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      EEEEAL ASSOCIATION—SEPT . 21 . r Au juy- > nnied meeting of this Twdy -was held- ** the Com Exchange to-day . TTp to half-past two 6 * elock , at which honr tbe ebsir was taken , Mr . O'Coza ^ I had not arjJTedin to-wn from Connemara . Williara Bryan , oiBabeny Xsdge , Esql , presided . The SxcsKiiST , having read the inisjites , laid flie following letter before the meeting : — - " Sir , —In conseqaeBe * of tbe _ genKal repudiation i ? y tbe Bepeal Association of the Witice of motion attempted to be given by me ot ifrteday last , 1 beg lea-re most respectfully to tender » J resignation as a member cl the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . I am , Sir , yoTii € 4 » 3 i 6 nt servant , " T . M . Bay , Esq ., " W 1 I . LI AX COKKOB . "

      Mr . Johji 0 "Cokhxix s ££ that after the letter they "had jass heard read , it waa sot necessary lor him to jnoTe tbe expulsion of Mr . Connor —( hear ) . He "was gmft to be Eared tbe pain of miking ra < ih a Tcetion ; hut be tov } & "asscre the association that he had come down there prepared to do -so—( hear , hear ) . 'Gee thing at « E erects most be admitted , that Mi . 'Connor was treated with consideration —( hear , hear ) . Mr . OtJonnell concluded by EoTing that M . i . Coiraer ' B resignation "be accepted . RMt .-O'ITeili . ^ Bx ^ nn Beconded iheiDetion . He said

      he fafly agreed -with the association -in repudiating tbe -doetnD © propons&ed by Mr . Cosnor- ^/ hear , hear ) . The motto upon thek -walls -was . " Property has sot tsaly its duties bnt its righto , " and every-oae should recolltcl -that the- association , -while it recognised the rights of tbe tenant , also recognised the rights of the landlord—- ( ebeers ) . Tbe motion was carried nnanixconaly . Mt . IHjFPY , of the Nation , headed in severe ] sub-< acriptiona ; from the NorLh of 'Ireland , and moved the admission of members and associates .

      llr . SIR 13 CH bronght forward a report from the committee , appointed to consider the propriety-of appropriating a certain anm oat of ^ the funds ef the association , for the encouragement of nationality in tbe different branches of fine arts in Ireland . The report recommended thateneoBragemeot shonM be given to designs ^ n pajnticg ,- sculpture , and architecture , and suggested amongst others , the Death of Saars&eld ; TJnfarling the Tolanteers * Flag , in 1782 ; Mr . O'Connell being proproposed at the Clare -Election ; Mr . O'Connell at Mallow . ilr . Sat suggested that the Corporation , as it appeared daring the Sepe&l discussion , should be added . Agreed to . 2 &t . Sat handed in one phnr ^ ng from as Orangeman —Hcheers ) .

      ilr . OH £ A then read a vornmrocma report from the -committee appointed to investigate charges of extermi nation of tenantry , that had been preferred against Mr . Smith , law-agent to the Corporation of Dnblin , and member of the Repeal Association . The charges , which "Were contained in letters from a Roman Catholic clergyman , and which appealed from iime to time in the ^ resataa ' s-Jourmil * were , that he had , while agent on the town lands of Pariatown and Barvistown . in the county of Westmeath , exterminated eighteen families . The report did nothing bat lay the evidence before the public , " and , although the -committee declined cfivrinp any opinion on that evidence , the general -feeling was that some of the charges had been subituntiated .

      Ur . Smith rose , and proceeded to address the asso-¦ CiftHon He said with , the charges unsupported by evidence he had nothing to do ; hut he felt called u ? on to answer ike charges which Beamed to be sustained by the evidence . He denied that he had turned out-any tenant ; and that all-the ejectments , with one exception , ¦ which he brought , were for the purpose of obtaining legal possession of the land , leaving the tenants still in possession . The exeepBon was a person isamed ReiHy , -who was a bad character , and of whom his neighbours had made repeated complaints , and even he was allowed to retain his holding until he conld provide himself with another —( hear , hear > Mr , Smith denounced the whole affair as being a fenl conspiracy concocted against him to injure him in his business . He Jhen went into fnrtfcer explanations , and concluded by expreEsiiig&wish that he might be deemed worthy of puslic sympathy , for the princj . le involved was deep and paramount—( cheers and hisses ) .

      Mr . Mauk Callagha * said he thonght some of the « ases brought against 2 dr . Smith were cases from which it would seem that severity had been used by him towards the tenantry ; hut he did not attempt to decide one way or another as to the guilt or innocence of Mr , Smith j he might be aggrieved or he might not—( hear , beaz ) . In tbe course of some additional remarks , Mr . CaHaghan showed that the most lamentable results flowed from extermination—it was often followed by loss of life . 2 tfr . SlHTH—Aye j hear , hear—loss of life—{ groans ) . Intimidation- —sye —( confttsion ) . _ Mr . Caulaghax—< mnch excited ) I will now mention what I intended to suppress . The Committee "Were treated with overbearing insolence by Mr . Smith—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Sjiith—I win answer for my conduct eut of doors t # any body holding the rank of gentleman—( groans ) .

      Mr . Cil . ia . GHA 5—I beg that Mr . Smith may not be treated in an offenRve manner . If he be right , J hope he wni be sustained ; and if he be wrong , the public can easily judge . His excited manner and strong language through the inquiry may have been caused 'by personal feeling ; but he * aid that the Committee was * ' packed " " —( groan : ) . Sow , I think the gentlemen of ika : Committee equally as respectable as he is—{ cheers ) . 24 r . Smith—I salS no * neb thing as " packed ) . " 1 hope that will bs understood—{ hear , and hisses ) . Mi GjLi . Li . CHAS—Yoa called Mr . Balfe , one of the Committee , an " adventurer ''—( groans ) . I think he ¦ was most conscientious and -zealous hi the discharge of his duties , aid it is my intenBon to move a -rote of BinTfk * to him on the sext day of meeting—( bear ) . Mz . O"Hea-Raally I . must eaU Mr . Callaghan to order . It is quite irregular to mention what occurs hi committee—iXean .

