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      A UHEHT FOR ERIK BT THOSttt K . OM , Jlli gef if gone aad for « v « r , the light we saw breaking , likf Tike heaven * * first dawn o ' er the sleep ef tbe dead , r r r 7 fcen r 7 fceE man from the slumbr » f agei awaking . Loo Look'd upward and blessed tbe pure ray ere it flsd HFXia & TU tone , and the glttmt It hat left of its burning BButdBut deepen the loog night of bondages andmontnlag , JThatlhat dark o ' er the kingdoms of earth ia returning , An And , darkest of all , banian Erin , o ' er thee I

      JFor IFor high waa tby hope , when those glories were darting At Around thee , through all the gran clouds of the world ; 1 VfheVhen TrBtb . from ber fetter * , indignantly starting . At AtoncelikearauburitherbaaiieTuufnrVd . 4 Oh , Oh , never shall earth tee moment so splendid ! 4 . TheiThen , then , had one hymn cf deliverance blended ' The The tonguea oi all nations , how sweet had ascended Tl The first note of liberty , Erin ! front thee . » * * * * * * * ? » » * * * * The Then vanish'd for ever tba fair snnny vision , Wh Which , spite of the slavish , the cold hean ' a derision , Shi Shall long be remembered , pure , bright , and eiytian , 1 Aa first It arose , ay lost Erin ! on thee .

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      A A Hand Book To The Royal Stalks At Win...

      A A Hand Book to the Royal Stalks at Windsor Castle . By the Author of 'Sketches of Her Majesty ' s Household . ' London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . Many a time it has been our lot to hear of the © celebrated Wag vote of i / 0 , 000 for the building of n new stable * at "Windsor Castle , hut until we read this li little book we were not fully informed of the partic Calais of that generous vote of the ' collective p wisdom . ' It was on the 5 th of June , 1839 , that t the notorious Spring Rice , since elevated to ' the i style and title' of lord Stroddlegoose , moved in the

      ] House of Commons a vote of £ 70 , 000 for the pur-] pose of building stables at Windsor . Mr Wakley < denounced the proposition as ' extravagant , ' and ] moved that the sum be reduced to £ 50 , 000 , but i could not find a seconder . Lord Duogannon - - * thought it unbecoming a nation like tbe English to ¦ civil at such a sum . ' There was no confuting this unanswerable argument , so of course the sum was voted . The money secured , the ' silver trowel which had been used by bis late Majesty King George tbe Po . atn upon similar occasions , ' was put into requisition , and the foundation stone laid ou the 19 th of August . The buildings were completed in October , 1842 .

      There has been a terrible hubbub of late about ' sanatory reform , ' but the whole question lies in a nutshell—whether the Queen ' s subjects shall be half as healthily situated in their dwellings as are the Queen ' s horses . We say' half as healthily , 'for sure we are that whilst tbe present system lasts , the arrangements for the drainage and ventilation of the habitations of tbe poor , will by no means approach those in constant operation to insure the comfort and health of the animals whom the Queen delighteth to honour . Thus we read that 'in the centre of

      each stall there are iron gratings , communicating with cross drains under the flooring of Dutch clinkers ; and through these ( by merely turning a tap at the upper end of tbe stable ) a strong current of water is forced , which clears away every accumulation from the under drains , info the common sewer , to the river . ' The whele of the arrangements are equally perfect . Happy horses . Unhappy men . ! Look on thispicture : —

      Twelve months ago the Marylebone "Vestry published a statement setting forth that there were then sixty thousand destitute jiersonsih the metropolis , who chiefly supported themselves by begging or thieving . The destitution of the approaching winter is likely to be still more appalling . It is notorious that in " the very bitterest weather crowds of human beings were completely shelterless , the workhouses being overcrowded . Within the workhouses the best accommodated were sleeping three in a bed , but hundreds bad no beds at all . ' In the East

      London Union , * says a visitor , 'the sleeping accommodation consisted of a sloping shelf for the men to lie on . They were closely huddled together with their clothes on . They complained generally of the cold , as the space for the window was occupied by iron bars only , tcithaut any panes of glass altatever . They urgently requested that some rugs mig ht be furnished them . ' So recent as June last evidence was obtained that in the Strand , Kensington , and Vest London Unions , and the parishes of Whitechapel , St Pancras , Chelsea , St Luke ' s , & c the inmates of the casual wards are allowed neither soap nor towels with which to cleanse themselves . They are half-devoured by vermin ; sleep on tbe floor generally without rugs , and suffer every possible

      abomination of filth and wretchedness . Any night within tbe last two years there mig ht be seen miserable bungs , huddled together on the bare pavement in front of St Martin ' s Workhouse , and immediately opposite St George ' s Barracks—filled with soldiers ready with musket and bayonet to defend our' glorious institutions . ' We are wrong in saying that ' any night might be seen , & c ., ' for on many occasions the poor , houseless creatures have been prevented sitting down , the pavement having been saturated with water under the pretence of cleaning it , but , in reality , to punish the poor creatures for their poverty by leaving them , like Noah ' s dove , no dry resting-place . But enough of this pictare of « Happy England . Novo look on this-. "

      We quote from the book under notice : — ' On the right of the entrance to the Royal mews , in St Alban ' s-street , just within the gateway , there are ten loose boxes for sick and lame horses ; their dimen sions being fifteen feet by ten , and of a iropjrtionate heig ht . They are each fitted up with two small mangers in either of the further corners , one for corn , and the other for mashes . The doors open iu two divisions , tbe upper por tions of which have glazed mndoics over the doors , which open / or the

      purpose of ventilation . * * * Each horse throughout the stable department has two sets of clothing—one for day , and one for night . Each stable is lig hted by means of gas J * * * Between the two last named carriage-houses are a large boiler and furnace , for the purpose of heating water , and also air , which is conveyed by means of flues , throughout the coach-houses , in order to keep the royal carriages veil aired during the cold anddamp teeather in winter ! ' _

      There are many curious matters contained in this little hook , including descriptive sketches of Carrhees . Horses , Ac ., presented to the Royal Family . It seems that ail animals cannot be taught that loyalty , which is so characteristic of men in generalana Englishmen in particular—for a pair of milk--whitegoats , a present from the Shah of Persia to her Majesty , have turned out perfectly incorrig ible . They were intended to draw the royal juveniles , a 'petite carriage' having been built for tbe purpose ; but their

      goatships were found as untameable as wee the ¦ waves of the sea , despite the commands of Canute and ihe lashings o f Xerxes . Tbe 'Persians' were , therefore , turned loose into the Great Park , where sow between two and three hundred splendid milk white goafs sport and play , originating from the parent stock ; and this increase has taken place In less than five years . Such is the amazing fecundity of Royal Goats ! This little boek is an interesting supplement rofte ' Sketches of Her Majesty ' s Household . '

      Court Jobbery: Or, The Black Book Of The...

