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MISCELLANEOUS READING
LETTERS FROM MIR. wEED--No. III.

boyhood TO the maturity of life.
left our good ship beating up he channel
against an obstinate head wind al } O'Clock ?. NJ
Yesterday, IN q small boat Tint off to
and, after pull of three hours, made this por,
before sun set. 1t is a delightful spot. Tho vii
iage is situated in the elbow Of deep bay, and
consists of a continuous block Of stone cot
,ages, all side Of tho street facing the wa
ter while the terraces rising back of the viag G
are dotted with cabins, and patched with fields
clothed IN verduro and lruifulness.
The arrival, al an obscure town upon the Coast
of nine strangers, with a formidable array OF
trunks, &c created quite STIR; but when 1t
came 20 be known that two Catholic Bishops from
America and two Priests from France, (ibough
one Of the latter from Igium and the other
from Bayara,) were among Us, the sensation was
truly amusing. The Reporters gathered about
US in swnrms. The Coast Officer and the Don
s,abuary Guard appeared embarrassed and ex
cited. called upon the Excise Officer aud invited
him to examine our luggage. In walking with
mo to tho Hotel, he romarked that, as our
arrival there the some hat excited state of the
country, would occasion inquiry and re mark, it
would be his duty TO make his examination more
rigid than under ordinary circumstances. He
then proceeded to tako names, places of resi-
dence and vocation, and to examine whether we
had arms munitions concealed. He then IN
CURED the object OF our visit nnd the length OF
Juno intended 10 remain in Ireland. Ali this
was done with the utmost docacy and proprIety
on tho part of the officer. We Informed him that
we took advantage of Gains and head winds 10
leave our ship and through Ireland to Liver
pool, hoping tim, should be 50 fortunate to
hear O'CoNNELL. and to see Father MATHEW.
The Custom.House examination over, we were
seated 80 first supper in Ireland. 1t consist
ed of bacon and eggs. fried IN the bnr-roon, Ga
smnll 7 by 81 whore twenty men were smoking
their pipes; served, however, on a clean linen ia
ble>cloth, with fresh roll of butter and strong
" matted loaf of bread.
After supper the Bisnops went VITA me resi-
dent Catholic Clergymen. others were SEM 10
neiohboring house, two only lodged at the iiote)
nd I accented the lnvitntion of the Commandant
IF the Coast Guard to take bed at his house,
where | passed tho evening and night very
pleasantly.
The onlv mode Of conveyance, IN the morning,
was an Irish "Jaunting Car" with one horse
No, could n second vehicle be raised 10 the VII
laca, A messenger was therefore despatched
lf9r nm Enolsh sh,lling) on foot to Ba ncon (nine
miIesl for another carr and at . a. NJ two one
horse "Jaunting Cars" and a scraggy looking
enrt for The luggage "reined up" before the
Hotel
won, to the Chapel for Mass, whore an immense
cororeua,ion (the information of their arrival
having been spread during the night,) had assem-
bed
A, O'Clock, having taken dish OF black tea
ando botled
of3O miles The morning air was pure and bra'
cino and tho ride was far more intensely inter
es,up than any ever enjoyed. Inc whole
cane waa panoramic Every rod foot. and al
most every inch of soil. in high state OF cuiiva-
ton Indeed tho earth Is here taxed 10 lis Ut
most capacity But vegetable nature seems not
aJone. The country is equally prolific IN men,
women md children. Ever and anon we came
into clusters of cabins and shanies which seem
ed like intellectual ant-hlls. Aod those shanties
ia shared in common by bipeds and quadrupedsln
numberless instances, saw people, pigs, poultry
and goats, equally enjoying mo saiie anu on's
room in the cabin.
We saw hundreds of women and children en-
saeed in spreading sea weed and sand (mpregna-
ted with SALTY as manure. We overlook ana pas
sed manv carts, each with l. or ID bushels OF
pota,oes on their way TO BaHdon, where they get
Mt tho rate of two-peuce -four cenis) tor twenty
pounds In this way the poorest class OF ten
upts pay their rents.
The lands we passed over to day go miles
ara principallv owned by three noblemen, VIZ
Lord Shannon deceased Lord Bandon, and Lore
Cork And for the munIfcent support OF those
three families. than million OF their felio"
ceatures are ground TO an earth designed by
bsncfcent Providence furnish an abundance
for all.
Ca our wav into Courtmasherry, passed in
full view of the Old Head of kinsae. the rock
upon which the packet ship Albion was SO disas-
trously wrecked many years ago.
The of the small boat in which we came
ashore consisted of five men. They had long
hard pull agains, strong current and head wind
Ooe of our party who had bottle OF wine in hi:
carpet bag offered it to the men. Two of then
drank of it, but the other three declined, sayinl
tina, thev had taken Father Mathews pledge
These men added, that they were out IN this boa
through all weathers. and by night as we'll as b,
day: bu, tina, :hey could endure cold better an
work longer and pull harder. since they took IN
pledge and that with Gods help they would neH
er break il.
Several Of the mos, beautiful mansions betwee
Courtmashcrry and Cork are occupied by Protest
ant Clergyman, whose fields and globes enrici
and adorn their ''ivings;" and yet their congre
cations, IN some instances, scarcely extend be
you6 their own household Blu, these Churcl