Star.
London, England, 1824-12-25 00:00:00

MR. O'CONNELL.

FROM Tat DUBLIN LIMNING POST OP TtISDAY.
This day several of the Reporters of the Morning
Papers received notice to attend at the Police Office,
Palace-street, to give testimony as to the words used by
Mr. O'Connell at the late meeting of the Association.
Mr. Vousden, Reporter of the Morning Post, was
called in and questioned by Alderman barley, as to
whether he wasinesent at the meeting in question?—
Mr. Vousden admitted that he was present. The Al-
derman then questioned him as to the precise words
made use of on that day, in refereee to Bolivar and
South America. Mr. Vousden replied, that he had not
Iris notes by him; that he had no accurate recollection
on the subject, and that, even if he had, he did not
think that the Press was the medium through which the
business ora common informer was to be transacted.
Mr. Vousden was then asked if Mr. Charles O'Fla-
betty was present ? Mr. Vousden replied that he was.
The Magistrate then asked, if he was present at the pe-
riod Mr. O'Connel spoke r f Bolivar Mr. Vousden re-
plied that he did not know ; that Mr. OTlaherty was
quite competent to answer for himself; and that he sup-
paled he would, in. courtesy to the Magistrates, attend
on the letter which the Magistrates addressed to him.
Mr. Vousden then withdrew.
Mr. J. H. Leech, Mr. Haydn and his reporter, Mr.
Byrne, Mr. B:ic, and another Gentleman of the Bar,
then entered the Office together.
The Magistrate asked Mr. Bric if he was summoned ?
To which Mr. Bric replied in the negative.
Alderman Darley—This is a private information, and
it is requested that every one who has not been sum-
moned may withdraw.
Mr. Haydn was asked if he were summoned, or the
Gentleman that accompanied him ? Mr. Haydn re-
plied in the negative, and that one of the Gentlemen
was a Barrister, who attended on his behalf, and the
other his Reporter. Mr. Haydn further remarked, that
he came there to protest against his Reporter giving
any information on the subject, or in any manner being
accessary to the purpose of- the Attorney-General.—
Mr. Haydn, his Reporter, and the Barrister, (whose
name we did not learn) then withdrew.
Mr. J. H. Leech, Reporter to The freeman's Journal,
Mr. Elrington, Reporter to Saunders's ,‘ews Letter, re-
rnained• in the room—Mr. Leech was asked by Mr.
Graves if he attended the Meeting of the Association on
Saturday last ? Mr. Leech replied in the negative.
Alderman Darley—The Meeting on Thursday we mean.
Mr. Leech—Yea, I attended the Meeting on Thursday.
Alderman Darley—Do you recollect reporting the speech of
Mr. O'Connell ?

Mr. Leech—Mr. O'Connell made several speeches.
Alderman Darley—lle speech about South America and Boli-
n. I allude to. _ _ .

Mr. Leech—That speech did not appear in the Freeman's Journal-
Alderman IDA aLty—That is nbt the question I asked
you. What I desire to know is, did you take notes of
that part of the speech respecting South America?
Mr. Leech—l cannot really say whether I did or
not, without referring to my note-book, which I have
not got about me.
Alderman DARLEV—I see the Gentlemen of the
Press have no disposition to give us any information on
this subject, and,,if we should think it necessary to exa-
mine them more fully, we shall resort to the usual legal
method.—Turning .to ,Mr. Eh ington, the Magistrate
then said, " Mr. Eirington, it is not necessary to eia-
mine you in this stage of the business."
Mr. C. O'Flaherty, Reporter for. the Morning Post,
was questioned as to the report that appeased in that
Paper—he said the words,, as reported in that Paper,
were substantively correct. The words having been
repeated-to him, he replied, they were the. same as re-
ported in the Morning Post (one of the Magistrates
took- down the words alluded to), and that he was the
person who reported the proceediiigs.

We have received a file of Port au Prince Gazettes to
the 10th of October. The Gazette of the -9th contains
a spirited circular of Boyer to the different Military
Authorities, calling upon them to use great energy for
the defence of the country.
lIADIEURGH, DEC. 7.—( From the Allgemeine Zeitung)
—A M. N., of Brescia, who was sentenced to death in
his absence, for his participation in the intrigues of the
Cabornari in Austrian Italy—(he had fled to England)
—has been so inconsiderate as to come here, and not
even to change his name, which, as was easily to be
foreseen, led t) his discovery, and to his arrest, at the
instance of the Austrian Minister. It is probable that
he will be delivered up, and sent away in a few days.
Letters from Gancialoupe have been received to the
30th October. They inform us that the Governor of
that Colony haii issued a notice that the importation of
Indian corn, rice, &c. in limited quantities, would be
permitted there from that date. This was caused by
the distress existing among the inhabitants, occasioned
by the dreadful weather experienced there in Sept. last.
Wednesday the brig Indian, Captain MaTitras, ar-
rived at Liverpool from Quebec in twenty•four days.
Amongst the passengers were,
Nicolas Vincent Isawanhouhi, principal Christian Chief and
Captain of the Huron nation ; Andre Itomain Isawauhissen, and
Stan Was Coske Arathaha, principal Chiefs of the Council; and
Michel Word Teacheandale, Chief of the Warriors of the same na-
tion.—These Indian Chiefs on Wednesday paid this. respects to
the Mayor, and on Thursday evening set off fur London.
A most disgraceful occurrence took place at Arundel
on Tuesday; a man took his wife a mile out of the
town, and then 'conducted her back with a halter round
her neck, he having been told that be must put the rope
ot, at that distance, or the sale would not be legal: he
brought her into the market, both appearing on very
.good terms, and put her up at Si. when a sailor bid V.
and the bargain being soon struck, he paid the money
and conducted her away.
Since the announcement in this Paper of Mr. Bucx-
INGHAM.3 intention to publish the Oriental herald twice
a month, severe and continued indisposition has im-
peded the accomplishment of his wishes,, by incapaci-
:Ating him, for the present, from those active exertions
-which so material an increase oflabour required. In
consequence of this unexpected impediment, he is corn-
netted to defer the issue of the additional Monthly
'Number, intended to have been introduced with the
,:om:nencenrent of the ensuing year.. The work will,
therefore, continue precisely on the same footing as
heretofore, until formal notice be given of the period at
r. hick the meditated improvement may take place.
Friday seri night, a son of Mr.Cox,itorse-dealer, in Can-
tei bury, who is on his vacation,. wasplaying in a loft on
the premises of his father, where a chaff cutting machine
is crecieJ, incautiously, %lade it was in t apid motion,
placed his foot 1)n tire strap; the other foot immediately
came in contacrwith the knife., and was neatly severed
limn the leg-
at Quaker's admonition to a man who was pouring
forth a rolley of ill language to him--" Have a care, friend ; thou
=yen rut, thy Lice against my fiat!"

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THE ARMY.
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It is reported, that Six Regiments are ordered to India, and that
Ten new Regiments will be raised as soon as Parliament assembles.
A detachMent of sixty men, selected from the Ist (Duke of
York's Own) Rifle Corps, marched on the 24th instant, from Can-
terbury to Chatham, under the command of Liestrenant Octaves,
for the purpose of joining, the Second Battalion at Barbadoes.—
The Ist (Duke of York's Own) Rifles, haying discharged all fo-
reigners, and being now composed of between three and four hun-
dred fine spirited young lads, it bids fair (under the special protec-
tion of its illustrious Colonel, the COMMANDIIII RI Cuter) to be ene
of the finest Corps hi the British service.