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I have now only to observe, that I am alone an swerable for my booke, that I know not how the Directors will treat this ridiculous memorial, nor how my brother will reply if called upon, but were In his place I would answer thus-
I am your servant, inasmuch as I command
ready
secount to you for your troops. 1 am ready to their discipline: and welfare, for the victories I have won, and the great and fertile kingdom I have con. quered for you by the valour of those glorious sol diers. I am not your servant to account for my brother's publication."
1 temain, Sir, your obliged servant,
W. Napier, Major-General, Guernsey, September 4.
PRECIS OF MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr Saul Sa- mon, as Consul at St Helena for the Fred Hanseatic Re public of Labec, and also Mr Thomas W. Gupin, as Consul at Belfast, of Mr Joseph Dowdin, as Consul at Glasgow and Mr Stewart Steel, en Consul at Dundee, for the United States of America.
a An accident has occurred to Mr James Macnaghten Hogg, son of Mr. J. W. Hogg, M.P. for Baverley While shooting at Wotton, one of the Duke of Buckingham's seats, he had the misfortune to have one of his hands terribly shattered Mr Hogg is a promising young officer in the Life Guards. He is going on very well, and it is hoped that the accident will not render the amputation of more than one finguer ne Censury. Mir James Arnot, in his book on Mesmerisat, gives the hallucinations of two females whom he spiritual, Feedly fancy they are visited by angels and the spirit of the operator's deceased wife; and pretend to hold converse with the visible presence of Jesus Christ The Corporation of Bristol are about to expend 100,000l. in the formation of new streets and the improvements of that ancient city-At Leeds, two poor Irish reapers applied for chins, and were of fered each a plece of bread and a glass of ale. They left the ale, but gratefully accepted the bread Seven Alpacas, lately landed at Liverpool, wore forwarded to Windsor for the Queen. The colours are black, brown, and grey-Eight millions of people, one-third the population of the three king dum, men, women, and children, travel 160 miles by railway 2th a head. -In one of the districts of Hackney, where a church rats has several times been refused, the abarchward ens have been allowed by the Bishop of London to raise the pce of the sittinge in the church, and out of the money thus obmined to pay, the ordinary church.rate expenditure-A number of well-executed counterfeit half.sovereign are in circulation in London - second company, with a capital of 200,000 is contemplated in Sheffield, for the purpose of establishing a cotton manufacture tu that town.An agricul Jural labourer, living at Standon, in Hertfordshire, has mur dered his wife by beating her with a stick on the head.-A French surgeon lately removed the cornen from the eye of a female, who had been blinded by smallpox, and, replacing it with that of a young dog, enabled the girl to distinguish be tween day and night Mr Stanton has contradicted a report that he was about to retire from the representation of St. A gold mace, presented by Queen Elizabeth to the corpo ration of Lineclu, in now in use in the city.Mr D'Israeli has been elected Depoty Lieutenant of the country of Buck- ingham. A newspaper was published for the first time in St. Helena in June last, Letters from Christians state, that
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE,
gates in the neighbourhood of Brecon have already been re themselves from the ambraces of relatives, coun- moved that tolle, reduced, and the distances between the try, and all that was most dear to them even in that Other gates are about being equalised. Among the latter, the turnpike gate wear the ninth milestone on the Merus stated home, where they received so many suivi. mad is to be removed, and a new toll-house erected this side that favours and consolations. But they wished to of the Story's Arms. This building was laat week in course be able to say with the apostle, that they left all for of erection, and in a few days expected to be fished at the love of Christ; and, therefore, they courageous 10 on Monday morning last upon the workmen going to cross the seas, and devote their lives henceforth their work, the new toll house bad disappeared, and the men w were struck with astonishment at the industry displayed by to the service of the Almighty, in civilising the the partice who had in so short a period levelled their work sheage by their sweet and amiable virtues, instruct Mortontumpstead, Devonshire, on 13th Sept., levelling in the true religion, and raising the hearts and affec
A terrific confiagration accurred at the market town of ing the minds of the ignorant with a knowledge of its progress no fewer than fifty dwelling houses, besides cul suming a vast amount of property-four men have been lots of all to the Creator of all, who has redeemed itaplicated in the brutal murder of Mr Peacop, on the night the souls of all by his sufferings and death, without of last Now Year's eve, at Rockferry, Birkenhead, Their any distinction of colour or country, This, indeed, Thanks are Patrick Tallant, Robert Lynch, William Rowland is a noble work, and one deserging of the zeal and and Michael Burns, the last so approver, whose declaration devotion of the good Sisters of Mercy, led to the epprehension of the rest. Burns stated that, being ill in Dabha a short time since, he went to confess to sled director, Father Rickers, who told him to make this state. ment to the magistrates,
The Rev. Dr. Whileheat has been appointed to The Vice Presidency of the College of Maynooth; the Rev. Dr. Furlong to the chair of Theology; the Rev. Mr Gargan to that of Humanity; and the Rev. Mr Behan to that of Logic.
