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      REPEAL ASSOCIATION—Sept . 2 L fAp sojourned meeting of this body yt&s held at the Cckj Exchange ^ o-asy . Up to balf-pait two o ' clock , St Ttt th hosr the chair -was taken , Mr . CCoiffiell bid not arrived in town from Coanemsri "William Bryan , xiJtihenj Lodge , E * q ., presided . Thfe Sxchetab ? , Jiving read the minutes , laid ihe folio-winy letter before the meeting ;—« Sir , —Iff conseqaenca of tha general repudiation by the Rf peal Association of the notice of motion attempts to be given by nie on Monday last , I b ^ g leave most Tiipectfnlly to tenfier ej rssisnation as a irifcn 3 b 2 r of the X ^ oyal National Repeat Association of Ireland .

      •• I am , Sir , your obe iimt servant , «• T . M . Rsy , Esq ., " WILLIAM C 0 K 50 B . " 2 * 1 r . JOHS O'GONKEIL sai ( 3 that after the letter they fcsd jest heard read , it -was uct necessary for him to mcrre the expulsion of Mr . C-mnoT —( hear ) . Ha -was glad to be saved tbe pain of maiin ; such a motion ; bnt be could & 5 inre the association that he had come do ^ rn there prepured to do so—thfcir , hear ) . One thing at all ctciits must be admitted , that Mr . Connor was treated -with consideration —( bear , hear ); - Mr .

      O'Con-Bell corxinded by moving that Mr . Conner ' s residua-Hoc be ? re ? pted-E ^ i O 2 \ sili Dxvst seconded the motion . ' He said be / ci-ya ^ Tjed irith the association in repndiatirg the doctri ; e propennded by 3 fr . Gonnur—( hear , bean . The Bct * o -apen their ws ^ Ib "was " Property has not oniy its 6--t \ ss tat its rights . " and every one should Tecoikct thst ite association , ¦ whi ^ e it reco ? r . ised the rights of the it : id , also recognised the ligha of the landlord—{ cbt * rs > . Ttr niciu > n was carried tmai ^ mosBly .

      3 'r . jy cTTY , of the Notion , handed in several snb-Bcr iuriT ^ is , from the North of Irvland , and moved : the afiialr ^ on tS rotmbers aad associates . llr . STBlTCH brought forward a report from the committee , appointed to consider the propriety of approprJat ; j > c £ certain fmn oct of the fnndB of the association , f r tbe encouragement of nationality in the different brz 2 c > ' s < -f fine Bits in Ireland . The report rtccmaer < f r-j t ^ at encouragement sbonM be giv ^ a to de ^ isiis in pastier , sculpture , and architecture , snd suggested amoDcst otbera , tbe Death of SaarsSeld ; TJnfurlicg the TolnB-. t-TT 3 " Pias , in 1782 ; Mr . 0 'Connfcll beitg proprop . w-. I at the Clare Election-, Mj . O'Gonntll at Sfcul ^ . 2 dr , Bat suggested that the Corporation , as it appeared oaring the Repeal discussion , should be added . Agzeid ? o-3 : r- Hat handed in one shilling from an Orangeman —iebefrsi .

      3 ? r . OHEl then read a voiuminons report from the -cmszn . zi ^ e appointed to investigate charges cf fcXtermiuation i , t tenantry , that had been preferred ajainst Mr . Sffiith , law-agent to ihe Corporation c-f Dablin , and menibrr of the lUpeal Association . Tfce charges , ¦ which were retained in letters from s Roman Catholic dercymar ^< 3 which appealed from time to time in the Jraaii ' s Journal , -were , that he had ,- -while agent on the = 3-71 lands of Paristown and Darvisto'wii , in the coat : j of Westmeath , exterminated eighteen families . Tie import did nothing bnt lay the evidence before tbe r- «> M 5 c , and , altboegh the committee cecliced effria g- suy opinion on flat evidecce , tbe general feelirc -was that some of the charges had been Bub-* iSE : « t ^ d .

      __ -Mr . > mith rose , ana proceeded to address the assodaiica He siid Trith the charges unsupported by evidence hi- had nothing to do ; but he felt called upon to sns-B-er the charges which seemed to besnfiUined by the eriifEra . He denied tint l ? e bad turned OBt any tenant ; a ^ d that all tha ejechcents , - with one exesption , •» tict cs brought , were for the purpose « f obtaining legai po ^ SB » Jon of the land , lesviug the tenants still in posssH > k > n- Theexeepfion vras a person named Railly , "who was a bad character , and of \? hom his ntigbbonri had irsde repeated complaints , ssd even he -was aDo ^ e ^ to retain his holding until he could provide hiHis ^ il ¦ with another—( bear , heaT ) . 5 It Smith deuaarred the ¦ whole iffair as being a f » nl conspiracy conrcc-t-i sgainsthim to injure him in his business . He fiien ^ rnt into further txplacations , and condared by exprcsinf a wish that he might be deemed ¦ worthy of pu ¥ lic sympathy , for the pru-epe invrived was deep and par&monnt—( cheers and buses ) .

      Sir . JJabk Cn . irAGBAS said be thought some of ibe eases broagbt against Mr . Smith were cases from which it woclrt ss « n that severity had been used by him to"wards ibe tenantry ; bnt be did not attempt to decide one ~ sy or another as to the . guilt or innocence of Sir . Smith ; he might be aggrieved or he might not —[ hear , bear . ' , in the conrsa of some td ^ iSonai remarks , Mr . CaDsvh' : «! showed that the most lamentable resnlts fiowrf irom exterminatJon—it was often followed by loss el l-fa . Xt > 3 nTS—Aye ; bear , hear—loss of life—{ groans ) . Intimldition—sye—( eonfnsion ) . Ht . Cxllaghxjt—{ much excited ) . —I will now men-Bon ^ hst I intended to auppresa . The Committee » ere trrtted with overbearing insolence by Mr . Saiithfliear , h ~^ r ) . Mr . > htth—^ T ^ rill answer for my «> ndTict exit ol dec-rs sa any body holding the rank of

      gentleman—Mr . Callaghah—I beg that Mr . Smith may not be fcreai- i in an offensive manner . If he be right , T hope he ¦ sriii bs mztaioed ^ and if he be wrong , tbe pnblic can eaa . iy juJge . ffis excited manner and strong language ihronsh tbe inquiry may hsve been caused by pers-ansi feeling ; but b « * aid th-ii the Committee "was " j ) 3 c > csa *—( froan *) . Jfow ^ I tbink the gentlemen of th&t C--Tntniuea equally as respectable as lie is—( cbters-j . Mr . Smith—I said no such thing as " packed ) . " I bope that will b « ttndetEtood—ihear , and hisses ) . Sir . Caiulghah—You-called Mr . Balfe , one . of the Committee ,. an " adventurer *'—/ groans ) . I think he was mosi conscientious and s ^ ilous in the discharge of hiB dntsfes . and it is my intenfon to move a vote of ibanis to hun on tbe next day of mee&ig—iheari . Mr . OESi-Beally I nrost c * U Mr . Callaghan to order . It is quite irregular to mention what occurs in eommr-iee— is . ear ) .