      Court Jobbery : or , the Black Book of the Palace . London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . In this work the reader is supplied with an analyt : cal list of all the pensions granted by the Queen ( from the period of her Majesty ' s accession to the Present time ) oat of the £ 1 , 200 placed , annually , ai the disposal of the Sovereign . Pointing out the ' deserving ' and the ' undeserving' State pensioners , * i » i notes and comments , and historical references to their « claims' upon the' Royal Beneficence . '

      It appears that there are persons who are living ln H'e greatest splendour—keeping horses , carriages ' , and servan ts—giving doners and evening parties—Pertaining 1 , 200 visitors at a time at zfele cham-# *> " « -with a box at the Opera , who are shame-Ital y drawing hundreds a-year from a sum of money voted by Parliament for ' such persons only as fc tteyu */ claims on the royal beneficence , or who , [ ' } ' 'heir personal services to the Crown , by theperwt zaace of duties to the public , or by their useful discove ries in sciences and attainments in literature ""d the arts , have merited the gracious consider otim f the Sovereign , aw . the gratitude of the Cf « nfrr . '

      . Ia this list of pensioners figure the celebrated «* m teachers of her Majesty—French . German , ,: a 5 « % drawing , music , and dancing masters and

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      mistresses . They are respectively the Rev . Henry Barez , the Queen ' s German master , £ 100 a year ; J . B . Sale , Esq , teacher of singing , £ 100 a . yeu ; T . Steward , writing-master , £ 100 a-year ; Francois Grandineare , French-master , £ 100 a-year ; Mrs Lucy Auderson , music-mistress , £ 100 a-year ; Sarah Matilda Bourdin , dancing-mistress , £ 100 a-year ; and Guiseppe Guazzaroni , Italian-master , £ 50 a-year . 'The seven champions of Christendom were never so well provided for , wives and all . ' 'What a thing , ' says the author of the Black Book , for the Irish peasant , or the equally distressed Dorsetshire labourer to read , that , whilst he is starving , a French dancing-mistress receives a

      hundred pounds a-year for having done the country the immense service of teaching her . Majesty Queen Victoria to waltz and polk t If such abominable pensions are tolerated , we may expect to hear of some of tbe respectable' darkies' being put upon the list for teaching the Queen to sing 'Dan Tucker ' and ' Lucy Nealf or for giving lessons to the Prince of Wales upon tbr banjo , or initiating' the . Princess Royal in the mysteries of 'Sich a gitting up stairsV Passing by' the Newport job , ' and a host of tempting specimens of aristocratical pauperism and plunder , we single out three illustrations of ' how the money goes . '

      MADEMOISELLE AUGUSTA EMMA D * ESTB . Tko pensions , of Five Hundred Pounds each , yearly . Some few facta connected with this lady aad bit family may be of Interest : The 2 > oke of Sussex wae married to Lady Augusta Murray , tba danshter of the lata Sari of Dnnmora , at Rom " , and again in Londoat , in 1793 . Tbe issue of this nn . on were Sir Augustus D'Este , wbo waa bora la January , 1791 ; and Mademoiselle Augusta Bmtsa D'Eite , who was born in tha following year . Tbe marriage wa » dissolved , sa contrary to the Royal Marriage Act . in 1791 ; tbns , unfortunately for them , bastardising both tie children . In Jubb , 1544 , Sir Augustus D ' Este , wbo claimed tha title of Duke ofSassex at the decease of

      hia father brought bis case befora a Committee forPri . rl ' egt-s of the Boats of Lord *; Sir Thomas ffllde being bia leading counsel . Tbe committes decided , ( July 9 >; 18 U ) after lengthened sittings and examinations of witnesses that tbe claim was not made out . Mademoiselle Augusta Emma D'Este obtained one pension of £ 500 on the 5 th of March , 1845 , and another pension of £ 500 on the following 28 th of July . About a fortnight later ,, the lady was married to Sir Thomas 'Wilde , whose impartial administration of justice at the Old Bailey , in the case of the Chartist prisoners , will be fresh in the memory of the reader .

      This union gave rise to the following witticism . [ We mast premiss that D'Este ia a word of two syllables , > be final * e * being pronoaacad]—'Sir Thomas Wilde , considering tbe legal wear and tear he has bad , - looks hale and hearty ; for her ladyship , however , to torn WSde at her years , cm only be accounted for by tha lafrunceof a jyjSsfethat was aa unexpected aa it was uuretlstlsg { ' / Cowards th » end of the year it was reported that Sir ' Thomas Wilde would te raised -to the peerage ! This honour hai not , kowever , been conferred upon the learned Chief Jos tlceof tbe Court of Common Keu yet ! All in g * od Urns . Weshrald then , tape he * ladyship would not have the hca to draw her £ 359 every quarter day at the Treasury .

      Sir Thonns Wilde entered upon his new duties , as Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas , at tbr St ffardahira A «' e »« { a August , 1846 . ' His lordship , ' said the SriFFOiossiar Mwcuar , 'iaaccempanled by Irtdy Wilde , wbo has attracted considerable attention In const ejasace of her relationship to tbe royal family . ' She would hare attracted a good deal more attention ia the Potteries , we will venture to say , if the poor drudges in those districts bad been aware that they were then awestlng and toiling to eoatribate towards raising berladyahip ' a £ 1 , 000 a year ! ' Brilliant dinner parties ' ara frequently announced in tbe fashionable columns of tn-MoamiiQ Po » t , as being given hy Sir Thomas and Lady Wilde ; bat , then , as tha Lord Cilef Justice ' s salary ia £ 8 600 a-year , besides his possessing an immense

      fortune realised by a long and auceeisfol coarse of professional exertions while at tbe bar , her ladyship ' s £ 1 . 000 a year may fairly be laid by , at we have hinted before , for the rent and taxes of their ' splendid mansion . ' As this lsdy pensioner ia * living in all the splendour and afflaencebiflttiBg ber husband ' * high rank and station , it was foolishly supposed by many ( hjnest creatures !) that , neon her marriage , her ladyship wonld have resigned her two pensions ! ' Lady Wilde hat not done so yet , for she receives tbem aa ' regularly at clock , work , ' on the return , ( and this fa the only 'return' wa shall ever hear aboat tbem ) of every quarter day . Douglas Jerrold , in hia new < paper of July 15 b , IBIS , la an article on the subject of Mr Hams ' * motion for a reform in Par-[ lament ,

      says' The issuaof the debate en Mr Hume ' s motion nay be coasted as no sach great victory . Mr Oiborae—in a most damaging speech—showed the 8 e 0 fhbBe . « s that roles an 4 reigns over tbe people in the House of Cms . moni . There 1 » , as the house ia at present constitute ? , a moral majority against retrenchment ; a majority knitted together closely at tbe rings of a highwayman ' s steel parse ; and for tbe tame purpose , to n cure stolen money . Now , grant He Hnrae ' a pelnta of the Charteraad they will be at anrely granted a * the raj i of to-mor row's tna—and we obtain cheap government andequalit , of taxation . Why , Sir Thomat Wilde , himself—the

      awful judge who tried the Old Bailey Chartists—is intere » ted against the Charter . With its essential points carried , thep . ople would so longer pay such pensions aa that enjoyed by Lidy Wilde—tbe late Hademoisalle D'Este—for no other reason than that , 1 gaily , the if the illegitimate daughter of the late Daks of Sussex . At the very time that Sir Thomat Wilcepatsid sentence open the prisoners , it if not impossible the judge might have had in hit pockets a airay cein or two , part and parcel of the pension of his wife * . We would not coasi ' er the matter too curieualy , bat , candid reader , Charti « t or non-Ch artist , might this not be so !'

