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      Election Matters. London. Finsbitby.—The...

      into the suburbs of the town was not unnoticed by the raob , who , under the lead of Mr . Duffy and the ilev . Mr . Doyle , collected xinder the windows of the house where Sir Thomas is represented as having taken refuge . The latter , however , contrived to slip off while Father Doyle was addressing the crowd , and arrived safely at his own committee-rooms . His enemies , however , followed him to his new retreat , and while he was addressing his friends outside , Mr . Duffy took

      possession of a draper ' s window next door , where , by the support of the sign of a woolpack , he was able to confront Sir Thomas . Mr . Duffy , under the fire of an eye-glass with which Sir Thomas was quietly ogling him , now tried to make himself heard , but his voice was drowned in the uproar . The mob were meanwhile entertained by the bye-play of Father Doyle , who hung on by the woolpack , and exhibited a variety of antics . Sir Thomas was then escorted out of the

      town by the police , but they were unable to protect him from the volleys of missiles with which the mob greeted him . The town throughout the day was at the mercy of the mob , who rendered the streets unsafe to any but friends of Mr . Duffy . Every pane of glass in the large house occupied by Sir Thomas Redington ' s committee was broken * and the lower windows in the principal part of the town had to be

      closed nearly all day . The mob kept up their sports till past midnight . The police were quite kept under . On the 13 th the mob were still paramount , though the military were called out , and ordered to keep the rioters at bay with fixed bayonets . The reading of the Biot Act was also ineffectual . The Dublin Daily Express truthfully ( ' /) and impartially observes , " Young Ireland and Socialism were the order of the day /'

      On Tuesday a troop of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards and a considerable body of the constabulary were brought from Kilkenny .

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      Miss Catherine Hayes In Chancery. Miss C...

      MISS CATHERINE HAYES IN CHANCERY . Miss CATHEBlNrE Hates , in the month of November , 1850 , entered into an agreement with Mr . J . F . Beale , the music-seller , to go to America in the month of September ensuing , and perform there , fora period of five months , on certain terms . Miss Hayes , after this arrangement , spent some months in Italy , and , returning to England in April , 1851 , with a reputation much increased , felt some ^ dissatisfaction with the terms of her agreement , which was accordingly modified . Miss Hayes was to have 650 Z . per month , besides her expenses , and a proportionate share of the profits , a penalty of 3000 £ .

      being provided for non-performance of the contract . In the month of June then ensuing , Mr . Beale transferred the benefit of his contract to Mr . Ward well , of New York . In the month of August , Miss Hayes proceeded to America , accompanied by Dr . Joy , as the agent and manager of Mr . Beale . She continued her performances , according to the agreement , till November , on the 14 th of which month she wrote to Mr . Beale , declining to act any longer under the agreement , on the ground , that the conduct of Dr . Joy to her had become so obnoxious as to be intolerable . She offered , at the saino time , to pay such portion of the penalty of

      3000 £ , as might appear to be due from her on a settlement of the accounts . About the same time , Wardwell found himself unablo to perform his agreement with Mr . Bealo , and , before Miss Hayes had broken off her agreement , as above stated , the contract again was transferred , Wardwell assigning it to Anthony , as security for a debt . It is also stated that Miss Hayes , soon after her letter of the 14 th of November , proceeded to Albany , under a now agreement with Wnrdwcll . Under these circumstances , Anthony took proceedings , in the Court of Now York , against Mr . Bealo , at tho samo tiino suing- out a process of attachment in the Lord Mayor ' s Court , to attach any monies bolonging

      to Beale which might be in the hands of Miss Hayes . Mr . Bculo « 1 ho obtained a similar attachment , upon tho sum of 3000 Z ., and lying in tho Union Bank of London , belonging to Miss Hayos , and , at tho same time , commenced proceedings against hor in tho American courts . Mi « 8 Hayes , thus expoflcd to attack on both sides , has applied to tho Court of Chancery to restrain tho Union Bank from paying out tho 3000 / ., and also to restrain Mr . Bealo from continuing Iuh proceedings , either iu tho Lord Mayor ' s courts or in tho American courts . Tho case canio beforo Sir JtuncH Parker , on Saturday last . An attempt was inado to found a claim for roliof on the ground of tho contract having been obtained by fraud and lnifireprofiontution , but this foil t <> tho ground ,

      from tho entire ubsonoo of proof . Tho chargo mado Against ; Dr . Joy was also vory strongly contradicted . It was urged , on behalf of Mr . Beulo , that there hud boon collusion between Minn HayoH and Wardwell , and , from an affidavit mado by Dr . Joy , it npponrod that MisB Hayes had broken lier contract ou tho instigation of Wurdwoll , ho offering both to indemnify her against

      her liability to Mr . Beale , and to engage her on more lucrative terms . Sir James Parker , in giving his judgmenty said that this would have been a case of interpleader , and that Miss Hayes would hiaye been entitled to the relief usually given in such cases , if she could have fulfilled the usual condition , by making an affidavit that there was . no collusion between her and Wardwell . So far as , he ( Sir J . Parker ) could judge , from the evidence before him , Miss Hayes could not make such an affidavit . Under the circumstances , ho declined making any order .

