Star.
London, England, 1830-07-02 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

There was a considerable number of applications for
gold at the Bank of Ireland on Monday. Applicants,
were required to state their names and address.
Tna NEW TAXES. —The County of Galway met on
Tuesday last at Loughrea, Michael D. Bellew, Esq.
Hig►h Sheriff, in the Chair. The meeting was Humo-
rously and respectably attended by men of all sects and
parties.—Mr. Bellew, Sir John Burke, John Dowlan,
Henry Blake, Esqrs. and Mr. Winter, addressed the'.
meeting with eloquence and great effect. Some of the
strongest resolutions yet adopted any where were passed,'
particularly those respecting the attempt to extinguish
the press. Mr. Blake proposed, and Mr. Usher, of East-
well, seconded a resolution, to the effect that no Candi:
date should be supported at a future Election who should,
not pledge himself to oppose the present Administration,
if it persisted in hurthening the country with those odious
imposts. The Chairman, Sir J. Burke, Messrs. Dow-
lan, Rathborne, Blake, of Dartfield ; Burke, of Carra-
keel; and J. Comyn, were named as a Committee to
draw up the petition, which was adopted; and thanks
having been voted to the High Sheriff, the meeting ad-
journed.

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CURIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE.-- I
At the meeting held on Friday in Limerick, for the
purpose of relieving the distress existing in Limerick,
according to the Limerick Chronicle, the following con
versation took place :—Mr. William Wheeler exclaimed
that the Mayor (lid not afford protection to Mr. Hogan's
property on the Canal, when the mob attacked his con-
cerns, while Captain Drought, another Magistrate, was
encouraging and cheering on the rioters. (Cries doh !
oh ! and great confusion.) Mr. William Erson declared,
that but for the exertions of Capt. Drought, his bro-
ther's premises would have been torn to the ground by
the mob. (Cheers.) Captain Drought protested that
the charge of Mr. Wheeler was as deliberate a falsehood
as had ever been uttered. He appealed to those who
knew his character and the office he held, if lie would be
the person to cheer on a mob—a cheer had never escaped
him, and so far was he from indulging in such unseemly
triumph, that he declared most solemnly he felt all
through the riots more disposed to weep than to rejoice.
He frequently spoke to and remonstrated with the popu•
lace on their lawless conduct during the morning. As a
man or a Christian, he did not think it his duty to assas-
sinate, to fire on a multitude of starving people with the
small force he commanded, especially when under the
conviction that it would achieve no possible good what-
soever in saving Mr. Hogan's property from attack. '
ODD CIRCUMSTANCE.—At a town and on a day
which shall be alike nameless, a traveller arrived rather
late at night, who had been enjoying himself at some
hotel on the same line of road, and was obviously con-
siderably more than half-seas over. With difficulty he
gave the usual orders to the ostler, and placed a pocket-
book in the hand of the landlady, containing nearly 3001.
in money. As prudence directed, he was got speedily
to bed, where he might have snoozed quite comfortably
till the morning; but long before Morpheus had van-
quished Bacchus, he got up, dressed himself more or
less perfectly, unbolted a back-door, groped his way to
the stable, saddled his horse, mounted, and departed.—
Before proceeding far, he became drowsy, vibrated like a
pendulum from side to aide, and at last tumbled into a
dry ditch, where he was found next morning fast asleep,
with his head, in place of a hat, snugly ensconced in a
Kilmarnock night-cap. As the horse was quite sober,
it reasoned very sensibly on the occasion, and saw no
necessity for bivouacking in the open air, or imitating
the vulgar practice of animals that are fain to champ
a thistle by the way-side, when there was a stable
with lots of provender at no great distance. Off
therefore it trotted to the beloved manger, entered by the
door that bad been kindly left open, and recommenced
munching rations despite the encumbrance of a snael.•
bridle. The traveller snoozed sounder than before ; but
his red night-cap was a conspicuous object, and when
awoke by some workmen who were early astecr, and its- 1
terrogated as to where he was going, and where he came
from, stared wildly, rubbed his eyes, and, as conscious-
ness returned, hinted his suspicions that lie had b: 'n
way-laid, robbed, and even maltreated, though no marks
of violence appeared on his person. On regaining his
perpendicularity, he espied a dead horse in an adjoining
field, and yielding to the influence of the " blue devils?'
showered down exe. rations on the heads of those who,
not contented with plundering him of his all, had fleyed
his trusty steed into the bargain. At this flight of fancy,
the workmen laughed, at least in their sleeve, and con-
ducted him to the inn he had so unceremoniously left,
just. as the inmates had become alarmed for his safety,
and were about to sally forth in quest of him. A very
few words explained everything, and great was his joy
when he found his purse uutouched, and his steed busily
rummaging the crib. Amidst all his mishaps, the
morning air had whetted his appetite, and after break-
fasting heartily, and evincing his gratitude in a eubstan-
hal manner, he wended his way to some other " Burrow's
town" determined to reverse Falstaff's maxim, by re-
nouncing something stronger than sack, and &filleting
himself exclusively to such liquids, as have received the
imprimatur of the temperance societiee—Dumfries Conr.
On Monday, several inhabitants of Newark commenced
a canvass, in what is termed the " United Intereie."
Mr. Sadler issued a bill, dated the morning his Majesty
breathed his last ; and Mr. Willoughby on Monday.
With these bills in their hands, they, in different divi-
sions, paraded the town, and commenced a canvass ;
but such a canvass defies description. The following are
some of the remarks :—" Are you not ashamed of you-
conduct ?" " His Majesty is not yet cold." Plf you
are not ashamed you ought to be." " I will not pro-
mise." And a drunken canvasser had the impudence, in
our own hearing, to say, " I am the representative (a
hiccup caught him) and I insist upon it.' "If you are
the representative, you are a d— -d drunken one."
Some got locked up in a new menagerie, and wire
obliged to scale two walls to get out. Such was this
canvass.—On Tuesday the two Members commenced a
canvass. Jr. Hitchins went up to Mr. Sadler, and thus
addresied him :—" Sir, I have endeavoured, since I have
had the honour of being a resident in this town, to main-
tain its peace ; your precipitancy endangers it. On
your bead be the consequence." Notwithstanding this
caution, they proceeded; and, we lament to say, the
warning appeared' to be but too true. One of the flags
was destroyed,--a proceedi;if, although we foresaw it,
we hope not to see again. a trust that, however indis-
creet and indecent the conduct of the Reds may be, the
Blues will continue to act with caution, with prudence,
and with quiet. The following hand-bill preeeded them
in their canvass :—" To ALL PIIRSONS or DECENT
FEELING, BOTH REDS AND BLUES.....WhO, in his
printed address, called the late King, ,114 lamented
ADSVIOT••••SADLIB. Who, in his printed
address, called the late King, ' His revered Majesty r
Answer—WlLL° uo HEY.—How do they show their ' re-
verence and lamentations ?' By insulting the memory
of the dead, and outraging the feelings of the living, by
indecent seise and idle parade. 0 Stem! 'where is thy
1 blesh ?"—Newark runes.