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cessary to send parties of military and police in charge
of everything in the way of provisions corning to or
going from Ulonmel. Day and night patrols are conti-
nually corning in and going out. Magistrates galloping
one way, and mounted orderlies another—all in confu-
sion, excitement, and dismay."
IMPORTANT TREASURY MINUTE—DRAIN.
AGE WORKS—ENTAILED ESTATES.
The Dublin Evening Post of this afternoon contains
the following very important document, addressed by
the Treasury to the Boord of Works. The immediate
object is to increase, to the fullest possible extent that
the existing law will permit, the facilities for extending
drainage and productive works. A supplemental minute,
dated the 15th instant, refers to contemplated changes
in the law, with a view of removing the impediments to
improvements on entailed estate:, which, for instance,
operate so prejudicially in the case of the Marquis of
Conyngham.
We refer to Mr. Trevelyan's letter for an explana-
tion of the contemplated measure of the Government,
which is to empower landed proprietors to sell portions
of entailed estates, or enable the Government to do so
in case arrears accumulate, for advances made from the
Treasury for improvements. This is ono of the most
important measures ever proposed, in regard to settled
estates, in this country :

" Treasury Minute, Dec. ], 1846.
"My Lords have before them Mr. Redington's letter,
dated 11th ultimo, inquiring, by desire of the Lord-
Lieutenant, to what extent, and upon what terms as to
interest, and the period of repayment, their Lordships
will sanction advances to parties who may apply
under the several enactments authorising loans for
the drainage and improvement of estates in Ireland,
with the exception of the Act 9 and 10 Vic., c. 101, in
giving effect to which difficulties had been experienced.
" Their Lordships also have before them a letter from
the Board of Works, dated the 14th instant, transmitting
a copy of a letter which had been addressed to their
chairman, by Mr. More O'Ferrall, M.P., containing
suggestions as to the operation of the Drainage Act ,
and inquiring whether advances will be made from
the million voted for drainage in Ireland on the terms
specified in the 9th and 10th Vic., c. 101, although the
application for it be made under the provisions of the
9th Viet., c. 4.'
" My Lords proceed to consider the enactments re-
ferred to in the above-mentioned letters ; first, the Acts
for drainage in Ireland, 5 and 6 Vic., c. 89, emended by
8 and 9 Vic., c. 69, and 9 Vic., c. 4; and, secondly, the
provisions for the general improvement of estates in Ire-
land, contained in the 22d section of the Act 1 and 2
Wm. IV., c. 33, amended by 9 Vic., c. 1, s. 6.
" My Lords are of opinion that the most advantageous
mode of applying the provisions of the first series of
Acts, viz., the Drainage Acts, is that the Board of
Works should undertake the execution of such works as
are necessary for deepening, or removing obstructions
in rivers, their tributary streams, or larger watercourses
of the country, by means of which great improvement
may be effected in the main outfalls for the drainage of
considerable tracts of land. Such works can seldom be
accompliseed by any single proprietor, as these streams
and watercourses, forming the main drains, generally
pass through the estates of many different proprietors.
The difficulty which arises from this cause is obviated
by the power which the Board of Works possesses of
proceeding with the consent of a certain number of pro-
prietors, and of charging the repayment upon the lands
drained even of dissenting proprietors, in proportion to
the benefit conferred upon them.
"My Lords do not think that the agency of the
Board of Works can, as a general rule, be advan-
tageously applied to draining in detail—to laying down
draining tiles, or pipes, or store-draining, in each field.
This deacription of work, they are of opinion, can,
unless when particular circumstances call for special
exception, be far more advantageously done by each
proprietor for himself, on his own estate, the improved
outfall for his drainage having been afforded, if neces
nary, by the more general operation of the Board o
Works above stated.