      " The Diggings!" The Merchant . Ship Yim...

      " THE DIGGINGS !" The merchant . ship Yimeira arrived at Portsmouth on the 12 th of this month , from Syduey , bringing gold of the value of 55 , 000 £ , and intelligence from the colony as late as the lOfch of March . The yield of gold both at Sydney and Port Philip was daily increasing , and thousands were flocking in search of it . " Emigrants" (?) were coming in abundantly from California and the South Sea Islands , and hundreds of Americans were seen going to the diggings . New Zealand had been bitten with the mania . The new settlement of Canterbury was said to be deserted , and Wellington and Auckland were almost in the same condition .. - The agricultural interests had not yet suffered , it was said , but at Port Philip labour was becoming very scarce .

      It is stated in the Sydney Serald of the 6 th of March , that though it is only ten months since the richness of the mines was discovered , yet the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria have each shipped gold to the value of about 1 , 000 , 0002 . The correspondent of this journal further says ^ - — " We rejoice to add that this million of gold produced in New South . Wales has been gathered without any serious detriment to our other interests , and with the least possible disturbance of public order and tranquillity . Our corn-fields have still been cultivated , our sheep have still been shorn . The admirable order which has all along been , maintained at our diggings , not by military restraint , but by the goodsense and moral rectitude of the great mass of the diggers themselves , is indeed a just cause of pride to the colonists , and ought to encourage thousands of our fellow-subiects at home to come out and help us .

      "We need their help . Our flocks and herds are increasing , while the labour market is exhausted . Wages have consequently advanced at rates averaging on the whole sonlewliat about 30 per cent . We have ample employment for many thousands of emigrants , provided they be men who really give a good day ' s work for a good day ' s wages . We do not want idlers , neither do we want any more of that swarming class of young gentlemen who can do nothing but sit on a stool and handle a quill : of these we have always more than enough . But persons accustomed to hard work , whether mechanical or rural , and persons having money to invest , whether of large amount or small , will find in New South Wales a finer opening than any other part of tho world presents , or than was ever before presented . "

      Great excitement has been occasioned by the discovery of gold at Fingal . It is expected that by digging to some depth below tho surface , this mine might be mado very productive . Victoria seems the grand point of rendezvous of the diggers , and around that place it is said that the gold turns up like earth itself , Tho Government assay office in South Australia is now in operation , 2910 ounces being deposited on tho first day .

      JExtract froin a Private Letter , dated Adelaide , January 2 i \ st . " Besides , thoro is so little doing hero that nearly tho wliolo of those who wished to remain have , in soll-dcibnco , been obliged to quit ; . Mon havo gono by thousands ; numbers have boon away , and rAturnod for their wives and families . 1 know eight personally who loft two months ago in company : thoy havo returned together this week . Tho Birmllent sum brought was 30 QI ., tho largest above 000 / . Tho wives , tho children , and themselves , arc as busy as bees , and thoy will bo off in a swarm tho week eivd . The question most frequently nsked in , ' When nro you going to tho diggonsp' How nick I am of hearing

      the word . Tho common cry iH , ' It ' s no uro slopping hero . ' Hindly-street is dosolato ; nearly all tho shops aro closed ; bots ai'O mado that in . a fortnight from this thoro will not bo one shop opon ; and 1 am inclined to think thovo will noli bo . * *„ You aro far away , and must doubt much you hoar , bul ; I see and know so much that is roally truth , that do you know , woman though I am , 1 . havo boon often in tho mind to start , not from any sudden impulse , but from reflection . I don't ; seo why I should not ) . If I . could loavo Jjondon-bridgo , got through Franco , and without knowing a word of tho language Hcrnmblo aorous Italy to Vonioo , I don't boo what ' a to stop me . * * Tho ' will not bo pot in for tho want of hands , and tho poonl ' o

      havo boon ho thinnod thai ; inuny kinds of farm produce cannot ; bo Hold ; and yol ; all that ; can bo taken to niarkot brings Jurgo prices , hut labour costs ho much . What tho ond of nil thin will bo in beyond my notions . 1 might giyo a thousand £ iioh » oh , and thoy would all bo wrong . ' I ' can only utato ( ucIh . J in mud to bo away : it in tho iricoHHiin ' t thorno of his convocation : ho Iiuh urguod mo out ; of his youth being a reason why ho ohould not ; ho says Iio ' h us big and nn strong an ho over will bo ; bonicloa , if thorois an much gold a « will pay tho National . 'Dobt , it will bo a poor look-out if ho cannot got ; nuggnts enough to pay you , as far an gold can represent gratitude . Howovor , 1 havo agreed that ho shall go . For tho paper I sond you with

      this is the last but two that will be issued , and he will be out of employment : no men to set the type , no men to print it after that time , and scarcely any to reidit even now . He goes with Mr . H ., the clerk , and some others "

      Cork Exhibition. Lobd And Lady Eglinton ...

