The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

LAW .6.lirD POLICE.

The petition of Philip Rawlins, which came on for
hearing in the Bankruptcy Court, having been dismissed,
the insolvent was remanded back into the custody from
which he had been released by the operation of the
statute.

At the sitting of the Central Criminal Court, Thomas
Jennings, who stands indicted for an offence against the
Acts of Parliament for the prevention of slave-trade,
surrendered in discharge of his recognizances, and was
placed at the bar. He was captain of the Augusta, and
was arraigned at the same time as M. Zulueta, who was
acquitted. Jennings pleaded autrefois acquit, alleging
that he had been tried at Sierra Leone for the same of-
fence and acquitted. To this the prosecutor demurred,
and the demurrer was argued yesterday. The Court
reserved its judgment.
The Grand Jury were discharged in the course of
the day.
A young man of decent appearance, named John
Jones, was committed from Guildhall by Mr. Alderman
Hughes, charged with stealing 99 yards of carpet, the
property of Messrs. Monkhouse and Whitfield, of Bar-
nard Castle. The prisoner evinced so much acuteness in
cross-examining the witnesses, that the Alderman ex-
pressed an opinion that it was not his first appearance at
the bar.

At Marlborough-street Alfred Walker, who has been
frequently examined in reference to a charge of having
been concerned in stealing nearly 5001. in money, and
some other valuables, the property of Mrs. Tarbox, the
housekeeper, from the residence of the Earl of Har-
rowby, in Grosvenor-square, was discharged by Mr.
Hardwick.

Richard Pates, servant to Mr. Phillips, a surgeon, re-
siding in Wimpole -street, Cavendish-square, was charged
before Mr. Rawlinson, at Marylebone, on a warrant with
having committed an assault upon William Donaldson,
by attempting to stab him with an oyster knife. He
was fined 51., and in default of payment two months' im-
prisonment. The penalty was paid.
John Bolton, a baker, charged at the Thames Police
Court with being where a private still was in operation,
was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of 30L, and in
default of payment to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for three calendar months.

IRELAND.
ADDRESS OF TEIE CORPORATION TO
_ MR. O'CONNELL.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 18.—The members of the Town-
council of the city of Dublin assembled this day, at
the Corporate-house, hi William-street, in order to
present to Mr. O'Connell the address congratulating
him on his liberation from unjust captivity, which
had been agreed to at the meeting of the Corporation
on Saturday.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Town-councillors,
wearing their official robes, left the Assembly-house
about half-past two o'clock, and the procession, con-
sisting of a considerable number of carriages, pro-
ceeded to the residence of Mr. O'Connell, in Merrion-
square. A large crowd assembled, and the members
of the Corporation were greeted with repeated accla-
mations as they passed along. The procession reached
its destination shortly before three o'clock, and the
gentlemen composing it were ushered into the large
dining-room of Mr. O'Connell's house. The mem-
bers of some provincial deputations arrived about the
same time, and the scene altogether was a very en-
livening one.
The Lord Mayor read the address from the Corpo-
ration of Dublin in a very emphatic manner, espe-
cially the following passage :—" In the hour of your
captivity we condoled with you, in the hour of your
victorious liberation we rejoice, and we indulge the
firm belief, and fond hope, that the day is not far
distant when we shall again address you on the con-
summation of your labours—the restoration to Ireland
of her Parliament."

Mr. O'CoxNELL delivered a verbal reply, remark-
able for warmth and earnestness. After referring to
the State trials, the reversal of the judgment of the
Court of Queen's Bench, and the popular triumph
over injustice, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
dwelt, with manifest delight, upon the new spirit of
conciliation which was abroad, and which it was their
duty, as well as their disposition and their interest, to
foster and encourage. This glorious spirit existed in
quarters heretofore decidedly hostile, and the result
was almost daily accessions to their ranks, with the
most cheering prospects for the future. The senti-
ments of Mr. O'Connell on this subject were received
with much applause.
When Mr. O'Connell had concluded his reply to
the address from the Corporation of Dublin, similar
addresses were presented from Sligo, Newry, and other
places.
Thesddress from the Corporation of Sligo was read
by the Mayor of that borough, who was accompanied
by Mr. Somers, M.P., and several members of the
Town Council.

Mr. O'CormELL, in his reply to this address, ob-
served that much had been said of the kindly dispo-
sition and anxiety of the English people—the people
as contradistiuguished from the English Government
—for justice to Ireland. The proceedings to be
taken to render amenable to justice the persons who
had been guilty of the recent violation of law and
justice to Ireland would very soon bring the real
feelings and sentiments of the English people to a
test the most unequivocal. Would they join in the
effort to obtain justice for Ireland for the outrage on
her rights by the functionaries to whom he had
alluded ? If the people of England did join, why, of
course, it would afford him gratification ; but even if
they did not, Ireland possessed within herself, keep-
ing quite within the bounds of the law and the con-
stitution, energies quite sufficient for the achievement
of her national independence. The gentlemen of the
deputation had heard the lines—

:‘ Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow."

