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      REPEAL ASSOCIATION—SEPT . 21 . * -An adjourned meeting of tail body was held at the Cora Exchange to-day . Up to half-past two o ' clock , » t ^? h&b . hoar the ehair was taken , Mr . O GonneU had not arrfv « d in towirfroBi Conneinara , William Bryan , of , Baheny lodge , E ? t | ., presided . The Sxcretaby , having read the minutes , Md the f allowing letter before the meeting : — " Sir , —In consequence of the general repudiation by the Repeal Association of the notice of motion attempted to be given by sis on Monday last , I beg leave most respectfully to tender siy resignation as a member oi the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . "I am , Sir , yonr obedient servant , " T . M . Bat , Esq ., "Wilxiah COSSOB . "

      Mr . John O ^ Coskem . sai £ that after the letter they tad jast heard read , it was aot necessary for him to move thB expulsion of Mr . Connor—iheai ) . He was glad to be saved the pain of miking such a motion ; but be could assure the association that he had come down there prepared to do bo— ihear , hear ) . "One thing at all events mast be admitted , that Mr . Connor was treated with consideration —( hear , hear ) . Mr . Otjoncell concluded by moving that Mr . Conner ' s resignation be accepted . g ^ Mr . O 2 f Bill Dattst seconded the motion . He said lie iaQy agreed with the association in repudiating the doctrine propounded by Mr . Connor—( hear , hear ) . . The motto upon their walls was " Property has cot oa ) y its duties bnt its rights , ** and every one should reco : kct that the association , while it recognised the rights of the decant , alao recognised the rights of the landlord—( cheers ) . Tbe motion was carried unanimously .

      Mr . Dcppt , of the Ration , handed in several subscriptions , from theKcrth of Ireland , and moved the admission of members and associates . ill . Stejtch brought forward a report from the committee , appointed to consider the propriety of appropriating a certain sum out of the funds ef the association , for the encouragement of nationality in the different tranches of fine arts in Ireland . The report recommended that encouragement should be given to desu ^ ns is painting , sculpture , and architecture , and suggested amongst ethers , the Death of SaarsSeld ; Unfurling the Tolunteera ' . Flag , in 1782 ; Mr . O'ConneD being proproposed at the Clare Election ; Mr . 0 'Gonnell at Hallow . Mr . Rat suggested that the Corporation , as it appeared during tbe Repeal discussion , should be added . Agreed to . 2 Ii . Rat handed is one shilling from an" Orangeman —icheers ) .

      Hi . OHii then read a voluminous report from the committee appointed to investigate charges of extermination of tenantry , that had been preferred azainst Mr . Smith , law-agent to the Corporation of Dublin , and member of the Bepsal Association . The charges , -which -were contained in letters from a Roman Catholic clergyman , and -which appealed from time to time in the Treeman ' s Journal ^ were , that he had , whDs agent on the town lands of Paristown and Darvistown . in the County of Westmeath , exterminated eighteen families . The report did nothing bnt lay the evidence before the pnblic , and , althosgh the committee declined offering . any opinion on that evidence , the general leeiing was that some of the charges had been substantiated .

      3 ir . Smith rose , and proceeded to address the association- He s&id with the charges unsupported by evidence he had nothing to do ; but he felt called u > on to answer tie charges which seemed to be sustained by the evidence . He denied that he had turned -ont any tenant ; and that all tbe ejectments , with one exception , which he brought , were for the purpose of obtaining legal possession of the land , leaving the ten % nts still in posF-sKon . The exception was a person named Beilly , » fc iraa-a bed character , and of whom his neighbours h" made repeated complaints , and even he was ' ^ wed to retain his holding until he could provide -joseff with soother —( bear , bear ) . Mr . Smith deiiouneed the whole * Esa as being a feul conspiracy concocted against him to injure him in his business . Ha then wtnt into further explanations , and concluded by expressing a wish that he might be deemed worthy of pu&lic sympathy , for the prircple inv » lved was deep and paramount—{ cheers and hisses ) .

      Mr . MiEK Ca 1 XAGBa > ' said he thought some of the cases brought against &t . Smith were cases from which S would seem that severity had been used by him to-Yards the tenantry ; bnt he did not attempt to decide one way or another as to the guilt or innocence of Mt Smith ; be might he aggrieved or he might not —| bear , bear ) . In tbe course of some additional remains , Mr . CaDaehan showed that the most lamentable results flowed from exterminations-it was often followed by loss of life . Sir . Smith—Aye ; hear , hear—loss of life—( groans ) Intimidation—are—J confusion ) .

      Mr- Gaiijlghas—( much excited ) . —I will now men- j iion what I intended to suppress . The Committee > ¦ Were treated with overbearing insolence by Mr . Smith— ( hear , hear ) . ! Mr . Sxith—I will answer for . my conduct eut ] of doors t » any body holding the rank of gentleman— i { groans ) . f Mr . CaX&agbax—I b « t that Mr- Smith may not be \ treated in an offensive manner . If he be right , I hope ¦ he will be sustained ; and if he be wrong , the public " , can easily judge . His excited manner and strong Ian-, guage through the inquiry may have been caused by personal feeling ; but he * aid that the Committee was " packed ^—( zroans ) . 2 fow , I t >< rnV the gentlemen of that Committee equally as respectable as he is—Icheers ) . ilr . Smith—I said no such thing as " packed ) . " I hope that -will be understood—( bear , and hisses ) .

