The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-15 00:00:00

MECHANICAL GENIUS.

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,t 1 Greenshieldsii:tto lns soc
success celebrated
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good fortune of operating here at Glasgow without
a competitor. His perfect knowledge of rotat°ll4l
motion, and fidelity to the cinnponent mater'b6s:
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ra
alone
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of every article which he is employed to in4'rs,
has secured him the confidence of his emploY,i,or
But his geniui was not doomed to be a fabricate,
of common vehicles alone. After having 1.
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rated for a time in repairing chaises, gigs, ,‘'..ch
he at length adventured upon the latter, Wil'bd
he executed so happily as to be employoed,did,
Mr. Monteith of ' Carstairs to make a giCm,,
him. Mr. Greenshields performed this eon;
.to the gentleman's satisfaction. We have sia
seen several beautiful four-wheeled gigs of ";[
Greenshields' mechanism, wholly eXectitedli.
painted by himself with very fine taste. 5,...
same artist is - also an adept at, learse-makt
but he entertains no hope of milting a forti
by rearing vehicles for the dead. The buOr
of plough-making is now at an end, these b , '
all made of iron ; but in this department of ,
implement-making he also excelled." Mr. G , ''.
shields is besides a faithful industrious w •' '
man, and extremely cautious of promising ra. I.', i
a fault applicable to most workniew.—Was .' .
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Free Press. t'''
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IMPORTATION OF ARMS. ‘H:
Notwithstanding all the oaths which ;10
been taken to the contrary—notwitbstandinL,
the point-blank contradiction which our sr,
ments have received, the fact of the importat
of arms from Scotland does not admit any 101 l
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of a doubt. Government have taken the aL7
and orders have been issued to the officert.
customs in the northern parts of Ireland to
such arms as the rebels endeavour to bring i '-',
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the country. On the 6th instant, there ar
at Warrenpoint, in the port of NeWry, the ,
1
Blaney, a steam-boat, with a package of t '..
arms marked " Hardware ;" which were se' '
On the arms there was no mark, not even
0,,,
maker's name. They were consigned to art
son in the town of Newry, and addressed A,.
man in Enniskillen. How Government wit
in this case remains to be seen. _ If his Eil
lency is not armed with sufficient power:;,'
should be. We recollect the case• of a s
keeper in Cork, who was convicted under.„, * ~A
Insurrection Act, of selling gunpowder to cf.‘ kl
Lain Rock, when that county was in a state).l
disturbance. The man's punishment, if we:a,
not misrecollect, was transmuted from ro
penalty of death which he had incurre4:,
transportation for life. Now the question
whether Fermanagh be in a state of insurrectit
Not formally, we admit—but it is in a 01.
disturbed state than the county of Cork, 1'
after the latter had been put under " the pre!ro
Lion" of the Insurrection Act. But this fr:'
cannot be laid on, without a memorial from tile, ~
Magistrates. Now the Magistrates being, t 4
nerally speaking, " Defenders" will not Trent' .
rialise against themselves. They are too On
involved in the conspiracy—they are too active,
employed in the military organization---tIT
have, in fact, too deep a stake in the wic'',;
game of insurrection, to lay themselves at t;
mercy of a Government Agent. Now, the kJ ,
should be amended in this regard. The nelk
sity of the times calls for it—and to the L°liii
Lieutenant and Council of -'lreland should. -
confided the whole responsibility of presel
the peace of Ireland, in spite of the Brunswid,
Magistrates and their " Defenders." Indea,'
we are glad to find that there is a consiaek37
force under orders for this country, consisting,,,,
horse, foot, and artillery. They will be we!iii
corned with cheers by the people, and they ""'
be regarded, as they ought to be, as theirplivio.
tectors against those pestilent " Defenders," whe
have avowed their intention a desolating $
North with blood.—Dublin Evening Post.