It was nearly four o'clock before the gentlemen
composing the deputations had left the residence of
Mr. O'Connell.

IMPORTANT DECLARATION AGAINST
THE CHARITABLE BEQUESTS BILL.
A declaration strongly. condemning this Bill, as
most unjustly compromising the doctrines and disci-
pline of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, has
been signed by fourteen bishops, and an immense
number of the second order of the clergy. This very
important declaration is soon to be published. The
Bill is not to come into operation until the Ist of
January next.
MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF CORK.
A very numerous meeting took place in the city
Court House in Cork, on Monday last, for the pur-
pose of adopting a congratulatory address to Mr.
O'Connell, " on his late triumphant restoration to
liberty and his country." The Mayor presided. Mr.
Callaghan, M.P., and many of the leading merchants
were present. The address was unanimously adopted.
A resolution was also adopted unanimously, de-
claring that the repeal test should be acted upon at
future elections of yepresentatives for the city of
Cork.

TORY EXCLUSIVE DEALING.
The Kilkenny Journal contains the following :
" PROTESTANT REGISTRATION OPTICE.—EXCLU-
BITE DBA.LING.—The plot thickens on us. Through
the kindness of Colonel Bryan we have just received
some documents, in which the saints recommend
all Protestants wholly to discontinue the employment
of Catholic servants, brand the latter as perjurers,
liars, and by other opprobrious epithets. In sending
such documents to Colonel Bryan the saints' mis-
took their man. Fiendish persecutions of this sort
must not pass with impunity."
THE NEW JURY LISTS.
The following letter has been addressed by Mr.
Mahony (one of the solicitors for the defence on the
late State prosecutions) to the clerks of the peace for
the city of Dublin :
" 23, William-street, Dublin, Sept. 18, 1844.
" Gentlemen,—Not doubting your compliance with
the provisions of the 3d and 4th William IV., c. 91,
intituled ' An Act for consolidating and amending
the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries in Ireland,' I
must assume that you have, on or before the 22d day
of July last, issued and delivered your precepts, ac-
cording to the form given in schedule A, addressed to
the several collectors of grand jury cess within the
county of the city of Dublin, which Act (sec. 4) re-
quires such collectors respectively to prepare and make
out, ' within one month then next ensuing, a true list
of all men residing within the respective districts qua-
lified with respect of property, and liable to serve on
juries, according to this Act as aforesaid, and also to
perform and comply with all other the requisitions in
the said precepts contained ; and which precepts con-
tain the following words, that is to say, and when
you have made out such ists, you are authorised to
order a sufficient number of copies thereof to be
printed, the expense of which printing will be allowed
you by the county, and you are required within one
month from the date hereof to deliver a true copy of
such list to the clerk of the peace,' &c. &c. ; and
which precept ends with the following remarkable
words And these several mattersyou are in nowise
to omit, upon the peril that may ensue.'
" I beg to apprise you that out of ten collectors, two
alone have performed that duty, by delivering their
lists to you within the time prescribed by law; and
that no one of them has up to this hour complied with
that important direction of the Act which requires,
for the information of the public, that said lists should
be printed by each collector as soon as made out; the
fact being, that instead of having a sufficient number
of copies printed, as said Act intended, for circulation
in each districts not one printed copy exists.
" After having complained of this neglect so often
within the last year, before the highest legal tribunals
in England and in Ireland, I cannot delay the ex-
pression of my great surprise that public officers could
continue to pursue a system so contrary to their
duties, as prescribed by the statute I refer to. And
I now call upon you, as clerks of the peace for this
city, to insist on the immediate fulfilment of your
precepts, as it is manifest that the chief protection in-
tended for the public by the Legislature will be de-
feated, unless those lists are printed and generally
circulated as the law directs.