      Mr . CaLLashah—Yoa called Mr . Balfe , one of -the Committee , an " adventurer *—{ groans ) . I think he was most conscientious and zealous in the discharge of Ins duties , and it is my intention to move a vote of thanks to him on the next day of meeting—( bear ; , ' 3 dr . O"H £ i—Beaily I must call Mr . CsHaghan to order . It is quite irregular to mention what occurs in committee—t&ear ) . Mr . Callaghas—Well , if I be irregular I will apologise ; tut I did it all for thebest Hr . Shixh—Ad capiandvm v&lgnt—( hisses and applause ) . Mr . iASGLET—I regret that this difference should have arisen , and that bitterness is likely to result from it—tbearu

      Mr . O'Hea—The committee have offered no opinion cm the evidence brought before them—they have placed the evidence before the public , leaving it to their judgment to decide the nutter . The report ought te stand —ihsai ) . The Report was adopted , and the Terbal warfare ceased . Mr . Sajtcbl Gordas { lately a most active Conservative ) gave notice of a motion to the effect , that it be referred to a committes to prepare , as far as possible , a Hi . of Irish absentees—the snm annually drawn by thfm ont of Ireland—and "what amonnt of money -was drawn from Ireland by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests— ( cheers ) .

      Mr . Jons O'Cosxbli , said it being then halfpast four o'clock , it was useless to detain the meeting any longer with the expectation that his father would arrive that day . Circumstances delayed him on the load , and it was not likely that he would arrive in Dnblin before Saturday morning ; therefore he moved the adjournment of ths Association to Monday next ( hear , hear ) . Motion secanded and earned . The chair was then vacated , and Mr . Samuel Gordon \ n » called thereto . Mr . CkJEDOJf said his beins : tailed to the chair was evidence of their wish to combine all Ireland in one common cause—ichesrs ) . Iha meeting then adjourned . fTn reference to these very curious proceedines , we find the following observations in the Dublin World the only" liberal" Journal in Ireland that dare at . ill affsct to hoist the standard of independence : —

      while Mr . Davies , who is a barrister , and we believe a contributor to "the KaHon , and the renowned Mr . AStritch are burning to have various national snbjs ^ cts painted , and among others OUamh Podkh delivering the laws to the people—the sorely oppress ? d people seem determined to take the administration of the laws into their own hands . We always suspected that it "Would come to this , and that tbe masses -would not long T « aam satisfied -frith a ballad or a picture . Tae Corn Exchsnse , during the present week , has been tbe theatre « f gome discussion * , which prove that the honr has p * - * d away when " Yonn ? Ireland" will be able to saUF ' y the masses with empty vapour . We pass over TDMtb fe > t is amusing to come to the laughable turn-up" between onr old friend Mr . Smiththe

      , Stemngma-iteet attorney . aBa the non-extermisahnz section of tha Rspe-a Association . Smith . * t tbs Pj-aent moaiPnt , we have no doebt . feels convinced of the nifficnlty of » serrin ^ q ^ Mammon or is other words how opposed are tbe f ^ ^ Lt ^ M attOTne 7 to the -berftvo-¥£ t ?^ £ L O LJ l P thropist Oar hero -J ^ i S ^ S chMMtera . and mi ? ht have ae-¦ fco spoil sport at the Cam Exehanste . We cannot help censuring in . ^ llashfln and his companiont for fordne snatters toertremitics , and « blig ? ng Mr . O-NeaDaHuL in of distressto retHiad

      as « Rmr , them that " nroDertr txi its rigAls as vrtll- as its daties . " By Uking ^ a * tep , see what 5 blow delusion his received ? Here we have Mr . SmHh , the law A « ent of onr liberal Corporation , » od if we be not greatly nslBtaksn , one of Hh&jtej&y partaetM * tt » FreemmDt Journal , driven itttaa eerner , and eonspelled to deBonnce priests and deaigogue * , asd malmllj defead Hu clearing system . i *» fl& * eand * l as this ahwld ntv « have beea risked by jftHowJag a taw visioaarf persons to iadalgein a search-3 ag-investigaaon . W « re there sot « aoagh of Tory Ja -odlords like old lord Lorton to expose , without pIa . T > Bg a member of £ ha Bepeal Asfodatioa apon the « idL >»?

      We would advifia , now that tbe evil has been done , that Mr . Smith be uldte-w-ished without delay . He mnst , ats ^ I hssrds . be tifc = n from the ranks of those whoaiet ex . Vricination ; and - ^ e think , with seme taet , thB buBiress : " ^ 37 b ^ managed , Bat how is this to be done ? - - Jffptbin 7 in life more easy ? Oaly Jet Idr . 0 " 3 ? eil Dlimf"&aa-off c"O Monday , en o . iang iir . S ^ ith as

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      the very eKsnce of humanity , and hinting his fear that the ejected tenantry are tainted with ribbonism ; and it woali perhaps be Well , —as there Is nothing like giving a doomed dog an ill word , —to add Chartism . Mr ! "Steel will only have to follow at . the heels of the eloquent Mr . Dauat , and after proclaiming that the man who commits crime places a wsapon in the hands of the enemy ; he can by a species " of rhetorical artince" for which , be has a distinguished precedent , boldlj assert that' " the eighteen evicted families" have

      committed a crime , anil should , therefore , be regarded as tbe worst « nemies of Ireland . Tbe Head Pacificator can then volunteer to proceed upon a crusade to the County ileilh , and with the aid of the loyel and welldisposed , drab the refractory rogues ont of the district . This chivalrous offer will be greeted wife cheers , and Doctor Stephen Murray will probably move , and Doctor Gray will secono , a motion proposing the thaifts of the meeting to Mr . Steele for this fresh evideree of his patriotic seal , which motion will be carried by acc ' amation .

      It will now only be requisite to polish off Mr . Smith by treating him to an encomiastic article in the Freeman , end a song in the N < dien , in which he may be compared to Brien Boroihme , who drove aw 3 y the Danes . — Dublin World !