      ' Her H » j » sty , ' at we are informed by a newspaper of January 11 , 1815 , ' with her accustomed generoiity , has eiTen oat of her Privy Parse the sum ef £ 1 , 000 a year to Sir Augustus D'Este , which it equal to tbe torn Sir Augustas lost by the death of the Duke of Sussex . ' It is a great pity , for the take of all partita interested ( and we include tbe tax payer * , for they are very deeply interested in the matter ) , that the Queen had net also exercised ' her accustomed generosity'in the cue of the titter of Sir Augattos , This would have been exceedingly creditable on tha part of her Majesty—creditable so far as liberality went . But what ia the same of all the judgev ' wig * in Coristendom ion Lady Wilde want witbs thousand a-year out of anybody ' s parse , unless it ba her has band '

      We have next to introduce to onr readers a celebrated ' political economist , ' one of the gang who write to prove that there are too many of us , and that for the ' surplus' there is no room at Nature ' s festive hoard . This fellow has the assurance to take from the miserable people of this country a sum of £ 1 , 100 a-year , to say nothing of the money he has made by his ponderous volumes of truthless statistics , written to show that the present infernal system is natural and inevitable . Here he is : —

      JOHN RAMSAY M ' CCLtOCH , ESQ .. A pension of £ 200 a-year . Another author ! Bat we have a word or two to tay about this grant of £ 200 , because we think that this pension to Mr H'Cnllocb ought net , in common jastice . ever to have been conferred . Tbit gentleman is tbe author of many useful works to tbe public , and highly profitable to htaself . Bat what will our readers think of tbe jastice (?) of her Usjetty permitting this Isdefc . tJgable writer on finance and commerce to drag £ 300

      per annum ont of oar pockets , when they are informed that he is tbe Comptroller of the Stationary-office , at a aalary of £ 900 a jear I Sir Robert Peel re i gned office , to make wayfor Lard Juan B « sell and tbe Whfgc , oa the 1 st o'Jaly , 18 i 6 . TbegrantcfMrM'Callocb ' adUgracefalptn (• ion ( disgraceful under the clrcnmitaBce *) it dated onI „> tbe very day before ! Sir Robert is to blama in this matter , aodnottheQieea . Mrll'CaV . ochwat amply providtdfoi by a most lucrative Government appointment . Siam ^ , Sir Robert ! to throw away tbe public money in this way

      The ! ast we shall nonce is the precious Poet-Laureate Wordsworth . How true his portrait is sketched by the master-hand of g lorious Byron : — « Wordworth ' s place may be in tbe Customs—it is , I think , in that or the Excise—besides another at Lord Lonsdale ' s table , where this poetical charlatan and political parasite licks up the crumbs with a hardened alacrity ; the converted Jacobin having long subsided into the clownish sycophant of the worst prejudices of the aristocracy . '

      WILLIAM WORDSWORTH , ESO ,. A pension o / £ 300 a-year . Toit pention It all very well , a * far at itt being ia considera : ioa of the 'dUtiagatthed literary attainments ' of the Post Laureate ; for whloh appointment he get * a salary of £ 100 a year—little enough , in all conscience , as it bat been remarked , 'if he ia liable to be called upon to write an eWjogtstic ode npen such an occasion at tbe late installation of Field Harshal the Prlace Csnsortas Pr . ' nce Chancellor of Cambridge ! ' It wat , however , poor wishy-washy , aamby-pamby teoff , after all . Bat Mr

      Wordsworth it not ia want of this £ S 09 a-year—he does not require it . There are hundreds of literary m * nandauthort of tome eminence , tco—to whom a fftfeof tbit £ 300 a year would ba a god-tend , indeed ! We find that , at tbe time thit pention wat granted , Mr Wordsworth wat * Distributor of Sumps for the Conntlea of Westmoreland and Cumberland , with emolument * amounting to £ 2 , 000 a year—which office and emoluments hs afeerwardi resigned to hit son . * Where U the man we would aik , who will attempt to ju « tify thi psyment of this £ 300 a year npon tbe ground of the necessities of Mr WortUworth requlrirg it i The quotations we have given constitute this little book ' s best recomme ttdatioa .

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      oi *!? tf ^ formers . London : W . Strange , 21 , Pate rno 8 ter- row . Manchester ; A . Heywood . Huddersfield : It . Brook , Buxton-road . Under the head , of ' Politics for , Workers , ' we recently policed a tract , in which was explained the causes of John Dobson , the weaver , having to send his child to bed without a supper . The present tract by the same author , is written to show the mission of Reformers in these critical times , and the work which they are particularly called upon to engage in , to bring about such a state of things as shall enable John Dobson , the weaver , to obtain supper for his children .

      This tract contains further and unquestionable evidence of the deterioration of the condition of the working classes j and shows up tbe evils of the present crushing system of taxation , and ihe falsehoods of the Malthusian theory . From the author ' s discussion of a question ' which has of late much occupied public attention , we extract the following sensible observations oa

      ratsicAL rote * . Lei ut look fairly at our prettnt petition , aad tee what chance there it of succeeding in any attempt to upitt the government by physical force . There are at the very least a million and ahalf , wbo are directly in . terested in the taxes , —whoreoeto them and live npon tbem ; and who , bear in mind , will / flat for their confirmante . There are another million , of soldiers , parsons , busker * , policemen , and lawyer * including their dependmntt . This sjstamgivei tna and clothing to thousands

      apon taeaiands of btbkers , excisemen , groomt , footmen , ( imps , toaoeatert and parasites . It alio adds , at we bar * already teen , yery largely . to tho proBttof the tradttmea who pay the taxet , in tha Ant instance . And ob »» rve for every one who lire * oat of the system—for every individual who is la tbe actual en } yaent otu tat living ont of the tsxst ; there are at the least ttw more wbo anenpeelingsolo live . These expectants , generally speaking , will straggle harder to keep up the preseat order of thing * , and will be fonnd more bitter against reformer * than those in actual possenlon .

      In addition to all font , there are great numbers of men who are of inch servile , and slavish dltpotltlont , that they will follow wuenver a rich or a tltltdman chooses to lead , It has been truly tald ; if a lord or a duke wereknawn to ba in favour of Cannibalism ; tbat ( omamen would be found rottting their own children , in order to be like lords and dukes . These men never inquire into the truth of a doctrine , political or otherwite : bat inquire tchg is the author ; tad excepting it comet from some gmtman J which recollect meant rich man ) , although it may exhibit the wisdom of Solomon or Socretei , it does not produce the slightest effect npon tbeir minds . . , . u .

