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antachmeets on the liberty of the subject evinced by the
Government in their mode of proceeding, and declaring that
in no one act alleged against him, or set forth in the war-
rant under which be bad been arrested, was the law or
the constitution either violated or intended to be violated by
him. Mr. Cloney's respectable sureties then entered into
recognixanees for his appearance, and withdrew along with
the other friends who bad accompanied him to the police-
office.
THE ARREST OF MR. O'CONNELL
Friday, Mr. P. Costello., as the attorney for Mr. O'Con-
nell, applied to the Magistrates at the Head Police Office,
for a copy of the warrant upon which the Honourable Gen-
tleman had been arrested on Tuesday last. The Magis-
trates granted permission to Mr. Costelloe's clerk to take a
copy of the document. Mr. Graves took occasion to explain
to Mr. Costello., that the reason the Magistrates did not
prank the entire of the information to be read when Mr.
O'Connell was brought before them was, because the names
lof other persons were mentioned in the informations, who
were not then in castody.
THE IRISH CONSTABULARY
The return which was long since moved for by Mr. O'Con-
nell, u to the number of persons killed or wounded by that
valuable body of men, the police, since the year 1825, has,
at length, been completed. It appears, by this return, that
there have been killed—in Ulster, 15; laineter, 24 ; Con- .
naught, 14; Munster, 31. Eighty-four persons in five
years I That is, on an average, sixteen persons annually.
This is really creditable to the discipline and goad conduct of
our Irish gene d'armes.
SOCIETY FOR TILE 111PROVEMEN f OF IRELAND.
Thursday, an adjourned meeting of the Society for the Improvement
of Ireland was held at the Royal-botel, College.wen, to take into con-
sideration a resolution relative to the continuance of the society's meet.
ins,.
&me discussion atom as to whether the society should discontinue
its meetings.
Mr. O'Courittii. said—That it was quite futile any longer to con.
time, as they had been, discussing and debating about the draining of
bogs. Upon principle be objected to legislative assistance in the in).
provement of any gentleman's property; and if private interest was not
a sufficient estenurt to an individual to improve his property, he
did nut think thelegislature should do it for him. (Hear.) There
might be exceptions—ins, for instance when a great part of the country •
was flooded by the sea, and one individual could not adequately protect
his property, then be might justly receive assistance Dom the Commit.
sionera of Sewers. In England, there was an universal complaint of
the Commissioners of Sewers. It was idle to continue the proceedings
of the society ea they bad been. Ireland wanted capital ; and how could
they expect capital ever to accumulate I. the country whilst a perpetual
drainage was going amp (Row) The society might as well dissol.e
at once, if they were set determined so leek for the only remedy that
would restore Ireland to herself. (Beer, hear.) If gentlemen were de-
termined to seek that remedy, be knew no better place calculated for
be calm and wawa discussion than the place where they were. They
weeld held tickto which none but the members would be
aindedble, and they weeld tranquilly disease the measure. He would
theolies submit that it was better to mooed, and put the society on
theism& bade of seeking legislative raise (Hear.) The act of Union
was pampa by a Parliament, and it was in the power of a Parliament
to diseelm it. (Hear.) No one could be °mooed to the format ion of
snob a smisty, but those who were determined to put down di, nndua'
by Mir Este. He did not impute, and be should be sorry to inipitt..,
my sob illgpsubloo to any of the members of that society, or thole
who had bees myealwra of it. After some observations upon th.• ad.
sabliinds• of it Whigs, and the govamment of Lord Aagleseyo he
beiseroble sell Weft" loathsome moved—" That the principle of the
assisty shall, in fumes, be the discussion of legislative measures, with
a view to relief."

