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      OTJR cheer . BX SBSSST JOKES . My countrymen ! why languish lake outcasts of the earth , And drown in tears of anguish The glory of your birth ? Te were a free-born people , Aud heroes were your race : The dead , they are our freemen , The living—our disgrace ! Tou bend beneath your fetters , Toufear jour foes to spurn t March ! when you meet your betters , 'Tis time enough to turn ! TJadamn tbe tide of freedom . ' Tour hearts its godlike source , Faith , honor , right , and glory , The cm-rents of its course .

      And were it death awaits ye ; On ! Beath is liberty ! Then quails the power , that hates ye , When freemen dare to die . He shall not be a Briton Who dares to be a slave ! An alien to our country 3 And a mockery to the brave ! Down with the cup untested ! IU draught is not for thee . Its generous strength were wasted On all . but on the free ! Tutu from the altar , bondsman ! Nor touch a British bride ! What ! Wouldst thou bear her blushing IT or thee at thine own ado ? Sack from the church door , craven ! Tbe exeat dead sleep beneath , And liberty is graven

      On every sculptured wreath . Por whom shall lips of beauty , And history ' s glories be ? For whom tbe pledge of friendship For the free I the free ! the free ! Hampstead , July , ISiG .

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      SOSGS POIt THE PEOPLE . SO . XXV . THE LASD AND THE CHARTER . ( Air—Death of TFW / e . ) In a pitchy dark cave , in the regions of night Poor freedom lay chain'd to the floor , She sigh'd at her fate , and she shook with affright , Aud wept as she felt the oarr'd door . To the tyrants who kept her fall oft bad been borne Her petitions to open the cell , But her prayers were rejected with laughter anfi scorn And they tfoom'd her there ever to dwelL She thought on the days when our fathers were young When sherov * d through the meadow and grove , The delight of each eye and ( ha theme of each tongue , All her charms were the objects of love ; As bly the as the finch when be sings o ' er his nest , More worshipp . d the more she was seen , She roved thro the palace , a much weleem'd guest , And danc'd on the villagers green .

      Sow her friends seem all dead , or struck dumb by her fate , Her virtues , ber beauties forgot : They left her a victim to malice and hate , To languish and die in her lot . A few vofries were found , tho' their numbers were small , Determin'd that doom to withstand , EesolvM to release her , or share in her fall , And join'din an adamant band . They rais'd her fair standard , they calFd on her name , They blaion'd her beauty aud worth , And call'd on each lover to fan the young flame

      Till it shone on the nations of earth ; As the spell of enchanter , the magic fraught word , Rons'd millions to fill tbe vast plain , Uetf nnin'd to struggle , nor put up the sword , Till freedom the goddess shall reign . Then raise the loud shout serfs , of mis ' ry am } toil , Till echo in thunder reply , TUl freedom nntetter'd revisit the isle , Tom * doom is to labour and" die ; EesiorM to your rights and erected to men , By justice which ever endures . Renew your strong efforts again and again Till ihe Lasd and Hie Cha 3 TEk are yours . Leicester . T . R , Shabt

      A Word For Thomas Gray,

      A WORD FOR THOMAS GRAY ,

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      TBE ACTHOB OF THE CE 5 TRAI , BAILWAT STSXEJf . By Wnxuir Howitt . Prom the Peo ple ' s Journal . About twenty rears ago Mr . Thomas Gray , then , like myself , residing in Nottingham , used to be noted for what was considered a whimsical crotchetnamely , that a general system of iron railways might and ought to be laid down , on which trains of carnages drawn by locomotive steam-engines should ran , and thus supersede the use of coaches , and also In a great measure , canal-boats and stage-waggons for goods . This scheme , it was said , had for years completely taken possession of and absorbed Mr Gray's whole mind ; that it wasone great and

      incessant subject of bis thoughts and conversation ; that begin where yon would , on whatever subject—the weather , tbe news , tbe political moyement or event of the day—it would not be many minutes before , with Thomas Gray , you would be enveloped with steam , and listening to an harangue on the practicability end immense advantages to the nation , and to every man in it , of A General Iron Railway . " Of course , Thomas Gray was looked on as little better than a madman , a crotchetty fellow , a dreamer and builder of Spanish castles—one of the race of discoverers of the elixir of life , the . philosopher ' s stone , and the perpetual motion . With one consent he was voted an intolerable bore . But to Thomas

      Gray it mattered not what tiiey voted him , what they thought or said of him ; a General Iron Railway for the kingdom was his only and enthusiastic theme . Anon , Thomas Gray and myself came in contact , and true enough he soon broke out tenthonsand strong en this railway topic . "Visions ^ of railways running all over the kingdom , conveying thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of tons at a good round trot ; coaches and coichmen annihilated ; canals grown over with duck-weed , or turned into cow-pastures ; enormous fortunes made by good speculations ; and people coming to dine with you from the Land ' s End , and going on io tea at John O'Groat ' s , were thrown out and talked of as sober realities that were to ba .

      It is wonderful what an imperceptible change Comes over our ideas as things gradually grow out of nothing ints reality . At that time there was no such thing as a railway running its locomotive engine and train in existence exce ? t one carrying coals from MiddMon Colliery to Legos , some two or three miles , which it performed at the rate of three miles and a-half an hour . This was so far from being looked upon as a promise of something greater , ihatifc wasssubject of ridicule even amongst engineers . To Thomas Gray , however , it presented the idea of such possibility of extension , that his ardent mind outran public opinion , and the opinion of scientific men , and saw in it the nucleus of one grand system extending all over this kingdom—nay ,

      all over the continent , and revolutionisingthe world . He was , therefore , to every body that came nearhim , a wild -visionary enthusiast . For myself , I could not avoid smiling at the extravagance of his ideas , as they then appeared . But these very ideas are now in all their essential parts made matter of evcry-day reality , and we have forg-. tten the incredulity of the times ' . Where is the man -who , if he were told that he once ridiculed the notion of a General Iron Railwav ; that he ridiculed the man who did nothing but propose it , talk about it , write about it , petition Parliament for an examination into its practability —memorialise ministers , merchants , the Post-office authorities , the Board of Trade and Agriculture tbe Lord Mayor and Corporation of London—who

      sent communications to almost every newspaper , magazine , and journal in the kingdom , besides to numerous private individuals , pressing upon their attention the magnificent result of so magciSeent a scheme : where is the man , I say , who thus charged , would not redden at the charge , and feel himself insulted egregiously ? Yet to tens of thousands of salacious men still living , the charge would nevertheless be a true one—nay , b < = w few there are of us who cou . 'd plead exception from it ? Such is the ¦ wonderful legerdemain of habit by which we change "Kith the change of circumst-inees , and quite forget the reality of the past . Let us enter again into oar fanner selves ; let us imagine ourselves living withont a single railway in the conntr j ; let ns recall the frry doubts of the success of the grand experiment t * f the line between Liverpool and Manchester to the last moment ; let us recollect how the very idea f boring through , the hears of mountains , and

