Star.
London, England, 1829-01-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JANUARY 10.
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The Earl and Countess ti Errol gave ksplendid- ball
and supper at their apartments, Dublin Castle, yester.
day evening. The dresses°, the Ladies were of a most
splcniid description. The company, amounting to
upwards of a bundled, sat down to sapper, at twehe
o'cli•ck. Lord and Lady Wm. Paget, and the junior
branches of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's la-
roily, were amongst those present. in addifon to wh, m
e observed the to:lowing distingui.hed personages
Sir John, Lady, and the Miami Bpi ; General Dalhiae, Capt.
I Sullivan; ColuiWl, Mrs. Mr. and Miss Gossett; Mr. Mr.. Miss,
and Mr. F. Berkky Paget ; Sir James and Lady Frazer, Sir Geo.
Rich, Sir Stewart Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Blake, litria, Mr. Plunket,
Miss Plunket, Mr. and Mrs. Minket, L.dy and Miss Maim's,
Lady and Miss Crofton, Lady Cecilia Lamae and tlw Maws
Latouehe, (Aunt! Maris, Captain 'Synge, Cut Glrdiner, Coined
and Mrs Gray, Colonel and Alia, Grove, Major Wytidavin, Maier
11111, Captain Leyster, Mr. Villiers, Captain Barrett, Captain au&
Mri. Burdett, Mr. and Miss Burdett, Mr. §tewart, Mr. Hunter,
Captain and Mrs. Broadhead, &c. &c.
e reductions which his ACC the Premier is intro.
ducing tut° et ery department of the State, are, it woull
appear, riot to be c ofined to England, nor to a trw de-
partme.n., but meant to extend to Ireland, and to
most of the great public estabb mer ts. Orders wet,
received on Wednesday, at the Post Office here, com-
municating to the head officers and minor employes,
via alter the sth of January, 1850, it vtould cea
to be a distinct Post Office De, attment, but sh •uld
thencetorward merge Imo the general establishment
at St. Martin's•le-Grand— that a comment- n or board
would be esiablisl.ed here, onder the sop,rintend•
mice of an officer from the patent office in London,
and ilia• considerable reduction would be made in every
branch of the establishment. Similar orders are es-
petted as to the Stamp Office. Already have alter.
mons of this nature taken place in the [fish Excise
and Cu•tomi 1) pattnie, ts. Thus the provisions of
the Act of Uninn may be considered to be daily being
completed.

Toe Roman Catholics are about evincing their gra.
tii ude to the Marquis of Anglesey, for his advice " to
.};irate aid never cease," by convening Meetings Is
prcpaie addiesses to him op his departuie fulls the
Lieutenancy of Ireland. No less than twelve of the..
Meetings are to be held to-morrow (Sunday) in tie
different Mass-houses of this City. A similar Meeting
tea.' be held at Longford ou Tuesday, arid on the same
day at Monaghan ; at Kilkenny on the 15th instant, and
at Donegal on the 2011 i. They are all Meetings of
" Roman Catholics." not "inhabitants," or any utba
term which would include the expeeision of Prores.aut
feeling. Tnis should not be forgotten. The Popish
Pres, will attempt, no doubt„ to in.tke a display of thee
Meetings.
His Excellency the ,Lord Lieutenant left the Vice-
tegal Lodge yesterday morning, tor Euro Park, on a
vi,it to the Earl of Pot tarlinKton. His Excellency, it
is expected, will return to night.
Several meetings are fixed to take place to-motro.
'Sunday) in Roman Catholic Chapels in this city, for
•he purpose if addressing his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant ; and a re luisition for a public meeting, said
o lie numerously and respectably signed, has, as report
.11(01 Ws us, keen tent:ered to the Lord Mayor, Uri
A li.ch his Lordship has refused to act. The tequisit6a
eats the ii4mes of the following Aldermen: Sir Jobs
K J.mes, Bait. Sir Edmond Nugent, Knt. Sir Georxe
Whiteford, Knt. Thomas M•Kenny, Thomas Abbott.
and Robert Harty. Several provincial meetings are
also in preparation to addiesshis Excellency.—Everril
Packet.

The Gazelle of last night contains three Orders is
Council, approving of districts being amigned—to the new Mei
built at Farnwanh, in the parish of Dean, in the county of Lm'
caster; to the new Chapel built in the parish of Sc. James, Clarkin*
well, in the county of Middlesex; and to the Chapel at Harrs
gate, in the parishparishof Knaresborough, in the county of York.
Between the Sd and Bth instant, both days inch:gives
236 vessels from ports abroad passed Gravesend.
A second division of the Portuguese, amounting is
160, sailed from Plymouth on Sunday.
We were in error when we stated that Mr.EDwalis
HOLROYD had been appointed Solicitor to the Boards(
Stamp, for such, we understand, is not the fact.
When Marshal BERWICK was killed by a cannon ban
at Ybilipsburgb, Marshal VILLARI' who had been sent to take tit
command in Italy, was dying in his bed at Turin. Informal(
the fate of his colleague and. dealt be said, fifixh the spirit of a sok
dier,u that mall Ind always more luck than I." He espied a 4.
days Ott:muds.

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