      It it always tha best to lock all our difficulties fairly in tbe fact , and to baabls to do tbit , we matt know them . Besides the hundreds of thousand * directly lirtng upon the taxet ; there art immense number * living ap'O them in an indirect manner . See the vast numbers of tradesmen , who live by supplying the tax-eatera with luxuries and other commodftiet . The national debt alone gives employment to Poarr Taousaan Baoxnt , all of whom Ihe like fighting cocks , by merely buying and tellingthar ** in tbit debt for other * . GhodQod , what a system ! Thete men employ at tha * ery least , an equal aombarsf clerks , fooimen , and otker servants , all of whom will stick to the lyitsm like leeches ; and as the 10 th of last April folly proved , are ready to come forward with arms la their heads to fight in its defence , There are aboat a million of families engaged In the coltWaiion of tho soil of England , Scotland , and Wales ; the average of whose wagat is £ 16 a year to each family ; this mikei up a mm of sixteen millions a year which

      is paid for tba cultivation of the tell , Now tbe money paid to the men who called the tsxet , it above eight millions a year : that it to a « y there is mora money paid to the men whose business is to - collect the tsXJt ; tbe bare gathering op of these taxet costs a greater sua , than tbe cost of cultivating one half of the soil of Ekc mid , Scoritdo . aad Wans J If we add to this , tbe extra soldiers and police necessary for enforcing tbe payment ; the legal txpeniea ; the distraints upon the t ; oods , and selling tip of those wbo cannot pay in aay other way ; the expemn of brokers , anolioneert and bum * : tbe time lettln appeal * , and danotag attendance upoa commisuunert ; we shall inevitably be led to this most astounding conolatlon , that the bare cost of collect iog tbe taxes , it greater than the cejt of oultiratiBg ( he land ; tbat there it more money expenled in » ls ng tbe taxet , than It expended in raiting tbe food fox seventeen million * of people ! Nerer since the creation af ihe world wa * there any . hlng equal to tbit .

      We have much pleasure in recommending this tract as a trustworthy enunciator of « Politics for Workers . '

      Cholera. How To Treat In All Its Stages....

      Cholera . How to treat in all its stages . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street , and J . Cleave , Shoe-lane . This tract investigates the question of ' contagion , ' and asserts the non-contagious character of the cholera . It explains the premonitory symptoms ; gives advice as to diet ; and contains directions by a medical gentleman , who practised in one of tbe most affected metropolitan districts ia 1832 . There

      is added the directions recently issued by the Russian government . Now , that this frightful scourge is fast approaching our shores , if indeed it be not already here , it behoves every man to make preparations to repel the destroyer . Every one anxious for bis own safety , or that of his family , should , therefore , purchase this cheap and useful publication , to which to turn for advice in any emergency . We hope this tract will obtain a wide circulation .

      Publications Received.—An Explanation Of...

      Publications Received . —An Explanation of the Embossed Systems for educating the Blind . B y G . A . Hughes . London . Wilkinson . and Co ., Tysoe-street , Wilmington-square . The Vegetarian Advocate , No . 1 . The Odd-Fellows' Chronicle , August .

      Lord Palmerst8n.—¦There Never Was A Mome...

      Lord Palmerst 8 n . —¦ There never was a moment , perhaps , in the history of the world , when the state of European affairs called for greater soundness of principle and greater discretion of conduct in the administration of our forei gn department than the present . In whichever irrectionwe cast our eyes , difficulties and embarrassments of the most formidable nature present themselves . And in this state of things Britain ' s character and Britain ' s interests are committed to the keeping of a man whose rashness of action and insolence of tone , when he thinks he has the game in his own bands , is only to be equalled by the imbecility of his measures when he finds his match , aud by the total absence of all principle to regulate his conduct , either in a national or an international point of view . —John Bull .

      Dissolution of the ' Mitchel' Irish Confederate Club . —On Friday night a meeting of this club was held at the Chartist Assembly Rooms , Blackfriars-road , at which a resolution dissolving it forthwith was unanimously adopted . A collection was made for the defence of Bowling , charged with treason ; and a vote of censure was passed on the Times and Dispatch newspapers . About 50 policemen , armed with cutlasses , were on duty in Webberstreet . Powell the Informer—On Tuesday ni ght the Chartists of Cripplegate ( from whence Powell was

      returned as a delegate to tbe Convention ) assembled at Cartwright ' s coffeehouse , Redcross-streef . The meeting was addressed by several speakers , the whole of whom declared emphatically that the delegate Powell had been returned to agitate peacefully and legitimately for the People ' s Charter , and for no other purpose . The following resolution was carried unanimously : ' —* We , the Chartists of the Cripplegate locality , solemnly declare that the man Powell was elected as a delegate by us for none other than a legal purpose , but whilst we disavow all attempts at anarchy and confusion , we declare our determination to use our best efforts to advance the cause of the

      People ' s Charter . ' Mblancholv Accident . —On Friday week , Mr George Sinclair , a master baker , residing at Stroud , having spent the evening with a party of friends at Watermill Tavern , near the terminus of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway , left that house about eleven o ' clock on his return home , and about two o'clock in the morning the body was found in the adjoining mill-pond , into which he had no doubt accidentally fallen , in consequence of the darkness of tbe night .

      Suicide is a Cab . —An inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr Mills , at the University C ^ ege Hospital , on the body of William Everett Protbero , aged 27 , a surgeon . The week before last the deceased returned from Germany and embarked at Rotterdam for England . On the way he was yery much depressed in spirits , and spoke to bis fellowtravellers of shooting himself or leaping overboard-On his arrival in London he formed an acquaintance with a soldier in the Grenadier Guards , to whom he stated tbat he was in great distress from the want of professional occupation , and who assisted him

      with money and food . He endeavoured to enlist , but being below tbe standard height , was rejected . He lodged several nig hts at the King ' s Head , Jaraes-street , Pimlico , and leaving the house early on Saturdav morning last hired a cab to take him to Gower-street , Bedford-square , and just as he had got into that street m explosion was heard in the cab , and it was found that he had shot himself in ttie mouth , the discharged pistol being found in his right hand . Verdictj'Tliat the deceased shot himself , but in what state of mind there was no evidence to show . '

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      ' We Cull The Choicest. ' , A Oesat Fatt...

      ' We cull the choicest . ' , A OESAT FAtT . 'We ve neither safety , onlty , nor peace , For tho foundation ' s loitof common good ; Josllce is lame , as well aa blind , among us ; Tho laws ( corrupted to their ends that make tbem ) Serve bat for instruments » f ; some new tyranny , That every day starts up to enslave ua deeper . ' Otwat .