      carrying such ponderocs weights over bo ^ s , was scouted and finally , recall our astonishment as we saw , for the first time in our lives , a train come thundering aadvATcermg on its iron road . Ills only l > y such an effort of memory that we now become cognisant of the vast change which lias been introduced , and which we h ' -ve simultaneously undergone . Thomas Gray saw all this before itexistcd : planned it , and recommended it by every mean * in hia power . Repulsed by the t-reat and learned , he was not put down ; ridiculed , he w . ^ s not abashed ! neglected , he "Was not daunted ; oppoecd , he still persevered , lie omUted no scheme , he . 'pared no cxertin to con" ' 'uii-e the British nation that a new social revolution w at hand ; that a new poorer was about to spring 5 2 fci vx ' steiicu ; that a mine of wealth incon . civable , and a field of mechanic glory unrivalled , was lying * t its very feet , and soliciting its acceptance . lie had at this very time written a book detailing his T ie \ Ys and his great plan , which was in its fifth

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      edition , and about to enter its sixth . Mr . Gray presented me with a copy of this work interleaved and interlined fonts sixth edition ; it is now lying before me . It is entitled " Observations os A General Iron Railway or LandSteam Conveyance ; to supersede the necessity of Horses in all public vehicles - showing its vast superiority over the present pitiful methods of conveyance by turnpike roads , canals , and coasting traders . Containing every species of Infomation relative to Railroads and Locomotive tnsines By Thomas Gr 4 T , the Projector . Fifth edition ( corrected for the Sixth , ) with Maps and Plates illustrative of the Plan . London : Published by Baldwin , Cradock and Joy , Paternoster Row . Io be had of all Book sellers . 1825 . " I Thomas Gray left Nottingham for Exeter , and I

      soon after left for London . Often when witnessing the rapid speed of railways at home and abroad , have I said— " Well , this realises all the speculative plans of Gray ; " and have added— "No doubt he is well remunerated for laying before the nation this great scheme , and for so unweariedly urging on its adoption . No doubt he is now actively and lucratively employed in the superintendence of some important line . " What , then , was my astonishment the other day to lay my hand on a little pamphlet In the shop of Mr . Effingham Wilson , with this title , — " The Railway System axd its Author , Thomas Gray , of Exeter . A Letter to Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., etc . By Thomas Wilson , Esq ., Chev . De X ' 0 j-Jr « DeLion yeerlandais . London : Effingham r Wilson , Royal Exchange , 1 S 46 ; " with this motto—'

      I am surprised at the care which appears to be taken by ail authors on railways not to mention the name of Thomas Gray , though some make rather free with bis work . At all events , none can dispute his originality and undeviating perseverance in forwarding and bringing to public notice his favourite scheme . We may yet see the day when , like Watt , his name will he handed about as one great pillar of our commercial structure . — Mechanics'Magazine , May 2 d , 1830 . " What , then . " I exclaimed , " can it be possible that Thomas Gray has been utterly neglected ? That while tens of thousands have been enriching themsel vc ^ by railway speculation , and millions have been enjoying railway advantages , Gray , the projector of all these advantages '; Gray , the railway enthusiast ; Gray , the man who , before all others , and from year to year , thought , wrote , laboured for the

      creation of this very system—who implored the influential to adopt it—who enlightened the knowing and the selfish on the extent of its wonderful capabilities—who roused the spirit of speculation—who broke up the leihary of the public mind—and opened at once the floodgates of science , wealth , and social luxury;—that Gray , the actual enricher and elevator tbe English name and power , has himself been passed by unnoticed ? " I opened the pamphlet , and read that Thomas Gray was at this moment actually making a p"tr living at Exeter by selling glass on commission ; that he has never received the slightest benefit from the expansion and establishment of the wonderful system whose . glories he was the first to foresee , and the first to explain and advocate ; that he had actually solicited an employment on the Liverpool and . Manchester line , which he himself had recommended the commencement of as a trial of the

      system , and—bad leen refused ] "Tell it not in Gath , publish it not in the streets of Askelon 1 " Of all the disgraceful neglects of genius , of the invontors and creators of this great country , this is perhaps the greatest . The success and the whole results of this system have been so wonderful , the opposition to it was so long and so full of ridicule ; tlie part which this man acted was so marked , so conspicuous , and must have been so well known by the sale of six or seven editions of his work , that there is no excuse for this treatment ; and especially since £ 20 , 000 have been subscribed to testify public approbation of one man having been a fortunate speculator in the system , the position of the public is made so monstrous , that not a moment should be lost in endeavouring to wipe away this foul disgrace from our national name .

      Mr . Thomas Wilson has done real service to the country in publishing this letter to Sir Robert Peel on behalf of Mr . Gray . We have had too many instances of this public fatality in neglecting its benefactors , and in forgetting those who do it honour , till it be too late . The country should kn » w that it owes this great debt of justice to a most meritorious man , that it may discharge it m time . * # . . # . * From this letter we learn that Mr . Wilson became acquainted with Thomas Gray in Brussells a few months before the Battle of Waterloo . At that time

      a project for making a canal to supply Holland with coal from all the mineral districts of Belgium being entertained by the late King of tbe Netherlands , and being discussed by these gentlemen in the company of the late John Cockerill , proprietor and founder of the great establishmentat Searing , Gray took his stand at once for a railway . Mr . Wilson quitted Brussels for three years . On his return he found Gray had removed to Etterbeck , near that city , and was shut up in his room deep in the study of the subject of the railway system .