      Mr . CAiiAGHiS—Well , if I be irregular I will apologise ; Vni 1 did . it aQ for the best Mr . Smith—Ad capiandtim vslffus—( hisses and applause ) . MrlASGLET—I regret that this difference ihould have arisen , and that bitterness is likely to result from it—( hear > Mr . O'Hea—The committee have effered no opinion xm the evidence brouaht before them—they have placed the evidence before the public , leaving it to their judgment-to decide the nutter . The report ought te stand —( hear ) . Tne Report was adopted , and the Terbal warfare ceased .

      __ Mr . Samxtsi Gosldah lately a most active Conservative ) gave notice of a motion to the tfiVet , that it be referred to a committee "to prepare , as far as possible , a list of iriBh absentees—the mm annual ! y < lrawn by them cat of Ireland—and what amount of money -was ¦ dia- « rn from Ireland by the Commissioners of Woods « nd Porerts- ^ cbeers ) . Ms . Joan O'Co-HEii said It being " then halfpart four o ? clock , it rag nseleas to d&tain the meeting any longer -witb the expectation that his father wculd arrive that day . Circumstances delayed him on-the load , and it was not likely that he would arrive in Dublin before Saturday morning ; therefore he moved the adjournment of the Association to Monday next ( hear , hear ) . Motion secended and carried . The chair was then vacated , and Mr . Samuel Gordon was called thereto .

      Mr . 6 OSD 0 S said his being called to the chair was evidence of their wish to combine all Ireland in one common eause—tcheers ) . The meeting then adjourned . fin reference to these very curious procee ^ ines , we find the following observations in the Dublin World the only " Liberal" Journal in Ireland that dare at aU affect to hoist the standard ot independence ;—" While 3 fe Bavies , who is a barrirter , and we believe a contributor to the Nation , and the renowned Mr . A . Strit « h are burning to have various national snhj <« ts painted , and among others OUamh Fodlah delivering the laws to the people—the sorely oppress **! people aeem determined to take tbe administration of tbe lawa

      into their own hands . We always suspected that it "Would isome to this , and that the masses would not long remain satisfied -with a ballad or a picture . Tfee Corn Exchansje . during the present week , has "been the theatre of some diicussioas , -which prove that the hour T *" *^!? ** 37 "Wb en " Yonn g Ireland" will beaWe to satisfy the masses wUh ^ p ^ ^^^ We pass overmcehttat isamnsing to come to tbe laughable ton-sp between onr oW friend Mr . Smith ! tbe J" ^ attorney , » d the non-xteimi-% * hl ^ * Ot th 3 ^ P Association « Smith . % J ^ JSa T \? aaeat ' * " ^^ no a ^ - fe ^ s ^^ s .-i ^^ Argrs

      szsj ^ xss ^ jrssS ^ da t . rtpi& as well a . its Unfa- B taMnl ^ atep , J » B 8 what a blow delusion h « rec ^ TedTH « £ WtonHC Smith , the Iaw Ageatof out - aSSS Corparstom . and if wa i » jjofc <* % , ¦ * & ! £ ? onTof Into a cern « , aad , coapalled to d ^ owiee pri « ts and d . mnga ^ M . Md » aBfml ] f defe ^ i «» , « & »*»* lyfen . jB ^ aoindal u thh tZimM » v < rhaT « = Wrisked by allowing b few » kkaiary panons to iadnlgeii a Beaieh lag investigaaoa . Were there act enopgfc of Tory landlords like old lord Lorton to expo ^ , without ftodng a member of tha BepesJ Auod&tica spon the ¦

      ^ id iron ? . ., -- ¦ - We would adviBS , now that the evO hu beai ^ one ^ hsi llr . Smith ba tthite-nashed without dels ? . . Be j . * ooat , it all h 2 z « d 3 , be taken from the ranki of Ihocs xg ^ iosbet Eztzrmma&m ; and ttb think . With «« ms tzel , the , Hb « B £ es may ba managed . But how is this to be aphe ? "" J SS ^ ttng-io lif 8-inor 8 easyl Only Jet Mr . O'Neil Diuat : | i ^* Pff » ¦ Monday , euloiizinj iir , Sn-ith as

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      the very essence of humanity , and , hinting his fear that the ejected tenantry are tainted , with ribbonisai ; and It would perhaps be well , —as , there Is nothing like giving a doomed dog an ill word , —to add Chartism . Mr- Steel will onlJhaTe to . follow at the heels of the eloqaent Mr . Daunt , and after proclaiming that the mas who commits crime places a weapon in tbe bauds of the enemy ^ fee can by a spetlea «¦ of rhetorical artifice" for which he has a distinguished precedent , boldly -sssert that **\ b . e eighteen evicted families" have

      committed a tsSme , and should , therefore , be regarded as tbe wont enemies of Ireland , The Head Pacificator can tbea "volunteer to proceed upon a crusade to the County Seath , ^ nd with the aid of the loyal and welldispos ? 9 , drub the refractory rogues out of the district This Aivalrous effer wiU he greeted with cheers , and Itoeter Stephen Murray will probably move , and Doetir Gray will second , a motion proposing tbe tbe ^ ka of the meeting to Mr . 8 teele for this fresh evideEce of his patriotic zeal , which motion will be carried br acc ^ mation .

      It will now only be requisite to po'iah off Mr . Smith by treating him to an encomiastic article in tbe Freeman , = find s song in the Nation , in which be may be compared to Brien Boroihme , who drove away tea Danea . — Dublin Woii&i

      THE RENT MOVEMENT , ; The Carkm Sentted of last week , says— " We have made irquiry into almost every « ase connected with the late movement against rents , and we find our original surmises with reference to this systematic combination to cheat the landlord fnlly borne out We shall only give one -case at present—namely , that of the ¦ widow Tracy , who held sixty-four 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 of so fine a quality it produced frequently from fourteen to seventeen barrels of wheat to the acre . The tenant wai in good drcumstsnees , but the lease -will terminate next March , consequently it was not from any pressure arising from

      temporary ¦ canses , or from an inability to pay the rent , the corn and steck were swept away , but from a desire to rob the landlord of a full year ' s rent . Tho tenant never complained of the times ; and tbe first intimation the landlord heard of the progress of the new system waa about eleven o ' clock at night , when he received a message , conveying the intelligence th * t a great number of men were cutting down and carrying away all the crops at that hour of the night . Captain Watson acted with promptitude and decision ; he proceeded to the spot without delay , aad prevented the removal of the property until the arrival of the constabulary . Among the volunteers engaged on the occasion were fourteen men from John's-well , county of Kilkenny J—a clear proof of the systematic manner in which the work was to have been effected by strangers , to avoid the possibility of detection . " The subjoined statement is from the Lrinster Express : the