      Mr GallaOHah—Well , if I be irregular I -will apologist ; tut I did it all for the best . Mr . Fhith—Ad capiandum ralgvi—( hisses and applause 1 . Mr . Laxglst—I regret that tLis difference sbonld bive arisen , and that litternesa is likely to result from it—{ bear ; . Mr . O'Rea—^ Tbe eommitteehaveeffered no opinion on the evidence brought before them—they have placed tie evidence before tbe public , leaving it to their judgment to decide the matter . Tfce report ongnk te stand —( hear ) . The Report was adopted , and the verbal warfare ceased .

      Mr . Sauitel Goxdah ( lately a most active Conserva-Bve ) ra-SBBOtice of a motion to the effect , that it be referred to a committee to prapsre , as far as possible , a list of Irish absentees—tbe snm annually drawn by lihem oui of Ireland—and wba . 1 askoant of money was drawn from Ireland by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests— ( chears ) . Mr , JoB > " O'COSSEXL said it being then half : past ion ? o'clock , it was nselees to detain the meeting any lonz = r with file expectation tb- » t bis father woal . 1 arrive that day . Circumstances delayed him on the

      road , i-. d a was not likely that he would arrive in Dublin " before Sitarday morainjf ; therefore he moved the ac j ¦ rr-nment of the Association to Monday next—( hear , k ^ aii . Motion sesendedand esnr . eS . Tbe ctiai ? was then Tacattd , and Mr . Samuel Gordon ^ rtB c » T !^» l tbertto . Mr yoMOS said h 5 s being cslled to fbe chair was evidence of tneir wish to combine all Ireland in one eommDE { s > ase—icheers ) . The meeting then adjourned .

      [ In i ^ fprence these -very cuHcms proceedings , we . find t ? ' - Jlowing ohserTatioas in zhr Dabiia Wor'd the only * - Liberal" Journal in IrelaM that dare at j ! 1 affect io hoitt the standard of independence : — While Mr . Davies , whou a barrister , and we believe a costTibator to the Hellon , and tbe renowned > 3 r . A . Stritcb ire burning to hava various natioral subjects paints , nnd among olhers OJ ' amh Fodlah deliverLng the la-ss r * to the people—the sorely oppressed peaple leem drt-nrtiBed to take the administration of the laws into tbetr own h »^^» , ^" e always suspected that it wonld corsa to this , and that the masses would not long ttmairj satisSed -with a ballad or a picture . The Corn Excb . 2 s « , during the present week , has been the theatre of some discussions , which prove that tbe hour

      baa parsed away when , _ " Young Ireland" will be able to satisfy the masses frith tmptj vapour . We pass over ninth that is amusing' to come to the langhable " turn-ap" between , our old friend Mz » Smith , the BlessiBeton-streefc attorney , and the iion-exterminaKng B ^ ction of ihe Hepe < l Association . Smith , at the present moment , we hava no doabt , fetls eonvmc ^ j of the difficulty of " serving Grod and yiunm ^ , " or in other woTds how oppoaed are the dnbes znd Jnteresta of an attorney to the benevolent theones rf Qj B pbOantbropist . Oar hero Baa to j > r ? form two charactera , and misht have ae-^ utted hrniself oeaitably in both , bat for tbe down-^^ ^!!^ ' ^ . ^ U wh 0 « " » "idi-ntJy resolved ^ Zi ??? ^* ^ ¥ & ****¦ We cannot help eensttring ife Gdhsfaiii and

      m companion , fa , forcing a an agony of dirtren , to remind them that " p roD-rt ^ Jj 4 iU « WW . i . -wen a . iu duties .- ^ takS thS » tep , » ee what * bloir delusion has received ? H « £ » ebave Mi Smitb , the law" SifSw Zt 23 VbBtBVntgVtrtmr , * the Frcewart Jo ^ S , driven fatoa comer , aad eonpened to daoBaca prlWteand &M « oeae « , aad m » Wly defemd the ctonbg « y » t 6 iB . fcA ¦ eindjl a * tfcfr ahvaid ' - sfm have bees risked by aSo wing a few fMoaary pendni to indulge 1 n a aewch-Is ; iavefa « aUo » . W « re there » ot enough of Tory laBdlordi : like old Lord Iprton to expose , -without plsdnga * Bemb « e * tb * Eepaal Aifodation upon the rridlron ?

      We wcrald advise , now that fbe evil baa been done , Hbai Mr . Smith be wloleuzishtd without delay . He smst , at sx \ hazuds , to taken fr : m the ranks of those who abet fxtTmin 3 tion ; and we ibink , ¦ with ssme taet , tbs bnjin" 53 aay be managed . Bat how is this ^ o be don «? > " -ihrng in life mo : e e . isy » Oily Jet Mr . O'Xeil Daoat lesd off on Mondsy , exLioihing Mr . Saath as

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      tbe very essence of bamanlty , and hinting his fear thai the ejected tenantry are taiated with ribbonism ; and it would perhaps be . 'well , —as there is nothing like giving a doomed dog an ill word , —to add Chartism Mr . Steel will onlvhave to follow at the heels of the eloquent Mr . Daunt , and after proclaiming that the man who commits crime placeB a weapon in tbe bands of tbe enemy ; he can by a apertea of rhetorical artifice" for which be has a distinguished precedent , boldlj ESfert that " the eighteen evicted families" have

      committed a crime , and should , therefore , be regarded as the worst enemies of Ireland . The Head Pacificator can ihen volunteer to proceed npon a crusade to the County Meath , aBd with the aid of the loyal and welldispr-sed , drub the refractory rogues ont of the district This chivalrous offer will be greeted with cheers , and Doctor Stephen Murray will probably move , and D . > ctor Gray -will second , a motion proposing the thanis of the meeting to Mr . Steele for this fresh evi . dence of his patriotic zeal , ¦ whieh motion will be carried by scc ' amation .

      It will now only be requisite to polish t ff Mr . Smith by treating him to an encomiastic article in the Freeman , bjm a song in tho Nation , in which he may be compared to Brian Boroibme , who drove away the Dues . — Dublin World !

      THE BENT MOVEMENT . The Carlow Sentinel of last -week , says— " We have made inquiry into almost every case connected with tbe late movement against rents , and we find pur orig ' mal surmises with reference to this systematic combination to cheat the landlord fully borne out . We shall only give one case at present—namely , lkat of th 6 tridow Tracy , who held Bixty-fcur acres from Captain Watson . She derived under a lease for twenty-one years , made in 1823 , at thirty-seven shillings an acre , plantation measure , and the land was * f so fine a quality it produced frequently frem fourteen to seventeen b ? m-: s of wheat to tbe acre . Tbe tenant was in good circumstances , bnt the leaso will terminate ntxt Jlaich , consequently it "was not from any pressuie arising from temporary causes , or from an inability to pay tbe rent ,

      the corn and st «> ck -were swept away , cut from a desire to rob the landlord of a fu ' il year ' B rent . Tho tenant never complained of the times ; and the first intimation the landlord heard of the progress of the new system was about eleven o ' clock at niaht , when be received a message , conveying tbe intelligence thst a great number of men were cutting down and carrying away all tb 9 crops at that hour of the nicht Captain Wateon acted with promptitude and decision ; he proceeded to the spot without delay , and prevented the removal of the property unti ! the arrival of the constabnlary- Among tbe volnnteers engajed on the cccasicn were fonrteen men from John ' s-well , county of Kilkenny !—a clear proof of tbe systematic manner in which the work was to have been effected by strangers , to avoid the -Dosslbility of detectien . "