"In the hope that t no Circumstances will again
arise to justify the highest legal authority in the em-
pire to declare that trial by jury may become a delu-
sion, a mockery, and a snare.'
" I am, gentlemen, your humble servant,
"PEIRCE MAHONY:"
DASTARDLY ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.—One of
the most heartless and unmanly attempts to assassi-
nate, in the opportune darkness of night, an unoffend-
ing gentleman and
a stranger, occurred near Ship-
quay-gate of this city, in the beginning of last week,
which, for treachery and audacity, may rank with the
vilest deeds perpetrated by the Spanish stiletto. Mr.
Jones Henry, one of the officers of Excise, at present
stationed in this city, was returning alone, about
eleven o'clock, P.M.,
l. lodgings, which are at Miss
Pollock's,c INocok.,
had to pass through
Shipquay-gate, and to get on the Wall, by the steps
opposite the back entrance to Floyd's Hotel, and
when he had placed his foot on the first step he was
struck from behind on the back of his head by
heavy stick or colt, and the effects of the blow felled
him to the ground, where he lay for some time wholly
insensible. Having partly recovered, he endeavoured,
with great difficulty, to reach his lodgings ; and, on
undressing, found he had been stabbed by some sharp
instrument on the left side, nearly opposite the heart.
The violence of the blow had indented his hat close by
the rim, and caused a rent of two inches. The next
day a surgeon examined the wound, and found in it
the point of some sharp instrument, and gave it, as
his opinion, that the weapon was well aimed for the
heart; and had it not struck against the fifth rib,
death would have been inevitable. The perpetrator
of this infamous act is, for the present, unknown ; but
we hope, for the credit of Derry, where such an oc-
currence is altogether unprecedented, that the villain
will be brought to condign punishment. We under-
stand that Government has offered a reward of 401.
for his detection. Mr. Henry, We happy
to say,
was so far recovered as to be able to be out yesterday;
and, having performed no public duty since his ap-
pointment, is not aware of having given the slightest
• provocation for this wanton attempt on his life.—
Derry Journal of Tuesday.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1844.

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BALL IN HONOUR OF LADY SALs.—The ball in
honour of Lady Sale comes off this evening. Sir
Robert and Lady Sale returned yesterday by the mail
from Dublin, in order to be present at the ball.—
Derry Journal of Tuesday.
FRACAS AT THE THEATRE.—The following addi-
tional particulars appear in the Freeman's Journal of
yesterday :-
" On Monday night an officer belonging to the
11th Hussars entered a box at Hawkins'-street
Theatre during the performance. In the box, which
was filled in every part, were some ladies, who were
accompanied by a gentleman named Saunders, from
the county Kerry, and who lately filled the office of
high sheriff for that county. The officer stood in the
door-way, and kept the box-door open. A current
of air was thus admitted, which caused great annoy-
ance to the ladies, upon which Mr. Saunders requested
the officer to close the door. With this request he
refused compliance, and Mr. Saunders then rose from
his seat and closed it. The door was again pushed
open by the officer. Mr. Saunders remonstrated, and
some angry words passed between the parties; the
result was, that Mr. Saunders is said to have struck
the officer a blow which knocked him down, and on
his getting up he was knocked down a second time.
Another account has it that the officer gave the first
blow ; certainly there was an exchange of hits ; but
the officer was not the most successful. Lord Car-
digan and several of his officers, who were in a private
box, and who, it is said, witnessed the transaction,
went'round at once to their brother officer; some
discussion then took place, in consequence of which,
we have heard it stated that the officer apologised for
his conduct, upon which Mr. Saunders explained that
his knock down was intended for a gentleman who
would not act with propriety, and who would insist
upon annoying ladies, by subjecting them to drafts
through open door-ways ; but as to the gentleman who
had apologised, he was very sorry that the misconcep-
tion had produced him inconvenience.
"We were informed, in the course of yesterday,
that a court of military inquiry was sitting on the
subject at the Royal Hospital, Sir Edward Blakeney
having taken that prompt step, as well for the honour
of the military, as to protect from outrage or annoy-
ance the civilian subjects of the Queen. The name of
the officer engaged in the fracas with Mr. Saunders
was, we have heard, the Hon. Mr. Duncorabe, a son
of Lord Feversham.
THE LATE RIOT AT CARTOWN.
At Pallaskenry Petty Sessions, on the 9th instant,
the case of Hanrahan e. T. E. Langford, Esq., J.P.,
Denis Ryan, and several others, was heard before the
following magistrates :—Stephen De Vere, Esq., in
the chair ; Rev. Mr. Waller, Spring Rice and Thomas
Davenport, Esqs. _

• _
Michael Hanrahan deposed to proceeding to the
lands of Cartown, to make a seizure for non-payment
of rent. Mr. Langford told him that the stock and
crops were already in the hands of the sheriff. Wit-
ness replied that he did not care, and left two keepers
on the premises. Mr. Langford told him to go to the
sheriff and be would pay him. He (witness) saw the
sheriff the day after the distress, and asked him for
the rent. He said he would not pay it, and that
witness had no right to go there at all. Subse-
quently witness attempted to go into a corn-field,
when he was assaulted by a party of men armed with
large bludgeons and sticks. Witness then went for
the police, and brought them to the ground. Mr.
Langford said, " Don't strike him, boys, but prevent
him from selling." Francis Naugton, Thomas
M'Mahon, and Denis Ryan, and others, leaped inside
of the field, and said they did not care for the police.
Mr. Langford gave them into custody, telling them
he would have them out in half an hour. The police
took charge of them. He desired one of the crowd
to go for his horse. I then asked the police to leave
me one man to protect me, and they said they could
not. Mr. Langford mounted the horse. He said to
the crowd—either before or after, I am not sure
which—" Clip him before you let him in." The corn
was sold by Mr. Crowe from the road. There were
cattle seized, and I was in dread of my life to go into
the land. They threatened to have my life if I did. W.
Naughton, Galvin, and another young man did so.
On my solemn oath I was afraid of my life. Ido not
exactly understand the meaning of the word 'clip,'
but I think it meant to hurt me."—(Laughter.)
MONDAY, SEPT. 16.—The case, after an adjourn-
ment, was resumed this day, when, after the examina-
tion of some witnesses, one of whom, Conner Mul-
cahy, a keeper on the lands, deposed to having been
assaulted with sticks.