      " 1 have to inform-you , that this day ( 20 tb ) , about tbe hour of eleven o'clock in the forenoon , within about four miles of SaokeBtown , near the Fourmile House , Valentine Irwin , brother of the late High Sheriff far this county , was fired at from behind a wall , and received the contents of the charge in his head And shoulders . He was brought into Srrokestown in a gig , in which he was sitting alone when fired at . He was on his way to Fairymonnt , for the purpose of driving for rent which was due , and on which lands last summer a young man named Brock was shot for taking a farm . The outrage has caused a great sensation in this hitherto peaceable county . There cannot be a better landlord than Jtichard Irwin , of Rathmoyle , to whom his brother , » r . V . 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 danger . This gentleman had a distress made upon one of his tenants for three years' rent and arrears due to him . and a sale waa to take place yesterday , although the goods would not produce one-fourth of the rent due . It is considered this was the only cause of his being fired at . ilr . Irwin appointed to come on this property on the 19 ib , and it is bow folly ascertained that two persons lay in wait at the same place for him on that day . An investigation has b * en held before Mnjor Mabon , Deputy lieutenant , Messrs . B . Mahon , Godfrey Hogg , and A . Crosaley , resident magistrates , and it is hoped that the perpetrators will be discovered . "

      Seizcke of flre-aems . —Mr . Edward Bassefct , gun-maker , 22 , AfitonVqaay , was charged at Henrystrett police-office on Friday , by Inspector O'Connor , of the detective force , with having in an unlawful manner br « nght over a great quantity of fire arms from England without having any order in Council permitting him to do so . The two chests in which the weapons were deposited contained , among other articles , the 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 trisgers , twelve single barrels , niae double ditto , three double-barrelled gnns with cases , twenty-firs packages of gun wadding , < &c

      Mr . Inspector 0 Connor stated that he had given directions on the previous ni % ht . to Sergeant Bsrnes to ro to Noithwall on that morning iFriday ) , and to watch the steamers which should c » me by that tide from XiverpooL The Sergeant did make the arrest , and came to witness about half-p ^ st eight o ' clock , saying that he bad token two cases which were in the cbargo of the prisoner Ba&rett . He { Inspector O'Connor ) saw the prisoner , and asked Lira if be had any order in Council to warrant him in importing the arms , and he admitted he had sot Tbe two boxes were then opened in Lib presence , and contained the -various firearms of which he had furnished a list to the Commissioners of Police . Mr . Stnddert—What did tbe prisoner say when yon asked him if he had an order in Council to warrant him in bringing over the arms I Inspector—He said he thought hi * license as a gunmaker was sufficient authority .

      ( The fire-arms were produced , and although imported from Birmingham , bore the name of " Edward Bassett " on the barrel . ) Mr . Curran observed that the offence of which the prisoner was accused waa a very serious one , and the Government were resolved to prevent too great facility being given to tbe dispersion of fire-arms ; but , in another point of view , the case was a bad one ; for the importing of those arms from Birmingham , and the value of them here , uuder an Irish maker's name , was a serious irjary to the home bade , Mr . Staddert said that be felt it to be bis duty to take informations against the prisoner , and be would cause the informations to be forwarded to the Attorney-General . In the mean time ha would admit tbe party to bail on giving unexceptionable security , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each . Tne fire-arms , which are tf the talus of £ 200 , remain with the police .

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      Mbbting of tbb Court op Arbitrators . —The first meeting of the Rjpeal Court of Arbitrators was held at th « BlatkjRock , about four miles from Dublin , on Friday . Sept 22 nd . No fcnsipess presented itself , and the Court adjourned to that day week . Reduction of Rent . —We feel great pleasure in being enabled to state that Lady Burton , on the suggestion of her agent , Thomas Keane , Esq ., has made a reduction of 20 per cent , on the rent due by her teaantry . —Limerick Reporter . Thomas Robbiss Barnes , of Tenessee House , Clougbjordan , Esq ., county of Tippcrary , has made an abatement of 15 per cent , in his rents . Representation of KitKENKY . —The Kilkmny Moderator states that Major Byran , the present county member , being likely to retire from the representation of Kilkenny on accountof ill health ; the Repeal party Intend bringiug forward Daniel O'Connor , jun ., as their candidate . - :

      Tbe Riband Conspiracy . —According to the Slip ) Journal , this conspiracy ia on the increase in the county of Strgo . The Journal represents that a fight took place in the county of Sl ' go ab-nt the appointment of Riband , delegates , the parties having quarrelled o * tbe subject The Journal adds , that "In the Roman Catholic chapel ,, on Sunday week , we have been informed that the Bev . Mr . Feeny , while lecturing on Ribandism , was openly threatened by some members of bis -flock , and told to take care of himself . The editor of the Champion also says , he has received a threatening letter on tbe subject . "

      Reduction op Rents on the Darnley Estates . —The guardians of Lord Sarnley , who is a minor , have instructed the agent of his Lordcbip ' a estates in the county of Meath to make & reduction to the full extent of twenty-five per cent , on the rents of the tenantry . This is the most decided step yet taken in this conntry to reduce rents in proportion to the diminished value of agricultural produce . Likewise , in tbe came county , Robert Fowler , Esq ., of R : ithmolyon , has made an abatement on the rents of bis tenants . In the county of Kerry , H A . Herbert , Esq ., of MuckrosB , has made abatements to such of his Castleisland tenantry as have not beneficial leases , out of the Marck gale / VArying from fifteen to twenty-five per cent .

