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REV. J. B. *Cam—This incendiary called a sPela
meeting of the Protestant Confederation last night, to make
his defence against the charges of Mr. West, 111.1?„ Mr.
Mathews, &c. The scene was really disgraceful, ai.-a he
only involved himself in still deeper difficulties. Every step
he went farther into the mire.—Pilot. This Reverend I' 4.r.
M'Crea laboured hard, despite the damning facts relative ~10
the bill of exchange, to prove that he was not a swindler,
and that Mr. West's accusation was groundless. The most
revolting feature in the case is his blasphemous assertion •
that he was prompted by the Lord to practise the deceit
and dishonesty which formed the subject of the serious
charge against him. The scene of riot and confusion
throughout among his auditory mocks all description—it was
certainly quite in keeping with he who addresset2 the meeting.
The following extract from a letter, written by Mr. Mat-
thews, affords evidence that needs no comment :—" Being .
itlentified with him (says Mr. Matthews) as I unfortuoately
am, in the capacity of landlord, I suffered not only in the
estimation of the Roman Catholics in my business, but
also in that of the Protestants. When I had shown Ms.
M'Crea how much his occupying my premises was injuring:.
me, he kindly Fomised before the Confederation to give
them up, on being paid 35/. 155., giving me ten days to con-
sider. After writing a note to him requesting the items, he
came to say that he prayed to the Lord to direct him in
taking the premises—the Lord told him ' go on and pros-
per ;' ho could not, therefore, recede, and, in pursuance
of this boasted resolution, he stills holds possession."
ORANGEISM.—At the dinner given on Thursday to. •
Messrs. West and Hamilton, Members for the City of
Dublin, by the Orange Association, which has now assumed
the name of the Boyne Club, w sire informed by a con-
temporary that the name of the Heiress Presumptive to
the Throne was passed by, and that the Duke of Cumber-
land usurped its place. The company were also told that
the Dublin constituency had "earned of their country and
of the empire at large, by hunting the monster (O'Connell)
from our city, and forcing him to take refuge among the
murderers of Carrickshock." It were difficult to determine
which of the Orange characteristics shines out most beauti-
fully in this Christian sentiment—whether there be in it more
of trod', or of good taste, or of right feeling, we leave to the
judgment of the public.
CONSERVATISM IN CORK.—We should not think it
worth while to notice the dinner that was given at Cork
last Friday, but for the sake of showing the sad and fallen
condition of Conservatism in Ireland. The Cork Standard,
a journal belonging to the Conservatives, contains the fol-
lowing admission :—" In Ireland Conservatism has not
reached an equal growth, nor has it found a fixed place
amongst the moral resources of the country—terrible as
the necessities are which call for its powers." This is a
candid revelation. It is true that in the next sentence a
belief is affected to be entertained that Conservatism is,
notwithstanding, growing and spreading. Nobody, howe-
ver, knows better than our Contemporary, that Conserva-
tism in Ireland, as well as throughout every part of the
United Kingdom, is on its last legs, and can survive but for
a very short period. Why even at thisgrand entertainment
not one man of rank or station in the country attended.
Conservatism must truly be growing and spreading in a
surprising ratio when so honoured.
THE TITHE WAR.—We publish from the Pilot, without
comment, the following extract of a letter from Meath de-
scriptive of a fragment of that Establishment, to which so
many victims are almost daily sacrificed :—" The Rev. Mr.
Batty, rector of the united parishes of Duleek, Timool,
Dowd, and Ardcath, in the barony of Upper Duleek,
county of Meath, filed a bill in the Court of Exchequer
against twenty-three persons in the parish of Ardcath. The
defendants employed Philip Costello, Esq., Dominick-street,
and appeared, put in an answer, &c. Michael Moore, one
of the persons named in the bill, never was served with a
supcena, either his house or any person belonging to him ;
the fact is, another person, named Hand, was served in
place of Moore, by leaving it in his (Hand's) house. Moore
was arres:ed, under a writ of rebellion, in the cow fair of
Drogheda, rzn Monday last, and, escorted by twelve soldiers
and a sergeant, was lodged in the police-barrack of Duleek.
On Monday nigh," he was handcuffed, and none of his fa-
mily would be allow,:sd to see him. He is not yet brought
up. The rebellion rutZian is George Chinery, gate-keeper
to H. Smith, Esq., Annesbeoo2c, J.P., and D.L. Chinery
was lately discharged from the .oeath police for bad con-
duct. No appearance of defence I,:ras made for Moore to
the bill, by direction of counsel. Niot,re is a very poor man,
-nan, a magistrate,
has a large family, and, as you may Perceive, is cruelly
treated. Mr. Smith's conduct, as a genile,
and a deputy-lieutenant, is very extraordinat:v. The above
can be satisfactorily proved on oath.
Mr. O'Connell will, we are pleased to lean:• for many
reasons connected with his own and the country s advan-
tage, attend the Association to-morrow.—Pilot.
TRADES' POLITICAL UNION.—The weekly meetinj of
this body was held last night at the Corn Exchange.
CITY REGISTRY.—The Mail after boasting in most
magniloquent terms of the results of the two days registra-
tion, suffers to ooze out the following significant admission -.:
—" But still—will it be believed—there are a thousand'
Protestant gentlemen resident in squares, and occupying
the principal mansions in the fashionable streets of the
city, for whom notices have been served, and yet who, from
apathy or cowardice, have not as yet come forward, to en-
title themselves to sake a part in the contest on the day
when the battle of the constitution is to be fought ?"
CORK COUNTY REPREENNTATION —The meeting which
we recently alluded took place yesterday. A difference of
opinion prevailed as to the disposition of Mr. Roche, Jun.
to come forward. The Southern Reporter says " that
there appeared to be a universal feeling of regret that
Lord Ennismore had not taken a different course from that
pursued by the Noble Lord ; for had he determined on
presenting himself to the county, his success would have
been signal, and the representation would have been
wrested from a party whose courses were inimical to civil
liberty, and to the best interests of society."
We rejoice to perceive that in the registry there is a
clear majority in favour of the Liberal cause, amounting to
237. _ _

