Star.
London, England, 1824-11-19 00:00:00

HIBERNIAN SCRIPPLIRAL 'SOCIETIES.

Tuesday evening,, at seven o'clock, a Meeting of the
above Society to.iplacein Mr. Rees's Chapel, Crown-
street. Soho : BUTTRftWORTH. Esq. M.P. in the Chair.
Mr. Burrertwortru. on being called to the Chair,
said, tut he was hut little acquainted with the pro-
ceedings of the S iciety over which he then had the
honour to preside, but its objects were so self-evidently
important, that he did not hesitate to render his assists
since in promoting them. He had himself been in Ire-
land, and was acquainted with numerous individuals,
from that country. He had extensive connections there,
:red from everything he conlii collect, the inhabitants.
were slink into the most degrade 3 state of barbarism, of
ilrinrof.ce, and of superstition. Under this impression,
he though:, that while we were expending large sums
in spreading the benefit, of eincation through foreign
climates, we should not be tinmin !ful of our own.
deed Ireland seas a country that called peculiarly for
our exertino, for the igl): ante of the great majority of
the population was so distressing, that the claims of
society bad no m-rol influence over their minds. lie
would read to them part of a letter which he had
received from a Gentleman in lieland, which was not
intended for general pUhricatinn, hut which was so ap-
propriate to the business which they were then met
upon, that he could not refrain from reading to them at
least an extt act. It was melancholy to see a fine in-
tellectual people reduced to a situation so low and so
degra.fed. He had lately penned a list of the atroci-
ties co•..mitte 1 in that country since January 1, 1823,
and in truth it formed one of the most awful catalogues
that civilize i society had ever witnessed; scarcely a
night passed without leaving a record of some dreadful
crime; mit. 'ers committed, houses burned, or some
such appalling acts of barbarity. And yet those very
people were capable of evincing a degree of generosity
of heart and benevolence; in short, in all the congenial
feelings, and noblest attributes of human nature, they
surpassed, he had slmost said, the English people; he,
perhaps, might say, uithout overstepping the bounds
of trtt*l•, every nation in the world. When he said these
very pt:ople, he meant such as had been blessed with
the benefits of ed.'e mon, and on whose minds the lights
cf the Christian nt2.l:gion had been duly impressed in
their childhood. From this they might judge how de-
sirable was the object of the Association—that of re-
deeming such a race from ignorance and superstition.
The lever br wMch he ailuticd, was from the county
of Mayo, and was dated thc 26th of last September.
The fionourable Gentleman then read the letter, which

stated, that on a particular day in each year, a number
of people were in the habit of repair lug to. a shrine de-
dicated to the VIRGIN MARY, in order to gain her
favour by their devotions, and to outrage true religion
by addressing such prayers to any other than the DEITY.
In the centre of a burying ground a stone altar was
erected, and not far frnm this was a round tower; and
in order to increa e the difficulty of walking bare-kneed
upon the wound, the
.ground was uneven, and flat
tomb-stonei ere so placed, that the penance of those
who re,orte.l thither was rendered much more laboti-
ous. Hound this tower were the penitent compelled to
wait 'troll their bate knees seven times, repeating seven
paters, wven ayes, and a cree,ll and so exhausted were

many of t'.e n by t!dis exertion, that many (particularly
the women) imee tainted. Yet this was but a portion
of their pcoance ; they had now to proceed still upon
their knees to the altar, and there pay a halfpenny for
kissing a crucifix. They had then to proceed from
thence to . well, over a walk purposely strew n with
gravel. ;he previous evening, still upon their knees, and
there after again repeating seven paters, seven WIC",
and a creel, they paid another halfpenny for a bottle of
the w :arr. To she the inefficacy of such mummery
upon the morals of hail mortals, it was only necessary
to add, that, eeen while pet forming this severe penance,
two devotees 11,,ve been often known to quarrel, and
even fight. Mr. Pettterworth said it might also be
added, that aftetqu. h a day as this, the poor misguided
creatures spent the night indulging in almost every
specks of wickedness, drunkenne,s, and debauchery.
The SECRETARY nosy read the Report, stating the
ob-t.tcles the Association had met with in propagating
the Gospel, the difficulties they had overcome, and the
progress they had made in spreading the advantages of
education amongst the poorer classes of the Irish people.
The Rev. Mr. tiVANSON, the Rev. Mr. SILLENY, and
other Gentlemen, addressed the Meeting; a series of
Resolutions were passed, and the Meeting adjourned.

Tuesday se'nnight the new buildings erected at the
entrance of London-street, Glasgow, went off with great
briskness. Property exceeding 20,0001. iu value was
sold, and upon the average of the buildings, at a price
considerab; y beyond the upset price. The corner shops,
&c. sezween London-street and Gallowgate exceeded
the upset price 6001. (the sale price 69001.), and the
cornet s!.ops itonting London and Saltmarket-streets,
exceeded the upset !nice 12001.
WANTON CRUELTY.—A few days since, during the
pet formance ofSignor llizrz, at the Sun Tavern, Chat-
ham, the comotty wete much amused by the fami-
liaiity of a tame pigeon which A'as running amongst
them ; shortly after the bird was found with its bead
wrung off, which it appeared had been done by a sol-
dier, whose cruelty excited the utmost indignation of
the audience.

INQUEsT AT NEW MA vrott—Tuesday last, Eliz. Hob-
son, a pauper, aged about 28 years, who had laboured
under a severe disorder for some weeks, during the lat-
ter part of which time " the world was all before her
where to choose her resting place," was removed from
Farlingtnn, in a wry distressed and dying state, to
Sheriff Hutton, and thence, without any legAl process
to New Mahon. O: her being conveyed to the Poor-
house she presented a most port sole spectacle, and not-
withstinding all that medical and other aid could ad-
minister, she expired early on Sunday evening. On
the following day an Inquest was held on the body, at
the Crown and Anchor Inn, in New Mahon, before
Thos. HARRISON, Esq. the Coroner, when a long in-
vestigation took place, and the Jury ultimately returned
a verdict, " That she died, labouring under a diarrhoea,
accelerated by being removed from Sheriff Hutton to,
New Mahon, in an inhuman manner."
Monday night, the premises belonging to Mr. CAR-
TER (one of the Society of Friends), a carpenter and
builder, situated in Irish-row, Whitechapel, had been
entered by th;eves, and the pannel of a store-room door,
ia which was deposited nearly 101. in halfpence, made
up in cartridges of ss. gat, was cut through, and the
money, with other articles, taken therefrom. On the
remaining part of the door which they broke through
was written in large characters, with chalk,
MR. CARTER,ESQ,

Dear Friend—We thank Tess fur this small favour, there are
three of us in the gang, catch us it you can.

PUBLIC SALES.

MESSRS. DRIVER.

Freeholds.—An Estate, situate at Harlington, near Cranford-
bridge, Middlesex, containing four cottagea and timber-built barn,
let at rents amounting to £3l per annum—X.3Bo.
An adjoining Dwelling-house and three Cottages, total annual
rental 549 —645.
An Orchard near the preceding, about one acre ; let at £lO per
annum—£'3oo.
Leasehold—.l detached Residence, situate at Clapham, contain-
ing thirteen rooms, domestic apartments, coach-house, stabling,
garden, green-house, and melon ground, the whole held for eleven
years, at £165 per annum, with reversionary interest of an adjoin-
ing piece of ground from Michaelmas, 1834, to the expiration of
the said term, of the presumed yearly value of 250--XllO.