      HAGKANIMIir . When the Emperor Vespasian commanded a Roman senator to give his voice against the interest of 5 5 ? 9 ?!* y » and threatened him with immediate death if he spoke on the other side ; the Roman , conscious that the attempt to serve a people was in in nia power , though the event wa g ever so uncertain , answered with a 8 miIe- " , Did I ever tell you that 1 was immortal ? My virtu © is in my own disposal-Sf « V t "{^" f do . yo what you will , 1 shall do MffiwKT triunpb in my dwtb ' tbanyou

      8 PBAHHH JOB IIME . The on ! successful , if not the most eloquent , effort that Mr Cnrran made at the bar , waa in the defence of . Patrick Einney ^ . who was tried for . high treason ia 1798 , It . was , also : tbe most important , f ince the fate of fifteen other persons depended . oa it . The principal witness on this trial was tha informer , James O'Brien , whose subsequent : crirnje 8 ' rendered him so notorious in Ireland . Tbisfelldy had extorted money by assuming the character , of a revenue officer , and Mr Outran ,, with great skill ; Bontinned to make him develops bit own charao er

      , to tbe jury , in the course of a very curious crossexamination . But this was not sufficient ; a witness necessary to prove , 0 ' Brien ' a perjury , ; lived a few miles from Dublin ; and in order to afford time for his being brought it was agreed by Mr Cuttan , that his colleague . Mr M'Nally ; should commence the prisoner's defence , acd continue speaking . as Jong as be could find a syllable to say , This he did with great abilit y until ho was exhausted , and the evening bo far advanced , that the court consented to a tempc . rary adjournment ; and before it resumed its Bitting , the material witness arrived . : -

      Auiooiuph MSS . of Lord BiboN . —A few interesting . autographs oi Lord Byron occurred in a sale which took place on Saturday , at the room of Messrs Puttiok ana . Simpson , ; auctioneers , of Piccadilly . We extract from tbe catalogue the following lots :- ^ Lot . 863 . vThe > Gurae of Minerva . ' 13 pages . 4 to , entirely autograph , sold for £ 10 . -Lot 864 .: The wellknown Maid of Athens / the original MSS ., two paees , 4 to .. entirely autograph , sold for £ 1 4 * Lot 865 . The poem ' , '' . Waterloo , ' from the French , ' four pages , 4 to , entirely autograph , sold for £ 4 15 a ,. Lot 868 . 'Lines written on a Cup formed of a Skull , ' two pagei .. 4 to , sold for £ 7 . Lot * 867 ;< Lines on the Elgin Marbles , ' two pages ,, folio ; gold , for . £ 8 .. Lot 869 . Three leaves , being the opening linos of' Engl ish Bards and Scotch Reviewers , ' tko ., sold for £ 5 . * . ' ' . T - . ¦ . " * .....

      The Toilers' Homes Of England. Brlbeiatx...

      THE TOILERS' HOMES OF ENGLAND . BrlBEIaTXIDWABDroUK . > [ To prevent misconception , the author of tbe following ttamatmay state , tbat no one can more admire the poetry of the late Mrs Hemans than he foes , and particularly that beautifal poetical burst , tbe ' Homes of England ; ' but with all its exquisite beauty it is only one tide of a picture , the darker side of which , is unfertahately , the most correct : and to shew which It the purpose of the foils ning humble attempt , ] The toilers' homes of Englan . d t Ah 1 know ye how they stand 'Midst all this ebow of wealth aad pride O ! England ' s boasted land ! For bread their children wildly cry , Where want alone appears ; Too oft , alas ! tbe sad repl y—A wretched mother ' s tears .

      Tb < mournful homes of England ! Around tbe cheerless hearth—* Where erst were looks of household lore , And sounds of household mirth-There childhood ' * tale or woman ' s song No more is gladly beard : Vic-. lms of law—protected wrong-Each heart with grief is stirred . The wretebed homes of England \ How aad tbeir dingy wall *—Whereon tbe toilers'heart no more .

      Bless'd Sabbath quiet falls ; Tbert mirth , with drunken riot fraught , Salutes the peaceful morn—And short-lived joy , of want begat . And crime ef bondage born . The hovel homes of England ! In crowded city lanes ; They are darkling in each dirty nook Where rudest clamour relgoa . Where d & ik dltme and death embrace , Where waot and filth abound—Where health bath hf : each esre . worn face

      There labour ^ hornet are found . The poor slavfbomea of England ! Hay never hut or hall Have peace while England ' a millions pint la such unholy thrall ; Till tbey shall tread tbeir fatherland As once tbeir fathers trcd—Fearing no power but heaven ' s command , No master but their God !

      DEFINITION PV NOTHIKQ . At the Donegal assizes , the following humorous cross examination of a witneasoccasioned suehmerriment in the court , ' Mr Doherty— ' What business dn you follow V 'I am a schoolmaster . ' 'Did you turn iB your scholars , or did they turn you off t' 'I do not wish to answer irrelevant questions . ' ( Laughter . ) 4 Are you a great favourite with your pupils ? ' ' Ay ! troth am I ; a much greater favourite than you are with the public . ' ' Where were you , sir , this night V * This night ! ' said the witness ; 'there is a learned man for sou— t his night is not come yet ; 'I suppose

      you mean tAat night . ' ( Here the witness looked at the judge and winked his eye , as i f in triumph . ) ' I presume the ' schoolmaster was abroad' that nuht , doing nothing ? ' inquired the attorney , 'Define 4 nothing , ' said witness . Mr Dmerty did not comply . 4 Well , ' said the learned schoolmaster , » I will define it — it ia a footless stocking without a leg . ' ( Roars of laughter , in which the judge joined . ) 'You may eo down , sir . ' 'Faith , I well believe you ' re tired eoough of me ; but it is myprofessioo to enlighten tbe public , and if you have any mere questions to ask , I will answer them . ' FIBBHONl , THE DOMINIONS OF CHARLES ALBERT .

      The Italian dominions of the Kin ? of Sardinia are thoroughly priest-ridden ; the priests , the monks , ani their processions , convents , and monasteries , cover the whole kingdom . And the government , however it may latterly affect liberality in trade , and even in politics , is thoroughly bigoted , and its ^ practice most intolerant . I recollect meeting an English family in Geneva , who mentioned that they had spent a Sunday with several other English people in a village in Savoy ( which belongs to Sardinia . ) Wishing to read the church service together on the Sabbath day , thay assembled in the saloon of the hotel for tbat purpose ; the landlord quickly appeared , and inquired what they had collected to do ; hearing it was to worship , he

      inquired—was it according to the Protestant religion ? and beiag answered in the affirmative , he , with many apologies , required of the company to desist ; declaring he sboula be heavily fined , nay , punished , should be permit such an impropriety in his bouse . No native , I apprehend , darea to change bis religion . It it one of tbe carious faots to be remembered respecting Italy , that tbe sovereign who now professes tbe utmost liberality of feeling , the desire to encourage learning and learned men , and even . to enlarge the municipal privileges and political freedom of his people , is outwardly a bigot , and his government and dominions as much apparently , and I believe in reality , under the control of priestly influences as those of Rome itself .

      A Consciencb sibicken Sisnbb — Mr Thorno . the proprietor of a perambulating theatre now at Huntslet , whilst visiting Dewsbury a few days ago , received a penny postage stamp enclosed in a letter , of which the following is a copy : — ' August 5 h , 1818 . —Diar Sir , —Many years ago I came to your theatre when you was in Dewsbury , and on the occasion when you was quite busy I gave you 2 § d instead of 3 d for admission . Since that time , however , I believe the Lord has wrought a change in . my heart , and I enclose you the admission due , with interest . —From your Weixwishkb — To Mr Thome , Olympic Theatre , at present iu Dewsbury . '— Leeds Intetttaencer .