IRELAND.

MURDER.—On Tuesday night last, as an honest indus-
trious poor man named Patrick King was returning from
the fair of Westport to his residence at Ballybourke in
Cork county, he was waylaidby several persons outside that
town, who beat him in such a savage and inhuman manner
as to cause' his death on the followinc, Thursday. The
body of the unfortunate deceased, whob has left a wife
and four children, presented a frightful proof of the sa-
vage barbarity of his murderous assailants. One of the
party has been since apprehended, but the others have for
the present eluded the vigilance of the police.
WHISKEY.—The price of this spirit has advanced here
as well as in Scotland. The present price is Gs. Bd., be-
ing 4d. per gallon more than was formerly charged.
SCARCITY.—The City of Dublin has alrslady began to
experience the effects of the short crops, and tLe inclement
autumn. The Corn markets are everywhere rapidly on
the advance ; fodder for beasts, and indeed proves; der, aro
becoming immeasurably dear. The state of destitution to
which the poor are reduced is truli frightful. Already the
slow famishing typhus has set in ; And we greatly appre-
hend that, if immediate steps are not taken, with a view to
prevention, the most fearful calamity will occur.

We regret to be obliged to state that the disputes
between the masters and workmen in the Potteries are not
yet settled. It is understood that the number of men
who have turned out are not fewer than 60,000. A meet-
ing was to have taken place on Wednesday last, in order
to see if the differences could be adjusted ; but we have
not heard the result. The yeomanry have, we believe, been
called out, and other arrangements to guard against possible
danger have been made. Upwards of twenty furnaces have
been blown out in Staffordshire and Warwickshire, so that
altogether the number of men out of employment there must
be very great.—Morning Chronicle.
LAUNCH.—Yesterday was launched from the dock-,
yard of Messrs. Green, Wigram, and Green, at Blackwell,
a steamer of two forty-horse power engines, intended as a
tug vessel for the Symington Patent Paddle Steam Towing
Company. It is calculated that this vessel, with the addi-
tional propelling power which the patent wheel affords, will
be able to tow the largest class of Indiamen ; she is called
the Copeland, in honour of the late Lord Mayor, he being
of opinion that the Symington paddle wheel causes far less
danger, and would, if generally used, be a matter of con-
siderable benefit to the watermen, whose boats are exposed
to so much danger from the swell occasioned by the common
wheel.

When newspapers speak of Louis Bonaparte's
family connections, they never fail to designate him as the
sou of the Countess of St. Leu, as though he was not his
father's son. We beg leave to ask if they have any par-
ticular reason for thus expressing themselves. We must
further observe, it is no handsome reflection upon Madame
de St. Leu's husband, as it implies that be has no chil-
dren of his own, and that Louis Bonaparte, the Napoleon
the Second, of Strasburgh, is a widow's eldest son. This
question of ours is not an idle one ; it was suggested by the
desire evinced by certain friends of Bonaparte's name, of
leaving a doubt in the mind of the public as to whether so
near a descendant of the great man was really confined in
a prison at Strasburg.—Paris Paper.
Yesterday an inquest was held at the Queen's
Arms, Great Guildford-street, Borough, before Mr. Car-
ter, Coroner for Surrey, touching the death of Benjamin
Clarke, late housekeeper in the employ of Messrs. Barclay
and Perkins, the brewers. It appeared that on Saturday
night last he came home tipsy, and went to bed in that
state. On Sunday morning he was found dead in his bed.
The appearance of the deceased showed that he must have
died in great aga,ny. Verdict " Died from suffocation
caused by excessive drinking."