Mr. EDWAND BERWICK seconded the resolution. He thought that
any thing short that would only be a half measure and they would
be only playing the game of their enemies. It was necessary that the
porn atrocious system going on in the country should be opposed.—
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BARRETT ably contended that It mild not be expected that ca-
pital would be sent into the country, r Iris as ha security would be
endangered by the present state of thing's ha she cowatiy.
Mr. BALL fully concurred in the resolution, which was then put and
carried unanhneusly.
Mr. O'Cotrum.r. gave notice that, on the next day e 1 meeting, he
would move foe the appointment of a committee to report on the dif.
hisses of the state of trade in Dublin now and in 1800.
Several gentlemen became members and paid their subscriptions, and
the meeting adjourned.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Peet; Opinion, aad Public gimlets" comected with this great Na. Questiru
( re he easfittowel milli e Pia be brow& Were Parliament./

A meeting sou held in Bristol last week, numerously and
respectably attended, at which the question of a fair repre-
sentation of the people was advocated with great ability,
by Messrs. Hare, Taunton, Baiter Bridges, Smith, Saun-
ders and Reynolds, and resolutions adopted accordingly.
Another reform meeting was held o 1 the 19th instant, at
Norwich, at which about 3,000 persons were present and
resolutions in favour of ballot adopted. Sir Thomas Beevor
moved the series.
Berkshire last week declared for the ballot.
Manchester has declared for the ballot.

Northampton, for the free, perfect, and unbiassed exer-
cise of the right of voting ; but the word " ballot" omitted,
to oblige his Worship the Mayor, who called the meeting.
Cornwall was silent on the ballot.
A Wiltshire Meeting has been baffled for the present,
owing to Lord Ftadnor's friends insisting on the ballot and
universal mirage being named in the requisition.
The Scotch Burghs have all petitioned, and mostly for
the Ballot.

The Ballot has not been rejected any where, but in sortie
cases it has been waived for the sake of unanimity.

NAVAL INTELLIGEIOE.

Mans Asians Tots Day.—Dublit, s; Waterford, 3 ; Guernsey and
Jersey. 1 ; Holland, I ; Flanders, 1 ; Rasa. 1.
Duet, Jan. 22 and 23.—Arrived the George. Home, from the
Mauritius; Arius, Beek, from Daft ; and Alt:xas der, Anderson,
from BrogaL Arrived from the River, the Lady Melville, for
Bestial and Miss, sad getting under weigh at four. r Sailed the
Daniel Owe,. Audrews, for Vas Dienses's Land ; sod Om Wanderer
transport, for Malta.
Pomona:en, Jan. MI and 23.—Wiad SAL—Mitred his Ma-
jesty's ship North &sr, floor Bermuda, with the crew his Majesty's
ship Stanley—sailed 22th uk. Alm, the Brightea„ from
New York.
Pt.vnooms, Jam 21 end 22.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrived him Ma-
jesty's .hip Primrose, from Sierra Leone, with 24 men en beard, taken
on the Coast of Attica from the *WA slave-vessel Pateagero; and
Pero, Graham. from Alexandria. Of the port, the Hays, Harvey,
from Bay Meteor.
Fawners. Jan. 21 nod 112.—Wfa4 N to N w,_,saue," the
Renard packet. for Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres; Stumm packet,
for Lisbon ; Rare packet, for St. Domingo, Jamaica, Meek°. and
Havana s ; and Swallow packet, far the Leeward Wands.
Dowd. Jail. IL—Arrived elf the pert, the Woodbine, Owstos,
from the Cate of Good Hope.
ffNEIMffIffIMMIE
CITY CHAIIII2IILAIN.—At one o'clock this day, the
poll stood thus :—For Sir James Shaw, 2,211 ; for Alder-
man Waithman, I,o2B—Majority for the former, 1,183.
Those who presume to write and even to legislate about
currency, know very little on the subject. They were so
ignorant in 1826, as to suppose that the panic meant the
stoppage of the joint-stock companies—the blowing sip of
a few soap.bubbles— for they were scarcely more tangilie,
and the whole did not involve in deposits, dec. more than 50
or 60,0001. among some 50 or 100 credulous adventurers.
These, of coarse, exploded, when creamer's, credit, and
confidence exploded ; but lord liverpool and his set made
the honourable House believe, that the panic was caused by
these silly companies, and that its sole effect was their de-
struction. Bankers and manufacturers who failed were,
therefore, obe and all, held out as joint-stock schemers,
and hence the graveness of the parliamentary animadversior s
on those obsess, the crippling of tie currency, and the
wholesale dannnciations against over-traders, as though one
sass were answerable for 'weber. Thee worse than errors
still remain to be corrected.