      Mr . Wilson advised him to go to England , and try Manchester and Liverpool , as rich and enli ghtened towns . He did so , and was " mocked as a visionary when he first produced his glorious scheme , perfect in almost all its parts as it was and stands yet , or was pitied as the dupe of an ardent imagination . " Ivay , the Edinburgh Review , the great organ of the cod and calculating Scotch , in reviewing his book , treated the whole scheme as a grand farce , and declared that "the author was a madman , and ought to be put in Bedlam . "

      But can Mr . Gray really be the founder of the Railway system ? did he really create it ? people ask in astonisment and profound ignorance of his name . Thomas Gray did found the system . Thomas Gray did create it . Not that he was employed by an enlightened government to carry out the admirable plan he had constructed : happy would is have been for the country had we then had such a government . Not that he was employed either by railway companies to do the like . On the contrary , he applied to be so employed and . was refused . But Thomas Gray had already created " The General Iron Railway System . " He laid it all down in his book , with all its peculiarities and advantages . He'had'struck out his great lines , and there they stand at pp . xxii and

      xxiii of his volume— " A Map cf Railway for Ireland , and one for Great Britain ; " and most admirable maps they are . They comprehend that simple system of great trunk lines , with their branches , which it was the duty of this country by one enactment to have made legal , and then left tube constructed by private companies . Had this been done , fifty millions of money , besides enormous trouble to Parliament and people all the country over , would have been saved . One . great direct line runs from London to Edinburgh , taking in its way , and without a bend , Leicester , Nottingham , Leeds , Carlisle . Another runs to Falmouth , including Plymouth . A third to Birmingham , which there divides , one line

      running on to Holyhead , the other to Liverpool , A great cress line strikes , with little divergence from Holyhead , through Liverpool . Manchester , and Leeds , to Scarborough . A line passes from Edinburgh to Glasgow , and one from Glasgow cuts diagonally into the great London line . One to Ports mouth , one to Dover , one to Harwich , with a divergent line from the Harwich to Norwich , and short lines to Hull and Newcastle , from the main London and Edinburgh line , leave little for future wants to dictate . The great projected lines for Ireland are equally admirable . Imagine these plates , engraved in March , 1822 , seven years before the Manchester and Liverpool line was in existence !

      At page 2 i he gives us a plan of " A General Iran Railway ; " and here we have slides aud turntables , for the turning of carriages , and moving them from one line to another . Thus he had supplied his system with rails , carriages , turn tables , almost everything which actual experience has now made common . His wheels are clogged and his rails notched . He seemed to doubt the adhesive principle , or would give his engines power to ascend steep inclined planes . At this Moment there is an engine exhibited at the Polytechnic institution , with a cogged wheel , as an improvement for ascending inclined planes . It was used by Bicnkensop in the very fir ^ t locomotives whi ch ran —those on the Midland Colliery Railway—and may beseen here sketched in Mr . Gray ' s volume . This , and some peculiarities in his turn-tables , arc curious . There very turn-tables were secured by patent

      by some of the men who live on other people ' s ideas ; and there was actual ! v a law suit between two parties for the priority of the invention—Mr . Gray having invented them and published his plate of them long before . In fact , as Mr . Wilson very justly observes — * ' Mr . Grey was no close , mercenary schemer , who possessing a secret of vast magnitude and hnporbince , sought to exact conditions ai ^ drive a hard bargain beforehand . He p ublished his secret and discovery at once , as his railway work , ami respectable publishers , Messrs . Baldwin , Cradock , arid J « y , are there to testify . He opened his mind , and freely gave the fruits of years of incessant laborious meditation to his country at once , wU " out clmfll-riug or restriction . He threw kimseli fearlessly and confidingly on his country , to vise or Jail by irs rciilkt , as his promises and project should be realised , or otherwise . "

      The railroad system is now become the great system of tlie world ' s inteiccur-e , enorm ous property is created ; wonderful and delightful facilities ol travel are conferred on us ; nations arc knit together ; civilisation is ad vanced ; international peace made unquestionably sure and penuaucnt ; ami shall the man who first organised , promulgated , and promoted this glorious sysicm remain embanassed and unrewarded ? The * thing is impossible The puldic has most justly rewarded Rowland Ui il for the introduction ol the admirable reform in the posyigc , a reform immensely aided by the railway system ; the public are about to reward Cobdcn for his exertions for the abolition of the Com Laws ; the Telegraph Society has given professor Whc . ttstonc £ 30 , 00 ( 1 for his discoveries regarding the electric telegiapu .

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      The claims of Thomas Gray cannot be longed overlooked . In the M . S . additions to the volume in my possession , inserted at p . 12 , when his reprcsentar tions had already operated stronely on the public , and various speculations for railway lines were in agitation , he had written—To the companies now forming I take this opportunity of offering myself as a candidate for the office of secretary . Surely no individual can have a greater clam upon the public than the projector of the plan , but such is the effect of influence and patronage , that I am apprehensive those situations may be filled by individuals who certainly have not an equal claim with myself . Perhaps , however , some gentleman more liberal than the rest maj fed disposed to assist me , and therefore I am bold to . make known my anulicationin this general way , S

      This most reasonable request stands , however , again cancelled by his modesty . The pen was pat through it , and no single gentleman was liberal enough te aid him . When he applied he was rebuffed . There is no other such case in the whole world . But this will be amended . Many of the journals best acquainted with the subject and Thos . Gray ' s merits have zealously asserted his claims Amon « st these " are conspicuous , the "Mechanics ' Magazine , "'the "Railway record , " the " British and Foreign Railway review , " the Railway Times , " the "Morning Herald , " and the most influential newspapers of Newcastle , Manchester , Leeds ,

      Bristol , Nottingham , and other large towns . 1 am also glad to hear that many men of high standing have no sooner become aware of the services of Mr . Gray than . tltey have expressed their earnest desire to see justice done to him , amongst whom one of the earliest was Sir Augustus J . Foster . I hear , too , that subscriptions to a considerable amount have already been offered , and that it is proposed to organise a committee as early as possible for this purpose of national gratitude . Leeds , as the native place of Thomas Grey , , would ; do itself honour in taking the lead in these , measures , every way so gratifying to our sense " of individual merit and of national reputation and 'duty .

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      BEL AND . Dubbin , August 3 . There has been a report current lor the last few days to the effect that Mr . O'Brien and the other seceders troni the old establishment on Burgh-quay , are about to set up business on their own account ; and , with a view , of putting an end to the lucrative monopoly so long enjoyed by the head of the ancient firm , are in treaty for the little Theatre in Abbeystreet , which is to'be opened under the management of Messrs . O'Brien , Meagher , and Co . The new house will have for its motto , ' * Repeal without rent , Freedom without money . "

      r-HTSICAI . VERSUS MORAL FORCE . This morning the board-room of Gollege- 'treat police office was crammed to excess by the friends and admirers of Old and Young Ireland , who were anxious to hear a charge of assault , preferred by Captain Broderick against Mr . Meagher . Captain Brederitk sworn . —On Saturday last Major Talbot called upon him . Be said he called about a report of something he ( witness ) had said at Conciliation-hall , on Tuesday , and which appeared in Saunders ' News-Letter . He at once acknowledged tho substance of the words were correct . Upon the 13 th ofJaly he said he would not takenotice of any tiling Mr . Meagher would say to him . When Major Talbot called upon him en . Saturday last , he referred

      him to his observations of the 13 th of July , with a view to show the course he should take . The witness then alluded to the uproarious scene in the Repeal Association on the 13 th , when Mr . Meagher cast a gross aspersion upon Mr . Clements . On that occasion he did say the conduct of-Mr . Meagher was " infamous . " Some one else did speak harshly to Mr . Meagher , but he ( witness ) declared that be claimed the honour of first insulting Mr . Meagher . According to the laws of honour , be ( witness ) considered himself released from any liability to Mr . Meagher ; that , in short , he should give him no explanation or satisfaction . He had come to this conclusion after consulting with his friend . On