      THE RENT MOVEMENT . The Carlovo Sentinel of last week , says— "We have made irqniry into almost every case connected with tbe late movement against rents , and we fled our original surmises with reference to tfiis systematic combination to cbaat tbe landlord fully borne ont . We shall only give one case at present—namely , that of' the ¦ widow Tiacy , who held Bixty-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 wa 8 ef so fine a quality it produced frequently frem fourteen to seventeen barrels of wheat to the acre . The tenant was in good circumstances , but the lease will terminate next March , consequently it was not from any pressure arising from temporary causes , or from an inability to pay the rent .

      tbe corn and alvck were swept away , but from a desire to rob the landlord of a full year ' s rent . Ths tenant never complained of the times ; and the first intimation the landlord heard of tbe progress of the new system was about eleven o ' clock at nicbt , 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 nicht Captain Watson acted with promptitude and decision ; he proceeded to the spot without delay , and prevented the removal of the property until the arrival of the constabulary . Among the volunteers engaged on the occasion were fourteen men from Jobn ' s-well , county of Kilkenny!—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 iubjolned statement is from the Leinsler Express : " I have to inform you , that this day ( the 20 tbj , about the honr of eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , within about fonr miles of Strokestown , near the Fourmile House , Talentine Irwin , brother of thelate High Sheriff for this county , was fired at from behind a trail , and received the contents of the charge in bis head and shoulders . He was brought 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 driving for rent which was due , and on which lands last sumintr a young man named Brock was shot for taking a farm . The ontrage has caused a great sensation in this hitherto peaceable county . There cannot be a better landlord than Richard Irwin , of Rathmojle , to whom his brother , Mr . 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 trne . "

      Another letter , dated September 21 , says— " Several of the slugs have been extracted from the back of bis bead ; and , I am happy to Btate , he " 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 was to take place yesterday , although the goods would not prodnce one-fourth of the rent dua It is considered this was the only cause of his being fired » U Mr . Irwin appointed to come on this property on the 19 lh , and it is now fally ascertained tkat two persons lay in wait at tbe same place for him on that day . An investigation has been held before Major Miihon , Deputy Lieutenant , Messrs . B . Mahon , Godfrey Hogg , and A . Crosaley , resident magistrates , and it is hoped that the perpetrators will be discovered . "

      Seizcbb of fibb-aems . —Mr . Edward Bassett , gun-maker , 22 , AstonV-qoay , was charged at Henrystreet pohce-effice on Friday , by Inspector 0 Connor , of tbe 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 him to do so . The two chests in which tbe weapons wen deposited contained , among other articles , the following : —29 single barrelled pistols wanting the stocks , six short pistols , three double-barrelled pistols wasting the stocks , fifteen cases of single-barrelled pistols complete , six barrels for single guns , four hair triggers , twelve single barrels , niae double ditto , three double-barrelled gnns with cases , twenty-five packages of gun wadding . &c

      Mr . Inspector O Connor stated that he had given directions on the previous night to Sergeant Birnes to so to Norihwall on that morning ( Friday ) , and to watch the steamers which should cs » me by that tide from Liverpool . The Sergeant did make the aireit , and came to witness about balf-p ^ st eight o ' clock , saying that be had taken two cases which -were in the charge of the prisoner Basrett . He ( Inspector O'Connor ) saw tbe prisoner , and a » ked Lira if he had any order in Council to warrant him in importing the arms , and be admitted he had not . The two boxes were then opened in bis presence , and contained the various firearms of which he had furnished a list to the Commissioners of Police . Mr . Stnddert—What did the prisoner say when yon asked him if he had an order in Council to warrant him in bringing over the arms ? Inspector—He said he thought his license as a gunmaker was sufficient authority .

      ( Tbe fire-arms were produced , and although imported from Birmingham , bore tbe name of " Edward Bassett " on the barrel . ; Mr . Curran observed that the offence of which tbe prisoner was accused was a very serious one , and tbe Government were resolved to prevent too great facility being given to the dispersion of fire-arms ; but , in another point of view , the case was a bad one ; for tbe importing of those arms from Birmingham , and the value of them here , under an Irish maker ' s name , was a serious injary to the home trade . Mr . Staddert said that he felt it to be bis duty to take informations against the prisoner , and he would cause the informations to be forwarded to the Attorney-GsneraL In the mean time he would admit the party to hail on giving unexceptionable security , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in j £ 50 each . The fire-arms , which are of the value of ; G 20 Q , remain with the police .

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      Meetiko of the Court of Arbitbatobs . —The first meetir . g of the Repeal Court of Arbitrators was held at % 8 B ! a « k Rock , about four miles from Dahlia , on Prjrfey , Sept 22 nd . No business presented itself , and tbe Court adjourned to that day week . fttDUCTioM of RENT—We feel great pleasure in being enabled to btaie that Lady Burtou , on the suggestion of her agent , Thomas Keane , Esq ., has made a -reduction of 20 per cent , on the rent xiue by her tenantry . —Limerick Reporter . Thomas Bobbins Barnes , of Tenessee House , Clougbjordan , Esq ., county of Tipperary , baa made an abatement of 15 per cant in his rents . Rbpbesentation of Kilkenkt—The Kilkenny Moderator states that Major Byran , the present county member , being likely to retire ' rom the representation of Kilkenny on account of ill health ; the Repeal party intend bringing forward Daniel O ' Connor , jun ,, as their candidate .

      Tbs Riband Conspiracy . —According to the Sligo Journal , this conspiracy is on the 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 patties having quarrelled o-- the subject .. Toe Journal adds , that "In the Roman Catholic chapel , on Sunday week , we have bees informed that the Rev . Mr . Feeny , while lecturing on Ribsndism , was openly threatened by some members of his flock , and told to take care of himself . The editor of the Champion also says , he has received a threatening letter on the subject . "

      Reduction of Rents on the Dabnley Estates . —The guardians of Lord Birnley , who is a minor , have instructed the agent of his Lordship ' s estates in the county of Meath to make a reduction to tbe fall extent of twenty-five per cent on the rents of the tenantry ! This is the most decided step 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 his tenants . In the county of Kerry , H A . Herbert , Esq ., of Msckross , has made abatements to such of his Caatleisland tenantry as have not beneficial leases , out of tbe March gale , varying from fifteen to twenty-five pet cent .

