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2, is really a capital affair

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inter" continue wit

nd " Letters from the Coast of Clare,'

Nos. 1 and 2, give promise of more good things to come

With the except

,on of the blemish we have noticed at the be

ginning, this is a clever and amusing number

Maynooth College Grant ; with the Law relating thereto
By James Lord, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. London : Ri-
chards and Co., Fleet-street.
The subject of this work is well worthy the attention of a
lawyer, and we are glad to see it taken up by a gentleman
who has proved himself so well qualified for the undertaking.

The author gives a brief history of the origin of Maynooth—
the laws by which it was established—the objects had in
contemplation, and their failure—the nature of the works
used in the course of instruction there—and the applications
that have been made to parliament to withhold the grant,
and the grounds on which those applications have been re-
jected. The parliamentary debates are supplied from the
year 1807 to 1840. Our readers must not suppose that, be-
cause the work is the production of a barrister, there is no-
thing in the volume but dry legal details, or comments on
the statutory provisions relating to the grant ; for the impo-
liey and wickedness of continuing it are ably discussed and
demonstrated. Would that our representatives in parlia
went cozid be prevailed upon to stand to and enforce the
principles here detailed ! They would thereby deal a more
fatal blow to radidalism, corruption, and fraud, than can be

accomplished by any enactment for the improvement of re-
gistration ; because they would do all in their power to dis-
courage that unclean thing, Popery—the prolific parent of
all the evils which have so long and so grievously afflicted un-
happy Ireland. They would thus do their utmost to reform
a seminary where 400 priests are fed and educated by the
liberality of a Protestant government, and are let loose to
disseminate the unchristian and anti-social doctrines and
principles of bigotry and intolerance which they are taught
in that house. We wait with some anxiety to see the result
of the motion of the hon. member for East Kent, which
stands for this evening; but we fear our legislators are not
sufficiently impressed with the requirements of the national
faith to give to such a motion the candour and success which
its importance and scriptural claims so imperatively demand.

Ireland, its Scenery, Character, Sec. By Mr. and 'Mrs. S.
C. Hall. Illustrated by distinguished Artists.
The fourth part of this adniirably written and beautifully
illustrated work is before us, and we cannot perhaps better
convey the amiable and highly-gifted writers our own hum•
ble weed of praise, than by stating-that on opening it, merely

to obtain a cursory glance of the engravings—our intention
being to peruse-the contents when more at leisure—the open-
ing passages caught our attention, and we were insensibly led
on, by the interest and variety of the matter, from page to

page, until we concluded the whole number—and even " long-
ed for more." Mr. and Mrs. Hall are precisely the parties
possessed of that peculiar talent, that literary taste, that love
of the grand and the picturesque, that quickness in seizing
the traits of character, and that feeling of sympathy and af-
fection towards the whole human family, which enables them
to become the successful "limners" of the beauties and sub-
limities presented by such a country as Ireland, and of the
singularities of her inhabitants, in which there is so much to
amuse, so much to admire, and so much to commiserate.
It is impossible for any tourist, gifted with even an ordinary
pen, and a moderate share ,of speculative intelligence, to
wander, with an observant eye, through the more remarkable
localities of that green isle without catching up some portion

of the spirit of poetry and enthusiasm which infuses interest
into any narrative he may attempt. But in this instance the
parties have brought to the task they have undertaken minds
enriched by education and experience, and hearts at once
considerate and unprejudiced; and they will be found to be

equally " at home" whether mingling in the fashionable
throng of the crowded city, visiting the peaceful hamlet, or
entering the remote cabin of the hardy but hunger worn
mountaineer ;—whether gazing on the combined beauties of
the luxuriant valley, the placid lake, and the wooded slope,—
or lingering with awe on the bleak and towering mountain,

that " looks from its throne of clouds" on the rich and va

ted lands(

or the- v

aste of ocean tha

girds its iron base. The descriptive portion of the work is
intermingled episodically with historical reminiscences, af-

and incidents, giving

.cream of one
of them,-flying over our heads, so near to us that we could
almost count the feathers.in his wing. Our feeling was that
we had seen enough of the sublime and beautiful in nature,
and need go no further in search of eitht
We cannot close this not

solitary

being unusually great, the floor gave way, and
upwards of three hundred persons, chiefly young girls, were
precipitated into the area of the building. But still greater
mischief followed. Another crash—and the floor of the
keeper's room, with that of the room usually occupied by
the petit jury, together with the chimney-pieces, bricks,
forms, tables, &c., came down like an avalanche, upon
the prostrate and horrified multitude beneath. By the
strenuous exertions of the spectators (among the most
active of whom we observed Mr. Barrington, of the coach-
factory, his workmen, and Mr. Briggs), the unfortunate per-
sons were all soon rescued from their perilous situation.
Providentially no life was lost; but nearly one-third of the
entire were more or less dangerously injured. We have as-
certained that there are in hospital six persons ; of these, one
poor woman, in an advanced state of pregnancy, has suffered
a compound fracture of the leg; another, a dislocation of the
hip-joint ; a third, a bad .fracture of the knee-joint ; and the
others, severe contusions of the spine, abdomen, &c. Be-
sides these there are, we understand, not less than fifteen or
sixteen persons serious
ly bruised and otherwise hurt, but
who were carried to their homes in various parts of the town.
Miss Duff herself escaped, we are happy to say, with some
slight contusions on the leg and ankle-joint. Her presence
of mind and intrepidity, on the awful occasion, were such as
to enable her to be mainly instrumental, under heaven, in
saving the lives of three aged persons. The keeper of the
conrt-house, Mr. Baird, was the only person who happened
to he in the lower part of the house when the floors fell, and
his escape uninjured was almost miraculous ; sitting on a
form close to the wall near the principal door, when the first
frightful crash occurred, he raised up his head, flinging it
back towards the wall, and in another moment the boards and
bricks were precipitated down at his feet! As rapidly as he
could recover from the astounding shock, he succeeded in
making his way through the open door.—Newry Telegraph.

ECCLESIASTICAL

AND UNIVERSITY

Heroine, —, from Pernambuco, at Plymouth
Avon, Robinson. from Dominica, at Laguna
SALeomnit, Feb. 24.—Boreas, Dale, sailed from Liverpool sth
Feb. for Exeter, and has not since been heard of.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28.—Wind S.W. moderate

SAlLED.—Hardware, Eieken, and Peru, Knubley, for Afriea—
Jefferson, Mason, for New York, Bre.—Sidney, Cowan, for New
Orleans—and Georgetown, Bell, for Batavia, tke. •

Adonis, Morel, sailed from Cowes for Antwerp 26th February
Ilia, Swindelin, hence at Cuxhaven

• Pakenham, Wardle, hence for Pernambuco, was spoken 17th
Jan. in lat. 4 N, long. 23, with pumps constantly going, and loss of
bowsprit, &c. having been run foul of five days after leaving the
land

The Daboo upset in the Canning Graving Dock on Monday last,
has since been floated out, having received no injury.
YAnmouTH, Feb. 26.—The Apollo which was on shore on
Knaresborough Sand, has'gonc to pieces.

CUXHAVEN, Feb. 17.—1 n conseiuence of the south wind, our
harbour and channel have been cleared of the ice, and several
ships have come in.