The Chairman announced the decision of the
Bench to bo as follows :—ln this case some of the ma-
gistrates are of opinion that informations should be
taken against all the parties mentioned in the sum-
mons ; but other magistrates are of a different opi-
nion, and the result is, that the complaint against
J. E. Langland, Esq., is dismissed, and also against
all the others, except Thomas M'Mahon, William
Naughton, Francis Naughton, and Denis Ryan,
against whom informations are ordered for an assault
upon Hanrahan, and for a riot and assault in the case
of Connor Mulcahy.
The Chairman further intimated that the case of
Mr. Langford against Hanrahan, &c., for trespass,
was dismissed.—Limerick Reporter.
CAPTURE OF AN EX-COLLECTOR OF

POOR-RATES IN IRELAND.
Francis Long, of Carlingford, ex-collector of poor-
rates in the union of Dundalk, who stood indicted at
the late quarter-sessions in Dundalk on several
charges, for unlawfully obtaining money under false
pretences, assuming to. be a poor-rate collector, and
against whom there was a magistrate's warrant and
three bench warrants, was arrested after many fruit-
less attempts, on the night of the Bth inst., by head-
constable Patrick John Cullen, and constable Chris-
topher John Murray, of Carlingford, having eluded
their vigilance for nearly six months. This delin-
quent, although his act was notoriously injurious to
the country, was nevertheless, from that natural and
national characteristic feeling of sympathy prevalent
among the people, joined to their hostility of every-
thing under the name of police execution, carefully
secreted by them, and every expedient used for his
concealment; in many instances they supplied him
with horses for escape, when intimation was given
that the police were in search of him, and so success-
fully, that although the latter went frequently on
ears, and disguised in coloured clothes by night and
day, they were as repeatedly foiled, the object of their
search scarcely ever remaining in one house the
second night. It appears, however, that Mr. J.
Cullen adopted an ingenious plan, he and his men
having for some time particularly patrolled the
eastern (where Long was in the habit of residing),
and carefully' shunning the western district of the
parish where his house was situate, to give him thus
an opportunity of settling there. This proved success-
ful on the night in question ; the head constable
abruptly posted men near the house, at different
places adjacent, and at the lanes and leading roads,
and, in the event of failure intended to search every
suspected house in the district. On approaching
Long's house they perceived, at a short distance from
the house, Long escaping from the mountains. He
was, however, after some trouble immediately cap-
tured by these active officers, who have, as well as the
commissioners and board of guardians, experienced
great annoyance and trouble by him. Last Satur-
day he was brought before A. Al. Rutherford, Esq.,
J.P., Carlingford, and committed to Dundalk gaol to
take his trial at the next quarter-sessions. Long was
bailed as collector of rates, by Joseph Anderson, of
Mullatee, and one Robert Ross Gyles, of Castletown
Cooley. The Carlingford constabulary, particularly
the two officers abovenamed, are certainly entitled to
particular consideration, not only from the official
department with which they are themselves con-
nected, but from the commissioners and the board of
guardians of the Dundalk union, for the zeal and tact
manifested by them in the discharge of their duty on
this occasion, attended as it was by considerable
trouble and difficulties invidiously thrown in their
way up to the ;moment of the arrest.—Drogheda
Conservative.

GREAT MEETING IN CORK TO
ADDRESS THE LIBERATOR.
We have just received an extraordinary edition of
the Cork Examiner, published on Monday evening,
containing a report of the great meeting held at one
o'clock that day in the city of Cork, and presided over
by the Mayor, for the purpose of adopting a congratu-
latory address to the great Liberator of his country
and his co-sufferers, upon the recent decision of the
House of Lords.
The meeting was held in the City Court-house,
which was crowded to excess.
The Mayor having taken the chair,
Mr. HATES proposed, and Mr. O'SULLIVAN se-
conded, the following resolution :
"Resolved,—That having already recorded our de-
liberate opinion that the charge of conspiracy against
Ireland's Liberator was false—that the persecution by
which it was sustained was unjust, and the course
adopted to obtain a conviction illegal—we now hail
with satisfaction the decision of the House of Lords,
as fully confirmatory of this our deliberate opinion,
and conclusive of the facts, hereby charged against an
oppressive and persecuting Government."
Upon which Mr. liEmr, a Conservative, proposed
the following amendment :•
" That the contents of the resolution which has
been moved and seconded, are not founded in fact, and
therefore is altogether unnecessary."
This resolution was seconded by Mr. HARPER, and
both gentlemen were attentively listened to.
Mr. HAYES then replied, after which—
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was
lost, none but the proposer and seconder voting for it.
He then put the resolution, which was carried.
No further attempt was made at opposition, and the
remaining resolutions were carried unanimously.
One of the resolutions was to the following effect :
" That the proceedings which characterised the
State trials, if justified by the decision of the House
of Lords, would have rendered trial by jury a