      Distemper amongst Cattle . —Since the be ^ inine of this year upwards of 4 , 000 head of cattle have fallen victims to the prevalent distemper in the borongh and county of Limerick . Some large farmers lost " from ten to fifty beasts by tbe fatal malady , and there is no certain cure to stop its ravages . Execution at Nenagh— The reply of the Government to an application on behalf of the convict Moylan , found guilty of the murder of a person named Nolan , at Roscrea , is tbat tbe law mu » t take its course , Tbe wretched man , before trial , was offered the chance of escape if he turned approver , but this he decidedly refused . Murder . —A party of four men unknown eflVcteil an entrance into tho dwt-UiDg of John Spelrasn , at Ballycuslowen , in this county , and having dragged him out of bed . beat him in a most savage manner , cf which he died . —Limerick Chronicle .

      Fire and Loss of Life . —The house , No . 17 , Essex-quay . Dublin , occupied as a book depository , was destroyed By fire on Wednesday morning . Two aged females who occupied rooms in the upper story lost tbfeir lVves by the occurrence . —Oee of them , a feeMe old creature , was found" suffocated Jn her bed after tho fire had been extinguished ; but the other , on disepvering the smcke , raised the window of the top room , in which she was | and , a bed having been procured to break her fall by the persona in the street , threw her-Eelf out . Unfortunately , however , she struck ag « n » t a projecting sign-board , in her descent and was dreadfully lacerated by it , and , after the rebound , came not on the bed , but pavement She was immediately conveyed to Je » vi 8- !> iTeet Hospital where Bhe has since died .

      Mcrder . —An inquest was held oa Monday , by Mr . James Carroll , coroner , on the body of John Dudley , at Kilbarron , who was wounded by the discharge of a gun at him , on the 29 th of August , by a man named James Tierney , who is now in custody . The jnry brought in a verdict that dtceased came by his death in consequence of one mortal wound Inflicted by some person or persons unknown to the jurors . —Nenagh Guardian Dreadful Murder—We have just heard tbat a mnriler of an atrocioas character was perpetrated on the ni « ht cf Saturday , at a place called Tyenagroun , In the county of Walerford , within about fivo miles of the town of Carrick-on-Suir . The -victim was , aa we are informed , a woman by whom a farmer residing in tbat locality , named Hasset , had some illegitimate children , who , o : > the night of tbe murder were sick in a hut built by the side of a ditch ; their mother was

      likewise in the hat attending them . In the course of the night , a man called tbe woman out of the m ' rerable wigwam in which her Lffspting were sheltered from the inclemency of the weather ; from tbat nothing further was known until her dead body waa discovered on the following morning lying across a stream of Water , much frequented by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood , quite naked : her clothes were strewed about on tbe bashes , torn to pieces , and everything about the place showed the desperate resistance made by tbe unfortunate creature againtt the monster who imbued his bands in her blood . Basset has been arrested on sue * picion ef being the person who called the woman out of the but Something to this effect was disclosed by one ef tbe children . On Monday , an inquest was held on the body , before Mr . Stephen Gamble , coroner , and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" wai returned against John H asset , who is at present lodged in our county gaoL— Wattrford Chronia ' e .

      The Out-Pbssiohebs rs Ibbland . —The out-pen-Bioners intended for duty in Ireland will be brought into active service on the 1 st of January next , unless circumstances should render tbelr earlier employment advisable , in which event they will be prepared for any immediate emergency . With regard to the uniformit is to be a blue f r ock 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 , ofCahlrciveen , county of Kerry , agent , we believe , and relative of Mr . O'Connell , has been superseded in the commission of the peace by order of tbe Comnii&sionera of the Great Seal .

      The Army . —The 5 th Dragoon Guards , at present forming part of the garrison , have received the route far DandaLfe and out-quarters , to replace tbe 3 d Dragoon Guards , ordered to Dublin . The Arms Act . —It is not generally known that the new Athib Act does not come into effect until six months after it received the royal assent . The particular day is to be fixed by a proclamation from the Lord Lieutenant Charge of Sedition—At the College-street policeoffice , Thomas Wilson Levy , of Monnt-pleasant-avenue , was on Saturday charged with using seditious language . It appeared in evidence tbat , on the preceding evening about eight o'clock , be walked into the guard-room of

      tbe Royal Barrack , and sitting down beside Sergeant Mahon , and several soldiers of tbe lOtb Regiment of Foot , said , " I am a Tipperary boy , and I love my country . I am a true Repealer , and the soldiers don't know their own minds . " Segeant Mahon observed that such language was unfit in that place , whereupon Levy exclaimed , "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 used the language stated , but he said that he was under the influence of drink ; that be w . is a loy . il man , and now extremely sorry for feis conduct . The magistrates cautioned him agains ' : repeating hia folly , and after a severe lesson , he waa discharged , first entering into bali to keep the peace .

      Arrival op Ships of War at Cove . —The following announcement appeara in tbe Cork Constitution — " On Friday , at one o'clock p . m ., the town of Cove presented au animated appearance when it became known that the expected ships of war were making the harbour , and crowds of persons mounted the hills to command a view of the entrance to the port In a short time the firing of guns annonnced tbat they bad come within the forts of Camden and Carlisle , and at two o ' clock the St . 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 the Caledonia , 120 guns , Captain Alexander Milne , anl Eurydiee , 2 C gnus , Captain G . Elliot , lay outside her . It is expected that the ships will remain at Cove until the 10 th of October .

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      The ; Russian Govb anmbnt aims at Russifying its Pelish and German ' iubjeots in the political aa yrell ag in the relikioas respect { and therefore the followers of the ;; Catlj . olio creed are subjected to measures of-the most ( atrocious * description . A work , exposing the stata i > f the Catholic Church under the sceptre '; <> f the 7 jtluM « n autocrat , was published at PosS ^^ ut the Prussian Government did not permit itsplejfjigatior / , thoughthei-ttort , being of more than twenty printed ' sheets * " ought not "to be ' . submitted to cenrorship ; ' ^^; ' v L'tiRio&dHrap pq ^ Miguel !—A manifesto addressed to itioTortuKuese nation , but rather strangely

      published at Madrid , has just been issued ( professedly ) by Don AligHel ! The precious document—whioh assumes the sovereigriity of this royal scamp , and that the people ? ra 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 lib . ral tone ; but the circumstances connected with its publication render the whole of bo apocryphal a nature , as only to bo thought worthy of a passing notice , as most probably a stock-jobbing trick or the prod action of some joker possessed of more wit than wisdom .