      HISTOBT . History and tha writers of historic narrative aro thus spoken ot by William Godwin : — 'We put togetlier seeming ? , and we draw our inferences as well as we may . Contemporaries , wbo employ themselves in preserving- facts , are sure to omit some of the most material , upon tha presumption of their notoriety , and tbat they aro what everjbody knots . History , in some of its most essential members , dies , even as generation ? of men pass iff tbe stage , and tbe men who were occupied in the busy scene become victims of mortality . If we could call up Cromwell

      from the dead—nay , if we could call up some of the comparatively insiguScaot actors in the time of jrhiob we are treating , and were allowed the opportunity of proposin ? to him the proper questions , how many doubts would be cleared up , how many perplexing matters would be unravelled , and what a multitude of interesting anecdotes would be revealed te the eyes of posterity . But history comes , like a bfggaily gleaner in the field , after Daath , the . great lord of the domain , has gathered the crop with his mighty hand , and lodged it in hia garaer , which no man can open . '

      A SOLVENT BANK . The best bank ever jet known ia a bank of earth ; it never refuses to discount to honest labour ; and tbe best share is the plough share , oa which dividends are always literal .

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      (From The Warning Post) Dubub, Augu8t23r...

      ( From the Warning Post ) Dubub , Augu 8 t 23 rd . -ThesearchiBff for arms and asBfir » - ** ssss £ Sj * i ^ . "? "" I * " ** M to-KuXSl ^ 2 ^ S ^ SS ° ""'^ - "' ' The following is a copy of the notice served on the Attorney-General : —

      THE QOEIM « . JOBK KABTW . ; We have read the challenge put In by the prisoner , John Martin ,, in this case to William Duff , one of the jary by whom the said Jobn Martin mas tried and con . vioted and the demurrer to such challenge potin by her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , and we are of opinion that there are reasonable grounds for holding such challenge to be good in point of law , and therefore for issuing a writ of error to teverse the judgment against tbe tald John Martin in tbia case . Doted the 19 ; h of August , 1818 . Isaac Bdtt , robej t hoihi " . oolhah m . o loohlbh . Joint O'HiOAtr . The grounds on which the convict ' s counsel rely are these :-.

      The ancient charter creating the corporation of Dublin gives to that body all the estate and property of every person who thai ) be convicted of treason or felony within tbat municipality , and such right it recognised , preserved , and confirmed ia subsequent cbartertand Actt of Parliament . When the namber of the prisoner ' s peremptory ohalleuget , namely twenty , Wat exhausted , hit counsel challenges the neat juror who was about to be sworn Mr Daff , ' for cause , ' tbat is , that he being a burgess of tbe city of Dublin , subject to the payment of rates and other municipal taaes , wblcb might be reduced

      by the forfeiture of the property of a person convicted of felony , wat thereby Interested In such conviction , and did not stand indifferent at a jutor ln the cante , To this challenge counsel fer tbe crown demurred , and the jutor wat tworn , subject to tbe objection , which applies alike to all the othert impannelled .. Consequentl y , before hit sentence will be carried out , ' this'question will ba submitted to tbe , highest . judicial tribunal of the kingdom , and if they should decide in itt favour , tbe conviction must be held bad , and the prisoner dii . charged , -

      ; An application was made on Monday , on the part iof Mr Gavan Duffy and others , confined in Newgate , to be removed to Richmond Bridewell , at being less unhealthy , and it ia said tbe authorities have refused to travel out of the ordinary course of proceeding . The prisoners must , therefore ,-remain in Newgate until after trial , unless in tbe meantime the government d ? em it advisable to remove them , as they did in the case of the fourteen persons sent to Belfast last Friday . The Pegtonjee-Bomaojeo - transport ship arrived in . Kingstown Harbeur this morning , for the purpose of taking away the male convicts under transportation in the Irish gaols .

      "he following barbarous and abominable specimen of the inveterate agrarian criminality of the country is reported from Kilkenny : —The lands of a farmer , named William Carroll , residing in the barony ot Iverk . were entered by night by a party of Rockites , who first shot his horse , then stabbed eight cows , some of which have since died from the injories , and concluded their work by burning four stacks of oats . The former owner of the farm , named Power , was ej « cted % Tho constabulary of Kilkfnny were busily emplijed yesterday in a search for atnw . A great many houses were visited and examined , but the fruits of the search were very disproportionate to the extent of th « operations—a brace of pistols and a portion of a gun tairol being the ! entire of tbo spoil obtained on tbe occasion .

      The P . st-offioe authorities have offered a reward of £ 2 » for discovery ol the parties who rifled the mail bags of Carlow , CaUan , and Carriok—lost fome time since by the guard , near Kilkenny , and subsequently found concealed in a dike .

      ANOTHER ARPKlt . A man named Cornelius Joseph O'Neal was arrested in Middleton ( county of Cork ) , on Saturday night , charged with treason . He had been ah officer of a Confederate Club in Cove .

      ( From the Daily News . ) . Dcblin , August 2 i . —The storm which has bttn so fatal in Scotland has visited our southern coast , and at Dungarvan seven lives have been lost . The parties were fishermen , and have left large families . All tin vesstls of war have been withdrawn fro * Wateriord , except the Rhadamanthus and Driver . Messrs O'Brien and Meagher continue in good health . It is said they are al ' nwed to spend much time in each other ' s society . Mr Duffy is said to suffer in mind and body . The auction of Mr Duffy ' * furniture , books , & e , commenced to-day . All Mr Dillon ' s movables were disposed of yesterday . I bave beard to-day , on authority which I do not doubt that Mr Doheny was in Dublin for nearly two days in the early part of las ' - week .

      Government must have bad agents ranch nearer the centre of the Confederate aolion than those who moved that party were aware . I am assured that certain tetters from a distinguiahedjeader not engaged actively in the late insurrection , are in the hands of the authrities . Theje letters show that there were advised and de ! ioera ; e advances made to America and France for the purpose of ensuring aid in a contemplated rebellion .