      Saturday evening last he ( witness ) was walking down Westmoreland-street , in company with a friend , and as he turned Luudy Foot ' s he saw Mr . Meagher and Mr . Smith . Suddenly Mr . Meagher rushed towards him , and raised a stick , threatening to strike him , when he seized it , and friends closing on them no blow was struck . He then gave him in charge to the police . Mr . TsssaIX suggested that the parties should amicably settle their differences elsewhere . Mr . Cdkran mentioned that Mr . Meagher was bound over yesterday in the sum of £ 500 , to keep thepeace to Captain Broderick and all Her Majesty's subjects .

      Mr . Tyxdall said there was a summons issued against Captain Broderick , on a charge of intending a breach of tbe peace , and that all tbe objects of the parties might be attained by also calling upon him to give bail in equal amount . This suggestion was adopted and the parties left the office .

      CONCILIATION HALL . There was a most numerous attendance at Conciliation Hall today , in expectation of the " Liberator" after his late victory over the seditionists ol Young Ireland . He is so great a favourite with the "ladies" that they seem to take delight in doing him honour on every public occasion . Their attendance was particularly showy , and their , aspect encouraging . On entering the hall , at a quarter before one , the learned Gentleman was received with deafening and prolonged cheers . When at Jeugth permitted to speak , he moved the younger Daniel , the new M P . for Dundalk , to the chair .

      The Hon . M . P . having assumed the chair proceeded to pass some compliments on his Dundalk constituents for their remarkable discernment and good conduct , and ended fey handing in a few pounds caUccted among his constituents . Mr . O'Conxell handed in £ 1 i . from the clergy of the dioeese of St . Asaph . A Letter from Bishop O'Higgins accompanied the remittance , earnestly approving of the conduct of Mr . John O'Connell at the last meeting , expressing horror , indignation , and disgust at the conduct and doctrines of the Young Ireland party , and closing with a lengthy denouncement of the Nation newspaper , as a disciple of Voltaire and Diderot , and an enemy of religion and truth . We give some extracts which will show the spirit of the whole . " We have no p hysical force men in this diocese . Neither have we , thank God , any schoolboy philosophers , false and sanguinary repealers , or Voltairian

      newspapers . All our exertions"for the restoration of Ireland ' s independence are based upon the sacred and immutable principles of true Christian morality , and wc pity the folly and abhor the wickedness of any man who would rest his patriotism upon other grounds . Excessive vanity and Q , uixotic conceit may blind some men so far , as to make believe that they arc almost your equals in the service of your country , and urge them , perhaps , under this pitiable delusion , to set themselves up as your rivals in leading the Irish nationality ; but they ought to know , that the clergy and faithful people of Ireland will have no other leader than their revered Liberator , and I feel thoroughly convinced if it were the . rili of Providence to warn you to-morrow of your near dissolution , the L'ish nation would unanimously adopt as their political guide , that man alone whom you would bequeath to them as worthy of their confidence . "

      " I cannot close this hasty letter without saying a word or two about the Nation newspaper . It is in my mind the most dangerous publication that has ever appeared in Ireland . On the score of religion I must say , that the Nation appears to me , to my clergy , and to our flocks , to tend - directly to the overthrow of Catholic faith and morals . Every-onc must admit that it is edited with a considerable portion of talent , and its rounded sentences and energetic style arc well calculated to make fatal impressions on youthful and unreasoning minds , but it feels the embarrassment that was felt by Voltaire .

      Diderot , Delambert , & c , namely , it can advance no argument against our holy religion . Ilence , like Voltaire also , it deals in ridicule , inuendos , and fashionable sneers . It is true it has had the had manliness to give its feeble support to the 'infidel colleges ' in direct opposition to the decision of the overwhelming majority of the Irish bishops aud universal priesthood . Italsospcafci out when it blames you for 'lugging in religion' into Irish politics , still its danger does not consist in openly dogmatising against the truth , but in disseminating its intitudmnrianism by ridicule and inucudoes among the unwary Catholic youths of Ireland .

      Mr , O'Cosnkll afterwards read a letter from Bishop Gautv . cii , enclosing £ 90 ., and stating that the clergy of his diocese had lately refrained from subscribing to the association entirely in consequence of the doctrine ? and conduct of the Young Inland party . Dr . Cantwcil proceeds to deplore Mr . Smith O'Biicn ' s secession , to laud the course taken by Mr , John O'Connell at the last , meeting , and to promise tho * ' venerated Liberator" the support of all that is good and creat in Ireland , towards his moral aud peaceful aims . The letter thus alludes to "Young Ireland !"

      ' ilio opinions which they pwekim , and the doctrine which they teach , 1 believe lo be dangerous . Should they venture to select any newspaper as the organ of such sentiments , the clergy ? uid I will deem it an imperative duty to use our best emleavorrs io prevent the circulation of articles inciting toacourse which , wc believe , would prove fatal to the temporal and eternal welfare of the flocks committed to our pastoral guidance . " The Bishops and clergy of the dioceses of Ardagh and Aleatb have thus "pronounced" against "Young Ireland , " and in favour of " moral force . * ' The Bishops and clergy of the other dioceses will follow these examples , and it is more than probable that , by this day week , nine-tenths of the Irish Repealers will have formally , and in express terms , repudiated the doctrine of physical force .