      . Cbime Abroad—A etrauge circumstance occurred a few days ago at Darmstadt . A . man named Thaunert was in prison there for a year for a slight thfcfc . In the month of July last he fead served ten months out of the twelve for which he Was condemned when his mother died ; and his conduct in the prison having been exemplarv , ho solicited a remission 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 tbat period . Thaunert came back at the time appointed , but he was ho longer the same person . He had previously been gay and social . He was now gloomy and taciturn . Ho was urged to account for this change , and at length confessed that whilst at bis village he had been induoed to aqoept 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 .

      Fma at Sea .. —The French West Indian St . Amedie , Captain Poulet , which Bailed from Havre on the 23 id June , bound for the Antilles and Vera Cruz , was destroyed by fire on the night of the 2 nd ultimo , while on her passage from tha former to the latter place . The crew took to the boats , and wore at sea nine days in heavy weather , and at length reached in safety La Desiderada , a small island near Guadaloupe . The ship was a valuable one , and her cargo , consisting of general merchandise , was worth near £ 25 , 0 CO .

      Italy . —> The Papal and Neapolitan States are reported in tho French journals to bp ripe for insurrection . For some years pas' several secret poliiioal societies have been scattered over all parts of Italy ; but especially in the States of the Church , where the weakness of tho Government permitted them to take a firm footing . Recently their presence has been manifested by sundry outrages , and the circulation of placards calling upon the people to arise aud throw off the tyrannical yoke of tne Sovereign Pontiff . Letters from Rome , of the oth instant , and from tho banks of tho River Po , a day later , stato that the malcontents have betaken themselves to the mountains , where they propose 10 carry on a guerilla war for tho deliverance of Italy .

      Death by Lightning . —A few nights ago , while a man named Jean Baptistej Plinguet was travelling with his wife and son on the road from Senlis to Flander ? , they were overtaken by a violent thunder storm near Villiers . Bdng imprudent enough to take shelter under a tree by the roadside , they had not boon 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 . Plingufit , 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 to the tree . All tho skin on the right side of his ohest , aa well as his right leg , was burnt . Two of his toea were taken off and oould nowhere be found . His biou . « e , trousers , and shirt were perforated in several places , but did not bear the semblance of being burnt . The nails in 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 closo to her , escaped unhurt . —Galignani ' s

      Messenger . New Machine . —A trial of an immense machine for cutting railroads , named by the inventor , Mr . Coohrane , a naiivu of the 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 atones was placed at ono extremity of tho yard , aud the machine having been set to work by means of a steami-engine of twenty horsepower forming part-of it , the greater part was cut

      through and the rubbish thrown aside in a few minutes . Several scientific gentlemen who were prosent expressed thoir surprise at the tremendous power of the machine . Mr . Cochrane stated that the heap of earth Was not of a sufficiently firm nature to afford proper resistance to the cutting part of the instrument . When the opposing body was weighty and strong , the powers of the 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 objeot of it was principally to facilitate the entry of manfactured goods , suoh as cotton and woollen articles ; England , in her turn , making offers for Hungarian wines . The reply of Austria consists in saying that the 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 , butting down the expenditure , aad increasing the revenue by now imposts * amongst others a per ceutage on all salaries and emolument of public officers , arid lopping off one-halt' the income derivod from all offices held by pluralists , an example well worthy of imitation . Tha Emperor had voluntarily reduced his civil list for next year one-fourth part .

      Fkance—The Cammerce and Charivari publish a declaration and a petition against tho fortifications of Faris , which they invite the citizens to come aud sign in their respective offices . They declare that it was time tu make an appeal to legal resistance ; that the embnstUlement of Paris was being lollowed 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 eticirciiDg of Paris with bastilles 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 effeot of revising the law , and , in the meantime , they entreat you to forbid the complete or partial armanent of the forts with artillery and warlike stores , and to refuse subsidies for the completion of the works . "

      Morb French " Glory . "—A letter from Oran , Sept . 9 , says : —The column of Mascara under the command of General Lamoriciore , has just had an affair with the enemy , in which they killed fifty of the regular troops of the Emir , and got possession of some - very important papers belonging to him . Amongst them is said to be a plan of bis campaign , aud an expose of his system of defence of the moun tains of Djurdjura . It appears that the organization of the tribes iu the interior is 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 tbe interior , come to purchase grain and other merchandise . Those Arabs lay out a great deal of money in their trading . The trade of Oran is in a prosperous state . The Chimere steamnr , which arrived here on the 7 th with letters and 170 passengers , leaves today . Among other passengers she has the Agha of the Giirrabats , Habi Bouhalam , on board , yrho is proceeding to Mecca . This parsonage will embark by the vessel which has been placed by the Government at the disposal of the pilgrims from our possessions and from Tunis . "

      Foreign Failure . —A letter from Berlin of the 13 th inst ., published in the Courfier Francais , announces that Riok and Co . of Iserlohn , in Westphalia , one of the most extensive manufactories in Europo , had failed for a sum of 4 , 000 , 000 tbalers ( £ 600 , 000 British ) . It is added that this calamity will be Fevcrrly felt throughout Germany , but particularly at Berlin and at Hamburgh . Romb . —A letter from Rome , in the Gazelle des Tribunauxt aays : — " During the month of August an attempt at violation took j place here , on the person of a young girl , aged eleven , who died on the following day . The author of the crime was known ; but , as he belonged to one of the privileged classes , it waa generally : thought- that the government would not

      prosecute him , and this conjecture increased the public indignation the more as the victim belonged to the lower olws . The idea above alluded to was not , however , correct , for the Sovereign Pontiff himself expressed to M . Zaoohi , tbe Governor ef Rome , who was at the head of the police , his desire that the author of tho crime Bhould be delivered up tojustioe . This was not easy to effect , owing to the privileges enjoyed by the high functionaries of tbe state of holding their homes aB iuvioiable places of refuge . The Pope set aside these by issuing an order authorising the searching of all places without exception . The result was the capture of the criminal at the palace of the Minister ot btate . Ho is now in the b / inds ot justice .