REPORT OF TH
FOR THE YEARS le
In Mr. Mackenzie's Report o_
ensuing two years, with an earlis'ec''
are supplied by that gentleman, fie le vii".
fatee
year 1844 may now be numbered among the thinks
that were; the year came out perfectly agreeable to
the description given of it in the reports for 1841,
1842, and 1843—the repeated announcements being
made in advance, on account of the extraordinary fine
weather expected on this memorable year. A similar
reason prompts the present notice—first, for the year
1845, on account of its general favourable character ;
and secondly, for the year 1846, which is published a
year earlier than usual, because of the windy charac-
ter of that year, especially of the autumn quarter."d
In the report for the year 1843, published by Mr.
Mackenzie, at Perth, in the month of March, 1842,
he anticipated the year just closing in the following
words :—" Let one and all endeavour to live and see
the year 1844. On this year (beginning the Ist No-
vember, 1843) a series of weather of the finest de-
scription is promised by the calculations, such as has
not been witnessed by any one now living."
It is superfluous to direct public attention to the
strict:accordance of the past year with this calcula-
tion. A finer season, or a more abundant or better
secured harvest, has not been experienced for the last
50 years. " The weather of 1845 (says Mr. Mac-
kenzie in his present report), though differing oonsi-
derably from that of 1844, will nevertheless have a
high rate of very fine days,' and of temperate days,'
which must render the period generally a pleasant
one."
The mind of the most ordinary observer cannot fail
to be strongly impressed with the importance of such
a computation as this, founded upon the most minute
and unintermitting observation of one solitary indivi-
dual, for a period extending over half a century. In
fact, the great value of these observations consists ied
their continuity; the deductions from them are inevi-
table and irreversible ; and they must eventually lead
to a complete discovery of the weather cycle, a sys-
tem totally distinct and apart from planetary influence,
and computation—and which consists in showing the.
approach of more or less favourable or unfavourable
seasons (not weeks or days), in respect to the crops
reared by the agriculturist, so that in all time coming
the visitations of deficient harvests can never come by
surprise ;—a system, in truth, the discovery of which
will prove the accuracy of the doctrine laid down by
Professor Jameson, when, nearly thirty years ago, in
a philosophical essay on this very subject, in the
Edinburgh Review, he averred that " the complex
system of winds moulds the climate, and varies the
features of the seasons over the globe."
Before proceeding to announce the weather, agree-
ably to this system, for the year 1845, commencing
on the Ist of November next, it may be necessary to
premise that averages of all the phenomena of the
weather are struck for a certain number of years, and
that when the simple phrases of " rather," slightly,"
" moderately," " considerably" windy are made use
of, they all signify so much above average, and the
same of every other phenomenon. From the Ist
November, 1844, to the month of May, 1845
which composes the winter division of the year—the
season promises a full average of frost and snow; yet
many temperate days, with an average of wind and
rain. From May to the Ist November, 1845—being
the end of the weather year, and which composes the
summer division of the year—the season will have an
average of wind, with many clear days. Temperate
days, the general run ; and on the whole a mild sea-
son. Thunder and lightning slightly over average ;
frost considerably over average, and rain sensibly
over average.
To sum up the annual period of 1845, it will be
found that westerly winds will prevail, and the year
will be an average windy one. Red, yellow, brown,
and black clouds all considerably above average.
Many clear days, yet average cloudiness. Tempe.-
rate, fine temperate, and very fine temperate, all
much above average—rather a singular characteristic
of the year. Frost, slightly-over average; snow, much
over average; quantity of rain, rather over average.
It may, therefore, be safely concluded, that there
will be little or nothing particularly noticeable in the
forthcoming year, and that, in fact, in an agricultural
point of view, and as regards the means of securing
another abundant harvest, by ordinary attention to
the operations of the season, no serious apprehensions
need be entertained; nor can the present moderate
prices of grain be materially affected. If, however, a
famine and evil days were approaching—and which,
in the course of time, can be forecast with the same
certainty—there can be no doubt that this system, at
present in its struggling infancy, would immediately
command the most profound attention ; though it
must be evident to the most superficial observer, that
it is of as much importance, and requires precisely
the same degree of accurate observation, discernment,
and computation, to forecast a favourable season as an
unfavourable one. And this necessarily leads to the
consideration of the weather for the year 1846. The
character of that year is given thus early, in order to
guard the public against the presumptuous and delu-
sive hallucinations of the astrological almanac-makers,
as well as on account of certain peculiarities of the
autumn quarter, of which it is of great importance
duly to apprise the agricultural and commercial com-
munity.
WINTER SEASON.—November and December, 1845
January, February, March, and April, 1846 :—Very
considerably windy; rather wet; very fine days,
slightly under average; frost and snow, both above
average; days rain, slightly over average.
SUMMER SEASON.—May, June, July, August,
September, and October :—An unprecedently windy
period, and over average rain ; considerable number
of warm days, but the general mild temperature
under average; very fine days, a full average. Days
of rain, under average, except in July.
ANNUAL PERIOD.—A very windy, period indeed,
and sensibly over average rain ; mild temperature
above high
perature
above average; very fine days, average.
winds of the year 1846—especially the more violent
winds in August and September—will astonish the
Public of the British Islands, and of Europe generally,
Thus much with regard to the general character of
the weather for the ensuing two years; and were it
not for the necessity of condensing articles of this de-
scription, and the danger of becoming tiresome to the
running reader, the weather for ten or twenty years
to come could be given with the same safety and con-
fidence. Enough, however, has been indicated to
direct public attention to the examination and study
of the entire system, and to the discovery of the cycle
of the winds made by Mr. Mackenzie, which, sooner
or latter, will become the most important and indis-
pensable rade mecum of every class, from the statesman
and stalist, the commercial man and the agricultarist,
down to the humble cottager.
In conclusion, it need only be hinted at present,
that the high winds, for many years to come, will be
more noted for their duration than their frequency.
For the years 1847 and 1848, the calculations indicate
other peculiarities of the weather of a startling nature,
the description of which Mr. Mackenzie is fully pre-
pared to promulgate when he finds it convenient, al-
though his advanced age and physical infirmities are
beginning to make serious inroads upon a constitu-
tion originally good, but necessarily shaken by a life
of persevering research, and stupendous, but ill-rc.
quited labour, in the service of mankind.