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      ffJSm *? vj m then rose to aMr ™ tho . raeeting . SthSlt e ^^ r ^ . P ^ ^ < ° to lay before SmttoM ' ^ ^ opi , 3 s to » - w » fcd : to submit . He asEKn . \ ^ W whi . had sprung up in the men Si but \ c fault *» not his . *>« & « 1088 retrS ? ° th ° C , OCtrin 0 ° f m 0 ral lor 00 . He S ft 8 ecfissionofMr ' Smith O'Brien , who ii . « i jmneu the association at a perilous time . He tearcu that gentleman was lost to the cause of repeal : J d < 1 nok lurn wv from tbe ' dahgerous pathof the Young Irclanders . ( Hear , hear . ) If he came back , and placed himself under the banner of moral fom and peaceful agitation , he would be co rdially welcomed . But " *» Btatmg that he ( Mr . 0 ConnelDgaveup not one Particle f hjg p ,. ; pie —that principle upon which the association was

      founded , He stood on the basis of the association , and laughed to scorn the young men ' who talked so much of pooket courage . The dissensions were begun by an eloquent young man of the Young Ireland party , who talked of treason to repeal on account of tho accession of 'the Whigs to , power . , Some others of the same party followed in a similar strain ; but tney did not say who was to act treacherously to " sell repeal to the Whigs . " Who did they mean ? Oh , nobody . They meant him ( Mr .. O'Connell ) , arid it was the first time in his life he was called " nobody . " fLansjiter . ) The learned gentleman then went on to defend the committee of the association relative to its decision as to the . Dungarvan election . If Young

      Ireland was honest or sincere they would be glad that the government had opened the door of office to Repealers . He had reason to know that Lord Bcssborough was of opinion that for a man to be a Repealer was no reason that he should not be appointed to omen . Young Ireland proclaimed physical force and revolutionary violence . 'What was that but telling the Protestants of Ireland , the possessors of property , that it would be dangerous to join repeal , tie therefore accused the Young Ireland party of treachery to repeal . He did not , however include in that charge'Mr / Smith O'Brien , who was the soul of honour and integrity ; bat he was as liable to be mistaken as other men . ITe meant to move that it

      be referred to the committee to say whether there win such a connexion between the association and the Nation as to render it necessary to cut off all connexion , or to cease to send that . paper through the country . In the state trials they were held responsible fov the articles in the Nation by a shameless jury and a one-sided judge ; and it was necessary that the association should not be endangered by its articles . The learned gentleman then went on to show the dangerous tendency of some articles in the Nation , which he pronounced to be highly seditious . If the Attorney-General had the article he read before him they would not'have been tried for a conspiracy , but for high treason , and would have been found guilty and executed . The '' 2 ra « io » talked . ' of assistance through Ledru Rollin , and many a surer

      source ; . but he was not aware of such , and lie called upon Mr . Dufty to declare what those sources were . Now he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would ask , wove they safe to have any annexion , however remote , with such a paper as Duffy ' s ? ( A voice— " We ' ll burn it . " ) ' No , for they would have to purchase it first ; it would be better not to have anything to do with it . ( Hoar . ) This was a momentous crisis . The eyes of England were on the Repealers , the eyes of the clergy and laity of both countries . It may be said , that perhaps peaceful efforts alone ' would not procure the repeal . Well , even so . Were that even the fact ( which it is not ) , it would nor alter his ( VTr . 0 'Connell's ) system . He did not consider the greatest possible nolitical gond , even the repeal itself , should be purchased by the shedding of one drop

      of blood . Tlicy had been called Qualcers , and their conduct Quakerish . lie ( Mr . O'Connell ) was proud of the name—it was a name of peace . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) would refer with delight to the share winch he had always talreri'in tlie peaceful agitation which emancipated so many thousand of the slave population . ^ ( Cheers . ) Was that all ? Did not peaceful a « itation emancipate the Dissentera . ( Hear , hear . ) Then was there no other emancipation ? ( Great cheering . ) Yes , although the press—the people—popular opinion in . England were against him . The Freeman , then in other . ' , hands , opposed him ; tho Mail , and tho Evening . Sim ' . Yet , by patient and enduring exertion ; by the force , at last , of public opinion , emancipation was carried . ( Cheering . ) But even lately , was he not fresh from the discussion

      of the corn laws ; 'where are the triumphs of your physical force men , where are their triumphs ? Oh , they talk of the French revolution . There was success there to the principle of physical force ; but what success was it ? The blood of the lung was shed , the blood of the clergy flowed like water , and the triumph , asit was called , wasstained with the blood of innocence . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) stood there in thepvesence of his God * , he stood before the clergy of his church , before the representatives of the wealth ,. tlie influence , the virtue , and the morality of the metropolis ; and he would'with confidence refer to all that had been done for the repeal , and also to the position—the proud . position—held now by the Irish Repealers . ( Cheers . ) He would call on them now to support that ministry which had

      professed so much good for Ireland . Yet , would he give un the . Reroal agitation ? Oh . Heaven forbid ( Great cheering . ) Yet he would give the ministry every support , as lone as they did good for Ireland . Yet it wai a sorrowful fact that , from the present constitution of the British Parliament , it vws not \ v » a position to do any great and permanent good for Ireland . Yet the appointments made by thegovernment certainly gave evidence of a disposition to rep air , in some measure , the many evils inflicted on Ireland . II Lord J . Russeli would act fairly , towards the people , they would support him . Then there was the restoration of the Repeal magistrates . Whe n he ( Mr . O'Connell ) before addressed them he was not a J . P . —ho was one then . ( Cheers . ) He would

      not be contented with promises ; he should have the good done , or his support would be withdrawn ; and was it not cruel for those misguided young men thus to interfere at a time when so much good was contemplated towards Ireland ? Ho ( Mr . O'Connell ) had no enmity to those men ; let them rep « nt and join the ranks of their peaceful fellow-countrymen ; and let all disputes be for ever . buried , lie ( Mr . O'Connell ) would bo obliged to move the resolution with regard to theiVa & ' on newspaper to which he had referred ; but he turned from that to the delightful prospect of tho brilliant hopes which dawned upon the Irish people . The hon . and learned gentleman sat down amid tho most enthusiastic applause . The rent will exceed £ 400 .

      The Bentinck Demonstration. A Public Din...

      THE BENTINCK DEMONSTRATION . A public dinner was given to Lord George Benlinck at King ' s Lynn , by his constituents and a larcc hodrof the agriculturalists of the county of Norfolk , on Tuesday last , to testify their approbation of the ability and zeal displayed by his Lordship in advocating their interests in opposition to the Free Trade measures of the late Government . The entertainment took place in a long , low-roofed and extremely narrow building , recently erected as a Market-house . The building more resembled a corridor or passage than a dinner-hall , and was not at all adapted for the occasion , except from its capacity of seating a large number of persons . Three tables placed

      longitudinally on the same level stretched from near the middle to both extremities ' ; ' the . chairman and chief guests being accomodated at two raised tables in . the centre . The interior was tastefully decorated with a profusion of devices in flowers , evergreens , and mottoes . Nearly 800 sat down to a very good dinner . A large number of Protectionist M . P . 's were present , Tho Earl of Oxford . High-Sheriff of tho town" officiated as chairman ; and spe ? chcs were delivered by the Chairman . Lord G . ficntinek , Mr . Serjeant Byles , the Duke of Richmond , the Marquis of Granbv , Mr . D'Israeli , and other leaders of the Country Party .

