched his watch. By a sudden atFurt, Mr. C.
managed to snatch it from the man who held it ;
but was almost immediately knocked down by his
companion, and tit.; property tbreed front hint ; by
singsdar gaol luck, however, he contrived to catch
the thief by the lice], which brought bin down
and Mr. Clank a second time had his watch, but
baste he could conceal it, and haysng no strength
in such a position to defend himself, the villains got
it from hint again, and they both escaped.
Tuesday se'nnight, a sailor in the Kimmcrsley
tresisport, lying at Cork, buund for Barbedees,
with part of the :35th regiment, while adjusting the
rigging, lust his hold, and fell overboard. The
sea was running very high, and the unfortunate
man was on tile point of sinking, when another
sailor and a soldier, actuated by a noble impulse of
humanity, fearlessly plunged into the water, and
succeeded in taking hold of him. Ropes were thrown
out, and a boat being lowered, the poor fellow and •
his presavers were rescued &oat their perilous state,
allonday night, us Mr. and Mrs Ord, of Berkeley.--
square, were stemming to town from Cheltenham,
io their travelling carriage, the txrachman and
sexvunt riding on the box, on their arrival between
Isleuurth and Brentford, some villains contrives! to
cut the binding of an imperial, which was fastened•
on the top of it carriage, and which remained pro-
perty to a consider:llde amount, without attra:ting
the attention of any of the parties. The robbery
was sat discovered until their arrival in Lemlon.
Information was Immediately fowarded to M.srlba..
rough-street Police Office, and Jetferics set ahuat
tracing the thieves. Several marks, trout the !mils
of shoes, wz-rc imprinted on the sea behind tile
carriage; and three countrymen were traced to have
been dalaking, with un imperial in their itossestsion,
nut thr distant front the spot, shortly utter the time
it is suspected the rubbery ova: committed.
One of thoie natural curiosities which so ne per.
:rats ,Acct to believe do.:s not exist, called a mermaid,
has arrived on based Cie ISmenu, J. C. Ross, master,
Low hying in the Thames, from '13..11cm-len, in Su-
matra. It is of a perfect human form from the head
to the middle, and the rest consists of a Ltd 4): a 441/
ggSellibliNg a dolphin.

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