      ¦ ( From the Horning Post . ) Di-bun , August 21—Sir George Grey has written to the Lord Primate of Ireland in acknowledgment of the address of thanks for the relief afforded to tho poor of Ireland during the late famine . An application has been made to . the Under-Sforetary , on behalf of Mr Duff / , to have him removed from Newgate , on the ground of ill health . The result of the application is not yet known . The sale of Mr Charles G . Duffy ' s / property was commenced on Wednesday by Mr Thomas Dillon , the auctioneer , of Henry-street . The sale , which had been advertised for some days previously , attracted very great attention , and an immense concourse of most respectable persons were present . The property

      sold at very high figures , in every instance realising more than the original cost . Yesterday the sale commerced with the greenhouse plants , & c . The grounds abon < the house presented a very novel appearance . Some hundreds of vehicles drove up at an early hour , and there could not have been less than 2 , 000 persons , all of tbe most respeofasie appearance , present . There waa a depree of anxiety , such as was scarcely ever witnessed at a public sale , manifested to possess some relic of Mr Duffy . When the greenhouse property had been disposed of , the parlour furniture was set up . The utmost interest was manifested when some six or seven perrons ( cabinet s '«») ef the writers of tho Natkmi were held un for competition . These consisted of

      JohtiO'ConneH , Banim , M'Manvts Barry , Heylett , and the late Thomas M'Nevin , There were several other portrait , all of whirh sold at enormously high prices , as the were portable . Some French engravings and pictures also brought double their original value . Tbe wines ( principally port and sherry ) went off at hiesh figures . Mrs Daffy's harp sold for £ 20 Mr Duffy ' s costume , as T . ft , and his bar wig and gown , brought between three and four pounds eaoh article . A parlnnr screen , worked by Mrs Daffy , brought £ 5 , aud window curtains were knocked down at £ 17 a pair . The bronzs and torque ornaments so'd at four times tbeir cost , The pictures of' Rending the Nation' and ' Seizins for Rent' sold for £ 15 , and every other article went of at equally high prints , The furniture used by the state pmonera , when confind in Richmond Bridewell , will be set up this day ,

      as the auction had to be adjourned in csnsequeueo oi the immense crowd collected yesterday . On Wednesday evening a coroner ' s inqneifc was held by Mr . M'Carthy , on the remains ol Mrs Peck , authoress of ' E < nan ao Knuck' and other works , at ber residence , Booterstown , from the proceedings of which it appeared that Mrs Peck bad been for some time in a distressed state of mind , arising from the pressure of circumstances connected with property , and although watched with great kindness by the lady in whose house she resided , during her absence on Tuesday rooming , she swallowed tho contents of an ounce phial of prussic acid , which must have been for some time in her possession , and died almost im . mediately from the f fleets of the dose . The deceased was considerably advanced in life , and had met with trials and great reverses . The verdict of the jury was ' Temporaryinsanity . '

      ( From the Morning Chronicle . ) THK STATU TRIALS FOR HIGH TRBAS 7 B . Dublin , Thursday Evening . —No day has yet been fixed for the Special Commission in Tipperary ; but the briefs for the Crown counsel who are to conduct the prosecutions against Messrs Smith O'Brien , Meagher , and the otherpewons chargedwith high treason , are nearly completed . It has been stated that Mr Whiteside , Q . C , has returned the retainer received from Mr Smith O'Brien , on theground tbat heconld not , consistently w ' th his position as ' one of the Crown counsel in the prosecutions against Martin aud 0 'D , hcrty , undertake the defence of Smith O'Brien . I have reason to believe that there is no foundation for this statement ,

      and tbat Mr Whiteside will appear ascounsfcl lor the prisoner at tbe Special Commission . It has also been s eated tbat Mr Jonalban Henn . Q . C , has been re * tained hy Mr Smith O'Brien ; hue tbat learned gentleman has not , like Mr Whiteside , obtaired his licence , and it appears that a roe difficulty has arism on the point . The crown claima the services of Mr Hennas a Queen ' s counsel , and tho matter yet remains undecided . Mr Henn , it ia aaid , is conn * o ed by relationship with tbe fatuly of Mr Smith O'Brien . The Special Ciimmissian cannot oomroonee ao soon as has been s tated . 1 have ascertained that the cjunsel for the prisoner * are to receive an ofiioial intimation on the subject a fortuifiht before the day fixed for the opening of tiifl oommisaon .

      (From The Warning Post) Dubub, Augu8t23r...

      Witb regard to tbesepwate commission for Dublin , at which Mr Duffy is to ba tried for high treason , no further step has yet been taken .

      CAHRT 1 NO AWAT If CEHP 3 . The Wixtm bo Chrohiclb contains the following carious statement : — On Saturday n ' zhc last , in tbo parfoh of Barryatown , in the county of Vfmfitd , a number of ptrsi . tis a »» enj « blsd for the purpose of mowing , reaping , and carrying off all tbe standing crops then on the Unds , in amlcipa . tlon of a poise of ball . ffs who were ntwo ted to arrive tharet on last Monday , io take possession of the atocki and oropa of ( ha defaulter * , la tbe early part of th « night nnraberi of penona were Induced to visit iho land through curiottty , bur , to their great attonlihmenr , they w » re aeenred by the depndatora , and compelled to taka part In the werk , either in the capacity of binders of

      reaper * . It it tali that on Sunday morning , at sleven o clock , at the Uma the la » tof tbe corn waa removed , there ooold not ba lets than brtwetn 300 and 400 persona ngaged in ; the labour . On Monday , we understand , when the agent to the property went down to distrain tha tenants , his astonishment must have been very great to nnd bare stubble fields and empty cow houses , where all seemed to be in each a tbibing condition but two days before . Up to this we bave not heard of any part of tho ptoptrtj btikg ^ covered . The worst of such a movement is , tbat it will encouwgo dishonest men , who possess the means of paying their rents , to act dishonour , ably , whilst struggling , upright farmers will be made to suffer for tbeir misdeed * .

      American MMPAiimsaa . The Cobk Reporter contains the following letter from Dublin : — Within the last tbres days tba authorities here bav « received information , fn addition to what they were pre « vlously in possession of , tbat several American vessels were on their way to Ireland , conveying arms and men connected with an expected outbretk . Aoitcg upon this , tbo whole of the governornc steamers ,, erulaerp , & c . in Kingstown harbour , have beek despatched tavcruiae along the coast , and ordered to keep a sharp look out for all

      westward bonnd schooners , clippers , and other ' rakish craft , ' in wWoh it Is believed some enthusiastic mrii art endeavouring to teach this country , little imagining how many of those with whose doctrine * th * y tjropatbise art bow endeavouring to escape te tbat great continent which h » i always afforded a borne to those wbo , in tbe land of tbeir birth , had not wfcere to lay their beads . It is moil likely tbat some of then vensels will bo osptured ; aad that those wbo may be fowd in them will pay a heavy penalty tor their rash devotion to what tbe ; may bava b » liiived to be tbe interests of Ireland .

      THRSAttBWG Iims . A Ww was on Wednesday ; afternoon received through the post-office , by Captain White , of which the following is a copy . This is the second letter of tho same kind he has received , since the recant attack on biro » t bis house . It was directed' Capt . Whita , Esq ., J . P , Patrick ' s Hill , Cork : ' - Cork , August 231 , 1648 . White—You bloody ruffianly blackguard thief , I will shoot yon , and by the blood of the men that jon got baaged in . 1798 I will shoot you , and by my blood that stains this papsr , I will shoot jott like a crow , I am , your wailing assassin , . RlCBASS TDJPI . T , Opposite the Signature is tbe outline of a coffia daubed over with Wood . Captain White was in com . mand of a chip off the Cape of Good Hope during the year fJ 8 . ; ¦ - ( From a correjpondent of the Morning CAromcle . ) _ FAILURE OP THI MALLOW SAVINGS BAKK .