      The subjoined statement is from the Leinsler Express : I have to inform you , that this day ithe 2 Otb ) , about tbe hour of eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , within abont four miles of Stiokestown , near the Fourmile House , Talenline Irwin , brother of the late High Sheriff for this county , was fired at from behind a wall , and received the contents of the charge in his head and shoulders . He was bronght into Strokestown in a gig , in which he was sitting alone when fired at . He was on his way to Fairymount , for the purpose of driviDg for rent which was due , and on which lands lsst 8 Bmm * r a young man named Brock was shot for tsking a farm . The ontrage has caused a great sensation in this hitherto ptaceable county . There cannot be a better landlord than Richard Irwin , of Ratbmoyle , to whom hiabrotker , Mr . T . Irwin , is agent He was served with several notices to say this would be done to him in open daylight , and unfortunately they have proved but too true . "

      Another letter , dated September 21 , says— " Several of the slugs have been extracted from the back of his head ; and , I am happy to state , he is not considered in datiger . This gentleman had a distress made upon one of bis Venanta foT three years * Tent and arrears due to him , and a sale was to take place yesterday , although the goods would not produce one-fourth of tbe rent due . It is considered this was the only cause of his being fired at > lr . Irnin appointed to come on this property on tbe 19 th , and it is now fally ascertained that two persons lay in wait at the same place for bim on that day . An investigation has b * en held before Major Mahon , Deputy Lieutenant , Messrs . B . iiahon , Godfrey Hogg , and A . Crossley , resident magistrates , and it is hoped that the perpetrators will be discovered . "

      Seizuhb of fibe-abms . —Mr . Edward Bassett , gun-mater , 22 , AstcnVqaay , was charged at Henrystreet p ^ lice-cffice -on Friday , by Inspector O Connor , of the detective force , with having in an unlawful manner brought over a great quantity of fire arms from England without having any order in Council permitting bim to do so . The two chests in which the weapons were deposited contained , among other articles , tbe following : —29 single barrelled pistols wanting tho stocks , six short pistols , three double-barrelled pistols wanting the stocks , fifteen cases of single-barrelled pistols complete , six barrels for single guns , four hair tricsers , twelve-single barrels , n ' ne double ditto , three double-barrelled guns with cases , twenty-five packages of iron wadding , * c .

      Mr . Inspector O Connor stated that be bad given directions on tbe previous night to Sergeant Birnes to so to Noribwall on that morning ( Friday ) , and to watch the steamers which should c * me by that tide from Liverpool . The Sergeant did make the arrest , and came to witness about half-pst eight o ' clock , saying that he had taken two esses which were in the charge of the prisoner Baseett He ( Inspector O'Connor ) saw the prisoner , and atkrd bins if he had any order in Council to warrant him in importing tbe arms , and he admitted he had sot The two boxes were then opened in his presence , and contained the various fireffrms of which he had furnished a list to the Commissioners of Police . Mr . Studdert—What did tbe prisoner say when you asked bim if he bad an order in Council to warrant him is bringing over tbe arms J Inspector—He said he thought bis license as a gunmaker was sufficient authority .

      ( Tbe fire-arms were produced , and although imported from Birmingham , bore the name of " Edward Bassett " on the barrel . ) Mr . Corran observed that the offence of which the prisoner was accused was a very serious one , and tbe Government were resolved to prevent too great facility being given to tbe dispersion of fire-arms ; but , in another point of view , the ca * e was a bad one ; for the importing of those arms from Birmingham , and tbe value of them here , under an Irish maker ' s name , was a serious irjary to Xb& home ti »< ie . Mr . Staddert said that be felt it to be bis duty to take informations against the prisoner , and he would causa tbe informations to be forwarded to the Attorney-General . In the mean time he would admit the party to bail on giving unexceptionable security , himself in ; £ 1 OO , and two sureties in £ 50 each . The fire-arms , which are % > i the value of £ 200 , remain with the police .

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      MSETIXG OK THE COURT OF ARBITRATORS , —The first meeting of the Repeal Court of Arbitrators was held at the Black Rock , about four miles from DabliB , on Friday . Sopt 22 nd . No business presented itself , and tbe Court adjourned to that day week . Reduction of Rent . —We feel great pleasure in being enabled to state that Lady Barton , on the suggestion of her ageBt , Thomas Keane , Esq ., bos made a reduction of SO per cent , on the rent due by bet tenantry . —Limerick Reporter . Thomas Robbins Barnes , of Tenessee House , Clougl . Jordan , Esq ., county of Tipporary , ban made an abatement of 15 per cent , in bis rents . Rephesentation of Kilkenny . —The Kilkenny Moderator states that Major Byran , tbe present county member , being likely to retire from the representation of Kilkenny on account of ill health ; the Repeal party intend bringifig forward Daniel O'Connor , Jan ., as their candidate .

      Tee Riband Conspiracy—According to the Sligo Journal , tbis conspiracy is on tbe increase in the county of Sligo . The Journal represents that a fight took pl » ce in the county of Sl » go ab ^ ut the appointment of Riband delegates , the parties having quarrelled o > . tbe subject The Journal adds , that " In the Raman Catholic chapel , on Sunday week , we have been informed that the Rev . Mr . Feeny , while lecturing on RibaudiBm , was openly threatened by some members of bis flock , and told to take care of himself . The editor of tbe Champion also cays , be has received a threatening letter on the subject . "

      Reduction of Rents on thb Parnlet Estates . —The guardians of Lord Barnley , who is a minor , have instructed the agent of his Lordship ' s estates in the county of Meath to make a reduction to the full extent of twenty-five per cent on the rents of the tenantry . This is the most decided Btep yet taken in this country to reduce rents in proportion to the diminished value of agricultural produce . Likewise , in the same county , Robert Fowler , Esq ., of Rathmolyon , has . made an abatement on the rents of bis tenants . In the county of Kerry , H A . Herbert , E ? q ., of Mnckross , has made abatements to snch of his Caatleisland tenantry as have not beneficial leases , out of tho March gale , varying from fifteen to twenty-five per cent

      Distemper amongst Cattle . —Since the beginin ? of this year upwards of 4 , 000 head of cattle have fallen victims to tho prevalent distemper in the borough and county of Limerick . Some large farmers lost from ten to fifty beasts by the fatal malady , and there is no certain cure to stop its ravages . Execution at Nbnagh—The reply of the Government to an application on behalf of the cotwict Moylan , foun < l guilty of the murder of a person named Nolan , at R > screa , is that the law must take its course . Tbe wretched man , before trial , was offered tbe chance of escape if he turned approver , but this he decidedly refused . Mxjbdeb . —A party of four men unknown effected an entrance into the dwelling of John Spelman , at Ballycuslow « n , in this county , and having dragged him out of bed . boat him in a most savage manner , ef which be died . —Limerick Chronicle .

      Fjrb and Loss of Ljfb—The bouse , No . 37 , Essex-quay , Dublin , ocenpied as a book depository , was destroyed by Sre on Wednesday morning . Two aged females who occupied rooms in the upper story lost their lives by the occurrence . —Ose of them , a feeble old creature , was found suffocated in her bed after the fire bad been extinguished ; but the other , on discovering the smoke , raised the window of the top room , in which she was . and , a bed having been procured to break her fall by the persons in the street , threw herself out . tJnfortnnately , however , she strnck agiinst a projecting sign-beard , in her descent and was dreadfully lacerated by it , and , after tbe rebound , came not on the bed , but pavement She was immediately cmveyed to Jervis-ftreet Hospital where she has since died .