er's on fire. "- She is on fire, and after the pre- servation of the crew, and every attempt to preserve the vessel by the crews of the surrounding British vessels, she is utterly consumed, and before next morning lies at the bottom a shapeless mass of charred timbers and old iron.
People made their own comments when the ac- • count reached us at home. Mora, was said than was ever likely to meet the sensitive Republican too great for peace. It was at least a demostra ear. Though too little for war, the vessel seemed tion. Wherever she went, the Missouri, was to advertise the world of what our respected relative across the Atlantic can do and will do no an emer- pency. Her destination was various. She was bound to Alexandria, and thence to China, with the American Plenipotentiary on board for the Celes tial court. She touched at Gibraltar, and, it was said, she was to touch at England also; and pro- The immense premises of Sir Charles Price and Go, oil
bably at a few other points of interest in the cic and colour merchants, situato in Will-street, Blackfriars,
cuitous course from Gibraltar to Pekin. Humanity were entirely destroyed on the loth inst. The fire originated,Mr O'Connell strongly objects to some censure was prompt to lament a disaster which stopped so from some cause unknown, in that portion of the premises termed the torpentine warehouse a large brick building, which had heen cast on Orangemen for plying par-nable a messenger of civilisation in the first stage about sixty feet long, and fifty feet wide, situate on the west, ty-tunes...“Now there are no such thing as party of her career. Doubtless she was designed to dif ern side of the works; several life-engines were specihly in thes' in the Repeal agitation. There is a marked fuse the elements of social improvement wherever attendance: For some time the firemen continued withom meeting with any great obstacle, with the exception of suntry distinction between national airs and party-tunes, she touched the shore. Nay, it was positively explosions caused by the bursting of oil and turpentine casks; Whilst we were struggling for Emancipation there stated that such was part of her mission. Still, an but towards three o'clock a most fearful noise was heard to were party Junes-tunes intended to convey insult
unaccountable mystery hung over her destination proceed from the premises on fire, the joint result, no doubt, and resistance to the Catholics and their claims and her end. Why talk so big, when you ment of the ignition of the contents of one of the turpentine vale but the catholics, as such, have no longer any only peace? Why negotiate a treaty with China, which causing the vemol to burst, the lighted spirit rushed. through the various windows and doors with the swiftress of claims to make; the date of party tunes is there when the British Minestor has already included lighting, and mounted several feet into the air. At that fore over. As to the Repeators, no frish tune can you in a treaty purchased by British arms for all time about thirty men were employed pumping one of the possibly be disagreeable to them; and even if it the world? As for the strange, catastrophe, it was Brigade engines, and to escape from the devouring element were disagaceable, the Repealers ought cheerfully whispered at the time, without the smallest ground many of the mon had no alternative but to jump into the Thames In an instant, a general rush was made to the to concede to brother Irishtoon the selection of or circumstances of credit, that it was the crew water's side, and into the river many persone precipitated guy airs that pleased themselves. Besides, the who had burnt their vessel. Anything is more cre- themselves, but the burning turpentine ran in the same diner. Boyne Water, for example, is a beautiful air.ditable than the purely marvellous, te tion, and, on falling into the water, it floated along the surface; The Southern Repeaters have in many places
A etrange discovery has added to the materials setting in Dames six or seven barges. The scene at that taken it op as a national air and I hope it will soon of speculation without removing the general per- moment who of a most agnising character. Asa inoderate calculation, there must have been nearly one hundred per become general with the Repealers of the North escape from being devoured by the names they also leaped Wardens communicate to such catholics as are not into the river, but they even then became surrounded with Repealers ou earnest advice to listen cheerfully Game. A number of small boats quickly put off to rendes and mergily to any unes the Orangemen may play, assistance to the poor fellows, and several were rescued and conveyed in safely to the shore The boat belonging to one and thus to make music what it ought to be, the of the water hen who put off speedily hecante surmunded source of harmony, and not of discord, amongst with fire, and was set in a blaze. One life only was lost. Frishmen of all persuasions.”
every year, at Id and a half per mile, and pay the proprietors Bone standing upon the different graft in the river, and to as well as those of the South. Let the Repeat { Plexity. Dead men tell no tales, at least they did.