      Cheap Bread'. High Wages!! And Plenty To...

      CHEAP BREAD ' . HIGH WAGES !! AND PLENTY TO DO 111 The public would imagine that the master manufacturers in Lancashire and Yorkshire must be tlie best judges of their own affairs , and that the success of tlie agitation they hail kept up in the country during the last ecven years , at the cost of infinite personal exertion , and not -a little money , would be of sufficient importance to lead to the dcvclopcmcnt of some decided and immediate benefit , so far , at all events , as their own interests are concerned . The opening of the ports for the admission of foreign corn at a nnnihnl rate of duty , and thcinslant inundation of our markets with two million quarters of

      continental wheat , have been attended , as was predicted by Lord Ashburton and other experienced men , with immense injury to the houkvs ot English grain , and svithovit a corresponding advantage to consumers . But , thatthc epoch should'be marked by *> n extraordinary degree of stagnation among the manufacturers themselves , will , to such as have allowed their minds to be influenced by the delusive promises of the Frce-trado party , appear incredible . Yet that such is the fact is fully attested by every respectable publication , the business of which is to report upon the subject of the provincial markets ; and although the har

      wc arc now ' c ' osc upon the termination of - vest ( which , this season , bids fair to be one of unp & wilkd abundance . ) a period of the year to which tlie m anufacturers have commonly looktd lorward with the hope of increased activity , so slowly do their orders come in that they arc actually , as is fcverywhere admited . contemplating tlie adoption of the injurious expedient of putting their work people on " short time , " and of course diminished waics . A poor exemplification this ef the benefits which have been guaranteed to'tho public as those that were at once to How from a repeal of the Corn Laws , which have now become virtually extinct .

      Isicuews Ilean The Potatoe Malady In Holland.—Wc Regret To

      isicuews ilean The Potatoe Malady in Holland . —Wc regret to

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      imuuy uw lioiteraamscne vourant , »« - ing paper in Rotterdam , that the above disease has made its appearance in various parts of the Netherlands .

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      The Irish Church.—We Have Received The M...

      The Irish Church . —We have received the most positive assurances from the lips of one . whom we know to bo in daily communication with , and to enjoy the confidence of men in the highest departments of tho State , that , in spite of the assurances ot Lord John Russell , the terms of an arrangement are actually settled , arid have received the approval ol Mr . Daniel O'Connell on the one side , and of Sir R . Peel on the other , by which "tho establishment of the Romish priests iu Ireland , mainly out of the revenues of the Establishment , but partly by ft now charge upon the land , is fully determined . onT , But the whole matter is meant to be kept a profound secret until the ensuing general election of 1817 shall

      have given the Government a llous ? . of Commons pvepared to support such a plan . —The Clkirchman ' s Monthly Review . --z : " ¦¦• -.- ¦ The Association for Promoting Cleanliness amongst the Poor have exhausted' their funds . In addition to their free baths and wash-house at Glasshouse-yard near the London'Docks , they arc at the expense of cleansing and white-washing the dwellings of the poor in that neighbourhood . Many thousand rooms , staircases , passages , and entrances have been cleansed and white-washed byithem since the spring , and the applications for this publication arc steadily increasing . -Upwardsof 90 , 000 persons were benefitted by the baths and wash-house alone in the first year of the association , ending last May .

      The l ' BBKcn provincial { papers ' are filled with details of incendiary fires in almost every pari of the country , notwithstanding the strict watch of the farmers and their men . In many places the origin of these fires cannot be traced , nor the guilty parties detected . Tho most extraordinary circumstance is that the buildings arc invariably set on me in broad daylight . Extreme Heat . —Tho 10 th , 11 th and 12 th of July were intensely hot , the thermometer ranging as high as 98 or 100 degrees in the States of Maryland , Pennsylvania and Now York . Thirty-seven persons died in the city of New York and the suburbs , from exposure in the sun or over exertion . Out door employments had to bo suspended from . 11 o ' clock in the morninn to four in the afternoon .

      Chops . —All over the world the crops promise abundance . In this country , our crops will be nearly double the usual amount , and it is said that wheat in the extreme west will be sold at thirty cents pe ^ bushel , and other kinds of grain in the same proportion . ! Loan George Bektinck has determined to quit the turf , and has sold the whole of his stud . It is to be presumed : if this be the fact , that his Lordship ' s aspirations no longer pointing to Tattersall ' s have turned in tbe direction of Downing-street .

      Death op the Count de St . Leu . —A letter from Leghorn , 25 th ulfc ., announces the death of the Ex-Kinj . ' of Holland , father of Prince Lonls : — " Count de St . Leu , Prince Louis Bonaparte , died here this day of a fit . of of apoplexy , with which he wns attacked yesterdayi ' " From the moment of the attack he remained in a complete state of lethargy , and expired tliis morning without a struggle . He was in the 68 th year of his age . The prince had been paralytic for several years , and lived a very retired life , lie had no 6 no with him at the moment of his death but a young man whom ho had brought up , and who never quitted him . An express was immediately sent off to Florence with the news for his brother , tlie Prince de Montl'ord , the Ex-King of Westphalia , aged 62 , who is the last survivor of all Napoleon ' s brothers , The deceased Prince has left but a very small fortune , At . the Present Time the condition of the black

      population in the west Indies is highly encouraging . Many of them have purchased land , aud possess the franchise ; and wc have heard it stated , on good authority , that the negroes have It in contemplation qo raise a fund with which to remunerate Hie services of such members as they can return to the colonial legislature . At a Meeting bf the London District Fostlbtter Carriers , held Friday evening , it was unanimously resolved the Postmaster-Geheval . praying for the allowance of a scale of wages proportioned to their responsible daily duties , and rising according to years ol service , as rccomnv . ndcd by the 18 th Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry .

      Mr . Wiluerspin * . —With extreme gratification do we announce from a private source ot information , of the most authentic character , that her Majesty has granted to Mr . Wilderspin , an annuity of £ 100 . —People ' s Journal . A deputation from the faeiory operatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire had an interview with Lord John Russell , on Monday , at his official residence in Downing-street . The oyster season commenced on Tuesday morning at six o ' clock , at Billingsgate and Huiigerford markets , with the promise of a more abundant supply , and of a superior quality to that of several years past .