      Murder . —An inquest was held ob Monday , by Mr . James Carroll , coroner , on the body of John Dudley , at K'lbarron . jwbo traa wounded by the discharge of a gun at him , on tbe 29 th of August , by a man named James Tierney , who is now in custody . Tbe jury brongbt in a verdict tbnt deceased came by hiB death in consequence of one mortal wound inflicted by some pt-r-on or persons unknown to the jurors . —Nenagh Guardian Dreadful Murder—We have just heard thst a murder of an atrocious chartctet was perpetrated on the nieht of Saturday , at a pbee called Tyenogroun , in the county of Waterford , within about five miles of tbe town of Carrlck-on-Snir . * The victim was , as we are informed , a woman by whom a farmer residing in that locality , named Hasset , bad some illegitimate children , who . o- the night of the murder were sick in a but built by the side of a ditch ; their mother was

      likewise in the hat attending them . In the course o ! the night , a man ' called the woman cut of the miserable wjgwam in which her offspring were sheltered from the Inclemency of tbe weather ; from that nothing further was known until her dead body was discovered on the following morning lying across a stream of witter , much frequented by tbe inhabitants of tbe neighbourhood , quit © naked : her clothes were strewed about on the bushes , torn to pieces , and everything abont the place showed the desperate resistance made by the unfortunate creature against the monster who imbued his hands in her blood . Basset has been arrested on suspicion ef beini ? the person who called the woman out of the hut Something to this effect was disclosed by one ef the children . On Monday , an inquest was held on the body , before Mr . Stephen Gamble , coroner , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned against John Hasset , who is at present lodged in our county gaol . —Water ford Chronid :

      The Out-Pensioners in Ireland . —The out-pensioners Intended for duty in Ireland will be brought into active service on tbe 1 st of January next , unless circumstances should render their earlier employment advisable , in which event they will be prepared for any immediate emergency . With regard to the uniformit is to be a blue frock coat reaching to tbe knee , with scarlet cuff and collar ; with scarlet shoulder-straps , terminated by a brass crescent , like that of the marines The trousers are to be of tbe same quality and colour as the Sappers and Miners , with a broad scarlet stripe . Another Dismissal . —Mr . J . Primrose , of Cabirciveen , county of Kerry , agent , we believe , and relative of Mr . O'Connell , has been superseded in the commission of the peace by order of the Commissioner ! of the Great SeaL

      The Army . —The 5 th Dragoon Guards , at present forming part of tbe garrison , have received the route f- » r Dundalk and ont-quarters , to replace the 3 d Dragoon Gnards , ordered to Dublin . The Arms Act . —It ! b not generally known that the new Arms Act does not come into effect until bIx months after it received the royal assent . The partlcur lar day is to be fixed by a proclamation from the Lord Lieutenant Charge of Sedition—At the College-street policeoffice , Thomas Wilson Levy , of Mount-pleasant-avenue , was on Saturday charged -with using seditions language . It appeared in evidence that , on tbe preceding evening about eight o ' clock , he walked into the guard-room of

      the Royal Birrack , and sitting down beside Sergeaut Mahon , and several soldiers of the 10 th Regiment of Foot , said , " I am a Tipperary boy , and I love my country . I am a true Rvptr . ler , and the soldiers don't know their own raimSn . " Ses ; eant Mahon observed that such language "was unfit in that place , whereupon Levy •¦ xelainud , "I love my country , and I despise the Queen . " Mahon then called a policeman , and gave Levy into custody . He admitted before the magistrates that he nep . i the iam ^ uage stated , but he said that he waB under tbe iofiuL-nce of drink ; that he was a loyal man , and now * xtrsmely sorry for faia conduct . The magistrates cautioned him against repeating his folly , and . after a severe lesson , he was discharged , first entering into bali to keep the peace .

      Arrival of Ships of War at Cove . —The following announcement appears in tho Cork Constitution — " O : i Friday , at one o ' clock p . m ., the town of Cove presented an animated appearance when it became known that the expected ships of war were making the harbour , and crowds of persona mounted the hills to commnri'l a view of the entrance to the port . In a short time the ! firing of guns announced that they bad come within the forts of Camden and Carlisle , and at two o'clock tbe SK Vincent , 120 gun ship , commanded by Captain R F . Rowley , and bearing the flag of Admiral Sir C . Rowley , anchored near the Spit-buoy . The Camperdown , 104 guns , commanded by Captain F . Brace , dropped anchor inside her , and tbe Caledonia , 120 guns , Captain Alexander Milne , ani Eurydice , 26 guns . Captain G . E . iiot , lay outside her . It is expected that the ships will remain at Cove until the 10 th ef October .

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      The Russian Government aims at Rusiifying its Palish and German subjects in the political as well as in the reli ^ iouia respeqt ; and therefore the followers of the Catholic creod are subjected to measures of the most atrocious description . A work , exposing the state of the Catholic Churoh under the sceptre of the Russian autocrat , was published at Posen ; but the Prussian Governmen t did not permit its propagation , though the work , being of more than twenty printed sheets , ought not to be submitted to cenBurship . ;

      Portugal and Don Miguel !—A manifesto addressed to tho Portuguese nation , but rather strangely published at Madrid , hasjust been issued ( professedly ) by Don Miguel \ Tho precious document—which assumes the sovereignty of this royal scamp , and that the people are longing to have him once more among them—is dated from London , as far back as June ! yet it , has but just made its appearance . The manifesto is written in a would-be conciliatory and liberal tone ; but the circumstances connected with its publication render the whole of so apocryphal a nature , as only to be thought worthy of a passing notice , as moBt probably a stock-jobbing trick or the production of some joker possessed of more wit than wisdom . Crime A broad—A strange circumstance occurred a few days ago at Darmstadt . A man named Tbaunert was in prison there for a year for a slight theft . In the month of July last he had served ten months out of the twelve for which he was

      condemned when his mother died ; and his conduct in the prison having been exemplary , he solicited a rem \ 8 Hion of the other two months , to enable him to watch over the interests of his family , in consequence of the death of his mother . The Minister of Justice refused to grant his request , but permitted him to leave the prison for a fortnight to return to his village , on condition of his coming back to prison at the end of that period . Thaunert came back at the time appointed , but he was no longer the same person . He had previously been gay and social . He was now gloomy and taciturn . He was urged to account for this change , and at length confessed that whilst at his village he had been induced to accept a bribe of fifty thalers ( 185 f ) from a young female of the place to murder her husband , and that he had done so by shooting him in a forest . Upon this confession the female was arrested , and she also avowed the crime .

      Fire at Ska . —The French West Indian St . Amedie , Captaie Poulet , which sailed from Havre on the 23 rd June , bound for the Antilles and Vera Cruz , was destroyed by fire on the night of the 2 ud ultimo , while on her passage from the former to the latter place . The crow took to the boats , and were at sea nine days in heavy weather , and at length reached in safety La Desiderada , a email island near Guadaloupo . The ship was a valuable one , and her cargo , consisting of general merchandise , was worth near £ 2 o , 0 ( jO .