" Mr. More O'Ferrall, expressing the opinion of the
magistrates, ratepayers, and principal inhabitants of the
barony of Carbury, county Kildare, states in his letter,
a copy of which has been communicated to the Board of
Works, that the barony is bounded by two rivers, one of
which has already been opened, and works on the other
are in progress for the same purpose, under the existing
Drainage Act ; and then proceeds to suggest that the
most advantageous mode of employing labour at present
in the barony would be for the Commissioners of Public
Works to open the smaller tributary streams running
into these two rivers, and thus to improve the outfall for
drainage throughout the barony—by this means afford-
ing to each proprietor the opportunity of more effectually
draining his own fields for himself.
" This view of the magistrates, ratepayers, &c., of the
barony of Carbury, is in perfect accordance with the
measures contemplated by this board, as above stated.
" My Lords are prepared, therefore, to sanction ad-
vances for such purposes, and will consider applications,
each to be dealt with on its own merits, for works of
drainage under this series of Acts, the last of which
conferring more summary power of proceedings, is more
particularly applicable to the present state of things in
Ireland.

" Proceeding to the consideration of the second class
or enactments—i.e., 1 and 2‘ Wm., c. 33, s. 32, and 9
Vic., c. 1, s. 6—under which loam may be made to in-
dividuals, to enable them to effect tile improvement of
their estates for themselves, by drainage, reclaiming
waste lands, or other works of substantial improvement,
my Lords are prepared to make advances to proprietors
who comply with the conditions of the 1 and 2 Wm.
IV., cap. 33, amended by 9 Vic., cap. 1, sec. 6, as to
the nature of the works, and who can obtain from a com-
petent person, approved by the Board of Works, the
certificate of increased value to be given to the land
improved, as prescribed by that Act. This latter con-
dition is necessary in order to protect the interests of
those who are to succeed the person in actual possession,
from having their future property subjected to a charge
for unsubstantial and improvident improvements.
" Their Lordships, however, desire that it may be
understood, that parties applying for loans under any of
the enactments above adverted to, must undertake to
submit to such terms, in respect to the period of repay-
ment, and such other provisions, as Parliament may
hereafter enact.

" Transmit a copy of this minute to Mr. Redington,
for the information of the Lord Lieutenant and the Board
of Works."
MR. TREVELYAN TO THE COMMISSIONERS
OF PUBLIC WORKS.
December 15, 1546.
I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury to inform you, with reference to the
minute of this Board dated the Ist instant, that their
Lordships think it advisable to furnish the following ad-
ditional explanations on the subject of the arrangements
contemplated by the above-mentioned minute for making
advances both to individual proprietors of estates, and
also to the Board of Works, from national funds, for the
drainage and general improvement of private estates in
Ireland.
My Lords are aware that difficulties have been expe-
rienced in giving practical effect to the Act 9 and 10
Vic., cap. 101, and that in some parts of the country
works of improvement other than drainage may be more
beneficially undertaken.
Their Lordships are, however, of opinion that the ge-
neral course of proceeding prescribed by that Act (ac-
cording to which the improvements on each private
estate are to be executed by the proprietor, and the in-
terference of the officers of the Government is confined
to ascertaining, in the first instance, that the proposed
improvements are likely to be of such a permanent
and productive character as would justify the cost
of them being made a charge upon • the estate with
priority over other encumbrances, and afterwards to in-
specting the works from time to time so as to secure the
proper applicarion of the sums advanced to the purposes
tor which they were intended) is the mode in which the
intervention of the State can be most extensively and
effectually directed to the improvement of the land of the
country : and her Majesty's Government propose to
submit a Bill to Parliament founded on these principles,
embracing and extending the objects of the 32d section
of the Act 1 and 2 William IV., cap. 33, amended by
the 9th Victoria, cup. 1, section 6, and of the 9th and
10 th Victoria, cap. 101.
It is proposed by her Majesty's Government that the
million sterling appropriated by the Act 9 and 10 Vic.,
cap. 101, to be issued in loans for drainage in Ireland,
should be rendered available for the purposes of general
improvement of lands, including drainage, under the
provisions of the Act proposed to be passed in the next
session of Parliament, as above explained ; and their
Lordships are prepared to adopt the principle of the 9th
and 10th Victoria, cap. 101, as to the re-payment, and
to authorise its being male by equal half-yearly instal-
ments of 3/. ss. each, distributed over a period of twenty-
two years, with a power of redemption as provided in the
Act, unless the borrowers should themselves desire that
a shorter period should be fixed, in which case the
number and amount of instalments will be determined in
each particular case as shall be desired by the proprie-
tors, and sanctioned by the Treasury, the rate of interest
being calculated, in all cases, at 3i per cent.
There being reason to believe that considerable diffi-
culty is sometimes experienced by Irish proprietors in
effecting desirable improvements on their estates, owing
to the peculiarities of the tenure of land in Ireland, and
the rights of persons having different interests in it, their
Lordships are of opinion that it may be desirable to in-
sert in the Bill to be submitted to Parliament on this
subject.provisions somewhat similar to those contained
in the existing Irish Drainage Acts, for the purpose of
removing this obstacle, and apportioning on tho various
parties who will derive benefit from the improvements
a proportionate contribution towards the repayment of
the loan, the whole principal and interest being payable
to the Government by the person who shall be deemed
proprietor of the land drained or improved, and the con-
tribution on the part of the occupier being in the shape
of increased rent to the proprietor.
Her Majesty's Government also propose to submit a
separate Bill to Parliament, in which the provisions of
the sth and 6th Vic., cap. 89, Bth and 9th Vic., cap. 69,
and the 9th Vic., cap. 4, which have for their object the
execution by the Board of Works of drainage works of
a more extended description, in most cases involving the
intere4 of several proprietors, will be consolidated and
simplifid, and such amendments will be made in them
as the occasion may appear to require.
The loans which have hitherto been made from the