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      Genebai . Boter , lex-President of the Republic of Hay ti , landed at Havre on the 21 st , oa bis way to Paris . I Important News from prom GaBECs . —A Telegraphic Dispatch announces that an insurrection had broken out at Athens on the 14 th . The Indian MAit-r-Intelligence has been received from Alexandria to the 6 th instant , which states that nonews of the missing Indian mail had reached Suez , and that serious apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the vessel which conveyed it . The Northern Bear . —The Emperor of Russia left Berlin on the 10 th for Warsaw .

      Foreign Festival . —Great preparations are being made atGralzfor the reception of the naturalists who are to hold th « ir annual meeting there in the course of this month . ' A room lias been erected , in which 1 , 000 parsons 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 and songs . Shops at St . Thomas . —The great trading street of St . Thomas extends in a broad line , parallel with the water , for aboutja mile and a half . Here , and generally on the barboar side , lie what they term the fire-proofs , Btone ] buildings into which you enter

      by large iron-case doors , not unlike in form and e : za thoBd in the towers ] of old ohurches : these admit you to a sort of siiperterreno vault * where long coffin like trunks are seen in niches , or piled together almost to the roof . Suoh edifices , besides the defence afforded byithem against an element that rages here but too frequently , have tho further merit of beiDg cool and airy from their size and loftiness . True , they cut but ajsorry figure , as well in front as their internal arrangements : here is none of the display made at the shop-windows on Ltidgate Hill , nothing of their agaceries within ; to the street

      they present , when iolosed , the aspect of ao many dungeons ; and openi make just the lugubrious shew one sees at an undertaker ' s . Articles of sale are exhibited fresh from the packages in which thry arrive , to be consigned there again if declined by the custom < r : Cantongshawls emerge in this way from their figured cases , artificial flowers bloom in plain deal boxes , and fine linen tempts you from a hair trunk . Thia , However , chiffly prevails in the principal stores : those of less note expose at least some of their goods . —Letters from the Virgin Islands . I

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      Fires . —At about three o'clock on Saturday morning Beveral of the brigade engiaes were required at an alarming fire raging in the vicinity of Stratford , near London . jOn their arrival , it proved to be a valuable rick belonging to the Ironmongers' Company tbat was in flames , and was nearly destroyed before the fire could be got under . On Saturday night , about a quajrter to ten , another fire happened on the promises of Mr . Fullard , situate in Artillery-place , Westminster ; and at a quarter to three on Sunday morning the house of Mr . Nioholls " , letter-press and copper-plate printer , No . 7 , Earl ' scourt , Newport-street , Leicester square , was discovered to be ia flames . Of the two the latter

      proved the most destructive . It commenced in the workshops at the top of the premises , which , although several engines were soon brought into play , were nearly destroyed , and the remainder of the building seriously damaged jby water . From the returns made by Mr . Braidwood , it appears that the number of fires that have occurred in London from the 1 st of January last up to Saturday night were 670 !! 1 Melancholy Fatk of Major Campbell , latb ov the 42 nd—On Friday a Coroner s inquest was held before C . J . Car . tar , Eiq ., at the Royal Mortar , Woolwich , to inquire into the death of a convict

      named John Leon Campbell , aged 56 years . Tha jury , on viewing the ; body , shuddered to see suoh a skeleton of what was man . Surgeon Phillips stated that the deceased was convicted at Chelmsford , in E-rex , and Rentenced to be transported for life , for rape , in 1842 . Hej had been there about eighteen months , and since last May had been in the hospital from coDSHmptioH , during whioh time every aitention was paid to relieve bis unfortunate condition , but he sunk under the disease from mental affliction . The Jury returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes . " '

      Fatal AcciDENT . —On Saturday evening last , an inquest was held at I 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 captain was in his cabin , but hearing the cry of " a man overboard , " rnshed upon deck , and jumped Joverboard in the hope of saving him . The captain 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 Bainbridge , Esq ., of Oak Grove , Cbepstow , gave a dinner to his tenantry , servants , and labourers , and their families , to the number of ono 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 Pehtcrty 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 tue party separated at eight o ' clock , highly delighted ;

      Death of Mb . Usheh , the Clown . —This wellknown performer closed his mortal career on Saturday last , Sepc . 23 , at his residence , Hercules-hall , Hercule ' s-buildingsi after a protracted illness of some KontlfB . " Litt'e Dicky , " ^ as he was caped , was at a very early age engaged in the "profession " he followed through life . In 1807 he waa engaged at the Liverpool Amphitheatre , and in 1809 he appeared in London under the management of Mr . John Astley . He -j forthwith became a first-rate favourite , and for many years Usher ' s benefit was an occasion on which 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 cats . The first part of this journey he performed iu safety ; but , although the mousers were regularly harnessed , so great was the crowd in tha Waterloo-road that it was impossible to proceed ; in consequence several " jolly young watermen shouldered Usher and his stud , and bore themjin triumph to the theatre . " In creased years , however , had not added tohis . lasticity of limb , and latterly be confined himself , to invention and design . The present extensive building known as Astley ' s Amphitheatre , built by Mr . Batty , was constructed solely from Umber ' s plans and models . The excitement he experienced at witnessing the successful completion of his work is supposed to have been | tho commeacement of his fatal illness . He was twice married ; his second wife , A sibter of Mr . Wallack survives him , with a family .

      Windsor , Monday . —A very elegant set of harness has just been manufac urert by the saddler to his Royal Highjiess Prince Albert , for the two beautiful milk white foreign goats which have been trained for double '[ harness by Mr . Lennis , in the service of the Queen , and intended to draw the tastefully and lightly constructed carriage recently completed for ( heir-Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the infant princesses . Tnese goats , which aro of an extraordinary pizs , were self oted , for the use of the royal family , from Priuce Albert ' s rare and peculiar breed in the Great Park , and are now domiciled in the royal mews . They were taken to tho grand entrance in tbe quandrangle at the Castle ,

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

      Bristol . —The centenary of the opening of the Bristol Exchange occurred on Thursday . The buildin c , whioh still retains its principal architectural ornament , was erected by Mr . John Wood , arcfaiteot of BdLtb , and publicly opened for vho 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 tor the entertainment of all classes of inhabitants , and the prisoners confined for debt were released at the expense of the Chambers , in order that every citizen might enjoy liberty upon the day of openicg the Exchange .