      Italy . —The Papal and Neapolitan States are reported in the French journals to bo ripe for insurrection . For some years pas' several secret political societies have been scattered over all parts of Italy ; but especially in the States of the Church , where the weakness of the Government permitted them to take a firm footing . Recently their prosonce has been manifested by sundry outrages , and the circulation of placards calling upon the people to arise and throw off the tyrannical yoke of tr . e Sovereign Pontiff . Letters from Rome , of the 5 th instant , and from the banks of tho River Po , a day later , state that tho malcontents have betaken themselves to the mountains , where they propose to carry on a guerilla war for the deliveranco of Italy .

      Dkath by Lightning . —A few nights ago , while a man named Jean HaptistejPlinguet was travelling with his wife and con on the road from Senlis to Flanders , they were overtaken by a violent thunder storm near Villiers . Being imprudent enough to take shelter under a tree by the roadside , they had not been long there when the tree was struck by the lightning , which descended the trunk in a spiral direction , leaving an indented mark on the bark . Plinguet , who was leaning against the tree , was struck by tho electric fluid , and killed on the spot . A part of his straw hat remained as if glued t » the tree . All the skin on the right eide of his chest , as well as his right leg , was burnt . Two of his toeB were taken off and oould nowhere be found .

      His blouse , trousers , and shirt were perforated in several places , but did not bear tho semblance of being burnt . The nails ia the shoe of the right foot , part of which had disappeared with the two toes , and the sole appeared as if calcined . His wife , who was seated at his feet , received only a slight contusion on her cheek , and his son , who who was close to her , escaped unhurt . —GahgnanVs Messenger . New Machine . —A trial of an immense machine for cutting railroads , named by tbe inventor , Mr . Cochrane , a native of tho United States , " The Railway Excavator , " was made yesterday in the premises of Messrs . Varrall and Co ., the engine and machine makers , in the Avenue Trudaine . A large

      heap of earth and stones waa placed at one extremity of the yard , and tho machine -having been set to work by means of a steam-onginejof twenty horsepower forming part of it , the greater part was cut through and tho rubbish thrown aside in a few minutes . Several scientific gentlemen who were present expressed their surprise at the tremendous power or' the machine . Mr . Cochrane stated that the heap of earth waa not of a sufficiently firm nature to sfford proper resistance to the cutting part of the instrument . When the opposing body was weighty and strong , the powers of tbe machine were , he remarked , infinitely better tested . One of these machines is , we understand , now in use on the Eastern Counties Railroad . —Galignani ' s Messenger .

      Austria . —The English Government have recently made a fruitless endeavour to conclude a treaty of commerce with Austria . The object of it was principally to facilitate the entry of manfactnred goods , such as cotton and woollen articles ; England , in her turn , making offers for Hungarian wine , s . The reply of Austria consists in saying that tho present state of her . manufactories would not admit of any further reduction in the import duties . Examples for English Rulers . —The spirit of improvement and retrenchment is very active in Brazil ; the Ministry and Legislature had devoted five hours every day to the discussion of the estimates , cutting down the expenditure , and increasing the Tevenue by new imposts , amongst others a per ccrttage on all salaries and emolument of public efficers , and lopping off one-half the income derived from all offices held by pluralists , an example well worthy of imitation . Tne Emperor had voluntarily reduced his civil list for next year one-fourth part .

      France—The Commerce and Charivari publish a declaration and a petition against the fortifications of Paris , which they invite the oin ' zon 9 to come and sign in their respective offices . They declare that it was time to make an appeal to legal resistance ; that the embastillement of Paris was being followed up with frightful activity , and that Barcelona ought to be a warning to the Parisians . The petition is as follows : — "The undersigned , convinced that the encircling of Paris with bisiilles is dangerous for liberty , that it is incompatible with a representative Government , and ruinous to the country , call upon you to use your initiative to the effect of revising the law , and , in the meantime , they entreat you to forbid the complete or partial armanent of the fort 9 with artillery and warlike stores , and to refuse subsidies for tho completion of the works . "

      More French "GxoitYi "— A letter from Oran , Sept . 9 , says : —The column of Mascara under the command of General Lamoriciere , hasjust had an affair with the enemy , in whioh they killed fifty of the regular troops of the Emir , and got possession of some very important papers belonging to hint . Amongst them is said to bo a plan of his campaign , and an expose of his By stem of defence of the mouu tains of Djuriijura . It appears that the organization of the tribes iu the interior i ? in progress , and that the public roads are in general secure for travellers , which proves that Abdel Kader had retired . For

      some days Oran has been full of Arabs from the interior , come to purchase grain and other merchandise . ' Those Arabs lay out a great deal of money in their trading . Tcje trade of Oran is in a prosperous state . The Chimere steamer , which arrived here on the 7 th with letters and 170 passengers , leaves today . Among other passengers she has the A ^ ha of the Garrabats , Habi fiouhalam , on board , who is proceeding to Mecca . This personage will embark by the vessol which has been placedjby the Government at the disposal of tho pilgrims irom our possessions and from Tunis . ' '

      Foreign Failure . —A letter from Berlin of the 13 th inst ~ , published in the Courrier Francais , announces that Rick and Ce . of Iserlohn , ia Westphalia , one of the most extensive manufactories in Europe , had failed for a sum of 4 , 000 , 000 thalers ( £ 600 , 000 British ) . It is added that this calamity will be severely felt throughout Germany , but particularly at Berlin and at Hamburgh . Rome . —A letter from Borne , in the Gazette des Tribuiiaux , says : — " During the month of August an attempt at violation took place here , on tho person of a y oung giri . agedelevep , who died on the following day . The author of the crime was known ; but , as he belonged to one of the priTiiegedolassea ^ it was generally thought that the government would not

      prosecute him , and this conjecture increased the publio indignation the more as the victim belonged to the lower class . The idea above alluded to was not , howeyer , correot , for the Sovereign Pontiff himself expressed to M . Zacchi , the Governor ef Rome , who was at the head of the police , his desire that the author of the crime should be delivered up to justice . This was not easy to effect , owing to the privileges enjoyed by the high functionaries of the state of holding their homes as inviolable places of refuge . The Pope set asidelheee by issuing an ord : r autuorifciiiK the searching of all pJacea without ex ceptK'n . Tntr result was tiie capture of the crniinul nt the pa ' ace of tho Aliuiitor of State , Ho is now in tliehnudd ot ju&tice .

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      r General BoYim , ex-President of the Ropublio of Hayti , landed at Havre ob tbe 21 st , on bis way to Paris . i Important Ne ^ vs prom f rom Greece . —A Telegraphio Dispatch announces that an insurrection had broken out at Athens on the 14 th . The Indian Mail . —Intelligence has been received from Alexandria jto the 6 th instant , which states that no news of tho missing Indian mail had reached Su *» z , and that serioas apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the vessel whioh conveyed it . The Northbkn Bear . —The Emperor of Russia left Berlin on the 10 th for Warsaw .