mockery, a delusion, and a snare, and therefore do we
tender our gratitude to Lord Chief Justice Denman,
to Lords Cottenham and Campbell, for having
rescued that great safeguard of liberty from that de-
struction which perverted law had well nigh achieved."
This was proposed by Mr. D. Callaghan, M.P. for
the city, and seconded by the Very Rev. Thomas
Barry, P.Y.

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The following is the address of congratulation :
TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M.P.
The address of the Citizens of Cork, unanimously
adopted at public meeting duly convened. The
Right Worshipful the Mayor presided.
ILLUSTRIOUS AND REVERED LIBERATOR,—The
citizens of Cork—your steadfast friends and faithful
adherents, have assembled in public meeting to convey to
you their heartfelt congratulations on the recent triumph
of justice and nationality in ycur person. Eminent
statesmen and lawyers—nay, universal public opinion,
had already declared that you "had not had a fair
trial"—you yourself had recorded in indelible charac-
ters, " that justice was not done you ;" and it only re-
mained for the master-judgment of the upright ben-
man to stamp the trial by jury, which consigned you
to a jail, as a MOCKERY, a DELUsIoN, and a SNARE.
Illustrious Liberator,—You were convicted on
counts pronounced unanimously illegal—they charged
against you the attempt to procure your righteous
object by intimidation and physical force, and on
these charges you were sentenced to imprisonment by
the same judge who proclaimed emphatically, and in
the same breath, that your acts and your intentions
were paceable and loyal. Much as we felt the in-
dignity which, in your venerated person, bad law had
thus put upon the Irish people, still in our last ad-
dress Iwo refrained from any expression of condolence,
because we felt that the insult would eventuate in
advantage to the national cause—and as we knew how
calmly you could endure for Ireland's sake, we simply
prayed that your health may be preserved for renewed
efforts for your country.
Illustrious Liberator,—ln the same spirit we now
address you our congratulations—not alone because of
your delivery from the prison walls, but because of the
triumph of right and justice in your person—because
of the victories you have won over the enemies of Ire-
land—of the effective impulse which unjust imprison-
ment has given to the national cause, and of the
bright hopes it has produced of a glorious and speedy
result from your sacrifices and your exertions.
Illustrious Liberator,—Join with us in offering to
the Throne of Mercy heartfelt thanks for the favours
we have received. the interposition of Providence
has been manifested. This long-enduring country is
destined yet for happiness and contentment. Go on,
Ireland's advocate—go on and prosper, until, having
by the influence of your eloquence and your pa-
triotism united all creeds and classes in the common
cause—you at length plant the standard of nationality
before the portals of our own Parliament in College
Green, and proclaim to the admiring world that the
day of Ireland's regeneration is arrived.

CELEBRATION OF MR. O'CON-
NELL'S LIBERATION.