IRELAND:
The Queen has been pleased to nominate and ap- point the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Kenmare, the Earl of Rosse K P., the Right on, David Richard Pigot, and the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Bast., to be Visitors of May nooth College,
The Queen has appointed John Richard Corbal, his, E., LL.D., to be one Commissioners of Chari- table Donations and Bequests for Ireland, in the
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The county Cavan has been the theatre of great excitement in consequence of proposed demonstra- tions, Catholic and Protestant, arising out of a singular cause. The friends of Mr Robert Henry Southwell having formed a project to raise from the Irish Catholics a sum of 55,000l. to repurchase the Castle-Hamilton estates for him, proclaimed hecting to be held at Killeshandra on the 8th Sept., to give stability to the project; meanwhile Mr Southwell and the Rev. Dr Martin had an The Protestant party announced a meeting on the angry correspondence, which was made public.
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not before the days of Herapath, but foundered vessels are not so effe. The wreck and cargo of the Missouri are in the hands of the divers. Day after day they are bringing up doubtless much that a British sailor will easily divine by the analogy of civilistal navigation and warfare. But what does he imagine the divera nro bringing up in great quantities day by day, and carrying off in cartloads to their stores? Slave shakles of every strength and size, for men and women old and young. A correspondent of undoubted authority has sent us three specimens, a inmily group, for father, mother, and child. They are such as are used in the slave trade, and are own brothers, as those found on board vessels engaged in the traffic. Were the wreck to be judge by these alone the divers might conclude the Missouri to be a gigantio Lynch law the intricacies of the right of search. sinver, designed to meet with the arguments of
we can swear, to
resolution in favour of the abolition of the law excluding room of the Right. Hon. Authony Richard Blakes same day, and determined to take military posses. But of course, the Missouri was not a slaver. So
the constitutional committee of the Storthing have passed a Jowe from the kingd m.--Four men have died from the in-resigued. juries they received by the explosion at Tividale colliery,
near Durham, making in all ten deatha. Six others are still ju a dangerous state. The accounts of the progress of the harvest from all parts of the kingdom continue to be excellent, the fine weather having extended to every part of the empire. The Russians extort disclosures from prisoners by mixing in their drink a drug which renders them delirious, and in
ed effectual during the plagues in the East The turn-out of
and almost unparalleled struggle for a church.rats at Wa.
tional importance, a
Til the question is answered from Washington, was can only conjecture some what wildly We feel as if we had broken into what we supposed an old wine cellar, and had found rings in the wall, stocks, and chains. It is impossiblo not to puršité the liscovery. Chains and instruments of torture of thousands of fetters were part of the spoils of were found in the wreck of the Armada. Hundreds
Salamis. But President Tyler was neither a Phr lip nor a Xerxes. What could he be doing with these ngly inventions? Was it part of Mr Caleb Cushing's instructions to extend the "domestic in stitutions" of America in the Celestial Empire? Was he to sow slavery broadcast as he went along 7
Was he to shackle Commerce, like the fickle Vic-
what mean these countless suits of iron? An investiture of the order of St, Patrick has sion of Killeshandra early in the morning, alleging been held at the Castle, when the Marquess of that the meeting of the Catholics was to comme Ormond and the Earl of Clare were duly installed rate and take revenge for the battle of Ballyng- much (5th of September, 1798). Terror and con- knights of the order, at the especial instance of her fusion reigued through Cavan and Leitrim. Lord Majesty, for whom his Excellency officiated.