      Foreign Festival , —Great preparations are being made at Gratz for the reception of the naturalists who are to hold th «? ir annual meeting there in the oourBe of this month . A room has been erected , in which 1 , 000 persons may dine . The Archduke John will treat the naturalists with a Styrian fete . He has caused persons to come from all the circles of Styria , who are to execute in their different costumes national dances ana songs . Shops at St . Thomas . —The great trading street of St . Thomas extends in a broad line , parallel with the water , for about a mile and a half . Here , and generally on the } harboHr side , lie what they term the fire-proofsstone buildings into which you enter

      , by large iron- « ase doors , not unlike in form and size those in the towers of old churches : these admit you to a sort of suparterrene vault , where long coffin like trunksjare Been in niches , or piled together almost to the roof . Such edifices , besides the defence afforded | by them against an element that rages here but too frequently , have the further merit of being cool andi airy from their size and loftiness . True , they cut but a sorry figure , as well in front as their internal arrangements : here is none of the display made at the shop-windows on Ludgate Hill , nothing of their agaceries within ; to the street

      they present , when closed , the aspect of so many dungeons ; and open , make ju 3 t the lugubrious show one sees at an undertaker ' s . Articles of sale are exhibited fresh from the packages in which they arrive , to be consigned there again if declined by the custom * r : Cantonj [ BhawlB emerge in this way from their figured cases , artificial flowers bloom in plain deal boxes , land fine linen tempts you from a hair trunk . Thia , however , chiefly prevails in the prinoipal stores : those of less note expose at least some of their goods . — Letters from the Virgin Islands . 1

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      Fires . —At about three o ' clock on Saturday morning several of the ;! brigade engiaes were required at an alarming fire raging in the vicinity of Stratford , near London . On their arrival , it proved to be a valuable rick belonging to the Ironmongers' Company that was in liiinies , and was nearly destroyed before the fire cobtd be got under . On Saturday night , about a quarter to ten , another fire happened on the premises of Mr . Fullard , situate in Artillery-place , Westminster ; and at a quarter to three on Sunday inorning the house of Mr . Nicholls , letter-press and copper-plate printer , No . 7 , EarlV court , Newport-Btreet , Leicester-square , waa discovered to be in flame 3 . Of the two the latter

      proved the most destructive . It commenced in the workshops at the top of the premises , whion , although several engines were soon brought into play , were nearly destroyed , { and the remainder of the building seriously damaged by water . From tho returns made by Mr . ttraidwood , it appears that the number of fires that have occurred in London from the 1 st of January last un to Saturday night were 670 J ! I Melancholy Fate of Major Campbell , latb of the 42 nd . —On Friday a Coroner ' s iuquest was held before C . J . { Tartar , Esq ., at the Royat Mortar , Woolwioh , to inquire into the death of a convict

      named John Le

      Fatal Accident . — On Saturday evening last , an inquesi was held at the Queen ' s Head , High-street , Poplar , ( London , ) on the body of James Field , aged 27 years . The deceased was second mate of the barque Marion . ; On Thursday night as the ship was being hauled into the West India Dock , the deceased was at the windlass , when the handspike which he was using at the time slipped and he fell backwards into the water . The oaptain was in his cabin , but hearing theory of " a man overboard , " rushed upon deck , and jumped overboard in the hope of saving him . The captaip dived repeatedly but in vain , and he was ultimately ) got on board in a very exhausted state . The body Was recovered with the drags , but life was extinct . —^ Verdict , " Accidental Death . " -

      A Good Example . —On Thursday week , John Baiiibridge , Esq ., ! of Oak Grove , Chepstew , gave a dinner to his tenantry , servants , and labourers , and their families , to ] the number of one hundred and forty , to which , also , were added a number of the gentry of the neighbourhood . The company were waited on by their more wealthy neighbours . The cloth having been removed , Robert Brown , of Penterry Farm , a staunch Chartist , was unanimously elected to the chair , and , in a speech replete with nature ' s eloquence , pointed out the good results that must flow from such meetings as the present one . The entertainment concluded with dancing , and the party separated at eight o ' clock , highly delighted .

      Death of MR .: tl > HER , the Clown . —This wellknown performer closed his mortal career on Saturday last , Sept . 23 , at his residence , Hercules-hall , Hercule ' s- buildings , after a protracted illness of some months . " Litt'e Dicky , " as he was called , was at a very early age engaged in the " profession " he followed through life . In 1807 he was engaged at the Liverpool Amphitheatre , aud in 1809 he appeared in London under the management of Mr . John Astley . He forthwith became a first-rate favourite , and for ! many years Usher ' s benrflfc was an occasion on whieh an extraordinary performance would take place ! both in and out of the theatre . The most remarkable of these feats was the announcement of his intention to sail from Westminster to Waterloo-bridge in a washing-tub drawn ' by geese , and to proceed thence to the Coburg

      Theatre in a car drawn by eight torn oats . The first part of this journey he performed in safety ; but , although the mous 6 rs were regularly harnessed , so great was the crowd in the Waterloo-road that it was impossible to ' proceed ; in consequence several "jolly young watermen shouldered Usher and his stud , and bore thorn in triumph to the theatre . " In creased years , however , had not added to his < lasticity of limb , and { latterly he confined himself to invention and design . The present extensive building known as Alley's Amphitheatre , built by Mr . Batty , was constructed solely from Usher ' s plans and models . Tho excitement he experienced at witnei ^ ing the successful completion of his work is supposed to have been ; the commencement of his fatal illness . He was twico married ; his second wife , a sbter of Mr . Wallaok survives him , with a family .

      Windsor , Monday . —A very elegant set of harness has just been ,-manufactured by the saddler to hi-a Royal Highness Prince Albert , for the two beautiful milk white foreign goats which have been trained for doubloj harness by Mr . Lennis , in the service of tho ( Jaeen , and intended to draw the tastefully and li ^ ntly constructed carriage recently completed for { heiri Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the infant princesses . These goats , which are of an extraordinary size , were selected , for the use of the royal family , from Prince Albert ' s rare and peculiar breed j in the Great Park , and are now domiciled in the royal mews . They were taken to the grand entrancejin the quandrangle at the Castle ,

      this morning , fully caparisoned , for the inspection of her Majesty arid the Prince , who were much pkased with theirj elegant and novel appearance . This perfectly uniqae " turn out" will be appropriated exclusively for the airings of the infant royal family m the slopes and private grounds of the residence of the Sovereign . [ So his " Royal Highness" Prince Taffy ihas at length got his appropriate " turn-out" of goats" in harness . If this does not disarm " Rebecca' * ! and " conciliate" "her " children" why then all : we can say is that she and they must be hard to satisfy . Seriously , when will . the Hations learn wisdom ? When will these " Royal " farces come to an end ]]

      Biust . il . —Tho centenary of the opening of the Bristol Exchange occurred on Thursday . The buildint ' j which Bull retains its principal architectural oruamoat , was erected by Mr . John Wood , architect of Bath , and publicly opened for the use of the citizens on the 21 st September , 1743 , in the mayoralty of Sir Abraham Elton , Bart . ; and the day was celebrated with every demonstration of popular satisfaction . Provision was made for the entertainment of all classes of inhabitants , and the prisoners confined for debt were released at the expense of the Chambers , in order that jevery citizen might enjoy liberty upon the day of opebicg the Exchange .