(Abridged from the Worcestershire Chronicle.)
Spite of the untoward result of the recent election
at Dudley, the spirit of Liberalism, though damped
by adverse circumstances, is rather revived than ex-
tinguished there. The exciting intelligence that
' O'Connell was once more free, liberated toe, in part,
by the voice of a peer who formerly represented the
electors in Parliament, awakened anew the popular
enthusiasm, and it was at once determined to cele-
brate the event, fraught with so much importance to
the cause of freedom, by a dinner, and thus to
Dudley belongs the honour of having been the first
town in England to express its sympathy with Ire-
land's champion.
The dinner took place at the Swan Inn, on Tues-
day. The Rev. J. Palmer filled the chair, and Mr.
Thomas Lester, officiated as Vice-president:Amongst
the company present we noticed Messrs. IV. 11.
Brook, Thomas Hill, William Pletcher, Edward
Grainger, T. Wood, William Wood, and other lead-
ing Reformers of Dudley, Thomas Hair, Esq., and
Mr. T. O. Dadswell, of Kidderminster, besides se-
veral other friends of the cause from a codsiderable
distance. Upwards of a hundred sat down to dinner.
A handsome banner was suspended from the front
window of the hotel, bearing on one side the inscrip-
tion—" Justice to Ireland—O'Connell triumphant ; '
and on the obverse—" Lords Denman, Cottenham,
and Campbell for ever." The room was suitably de-
conted with a number of appropriate sentiments,
evergreens, &c. Amongst the toasts of the evening
which called forth much eloquence, after those loyal
toasts which Britons always drink with true enthu-
siasnf, were—" The People," and " Justice to Ire-
land." The meeting was in fact enthusiastic in ex-
pressing its sympathy with the Irish; and though
the first, is not the last, nor the greatest meeting in
England at which such feelings will be expressed.

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INACCURATE CHARTS OF THE
FRENCH COAST.

We publish the following extract from a private
letter just received from Etaples, in the hope that it
will attract attention in the proper quarter, and lead
to the adoption of measures tending to prevent a re-
currence of such terrible calamities as the wreck of
the Reliance, the Conqueror, and other vessels upon
the French coast :

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" On Saturday I went with to visit the scene
of the wreck of the Conqueror, and yesterday that of
the wreck of the Reliance, the one on the right, the
other on the left of the Bay of Etables. has
placed the figure-head of the Conqueror in his gar-
den : it was quite shattered, but he had it repaired.
He purchased many of the relics washed on shore ;
among others, the geographical charts of the captain,
who probably owed his calamities to an inaccuracy in
the chart of this part of the French coast. These
charts are those of J. W. Norie, dated 1816, and en-
titled, A New Chart of part of the South Coast of
England, extending from the Downs to Spithead.'
They indicate neither the double light on Touquet
Point, which is on the left bank of the mouth of the
Canche, nor the light on Point Ornel, called, on the
chart in question, Pointe de 11 Orient, which is on the
right bank. You will do well to get this inaccuracy
noticed in the journals as speedily as possible, and
will thereby prevent further disasters. During the
thirty years that I have known this coast, more than
a hundred vessels have been lost upon it; and I have
not the least doubt that, without due precaution, you
will next winter have to deplore fresh calamities. The
flat sandy shore from the mouth of the Autlise to that
of the Canche is, in my opinion, even more dangerous
than Eddystone rocks. A lighthouse of the first class
ought to have been erected long ago ; but it remains
undone."—Patriot.

INVBRART CASTLB.—The Marquis and Mar-
chisoness
of Lorn are expected to arrive at this
princely residence on Monday next, upon a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Argyll. There will be a gather-
ing of the clans on the occasion to welcome the young
chief and his lovely bride to the glens of M'Callum
More. The clansmen, clad in the Campbell tartan, are
to meet the carriages at the top of Glen Crow, and es-
cort the noble pair to the castle. Altogether the muster
will include 750 Highlanders, 400 of whom, belonging to
his Grace's estates, and under the command of John
Lora Stewart, Esq., of Glenbuckie ; 100 of the Inve-
rary old clan, under the command of James Robinson,
Esq. ; and the remaining 250 under Walter Campbell,
Esq., of Islay. Great rejoicings will take place, and it
is expected that the festivities will be prolonged for se-
veral days. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and
several members of both families will be present. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and the Here-
ditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz have also
signified their intention of honouring the Noble Duke
and Duchess with a visit on the occasion.

