The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-11 00:00:00

THE IRISH REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The weekly meeting took place at the Conciliation
Hall on Monday, when the crowd was immense. The
Lord Mayor was called to the chair, and after some
preliminary business,
Mr. O'CONNELL addressed the meeting. He
announced that Irishmen might now meet •in
thousands-and tens of thousands to petition There
was no impediment now—by keeping themselves
within the law there was nothing to prevent them
strengthening themselves by the increase of numbers
—by increasing the registries, and pouring petitions
into the House of Commons until the table should
break beneath the load of complaints of the people of
Ireland. He could tell the people of Ireland this fact.
When sentence was about to be passed, Perrin, as the
junior judge, was first asked what the punishment
ought to be. He said, six months' imprisonment.
Crampton next said two years. Chief Justice Penne-
father said two years. Judge Perrin did the best
thing in his power, under the circumstances, and
agreed to twelve months' imprisonment. Mr. O'Con-
nell next commented upon the proceedings in the
House of Lords. He made a full and ample apology
to the Whigs, and promised never to abuse them
more. The country, he said, owed them a debt of
gratitude for the judges whom they appointed—it
was to the Whigs they were indebted for such judges
as Lords Denman, and Cottenham, and Campbell—
men who never would be on the bench if the Tories
continued in power. He concluded by giving notice
that on the next day of meeting he would submit the
three following subjects to the consideration of the
Association :

Ist. As to the propriety of holding the Clontarf
meeting—his own opinion was not in favour of
doing so.
2d. The propriety of forming a preservative society
of 300 gentlemen, each one paying 1001. It should
not be an initiative body, but correct and control
everything of a revolutionary tendency.
idly. The impeachment of the Irish Judges and
the Attorney-General.
The rent was announced to be 5751. 6s. 6d.

OTAPIEITE.—The following is an extract from a
private letter, dated " Otaheite, April 24, 1844," ad
dressed by Mr. Alexander Salmon, resident at Otaheite,
to Mr. John Salmon,B6, Piccadilly, London ;—" My dear
Father,—l now regret to inform you that there has been
an engagement between the French troops and the
natives, in which the former have lost 16 killed and
about 50 wounded ; and the latter from ISt) to 200
killed, and a great many wounded. You may fancy we
are not very easy here; in fact, we .have all our arms
cleaned up, and keep watch every night."
FIFE RAILWAY.—We have received the last issued
prospectus of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Company. The proposal now made is, that the crossing
of the Tay be made immediately above Newburgh, by a
swing bridge from the north shore
to the island of Mug-
drum, where the navigable channel is only about 400
yards wide at high-water, and 150 at low-water of spring
tides. By this bridge the trains will be carried
over without the least interruption to the navigation
of the river. " The remaining part of the channel of the
river (says the
prospectus) between Mugdrum and the
north shore, being dry at low-water, will be passed by a
causeway or road formed on piles placed so far apart as
not to interfere with the salmon fishings." By the pro-
posed changes a reduction of 300,000 L," is calculated on
the cost of the railway. We certainly would have wished
that the line had 4eu carried from Cupar to Dundee ;
but on the completion of the scheme as now agreed to
by the. Provisional Committee, we tkink there can hardly
be a doubt that a branch from Cupar to Craighead will
be immediately contemplated and carried into effect.—
Fifeshire Journal.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT—On the forenoon of T 1105..
day, while some boys were employed with a hurley tt
Mr. Boyack's mill, North Lindsay-street, Dundee, one 01
them, a lad of about fifteen years of age, got entangled
by tke feet, and tumbled into a shallow pond, in the
Witness.
midst of which is a deep well for supplying the boiler
with water. Having struck his head in the fall, the boy rolled into the well. Assistance was imme
diately obtained ; but before he could be got, out tea
manatee h
Edinburgh
had elapsed, by which time life was extinct.—.
WITCHCRAFT IN 1844.—N0t long since, the
resting place of the dead, at Phillack, near Halle,
was made the scene of transactions which would
have blackened the darkest ignorance of bygone
ages. It appears that several persons who are
afflicted with disease, and who, for want of moral
courage, would not submit to the directions of their
medical advisers, very readily caught hold of and applied
every nostrum that gossips made known. Experience
proving that the boasted remedies were of no avail, their
imaginations were put to the utmost stretch, in order
might avoid the only method by which they
cthaoutld they
be cured. Fortunately, a blazing light shot
across their darkened way, and their gloomy reflec-
tions were dissipated by its brilliancy. It was a
revelation ; and they denounced their ignorance, be-
cause they did not sooner find out the cause of their
malady. To believe that they were ill-wished was only
the work of a moment, but to discover a person who
could break the spell was not so easily accomplished.
Every thought and action was centered in attaining their
darling object. Finally, their wish was consummated,
and a scatterer of witch -spells stalked forth from Hel-
ston, to whom they disclosed every incident of their
lives, fraught witk uncertainty as tending to good
or evil. The day was chosen, the dreadful hour
of midnight fixed, and the abode of the silent clod
of all that once was living was named as the place of
assignation. The hour drew near, but their purpose be-
came known from the impulse of their ecstasies, and their
stealthy actions were closely watched. The asked-
for fee was immediately given, and after
T silence
heii thewas enjoined, the churchyard was scaled.
spell-breaker commenced the mys-
teries of his art, by making mysterious
sounds and performing mysterious actions, as he
walked over the dead, hotly pressed by his frightened
dupes. Having walked many times around the church,
the doors and windows opened and shut at his bidding.
Then be commanded them to remain open, and as they
passewi
d
in succession, he brought the persona who
haol broken and dissolved, ed them to their face. Thus the spell was
and a faith given that their cure
d be
speedily effected. Some days have since
elapsed, and either their faith has failed, or the witch-
spell is not broken, for their disease still maintains its
ground, the effect of a visible cause.— IVest Briton.
DEER STALKING.--A splendid stag, with the
werewduii
largest horns we have seen this season, was shot some
days since by Mr. Chearnley, at Auchnahault. The first
bullet which was fired hit the deer at the base of one of
his horns, completely. separating it from the head. The
next ball killed him instantaneously. The noble forest
ranger weighed upwards of twenty stonesA length of
antlers, thirty-two inches ; span, twenty-seven inches,
the top branches curving inwards to sixteen inches ;
girth of antlers, seven inches. At Money, H. W. White,
Eqo
deer ; and at Guisachan, Mr.
Fletcher killed two fine stags.
Sir 11. Melifo at Dun-
dri nd Mr. Boulderson, at Erchlaii; have added
some fine heads, within the last week, to their collec-
tions:-..de yaws, Courier.
ns
a, and
a r.
with. Brooke,
had two days
five de f fortunate stalk-
ig returning
HERIOT'S HosrlTAL.—The monthly meeting of the
Governors was held on Thursday—the Lord Provost in
the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Crosbie, teacher
of the school in 13othwick's-close, High-street, resigning
the appointment. It was resolved to advertise for can-
didates. The Property Committee reported the result
of their negotiations with the Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton Railway for the disposal of the ground required
by that Company for the Leith Branch Railway. The
Governors approved of the Committee's refusal of the
offer made,, and re-committed the matter with instruc-
tions to dispose of the ground on the same terms as had
been agreed upon in the case of the Cemetery Company.
—Edinburgh Paper.