      Thk Remains of Edward Colston . —The body of Bristol ' s groat philanthropist , Edward Colston , was lately ( Thursday week ) disentombed , in compliance with the request of his lineal descendant , Frauds E . Colston , Esq ., of Ronndway Park , Wilts . Oa the coyer being removed , the * body of the illustrious pititen was disolosed . After the lapse * f 122 yeari , it had suffered no decay . A cap covered the head , and the body waa clothed in a shirt , drawers , and stockings , and swathed in a cere-oloth—all of which

      were yet strong and ] perfect ; the enamel of the teeth was scarcely discoloured ; and , on a portion of the upper part of the shirt being removed , the breast appeared almost of the colour of living flesh , and was firm to the touch ; the face and arms were very dark ; the only portion of thT gravi ? clothes that bore any mark ;* of deciy were the gloves that covered ihe hands . A cf ' t < p : and thrilling in < rest pervaded ihe minds of tho ^ s a-semblcd , on contemplating the htad that | > la . ! iiv J ivi 3 vVi *> " la-iid thit executed . to many noble ds-tdaoi : charity and meicy .

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      The state of Spain continue * to be of absorbing Interest . Torn by sanguinary factions , it is plunged into all the honors aad confusion ef anaichy . The young Queen , like a signet ringr , is passed from one blood stained hand to another , with as little regard and consideration as if she were indeed , no mere than the inanimate symbol of power . What a spectacle to nations who already champ the bit , and strain the curb of monarchy ¦!• Nor is the danger overlooked by the startled sovereigns of Europe . Republicanism must bs crushed , and legitimacy established in Spain . That ia the ultimate resolve v and , accordingly / while the KiDg ef the Freneb aroused tha Majesty of England with caresses and cajolery , his promises and bribes ¦ were paving the way for a French army across the Pyrenees . N « r is it likely now that English influence in tho Peninsula has been ao thoroughly undermined .

      that the Foreign office will interfere with his designs . One of the Spanish parties has solicited the interference of Louia PciUipe , and it is preferable that the loBg contested question of the Spanish succession should be deeided in favour of a Bourbon Prince , than that the dangerous example should be longer tolerated , of a nation settling its own Government and constitution according to the popular will . When France is about to put down tbe national movement in Spain , and es « tablish a despotic legitimacy , may not Louis PhilHppe send a force to crush Repealers ? The antagonist principles of popular liberty and aristocratic tyranny are rapidly condensing their power , and ranging themselves in fatal opposition . Education , both secular and religious has opened the eyes of the millions , and a struggle is inevitable . Be the conflict brief or protracted , we bid God-speed to tbe rights and liberties of men , social , moral , and political . —Dublin World .

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      PUNCH'S LIVES OF EMINENT SCOUNDRELS . PROEM . Let it be granted that whoever commits robbery and murder is a scoundrel , and consequently that the more robbery and murder he commits , ( be greater scoundrel he is . Now we hope the reader will not be startled at oar entering on oar list of scoundrels , individuals whom he may have been taught to call heroes . Without more ado , let us measure pens with Plutarch .

      SCOUNDREL THE FIRST—ALEXANDER THE GREAT . This notorious thief was the son of Philip , King of . Macedonia , who was a thief before him . and of Oiympias his Queen . According to some , himself and his mother ( who appears to have been deranged ) among the number , be was tbe son of Jupiter . Alexander had the advantage of certain modern and minor heroes of hia stamp , who have mostly come to tne « gallow 8 , in being able t » read and write . Lysitnachus tmght him bis Alphabetagammadelta . His finishing tutor was tho philosopher Aristotle , who instructed him how to fight with syllogisms ; bat that was not the sort of fighting for him .

      He gave while yet a boy , a strong proof of his disregard of his own neck—a quality so indispensible to gentlemen of the predatory profession . In the presence of Philip and the whole Court , to the great risk of that part of bis person , be tamed , by his prowess , the wild horse Bucephalus , afterwards the " Brown Btss" to his Dick Turpin . When he was a little bigger , at the early age of sixteen , he committed bis first offence . Philip bad gone marauding to Bjzmtiam , and bad left young Alexander in command of the rest of tbe pang . The Medari , who 3 o territory Phillip had appropriated , were beginning to show symptoms of wishing to have their own over again . Alexander , at the head of a select band of desperadoes , attacked , took , and pillaged their city , turned its inhabitants oat of house an 1 home , and put seme of bis own rogues in tbeir places .

      He next went thieving with bis respectable father to Greece , . and at Ceeronea , where tbe Greeks made a stand against tbe Marcedonian banditti , committed a daring and fucceasfal outrage ; breaking the sacred band or A division of the Thebaus , and sending them to the right-about . On tbe death of Phillip , who was stabbed by one of his own fellows , in which transaction his hopeful son was suspected of having been concerned , Alexander became king ot the cut-throats . They were in an

      extreme state of insubordination , but he reduced them to reason by knocking some of the most refractory on the head . He then led tbwn on an house-breaking expedition against Thebes . Tbe Tbebans objecting to stand and deliver , stood , without delivering , against him on the field . They had better have let him have their money quietly , for he took their lives . He cut six thousand of them to p ieces on the ground to begin with ; then he took their city , pillaged it first , rased it afterwards , and sold ail the inhabitants , who were not murdered , for slaves .

      Tbe Greeks , upon this , perceived that Alexander was a great Hero . They formed themselves , therefore into one large band ot freebooters , and he , nothing lotb t marched at the bead of them into Asia . His merry men comprised thirty thousand footpads , and five thousand mounted highwaymen . He provided himself with no more than a month ' s pay for tbeir maintenance , being of opinion that the slave who pays is base , and intending that they should pay themselves out of what they stole . His grand series of atrocitie 3 now commenced . At the battle of the Gramcus , his first , he destroyed twenty four thousand five hundred men , losing only thirty-four of his own rascals .

      He took Halicarnassus and Miletus , by storm—a military operation which consists in burning , demoli tion , the indiscriminate slanghtsr of men , women , and children , and other proceedings , for which civilians are usually hanged . He subdued the rest of Asia Minor , committing , in so doing , a number of sanguinary crimes which has not been exactly calculated . He defeated Dtrius , the Persian King , who withstood bis aggression , sear Issus , in Cilicia . On this occasion be left a hnadred and ten thousand victims dead on tbe ground , besides mangling and crippling at least as many more for life . In addition to this murderous exploit he stole an enormous amonnt of property , and made prisoners of Darius ' s family , whom it is doe to him to state , he treated with great civility fora ruffian , letting them break their hearts in quiet without tilling or abasing them .

      After the battle he stole more property at Damascus and kidnapped other women and children . Then lie took Tyre after a seven months' siege , and by way of indemnifying himself for bis trouble , butchered two thousand of tbe citizens in cold blood . At Arbela , after a wholesale murder on the grandest scale , be finally routed the army of Darius , whereby the whole of Persia became his prey . Hereupon , his first act was to break into the King ' s palace at Susa , and to steal , take , and carry away money , jewels , wearing apparel , and furniture to the value of forty-five thousand talente . He now ravaged Media , Syria , Egypt , and tbe whole of India , in which last country his spoliations and massacres were nearly as extensive as those of a gentleman named Bull have been since . When he had at length robbed us much as he could , he is reported to have cried because he couUl rob no mote .