      Distemper amongst CATTLE .- ! -Since the bepnice of this year upwards of 4 , 000 head of cattle have fallen victims to the prevalent distemper in the borough aisd 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 Nenagu—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 , 1 b 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 . Murder . —A party of four men unknown effectei ! an entrance into tht > dwelling of John Spelman , at Ballycusiowen , in this county , ami having dragged him ont ef bed . b ? at him in u most Bavage manner , of which he died . —Limerick Chronicle .

      Fire a : sd Loss ot Life . —The bou « e . No . 17 , E 3 etx-quay . Dublin , occupied as a book depository , was destroyed fey fire 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 had bten extinguished ; but the other , on discovering the smi ; ke , raised the window of the top room , in which she was . and , a bed having been procured to break her fall by tbe persons in tbe street , threw herself out . Unfortunately , however , she struck against a prujecting sign-board , in her descent and was dreadfully lacerated by it , and , after the rebound , came not on the bed , " * ut pavement She was immediately conveyed to Jervis-street Hospital where she has since died .

      Murder . —An inquest was held oh Monday , by Mr . James Carroll , coroner , ou the body of John Dudley , at Kdbarron , who was wounded by the discbarge of a ^ un at him , on the 29 th of August , by a man named James Tierney , who is now in custody . The jury brought in a verdict th&t < Uceased came by his death in conseqnence of one mortal wound inflicted by some per .-on or pefuons unknown to the jurors . — Nenagh Guardian Dreadful Murder—We have just heard that a murder of an atrocious character was perpetrated on the night ef Saturday , at a pl . ice called Tyenagroun , in the county of Waterford , within about five miles of the town of Carrick-on-Suir . The victim was , as we are informed , a woman oy whom a farmer residing in that locality , named Hasset , had eome illegitimate children , who , o ; - the night of the 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 tbe night , a man called tbe woman rut of the m ' gerable wigwam in which her offrprinf were sheltered from the Inclemency of tao weather ; tram that nothing further was known until her dead body was 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 the bushes , torn to pieces , and everything about the place showed the desperate resistance made by the unfortunate creature against the monster who imbued his hands in her blood . Hosset has been arrested on suspicion of beinj ? the person who called the woman out of the but Something : to this effect wm 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 Chronic '* .

      The Out-Pensioners is Ireland—The out-peusioners intended for duty in Ireland will be brought into active service on the 1 st of January next , unless circumstances should render their earlier employment advisable , iu which event they will be prepared for any immediate emergency . With regard to the uniformit is to be a blue f ock coat reaching to the 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 the same quality and colour &b the Sappers and Miners , with a broad scarlet stripe . Another Dismissal . —Mr . J . Primrose , of Cahlrciveen , county of Kerry , agent , we believe , and relative of Mr . O'Connell , has b « en superseded in the cemraisrien of the peace by order of the Commissioner ! ot the Great Seal .

      The Abut- —The 5 th Dragoon Guards , at present forming part of the garrison , have received the route fer Dondalk and out-quarters , to replace the 3 d Dragoon Guards , ordered to Dubl n . The Asms Act . — It is not generally known that the new Arms Act does not oome 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 tbe College-street policeoffice , Thomas Wilson Levy , of Mount-pleasant-avenue , was on Saturday charged with using seditious language . It appeared in evidence that , on the preceding evening about eight o ' clock , be walked into the guard-room of

      the Royal Barrack , and Bitting down beside Sergeant Mahon , and several soldieTB of the 10 th 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 Mahou observed that snch language was nnfit in that place , whereupon Levy exclaimed , " I love my country , nnd I despise the Qaeen . " Mahon then called a policeman , and gave Levy into custody . He admitted before the magistrates that he used tbe language slated , but be said that be was under the influence of drink ; that be was a loyal man , and now t-xtremely sorry for kis 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 tbe Cork Constitution — " On 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 tbe harbour , and crowdB of persons mounted tbe bills to command a view of the entrance to tbe port In a short time the firing of guns announced that they had come within the torts ot 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 Admi « ral 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 , ani Eurydice , 26 guns , Captain G . EiHofc , lay outside her . It is expected that the ships will remain at Cove until the 10 th of October .

      Melancholt Event . —On Tuesday last , Francis Bush , Esq ., ono of the Guardians of the poor at Frome , 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 , he was Buddonly Heizsd with a fit , dropped down , and immediately expired . Mr . Uphill held an inquest on the following day , and it being proved that d <* ath was cansed from an affection of the heart , * verdict was recorded of "Died by the visitation of God . " This lamented gentleman was in the 68 ch year of his age . Fatal Accident . —Another inquest was held by Mr . Uphill , on Thursday last , at Frickle-street , near Frome , on the body of a labouring man named Hunt , who was accidentally fchot while drawing his gun from a hedge where he had concealed it . —Verdiofc , accordingly .

      Thb Eewabd op Toil . —Qlp Age and a Pauub s Crust !—In the hamlet of Teignholt , parish of Drevrsteignton , Devon , is yet located an aged pair , William Popman and wife , whose united ages amount to 196 years . William was a small farmer for more than half a century , bat the insatiable demands of old age consumed all the parsimoniousness 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 Hittisley church , last Sunday , with no other visible aid than " staff in hand , " the distance being two miles , and the path across '; fie'ds , and very hilly ; he recounts occurrences more than three quarters of a century old .

