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whole year, perhaps it might only be far a few
but rill the eollooon,e,tion, w,ttl ihe unverrunetit ha,
ceased respectina the renewal of the charter.

The GovEa.woa said this proposal had come most un-
expectedly on bin. It gave him the most sincere plea-
sure that his conduct should meet with the approbation
of the Court of Proprietors. While in office he had always.
to the best of his ability, upheld the dignity and character
of the Corporation. The 1 ist time that he took upon
himself the duties of the governorship, was upon
a clear understanding that it should hot last
for more than six months, and it wnu d have
ended last Octob-r, hu•lfor.snme unforeseen circumstances,
which rendered it then impossible for the D••puty-Chair
man to succeed him. He hoped that he would not h.
pressed again to take the Chair; and that Court might
depend upon it, that the gentleman who was likely to
succeed hint, would fill the situation with ability and
satisfaction to the Court.

After a few words from Mr. YOUNG and Mr. WEED-
ING, pressing upon him to retain his office, the Governor
again s id that it was impossible for him to receive the
approbation of that Court hut with feelings of pride and
satisfaction. He hoped that at 311 events the proprietors
would leave it to the Court of Directors, and that no vote
would be come to upon the subject then.
After a few words from Mr. BLACKBURN, the motion
was withdrawn, and the Court adjourned.

IRELAND.-BARON SMITH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—As Sir Robert Peel, in his old olmanack speech
on the Irish Bill, seems so fond of old stories, perhaps he
would like to hear one of a certain Baron Smith, at the
Wexford Assizes, about five and twenty years ago. T,,c
county was contested by a Mr. Alcock, an Orangeman,
and a Mr. Calcleugh (I think it is spelt, but pronouncen
Cokeley), a Liberal. Mr. Alcock, who was a shot. I
suppose, and presumed upon it, sent word to Mr. Cal-
cleugh, that if any of the tenants of any supporter of his
voted for him (Mr. Calelend)), he (Mr. Alcock) would
call Mr. Calcleugh out, and shoot,him if he could. It so
happened, that a ten int of Lady -- (I forget whom)
(lid vote for Mr. C., who was immediately paraded by
Mr. A., and shot dead. There being an impartial sort of
Sheriff at that time in the county, Mr. A. thought it
necessary to abscond for a eir, until a more friendly one
was appointed. He then returned, and, by the hocua
pocus so well understood in those days, and not yet quite
forgotten, Baron Smith was sent down to try the gentle-
man for this very innocent and justifiable homicide. His
charge to the Jury was in substance this—that the laws
against duelling were the remains of ancient barbarism,
and he hoped a worthy gentleman's life would not be sa-
crificed by strictly adhering to such antiquated notions.
Now, Mr. Editor, as old stories are the fashionable ex
cones for present legislation, pray inquire into the truth of
this one, and whether the present Baron Smith is any
connexion of the above. I take it that they are not very
distant relations. I am, Sir.

A FRIEND TO JUSTICE AND HUMANITY

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY, MARCH 16.

KILKENNY ASSIZES.-OATH OF A NN HITEFOOT.

On Wednesday last, ten men were tried and convicted
of a midnight attack on the house of Martin Kavanagh,
of Johnstown, so far back as the 23d of November, 1831,
and with assaulting him, and administering unlawful
oaths. It appeared on the trial, that Kavan igh had
since entered into the Whitefoot confederacy, been tried,
convicted, and ordered for transportation at the last as-
sizes. His wife and an approver ( Henry Hyland), one of
the party who attacked Kavanagh, were produced as wit-
nesses against the 10 Whiteteet, who were on their evi-
dence convicted of the minor offences within the house,
but acquitted of the burglary, as Kavanagh had raised the
latch to admit them.

On the cr,,ss-examination of Hyland, be admitted that
he had often been present when Whitefeet were sworn in,
and stated that the following was the oath administered :
" 1. I hereby swear to keep counsel of all this united
business and ribandism.

"2. I hereby swear to suffer the right arm to he cut
from the left, and the left from the right, and the right to
be nailed ;o the metropolis of Armagh gaol door, before
ever I'll waylay or betray a brother, or go en a green cloth
to swear against him.

" 3. I hereby swear never to have carnal pleasure with
a brother's wife, sister, aunt, or first cousin, only by law-
ful permission,
" 4. I hereby swear never to rob a man, or keep com-
pany with a robber, unless in gaol or work, where it
cannot be helped.
" 5. I hereby swear to give money to the repair of arms
or of ammunition, when called upon by a brother, if I
have it.

" 6. I hereby swear never to have a shilling, and a
brother to want sixpence without giving it to him.
" 7. I hereby swear never to pity the moans nr groans
of dying children, hut always wade knee-deep in Orange
blood, and to keep down land jobbers an l tithe jobbers.

" 8. I hereby swear never to see a brother in d inler
of transportation or the gallows, if I am able to make up
money for him.

" 9. I hereby swear never to have two coats, two
shirts, two pair of stockings, or anything belonging to the
body, but wi!l give a brother one if he requires it.
" 10. I hereby swear never to sit in company and
hear a brother spoken ill of. If I am not able to fight
or resist, I will walk out and tell the next brother I meet
what was s.id, who said it, and in what company.
" 11. I hereby swear to go fifteen tni'es on foot and
twenty-one on horseback, when called upon lsy a brother
upon a lawful occasion, or unlawful, for fear it might be
unlawful before we could come back.

",..12. I hereby swear to never give the secret to bishop.
priest, or minister, or to any other body, only to a friar,
and to never tell the man that made me a Whitefoot, and
to keep up the Knight of St. Patrick."
The declaration of the above caused an extraordinary
sensation in Court ; parts of the oath have heretofore
been exhibited to public indignation, but this is the first
time that it has been exposed in a court of justice in the
county of Kilkenny as a characteristic of the Whitefoot
system. Several of its clauses are well remembered as
having been used as forms of swearing in the older Ri-
bandrnen or Rockites in the North of Ireland, where the
former Orange system provoked such a reaction. The
fact of its having been grafted on Whitefootisin only proves
how extensive are the causes which operate in Ireland to
expose the peasantry to the temptation of joining any
system or any enterprize, however rash and lawless and
dangerous, that bolds out s hope of redress.