      Tuelate TnuiNDER Storm . —On Saturday afternoon , during the violent thunder storm , a lad named Muskett , a lighterman ' s apprentice , was employed on a barge in tbe Commercial Dock , Rotherhithe , He was walking along the gunwhale with a quantity of steel bars on his shoulder when the electric fluid first struck the warehouse opposite and then the lad , who was forced into the hold of the barge , white the steel bars fell into the dock . . Immediate assistnnce was rendered , but the lad was quite dead . The warehouse sustained considerable damage by the lightning . Tho late John Langan , " of pugilistic celebrity , who carried on the business of brewer and victualler , at Liverpool , has left behind him , for the benefit of his children , alarge share of the good things . of this life . Besides his real and leasehold estates in the county of Lancaster , the acting executors have also administered in London to £ 4 , 000 of his pergonal property .

      The Elizabeth Fry Refuge . —The subscription towirds this asylum for affording temporary food and shelter to destitute females on their discharge from tho metropolitan gaols now amounts to near £ 5 , 000 . Amongst the subscriptions within the last few days , arc their Majesties the lung and Queen of Denmark £ 50 ., and an ' anonymous donation of £ 200 from an individual , signing A . TJ . C . Mur / . vr on Board a Spanish Maw of War , —The marines belonging to a Spanish sloop -of-war , thinking she carried 15 , 000 piasters in silver , mutinied while the vessel was on her way from St . Juan ,

      Porto Rico , to St . Thomas . They succeeded m making themselves masters of the crew by killing the sentry , and tastening down the hatches . Their next attempt was on the second in command , whom they wounded with a sabre four times in the head . The captain succeeded in rallying against them with himself , his servants , and one or two officers ; they shot three of the marines and retook possession of the vessel , made sail for Sc . Juan , where , on her arrival four of thorebels were shot , and the remainder being wounded were sent to the hospital . —Hampshire Telegraph .

      A person at Marseilles having a claim upon another , went to his house to demand payment . The debtor himself was not at home , but his wife and two sons—Hie eldest not more than twenty years old —received him with gross insults , and on his remonstrating with them , proceeded to assault him , and at length threw him headlong ovcr . the door sill . Ho was taken up in a senseless state and carried to the hospital , where he died on Thursday . The mother has been arrested , but the two sons have made their escape ,

      A few days ago , says a letter from Vienna of the 24 th ult ., a young man , having a very melancholy air , who was standing at the door of one of the churches at Tokay , drew a pistol from his pocket as a newly-married couple were leaving the church , and fired at them . As there was a heavy charge of slugs in the pistol , he wounded them both mortally . Immediately afterwards he drew forth a second pistol , and putting tho barrel into his mouth drew tho trigger and destroyed himself . It is not stated whether the man had any hostility against the persons whom be murdered , or whether he was insane .

      Singular Cause of Death . —On 80 th ult ., Mr . Charles Hart Cole , of Exter , died from a singular disorder , which had embittered several previous voars of his lite . It appears that about eight years ago , as he was travelling in a vehicle with a fviond , be arrived at a turnpike gate , and took a sixpence from his pocket to pay the toll . While drawing his outer coat close , ho placed tho sixpence between his lips . At this instant his friend said something that was irresistibly laughable ; and giving way to it , without thought as to his situation , the com slipped into the orifice of the throat . After having tried in vain to bring it up , and finding at the same time little inconvenience to arise from tho circumstance , he did not trouble himself about it . At length , however , ho

      became worse ; and after having solicited the hist surgeons in Exeter to perform an operation , he became a patient in Guy's Hospital , in London . His sull ' crinus here continued to be acute at intervals ; but finding the same difficulty among tlie surgeons of the hospital respecting the operation which he desired , he returned . His medical adviser recommended him to abstain from all excitement ; to bo careful as to his dress , never omitting flannel next his skin , and especially to avoid exposing himself to damp . There was still frequent cough , and symptoms that showed the ravages disease was making within , A few weeks since , however , during a very high state of temperature , he neglected the precaution as to tho llannel

      part of his divss ; and a circumstance of a populav and exciting nature occurring , he was led lo expose himself on an unfavourable evening , and got web . This , however , was not at first heeded , and it is feared he ; igain exposed himself to damp . The consequences were fatal . After death a surgical examination of the body took place , when the coin vias found lodged in the right bronchia , the lung being in a complete state of gangrene . The coin was much smoothed , the projecting parts of the figures and letters being greatly obliterated , and the piece bore the appearance of a farthing which had long lain in some dirty place . It is understood that the remains of the lung , with tho coin * will be preserved . The other parts of the body were healthy .

      The Irish Church.—We Have Received The M...

      . Represen tation ' of Manchester . —A meeting of the committee of the Manchester RefornT Association , wa

      rabbits , . , by ovdes of tlie Right Hon . the Earl of Fife , were dlstribated among the poor and working classes in Banff and its neighbourhood . ' ACCOUCUMENT OF THE Q . UKEN OF PORTUGAL . —A letttp from Lisbon , 23 d ultimo , states that the Queen , of Portugal was on that day delivered of a son . lb-TahimPacha arrived in the Tagus on the same day , and was present at the Te Doum performed in the Cathedral on , tnat occasion ... ^ :- , The reports , 'it appears , circulated of the illness . of the King of Denmark , are ., utterly ., unfounded , aud that his Majesty . emoysiperfe ' otiy good health .

      Foubior wraE , —Tit £ L / iij Stokm . —The General Steam iVavigation Gohtpa ' nfs ' ahip i Atwiwd , from Rotterdam , with 439 sheep , . TOlambs , and" 115 cows and oxen on board , hiving experienced very rough weather , lost ten of the oxen and cows , . which were landed dead , and one sheep , which was thrown overboard . Mr . Chandler , the grower of the Camellia Japonica , in the Wandsworth Road , died on Sunday movnmg from the effects of grief at tlie great loss of property he sustained b y the storm on the preceding day ; and on Monday , his son , a fine young man , in partnership . with his father , was found to be raving mad . It la supposed that the mind of the unfortunate gentleman was affected by the sudden death of his father , and the circumstances attendant thereon .

      Disease amosk Cattle , —Throughout the entire of North Wales a . distemper is raging amongst , the cattle , particularly among the milch kiue , in some places to a frightful extent , and for which , hitherto , no cure has been found . —Carnarvon / Herald . "• v Aurora BoBRALig . —Wednesday evening last the inhabitants of Devonport were surprised on witnessing a rather unusual appearance in the firmainent ^ - thc appearance of the aurora borealis , or in common parlance , the / northern lights were distinctly visible . The point at which this extraordinary phenomenon was most , easily to be seen was on Newpassagc-hill , whcre ; there were hundreds of people assembled to

      witnessit . ' I . appeared very vividly at intervals of about thirty seconds , and was encompassed with an atmosphere of apparently fine matter . It was a piece of amusement to hear the suppositions of the multitude assembled . The major .-part declared it was nothing more nor less than lightning , but had they taken the trouble to consider for a moment , thoy would have found that lightning , is always ao . companied with ' thunder , and the lurid glare of the aurora borealis , was really unlike a flash of lightning . Various-were the speculations indulged in ; some of the weaker portion looked upon it as a forerunner , of some dreadful calamity . — -Devonport Telegraph .