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Public Works Loan Fund for this object have been made at the usual rate of interest of fire per cent., but advert-
ing to the great public importance at the present period
of encouraging every description of agricultural im•
provement in Ireland, their Lordships are prepared to
reduce the interest on future loans to four per cent.
In order that efforts now being made for the drainage
and improvement of land may not experience any dis-
couragement, their Lordships will authorise the terms
of repayment above described to take effect from the Ist
instant ; that is to say, loans for the drainage, or gene-
ral improvement of estates, to be executed by the rro-
prictors under the inspection of the Board of Works, ac-
cording to the provisions of the 32d section of the Act
1 and 2 Will. IV , cap. 33, the 9th Vic., cap. 1, sec. 6,
and the 9 and 10 Vic. cap. 101, will 133 repayable ac-
cording to the terms above stated in respect of advances
to individuals, with interest at 3,1 per cent., while loans
made to the Board of Works fur drainage to be executed
by them under the provisions of the 5 and 6 Vic., cap.
89, 8 and 9 Vic., cap. 69, and the 9 Vic., c. 4, will be
repayable by half-yearly instalments, accordingtto an
award of the Commissioners, with interest at the rate of
4 per cent.
My Lords are further of opinion, that with the view
both of providing security for the repayment of the ad-
vances from the public purse and of relieving entailed es-
tates from the evil of accumulated charges, two powers
should ba conferred by the measures which it is proposed
to submit to Parliament.
First, a power to the proprietors, of an entailed estate
to sell for the purpose of repaying the advances fur ha-
provements made by the Board of Works, or if made by
himself, with the aid of Government money, under the
inspection of the Board of Work, any part of the estate
so improved, or of ether estates settled to the same uses,
in the same manner as a power exists in this country, of
selling for the redemption of the land tax.
Secondly, a power to the Government of selling, in
default of payment of two consecutive instalments, so
much of the land improved or of other estates settled
to the same uses, which the proprietor might prefer, as
would repay capital, interest, and expenses of sale. ,
My Lords desire it to be clearly understood that in
thus laying down the conditions on which they are pre.
pared to make advances on any applications made subse-
quently to the Ist instant, they have no intention of in-
terfering with any works or arrangement for works now
in progress under any existing Act, or with such as have
be.en undertaken, ores may be undertaken, until Par-
lirment shall otherwise provide, under the Poor Employ-
ment Act as extended by Mr. Labouchere's letter of
October.s.
MEETING OF LANDED PROPRIETORS.
The committee has adjourned its meetings until after
Christmas. There has been a considerable accession of
new members, including the Earl of Arran, Sir Thomas
Staples, Messrs. Cooper (of Muckree Castle), 'rotten-
ham, Pierse Mahoney, &c.
STOPPAGE OF PUBLIC WORKS IN CLARE.
ENNIS, DEC. 17.—We regret to -have to state that
the officers of the Board of Works have found it ne::es•
sary to suspend some of the wcrks at present going for-
ward in the parish of Kilmaley, in consequence
o the
labourers using violence towards the stewards, and
driving them away from the works, because they were
strangers in the neighbourhood. The works about to be
stopped in consequence of this are—the new road from
Luughbarke to Kilrush mail road; also Gurtiganiv hills,
and the new road at Aughalana.
MEMORIAL TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.
The following notification has been issued in Kil
kenny:—