      The Remains ofjEdttard Colston . —The body of Bristol's great philanthropist , Edward Colston , was lately . ( Thursday week ) disentombed , incompliance with the request of his lineal descendant , Francis E . Colston , Esq ., of Roundway Park , Wilts . Oa the cover being removed , the body of the illustrious citium was disclosed . After tho lapse » f 122 years , it had suffered no decay . A cap covered the head , and the body waB clothed in a shirt , drawers , and stockings , and swathed in a cere-cloth—all of which

      were yet strong * n ± perfect ; th « 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 th ^ gravo clothes thaj bore any marks of decay were the gloves that covered the bands . A deep and thrilling interest pervaded the minds of those ( assembled , on contemplating the head that planned | a id tho hand that executed go many noble deeds ol charity aud mercy .

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      The state of Spain continues to be of absorbing interest . Torn by sanguinary factions , it is plunged into all the horrors aad confusion ef anarchy . The yonrig Queen , like a signet rinjr , is passed from one bloodstained hand to another , with aa little regard and consideration as if she were indeed , no more than the inanimate symbol of power . What a spectacle to naUorm -wbo already champ the bit , ^« nd strain the curb of monarchy ! Nor is the danger overlooked by ^ the startled sovereigns of Europe . Republicanism must be crushed , and legitimacy established in Spain . That ia the ultimate resolve { and , accordfcglyv while ; tne-King ef the French amused the Majesty of England with caresses and cajolery , his promises and bribe * were paving the way for a French army across the Pyrenees . Ner is it likely now that English influence in the Peninsula has been so thoroughly undermined .

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

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

      SCOUNDREL THE FrBST—ALEXANDER THE CHEAT . This notorious thief was the son of Philip , King of Macedonia , who was a thief before him , and of Olympias his Qieen . According to some , himself and his mother ( who appears to have been deranged ) among the number , he was the son of Jupiter . Alexander had the advantage of certain modem and minor heroes of bis stamp , who have mostly come to the gaUowa , in being able t » read and write . Lysimachus taught him bis Alphabotagammadelta . His finishing tutor was r , he philosopher Aristotle , who instructed him how to fight with syllogisms ; bat that was not tha sort of fighting for him *

      Ha gave while yet a boy , a strong proof of his dfsfregard of bis 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 his person , he tamed , by his prowess , the wild horse Bucephalus , afterwards the " Brown Bess" to his Dick Ttirpin . When he was b little bigger , at the early age of siSteen , he committed his first offence . Philip had gone marauding to Byzintium , and bad left young Alexander in command of the rest of tbe gang . The Medari , whose territory P&illip had appropriated , were beginning to show symptoms of wishing to have their own over again . Alexander , at the head of fk select band of desperadoes , attacked , took , and pillaged their city , turned its inhabitants out of house and home , and pat some of his own rogues in their places .

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

      extreme state of insubordination , but he reduced them to reason by knocking some of the most refractor ; on tbe head . He then led thtim on an house-breaking expedition against Thebes . The Thebans 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 cab six thousand of them to pieces on the ground to begin with ; then be took their city , pillaged it first , razed ife afterwards , and sold all the inhabitants , who were not murdered , for slaves .

      The Greeks , upon this , perceived that exander was a great Hera . They formed themselves , therefore into one large bind of freebooters , and he , nothing Iotb , marched at the head of them into A » ia . His merry men comprised thirty thousand footpads , and five thousand mounted highwayman . He provided himself with do more than s month ' s pay for their . maintenance , being of opinion that tbe slave who pays is base , and intending that they should pay themselves out of what they stole . His erand series of atrocities now commenced . At tbe battle of ( he Granicus , bis first , be destroyed twenty four thousand five hundred men , losing only thirty-four of bis own rascals .

      He took Halicarnaaaus and Miletus , by storm—B military operation which consists in burning , demolition , the indiscriminate slaughter 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 whieh has not been exactly calculated . He defeated Dirius , the Persian King , who withstood his aggression , near Issus , in Cilicia . On thUt occasion he left a hindred and ten thousand viciims dead on the groand , besides mangling and crippling at least aa many more for life . In addition , to this maxderous exploit he stole an enormous amount 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 killing or abasing them .

      After the battle he stole more property at D . imascos and kidnapped other women and children . Then he took Tyre after a seven months' siege , aad by way of indemnifying himself for hia trouble , butchered two thousand of tbe citizens in cold blood . At Arbels , after a wholesale murder on the grandest scale , he finally routed the army of Dirius , whereby the whole of Persia became bis prey . Hereupon , hia first act was to break into the King ' s palace at Sasa , and to steal , take , and carry away money , jewels ,-wearing apparel , and furniture to the value of forty- five thousand talents . He now ravaged Media , Syria , Esypt , sad the whole of India , in which last country his spoliations and massacres were neatly a <* extensive as those of -a gentleman named Bull have been since . When he had at length r . obbed as much as he could , he is reported to have cried because he could rob no more .

      Alexander did not come to be hanged ; but , having plenty of rope given him , in conformity with the adage , was his own Jack Ketch . His gang being laden with all the spoil they could carry , he retired to Babylon ; where , like moat eminent scoundrels who are prosperous , he set to work to enjoy himself ^ by iadaJging in all kinds of luxury and dissipation . Here , after a short career of hard living , he got very drunk one day , caught a fever in cons-queEce , and died , aged thirty two , not at aft regretted by anybody who knew him . Latterly , indeed , be had 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 Ciitus through the body . On another occasion , being tipiy , he burnt down the city of Parsepolis , as the little boys say " for a lark . *' Arson , robbery , and murder , were thus the deeds which gained him the surname of Great .

