Litchfield enquirer., 1848-06-22
FOREIGN ITEMS.

n|It is stated that from El2,0OO 10
Gl3,OOO in gold are now transmitted weeks
ly from England TO Holland, III payment for
cattle, butter and other provisions.
USome sound beams, formed of the
wood of the mulberry tree, have been found
in the ruins of Niheveh, where they are
supposed to have been placed at least seven
hundred years before Christ.
UA few weeks since, Mr.: Willard, of
Enford, in Wiltshire. shot swift OF. creech,
to the neck of which was attached label
of red morocco leather, bearing the words,
Boston, January 6, l648." .f@ {
GTOrders have been received at Birming.
ham for 10000 stand of aims for France,
and $4,000 for Denmark, 10 be supplied
with all possible expedition. .. ..
ULady Morington, who brought her
husband f40O0O a year, continues in a
state of uttel destitution. .. r..
IRELAND.
Mr.. Mitchell, editor of the United Irish
.,,cr, sentenced to ID years Transports
ton, and had been removed to Spike Island
preparatory TO embarkation. All this sud>
den aud terrible, and IL excites the repeal
press to fury. The correspondent of the
Times writes fiom Dublin. May 81, as fol-
lows: Fg,.s. Mv. ....
"There appears to be more work in store
for the Attorney General Monahan and her
majeSty'S judges OF commission. / am en-
abled 10 state, that at a meeting (private of
course) held yesterday ofthe c'nncil Of the
CONFEDERATE IN, motion, by father Kenyon,
was put and carried, to the effect that the
committee of the confederation. hitherto,
composed Of $50 members, be reduced TO 81,
10 be chosen by ballot An address, be r.
ing the signature of William Smith O'Bii>
en-, and advocating direct resort to arms,
was submitted to the new directory, aud
unanimously approved Of This document
is TO ne laid, for The final adoption, before
the open meeting Of the confederates, when
takes place Tomorrow night"
subscription has already been set on
foot in Ireland for the wife and children of
Mr.. John Mitchell. The lady is a niece of
Sir William Werner, NJ. p. for the county
of Armagh, and was married at the early
age of Is years. Although still youthful
she is the mother Of four children, the eldest
Of whom is y years old. Among the con-
tributors glorious rivalry impels protests
ants and catholics 10 strive for the mastery
In demonstrating by their contributions
their bitter hatred Of the unfair means BY
which John Mitchell has been made felon.
The language of Mr. John O'Connel at
the Repeal Association, when urging the
members 10 adopt The family of Mitchell. and
in expressing indignation againsl the Attor>
ney General, was to spit upon him as he
had spit upon the Catholics mot 10 expose
themselves TO be struck down singly, bat
to bani themselves together as determined
and united Irishmen.
Mr.. Mitchell arrived at Spike Island,
Cork, on Sunday night, and was Instantly
handed over to the Governor. He will im>
mediately assume the convict dress and be
treated in every respect like an ordinary
convict. 1 .-. ....-.
CURIOUS DERIVATION - In the
Senate Of the United Staces, Mr.. Dix. in
a historical account Of the English set
Elements at the BaliZe, stated the origin of
the name, which was as follows The
country was in the military occupation,
at one time, of an English Buccaneer, ma
med Wallis. The Spaniards, having no
W in their alphabet, called il Balls, after
the name OF the piratical chief, and is
was finally corrupted into Balize.