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      The RrjssuN Goveenm ; bnt aims at Russifying its Polibh and German subjects in the political as well as in the religious respect ; and therefore the followers of the Catholic creed are subjected to measures of the most atrocious description . A work , exposing the Btate of the Catholic Church under , the sceptre' of the Russian" autocrat , was published at Posen ; but the Prussian Government did not permit its propagation , though the work , being of more than twenty printed sheets , ought not to be submitted to oenBurship .

      Portugal and Don Miguel !—A manifesto addressed to the Portuguese nation , but rather strangely published at Madrid , has just been issued ( professedly . ) by Don Miguel ! The precious document—which assumes the sovoreignity 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 jast made its appearance . The manifesto is written in a would-be conciliatory and liberal toue ; 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 production of some joker possessed of more wit than wisdom .

      Crime Abroad— -A strange circumstance occurred a few days ago at Darmstadt . A man named Thautien was in prison there for a year for a slight thtt ' t . In the month of July last he had served ten months out of the twelvo for which he was condemned when his mother died ; and his conduct in the prison having been exemplarv , he 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

      viliage , on condition of bis 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 . Ho had previously been gay and social . He wa 3 now gloomy and taoiturn . He was urged to acoount for this change , and at length confessed that whilst at his village he had been induced to accept a bribe of fifty thalers U 85 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 .

      Fibe at Sea . —The French West Indian St . Amedie , Captain 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 nd ultimo , while ion her passage from the former to the latter place . The crew took to the boats , and were at sea irinedayBin heavy weather , and at length reached in safety La Doriderada , a pmall island near Guadaloupe . The ship was a val « a . ble one , and her cargo , consisting of general merchandise , was worth near £ 25 , 000 .

      Italy . —The Papal and Neapolitan States are reported in the French journals to be 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 Churoh , where the weakness of the Government permitted thorn to take a firm footing . Recently their presence haa been manifested by sundry outrages , and the circulation of placards calling upon the people to arise and throw off the tyraunical yoke of ti . e Sovereign Pontiff . Letters from Rome , of the oth instant , and from the banks of the River Po , a day later , atato that the malcontents have betaken themselves to the mountains , where they propose to carry on a guerilla war for the deliverance of Italy .

      Death by Lightning . —A few nights ago , while a man named Jean baptistc } Plinguet was travelling with his wife and son on the road from Senlis to FJanders , they were overtaken by a violent thunder storm near i Villiers . Being imprudent enough to take shelter under a tree by the roadside , they had not been long there when the trc 8 was struck by the lightning , which descended the trunk in a spiial direction , leaving an indented mark on the bark . PliuKuet , who was leaning against the tree , was struck by tho electric fluid , aiid killed on the

      spot-A pan of his S ' -raw hat remained as if glued to tho tree . All th ^ skin on the right side of his chest , aa well as his ri « ht leg , was burnt . Two of his toes were taken off and could nowhere be found . His blouse , trousers , and shirt were perforated in several places * but did not bear the semblance of being burnt . Tho nails in the shoe of the right foot , part of which had disappeared with the two toes , and tha 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 . —Galignani ' s

      Messenger . Hew Machine —A trial of an immense machine for butting railroads , named by the inventor , Mr . Cochrane , a name of tbe United States , ** Tho 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 was placed at one extremity of tho yard , aud tho machine having been set to work by means of a . steam-engine of twenty horsepower forming part of it * tho greater part was cut

      through and the rubbish , thrown aside in a few minutes . Several scientific gentlemen who were present expressed their surprise at tho tremendous power of the machine . Mr . Cochrano stated that tho 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 maehino wore , he remarked , infinitely better tested . One of these machines is , we understand , now in use on the Eastern Counties Railroad . —Galignani ' s Messenger .

      i Austbu . —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 raanfaotured goods , such 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 aay further reduction in the import duties . Examples for English Rulers . —The spirit of improvement and retrenchment is very active in Brazil ; tho Ministry and Legislature had devoted five hours every day to the discussion of the estimates , cutting down the expenditure , and increasing the revenue by new imposts , amougst others a per cfciitage on all salaries and emolument of public officers , and lopping off one-half the income derived from all offioes hold by pluralists , an example well worthy of imitation . T < ie 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 tho fortifications of Claris , which they invite tho citizens-to come aud sign in their respective offices . They declare that it was time to make an appeal to legal resistance ; that the embasl ' Mement of Paris was being followed up with frightful activity , and that Barcelona ought to be a warning to the Parisians . The petition is aa follows : — " Tho uudersigned , convinced that the enoircling 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 effect 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 btores , and to refuse subsidies for the completion of the works . "

      Morb FfiEJfCH "GlorV . —A letter from Oran , Sept . 9 , says : —The column of Mascara under the cnmoiaiid or' General . Laraoiicicro , 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 ot his campaign , and an expose of hia system of defenco of the mountains of Djurdjura . It appears that the organization of the tribes in the interior is in progress , and that the public roads are in general secure for travellers , whioh proves that Abdel Kader had retired . For

      some days Oran haa been full of Arabs from the ulterior , come to purchase grain and other merchandise ; Those Arabs lay out a great deal of money in their trading . Tae trade of Oran is in a prosperous state . The Chimere steanmr , which arrived here on the 7 . h with letters and 170 passengers , leaves today . Among other passengers she has the Afjha of the Garrabats , Habi Bauhalam , on board , who is proceeding to Mecca . This personage will embark by the vessel which has been placed by the Government at the disposal of the pilgrims from our poasessious and from Tunis . "