      Lfct us consider the exploits of Alexander , as well as we can numerically . Besides multitudes which havfl not been enumerated , he killed , as we have seen , of bis fellow-creatures—At Thebes 6 . 00 « Toe Granicus 24 500 Issus 110 , 000 Tyre 2 , 000

      142 , 500 - Suppose that in his other battles and seiges he killed only as many again { an estimate far beneath the mark , no doubt ) , he Hiusfc hsve done at least 285 . Q 00 murders , without reckoning thit of Ciitus ; conseqaentiy , he deserved the kalt 3 r 285 000 times , and was by jiut so much a greater viilain than Courvoissier .

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      Be Quick , for I ' m in Haste . — -May is considered an UHfortunate marrying month . A coantry editor says , that a ftirl was asked not long since to unite herself in the silken tie to a brisk chap , who named May in his proposals . The lady tenderly hinted that May was an unlucky month for marrying , M Well , make it June , then , " honestly replied the stvain , anxious to accommodate . The dam&ei paused a moment , hesitated , cast down her eyes , and eaid with a blush , Wouli not April do aa well" !

      •; Firm . —Farhham , Sept . 22 . —This morning , about eight o ' clock , afire broke out at the Bnrles hop kiln , situated about midway between this town aud Crondale , the property of John M . Paine , Esq , an extensive hop-grower and farmer at DippenhaU . It appears that ,. * Mr . Paine had firiisheid ; picking nil hops the previous d » y , but had allowed the pickers to Bleep on the premise ? , and to commence their journey ^ homewards th © following morriing ; and it is supposed that ; after leafing the ^ place where they partook of breakfast , immediately adjoiniflg the kiljj i tho fire caught some loose straw , which communicated to the woodwork of the building , ana which had recoRtly been covered with piioh .. Fortunately , there were not more than five -or six ctvt . of hops m the stare room . In less than an hour nothing but the bsre walls remained . Damage doio about £ 300 .

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      " The Siege or Limerick . "—The mort extensive preparations are now going forward by directions of the military authorities in this city to have the barracks in readiness to withstand a siege , ehonld Limerick be made again the theatre of a cocflict . The walls which snrronnd the New Barracks have been raised considerably—holes for musketry have been made ; and on the four corners commanding the conntry on each side , a twelve-ponader placed on an eminence , erected for the purpose , to sweep the roads in every direction . The

      same precautions are taken at the Castle Barracks . Tbe old Towers , which formerly stood the assaults of the . English in tbe KevoJntlon ot 16 S 8 , have been repaired , and pnt into a state of defence , so as to command Thomond Bridge and the hills of Clare , while the entrance to the barrack-gate is bo constructed and strengthened , in a military point of view , as to withstand any assault which may b # made upon it ! We are really serions . All these preparations have been going forward I- > T a conaWtrabJe time , but with the greatest secrecy . — Limerick Reporter .

      Saarsfield . —A monument is to be erected to the id em ory ef General Saarsfield in the city of Limerick . Ssarsfield was one of tbe most formidable of the opponents of tbe English in the wan between William III . and James IL Cork—Preparations for War- —The Cork Reporter says : —• ' The fortification of the barracks in this garrison is proceeding with the greatest vigour . Orders have been issued to exclude all civilians , save and except the artiuna and labourer * employed in tbe works , from ingresB and egress to the barracks ; and , to make

      assurance donbly sure , tbe contractor has been rtqnired to fnrnub a list containing the name of every mechanic and labourer , from the foreman of works to the deputy-» s > i 8 iant hodman , -whose services be may require in carrying on the necessary operations for enabling the garrUon of Cork to withstand siege , assault , escalade , battery , or storm , come from what quarter it may . Another precautionary measure which we have heard of is 'be receipt of an order at the Custom House , to rximine all packages of leather arriving in the port of Cork , laat fire-arms may be imported concealed in them . " '

      A Beltc of Ninett-eight . —The following case , which is enrions enough , appears among tbe police reports of the day : — " Considerable interest was created in the bead effice tbi * dsy by the appearance of the once c «! ebrated John Warrenford Armstrong , who attended to prosecute a man named Egan , for robbery of several articles of bijouterie and apparel ; and also Anthony Willi * , ; of Lower Ormond Quay , for purchasing some of the property , knowing It to be stolen . ' «• It appeared by ih » evidence of Mr : Armstrong , that on tbe night of the 28 th of Mareh , B » llyconiber-house , liis residence , is the Xing ' * county , was broken open , and

      property to a considerable amount , eonsbiting of watche * . *>»*« * geld » edal ( presented , to him by the Orangemen of tba Hag * county for bis services in proaecutuw to eonvietloB John and Henry Shears ) , were S-a ^! re . K ° nL He WenUfled Beveral articles , among which was the red case which formerly contained that tryuen the rich reward of his Juflas-like eervices . " — After a long examination , Sir N . ^ ilssimon agreed t I ?' t l ™ fa in £ 25 each , for the appearance ot W-Jiis at the rut commission , ana sent Egan for trial £ t the text King ' B county ks . 3 ^ 3 . "

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      Melancholy Event . —On Tuesday last , Francis Rush , E-q ., one of the Guardians of the poor at Fromp , attended at the Union Office , in Bath Street , and while engaged in pleading the cause of the distressed , and in the very act of examining the quality of their bread , fee 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 waa recorded of " Died by the visitation of God . " This lamented gentleman was in the 68 th year of Mb age . Fatal Accident . —Another inquest was held by Mr . Uphill , on Thursday last , at Friokle-etreet , near Frome , on the body of a labouring man named Hunt , who was accidentally shot while drawing his gun from a hedge where he had concealed it . —Verdict , accordingly . c

      Tkk Rewakd o t Toiii . —Old Age and a Paoter ' s Cspst !—In the hamlet of Teignholt , parish of Drewsteignton , D * von , is yet located an aged pair , William Pepman and wife , whose united ages amount to 195 years . William was a email farmer for more than half a century , but the insatiable demands of old sge consumed all the parsimoniouBness of youth , and this hapless pair are now dependents on parochial support . The hMe old man , who is in his 103 d year , walked to and from Hittisley church , last Sunday , with no other visible aid than " staff in hand , " the distance being t \ yo miles , aud tbe path across fields , and very hilly ; he recounts . occurrences more than three ojiartere of a . oaniuyy old .

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  • 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-ncseproduct821/page/6/