      DrjBLif , Saturday . —The Cork JBxamibbr contains the following : — What an appalling announcement for the' frugal tradesman , tbe teiltog semnt , the laborious farmer , tha prorident shopkeepirj Another savings bank goae t It is the Mallow Bsuk tbat hai smashed . As yet ail it confusion and uncertainty ,. The liability may be £ 900 , or it may ba £ 9 , 000 , The fear is tfcat the latter sum tS nearer to the mark . Like tho double amanh in K . rry , ft few days may bring up the £ 9 , 000 to 20 , 001 , or more . Wear * told tbat an effiuer— > r the officer—has though ! it neccisary to retire for awhile from tbe scene of bis official labours and beneiflolal managemRnt . But it Is said—iha same was said In Tralee and Kdlarnu >—that there is quite sufficient private property of this office * to make up any deficiency that may be proved to exist after the books ot the banks are compared with those of the depositors .

      ( From the correspondent of the thrning Chronicle . ) TUB 8 TATS PBIJOSBBS Iff KILWAIAHAM . Dcblis , Monday—The Frejsmas ' s Journal , nl » luding to a rumour that Mr T . F . Meagher has been ssisjed with typhus fever , says : — Mr Meagher felt a little indisposed tome evening in thj week ln consequence of a cold . The sorg : on of the prison , Dr Rooney , wa » , as a matter cf course , in tba discharge of his duty , called to aee him . He ordered Mr Meagher to bed , and In the morning he got up , ' as well as ever . ' He is at present ia the enjojment of excellent health , as is also Mr O'Brien and the othar state prisoners .

      MORE ARRESTS . The Tralee Chronicle contains tho following t- < Abbmt op Mb Jostin Soppib . —We are sorry tostata that Mr Justin Supple , solicitor , and one of the coroner * for tbia county , was arrested yes erdiy morning at three o ' clock , by Su ! - -In * peotor Wyse , H « sd Cinsteble Willis , and Csstable Sheoban , and immediately conveyed to our g « ol . ' Mr Supple , who wqg taken r ) ia the connubial bed , was treated nlth every kindness , and tbe srrestwil mads in the most delicate manner . A search was mads for arms , but none wsre found ; neither was there any « thing of a treasonable character die-covered among bit pipers of which an active soruiinr took place . ' Tho warrant sets . forth , . 'for being , conceded in treasonable practtcBB , and on Mwplolon of bring guilty of high trea . sob against her Majesty fie Qaees , ' end rumour has it that those proceedings on tbe part of the authorities have been based upon a letter of Mr Supple ' e , found among Mr Smith O'Rrien ' s pspero . Giber arrests in tha town and neighbourhood are spoken of .

      Regarding the state prisoners in Belfast , tho Northbbk Whig says : — Though the fourteen gentlemen transmitted here from Newgate and Ki . ' malnbaai , and lodged In the New Houta of Correction , were at flrst obliged to fubmlt ta tht prison regulations as regards food , we understand tbat tbe magistrates , after a consultation on Thursday , ra > o !« ved that tbe parties should got any food which they thought proper to pay foe , and that their parents should be permitted to see tbem once a month . D ' uBHW , August 2 Ctb . — A correspondent of the Daili Nsws states , that Lird John Russell intend * shortly to visit Ireland . E 8 CATB OS TUB 1 H 8 UBOBNT CHIlFS .

      It is stated in well-informed quarters tbat the trials for treason ! will take place about the 25-h oC September . The government are now persuaded that Mr Dillon is in France , although at first th « announcement was supposed to bj a ruse . Mf O'Gor . mau aud Mr Doheny are also supposed w hivu escaped . Mr Magee is said to have passed to the continent through Scotlatd , and MrDevin Reilly to havo got away irom Biibriggan , a little town nn thfl coast , sixteen miles north of Dublin , in a fishing boat , whence ho got ou l » ard the steamer from Drogheda to Liverpool . Ano'her account states that he embarked openly fron Dublin for Liverpool dressed & s a groom , and baring a led horse with him .

      TAB PJOR BATB . The poor rate ia exhibiting some startling evidences ot our condition . At Morculien , Galttay , the rate struck for maintenance is 15 s in the pound . I can tell you , from personal knowledge , that no man would take any fifty acres in the barony on lease at 15 * rental per acre . Iu the town of Galw * y tbe rate is 9 i 4 d . Upon three diviaioEfl in Erinia Union , the rate struck isos JOd , 6 i 81 , and 9 * 7 d respectively ! Tbe lowest rate in any division is 2 s Id . The guar « dians have determined upon closing the outdoor relief lists , and diBconvafcing tte admission of abio bodied paupers to the h use . TbeDusm Evb < iko Hehald , of last Monday , says .-

      —Information has been received by the government that most of the officers and non-commissioned officer * , witb a considerable number of tbe prlv-te toldiorii , ot a dts « bonded American regiment , recently emplvjcd In tt « Mexican war , galled from a Ttxao pert em the 18 b or 19 ; hoflastmonrb , to j ) in tbe Irinb . iaswgtn « s , whern they oxpet d tofiai in t > tn » on ibtlr etrlva ) , Bj : h officers and men are nearly ell Irish ; they are provided , it is said , with twelve pl-CcS of cnnnoii , and ihtir object was to direct tbe military rrgnnisatios of the Irish revolutionary ortny . Arrangements huvo been made calculated to tnsure tha cuptare of this b /« d of pWatcs , ' and Sir C . Napltr , we believe , has reueived ijiH ; u . 'tion * to deal witb them in the most eumma-y manner should tbey fa 1 into his bands .

      The Freeman of Tuesday says that the pri . oceifl who were taken a'ter the affAir at Ballinsarry , and who were subsequently transmitted to Newgate , were yesterday vitited at the prison by Sub Ion & ecior Trant , Major Brownrigg , and some other i ffioialf . The object of tbe visit was understood to bj the identification of the parties , as having beea con * cerned in the affray at Ballingarry . A _ police constable was brought from tie country fn Kilnia nhara , in order to identify Mr Smith O'Brien as the gentleman who & hook bands with him ( the const able ) at tbe house of Mrs M'Cormack on ihe occasion al « luded to .

      Arrests at RATiiKKAtB . — LiMEKCK , August 27 . This morning , Menus M Nantara , attorney , O'Shaughnsssy , grocr , and O'Ncale , were marched into this city nnder a strong escort of mounted dragoons and a strong body of pol-re , and lodged in the county gaol under a warrant signed be tbe Lord Li u « tenant , or under the Habeas Co pus Act . , Ciaxiiel —On Saturday last , the follswirg pef > sous were lodged in the county eaol : —Eeiaund Maher , John Preiton , Jerfmiah K ' aler , John l ' 'ti * M , Pa ' -rick Ormond . John Brennan . Stephen James Butler , James Day , Eilmoud Michael Brien , nod James Britain . ( Con / iHKfti fo the Fifth Page

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02091848/page/3/