      Poiatoe Disease in Hampshire ano Wiltshire . — At Whitchurch the potatoes on every allotment belonging to . tho poor ( where extensive plols are planted with principally the late kinds of potatoes ) are rapidly decaying—more than half are already so much diseased as not to befit for food—smelling most offensively ; some that had been boiled , though but slightly touched before cooking , were yet so nauseous , that nothing but extreme hunger could ever make a person eat the same for food . The disease is not onl y on the wet and low land , but also on the high , dry , aud chalky soil around here—many of the tops shri « veiled and decayed when the potatoes have not grown to half their usual size , as in other seasons . From other parts of Hampshire similar confirmatory reports have been received . . At Stratton , the seat of Sir Thomas Baring , even the skill and experience of the above-named gentleman ' s gardeners had failed

      to stem the progress of this afflicting visitation . Both early and late potatoes are there also fast decaying , first turning brown in one end , then becoming soft , and in 24 hours after being dug up , it was found that the disease had penetrated through the entire bulb . The disease has also made great progress on the estates of Lord Ashburton , Grange Park , and of the Earl of Guildford , Alresford , near Winchester , Lord Palnierston's , and other noblemen and gentlemen in-that vicinity . In the winter approaching it is feared the greatest distress must prevail in this part of Wilts , as so many depend for their subsistence on the potato crop . Last year they ( the pooi- ) escaped to a-conslderable degree , having sound potatoes when others crops were all consumed or destroyed . This year the scourge has , already struck their fields , and woefully may be observed , from the withered leaves and black stalks in all directions , acre after acre contaminated by the poison .

      The General' Holioay at Manchester , in commemoration of the passing of the act for the Repeal ol the Corn-laws , took place on Monday . Business was entirely suspended ; not only the retail concerns , but tho factories and warehouses remained closed during the whole of the day . Flags and banners bearing appropriate devices and mottoes were to be seen suspended from almost every house and building , whilst the crowd of persons that thronged the public streets rendered it very difficult to force a passage at even a moderate pace . The procession of the

      Corporations of Manchester and -Salford , the late Anti-Corn-Lw League , and other bodiea , was formed at eleven o ' clock , and dispersed , after having moved through many of the principal streets , shortly after two o ' clock the weather during a great part of the time being very unfavourable . In the evening the illumination of the various public buildings , and many of the great factories and warehouses , was on a very extensive scale . The proceedings of the day were closed by a public dinner , at which the Mayor , Mr . Kaye , presided .

      The Worlo's Temperasce Convention . —The Convention for the extension of Temperance commenced its sittings ' on Tuesday at the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution , Aldersgate-street , at 10 o ' clock . It was convened by the National Temperance Society , and has for its objects—to ascertain the state of the temperance cause in all part g of the globe ; to receive suggestions for the most effectual method of extending the-temperance reformation ; and to effect the formation of a temperance union throughout the world . About 200 delegates from various total abstinence societies in Great Britain and elsewhere attended , and , with a number of visitors , entirely filled the little theatre of the institution . On the proposition of Dr . Beeclier , of America , seconded by Mr . E . Smith , of Sheffield , Mr . S . Bowly , of Gloucester , was called to the chair . Irish Provisions . —The supplies of provisions from

      Ireland continue to be of the same extensive and important character as have been before particularly adverted to , but we tan only allude in a succinct manner to the latest and most prominent which have taken place . The arrivals at the port of Liverpool from the Irish ports during the past week , comprised large quantities of wheat , flour , oats , oatmeal , barley , malt , whiskey , hams , lard , linens and cottons , seed , povk , bacon , general provisions , and other articles . In the same period of time 878 large baskets of sal , mon , 8 , 855 packages of butter , 3 . T 81 hampers of bacon , 6 % baskets and boxes of eggs , 1 , 104 boxes ot lard , 120 packages and 20 tons weight of oatmeal , 102 packages of pork , have been imported into the port of London from the same quarter , besides very numerous packages of hams , mait , porter , paper , soap , and other articles , the productions of the sister country .

      The Late B . JR . IIatdon . —At a general meeting of the committee for promoting the subscription to make a permanent provision for the widow and daughter of the above unfortunate artist at the Thatched House Tavern , St . Jamcs ' s-strcet , the Secretary read the minutes of the previous meetings , from which it appeared that since the first meeting held at the chambers of Mr . Sergeant Talfourd . on the 30 th of June , about £ 1 , 400 had been subscribed . The fund now amounted to nearly £ 1 , 700 from which onlv a small reduction wouldhave to be made . Steps bad been taken to forward the subscription in the

      various provincial towns , and letters had been received from Liverpool stating that a subscrip tion , was in progrefs in that town , under the avspices of an eminent memb er of the Stock Exchange , who had succeeded in collecting a considerable sum for the family of thclato Mr . Thomas Hood , the poet . Tub Nassau Balloon . —On Monday night , in the " Royal Nassau" Balloon , Mr . C . Green made his 3 'iOth ariel voyage . The machine also carried up in fhe ear and in the hoop Mr . Ellis , Mr . E . Laudolls , tlie artist , Mr . Van Btiren , and several other gentlemen . It then proceeded into Essex , and about halfpast eight descended in a field at Walthamstow .

      Tub Oyster Sisasos . — Tuesday was the opening of the oyster season . Tlie supply apoearrd plentiful , though the demand was not supplied without some danger to the retailer . Baths as » Washhouses iw tub Nonin Wjcstsbs Districts . —Tho baths aud wash-houses recently erected for the use of the labouring classes in the North Western Districts of the metropolis , worn . on Monday opmied to the public , and the following is a return of the number of persons wh o availed themselves of the advantages : —Cold baths , 271 . of which number 201 were males and 13 females ; warm baths ,

      1 < 10 , of which 130 wove males aud 10 females . In tho course of the day several females availed themselves of the advantages which the establishment affimla in tho washing and ironing depar tments . On Tuesday the batiis ' were open as early asftw o ' clock , and before eight they were used by \« P » £ " £ of 100 oersons . The whole of tho steam appai atm and other machinery connected with the b- hs ^ drying and washing department worked »«« UDfig wc !) , and those who availed themsclve I * ^ varies of the if ™™ $$£$ $£ « £ l ^ iikS penny and twopenny

      K 3 " iBStf * «> sua : which ! lrcvcntcd their opening contemporaneously with the other parts of the institution .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08081846/page/3/