      Foreign Failure . —A letter from Berlin of the 13 th inst ., published in the Courrier Francafa , announces that Rick and Co . of Iserlohn , in Westphalia , one of the most extensive manufactories in Europe , had failed for a sum 6 f 4 , 000 , 000 tbalers ( £ 600 , 000 British ) . It is added that this calamity will be severely felt throughout Germany , but particularly at Berlin and at Hamburgh . Roms :. —A letter from Rome , in the Gazette des Tribunaux , says .: — " During the month of August an attempt at violation took place here , on the person of a : young girl , aged eleven , who died on the following day . The author of-the orime was known ; but , as he belonged to one of the privileged classes , it was generally thought that tne government would not

      prosecute him , and this conjecture increased the public indignation the more as the victim belonged to the lower class . The idea above alluded to was notjihoweTer , oorreot , For the Sovereign Pontiff himself expresssd to M . Zacohi , the Governor ef Rome , who was at the head of the polioe , his desire that the author of the crime should be delivered up ¦ to jdstice . This was not easy to effect , owing to the privileges enjoyed by this high i ' uu ' otionaries of the state of holding their homes as inviolable places of refuge . The Pope set aside these by issuing an order authorising the searching of all places without exception . The result was tho capture ofthe onminal at the palace of the Minister ot State * Ho is now in the hands ol justice .

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      General Boter , ! ex-President of the Republic ¦ of Hayti , landed at Havre on the 21 st , on his way to Paris . ! Important News ; from from Greece ;—A . Telegraphic Dispatch announces that an insurrection had broken out at Athens on the 14 th . Thk Indian Maii ] . —Intelligence has been received from Alexandria to ' the 6 th instant , which states that no news of the missing Indian mail had reached Suez , and that serioas 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 .

      FbKEiGN Festival . —Great preparations are being made at Gratz for jthe reception of the naturalists who are to hold their annual meeting there in the course of this month . A room has been erected , in which 1 , 000 persona } 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 harbour side , lie what they term the fire-proofs , stone buildings into which you enter

      by large iron-case doors , not unlike in form and s ze those in the towers of old churches : these admit yoa to a sort of supcrterrene vault , where long coffin like trunks are seen 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 tho further merit of being cool and 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 , vfhenj closed , the aspect of bo many dungeons ; and open , make just the lugubrious show one sees at an undertaker ' s . Articles of sale are exhibited fre 3 h from the packages in which thry arrive , to be consigned there again if declined by the customer : CantoDtshawls emerge in this wa , y from their figured . cases , artificial flowers bloom in plain deal boxes , and fine linen tempts you from a hair trunk . This , however , chiefly prevails in the principal stores : [ those of less note expose at least Borne of their ; goods . —Letters from the Virgin Islands . \

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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 tbe Ironmongers' Company that was in iiames , and was nearly destroyed before the fire could 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 morning the house of Mr . NichoUs , letter-press and copper-plate printer , No . 7 , Earl'scourt , Newport-street , Leicester square , was discovered to be in flames . Of the two the latter

      proved the most destructive . It commenced in tbe workshops at the top of the premises , which , although several engines weire soon brought , into play , were nearly destroyed , and the remainder of the building seriously damaged ; by 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 ub to Saturday night were 670 !! ! Melancholy Fate of Major Campbell , latb of thb 42 nd—Oni Friday a Coroner s inquest was held before C . J . Cartar , E 3 q ., at the Royal Mortar ^ Woolwich , to inquire into the death of a convict

      named John Leon Campbell , aged 56 years . The jury , on viewing tile body , shuddered to see such a skeleton of what Was man . Surgeon Phillips stated that the deceased Iwas convicted at Chelmsford , in E-Bex , and sentenced to be transported for life , for rape , in 1842 . Hp had been there about eighteen months , and since last May had been in the hospital from consumption , ! during which time every attention was paid to relieve his unfortunate condition , bnt he sunk under , the disease from mental affliction . Tho Jury returned a verdict of " Died from naCural causes . " \

      Fatal Accident . —On Saturday evening last , an inquest wa 9 held at tho Queen ' s Head , High-street , Poplar , ( London , ) on the body of James Field , aged 27 y * ars . The deceased was second mate of the barque Marion . On Thursday night as the ship was being hauled into the West India Dock , trie 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 i" a man overboard , " rushed upon deck , and jumped overboard in the hope of saving him . The captain dived rep ; atedly 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 , Chepstew , gave a dinner to bis tenantry , servants , and labourers , and their families , to I 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 iheir more wealthy neighbours . The cloth having been removed , Robert Brown , of Pen : terry 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 . Tho entertainment concluded with dancing , and the party separated at eight o ' clock , highly delighted .

      Death of MbJUbheb , the Clown . —This wellknown performer Closed his mortal career on Saturday last , Sept . 23 , at his residence , Hercules-hall , Herculo ' s- buildings , after a protracted illness of some months . M Litt ' e Dicky , " as he wae called , was at a very early age engaged in the " profession " he followed through life . In 1807 he was engaged at the Liverpool Amphitheatre , and 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 ' a 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 in safety ; but , although the mousers were regularly harnessed , so gr » at was the crowd in the Watorloo-road . that it was impossible to ] proceed ; in conseqnenoe several "jolly young watermen shouldered Usher and his stud , and bore them 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 Astley ' s Amphitheatre , built by Mf . Batty , was constructed solely from ILher ' s plaus and modelg . Thejexcitenient he experienced at witnessing tha successful completion of his work ia supposed to have been the commencement of his fatal illness . He was twice married ; his second wife , a sister of Mr . Wallaok survives him , with a family .