Farnham issued a notice forbidding porsons car, The Rev. Mr Williams, a Protestant clergymen, this state they are watched and interrogated Lord Suffield died lately, at Tramore, in Waterford, from the efying arms to the meeting, which was clearly aimed has been elected provincial grand master inson of the wifects of gunshot wounds, inflicted by some person military force, cavalry and infantry, and, after at the Orangemen. His lardship collected a great ury of Norfolk.A Guadaloupe journal lately appeared with are of its columns blank, the censor having suppressed the or persons unknown, eleven years ago, in the coun consulting with persons of all religious persuasions, article it was destined to contain. The governor of the isty of Cavan, The unfortunate gentleman had been and having affidavits as to an impending breach of land immediately suppressed the paper-Sir W. Temple ro in a state of suffering throughout the whole commends timid people to put a smell piece of myrrh in the No trace of the murderers use or disco per the peace, issued a proclamation the only course mouth in use of danger of contagion from fever. It has prys Mr O'Connell has subscribed twenty guineas to which could prevent a regular battle. The Scots the Staffordshire colliers is at an end, the winsters having the "Ballinbassig Sufferers' fund." It was inclos. Greys, from Dundalk, after a forced march, entered abandoned the reduction. It is feared, however, that the ed in a letter to Mr Philip O'Connell, solicitor, Cavan, where there also had arrived a general of men will turn out again for a further advance.Aftera severe Cork; in which the writer says have consider ficer and Major Priestly, from Dublin. The county kefield, it ended in favour of the rate by a majority of fifteen. ed with the deepest attention the case of the tin. Was soon filled with troops Lord Farnham was in tory of yore, to the portals of the temple of Liber. Killeshandra with four regiments at an early bour; ty at Washington? What new region was he to The rot," a sort of vegetable cholera, or murrain, ia ra. happy sufferers of Ballinhassig, and I deeply deplore vaging the potato crops of the Old and New World. We the very preposterous and cruel verdit given by the troops were all in readiness, but fortunately there annex? Could the shipment be a private specula- very much regret to announce that it has unequivocally de. Coroner's Jury. You ask what I advise to be done! was no occasion for their services. The Catholiction of some citiz n of the great nation who had clared itself in Ireland, where this valuable esculent is of on. Alas! alter the fullest consideration, I have arrived clergy, from their altars, enforced the duty of obe got the ear of the American Navy Board? Or was The steam-ship "Great Britain," Captain Hoskin, arrived at the result the nothing effectual can be suggested. dience to the law, and of avoiding all occasions of Mr Cushing doing a little business on his own ac nt Liverpool on 15th September from New York, after a There is not the least prospect of our procuring a strife and disturbance, and the result was, that the count, and, besides his public mission of peace, was pleasant passage of 15 days and a half, Captain Hoskin re bill of indictment to be found for murder, or even teetotalers abandoned their meeting. Aleanwhile, he about to mingle the "bread of affliction and the water of affliction," in his private copacity, for a porta very satisfactorily of the powers of the screw, and of for manslaughter. Tis really shocking to think ver. The Newry Telegraph publishes the follow crowd of captives fast bound in misery and iron!"
Molly Magurie" appears to be quite an active as the ship's machinery. During the whole passage the engines that the police should he employed, with deadlying copy of one of her polite missives, which was bad never been stopped, but had worked with the greatest
Our correspondent says the shackles are persumed possible regularityOn the night betwixt the 2nd and 3rd weapons in their hands, to decide on the necessity addressed to a Mr Hugh Acheson, of Dillah, and
to be intended for a depot which the Americans are September current, the wind blowing freely from the N.W. of arresting persons not guilty of felonious or which he received by post: it is the second notice said to have for their liberated slaves on the African there fell upon the whole mainland of Orkney a shower of capital offences,
coast beyond Mogador, and with which American fine impalpable dust, evidently of volcanic origin, in such Buchando, a corporal in the 73rd Regts, stationed that has reached him--
Sir, I strictly worn you and beseech of you to merchantmen trade. This supposition only gives cover the whole island, and admit of being qualy gathered. I la preamed to have been caused by an at Cock, has killed a young sollier, named Frisby. leave this county within the space of three weeks: locality to the enigm What occasion can a libe quantities as eruption of Mount Horia in Iceland, as a similar phenomen. Buchanan had recently been reduced from the rank on which occurred many years ago was ascertained to bave of sergeant, for bad conduct; and was under arrest if not, prepare for eternity shortly after, as your rated colony have for a shipload of fitters? The proceeded from that cause,
for absence, having been ordered to remain a pri death-warrant is signed and seiled by a judge and world will expect with impatience some account of
suspicious a ballatt. soner in his room. It is supposed that be resolved jury of Molly Maguire's sons, for being a Master Total termination Archer, a solicitor's clerk, ami Toom, & to shoot some sergeant in revenge for his fauke of the Orange vipers of Satan of the sons of the
Poetry and fiction will gain something by the Devil, as you are one of the most malignant PL's discovery unless they are fairly abushed at un ine rips of Lucifer; for you will shortly be summoncident so far beyond even their daring and ingen- ed before your County Master-ficorge Bell Bouth, tion. To the treasures of the deep,--to in the depth of hell, for yang expressions on the 12h July about Molly Maguire's funeral. Likewise res member what you and in Kilmaleck-remember she will net deceive you, so depart in a few days after you get this latter or notice. Death! death
A quarrel between two persons at Newmarket has had a master fatter, having had a dispute, they happened to meet
in the street late at night; words arose, and Atch twich struck the other in the face; Thom fell upon the stones, and he died in a few hours, from concusion of the brain. Archer absconded, but afterwards gave himself up. The reports that the patato crop is a failure, in some countries of the Con- tinent as well as in this country, are daily confirmed Mr Elizabeth Harley, of 6, New Unlon-street, Istely committed
having been reported; he loaded bis musket as tattoo hour, and fired upon the parade where the sergeants were collecting; but the shot struck Frisby, who is a private, and he died from its of fects next day. There was no enmity between the man and Buchanan.