BALLOON ASCENT AT BROMLEY, KENT.—On
Wednesday evening Mr. Hampton, the intrepid aeronaut,
ascended from the gardens of the White Hart Inn,
Bromley. It being the first balloon ascent that has been
made in this town, the inhabitants manifested consider-
able interest in the aeronautic exhibition. At half-past
five o'clock the monster balloon ascended most ma-
jestically, and afforded the highly respectable spectators
great delight and satisfaction. Mr. Wells, who is en-
thusiastically fond of ballooning, again accompanied Mr.
llampton. The aeronauts, after a pleasant and expe-
ditious journey, descended safely on Purley Down, a
few miles from Croydon. After paokinthe balloon,
Mr. Hampton and Mr. Wells dined with ueorge Smith,
Esq., at Selsdon, and were treated with the greatest
kindness and hospitality by that gentleman. There are
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two things worthy of remark in this ascent. The first
is, that a balloon of very large dimensions was filled at
Bromley by Mr. M. Hutchison, brother to the celebrated
engineer of Vauxhall. It frequently happens that bal-
loons get but an imperfect supply of gas in many large
towns ; great praise, therefore, is due to Mr. Hutchison
for having attempted and completed the inflation. The
second fact to be mentioned is, that the balloon travelled
ten miles in ten minutes, there being a fresh north-
easterly hme
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AT A THEATRE.—Last evening, during the
performance of the play of Othello, at the Victoria
Theatre, the audience were much excited by an announce-
ment from the management. Towards the close of the
play, and just before the last act was to be represented,
Mr. Osbaldiston came forward and addressed the audience
as follows:—" Ladies and gentlemen, I am placed in a
most painful position. I know not what to say.—(Sensa-
tion.) Mr. Kirby, who has been drunk to night, has in-
sulted the whole company, and without saying a word to
me has left the house. '—(Crics of, It's a lie, Mr. Kirby
is not drunk.") Mr. Osbaldiston proceeded—" If it's
your wish, I will send after him and try to get him on."
—(Great confusion.) Several gentlemen in the pit here
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and
gentlemen,
it is untrue to say that Mr. Kirby is drunk ; I have just
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seen him, and he is as sober as any person in the house
this moment. The fact is, Mr. Osbaldiston has grossly
insulted Mr. Kirby by telling Mies Vincent, in the pre-
sence of the whole company, not to speak the speeches,
but to come to cues, and not be humbugged by the
damned Yankey.--(Great sensation.) Mr. Kirby has
just attempted to enter the theatre and explain to you
the nature of the gross insult offered him, but Mr.
Osbaldiston has ordered the doorkeepers not to admit
him." Great confusion followed this gentleman's re-
marks, and a noise at the box entrance added net a
little to the uproar, and upon inquiry it was found that
Mr. Osbaldiston and Mr. Kirby were at the door, the
latter gentleman having paid for a box ticket, and the
former refusing him admittance. The house thinned
after the above affair, and the other pieces went off very
tamely.

A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.—A pugnacious
tailor, a very flint, named Rispail, and living in the
Rue des Petres St. Germain l'Auxerrois, was on Satur-
day brought before the Correctional Tribunal for a vio-
lent assault upon a customer, named Boulanger, who
was the collector of his debts, taking his commission
out in clothes. Some differences had arisen between
them, and one day the tailor sent to his agent to come
and try on a new coat and waistcoat. Boulanger went,
and stripped for the trial, but not prepared for a fight.
As soon as he had laid aside his hat and stick, and taken
off his old coat and waistcoat, one of Rispail's men came
and carried them into another room. The tailor helped
his customer to put on the new waistcoat, but, while
pretending to examine it behind, he assailed the agent
with the fist and foot in the most violent manner. Bou-
langer demanded what offence he had committed, Ris-
pail pretended that he had robbed him of 700 f., and re-
quired an immediate signature of a bill of exchange to
that amount. Boulanger refused, and a battle ensued,
which lasted half an hour, and was only put an end to
by the entrance of police-officers, called in by the neigh-
bours. Poor Boulanger being the weakest, was almost
beaten to a mummy, while Rispail had received scarcely
a scratch or a bruise. The Tribunal refused to enter
into the cause of the battery, deciding that under any
circumstances the tailor had no right to act as he had
done, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for twelve
months, and to pay 300 francs to Boulanger by way of
d am ages.— Galignani.
The numerous passengers yesterday morning that
were embarking and disembarking from the different
steamers at Blackwell Pier, were much amused at seeing
two very splendid giraffes, valued 2,000 guineas, shipped
on board the Soho steam-ship, that left shortly after
with several families of distinction, and the proprietor
of tl:e3e vahiable animals, for Antwerp.
FLINT AND CUT GLASS.—Doubts having been en-
tertained whether bottles of flint and cut glass are
chargable with duty by the Act 7 Victoria, chap. 167
under the head of " Bottles of glass not otherwise enu-
merated or described, 1/. per cwt., and further, on ac-
count of the Excise duty, 7s. per cwt. ;"or as " Flint
and cut glass, for every 1001. value 301., and further, on
account of the Excise (Lay, 7s. per cwt. ;" and the Cus-
toms authorities being of opinion that all bottles of flint
and cut glass should be charged with the latter rate of
duty, orders have been issued for the officers in London
and at the outports to govern themselves accordingly.
ESPARTERo.—Espartero, the Quolidienne, states,
is expected to pass through Paris in the course of next
month, on his way into Italy, he having been for some
time is a weak state of health.