" A memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant, relating to 'the
present crisis, lies for signature at Mr. Walsh's Hotel,
Kilkenny. We, the undersigned, request any gentle-
man willing to affix his name to do so before the 25th
December.
" Desart, Duncannon, W. F. Tighe, Sir John
Power, Sir Richard Langrishe, John Power, Wm.
Bayly, Peter Connellan, Clayton Savage, Robert
Langrishe."
REPEAL SECESSION—THE CONFERENCE.
The following letter from Mr. O'Connell appeared in
the Pilot of last night:—
" Merrion-square, 18th Decmber, 1846.
" My dear Barrett,—Mr. Smith O'Brien having pub-
lished his letter to me, as he had a full right to do, I beg
you to publish my reply.
"Is it not the most strange of all imaginable strange
things that the seceders should refuse to allow the legal
basis of the Association to be ascertained and settled?—
even in the most amicable way.
" Is it their intention, seriously, to leave that question
to be settled, at the peril of our liberty and lives, by a
one-sided judge, and a shameless jury?—or any judge,
or any jury?
" It was rather' scant of courtesy' for Mr. Duffy and
his party to have published, without my permission, or
without giving me any intimation of their intention, a
conversation that took place in my house, at their re-
quest.

" I, however, scorn to cemplain; but of error, not to
say evil, some good frequently comes— as in this in-
stance their publication has, fortunately, displayed the
cloven hoof, by their crafty, but incautious, manifesta-
tions of their anti-religious principle, by which they
would feign take from the Catholic people of Ireland the
protection Of the Rept al Association.
" Their fourth instruction oa that subject is, according
to the just remark of your contemporary, the Freeman,
meaningless, or most mischievous.' But what else could
be expected from men who cculd listen to, and applaud,
an attack upon the character of one of the most esti-
mable, as well as the most amiable, of human beings—
the Lord Bishop of Elphin—so long cherished as the
dove of Galway?' Ever faithfully yours
"DANIEL yours,
"Richard Barrett, Esq."

(Copy.)
"Merrion-squsre, Dublin, Dec. 17, 1846.
"My dear Sir,—lf I made any allusion to you in the
letter to Mr. Reilly which was not warranted by the
communication I bad from the Rev. Dr. Miley, I am
ready to offer you any apology in my power for the mis-
take. But that reverend gentleman's letter is now before
you, having been read at the last meeting of the Asso-
ciation, and if you can point out any matter in which I
have exceeded, I am ready to retract it in the most dis-
tinct manner you please.
" I am most heartily sorry that you think it right to
decline all discussions on the physical force question, as
it is, in fact, the only vital point upon which the secession
commenced, and is now so likely to continue.
" Pardon me when I say, that I deem it a sacred duty
solemnly to warn you against making light of the phy-
sical force question. It involves your personal safety,
which, I am free to admit, is not a paramount consider.
ation in your mind ; but it also involves the safety of
others engaged in the same object which you have in
view. I should vote for the re-admission into the Asso-
ciation, of very many of the seceders, if they would dis-
avow the physical force principle ; or if, without that
disavowal, the Association would still be a legal assem-
bly. I say emphatically, it would not ; and it was to as-
certain this point, and this alone, that I proposed the
legal conference, as a preliminary step to a complete
conciliation.

" Forgive me for pressing this topic upon your mind
—I do it in the spirit of respect and courtesy ; whilst I
bitterly deplore that you should not consent to be a
party to an amicable ascertainment of the effects, in
point of law, of any admixture of the physical force
principle with the principles and proceedings of the
Association.