      Windsor , Monday . —A very elegant set of harness has just been manufactured by the saddler to his Royal Highness 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 . These goats , which are of an extraordinary size , were selectnd , tor the use of the royal family from Prince Albert ' s rare and peculiar breed iu the Great Park , aud are now domiciled in the royal mews . They were taken to the grand entrance in the quandrangie at the Castle ,

      this morning , fully capariBoned , for the inspection of her Majesty and the Prince , who were much pleased with their elegant and novel appearance . This perfectly unique " turn out" will be appropriated exclusively for the airings of the i&Tant royal family m the slopes and private grounds of the residence of the Sbvereigu . [ So his 4 t Royal Highness" Prince Taff y has at length got his appropriate " turn-out" of *• goats" in harness . If this does not disarm " Rebecca , " and " conciliate" " her u children" why then all wr can say is that she and they must be hard to satisfy . Seriously , when will the aations learn wisdom \ When will these " Royal " farces come to an end ?]

      Bristol—The i centenary of the opening of the Bristol Exchangeioccurred on Thursday . The building , whioh still retains its principal architectural ornament , was erected by Mr . John Wood , architect of Bith , 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 every citizen might enjoy liberty upon the day of openii g the Exchange .

      Thb Remains of Edtvahd Colston . —The body of Bristol's great philanthropist , Edward Colston , waa lately ( Thursday week ) disentombed , in cnmpliaace with the request of his lineal descendant , Francis E . Colston , Esq ., of j Roandway Park , Wilts . Oa the cover being removed , the body of the illustrious pitman was disclosed . After the lapse * f 123 yean , it had Buffered no decay . A cap covered tbe head , and the body was clothed in a shirt , drawer ? , 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 I of the colour of living ffcsh , and was firm to the touch ; the face and arms were very dark ; the only [ portion of thi grav * clothes that bore any marks of decay were the gloves that covered the hands . A dejep and thrilling interest pervaded the minds of those assembled , on contemplating the head that planned a- » d the band that executed BO many noble deeds of charity and mercy .

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      PUNCH'S LIVES OF EMINENT SCOUNDREXS . PROEM . Let it bs granted that whoever commitB robbery and murder is a scoundrel , and consequently that the more robbery and murder he commits , the greater scoundrel he is . Now we hope tbe reader will not be startled at oar entering on our 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 notorions thief was the son of Philip , King of Macedonia , who was a thief before him , and of Olympias bis Qieen . AecordiDs ? to some , himself and his mother ( who appears to have been deranged ) among the number , be was the son ot Jupiter . Alexander had the advantage of certain modem and ! minor heroes of his stamp , who have mostly come to the gallows . In being able t » read and write . Lysimachus uus > ht him his Alphabetagammadelta . His finishing tutor was tho philosopher Aristotle , Who instructed him how to fight with syllogisms ; but that was not the sort of 8 ? bting-for him .

      He gave while yet a boy , a strong proof of bis disregard of his own neck—a quality » o 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 Turpin . ^^ When he was a little bigger , at thei © wry age of sixteen , he committed his first offence , Philip had gone marauding to Byzantium , and had left young Alexander in command of the rest of the gang . The Medari , whoae territory Pkillip 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 , tamed ita Inhabitants out of house ani home , and put seme of bis own rogues in their places .

      He nest went thieving with his respectable father to Greece , and at C&'onea , where the Greeks made a Btand against the Marcedonian banditti , committed a daring and i uccessful outrage ; breaking tbe sacred band or A division of the Thebans , and sending them to the right-about . On the 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 of tbe cut-throats . They were in aa

      extreme state of insubordination , bnt he reduced them to reason by knocking some of the most refractory on the head . He then led tfwm on an house-breaking expedition against Thebea . The Thebans objecting to stand and deliver , stood , without delivering , against him on the field . They bad better have let him have their money quietly , for he took their lives . He cufe six thousand of them to pieces on the ground t » begin with ; then he took their city , pillaged it first , rased it afterwards , and sold all the inhabitants , who were not murdered , for slaves .

      The Greeks , upon this , perceived that A'exander was a great Hero . They formed themselves , therefore into one large band of freebooters , and he , nothing loth , marched at the head of them into Asia . His merry men comprised thirty thousand footpads , and flva thousand mounted highwaymen . He provided himself with no more than a 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 « f atrocities'bow commenced . At the battle of the Granicus , 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 , demolition , 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 namber of sanguinary crimes whieh has not been exactly calculated . He defeated Dirius , the Persian King , who 'withstood his aggression , near Isaus , in Cilicia . On this occasion he left a hundred and tea thousand vicVims dead on the ground , besides mangling and crippling at least as many more for life . In addition to this murderous exploit he stole an enormous amount of property , aud made prisoners of Darins ' s family , whom it is due to him to state , he treated with great civility for a ruffian , letting them break their hearts in quiet without killing or abasing them . ,

      After the battle be stole more property at Dimascns and kidnapped other women and children . Then he took Tyre after a seven months' siege , and by way of indemnifying himself for his trouble , butchered two thousand of the citizsns in cold blood . At Arbela , after a wholesale murder on . the grandest scale , he finally routed the army of Darius , whereby the whole of Persia became his prey . Hereupon , hia first act was to break into the King's palace at Sosa , 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 , Erypfc , and the 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 be had at length robbed as much as he could , he is reported to have cried because he could rob no more .

      Alexander did not come to ba hanged ; but , having plenty ot rope given him , in conformity with tbe adage , was his own Jack Ketch . His gang being laden with all 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 . Here , after a short career of hard living , he got very drank one day , caught a fever in consequesce , and died , agad thirty two , not at all regretted by anybody who know him . Latterly , indeed , he had given ia greatly to drinking ; and one day , in a state of fermented liquor , committed the mildest murder of the many he was guilty of , by rnnnina ; his friend Clitus through the body . On another occasion , being tipsy , he burnt down the city of Persepolis , aa the little boys say " for a lark . "' Arson , robbery , and murder , were thus the deeds which gained him the sutnania of Great

      Lst ua consider the exploits of Alexander , a 3 well as we can numerically . Besides multitudes which have not been enumerated , be killed , as we have seen , -of his fellow-creaturps—At Thehes 6 , 00 » The Grauicus 24 500 Iasua 110 , 000 Tyre ... ... ... 2 , 000

      142 , 600 Suppose that in his other battles and seiges he killed only as many again ( an estimate far beneath the mark , no doubt ; , he si us ! hsve done at least 2 aS , 000 murders , without reckoning that of Glitos ; consequently , he deserved ths haltar 285 000 times , and Was by just so much a greater villain than Couryoissier .