      Alexander did not come to bo hanged ; but , having pleuty of rope given him , in conformity with the adage , was bis own Jack Ketch . His gang being laden with ail the spoil they could carry , he retired to Babylon ; where , like most eminent scoundrels who are prosperous , he set to work to enjoy himself , by indulging ia all kinds of luxury and dissipation . Hare , after a short career of hard living , he got very drunk one day , caoght a fever in consequence , and died , aged thirty two , not at all regretted by anybody who knew him . Latterly , indeed , be bad given in greatly to drinking ; and one day , in a state of fermented liquor , committed the mildest murder of the many he was guilty of , by running his friend Clitus through the body . On another occasion , being tipsy , he burnt down the city of Persepolis , as the little boys say " for a lark . " Arson , robbery , and murder , were thus the deeds which gained him tho surname of Great

      Let ua consider the exploits of Alexander , as well as we can numerically . Besides multitudes which have not been enumerated , he killed , as we have seen , of his fellow-creatures—At Thebes 6 , 000 TheGranicus 24 500 Issus 110 , 000 Tyre ... 2 , 000 142 , 500 Suppose that in hia other battles and seiges he killed only as many again ( an estimate far beneath the mark , no doubt ) , be must hsve done at least 285 , 000 murders , without reckoning thit of Clitus ; consequently , be deserved tha halter 285 000 times , and was by just so much a greater villain than Courvoiasier .

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      " The Siege ot Limerick "—The most extensive preparations axe now going forward by directions of tb » military authorities in this city to have tbe barracks in readiness to -withstand a siege , should Limerick be made again the theatre of a coiflict Toe walls which sniround tbe New Barracks have been raised considerably—boles for nsasketry have been made ; and on ihe fw-nr corners commanding the country od each Bide , a twelve-ponsder placed on an eminence , erected for the purpose , to sweep tbe roads in ey&ry direction . Tiie

      83 IUB precautions are taken at the Castle Barracks . The old Towers , which formerly % tood the assaults of the E ^ Ksb in tbe Revolution of 1688 , have been repaired , and r . nt into a stats of dtfence , so as to command TflouiuntJ Bridge and the hills of dare , while tbe entrance t # tbe barrack-gate is so constructed and strengthened , in a military point of view , as to withstand any 3 * sanlt ¦ which may be made upon it I Weare really serious . AU these preparations have been going forward f-r a considerable time , but with the greatest secrecy . — Limerick Reporter .

      Sajrsfieid . —A monument is to be erected to the memory el General Sasrsfleld in the city of Limerick . Saarefi ^ ld was one of the most formidable of the oppo * seats of the English in the wan between William III . and Jases II . CORB . —PBEPAUATIONS POK WaB—The Cork Reporter says : — " The fortification of the barracks in this garrison is proceeding wiUs the greatest vigour . Orders have been issued te exclude all civilians , Bave and except tbe artisans and labourers employed in tbe works , from ivsresa and egress to the barracks ; and , to make

      assurance doubly sure , the contractor has been required to furnish a list containing the uame of every mechanic and labourer , from the foreman of works to the depntyassisiant hodman , "whose services he may rf quire in carrying on the necessary operations for enabling the garrison of Cork to withstand sieg « , assault , escalade , battery , or storm , come from what quarter it may Another precautionary measure which we have heard of is the receipt of an order at tbe Custom Honse , to examine all package * of leather arriving in the port of Cork , last fire-arms may be imported concealed in them . "

      A Kelic ot Ninett-eighi . —The following case , which is curious enough , appears among the police reports of the day : — " Considerable interest was created in the bead office thb day by the appearance of the once celebrated John WarrenTord Armstrong , who attended to proseeote a man named Egan , for robbery of several articles of bijouterie and apparel ; andalio Anthony Willis , of Lower Ormond Quay , for puchwtag some of the property , knowing it to be atolen . " "It appeared by the evidence of Mr . AroifcroDg , that on W » Bight of the setli of March , Banycomber-house , hi » reddence , im the Kb ^ h countyni broken openand

      , , PK r ty - * ° * ««» iderable amount , consisting of » atche » , nap , » gold Biedal { presented to bim by the Orangemen of the King * county for hi * Mtriees in prosecutiiig to floirtictton John and Henry Shew . ) , were which vraathe red case which formerly contained that d « u relic stained with the blood of hU . betrayed countryuiea . the rich reward of his Jndas-like services " — " Afrt-r a long examination , Sir N . Pi ; « mon agreed t < j t . ks two securities id £ 25 each , for the appearance of WlDia at the next coxunji ? s 5 oa , and sent E $ . \ n tor trial at the tezt King ' s ccumy asBlais . "

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      Melancholy Event . —On Tuesday last , Francis Bnsh , E-q ., one of the Guardians of the poor at Frome , attended at the Union Office , in Bath Streot , and while engaged in pleading the cause of the distressed , and in the very act of examining the quality of their bread , he was suddenly seized with a fit , dropped down , and immediately expired . Mr . Uphill held an inquest on the following day , and it being proved that death was caused from an-affection of the heart , a verdict was recorded of Died by the visitation of God . " This lamented gentleman was in the 68 th year of biB age . Fatal Accident . —Another inquest was held by Mr . Uphill , on Thursday last , at Friokle-street , near Frome , on the body of a labouring man named Hunt , who was accidentally i-hot while drawing his gun from * hedge where be had concealed it . —Verdict , accordingly .

      Thb JRiwabd of Ton .. —Old Ag « and x Pa wee ' s Csust!—In the hamlet of Teignholt , parish of DrewsteigntoD , D . von , jg yet located an aged pair , William Papman and wife , whose united ages amount to 195 years . William was a small firmer for more than half a century , bat the insatiable demands of old age consumed all the parsimoniousntss of youth , and this hapless pair are now dependents on parochial support . The hale old man , who is in his 103 d year , walked t © and from Hitti ? ley chsreh . last ijunday , with no other visible aid than " staff in fa : < n-i , " tho distance bring two miles , and the path across fie ds . and very hilly ; he nct-unrs ccenrr ^ iices rc ore than three quarters of a ce . ntuiy old .

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      Be Quick , for I ' m in Haste . —May is considered an unfortunate marrying month . A country editor says , that a girl was asked not long since to unite herself in the silken tie to a brisk chap , who named May ia his proposals . The lady tenderly hinted that May was an unlucky month for marrying ; u Well , make it June , then , " hohestly replied the swain , anxious to accommodate . The damsel paused a moment , hesitated , cast down her eyes , and eaid with a blush , " Would not April do as well" !

      FiBE * . —Fahnham , Sept . 22 . —This morning , about eight o ' clock , a fire broke out at the Buries hop kilo , situated about midway between this town and Crondale , the property of John M . Paine , Esq , an extensive hop-grower and farmer at Dippenball . I * appearB that Mr . Paine had finished picking hi » hops the previous day , bat had allowed the piokers to sleep on the premises , and to commence their journey homewards the following morning ; and it is supposed that , after leaving the place where they partook of breakfast , immediately adjoining the kiln , the fire caught some loose straw , whicn commuaicatcd to the woodwork of the building , au « which hud recently been covered with pitch . Fortunntriy , there woro not more than five or six owt . of hopg m the store room . In kss than a : i hour nothii . g bnt the bare walls remained . Damage uoie about £ 3 U 0 .

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      £ THE NORTHERN STAR , _______ v _ . ;_ . __ . _ ¦ . _ ¦ ¦ . . ; — ' ¦¦ ——

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 30, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct670/page/6/