"I do not presume to expect to make any impression
on your mind by these declarations of mine ; but you
will excuse them I trust, when you recollect that the
protection of the members of the Association from any
well-founded prosecution-is the first, and most sacred, of
my public duties. I can never be a party to any species
of arrangement which does not, in the first instance,
provide for the due obedience to the law, and for the en-
tire and perfect protection of the members of the Associa-
tion from any well-founded legal prosecution.
" You will, of course, perceive that your refusal to
hold the conference on the legal question, in the first
instance, precludes me from the possibility of carrying
out any amicable adjustment. Till the point of legality
be decided, no further arrangement is possible. I have
the honour to be yours, very faithfully,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.
"William Smith O'Brien, M.P."
THE REV. DR. MILEY—MR. S. O'BRIEN.
The following letter from Mr. O'Brien has been ad-
dressed to the Rev. Dr. Miley:—
" Cahirmoyle, December 16, 1846.
" My dear Sir,—Having read your published account
of our interview at Cahirmoy le, I cannot refrain from
expressing my regret that you did not inform me that it
was your intention to take a note of our conversation,
with a view to its publication. I should, in such case,
have taken care to avoid the possibility of miscon-
struction.

" I am not conscious of having said to you that the
staff of Conciliation Hall could be in no instance,
reduced.' I stated, with reference to the funds, that
although upon some occasions I had witnessed an ex-
penditure which seemed to me unnecessary, yet I
had fully satisfied myself that the charge of
peculation could not be justly brought against those
intrusted with the management of the finances
of the Repeal Association. With reference to the
staff, I remarked that it was exceedingly difficult to ac-
commodate it to the various exigencies of the Associa-
tion ; that a staff which would be inadequate, whilst the
Association was receiving 3,000/. per week, would be
excessive whilst it was in receipt of not more than 100/
per week ; but I have no recollection of having ad-
mitted that this staff could be in no instance reduced, but
was, as constituted at present, indispensable to the effi-
cient working of the repeal machinery.'
" I regret that you have omitted to state, that ono of
the reasons which I assigned for not entering into dis-
cussion upon the question of the forces' was, that I
considered that this controversy is nothing but a pretext,
raised merely for the purpose of excluding from the
Association some men who were disposed to.thwart the
policy of Mr. O'Connell with regard to a political con-
nexion with the Whigs.
Permit me to add, that I have read your letter with
the more surprise because your observations had raised
an impression in my mind that you thought that the
terms proposed by me are reasonable, and that they
would not present any insuperable impediment to our
return to Conciliation Hall, under eircurastat.ces ca!eu-
lated to give increased strength to the repeal movement.
• " Whilst, however, I regret that your letter to gr.

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O'Connell bas been so framed as to raise impressions
upon the public mind unfavourable to me, I gladly avail
myself of this opportunity of acknowledging that you
have done more than justice to our dispositions to offer
you such hospitality as our humble home affords.
" In receiving under my roof the distinguished author
of a very beautiful work on Roman history, I expe-
rienced no little disappointment upon findin_; that unto-
ward circumstances had deprived me of the satisfaction
of spending an evening or two in evoking his recollections
of The Eternal City. —I have the, honour to be, yours
very faithfully,

" WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN."
TO THE EDITOR OF THE " FREEMAN."
1846.
Sir —A letter from Mr. O'Connell inn the Freeman of
this day, relative to our interview with him, demands a
few observations explanatory of the nature and object of
that interview.
Mr. O'Connell seems to have supposed that our con-
versation with him was of a private nature, and declares
that in its lseing " wade the subject of a newspaper pro-
tocol" he was "taken by surprise."
, While we unaffectedly
regret that he should have so widely mistak n the cha-
racter of our interview, we cannot help expressing our
surprise that he should have fallen into an error, which
appears to us altogether unaccountable.
On the morning of the day on which the interview to k
place, a written communication was addressed to Mr.
O'Connell, by the chairman of a public meeting, ap-
prising him that the four gentl-men whose names are
subscribed had been appointed by the meeting to wait
upon him. Before entering upon the subject of our
mission we distinctly informed him that we had come
to him as a deputation, and throughout the interview we
spoke as representing the sentiments of the seceders,
and as seeking information fur them, not for ourselves.
How such a conversation came to be c rnsidered by
Ms. O'Connell as one not to be made public, we are at a
loss to conjecture. More especially as the deputation
was sent solely in consequence of the publication by him
of a conversation between Mr. O'Brien and Dr. Miley on
the same subject.
We came to Mr. O'Connell as a deputation frem a
public meeting. It is obviously the duty of such a de-
putation to report the result of its mission. Its duty
ends there. It is the duty of the meeting to which the
report is made to decide whether it shall be made public
or not. We had neither the right nor the power to con-
trol the meeting in this particular.
Mr. O'Connell charges the report with inaccuracies,
and instances " the powerful illustration he gave of the
imminent peril of a prosecution for high treason which -4L,'
the snemwers of the association would incur if they were
at all to admit the physical-force principle." And he
asks, " Why was that suppressed ?"
We answer—simply because it had no relation to the
object of our mission. We were deputed, not to con-
verse about the state trials, nor to argue upon the pro-
priety of admitting " the physical-force principle," but
to obtain an answer to the following question :—Whether,
supposing the point of law to be settled at the conference
to the satisfaction: of both psrtles, the remaining pro-
position contained in our written instructions would then
be considered ? Our report states that Mr. O'Connell's
reply was a decided negative. It represents him to
have said repeatedly, that iu any case he would confine
the conference to the legal question alone. In this (and
it is the only material) particular the accuracy of the
report is not likely to be impeached.
So much in justification of ourselves and our report.
Mr. O'Connell asks, " Why do the seceders object to
ascertain the lac? upon so vitally important a point ?"
And again, addressing the seceders, he says—" Settle
this point first, and I will settle all reasonable matters
with you afterwards."

No-w, we waited on Mr. O'Connell for the express
purpose of inviting him to settle that point first, and then
to permit the other matters to be settled by the con-
ference ; and amongst the written propositions which
we were instructe.l w submit to him, that relating to the
legal point was the first in order.
We wish to be distinctly understood that the object of
our mission to Mr. O'Connell was not to decline a con-
ference upon the " physical-force principle," but to ask
that this and the other questions should be submitted
to the conference, with a view to their final arrange-
ment.

As to the fourth proposition in the instructions, Mr.
O'Connell entirely misapprehends the spirit in which it
was framed. The caution with which it is worded did
not emanate from a full perception of the difficulty of
framing any precise rule upon the subject to which it
relates.
The seceders are so fully impressed with this diffi-
culty, that we believe they would be satisfied with a
general recommendation from the conference on that
point, leaving the rest to the sense and good taste of in-
dividual members, and to the influence of public opinion.
Any plan which, without compromising the rights of
any class of repealers, will facilitate a cordial co-opera-
tion between all, will exactly meet the view with which
that proposition was framed.
The proposition will best explain the object for which
it was framed. It is as follows:
"4th. That inasmuch as the Repeal Association is a
confederacy to which persons belonging to every reli-
gious persuasion are invited, for the purpose of working
out the legislative emancipation i.f their common
country, it is desirable to avoid as much as possible the
discussion of topics calculated to excite religious diisen-
sions ; but that such understanding is not intended to
prevent remonstrance against substantial grievances
which may affect the religious interests of any class of
Irishmen."

It is further to be observed with regard to these and
the other written instructions, that they were not put
forward as future rules of the Association : they were
simply what our report describes them, " propositions
which the seceders wc..uld expect to have discussed at the
conference."

In conclusion, we have to state that each of us care-
fully examined our report previous to its publication ;
that we suppressed nothing which we thought material,
and inserted nothing which was not strictly true. If
Mr. O'Connell will specify any inaccuracy, however
trifling, we shall be happy to correct it.
JAMES HAUGHTON.
J. B. DILLON.
CHARLES G. DUFFY.
. O'GOMAN Sun.
We subjoin the note tent RICH
by Mr. Hitßughton, to Mr.
O'Connell :

" Committee-room, Nation- office, Dec. 15.
"My dear Mr. O'Connell,—l ani requested to inform
you that, at a meeting of the seceders held this day, as
above, the following gentlemen—Mr. Duffy, Mr. Dillon,
Mr. O'Gorman, and myself—were appointed as a depu-
tation to wait upon yon, and represent the feelings of
the meeting; we shall be happy if you can appoint any
huur this day to meet us.
Yours faithfully, "JAMES HAUGHTON.
" Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P."