suicido. This lady was possessed of good property, and no fue eldest son of the Mr Booth was brought into reason can be possibly assigned for hersellestruction, except the goal of Cavan, that he might identify the mor a statement or prediction she made aliosi twelve months since that she was sure she should not die a natural death, derer of his late kind and effectionate parent; when several men were placed before him. He selected bat by her own hands.
the man charged with the deed (Heany), and saat He was almusi consient that was the persag who fired. K
A copy of the first complete edition of the English Bible, printed by Myles Coverdale, bearing the date 153), w21 26. cidentally discovered, a few days ence, in the false bottom if an old oak chest, at Holkham hell, Norfo the best of the Earl of Leicester. There are numeroas impericet copies of this edison of the Holy Scriptures in existence
The Soul (Orenite) Institution in John Street, Toren bam Court Road, is defames like its late set
Blackfriars Road. Its members and Bokaron kaye been fore ly dwindling down all they are condurably in debt. The bonding, which is very commodious, as be turned into a mechanics instisation. It may also be mentored that the Bocinists, about six years since expended about 40,000€ 12 buying land and building a hall in Hampshire Hall the place was maled, and the Orecise TE NICE WEDS med wat to the fellst sent The bar fad the we, and to a few weeks time all wil oor sader it has
zourcerer of Elies Grassal, was letary tex
death
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"uiven under my hand, MOLLY MAGUIRE. (llere la lows the byere of a coffin)
THE MYSTIC STEAMER
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Wedges of gold, greus auehors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scatfored in the bottom of the sea," will now be added those graceful personal ornaments which civilisation has substituted for the armiete the earrings, necklaces of the savage, torques, --the fitters and manacles of the slave. But, apart from poetry or fiction, was there ever an incident sa strange as this sober, business-like fact? No sor has the anchor of the Blissnurs touched the Butoh god below the common sea, than her villa-
the
earge burns with her, sinks ber, drops our
The Gute of the American seam ingate Missouri Mr Archdall, father of the member for Ferma- nagh, who had been removed from the deputy den, will not soon he forgotten here was something teanny of the county, for beading the Orange marrillas about something that et spend of her, and is recovered only to be hung up to unl metting in Euniskillen on the 10th us as the tin and eres expersition at work, without, how veral teamy. The share bouches the British soil, buen deprived of the common of the peace. it wr, the smallest legitigate material to work upon and his shackles fail to the ground. Such is their is rumoured that supersedes will soon be used. A mulle war steamer, eclipsing sny vess of that ifrentable gravitation, at the trung hold of the to the magistrates who attended at Lebar bar so che io to Both mary, and evidently intended to war ingale cannot retain thens They break marquis of large posscassos; 19 RULLEISS BUNG stonesh the world, saldeely appears on Satery trannyt ke xs, or they glow into raudel hest, and them, it may to doubted whether the Government afternoon at Gitrahat Bae verstock or do at safer the son loves before they have ins will have the
geb app their eas rois to same Britian Frier's Anthyed at a safe lliscared I'voiret the reel with all her weak and arrasment the care of Listarp
the shore and our her suchor so pear, that is a coramen destruction Ester Robert Call, Eay, bus tera removed from she shows in shore, the has not inte liwa kao i took of mea whier than an hafa frught
wern sulandsa, 000 1200 15- the commise of the peace for the comy of Fe. feet
tal to the pesternions of America for philanthropy
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and how not Batard their coed cus when ther are called to the deck was the cry that the Kaza
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