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      Be Quick , fob I'm in Haste . —May is considered an unfortunate maTTyiug 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 in his proposals . The lady tenderJy hinted that May was an unlucky month for marrying . " Well , make it June , then , ? ' honesfrly repiied the swain , anxious to accommodate . The damsel paused a moment , hesitated , oast down her eyes , and eaid with a Wash , " Would not April do aa Well" !

      Fibei . —Farnham , Sept . 22 . —This morning , about eight p eloo 6 , afire broke out at the Buries hop kiln , situated about midway between thia town and Crdncfalei the property of John M . Paine , Eaqi an extensive hop-grower and farmar at DippenhalL . It appears , . that Mr . Paine had jbusbid . picking . nil hops the previous day , bnt had allowed the pickers to sleep on the premises ; and to commeqee their journey homewards the following morning ; aoo it is supposed that , after " . leaving the place where they partook of breakfast , immediately adjoining the "kiln , the fire caught some loose straw , wnicn communicated to the woodwork of the building , and which had receatly been covered with pitoh . i-Q P " . tunately , there were not more , thau five or six owt . of hops inthe&tore room . In less than au hour nothing but the bare walls remained . Damage doi . 9 about . £ 3 U 0 .

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      " The Siege of Limerick . " —The most 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 , should Limerick be made again the theatre of a conflict- Tbe walls which surround the New Barracks have been raised considerably—holes for mnsketry have been made ; and on the four corners commanding tbe country on each side , a twelve-pouader placed on an eminence , erected for the purpose , to sweep the roadB in every direction . The

      same precautions are taken at the Castle Barracks . Tbe old Towers , which formerly stood the assaults of the English in the Revolution of 1688 , have been repaired , and pnt into a state of defence , so as to command Tbomon * Bridge and tbe hills of Glare , while tbe entrance to the barrack-gate is so constructed and strengthened , in a military point of view , ss to withstand any assault which may be made upon it 1 We are really serious . All these preparations have betn going forward f . > r a considerable time , but with the greatest secrecy . — Limerick Reporter .

      Saarsfizld . —A roonnroent is to be erected to tbe memory ef General Saarsfleld in tbe city of Limerick . Sasrsfleld vu one of the most formidable of the oppo nents of the English in the wars between William III . and James II . Cork . —Psepabatioxs for War . —The Cork Reporter says : —•* The fortification of the barracks in this garrison is proceeding with the greatest vigour . Orders have been issued te exclude all civilians , gave and except tbe artisans and labourers employed in the works , front ingress and egress to tbe barracks ; and , to make

      assaranee doubly sate , the contractor has been required to furnish a list containing the n&me of every mechanic and labourer , from the foreman of works to the deputyassistant hodman , whose services he may require in carrying on the necessary operations for enabling the earrinon 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 the Custom House , to t-xunine all packages of leather arriving in the port of Cork , lest fire-arms may be imported concealed in thtm . "

      A Belic of Ninety-eight . —The following case , which is . curiims enough , appears among the police reports of the day?—• ' Considerable interest was created in the bead effice thb day by the appearance of the once celebrated John Warrenfora Armstrong , who attended to prosecote a man named Egan , for robbery of several articles of bijouterie and apparel ; and also Anthony Willia , # f Lower Ormond Quay , for purchasing some of the property , knowing it to be stolen , - « It appeared by tt » evidence of Mr . Armstrong , that on the sight of the JWh of Mircb , Ballycomber-bonse , bis 'esteeiice , ia the King ' ji connty , wai broken opes , and property to

      a considerable amount , consisting of * atcbe » , rlaga , » fold » edal { presented , to him by the Orangemen of the Xing * county for hii wrviees in pro-** atiiu to convktion John and Henry Shears ) , were stolen therefrom . He identified several articles , among which was the red casa which formerly contained that deat relit rtained with the blood of hissbetrayed coontry men , the rich reward of his Judas 4 ike services . " — - ' After a long examination , Sir N . Fiizsimon agreed to t-. ke two securities in £ 25 each , for the appearance of Willis at tbe nf-xt commission , and Bent Eean for trial at the text K . ing " j county a&slaii "

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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 and confusion ef anarchy . The young Qaeen , like a signet rin # , is passed from one bloodstained hand to another , with aa little regard and consideration as if she were indeed , no more than tbe inanimate symbol of power . What s spectacle 10 nations who already champ the bit , and strain the curb of monarchy I Nor is the danger overlooked by the startled sovereigns of Europe . Republicanism murt be crashed , and legitimacy established in Spain . That is the ultimate resolve ; aud , accordingly , while the King ef the French amused the Majesty of England with caresses and cajolery , bis promises and bribes were paving tbo way for a French array across the Pyrenees . Ner is it likely now that English influence in the Peninsula bus been so thoroughly undermined .

      that the Foreign office will interfere with his design * One of the Spanish parties has solicited the interference of Louis Phillips , and it ia 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 Bottling its own Government and constitution according to the popular wiiL When France is about to pat (? own the national movement in Spain , and establish a despotic legitimacy , may not Louis PhUlippe send a force to crush Repealers ? The antagonist principles of popul&f 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 . Bs the conflict brief or protracted , we bid God-speed to the rights and liberties of men , social , moral , and political . — . DuoftB World .

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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-ncseproduct949/page/6/