SHIP ON FIRE AT COVE.—A most alarming fire
broke out on board the ship Empress, of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, which was under repairs and at anchor in the
river, about three o'clock on Wednesday morning. Tho
fire was kept down until six o'clock, when the cables
were slipped, and she was put on the bank at the lower
end of the Harbour, and scuttled, and the ship and cargo
thereby saved from total destruction. The vessel will
be again floated this day, and will be immediately dis-
charged. The cargo was very valuable, and consisted
of magnesia, indigo, emery, gum, amaricas, soda ash,
cement, carpe-ts, cotton goods, and iron.—Cork Reporter.
THE WEATHER.—From the severity of the frost since
Thursday last, the navigation of the canal has been
closed, to the great inconvenience of many of the traders
here, whose goods are on boar] the boats. A fine thaw
set in yesterday morning, but it is again turned to freeze,
and is likely to continue for some time longer.— West-
meath Guardian.

VINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—The Prince of

\Vales and Prince Alfred, with the infant Princesses,
have today taken exercise in the Home Park; and this
afternoon the Queen and Prince Consort walked across

the Home Park, as far as Frogmore, and through the
Queen's Aviary, to the Lodge, to visit the Duchess of
Kent. The royal dinner party at the Castle this even-
ing is expected to be the same as on Saturday, including
the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lady
Fanny Howard, and Lord Palmerston. His Majesty
the King of the Belgians is anneunccd as an expected
visitant at the Castle before the close of the present
month.

THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN.—The Conde de
Montemolin on Saturday received and returned several
visits. Yesterday, after attending divine service, the
Conde took an airing and made calls upon several of the
nobility and gentry. Amongst the late visitors to the
Conde de Montemolin were the following :—the Lord
Mayor, Sir G. Carroll, Captain Duffill, RN.; Mr. H. F.
iliinogpteo, M.P., the,nMri.Lang Earldale, of Major O'Daherty, Viscount Pol-
H. Dundas Campbell, sirCAghnarluesvtinll:, Lieutenant-Colonel
Foster, &c.
The Lords of the Admiralty have suspended the
completion of the vessels intended to receive screw pro-
pellers, for six months. We understand that this delay
is occasioned by the wish to have the results of further
experiments upon the principle, in orderdahat the sup-
posed advantages of the screw plan may be clearly esta-
blished,
nowd,p irevn progress.—(Jailediouslytofinishing
stherevilcae am
large number r of
vessels
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We have inquired into
the reports that Sir John Franklin had landed at the
Mackenzie River, and shaped his course to return
through the territories of the Hudson's Bay Company,
and found, as we suspected, that they are altogether
groundless, and the Hudson's Pay people know nothing
of any such movement. It is possible that the expe-
dition may have got through last summer, and Sir John
be on his way from Kr.mschatka to Petershurgb; and in
that case, we would not give up the hope of seeing him
till the close of the year. But iL is more than probable
that they have not been able to get through last season,
which appears to have been very unfavourable to icy
navigation, and that they are again shut for the winter
so far to the north as to prevent their coa;:nunicating
with the establishments of the Hudson's Bay 6,:npany
on the farthest shores of the continent of America. Jr
so, we have no reason to entertain any fears for thole
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finsoslTlON.—On Thurslv week, a person calling
himself Dr. Job,,pli Wolff; Was c.u.imitted for trial, at
South would, for having defrauded Dr. Wake, of that
town, of 11., under the pretence of extracting his corns,
The prisoner is one of a class ()ailing themselves " clur°-
podists." He professed to extract corns without pain;
and hie practice was, to conceal some substance m hhis
corns,haod, hwehiperhe,teonadeato manipulatingextra et thee
foot 8f iet
charged sesd. w
for ith
each
corn extracted.—This chiropodist, eras apprehandcd at
Norwich,—.Norfolk Chronicle.