      CORK EXHIBITION . Lobd and Lady Eglinton opened the Cork Exhibition , on Thursday week . The ceremony , was begun bythe performance of the Hallelujah Chorus , with an organ accompaniment . Then the executive committee read an address to his Excellency , and his Excellency replied . After that the recorder of Cork read the address of the corporation of Cork , and his Excellency blandly retorted th e compliments it conveyed , adding to the honour the inestimable gift of a title of knighthood > changing plain William into Sir William Hackett , by a slap with the vice-regal sword . Having gracefully performed this office , the knightly viceroy declared the Exhibition opened , wishing it , of course , all the success it deserved . Next came an appropriate ode composed b y Mr . Waller , known to the readers of the -Dublin University Magazine as " Slingsby , " set to music by Dr . Stewart . Lord Eglinton and his suit then paraded round the building , and retired , after an anthem , bearing the extraordinary title of " May the Queen live for ever , " had been performed .

      Altogether , the opening has been most successful : natives and visitors being in a state pf exuberant de light , Cork is crowded : all the spare beds and extempore sleeping places being full . The correspondent of the Morning Serald describes himself as being one of seventy who tenant a ballroom filled up with boxes . No . 40 Converses with N < 3 . 41 , and No . 60 shrieks out " Order , gentlemen , do go to sleep ; " whereupon No . 40 complains of the

      impropriety of calling a gentleman to order in his own house . The conversation continues , and nobody gets any attentions from " balmy sleep , nature ' s kind nurse . " After the Lord-Lieutenant had opened the Exhibition , he and his Countess visited the Cork College . In the large hall , which was filled with a good audience , the President of the College read a congratulatory address to Lord Eglinton , speaking warmly of the state and prospects of the College .

      Lord Eglinton replied , praising , in the following terms , the system of education there pursued :- — " The superiority of the system pursued hero , and the diversity of the branches of learning which are taught uiider this college , are well worthy of the inspection . of any one to whom the cause of education is dear ; and it is most gratifying to find that the intellectual progress of the pupils affords so undeniable a proof of the efficiency of the tuition , and their good conduct so fair a prospect of their becomin g hereafter useful and honourable members of the community . " It is by such institutions as this , and by disseminating among the people such education , as the circumstances of the times will admit of , that wo must look to the internal well-being of our country , and to its future position among nations . "

      In the evening a banquet was held in a largo pavilion erected for the purposo in the grounds attached to the Exhibition buildings . A large number of noblemen and distinguished guests were present . The chairman , Sir William Hackett , proposed tho health of the Lord-Lieutenant . Lord Eglinton congratulated himself on having to inaugurate un undertaking from which ho hoped so beneficial * a result . Ho referred with satisfaction to the fact of the present Exhibition affording a display of the products of their own country . Ho praised the genius of Ireland , and 'enumerated many names of great men who had sprung from her stock ; Ho continued " Gonfclomenit is not by strifo and party contention—

      -, it is not by religious or political diasonsion—it is not by outrage and murder—that tho regeneration of Ireland is to bo accomplished ( cries of * Hoar , ' and cheers ); it is J ) ocauso of nil this that ; misfortunes havo como upon horthat so ' many of hor eons havo had to seek a rotuffo on other flhoros—that so many of hor houses aro untonantoa --that so much of hor rich land is uncultivated . ( ChoorH . j Endowed with everything that ought to mako her gr < " « and prosporouH , » ho has boon miserable and poor , bucauao sbo has boon disunited . ( Hoar . ) It is by tho merging oi all party fooling in tho ono great object , your country » welfare—it ; in by liojding out tho hand of friendship w your fellow-countrymen—it is by preserving order and tranmiillitv umnno- voursolvos . that vou will see happy } lV ! o * - ~~ _

      full haggards aiid empty barracks ( great ; ohoormg)—«» you will hoo your harbours jlllod , British capital flowing hi , and railway ontorpriHo carried through ovory corner ot tno country . " ( Loiul choortt . ) And again : — " " I havo alluded to railway ontorprjso bocauno I bohovo it is ono of those things which conduce moHl ; to tho prosperity of any country ; but I boliovo thnfc' no country , Jroni its p ' oouliar oiraumstiincuH , oxintH to which it woiuf » nc greater bloHHing than , if it woro carried out , it would vo i this countrv . Tflear . hear , and oheors . ) Ami I , uo " ? yV

      that if tho plan which omiuiatod from tho capacious mm * of tho greatest of God ' s oreaturos I ovor mot ( l ^ ora w-Uentinok ) had boon carried oufc , wo should havo neon Aro land happy . " ( Hoar , hoar , and loud cheers . ) Ho wont on to say that ho held it to bo his duty to

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 19, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19061852/page/10/